#the island chapter 3

[exhuastedpigeon]

🏝️ loves a game, wanna play? 🏝️ A Buddie Love Island AU

Buddie | Mature | 3/13 chapters | 3,727/11,644 words

When they got down to the kitchen Buck started making coffee and Eddie put four slices of bread into the toaster so they could make themselves breakfast and breakfast for Maya and Maria.  “Look at us,” Buck laughed. “I was half convinced you weren’t going to talk to anyone and you were going to be sad the whole time we were here.” “Don’t get me wrong, I’m still sad,” Eddie said as he hopped onto the counter and kicked at Buck. “But I’m here so I figured I should make the most of it, try to get to know everyone even if I don’t think I’ll meet anyone romantically here. I guess I’m open to romance.” “I’m really glad you’re here,” Buck said it like it was a confession, but he’d told Eddie that before already so he wasn’t sure why it sounded like that. “I uh - we didn’t t-talk about it much last night besides saying we’re obviously good. B-but are you? I don’t even know how to ask this question without sounding like an asshole.” “Well you sounding like an asshole is nothing new, so just ask,” Eddie teased him, trying to lighten the mood. 

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[thatsmzbitchtoyou]

Stranded Chapter 3

Summary:  Tossed overboard and lost at sea, Bucky washes up on an uninhabited island.  Injured, lost and scared, with little to no wilderness training, he fights to survive.  But is he really alone?

Warnings: bodily injury, mentions of sexual harassment/assault, eventual smut

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They were able to get into a rhythm with each other as time passed.  Y/N showed Bucky all the ins and outs of the island, where to find fresh water to drink versus to bathe, where most of the food could be found, and taught him how to fish the ocean around them so they could have more than just fruit to eat and how to cook it properly so he wouldn’t get sick.  His chest injury slowly healed, leaving a gnarly scar that spread across his pectorals.  

Y/N still had some things left over from when the plane crashed like a few books she and the others had, and Bucky took to reading them on the beach after cooking up a fish for dinner.  He could almost always guarantee that he would hear a song being sung throughout the day as Y/N went about doing the daily survival chores.  He had always thought she had a nice voice when he’d heard her songs on the radio years before, so getting to hear her in person was a nice soundtrack to his daily routine.  

The days turned to weeks and then months.  Y/N had already done all the things he’d thought of to try to attract attention from nearby ships or planes or even satellites flying above them, and within the four or so years she had been here nothing had worked.  He contemplated ways that maybe they hadn’t thought of, things that could possibly work, but so far had come up empty.

They had talked extensively and learned a lot about each other.  She quickly became one of the best friends he’d ever had in his life, not just because they were stuck with each other for the foreseeable future.  Bucky could tell that he was getting into dangerous territory as his feelings toward her changed to something more romantic.  He did some introspection to see if it was a case of Nightingale Syndrome: falling in love with someone who saves them.  As much as he was appreciative of that, he felt that wasn’t it.  He loved her voice and getting to hear her sing everyday.  He loved her smile and how much wider it became as the months went on.  He loved making her laugh, and how loud and boisterous she laughed.  He loved how determined she was and how calm and collected she could be in high pressure situations, and that even with all she had been through she could still find it in herself to be soft and kind.  

They shared the bed every night and more often than not woke up entangled in each other’s arms, and it was turning into more of a common routine now for them to cuddle together as they fell asleep, rather than doing it by chance overnight.  As Bucky’s hair grew Y/N started to hold him to her chest and run her fingers through his hair, humming or softly singing a song she loved called “Nature Boy” that lulled him to sleep without fail.  If there was ever a night where she happened to not do it he would have a fitful sleep.  

As the winter season started to set in, the nights became colder, making it so sleeping was difficult without being completely snuggled against each other for warmth.  On one such night Y/N couldn’t stop shivering, even with Bucky behind her and the blankets cocooned around them, the windows blocked with clothes and other things to keep the cold out.  

“Y/N, for God’s sake,” Bucky sighed as he rubbed her arms, her feet freezing against his shins.

“I’m s-s-sorry,” Y/N whined, her arms tight against her chest.  “I don’t know w-w-w-what’s wrong with m-m-meee…”

Bucky tried shifting her so she was facing him, tucking her cold nose against his chest, making him gasp.  “Jesus Christ, you’re freezing.”  Y/N nodded slightly, her fingers diving under his shirt and slotting under his armpits.  “FUCK!  Okay, we gotta figure something else out,” Bucky said as rubbed her back and made sure she was tucked in by the blankets well enough.  He had a fleeting thought as her fingers warmed under his armpits that made him tense.  Something about how body heat is the best way to make sure people don’t freeze…

“W-w-what?” Y/N asked, looking up at him as he tensed.

“Um…there’s something that might help,” Bucky said quietly, trying to calm his frantic heart.  

“I-I-I’ll do anything…my whole body hurts,” Y/N whispered, her face burying into his neck.

Bucky was becoming genuinely afraid now.  He did not want to wake up to a dead woman next to him, especially the love of his life.  “We need to take our clothes off,” he said urgently, starting to pull his shirt off.

“Wait…what?” Y/N now tensed, her wide eyes staring at him.

“Sharing body heat will keep us both warm,” he explained as he shifted and took his pants off.  Y/N was dumbfounded.  “Come on, lovey, or else you’ll freeze to death.”

Y/N exhaled sharply then started pulling her shirt off.  Once they were both naked he held her close to him again, desperately ignoring the fact that her breasts were against his stomach and one of her legs was tucked between his, making his cock rest on her thigh.  Her cold limbs more than made up for the awkwardness as he rubbed her arms and legs, trying to get her to warm up faster.  She tucked her face back into his neck, her hands against his chest slightly tracing his scar as she tried to breathe normally.

Bucky could feel her warming up within a few minutes and it made him sigh in relief.  Her fingers no longer felt like popsicles, her feet moving against his legs and not making him flinch away.  She sighed heavily as her nose warmed up against him and her breathing evened out.  The shivering eventually died down and she wrapped her arm around his back, making her body flush with his.

“Thank you, Buck,” Y/N whispered, her lips moving against his jaw.

“Don’t mention it,” Bucky huffed a laugh, kissing her forehead.

Y/N froze at that.  As much as they had cuddled and were now in this crazy predicament, they had never done anything intimate like kissing, even in very neutral parts of the body like on the forehead or the hand or anything else.  Bucky waited for her to calm down, but she didn’t.  “What happened?” he asked quietly.

“Nothing,” Y/N rushed out.  

“Was that not okay?  I’m sorry–”

“No, it was okay, I was just surprised,” she said.  Her voice was giving off an air of nonchalance but her body was still tense.

“Sure, and I’m not hugging a statue,” Bucky snorted.

Y/N laughed at that, her body shaking at his joke.  Bucky laughed along with her.  “It…it was just nice, is all,” Y/N said, still giggling.

“Oh you liked it, huh?” Bucky teased her, his hands slipping to tickle her sides.  Y/N squealed and twisted in his hold, her hands pushing against his chest to get away.  He moved up so he was hovering over her and tickled her neck.  Through their movements they found themselves within an inch of each other’s faces, catching their breaths and staring at each other.  Bucky’s eyes blinked rapidly as they flicked between her eyes and down to her mouth.  Y/N did the same to him.  He leaned down and kissed the tip of her nose softly, making her smile.  “This is…dangerous,” he whispered as he stared at her lips.

“Yes,” Y/N agreed.  “We should probably stop.”

“Probably,” Bucky nodded but didn’t move away.  

Y/N took the initiative and pushed away from him again.  “Let’s, uh, get some sleep,” she said, disappointment laced in her tone.

“…okay,” Bucky said, feeling dejected but knowing it was probably for the best.

They awkwardly lay close together again, letting the warmth envelop them and eventually dozing off to sleep.

[cromulentreader]

I wish the deleted ending for TQoN was the real ending and not what we got in the mortal world.

[blighted-elf]

ESO's hatred of Bosmer makes me so sad if I'm being honest.

[justanapplenothinghere]

Late night Art dump

Time uhh 1:33 am

[vehicularmotorcycle]

The House in the Cerulean Sea has a happy ending right? Right?! Because that's the whole reason I'm reading it and there's not much left now and I've been crying for the past three chapters

[ssruis]

I will say that the benefit of my tsukasa card hoard is that my bonus for his chapter will be like… 540% minimum. Which sounds like a lot but tsukasa fans are fucking insane and I still think I’ll have to grind for anything under 1000th place. Maybe I *should* mr2 his new year lim.

[potatobugz]

Chapter 2 is out!

[beachyserasims]

Darion tries his hardest to help Autumn with her benefit, even if she doesn’t really let him. He will always do what he can to help her relax. (plus a little sneak peak of tonight's outfits)

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[kowareta-exe]

I swear, Slippery Slopes is been carrying all of us, Alenoah ao3 fandom 😭

(The fanfic is Amicus Curiae by courtney-deserved-better (she did deserved better-) i like the concept of this fanfic :3

[gittessimsadventuresog]

CW: Slight NSFW, also slight violence at the end, suggestion of ED

It might be helpful to reread chapter 3 "What mom talked about" and chapter 4 "Heartbreak"

They last saw each other 14 years ago: the last thing they saw of each other, was Finn - back then still Yìchén - being pulled away by his homophobic mother after a fiery argument between the two; leaving Florian confused, but excited to see their very first real love again the next day at the resort.

The next day Finn was gone. Florian didn't know anything but how to pronounce their name and that he lived in Beijing, one of the biggest cities in the world. Florian was heartbroken, but nothing they could do, no way to reach him. They don't even have the same social media.

They never broke up. Never officially stopped loving each other; there only ever was trying to forget. And now, half a lifetime later, they found each other again in a miraculous way. Living in paradise and trying to make up for lost time together, their days consist of goofing around, making out, racing each other, making out again -

Until Florian asks an important question and Finn can no longer keep his worries and thoughts to himself.

[sleepy-phant0m]

Chapter 7!!! It’s been awhile, I hope y’all didn’t miss us too terribly 😉

[meganjoannamadeline]

Ember Island players cast dropped!!

[corrupted-sav3]

Your honor the kids aren't alright

[ranticore]

do nico's friends/colleagues know of his. uh. shenanigans regarding everybody's favorite horse/otherworldly being? i cant imagine they'd be happy about it

I wanted to answer this one with screenshots of the book text but when I say I haven't been at home except to sleep since tuesday I really do mean it so you will be getting the acoustic version of a response

Answer is that in canon (not au), Nico is disaffected and has sworn off dating and has withdrawn from most relationships. He and his ex dated while transitioning and couldn't handle how it affected their relationship and it had a very harsh impact on him. So it's actually his colleagues who push him to hang out with Pascal more (his friend Aimée sets them up on an investigation/date together, as Nico's first meeting with Pascal is in the context of Pascal being a key witness to a kidnapping). But they think he's just some weird guy who seems disarming and unconventional enough to catch Nico's attention.

After it's revealed that Pascal was certainly responsible for some (not all) of those disappearances, Nico was the one who dragged himself to the Otherworld to confront him, because he felt responsible and humiliated for having been strung along like that. His colleagues explicitly told him not to go but Nico hates being accountable to others and wanted to be the one to Deal With Pascal, as the person who kinda knew him best. After rescuing the detainees he quit the investigation and went home.

From then on, nobody knew that Nico continued to work with Pascal (investigating the unicorn). His friends who pushed him to open up and date again were like ohh fuck we messed up, let's give him some space and stop pushing him - not really knowing that behind their backs, Nico kinda was dating again (Pascal) (for real this time) (lovers to enemies to lovers)

Then one day he got caught by Aimée (she's a hooks ranger). He'd gone out onto the lough to investigate the islands on it with Pascal, got attacked, stranded, and broke his ankle badly. Aimée was the rescue worker who got him back home and she saw him with Pascal on that island. She threatened to tell on him but eventually agreed not to. He was disciplined formally for nonstandard unsafe operations and told to Stay The Fuck Home or he'd lose his job.

He didn't stay the fuck home and when he was caught a second time - by Aimée's captain - he was dragged to the ranger disciplinary council again and charged with aiding and abetting a faery. this time Pascal was made to give testimony, and he saved Nico's hide by making this great big (very fake) speech about how he was such a horrible monster who needed Nico to tame him and he's soooo sorry for losing sight of his own humanity but Nico dragged him back from the brink of evil etc. Nico was stripped of his captain's post and suspended on condition that he Keep An Eye On Pascal as, apparently, the only person in the world who can hold that leash without coming to harm

[heronoegg]

ITS ALMOST AUGUST I GET TO READ TEAM UP MISSIONS AGAIN I WANNA READ IT SO BAD