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How were you introduced to Danmei? Do you have any current favorites?
Hello! Sorry I didnât see this for a bit, still getting used to tumblr again đŹ
I was first introduced to danmei after the first season of MDZSâs donghua came out and I watched it, probably 2019! It was mentioned in passing to be a BL and I was like đ€š that cover and title doesnât sound like it⊠but the animation, sound design, and story were incredible and I soon read the fan translation of the book and was totally hooked. Afterwards I read SVSSS, and then a bunch others I found on Novel Updates. The TGCF translation wasnât finished yet so I stayed in it for a while, but eventually I went back more to anime until just a few months ago when I remembered I never watched the last season of the MDZS donghua! 100x replays of wangxian later- Iâm so back and reading new and old stories I loved.
Currently Iâm in the middle of rereading TGCF and Iâm also almost finished reading Golden Terrace (or Stage) for the first time! I love Golden Terrace so much, although the politics slow me down a bit, the main couple is so (literally and figuratively) married ahhh. After I finish it Iâll read Guardian and the second volume of QJJ! There are a lot of popular series I havenât read yet like 2ha, yuwu, sha po lang, and Thousand Autumns, but Iâm absolutely loving I have so many things to read right now!
Tbh I *had* been making sure to buy the special editions of books as they came out, and a rl friend(CDartistic) getting into danmei helped a lot, including reminding me of the MDZS donghua⊠so I wasnât totally out of the loop. I even finished reading Little Mushroom during that period after it was published in English, and watched the TGCF donghua as it aired. Iâm just more focused on it now you know? Sorry Yugioh GX my love, donât worry Iâll return to you again.
Ffffff- I got sidetracked uhhhhh for my current favorites I gotta say TGCF for sure, although youâll see me doing more with SVSSS tbh. Hualian invented love, what can I say? (also Iâm in the middle of rereading and just finished the Blackwater arc so I am IN IT) But SVSSS has so many things to work with from a fan perspective tbh, like the parody of tropes invites so many fun things to do you know?
Thank you for the questions!! Sorry I rambled đ€Ą
#I did in fact answer your questions#thereâs just a lot of other junk in there too#this was a blast from the past#it makes me nostalgic a little even though itâs only been like 5 years#danmei#you have questions I have answers#Iâve been having to read a lot of beefleaf fic since I finished Blackwater so my tgcf reread is technically paused atm you know how it is
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What racist art?
@pururing
This is probably the best example
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I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.
You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?
Click on their name. And look at their profile.
I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.
"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.
"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.
Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.
Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.
Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.
I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.
Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.
#lincoln rants#I'm sorry but I'm at the end of my rope#I got a LOT of these comments on my Buddie Platonic Sugar Baby AU#acting like I was some new writer to the fandom#babes I've been here since the dawn of 2020 where the fuck have YOU been?#I am happy to answer questions! I love responding to reader comments!#but it is beyond frustrating to answer a question that if they'd literally just clicked on my author name#they would have gotten the answer to themselves#yes I have written more yes I am still writing yes I've been here longer than you have#and I don't mean that in a pulling rank/seniority way I just mean that in a could you please just CLICK ON MY NAME???#INSTEAD OF MAKING ASSUMPTIONS??? way#I'VE DONE MY TIME! FOUR AND A HALF YEARS! IN THE CIRCUS!#I'm sorry but sometimes I have to yell publicly a little#and I really do suspect this is people who are not on tumblr#so I am genuinely begging you#if you are on other social media platforms#PLEASE feel free to repeat what I have said#PLEASE I AM SO TIRED!!!
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I've got your back!
Always.
(Rottmnt Possessed AU)
#my art#art#rottmnt possessed au#rottmnt au#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise leo#rottmnt leo#rise donnie#rottmnt donnie#disaster twins#rise disaster twins#i live for ridiculously long mask tails#gosh guys thank you so much for receiving this au so well#i am so glad you enjoy it!!#i'll try to answer any of your questions soon when i have time
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im annoyed and a little pedantic so can i just say as a blanket statement
queerbaiting is when the promotion for a FICTIONAL STORY intentionally hints towards two characters having a romantic relationship, without any intention to follow through in the show, in order to get queer people watching without discouraging the homophobic enjoyers of the show
queerbaiting is NOT:
a celebrity who you think is queer because theyre gnc or they have a 'vibe'. that is a real person and they cannot queerbait
two friends of the same gender pretending to flirt with each other for fun. those are real people and they cannot queerbait
a show with two characters of the same gender who are canonically friends that YOU PERSONALLY think would be better in a relationship. that's not bating, that's shipping, and subject to opinion
there are more but those are the main examples of people misunderstanding what queerbaiting is and being mad at something that isn't actually a problem
#the general rule if youre unsure is to ask yourself 'is that a real person i think is hinting that they are queer' and if the answer is yes#then that cannot be queerbaiting because thats a human person#apparently this is not a known fact anymore but even celebrities are human and have human emotions and human experiences#so sometimes their experiences appear to match yours and if your experience stems from your queer identity then often you can assume that#the celebrity in question is also queer#you may be right but you're probably wrong because you do not know that celebrity and have no way of knowing if they do not explicitly say#also its none of your business#anyway im annoyed at how many people dont know what queerbaiting is anymore#no jimmy solidarity and joel smallishbeans are not queerbaiting because they are FRIENDS and they are allowed to interact with each other#however they like because they are FRIENDS and they are not even remotely trying to hint that they themselves are queer or something#queerbaiting#queer#lgbtq#wren wrambles
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The leftism/anticapitalism leaving people's bodies the zeptosecond you imply that disabled people who aren't "productive" still matter in society and need to be treated like intrinsic equals who have a place in this world:
#disability#disability advocacy#described images#image description in alt#ableism#ableism tw#my full-time job is my disability and you're lucky that i am still 'productive' as-is#your boss doesn't care that you think you're superior for being hired by them. they're still going to treat you like profit machines#it astounds me how people will capitulate for oppression because they place their intrinsic value in their ability to be at the top...#...or at least 'at the top' compared to others. it's the same impulse that makes people think their cisgender status makes them superior...#...you are placing your worth into systems which not only oppress others but offer you no true sense of worth...#...ESPECIALLY if you're also being exploited (even if just a bit)...#...you have a job sure but... do you actually get treated like a human being? are you actually paid? are you actually safe?...#...if the answer to any of those questions and more is 'no' then why do you place your value in capitalistic production. genuinely.#and why would you DEMAND disabled people to have the same exploitation you experience. why do you DEMAND productivity if you are proletaria#yes being a leftist and anticapitalist are linked but. some people still internalize capitalism without questioning it#being a leftist is about challenging that rather than assuming you're correct i think#also scientists were very silly when describing time that's like. less than a millisecond i think
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Summer Times
Hi! I'm finally back from my two week abroad trip!
#i hope everyone is doing well!#ive gotten quite a bit of asks these past two weeks and i apologise for being so silent with art#i didnt bring my laptop with me and didn't have the proper environment to set it up even if i did so i couldn't really draw#i want to properly answer questions and make lore posts with more than just text so i hope you can forgive me#everything is going to be answered in due time#all my art projects are also getting completed and i really hope you'll like them because i think they're pretty cool!#for one instance im learning krita to make a bad end au themed animatic#if im successful i might even get to make an actual short episode one day which would be cool i think#once again thank you for the support despite my abscence#super mario#super mario bros#smb#luigi#mario#princess peach#mareach
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Bucky pinning you down so you canât squirm and heâs just sitting inside you while he tortures your clit feeling you clench around him. He makes you cum over and over until he finally cums.
Overstimulation + super soldier stamina = âŠ
- đŻ
Dear God, I know I just don't have it in me to behave during cock-warming. When it comes down to it, I genuinely have no patience at all đ”âđ«
"You..." Bucky begins, pressing you down onto the bed before gripping your ankles and forcing you to flip over onto your front. "Have a problem with control."
With your face turned away from him, you can't help but smile to yourself. No one has ever said it out loud but you know he's right.
Being in control is where you're most comfortable. No hands are safer than your own. Except maybe his. You know he won't fuck this up.
"And you..." He continues, gathering your wrists behind your back, holding them tightly with one hand. "Need to learn how it feels to have control taken from you. Do you understand?"
As soon as you begin to nod your head, you feel him start to tape around your wrists, holding them together behind your back. Once he's content they're secure, he sits on the edge of the bed, facing the mirror before he pulls you onto his lap.
"Legs spread over the top of mine." He orders and you do as you're told, not because you have to but because you want to.
You notice the way your cunt is already glistening in the mirror and you're almost embarrassed because he hasn't even touched you yet.
"Fuck, you're made for this." He groans, lining his cock up to your slick entrance and you wonder if he's holding his breath too while he slides into you, as deep as your bodies will allow.
You're obsessed with the sight in front of you; your own naked body, with your legs spread so far apart you can see how your cunt is stuffed full of him.
Being shorter though, your feet can't touch the ground like this. There's no way you'll get enough leverage to fuck yourself on him but as soon as you start to tell him that, he silences you with two thick fingers between your lips.
"I'm not letting you fuck me." His free hand roams over your body, squeezing your breasts, pinching your nipples and then settling between your spread thighs.
"I'm going to play with you. I'm going to see how much you can take. I'm going to work out exactly how you like your clit stroked and I'm going to do that until your legs are shaking and your body won't let you cum any more. Maybe then I'll fuck you but sweetheart, that will be hours from now." His breath is hot against the side of your face, his fingers slipping from your mouth to your waist while he starts to flick gently against your clit.
"I'm going to start slowly. I'm going to do everything I can to drag this out as long as possible. I can feel every clench and flutter of this pretty little cunt and I'm going to enjoy it until you're dripping over my balls." At this rate, it won't be long until you're dripping onto the carpet, never mind over him. You dreamed he'd want to take control like this but you never imagined the way your body would respond.
"And then, when you've cum more times than you can handle, I'm going to tell you that I love you while I fuck you like I don't."
Update: Part 2
#asks answered <3#becca writes spice#đŻ anon#bucky barnes smut#bucky barnes x reader smut#dom!bucky#I think this might be one of my favourites that I've written recently#That last line has been my go - to fantasy this week#it's come into my head every morning when I'm walking to the train#and I planned to write an exploration of it today#but you know#I like it just left there like that for now#I've spent most of my free time trying to book a mid-week city break#but I don't know where to start#I got a new piercing this week and I love it!!#but I was in work on Friday talking about it#and our graphic designer asked how many piercings I had#so I told him I have 8. So 3 in each ear#and the expression on his face was just pure maths#he didnât question it lmao
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Do you ever do requests? If so, do you ever plan on drawing some Yandere with the Hantengu clones? :D hope you have a good day/night!!!
Mentioning an unfamiliar name
yes!! I love yanderes.. and these guys.. these guys are such good material...... nods nods..
I'm not sure about requests..I assume you mean drawing requests? I suppose if it REALLY catches my interest enough, I'd do it, but it'd probably just be line art/sketches.
#null rot#yandere kny#yandere demon slayer#kny#kimetsu no yaiba#demon slayer#hantengu#hantengu clones#sekido#karaku#urogi#aizetsu#midori306#YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE YANDERE QUESTION MY BELOVED CULT MEMBER#uwaa and i recently checked back on their designs.. THEY HAVE LONG SLANTED EARS DUDE WHAT THE FUCKKK THATS LIKE THE CUTEST EVER#i tend to shitpost and focus on the dere than the yan but thats my mistake!! im sorry cult members.. I'll need scarousal#when calling sekdio. he pretends to ignore you but you can tell he heard you when his ear twitches#He's flabbergasted that you met someone else to begin with. who let you go out without one of them?!#hes too shocked and angry to even properly get upset!!#Karaku loves everything you have to say. less so if its positive abt someone else. still listens tho. listening carefully for details..#he doesnt mind others eyeing you. youre perfect in his eyes. who wouldnt? still.. thats not gonna fly well.#Urogi loves when you seek him out but mentioning someone else... is bc you want to feed him right? ofc! you want to benefit him!#its cause hes your favorite! yeah! youre so sweet!!! ofc he'll get rid of someone for you both!!#Aizetsu's bashful. he feels put on the spot when calling him but hes always hoping you give him affection of some kind. always ready for yo#mentioning someone else was NOT what he wanted and now hes sad.. youre making him sad.. whats so important you had to bring that up?#The thought of anyone else makes him feel so exhausted already.. wont you comfort him instead? he needs you now.. atone for your mistakes#uwaa expressions.. uwaaa aizetsu releasing some of the tension in his brows when hes feeling upset towards you uWAA#i CANT RAMBLE ENOUGH IN THE TAGS SO WAIT FOR THE POST I HAVE IN THE BACK BURNER FROM SOMEONE ELSE WHO ASKED FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR!!!!!!!
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every game that brainrots your brain with rot should get an artbook to brainrot your brain even more (with rot)
that's right! Serenity Forge and I are collaborating to offer you a PHYSICAL VERSION of the In Stars and Time Artbook, now available for preorder!!! (yes there will be a digital version later) (and yes this comes with a copper bookmark!)
and there's even more merch available for In Stars and Time's first anniversary...
#in stars and time#finally you will have your most secret questions answered. like what the hell petronille looks like#(i drew her twice in 2 minutes so obviously she will be the most beautiful thing you've ever behold. trust me)
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âhoneyâ is such an âold married coupleâ nickname. i usually hate pet names, especially for percy and annabeth, but iâm not gonna lie guysâŠ. i kinda love the thought of them sometimes referring to each other as honey?? like, i can just hear it. âhoney you know i respect and value your opinions so so much, but can you shut up for like 2 minutes?â âhoney you know i love you and your great plans, but can you not get us fucking killed?â âhey honey can you use your sword to cut the tag off my dress?â âwise girl, honey, why is nico asleep in our guest room⊠again?â peak romance? i think yes. also annabeth is from the south, so it actually makes so much sense.
itâs so unexpected, but also so fitting?? idk for some reason i love it. just me? send help
#whoever comments/reblogs the best incorrect percabeth quote using honey wins#iâm not sure what the reward is#idk maybe you can ask me the most unhinged and uncomfortable question and i have to answer it#or something else idk#but i love them calling each other honey#percy jackson#annabeth chase#percabeth#chalice of the gods#pjo#heroes of olympus#percy jackson and the olympians#rick riordan#riordanverse#pjo headcanons
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I just want Maddie and Eddie to go on a little adventure together (and bitch about Buck the entire time).
Yes and Maddie tells some embarrassing stories about him and Eddie just listens like wow and thatâs how Maddie relies he likes buck and later confronts him about
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IS THAT JEREMY!?
IâM GLAD YALL NOTICED THIS DETAIL! To answer your question,,, oh yknow
#ask reply#I kinda worried the photo would be too small to read fully#but Iâm glad yall saw it like immediately đ#whatever you think the answer is to this question thatâs probably right#ask your heart.. it knows#it actually makes me sniffle teen Michael just having a good time#just the fact michaels life is filled with sm turmoil#the idea he had fun with his bully friends is bittersweet#dude loves his Bonnie friend homies forever#besties!! buddies! just guys being dudes!
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She Likes a Boy (And Iâm Not Just a Boy)
pairing:Â jordan li x fem!reader
summary: You and Jordan are friends with benefits, and Jordan is trying so hard to be okay with that. Somehow, they still fell in love with you despite their best efforts to not fucking do that. But you've only ever fucked them when they're a guy, so they assume you're only interested in them one way. Just like everyone else. You've never said anything to make them think any different so it's obvious, right? So they take what they can get. Which is only half. And they keep you at a distance, because anything else will kill them.
A/N: flashbacks are in all Italics. some smut.
gif credit: artemidosgifs and stannyramirez
âOh shit, Jordie, wait-â You canât catch your breath, legs shaking where theyâre thrown over Jordanâs shoulders.Â
âStop fucking squirming.â Jordan huffs, licking some of your wetness off your thigh.
Your vision is swimming a little. How long have you been in this position? Or in Jordanâs room? Itâs hard to keep track of anything, when youâre with them. His tongue finds your clit again. Insistent, rough swipes. Youâre too overworked now for anything gentle to even register. How many times have you cum now?Â
âYou always taste so fucking good.â Jordan moans, voice hoarse and low.
He puts a hand under your back to press you further into his mouth. With only your shoulders pushed into the mattress you canât move. Jordanâs eyes are always glued to your face when you fuck. As if heâs daring you to shy away from whatever heâll do to you next.Â
Considering that his favorite thing to do is overstimulate you, youâre not sure the irritation is fair. What are you supposed to do when heâs made you cum four times and is still going? According to Jordan, the answer is simple: lie there and take it.Â
Lifting you up. Pinning you down. These are the solutions heâs arrived at. Jordan hates having to chase you just to give you the orgasm you begged him for in the first place.Â
âYou ready for my fingers again?â Jordan asks, but itâs not a real question, because you donât get to so much as gasp before heâs plunging three fingers into you again.Â
Heâs rough as he rocks his fingers into that soft spot inside of you that always makes your eyes roll back into your head. He knows the angle you like him to use by heart.Â
âFucking shit, Jordan!â Your hands fall into his hair, grip like a vice, and Jordan half moans and half laughs against you.
Itâs the vibrations that send you over the edge again. The breath leaving your lungs in one rush as that coil inside releases and makes the world go white and your ears ring.Â
You come back to yourself slowly. Jordan hovering over you, pressing kisses into the side of your neck. You grasp at his shoulders, pulling him down so that he's laying on top of you. The weight is comforting after the overwhelming head rush. You still feel shaky. He goes down easily, wrapping one arm underneath you.
âI can feel you smirking, jerk.â You laugh weakly, hitting his arm.
âYou soaked my fucking fingers. Think I'm allowed a smirk.â Jordan says.Â
He lifts his head from your neck and there's that smug look you love to see him wear. It's enough to make you ready to have him all over again. You settle on gently massaging his scalp.Â
âI'll tell you what you're allowed.â You tease, grinning at him.Â
âHah! Always have enough energy to be a fucking brat, huh?â Jordan rolls his eyes.Â
You wrap your legs around his waist to bring him closer. âI've got enough energy to make out too! Gimme a kiss.â
âFucking insatiable.â Jordan scoffs, but gives in. Because he always does.Â
It's hard to think when Jordan kisses you. He kisses like he doesn't need to breathe. Or be anywhere else but with you. One of his hands finds yours, locking your fingers together. You squeeze tight. Try not to imagine holding his hand like this outside each other's dorms. Because that only ever makes you feel empty afterwards when all the hormones from the orgasms should leave you floating.
You get a third wind when Jordan rocks his hips against yours and you feel he's hard again. You reach a hand between the two of you, grasping his dick to angle him back inside. Thank God for Supe refractory periods. You sigh when his tip pushes into you.Â
âYeah princess? You want me again?â He tries to sound teasing, nonchalant, but he only sounds like he wants you just as bad.
You rock your hips so that he slides inside fully. Watch him tilt his head back and moan for you as you move. Hungrily taking in the way every sound shapes his mouth. You lean up to kiss at the underside of his jaw. You can't leave any hickies on him but you always kiss him like you want to. God you fucking wish you could. Maybe if you could leave marks people wouldn't chase after them so much. If everyone knew Jordan was yours. But Jordan isn't yours.Â
You bite him a little harder.
Jordan's hand finds your throat. You whine, the noise strangled against his palm. You go lax as he pushes you back into the bed. Gently. His fingers flex, a little tighter, and your eyes flutter shut.Â
âGonna be good for me?â Jordan asks.
You nod your head frantically, legs dragging him closer. It's never close enough. No matter what you do.Â
âYeah, I'll be good, Jordie.â You say the words he wants to hear, feeling your head go soft and thoughtless again.
âFucking liar.â He grinds his hips into yours and chokes you harder when you clench around him.Â
Youâd been fast friends, best friends, since the moment you stepped on campus and met one another as freshman. Talking to Jordan. Spending time with them. Everything that first year didnât even feel like getting to know one another. It just felt like coming home.
You didnât say as much to Jordan. They would have rolled their eyes and scoffed at how sensitive you were, if you had. But you knew they felt the same way. You were the one Jordan went to whenever they were sad. When they were excited. When they were coming into themselves, learning to love who they were after a lifetime of everyone else telling them not to.Â
You were the first person to see them. Before Brink, even, you saw them. All their potential. All their greatness. All of them, and Jordan had never forgotten that.Â
Jordan saw you too, in turn. Youâd never felt like much more than a pretty face, before Jordan.Â
You were the type of beautiful that made people look twice when they walked past you. When you were a little girl you soaked in all the praise like a flower. Every: âsheâs so prettyâ, and âwell look at her!â, or âoh wow!â was nourishment to your little soul.
It would be impossible to pinpoint the moment you realized that was all anyone saw. Even once your powers manifested. Advanced healing, advanced reflexes, limited invulnerability, energy manipulation. You were the whole nine yards. Your parents, when you were thirteen, had sent a video of you using your powers off to Vought.Â
A man and woman showed up a day later in suits, wanting to meet you personally.
âShe sure is a little looker, isnât she?â The man had said, and heâd held your hand for too long before he let go.Â
Theyâd come prepared. With ideas for costumes. Which team of teenage Supes you should be placed with. If you should just go straight for television. The adults talked around you. Not paying you any mind as you stared at the costume that would reveal so much skin. Youâd never worn a skirt that short before. You hadnât been allowed, hadnât even wanted to, really. If youâd come home from the mall having bought anything like that on your own, your parents would have blown a fuse. Now they just sat on either side of you, mile wide grins plastered on their faces.Â
All the voices faded to background noise. You realized maybe you were too young to be a superhero. You thought it would involve more... saving people. Running into burning buildings. Getting the bad guys. Saving the day. The people from Vought were only talking about magazine spreads. About what persona would fit your look.Â
âWhat about school?â Youâd asked, quietly, and everyone in the room had turned to look at you baffled.Â
âWhat about school, sweetheart?â The woman laughed. âYouâll get a private tutor, of course. But your future is big. You wonât even have to worry about stuff like that anymore. Goodbye lame homework. Hello red carpets!âÂ
You sat very quietly until they left. Your parents were more angry than youâd ever seen them, when you told them you wanted to wait until after high-school to pursue being a hero.Â
You knew telling them you werenât sure you wanted to do it at all was off the table.Â
During high-school you noticed people didnât listen to you. You would be telling someone about your favorite book; or talking about a movie that changed your whole worldview, only to realize the other person had been staring at your lips the entire time.Â
You stopped talking so much about things you cared about. No one listened anyways.Â
âBimbo.â
âAirhead.â
âSlut.âÂ
Were all things youâd heard before youâd ever gone on your first date. Gotten so much as your first kiss on the cheek. High-school was lonely, and you couldnât talk about it being lonely without sounding like an asshole, you quickly realized. The few friends you had would roll their eyes when youâd try and vent. You thought it was just playful ribbing. Friends tease each other. It made you feel included! Until you caught them mocking you behind your back to one another.
âLook at me, Iâm Y/N, and lifeâs so hard because Iâm so pretty and popular. Is she fucking serious? Stuck up bitch.âÂ
You stopped venting.
When you got to God-U, you werenât sure what to expect. College was a chance to reinvent yourself. Even if you werenât sure you wanted to be a Superhero you knew this could be a chance to find your people. Lifelong friends.Â
People who you could get coffees with between classes. Who would go to all your birthdays and want to be there. People you would spend hours on the phone with. Fall asleep studying together. Girls who might like you enough to make you their maid of honor. Guys who would high five you when you did something cool and not try to sneak a glance at your chest.Â
You were imagining it all as you unpacked your boxes. Your stomach twisting itself into knots. Living in a half world between excitement and dread.
Then you met your roommate and she gave you the look. The look youâd gotten all your life from girls, and you knew youâd never be real friends. Girls who looked at you like that kept their boyfriends away from you at parties. And they never shared the secrets that friends share because they thought youâd put them in a fucking burn book. The look alone almost made you give up and just go home.Â
You went for a walk instead, fighting back tears. Thatâs when you ran into Jordan. Literally, ran into Jordan. You knocked the both of you to the ground.Â
When theyâd snapped, âWhat the fuck dude?â at you, harsh and angry and very them, youâd burst into tears.Â
It wasnât the perfect way to meet your person. But you were glad you met them at all.Â
 âStop moving your eyes away from the screen.â Jordan says.Â
âIâm not allowed to move my eyes away from the screen?â You laugh.
âNo, this part is really important. You have to pay attention. I wanna see if you catch it.âÂ
You try your best to keep your eyes glued to the screen, as instructed. But you canât help the way you keep glancing towards Jordan. She looks good. She always looks good, but right now you donât even want to look away from her. The colors of the movie flashing across her face, blues and golds, make her look like a painting.Â
âAre you watching?â Jordan asks, and you smile at the excitement in her voice.Â
You look back towards the movie, wondering what she wants you to see so badly. You look just in time. A small detail catches your eyes and you gasp, reaching out a hand blindly to shake her in your own excitement.Â
âDid you see that in the background?â You shake her again, for good measure.
âI saw it.â Jordan laughs.
âThat means that he killed the wife!âÂ
âHow do you figure?â
You pause the movie, ready to explain where you think the plot is heading. When you turn to face Jordan you have to take a deep breath. You donât know whether you love or hate that look. Your feelings on the matter change day to day.Â
Jordan is leaned up into the arm of the couch, relaxed, and sheâs staring at you with The Smile she wears sometimes. She started doing it a few months into your friendship. Back when you used to talk and then slowly stop. So completely sure that nobody wanted to hear what you had to say.Â
Jordan had asked you, back then, why you always stopped telling stories halfway through, or stopped talking about your day, or the latest book youâd read.Â
You wanted to lie, at first. Eventually you told a half truth, âI never have anything interesting to say.âÂ
Jordan had looked at you for a long time. You were worried that somehow, up until that moment, they hadnât realized how boring you were. But you acknowledging it out loud had made them think about it, and now they were going to ditch you for a friend who was interesting, funny, and smart.Â
Instead, Jordan had told you that she loved the way your mind worked, and sheâd smiled The Smile at you, for the first time. You hadnât known how to respond, to the words, or the smile. You turned the conversation back towards Brinkâs latest class assignment.Â
Later that night youâd gone back to your dorm room and cried, but youâd felt happier than youâd ever felt.Â
It made you feel warm and soft that three years later Jordan still smiled at you like that. It felt like your cue to say anything on your mind, no matter how dumb. Green light means go. The Smile means talk.Â
âWell?â Jordan nudges you with her foot, still smiling, and waiting for you.Â
You shake your head to break free of the spell she puts you in, âWell, look at his sense of style for the entire movie. All his stuff is modern and sleek and then the first time we see his bedroom all the rest of the decor is in line with the rest of the house, except that one thing. All the camera shots are so purposeful and they lingered a little, after he walked away. They wanted us to see he was keeping a trophy. He totally killed her, didnât he?âÂ
Jordan pauses for a second and then laughs. âI donât know how you always guess right. I didnât see the twist coming at all the first time I watched it.â
âSecondary super power.â
âConnecting all the dots?â
âConnecting all the dots, yeah.âÂ
âY/N! Y/N, thank fucking god, you gotta come with me.â Cate grabbed you by the arm, rougher than sheâd ever touched you before.Â
âI was on my way to class.â You tripped over your feet as Cate pulled you the opposite way you needed to go.
âForget class! Jordanâs gonna get themself expelled.â Cate snapped.Â
âWhat?!âÂ
âTheyâre beating the shit out of Peter in the locker room. Lukeâs not on campus. I canât get close enough to stop them-â
Youâd broken into a sprint towards the fighting arena. You didnât know what the hell was happening. Peter and Jordan had spoken maybe ten times to each other in all the years of attending the same university.Â
Youâd never gotten anywhere so fast in your life. Andre was standing steadfast in front of the entrance to the boyâs locker room, a small group of other students standing outside. You could hear the sounds of fighting pouring out from the door.Â
âBack it up you fucking vultures.â Andre snipped. He might not have super strength but he was still Number 4, and could look intimidating when he needed to.Â
âAndre, whatâs going on?â You pushed to the front of the crowd.Â
âThank fuck Cate found you. You gotta get in there. Jordanâs gonna fucking mur-â Andre glanced at the phones pointed at the both of you, trying to record even a drip of gossip about top students trying to seriously hurt each other and lowered his voice, âJordan is actually gonna fucking kill Peter. Iâll keep the crowds back. Get in there.âÂ
You moved past him into the locker room and your jaw dropped at the state of the place.Â
You thought these lockers were bolted down. Apparently not. At least four rows of them were knocked to the ground, heavily dented. A water bottle refilling station had been crumpled to nothing, exposed pipe spraying water across the floor.
âGet off of me you fucking animal.â You heard Peter cry from further in the room and ran.Â
Jordan had shoved Peter up against the wall. You were surprised Peter was still conscious. He was lucky he healed so fast. You could see his black eye fading even as Jordan broke his nose.Â
âYou fucking stay away from her. You understand? I hear you fucking talking like that again and I take the tongue out of your fucking mouth, you asshole.âÂ
Peter laughs through a mouth full of blood,âNot my fault she gave it up so easy, Li-âÂ
Jordan throws him into one of the last standing lockers and you see that they are indeed bolted into the ground. Evidently, Jordan throws stronger than Supe resistant steel can take. When Jordan moves to lift Peter out of the crater his body made in the downed locker you rush in between them, putting a shield up.Â
âY/N?â You can see some of the anger fade from Jordanâs face, just a little, at the sight of you.
âHey, Jordie. Think Peter has had enough.â
Jordan scoffs, âNo, he really fucking hasnât,â he leans around you to yell at Peter, whoâs trying to push himself onto his knees, âHeâs still running his fucking mouth!âÂ
âPussy whipped asshole-â Peter groans.
You glance at Peter on the floor, aghast, âPeter! Stop antagonizing, Jordan. Whatâs wrong with you?âÂ
âUnbelievable, honestly. You walk in on Jordan kicking my ass and you tell me to stop antagonizing the fucker?â Peter huffs, pushing his nose back into place so it wonât heal wrong.Â
âName calling isnât gonna make him stop kicking your ass. Iâm trying to help.â You shoot back.
âWell, no one needs your help, you dumb-âÂ
âHey.â Jordan interrupts. Heâs not yelling anymore, but his voice is the loudest thing in the room. âWatch your mouth, Peter. I fucking mean it.âÂ
You look back and forth between them. They watch each other for a long moment. Jordan looking eerily calm. Peter looks away first.Â
âYeah, thatâs what I fucking thought. Come on, Y/N.â Jordan grabs your hand and marches you out of the locker room. Past Andre and Cate, who try to stop you both but Jordan waves them off and muscles his way past the crowd too.Â
He doesnât stop until youâre back in his dorm room and heâs shut the door behind the two of you.Â
âYou were fucking that loser?â He asks, clicking the lock into place.   Â
âYouâre lucky Andre and Cate kept people out of the locker room so thereâs no video of everything! You could get expelled, Jordan! What the fuck happened?âÂ
âHe hit me first and heâs not even in the top ten. Whatâs he at? Number 14? No oneâll give a shit what happens to him. When did you start fucking him?â
âIâm not fucking him! Or⊠Iâm not just, fucking him. Iâm⊠I was dating him. Why were you two fighting?âÂ
âDating? For how fucking long? You didnât tell me you were dating anyone.â Jordanâs hair is already a disheveled mess. He yanks his fingers through the strands and makes it worse.Â
âWeâve been going on dates for like⊠three months? Kinda? Maybe.â You say quietly.Â
âThree months?! Are you serious? Why didnât you tell me? What the fuck?âÂ
âWhy are you so mad?â
âFriends talk to each other about shit like this! And if youâd talked to me, I would have told you that Peter is a clout chasing piece of shit thatâll never amount to anything. You shouldâve heard the shit he was saying today. Fucking piece of shit!âÂ
âThatâs why you were fighting?â You wring your hands together, a knot tying itself over and over in your stomach. âWhat did he say?â
Jordan stops pacing the room, goes still and turns away from you.Â
âWell? What did he say? It was bad enough to make you two beat the shit out of each other! So what was it?âÂ
âHe just⊠You donât have to worry about it, okay? He wonât go near you again.â Jordan says firmly.
âWhatever he said heâs gonna keep saying. Just behind my back. I should know.â
Jordan sighs and moves to sit beside you on his couch, knee bouncing with anxiety. âHe was⊠bragging to his shitty friends. About being the first guy on campus to fuck you. About how it didnât even take that long and⊠how⊠he was thinking of recording you. So he could show them how slutty you are. It wasâŠ. fucking disgusting.âÂ
âOh.â You say.Â
You swallow around the lump in your throat. Youâd done everything you could to avoid something like this happening. Had kept your dates off campus, to make sure he actually wanted to date you and not just the hot girl ranked Number 3. Youâd spent nights staying up on the phone laughing and talking. Youâd put off sleeping with Peter for a whole two months, even though you liked him, because you wanted to make sure he liked you.Â
You hadnât even let him call you his girlfriend until a few days ago. You thought he really liked you. But no matter how hard you try⊠you guess this is it. Youâre just something pretty to look at. Even Vought doesnât take you seriously, despite your powers. Youâre the top ranked student in everything. Right behind Jordan. Forensic analysis. Combat. Battle strategy. Still, you only ever get asked about makeup routines and how to maintain your figure in interviews.Â
You wipe at your burning eyes and try not to cry about something youâve already accepted.Â
âFuck that guy. Fuck him. Heâs so far beneath your level Iâm surprised you can perceive his plane of fucking existence, okay? Heâs a fucking single cell organism. He doesnât even know what a brain is.â Jordan gets up from the couch to kneel in front of you, tries to look you in the eyes.Â
âIâm so fucking stupid.âÂ
âNo, you fucking are not. Donât say that about yourself. Heâs fucking stupid. Itâs genuinely insane you even wasted your time with him. Why didnât you tell me you were seeing anyone?â Jordan asks, voice quiet.
âI justâŠ. I wanted to make sure he was actually gonna stick around before I even brought him up to you. Youâre so ⊠important, why tell you about someone who isnât? Itâs not like you write home to me about any of the people you mess around with! Weâve never really talked about this kind of stuff.âÂ
âYeah, but itâs different. Iâm not serious about anyone! You were actually dating, Peter. And I would have told you not to.â Jordan rolls his eyes.
âWell, I wanted to make sure it was serious. Before I even said anything.âÂ
âIt wouldnât have gotten serious if youâd told me about it in the first place. I wouldnât have let Peter within ten feet of you!âÂ
âWeâre talking in circles.â You huff in frustration, pressing your palms into your eyes to stop the stinging.
âSorry, I justâŠ. Fucking still wish I was beating the shit out of him, honestly.â Jordan says.
âYou are not leaving this room for the rest of the day, Li. Even if he is Number 14, you canât walk away from a fight then go back for seconds cause you didnât get it all out the first time. That wonât hold up too well in court.â
âHe heals too fast for there to be any marks left on him. Itâll all be hearsay.â Jordan smirks. Â
You let out a weak laugh. Jordan reaches out, touching the corner of your lips. âCan we shoot for something a little bigger? If I donât see you smile soon Iâll actually go kill him.âÂ
You roll your eyes and slide to the edge of the couch, so youâre resting your head on Jordanâs shoulder, leaning all your weight against him. He wraps his arms around you, rubbing circles into your spine.
âI really wanted it to work out, Jordan.â You mumble into the skin of his collarbone.
âWith fucking Peter?âÂ
âWith⊠anyone.â Your voice wavers and Jordanâs grip gets tighter. âItâs so fucking lonely. I just want to be someoneâs favorite person. Not because of how I look, but because they like me. Really like me. And no one fucking does, no matter how hard I try.â The tears start falling now and Jordan pulls back and makes you look up at him, one hand on your cheek.Â
âHey, hey, donât cry. I fucking⊠I like you. Iâve always liked you.â Jordan says, frantic as he wipes away the tears as they come.
âItâs not the same, Jordan!â You shake your head, and bite your lip. Youâd almost said itâs not enough. Because it isnât. But you can't think about that for too long. It makes the hole in you ache a little worse.Â
âYeahâŠ.guess itâs not.â Jordan says quietly. He keeps wiping away the tears, dutiful and gentle as he goes.Â
âYou said he hit you first?â You ask, after a long moment of him quietly soothing you.
âCome on, Iâm not stupid. Had to let him get the first swing in.â Jordan smirked.
âWhat did you say to make him hit you?â You ask.
âTold him he was lucky you believe in charity work and giving back to the fucking needy.âÂ
Itâs enough to startle a laugh out of you. You smack his arm weakly before pulling him into another hug. He kisses the top of your head so softly you donât notice it, too busy laughing.Â
âY/N, good to see you dear. You keeping our Jordan out of trouble?â Brink asks as he comes out of his office, not surprised to see you perched on Jordanâs desk.Â
âProfessor, we both know that Iâm the one getting Jordan into trouble.â You flash the older man your most mischievous grin.Â
âAh, my apologies. I assume that means youâre distracting her from doing her work, as well?â Brink raises an eyebrow teasingly.Â
âYes.â You say.
âNo.â Jordan protests, at the same time.Â
You throw your head back with a laugh. âItâs a goal I hold most dear to my heart, to distract Jordan from grading these papers. I think Iâm succeeding wonderfully, youâll be happy to know, Professor.âÂ
âSheâs joking, Professor.â Jordan smacks your thigh and you glance down just in time to burn the image of her hand on your thigh into your brain. She almost never touches you, when sheâs like this.Â
âYou know, Jordan, I didnât happen to lose my sense of humor after I hit sixty.â Brink waves off Jordanâs concern and leans towards the two of you, whispering conspiratorially, âI know the gray hair gives the illusion of being a boring old fart, but I do like to laugh every now and then.â
Jordan shakes her head with a small laugh and you canât help but watch, entranced, at the way her hair brushes the olive skin of her cheeks. When you look back towards Brink you find him already watching you, a knowing smile on his lips. You laugh nervously, and look down at the wood grain texture of Jordanâs desk. Itâs suddenly fascinating. Is it real oak? Cherry?
âYou close to being done, Jordan?â Brink asks casually.Â
âUh-â Jordanâs face blanches and you suddenly feel genuinely sorry for distracting her from her work.Â
â-relax, kiddo. Youâre not in trouble. Geez, what am I, a work nazi? Those papers donât need to be graded for another four days, right? You work too hard. I was just asking causeâ I was getting a little hungry myself and wanted to know if you could use a break? Thereâs a great new Indian place nearby, apparently. Professor. Karp was telling me about it yesterday. Itâs only a twenty minute ride away. Wanna tag along?âÂ
âI should probably finish up a few more papers-âÂ
âShe would love to take a break, Professor.â You reach over, saving the work Jordanâs done and shutting down her laptop at lightning speed.Â
âBrat.â Jordan mouths the word at you quickly, so Brink wonât see.Â
You stick your tongue out at her, not caring if anyone sees.Â
âYou should come along too, Y/N. Been awhile since we last caught up.â Brink has a twinkle in his eye that you canât quite place.
You slide off Jordanâs desk anyways, not willing to pass up any valuable Time Spent With Jordan, âIâm not sure if I trust Professor Karpâs recommendation on restaurants, but Iâll try and be very brave about it if the food is awful.â
âJordan, have I ever told you how much I love this girl?â Professor Brink shrugs on his coat with a laugh.Â
âYeah.â Jordan watches Brink help you into your own coat with a small smile. âYeah, Professor you have.âÂ
âFucking fuck me!â Jordan throws her phone onto the coffee table in front of her.
âAre the parental units being emotional terrorists again?â You ask from your spot on her bed, turning the page of your textbook, mindlessly highlighting another sentence that could be important for the upcoming final.Â
âNo, itâs just the whole fucking roster is busy.â Jordan roughly runs a hand through her hair, disheveling her bob.Â
âHuh?â You look up from your notes.
âThe whole roster is locked in for finals but I really need to let off some fucking steam!â Jordan sighs.
âHow big is the roster?â You try to sound curious, like a best friend would be, and not irritated, like someone in love with their best friend would be.Â
âToo big for me to not be fucking someone right now.â Jordan snips.Â
âWe are studying right now. Or Iâm studying, and you should be studying too, instead of thinking about needing to get your rocks off.â You say coolly, flipping to the next page.Â
âI canât fucking focus.â Jordan groans, but comes back over to the bed and flops down beside you, throwing her arm over her eyes. âWhat concept are we on now?âÂ
âTheories on limiting public and private property damage in fights with other Supes.â
âThere is no fucking way I can focus on something that fucking boring without having an orgasm first.âJordan groans, again, âItâs not even about limiting loss of human life or injury?â
âNope. Property damage.âÂ
âFuck me!âÂ
You both fall into silence. You studying. Jordan, you assume, weighing the pros and cons of downloading Tinder. The thought makes your stomach drop.
Then you get an idea. An awful, horrible, no good, rotten fucking idea.Â
Your mouth is opening before you can stop yourself, âYou could fuck me.â
âHuh?â Youâve never seen Jordan sit up so fast.
âI just mean- ⊠we really gotta focus and I... I mean if you just need to let off some steam we could alwaysâŠâ You try your best to fumble your way into proper usage of the English language but even the thought of fucking Jordan makes that impossible.Â
âAre you serious right now?â Jordan shifts halfway through the sentence, eyes glued to your every nervous, jittery movement as you sit in front of him.
âWouldnât have said anything if it wasnât a real offer.â You say quietly, not looking up from the book.Â
Jordan snatches said book from your lap and tosses it away, ignoring your noise of protest. âYou donât think itâd make things weird?âÂ
âWeird was when I had to take you to get your wisdom teeth removed and you kept saying the green man was gonna get us while you were still high off the good stuff. Sex is just sex, right?â You try to say it casually.Â
âWould⊠would it be a one time thing?â Jordan asks slowly. Â
âIt could be more⊠we could be-â You say, equally as slow.Â
â- could be?â Jordan echoes, voice sounding oddly tight and expression carefully blank.
The look is so strange it makes you panic, and if youâd thought of saying something stupid and desperate for one second like âa coupleâ, well, that look on his face is more than enough to send you straight back to reality on the âmy-life-fucking-sucksâ express in no time flat.
âWe could be like friends with benefits!â You blurt out in one breath.Â
âOh.â Jordan says.Â
âIt was just an idea.â You reach for the textbook again, which landed near Jordanâs thigh. Youâre careful not to touch him when you grab it, or sound too disappointed, or heartbroken at the completely lackluster reaction Jordan has to the thought of having sex with you. âA stupid idea, forget it.â
âWhyâs it stupid?â Jordanâs brow furrows, tone teetering on the edge of defensive.Â
âI meanâŠâ You canât think of a reason fast enough. âWeâre probably sexually incompatible.âÂ
âWhy do you assume that?â Jordan goes from staring at you, to glaring at you.Â
Youâve always hated how once Jordan latches on to a line of questioning, you canât get them to drop that interrogation for shit. A dog with a bone has nothing on a Jordan who wants an answer.
âI donât⊠know?â You say, but it sounds like a question.Â
âI think weâd be compatible.â Jordan states this like heâd state the sky is blue or water is wet.Â
âHave you thought about it before?â You ask, bewildered.Â
âWhat, are you into something really kinky?â Jordan answers your previous question not at all.
âNo!â There goes that nervous body language of yours again.Â
âOnly way to really know if weâre sexually compatible is to actually try it out.â Suddenly, Jordan is within your personal space bubble.Â
You donât really know how to react, your body freezes up on instinct. Jordanâs hand comes up to rub soothing circles into the crook of your elbow. Your shoulders fall away from your ears.
âCan I kiss you?â Jordanâs voice is quiet, soft as he tilts his head to knock his nose against yours. Playful, teasing. But the look on his face is something you canât place at all.Â
You feel his breath on your lips and nod absentmindedly.Â
âDonât want you to nod when I ask you a question like this. Yes or no, Y/N?âÂ
âYe-â The words not fully out of your mouth before Jordan is kissing you, a heavy hand pulling you closer by the nape of your neck.Â
You pull yourself into Jordanâs lap and try to focus on how good it feels when he nips at your bottom lip, instead of how much you wished youâd asked him to be your boyfriend. Or girlfriend. Partner. Everything. Even if heâd said no, at least then you would have had an answer. Now youâve only made your life harder.Â
You stop thinking so much when Jordan puts a hand on your hip and guides you to grind yourself against him.Â
âY/Nâs right.â Jordan mutters, not looking up from his phone.Â
âNo, she is not. Youâre just agreeing with her because thatâs your default factory setting. Listen to the context of the argument please.â Andre snaps, drowning his Vought Triple meat burger in ketchup.
âI did. Your grim dark theory on childrenâs media is lame, and Y/N knows more about the Monsterâs Inc universe than you ever will.â Jordan shrugs.
âHah!â You laugh in Andreâs face.
âIs it really such a flex to be an expert on the lore of a Pixar movie universe?â Cate asks teasingly.Â
âYes.â You say.Â
âNo.â Andre says, like a sore loser. Â
âI agree with Y/N, itâs literally in the explicit text of the movie, Monsters Inc isnât a post-apocalyptic world. Itâs a separate dimension from ours. The monsters come to our dimension to harvest screams of children to get clean, scream energy. God, Andre, pay attention during movie night.â Luke jumps in on the tormenting Andre train, grinning wildly at the other man from across the table. He gets a middle finger for his troubles.Â
âIâm glad someone pays attention to the intricate lore of the greatest movie of all time.â You sniff haughtily.Â
âI literally agreed with you first.â Jordan looks at you from over the top of her phone in a way that makes you blush.Â
âIâm glad two people are paying attention to the intricate lore of the greatest movie of all time.â You clear your throat.Â
âThank you.â Jordanâs intense brown eyes fall away from you and you take a gulp of your drink.Â
âBathroom alert, Y/N. A stall just opened up.â Cate tells you pointing to the bathroom door right as another girl exits.Â
âI am kissing you on the lips, telepathically.â You say, sliding from the booth youâre all sharing.
âDonât you telepathically lip lock with my girlfriend.â Luke calls after you, laughing.
âGet some powers of telepathy yourself and make me, fire boy.â You enter the bathroom, shutting out the sounds of laughter from your table with a smile.Â
You take the biggest stall at the back and try to go about your business quickly. You hear two faucets turn on, someone washing their hands, and try not to get pee shy.Â
âSo how was it?â A monotone voice asks, you assume one of the hand washers.
âYou know I donât usually kiss and tell, but it was insane.â A higher, more giggly voice answers.Â
âSo they really are good in bed then, huh?â The monotone voice sounds a little more curious.Â
âIncredible. All the rumors are true. Theyâre a little⊠uh, brusque, about the after sex part, if Iâm putting it lightly, but the sex itself was great!â The high voice chirps.Â
âWhat? Did they throw you a towel and tell you to kick rocks?â The monotone voice asks.Â
âPretty much.â The high voice sighs. âBut they made me cum so many times I think Iâd still pick up if they called me again. You think they might?âÂ
âI say this with all the love in the world: girl stand up.â Monotone voice drawls.Â
âYou wouldnât be telling me that if you knew how good it felt to sit on her face.â High voice says.
You stifle a laugh, trying not to get caught eavesdropping, but with Supe hearing it really is hard to mind your own business. Besides, theyâre not being that quiet about the conversation anyways.Â
âIâll have to take your word for it.â
âOr you could experience it for yourself. They were just as good as a boy as they were as a girl. Maybe better. I dunno. She was more aggressive as a girl, which was kinda hot.âÂ
âJordan Li, pussy eating extraordinaire. Can we go now? Our food is probably ready.â Monotone voice sighs.Â
âFine, but Iâm telling you, the things they can do with a strap are-âÂ
The voices fade away with the sound of the bathroom door opening and closing.Â
You find you donât really want to finish eating your food, when you get back to the table. You spend the rest of lunch trying your best not to look at Jordan, and also ignoring Cateâs concerned gaze boring into the side of your skull.Â
You pretend to be sick to avoid having to face the reality of Jordan being more than happy to touch other girls as a girl. They just donât want to touch you when theyâre a girl. You wonder what about you is so uniquely off putting. You wonder why it canât be you. Why canât it ever fucking be you?Â
Jordan barges into your room on day three of the silent treatment that you told the group chat was due to a raging fever.Â
Luckily your eyes, swollen shut from all the crying, and the red nose to match, corroborate the story.Â
âWe got it all. Weâve got tissues. We got soup. We got pain meds. We got liquid meds. We also have all the ingredients for a hot toddy, if you want to mix your poisons a little.â Jordan begins to unpack everything onto your counter.Â
âI donât want to take anything.â You say morosely, and a little mean, kind of wanting to hate them but just feeling sad. Jordanâs your best friend before anything else, and you could never hate your first real friend.Â
âCome on, just a little something. You sound fucked up.â Jordan practically coos, touching your forehead. âFeels like your feverâs gone down a little. Sit up for me.â He says, and pulls you to sit up when you donât do it on your own. Â
âI donât want to fucking-â Jordan puts two pills in your mouth as soon as you open it to bitch at him. He hands you water to help you swallow it down.Â
âThanks for that. That was really fun for me.â You snap once youâre done.
âItâs for pain and should bring down the rest of your fever.â Jordan lays you back down, tucking the covers all the way up to your chin. You marvel at the way he doesnât rise to the bait of your very clear attitude. Jordan, catching the look on your face offers you a small glare. âIâm worried. You usually donât get sick. Iâll check that attitude when youâre better. Now, do you want the damn hot toddy or not?â He rubs your head soothingly.
âYes, please.â You try not to pout as you watch Jordan make the drink for you. You really hate how hard it is to hate them. âSorry, Jordie.âÂ
âOh, you can go ahead and save that apology for when I make you cry into your pillow, yeah?â Jordan doesnât even look up from measuring the ingredients.
You pull the covers over your head and leave them there until Jordan pulls them back down.Â
You almost hadnât come to the party.Â
You werenât in a partying mood, as of late. You were in more of a Shakespearean pining era than a City Girls one. But the group had bullied you in the group chat for a week straight until youâd promised to come. The group bullying hadnât worked so much as Jordan asking you one single time to go had.
So here you were.Â
Youâd been nursing one drink for the better part of an hour and hadnât done a single line of cocaine. Jordan had offered you some, but the line had already been placed on the back of his hand. You politely declined, much to his confusion. You only ever did hard drugs with Jordan, and only at big rager parties like this one.Â
At the moment youâre nearly sober. Because you didnât so much as want to touch Jordan right now. Let alone do something like snort a line off of him. Then youâd have to do something like lick the residue off his skin. Which would lead to kissing him. Which would lead to making out with him. Which would lead to fucking him.Â
And you think, for the sake of your sanity, you need to be done fucking Jordan Li.Â
Itâs been about three weeks since you were âsickâ and youâd dodged every attempt at getting physical that Jordan tried to initiate since. At first you were able to pass it off as still feeling icky. That excuse worked for a week. Now, you didnât hang out alone with them and pretended not to see Jordanâs âyou up?â texts until morning.Â
Your friendship just needs a hard reset. This time spent not having sex will do it.Â
Besides, itâs not like Jordan isnât swimming in fucking choices. What does it matter if youâre one less body off the menu? There are plenty of hot girls at this school. Jordanâs probably already fucked half of them.
You throw back the rest of the drink youâve been nursing all at once.
âAre you okay?â Cate puts a hand on your arm and you offer her a blinding, completely fake smile.Â
âYeah!â You say, as chipper as possible.
âJesus christ.â Cate replies, face going all sad and concerned. âWhat did Jordan do?âÂ
âHuh?â You blink, confused.
âYou are the most pissed off Iâve ever seen you. What did Jordan do? Youâve been avoiding them for like two weeks. What gives?â Cate pulls you closer by the arm so that she doesnât have to shout over the music.Â
âNothing!âÂ
âCan you try to lie again but do it better, this time?â Cate frowns.
âJesus Christ, does everything have to be about Jordan? Must my whole entire goddamn life revolve around Jordan Li?â You snap, the way someone who isnât mad about anything does. Â
âOkay.â Cate says slowly. Like sheâs trying to placate a wild animal.Â
The tone alone makes you roll your eyes and move to disappear back in the crowd of drunk twenty-somethings. But she firms her grip on you, the leather of her glove digging into your skin.Â
âY/N-â
âIâm fine, Cate. I just have to get over it.âÂ
âGet over what?â Cate narrows her eyes at you. That shrewd look she sometimes wears when she knows something before someone else falls onto her face.Â
You wonder if youâre completely transparent about your pining or if Cate missed a dose of her medication. Is she starting to hear the buzzing of your frantic, angry, miserable thoughts? Or is she just naturally perceptive?Â
âSo, this is where the real party is hiding!â An arm is thrown around your shoulders suddenly and you are careful not to sigh, because Jordan may not be as perceptive as Cate, but theyâre pretty damn close. Especially when it comes to you.Â
Youâve never moved away from them holding you close like this before, so you canât do it now. You try to just be still. Donât lean into his warmth, but donât cringe away either. You probably used to melt against him, when he touched you. Pathetically. Desperately. A sunflower following rays of light across the sky.Â
â-Princess?â Jordan gives you a gentle shake and your head snaps to the side to look at him. âYou okay?â
âYup!â Apparently, you didnât say that convincingly because he starts to scowl at you. Surprisingly enough, the thought of withstanding a Jordan interrogation does not make you want to be at this party for much longer. âIâm gonna head out, though.âÂ
âWhat?!â Twin exclamations of confusion form Jordan and Cate both.
âNot feeling it. I think I need to get some more sleep. I got a headache, or⊠something.â You shrug.
âOr something?â Jordan echoes.
âYou are not going anywhere, yet, dear friend.â Andre throws his own arm around you, appearing from thin air, and tugging you away from Jordan. Youâve never been more grateful to him.Â
âHow do you figure that?â You laugh.
âWeâre about to play truth or dare in the other room and you dodged playing last time. You can leave after youâve played. You canât get known as the truth or dare dodger.â Andre says.Â
âYou say that as if being a party game dodger is like being known for dodging the Vietnam draft.â You snort.
âNo, itâs worse. People that dodged the Vietnam drafts are heroes. Truth or dare dodgers are cowards. Come on.â Andre begins to drag you towards the other room and you go along with minimal dragging of your feet across the floor.Â
The room is crowded, but all the faces are familiar. Theyâre all within the top twenty, or the groupies that hang around everyone in the top twenty. You pull Andre across the room to a spot on a raggedy couch you have to squeeze the both of you into. No room for Jordan, who you want to avoid. Or Cate, who is too fucking perceptive.Â
You wish youâd grabbed another drink for yourself. Jordan winds up across the room from you, in an optimal position for trying to catch your eye and give you a concerned look every ten seconds.Â
This does not make Truth or Dare more fun to watch.Â
Vulgar dare from one classmate to another. Forcing someone else to admit an uncomfortable truth. One humiliation after the other. Pick your poison on whether you want to debase yourself through the damnation of your own words or a physical act. All challenges of self-mortification being doled out by people who secretly donât like each other very much, but all call each other friends anyways.Â
âEarth to Y/N the space cadet.â The girl sitting next to you gives you a playful shove. You try not to glare at her. Her name escapes you. You think she hangs around with number 6. Or something.Â
âWhat?â
âCate picked you. Truth or dare.â She says the words ominously, causing teasing jeering to rise from the entire group.Â
âWell, Y/N, whatâs it gonna be?â Cate raises her eyebrow at you challengingly.Â
âShe doesnât have to play if she doesnât want to, guys.â Jordan rolls his eyes.
âDare.â You say, wanting to get this over with.Â
The room erupts into excited noise. You donât know why. Cate, of all people, would never force you to do anything humiliating. Or truly scandalous. Itâs why you trust her enough to say dare, instead of truth. But you never pick dare, because anyone else would abuse the power. Everyone looks too eager to see Number 3 do something embarrassing.Â
As if Cate isnât your closest friend beside Jordan. As if sheâd abuse the trust you place in her. It makes you sick. You donât wanna be here. At this party, or at this stupid fucking school.
âI dare youâŠ. to kiss the prettiest girl in the room.âÂ
âWhat?!â Jordan turns to give Cate the nastiest, most disgusted glare youâve ever seen.
âShe doesnât have to do it if she doesnât want to. You know Iâm all about consent.â Cate shrugs innocently, crossing her legs together and giving you a smirk.Â
You sit for a second, contemplating your next move. There are plenty of pretty girls at this party. In this room. If nothing else, the top twenty and their groupies are photogenic (hell, some of them are only in the top twenty because of their looks to begin with. You hope youâre not one of those.) But thereâs only one girl you want to kiss at this party.Â
Thereâs only one person in the world you want to kiss at all.Â
You take a shaky breath, feeling like the walls are closing in. Andre nudges you subtly, catches your eye, as if to say: âyou okay?â but thereâs something else in the look too. Something that says itâs not just Cate, who knows. Probably your whole friend group knows how you feel. Probably the whole school. Probably anyone but Jordan sees it. And Jordan probably does see it, because theyâre too fucking smart not to, and theyâre choosing to ignore it. Because itâs easier that way. Because your feelings are probably too inconvenient. Because youâre not their type. Because youâre clingy, and stupid, and not good enough-Â
You stand up. The room is a wall of noise, and smell and sound pressing in on you. You see Cate smirk. You see Jordan looking away. You see every girl in the room sit up straight. Delusional, if they think any of them could ever be anything, compared to Jordan.Â
You walk past every other girl in the room, and stand in front of Jordan, who still isnât looking.
You kick his ankle with the toe of your heel, to get him to look at you. His head snaps around, the curls of his hair sticking to his forehead, and he looks comically confused. And itâs really too fucking much, for someone as smart as Jordan to look so confused. So fucking baffled, about whatâs happening here. But itâs a pretty convincing act. That only makes you more angry.Â
You make an impatient motion with your hand. A âdo it alreadyâ movement of your wrist. The same way youâd crossly signal for another driver to go first at a fucking four way stop.Â
He just blinks up at you, owlish.Â
"Well? Are you gonna let me kiss the prettiest girl at this fucking school or what, Li?" The room has gone a little quiet, or maybe the blood is rushing in your ears so bad everything is quiet in comparison.Â
Jordan stares up at you for a moment longer than is comfortable. And you really start to feel the eyes of everyone in the room on you. You donât let yourself shy away from the attention. Not Jordanâs, not anyone elseâs. You straighten your spine and look down your nose at him, and tap your foot. Try to look like the mean girl everyone expects you to be because no one cares who you actually are.Â
As if you could care less if Jordan leaves you stranded right now. As if it will be their loss, if they donât kiss you, instead of the worst moment of your entire life.Â
Jordan shifts.Â
You try not to think of how desperate you must look, when you reach out at a speed that isnât human to hold her face and angle it up, so you can finally fucking kiss the girl you love.Â
You wish you could kiss her like it didnât mean anything. Like sheâs nothing. Like you hate her. But you donât know if this is the only time youâll ever get to kiss Jordan when sheâs your girl, and not your boy. This might be the last time you kiss Jordan ever.Â
It has to be.Â
You close your eyes tight. Try to ignore the way theyâre stinging. You kiss Jordan slow and tender. The way youâve always wanted to. You tangle a hand in her hair, to bring her closer. You try not to marvel at the way the longer strands tangle in your fingertips. She gasps against you, and her hands find your waist and you are too sober to cry over Jordan touching your waist above your clothes. Like a fucking middle-schooler.Â
But the tears start falling anyways. You let out a quiet sob against her lips that you try your hardest to stifle, and Jordan may not have kissed you like this before. But sheâs kissed you plenty. She pulls back, startled, like an animal. Big brown eyes full of concern.Â
And the spell is broken, and you are standing in front of about thirty of the worldâs worst, most unsympathetic human beings, crying, because you kissed your best friend who doesnât want you back.Â
Youâve got ten seconds to leave before someone pulls out their phone and records you. If they havenât already started.Â
So you run.
Through your tears the layout of the house becomes unfamiliar. You try to hide your face a little, and hope people donât recognize you as you pass them by, sobbing openly.Â
Years of pent up feelings are bubbling out of you. The relief. The grief. The way you hate yourself for falling in love with the only person who has ever loved you. Wondering why you couldnât just be grateful for the kindest, most understanding friendship you never even thought yourself worthy of. Why couldnât that have been enough?Â
Why did you fall in love with them?Â
A hand closes around your wrist and you try to yank yourself away but youâre pulled into a bathroom and the door slams shut behind you.Â
You wipe your eyes so you can see whoâs tried to save you from embarrassing yourself any further.Â
Itâs Jordan. Because of course it is.
You burst into tears again.Â
âAre you fucking drunk? What the fuck was that? Y/N what the fuck is happening right now?â Jordan sounds on the verge of a mental break.Â
Sheâs probably wondering what type of things people are gonna start saying about the two of you on social media. Sheâs probably mad at you for giving her a PR mess to clean up.Â
âIâm not drunk!â You protest, sounding a little like someone who might be drunk.Â
âAre you high? What did you take? Lemme see your pupils.â Jordan reaches out to grab your face and you swat her hand away.Â
âNo one fucking drugged me, Jordan. Iâm just a stupid fucking idiot whoâs in love with you! There! Are you happy?! Why donât you go laugh at me with one of your stupid fucking girlfriends. Youâve got so fucking many of them.â You wail, sinking down to the floor, and hiding your face in your arms.Â
The room goes quiet, besides the sound of you crying. Loudly. You think you might be having an anxiety attack. You canât breathe right. But maybe thatâs just from the heaving, toddler-like sobs.Â
âYouâre in love with me?â Jordan asks, quietly.Â
âAs if you donât know!â You snap your head up to glare at her. She kneels down in front of you, and puts her hand on your knee and you try not to get distracted by how pretty she is. âI follow you around like a puppy dog. Like your little shadow. And everyone notices except for you, because you donât want to notice, because you donât fucking want me. I got the message, Jordan. I got it!âÂ
âWhat message?!â Jordan grabs you by the shoulders, voice fraying at the edges, and looks like she wants to shake you.
âYou donât touch me!â Your voice raises to the edge of a yell, and the sound of it echoes in the small room.Â
âWhat are you fucking talking about-â
â-donât be cute, Jordan. You donât touch me when youâre a girl! I thought⊠I thought it was maybe just that you didnât touch girls when youâre a girl but it isnât. Apparently you have plenty of fucking girls that you touch and fuck, when youâre a girl. Itâs just me, that you donât! Whatâs so fucking bad about me? Huh? Whatâs wrong with me? Why donât you want me?â You demand.
You think you might sound like an insane person, and you wish you could pull the words back in but the hurt is bubbling out. A river relishing that first burst of freedom when a dam breaks, no matter how much damage it causes.Â
Jordan is staring at you like youâve grown two heads. Mouth agape. You wish you were dead, a little.
âIâm sorry. Iâm sorry, Jordie.â Your voice goes small, and you sniffle. âI really tried to stop. But I canât, I love you. Iâve probably loved you from that very first day. Because youâre wonderful, youâre the most wonderful person Iâve ever met and I donât know how anyoneâŠâ You trail off, fanning at your eyes to try and pull yourself together. â...I donât know how everyone else knows you without being in love with you. I wish I wasnât in love with you, please donât be mad, please donât fucking-â You sob, again.Â
You find yourself pulled into Jordanâs lap this time. Itâs a foreign feeling, to be touching so much of Jordan when sheâs like this. You bury your face into her neck and cry, and let her black hair block out the fluorescent lighting. She shushes you, cheek pressing against the side of your head, and thatâs familiar. The way she soothes you. Your hands wrinkle the fabric of her jacket, clinging to her tightly.Â
âIâm sorry. I can get over it, I promise. I just needed to tell you. Iâve never kept anything from you before. It was killing me, but I can get over it, Jordie, I promise-âÂ
âHey, hey, hey, no-â Jordanâs turning you to look at her suddenly. âDonât fucking⊠Iâm not⊠Iâm not mad at you or fucking⊠gonna leave you, Y/N. What the fuck? I love you.â
You could start crying from the relief of hearing those words come from her lips again. You thought she wouldnât ever speak to you again. She grabs you by the chin and kisses you, hard, your teeth clink together and your noses mush and you go completely still and frozen, like a scared deer.Â
âI could see the words not fucking register in your brain the way I meant them. I am in love with you. Romantically.â Jordan barely pulls away, you feel her lips brush against yours, every other word.Â
âWhat?âÂ
Jordan laughs, âGood, now youâre just as confused as I fucking was. Why the fuck wouldnât I want you? Iâve always wanted you. YouâreâŠyou.âÂ
âIâm me?â You echo.Â
âI didnâtâŠ. I didnât want to make you feel⊠like everyone else has. Like I was just fucking waiting around for a chance to date you. Or fuck you. As if your friendship doesnât fucking matter. Or was a consolation prize, if I couldnât get you to date me. It isnât a consolation prize. Itâs the most important thing to me in the fucking world.â Jordan laughs, and the sound is suspiciously choked up.Â
âOh.â You say, and are crying. Again. Jordan laughs and wipes the tears away with her thumb.Â
âBut what about when we started having sex? You still⊠never touched me when youâre like this.âÂ
âYouâve never said anything about liking girls.â Jordan says quietly.
âYouâre not just a girl. Youâre the girl. And guy. â You say, holding her hand against your face and kissing her palm fiercely. She laughs again, and puts her forehead against yours.Â
âSo what? Iâm the one girl youâre into?â Jordan raises a brow and doesnât look very happy saying the words, oddly enough.Â
You tilt your head trying to puzzle out why, slowly, you arrive at a conclusion. âI literally talk about girls all the time.âÂ
âWhen?!âÂ
âIâm constantly pointing out pretty ones!â You snap.Â
âI thought you were just being sweet!â Jordan snaps back.Â
You close your eyes and breathe in the smell of her cologne.Â
âYou make me so angry I donât know how to think.â You say, and kiss her bottom lip softly. âYouâre not an⊠experiment, if thatâs what youâre asking. Youâre theâŠâ You trail off, realizing this is not one of your romantic daydreams where youâve thought of the words youâd tell Jordan over and over again.Â
In real life you canât tell people that theyâre the love of your life if you arenât their girlfriend. Unless you want to look crazy.
Jordan, who is your best friend, before sheâs anything else, melts. Because she knows you well enough to know what you arenât saying.
âYeah.â Jordan nods, sniffling once and trying to look very tough even though her lip is quivering a little. âI⊠I love you too. Or whatever.âÂ
âIf it makes you feel better Iâve slept with other women before, to make sure I wasnât just in love with you.âÂ
âWeird fucking thing to tell me after I say I love you, but go off.â She glares at you.Â
âI think you could do with feeling a little jealous. Why am I hearing stories about how good you are at fucking other women while Iâm trying to piss at Vought Burger in peace?âÂ
âWhat?â Jordanâs brow furrows.Â
âThree weeks ago I heard-â
â-I fucking knew youâve been mad at me!â Jordan grabs your waist, pulling you closer.
âYou would have been pissed too, if you heard the shit I was hearing!âÂ
âIf I hear anyone talking about fucking you ever again Iâm going to go to prison.â
âHot.âÂ
âShut up and be my girlfriend.â
âShut up and be my everything.âÂ
âYouâre gross.â But she kisses you, and itâs gentle, and no one else is there to see it.Â
And itâs perfect.
A/N: this is my first time doing full on smut for a fic! it beat me the fuck up. if you enjoyed this fic consider reblogging, leaving a reply, or an anon! a writers fuel is engagement. and this fic took too damn long to write. xoxoxo
#jordan li x reader#jordan li imagine#black!reader#hey bee are you ever gonna do a non force field power having reader?? great question! answer is no adjkl#forcefields are THE coolest thing you can have#aside from the song she likes a boy i was thinking of hate that i love you rihanna and neyo while writing#if you see a fucking grammer error point it out i need to get this posted so i can MOVE ON adjkl this one has been kicking my ASS
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You will not be able to fully understand or relate to people with differing disabilities. Being disabled yourself does not give you immunity to having biases, ableist ideas, or misunderstandings about people with different disabilities. We all have unique struggles and things that help/hurt us, and it's both beautiful and frustrating. It's what makes our community strong but it also can lead to infighting and miscommunication. Be aware of other disabilities, listen to people outside your specific condition. Don't talk over others and if you do apologize and learn from it. Don't assume because YOU haven't encountered something that it means anyone talking about it is lying or exaggerating. We can still have each other's backs without having the same experiences. We can do this. Take my hand.
#wrenfea.exe#disability#disabilities#cripplepunk#neuropunk#madpunk#and yes that includes me. i am human and i have and will make mistakes#what matters is how you act after making the mistake#when in doubt ASK POLITELY#dont like run up to a stranger and bager them with questions#but find someone (like me!) who is open and willing to answering questions about their disability experience#as long as you ask nicely im pretty chill
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So like, y'all know that popular Star Wars fic trope of Time Traveling Obi-Wan Kenobi where he dies and then wakes up in his 11ish year old body back in the Jedi Temple? You know how usually he wakes up, has a few minutes/hours of confusion, and then goes about trying to act like he was at age 11 while slowly fixing everything wrong with the Jedi Order? Personally I think he would not do that.
I think that Ben "Lived As A Wizard Hermit For Two Decades On Tattooine, Left, And Then Died Immediately" Kenobi would wake up as an eleven-year-old, have a panic attack, attack the nearest adult Jedi while accusing them of Doing Weird Sith Shit To His Brain, fucking flee, only then realize he has time traveled, steal someone's ship, go flying out of the temple to god knows where, continue panicking, crash into a random moon while distracted, nearly die, build a survival camp out of his broken ass ship and eat whatever bugs he can find, get kidnapped by pirates, overthrow said pirates, steal their ship, and then very calmly return to the Jedi temple like nothing happened.
Then and only then do I think he would start trying to act like a normal human person (while also dodging questions such as "what the fuck was that" and "where were you" and "is that a pirate's ship?"), except he'd be bad at it due to having lived as an Insane Wizard Desert Hermit for the past twenty years who has experienced enough trauma and time that he doesn't super well remember the details of his childhood, what with all of the wars and death and wars and such.
His acting convinces nobody, but nobody is sure what exactly to do about All Of That so he's for the most part left alone (after very vehemently refusing sptherapy), all the way up until he catches a glimpse of palpatine out of the corner of his eye and then its On Sight
#mads posts#star wars#obi-wan kenobi#specifically i see fics where he gets blasted back to the past and he genuinely acts like he's 11 or whatever age again#and im like NO thats some fuckin weirdo inhabiting the body of an eleven year old#thats a fiftyish year old dude who looks eighty and thinks the best way to train Newly Discovered Force-Sensitive Luke is to blindfold and#shoot at him#he spent twenty years fucking around in a desert and left the planet one (1) time to go rescue leia#he cannot in any way act like a normal child are you kidding me#he was only ever 'normal' during the clone wars because he was standing next to Anakin 'hey watch this' skywalker#actually i think if obi wan were to try to act like a normal kid of the age he appears he would either wildly over or undershoot#he'd be like. huge eyes and babytalk and innocent expressions OR he'd forget he doesn't alr know the nuances of the Alderaanian government#but he couldnt pull off 'totally normal guy dont mind me'#obi wan doesnt manage to oneshot palpatine btw. that would be too boring#he steals the nearest available lightsaber and Goes For It and obv is stopped due to being shaped like a baby and having the strength of on#and then again refuses to answer any questions
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