#totally twitterpated

[catalisst]

[kurlyfrasier]

Anne Shirley-Cuthbert and Gilbert Blythe zinged when they first met (in every version) and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.

[elliespuns]

There's this deleted dialogue between Ellie and Dina (video) where all of our theories of how their friendship/relationship started are confirmed. I took the time to write down the whole thing before analyzing the hell out of it.

Dina, is pink. Ellie, is not.

I was asking, if I hadn't come on to you in Jackson, how would you have hit on me? Like I would have hit on you. You totally would've hit on me. How bad could it have gone? You might have rejected me and then what? I'd have to watch you fall for someone else. Okay, worst case, it would be a little awkward and we just move on. There's no way we just move on. Yes, you would have. What if you were grossed out? What if you didn't wanna be around me anymore? Such a pussy. Okay, who was the one that had this blinding urge to kiss me for 4 years and didn't do shit?

Tell me about when you first realized you were into me. Was it my swagger, my overwhelming beauty? I was into from the day we met. Go on. The day we met, you introduced yourself to me and Joel like you were the major or something. Because I thought you were cute. *blushing* shut up! I hate you. No, you don't. Yes, I do. No, you don't. I love you. I love you too.

Okay, so, as Ellie says, she was into Dina from the day they met. Which was when they came to Jackson with Joel. Ellie was still 14 (I guess more likely freshly 15 at the time, actually). Dina is probably like a year older, so she was 16. I mean, now I can't stop imagining 15-year-old Ellie meeting 16-year-old Dina and being all twitterpated by her. Just remember the cuteness when Ellie was shown to be in love with Riley. Imagine this when she's 15 and meets Dina. Just adorable.

Also, quoting Ellie "Okay, who was the one that had this blinding urge to kiss me for 4 years and didn't do shit?"

This means even Dina had a crush on Ellie in the early stages. 4 years ago, Ellie was 15, so that means she either started to like her right away or a little bit later on. The girls were into each other, just tiptoeing around one another not to do anything stupid or ruin their friendship.

This also gives us a pretty clear picture of how things were between Ellie and Cat. She was already in love with Dina at the time she was going out with her, and remembering how Dina always disliked the fact that Ellie was hanging out with Cat only proves that Dina was jealous all along. Her relationship with Jessee must have been something similar to what Ellie had with Cat, although I believe that Dina started dating Jesse a lot sooner and had already been good friends before that.

Ellie seems a little hesitant when it comes to relationships (this whole dialogue confirms it too), so maybe if it wasn't for Cat making first steps, Ellie would have never gotten into any relationship to begin with. It seems to me that she just wanted to explore and wanted to know what it was like, but she didn't really made herself believe that she loved her. She surely cared for her and liked her, but knowing she was in love with Dina at the time, it was probably even the reason why Cat broke up with her (I always thought it was her who ended it). She probably knew all along that Ellie had eyes for her best friend anyway.

I also appreciate how Ellie admits she was insecure about asking Dina out. "What if you were grossed out? What if you didn't wanna be around me anymore?", I love how deep this digs into Ellie's personality and how, even though she is a strong and independent girl, she still struggles with abandonment issues. Now she doesn't feel like this only towards Joel, but towards her best friend too. Like, she is lovely, nice, funny, and beautiful, but she still feels insecure. Help me with this girl, she deserves the world because she'd rather love her friend from afar than ending up without a friend. Under the layer of thick skin and a strong mind, this girl is so fucking sensitive and fragile it physically hurts me.

This gives the dance scene a whole lot of new meaning. It's probably the very first time Dina says to herself, 'Okay, now's the time. It's now or never.' and after all those years of resisting, she makes a move on Ellie, knowing the girl must feel it too. The girl is too quirky and shy to hide it anymore whenever she's around Dina.

And Ellie? She has been loving Dina for too long, probably trying to convince herself she wouldn't have a chance with Dina, thinking she's into guys, not girls, let alone her girl best friend. And there she is, suddenly grabbing Ellie's hand and leading her on the dance floor, wrapping HER ARMS around HER BODY. Ellie's arms around her body. What is happening? Is she just imagining it? Ellie's heart must have missed thousands of beats at this moment. I love how it's shown in her facial expression as Dina whispers in her ear. Ellie is so awestruck that she doesn't even realize all Dina wants to do is something she should've done 4 years ago.

[not-a-perfect-metaphor]

Hi! Thank you for your awesome awesome blog ! Visiting it is like getting a shot of dopamine straight to the brain everytime (if that even makes sense). Wanted to ask, I don’t know if you have it/have seen it, but I was thinking about a video or gif of J2 I saw some time ago… one where Jared is standing besides Jensen and seems to KEEP WANTING to put his arm/hand on Jensen’s shoulder but he doesn’t ever actually touch Jensen. He almost goes for it like 4 or 5 times I think. Wanted to find it again but haven’t been able to for now. Does it ring a bell ? :) much love !!

First of all -

I absolutely love that you get your dopamine fixes via the Js and their twitterpated husbanding adventures (as do I, by the way…surprise! 😉).

And, second of all -

The thing that immediately popped into MY mind based on your description was this particular little J2 interaction:

Tehe.

Although, this one was more recent…which makes me wonder if you might be looking for a different, older moment.

And, I mean…

Let’s be totally real about this.

There are a literal TRILLION examples that would meet your criteria, because Jared (bless his twitterpated heart) cannot seem to go for a single minute without either visibly fighting against his overpowering need to be touching Jensen or forgoing the fight altogether and just blatantly doing it. 🥰

What an adorable, tactile hubby, though.

Like…in every possible way and at every possible opportunity.

Just. A++.

That’s my conclusion to this.

But also, feel free to write me with any other details you can conjure up if I didn’t find the right thing!! ❤️❤️

[xoxobuckybarnes]

November 2023 Stucky Fics

Completed

Yours, Steve (Rated: G, Words: 9K)

Summary: “I’ve been writing a lot lately, y’know? Sam told me it’d do me good.” “Oh yeah? What do you write about?” Steve shrugs, suddenly self-conscious. “Stuff about him. How I feel. Stuff that I feel would help him remember, if he ever read them. It’s... weird. They’re letters, you know? Letters for him. Even though I know he’ll never read them.” “Well,” Nat says. There’s a determined glint in her eyes. “Do you want him to?” Steve blinks, dumbfounded. A smile slowly creeps across his lips. (In which Civil War never happens and Bucky makes a life for himself in Bucharest, tries to heal on his own. Steve waits for him, and writes.)

The Intelligence Nerd and The Avengers (series) by LilyInTheSnow / @lilyinthesnow

Bucky Barnes: Intelligence Nerd (Rated: E, Words: 114K) Summary: How Bucky Barnes accidently became an Avenger and married Steve Rogers. Or some shit like that.

Twitterpated (Rated: M, Words: 12K)

Summary: Steve's POV of Chapters 1-7 of Intelligence nerd. Steve's not twitterpated. Really he's not. Bucky's just a total badass and his future husband is all.

Twenty Minutes in Heaven (Rated: M, Words: 5K) Summary: Bucky's missing twenty minutes from chapter 9? of Bucky Barnes: Intelligence Nerd as told from Steve's POV. Plus a little extra. Pandamonium (Rated: M, Words: 4K) Summary: Bucky has a nightmare. It's pandamonium. xD A Small Matter (Rated: E, Words: 13k) Summary: Steve gets shrunk during a fight with Hydra, but retains everything else the serum gave him. Bucky's not quite sure how to handle Twink!Steve. In the end Twink!Steve handles Bucky. Tony, Bruce, and Doctor Strange have no idea how to fix it and Thor thinks Loki might've had something to do with it. It's fine though. Everything is perfectly fine. Probably. Or: Steve gets shrunk, fucks Bucky's brains out, and they make a trip to Jotunheimen, Norway. Steve might steal Stormbreaker from Thor and they might get chased by a mutant maneating weremoose. They also might get into a drunken snowball fight. Oh, and Loki is there too. Reading Fanfic Pays Off (Rated: E, Words: 16K) Summary: Steve and Bucky from Intelligence Nerd wind up in the Hello Future Husband verse. Barista!Bucky takes Intelligence Nerd!Bucky lingerie shopping and some other stuff happens too. Like maybe Steve gets jealous and bones Bucky against a tree.

***These fics are complete but the series is not. ***

Hello, Future Husband (Rated: E, Words: 20K) by LilyInTheSnow / @lilyinthesnow

Summary: Bucky Barnes might kind of, sort of, be desperately in love with Steve Rogers. Steve might be a little bit oblivious. Bucky might be a little bit desperate. Natasha and Clint decide to help. Kinda. Mostly they just watch and giggle, but whatever. Enter: Lace panties, super tight skinnies that may or may not be cutting off circulation to various parts of Bucky's anatomy, see-through shirts, and a small variety of now visible nipple jewelry. Nipple shields that look like Captain America's shield? Bucky's never heard of 'em. Never seen them before. How'd they get in his jewelry box?

Let me love you (Rated: T, Words: 4K) by thatgreenleaf

Summary: The Winter Soldier keeps trying to shower Steve with affection in the middle of fights. Steve keeps mistaking them for fight moves.

Fantasmic! (Rated: T, Words: 11K) by mambo / @whtaft

Summary: It's Steve's second summer working at Disney World when he meets Prince Charming (aka: Bucky Barnes, college kid from Brooklyn whose ass looks absolutely devastating in his Prince Charming slacks) and maybe starts to feel a little Disney magic in his heart.

I Held You in Gloved Hands (And I’m Not Letting Go) (Rated: E, Words: 48K) by Voylitscope_speed / @voylitscope

Summary: Bucky Barnes jumps at the chance to take a job opportunity hours from home. He's expecting a fresh start and a decent salary jump. He's not expecting to run into his childhood best friend, Steve Rogers, on his first day. The years since they last talked have been hard ones for both of them, but falling back into their friendship is shockingly easy. Despite their time apart, December in this small town might bring them closer than ever. (Or, a holiday romcom in which Bucky reads to children, Steve teaches art, new friendships are made, difficult conversations are had, cookies are baked, way too much coffee is consumed, home is found in surprising places and, eventually, feelings are confessed.)

I Feel Warm with You (Rated: G, Words: 7K) by LelsieSphinx / @kittytheroseofkirea

Summary: 5+1 winters throughout the lives of Steve and Bucky; filled with fun, kisses, wars, separation, reunions and softness.

Podfic

Late Show (Rated: E) by ipoiledi & thatsmysecret

Summary: “Rogers,” Bucky says, seriously, “You wouldn’t know how to shake your ass if one of those sweet ladies herself tried to stand you up and teach you.”

WIP

Treading Water (Rated: M, Current Words: 261K) by sparkagrace / @sparkagrace & art by Dyslexic_Fetus (Reagy_Jay) / @reagy-jay

Summary: Olympic swimmer Bucky Barnes always believed that when the time came to retire, he would walk away with his medals and world records firmly in the history books and never look back. He never thought the water would leave him first. ***Part of the series Lane Lines: Lane Lines (Rated: M, Words: 132K), Lumière (Rated: M, Words: 5K), & New Traditions (Rated: M, Words: 6K)***

Lost Vocabularies that Might Express (The Memory of These Broken Impressions) (Rated: E, Current Words: 76K) by dorian_burberrycanary / @burberrycanary

Summary: The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away. How’s that for some consolation on the road? A post-The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Stucky fix-it as part of the all-American road trip, detours included. ***Part of the series A Man Takes His Sadness Down to the River (The Consolation of Philosophy): The Same River, Twice (The Man Is Still Left with His Hands) (Rated: G, words: 4K), Still Left with the River (The Paradox of Motion) (Rated: G, Words: 14K), &  Not Language by a Map (The Grammar of Sensation) (Rated: E, Words: 20K)***

[bcbdrums]

As much as I love Drakgo and KimRon don’t you think the ships felt a little one sided?

i'm not totally sure what you mean. do you mean, in terms of the characters' feelings for each other?

if yes, there's a lot apparent in canon as far as Kim/Ron are concerned.

facts:

Ron has entertained the idea about he and Kim as a couple for a long time

Ron chooses to stay friends in case being a couple didn't work out

Kim "waited 12 stinking years for [Ron] to kiss [her]" quote from Homecoming Upset, indicating clearly that she's liked him from the very beginning

that's...really enough right there. it's unspoken since we don't get to see about romance from Kim's perspective that much (because to talk about it is to be vulnerable, and some vulnerabilities heroes don't reveal) but her comment about the twelve-years thing shows that she was almost certainly just as concerned about hurting their friendship as Ron was. it's not one-sided, it's just that we're not allowed to see Kim's vulnerable side in this way.

now on to Drakgo. Drakken comes to Shego's rescue with a giant robot in Go Team Go. she comes to his rescue in: A Very Possible Christmas, Clean Slate, Graduation... Shego comes back out of jealousy in Mad Dogs and Aliens. that's twice she leaves a vacation for him, once she comes back just because she wants to, and in Graduation puts herself in dire harm's way to save him.

Drakken fantasizes about Shego water skiing in Kimitation Nation and that's also the episode where he calls her "dumpling," not a typical pet name for just one's sidekick. Shego is constantly hanging around Drakken in a bathing suit, tanning and hot-tubbing in the lab which is wholly unnecessary. in Graduation she even changes out of the swimsuit to her normal suit in front of him.

their relationship is an old married couple vibe, not a twitterpated teen first love vibe. so they come across differently than our teens Kim and Ron.

this is just a handful of examples, but i could go on... point simply being, it's not one-sided in either case.

i think the reason people may not see it is...because the show isn't a romance. it's an action cartoon. the romance was never the focus. the show was meant to end with So the Drama, the kiss being the final scene, and all of S3 teased it blatantly even with Kim and Ron poking fun at it themselves when talking about Agony County, the in-show soap opera they watch. ending on making the ship canon is a perfect ending, but the romance was never ever the point. it's all there, but it's never in your face because....that's just not with KP as a show is about.

appreciate the ask, Anon!

[jessicanjpa]

Twilight Advent Calendar 2023 Event

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Dec. 12 - What changes did the rest of the family see in Edward as he began to fall in love with Bella?

-He was so, so twitterpated. If he were human he would have been stumbling over his feet and walking into walls. As it was, everyone had to shout his name fairly often to snap him out of his Bella haze. He left things in the wrong places all over the house. He took ten times longer to get dressed because for once he actually cared about what he was wearing (which also meant more arguing with Alice over what he wore). He accidentally called Esme Bella more than once.

-His piano music suddenly filled the house again. He had never totally stopped playing before, but it had been a long time since he had been able to fully relax into a several-hour session of just meandering through his favorite pieces. Jasper started hanging out in the living room again to do his paperwork and hobbies because Edward's music felt lovely and even inspiring. It hadn't felt like that in quite a while.

-His composing muse awoke with a vengeance too: new pieces sprang to life faster than he could manage. Most of them weren't even directly inspired by Bella. He was just suddenly seeing beauty and poetry in all kinds of things that had seemed mundane before.

-(Ironically, he was much happier when he was away from Bella; most of his angsting was done when they were together. When he was at home without her, that's when he felt all wistful and silly and gentle and romantic. Now that most of his objections and worries have been laid to rest post-canon, let's hope Bella gets to see more of this side of, uh, their relationship.)

-The cooking thing. Most of his family was... a bit perplexed, because they don't know anything about cooking. They just assumed the whole thing would be a flop because Edward wasn't capable of tasting anything properly. But of course Esme's mother-heart just overflowed with happiness over it. I wonder if she was the one to suggest it, or if Edward approached her? Either way, she spent many a happy hour in the kitchen with Edward helping him out—not so much with the recipes themselves as "This is how you measure flour."

-Everyone noticed he was more attentive to them in general (when he wasn't in his Bella haze); it took a while for them to realize that he was watching how they interacted as couples. How they argued, how they compromised and solved disagreements, how they apologized (or didn't), how they touched, how they went from silly to sexy over the course of a conversation, how they greeted each other and how they parted. He'd made a casual study of these three marriages for a long time, but as with his composing, suddenly he was taking notes again.

You can find all of the #twilightadvent23 prompts here!

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[so-called-yokai]

A short, goofy drabble I was inspired to write featuring my Eshra and @thescribblings's peepaw and Lil Leo. Totally non-canon (call it an AU to both AUs) but the potential for shenanigans was too good to ignore.

"I'm on to you."

Eshra cracks open one eye to study the teenager looming over him where he reclines at the cafe's patio table with his clawed feet kicked up… and how annoying is it that a kid not even half his age can loom over him? The so-called-yokai gives the tufted tip of his tail a mildly irritated flick and doesn't answer. That's fine, because Leo doesn't seem to need one.

"You think you're slick, always touching him and batting those eyelashes." Eshra blinks, and Leo points at him accusingly. "Yeah, like that! Well, I know what you're up to, you-- you hussy, and if you think I'm going to let you get all cozy and handsy with my brother--"

Leo continues ranting, and Eshra lets it go in one ear and right out the other, his honey-gold gaze sliding past the teenager to where the mutant in question is browsing a rack of clothes outside a nearby boutique. The sight of him makes Eshra smile into the over-caffeinated sugar bomb he calls coffee, his heart and crest both giving a little twitterpated quiver.

"Stop that!"

Eshra finds his line of sight abruptly cut off by one supremely irritated teenaged turtle, his eyes narrowed and his arms folded across his plastron.

"Stop what?" the yokai asks innocently, sipping his coffee.

"This!" Leo shoves both hands in Eshra's direction as though indicating the whole of him. "This whole…"

"Situation?" Eshra supplies helpfully.

"Ugh." Leo stomps away to join his older self in front of the boutique, leaving Eshra to observe them both and fight the urge to burst out laughing.

This is going to be the most fun he's had in years.

[eve-nightengale]

Kicking my feet and totally twitterpated 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[henrysdailys]

No for real I think I need help

[missevarosales]

Eva was told many times how lucky she was to have Sameer by friends and colleagues alike. He was thoughtful and caring and just a beautiful specimen. It was always flattering to see her friends get twitterpated anytime Sameer joined her at company events or dinner parties and those women saw their fair share of handsome men on a daily basis. Her man though? He was a rare jewel. She felt herself smile at those words because god knew she wanted nothing else, but to be just that. The woman that was by his side through all of life's ups and downs. Eva gasped, feeling his fingers successfully undo the fastenings of her bra. The sheer fabric fell from her body, revealing her full breasts. Her heart raced at his command, Eva turning to face her fiancé and letting him see her almost naked figure. Her lower half remained covered by those shorts, but she knew those would be gone soon too. "Someone's happy to see me." And she meant it in all the right ways because those pajama bottoms were looking a little snug now that her effect on him was becoming increasingly more obvious by the minute. She rubbed him through the fabric to tease him, wanting him hard as rock and driven totally by need.

There was something intoxicating about being with Eva. It didn't matter if it was the first time or the seven thousandth time. She made him feel everything as if it was the first time he was getting to be with her. "That," he nodded with a grin as she pulled his shirt from his body, Sameer eagerly helping her along before he heard her words. "I think that's a good idea," he whispered as he felt her touch on every inch of his upper body, it was driving him insane with need but Sameer had to keep his resolve at this point. He put his hands on her shoulder and turned her so that her back was to his chest, his chin on her shoulder as he spoke. "You're forever going to be by my side, as my wife, my partner--the woman of my dreams." His words stayed a soft murmur before he snapped open her bralette hook and let the straps fall from her body. "Let me see you properly," he stated before stepping back to let her turn around for him, already his hands on his pajama pants, eager to rid them but waiting for her to do the honours.

[notprincehamlet]

@justleaveacommentfest wrap up!!! and fic recs too!!!

Total comment count: 12 comments!

Day 1 (old fics/new fics)

1). My True Love Has My Heart by Nineveh_uk Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers Ship: Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey Rating: G

2). Heat entering each pearl by lotesse Fandom: Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier Ship: Mrs Danvers/Rebecca de Winter Rating: M

3). You Don't Need Provenance Documents to Acquire Me by androgenius Fandom: Nancy Drew (Video Games) Ship: Alejandro del Rio/Joanna Riggs Rating: E

Day 2 (<2k words)

1). whatever it is he's lost, may some day once again be found by JessesGirl Fandom: Daredevil (TV) Ship: Vanessa Marianna Fisk/Wilson Fisk Rating: T

2). twitterpated by ladybundle Fandom: Poker Face (TV) Ship: Charlie Cale/Marge Rating: E

3). Girlfriends by thingswithwings Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Keeley Jones/Rebecca Welton Rating: M

4). a quiet care by theroyalwelton Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton Rating: G

Day 3 (AUs)

1). Across the Pond From Kansas to the Weltons' Door by QuillerQueen Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton Rating: T

2). it's a symptom of your touch by @waddingham Fandom: Ted Lasso Ship: Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton Rating: E

3). The Consort by Blizzaurus (Pisara) Fandom: La casa de papel Ship: Raquel Murillo/Sergio Marquina Rating: M

Day 4 (rarepair/platonic)

1). Praise for the Morning by bea_bickerknife Fandom: A Series of Unfortunate Events Ship: Georgina Orwell/Esmé Squalor Rating: M

Day 5 (something new)

1). A Simple Life by @gellavonhamster Fandom: A Series of Unfortunate Events Ship: Beatrice Baudelaire/Bertrand Baudelaire/Lemony Snicket Rating: G

[bcbdrums]

Why are there so many Drakgo-antis and KimxRon-antis lately?

bruh all i can think is people aren't watching the show.

maybe they're pulling opinions out of memory, out of fanfic/fanart, headcanon... the things i've been hearing don't make sense to me if you actually put the show on and watch it. so generally i'll say...ppl are relying on their decade-old memories instead of actually watching the show.

like, i even asked one anti person to cite examples of things and they just spout the same generic rhetoric without hard evidence. and their rhetoric sounds like interpretation more than fact.

however, another point, people can like/dislike whatever they want. what's bugging me more is the seeming...insistence of some folks that "my opinion is the only correct opinion." and then they defend that point of view by saying their interpretation is canon.

well... kinda yes, but also kinda no? i'll give an example. Shego says she has a teaching credential. this is canon. meanwhile, my very dear friend's headcanon is that Shego's credential is a fake. which, for a villain...totally plausible! there's literally no reason a person couldn't choose to interpret that. but there's folks who would cry foul because it's not "canon." well imo it could fit into canon, but...even if it can't, who cares!?

there's things one can't argue. like, Kim and Ron kiss at prom and begin dating after So the Drama. these are irrefutable, stated canon facts. no room for interpretation around these events occurring. but in fanfic/headcanon, people can extrapolate Kim's and Ron's feelings/emotions/thoughts about the entire sitch...however the heck they want. feelings of twitterpated teens, or feelings of awkward uncertainty about shifting from friendship into romance...as two possibilities. some ideas are more readily believable than others based on how closely they adhere to canon, imo. regardless, a good writer will convince a reader of their viewpoint, whatever it may be.

but, to get mad and say that a person's view is invalid cuz someone doesn't agree with it.... no. and, and! a person has a right to dislike something! that's equally fine. going out of their way to bash a viewpoint though, i see no productive purpose in that. and i think Anon that's what you're referring to... i've seen it too, where ppl seem to be going out of their way to leave negative comments cuz they disagree with someone's pov.

like, ultimately i'm a canon purist. canon adherence makes my brain happy. but seriously, let people interpret how they wanna interpret... it's fandom. why do folks gotta insist on their way being the only way?

[captainbee89]

Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!

A Dream of Spring (aka A Time for Wolves) with a pinch of heavy sighing and a dash of longing looks. Complete with a sprinkle of smiles and flirting.

Utterly twitterpated.

[buckets-and-trees]

SONIA!

SONIA SONIA SONIA!

This made me literally so giddy!

They're absolutely one of my favorite couples - that's not much of a secret around here, but ... honestly? Reading this made me go totally twitterpated over falling in love with them again and took me right back into the headspace I was when I wrote this in December.

It was such a ride to relive this with you! And to know that all the little things really did come across and fjdklafjal;a I mean that's just all any of us hopes for as a writer.

T H A N K Y O U for taking the time to give so much love to this ficlet. Sincerely. It really means so much! 🩵

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts

Fandom: MCU Collection: Cedar Trees Characters/Pairings: King!Steve x Queen!Reader Word Count: 1.3k Summary: After a week of festivities celebrating the high winter holidays, you are traveling with your husband to the summer palace to retreat for a week just the two of you, to spend the Yule Week together.

Content Warnings: royal AU, some modest agoraphilia, vaginal fingering, cum eating, fluff because these two are over the moon for each other

Logistical Notes: This is the reveal for the other kink I teased in this ask @stargazingfangirl18... EVERYONE IGNORE THAT IT'S ONLY STILL NEW YEAR'S EVE IN LIKE HAWAII AT THIS POINT, OKAY? It still counts.

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You smile as Steve’s knees gently jostle against yours which are covered in your skirts and a warm blanket. The royal carriage was not quite built for his long legs, at least not like this. It wasn’t any problem when you sat together on the same side, but he’d insisted on sitting across from you. You had teased him that he would fall asleep on your journey, and he had maintained that he would not, but that sitting with his back to the front of the carriage would ensure that he wouldn’t fall asleep.

And yet he sat across from you, slightly slumped over, legs relaxed, very much sleeping.

It’s why you’d snuck a book inside your fur muff and only snuck it out when he’d finally succumbed to his exhaustion.

And so you were more than happy to see him resting. It’s mid-morning on New Year’s Eve, and you could hardly believe you were here. When he came to you a few weeks before with his proposed plan, you were a little surprised but incredibly pleased when he told you he wanted to retreat with you to the summer palace for a week for the new year. He worked sunup to sundown, tirelessly fulfilling his duties as the devoted king to his people that he was. They loved him for it, and so did you.

Although the royal carriage was well built and very sturdy, it was still a testament to how tired he was that he could sleep as it rolled along over the roads in the countryside, but ultimately a particularly rough patch of road jostles you both, and he jerks awake.

“Good morning again, my sleepy king.”

He frowns, but there’s only warmth in his blue eyes. “How long did you let me sleep when I did not wish to, my queen?”

You glance at your book and shrug a shoulder at him. “You know I do not mind; you deserve your rest.”

He takes a look at his pocket watch and complains, “An hour robbed of your company.”

You laugh, reach across for his hand, and tug on his arm to pull him over to sit next to you. “We get to have each other for an entire week,” you say, your easy smile splitting into an eager grin.

“And I look forward to every minute.” He presses his forehead against yours as he settles in next to you.

“You’re cold, my lord,” you fuss, and quickly lift the wool blanket to cover his lap as well.

He chuckles as you shift a little and place your fur muff between the two of you, grab his hands, and stuff them inside with yours. “I’m not that cold.”

You tsk at him, “There’s no need for you to be cold at all.”

“I suppose you are right,” he concedes. He leans in again and captures your lips in a kiss. “Not when I have you,” he murmurs against your lips. You melt into him, your lips part, and he teases his tongue inside.

You become lost in his kiss until he starts shifting, and his hand moves under the blanket, and you gasp he rucks up your skirt and petticoats until he can move his hand beneath the swaths of fabric to brush up your thigh and right to your center.

“Steve!” you protest in a dazed but shocked whisper. You press your thighs together. “We can’t!”

You can’t help but think of the coachman and the footman riding on the front of the carriage, and the six guards riding along behind.

“Oh, I believe you’ll find we can do all manner of things in here, my love,” he insists. With his hand still between your clenched thighs, he reclaims your lips and squeezes the tender flesh of your leg, easing you open again as he kisses you with such fervent passion you can’t help but surrender to him.

You whimper as his fingers slid along your folds, and you know he finds you’re growing wet for him already.

His other hand comes up to cup your cheek. “Keep your pretty sounds soft, my love, only for me.”

“Steve,” you whine.

He noses along your neck, but you know exactly the wicked grin he must have across his face.

“An hour of wasted time, neglecting my queen, I must make it up to you.”

You bite your lip when he inserts the first finger into your warm hole, and you clutch his arm – not wanting him to stop now but because you need to hold onto him. He pushes it slowly in and out of you a few times before adding a second finger. You cant your hips forward to give him a better angle. Steve keeps the slow pace, working up your wetness on his fingers.

“I want you dripping for me,” he whispers in your ear.

“Oh, God,” the soft plea tumbles out, and you drop your head back.

Steve presses hot kisses to your neck, but only briefly as it’s too much pleasure for you to keep quiet, and he chuckles as he quickly angles your head back to him with his free hand so he can smother your moans with his mouth. He curls his fingers up to find the spot you both love for him to stroke on the front of your walls, and he knows exactly when he’s found it as your body arches for him. He rubs there insistently, expertly, and your body starts to tighten the strings pulling toward your climax.

He doesn’t rush it, pushing you until you’re mewling into his mouth between demanding, hungry kisses. Then he presses his thumb to your pulsing clit, giving it ample pressure, circling, until the pleasure driving at the dual points knocks you over the edge into bliss, and you convulse against him, breaking away from his kiss so you can breathe.

Steve takes the pressure off your clit, but slowly keeps stroking your cunt as it clenches around his fingers, bringing you gently down through your climax.

“So beautiful, my love,” he speaks softly against your temple, pressing a kiss there.

You laugh softly, feeling the giddiness and satisfaction of the act the two of you just engaged in whilst traveling through the forest in your carriage. You know Steve was mindful of keeping what you were doing quiet enough to stay private, but the thought that you might have been overheard had been its own forbidden thrill.

You turn your body more toward him. “Steve, that was…” you let the words linger, and smile up at him.

“It was,” he says. He brings his fingers up to his lips and licks them thoroughly clean. You can only watch him, concentrating on taking deep, steady breaths.

You begin to reach for his waistline, but he grabs your hands in both of his. “Oh, no. I’m not confident we can keep any sounds I would make to a discreet level for anything you might have in mind.”

You laugh and feel your neck and cheeks heat in a mixture of desire and shock and a touch of flustering.

“Here,” he says, angling his body more toward you, then scoops up both your legs in the heap of skirt and petticoats, and pulls them over his lap. You help him by scooting closer, and he drapes one arm around your back. “Let me kiss my lovely wife a bit more, and we can talk a while before we get to the palace.”

“Sounds perfect, husband.”

He presses a tender kiss to your lips now, and you place a hand on his chest over his heart, looking forward to the week ahead, only the two of you, no engagements or responsibilities, only time together, and you could not be more happy and content.

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Ok ok but imagine: being friends w the whole group & hooking up w yonghee on the down low and nobody else knows about it but one time after a long while of being w the group he finally gets you alone (or so he thinks) and you kiss & then Seunghun walks in 😳

I’m such a sucker for the whole secret relationship trope 😩 -yonghee anon

Nooooo, 'cause he would've been so careful and subtle up to this point, and he'd be totally embarrassed to be found out :')

Y'all would probably be having a game night at the dorms or something, and as you were absolutely dominating in a harsh one-on-one battle of Guess Who with Hyunsuk, you'd decide to get up and grab some snacks.

Maybe give him some time to mull over his options and suss out his next question.

The whole night, Yonghee had been watching you closely, utterly endeared by your laughter, grinning, and adorable little victory shimmey. In that moment, he decided that he just had to show you how cute you were.

Yonghee never did anything risky when you were close by the boys. He just wasn't interested in the teasing and complications. And if he was being completely honest... He liked having you as his little secret.

Something he didn't have to share with anyone else and that he could entirely call his own. He loved the guys and his job, but there was very little privacy that came with either.

He liked having his own little secret world to escape to—and he'd found it in you.

He followed you to the kitchen under the pretext of grabbing water refills for everyone, a couple of glasses gathered up in his hands and arms.

You grabbed some chips down from the cabinet, he started filling the glasses using the spicket in the sink. You both had smiles on your faces, enjoying the comfortable silence.

You'd finished grabbing your things, but you still waited for him, leaning casually against the countertop.

He met your eyes, smile widening. "Hey, beautiful," he said softly, so as not to be heard by the four rambunctious boys just one room over.

You hushed him unconvincingly, not being able to hide your growing smile and twitterpated giggle. "Someone's gonna hear you!" you chastised.

He chuckled, your words only spurring him on further. "You've been so cute all night, though..." He finished filling the last glass, setting it on the counter next to the others. "How could I just sit back and not say anything?"

He stepped closer, hands resting on either side of the counter where you stood, caging you in. Not in an intimidating way—a very safe one. One that blocked you off from the rest of the world so that it was just you and him.

"Whaddya say?" he started, leaning in closer. "Just one kiss? No one's gonna know."

You tried your best to list all the reasons why this was a bad idea in your head, but for whatever reason, nothing was coming to you. Well... He was nothing if not convincing.

"Oh, fine," you muttered, reaching up to cup his cheeks. "Just the one."

With a big smile on his face, he leaned in, closing the gap between the two of you with a gentle closed-mouth kiss ending in a playful 'mwah'. A short little peck, nothing more than that.

You ran your thumbs over his pretty cheekbones once he pulled away. "Okay... Maybe one more," you whispered.

He jumped at the invitation, leaning in for one more peck before you had to return to the bustling living room. He could already hear them starting to argue about some stolen Monopoly money.

Seriously, what would they do without him?

Yonghee pulled away with a sigh. "All righty..." He tucked some hair behind your ear, a loving look in his eyes. "Back to real life now, I guess."

You nodded, giving him one last comforting smile. "Back to real life."

When you both turned around with your bag of chips and his glasses of water, you certainly didn't expected to see a bug-eyed Seunghun with a slack jaw standing in the entry way.

"Seunghun!" Yonghee gasped, almost dropping the glass in his right hand. "I- what are you doing here?" He gave you an apologetic side-eye. This was not supposed to have happened.

"I- well, I..." Seunghun fumbled, trying to make sense of what he'd just seen. "Hyunsuk was cheating, and I just came to warn you, and then... And the counter... And the... Y'know."

Yonghee's cheeks turned red. "Ugh, Seunghun..." He wished he could hide his face. "How much did you see?"

"Everything. I mean—nothing. I- I don't know..." The older guy started backing away, bumping into the walls as he went. It was pretty rare to see him this flustered, so in a way, it was an achievement. He chuckled awkwardly. "I'll just... go now. Your secret's safe with me, I promise!"

With that he scurried away, leaving you two to stand in stunned silence.

"Our secret's definitely not safe with him," you chuckled, knowing the older boy all too well. He wouldn't try to tell everyone, it would just slip out.

Yonghee groaned, setting down the glasses and resting his head on your shoulder. Your fingers instinctively went to his hair. "I'm so sorry..." he mumbled, muffled by your shoulder. "I should've been more cognizant."

You shook your head. "I don't mind too much," you assured him. "Think of it this way. Now I can kiss you whenever I want."

Yonghee paused for a moment.

"...Yeah, I guess that's not so bad."