#yes arti is a fallen angel

[hdra77]

More nyaworld designs! heres artificer and hunter so far their designs are prettyy simple

[vivianleighwishesshewasme]

Polly's boys

Dinner with the devils

 Dinner with the Devils

Polly stood in the living room with trepidation, grateful one of her sons was downstairs holding her hand. Chaos. Pure adulterated chaos this house was. From the outside the little town house looked normal. White paint with red shutters and flower boxes full and welcoming. Inside was another matter. There were undergarments from various family members strewn throughout. Mostly racy women's ones. Toys were scattered throughout the house and loud shouting and bangs echoed. Polly’s eyes felt as if they were about to pop out of her head. She wondered who ran the house, and had a feeling it was the unruly children.

She was already on edge when Devlin’s lighter had gone off next to her outside. She’d gratefully accepted the lit cigarette. The day was gloomy and the rain was spitting off and on cold and inconsistent so you could never truly get dry and warm. She’d been surprised by the phone call. She didn't hear from David in almost a month. He’d invited her to dinner. He lived in a very nice section of London. She felt like she stood out like a sore thumb. Winter and Devlin called almost on a daily basis to check in. She appreciated the effort, she was trying too.

“Welcome to Hell.” Delvin's raspy voice said he smiled at her and pushed her cloak further up her shoulder to protect her from the weather while they waited to be invited in. They’d both pounded on the door for a good ten minutes in intervals.

“ I live with several men who survived the war Devlin, I see hell reflected through them everyday.” She said as a matter of fact. She scolded him when he stilled a laugh behind his black leather gloved hand.

“We were in the war too mum, I’d go back rather than face Satan’s spawns.” she smacked his arm but she could read his slightly hunched body behavior. He truly didn’t want to go in.

“Oh, come now. Surely, it's not that bad in there." She regretted it as soon as she saw his flinching face and heard several high pitched screams that made the blood run cold.

“There are three of them under the age of four mum. Angelica and Stella are twin girls. Look out for Angelica, she’s the fallen angel of the bunch. If Satan hadn’t already led the rebellion out of hell, Angelica would have.” He was absolute in what he was saying, tone deep and unflinching. Polly was shocked at the way he described her niece.

“If that is how you describe a four year old, how in the world do you see us Shelby / Grays??” She retorted haughtily. Truthfully her bravado was waning as she kept hearing the strangled noises inside. He smiled and bent down to kiss the top of her head. She beamed up at him. He was affectionate and caring despite the fact that he looked like a peaky devil. She was proud of him.

“Artie is the smallest. Gets into trouble with his association with his sisters. He’s really too little to have much of a personality yet.” Polly nodded at his words letting them marinate. She appreciated the heads up.

“So Angelica is the ringleader, headstrong and devilish. That’s the Shelby side.” she said pointing at him with the cigarette.

“Stella and Artie follow suit because they are young and kind, yes.” she smiled at her son. That seemed to be the correct assessment because he nodded with approval. The door flung open to a stunning half dressed woman. She was tall, lanky and mysterious looking. This had to be David’s wife. Her short raven hair framed her pinched little face and full lips. She looked like a star.

“Hello Peggy, still answering the door like you're ready for a solicitation eh?” Delvin's deep voice rumbled disapprovingly. The women sneered at him.

“If you're coming in, hurry up. You're letting out the heat.” She popped back into the house. Polly shared a look with Dev as they walked inside. She could blame the women. Devlin had called her a whore. Interesting introduction indeed.

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“All right, that's enough! Elbows off the bloody table, for goodness sakes. Stella, move your cup away from your plate, that's it lovie. David, for God’s sake feed the poor lad with you. Angelica, if you pinch your sister again at this table I’ll hang out outside upside down like washing your toes!” Devlin laughed as his mother set to scolding everyone at the table including the parents. David sheepishly turned to feed his youngest as Peggy, David's wife sat glaring at the other women. The table was finally quiet. The servant girl was clearing dishes that littered the table at the elder women's request. Both boys seemed impressed with their mother's ability to take charge of the room.

“If you would have gone to war mum it would have been over sooner.” Devlin’s witty crack earned him a playful glare from his mum which caused the men to laugh.

“If any women had been there it would have gotten done sooner. Would have sorted out the other side quickly and efficiently.” She retorted. The evening was twice as long as she had been intending. Devlin had already phoned his wife that he'd be home later. Polly didn’t bother. The Shelby men stayed out drinking and lord knows what most of the time anyway. Why should she have a curfew?

“So Peggy, now that I can hear myself think. What do you do? You look far too glamorous to be a housewife.” Polly had been right in her assumption. She other women perked up and preened. A little show girl indeed. She already knew that she was a dancer, David had told her that over tea and whisky several weeks ago. She was tired of the sullen bratty looks from her daughter in law. She'd also been told by Devlin that Peggy was five years older than David. The twins weren’t his biologically but he loved them just the same. Artie came out looking like Gray. Definitely her husband's side.

“I'm a dancer and entertainer at various theaters and dance halls. I actually dance two nights a week at David's club. Have to support my man.” She ranked her long fingers through the man's hair eliciting a soft groan. Polly exchanged looks with the younger twin. He’d been right, David was cuckold to her. Seemingly bored, Peggy let the kids up from the table and put the youngest on the floor. She saunter away up the stairs.

“She works tonight.” David said curtly. Polly wondered how her boys could be so different. Were Anna and Michael this different too? Would they fit into her life or want to?

“Well I’m taking off. Winter is going on tour for a few days around Europe, she’ll be gone until Christmas Eve. Want to see her for a bit.” He stood and grabbed his moms’ chair pulling it out. He’d assumed she wanted to leave. The warning she shot him may say otherwise.

“Where are you staying?” David asked softly, tiredness creeping into his voice. She’d barely heard him talk all evening. He’d been quiet and she could tell lost in his head. He reminded her of Arthur when the blues hit.

“Oh, I’m heading back tonight. I will open the betting shop tomorrow. Besides, these men need the car. Arthur, Tommy and John will be in London for a few days. Camden town, I guess for business.” She said offhandedly. She’d hoped they’d get together. Devlin was clearly taken back by the news. Polly wasn’t sure why but it didn’t look good. David seemed unaffected to her dismay. Getting out of the house would do him some good. ______________________________________________________

“I’ve never seen a man more henpecked by life than your brother.” She commented as he helped her into the Shelby Bros vehicle. He held her hand tightly, not letting go. She turned and smiled, gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Her heart was full of love for this man before her. She’d known from conversation that he had an exceptionally hard life after they’d taken him. He weathered all his storms well as far as she was concerned. He was far less broken then his cousins.

“I’ll call you when I’m safely back at Arrow house.” She turned and waved him off as the driver closed the door. He stood watching the car leave as she disappeared down the streets.

fj.hnb/pjkkb (The END) * my four year old typed this telling me what it meant and that i had to share it. :) 

[willywonderfan]

Willy's Wonderland fallen angel au part 1.

God: That's it, you have disobeyed me for the last time, you shall all he banished to Hell, and don't expect to get back into Heaven until you clean up your act!

(Willy, Gus, Ozzie, Cammy, Arty, Knighty Knight, Siren Sara, and Tito are sent to the hell planet Envy, the only hell planet fallen angels can reside on)

Gus: Well this sucks.

Willy: It doesn't suck as much if we're stuck here together!

Tito: Yes it does!

Willy: Oh come on Tito, there's no need to be mad.

Tito: Yes there fucking is, because of you we're stuck living in the shittest conditions imaginable!

Willy: Oh so it's my fault huh!?

Tito: Yes, it is your fucking fault as it always is, you're always getting us into trouble, why did I ever decide to be your God damn friend!?

Willy: I don't know, why did your parents decide to hide the fact that you were an accident!?

Tito:¡Te voy a matar! (I'm gonna fucking kill you!)

(Willy and Tito fight each other until Cammy breaks it up)

Cammy: Stop, I know you guys are pissed at each other but fighting isn't gonna solve anything, now apologize to each other!

Willy: Fine, I'm sorry Tito.

Tito: I'm sorry to, I guess.

Cammy: Good, now let's go find some shelter for the night.

(They all walk into the horizon)

The end of part 1.

[minavalentina]

Motion Thickness / Chapter Two

The night air was cool - a welcome relief from the hot California summer. Jake and Amber walked in the middle of the road, enjoying the breeze and not saying much. At 1:30 in the morning, the streets were empty, and it was nice to feel the space around them after the stifling atmosphere of the party. As Jake moved over to some bushes near the side of the road to relieve himself, Amber found herself wandering, head still spinning from the alcohol she'd had earlier and enjoying the brilliant stars pulsing in the calm, still night. She rounded off the main street to explore down a back lane, a shift from the expensive area they were in. Garages edged the otherwise wood-fenced street, and power lines dipped low across from one side to the other. Amber continued strolling, one foot landing messily in front of the other until she noticed something, and stopped dead. Kneeling in the small one-way street was a man, lit by the streetlight above. She jumped for a second, before she realised that she recognised him. He went to her high school. They didn't run in the same circles, but she knew his face. Could probably even come up with his name if she thought hard enough. She had been more arty, more popular, and he had been the type to smoke behind the gym. He must have come down from the party to get some air as well. "Hey." She said lightly, a fraction of a second before she saw the body. A second guy, laying on the ground near whats-his-face, a dark, thick pool spreading out from beneath the head. Amber's blood turned cold. The gun was fired before she even realised he'd heard her. A bullet, frighteningly loud and real, hit the tall wooden fence to her left, and all the muscles in Amber's body contracted. She was frozen, eyes wide and body trembling. He paused after firing the first shot, and studied her face in the dim light. "I know you. You that bitch from art class." He said, voice cold and furious. He whooped out a chilling, abrupt laugh. "Hoo, you in it now." This time, Amber did see him aiming the gun at her. The first shot had been on instinct. This one had intention. He didn't want to miss. The bottom dropped out of her stomach and Amber was running frantically, weaving side to side as she sprinted down the road to make herself harder to hit. Thoughts of regret and 'what if?' flooded through her and mixed with her panic as she heard one, two, three more shots ring out from behind her. She'd just graduated, literally just turned eighteen. She had plans, big dreams. She was going to be famous. She was supposed to become a star. Terror jumbled her thoughts, but not too much to stop tears from escaping her eyes before being whipped away by the wind hitting her face. Amber felt a fourth bullet whistle by her, and she screamed, forcing her legs to pump faster.

“Run, bitch!” She heard him screaming behind her as she tore away down the empty street. “Doesn’t matter though, I seen you before! Best believe I’ll find you.”

Sprinting out of the side-street, she found Jake already running towards her. Clearly he'd heard the shots, she thought. Somewhere in amongst all the feelings rushing through her in that moment, she recognized a tiny grain of warmth, noticing that he had run towards the sound and not away from it. But there was no time to dwell on it, as Amber barrelled into Jake and forcibly spun him around with her hands to face the direction she was running. "We gotta go!" She yelled, giving him a few panicked shoves to get him started. "We gotta go, we gotta go!" He ran with her, the two of them hurling down the road until they were a few blocks away and closer to the main road. The road was still deserted but the taillights flashing by on the highway nearby, as well as the illuminated windows dotted around the surrounding houses made them feel like they could stop for breath. "What happened?" Jake asked, rubbing her back as she bent, gasping for air. "He tried to kill me!" Amber wailed, straightening up and throwing her hair from her face. "He killed someone else! There was someone else there. Dead."

"It's okay." Jake was shaken, but he tried to calm her. "We got away. He didn't follow us."

"It doesn't matter." Amber said with tears threatening to spill down her cheeks. "He knew me. He goes to our school, Jake. He said he was gonna find me and he can!" She sobbed, shaking, and wrapped her arms around herself. "He was going to shoot me dead right then. He tried. He'll be able to find me if he wants to."

She sniffed, cheeks wet with tears, looking completely distraught. She wouldn't meet his eyes. "I don't know what to do. Everything was about to be so good. I don't want to have to move away, I love this city. This is where I'm meant to be." As she spoke, the night's events began coming together in Jake's mind to form a scrap of an idea. It was out there, strange, and he wouldn't have dared come up with it at any other time, or to any other girl. The more he thought it over, he began to breathe faster as Amber turned away, holding her hair back and fanning her face in an attempt to calm down. It was a wild plan, that was for sure, but the exciting secret she had shared with him not even two hours earlier fit strangely well into her new predicament. And suddenly it all became so perfectly clear, that Jake was speaking before he even realised it. “Amber, this is your chance.” He said, quiet. Confident. “Chance for what?” She asked, despondent. “He saw your face. He threatened your life. Clearly you need to disappear.” Jake said. “I don’t wanna leave L.A!” Amber cried. “I begged my parents to move here from Ohio when I was fourteen, this is where I’m meant to be! I can’t give that up just when I’m about to start my career, just because of one fucking assho-“ “Amber.” Jake took her by the shoulders, cutting her off. "That's not what I meant. He knows what you look like. So you could either leave... or you could change." She was listening now, the certainty that he spoke with seeming to calm her enough to let him get his idea out. And he was excited, the more he thought about it the more he fell over his words in his haste to get them out. “Think about it. You don't want to hide away in Albania for the rest of your life, and despite what seems to work in the movies, dyeing your hair just isn’t enough of a change to gamble your life on." Jake levelled his eyes on her, speaking slowly, landing each word with impact. "But you told me, only a few hours ago, that you wanted to change the way you look and now that’s-” Amber's eyes widened when she realized what he was talking about. "No!" She exclaimed, face reddening. “Oh- no, no, no.” “Amber, get fat.” Jake held her by her petite waist and looked deep into her frightened eyes. He could feel her shaking. “It makes sense. If you put on even a half of the weight that you told me you wanted to, I bet you'd be damn near unrecognizable.” “I-- I can’t!” She stammered, not meeting his eyes, embarrassed by her earlier admission. “I can’t do that.” “Why not? You said you wanted to.” Jake said. “You do want to, don’t you?” She hesitated, clearly embarrassed. “...I was drunk.” “I know you were.” He said. “But were you telling the truth?” A long pause hung between them. She was sober now, stone cold sober. Time, shock, and fear had wiped away any trace of inebriation. She’d have no excuse for anything she said now, no way to explain it away if she regretted letting him in on her most private, darkest fantasy.

“Yes.” She said, finally. It was a half-whisper, she barely made a sound. Heat rose in her cheeks as the realization of what she had just admitted hit her. She closed her eyes. “Yes.”

Jake’s eyes were dark when she looked back at him, pupils blown wide and whole body seemingly vibrating with excited energy. “Then do it now.” He said. “This timing, it means something. You can pile on weight, as much as you like - you can transform yourself, and it might just save your life.”

“But… it doesn't happen that fast, Jake! It won’t be much of a disguise if they’re watching me slowly f…” Amber wet her lips, still not used to saying the words anywhere other than in her own head. “F-fatten up. He'll have enough time to kill me before I look any different at all.”

“Then we’ll leave.” Jake rushed his words, excited. “Just for a while. We’ll take my car and we’ll leave town tonight. And from the second we reach the city limits until when we return, we’ll stuff you full of so much fattening food that the Amber who comes back to L.A. will be in no danger of being recognized.”

She took a step back, more out of surprise than anything else. What was that word he had used? “We?” She asked. “You want to… be a part of this?” “Yeah.” Jake admitted. “Desperately.”

Amber studied him carefully. For the first time that night, he was the one under scrutiny. And, considering the night she’d had, he supposed that was fair. “Do you like this?” She asked. She sounded half accusing and half intrigued. “I thought you were just interested earlier because it was a crazy thing to say but it's more than that, isn't it? Come on. After what I’ve told you, if you don’t think it’s weird, then fucking put me out of my misery and tell me!” “I don’t think it’s weird.” Jake said, before he could stop himself. “I like it. I... I-I want to see you get fat, too. I think it’s really hot that you wanna do that to yourself.” Amber’s mouth had fallen open, and for a moment she was just silent. Jake let her process. They were still standing out in the open, barely a few blocks over from where they had run from. There was an urgency to move, but this revelation of their shared understanding caused a sudden calm to fall over them as well. ”Okay.” She said. A small smile crept onto her face, and her eyes twinkled as excitement swelled inside her. “Yes. I want to.” Jake sucked in a breath. "Are you serious?" Amber nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! Yes, I want to do it. I need to live in Los Angeles, I'll regret it forever if I don't. And I won't risk my life, I have so many plans. A reason like that to get big... it's... it's perfect."

It made a kind of sense. It sent chills of excitement through them both to think that such a hedonistic act could save her in this way. It was permission. The moment Amber had said okay, reality started setting in. Her head swam with questions, thrill, fears. Despite the years spent fantasizing, she had no idea what it was like to be fat. How it felt, not only to be fat, but to become fat - to grow a thin body fatter. Did it hurt? Was it uncomfortable? And what about the embarrassment? Her face would change, maybe after enough weight no one would be able to recognize her. Maybe not even herself.

[bittybattybunny]

Did Kai have any sort of family after losing her foster family and becoming the Demon King? Or did she only have her husband?

Yes actually!!! A lot of Kai’s own story involves her own found family collection (i say collection just. cuz she tends to outlive them)

I’ve briefly mentioned she has a few kids and you see them in one of my sketchbook tours

but she also has a group of friends who she was close to

and the opening chapter of one of her ‘stories’ involves her dealing with the loss of a close friend she considered family (she even tried to go through legal means to see him but when humans turned around and said fuck you she snuck in. I can actually post this writing if people wanna read it?)

She also has some of her adoptive family still alive tho the bloodline is thinner. The Hellsing family she was raised in still exists to a point in her story (before the great catastrophe at least) Her whole ‘became the demon king’ thing happened when her uncle attacked her but she was able to get her sister in law and unborn nephew to escape while she distracted the rest (i have a whole ass animatic planned for this to the song “monster” from frozen’s musical. someday. someday I’ll be able to sit down on it weep)

This nephew was the one who hired Ren to help find “the king of fear” as she was known at that point. Alex is a good boy. His son was the one who went to find his great aunt after Ren’s death and she fully became a fallen god and offered her a place to stay and just. try to relax. She ended up falling into a deep sleep for a while and his family was the ones to build the ‘tomb’ she normally rests in when ever she has these extreme ‘low energy’ periods which can last between 5 years to her longest one was 5000. Typically she’ll rest for between 20-50 years at a time. and there’s a legit reason she does this too. But that’s not about family---

Point is that family is still very fond of their matriarchal demoness and she helped them found “Prometheus” a group to help humans deal with monsters and monsters live in peace. (cuz boy howdy do people have trigger fingers) there are other groups in their world with either similar goals or ones to ‘suppress’ monsters (example: The Order is a group who sees monsters as tools and lesser beings. sometimes Prometheus is forced to work with them and normally they send strong demons or dragons and such so that The Order can’t do anything to their operative. it was on one of these collaborations that Kai kidnapped Booberry from them. she regrets nothing.)

Kai often just refers to the current descendant as just “her nephew” as she’s too lazy to shove the amount of “great” in front of it because she’s old. there’s only one case of a niece and that’s where the bloodline ended (again that’s another story all together)

When Kai woke up after the Great Catastrophe alone she ended up meeting a young man named Leo (who if you look in Kai’s tag on my blog you can see him!) Who she bonded with and she likes hanging out with (and there’s other things but I’m not gonna talk about it)

There’s also her ‘generals’ and a few of them are gonna show in TLC soon (just a brief cameo) A group of 4 who’ve met Kai in a few incarnations and they always tend to get along. Original names were Matt, Trisha, Faith, and Maki is Maki (she’s an elf so she lives longer) Current names are Byron, Tiffny, Jacob and Maki. These four actually form Ren’s party when he’s trying to find his wife at the actual start of “Nightmare’s Dream” and you learn they each have a connection to Kai through the story.

Matt/Branden/Byron; he’s featured in the writing I mentioned up top, he’s kinda similar to Leo in the way he interacts with Kai as an almost human morality pet for Kai. He used to be Kai’s student when she was teaching, and his father was the warden at the jail her friend Sammy was in (this is the friend she lost) Matt can see through her disguise when she’s showcasing nightmares. Kai can cause hallucinations on targets using her ‘fear’ hence her title “king of fear” and normally they are only visible to her and her target. But Matt can see them.

He ends up getting in trouble a few times; once with a tribe of demons who want to turn children into imps, once with the literal Anti christ, once with a haunted house. And each time Kai was there and ends up saving him.

Matt later is in an accident and ends up reincarnating as a winged human named Branden and has all his past memories. So when he starts working at Prometheus as one of their ‘informants’ (aka he goes to gather information in both human and supernatural affairs. he’s referred to often as the angel of trust because of his silver tongue) and he meets her again he shouts something from one of his classes with her causing her to snap back on reflex until she realizes (running joke is Kai loathes Julius Ceaser and if you say his name she always whips around shouting “WAS A SLUT AND A HARLOT” in a very aggressive tone. It makes people laugh when she does and she always gets embarrassed afterwards)

The two of them end up working together for a while and become good friends (and maybe a bit more but they never state really) but then when with his new work partner Trisha (nicknamed angel of death, she works in the sector that deals with cleanup) he ends up betraying Prometheus and Trisha rips his wings off and kills him (this is the context between the ‘redraw’ meme I do every few years of a man with a bleeding back drowning)

Trisha is also someone who grew close to Kai (hence she killed Branden because his folly led to Kai nearly going berserk) but she was killed by a sleeper agent from the order. And this is how Kai lost two of her close friends.

Now backing up to Sammy the inmate one; he was with her when Kai met her first child, the young moon goddess Artemis. Arty is a constant for the demoness ever since she picked her up in the woods (her arc also has one of my favorite kai lines: (which i can’t find the direct line but)

Sam shuddered as he looked around the woods, “Do you ever feel like there’s 100 eyes watching you?”

“Yes but it didn’t work out so we broke up.” The demon responded flatly as she looked around with a deep set scowl.

While she was out with Sammy when he was hunting they ended up finding a little girl who turned out to be a new goddess and her elder sister was kidnapped by the embodiment of Greed in his attempt to become a god. Kai ends up stopping this but also kinda ends up becoming Arty’s mom. While she doesn’t raised Arty fully she does do a lot of teaching and such for her and does refer to her as “her daughter” and Arty calls her mom. when the great catastrophe occurs, Arty is one of the few gods who remained when the rest went to new ‘realms’ or simply vanished and is considered one of the main gods of their world because of this.

And then there’s her son Ganon, an Orc Lord she adopted when his village was ruined. he currently poses as her ‘demon king’ while she pretends to be the chancellor (this is the ruse she uses. normally heroes will fight the ‘king’ and lose but if they actually are a threat or have poor reasoning she kills them from behind. this is also how the story starts as someone found a spell to try and incapacitate her buttt)

There’s also morte and her daughter demeter (I’ve shown them before, a set of necromancers) who she’s very friendly with. Demeter even calls her aunty Kaya and loves to sit on her lap and such during meetings. (i have one snippet when Kai was recruiting someone to their side but hadn’t told her yet she was the REAL demon king and Demeter was sitting on her lap laughing) Morte is thankful to Kai for saving her circus (Morte runs a circus that helps those stuck in limbo pass on but at one point demons of sin over took it in a way to gather souls)

There’s also her friend Ciera, the daughter of the girm reaper. she’s Kai’s best friend for the most part of her life, and is the one who helps Ren when the gods of life and death try to prevent him from reincarnating again (which is like other things a whole other story) (she also briefly shows in Bone Stealer at one point. While visiting bunny’s sick grandmother, Bunny and Steve run into Ciera as she’s leaving. Steve stops Bunny from attacking her) She’s over all chill.

There’s also Nicki. Kai’s ‘twin’ brother. He’s the ‘bad guy’ through the arc that contains Leo and sets up ‘the great Split’ that Kai will cause (this is lore/plot stuff) He originally was raised to hate her by their maternal Uncle who’s a arch mage like Ren however he’s fallen due to his hatred of Kai’s birth. Nicki is not really her brother (in the first life) but a failed clone of the demoness. When Kai is reborn Nicki gets to actually be her brother and the two get along really well and he’s very protective of his sister now that he understands what her actual deal is and not the bs his uncle fed him. Before the rebirth too Nicki helped kai solve some stuff and worked with her until his death (unlike her, he was not immortal)

And then Kai actually has two bio children with Ren! Akito her son takes after her and he’s the one who takes over her role as the true demon king of Tir-Na-Nocht so she’s able to die and try life again, and a daughter, Rei who takes after Ren in looks but... she’s a himbo. pure moron. she got her grandpa’s himbo gene strong. She’s a cat girl who works with her brother and she is the head of the guard.

Aki actually has his own story where he grew up in a ‘mundane’ world but then his entire class got ‘isekaid’ to another. it gets shown that this isn’t truly the case. the great ‘split’ mentioned above was Kai literally broke the world in two realms. She made one primarily humans and high tech and then the other was magic and mostly monsters. there are a mix of both but it cut down heavily on the murder. She raised Aki in the human side for his and Rei’s safety due to them being the children of a fallen god (mama worries) and Aki inherited his mother’s odd ‘status’ “Hero/Demon King”  so he has to not expose his demon nature and also stay below the radar (it turns out the person who summoned them was attempting to break a centuries old treaty) until his mother and father can figure out what happened to him (thankfully he can go to a church and his older sister Arty can act as a messenger but there’s a bit of a time split in the worlds) That world is actually the one “Fae Rules” takes place in o7o.

She also is friends with a dead prince named “Shade” (yes this is who you think it is) as well as her ‘cousin’ Sena (who she loves to give shit to)

And in her second life she obvs has her brother, cousins, her father (her father’s boyfriend/her manny), aunt’s etc!!!

So yes; she had family other than her husband!!!! And she cherishes them all.

[wetalkinboutbooks]

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

Summary: Magic has a price—if you’re willing to pay.

Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval.

There’s only one thing Arrah hasn’t tried, a deadly last resort: trading years of her own life for scraps of magic. Until the Kingdom’s children begin to disappear, and Arrah is desperate to find the culprit.

She uncovers something worse. The long-imprisoned Demon King is stirring. And if he rises, his hunger for souls will bring the world to its knees… unless Arrah pays the price for the magic to stop him. (Taken from Goodreads)

Our Ratings:  

 → Geena:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 → Kae: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐⭐️

Overall: Kingdom of Souls is full of worldbuilding and characters that draw you in, thought sometimes their actions want to make you rip you hair out. BUT! We really loved this book and are excited to see where this trilogy takes us! Oh also, we should mention there are a few trigger warnings that Rena Barron has listed on the goodreads. 

Spoiler-full review below!

The Good:

→ The Worldbuilding

Geena: So, one of the best things about reading this book was the amazing worldbuilding, which she based off of West African mythology. The kingdoms are complex, and the separation of the different people and their faiths was super easy to follow too. I’ve read so many books where they have some wildass worldbuilding that leaves you scratching your head but this author did a good job at making it easy to understand. Also, Rena Barron did such a good job at describing the magic system? When she introduced the witch doctors in the first few chapters I could just visualize how they were and it was like watching a movie in my head. Like I’m still thinking about that one witchdoctor and her tribe that came down on clouds….. Poetic cinema… 

Kae: OK, so! I really enjoyed reading the differences between the tribes and how they are distinguished from each other. Some people had their bodies covered in tattoos others were known for their tall and lean figure, light eyes, etc. it was very wonderfully written and I always knew who Rena was talking about when she was mentioning the characters or introducing new ones.  Sometimes others don’t do a very good job of separating characters by looks and they expect the reader to remember everything based off of personality, which is quite annoying. Rena did a wonderful job of giving all of the characters their own individuality so we wouldn’t have to struggle and figure out who was who even if they weren’t mentioned by name. The way she wrote the big city (which I cannot remember the name), was very well done and you could easily see the differences between the city and the tribal lands.  I also love the way she incorporated the religious ties to magic in this world and the origin story of how they got their magic. There was a war between the gods, and the God of gods gifted humans with his magic. There are even mentions of fallen angels technically. It was just really interesting altogether. 

Geena: Yesss, the origin story was also one of the coolest components of the book. Also, Rena Barron does this cool thing of interspersing chapters throughout the book that are from the perspectives of different gods and their opinions on whatever is going on in the book. I really enjoyed that even though the first time I read it I was lowkey confused.

→ Arrah

Kae: Arrah!! My sweet summer, very cursed child. Arrah is the daughter of two of the most powerful witch doctors in this world. Her mother, Arti,  comes from a tribe where she was known for being the next in line to be the chief and a high witch doctor. Her father, Oshhe; who is the son of the high priestess/witch doctor and his tribe, making him one of the highest as well. This lineage from which Arrah comes from, left many to have very high expectations for her and her magical abilities. Unfortunately for Arrah, no matter  how many magical rituals she went through, was not blessed with magic. She often beats herself up about it because she feels she has let her family down, and truthfully the only person she let down was her mother. Her mother is The high priestess, and I mean THE HIGH PRIESTESS The entire kingdom. So she often waves her daughter off and is not home most of the time anyway because she is fulfilling her duties at the temple. So our main character is very close with her father who is honestly everyone’s dream dad.  oshhe is the epitome of a perfect father. 

Geena: Reading about her relationship with her dad, I was like “it’s just not realistic.”

Kae: LMAO BUT HONESTLY THO!! So when the children start to go missing in the city people begin to worry. Arrah’s Self-proclaimed a little brother ends up going missing as well. This leads her to sell small pieces of her life in order to use magic for a short period of time and figure out who is stealing the children.

Geena: LMAO Kae’s “sweet summer, cursed child” is so accurate. All she wants to do is become a powerful witchdoctor so her mom will love her :(  Despite everyone around her saying that her magic (or lack of) doesn’t define her, Arrah lives in a constant state of anxiety where magic is on her mind. She isn’t the most perfect protagonist and I liked that about her, she made dumb decisions and recognized they were stupid… but did them anyways 💀 A big fucken mood… But then again a lot of what she does throughout the book is driven by her need to help others, like finding her self-proclaimed younger brother or selling more of her lifespan to find a way to free her father from her mother’s spell. Her personal relationships are a wreck too like this girl had a crush on Rudjek, the future royal vizier, it was very much a two way crush but the whole time Arrah was like “Idk does he :////” like u absolute dumbo… EVERY SIGN POINTED TO “YES”  AND SHE WAS STILL LIKE “I’m imagining things.”

→ Arrah’s Squad

Geena: Barron also wrote Arrah an amazing group of friends. Primarily, Sukar and Essnai, both her friends from the city who would travel to the tribal lands to visit their own tribes for the yearly magic ritual. Sukar was very much a himbo (like almost every guy in this book lmao) and Essnai was a wlw QUEEN who was the oNLY ONE WITH A STEADY RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK. Barron really said lesbian rights by giving Essnai the most wholesome relationship. Sukar and Essnai didn't turn their backs on Arrah even after her family was banished from the kingdom for crimes that Arrah had nothing to do with, and even accompanied her when it was revealed that Arrah would have to die to set the world to its original state. Also…. Omg when Sukar, Essnai, and Rudjek found out that she gave some of her lifespan for magic they were literally that meme:

Arrah: So I did a thing

Them: What?

Arrah: Sold my life for 3 hours of magic

Them: 

Kae: LMAOOOOOOO BINCH 

Geena: I JUST LOVED HOW THEY WERE LIKE “U DUMB BITHC!!!!! I GUESS NOW WE ALL GOTTA HELP U DEAL WITH THIS” I loved their friendship so much :’) 

Kae: IT WAS REALISTIC AF. I’d also like to mention how everyone and her friend group was basically like “Did you and Rudjek finally kiss yet? No? Typical.” And they would tease Arrah and Rudjek CONSTANTLY. Arrah’s friends had her back through literally everything and were ready to die by her and Rudjek’s side. They were some real ride or die friends when it came down to it. THEY WERE WITH THE SHITS. 

Arrah and Rudjek: *standing near each other* 

The homies:

→ Arrah’s Dad

Kae: OK so we have Arrah’s father, Oshhe, who is honestly the kindest man that I have ever encountered. He is such a wonderful father to Arrah and does everything in his power to let her know that she is loved and that she does not need to possess magic in order to be loved. He is constantly showering her with the reassurance that she needs to have two accept who she is. Arrah is in love with the stories he tells her. He also allows her to hang out with Rudjek when they both know that Arti, Arrah’s mother, would forbid it. (Rudjeks father did some foul shit to Arti when they were young and she isn’t over it… which is understandable, considering he had her tortured.) sadly, Arti curses oshhe and he is under her spell. He tried to fight it, but his magic just isn’t as strong as hers. He is complicit in whatever Arti says while he is under her curse, but he is often sweating or staring off into the distance, because he is still trying to break free. He’s basically under my control, knows he’s under my control, but is stuck behind magical, mental bars watching everything go down well he can do nothing to stop it. It’s really fucked up.

Geena: Kae summed up Oshhe really well. We learn about how he met and married someone as unloving as Arti and it’s so sad. He’d always been in love with Arti from their time at the tribes, and he still loved her when she came to the kingdom and fell in love with the King. And he was the one there after Arti was freed from her torture, even though he knew that Arti would never love him back and that she wasn’t the same woman he’d fallen for. Also, when he tells Arrah something along the lines of that when she was born he knew she’d be the love of his life bc he loved his daughter so much it’s unREAL. He went to a dangerous forest and killed a mystical animal for her. And he would have killed the gods themselves if it had come to that. And like Kae mentioned he was under Arti’s mind control but was aware of the torture she was putting Arrah through, and when he finally gains back control at the VERY END… AND DIES RIGHT AFTER?????? BRO????? I WAS LIKE THE FUCK!!! HE DID NOT DESERVE THIS!!!!!

Kae: I WAS SILENTLY SCREAMING AT MY DESK 

Geena: GIRL RIGHT… IDK BUT HER DAD JUST WARMED MY HEART. HE DIDN’T DESERVE HIS DEATH… 

Kae: THAT SHIT HURTED. 

The Bad:

→ Arrah NOT CATCHING A BREAK  

Kae: So, I’m going to backtrack just a little bit. But when Arrah sells some of her so for magic, she does like this magic phantom walk and finds out that her mother is the child snatcher. Her mother discovers that Arrah knows this and curses her so she can never speak with ill intent against her mother. So whenever Arrah tries to get help or tell someone what’s going on she literally cannot talk. It’s pure agony for her. So her mother curses Oshhe, gets pregnant by a demon via possession of him, and is exiled from the country. So they take a boat and travel to this small town that is known for its unresting spirit activity. Time also doesn’t exist in this town so it’s very hard for her to keep track of minutes, days, months, etc. they get to like this hidden Temple where Arti gives birth to Efiya, the demon baby. Efiya grows rapidly. She is born, then she’s like 5 the next day, then she’s 10. Then she’s Arrah’s age, 16. Efiya is a SUPER powerful girl who has the power of actual Gods, and she is completely unstoppable. Arrah escapes, returns home to her friends, and they’re on a mission to try to stop Efiya. Rudjek dies, comes back, she and he ditch the homies because they don’t want the homies to get hurt. WELL!!!!!!!!!!!! Gotdamn EFIYA shape shifts to look like her sister, waits until Arrah leaves for a moment to collect herself after it gets a little HOT with Rudjek, and goes to take some herbs. OUR GIRL SAID I'M NOT GETTING PREGNANT. comes back and boom. She sees him having sex with her sister. She’s shooketh. And PISSED. And hurt. Then the homies find them, blah blah blah. And long story short, they find the temple of the Gods, she fights and Efiya and they  basically kill each other. BUT Arrah comes back and learns her and Rudjek can’t be together. BUT THEY KISS ANYWAY. THEY WERE LIKE FUCK IT. I'M HERE FOR A GOOD TIME NOT A LONG TIME. Oh, yeah… and Efiya killed her parents. That happened. And her grandmother. And all the elder witch doctors because she wanted to steal  their magic. 

Geena: Poor girl was just knocked around like a ping-pong ball. One tragedy to another 🤕 First, she can’t do magic for SHIT and her mom doesn’t love her because of that. Second, the guy she likes is her mom’s nemesis’ son. Third, every single person she cares about is taken from her one way or the other, from her adoptive lil bro to her dad. Like I thought the book couldn’t get any worse when she saw her dad be possessed, but then Rudjek dies? And when he comes back to life he ends up sleeping with her evil sister thinking it was Arrah. Right, we gotta mention… in an attempt to free the demon king Arrah’s mom has a half-demon half-god baby, aka Arrah’s sister 

Kae: SHE FUCKS A DEMON!!!!!

Geena: A DEMON IN HER HUSBAND’S BODY TOO… AND ARRAH WATCHES THIS HAPPEN IM SCREAM .. AT LEAST I THINK SHE DOES BC I HAD TO RE-READ THAT CHAPTER LIKE 2 TIMES

Kae: GIRL THAT SHIT WAS SO WILD WHAT THE  F U C K 

Geena: AND YEA…. TO TOP IT ALL OFF TURNS OUT ARRAH IS  THE REINCARNATION OF THE DEMON KING’S SOULMATE…. SO THERE’S THAT, NOT TO MENTION SHE AND RUDJEK ARE ILL-FATED BC TOUCHING EACH OTHER SAPS ARRAH’S MAGIC (which she acquires permanently after some wild rituals her grandma does before dying at Efiya’s hands). THE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES WRONG WITH ARRAH’S LIFE IS SO FUCKING LONG OH MY GOD I FORGOT HOW SHIT SHE HAD IT

The Ugly:  

→ Arti and Efiya

Geena:  The ugliest villains can be found in this book. We have Rudjek’s dad that had Arti tortured, which broke her mind and twisted her into an unloving and terrible person. Hearing Arti’s story pulled at your heartstrings, but did it justify her killing 12 underprivileged children to resurrect a demon with whom she’d have a baby with JUST so she could resurrect the demon king. In my opinion… no. Not even just that, but treating your own child like shit and basically ignoring she exists until the very end of the book where suddenly she feels regret for neglecting Arrah for 16 years. Overall, on a scale of 0-10 Arti is a -5 when it comes to the mom scale.  Also, Arti is a powerful witchdoctor, and she cant feign ignorance because I’m pretty sure she would’ve seen the future at one point and seen everything that goes down. The only good thing she did do was kill the man that tortured her and countless other women. I feel like I’m too harsh on her given what she’s gone through, but she essentially puts Arrah through the wringer by cursing her and forcing her to watch her dad lose his own body. I’M LIKE I DONT WANT PPL TO BE LIKE ‘UR JUS BEIN A BITCH, ARTI SUFFERED TOO’ LIKE yes she did suffer, but rather than taking action against those that put her through hell she chose to ruin the lives of innocents ju kno. 

Kae: YES!! Arti was on some bullshit and I get she got fucked up and the love of her life was against her. But like… don’t take that out on your daughter because you can’t use her to get back at your enemies. I think that’s exactly why she treated Arrah the way she did. Arti married Oshhe for his power in hopes to have a powerful child. When that didn’t happen, she was pissed and started planning for that damn demon baby. Her actions are all based on revenge and power and in the end, they kill everyone. Including Arrah, though she doesn’t stay dead for long. She literally is like “Nah, I got shit to do.” And the gods are like “Mmm ... we can’t let our sister be reincarnated into you again… soooo, no?” And Arrah is like “Too bad bitches!” And zooms back into her own body. 

And then there’s Efiya. Efiya is described as beautiful and looks much like their mother. She starts off as a sweet little girl who just likes being around her big sister. But once she learns human things, like playing and being a child, she gets interested in that, and begins to abuse her powers. 

Geena: I was kinda disappointed on how the Efiya storyline went because like Kae mentioned, she had started off as a sweet girl who loved Arrah. And I had thought Arrah would run away with Efiya and train her against Arti but bOY WAS I WRONG. Efiya is powerful and she knows it, she kills countless gods and absorbs their power, and when she kills Arrah’s grandma she tries to take her power too but for some reason it doesn’t take. Instead, Arrah ends up taking her grandma’s magic (along with every other powerful witch doctor). This annoyed the fuck out of Efiya, bc she’s supposed to more powerful than Arrah, prettier than Arrah, and just generally better at everything. So, Efiya is like ‘I can’t take your powers or see your future so I’ll fuck your man instead” …… very much 0-100. Near the end of the novel I still couldn’t tell, did Efiya really love Arti and Arrah? Because on the one hand it seemed like she hated the prospect of killing them, but on the other hand Efiya didn’t care about skewering Arti. She was a complex villain for sure, kinda in the same way Arti was. 

Kae:  OH. AND THE DEMON KING GAVE ARRAH SOME OF HER PAST LIFE MEMORIES BACK. So like, now a piece of Arrah feels torn because she loves everyone in her current life. But she was married to the Demon King in a past life and he is determined to have her love him again. And I feel like a very small piece of Arrah does. The Demon King wants her back so they can resurrect demons, kill the remaining Gods, and take over the world like they originally planned. SO. THERE’S  THAT. A big whammy for ya there. But yeah. Shits crazy. 

Geena:  KJDNFDS RIGHT THE WHOLE ‘MARRIED TO THE DEMON KING IN A PAST LIFE’ SCHTICK…. THE POTENTIAL FOR ANGST???? GOD I CAN’T WAIT. This is a love triangle I CAN get behind because it’s gonna be MESSY 

Kae: He also mentioned possibly trying to kill Rudjek. 

Geena: Oh yea oh man.... Wait... there is a meme for this 

Arrah seeing the Demon King and Rudjek throwing hands:

Conclusion

Kae: SO! In conclusion, we loved this book. The story was WILD from  Start to finish. Rena is such an amazing storyteller and her descriptions that were vivid without being overdone. You know how some others like to go on for 10 pages about the smell of the wind and the bark of a tree. But Ren does it right! My favourite part of the book has to be Arrah and Rudjek . being so awkward around each other and dodging the fact that they’re both in love with each other. It was really cute because neither of them wanted to ruin their friendship and I think that was very realistic. The friendships are also beautifully written as well. And the way Rena differentiates the cultures of the tribes from one another is amazing and I felt like I was there. 

Geena:  I agree to everything Kae said above, Barron does an amazing job in (like what we mentioned before) worldbuilding shit. AND YEA my favourite part was like when Sukar purposely hangs around Arrah to make Rudjek jealous JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUNNY TO ME. But honest to god I’m so excited to see how it’ll go from here because it’s supposed to be a trilogy right, so there is SO MUCH that can happen and there are SO MANY paths this can take. 

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Cabin Fever

From @fwancus to @nopeferatu

Summary: When Arthur gets a call from his husband entailing that he wasn't sure he’d be able to make it home from work due to the heavy snow conditions, he’s determined to make their home as cozy as possible in the event that Alfred would eventually arrive.

Rating: R18+

Warnings: Sexual intercourse, mention of car accidents

It was Christmas Eve, Arthur was upset enough when Alfred woke at 7:00 to prepare for work. It wasn’t often that they got to spend holidays together, and Arthur didn’t want Alfred working himself to death on such a special occasion.

But now, Arthur was so much more upset.

“What?” Arthur’s voice quivered over the phone, a pout cracking his lips. “But...It’s Christmas Eve. What do you mean you won’t be home?”

“I- Art, I didn’t say that, babe. I said I might not make it home. Trust me, I know how important this is, and I’m gonna try to make it. I promise.” Alfred sighs, not at all liking the sad and dejected tone in his husband’s voice.

“But,” Alfred shook his head, “You also have to think of the alternative, too. The snow is wicked outside, babe, what if I got into an accident? I’d rather come home tomorrow than not come home at all.”

“Don’t- God, Alfred, what’s wrong with you?! Don’t say that!” Arthur frowns, and Alfred holds the phone away from his ear - Arthur’s shouting could give debilitating  headaches.

“Okay, okay, I’m sorry...I’m sorry, that was mean. But it’s true.” Alfred sighed deeply, softening his voice. “Just hang in there, baby. Whether I get home tonight, tomorrow, or next week, I promise I’ll get home. And when I do, we can have our own Christmas, okay?”

Arthur wasn’t happy with that. He wanted to protest, but he knew it would have just made things worse. With a tiny voice, he gave in and nodded. “Okay...Just be safe. Please.”

“‘Course I will, baby. I won’t try to come home tonight if it gets any worse. I love you. A whole bunch.”

Arthur nods, “I love you too, more than you can imagine.”

Alfred smiled fondly, and let the line go for a few more moments, before blowing a kiss through the phone and hanging up. The disconnected line left an emptiness in Arthur’s heart as he looked around at the house.

They had decorated together; Alfred had made him hang up Christmas lights by himself and, boy, it was a show. Alfred was laughing off his rocker when Arthur wobbled on the step and tried to screw in the posts. He eventually had fallen, though, and Alfred had stretched miles to make Arthur feel better.

It was memories like those that made him feel warm inside. They also made him yearn to be in his husband’s arms even more - but it was practically impossible to ever not miss having Alfred around. He was precious.

The house was nice, clean, there wasn't a mess and it was homey. Comfortable. Oil burners filled the rooms with the strong and shrouding scent of vanilla and the caramelized sugar on the outside of a toasted marshmallow; Arthur was almost in heaven. All he was missing was his angel.

“Oh, Alfred,” He shook his head with a sigh, his heart heavy. If Alfred didn’t return tonight, there was still no guarantee that roads would be safe to drive on by tomorrow. He, in the brutal truth, had no idea when Alfred would be able to return home safely.

So it was with that notion that he thought; “Alfred will surely be exhausted by the time he gets home, whenever that may be. I’ll make the house extra special.”

And with that, he began; he lit the fireplace with a warm, crackling fire. He knew that he couldn’t bake very well, the oven was reserved for Alfred, but he knew his husband had a book of recipes lying around somewhere. It couldn’t be that hard, could it?

Arthur found Alfred’s book lying in the corner of the bottom cupboard, probably hidden to prevent Arthur from trying his luck. Much like he was about to do.

“Alright,” Arthur smiled, lingering on the last syllable, “all the basics. Flour, sugar, vanilla, an egg...Oh-” He paused. “Baking powder? Baking soda?” He took a minute to glance around the kitchen. He hadn’t seen either of those recently, and he wasn’t sure they had any.

But, ah, there they were; tucked nicely in the back of the pantry. Once again, likely to be one of Alfred’s precautionary measures. But who had time for that?

An hour and a half later, Arthur finally slid a fitted tray dotted with small lumps of sugared cookie-dough into the oven. Too proud of himself to set a timer - he could remember, right? - he made his way to the living room to light a few candles that would warm the home with the scent of nutmeg.

His scene was perfect, for...whenever Alfred would be home.

---

Arthur was asleep on the couch when the knob on the front door began to twitch a bit. The jangle of keys could be heard on the other side, and soon enough, the door swung open. A few small piles of snow fell onto the carpet inside from the frosted door frame, and Alfred cursed a bit while he rubbed it in with his shoe.

“Hey, Arthur, I’m-” He paused when he saw his husband completely out on the couch, and a fond smile crossed his face. He loved the faces he made while he slept.

“Artie,” He coos softly, sitting next to his husband and gently nudging him. “Hey, babe, I brought you some stuff..Wake up, baby~”

Arthur’s eyes slowly creak open, blinking as he stares up at his husband in confusion. “W...What? Oh!” He gasps, smiling widely and throwing his arms around Alfred happily. “Oh, you’re home! Thank goodness you’re home!”

“At 1AM, but,” he chuckles breathlessly, rubbing Arthur’s back, “yeah, I made it home~ And I felt bad about making you spend Christmas Eve all alone, so..I bought you some stuff on the way. I probably went a bit overboard, but you can’t yell at me ‘cause I was spoiling you.” He smiles as he hands Arthur a decorative bag.

“Oh, you sap~” Arthur smiles, peaking into the bag. Immediately he smiles, taking out eight different boxes of chocolates, giggling. “Well, I think I’ll be set on sweets for weeks, now won’t I?”

They both shared a laugh together, before Alfred gasps. “Oh, yeah! I was in the mood for something cakey to so I got some cookies! They’re in my-- Artie? What’s that face for?”

Arthur was blank, and he had dropped as soon as Alfred had mentioned the small pastries. “The oven!” He exclaims, quickly running into the kitchen to see small whisps of smoke beginning to rise from the door.

“Arrrtthuuuurrr!” Alfred pouted as he followed him, beating a rag towards a vent to try and clear the smoke. “I told you, oven-usage is forbidden when I’m not around! You could have burned the house down!”

Arthur coughed through the fumes, pressing a button on the oven to turn it off. “Well- I’m sorry! I just wanted to make a surprise for youu!”

Once the smoke had cleared, he cautiously opened the oven, grabbing a mit to pull the tray out. On it, lie twenty black mounds that crumbled into ash at the slightest of movements. Arthur pouts.

“Well..Not much of a good surprise, though. Sorry for all the smoke, now,” Arthur apologizes, and Alfred wraps his arms around his waist.

“Nothing to be sorry about..It was a sweet gesture~” He leans down, trapping Arthur’s lips against his own in a passionate kiss. “I was just worried because you may have hurt yourself. I’m just glad you’re alright, and that a fire didn’t start..”

Arthur seemed comforted by his embrace, and slowly, he tilted his head to the side when Alfred moved his lips down to kiss there. He felt his husband’s fingers rub and grope softly into his side.

“Alfred,” he spoke softly, kissing the American’s ear. “Is there...any particular way you were planning on ending this night?”

“Yep,” Alfred mumbled, his hands sliding a bit further south on the map of Arthur’s body. The smaller man’s eyes fell shut with a soft moan when his hands landed just over his rear. “Bedroom?”

“Bedroom,” Arthur breathed out hastily, nodding and complying entirely as Alfred hoisted him up around his waist. He helped navigate their vessel upstairs, tugging Alfred onto him as he collapsed onto the bed.

---

Panting.

“H-Holy-” Arthur stammered as his husband rolled off of him with a thud on the other side of the mattress, breathless. “That was..amazing~”

Alfred shook his head with a good hearted laugh, still panting as he wraps an arm beneath Arthur’s neck. “Yeah, it was..” He chuckles, tilting his head to kiss Arthur’s nose. “One hell of a way to end the night, hm?”

Arthur giggles, nodding as he nudges closer to his husband. “Yes..I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself.”

“So did I..” Alfred hummed, letting his cheek press against Arthur’s forehead as he lie down against the pillow. “Merry Christmas, Art..”

Arthur was nearly drifting off, smiling fondly as he mumbled his response. “Mm..Merry Christmas~”

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Glee season 4 episode 5 Will is an emotional manipulator!

Sooo first off Finn is having a pity party, he thinks working for Burt in the tire shop is somehow degrading? Even though if I remember correctly last season Burt was talking about letting him run the place. Finn also makes a joke about wanting to be crushed by a car in front of ARTIE of all people!

Oh look the graduates are back at the school again, that's not creepy at all. So glad Sue eventually points this out down the line!

Will and Emma are having a counseling session with Coach Beaste of all people? Will opens being the jack ass he is and starts talking about the arts being underfunded, Emma says she isn't disputing that and Will looks pissed off that she's even dared to have a difference of opinion. He doesn't even let her finish talking, before he ends her sentance for her saying their relationship with grow through this experience and it isn't just a oxne in a lifetime opportunity for him but for both of them, and that Emma is dismissing this. Emma says she feels Will assumes she is just going to drop everything and play the part of the dutiful 1950e housewife. While Emma is saying this, the same thing she said last time Will isnt even hiding the fact he is rolling his eyes ans isn't interested in what she had to say. Even though this is quite literally what he expected her to do the last time they discussed this.

Emma talks about how her life, her dreams are somehow secondary to his and he is STILL rolling eyes and scoffing at her every word.

Beaste makes some sport analogy, and compares the relationship to her and her ex, but that was a realationship with physical abuse which isn't the same thing. But she does tell them to take a step back

Emma opens her mouth to talk and Will cuts her off once again, and OH he's admitting he made a mistake when they first talked about it. No he's being the 'nice guy' again and asking her not to look sad and is declaring his love for her, "no matter where we go or what we do I want us to be together, this time its Washington, next time it's anywhere you want to go'. This isn't Will being 'nice' or admitting he was wrong, this is emotional manipulation and him trying to get what he wants because he just can't see past his own desires.

He then says 'im asking my partner ,my equal partner to join me? Will you consider it?" This is just more emotional manipulation and he makes sure there is an audience in Beaste, so it's real hard for Emma to say no, she says yes and you can see she isn't happy about it at all, but Will is to happy he got what he wanted to even notice. Thankfully Beaste HAS noticed! At least someone has!

Other notes:

Marley, sweet angel Marley tells Wade 'Unique' she's in the girls bathroom, but Wade says she sits when she pees and Marley is instantly 💯 % fine with with this. Wade says she ways to play Rizzo, ans drag isn't just an act to her, Marley again is 💯% on board with this. Unfortunately Sue is there 😑.

Hahahaha Sue can't find a bad name for Marley and resorts to 'absolutey stunning, kind, faced blue eyed girl".

Ok, so Sue calls Wade a boy and isn't on board with her playing Rizzo. But wasn't it Sue just last season that wanted Kurt to dress up like a woman for Nationals because Wade has dressing up like a woman? I feel this is a little out of character for Sue, and they just reverted back to her being prejudice so they could someone against Wade. I won't even go into the horrible rant about gender, being trans, being in drag etc that Sue launches into because it's horrible, out of character even for Sue and I'm willing to bet wouldn't be allowed to be said today.

Wade and Marley singing P!nk 😍😍 Marley's 'rock look' is amazing and I wish we had seen more of it.

Naww Ryder is lovely to Marley, who is immediately lovely to him. Ryder is also the second person (aside from Marley) who speaks of her mother with respect. Ryder also immediately doesn't give a crap about Kitty, unlike Jake who dated her regardless of how awful she was to Marley.

Jake only auditions for the musical with the very person who is making Marley's life hell because he can't stand the fact Marley could be into the actual nice guy Ryder. He uses the pretence that it's to stop Kitty killing Marley but he's really just creepy and possessive.

Also...WHY are the known bullies allowed in the musical at all?!! No wonder the Glee kids have issues! Their safe place is never safe for long because no one cares the bullies are there as long as the show is good.

Finn "I don't see what the big deal is, if Unique Identifies as a girl and dresses as a girl she should be allowed to play one on stage' yes Finn! Finally you're out of your pity party and making some sense, NOT Artie who scoffed at Wade playing Rizzo and scoffed at Marley being Sandy because she's brunette?? No Artie would prefer the known school bully to be rewarded with the lead over the lovely angel that is Marley.

Ooh no!!!! Finn used the R word to describe baby Robin!! Two steps forward MILES backwards! Sue maybe being an ass right now about casting Wade, but going after her baby girl was beyond uncalled for. Figgins should have kicked Finn out of the school for that, this is Sue's place of work, Finn just proved he shouldn't be influencing kids and he doesn't even belong there!

Where was Will during all this? Oh yeah just sat there not giving a shit because is to wrapped up in himself to notice whats going on with 'his' kids.

Now back to Emma, who's restored to freaking about germs because Will is stressing her out. Beaste tells her lying is the worst thing (besides violence) someone can do in a relationship and tells her she knows Emma doesn't want to go to Washington. No Coach, do you know what's worse than being forced into agreeing to something that you don't want to do? It's your partner emotionally manipulating you into agreeing and making you think you're in the wrong for ever disagreeing in the first place. But thankfully Beaste does tell her she should tell Will she doesn't want to go. But then takes a step backwards and tells Emma that Will loves her, and that Emma spent so much time trying to be Will's girls she's forgotten why Will fell for her. NO! Emma literally says she can't get in the ways of Will's dreamsmy because that's what Terri did, that's because Will never shuts up about how Terri treated him, which manipulates Emma into trying her hardest not to disagree with him. I'm so sick of people thinking Will is a 'nice guy' who just loves everyone. Poor Emma needed some real support here, not to be guilt tripped by Will and Beaste.

Side note: Tina is right when she said she was fine with Mike and her breaking up, but he could have given her a heads up and let her know he would be invading her space at school and helping with the school musical. No one cares about poor Tina! The most neglected character ever!

Marley and Ryder just want to dance, Jake and Kitty just want to be dickheads. Jake's creepy possession over Marley really gets going here, to the point he's stopping her dancing with Ryder and picking a fight with him. So starts Jake's decline into being an arsehole.

Yay Marley and Ryder got the leads, because they deserve it! They aren't dickheads!

Kitty is fat shaming Marley and her mum. No one! Not one member of the Glee club , Finn or any past students speak up for her at all!! This is the beginning of Marley's body issues!

Emma is freaking out cooking and is having basically a panic attacks, all because of Will!! But she finally says she doesnt want to go to Washington, he is NOT happy, but at least he's listening. Now??? Now he decides to listen to what she has to say? Oh and now he's the 'nice guy' again. Poor Emma, stuck with this arsehole.

Will actually thinks if he doesn't go to Washington the arts will fail in America?? Yeah full of yourself much?? Will also leaves Finn in charge of Glee club, the guy who shot himself with a gun, called Sue's baby the R word and is watching bullying happen before his very eyes and is doing NOTHING about it!!

Conclusions?

The graduates spend too much time at their old highschool!

The bullies are allowed to bully with no consequences, even rewarded. The victims have no safe haven because it's infiltrated by the bullies and as long as they can sing and dance no one care about what the bullying is doing to the good kids like Marley who will eventually become bulimic and no one notices.

Jake is becoming creepy and possessive.

Beaste has fallen for Will's 'nice guy' act.

Finn Hudson should have kicked out of the school the moment the called on of the teachers babies by the R word!

Sue is totally out of character, shes against Wade but late says it's for her protection and states how she had LGBT both boys and girls on the Cheerios.

Figgins is useless.

Tina is neglected!

Will Shuester basically abusive to Emma, it's emotional abuse. He doesn't care about her outside of what she can do for him. He doesn't even let her finish sentance, he tries to make decisions for her and emotional manipulates and guilt trips her into agreeing with him when she is clearly uncomfortable, resulting in an OCD Episode. He then acts like he's OK with not going to Washington, because he didn't winning this one and is being the 'nice guy' again.

Will Shuester is a jackass!!

[doggogills-but-worse]

85 Questions game | answer them about yourself and tag 20 others (or what I do which is just tag the few friends on here that I have)

I was tagged by @rosebadwolf1000

(Side note: I did cut out a few questions that were repeats or that didn’t make sense to me)

Last:

Drink - Chocolate milk

Phone call - I think my friend Aryn, I don’t remember what about, but yeah.

Text message - again, Aryn.

Song you listened to - The Only Exception by Paramore

Ever:

Dated someone twice - Nope

Kissed someone and regretted it - I don’t think so

Been cheated on - Not that I’m aware of

Lost someone special - Yeah, i think it was for the best tho. Sometimes life’s a bitch like that.

Gotten drunk and thrown up - Never been drunk, period.

Fave colors - Light lavender, or a pastel yellow

In the last year, have you…:

Made new friends - Sorta

Fallen out of love - I don’t think so

Laughed until you cried - Absolutely

Found out someone was talking about you - No

Met someone who changed you - I dunno, every person you meet and interact with changes you in a way. I’m gonna go with yes, in a way.

Found out who your friends are - I think I already knew, I choose people carefully

Kissed someone on your Facebook friends list - Nope

General:

How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life? Almost all of them, or at least knew in the past

Do you have any pets? Yeah!!! Four dogs (Dee Dee, Remington, May May, and Toro), and one cat (Sunny)

Do you want to change your name? I’ve been considering at least changing it personally, not legally. Just been having weird issues with my idea of “self” and who I am as a person, and who I want to be.

What did you do for your last birthday? I think I just hung out with my family? Had Chinese for dinner, just had a chill time

What were you doing last night at midnight? Sleeping tbh

What is something you can’t wait for? I honestly don’t know. I can’t wait to be independent, like. An adult only relying on myself. Taking care of myself and living alone.

What are you listening to right now? A horror story by MrCreepypasta

Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? My old store manager was named Tommy, does that count?

Something that gets on your nerves - Ignorant people, specifically, when they aren’t willing to learn. Like, if it’s unintentional that’s fine, it’s okay, you can learn and grow,but if you’re not going to learn, or be willing to take criticism, you’re just being an asshole.

Most visited website - YouTube probably.

Hair color - just plain old brown

Long or short hair - Right now I’ve got short hair, like, chin length. I’be had all sorts of hairstyles

What do you like about yourself? I like my eyes, I think they’re pretty. Also, I like that I’m able to be empathetic, I’m good with people. I think.

Want any piercings? I’ve got my ears pierced, and one cartilage piercing. I do want to get a tongue piercing tho, I think they’re cool.

Blood type - I honestly dunno.

Nickname - Some people call me Faithy, that’s just family and friends

Relationship status - Single

Zodiac sign - Scorpio

Pronouns - She/her

Fave tv shows - At the moment, probably Jessica Jones, Helix, maybe Dark Matter

Tattoos - I’ve got a little tattoo between my shoulder blades. I definitely want to get more tho

Right or left handed? Right

Ever had surgery? I just got my wisdom teeth out, does that count?

Sports - Nah

Vacation - I would love to go on like, a real good classic camping trip. I dunno.

More general:

Eating - Are we talking favorites? If so, fuckin Alfredo with chicken and broccoli.

Drinking - Apple juice

I’m about to watch - I was thinking of going to finish Helix. (Its my second run through of this show)

I’m waiting for - My appointment with the tooth surgery place to check up on my mouth

Want - I just want some fuckin peace. Like, @ life, just take a chill pill for two seconds.

Get married - Yeah, that’d be cool

Career - I don’t really care what I do, as long as I don’t despise it, and I can support myself comfortably

Hugs or kisses - Why not both?

Lips or eyes - Eyes. They’re just always so captivating, and just so pretty

Shorter or taller - ?? I’m a hoe for height differences either way

Older or younger - It doesn’t really,,,, matter? (As long as it’s not gross, y‘know)

Nice arms or stomach - ….??

Hookup or relationship - Relationship (hello yes I am an ace)

Troublemaker or hesitant - Depends on the day and my mood tbh

Have you ever… :

Kissed a stranger? Nope

Drank hard liquor? Nope (I am a good underaged child)

Lost glasses? Lmao, yeah. I lost my glasses for like, at least a month, once

Turned someone down? Yeah

Sex on first date? Nope (hello yes I am an ace)

Broken someone’s heart? I think so

Had your heart broken? Nope

Cried when someone died? Yeah

Fallen for a friend? Yeah, we’re still chill tho

Do you believe in…:

Yourself? Reluctantly. I’m trying to teach myself to, and like, learn to trust and believe in myself. I’m working on it!!

Miracles? Eehhhhh. Sorta

Love at first sight? With the right person, maybe

Kiss on first date? Sure, why not tbh? Live your life, have a good time (with consent of course)

Angels? Not really. I mean, maybe something along the line of an angel exists, but I don’t really believe

Other:

Best friends name - I think I would consider Aryn ( @beanbyday ) and Arty ( @pariahmancer )

Eye color - Green/blue

Favorite movie - Either the Cloverfield Paradox or Thor: Ragnarok (I have watched both,,,, multiple times

Favorite actor - Bex Taylor-Klaus

Favorite food - Alfredo with chicken and broccoli!!!!

Extrovert or introvert - Definitely an introvert

Favorite flower - Carnations!! Specifically yellow carnations.

Favorite hello kitty character - I feel like this is a reference that I don’t get? If not, I never watched hello kitty

I guess I’ll tag @beanbyday @pariahmancer @bruisebberry @theonlyturtleinexistence idk. Feel free to just ignore this and not do it, you guys are just my friends and ily

[hail-to-the-queen-baby]

Rules: Answer these 85 questions and tag 20 people

Thanks for the tag @artie-pete & @rockystiltskin-bellamy :D 

- What was your last...

1. Drink: Pepsi

2. Phone call: Dad

3. Text message: “Yep”

4. Song you listened to: Adam’s song by Blink 182

5. Time you cried: A few weeks ago I think?

- Have you ever...

6. Dated someone twice: No

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: No

8. Been cheated on: No

9. Lost someone special: Quite a few losses in the past few years

10. Been depressed: Yeah

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: a few times

- Fave colours

12. Turquoise

13. Baby pink

14. Burgundy 

- In the last year have you...

15. Made new friends: yeah

16. Fallen out of love: no

17. Laughed until you cried: I do this way too often lmao

18. Found out someone was talking about you: yes

19. Met someone who changed you: Definitely within the last year or so

20. Found out who your friends are: yes!

21. Kissed someone on your facebook friends list: yes

- General

22. How many of your facebook friends do you know irl: Majority; the rest are friends of friends who live in my area.

23. Do you have any pets: one dog!

24. Do you want to change your name: I really wanna change my surname one day

25. What did you do for your last birthday: I went to a funeral in the morning, had a meal with my friends in the afternoon and spent the night with my boyfriend. A pretty mixed day.

26. What time did you wake up today: 11.30am. I had a lie in!

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Watching lets plays with my bf

28. What is something you can’t wait for: seeing tlog live!! plus going on holiday with the bf <3

29. what is your favourite animal: dogs and guinea pigs

30. what are you listening to rn: nothing

31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yep, there were too many boys named that in school and college lmao

32. Something thats getting on your nerves: my siblings

33. Most visited website: youtube

34. hair colour: dark brown

35. long or short hair: short

36. Do you have a crush on someone: nope

37. What do you like about yourself: my fashion sense

38. Want any piercings: my nose and maybe my nipple

39. blood type: no idea

40. Nicknames: Ell, Burt, Ron, little rolling pin.

41. Relationship status: In a relationship

42. Sign: Taurus

43. Pronouns: she/her

44. fave tv show: tlog, the mighty boosh, inside no 9 

45. tattoos: None atm but I have a few in mind!

46. Right or left handed: left

47. ever had surgery: no

48. Piercings: my ears

49. sport: lol nopeeee

50. vacation: I went to spain last year with my mum and niece

51. trainers: don’t really wear them, I have a pair of creepers though

- More general: 

52. Eating: I had a brownie with cream like an hour ago

53. Drinking: Pepsi or orange squash

54. I’m about to watch: I’m not about to watch anything atm I’m gonna play sims 4 lmao

55. Waiting for: This week to end

56. Want: a new job and my tattoo!

57. Get married: Maybe? If it’s meant to be I’ll know in the future

58. Career: ideally I’d love to write for a living

- Which is better

59. Hugs or kisses: hugs

60. lips or eyes: eyes

61. Taller or shorter: taller

62. older or younger: Either my own age or older

63. nice arms or stomach: arms!!

64. hookups or relationships: relationships

65. troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant 

- Have you ever

66. kissed a stranger: no

67. drank hard liquor: yep

68. turned someone down: yes

69. sex on first date: no

70. broken someones heart: I’m assuming not

71. Had your heart broken: no

72. been arrested: no

73. cried when someone died: yes

74. fallen for a friend: no

- Do you believe in 

75. Yourself: not really :/

76. miracles: I could do?

77. love at first sight: I like the idea but not really

78. Santa claus: Lmao I wish i still did!

79. Angels: nope

- Misc

80. Eye colour: brown

81. Best friend’s name: Joe and Ebony

82. Favourite movie: a clockwork orange

83. favourite actor: REESON

84. favourite cartoon: Tom and Gerry or Scooby Doo

85. Favourite teacher’s name: Lucy & Nick

probs won’t tag 20 but I tag @theold-ultraviolence @iwanttotieyourshoe @frogpuppet @ollieplimsolls

[willywonderfan]

Willy's Wonderland fallen angel au part 7

(The gang decide to find a place to undo their sins in a village inhabited exclusively by fallen angels called Halo Falls)

Gus: Why didn't we just go here in the first place?

Cammy: Because Halo Falls is a 40 minute walk from the shelter.

Gus: Oh, that's understandable.

Ozzie: Hey guys, there's a church right over there.

Willy: That's great, let's go inside!

(The gang go inside and are greeted by a fallen fox angel and 5 fallen rabbit angels)

?:Welcome to The church of the fallen, a place made to rehabilitate fallen angels.

Willy: Grettings, I'm Willy, these are my friends Gus, Ozzie, Arty, Cammy, Knighty Knight, Siren Sara, and Tito.

?: Blessed greetings to you, I am Unity, a genderless entity, these are my staff members Arthur, Susan, Lucas, Beverly, and Hope.

Beverly: We are always excited to have new fallen angels come here to try to redeem themselves and get back into Heaven.

Arthur: But of course the decision to try to be redeemed by coming here every day is made only by you.

Willy: Well that's definitely a yes for all of us right gang?

Every except Tito: Yeah!

Tito: I guess...

Unity: That's great, we look forward to torturing you...r sins by helping you redeem yourselves and become proper angels again, so come back tomorrow and we'll get started.

( Unity gives Tito an evil glare, the gang then walk out of the church)

Willy: This is great, now we have a place to try to get back into Heaven.

Tito: Oh, there's something fishy about this whole set up.

Willy: What are you talking about Tito?

Tito: The overabundance of convenience, the huge amount of similarities between those fallen angels and The Savage Six, how can this not be a trap?

Willy: Oh Tito, you worry too much.

(The gang then walk back to the fallen angel shelter)

The end of part 7

(I hope this was worth the wait)

[eldritch-bastard]

Rules: Answer these 85 questions and tag 20 people

tagged by @artie-pete thnek u

— What was your last…

1. Drink: water

2. Phone call: mi auntie

3. Text message: ”at the roundabout now”

4. Song you listened to: romulus by sufjan stevens 

5. Time you cried: about 4 weeks ago when i started a massive family argument :))

— Have you ever…

6. Dated someone twice: no

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: ya

8. Been cheated on: no

9. Lost someone special: yea

10. Been depressed: yes

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: not yet

— Fave colours

12. purple

13. red

14. pink

— In the last year have you…

15. Made new friends: YEa

16. Fallen out of love: no

17. Laughed until you cried: Bih Yes

18. Found out someone was talking about you: oHHHH FUCIGN YEAH OH BOY

19. Met someone who changed you: YEah

20. Found out who your friends are: i mean?? yea???

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook friends list: at least 3, but like on the cheek and shit

— General

22. How many your Facebook friends do you know irl: most of them except like 5 or 6

23. Do you have any pets: 3 doggos

24. Do you want to change your name: no

25. What did you do for your last birthday: college work

26. What time did you wake up today: 9am  i think

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: listening to mbmbam

28. What is something you can’t wait for: the next elder scrolls game bleas

29. What is your favourite animal: doggo

30. What are you listening to right now: lmAo mbmbam again

31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yea

32. Something that’s getting on your nerves: the student finance bloke at college not emailing me back like lmao come on m8, if u dont email me back i might not be able to pay for uni :))

33. Most visited website: tumblr.hell and youtube

34. Hair colour: brown

35. Long or short hair: short

36. Do you have a crush on someone: no

37. What do you like about yourself: Most Things

38. Want any piercings: i have my ears done

39. Blood type: god knows

40. Nicknames: Jennet, Nej, Jennet Marge

41. Relationship status: deprived 

42. Sign: Libra

43. Pronouns: she/her

44. Fave tv show: oHHHHHH atm Star Trek: The Next Generation 

45. Tattoos: I’ve thought about it 

46. Right or left handed: right

47. Ever had surgery: nop

48. Piercings: im good w/ just my ears

49. Sport: idk what that is

50. Vacation: na

51. Trainers: i guess??

— More General

52. Eating: Nothing

53. Drinking: w a t e r

54. I’m about watch: um the tv screen? bc i might play some viddy gams

55. Waiting for: nothign

56. Want: all my current problems to like,,, pipe down lmao 

57. Get married: yeah but also no

58. Career: HA i dont know

— Which is better

59. Hugs or kisses: hugs

60. Lips or eyes: eyes

61. Taller or shorter: both good

62. Older or younger: yeah wot context?

63. Nice arms or stomach: both 

64. Hookups or relationships: both r good

65. Troublemaker or hesitant: ???

— Have you ever

66. Kissed a stranger: no

67. Drank hard liquor: yea

68. Turned someone down: yea and it was bad bc i thought he was alright but then he came up in my messages being really fucking weird like. 

69. Sex on first date: no

70. Broken someone’s heart: lmao i hope not

71. Had your heart broken: yea, when i found out u can’t romance nick valentine and deacon

72. Been arrested: nop

73. Cried when someone died: Ye

74. Fallen for a friend: No

— Do you believe in

75. Yourself: yea

76. Miracles: no

77. Love at first sight: yes bc the first time i saw deacon in fallout 4 i fell in love w/ him

78. Santa Claus: No

79. Angels: no

— Misc

80. Eye colour: green

81. Best friend’s name: aMy dubois, bronwiddle lucinda von fuc, one (1) gordon

82. Favourite movie: the whole lord of the rings

83. Favourite actor: does matt mercer count??? bc i lov that boi

84. Favourite cartoon: steven universe

85. Favourite teacher’s name: Elizabeth, Matthew, Karl (karl is like my college tutor but shh he still counts) 

im not tagging ppl bc i am a lazy boi

[artymakeart]

85 questions meme

Tagged by @llaeyro

Answer these questions and tag twenty people.

what was your last…

1. drink: Water 2. phone call: Someone from work which is why i’m up at this ungodly hour 3. text message: Work 4. song you listened to: Uso to Honto ~ Piano Solo from Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OST 5. time you cried: Fairly recent. I cry all the time tbh. I don’t have time to keep track of the waterworks.

have you ever…

6. dated someone twice: nope 7. kissed someone and regretted it:  Yes. And I bet he does, too. 8. been cheated on: LOLOLOLOLOLOL 9. lost someone special: Yes. 10. been depressed: Yes 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Yes.

— fave colours

12. Green 13. Pink 14. White

— in the last year have you…

15. made new friends: Yes 16. fallen out of love:  No 17. laughed until you cried: Yes 18. found out someone was talking about you: Yes 19. met someone who changed you: Yes 20. found out who your friends are: .......okay wtf kind of question is this? Like I have been hanging out with this person, of course, they’re my friend. Then BAM. SURPRISE FRIEND APPEARS! WHAT DO YOU DO? Throw a pokeball at both of them and whoever goes into the pokeball is your friend?! TA-DA YOU NOW KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE. PO-KE-MON?! o_____o 21. kissed someone on your facebook friends list: .....LOLOLO HOW DOES ONE FB?

— general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl: .....I don’t know for sure who is on my FB? 23. do you have any pets: Two turtles 24. do you want to change your name: nah. I have enough names for now 25. what did you do for your last birthday: bother my birthday buddy like proper bffs 26. what time did you wake up today: at first it was 5:30am, then 7:14AM...then I realized I’m late for work. 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: Writing the PhD 28. what is something you can’t wait for: ....being done with my phd 30. what are you listening to right now: wind chimes 31. have you ever talked to a person named tom: OH. MA. GAWD. TOM. EVERYONE. LOVES. REMUS. LUPIN. <--obligatory mention 32. something that’s getting on your nerves: generalization. the patriarchy. THE FUCKING P.H.D. DAMMIT WRITE YOURSELF. 33. most visited website: SAGE FUCKING REFERENCE. I KNOW. WTF. 34. hair colour: indecisive. 35. long or short hair: in between. 36. do you have a crush on someone: Oh yes 37. what do you like about yourself: MY NEED TO FINISH THINGS OUT OF SPITE CAUSE FUCK-YOU-JOHN-I-CAN-DO-THIS-IN-A-QUARTER. 38. want any piercings: I’m thinking of a couple new ones.  39. blood type: warm tbh 40. nicknames: Tetsu, Arty, King of the office 41. relationship status: nonexistent 42. sign: Classic Aquarius 43. pronouns: Your Highness 44. fave tv show: Dr. Who, the office 45. tattoos: not yet. 46. right or left handed: Right-handed. But I forget sometimes. 47: ever had surgery:  Yup. 48. piercings: Yes, 8. 49. sport: I played volleyball and soccer and both teams can tell you, I’m really, really, really good at sitting on the bench. LOL 50. vacation: Sure. is this an invitation? 51. trainers: Converse.

— more general

52. eating: The souls of students who traded their souls for passing grades 53. drinking: the tears of my enemy 54. i’m about to watch: the world burn 55. waiting for: THIS DISSERTATION TO WRITE ITSELF 56. want: the PHD to be done 57. get married: It’s awful cause I think i only remember the names of five of them? 58. career: professional pain in the ass 59. hugs or kisses: Personally I like the chocolate kisses more than the hugs? Cause no one has time for white chocolate lbr. 60. lips or eyes: o_o I was asked to not stare at people in the eye 61. shorter or taller: I’M TALLER THAN ALL. 62. older or younger: Okay so I try to use the older pens first, but then I would just forget and go for the new ones. :/ 63. nice arms or stomach: My arms and stomach is really nice, okay? It’s my legs that just keeps kicking people. 64. hookup or relationships: I’m flattered that you think I can do either of this 65. troublemaker or hesitant: i’m so innocent, how dare you even think of me as a troublemaker. :P

— have you ever

66. kissed a stranger: Yes 67. drank hard liquor: Yes 68. turned someone down: Yes 69. sex on first date: No 70: broken someone’s heart: I don’t know if i broke their heart, but I probably broke a few other things. 71. had your heart broken: Yes 72. been arrested: No. THEY HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST 73. cried when someone died: Yes 74. fallen for a friend: Yes

— do you believe in

75. yourself: Yes, I do believe in me. Now do I trust myself is the question. 76. miracles: Definitely. 77. love at first sight: Sure why the hell not. Love is freckle as fuck 78. Santa Claus: Yes. He’s quite the fellow when he fucking shows up and wrecks your project. 79. angels: Sure. May they keep Santa from wrecking things in the middle of freaking deployment.

— misc

80. eye colour: at this hour? probably red. 81. best friend’s name: I cannot tell you their names for their safety. We’ll go with Fa, Foo, Fou. 82. favourite movie: I have Coco on the mind. 83. favourite actor: Today, it’s Lee Pace 84. favourite cartoon: FMA, Host Club....i can’t decide what else made me laugh...probably

85. favourite teacher’s name: Um....Probably Parrot cuase he thought I can teach music or Osbrone cause he thought it was okay for me to start a rebeliion. go big or go home right?  @llaeyro I”M SORRY I LEFT YOUR ANSWER HERE D<

Tagging: @alifeasvivid @filthywarumono @nachodiablo @abyss-valkyrie @starstruck4moony and anyone who hasn’t done this...sorry it’s too late for me to figure things out

[gallifreyanlibertea]

I need artie to say hewwo -

a/n: ik this wasn’t a request but I made it one

Hewwo

Alfred was by no means superficial.

He was never one to judge someone by a tiny character trait, whether it be physical or anything else at all. No, not even when the guy in his fourth period came to school with his hair as wild as it likely had been when he’d woken up that morning. Nor when he had fallen asleep in class once, leaving a thin line of drool on the corner of Alfred’s worksheet that had happened to be shifted a bit onto the guy’s desk.

Nope, because Arthur Kirkland was cute anyway and none of that stopped Alfred from asking him out on a study date, to which Arthur had replied with a blink. Then another, then another, as if he’d been shocked and awed at the thought of Alfred wanting to see him outside of school much less in it.

And though Arthur’s eyebrows were giant, or that his nose was a bit too sharp, it still turned a cute shade of pink as he put Alfred’s number into his phone, and as Alfred did the same, because Alfred was not superficial.

Not one bit.

But Lord Almighty was it hard sometimes, and Alfred knew quirks like this were to be taken lightly. It was a one-time thing, and it was probably nothing, and Alfred thought all of this after he’d texted Arthur’s number a: Hey, this is Alfred from APUSH! :^)

And gotten a Hewwo, Alfred. In response.

Perhaps he was trying to be cute. Alfred would never have expected it looking at the stern set of Arthur’s features, the deep, creamy accent of a documentary narrator. Yet it was times such as these when adages relating to appearances and “being judgy” and whatnot flooded his head and Alfred bit back his actions, so to say.

It was a typo, and nothing else, and he kept this in mind as he hesitantly confirmed their date. 4PM at Panera?

Sounds good. Arthur had responded.

Alfred dismissed the conversation with a slight frown, chalking it up to a typo, an assumption that had served as a pacifier to his somewhat restless soul for a grand total of an hour until Alfred had pulled up into the restaurant parking lot to a text buzzing in his pocket.

Hewwo? I’m here and I don’t see you.

To which Alfred responded with a slightly audible mutter under his breath, a- “what?” because at this point, the chance of it being a typo was as slim as the chance of a guy like Arthur, who praised his skill of being an accomplished typist whenever they’d been assigned together for group work, spelling the same word wrong. Twice.

Maybe it was an English thing. Some sort of British slang that Arthur had stuck with despite having lived in the U.S. for a year. It made sense- with an accent as attractive as Arthur’s, there had to be downsides. Some sort of karmic universal balance.

Alfred never texted back a response seeing as at that point, he had already walked into the place and met Arthur’s gaze across the room. A small wave, a small smile, and oh God he was cute, let it be a second typo.

“Hey!” Alfred said.

“Hello,” Arthur replied, and thank the heavens.

It was a chorus of little baby angels crooning into Alfred’s ears. It was a bath of milk and honey, a repeated, never-ending orgasm, it was Arthur’s delicious pronunciation of the letter ‘l’, and Alfred thanked every god of every religion.

“Shall we get started studying, then?” Arthur said, and Alfred grinned.

“Let’s do some A.P. U.S. History!”

That was it. That had to be it. It had to be the end of this unpleasant little story, because there would be nothing else along those lines. Whatever had happened was done with, and Alfred wouldn’t have to think about it again. He wouldn’t have to follow through with the pathetic solutions he’d devised in his head- one being that he would just date Arthur under the condition that they would never text again.

Nope. It was unnecessary because it was over.

Well…

Hewwo, Alfred? You left your wallet behind.

And he thought they had worked past this speed bump, because frankly, otherwise, he would never have been on this third date. He supposed that was what they were calling them now that their study sessions lacked studying and were spent gazing into each other’s eyes, talking about this and that and life and everything.

Alfred squinted down at the screen of his phone, turning his car off before he slipped back out into the parking lot, chest heaving in a sigh.

He then pursed his lips and replied. Lol your lucky I never left the lot. I’ll be there in a sec :^)

*You’re. Was Arthur’s response and Alfred grit his teeth because at least Alfred didn’t say “hewwo”.

Alfred walked back into the restaurant they’d been eating at to find Arthur grinning at him, waving Alfred’s wallet in his right hand.

“What would you do without me, Jones?”

Alfred smiled, albeit uneasily. “I’d be dead, Kirkland.”

Alright. Never text him again it is, because there was no way Alfred could keep himself from dating the boy behind that smile. The boy behind those fluffy bangs, the one that pulled the wallet away from Alfred’s reach with a snicker as Alfred leaned over to pluck it from his hands.

“Arthur, give it back, I really gotta go!” Alfred said with a borderline giggle. He found that he wasn’t as ashamed of it as he should’ve been.

“Then take it from me, you priss.”

“God, you’re so annoying!”

Arthur raised a brow at that, letting Alfred’s wallet drop into Alfred’s open palm with a smirk. “I’m the annoying one?”

“Yes.”

“I surely can’t be. You’re the one that insists on role playing ‘America’ and ‘England’ in place of studying because you think it’ll help you retain more information.”

Alfred tucked his wallet into his pocket, folding his arms with a pout. “The accents work, I’m tellin’ ya. And hey, I’m not the one that still has to bum rides from their parents because they got their permit too late, and then insists that I can’t give them a ride because they have too much pride.”

Now it was a competition. Arthur furrowed his brows. “I’m not the one that pours the milk before the cereal.”

“I’m not the one whose wardrobe only consists of the same sweaters in different colors.”

“At least I don’t use a colon, a carrot symbol and a parenthesis after each one of my texts like it’s supposed to make me look cute.” Arthur snapped, and Alfred raised his brows at that because wow.

Wow.

He didn’t get whatever memo Arthur had gotten that meant this squabble would escalate into something that had Arthur’s cheeks slightly pink from anger, but Alfred could go there. He could definitely go there, because boy did he have material.

Good, good material.

“At least I don’t pretend to be some sort of English expert and then turn around and use the word ‘hewwo’ like it’s no big deal.”

Arthur blinked. He furrowed his brows. He then tilted his head to the left. “Pardon?”

Alfred bit the inside of his cheek.

He never thought things through, did he? Little was the time he spent thinking of what exactly he would ensue with a dialogue like his. A defensive counter-argument at the least? A yelly disagreement punctuated with heated, and quite literal, finger pointing?

Arthur was prideful. It was something you’d think Alfred would come to understand, and come to stay away from harming, yet there he was, calling Arthur out for his strange usage of a meme that may or may not have been on accident.

“I beg your pardon?” Arthur squawked again and Alfred hesitantly pulled up their message chats on his phone, finger tapping at the screen where, without error, Arthur had managed to send the word “hewwo” not once, not twice, but hell, many more times than the look in Arthur’s eyes gave away that he meant to do, which was, in this case, zero.

Arthur looked positively clueless.

“What in hell?”

“You weren’t doing this on purpose?”

Arthur squinted down at Alfred’s screen, taking matters into his own hands, matters being Alfred’s phone, and taking the time to squint at it harder. He then scrambled to reach for his own phone incredulously, as if Alfred had doctored the texts somehow. As if once Arthur opened the chat on his own phone, it would all be gone.

It wasn’t gone. Arthur mumbled incoherent curses under his breath as his thumbs twiddled a message into the chat. Alfred saw as he hurriedly typed “hello”.

It sent. Alfred looked into his own phone, Arthur into his. A gasp. “Hewwo”.

“Hewwo.”

“Hewwo!”

“HEWWO!”

Alfred bit back a snicker as Arthur’s face changed shades before Alfred’s very eyes. A pasty pale to a rosy pink. To a darker red. His hands lowered his phone to the tabletop as eyes traveled up to meet Alfred’s gaze.

Alfred cleared his throat. “Looks to me like someone tinkered with your phone and changed the autocorrect settings.”

And by the expression on Arthur’s face, Alfred gathered that Arthur knew who it was.

But it didn’t matter.

It didn’t matter that Arthur had left with a hurried goodbye, or that he’d refrained from texting Alfred that night, even though it definitely had mattered to Alfred while it had happened.

It had mattered waiting up in bed, checking for a text. It had mattered searching for those green eyes in the crowded halls between classes. It had mattered, yes, the feeling manifesting itself as a brick lodged in the pit of his stomach, but he supposed that all went away coming to fourth period to find Arthur squirming in his seat, eyes glancing up to meet Alfred’s gaze, lips twisting into a small, apologetic smile.

“I fixed it.”

Alfred took his seat. “I’m assuming you kicked their ass? Whoever, uh, did that to your phone?”

“Thoroughly. I- I honestly had no idea I was doing it!”

A small bit of silence. The bell rang and Alfred fished his notebook out of his backpack, turning back in his chair to find Arthur looking at him expectantly.

“You know- I, ah, I find your little text-emoticon-face-things rather endearing. I think it’s cute.”

Alfred let himself smile and Arthur’s eyes sparkled. “Thanks, I guess.”

It was an apology of its own, Alfred supposed. Something to mark the emergence of something new, from things prior that were very, very bad. He supposed he understood the embarrassment of meeting a potential lover with a first impression such as the one Arthur had managed to make. Or, even further, the many other texts Arthur had sent to many others that had resulted more or less in the same, embarrassing explanation. It made him want to be nicer to the boy who was now looking at him as if expecting a further response.

But Alfred couldn’t help it. “As long as we’re being honest, I don’t think you’re ever living the ‘hewwo’ thing down, Kirkland, so expect me to bring it up at McDonald’s tonight, four PM.”

Arthur looked as if he didn’t know quite whether to smile or frown.  

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will.i.am wurde am 15. März 1975 unter dem Namen William Adams in Los Angeles geboren. Neben seiner Arbeit als Mitglied von The Black Eyed Peas ist er auch als Produzent für andere Künstler tätig, besitzt eine eigene Modemarke, eine eigene Elektronikmarke namens "i.am+", und ist politisch aktiv. 

Auch als Solokünstler feierte er Erfolge. Von 2009 bis 2012 veröffentlicht er sporadisch Tracks unter dem Pseudonym Zuper Blahq.

International bekannt wurde er als Mitglied der Hip-Hop-Band The Black Eyed Peas. Er produzierte Songs für Michael Jackson und U2. Außerdem ist er seit der ersten Staffel im Jahr 2012 Jurymitglied und Coach in der britischen Gesangs-Castingshow The Voice UK, die auf BBC One ausgestrahlt wird. Im April 2009 erschien ein Kompilations-Album, das will.i.am produzierte. Es trägt den Titel Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise Bereits 2008 erschienen mehrere Singles aus dem Album. Yes We Can erschien am 12. Februar 2008. Diese nahm er mit 34 weiteren Künstlern auf. Der Titel basiert auf dem weltberühmten Spruch von Barack Obama. We Are the Ones am 29. Februar 2008 und It’s A New Day am 7. November 2008. Am 20. November 2011 wurde eine neue Single von ihm, gemeinsam mit Jennifer Lopez und Mick Jagger veröffentlicht. Sie hieß T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) und war in mehreren Ländern sehr hoch in den Charts zu finden. Darunter waren auch Österreich, die Schweiz, Großbritannien und die USA. Dann, im April 2013, erschien sein viertes Studioalbum #willpower. Die erste Veröffentlichung aus dem Album erschien bereits am 1. Juni 2012. Es war This Is Love, gemeinsam mit Eva Simons. Sie konnte unter anderem Nummer-eins im Vereinigten Königreich und Platz 8 in der Schweiz erreichen. Ebenfalls erreichte sie doppelten Platin-Status in Australien und Gold in der Schweiz und in Neuseeland. Dann, als zweiter Vorbote erschien im November 2012 die Single Scream & Shout in Zusammenarbeit mit der Sängerin Britney Spears. Es ist seine bis dato erfolgreichste Single. Sie erreichte in über 23 Ländern Platz 1. Ebenso bekamen will.i.am und Spears über 13 Platin-Schallplatten für den Tonträger. Als letzte Vorab-Single veröffentlichte will.i.am zusammen mit Justin Bieber den Titel #thatPower. Das Lied hatte allerdings nicht annähernd den Erfolg wie Scream & Shout. Als Promo-Single erschien parallel zum Album im April 2013 der Song Fall Down, zusammen mit Miley Cyrus. Auf dem Album erschien ebenfalls der Track Let’s Go gemeinsam mit Chris Brown. Allerdings enthält er nicht nur neue, eigene Elemente, sondern entpuppte sich als ein Cover des Songs Rebound von Arty & Mat Zo, die ihm nicht die Genehmigung dazu gaben, den Song zu covern. Aufgrund dessen erhielt er mehrere Vorwürfe wegen Urheberrechtsverletzung, die jedoch nach einer Einigung mit Artys Plattenlabel fallen gelassen wurden. Ähnlich verlief es mit dem Lied Bang Bang, bei dem er den Drop des Liedes Epic von Sandro Silva und Quinto ohne Lizenz verwendete. Im Jahre 2014 erschienen eine Reihe weiterer Tracks, darunter die kommerziell erfolgreiche Single It’s My Birthday mit dem Sänger Cody Wise und die Lieder It Should Be Easy mit Britney Spears und Something Really Bad mit Dizzee Rascal. Seit 2009 ist er auch unter dem Pseudonym Zuper Blahq im Musikgenre Electro tätig. Produktion und Songwriting Seit 2004 ist will.i.am auch als Produzent tätig. Oft ist er auf den von ihm produzierten Tracks als Gastmusiker vertreten. Im Jahre 2008 arbeitete er mit Michael Jackson zusammen, um einige Songs und Remixes für den Thriller Re-Release, Thriller 25, zu produzieren. Im Februar 2011 arbeitete er mit der US-amerikanischen Popsängerin Britney Spears an einem Song für ihr siebtes Album Femme Fatale. Der Song heißt Big Fat Bass. will.i.am produzierte Musik für weitere Künstler und Projekte, etwa für Animationsfilme (z. B. Madagascar 2), Fernsehserien (z. B. den Titelsong für Samurai Jack) und Computerspiele (z. B. NBA Live). Außerdem produzierte er das Album Sorry for Party Rocking des US-amerikanischen Duos LMFAO. Als Schauspieler[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Als Synchronsprecher gab will.i.am 2008 sein Debüt als Stimme von Moto Moto im Animationsfilm Madagascar 2, für den er gemeinsam mit Hans Zimmer auch am Soundtrack arbeitete. 2009 war will.i.am im Film X-Men Origins: Wolverine als John Wraith zu sehen. Am 29. Juni 2016 wurde bekannt, dass will.i.am als eine von 683 Persönlichkeiten von der Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences als Neumitglied eingeladen wurde. Politische Aktivitäten Während der Vorwahlen zur Präsidentschaftswahl in den Vereinigten Staaten 2008 entschloss er sich, den demokratischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten Barack Obama mit dem Lied Yes We Can zu unterstützen und drehte hierzu gemeinsam mit Regisseur Jesse Dylan, dem Sohn von Bob Dylan, ein viereinhalb minütiges Musikvideo im Stile eines Virals, in dem viele Stars auftreten und das aus ausgewählten Textstellen einer im Original 13-minütigen Wahlkampfrede Obamas besteht, die zu einer Collage verarbeitet wurden und die er am 2. Februar 2008 im Internet auf YouTube veröffentlichte. Am 29. Februar veröffentlichte er ein zweites Musikvideo, in welchem er erneut Obama unterstützt. Es trägt den Namen We Are the Ones, auf Deutsch „Wir sind Diejenigen“. Auch in diesem Video treten wieder eine große Anzahl von Berühmtheiten auf, die ihre Wünsche, Hoffnungen und Träume für die Zukunft artikulieren, während im Hintergrund der Name Obama skandiert wird. Wie das Vorgängervideo Yes We Can ist auch dieses Video in Schwarz-Weiß gehalten und auf YouTube erschienen, seine Länge beträgt knapp über drei Minuten. Nach Obamas Wahlsieg am 5. November 2008 veröffentlichte er den Song It’s a New Day auf YouTube. will.i.am vertreibt Kleidung unter seiner eigenen Kleidermarke i.am clothing. Im Februar 2010 nahm er beim Projekt We Are the World 25 for Haiti teil, dessen Erlöse den Opfern des schweren Erdbebens in Haiti 2010 gespendet wurden. will.i.ams größtes Vorbild und Jugendidol ist Michael Jackson. 2011 hat will.i.am eine eigene Automarke mit dem Namen IAMAUTO gegründet. Die meisten Teile stammen von Chrysler. Lediglich das Chassis und die Inneneinrichtung stammen von seiner Firma. Die Musikanlage soll komplett von Beats by Dr. Dre kommen. Als Grund zur Gründung seiner Firma sagte er, dass er die Arbeitslosigkeit in Los Angeles bekämpfen will. Deshalb hat seine Firma den Hauptsitz in der Nähe des Ghettos, in dem will.i.am aufgewachsen ist. 2014 wurde bekannt, dass will.i.am Chief Creative Officer (CCO) des 3D-Druck-Unternehmens 3D Systems wurde.

[usuknetwork]

USUK Christmas Countdown 2017: December 23 #1

Title: Snow Day Day 11: Warmth Summary:   A snow day with Alfred and Arthur’s family with a little of fluff at the end. (Omegaverse AU) Rating: G Warning: Mpreg

(Written by: @levyfai​ and Art by: @dialiana )

The driveway was covered in snow and so was the car. All plans of going to a brother-in-law’s house were destroyed when the Jones family awoke that morning. The three young children seemed to be happy about this; they would get to stay home and play with all the snow that had piled in the backyard. Their mum was a little disappointed that he wouldn’t be able to talk to his brother-in-law about his husband or their children. Their daddy, though, smiled like a mad man and picked up the youngest who squeaked in surprise and joy.

“Alfred Franklin Jones, put our daughter down,”  the British voice of the omega ordered his husband.

“Don’t worry, Artie, I won’t drop my baby girl.”

“Daddy, fly,” the young, brown-haired omega cooed.

“Of course, Winnie, I’ll fly ya to your room to get dressed. We’re going to have a snow day.”

“Snow day?” the young girl asked as her brothers ran to their own rooms knowing what their daddy meant.

“That means we spend all day in the snow.”

The small child’s eyes went wide with happiness and she giggled as her daddy flew her into her room. Her mum followed the two and had a dismissive smile on his face. Alfred then put the child on her bed as the older omega went to get his daughter some warm clothes.

“All day, even mummy?” 

“Yes Winnie, and don’t forget Alan and William.”

“Yeah, I get to play with my family!” the 5-year-old cheered.

“Yes, poppet, now sit still so I can get you ready.”

“What about daddy?” 

“I need to make sure your brothers are getting dressed,” Alfred replied, giving her a peck on the forehead.

“Okay, daddy.”

A few minutes later, the family of five was outside in their backyard, Alfred dressed in a blue coat, jeans, and boots, and Arthur in a black winter coat, jeans, gloves, and a scarf that he got last Christmas from his family.

The children were all dressed in snow pants, thick winter coats, earmuffs, gloves, and scarfs. Their colors ranged from navy blue and red to a light green. Arthur wouldn’t let his children out without wearing all their warm clothes. The kids didn’t mind though and ran into the yard.

“Be careful,” their mum warned.

“Artie, it’s okay, I cleared the steps before they got out.”

Arthur sighed and smiled, watching as his children ran into the snow-filled backyard. He felt his heart jump when Whittney and their eldest, William - both omegas - fell to the ground. That was until he saw that they were making snow angels.

“Mummy, come on, let’s make a snowman,” Alan, their middle child and only alpha, said as he pulled his mother’s sleeve.

“Okay, but let’s see if anyone else wants to help,” he told the 7-year-old.

“Yeah, Will want to help?” Alan asked the 9-year-old.

“I want to,” Whittney said as she followed William.

“You’re too small.”

“Am not.”

“Are too.”

“Children,” Arthur warned.

“Mummy, tell Whittney she’s too small to help.”

“Mummy?”

“Alan, Whittney can help as much as you can.”

“But…”

“No buts, now let’s make a snowman.”

Alan frowned but listened to his mother. He was still at the age where his mum’s omega scent was very strong. So, when he caught the whiff of his mother’s scent, he agreed right away.

The four of them quickly made the snowman, laughing when they thought something was funny. They had finished piling the three balls of snow together and were finishing dressing the snowman. That’s when something cold hit the back of Arthur’s head.

He shivered and looked to see his husband with a smile. He saw that his husband held a snowball in one hand while his empty one waved. Arthur frowned then smirked; he knelt and whispered to his children.

Alfred was waiting and took a chance to look at their house. He smiled thinking of when he and the five-month pregnant Arthur bought this house. It had protected them and three children for 10 years. He still remembered carrying his mate over the threshold.

That moment of remembrance was the downfall of the alpha. He was so busy looking at the house that he didn’t see Arthur helping his three children make snowballs. He didn’t see them being told where and how to throw it. He did, however, feel it when four snowballs hit his back: one between his shoulders, one in the center of his back, one on his bottom, and finally one on the back of his head.

He turned back to see the smiling and laughing faces of his mate and his children. He smiled and threw another snowball and hit his mate. This started a snowball fight which lasted all morning. After the truces were said, the family did sledding until it turned dark.

Arthur carried a sleepy Whittney while Alfred carried Alan as William held his daddy’s coat. Once they were inside, they quickly got their children out of their wet clothes and into warm pjs. After the kids were dressed, Arthur told Alfred to start the fire as he made hot cocoa and tea.

Once the fire was started and the children were settled in their places on the couch, Arthur brought in the hot cocoa and tea. The kids and Alfred took the cocoa as Arthur sipped his tea. Then he got out a book of fairy tales. After a few stories, Whittney was asleep while Alan and William were trying to stay awake.

Arthur closed the book and picked up Whittney while Alfred took his sons in both arms. Their first stop was the boys’ bedroom. Alan was placed in the racecar bed and kissed by his parents as he snuggled into his covers. Then William was next to be laid down; he fell asleep even before his head hit the pillow.

After they kissed William goodnight, they headed to Whittney’s bedroom. They laid her in her canopy bed and then kissed her head. Alfred then gave her her little stuffed bunny, Minty. Arthur smiled as the girl pulled the stuffed animal close.

After the children were tucked in and their lights turned off, the two headed back to the living room. They sat on the couch, Alfred opening his arms as Arthur sat down beside him. The omega laid his head on his mate’s chest. Alfred kissed his head and pulled a blanket to cover Arthur and himself.

They both faced the fire, the warmth of it filling the room. Arthur lightly hummed as his mate ran his fingers through his hair. His green eyes were half-lidded as his ears listened to the light humming coming from his mate.

“Today was fun,” Alfred said.

“Yes,” Arthur replied with a soft smile, “I’m glad we all had a day for us to be together.”

“Artie, I know I haven’t been there for you or the kids…”

“You’ve been busy, love, and you got a raise.”

“Still that doesn’t make it right. “

“Alfred…”

Alfred kissed his mate on the lips. Arthur hummed into it, his hands gripping his husband’s shirt. Alfred then pulled away as Arthur laid his head under his chin. The two of them stayed like that for a few minutes. Their eyes closed, feeling not just the warmth of the fire but the warmth of their embrace.

They had been apart the last few months because of Alfred’s job, so much so that Alfred had missed Arthur’s heat. He had gotten an earful about it from his brother and Arthur’s. He also had come late to Whittney’s class play.

He had worked all those months so his children and husband could have a great holiday. He also had a surprise for all them. He and his brother-in-law had talked, and he would be helping with his family. He and his brother-in-law were going to do business together. It would give his family more money and he would be home more.

He would tell this to his mate later; right now he was lost in the warmth. The warmth of family, of the season, and his love who had fallen asleep on him. Yes, the warmth of love was wonderful during the holidays. It was to be treasured as much as warmest fire, the warmth of love.