#we’re not even a week out from the end of the crossover and I see this

[kai-uh-arcadian]

Firsts

synopsis: a collection of the firsts you have with Aeri <3

cw: it's purely fluff until the end and it's a bit... steamy hehe, fingering, brat! aeri, begging, finger sucking, nipple play, tension(?), if theres anything else please lmk!

word count: 6.5k

notes! hi my loves I hope you enjoy this! It's (lowkey) a continuation of Project: Aeri but I guess you don't have to read it for this to make sense... but you should! It's my first time ever writing smut so pls be kind hehe

lmk how you feel about this if you'd like and if you wanna chat my dms/asks are always open!

ps. the pics are supposed to be from each first hehehe and also also also did anyone catch the 3 sunflowers meaning?? :0

xoxo love youuu

also s/o to my BAE @wintersera thank you for the ideas for the smut (;

First date 

After everything that had happened that night, you two remained in touch and saw each other quite often. The tension between you was clear, lingering in every glance, every playful tease. There was an unspoken fact but both of you had been too nervous to make the first move.

Until now.

After weeks of mutual pining, you finally decided it was time to take the initiative. You couldn’t wait any longer—you wanted her to be yours, officially (of course).

With slightly shaky hands, you clicked on her contact and pressed the call option, your heart racing as you held the phone to your ear– which was new because calling wasn’t foreign for you two.

“Uh, hello?” Aeri’s sweet voice rang through the line, smooth and familiar.

You cleared your throat, trying to keep your nerves in check. “Hey Aeri, you busy tonight? I, uh... wanted to ask you something”

There was a playful pause on the other end before she giggled. “Hmm... depends. What’s up?”

Your heart raced. “I wanna take you out on a date,” you blurted, a little more direct than you intended.

“Did you call me just to ask me on a date?” she laughed, her voice teasing, followed by a playful sigh. “How old are you, 80?” she teased, obviously enjoying your nervousness.

You rolled your eyes, trying to stay composed despite your pounding heart. “Oh, whatever! Do you want to go on a date or not, Uchinaga?”

“Hmm...” she drew out the sound, clearly toying with you, her tone mischievous. “Let me check my schedule. I might be able to pencil you in...” She trailed off for a moment, and you could practically hear the smirk in her voice.

You couldn’t help but grin, even though she couldn’t see it. “You’re such a tease.”

After a brief pause, she broke the silence with a laugh. “Yes! I can, is there like a dress code for this date?”

Your smile widened, the weight in your chest releasing slightly.

“Hmm. just something casual and comfy,” you replied, already mentally planning out the evening. “I’ll pick you up at 6?”

“Not even gonna tell me where we’re going?” she asked, her voice curious.

“Nope!” you said with a teasing grin. “It’s a surprise”

She let out a dramatic sigh. “Fine fine~, I guess I’ll trust you”

With a satisfied sigh, you hung up the phone and immediately began scrambling around your apartment. You grabbed extra pillows and blankets, carefully folding them and setting them aside. Then, you packed your laptop and collected an assortment of snacks and sodas, wanting everything to be perfect for your date.

You made your way down the staircase to the parking lot where your car sat. You pushed down the back seats of your crossover SUV, trying to make the space into a makeshift bed. You arranged the pillows and blankets neatly, trying your best to make it perfect. After placing the snacks and laptop down by one of the pillows, you felt a huge wave of excitement hit you.

Today’s the day

When everything was set, you hopped into your car, but as you started driving, a thought hit you—something was missing. A date wasn’t complete without a little something extra. Smiling to yourself, you made a quick detour to a nearby flower shop, quickly browsing through the fresh bouquets. After a few moments of searching, your eyes landed on the three sunflowers—vibrant, bold, and full of warmth, just like Aeri.

With the small bunch carefully placed on the passenger seat, you felt a surge of excitement. You couldn’t wait to see her reaction.

Finally, you arrived at Aeri’s apartment, your nerves kicking in again as you approached. You quickly texted her a simple, I’m here, before grabbing the sunflowers beside you. But the moment you saw her stepping out of her building, all those nerves melted away.

Dressed in casual sweats and a simple tank top paired with a black jacket, Aeri still managed to take your breath away. Her casual look only made her more radiant, and for a moment, you were speechless.

You hopped out of the car, sunflowers in hand, quickly making your way around to open the door for her.

Her eyes lit up when she spotted the small bouquet. “Are these for me? How’d you know they were my favourite?” she asked, her voice light with surprise.

“Of course they are,” you said, smiling shyly as you handed her the sunflowers. “And honestly I didn’t, they just reminded me of you”

Aeri grinned, holding the bouquet close and inhaling their sweet fragrance. “You’re too sweet, Y/N, and a little cheesy” she teased, her eyes sparkling.

“You look beautiful, by the way” you added ignoring her stupid little comment, your voice coming out softer than expected as you took her in.

She flashed a grin, her eyes twinkling with amusement. “Thanks, you don’t look too bad yourself, L/N,” she teased with a playful wink before stepping into the car, making you smile and roll your eyes.

Once you started driving, Aeri glanced over at you, interrupting the light music you had on, “Soo~ can I know where we’re going now, or are you just planning to kidnap me?” She chuckled.

“Damn. You caught me,” you teased back. “But if you keep talking, I might just reconsider and drop you back off.”

“Hey!” she laughed, lightly hitting your arm, and soon both of you were laughing.

“Okay, okay,” you said, not taking long to give in. “I’m taking you to this spot I used to go to when I wanted to relax or reflect on shit or whatever. It’s a pretty special place for me, and I wanted to share it with you… I even set up a little car picnic in the back.” Nervously rubbing the back of your neck before motioning towards the back seat

Aeri’s eyes lit up as she glanced behind her at the pillows and blankets you’d carefully arranged. “Y/N! That’s sooo cute!” she squealed, her excitement contagious as she reached over and gently rubbed your arm. “Thank you,” she added softly

“Yeah- Of course, Aeri,” you responded, your heart swelling at the way she looked at you

When you arrived, the sky was a breathtaking canvas of pinks and oranges, the sun slowly dipping below the horizon. You both made your way to the trunk of your car and you quickly connected your laptop to your hotspot while searching for a movie.

“And we’re watching a movie? You’re seriously the best,” Aeri said, her eyes lighting up as she took in the scene.

“Not just any movie... Deadpool!” you said with a grin, you remembered how it was her favorite movie.

“No way! Now you’re just spoiling me, n/n,” Aeri said, her cheeks dusted with a faint blush.

“Well yeah, nothing less for you Aeri,” you responded, feeling a little shy under her gaze.

The two of you settled into the makeshift bed, propped up against the pillows. Aeri’s head naturally found its place on your shoulder, and as much as you tried to focus on the movie, her familiar sweet scent made it impossible. You could feel her warmth, the weight of her resting against you, and your heart raced despite your best efforts to stay calm.

After a while, Aeri shifted slightly. “Can you lay down? My neck is hurting,” 

You blinked at her, not quite processing what she meant at first.

“Hm?”

“...So I can lay on you?” she clarified, her eyebrows furrowing with a smile

“Oh— duh, yeah, of course,” you stammered, feeling your face heat up. You shifted around, carefully placing one arm behind your head and the other around her, pulling her in slowly. She nestled into the crook of your arm like she belonged there, her body fitting perfectly against yours.

The top of her head rested under your chin, her warmth enveloping you, and everything about the moment felt just right—like it was meant to be.

“Your heart is beating so fast,” Aeri pointed out, still focused on the screen that was on your lap.

“Mm,” you mumbled, trying to play it cool and dismiss it, even though your stupid racing heart was betraying you.

A few moments later, Aeri commented again, her voice light with amusement. “Like, it’s really fast. I can barely hear the movie,” she giggled, propping herself up on one elbow. Her eyes gleamed with mischief as she looked at you. “What’s going on? Am I making you nervous or somethingg~?”

She raised an eyebrow, locking her gaze with yours, and suddenly, you were at a loss for words. The movie continued playing in the background, but you could hardly hear it over the pounding of your heart. You were completely lost in her eyes, your breath catching in your throat.

Before you could stop yourself, the words tumbled out. “Will you.. be my girlfriend?” you finally managed to say, your voice soft, almost a whisper.

Her eyes widened in surprise before softening, something shy and tender was in her expression as she stared at you. For a moment, the playful air between you shifted..  To something serious.

“Is that.. Is that what you really want?” she asked, her voice sincere. There was a flicker of something in her eyes—uncertainty? nervousness?—but it was quickly replaced by warmth.

“Well.. yeah…” you replied, your heart still pounding, feeling more vulnerable than you ever had before.

Aeri’s lips twitched into a smirk, her tone deadpan. “Then no.”

You blinked in surprise, your jaw dropping just as she burst into a fit of laughter.

You realized you had just walked right into her joke, you groaned. “Ahh~ you’re sooo mean,” you huffed, though you were fighting off a laugh of your own. “I take it back,” you added, dramatically turning your head away like a pouting child.

“Nonono~ Y/n~ Wait, I was kiddingggg~” she giggled, practically pouncing on you. Her hands gently grabbed your face, squishing your cheeks between her palms.

“Ask me againnn~” she teased, her voice soft and sing-song as she planted a sweet kiss on your cheek.

Your stomach flipped, but you were determined to keep up the bit. “Nope~,” you pouted again, causing her to giggle even more.

She began peppering your face with soft, feathery kisses. “Ask~ me~ again~” she sang between each word with a kiss while her laughter rang out with each peck.

“Okay, okay!” you finally surrendered, looking up at her with a tender smile. “Will you be my girlfriend?” you asked again, your voice warm and sincere.

“Duh!” Aeri squealed, she couldn’t contain herself as she leaned down, closing the distance between you. Her lips met yours in a deep and longing kiss as you snaked your arm around her waist. Everything in the moment was warm and soft, brimming with excitement. You could feel her seemingly melt into you with the way her hands gently cupped your face, pulling you closer like she’d been waiting for this moment for a long time. (You both were)

You couldn’t help but smile into the kiss—it felt like everything had finally fallen into place.

First I love you

Since getting together, your Friday nights through Sunday mornings were habitually spent at Aeri's apartment. This super early morning was just like the rest. The soft hues of the sunrise peeked through the small gap in her blackout curtains, casting a gentle glow over the room. The light stirred both of you awake, but neither of you was quite ready to leave the warmth of the bed. Aeri shuffled lazily, her body repositioning itself into the familiar crook of your neck, her hand resting gently on your chest.

Half-awake, you instinctively wrapped your arms around her, pulling her close. Without thinking, you pressed a soft, sleepy kiss to her forehead before sinking back into the comfortable haze of sleep.

An hour (or so) had passed, though it felt like quick moments, before you began to stir again. Your movements awoke Aeri, her body shifting as her eyes fluttered open, still hazy with sleep.

“Mmm,” she muttered, her eyes half-closed as she stretched one arm out lazily, her body snuggling deeper into yours.

You took the opportunity to nuzzle your face into the crook of her neck, inhaling the familiar, comforting scent of her skin as she wrapped her arm around you tighter.

“Hi, baby~,” you rasped, your voice still thick with sleepiness, your warm breath grazing her neck.

“G’morning,” she replied, her voice equally soft as her hand absentmindedly stroked your hair near your temple.

“Did you sleep well?” you mumbled, your eyes still closed as your leg slid to intertwine with hers, pulling her (impossibly) closer.

“Mhm..~” she hummed, her lips brushing lightly against your forehead in a sleepy kiss, which you returned with a soft kiss to her neck causing her to shutter.

For a while, the two of you lay in a comfortable silence, tangled together in a mess beneath the sheets. You could feel Aeri’s warmth against you, and the steady rhythm of her breathing lulled you back into a peaceful daze.

But then Aeri shifted again, her body stretching out as she let out a soft, tired groan.

“Baby~” she cooed sweetly, “I’m hungry.”

You felt her looking down at you, but your arms were still tightly wrapped around her waist, unwilling to let her go. “Five more minutes?” you whined, your voice muffled as you buried your face in her chest.

She giggled softly, running her fingers through your hair. “Mmm... okay,” she relented, her voice filled with sweetness. She could never say no to you when you looked so adorable, all sleepy and cuddly.

Inevitably, you both fell back asleep, the soft warmth of the morning wrapping around you like a nice blanket. You weren’t sure how much time had passed when you awoke again (maybe 20 minutes), but this time  the bed was empty. The absence of Aeri’s warmth made you frown a little, and the quiet clattering from the kitchen telling you where she’d gone.

Groggily, you got up, tidied the bed a bit, and slipped on your house shoes. As you made your way to the kitchen, the smell of doenjang jjigae filled the air, instantly waking you up.

“Aeri~! What’s this?” you mumbled, your voice still heavy with sleep as you stretched, making your way toward her.

She turned toward you with a playful smirk. Dressed in nothing but an (your) oversized t-shirt and panties, she looked effortlessly gorgeous. “Oh, good morning to you too,” she teased. “Your bedhead looks cute.” She ruffled your hair a bit

You grinned lazily, stepping closer to her, grabbing her hand and placing a quick kiss to it. “Oh, I’m glad. I actually styled it just for you,” you quipped before leaning down to plant a quick ‘good morning’ kiss on her lips.

“Oh, really?” she laughed softly, turning back to the stove as if she hadn’t been affected, but you caught the slight blush dusting her cheeks.

“Mmm,” was all you could manage in reply, the smell of the food and the coziness of the morning settling in. You wandered off to turn on the TV, opening up Netflix to put on a drama in the background as you tidied up the apartment that (at this point)  felt just as much yours as hers.

As you sank into the couch, you asked, “Need any help?”

Aeri shook her head, her attention still focused on the stove. “Nope, I’ve got it! I wanted to make you breakfast today.”

You chuckled at her determination in her voice, letting her take charge, though you couldn’t help but watch her out of the corner of your eye.

After a bit, Aeri groaned out an exasperated “Fuck,” and you glanced up from your phone, concerned if she had hurt herself or something.

“What’s happened, baby?” you asked, turning your phone off and setting it aside.

“Oh nothing, I was gonna make you a coffee and myself some green tea, but I just realized I ran out of ocha last week and forgot I didn’t pick any up yesterday, ugh! Like I was supposed to” she huffed, clearly disappointed.

A lightbulb appeared above your head as you were reminded “Oh babe! Check in the freezer,” you said casually. “I noticed you were low a few days ago, so I stopped by the Japanese market on 5th Street and grabbed your favorite. Ahh~ My bad I totally forgot to tell you”

“Ahh see! This is why I love you! Thank you Y/n!” she said enthusiastically.

Aeri continued for a second, her hands still submerged in the water as she was washing the rice. 

You both froze.

Moments passed as you both processed what she had just said,

A teasing smile tugged at your lips as you made your way smoothly from the couch and you leaned against the counter. “You what me, Aeri?”

“Wait no wait!”

The color rose quickly to her cheeks, turning a shade of red you weren’t sure you had ever seen before. “N-nothing!” she stammered, her flustered voice almost a whisper.

You smirked, taking slow steps toward her. Flustered Aeri was a rare and delightful sight. “Mhm... right.”

As she tried to focus back on washing the rice, you snuck up behind her, wrapping your arms around her waist and pressing a teasing kiss to her neck. “Say it again,” you whispered against her skin, enjoying the way she tensed up slightly in response.

“Oh stop~,” she whined playfully, trying to shrink down, but you weren’t going to let her off the hook.

You turned off the water, spinning her around gently so she was facing you. Before she could protest, you lifted her onto the counter, stepping between her legs and placing your hands on her hips.

“I love you too, Aeri Uchinaga,” you said softly, leaning in until your lips were just inches from hers. “Now say it again.”

The kiss that followed was tender, her lips soft against yours as her arms wrapped around your neck, pulling you even closer. When you finally broke the kiss, her eyes met yours, sparkling with a mix of affection and shyness.

“I love you, Y/N L/N,” she repeated, her voice quieter but filled with sincerity.

You grinned, brushing your nose against hers playfully. “Your hands are wet, by the way” you teased.

“Shut up, don’t ruin the moment,” she laughed, wiping her soaking wet hands on the back of your shirt before pulling you back into another kiss.

First time

Finals were just around the corner, and two of your dumbass professors decided to have an exam a week before their scheduled finals.

So, it’s a week before your two exams, and two weeks before your scheduled finals, and you’re about to arrive at Aeri’s place—to study, of course. 

You arrive in a cutoff and sweats, your hair messily tied up, and your glasses on. Aeri couldn’t help but notice how hot you looked.

You smiled as soon as you saw her. “Hi, baby~,” you said, pulling her into a big hug and giving her a quick kiss. She smiled back, squeezing you tight for a second before letting go.

You made your way to your usual spot—the one you had officially claimed months ago. Normally, the comfort of Aeri’s apartment would ease any stress lingering from your day. But today felt different. As you sat down, a heavy sigh escaped your lips, and Aeri (also) couldn’t help but giggle quietly at how frazzled you looked.

Any other day, she’d take the chance to tease you, probably throwing in a playful jab about how cute you were when stressed. But today, she sensed you weren’t in the mood. Instead, Aeri focused on her own work, letting the comfortable silence between you settle in as you both fell into an easy rhythm, side by side. Despite the closeness, it felt like you were worlds apart—your mind tangled up in studying and exams, while Aeri’s gaze drifted over to you every now and then.

Without you noticing, she snapped a few sneaky photos of you as you sat there, brow furrowed in frustration, your lip caught between your teeth in the way it always did when you were deep in concentration. Aeri smiled softly to herself, finding the sight ‘sooo cute’ despite your obvious stress.

Aeri stood in the kitchen, humming softly as she worked on making a quick study break snack, her ears tuned into your rant as you sat at the table, laptop open, books spread out around you.

“I just don’t fucking understand why they’d schedule exams a week before finals week,” you huffed, fingers tapping rapidly on your keyboard, frantically searching the internet for a damn answer on your practice test. “It’s like they did this shit on purpose babe! Like they wanted me to suffer”

Aeri chuckled softly from the kitchen. “Oh yeah! I think I heard they had a meeting on ‘how to make your life terrible’ ” she teased, the playfulness in her voice catching your attention for just a moment.

You barely looked up from your laptop, rolling your eyes while you took your hair out of the bun and ran your fingers through your hair. You continued to vent before going back to your screen. Your eyes were back to being glued to the screen, fingers flying over the keys. “I don’t fucking doubt that, god I feel like like I’m on the brink of losing it if I don’t start retaining this bullshit anytime soon” you muttered.

Aeri’s footsteps padded softly across the kitchen as she finished garnishing the fried tteokboki, setting it down on the table where you were. “I don’t know how you do it,” she said casually, her tone light. “ Maybe you should take a break pretty...”

Your eyes flicked up briefly as you gave her a small, dismissive and tired smile. “I know..” you sighed “I just need to finish this and—”

“You look really hot when you’re focused, you know?” Aeri’s voice dropped slightly, the casual playfulness gone, replaced by something a little more mischievous.

Your fingers paused mid-type, your heart skipping a beat at her comment. “W-what?” you asked, turning your head to meet her gaze.

She smiled, but there was a flicker of something else in her eyes—something teasing, almost daring. “Almost makes me jealous of that assignment you’re paying so~ much attention to.”

You swallowed, her words slowly sinking in as the tension in the room shifted. “Aeri,” you started, your voice hesitant, but she was already moving closer to you.

She crossed the distance between you in a stride, her fingers brushing lightly against your shoulders as she stood behind you. Her touch was feather-light, but it sent a spark through you as her breasts pressed up against you. “I just can’t get over how good you look tonight,” she murmured, her breath warm against your ear. “Wonder what it would take to get you to pay that kind of attention to me..”

Her fingers traced a slow line down your arms, and you felt your heart race as her hands rested lightly on your shoulders, her thumbs making small circles against your skin. The warmth of her body behind you, the casual confidence in her voice—it was enough to make your mind go blank, the rant you’d been lost in completely forgotten.

“I... I,” you mumbled, but even you could hear how weak your nervous protest sounded.

“Mm,” Aeri hummed softly, interrupting your stuttering as she leaned in, her lips grazing close to your ear. “How ‘bout  just a little break? For me, baby?” she murmured, her fingers brushing your hair aside before placing a lingering kiss on your neck.

The warmth of her body so close to yours made the air feel thicker and heavier. Her hands shifted ever so slightly, sending a shiver up your spine. Your fingers hovered uselessly over the keyboard, your mind entirely abandoning your exams. All you could focus on was her, commanding your attention in a way that no textbook, no deadline, no nothing ever could.

“Ah~ fuck,” you sighed, leaning back into her touch, feeling the tension in your body ease. “I’m all yours,” you murmured, your voice breathy as you tilted your neck slightly, offering her more space.

“That’s my girl..”

She took full advantage, planting soft, lingering kisses from your neck up to your jawline before finally capturing your lips. Unable to resist, you pulled her around into your lap, and she straddled you, the closeness intensifying as both of you sank deeper into the kiss. Your hands instinctively found their way to her back, pressing her closer, while her fingers trailed up to your shoulders and tangled gently in your hair.

Slowly, your hands slid down to her lower back, pausing at the curve of her hips as you pulled her closer. She broke the kiss, her forehead pressing against yours, her breath coming in with shallow and needy gasps and you breathed them in. Her eyes were glazed with desire, a smirk playing at her lips.

“I need you, Y/n,” she whispered, her voice a mix of softness and urgency.

You looked at her, equally breathless, feeling every ounce of longing she held in her gaze. “Fuck~, I need you too,” you murmured in one breath before pulling her back in, your mouths meeting in a kiss that was all heat and intensity, tongues meeting halfway. Your hands roamed her back, tracing along her spine, and a shiver ran through you as her fingers grazed your skin, tugging at the hem of your shirt.

Without breaking contact, you hooked your arms under her legs, lifting her effortlessly as she wrapped her legs around your waist. You walked her down the hallway and managed to open her bedroom door with your foot, carrying her inside until her knees met the edge of the bed, where she let herself fall, pulling you down with her.

You caught yourself just before you landed, her arms still wrapped around your neck, keeping you inches from her lips. She giggled, her eyes dancing with mischief.

“Still wanna study?” she purred, her voice teasing.

“Oh, shut the fuck up,” you replied, a grin tugging at your lips as you leaned down to press soft, lingering kisses along her neck.

A soft moan escaped her lips as she tilted her head to give you better access. “That’s what I thought,” she murmured, her fingers weaving into your hair, holding you close.

“You’re so annoying,” you muttered playfully, pressing another kiss just below her jaw. Her eyes met yours, a gleam of challenge in them.

“And you like it,” she whispered, pulling you impossibly closer, her fingers tracing gentle patterns down your back.

You hummed in agreement, pressing your forehead against hers again. “Mhm,” you replied, voice low and filled with affection.

Your lips trailed down Aeri’s jaw, planting painfully slow kisses along her neck, each one drawing out a soft sigh from her. You could feel her hands gliding down your back.

Just as you were fully lost in her, her fingers moved lower, grazing along your inner thigh with feather-light touches that sent sparks up your spine and to your core. You let out a quiet gasp, which only made her smile even more, her eyes glinting with mischief.

She let out a teasing laugh as her fingers lingered at the inside of your thigh, not quite giving you what you wanted.

“Aeri…” you breathed out, the heat in your voice making her chuckle softly again.

But instead of moving her hand to where it should be, she slid it back up slowly, bringing it to rest just below your waist.

God she was teasing you

 As she did, you moved your hands up, slipping under her shirt to rest on her waist before slowly sliding higher. Your fingers found the soft curve of her perfect tits, and her breath hitched as your hands squeezed gently.

Her soft, breathy moans fueled you, and you pressed gentle kisses along her collarbone, slowly making your way to the curve of her chest, savoring the warmth of her skin beneath your lips. She arched under your touch, fingers threading through your hair, each sound she made, made you even wetter than you already were.

Letting out a soft sigh, you leaned in, brushing your lips across the peak of her soft perky nipple while using your warm breath to tease her with a smirk. Your free hand found its way to her other nipple, gently pinching it. The cadence of her breath quickened and  her hips began to slowly buck as if searching for some sort of release.

 A satisfied, desire-filled grin spread across your face as you watched your girlfriend unravel, her usually sleek black hair now a tangled mess against the silk pillowcase, her brows knitted in both frustration and neediness.

Aeri’s breaths deepened as your touch sent little shivers through her, her fingers curling around your shoulders, grounding herself against you. Your lips hovered just above her perfectly hard nipple, her skin flushed with anticipation.

“Please,” she whispered, voice barely audible. If you hadn’t been watching her so closely, you probably would have missed it.

You raised an eyebrow, teasing. “What was that, Aeri?”

She turned her head to the side, (trying to hide as much of herself as she could into the pillow), clearly flustered and embarrassed, before whispering again, “Please…”

Gently, you brought her chin forward, guiding her to look at you. “I can’t help you, baby.. if you don’t use your words. You didn’t seem to have any trouble being mouthy earlier, huh?” You shot her a playful and challenging look.

Her eyes fluttered open and her cheeks flushed even deeper, and she took a breath before meeting your gaze. “Please… suck on my… nipples’”

“That's my good girl” you gave her a smug grin before averting your attention to her chest.

You (finally) insatiably wrapped your lips around her nipple which elicited a gaspy moan

“Fuck..”. Aeri’s head fell back, her nails digging into your shoulders as you continued savoring each bud, your attention fully on Aeri as her gasps filled the room. You smiled against her beautiful tits, feeling the heat radiating from them. Her fingers tangled through your hair even more, making you stay as close as possible as your kisses and gentle nibbles drew more and more breathy moans from her.

Letting one hand roam lower, you found her clit, tracing slow circles with your middle finger through the thin soaked fabric of her panties. Her body responded with each touch, soft and needy sighs slipping past her lips and she began to grind on your fingers needing more than what you were allowing her. You glanced up, catching her expression—a mixture of bliss and anticipation, her eyes half-lidded as she met your gaze with a dazed smile.

“Need something, princess?,” you murmured with a grin and an arrogant glint in your eye, trailing more kisses along her skin, taking your time. Each new touch, every small shift in pressure, had her melting beneath you and her pussy dripping for more.

Aeri secretly loved hated this. Where did this sudden surge of confidence in you come from? Wasn’t she supposed to be the one making you beg and pleading to touch her? Why did the fact that you have her completely under your control make you so fucking hot and her so turned on? UGH! The tables had turned and it was as exhilarating as it was maddening.

“N-no…” she managed, her voice shaky as she bit down on her lip in frustration, fighting to regain some sense of control.

Slowly, you lifted your hand from her now-ruined underwear. “Well, I could just stop here. I mean, I do have to study—

Her hand moved faster than lighting, gripping your wrist firmly, threatening to leave a mark. “Don’t you…fucking…dare,” she breathed 'threateningly', guiding your hand back to her pulsing clit as her hips jutted forward trying to meet you halfway.

“Or what?” You raised an eyebrow, stopping just shy of her needy pussy, knowing you had the upper hand this time. You fucking loved seeing her like this—Her playful bitchiness, unbreakable attitude, all crumbling away because you wouldn’t fuck her like the brat she is.

Suddenly, her bratty facade wavered, and her voice softened. “Please…” Tears threatened to spill as she whispered, arching herself toward your touch trying to find some sort of relief, her voice barely audible. “Mm-Please, I need you…need you to fuck me so bad…” She finally muttered out

You grinned, feeling the satisfaction of winning this round. “Anything you want, my pretty girl,” you said, savoring the way her eyes rolled back with need.

With a quick motion, you rid her of her drenched panties, and your finger began to trace gentle circles around her swollen clit, making her gasp. You ran your hand along her slit to wetten your finger with her juices, taking in each small reaction as her breath quickened, her voice slipping into load moans. Aeri was a complete moaning mess at this point and you haven’t even finished her off yet. Her hair was splayed out and droplets of drool ran down from her chin to her collarbone as her mouth was open.

You lifted her head gently with your free hand, making her meet your gaze. Slowly, you withdrew your long  finger from her wet slick, and before she could protest the missing feeling, you pressed it to her lips, your thumb brushing her chin.

 “Tell me how good you taste, baby,” you cooed, holding her gaze. She drew your finger into her mouth, swirling her tongue around it, ensuring every drop of herself was savored while tears spilled from the creases of her eyes while you fucked her throat with your finger.

With a soft pop, you pulled your finger back, using your thumb to brush the excess salina from her lips. “I taste…so fucking good,” she whispered, breathless, before pulling you in for a kiss, sharing the taste of her with you.

Your tongues danced together as your now lubricated finger found its way back down,  and you teased her entrance briefly before going deeper, making her let out a gasp against your mouth. 

You kept a steady rhythm, her moans mixing with the sound of your movements. Her head fell back, and she guided your mouth to her neck.

Aeri let out a loud moan into your ear, pausing a bit as your digit inched deeper and deeper inside her.

Once fully inside, “You okay?” You asked, your voice laced with genuine concern

“Mhm,” she winced with pleasure “More than okay”

You pulled her back in for a kiss as you continued to keep pumping into her, keeping a steady pace.

The noises from her dripping wet cunt and her loud moans filled her bedroom and she gently pushed your head from her neck/mouth towards her milky white breasts

“Please~ I need you to.. Suck on them” 

Well... Who were you to deny your beautiful girlfriend?

You took one of her perky nubs into your mouth, using your front teeth to slightly nibble on them, causing her to moan louder than before as you felt her tighten around your finger.

“Oh~ Y/n.. please.. Please don’t stop.. I’m so” her sentence was interrupted by another lewd moan as you finger hooked at the right angle, finding her G-spot

“Fuckfuckfuck baby! P-plea~” she let out, her hand digging her nails into the back of your neck and upper back (probably) drawing blood

You pulled your mouth away from her nipple, “Are you going to be my good girl and say my name when you cum?” You said, looking up at her

You noticed she gasped in shock as her nipple suddenly lost the warmth from your mouth, brows furrowing even more

Desperately she tried to push you back on to her nipple, she was so close to her high but needed your mouth so~ badly to reach it.

“Yesyes ah~ fuck baby! I’ll be your good girl and cum.. Ah~ just for you” She used her free hand. desperately rubbing her clit

Your name felt like sweet honey as it rolled off her tongue, you couldn’t help but insatiably pump faster in her. Her moans, the wet sounds from her dripping wet cunt, along with the thought of her screaming your name. You almost finished right then and there.

“Oh fuck, Y/n y/n y/n,” she screamed out like some sort of mantra, “I’m gon-”

“You gonna cum just for me?” You bit into her neck, sucking and marking her as yours while moaning right into her ear.

“Yesyesyes, I’m.. fuck~!  all yours Y/n~!” she yelped, she tightened around your fingers as her juices pooled into the palm of your hand and you gently slowed down the pace to ride her high as long as possible while she cried into your neck.

After a moment, She shuttered from her high and found herself in the crook of your neck for a bit, while both of you caught your breath for a second. She winced a bit as you removed your digit from her wetness and sucked it off quickly before wrapping your arms around her.

Another moment passed and a surge of embarrassment rushed through you as you realized her neighbors most definitely knew your name now. The sole thought of that  made your cheeks heat up.

Moments of silence passed of you both catching your breath, you finally calmed down and  gave her a soft kiss on the forehead before wrapping your arms around her fully. She sighed contentedly, her fingers tracing light, lazy patterns on your shoulder near your back.

In the quiet that followed, with both of you still laying there, you broke the silence. “Are you okay, baby?” you asked, your voice (still) breathless but full of tenderness as you looked down at her.

She nodded, smiling softly as she nuzzled closer. “More than okay,” she murmured, her voice laced with warmth. “Are you okay?

“Yeah” You gave her another kiss on the cheek “ I’m just.. A bit surprised” a sly smile crept on your lips

She looked up at you, sweat glistening off her skin while her hair stuck to her and raised a warning eyebrow as if she was thinking 'watch what you say', “mhm?”

“Ya know... for as mean as you are,  I never expected you to beg like that” you teased

“Oh, you shut the fuck up!” she laughed, giving your shoulder a playful smack, which only prompted you to wrap her up in your arms as a reflexive defense.

“I’m for sure putting you in your place tonight,” she murmured, her voice low and rich with desire as she pulled you in for a deep and needy kiss.

[mammalsofaction]

Okay so,

A couple of weeks ago, I started getting back into my MARVEL phase, and since I had no intention of letting my Phineas and Ferb phase go in the meantime, it's cumulated into the desire of seeing a crossover. Before I remembered that a crossover existed, and it sucked. I DID end up rewatching it, and I fell asleep thinking about how wrongly it represented my favourite characters from BOTH fandoms. Natasha didn't feature, and they didnt even crack Tony out of his iron shell. They made Candace look like an idiot, and Isabella had such a small role as to be almost completely insulting.

I'm now 3/4ths of the way done, and the only reason it isn't is because I'm approaching the end of my semester, and I just got too. Overwhelmed. I really, really want to share what I have so far, because I had a TONNE of fun writing it while it was still going, and I'm already so so close to the finish line.

Context/Tags: Post Civil War, Prior to Ragnarok, featuring Irondad. Human Perry, selective mutism. OWCA is a bit more competent than usual in this fic, and while Fury doesn't completely LIKE Francis, there is an air of respect between the two of them.

This snippet mainly features the interaction between Perry, Francis, Carl, Fury, Natasha and Clint. Seeing (writing) these spies interact is at least half the reason I wanted to write this fic in the first place.

Snippet under the cut, Enjoy!

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Natasha liked Perry immensely, the moment she met him.

He stands at attention just a little behind a man she assumes to be his superior; a white haired monobrow-ed man in an olive green uniform. Bartholomew "Perry" Fletcher cuts an intimidating figure, though apparently shorter in person than he seems from afar, just a little taller than Natasha herself. Much like Tony. His naturally teal hair is just as eye-catching as it had been in his profile photo, though it brings out his Australian complexion, and the brown of his eyes.

He’s dressed eclectically, in what she assumes is something of a uniform within the organisation. A brown Kevlar-and-silk waistcoat over a light teal dress shirt, pressed brown trousers and smart, steel-toed loafers, topped off with the ever-recognizable OWCA fedora.

His gaze is sharp, calculating, but not particularly unwelcome. Perry carries himself not with braggadocio, but the familiar confidence of a man who knows his own strengths, and what he brings to the table. A man who knows himself to be good at his job. Natasha should know; it is a look she sees frequently in her line of work, in the company she keeps.

Time will tell if Perry would remain among them.

“It’s a pleasure to meet the esteemed Director Fury in the flesh." Said Francis Monogram, the superior in question, eager and a little bumbling. Natasha could see Perry rolling his eyes, even standing at attention, and Clint hides his chuckle with a well-timed cough.

“I wish I could say the same." Fury says, pointedly ignoring Monogram’s outstretched hand. "You understand this is no social call.”

Francis’ thick mustache quivers unhappily. It reminds Natasha of a fat, old caterpillar. “It never is. We’re glad to be of any service we can, of course. Agent Platypus will be glad to answer any question you have."

“Yes, Agent Platypus." Fury raises his eyebrow. Perry tilts his head when addressed. "Your reputation precedes you. We’ve been told you are OWCA’s finest.”

How someone could look so expressive and professional at the same time, Natasha can’t say. But that was Perry. I do my best, sir. He signs, simple and modest.

His ASL is sharp, quick and fluid, which confirms another point from his portfolio; selective mutism. Clint had been almost delighted to know. She respects that Perry does not pull any punches regarding how well they could understand him.

Nonetheless, a curly haired, freckled child (only a little older than Peter) standing with a clipboard by Francis’ side pipes up. “He said-,"

“We know ASL, kid, that’s not necessary." Clint intercepts gently. He shares a look with Natasha before addressing Monogram. “Sorry, should he be here? Or is he done?”

"Carl is head intern of the organisation.” Monogram answers dismissively, leading the way down from the rooftop where the helicarriers had dropped them off before going their merry way downtown. "I’m afraid he goes wherever I go. He will be responsible for addressing future reports of our meeting.”

Big job for an intern. He shares another look with Natasha, and they both turn to Perry, as if to seek his unspoken opinion on the matter.

Perry gives them a subtle nod.

Natasha chooses to leave it, and follows them down the stairwell.

“I trust you’ve been briefed of our recent little…incident in New York.” Fury starts, as they all make their way through the building. Presumably for Francis’ personal office.

“I’m led to believe it was an accident." Francis says, throwing an indecipherable look over his shoulder. “The Flynn-Fletcher brothers have great untapped potential, and while we’ve had cause to doubt their intentions in light of certain…developments, I am ensured it is not for evil.”

"You think it was an accident.” Fury echoed.

At this, Francis shrugs. "Weirder things have happened in Danville.”

Natasha makes note of the unmistakable coil of tension that grows in Perry’s form with every new mention of the Flynn-Fletcher brothers. Perry clears his throat, loudly.

Francis sighs, as if he had been reminded of an incredibly tedious thing. “Our sources tell us that the boys were only involved peripherally, in any case. The ray in question hadn’t been their fault, even if it had been intercepted and collected in their satellite. The real culprit is a criminal we have been pursuing for years; a Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and his latest Power-Drain-Inator.”

Clint shares another look with her, eyebrows raised. Now this was a new development. “Not the most creative name." He quips.

Francis scoffs. “I assure you, it’s more than made up for in the invention itself, as well as its effectiveness."

Natasha straightens. “So it was effective?"

“Your being here seems tangible enough proof that it was." Francis points out, and she almost hates that it’s a sensible observation. “Doofenshmirtz inventions have a 96% success rate. He is the third most dangerous villain in our database. Agent Platypus, as his nemesis, had neutralised the threat as quickly as he was able-although not quickly enough, as it seems, to fully prevent any harm.”

It is clear that the accusation of failure had been the one to hit a nerve, and Perry looks away, ashamed. Natasha almost felt tempted to reassure him; nothing more upsetting to an agent of their calibre to be accused of failure, after all. But it had a ring of truth-it was only luck that the beam had hit the Avengers after the fight had been done with, and not a second before. Tony, in particular, had been severely incapacitated.

“And where do we find this…. Doofenshmirtz?” Fury asks, as they arrive on the bullpen floor. It is not so busy, but the few OWCA agents lingering don't bother hiding their curious eyes as even when Perry sends a withering glare in their general direction. Carl ushers them all inside Monogram’s office, the largest personal space on one side of the floor.

Inside, the space is decorated with lush carpets and a grand mahogany table, like a high school Principal’s office. There are floor to ceiling windows with a view to the parking lot, as well as a clever viewpoint of the building’s entrances and exits. Not so glamorous, but Natasha could admit it was practical.

Perry closes the door behind them, and clears his throat once again. Carl jumps.

“Yes sir,” He said, adjusting his glasses. “Being a Friday, considering what we understand of his schedule, he should either be at his home address, or shopping for groceries, since Dr Doofenshmirtz gets custody of his daughter on the weekends due to an agreement with his ex-wife in the divorce. However, certain developments were brought to light that it may be…unwise to act so directly.”

Francis, who had been typing away on his computer when they had arrived, swivels the screen around to show them a purple and white themed webpage that is–on closer inspection, turns out to be an encrypted Tumblr account.

“You’re kidding." Clint says. "He blogged about it?”

“He has more professional blogs as well,” Carl says, procuring a tablet from his pocket (Not Starktech. Most networks prefer to use their own developed tech, and Natasha notes that OWCA is much the same) for Fury’s perusal. "It’s almost comically incompetent, but he also knows we stalk him, so we feel some two ways about it. I would like to bring attention to his most recent post, dated this morning.”

"Looks like he’s entertaining company.” Fury agrees, passing the tablet down to Natasha (with Clint looking over her shoulder.) “I assume you have…plans, for detainment?”

"What’s stopping us from apprehending them all at once?” Clint asks, fingers pointing to the background of the picture taken with all of their criminals in frame. "We have tangible proof of their collaboration, written confessions to their criminal intentions, we know where they are-,”

"Doofenshmirtz is a criminal no matter who he chooses to collaborate with." Francis points out. “And we have records of worse collaborations. These aren't confessions–only intentions, not yet acted out. These posts were made nearly an hour ago, where they’ve made plans to tour the Tri-State Area causing general mayhem. By all means, we don't know their plans, we don't know where they are or where they plan to be, especially considering Doofenshmirtz own historically unpredictable patterns and impulse decisions.”

"And apprehending them in public is out of the picture, I assume.” Natasha says drily. Predictably, all three OWCA operatives tense unhappily. "Too much collateral damage, as well as risk of exposure.”

"It’s not like you can do much, without solid criminal charges." Carl mutters. “Not if we detain them in the Tri-State Area. Doofenshmirtz’s little brother is the current mayor, and he’s stupidly well-regarded. His influence is wide-spread. Doofenshmirtz also has an exceedingly amicable relationship with his ex-wife, who owns a very influential legal firm. She even kept his name.”

"So we can’t pin them on jack shit, is what you’re saying.” Clint surmises. “Not until they do something drastic. Not so long they remain in the bounds of the city. And they will remain here. We know they want something from Doofenshmirtz, and they don't know how dangerous he is.”

“And how dangerous is that?" Fury asks.

Francis and Carl simultaneously glance to the side, where Perry had chosen to take position by the side of the door.

"Not much.” Carl says. "Usually.”

Natasha quirks an eyebrow.

Perry coughs, to call attention to himself, and brings his hand up in a see-saw motion with a twitch of his left eye.

He’s unpredictable, Perry signs. We mean that. He’s ambitious, single minded, and persistent, with the genius engineering know-how to walk his talk. But he follows his own rules, and standards of conduct, which are almost admirable. He also has an almost debilitating case of ADHD, prosopagnosia, and PTSD. Trying to follow his sense of logic can be…. difficult.

“I can believe that." Fury defers. "What do you suggest, Agent?”

Perry glances towards Francis, as if to ask for permission. When Francis responds with a brisk nod, Perry wastes no time.

There is a protocol in place. We call it Walking the Dog.

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

I'd love to see your take on a Harry Potter and MHA crossover. Basic premise is that the golden trio goes to Japan and somehow gets entwined with UA/Class 1A. Whether they're there after fourth/fifth year in order to train or after the war ends to recuperate, or some option I haven't thought of is up to you; I would request that they're not much older than 17/18 though. Pairing is up to you too

“I can’t fucking believe this,” Ron snapped as he dropped the box from his arms to the ground.

“Can’t you?” Hermione asked in exhaustion. The woman glanced at where Harry was sitting on the couch, face blank.

“From Snape? Yes. From… from everyone else…” Ron trailed off. Hermione wanted to cry.

Harry had collapsed a few weeks into their sixth year. No one knew why, and the panic it caused when he woke up but was so… blank. Emotionless and having to be directed by people almost caused riots to break out.

Testing revealed Snape to be at fault. Apparently he discovered Harry was a Horcrux and was ‘worried about Voldemort using the connection’ according to him. The potion was used to ‘lessen the risks’.

People celebrated this. Even when Bill revealed that actually there were rituals used to remove Horcruxes that a Dark Wizard like Snape should know about thanks to his potions mastery, they still said Snape did his best. Dumbledore even came out agreeing with Snape and saying the ritual couldn’t work since he didn’t know about it.

Others heavily disagreed and the riots actually started.

It just kept getting worse when people began talking about how to continue the Potter line even with Harry in his state. Girls began volunteering to carry his child.

They’d had to run when there was noise about taking Harry from Hogwarts for that purpose. Remus helped along with Flitwick to get him out, and they booked it to Japan to seek sanctuary which was granted.

Among the Order, Remus and the Weasley family had been the only ones to protest the treatment from the Wizarding World to Harry. They were all furious of what had happened. Hermione could only feel rage when she remembered how they treated him after the potion, how Snape was praised. It was disgusting.

“Harry,” she said to the motionless teenager. “Do you want to discuss UA?” She waited but no answer came from the teen.

“We’ll find a cure,” Ron told her. “We’ll save him,” he said thickly. “The Tokoyami family are some of the best potioneers in the world and we’re going to be in a class with one of them. We can save him.”

“Please be true,” Hermione whispered.

She didn’t know what she would do in the end.

-

Class 1A was alerted to their new classmates the morning they arrived. No one quite knew how to react, still reeling from everything that had happened the week before. A group of disgruntled former classmates from Aldera had banded together after the Sports Festival to ‘expose the Quirkless Cheat’ and posted various videos about Midoriya.

Ochako privately wondered how the actual fuck they didn’t expect that people would be more upset by the horrific bullying De- Midoriya faced then by him being formerly diagnosed Quirkless. False Negatives existed! Hell it was public last year that Mount Lady was as one!

Bakugou was thrown out of the class by Aizawa who’d made a public apology to Midoriya regarding his actions. He explained how he’d made the wrong conclusions based on his own experience, and why. Ochako felt the forgiveness to the teacher was kind of to easy but that was her own thoughts. Bakugou went right to 1C with the students who were all waitlisted for the hero course. According to the gossip none had proved themselves worthy of moving up yet with one girl, Togeike or the such, being expelled for several attempts at sabatoging the various projects support students had for the hero course. Bakugou took her spot to his fury.

Then Mineta was actually expelled, full on, after some shady stuff was uncovered by other people boldened by the expose on Bakugou.

And then Ojiro left. He said he had been blindsided by how dishonourable UA was with who they let in and he would not stand for it. The three empty seats now though were being filled by transfers. It caused some issue with 1C, despite the reminders none had met the qualifications yet for physicality or mentality.

Ochako looked up as the door opened to let in three foreigners, her eyes caught by a blank faced teen with the greenest eyes she’d ever seen. Her breathe almost hitched as she stared at him in wonder.

He was beautiful. Just simply beautiful.

What was their story?

[bam-bi-buck]

As today is the Fall Finale for 911 Lonestar & Thursday is the Fall Finale for 911 & Doctor Odyssey I feel like we’re all gonna get for punched in the gut with a bunch of Near Death Experiences (NDE) this week

*Correction - 911 LS Fall Finale is Dec 2nd (however I could still see a NDE happening tonight based on the promo so we’ll see) Ty abazoochyk for the correction 🙏🏻

For Lonestar I’m theorizing one of the following:

1) The soup man (we know he gets shot from the promo)

2) Carlos - he’s supposed to be getting a major clue this episode regarding his father’s murderer which

A) could cause a target on his back

B) cause him to do something reckless and get hurt

3) TK

A) we know he’s in the house where Campbell gets shot with the other Rangers so he could take a bullet meant for someone else (probably Carlos if this is the case but could be another member of the 126 or a Ranger as well)

B) to follow up on Carlos maybe putting a target on his back, they could decide to go after TK as a warning for Carlos

For 911

In the promo we saw Eddie & Buck trying to free the two people stuck in the car that’s filling up with water

Both Eddie and Buck have a history with water, they’ve been doing a LOT of call backs this season, & they highlighted Chris’s love for water

So NDE could be

1) Buck or Eddie in the car

2) Buck and Eddie in the car

3) Plot twist - Chris in Texas has a NDE with water

4) Buck &/or Eddie in the car, survive - get a call about Chris

5) Bobby - Brad is obsessed with him, could accidentally hurt him trying to “help” or in anger if he’s not getting the attention he wants

6) Buck, Brad’s obsession with Bobby leads him to hurting Buck

7) Athena, Sparks loses his mind and goes after Athena

8) Chimney, he’s happy with his family expanding and he was worried about something happening to Maddie so surprise twist! he’s the one in danger instead

9) Hen - hasn’t had one since the 911 / 911 LS crossover I believe, maybe this episode is gonna gun for her just for that?

For Doctor Odyssey

1) Op in this post, Cassodre made an excellent argument for why Tristan is going to have a NDE as he’s not seen in the infirmary when Max & Avery are twice

2) Avery had appendicitis & Tristan got carbon monoxide poisoning so it could be Max’s turn and Tristan’s absence in the promo is a red herring

What I’m most worried about is not the potential NDEs themselves exactly (if there are any I already know it’s gonna make me 😵‍💫 so I’m prepared lol) but if there is any (or even multiple) NDEs that are not resolved by the end of the episode and we’ll have to wait THREE MONTHS to find out what happens (for 911 & DO)… 🫨🫨🫨

Anyways I’m really to be a wreck this week : )

[steddiealltheway]

(IMPORTANT NOTE: this was supposed to be ABSOLUTE CRACK for Ruth’s birthday ((happy birthday @kurtkankle)) but this Heartstopper x Steddie Stranger Things crossover turned out to be surprisingly wholesome at the end. SO if you want to completely ignore the crack, replace Dart with Mews and… maybe it’s better. And Ruth… you’re the only person who could get me to post this instead of keeping it in my drafts.)

Charlie goes to Nick’s house, thinking only of his strong rugby arms. Instead, he’s greeted at the door by a pet that isn’t Nellie.

“Nick. What the fuck is this?” Charlie asks, bewildered at the creature weaving it’s way through nick’s legs.

Nick smiles and picks the creature up. “This is my cousin’s pet, Dart. I’m taking care of him for the next week.”

As if the creature knows that Nick is talking about him, it unhinges its multiple jaws and screeches.

Charlie stares at it for a few moments before deciding that maybe he can go without Nick for the next week. But then he sees someone come into view over Nick’s shoulder.

“I’m Steve,” the hottest American man Charlie has ever seen says, sticking his hand out toward him.

“H-hi,” Charlie responds taking his hand back and shaking it.

“I hear you’re Nick’s closest rugby lad,” Steve says with a big, clueless smile.

Charlie laughs nervously. “Yep, that’s who I am.”

Nick stares at him awkwardly and invites him inside. Charlie takes one glance at Dart and hopes he doesn’t bite his face off. Luckily, he keeps to himself and follows Steve into the living room as Charlie and Nick got to Nick’s room.

They “study” for about an hour before the door slowly creaks open, and in comes Dart excitedly. But then Steve follows him quickly, bashfully looking up at Nick and Charlie who haven’t had time to untangle themselves from each other.

Steve looks between the two and smiles softly. “You two remind me of me and my good friend Eddie.”

Charlie and Nick glance at each other and silently debate asking Steve more. Nick is the first to speak up, “Steve, are you and Eddie… dating?”

Steve scoffs. “No, we’re just really good pals.”

“Who… kiss sometimes?” Charlie asks, confused.

Steve nods with a big smile on his face.

Nick sits up and crosses his arms. “Is this… an American thing?”

Steve shakes his head. “No, no. This is a me and Eddie thing.”

Charlie nods and leans over to Nick whispering, “And how do you know him, again?”

“He’s practically my cousin’s older brother. He’s staying here while Dustin stays with the rest of his friends.”

Charlie nods, still confused about the situation, before returning his gaze to Steve. “Steve… do you… think about kissing him often?”

“All the time. It’s my ‘Roman Empire’ as Dustin says.”

Nick and Charlie exchange another look before Nick squeezes Charlie’s shoulder and says, “I got this.”

Charlie watches as Nick carefully approaches Steve and puts a gentle hand on his back, leading him down the hall and prompting, “So, tell me more about your friend Eddie.”

Charlie sits back and glances to his right where Dart is curled up on the floor next to Nellie, wondering if this tops the most confusing moment of his life, ranking even above getting Nick Nelson as a boyfriend.

A few minutes later, he wanders down the stairs, easily picking up on the conversation.

“I’m… in love with Eddie?”

Nick is quick to say, “I’m not saying you are, I’m just telling you it’s okay to like both men and women. But maybe you are in love with him.”

There’s a brief silence before Steve says, “I think I am.”

Charlie peaks around the corner where Nick is sitting at the dining room table across from Steve, with a small smile on his face. “I know it can be confusing, but think on it over the next week. And I’ll be here if you have any questions.”

Steve runs a hand through his hair and leans back in his chair. “God, I miss him.”

“I can’t imagine going a week without seeing Charlie.”

Charlie’s heart skips a beat at the comment, and he wonders if he should stop intruding on this moment.

“So you two are… going out?” Steve asks carefully.

“Yeah, we are,” Nick answers with a proud smile.

Steve smiles back, a look of contentment settling over his face as if realizing if Nick and Charlie could do it, so could he.

Charlie steps on a creaky part of Nick’s house, and the two glance up at him. Nick holds him arm out invitingly and Charlie is quick to join him in the offered embrace.

Steve runs his hands over his face and laughs, “I can’t believe I didn’t realize it before. Robin has been giving me looks for weeks, and I haven’t been able to read them. She kept telling me she couldn’t tell me what it was about until I realized it for myself. It all makes sense now.”

“And Robin is…?” Charlie asks.

Steve smiles brightly and is quick to ramble about his best friend, and Charlie shares stories about Tao in return.

Eventually, Steve’s phone starts buzzing, and he’s quick to excuse himself, cheeks turning red as Eddie Instagram handle lights up his phone.

As he walks away, Nick and Charlie glance at each other again and smile gently. Nick laughs, “Do you think that’s how people saw us when we were first getting together?”

Charlie smiles. “I think we may have been much worse.”

“Or much better honestly.”

Down the hall, they hear Steve argue, “Yes, I know you don’t have an international phone plan. I’ll pay for your bill. Yes it’s important! No, it’s not the kids. No it’s- Eddie. Eddie, I’m in love with you!” There’s a pause and a heavy sigh before Steve continues, “You are not buying a plane ticket to London when you can afford an international phone call. This is not a debate!”

Nick squeezes his arms around Charlie and whispers, “Yeah, we were definitely better.”

“Why are they like this?” Charlie laughs.

Nick laughs in response as they continue listening to the disastrous conversation, glad that they helped someone else have their similar happy ending.

[chriscdcase95]

This crossover prompt crept up on me about a week ago, and now I gotta share it with you.

Spoilers for Terrifier 3 below.

When Gabbie ends up in Hell, what if it ends up being the same Hell of Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss ? And it isn’t long before her presence gets the attention of Hell’s hire ups.

Now naturally, Gabbie would ultimately end up at the Hotel…but before that, the presence of a living child in Hell is such a rarity that the Overlords (and possibly some of the Princes) squabble over Gabbie’s soul. The demon responsible for Gabbie being in Hell was seemingly destroyed, which means her soul is up for grabs, so this is more of a “custody battle” of who gets to foster Gabbie during her stay.

Some Overlords (Carmilla, Rosie, Zestial) may be somewhat altruistic about it, though the Vee’s are...less altruistic — but fold almost immediately because even both Velvette and Vox want Gabbie to have nothing to do with Valentino. So ultimately, Gabbie ends up in Charlie’s hands, leaving Charlie and Vaggie as the de-facto foster moms to a traumatized Gabbie.

Meanwhile on Earth, Sienna manages to make contact with Heaven. Sera is gob-smacked by Sienna being divinely chosen — implying that God or the ultimate force of good is above even Heaven — and Lute wants to exploit it after taking command of the Exorcists. Lute hears about Art’s exploits and what he put Sienna and her family through; propagating Art as this Calvinistic example of ALL sinners, and using Sienna as this figurehead to rally behind. Like some sort of female Doom Slayer.

While Sienna is righteous in her goals, Lute wants to exploit it, twist it and seduce Sienna into being “the righteous sword that will cleave all sinners.” Maybe Lute (partially) genuinely empathizes with Sienna due to losing a loved one, while also using that empathy to get Sienna to trust her. On the other hand, we have Emily, who tries to help Sienna heal from her trauma through compassion, understanding and trying to move past her pain. Maybe there's some sapphic undertones and subtext between the three.

So we got scenes of Sienna being trained to master her combat prowess and her angelic abilities; learning of Hell from Lute’s perspective; Lute showing Sienna Hell (mainly having her follow IMP around) as an example of total depravity; while Emily introduces Sienna to Ser Pentious as an example of the opposite. This would be juxtaposed with Charlie and Vaggie comforting Gabbie from a nightmare; Lucifer going into doting grandpa mode; Angel taking Gabbie backstage at a Verosika Mayday concert to get her autograph (Gabbie and Sienna listened to her music on Earth), etc

And then we got Art; it turns out that he spends his “hibernation” in Hell, and returns there following 3. Now during his time in Hell, Art has been planning on becoming an Overlord, but is looked down on; some because of actual standards; some because Art puts them off. But the collective answer is “This is Art we’re talking about!” The overlords meeting Gabbie and hearing her story didn’t help. On Earth, Art is a menace; in Pentagram City, he’s a small fish in a big pond.

At one point, Art has a “Sad Times Montage” set to And I Guess That’s Why It The Blues. Played for dark laughs of course.

And it’s not like Art can break into the hotel to terrorize Gabbie further; he’s nutsy but this is a rare time he has to pull his punches - Alastor's there; Lucifer's there; Nifty is there. It doesn’t help that when Art actually sees or meets Lucifer…he has this Scarlet Gospels style Broken Pedestal moment, and plans to venture into the Ninth Circle.

Art believes the demon who resurrected him to be down there, and finds a way to resurrect that demon to start an uprising against Lucifer, and bring Hell back to “The way it's supposed to be” To that end, Art infiltrates IMP in hopes of getting access to the other Circles. Depending on how Satan's portrayed in Helluva Boss, he might be the one Art is trying to reach.

As for Art's interactions at IMP, they reluctantly put up with him, with Blitzo being the only one not put off by him, but still annoyed with his antics. But, Art is a certified killing machine, so they accept his  “employment.” IMP's acquaintances aren't that fond of Art either; Fizzarolli for more professional reasons - he is an earnest clown, while he thinks Art is only in it for aesthetics; Veroskia and her posse “No, just no.” reaction to him.

Art doesn't get the results he wants from IMP, so he reaches out to other demons like Stella, Striker, Crimson, and sells them on his plans to overthrow Lucifer and back his journey into the 9th Circle. I like to think he sells these plans to them through a game of charades, not breaking his silent clown streak.

And then we got Victoria Heyes. Due to her possession and death, her soul is (unfairly) damned to Hell. But since the demon who claimed her was seemingly destroyed, that means her soul is up for grabs. As with Gabbie, she is auctioned off among Overlords to decide who had ownership of her soul; unlike Gabbie she ends up with with Velvette or Vox to work as a secretary (“Because- because it's Vee's...V...Victoria...how is it not clicking to you ?”).

On the upside, Victoria's face is restored...kinda, but she still has her own lingering trauma of what Art and the demon put her through. However, the more she adjusts to civilian life in Hell, the more she really heals and adjusts. Sort of. She still has a setback in being a secretary for either Vox or Velvette, but she still sees it as a step up from being the Entity's puppet.

So on one side of the scale, we have Sienna being groomed to lead the Exorcists to save Gabbie; as well as Emily trying to show Sienna there's another way. We have Gabbie finding some relief and healing from her trauma when she ends up in Charlie's care.

We have Victoria having something like a healing arc as she ends up having a better time in Hell than she did on Earth; and we have Art get this ATSV!Spot-like arc where he's initially considered a joke and an annoyance by Hell's hierarchy...and gradually gains more power and becomes a threat that both Heaven and Hell take seriously.

I dunno, just something that came to me in the middle of the night.

[mariacallous]

Group chats, including at least one of mine, can’t get enough. #KateGate—loosely, a collection of theories around the whereabouts and well-being of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales—presently seems to be occupying more brain cells than oxygen.

Gossip has been flying ever since January, when Middleton took a step back from public life for abdominal surgery. For a while it was just mindless chatter, but then Middleton posted a photo on social media, purportedly taken by her husband, Prince William, that news agencies determined had been manipulated. Then, speculation—that she’d Gone Girl’d, that the royal family was hiding something—turned fully conspiratorial, and turned the conspiracies into a cultural moment. (See also: crossover memes showing Middleton at the weird Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow.)

It is as though, two decades later, the British royal family is just now learning about the Streisand effect. Back in 2003, Barbara Streisand sued a photographer for releasing a picture of her home that few people had seen. But the suit itself, which Streisand ultimately lost, led far more people to the photo than probably would have otherwise seen it, and now there’s a whole effect named after this incident. The royals released an altered photo and now it’s part of a “-gate”: #KateGate. By trying to relay that everything is fine, the photo lured even more people into questioning what was happening with Middleton.

Bottom line: If you’re, say, a member of the monarchy, and you don’t want them thinking your “abdominal surgery” is code for getting a Brazilian butt lift, your best bet, in 2024, is transparency. Anyone with an internet connection now has the kind of bullshit detectorsthat Area 51 believers could’ve only dreamed of—or they act like they do—and they’re going to figure you out.

Granted, they may not find the “right” answer or the “truth,” but they will know when someone is trying to pull a fast one. Thirty years ago, Buckingham Palace may have been able to throw snoopers off, but the internet of 2024 will investigate like no other. We got Taylor Swift conspiracies and QAnon. People wonder if most images are AI-generated for at least a second. Going onto X (formerly Twitter) now feels like stumbling into the writers room of a CSI spinoff—everyone thinks they’re a forensics expert. If anybody, including Middleton, thought no one would notice a doctored photo on Instagram, they were sorely mistaken.

On Monday, TMZ and The Sun released a video showing the Princess of Wales out shopping with Prince William. She was seemingly alive and well. The Sun said it was releasing images of their stroll “in a bid to bring an end to what the Palace has called the ‘madness of social media.’” It did nothing of the sort. Interest in Middleton peaked the next day on Google Trends. #katemiddleton and #whereiskate now have millions of mentions across social media platforms. The madness has not calmed.

People pay attention to the British royal family for the same reason they pay attention to Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon: They love mess. Monday’s grainy footage just made the mess worse. TikTok is full of breakdown videos attempting to debunk the images. Others just wondered aloud if they’d been fully sucked in.

“This was fun for a while, and now I am genuinely at a loss,” one TikTok user posted. “I don’t know if this is how you feel when you actually lose the plot in a conspiracy theory and like five years from now everyone’s like, ‘That’s the moment when we lost them,’ or if we’re like actually watching an insane cover-up take place.”

Following the release of the shopping video and images, “friends of the royals” told The Daily Beast that Middleton would resume her public duties with a “big bang” on March 31, Easter Sunday. On Wednesday, The Cut, which previously wrote that the Middleton affair was a “crisis,” reported that Buckingham Palace was looking for a communications assistant. (Mind you, this is Buckingham, not Kensington, but same operation.) Queen Elizabeth II used to say the royal family must be seen to be believed. That may not be true much longer.

[killerandhealerqueen]

Hi! How about a crossover with the Master of the Devil Cult in which Jian Yuelou is the founder of the Jian Order? He gained immortality, left the clan to his son and went to roam the world. During his travels, he met a healer who accidentally became immortal (he helped someone and he thanked him so much). Naturally, they didn't get along at first (canon is canon), and then decided that they had a lot in common. Jian Yuelou had not been in his native order for a very long time. When he returned, he was unpleasantly surprised that his order had changed a lot. His descendant has practically placed power in the hands of his wife, his children are not receiving proper education, and the main student is on the same level as the servants. Jian Yuelou scolds everyone after watching. How will the order continue to develop if its founder has returned, who is damn angry at his descendants? Fortunately for the order, his husband can stop Jian Yuelou when he overreaches.

Vita my dear, it's been so long! I hope you're doing well. And I love this prompt, so I hope I did it justice. This is going to be very long so it's going under the cut

Jiang Yuelou had never been keen on being a sect leader or founder of a sect…he honestly just wanted to travel the world and explore it…but apparently the universe and his parents had other plans for him for one day, when he returned home from his training, he found his parents sitting before another family, a young girl sitting in between them

“Ah, Yuelou-ah.  You’re back, good”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“Father, what is going on?”

Jiang Yuelou’s father motioned to the young woman sitting in front of him

“This is Chu Ran, from one of the neighboring sect.  She is going to be your wife”

Jiang Yuelou looked at him in shock

“Wife?!”

He then shook his head

“I didn’t agree to this!”

His father huffed

“It’s not up to you, Yuelou”

He then looked at him

“But it will be good for both of our sects, so you and Chu Ran will be wed by the end of this week”

Jiang Yuelou looked at him in shock

“HA?!  But Father—”

“No buts, Jiang Yuelou”

His father then looked at Chu Ran’s parents and smiled

“Shall we give our children a chance to know each other better?”

Chu Ran’s father and mother nodded

“Yes”

The four of them then pushed themselves to their feet and headed out of the house, leaving Chu Ran and Jiang Yuelou alone before Jiang Yuelou looked at Chu Ran accusatorily

“Did you agree to this?”

Chu Ran looked at him before she huffed

“Of course not.  You think I want to be married to someone I barely even know?”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“Well, at least we’re on the same page in that aspect”

Chu Ran hummed

“Yes, I suppose so”

Jiang Yuelou then sat down before her and looked at her curiously

“Do you even want to be married?”

Chu Ran looked at him before she looked away, a light blush on her cheeks

“Yes but…it’s not possible”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“And why’s that?”

Chu Ran sighed

“Because she’s…a female cultivator”

Jiang Yuelou’s eyes widened in surprise

“Really?”

Chu Ran nodded

“Yes.  My parents don’t know but if they did, they would never allow it.  They’d do exactly what they’re doing now”

Jiang Yuelou nodded slowly

“I see”

Silence then fell over them before Jiang Yuelou sighed and looked at her

“Well, how about this?  Why don’t we “get married” like our parents suggested and when the time is right…we’ll figure out a way for you to be married to the one you truly want to be married to”

Chu Ran looked at him in shock

“Are you sure?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“Mm”

Chu Ran shook her head

“I thought you were going to call me a freak or something…or call off this arrangement”

Jiang Yuelou chuckled

“Trust me, I’d like to but…I think doing that might put you in danger”

Chu Ran smiled

“Maybe this arrangement isn’t so bad”

Jiang Yuelou smiled as well

“Maybe so”

Over the next few days, the wedding preparation continued until it was finally time for Jiang Yuelou and Chu Ran to be married

The wedding itself was a grand affair, with people from all different sects coming to celebrate, and after it, Jiang Yuelou and Chu Ran were thoroughly exhausted

Thankfully, everyone decided to leave them alone on their wedding night, allowing them both to breathe before Jiang Yuelou looked at Chu Ran and motioned to the bed

“You take it.  I’ll sleep on the floor”

Chu Ran frowned

“Are you sure?  Aren’t you worried that someone might come in and figure out that we’re not—”

Jiang Yuelou laughed

“No one here is that stupid; they know better”

Chu Ran nodded

“Right…”

She then yawned

“Well…good night”

She then laid down on the bed and soon was out like a light, making Jiang Yuelou look at her before he laid down on the floor and shut his eyes, letting out a soft sigh

God he was tired

Later that evening, as everyone slept, evil cultivators from another sect came and began slaughtering everyone in the sect, causing Jiang Yuelou to awake with a start before he quickly shot to his feet and shook Chu Ran’s shoulder

“Chu Ran.  Wake up!”

Chu Ran sat up with a gasp

“What?”

Jiang Yuelou reached out and took her by the hand

“We need to leave, now”

Chu Ran nodded before they quickly ran out of the room, only to find the entire sect ablaze

“My god”

Jiang Yuelou then gave her hand a tug

“Come on”

Chu Ran nodded before they continued to run through the burning sect, the smell of burning blood and bodies beginning to fill the air and their noses as they ran, only to be stopped by a group of the cultivators

“Shit”

Jiang Yuelou then quickly looked around before he let go of Chu Ran’s hand and gave her a shove

“Run!”

Chu Ran nodded and took off running, causing a few of the cultivators to run after her as Jiang Yuelou looked at the remaining cultivators before him

They then stared at each other for a moment before the cultivators rushed at Jiang Yuelou, Jiang Yuelou quickly blocking their attacks before he threw out a hand and sent the cultivators flying into a nearby burning building

Once he threw them into the fire, he looked around at his burning clan before his eyes widened

“Chu Ran!  Chu Ran!”

He then began to run through the clan, searching high and low until he noticed something in the water, making him run over to see Chu Ran desperately treading water

“Chu Ran!”

He then ran over to edge of the dock and held out his hand

“Take my hand”

Chu Ran nodded weakly and slowly swam over to him before she reached out and took his hand, Jiang Yuelou helping her back up onto the dock before he pulled her close and held her

“I’ve got you”

They then stayed like that for a moment and just watched as the clan burned before Chu Ran let out a shuddering breath.

“What are we going to do now?”

Jiang Yuelou sighed heavily

“The only thing we can do…rebuild”

Over the next few months, Jiang Yuelou and Chu Ran rebuilt the clan little by little and as they rebuilt, people from around the world whose clans had also been destroyed by the evil clan came to not only help but to also potentially find a new home

Jiang Yuelou and Chu Ran, of course, weren’t going to turn anyone away and welcomed them all with open arms, the clan soon back to its original strength

Of course, because Jiang Yuelou was the “heir” of the sect, that made him the sect leader, but he didn’t know how to lead…he was still very young after all

However, he had a whole clan of people looking up to him…so he had to learn, rather on the fly, how to be a sect leader

Thankfully, he had Chu Ran by his side to help him, as she seemed to understand the politics and the responsibilities that came with the position

“Why don’t you become sect leader?”

Chu Ran looked at him in shock before she laughed

“No one would accept me as one”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“You don’t know that”

Chu Ran nodded

“I do.  A lot of the refugees that came to join us are from the older generation…they still believe that a man should be a sect leader, not a woman, even if the woman is more qualified”

Jiang Yuelou made a face

“That’s stupid”

Chu Ran chuckled

“I agree but this is the world we live in”

Jiang Yuelou hummed before he looked at her

“Do you miss her?”

Chu Ran looked at him in confusion

“Miss who?”

Jiang Yuelou smiled slightly

“Your cultivator”

Chu Ran blinked before she lowered her gaze and looked away

“Every day”

Jiang Yuelou crossed his arms

“Why don’t you go and see her?”

Chu Ran looked at him before she shook her head

“I can’t”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“Why not?”

Chu Ran smiled weakly

“Because I don’t know if she’s moved on…I haven’t but maybe she has and…and I don’t know if I can face her if she has.  It’ll break my heart”

Jiang Yuelou looked at her thoughtfully

“But what if she hasn’t moved on?”

Chu Ran shook her head

“You don’t know that”

Jiang Yuelou gave her a look

“Neither do you”

Chu Ran was quiet before she smiled sadly

“Well…if I leave and I find that she hasn’t moved on…I might not come back”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“And that would be a problem for our sect, since we constantly keep getting asked when we’re going to have children”

Chu Ran laughed

“Yeah”

She then smiled softly

“It’s alright.  I’m happy here.  I don’t need to go chasing a fantasy”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“But are you?  You really don’t want to see her?”

Chu Ran frowned

“Why do you ask?”

Jiang Yuelou shrugged

“I’m just wondering.  Because if you do…we’re going to need a plan”

Chu Ran raised an eyebrow

“A plan?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“For you to go and see her.  And be happy.  Because while I’m sure you are happy…you’re not as happy as you could be”

Chu Ran looked at him in surprise

“You’d really do this for me?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“Of course I would”

Chu Ran smiled

“You’re too kind”

Jiang Yuelou barked out a laugh

“I don’t know about that…but I don’t like seeing a friend unhappy, so it’s the least I could do”

Chu Ran smiled before she crossed her arms

“What do you have in mind?”

A few days later, as Jiang Yuelou made his way through his sect, a few members walked over to him, a look of concern on their faces

“Sect Leader, we haven’t seen your wife in a few days…is everything alright?”

Jiang Yuelou smiled slightly and nodded

“Oh, yes.  She just hasn’t been feeling too well recently.  She’ll be alright”

One of the members nodded

“Well that’s good to hear…it’d be terrible if she was too ill for you two to have children…you are both at that age, you know”

Jiang Yuelou smiled thinly

“We are…thank you for reminding me”

He then quickly turned and headed home, stepping inside to find Chu Ran packing a small bag

“Almost ready to go?”

Chu Ran glanced over at him and nodded

“I think so”

She then frowned

“Is this really a good idea?  Are you sure no one will see through this plan?”

Jiang Yuelou waved his hand

“Don’t worry.  Everything will be fine”

Chu Ran nodded

“Alright”

Later that evening, as the entire sect, Jiang Yuelou suddenly rushed out of his house and looked around with wide eyes

“Please, someone!  Get the healers!  Chu Ran, she—”

At his shout, a few disciples came running, their eyes wide in concern

“Sect leader, what—”

“Get the healers!  Now!”

The disciples nodded and quickly turned, running to the healer as Jiang Yuelou turned and headed back inside, walking over to where Chu Ran was lying on her bed, a sheen of sweat on her forehead as she gasped and struggled to breathe

At the sight of her like that, Jiang Yuelou quietly knelt down beside her and placed two fingers to her pulse point, a small frown on his face before he looked over at her and reached out, gently petting her hair

“Soon.  It’ll all be over soon”

A little while later, the healer arrived and did everything that they could, but in the end, Chu Ran’s illness was too strong, and she ended up succumbing to it

The healer then looked over at Jiang Yuelou and shook his head

“I’m sorry, Sect Leader”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he lowered his gaze and nodded

“Thank you for trying”

A few days later, a funeral was held for Chu Ran, with everyone coming to pay their respects to her coffin and to Jiang Yuelou

The funeral lasted for hours, and well into the evening before everyone had come and paid their respects

“Sect Leader, shouldn’t you rest?  You haven’t left Lady Chu’s side since her passing”

Jiang Yuelou shook his head

“I’m alright.  Just…leave me”

The guards and disciples nodded before they turned and walked away, Jiang Yuelou waiting for all of them to leave before he walked over to the coffin and pushed the cover aside, Chu Ran immediately sitting up with a gasp

“I never want to do something like that again”

Jiang Yuelou laughed softly as he held out his hand

“Hopefully you won’t have to”

Chu Ran laughed and nodded as she took his hand and allowed him to help her out of the coffin, Jiang Yuelou looking at her fondly

“Go.  Be happy”

Chu Ran flashed him a small smile in return

“I hope you find your happiness too”

She then drew him into a hug and gave him a squeeze before she pulled away and pressed a kiss to his cheek

“Goodbye, Jiang Yuelou”

She then turned and quietly slipped away, like a ghost in the night, as Jiang Yuelou watched with a small smile

“Goodbye…Chu Ran”

Over the next few days, after Chu Ran’s “death”, Jiang Yuelou played the part of a depressed husband, barely eating or drinking anything and even barely leaving the house save for important meetings but even then, he couldn’t really be “bothered” to go to those

The members of his sect, of course, were getting worried that he was going to waste away and potentially “join” Chu Ran in the afterlife, so they quickly began to beg him to at least eat a little and take a walk every now and then

So, Jiang Yuelou did, and during one of his walks, he stumbled across a baby wrapped in a cloth next to a bunch of woven baskets, making his eyes widen in surprise before he quickly reached out and scooped them into his arms, holding them close before he turned and headed back to his house, his guards looking at him in surprise

“Lord Jiang, who—”

“I found them, abandoned.  So I am going to raise them as my own”

The guards nodded

“Of course sir”

Over the course of the next decade or so, Jiang Yuelou raised the child, a son he named Jiang Fengmian, and taught him everything he need to know from cultivation to learning how to run a sect, just like his father had taught him before

Then, once Jiang Yuelou decided that Jiang Fengmian was ready and could take over the sect, he packed up his things and began to travel the world, just like what he told Chu Ran he would do when he got older

At first, his travels were amazing, as he was traveling the world, but after a while, they started to become boring, making him wish that something interesting would happen

Then one day, while he was out on his travels, a little girl ran over to him and clung to him, making him look at her in confusion

“What are you—”

“Help me.  Please”

Jiang Yuelou frowned but said nothing just as a group of people came running over to them, knives and swords in their hands

“Friends of yours?”

The little girl shook her head as she clung to him

“I…I don’t know them.  My gege and I were just traveling when these people came out of nowhere…my gege told me to run so I ran and then I…I ran into you”

She then looked up at him with big brown eyes

“Please, help me”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he sighed and grabbed the girl, pulling her behind him

“Get behind me”

He then looked at the men rushing towards them and began to whistle, black smoke beginning to swirl around him as hands burst out of the ground and grabbed at the men’s ankles, making all of them scream and shout in fear as Jiang Yuelou continued to whistle, his eyes glowing red as he watched the hands drag the attackers underground

Once the attackers were gone, Jiang Yuelou shut his eyes and let out a heavy sigh before he turned and looked down at the little girl, who was looking up at him with wide eyes

“Are you alright?”

The little girl nodded before she looked at him curiously

“How did you do that?”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Cultivation”

The girl frowned

“Cultivation?  I’ve never seen a cultivation technique like that”

Jiang Yuelou chuckled

“That’s cuz I invented it”

He then held out his hand

“Come on, let’s go and try and find your brother”

The little girl nodded and took his hand before they began walking in the direction the little girl had run from, both of them barely even getting a few steps before a bladed fan suddenly came flying towards them, making Jiang Yuelou look up before he quickly grabbed the girl and pulled her out of the way as a figure dressed in all white came rushing towards them, their eyes hard

As the man got closer, Jiang Yuelou’s eyes flashed and he began to whistle, black smoke beginning to surround him just as the little girl grabbed him by the sleeve

“Mister, no!  That’s my gege!”

Jiang Yuelou stopped and quickly glanced down at her before he glanced back just in time to see the little girl’s brother coming straight for him again, making him quickly block the attack before they began sparing, both men matching each other’s strength before they flew apart and glared at each other

“What are you doing with my sister?”

Jiang Yuelou huffed

“I’m the one who saved her”

The man paused before he glanced over at the little girl

“Is this true?”

The little girl nodded vigorously

“Yes gege”

The man hummed before he looked at Jiang Yuelou and bowed

“Thank you for saving her”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“Sure”

He then crossed his arms

“Your name?”

The young man looked at him before he dipped his head

“Chen Yuzhi.  And you?”

“Jiang Yuelou”

Chen Yuzhi dipped his head again

“Nice to meet you.  And thank you again”

He then walked over to the little girl and took her by the hand

“Come on, sweetheart.  Let’s get going”

The little girl nodded as they began walking away when the little girl stopped and turned to look at Jiang Yuelou

“Would you like to come with us, gege?”

Jiang Yuelou paused and looked at her in shock just as Chen Yuzhi shook his head

“He’s probably busy, A-Ying”

The little girl, Keying, hummed and nodded before she looked at Jiang Yuelou and waved

“Bye gege”

Jiang Yuelou dipped his head

“Goodbye”

He then watched them walk away before he turned and began on his way again when a scream echoed through the air, making him spin around to see Keying clinging to Chen Yuzhi as the young man fought off fierce corpses

At the sight of the fierce corpses, Jiang Yuelou’s eyes widened and he quickly took off towards them, his eyes glowing red as he began to whistle, the fierce corpses stiffening at the sound

Once he was close enough, Jiang Yuelou glanced over at Chen Yuzhi, who looked at him with wide eyes, and nodded, Chen Yuzhi nodding in reply before he took his fan and began hacking and slashing at the fierce corpses until all of the corpses were nothing but corpses again

After they had vanquished the fierce corpses, Chen Yuzhi looked at Jiang Yuelou curiously

“How did you…stop them?”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“With my cultivation technique”

Chen Yuzhi frowned

“What technique?”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“It’s a secret”

He then looked at Keying and chuckled softly

“Looks like I’ll be taking you up on your offer”

Keying looked at him with wide eyes

“Really?”

Jiang Yuelou shrugged

“If your brother’s alright with it”

Keying looked over at Chen Yuzhi expectantly

“Please gege?”

Chen Yuzhi was quiet and glanced at Jiang Yuelou before he sighed heavily

“I…suppose”

Keying cheered and Jiang Yuelou smiled before he looked at Chen Yuzhi and smirked

“Don’t worry, I’ll keep you both safe”

Chen Yuzhi huffed

“I can keep us both safe, thank you very much”

He then looked away

“But some extra help is appreciated”

Jiang Yuelou smiled and nodded before he motioned to the path before them

“Lead the way”

Later that evening, when they arrived at a small town with an inn, Jiang Yuelou, Chen Yuzhi, and Keying all got a room before Keying promptly collapsed on the bed and fell asleep, as she wasn’t used to traveling such distance

Once she was asleep, Chen Yuzhi looked at Jiang Yuelou curiously

“So this technique of yours…what’s it called?”

Jiang Yuelou looked at him before he crossed his arms

“Why do you want to know?”

Chen Yuzhi shrugged

“I’m curious, that’s all”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“It’s called Demonic Cultivation”

Chen Yuzhi frowned

“I’ve never heard of it”

Jiang Yuelou chuckled

“That’s because I invented it”

Chen Yuzhi tilted his head

“How does it work?”

Jiang Yuelou sighed

“It manipulates resentful energy given off of resentful corpses.  It doesn’t require a golden core but since I have one, it doesn’t take quite a toll on my body”

Chen Yuzhi hummed

“I see”

He then looked at him

“Thank you…for saving us again”

Jiang Yuelou shrugged

“No problem”

Chen Yuzhi then dipped his head

“Well…good night”

He then walked over to where Keying was sleeping and laid down beside her, also falling asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow

As the two siblings slept, Jiang Yuelou watched them for a little while before he leaned his head against the wall he was sitting against and shut his eyes, soon falling asleep

The next morning, after a good night’s rest, Chen Yuzhi, Jiang Yuelou, and Keying got up and began their travels again, a comfortable silence between the three of them before Jiang Yuelou looked over at Chen Yuzhi curiously

“Where are you traveling now?”

Chen Yuzhi shrugged

“Wherever.  We have no set place or destination.  We’re just…traveling”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“Then do you mind if I…travel alongside you?”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him and smiled softly before he shook his head

“Not at all”

Over the next few years, Chen Yuzhi, Keying, and Jiang Yuelou traveled together with no set destination in mind, and soon those few years turned into decades, then into centuries with no sign of aging for any of them

Then one day, as they were traveling, Jiang Yuelou hummed thoughtfully

“I wonder how Chu Ran is doing”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him curiously

“Chu Ran?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“My friend.  I haven’t seen her in a while and I’m just wondering if she’s alright”

Chen Yuzhi frowned

“Do you…think she’s still—”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he shook his head

“I don’t know”

He then turned to look at him and smiled slightly

“But it can’t hurt to find out, right?”

Chen Yuzhi nodded

“Mm”

After that, Jiang Yuelou, Chen Yuzhi, and Keying traveled to Chu Ran’s old sect and when they arrived, Jiang Yuelou smiled at the sight of the bustling sect before them

“Seems they’re doing well”

They then stepped into the sect and began to walk around, just taking in the sights of the sect, when a “Jiang Yuelou?” rang out, making Jiang Yuelou, Chen Yuzhi, and Keying turn to see two older women with long hair streaked with gray standing a little ways away from them

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Chu Ran��

Chu Ran then slowly made her way over to them before she reached out and pulled Jiang Yuelou into a tight hug, hugging him tightly before she pulled away and looked him over

“Look at you!  You haven’t changed at all!”

Jiang Yuelou chuckled

“And you’ve gotten older”

Chu Ran huffed

“That’s what happens when you age.  Which clearly you haven’t”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Clearly”

Just then, the woman walked over to them and smiled

“You must be Jiang Yuelou”

Jiang Yuelou looked at her and nodded

“I am”

The woman smiled

“Chu Ran’s told me so much about you.  I’m Zhong Yiren, her wife”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Nice to meet you”

Chu Ran then looked over at Chen Yuzhi and Keying for a moment before she looked at Jiang Yuelou and raised an eyebrow, a knowing smile on her face

Jiang Yuelou huffed

“Wipe that smile off your face”

Chu Ran grinned as Jiang Yuelou looked over at Chen Yuzhi and Keying, motioning them over

“Chu Ran, this is Chen Yuzhi and his little sister, Keying”

Chu Ran smiled

“Nice to meet you”

Chen Yuzhi dipped his head

“The pleasure is all mine”

Chu Ran then looked at Jiang Yuelou

“You three must have traveled far, please, stay the evening”

Jiang Yuelou quickly shook his head

“Oh, no, we don’t want to impose—”

Zhong Yiren looked at him in the eyes

“We insist”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he looked over at Chen Yuzhi, who chuckled, and sighed softly

“Fine”

Chu Ran smiled

“Wonderful”

She then reached out and took him by the arm as Zhong Yiren reached out and did the same to Chen Yuzhi, both women guiding them through the sect before Chu Ran looked over at Jiang Yuelou curiously

“So…”

Jiang Yuelou raised an eyebrow

“So what?”

Chu Ran smiled

“How did you two meet?”

Jiang Yuelou huffed

“Well aren’t you nosy?”

Chu Ran grinned

“I haven’t had good gossip in over a century, of course I am.  Now answer my question”

Jiang Yuelou rolled his eyes before he sighed

“I saved him and his sister from some thugs and furious corpses”

Chu Ran smiled

“Well, aren’t you mister knight in shining armor?”

Jiang Yuelou rolled his eyes again and gently nudge her before he motioned to Zhong Yiren and raised an eyebrow

“Is she the cultivator you were telling me about?”

Chu Ran nodded

“Mmhm”

She then looked at him with glassy eyes

“Did you know that she never moved on?  That she waited for me?”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“And to think you were willing to give all of this up just because you were worried that she had”

Chu Ran huffed

“Oh hush”

She then looked back at Chen Yuzhi and hummed

“He’s cute”

She then looked at Jiang Yuelou and pointed a finger at him

“Don’t break his heart”

Jiang Yuelou’s eyes widened in shock

“How can I break it if I don’t even have it?”

Chu Ran smiled

“You’d be surprised”

She then gave his arm a tug as they continued towards the house and once they arrived, Zhong Yiren and Chu Ran quickly sat them down and served them tea before they sat down, Chu Ran looking at Jiang Yuelou curiously

“So, how’s the sect doing?”

Chen Yuzhi looked over at him in surprise

“Sect?”

Chu Ran looked back at him in shock

“He never told you?  He used to be a sect leader”

Chen Yuzhi hummed and shook his head

“No, he never said”

Jiang Yuelou sighed heavily

“I don’t know how the sect is, I left the boy I found after you “died” in charge once he was old enough”

Chu Ran looked at him curiously

“Boy you found?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“After you died, I had to act depressed and then one day when I was out walking, I found a baby abandoned and I couldn’t just…leave him, so I adopted him and called him my “son”.  I then raised him and once he was old enough, I left him in charge of the sect”

Chu Ran and Chen Yuzhi nodded slowly before Chen Yuzhi looked between Jiang Yuelou and Chu Ran

“Forgive me but…are you two still…married?”

Jiang Yuelou and Chu Ran looked back at him before they both smiled and shook their heads

“No, seeing as we really didn’t…register our marriage”

Chen Yuzhi blinked before he blushed and lowered his gaze

“Oh”

Chu Ran then looked over at Jiang Yuelou and smirked, making Jiang Yuelou shoot her a look before he looked over at Chen Yuzhi and tilted his head

“Would you…like to visit my old sect with me?”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him in surprise before he smiled slightly and nodded

“I would be honored”

Jiang Yuelou then looked over at Keying and smiled

“What do you say, kiddo?”

Keying nodded vigorously, making Chu Ran, Zhong Yiren, Chen Yuzhi, and Jiang Yuelou laugh

“Alright then”

A few days later, after spending some time with Chu Ran and Zhong Yiren to catch up, Chen Yuzhi, Jiang Yuelou, and Keying began their journey to Jiang Yuelou’s sect

As they made their way towards the sect, Jiang Yuelou looked over at Chen Yuzhi curiously

“You know, I know the reason for why I don’t look a day over twenty-nine but why are you and Keying so young?”

Chen Yuzhi blinked before he laughed and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly

“Oh, I um…when I was treating someone years ago, they uh…offered to bless me and my family”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“So they blessed you…with immortality?”

Chen Yuzhi shrugged

“I guess so”

He then smiled and shook his head

“I don’t mind…by being immortal; it allows me to help people, which makes me happy”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“That’s good…gives you a purpose and doesn’t allow you to succumb to boredom”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him curiously

“How are you able to stay so young?  Your���cultivation technique?”

Jiang Yuelou shook his head

“I don’t know…you’d think that with siphoning demonic and negative energy from those corpses…it would have a negative effect on my body”

Chen Yuzhi shrugged

“Everyone’s cultivation technique is different…you just must be a particularly strong cultivator”

Jiang Yuelou smirked

“Thanks”

He then looked him up and down, his smirk growing wider

“You’re not too bad yourself”

Chen Yuzhi blinked before he blushed deeply and looked away

“Thank you”

Soon, the three of them arrived at the sect, Chen Yuzhi’s eyes wide in surprise

“Oh my…it’s beautiful”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Thank you.  Chu Ran and I rebuilt it from the ground up after it was burnt to the ground by an evil sect”

Chen Yuzhi looked over at him in surprise

“Really?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“Mm”

They then entered the sect and began to walk around, a small frown on Jiang Yuelou’s face

“Something’s not right”

Chen Yuzhi frowned

“What?”

Jiang Yuelou shook his head

“Nothing, it’s just…the sect seems to be prospering but…everyone feels more…tense”

Chen Yuzhi hummed and nodded

“Yes…I feel that now too”

Jiang Yuelou then motioned them along

“Come on”

They then headed to the main hall and stepped inside, just in time to catch a young man dressed in red and black robes as he flew across the hall after being whipped by a purple electric whip wielded by a rather scary looking woman dressed in purple

As they caught the young man and lowered him to the ground, Chen Yuzhi quickly began to look him over as the woman in purple glowered at them

“Who are you?  What are you doing?”

She then noticed Chen Yuzhi checking the young man over, causing her eyes to widen before she raised her whip and lashed out towards him, making Keying shriek and Chen Yuzhi look up with wide eyes just as Jiang Yuelou reached out and grabbed the whip, his eyes beginning to glow red

“If you so much as touch them, I will rip you limb from limb without even lifting a finger”

The woman and the others looked at him in shock just as an older man dressed in purple looked at him with wide eyes

“Father?”

Jiang Yuelou turned and narrowed his eyes

“Fengmian.  What is the meaning of this?”

The man, Jiang Fengmian, shook his head just as the woman looked at him in confusion

“Father?  What are you talking about?”

Jiang Fengmian looked over at her before he motioned to Jiang Yuelou

“This is my father”

Jiang Yuelou straightened up, his eyes still glowing red

“And founder of this clan”

The woman’s eyes widened and her mouth fell open in shock just as Jiang Yuelou yanked the whip out of her hand and dropped it to the flower beside him, letting out a soft huff

“Now, kindly explain as to why you just nearly whipped this young man in half”

The woman, Madam Yu, huffed and pointed to the young man that Chen Yuzhi was still looking over

“That…brat, is trying to take over my rightful son’s place in this clan…and trying to prove himself as the superior cultivator!”

The young man dressed in black shook his head

“I’m not!  I’m not trying to overshadow A-Cheng!”

The young man in purple robes nodded

“It’s not his fault, mother!”

Madam Yu turned and slapped him across the face

“Silence!”

Just then, the ground began to tremble beneath their feet, making everyone look at Jiang Yuelou to see shadows surrounding him, the purple whip now crackling and glowing bright red in his hands

“Hit your son again, I dare you”

Madam Yu looked at him with wide eyes and took a fearful step back as Jiang Yuelou grinned darkly

“Not so strong now that you don’t have your whip, huh?”

Madam Yu gulped and took another step back just as Keying rushed over to Jiang Yuelou and made to reach out towards his robes when the shadows suddenly burned her hand, making her yelp in pain

At her yelp, Jiang Yuelou’s eyes widened and he turned to look at her before he quickly waved away the shadows and knelt down in front of her, placing the whip down beside him

“A-Ying.  I’m sorry, are you hurt?  Let me see”

He then reached out and gently took her hand in his, looking it over

“Huh…I’ve never had my cultivation do something like this before”

He then looked at Keying in concern

“Are you alright?”

Keying nodded

“I’m okay…my hand just stings”

Jiang Yuelou shook his head

“I’m sorry”

He then leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to her palm, making Keying giggle just as she noticed Madam Yu rushing towards them, causing her eyes to widen before she pointed towards the woman

“Gege!”

Jiang Yuelou’s eyes flashed and he quickly whipped his head over towards Madam Yu before he let out a sharp whistle, shadow-like tendrils immediately surrounding himself and Keying as one of the tendrils smacked Madam Yu away from them

“Rude to attack an opponent when he’s distracted, especially by his own child”

He then pushed himself to his feet and crossed his arms, Keying clinging to his robes as he looked at his son, his daughter in law, and his grandchildren

“Now what started this whole thing anyways?”

Madam Yu opened her mouth to respond when Jiang Yuelou shot her a glare

“Not you”

He then looked at the young man in purple

“You.  What started this?”

The young man, Jiang Cheng, gulped before he cleared his throat

“Um…I wanted to go to Gusu Lan to learn cultivation there, as they are putting on a school for all new cultivators and wanted to bring my sister and brother along.  But…my mother only wanted me to go because she said my sister is too weak and my brother…does not need to know cultivation, as he’s…”

Madam Yu shot him a glare

“Do not—”

Chen Yuzhi glared at her

“Silence”

Madam Yu flinched and fell silent as the young man dressed in back, Wei Wuxian, huffed

“She thinks of me as nothing more than a disciple, someone not worthy of learning cultivation, as I was taken in by the Jiang family since my parents passed”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he looked at Madam Yu with narrowed eyes

“Is that so?”

Madam Yu snarled

“He doesn’t deserve it”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“Everyone should be able to learn cultivation.  Doesn’t matter who you are”

He then looked over at Jiang Cheng

“Bring your sister”

Jiang Cheng nodded and quickly pushed himself to his feet before he rushed out of the hall to get his sister as Jiang Yuelou turned and looked down at Wei Wuxian

“Are you alright?”

Wei Wuxian nodded

“I am…thank you”

Just then, Jiang Cheng and a young woman stepped into the hall, the young woman looking at Jiang Yuelou curiously

“You…wanted to see me?”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“I did.  I heard that your cultivation wasn’t very strong, correct?”

The young woman, Jiang Yanli, nodded

“Yes…it’s why I’m ill a lot”

Jiang Yuelou hummed and nodded

“I see.  Would you like to learn how to strengthen your cultivation?”

Jiang Yanli blinked before she nodded

“Yes, I would”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“I thought so”

He then clapped his hands together

“That settles it then.  You and your two brothers will go to Gusu Lan to learn cultivation”

Madam Yu looked at him in shock

“You…you can’t do that!”

Jiang Yuelou raised an eyebrow at her

“And why not?  I’m the sect founder”

Madam Yu raised her chin haughtily

“Yes, but you’re not the sect leader.  My husband is”

Jiang Yuelou hummed and nodded

“You have a point.  Fine”

He then looked over at Jiang Fengmian and raised an eyebrow

“How about this?  We’ll have a duel and if I win, I become sect leader and allow your children to go to Gusu Lan and learn cultivation and if you win, myself, Chen Yuzhi, and Keying will leave and never return”

Jiang Fengmian was quiet before he shook his head

“I won’t fight.  You’re my father, I won’t fight you”

Jiang Yuelou nodded, just as Madam Yu took a step forward

“But I will”

Jiang Yuelou looked at her and hummed

“Is that so?  Fine then”

He then reached down and picked up the whip, tossing it to her

“Just so that the fight is a little bit more even”

He then looked down at Keying and placed a gentle hand on her head

“Go back to your brother now”

Keying nodded and quickly rushed back over to Chen Yuzhi, Chen Yuzhi quickly taking her into his arms as Jiang Yuelou looked at Madam Yu and raised an eyebrow

“Shall we?”

Madam Yu nodded, just as two young woman dressed in armor appeared on either side of her, making him look at them in surprise before he huffed

“Oh, so we’re playing dirty then, are we?”

His eyes then began to glow as he began to whistle, a high-pitched shrieking sound just as Chen Yuzhi suddenly appeared beside him, making him look over at him in surprise

“What are you doing?”

Chen Yuzhi glanced back at him before he smirked and unfurled his fan, a glint to the edge of it

“Three against one is a little unfair…two against three should even the playing field”

Jiang Yuelou blinked before he smirked

“Sounds fair to me”

He and Chen Yuzhi then rushed at Madam Yu and her maids, the five of them fighting tirelessly before Jiang Yuelou let out a particularly sharp whistle and watched as his shadow-tentacles wrapped around Madam Yu and her maids’ necks, his eyes glowing bright red as the three women struggled and clawed at the shadows on their necks

As they continued to struggle, Jiang Yuelou felt a gentle hand on his arm, making him look over to see Chen Yuzhi looking at him

“That’s enough.  Don’t kill them”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he huffed and released them, watching as the three women crashed to the ground, all of them gasping for air as he stood before them, shadows surrounding him as his eyes glowed red

“Looks like we win”

He then reached out and took the whip out of her hand and tossed it to Jiang Cheng before he looked at him, Jiang Yanli, and Wei Wuxian

“Pack your bags…you’re going to Gusu Lan”

Jiang Cheng, Wei Wuxian, and Jiang Yanli all looked at him in surprise before they rushed off to get pack as Jiang Yuelou looked over at Jiang Fengmian and Madam Yu

“There’s going to be some changes around here…starting with who runs this sect”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him in surprise

“You want to be a sect leader?”

Jiang Yuelou shrugged

“This was always my sect to run…and seeing as I’m not going to die anytime soon…I might as well”

He then tilted his head

“What about you?  Will you stay and run it with me?  Or will you and Keying continue on?”

Chen Yuzhi blinked before he smiled

“We’ll stay…if you’ll have us”

Jiang Yuelou grinned

“I want you nowhere else but by my side”

Over the next few months, after Jiang Yuelou took over as sect leader, the clan began to change and became like how it was when he and Chu Ran were in charge, with a lighter and brighter feel to the sect

Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yanli, and Wei Wuxian also became rather comfortable with him and Chen Yuzhi, the three of them constantly sending letters to both men to let them know how studying in Gusu was going

Then one day, in one of the letters they received, Jiang Yuelou noticed that Wei Wuxian mentioned a student by the name “Lan Wanji” a couple of times, making him hum softly before he looked over at Chen Yuzhi

“Yuzhi, look at this”

Chen Yuzhi looked up from reading some medical scrolls and walked over to him, reading over his shoulder before he smiled

“Looks like someone has a crush”

Jiang Yuelou nodded

“What do you think?  Should we send matchmakers?”

Chen Yuzhi looked at him in surprise

“To Gusu?  Why would we do that?”

Jiang Yuelou huffed

“You know those Gusu Lans…always so stoic and reserved…might be good to give them a little push”

Chen Yuzhi hummed before he smiled and nodded

“Sounds like a good idea”

Jiang Yuelou then tilted his head

“Where’s Keying?”

Chen Yuzhi hummed and thought about it for a moment

“Ah, I think she’s training with the other disciples”

Jiang Yuelou hummed and nodded

“I see.  Good, she should learn proper sword techniques”

He then tilted his head

“How is Yanli doing in her studies?”

Chen Yuzhi nodded

“Good.  She seems to have taken to healing better than the other subjects…I plan to visit her in a few days to help her improve as well as check on her golden core, seeing as she said she’s been feeling a little weak these past few days”

Jiang Yuelou frowned

“You’re going to leave me?”

Chen Yuzhi rolled his eyes

“Only for a few days, Yuelou”

Jiang Yuelou hummed

“If you’re going, then I should go too”

Chen Yuzhi frowned

“Are you sure?  What about the sect?”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it”

A little while later, Jiang Yuelou stood before Jiang Fengmian and Madam Yu, a stern look in his gaze

“Chen Yuzhi and I are leaving for Gusu Lan and will leave you in charge.  However, if we return and the sect is like how it was when we first arrived…there will be consequences.  Understand?”

Jiang Fengmian nodded as Madam Yu huffed and looked away, making Jiang Yuelou roll his eyes before he turned and headed back to Chen Yuzhi

“Ready to go?”

Chen Yuzhi nodded

“Mm”

A while later, Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi arrived at Gusu Lan’s front gate and looked at the entrance for a moment before they headed inside, looking around the beautiful sect before Jiang Yuelou laughed

“I certainly stand out like a sore thumb, don’t I?”

Chen Yuzhi looked over at him and looked him up and down before he laughed

“A little”

They then continued to walk around before they noticed the main study hall, causing Jiang Yuelou to hum before they walked over to the hall and paused outside, as they could hear the elder of the clan, Lan Qiren, lecturing about the difference between normal and demonic cultivation

Jiang Yuelou then made to enter the hall when Chen Yuzhi reached out and placed a hand on his arm as Wei Wuxian spoke up and argued about how demonic cultivation was like any other cultivation and that it should be a viable technique

At his answer, Lan Qiren growled and made to argue when Jiang Yuelou stepped into the hall and laughed, making everyone turn to look at him with wide eyes as he smiled

“He has a point, you know”

Lan Qiren looked at him in shock

“You…you should be dead!”

Jiang Yuelou smiled and motioned to himself

“Clearly not”

He then looked over at Wei Wuxian and raised an eyebrow

“You seem to know quite a bit about demonic cultivation.  Have you been studying?”

Wei Wuxian blinked before he gulped

“Oh, well, I uh…I only know a little about it”

Jiang Yuelou smiled

“Well…I invented the technique.  I could teach you how to strengthen yours, if you’d like”

Wei Wuxian looked at him eagerly

“Really?”

Lan Qiren threw out a hand

“Absolutely not!  It is a dangerous technique!”

Jiang Yuelou was quiet before he slowly looked over at him, his eyes glowing red

“Shall I show you how really dangerous it can be?”

Just then, a young man dressed in all white with a ribbon around his forehead shot to his feet and drew his sword, pointing it at him

“How dare you threaten my uncle!”

Jiang Yuelou turned to look at him

“You must be Lan Wangji, hm?”

Lan Wangji flinched, surprised that he knew him, as Jiang Yuelou looked over at Wei Wuxian and raised an eyebrow

“This one?  Really?”

Wei Wuxian shrugged causing Jiang Yuelou to sigh heavily before he shrugged as well

“Oh well, we can’t help who we love”

He then looked over at Chen Yuzhi and smiled

“Isn’t that right dear?”

Chen Yuzhi smiled and nodded before he looked at Lan Wangji and narrowed his eyes

“Sit down”

Lan Wangji blinked before he quickly sat down, shocked as Chen Yuzhi looked at Jiang Yanli and smiled kindly

“Come”

Jiang Yanli nodded and quickly pushed herself to feet before she walked over to him as they headed out of the hall, just as Lan Qiren took a step towards them

“Where do you think you’re going?”

Jiang Yuelou looked at him

“He’s going to strengthen her healing technique.  You struggle in that subject don’t you?”

Lan Qiren growled

“We have plenty of healers—”

“And none of them are as good as him”

He then looked at Wei Wuxian and raised an eyebrow

“Well?  Do you want to learn or not?”

Wei Wuxian blinked before he quickly nodded and pushed himself to his feet, Jiang Cheng quickly pushing himself to his feet too

“Can I come?”

Jiang Yuelou glanced over at him and shrugged

“Anyone can”

He then turned and headed out of the hall, Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng following behind just as Lan Qiren rushed after them

“If you learn that technique, I’ll expel you!”

Jiang Yuelou turned to look at him

“And if you try to stop me from teaching them, I’ll show you the true power of demonic cultivation”

He then turned and continued on his way, Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian following after him just as Lan Wangji pushed himself to his feet and rushed after them, making Lan Qiren stare after him in shock

“Wangji?!”

Lan Wangji looked back at him

“I should learn about it to defeat it”

He then quickly rushed over to Wei Wuxian’s side as Wei Wuxian turned to look at him, a bright smile on his face

“Lan Zhan!  You’re coming too?”

Lan Wangji was quiet before he nodded, a red tinge on the tips of his ears

At his answer, Wei Wuxian grinned brightly as Jiang Yuelou glanced back at them, a small smile on his face

They reminded him a lot of himself and Chen Yuzhi when they were much younger…and if he and Chen Yuzhi were anything to go by…

They would figure it out

And be just fine

[mhrarepairmonth]

Rules & Guidelines (pretty much everything you need to know)

Prompts ✦ AO3 Collection ✦ Asks/FAQ

Hey ghouls! As MH Rarepair Month creeps closer and closer, here are some rules, guidelines, and everything you need to know for this event!

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, comments, or concerns that may not be addressed under the cut!

What is Monster High Rarepair Month?

This event is dedicated to super rare romantic pairings from all generations of Monster High. The 'spirit' (pun intended) of this event has its roots in crackshipping, any ship that has less than 10 works on AO3 is permitted. (see the fandoms tagged for g1, g2, g3, the g3 movies, and general 'toys' fandom tags to see if your pairing is eligible)

Monster High Rarepair Month will run during the entirety of September, with prompts being delegated on a week-by-week basis.

How do I participate?

Just create something about an ultra-rare pair! Whether it’s fanart, fanfic, edits, headcanons, meta, poetry, analysis, gifs (gifsets if you’re feeling fancy) - anything and everything you can think of is welcome! Following the prompts is encouraged, but if you’re really inspired by something outside of the prompt list or want to combine them in any way, that’s cool too! (PS - if you have a really niche crack pairing you've been waiting to show off, this is your time to shine!)

Please use the tag #mhrarepairmonth in your works as it will be tracked! You can also mention this tumblr, mhrarepairmonth, in your submissions if you want to be extra sure it gets reblogged!

Feel free to add your work to our AO3 collection! It's by no means required, but it's fun to have everything all in one spot.

All submissions will be reblogged to this blog by the end of each week. Late submissions are also permitted, whether it's by a week or even longer! :)

What pairings count?

As mentioned above, ships should not exceed more than 10 works in the above MH AO3 fandom tags. We’re counting counterparts from each generation as separate characters, so if there’s a ship with >10 ships but they’re marked under the Monster High (Toys) fandom tag, take a closer look and see if the pairing from whatever generation you want to create for is eligible! Some exceptions to our >10 fic limit may apply, see this post for more information.

Polyships/OT3s/OT4s+ are allowed, provided they also follow this rule. Get creative - maybe you'll even create an entirely new relationship tag in the process? :)

Since this is a ship-focused event, your work should be focused on a romantic pairing; even if the characters aren't explicitly dating, they should hold a romantic interest in one another. Incestuous pairings and selfshipping will not be included in this event.

Are crossovers allowed?

Unfortunately, crossovers from fandoms outside of Monster High won't be permitted (sorry EAH we love you 💔) Feel free to cross over the various generations of MH characters, though! As long as your pairing follows the rest of the rules, go crazy!

Other Rules

1. Follow general fandom etiquette; The principles of being kind and respectful of others’ works and don’t like, don’t read apply (for the latter, where applicable). Ship/character bashing will not be tolerated, and most importantly: tag your work properly!

2. Works that have been plagiarized or generated using generative AI will be excluded from this event.

3. NSFW works will be allowed - non-con/dub-con and adult/child relationships will not be permitted. Please be sure you follow Tumblr’s guidelines regarding explicit content. Worst case scenario, you can post your submission elsewhere and just link it here so it can be shared :)

4. Whitewashing, racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, sexism and any other forms of bigotry will not be tolerated. However, works that explore these themes (i.e, internalized homophobia) will be accepted, provided they are tagged with the appropriate warnings.

5. Have fun! Rarepair month is supposed be a fun and silly event to explore or create really rare pairings.

[yaralulu]

Thank you for tagging me @the-darkestminds @zenkindoflove <33

1. How many works do you have on AO3? Veryyy new to all this so 4 rn !!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

24,076 (like i said im still a baby to all this )

3. What fandoms do you write for? ACOTAR

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Dressing Room Dilemma 

A Ghost We Both Know

Just A Tug

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5. Do you respond to comments? Definitely!! Comments are such a serotonin boost and I love responding to people and thanking them for commenting because it genuinely means the world to me.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? A Ghost We Both Know has a very angsty ending. I’ve had a few people even ask for a second chapter but I fear the angst is the end of it.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I’d say Just A Tug has a very fluffy ending.

8. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Yes. I’m very new to it and quite frankly I have no idea what I’m doing and it sometimes feel like torture but I can’t stop writing it LOL. I’m learning as I go on so every time I write something I’m basically experimenting but I do feel most comfortable writing queer smut.

9. Do you write crossovers? No. Not something I read or write.

10. Have you ever had a fic translated? No

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before? No but sounds very fun.

12. What is your all-time favorite ship? If we’re talking ACOTAR it’s Tamcien 🤭🤭

13. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I have this very unhinged tamcien/elucien cheating fic that’s just dialogue in a document somewhere and it’s never seeing the light of day.

14. What are your writing strengths? Dialogue!! Most of my fics stem from random dialogue scenes I’ve made up in my head and I think I do a good job writing realistic fun dialogue. I think I’m fairly good at writing the overall scenes too—speech tags and tones,character expressions,introspection between all that. I like my dialogue scenes to be very detailed.

15. What are your writing weaknesses?  Still very new to writing so to me everything 😅? But mainly descriptions of sceneries and surroundings. It’s such a specific skill to be able to capture surroundings into words and articulate it well and make it sound beautiful and I’m just not there yet.

16. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? The idea of using google translate and someone noticing its all so off is just a big no to me. I do however speak arabic so 👀👀

17. First fandom you wrote for? ACOTAR

18. Favorite fic you’ve written? Surprisingly my most recent luzriel fic. I really struggled with writing it bc I was going through probably the most stressful weeks of my life but I somehow finished it and it was exactly what I imagined?? I had such a vivid image of what it looked like and I feel like I conveyed that really well. 

It’s also such a rarepair and there’s no scenes of them even remotely interacting so I had to build their dynamic from the ground up. It was a challenge to write a character like Azriel who I don’t really read too many fics about and is also so enigmatic in the books. I had to do so much research on that man like I was out here searching what he smells like. I know him too well now.

Ok i’m done talking.

Pretty much everyone has already done this but if you haven’t, pretend I tagged you 🙏!!

[acourtofthought]

I just had a thought! Do you think Elain and Lucien’s story might be happening in the time between ACOSF ending and Bryce landing in Prythian + during her stay there? It’s explicitly said Vassa’s time is running out, so they probably won’t wait to start looking for solutions 2 hours before she returns to Koschei. Maybe Rhys will give Lucien the remaining Made weapon (Nesta has the sword and Eris has another one, I forgot which) so he can kill Koschei?

That's what I've been thinking.

If SF ended in March / April (early Spring), that means the ending of CC2 is 6-9 months after. So we're looking at CC3 picking up somewhere from October to January, not to mention the additional weeks / months that Bryce will be in Prythian.

In all that time, are we really supposed to believe nothing has happened with this:

Koschei said, “Tell my Vassa I’m waiting.” His shadows swirled.

With this?

“But Tamlin is already hanging by a thread. You and Lucien have made it clear that he’s barely improved this past year. Learning of Feyre’s pregnancy might make him crumble again. With a new war possible and Briallyn up to her bullshit with Koschei, we need a strong ally. We need the Spring Court’s forces.” “So we’re to hide her pregnancy from him?” “No. But we need to summon Lucien,” Azriel said, just a shade tightly, as if he didn’t like it one bit. “We need to tell him the news, and permanently station him at the Spring Court to contain any damage and to be our eyes and ears.”

With this?

Indeed, Mor’s eyes shuttered. “They don’t want to sign the new treaty.”

“Maybe,” Cassian lied. She was still trying to convince them to sign the new treaty. But Eris didn’t need to know that.

The only one who hadn’t voted was Mor, who remained in Vallahan to keep coaxing its rulers to sign the new treaty

With this?

“But you and yours have more important things to think about than ancient history. My father is furious that his ally is dead, but he’s not deterred. Koschei remains in play, and Beron might very well be stupid enough to establish an alliance with him, too. I hope that whatever Morrigan is doing in Vallahan will counteract the damage my father will unleash.”

These were really big problems in ACOSF, even as far back as the novella (ACOWAR for Vassa's curse) and I find it difficult to believe there's just nothing happening with them in the 6-9 months that's gone by especially because we know Vassa's freedom was ending soon. There's little chance Lucien and Jurian would just be chilling in the human lands doing nothing once Koschei called her back (I also cannot imagine yet another awkward Solstice with Elain, Az, and Lucien or another year gone by where Elucien's bond and her powers are in limbo).

What makes a lot of sense is that Elucien's book would pick up shortly after SF. They would deal with Vassa, Koschei, Spring / Tamlin and help Mor with the treaty. By they end, they'd permanently be living in Spring or Day which would explain Elain's absence in CC2.

I could also see them visiting Feyre and Rhys at the end of their book only to have Feyre inform them of Bryce having arrived in Prythian followed by her return to Midgard and that would be a seamless way for SJM to introduce the crossover to the ACOTAR series since ACOTAR only readers still don't know about it. That would then set up Az's book with how connected he is to the crossover and whatever new obstacles will come about because of Bryce's visit (the possible return of the Daglan / Asteri and a war of the world's scenario).

Giving Az the book immediately after CC3 seems odd to me because if someone is unaware of CC, they'll have finished SF wondering what's going on with Beron, Koschei, Tamlin, Vassa, and the treaty only to be smacked in the face with an outerspace time traveler when they start the next book in the series. They would also be confused on why the issues in SF are suddenly unimportant or on the back burner after SF created a sense of urgency around them.

There needs to be a more natural build up and I think a soft introduction at the end of an Elucien novel would provide that.

[cruesuffix]

Mick angst with Whitehorse 😈

Ok now we’re getting somewhere!

alright here’s some mick in Whitehorse angst, aka: baby micks adventures in band politics!

- it’s not like mick hasn’t been in a band before, but this is the first time he seriously thinks he can make it real big with a group of guys. He’s one of the youngest members in the band, so he’s not taken as seriously as the others are. Plus…he just got here! After a year of following them around, trying to help when he can, he’s finally accepted into the band.

- one of the members would probably try to explain the band dynamics to mick, who is just happy to be there tbh. he doesn’t really care about how everything works (and he’ll regret it as the weeks go by).

- fun fact: (if true at least) because gigs with the band were so long, sometimes going on for hours at a time, mick would sometimes be unable to play due to how much pain he’d be in, sooooo he’d call up his bestie don dokken to help him out! what a crossover episode, right?

- anyways, im saying all this because, a good scenario would be whitehorse either unaware or not caring about the pain mick is in. like, maybe they see mick and don trade places for the last half of a show and think the pain is from an injury and not a debilitating illness. they’re not that worried about it though. as long as he can play, who cares if their guitarist can’t play a whole show start to finish?

- also we all already know how he never really got to contribute much musically to the band, and every time he tried to he’d get pushed away. thinking about him going around and asking every band member what the problem is. is he just a bad songwriter? is that why they don’t want any of his songs? he has so many ideas but nobody wants to hear him out and it’s making him feel worse about his abilities.

- this is where the paying attention when being told the band dynamics should have come in handy. he’s not even sure who the leader of the band even is! he can only hope they finally come to their senses one day and actually listen to him.

- also just him being broke throughout it all. like in one of my previous asks, he’s just not able to enjoy a proper meal…meaning my boys a little malnourished. He’d lament about it with his favourite member. he literally comes into the band divorced with two kids he barely gets to see, evading child support because he’s broke.

- (also omg yall remember the story of jack having to pawn his cymbals to get mick out of jail because he literally got arrested before they could go to an audition?? imagine that but at the end mick feels so bad for making them miss the audition and jack has to talk some sense into mick…because like, my guy you were about to spend a whole day in jail come on now!)

- honestly this entire era is depressing. like the band pretty much breaks up twice, and the first time they do, mick follows jack who tries to put together a power trio and that doesn’t work out; so mick quite literally goes homeless for a while, just living out of a van. that is until harry decides to put the band back together again and lets mick move back into the new and improved whitehorse house. (this is all actually true…this all happened in the span of a year…mick left whitehorse for six whole months before swooping back in. in fact: mick continued to live with harry even after the band fully disbanded…i can’t remember for how long though)

i wish i had more but there’s still not enough I know about the other members of whitehorse to make it really angsty and all that. i think any fact i pull from this era is angst enough though…my poor broke loser :((( i’ll have to recheck my fun facts just to make sure i was correct about all of them, these are just things im pulling from my memory. if there’s a fun fact that’s not actually correct, you have all freedom to fact check me! either way, while these aren’t that descriptive (or good), i still hope you like them or get something from them!!

[quibbs126]

Goddamnit we just got rid of these guys, why are you continuing to show up in my life?

[kaemakiweekarchive]

kaemaki week 2023 from july 8th through 14th (NOT CLICKBAIT)

slides into home base. three months to the date you know what that means

HELLO DANGANRONPA COMMUNITY! kaemaki week will once again be running in 2023! as always, the event will be running from july 8th through july 14th here on tumblr :)

here is our lovely graphic by @nebulaleaf​​ with the prompts transcribed below!

day one/july 8: fire / scorn / soothe day two/july 9: flowers / welcome / sunburn day three/july 10: opening up / laughter / romance day four/july 11: ribbon / nail polish / pinky promise  day five/july 12: martyr / mastermind / impulsive day six/july 13: love at first sight / slowburn / wingman day seven/july 14: reincarnation / happy ending / free space

i’ll be placing rules and guidelines under the cut, but as always, please tag all entries with [ # kaemaki week 2023 ] and make sure to @ MENTION THIS BLOG so that i can reblog your entries. if time passes and i still haven’t reblogged your work, feel free to shoot me a message or ask either via this blog or my main, @toxicpineapple​​ :) 

happy kaemaki! looking forward to seeing you guys again in july :3

1. nsfw content will be prohibited for this week. i am not comfortable with you using my prompts to create nsfw so you can do that on your own time. please do not post entries to your nsfw blog, however if you have only one blog where you host nsfw and sfw content you are allowed to post there.

2. problematic content (incest, abuse, loli, etc) will be prohibited!!

3. respect all other entries.

4. plagiarism is 1000% completely against the rules. if you’re creating an edit, that’s totally fine, but please credit any art you use in your work, and do NOT use the art of an artist who prohibits the use of their work in edits. additionally please do not use an artist’s work without explicit permission. please respect the wishes of all artists as you wouldn’t like your own work to be used for things that you don’t want. :)

5. late entries will be accepted indefinitely.

6. polyamorous/open relationships (maki and kaede in relationships with other people as well as each other) will be accepted!!! as much as the kaemaki relationship is the focus of this week, you can go ahead and highlight their other partner(s) as much as you would like!

6.5. please refrain from producing friend content of kaede and maki for this week; the focus is on their romantic relationship. however depictions of them in a qpr will totally be accepted.

7. aus and crossovers will be accepted!

8. you don’t have to use every single prompt, or both prompts, or even either prompt? lol i mean the prompts sure are here for a reason, but if you wanna put out kaemaki content during that week and then tag me, i’ll totally reblog it!!!

9. i will be accepting all manner of trans headcanons, however i will not be boosting cis genderbend content of these two, as a heads up.

10. have fun!!! enjoy yourself!!! don’t take it too serious!! we’re all here to have a good time :D

thank you for your time, and once again i look forward to seeing all works come july! <3

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saimota week 2023 is real babey

boy howdy! this is late and i know it’s late and i am sorry. no graphic to show for myself either. i (mod tox) am just doing a real waddle of shame onto here to give you these prompts.

but hello!! salutations! happy 2023-- saimota week will be running again this year from march 19th through march 25th, so please get excited with me!

here are the prompts:

day one (march 19): shadow / sunlight / intensity day two (march 20): heart / body / intellect day three (march 21): wisterias / evening / sanctuary day four (march 22): fight / resolution / tears day five (march 23): lucid / nightmare / terminal day six (march 24): support / growth / reciprocity day seven (march 25): pre-canon / post-canon / free space

as always, be sure to tag all entries with [ # saimota week 2023 ] and [ # saimota week ] and also make sure that you @ MENTION THIS BLOG so that i can reblog all of your entries. if you post something and the blog doesn’t reblog it within a day, feel free to message me @toxicpineapple and i’ll make sure to get on that for you.

i’ll be putting guidelines + relevant details below the cut. stay tuned for reblogs and annoying countdown posts as the week draws closer, and we’ll look forward to seeing your entries once again!

1. late entries will be accepted and boosted with no end deadline! please feel free to keep posting content with these prompts and for this event long after it has ended, we will happily continue to boost anything that you put out after the fact. additionally, the prompts are guidelines, but their use is not mandatory. you are welcome to interpret the prompts as you’d like, and even disregard the prompts altogether if that suits you best.

2. works featuring saimota in a polyamorous relationship with other characters (for example, romantic training trio, amasaimota, akasaimota, etc) will ABSOLUTELY be accepted! obviously this week is for appreciating the romantic relationship between shuichi and kaito, but it’s okay if the other partners get the same amount of screen time! furthermore, background characters and relationships will also be allowed.

3. works featuring shuichi and kaito in a queer platonic relationship will be permitted. however, as this is a romantic ship week at its heart, please refrain from posting content about their friendship or about them as best friends. it’s okay though if the themes in your works are subtle or not overtly romantic.

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5. be respectful towards all other entries and participants in the challenge. if someone who is participating in the week is also hating on your entries we encourage you to let us know and they will be blocked as well. we’re all here to have fun, there’s no need to cause drama.

6. nsfw content will not be accepted for this week. however, if you are a person who has posted nsfw content in the past, you are still allowed to participate in the week even from the blog which has posted such content. please do not use your nsfw account to participate if you have one, though.

7. aus and crossovers are absolutely accepted and encouraged.

8. trans headcanons of any kind, including transfem headcanons, will be accepted. cis genderbends however will not. we do not seek to place judgment on anybody who creates that content, it’s just not the kind of thing we want to see for our event. we invite you to create it on your own time.

that’s all i’ve got! thank you for tuning in, and once again, we look forward to seeing your entries come march! thank you loves! <3

[gotmesimpin4levi]

🚫‼️DISCLAIMER❗️🛑

This fanfic plot is not mine, it is the plot of the summer I turned pretty TV SHOW not book. All I did was replace each character from tsitp with an aot character. Above is a list of all the characters that will be featured in this story and who wil play them. There isn’t much smut at all just some kissing and ano more than two 🔞 scenes

A/N

I’ll try to post frequently and I’ll post multiple chapters at a time. I did add a bit of originality to it so it’s not just a straight copy and paste with different names. Lemme know is you wanna see more anime crossovers and please enjoy!

PART 1:CHAPTER 1

The air is hot, the water is warm, the sun was blazing in the beautiful blue sky. It was summer which meant that it was almost time to go to Carla’s beach house in Cousins. The place I grew up at with her two sons Eren and Jean, and of course my brother Connie. The place where I lost my first tooth. Learned how to ride my first bike. Had my first love. Cousins, was my home.

“Hitch! I can’t wear that! It’s so… slutty” I said with a disgusted but playful look. She held up a pink tube dress with long sleeves, the shoulders exposed and a pair of pink platform pumps.

“That’s the point y/n!” Hitch. Hitch and y/n, best friends till the end. Sometimes I wonder how we even became friends, it’s been so long I don’t even remember. We’re complete polar opposites. She loves to go out and party, I like to stay inside and watch musicals.

“And besides Eren’ll love it” she said teasingly

“No!” I protested “ We’re not even into each other like that” I lied. Eren and I were like a commensalism. I needed him to breathe, to live. But he never really paid attention to me like I did him. Whatever I did didn’t affect him so he didnt really care.

“LIAR LIAR pants on fire!” Hitch yelled out “ you like him and you know you do”

“Maybe” I murmured “ but he doesn’t like me back so I don’t need the outfit”

“Y/n, look you can’t stay the young gullible little sister forever. Whether you like it or not your changing. Actually you’ve already changed a lot! There’s no way Eren can resist a hot steamy make out session with you. No way! And you’ve gotta get out more!”

I knew I looked different but not enough for Eren to notice me. Right?

“Maybe but I don’t wanna get my hopes up”

“Girl if he doesn’t notice you then he’s cra cra. Here, take these just in case” she handed me along with her slutty outfit a neon green bikini ithong, a pink crochet cami with light colored cutoff shorts and a pair of white Tommy Hilfiger flip flops.

“Thanks Hitch, I don’t know what I’d do without you. I’m really gonna miss you”

“ hey don’t worry, I’ll see you in a week for your birthday” Bursting in to my room Connie said

“Come on y/n, moms pissed we haven’t left yet” I just blew him off. We walked downstairs and said our goodbyes. Connie drove, I rode shotgun and my mom, Hange, sat in the back seat. This was it, this was the beginning of our perfect, annual, summer getaway!

A/N

I’m soo sorry for the long chapter and all the boring exposition😭

My goal was to make it so that someone who has never seen tsitp could still read this fanfic and enjoy it so my apologies the next chapter is also long but a lot more entertaining!

CHAPTER 2

As soon as we arrive in Cousins every summer, we always stop at this gas station a few miles from Carla’s to get gas and snacks.

“Come on y/n let’s get snacks while Connie fills the tank. Connie just meet us inside when your done”

“Got it!” Me and my brother said unanimously

I walked in and went straight to the slushie machine. Half cherry, half coke. Perfection! I got a couple airheads, a bag of cheetos and made my way toward cashier. He was tall, very pale, and had red hair. He wasn't a very attractive guy but he wasn’t particularly ugly either. The closer I got to the register the more our eyes met and the more his attractiveness started to increase.

“ Hey, im Floch, and you are?” he said with a smirky tone of voice

“Hey im y/n” I responded. I reached out to slide him my snacks and slushie and when he reached out to grab them from me, our hands touched. I blushed, he chuckled a bit.

“ I don’t think I’ve ever seen you here in cousins, I’d definitely remember if I saw a pretty girl like you, this your first summer?” He said as he rung up my items

“Oh umm no I’ve been coming here since before I can remember I just don’t really get out much” I could feel my cheeks get hot as my mind was still lingering in the compliment he gave me.

“ Well if you wanna get out more, all us summer Cousins kids are going out to the beach for a bonfire, if you wanna come?” The way he said it. The way his voice lingered when he said “if”. This is what Hitch meant. I had to take advantage of this opportunity!

“ yeah sure I’d love to-“

“Love to what?” My mom said curiously. I could hear Connie “oooooohhhh-ing” from the back of the store

“Nothing! See ya later” I had a goofy cheesy grin on my face. I couldn’t believe it, a boy wanted to invite me somewhere! I had to be there. Mom and Connie followed me back to the car.

“🎶We wanted to believe there was no

No Hell on Earth worse than what we know🎤” I sang out.

“Y/n. No” Connie said hiding a smile

“But every day just seems to worsen We weren't prepared at all🎤”

“🎤Now we must rise to this occasion Devoid of all consideration” I heard my mom hun in the back. After a few more verses we were all screaming at the top of our lungs,

“SASAGEYO SASAGEYO SHINZOU WO SASAGEYO!!🎤🎶” the song ended just as we pulled up to Carla’s beach house. When I got out the car I met with Jeans eyes. It felt like I was looking at a completely different person. Like he hadn’t been my best friend since before I can remember.

“ Y/N!!” He said as he took me in for a big bear hung

“ jEaN!” I said as he lifted me off the ground still bear hugging me

“Damn,Look at how big you’ve gotten! You're not out little y/n anymore” I blushed a bit when he said it.

“Yeah I guess I am changing” I walked over to Eren to hug him but decided against it at the last minute. He, like Jean, looked different too. His hair was a lot longer, he was taller, and you could definitely tell he was more toned than before. But the main thing I noticed was his aura. Something felt off with him. Like he was masking an important feature that made him, him.

“Hey, Eren” i said

“I see you stopped wearing your glasses.” That’s it?! That’s all he said to me?

“Yeah I guess I grew out of them!”

“I liked you better with them”

“Well,” I started, “ I like me better without them,” I said in a snarky tone. Eren was acting differently. Something was definitely up. I looked over at Jean and he had a look in his eye. The kind of look he gave before he did something he knew was bad.

“ guys,” he began, “ you know what time it is?”

“ no. No, no, no, no,no!!” I protested playfully

“Y/N SWIM! Y/N SWIM!!” They all chanted. They picked me up, Connie at my feet and Eren and Jean on each arm. They carried me to the pool out back.

“1!” They all said with a swing. “2! 3!” Before I knew it I was catapulted into the pool. I could hear them all up there laughing and I couldn’t help but laugh too.

“ Come on Jean, help me out of the pool” I said as I reached my arm out. When he grabbed my hand I saw a perfect moment for revenge. I had pulled Jean in the pool along with me. Connie and Eren just laughed and in that moment I saw a glimpse of the old Eren.

CHAPTER 3 Hange pov

“We are all set for your party tonight” the book store attendant said to me

“Great!” I replied.

“How was your?” He asked

“Oh my publishers didn’t send me on tour for this one, it’s been a pretty quiet release!”

“Are you on social media?” The girl asked. “You should really be on social media!”

“Ah, well, no, I’m not.”

“Are you working on something new?” He asked

“Always!” I replied Carla walked over and asked,

“How many copies did you make for tomorrow's night?”

“I think 20”

“Oh, that’s not nearly enough!” Carla protested “I’ve invited half the town!” She exclaimed. I looked at her in shock.

“What?” I said “ you said this was just going to be a small thing?!”

“Look, Petra,” she said to the store clerk “ I am so sorry but you might have to run to the Barnes and Noble in Portsmouth and get some more.”

“Business has been slow we haven’t had many copies of anything coming in” Petra said. Carla picked up a book off the counter and said

“ You must have 100 copies of this book?!”

I read the front of it

“ Levi Ackerman is the off brand Jonathan Franzen. Levi Ackerman is such a phony name. it’s like “hi I’m masculine but I’m intellectual” I mocked “ I bet Hemingway is his hero“

“Mm-hmm” Carla agreed

“ I bet he has horn rimmed glasses!” I teased some more.

“Yeah,see? I I held up his picture in the back of the book. “Yeah,” I heard a voice from across the room. “Contacts irritate my eyes.”

“Goodbye Levi!” The store clerk said as the man walked out the door.

“Yeah that was him,” Petra said “ he’s renting the Burke house this summer“

“Oh, that’s a nice place!” Carla said

I put the book back down on the counter ashamed of the situation.

“Sorry” I winced

CHAPTER 4

On the first night we always have Carla’s special, Stuffed bell peppers for dinner

“Eren, I heard you quit football,” my mom said

“Yeah. what’s it to you?” He replied

“ So, Connie, I heard you got a job for this summer?” Carla asked

“ oh yeah I’m gonna be working at the rec center-“

“Wait seriously!?” Jean cut off “me too!”

“Jean it’s not nice to cut people off”

“Sorry mom” Jean said he turned back to Connie “I’ll be a lifeguard at the pool”

“Saweet!!” Connie said. He always says dumb stuff like that.

“Y/n, as you know you're becoming a woman,” Carla began “ and here in Cousins we have our annual Debutante Ball and I think you should do it!” My mother practically choked at the news.

“ Ball?” She spat out “ that’s not really y/n’s style, right?” For the longest time I’d always seen Carla as a second mom. I always tried to please her and do everything like her. I even wished sometimes she was my mother. This would be my chance, my chance to do something for Carla to make her proud.

“ Sure,” I heard myself blurt out “I’ll do it. It seems harmless”

“Y/n, I don’t think you know what your getting yourself into” my mother lectured “ a ball is a lot of work and dedication and if I’m being honest you’ve never been one to really care about such things” I could feel the tension in the room rise.

“ Well Mother, it’s my decision and I’m doing it.” Eren rose from the table,

“May I be excused please?” He asked Carla

“Aren’t you going to finish dinner?” She rebuttal

“No, mom” he said sternly “now may I go?”

“Sure,” she replied. The table went silent.

After Dinner I went outside to find Eren. He was sitting along with his feet in the pool smoking a bud. I sat down next to him. He couldn’t have been more bothered to acknowledge me.

“ Smoking is bad for your health, you know?” I told him

“ Well it’s good for my stress,“ he replied. I looked into his eyes trying to find a glimpse of the old Eren, of who he was. Nothing.

“ hey you preached it first” he looked at me with a playful grin.

“ I guess I did, didn't I?” The tip of his bud met the concrete and he threw it across the pool.

“Are you seriously considering this ball thing?” He asked me

“”I mean yeah, I’ve gotten nothing better to do”

“Don’t let my mom make you her little doll because she never had a daughter”

“I don’t mind, sometimes I really wish I were her daughter!”

“Your better off with Hange, trust me”

Before I could get anything else out of him Connie and Jean came running at the house

“Come on Eren!” Jean had called “we ready to hit to the bonfire”

“ Can I come?” I asked joyfully

“ hell no!” Connie told me “ you're not old enough yet” I was furious at those words. I was old enough to go. And you know what? I didn’t need them, I'd go on my own. As soon as the boys left the house I ran upstairs to change into Hitch’s slutty outfit. To be honest I didn’t look that bad. I could get used to this me. The new me. I slipped on my shoes and tiptoed towards the door. Before I left I saw Hange and Carla sitting on the couch together watching a musical. My favorite one actually. West Side Story. I couldn’t help but wonder if maybe one day me and Hitch would be like that. Growing old together watching movies on a couch. I slowly opened the door and left. I’d walked in the dark for about 6 minutes until I heard the laughs of teenagers. I saw the glow of the bonfire and knew this was it.

CHAPTER 5

I walked down towards the bonfire and was immediately met with the smell of beer. I saw other kids drinking and making out. I walked out a bit more and I saw Floch, the guy from the gas station who invited me. He was making out with some blonde chick when he saw me. He quickly pulled away and ran over to me.

“Hey, it’s not what it looks like I was just-“ I cut him off.

“Just making out with some girl knowing good and well you invited another one here. Cuz that’s what it looks like to me!” He looked unbothered.

“That’s not it. See she was just holding your place till you got here!”

“And you know what? She can have that place cuz I don’t fuck with man whores.” Angrily I stormed off. How could I have been so foolish to really believe a guy liked me.I looked around a bit and I saw Eren. “ finally a familiar face“ I thought to myself. Until I saw him lean in and kiss another girl. I’m that moment my heart sank. I’d known Eren was probably interested in other girls but, to see it with my own two eyes boiled up a whole new anger in my heart. I could feel myself tear up. And Jean must’ve seen it too, because immediately after he came to me and pulled me away from the scene.

“Hey,” he shouted cheerfully “y/n is here!” I saw Connie’s head whip around.

“Y/n what the hell are you doing here? I told you not to come!” He had his arm around some girl I'd never seen before. She had her dark brown hair in a high ponytail, a Nirvana crop top on and a bikini thong.

“Because I can do whatever I want. I’m not a damn baby Connie!” He looked furious now

“Why am I even arguing with you? I'm taking you home now!”

“Con,” Jean interrupted, “just give her this one night.” Connie looked at him unamused “please 🥺” he said giving him a little pouty lip.

“Fine!” Connie said “but if you dare to even look at a drink you're out”

CHAPTER 6 Carla pov

“ When the boys threw Y/n in the pool today, I swear I almost saw a smile on Eren’s face. He was in a better mood today than I’ve seen him since him and Historia broke up” I said to Hange

“ I didn’t realize they were that serious?” She replied

“ Neither did I“ we both chuckled. “ he’s just always in such a bad mood. So unlike himself.”

“ since when did he quit football?“ she asked me.

“ A couple weeks ago. He only ever played football to please Grisha. I told you they weren’t getting along. I'm just gonna… let him have his space, you know? let him do his thing.” Hange looked at me with a concerned look.

“ don’t you think maybe it’s time you talked to him?” I looked at her blankly

“ There's nothing to talk about. Can we just have a really great summer like we said we would?” I leaned my arm out to touch her shoulder. We both laughed. “ How's your writing coming?” I asked her

“I just wanna hang out with you,” she replied “I could give a shit about that book right now”

“Liar! You give all your shits about your book. You give too many shits”

“It’s a mid list book” she said “ it’s been out for a month and it’s barely selling.

“ Well it is going to sell a ton of copies tomorrow and I can’t wait to read it!”

“ you never read my books“ she protested

“ Yes I do“ I lied. We both burst into laughter

“ read Levi Ackerman‘s book instead he’s got 150,000 followers on Instagram!” I chuckled a bit

“ you know it wouldn’t hurt you to put yourself out there more. Get on Tinder while your at it” I teased

“Oh my God, please stop!”

“Okay, okay. Maybe not tinder but what is the e app for the 40 and up crowd?”

“Oh I’m begging you stop!“ she cried out

“It’s Ourtime?!” I teased more

“No it’s not!” She said while laughing up a fit.

I scooted in closer and we laughed even harder. I looked at her with soft eyes.

“What?” She asked

“I really think you should let y/n have her deb season.”

“Please” she began “Debutante Balls are just so problematic!”

“I really want to see our girl in a white dress” I told her. Hange looked at me with sadness in her eyes.

“Fine. You win!”

“I always do” I told her

“ is still think it’s a bad idea” she exclaimed

“She might surprise you” I said as I rested my head on her shoulder “people can change you know?”

“Not us though.” She said

“Right,” I agreed, “ you and I are immovable objects.” We sat there together looking out on the lake.

CHAPTER 7

Yess! I had managed to stay. I turned around to talk to Jean but he was already gone with his friends playing an idiotic drinking game. I walked around a bit more until I saw some commotion over where Eren was. I quickly ran over to the scene to find a drunk Eren screaming at another guy.

“Give me the fucking beer back, Reiner!” He yelled

“Dude get your own!” He clapped back

“IT WAS MINE FIRST!” Eren lunged at the other guy knocking the beer out his hand. The two started throwing punches.

“Ereh, please stop, I'll get you another beer!” The girl he was making out with said

“Mikasa, stay out of this!” Eren yelled in a headlock. The boys started throwing punches at each other. I had to stop the fight. I ran over to Eren and pulled his arm back.

“The hell?!” Eren said. He had flung his fist back and striked me across the face. I held my cheek in awe. Jean came and held me from behind. Eren looked up and realized what he had done.

“I-I-I’m sorry, I didn’t” a drunken Eren said to me. My eyes started to tear up. I felt stupid for trying to come to this party. I ran over to the empty part of the beach and sat there and cried.

~

A little while later. I heard feet in the sand walking towards me. I looked up to find a tall white boy with short blonde hair and soft eyes sit down next to me.

“Hey” he said to me

“What do you want?” I replied back

“I just wanted to see if you were okay, that was a pretty nasty fall,”

“Yeah it was.”

“Is your far okay?” He asked

“Yeah it’s feeling a bit better”

“Well umm.. I have a cold beer if you want it?”

“I don’t drink.” I told him

“No,no,no me either,” he exclaimed “not to drink for your cheek.” I could feel my face get hot.

“Thanks” I held the beer up to my cheek “I’m sorry I didn’t even get your name.”

“Armin. Armin Arlert. And you?”

“Y/n L/n”

“That’s a very beautiful name”

“Thanks” we talked for what felt like hours. He seemed so familiar yet he was so far from it.

“Oh no” we heard someone from up the beach yell. “THE POPO ARE HERE!” I saw Jean run down the beach toward me. He grabbed my arm

“Come on y/n we gotta go!” Armin got up with us. Jean carried a wasted Eren on his shoulders to the car. He put Eren in the back seat and got in the driver's seat.

“Come on y/n get in the car” Jean yelled

“Actually I wanted to ride with Armin-“

“No actually you're gonna get your little ass in the car!” Jean had never used that tone of voice with me before. It was scary but effective.

“ When can I see you again?” I asked Armin.

“Well you could see me Saturday and the drive in movie and 8?”

“It’s a date” I said blushing “till next time

“Till next time!” He leaned in toward me and planted a kiss on my lips.

“Ewwww, Nasty” I heard Eren say from the back seat.

“Holy shit!” Jean said “I forgot about Connie! Don’t fucking move! I’ll brb” he raced out the car and down the beach to find Connie. I could help but smile at the thought of Armin. He made me feel so happy and warm inside. I felt Eren reach and his hand from the back seat and touch my hair.

“Your hair is like a little kid's hair,” he said, “always so messy. Y/n..” he started to say then there was a knock on the window. We both looked up to see an office.

“Have you kids been drinking?”

CHAPTER 8

The office trailed the four of us home. When she rang the doorbell my mother, Hange, answered it.

“Thank you so much for bringing them home, officer.” She shut the door “What were you kids thinking, getting drunk like that and having an officer bring you home?

“Mom,” Connie started, “ it wasn't even a big deal the cops just wanted to break up the bonfire!”

“ Wasn't a big deal? Con, you were escorted home by the police! THAT'S a pretty big deal to me!” You could hear Connie sniff the air a bit

“Were you guys smoking weed?” He asked

“What? Keep your voice down! Carla’s sleeping on the couch!”

“I wasn’t yelling you were mom.” Connie protested

“Just so you know Hange,” Jean began “ I wasn't drinking at all tonight. I was the DD I swear!”

Eren! You're the oldest. I expect so much more. What the hells got into you?” She looked at me “and when did you start leaving the house without telling anyone? And what the hell are you wearing?” I looked up at her

“It’s Hitch’s dress, and why am I the only one not allowed to go out-“

“It’s not that you can’t go out, it's just you need to tell someone before you leave.” She cut off “and how the hell did you even get there?”

“I walked,” I said under my breath. “You walked.” She mumbled as she put her hands to her head. “ you know better than to walk that far down the beach at night!” She's really pissed me off. I’d been her sweet innocent child for long enough. I deserved to have fun and to have my own life. She let Eren, Connie, and Jean live there life however but when I came to be I could do shit.

“Would you stop treating me like a child!” I lashed out at her. She looked me deep in the eyes, “if you wanna be treated like and adult… act like one!” She finished off her sentence in a stern voice. The kind that sent goosebumps down your arm.

“Then maybe y’all should too.” U was surprised to hear Eren say.

“Excuse me?” Mom asked as she looked at Carla’s boys “I just want you all to know that this night could’ve ended a lot differently if your family wasn’t your family.”

“We’re really sorry Hange.” Jean said

“Just go to bed guys.” I was the first one to leave. I went to the kitchen to grab a cold bag a veggies for my face. I went upstairs and changed into my night clothes. I laid back in my bed to sleep when I heard a knock through the wall. It was Jean. He’s still remembered our secret code from the summers before. I laughed softly before putting the bag back on my face and going to sleep.

CHAPTER 9 Eren pov

I got up from the bench to go to my room when I felt Hange grab my wrist.

“I don’t understand what’s going on with you?

“Nothing,” I told her “I’m fine”

“Eren!” I heard her say as I went into the living room. I saw my mother laying there on the couch. I took the throw blanket and placed it over her. I loved her but the sight of her made me so angry sometimes. I just wished she wouldn’t try so hard. So hard to pretend like everyone and everything was gonna be okay.

A/N

thank you so much for reading this part! It’s my first real fanfic that I've done. I’ve been so excited to write this and it’s so great that people actually like it. Again please let me know what else you guys wanna see and part two will be out next Tuesday. I’ll try to keep this consistent. Thank you all for the support and I’ll see you in the next part!