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"Tell me that this ends with me asleep in your arms, and I will kill any gods you ask."
- Lucanis Dellamorte & Juliet Thorne
Lucanis getting that good sleep on them soft dwarf tiddies 👌🏻🤌🏻😤 YESSSSS
I didn't want to colour it, I just needed to get the feels out of the system 😭
Reference!
#dragon age#datv#datv spoilers#lucanis dellamorte#rookanis#lucanis x rook#dragon age rook#rook thorne#dwarf rook#warden rook#dragon age fanart#my art#my post#my oc#Juliet Thorne#this sketch has been sitting in my drafts for so long...#becoz i was busy. (doomscrolling)#anyway. im very very very soft for lucanis.#also sleeping on them dwarf tiddies? yeah what a dream 😮💨👌🏻
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How I would have fixed Bianca Di Angelo's Character
First of all Bianca is a character who has very little actual personality or backstory, I'm afraid ultimately she is just another age old case of a woman being killed in order to further a man's story.
So to fix her(and give her an actual character) I would do the below:
1.Make her older!
• I would make her 14, a few months older than Percy(specifically born on June 9th 1932, idk why but I feel like it fits her) seeing as Bianca being 12 logically makes zero sense in the context of her story. Making her older would in turn make her choice to join the hunters, make Artemis's decision to let her become a hunter and zoë's decision to let her join the quest all less stupid. Her being older would also make her the second choice for the prophecy, above Percy. It also just fits with what little character she has to be older.
2. ACTUALLY GIVE HER A PERSONALITY!!!
• Something that has always deeply annoyed me is that she has no personality! We're clearly meant to be devastated by her death but we know so little about her that her death doesn't really invoke any emotion. When we look at the Greek big 3 kids personality's in all honesty she and Percy have a lot more in common than Percy and Thalia or Bianca and Nico, so l'd hone in on that, id point out their similarities(though I wouldn't make her basically female Percy, there's already enough of that in this fandom), make her happy, make her gloomy, make her apathetic, just make her something!
3. Expand more on her powers and what they would have been had she not died.
• I wouldn't make her show off too much as to not give away the surprise of her and Nicos father but l'd definitely give her something. I saw once in a fanfic that her powers were to control the rivers of the underworld and do things like turn any water into a river of the underworld and I quite liked it and thought it was creative.
4. Don't make Bianca's entire character revolve around Nico!
• Bianca's character completely and utterly revolves around Nico, it's always 'oh Nico this' and 'Nico that' like please shut up!
Why is Bianca 'mothering' Nico at all??? For the first 9/13 years of their life's they lived with their mother and all the other parts were in the casino; where they had their every need taken care of, and their school; where Bianca and Nico probably weren’t even around one another very often!; they both also mainly grew up in fascist Italy(an extremely misogynistic place & time mind you) so even with that(Especially with that) it makes no sense why Bianca would be ‘mothering’ Nico(honestly nico would most likely been raised and expected to protect and take care of her!)
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This is less of a fix and more of a silly headcanon but I’d have her steal 6 friendship bracelets from the gift shop whilst at the National Air and Space Museum. One for Percy, one for Thalia, one for Zoë, one for Grover, one for Nico and one for herself(she got one for Nico because even whilst caught up in becoming a hunter she had noticed that Nico was sad, most likely from feeling left out, so she got him a bracelet so when she came home she could give it to him and he wouldn’t feel so left out anymore). When she dies she takes her and Nicos bracelets with her. They never find either bracelets. Percy, Thalia and Grover have never taken the bracelets off.
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Anyways if you have any other suggestions or thoughts please let me know!
(This has been sitting in my drafts for a WHILE now😭)
(Also sorry if this is hard to read!!!)
#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo#percy jackson#pjo hoo toa#bianca di angelo#nico di angelo#zoe nightshade#grover underwood#thalia grace#hades#anti rick riordan#rr crit#rick riordan critical
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"I love you, Zevran. I hope you know that."
"Yes... Yes, I know that."
— commission art by @sinizade, posted with permission
#***i want to clarify I commd this art from sinizade and this art is not my own!! please go follow them and comm them if you can!!#Something I commissioned in 2023 by the lovely sinizade! One of my fave pieces I've ever commissioned (still my background on my computers)#I could have gone for the classic 'In truth for the chance to be at your side I would storm the Dark City itself. Never doubt it' quote#which is honestly why this has been sitting in my drafts for so long. but this quoate is so simple and soft... i love it. and i love them!#anyways i too have the DAtV fever so ill be resharing some comms I've had done over the years :)#zevran#zevran arainai#zevran x warden#zevran x aeducan#warden aeducan#aeducan#da oc — riryn aeducan#also yes the ref is from tangled im not ashamed#dragon age#dragon age origins#commissioned art
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Nico's identity as a rogue demigod is so important to me. like yeah he has board at both the camps but that's kind of the thing, isn't it? he likes to keep in-the-know about everything, and he explicitly repeatedly references how he doesn't feel like he completely belongs at either camp. he didn't spend three years living on his own to not know anything about other rogue demigods and the networks they have, and he's gotta have comradery with all these other demigods who probably feel the same way as him. if anything him having unique connections to the camps that other rogues don't have access to is probably really helpful to him in keeping track of what's going on and being able to help people out. There's no way he doesn't keep up with like Eurytion at Triple G Ranch and offer to do some chores around there or dogsit Orthrus sometimes, or maybe he knows a rogue who knows a rogue who knows a rogue who can do such and such a task for a good payment of nectar and ambrosia. things like that!
where's the rogue demigod content and where is the rogue demigod Nico content
#pjo#riordanverse#nico di angelo#this has also been sitting in the drafts for ages but perhaps should see the light of day#TA server has been fueling my rogue demigod thoughts recently lmao
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— a guy asks for your number ft. hoshina, narumi, reno
warnings: mentions dick and profanities in hoshina's
#kaiju no.8 x reader#kaiju no8 x reader#kn8 x reader#hoshina soshiro x reader#hoshina x reader#ichikawa reno x reader#reno x reader#reno ichikawa x reader#narumi gen x reader#narumi x reader#i swore to myself that i would never write text fics again bc they get unbearable to look at after texting styles change#but here we are bc i read actually the funniest text fics ever just now by inmaki#i am not nearly funny enough to replicate but i tried#I APOLOGIZE FOR THE VULGARITY OF HOSHINA i do wish to believe he is quite the gentleman but i can also imagine it somehow#so get a man who can do both (COMPROMISE!)#sorry i was going to add more people i really was but i gave up#next time ill write two for each of them🤞 (not a promise bc i will break the promise)#THANK U FOR READING IF U READ THIS ILY#also this has been sitting in my drafts for AGES LIKE SOLID MONTHS NOW but now that the anime is out i think it is time to post
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The way Azirphale is underestimated and practically infantalized by heaven is so closely tied to his femininity and I think we should talk about it more because I just want to shout about how relatable the way he's treated in his workplace is as a woman working in a traditionally male field
It's in all the little niggling comments from your boss about personal things that hold no bearing on your work
and the assumption that what you're doing must be simple if it was assigned to you
your work is trivialized
and you get these the placating smiles when you're told plans and proposals are rejected and passed over
or when your complaints are dismissed
and you get more of the same from upper management
it all feels so frustrating and draining but you're at work so all you can do is take a breathe put on that mask and move on with your day
It is all so deteimental to your emotional well being and textually, so much of this is tied to Aziraphale's softness, his gayness - his femininity
The thing about working in an environment and gives you this feeling - of being simultaneously destrought watching your belief in yourself get chipped away but also just so irate becuase you know you don't deserve it - is how it builds. It sinks under your skin and feeds into this indignant dejection until you can have a moment of release - but Azirphale doesn't get to bitch about it over drinks with friends, he doesn't get a lunch break where he can go for a walk and listen to an angry scandi death metal playlist, he doesn't even get the chance to cry about it in the bathroom for 5 minutes before confronting it again
(And I talked a little bit about it in the tags of this beautiful photoset but this all comes into play whenever Crowley dismisses his plans or calls him an idiot. These are purely emotional reactions; I really don't think Crowley means much by it - he respects Aziraphale's opinion and genuinely thinks he's brilliant - but Crowley is so quick to use this terminology when Aziraphale is making a decision Crowley thinks is wrong and he doesn't know how much this hurts Aziraphale. Just like Aziraphale doesn't understand the true impact the Fall had on Crowley, Crowley doesn't understand the ways heaven has been tearing away at Aziraphale's self worth)
Aziraphale has been facing this constant drip of denigration since before the beginning of time and has never released the pressure valve. At this point, he's a bomb waiting to go off
#(I want to note that I am coming at this from my personal experience as a woman#but I know femme neurodivergent and disabled folks of all genders face these same issues)#along similar lines I have tons of feelings about how often Aziraphale hides his hands when talking to other angels#to hide his stimming#and look I try not to tie everything back to explaning why Aziraphale ended s2 the way he did but apparently I can't#its just the juiciest character moment to me#also thinking about how angry Crowley was at Gabriel when he was treated like this once#granted shut up and die already IS the worst thing Gabriel has said to Aziraphale but if Crowley knew how much of this was going on...#aziraphale#good omens#go2 spoilers#good omens meta#Thanks to folks who responded to my tags on that post because you really motivated me to find these screen caps#and finish this post which has been sitting in my drafts for ages#also sorry so many of gabriels faces are funny I cant help that jon hamm is comedy gold - i refuse to let it undermine my point
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Wildcard I love you Wildcard I neednyou to be real Wildcard : (
#(has been sitting in my drafts for ages) WHOOPS anyways have two Wildcard posts. Look at my old tags which aren't true anymore#I LEARNED HOW TO DRAW HIM A LOT BETTER also looking back these aren't as bad as I decribed sheesh. Anyways tags I wrote when I drafted this#his proportions are so HARD to get RIGHT that first doodle was me trying to figure them out#the rest are silly expressions for fun (even if the proportions feel WRONG !!!)#wildcard the trivia bot#life series#wildlife smp#wild life smp#trivia bot#triviabot#trafficblr#traffic smp#traffic series#traffic life#mcyt#mcytblr#mcytumblr#mcyt fanart#trivia bot oc#wild life spoilers#quiz master#quizmaster#quizmaster wild life#quiz master wild life
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OPEN RP
Bamf! Bamf! Bamf!
Kurt teleported rapidly, navigating through the obstacles of the danger room. He'd been training for most of the evening and had almost worn himself out.
Bamf!
He teleported away to avoid being blasted but almost failed his landing and buckled slightly. He managed to catch himself and took a moment to regain his breath before ending his training. Kurt walked out of the room, checking himself off on the list, and sighed in slight exhaustion. Tail swaying behind him, he headed for the student quarters.
@therealquicksilver @livdrawsstuf [any of your ocs] @scottsummers-xmen @franny-k-stein @x-mensvampyre + anyone else !
#This has been sitting in my drafts for ages and the writing is shit but im at the level of boredom where i dont give a shit#also i never really know whats in the mansion or not so 👍#- ethan
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Right here! At the end of your arm.
#forspoken#forspoken spoilers#forspokenedit#vgedit#gamingedit#frey holland#alfre holland#forspoken: cuff#dailygaming#gamingnetwork#userbamf#thelvadams#ilikedetectives#useranya#userairika#phoenixiancrystallist#mikaeled#games#video games#gaming#my stuff#i love how she peaks over the balcony asjashada#this has been sitting in my drafts for ages#also cuff just info dumping and continuing doing so that while frey freaks out is hilarious
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the way they just glow around each other -
#this has been sitting in my drafts for ages and i think it deserves to see the light of day#i find it impossible not to look at these photos of them with huge grins on their faces without also finding myself smiling#so yeah#for anyone like me who needs a little bit of something to cheer them up today#here we have alex and miles gazing at each other like they’re the only two people to exist in the world 💗#milex#alex turner#miles kane#tlsp#the last shadow puppets#lulu posts
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Leliana and Marjolaine may not be a story everyone likes, which is fair enough. I think it's maybe good to remember that it was important in its time not simply for being a canon f/f ship, but because Leliana is a bi love interest whose attraction to women is not hidden from the player; regardless of the gender of your player character, if you befriend Leliana, you will hear about her past relationship with a woman. That was a big deal when Origins came out, and honestly it kind of still is.
I am not by any means saying that every bi/pan character needs to have a same-gender ex wandering around to prove their queerness--I'm not a big fan of the term "playersexual" and I'll argue that bi characters are still bi whether they always tell you or not (because things that can happen in a branching RPG are still part of the canon even if they didn't happen in your game). Nonetheless the fact that Leliana's sexuality (and Zevran's) was not missable or ignorable... that did mean something, and it still does.
#leliana#marjolaine#leliana x marjolaine#blunders of thedas#dragon age origins#this has also been sitting in my drafts#for a long time#some tags on another post made me think of it and yeah i think this is worth saying as well#as always if you disagree that's perfectly fine just please be civil about it
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Sketch of Vi and Ram I did a little while ago as a redraw! The original (right) is from 2019
#oc#original character#art#digital art#sketch#redraw#oc tag#shoutout to when nobody in this story wore clothes and also was not anthro. wild times#ANOTHER POST THAT HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRAFTS FOR AGES BTW. HERE#viysrael#ram#a businessmans cult#my art
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Anyways telltale Sam is an absolute disaster with kids and it's very funny.
(Reminder that this man belives the point of having kids to be "tax deduction". Also, from my understanding of 305 since I only saw playthroughts of it, it's apparently possible to leave Sam Jr behind inside Max's stomach, and I don't think there's any repercussions to it?)
#Sam and Max#SamandMax#Freelance police#Freelance Husbands#I guess#Telltale games#meme#The Devil's Playhouse#Sam and Max spoilers#Sam and Max season 3 spoilers#shitpost#yes I know Telltale Sam isn't THAT bad with kids#it just amuses me to think he is#and I can also understand that he's not all there in 305 because of all the stress and sleep deprivation#he does tend to shut down the idea of becoming a parent when Max brings it up in S2 tho#(damn this thing has been sitting in my draft for ages)#(might as well post it already ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
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Earlier in the interview, Taiki mentioned he recently bought a selfie stick to film vlogs for instagram reels
Sota: We went to eat together and as we were saying "Thank you for the meal" he went like "🖐🏻hold on a sec" and filmed himself with the selfie stick. Host: You find it fun? It isn't annoying/tiresome? Taiki: The more I do it the more fun it is, because I do the editing too.
#fantastics from exile tribe#fantastics#sato taiki#yagi yusei#nakajima sota#jr exile#jpop#hopkei trans#this has been sitting in my drafts for ages and i kept forgetting about it oops#black hair taiki i miss you and also tell me outfits;;;;;#taiki who always shoots and edits videos for the fans and stays up studying languages to write his captions thank you for your hard work#it makes me proud to follow artists that care for their fans so much;;
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oh yeah i’ve got a bunch of loz aus that i haven’t really talked about. a few of them are listed and slightly explained in this poll and explanation reblog but i haven’t gone out of my way to actually list the aus i have and really explain them. so that’s what this post is for. here are some... decently simple explanations of my major aus and what they're generally about
i have two kinds of aus: original aus (loz aus that are set in their own kinds of worlds with their own stories and twists on character roles) and then crossover aus (we all know how this works i just mash loz and a thing i like together)
original aus: (many currently dont have actual titles, so the titles will often just be concept shorthand)
in the court of the crimson king/crimson king au: probably the most developed and closest to being written out. it's got one of the longer premises; set in a industrial-esque hyrule city, following linebeck as the main character, as the adoptive older brother of link and aryll, living with them and their grandmother as the only one able to reliably make money to pay for rent and food, leaving every other week to do jobs, but he moonlights as the 'demon of the gray moon', a masked persona he'd created as a child that had long since become a city-wide urban legend, anonymously taking unsavory jobs from whomever can contact him and offer pay, often working directly for bellum, a childhood friend, the one who enabled and trained him to become the demon, and one of five anonymous leaders of the city. linebeck effectively lives a double life, and tries to stay out of too much trouble to avoid drawing attention to himself or making his adoptive family worry, but he gets dragged into more and more danger as bellum becomes curious about the identities of the city's other leaders, and linebeck falls in love with a man named ganondorf, suspected to be one of those other city leaders. ive got a few posts related to it already: this one being another vague concept descriptor, this one being an actual scene i have written out.
'gimmick' au: i cannot explain the gimmick without spoiling the au. put simply, in this au, hyrule as a whole has been at war for ten years, every race and kingdom taking sides in a conflict that seems to be going nowhere. link joined the hylian army young, and has made his way up the ranks to become trusted by queen zelda herself, and things in the war take an interesting turn as he and zelda discover a new faction, unaligned with any particular kingdom and with unknown motives, and zelda decides to set out to the different parts of hyrule, link and a chosen group of trusted allies in tow, intending to try negotiation one more time before things take a turn for the worse.
sci-fi/space au: the fun one that probably would need to be done in a visual medium. it takes place in a solar system of a few planets, link growing up on the planet hyrule and occasionally traveling to the others as a knight specializing in investigating and taking down dangerous bounty hunters, working for zelda as a friend. he and zelda uncover a plot by the yiga clan to accumulate a number of highly dangerous research and weapons held by each species as they aim to resurrect a demon to wreck havoc on the solar system- the b plot being about the top bounty hunters in the solar system screwing around, eventually colliding with link and zelda's a plot as it begins to involve them.
murder mystery(?) au: one of the older ones, maybe one of the oldest that i still stick with. this might actually be one of the first ones i tried writing. the plot begins when zelda returns to hyrule city years after her father- the former mayor- was murdered, finding that he has been replaced by ganondorf and that while things seem fine enough on the surface, random and organized crime run the show, and she begins a private detective agency as 'sheik', a masked young man, and with the help of impa, and old friend and confidant, she moonlights as sheik and uses her daytime identity as zelda to help chip away at some of the city's biggest problems and finds herself drawn into a long string of murders that appear to be anything but random violence.
ruined hyrule 1: i have two au’s with the premise of hyrule being ruined. neither of them have more specific names yet. this one begins with the majority of greater hyrule's population having long since locked themselves in hyrule castle town in order to escape the increasingly dangerous wildlife. zelda, a young girl at the beginning, becomes curious about what lies beyond the city walls, and makes friends with many other children within this sheltered hyrule, and as they grow up together, aim to eventually venture out into the wilderness to see what may have caused the outside world to become so incredibly hostile.
ruined hyrule 2: the other ruined hyrule. set in a devastated hyrule, roughly ten years after the royal family was killed, link failing to save them or hyrule in the time since. he now resolves to set out and indiscriminately destroy every demon that plagues the ruined hyrule, meeting and bringing along various allies, each of which has been uniquely affected by and have different lived in this altered, dangerous shell of hyrule.
modern (school): i also have two modern aus. this one isn’t plot driven, just a concept i have, would work best as little vignettes or something. essentially just the idea of a group of loz characters hanging out together in a modern high school (or college?) setting.
modern: this is the one with an actual plot. follows the general idea of zelda characters living in a modern world only for the typical legends to begin resurfacing and heralding dark events. plot specifics are murky, but that's the general idea.
dark mage: this is the au that where the seas meet the sands takes place in. basically just ganondorf x linebeck shenanigans in this alternate hyrule while actual plot sneaks up on them. named 'dark mage' mostly because the initial idea behind this au was that linebeck would learn magic.
horror au: doesn't have the best name, and it's ended up just being a personal sandbox for me. constantly changing, with the cast and setting often altering if i find that something isn't working or sticking. it's an au i've considered (and even briefly tried) writing in the past, but it's still too fluid, and writing horror effectively is difficult. it's a fun au, though.
mecha au: spawned because i watched neon genesis evangelion. a lot of this au's basic concepts can be found here: x but the short version is that hyrule is being besiged by massive monsters, but each race has created their own mechs to combat them. link is just a farmer who happens to have a strange knack for being a mech user, so is brought in by zelda as a gamble to bolster their chances, and he is tasked with working with a new and less-than-trustworthy crew to help fight those monsters.
'amnesia link' au: an au that sprang up in about a day and hasn't gotten too far since. basic premise being that three years prior to the story, link and a group of allies has faced off against ganondorf and, despite their best efforts, lost, with link being presumed dead by their enemies. now, link has woken up from his coma, his memories gone and hyrule taken over, and, with guidance, must once again travel across hyrule, aiming to rediscover his allies and try to face ganondorf once more.
A quick list of crossovers: I won't explain these in length, since they can range from having their own plot to just being a fun mental concept. So, the things I have made crossover aus with are:
Warrior Cats
Batman
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Persona 5
Pokemon
(there are other, smaller ones, these are just the ones i consistently pay attention to)
So! These are the majority of my legend of zelda aus, some of which I may write, some of which just exist in my mind for fun, all of which I wouldn't mind talking more about if anyone is curious!
#i had to find an actual list i made to remember most of these tbh#salty talks#salty's loz aus#lmk if any of the colored text on here is hard to read i can change it#for some of the duplicate name aus the colors help me remember which is which but ill change it if it makes it hard to read#this took absolute ages to finish partially bc i dont have much physical evidence of these aus. they live in my mind and my mind only#my favorite little tidbit is that in the space au linebeck is a bounty hunter known for being a really skilled sniper#and i did not. in fact. be inspired by sniper tf2. this au predates my knowing about tf2. space au linebeck is inspired by fuckin#ttgl yoko littner and sao (gags) sinon. this will always be funny to me. space au linebeck is probably one of my favorite au linebecks#fun fact also. counting the crossover aus linebeck plays an antagonistic role at some point in 10 of these aus#also anyways worth reminding that a lot of this shit isnt actually very developed. the murder mystery au does not have a lot of actual plot#most of the developed plot stuff in these aus tends to be directly connected to linebecks role in the story bc a lot of these aus happen to#exist bc one day i was like hm what if linebeck was in (hyperspecific situation that led to the creation of one of these aus)#gimmick au is a really good example of how a linebeck in xyz situation thought can spawn a huge fucking story#but i cant get too specific abt that without spoiling the fucking gimmick and ive already said too much#'dark mage' au is also called that bc i think it was REALLY inspired by me thinking abt linebeck in the fe awakening male dark mage outfit#this has been sitting in my drafts for. so long. and then in two days i slammed all of those out and bam. here we are#the crossover aus list is also a list of 'media that also gave me brainworms and therefore got the honor of meshing with the Big Interest'#im not even a big time batman fan i just saw the 2022 movie and scrolled through an entire blog dedicated to harvey dent#i know so fucking much about harvey dent. why is dc so fucking bad about him#anyways welcome to the bottom of the tags. hope you enjoyed your stay. these r my weird loz aus#post-ph isnt here cuz i dont consider it an au. its something else between ‘au’ and ‘speculative canon’
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🌷❤️🍁
For the fanfic ask!
🌷 Who do you recommend as a fan fiction writer?
You, darling 😏💋
❤️ Who is your favorite character to write?
I’ll give you three guesses, honey 😂🙈 And the first two won’t even count. Although I think it’s a tie between her and Venable, because that little purple menace will always rule my heart 🙈
🍁 How is your current WIP going, and can we have a sneak peek?
*garbled frustrated noises* why do I feel like you picked this one just so I would send you a piece of my Lesso fic or my Charlotte fic 🙈 You know what? Just for that— I’m going to give you the professor!Mina fic instead. HA. (just kidding I genuinely hope you enjoy this little clip because I’ve never shown it to anyone before 🙈 please don’t bite):
“Are you finished?”
You jumped at her voice, so close. You hadn’t even heard her. Honestly. And her breath was warm against your ear as she leaned over you, whispering as to not disturb the others.
You swallowed, keeping your eyes pinned to your exam. “No, Ms. Venable. I think I need a few more minutes to look over everything.”
She hummed, a small sound of disapproval, but before you could look at her, question her, she was walking away, cane tapping rhythmically and echoing around the walls.
You let yourself melt into it, the steadiness of it, the consistency. She didn’t stop walking after that, not for the last fifteen minutes. And it almost turned into a song, the tapping of her cane, the clicking of her heels. All of it mixed with the sound of her breath in your ear. And you couldn’t help but grin against the thought that this might be your favorite soundtrack to lose yourself to.
You watched the clock as she sauntered back to her desk, a frown etched onto her face and her jaw tipped up in that haughty way it always did.
And then her cane hit the floor. Twice. And time was up.
Everyone who was left got up, shuffling papers and gathering their things. And you paused, hesitated, waited so that you would be at the very back of the line.
So that you could stay and talk and it wouldn’t look suspicious.
It had almost worked. There were only five students ahead of you. But then someone came up next to you and nudged you, and your focus on Venable was broken.
Emily.
“How do you think you did?” she whispered, and you gave her a half-hearted smile.
“Alright. But I don’t think Ms. Venable would appreciate us talking before we turn in our exams.”
Emily glanced at Venable, and your eyes flicked up, too, meeting deep brown ones that were locked on you.
You swallowed. Turned your attention back to Emily.
“Why don’t you go ahead? I have some questions for Ms. Venable anyway.”
But Emily shook her head. “I can wait with you, I don’t mind.”
And then you were both in front of her, Emily handing in her papers first, and you following suit.
Venable’s eyes never left you, and you could feel your cheeks warming as you willed yourself to look anywhere else. Anywhere but her. But she was like a magnet, and you couldn’t help it.
Her fingers brushed against yours as she took your papers, and you tried not to notice. Tried to ignore it. You were already too flushed. But you knew that she was always careful about not touching her students. Too dirty, she never knew where they had been.
“Not too difficult, I hope?” she mused, pressing her lips together against a smile and smoothing out her lipstick.
“Not at all, Ms. Venable,” you tried, eyes tracking her as she set your papers in a pile and stacked them tight.
There was a long moment of you watching her, watching her gloved hands work over the exams and staring at her perfect fingers, skin soft and smooth and pink. And the way they had felt against your own hands, so delicate, almost a whisper—
“Did you still have a question for Ms. Venable?” Emily piped in, and you flushed deeper as Venable froze, eyes raking over you curiously.
But you cleared your throat, turning back to Emily. “No. No, sorry. Let’s— we should go.”
One last glance at Venable, and you thought for a fraction of a second that she looked almost disappointed. But as soon as your heels dug in, Emily was dragging you out the door.
#just to be clear she’s a college professor and everyone is of age#this fic has been sitting in my drafts so long it’s a miracle it didn’t drop a pound of dust on me when I went to grab a piece#it’s also a lot more complex than it ever needed to be 🙈#anyway#I hope you enjoy!!#thank you so much for the ask honey#you know how much I love them and I love you ♥️💋#ask me anything#asks#wilhemina venable x reader#ahs#sarah paulson#fanfic asks#fanfiction#current wips
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