#this chapter eats once again

[teamjacobthot]

nyctophobia

chapter 9: earthbound

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summary: now, think of the biggest lover you know. it’s a water sign, right? after getting kicked out of prom ‘05, Leah and Sam still have the whole night ahead of them. and guess what? they’re home alone. word count: ~6.3k warnings: more of the same in recent chapters such as profanity, blatant flirting, romance, lots of innuendos, and sensuality (not explicit). last chapter had the first "fuck" but this chapter has the first FUCK……

thanks so much to everyone who's been consistently reading the story, especially those who leave comments. I really appreciate y'all and your kind words.

@bellasdumptruckass did the damn thing again as a beta-reader! thanks so much for always letting me vent, cry, scream, etc. you just get me <3

this chapter is about to get real cute, real touchy-feely, real romantic, real heart-fluttery. this is literally the sweetest thing I’ve written in a long ass time, maybe ever. GODDD I wish my first boyfriend wasn’t such a piece of shit lmao. but um anyways-

Real Lovers™ this one's for y'all!

hope you all enjoy the update! show some love in the comments if you're real <3

tag list (literally just copying and pasting from old posts - pls lmk if you want me to tag/untag you in future nyctophobia posts): @leahclearwaterdefensesquad @cheerynoir @big-idiot-wolf-boys @the-golden-onion @howlonghaveyoubeenseventeen @phil-dwyer-stan-account @paulxlahotee @edwardsmedow @the-most-pathetic-edge-marquis @effervescent-influenza @gezellig-writes @witchyangela @leahcee @haletwinsstan @musingsofvenus @leahclearwlwater @haemshaems @vampiresarezombies @femmealice @blackpack @bellasoutrageousflavor @tenarcansteponme @me-and-jake @plainjaniedee @renegadepack @manicpixietwilight @emotwilights @jacobyouidiotihadit @edwardsmate4ever @sugarshackpeasant

[lotus-pear]

top 10 moments before disaster (dazai is about to step on his toes)

[sarshles-cheescake-li]

Vein except I only watched his character MV and don't know what symbolism is

Detail not included here: he owns one of the largest restaurants in Chinatown but still hawks about the day's discounts like he's running a streetside barbecue in China

[baeshijima]

the itoshi brothers through the years ...

[bonnvivre]

W’s for miguel but at what cost 😭 gojo PR team is SCRAMBLING RN

[capsizedskeleton]

ARO AND ACE LESBIANS MENTIONED ‼️‼️ WHAT THE FUCK IS ATTRACTION

[deus-ex-mona]

wdym christmas is next week?????

[gentil-minou]

i've written 36k for this fic but my brain has reached the point where it keeps telling me im a sucky writer and should just quit and ahhh i need the anxiety to shut up and just let me have fun and not have imposter syndrome

[astradyke]

hi guys exciting update i basically finished the draft of the last chapter of a 9 chapter fic. it is 19k words and 50 Google docs pages. There are eight other chapters. um. I hope you guys like long fics ^_^

[skeletons-in-ur-closet]

this isnt the account for this i KNOW but jjk just ended and it was the worst thing ive ever read oh my daysssss

[todayisafridaynight]

What’s a genuinely sweet moment with Jo?

LOL

[widevibratobitch]

cant find my own fucking post i hate it here

[inkykeiji]

there is this massive moth that has been tormenting wesley (my cat) since 4am ._. i think he’s ruined the poor thing’s wings because it can’t fly away and it’s moving very slowly, but also it won’t allow me to put it out of its misery because it keeps hiding behind the bookshelf the moment i come wielding a sneaker in hand :c

anyway good morning dead dove alastor piece being posted tonight!!!!! <3

[siffrins-therapist]

Second chapter of When the Ginseng Screams! Alfred gives Matthew of the estate, and Matthew takes a much-needed nap. And now I, too, will get some much needed sleep 😴 💤

[chuluoyi]

✎ baby to the rescue

- gojo satoru x reader

in which gojo recruits your baby son to “save” you from a credit card salesman

genre: immense fluff !! baby gojo and dad!gojo shenanigans~

note: based on this and this reel. with this i hereby declare that anything past chapter 235 is null and void HAHA anyway, i truly want to post remarried empress au by this week but since 261 leaks hurt me so much, i need more fluff so have to postpone it to next week :') tagging @karikari19hikariiii <3

a part of gojo's love entries

general masterlist

Your husband Gojo Satoru... is handsome as hell, which means your baby son is also undeniably good-looking.

"Why do you pout at me?" Satoru poked his squirming baby's cheek while pursing his lips too. "C'mon, smile! That auntie is smiling at you!"

Everyone who passed by them in Shinjuku shopping district turned heads to admire him and his pumpkin just a little longer, and Satoru visibly enjoyed the attention. He smiled back at them, occasionally winking even.

If only they knew how pretty his wife was too...

Wait, no! On second thought, if they know how hot you are, there will be problems!

You had left him to go to the nearest pharmacy to restock some things, while Satoru decided to entertain his baby in the toy section. He basked in the starry-eyed looks people were giving him... until he heard some strange sounds and turned to his baby boy—

—who was chewing the beak of a duck toy with all his might. Satoru was mortified.

"—! Let that go! Your mama will beat me if she sees you eating this!"

Your baby paid him no mind though, desperately pushing the duck into his mouth. Satoru sat him on one of the empty racks and began the tug of war—

"Let go!" he reprimanded. "You're so naughty, gods—!"

Some people were now openly giggling at both of them. His son tried to resist by rolling, and Satoru clicked his tongue. He then yanked the toy away until his baby finally let it go, sniffling sadly that his papa wouldn't let him have the duck.

"Oh, you..." he picked him up again and consoled the pumpkin. "You can't do that, you hear? First, it's not clean. Second, mama will grow two heads to chew you and me both, understand?"

No, your son totally didn't understand a thing. Satoru sighed, seeing his little blue eyes welling up with tears. He ruffled his head and pulled him close. "There, there... I'll get you ice cream, okay? Now let's go."

Satoru was determined to turn his son back into a smiling, happy baby. But just as he was about to head towards the ice cream parlor, he encountered the most unbelievable sight—

"Miss! I guarantee you'll love this credit card features!"

You. That was clearly you, and a salesman (or a bozo, in Satoru's eyes) was trying to bother you.

You raised an eyebrow. "Uh, no— thank you—"

Yet the bozo was still persistent, like the pesky fly he was. "You can use it to pay for your monthly beauty treatments! Someone as pretty as you..." He eyed you from head to toe, blinking suggestively. "Oh my! Your skin is flawless! You have to maintain it this way! I can also give you recommendations for—"

You were wearing a flare dress that made you look so young and petite, and obviously, Satoru too was lusting after you. And true, your skin was smooth like a soft serve of mochi, but still!

You are meant for him and his eyes only! Oho, this bozo would get heavenly punishment.

He had to get to you somehow, but this was public space and if he cooked up some sort of shenanigan, you would put him in sex ban. I can't have that! so Satoru wracked his brain to think of another way...

Once again, his gaze fell on his now calm baby, who was also looking at his mama over there with utter curiosity. And an idea immediately popped up in his mind.

"Hey, kiddo, look at that, a bad man is trying to take your mama," Satoru nudged him as if trying to egg him on. "We can't let that happen. Will you help me to save her, hmm?"

"Mama..." your baby looked back at him so innocently before smiling. "Mamaaa!"

"Good boy." Gods, his baby was so adorable, he almost felt bad for doing this but...

Swallowing his guilt, thinking he would make it up later, he pinched his son's butt a little too firmly—

"WAAAA!" and suddenly, the little boy burst into tears, and even Satoru was surprised by the sheer volume of his wail.

The sudden inconsolable sound of your baby sent you scrambling in panic, your eyes wildly searching for him, completely disregarding the credit card man. "My baby!"

"Eh?" the credit card man was visibly surprised. "Oh... so, you're married...?"

You immediately made your way towards Satoru and snatched your baby from him, hugging him tightly. "Oh, there, there... What happened to you?" you shot your husband a distaste look as your son kept wailing. "Satoru, why is he crying?"

He nonchalantly shrugged. "Maybe missing his mama? Dunno~"

By now, you had completely forgotten the credit card bozo, but he still looked at the three of you in mild surprise. Satoru took this chance to approach him and whisper in his ear:

"You see, my wife doesn't need your credit card," he whistled. "My cards or lumpsum money will do more than enough."

After seeing how pale the bozo looked, Satoru chuckled darkly... before leading you and your son away from the crowd, with one arm possessively around your waist.

Epilogue

"I'm sorry— I'm sorry, okay!?"

Satoru looked down at his son in utter hopelessness, as the little boy refused to be held by him, looking at him with teary, resentful eyes, and backing away from him in his playpen.

Can babies hold a grudge? Satoru didn't know, but his son definitely was not happy with him, and he couldn't think of any other explanation other than his sin against him back this afternoon.

"I've bought you mochi ice cream!" he opened his palm to reveal the treat. "Don't you want some? Papa will give you some, yeah?"

Baby looked skeptical now, and at that moment, he resembled you so much—accusing eyes, pursed lips, exactly like the expression you would pull when you were unsure of what Satoru might do next. He almost chuckled at the resemblance, feeling giddy.

"C'mon, forgive me, yeah?" he patted his son's little beanie and offered his hand for him to take, eyes crinkling in fondness. "Now, here comes your treat, come closer?"

Your baby crawled closer, seemingly accepting him, and Satoru was all smiles, until—

Whack!

It happened in a flash. He could have avoided it, but he was too taken aback. The pain exploded in his jaw, so intense that he grunted loudly.

"What the—?! You... you—! You kicked me— in the face!"

[jamietwat]

follow up question: do you like or dislike re-reading your own writing? personally for some reason i hate reading my finished stuff (sadly i have to so i can edit) so i'm curious if this is a common experience or just me

I find it depends on what mood my brain is in. Sometimes it’s like no I hate his I won’t, but I also find a lot of the time I’m like ugh I don’t want to reread my own writing and see all the shit I don’t like about it and all the mistakes I didn’t catch and things I could have executed better but then I’ll randomly get motivated to when I get a comment that says something detailed about old writing or old chapters and I’m like oh yeah and then feel like rereading that and go down a rabbit hole. And then sometimes when I feel like I need to reread for memory’s sake it’s a disaster

But overall, rereading writing is usually way better of an experience than I’m expecting and I’m like oh maybe I don’t hate this and I don’t need to be as embarrassed about it

Quite often when I start a reread I’m expecting to cringe through the whole thing (and I still do at some mistakes and parts but not all of it) but overall I just get invested in rereading my own fic like wow this is exactly my interests (no shit) and exactly my sense of humour (also no shit) and find it easier than reading not my writing focus wise because I already know it and then I get distracted and reread a whole big long thing and then end up like oh shit I want more but for that to happen I have to write it. But it’s also a great motivator to get back to writing when the reread does go that way and gets my brain thinking about the right part of it instead of later than where I should be writing scenes

But then also I don’t think there’s anything weird about not liking rereading your own writing. I know lots of people hate rereading their stuff because they focus on all the stuff they find to be negatives and not the positives. And that certainly has stopped me from rereading things many times even if I ended up rereading later and enjoying myself

Then again, my older writing is more likely to be painful and not enjoyable and have contradicting shit and excessively cringy shit worse than current writing so there’s something to be said for practice and focusing on the improvement from what you were expecting from when you started instead of just focusing on oh this part sounds weird, oh why did I do this, etc.

Oh and also I HATE rereading for editing purposes. That part of writing a chapter is a nightmare and makes me hate my own writing I’ve spent hours on so I get that part for sure