#zara tries to be such a good dad

[ferrstappen]

the first one l Charles Leclerc imagine

a/n: so, I just KNOW Charles is a girl dad. I know three is his sweet spot, but idk if the boy would be the middle child or the youngest. what do you think? also, I'm working on requests and the collection pls trust me, but I'm a law student trying to hold my life together and not having a nervous breakdown every day <3

this first piece of dad!Charles is from this request <3

pairing: Charles Leclerc x female reader.

genre: dad!Charles, fluff.

warnings: mentions of pregnancy, not proofread bc I don't have time for that shit.

summary: Charles tries to prepare to be the best dad for his daughter, even if she's just two days old.

It wasn't fun being heavily pregnant.

Yes, the illusion and excitement of a baby coming to complete your family was an emotion neither you nor Charles had the proper words to explain. Friends and even strangers affirmed it was going to be the most magical moment of your life, that you wouldn't even be able to imagine life before your daughter.

But that wasn't relevant now, it was the furthest thing on your mind, sleep being the only thing remotely important at the moment, and it didn't seem to come as a faint light was coming from the opposite side of the bed.

Charles was shirtless, probably cold while slightly propped on some pillows, reading something on his Kindle, a small frown noticeable between his brows. He clearly was very concentrated on whatever he was reading, the only thing that made his attention shift was the light groan you let out. Of course Charles' instantly put his attention on you, the muscles on his neck showing with the fast movement.

"What happened? Are you okay?" He asked you, his eyes fixed on your figure, very carefully placing his hand on your swollen belly.

"No, I'm not okay because I can't sleep and I have to sleep since your daughter is sucking every bit of energy and space left on my body, and to make matters worse, the light of your kindle makes it impossible to sleep," You said with a pettish tone, but Charles wasn't fazed, after almost nine months he was used to the mood swings. "I'm so sorry, honey. I'm being such a bitch I'm sorry," and before you could stop, tears started streaming down your face, and that gained a reaction from Charles.

"No no no no, chérie. It's okay, it's just the hormones, it's fine," He carefully rubbed your swollen belly, feeling how the baby moved relentlessly. "Why do you move when mama is trying to sleep, mignonne?" Charles asked his unborn daughter, knowing with certainty she was listening to him.

"Because she's your daughter, why else?" You answered and he laughed, playfully rolling his eyes. "What are you reading in there, anyways?" This time you placed your hand on his hair, knowing Charles loved the little touches of affection.

He sheepishly smiled, "It's this book I found about pregnancy and the first weeks of the baby," he answered with a quiet tone, likely waiting for you to mock him.

Instead, fresh tears started streaming down your face, again. Sending Charles into a panic, again. "No no no no, chérie!"

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The apartment looked like a mess, the baby had arrived just two days earlier and didn't have time to even think about cleaning the extremely spacious penthouse overlooking the ocean, only focused on the little lilac bundle sleeping on her crib.

Since you left the hospital in the morning, where you asked for privacy and to not have any visitors, friends were constantly texting if now was a good time to visit you and the adorable newborn. You could've sworn every person in Monaco had made their way inside your family home.

First it was Carmen and George, with Alex and Lily, with a gorgeous bouquet of lilies for you, and carrying a large Zara kids bag with multiple cashmere onesies and clothes that would probably last a couple of weeks since, as Charles read on his book, babies grow up "very fast". Charles got a pat on the back.

Then followed Fred, with a huge basquet for both you and Charles, courtesy of the entire Ferrari team, and lots of small Ferrari merchandise.

Fred wasn't even out the door when Carlos and Isa quietly made their way inside, now with a bouquet of pink roses and a gorgeous and timeless Louis Vuitton baby blanket. Again, Charles received a pat on the back from Carlos as you carefully placed your daughter on Isa’s arms.

Charles had the biggest dark circles you’d ever seen under his eyes, and you probably looked worse, dealing with the recovery of your own body after giving birth. Right when you thought you could take a nap, Max, Lando, Kelly and Penelope arrived.

Of course they tried to make a statement, with multiple balloons, Gucci and Burberry bags for the baby. Of course Max was a natural holding her, cautiously kneeling for Penelope to see her. Lando nervously laughed and the only thing he was able to say was "she's so tiny", telling you he'd hold her when she was a little bigger.

It was almost 3 PM when Charles forced you to lay down, reminding you of the stages of healing after giving birth as he read in the book. It didn't take long for you to fall asleep, waking up every ten minutes because, apparently, mother instincts didn't take very long to kick in. That's why you immediately woke up when you heard low voices, quickly recognizing the voices of your in-laws. Carefully getting up and trying to look presentable, you walked towards the nursery.

No one noticed you, both Arthur and Lorenzo enthralled by their niece while Pascale held her, whispering sweet nothings in French as her granddaughter placed her tiny hand around Pascale's thumb.

Then, Charles demeanor changed.

You could see it as soon as Pascale placed the baby in Arthur's arms. His back tensed and he stood straighter, instantly moving closer towards his younger brother.

"Arthur, you have to hold her head," Charles told off his brother, carefully placing Arthur's hand on the baby's head.

He still was standing closely and worried, hand on his chin while staring at his brother. "No, Arthur don't move your arm like that," Again, he fixed his brother's arm. "No, Arthur fix your stance, you need to hold her still," His breathing was getting faster and then he couldn't take it anymore.

Arthur was perfectly holding her, but Charles simply couldn't bare with the fact of his brother making a microscopic wrong move and something happening to his daughter, his mignonne, é carina.

"No, give her to me, you're doing everything wrong." Charles carefully took his daughter off Arthur's arms.

Ignoring Arthur's shocked face and Pascale's amused expression, everyone noticed how the baby nuzzled in her papa's arms, instantly yawning and moving her hands as if she was trying to reach him; Charles instantly relaxed, feeling her against his chest and knowing she was okay because she was with him.

"I'm sorry, Arthur. I think he's kind of overprotective," You said entering the room. Pascale immediately approached you, asking how you were feeling and how much pain you were in.

"Poor her, honestly. She's doomed to have Charles as her shadow forever, she won't be able to go to school or anything!" Lorenzo chimed in, making everyone laugh, except for Charles of course.

"You haven't told us her name! We've been calling her mini (Y/N)," Arthur asked, admiring his niece from afar.

The only reason Charles lifted his gaze was to find your eyes, which you took as the cue to take your place next to your family, resting your head on Charles' shoulder.

"Josephine. We are still thinking about the second, we're seeing if Jules fits," You announced, Charles giving a bright smile to his family.

"I'm thinking of Josephine Sofia Jules Gia Leclerc," Charles said. Everyone in the room looked at each other with curiosity.

"She is not having four names, Charles!" The answer came quickly from you, the tone revealing this wasn't the first time it was discussed.

"Okay then, three?"

Josephine, that's what's clear.

[iheartsteve0704]

Agathario | Parent & Teacher AU

Agatha is a single mom and this weekend Nicky is with his dad (who Agatha HATES considering he cheated on her and threw away 9 years of marriage but atleast Agatha finally got out of that terrible relationship and realized she was a raging lesbian)

Agatha was planning on spending her Saturday alone sipping on wine and watching terrible hallmark movies until she realized that day would’ve marked their 10th anniversary and all of sudden she didn’t want to pathetically rot alone in her big house that was way too lonely without her sunshine of a son so she slips on her sluttiest dress and ends up some packed bar

Most of the crowd was in their 20-30s but for some reason she didn’t feel old. Okay she did but it didn’t bother her so much because she knew she looked hot and she overhead at least 7 different people call her a milf so Agatha felt pretty good about herself

Agatha was sitting at the bar, on her second drink, when someone slid up on to the stool next to her. Agatha looked over, it was a woman probably in her 30s with short dark raven hair and big brown eyes that looked innocent at first glance but it was clear by the woman’s smirk and the tongue that pressed up against the inside of the woman’s mouth as she looked Agatha up and down that she was anything but innocent

Agatha learns that her name is Rio and Rio was wearing the most delicious slack and crisp white shirt with a couple buttons open exposing a hint of cleavage that made the older woman’s mouth go dry

She also learns that Rio is a sweet talker and there’s something that Agatha just can’t resist so that’s how they end up making out in the bathroom and then in the passenger seat of Agatha’s car where Agatha finally understands the logics of Chappell Roan’s song Casual

The sex is so good, it makes her head spin, and it’s on her drive home alone that she realizes she doesn’t even get the woman’s number or last name. Agatha knows this is going to haunt her.

With the weekend coming to a close, Nicky is dropped off back home Sunday night where they eat his favorite dinner and get his backpack ready for his first day of 2nd grade tomorrow. Agatha lets Nicky pick out a new SpiderMan shirt to wear, even though she wanted to dress him in a stylish Zara kids fit, but she realizes that kids are only kids once and relents

The next morning, the school blacktop is bustling with kids and their parents. Some kids are crying and some parents are too. Agatha was more composed than she thought she’d be, wearing her work clothes to head to the office right after this and her hair swept up into a claw clip.

One cue, Agatha’s ex husband shows up and she had to plaster on a fake smile when her son runs up to him and gives him a hug. Together the three of them walk over to Nicky’s classroom and line up with the other families waiting to situate their kids and meet the teacher

“Woah buddy! Awesome Spidey shirt! I’m Miss. Vidal but call me Miss. V!” Agatha hears the teacher say and it itches something in her brain. She was busy fixing Nicky’s hair so she wasn’t looking at the teacher but once she did, her jaw fell slack. Both of theirs did. Rio.

Rio dressed very different from the bar. She had a sundress on and a soft cardigan on top. She looked like real life miss honey and since that was Agatha’s first girl crush growing up, it was really doing something for the older woman.

Rio, amidst her shock, is able to reel it in and introduce herself. She shakes the hand of Agatha’s ex and tries (and fails) to mask her reaction when he introduces himself as “Nicky’s Dad”. Agatha quickly remedies it though and clarifies they are not together anymore. Agatha even lets out that she is now a lesbian. Very loudly.

They drop Nicky off, who is clearly already in love with Rio, and Agatha takes one more glance back and is met with Rio staring back at her

Because agatha is so busy at work and Nicky’s dad sometimes picks and drops their kid off to school, Agatha doesn’t see Rio again a few weeks later when Agatha gets a call from the school that that Nicky had gotten in trouble and she needed to come in asap

When she gets to the school office, Nicky is sitting there with the principal and Rio. Apparently Nicky pushed down a boy who said something homophobic about Agatha and at the moment and in the office she reprimanded him but once outside she told him good job.

Rio sends Nicky back to gym class and that leaves her alone with Agatha. With the kids in a different class, Rio invites Agatha to see some of Nicky’s work and they go. Theres a lot of tension and they almost kiss again when Rio is perched up on her desk and Agatha feels a pull towards the younger woman but the school bell rings. Rio tells her she wants to see her again and Agatha can’t agree fast enough and they exchange numbers.

They start hanging out and by that I mean having sex, when Nicky is away with his dad, and Rio can’t deny she’s falling in love with this woman but Agatha is afraid because she’s been wrong about love before but also because this was Nicky’s teacher

And because that, Agatha proposes they stop whatever they are doing and Rio is crushed beyond words

One day, Nicky gets in the car and goes on and on about his day at school and he casually mentions that Miss Vidal asked about her and Agatha doesn’t know if she’s enraged or horny or both so after dropping Nicky off at basketball she is angrily banging on Rio’s door with an argument on the tip of her tongue until the door opens and Rio is wearing one of her crips shirts again but this time with a pair of glasses slipping down the bridge of her nose and Agatha can’t help but throw her arms around her and kiss her hard

They start sleeping with each other again after that but the unspoken rules that they don’t talk about their feelings or label whatever it is they are doing

One time, they spend the night at Agatha’s house and Rio slips out of bed in the morning to get a glass of water when she’s met with Nicky in the kitchen eating cereal and reading a book. Before she could slip away or out the door, Nicky greets her with confusion but excitement.

When he asks what she is doing there in her mom’s pajamas, Rio quickly tells him some innocent lie that the boy eats up. Knowing she can’t just leave him there, she suggests pancakes and they stand over the stove together and make them.

When Agatha wakes up she smiles when she smells food downstairs and keeps it on her face until she sees what is going on. She flips out on Rio and asks her to leave.

Agatha tries to talk to her son but he isn’t bothered by it or confused like she thought he’d be. He even says “is Miss Vidal going to be my new dad? Or my momma? I’d like that. She’s so nice and funny.”

Agatha thought she was protecting her son but maybe she was trying to protect herself and in the process hurt someone who really loves her, loves her son.

Agatha gives Rio time and vice versa and they don’t talk again until parent teacher conferences a few weeks later

Agatha’s ex doesn’t show up so when it’s her turn she walks into the classroom herself and sits in one of the desks across from Rio, who didn’t notice which parent had come in until she looked up from her notes

It’s awkward and Rio is masking her pain and feelings, being professional and talking about Nicky’s progress and Agatha listens but can tell behind those big brown eyes that she’s hurting.

When it comes time to leave, they both stand and Rio offers her hand to shake. Agatha takes it and they look at each other as they shake. Then Agatha is brushing her thumb against the top of Rio’s hand and the younger woman bites her bottom lip. Then they gravitate towards each other and end up in a hug where they both let out a sigh of relief.

“You feel so good” Agatha says

“You smell so good” Rio replies, burying her head in her tousled brown hair

After a moment of just embracing each other Agatha says “I’m sorry. I miss you.” She pulls back to look into her eyes so Rio knows she means it. “I love you. I’m in love with you.”

[gods-favorite-autistic]

No because the way love ties into this season is so good especially during the last three episodes

Like we start off with all the Bad Kids going through it love-wise, Gorgugs just recently broke up with his girlfriend, Adaine had to leave her sister right after she reconnected with her only to find out that she moved out while she was away, Fabian is doing what Fabian is doing with Ecaf, Fig gets back to find out that her girlfriend will be going on a trip and she won’t be able to see her all year, Kristen is also going through her breakup with Tracker, Riz is still struggling with his sexuality and aromanticism, it’s a lot.

Then you have their individual b-plots with Fabian being left alone at home for a whole year right when he gets back (hoping to reconnect with his mom since he hasn’t been able to really do that for the first 16 years of his life) leaving him with no one to care for him so he tries to fill his home with so much noise that he can drown out the parent shaped hole in his heart, Fig taking on Gilears curse not through blood but through the sheer love that this man has for his child, Adaine not having the resources she needs but not wanting to burden Jawbone with that because that’s how she was conditioned to feel for her entire life, Riz struggling with the idea of losing the only friends (besides Penny) he’s ever had but knowing he’ll need to work himself to the bone to have even a chance of staying with them throughout college

And then you look at the entire Mordred Manor fight, Baron, Riz’s literal manifestation of all of his fears of being aroace coming to life, who has been here this whole time following Riz in his briefcase, a gift from his best friend who has denied time and time again of them being best friends but who gave him that gift out of love, using twisted manifestations of the loving, caring people of Mordred to attack the Bad Kids and even possessing and controlling to them to try and attack each other but they make it out and they break Gilears curse and they can leave Baron behind for now

AND THE LAST STAND dont even get me started on the Last Stand like they’re in mortal danger and yet Fabian is still teasing Adaine for her horrible joke like the siblings they are, Adaine helping Fig with her smite, Fabian calling out for Adaine the second he gets trapped because she’s Adaine, she’ll know what to do, the power of friendship getting them an extra spell slot, Kipperlilly slitting Buddys throat because she never truly cared for him as her party member, he was just an expendable pawn, Kristen trying to revive him despite how she might feel about him, it’s all love now, GOD

I could talk about other fights but I think this post is already very very long

AND there’s all the outside of combat moments that I love, like Riz’s mom trying to make sure he’s okay and he’s not being taken advantage of, the entire party trying to help Adaine with her crush, Fabian originally going after Ivy over Mazey because he’s better equipped to deal with someone mean and who doesn’t truly care about him over someone kind and good and who is concerned about him in a genuine way, Sandra Lynn still being unable to parent Fig in the way she deserves but she’s getting better, Fabian trying his damndest to reach out to his father, AYDAS MESSAGES, even beyond the party, Ankarna being corrupted by her followers but absolutely refusing to harm her ex wife and her sister, Zara Sool getting her powers from her beloved AUGH

THE LAST TWO FIGHTS THOUGH, Figs armor of Ayda, remember when we died, Oisins betrayal, Fabian’s speech to Ivy, Gorgug being driven by his love for his friends and refusing to turn to the rage of Porter, Adaines detect thoughts that ends up saving them coming from a gift from Fabian, Fabian being the one to do the divine intervention and Ankarna destroying Porter after seeing the pure love Fabian and Mazey have and refusing to let the injustice that would be them dying happen, Fabian’s talk with his dad, I don’t need justice against these people, Cassandra and Ankarna being reunited, AGJRJJESN

anyways. Fantasy High Junior Year. Rahhhh 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[witchlingcirce]

What do you think is TSC’s darkest book/series or Plot-line?

I personally think Cassandra’s darkest book is Queen of Air and Darkness, as some of her darkest scenes/plot-points/dialogue where in there (excluding not also including some of Sebastian’s scenes in TMI).

It got to the point where her writing these things had gone from inconspicuous to outright offensive. I don’t mind the mature change, but it was just noticeable, you know? The comment Dane Larkspear made about a 13 year old Dru and him asking Dearborn personally to ‘keep her’? The suggestion that Sebastian and Jace were ‘playing’ with with rebels that look like a dead Clary? Manuel-and his whole weird sadist obsession with Zara- hiding under a corpse? Poor Ash being abused and manipulated constantly?

That book was heavyyyyy I swear

TW: mentions of Rape

Darkest books?? Definitely the dark artifices series!! Those books felt so much more serious and more new adult than young adult, I loved them so much!! I personally think there Cassandra’s best work.

However, anything to do with Sebastian Morgenstern has to be her darkest stuff yet!! I feel as tho it’s not mentioned as much due to the fact the mortal instruments is definitely written in a more YA way.

1. Has actual attraction towards sister

2. Tried to rape that sister

3. Torturer

4. Murderer

5. Racist! (The way he refused to turn Mark because he was half fae 😰)

His cruelty and atrocities are even more present in the Thule plot.

This is one the most despicable things I have ever read😭. Pretty red head, like his sister? Also implying that he made Jace play with them to? (This has to be rape of some kind, also mental manipulation) I can’t imagine how scared those poor girls must have been 💔.

Not to mention that he literally killed Max.

I know this isn’t a specific plot line, but I really do think Sebastian is the most wicked villain she will ever write. Thule is just an example of that as well!

Also, him literally turning shadowhunters into like dark versions of themselves is so wicked. Turning Amatis to get back at Luke?? Turning the Blackthorns father and than having him go after the rest of the family?? WICKED.

The only thing he ate?? The red shadowhunter gear.

Small jokes aside and also a quick rant: I absolutely hate how the fandom treats him like he was just “misunderstood” or “wronged”. I agree we should be sympathetic to the fact he was abused as a child and manipulated, however he STILL MADE THESE DECISIONS GROWING UP! He chose to abuse clary, he chose to abuse Jace. He chose to ruin so many families lives (The blackthorns, the lightwoods, Clary’s life, his army killed Cristina’s dad SO MUCH MORE.) he’s a bad person, it literally says in the book that his good self never got to exist, which is sad but I hate how people think that moment defines his whole character.. it doesn’t 😭. Like yeah it’s sad we never got to see him be a good person, but that’s it.

Sebastian Morgenstern I HATE you and they can never ever ever make me like you!

This is such an amazing ask Pookie!! TYSM for letting me rant 😎.

[msfbgraves]

They TOTALLY RUINED Chozen’s character this season 100% shame on the writers. Johnny has been trash since season 3 so that’s nothing new. Robby went through it and his dad still doesn’t care. Also FUCK the creepy Zara scene with him, gross. But Daniel was a cutie patootie as usual, and Silver was the easy highlight, he stole every single scene he was in and looked damn good doing it. What a sexy beast.

Chozen becomes slightly more palatable if you remember the fact that this guy is shown to be properly unhinged when we're first meeting him, though. He's been brought up well but that doesn't negate the fact that he walks around with two sai, just in case, when he is stone cold sober, as a middle aged man. And that is not completely off base for a man who engineered a dramatic entrance in the middle of a dance recital to fight a young tourist to the death.

Then,as now, he could be focused and collected but that guy is always three miliseconds away from going completely feral when he stops trying To Be Normal. And now, with Kumiko's rejection, he stops trying to behave. The differences between S5 and S6 are quite something. And also, more understandable when what he is dealing with is not so much rejection but gay panic. I mean why has he never tried to date anyone but Kumiko? Was she his idea of the closest thing to being with Daniel? Like, them both being in love with Daniel must be almost the same as being in love with each other and as he can't make himself love some girl and cannot be with another boy, well, what's he to do then? He'll be alone forever! The Da Eun storyline was simply written in to give her character something to do. Da Eun's purpose in story I've never understood. She spent half of S5 and S6 with a look on her face that read: what am I doing here?! Her supposed bond with Kreese also seemed rather shallow. So, and no hate on the actress there, but everything about that is going to feel off. I mean I get it from a writing standpoint, she's there, she's hot and she's Asian, so the only thing to do is get her with the Asian guy but. Well.

Why is Robby not super close with Daniel rn? Johnny still doesn't show the slightest bit of interest in him. If you hadn't been told that's his kid, would there have been any sign of a connection between the two? Also, where is his mother? Robby was written as a plot device for three seasons and then they forgot what to do with him. And Tanner plays him as completely disconnected from everyone in his life because of course, you would be, but do Sam and Daniel actually think that boy is OK? Does anyone care that Carmen's baby is his sister, or that his Dad abandoned him in the middle of the World Championships, or that his girlfriend broke up with him and he has no one to talk to? Did Johnny ever even talk tactics? Why is no one stepping up? Yeah Daniel could have tried to give Johnny and Robby some space but he must see that Johnny doesn't see the boy at all. That's his mentee! He should be there for him, when he knows how big an influence both a great and a terrible mentor can have!

But yeah. I loved both every second with Daniel and sexy beast Silver.

[atvace]

Lady Dior and the Seven Dilfs

Chapter 2: Fuck the military (litteraly)

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[shooting range]

"Jesus fuckin Christ this place look like Nevada in Madness Combat." you tried your best to not step on the most suspicious-looking ground substance. "it's a range, (Y/N)." Gaz opened the shed full of armory crates whilst Soap set up the dummy target and then to the workhouse.

"didn't you take worser training environment to get in the FBI top class?" Soap came back with a few handguns, wiping it with a cloth. "No, I fucked my way up to the top." you sarcastically place your hands on your hip. you're wearing stylish grey Bershka cargo pants and a Zara Dark Green Knit crop top, gaslighting Gaz and Soap by saying this is what they gave you as a uniform.

"Okay princess, pick your poison." Gaz came back with a few stacks of crates, opening them one by one.

revealing a matte black XM4, HDR, and a Gallo SA12. you frowned at the availability of the big guns because you usually have your personalized Dragunov.

"Are you gatekeeping the good guns..?" you slowly turn to them with a disturbing glare. their faces dropped and looked at each other in unison. Soap broke the gaze and cleared his throat.

"(y/n)- I think its best for you to use the basics just this time-"

"you're judging me."

"no, but-"

"you're judging me."

"I just-"

"you're judging me."

Gaz separated the two of you, "OKAY OKAY how about we use the handguns before getting into the primary weapon? Cool?" he said, spreading the handguns across the wooden table. Soap shrugged and picked his signature m1911, clucking it and released the safety lock while on the other hand, you picked your good old revolver.

you both looked at Gaz who didn't pick anything. he showed his slightly swollen palm, "I still have a sore hand from last mission's accident, I want to let it rest for a few days." you raised your eyebrow in approval, "Fair." you cluck in your revolver to your side.

"woah okay, cowgirl. playing dangerous?" Soap chuckled at your weapon of choice. you open the barrel and load it with bullets.

"Underestimate me one more time," you rolled the barrel creating a clicking metal sound, and swiftly flipped your hand to get the barrel in again. "I'll Russian roulette your ass." you stare at him.

"since the pretty mohawk boy here seemed to know what he's doing, what about you go first?" you look at the dummy targets that Soap placed. an imprinted person with a few circles in the color red could be seen in the distance.

"okay, sure." Soap exclaimed and got into his position. he shot three times, the sound of bullets clanking rang in the air. you squinted your eyes a little to see what part he hit. he shot the right chest, cheek, and neck of the dummy.

"Huh. blud got smoker throat and a hole in the lung. Are you aware of the fact that the human heart is on the left side of the chest?" you look up at Soap and he looks back at you. "my hand trembled a little, it's the coffee." you scoffed at his none sense.

"don't blame them beverage." you walk up to the stance, "you train here often?" Soap raised his eyebrow at the question. "yeah, duh?" in front of the line you raised your pistol eye level. "..and that's the best you can shoot?" you cluck your revolver's hammer. 'BANG'

the light smoke come out of your revolver's muzzle. Soap was a little startled at the sudden gunshot but when he looked at the target, you hit right in the middle of the head. complete bullseye.

you giggled at Soap's dumbfounded face and jumped in front of him, waving the back of your hand to him. "and that with pretty nails" you wiggled your colorful acrylic nails that Soap's bright blue orbs reflected.

the three of you practiced a few other guns, Gaz was actually impressed by the amount of skills you have. except for a shotgun. when you tried using one, it flew right under your armpit hitting Gaz in the balls.

Half of the time you made fun of Soap, but to your liking he didn't get offended. you guys are like two dads with a chaotic daughter. the window welcomed the shifting color of the sky from yellow to orangeish. and you three decided it's time to go inside and clean up.

[ indoor, living room ]

"Uno, motherfucker." (Y/N) threw her last +4 Uno card down to the stash of previous cards. She stood up and celebrated her own winning to the invisible cheering people. the sound of the men groaning in defeat lingers around the room. "Gaz, what you got there?" Soap tried to find hope as he's the only one that has 2 cards. the British just chuckled and handed another +4 to the stash. "damn it." Soap slams down his leftover cards.

Price has called Soap, telling him that The task forces had approximately 2 weeks day off, due to... well nobody been actin up so they got none to investigate. On days off like these, the 141 are just teenagers with graying hair.

like usual, Ghost is nowhere to be found, Price is doing his endless paperwork in the headquarter, Gaz and Soap would be either out in the pub, feeding the pigeons, or going out fishing like the average guy in their late 20s. but since you're here, they take their time to have a good bonding time with you indoors. and also lectured you a few things.

Gaz taught you how to use the dryer in the laundry machine since you always have your clothes stored and cleaned nicely by a personal nanny who came over to your apartment a few times a week so cleaning duties aren't your thing. Gaz was terrified when he found out you were chewing a tide pod whilst hes not looking.

You have no idea how laundry works. you're a nepo baby but your mom is dead from cancer and your dad.. cheated on your mom. This what made you had attachment issue and abandonment issue. even when your mom was dying in the hospital bed, her last words were "Men ain't shit. I'd rather you end my bloodline than getting cheated on. also, you should outlive Trump." you took it to heart, you took it serious.

Soap, he was lecturing you about the people you might going to see. You have to know who you talking to so you won't mess up your career or get demoted lower again for being a petty bitch. He said that Gaz, him, and you are sergeants. above that, it's Lieutenant Ghost. Above the five of them, it's General Sheperd and Kate Laswell. Soap told you about Colonel König from Kortac which kind of scares you about how Soap described his appearance. Soap showed you König's Korean partner, Horangi.

"wait I know this guy," you said to Soap, looking at Horangi's picture. "(y/n), you're...not supposed to 'know' this guy." Soap gave you a puzzled look. "this motherfucker got rejected from SM Entertainment because he got caught fucking the director's daughter in his own office." you huffed and place your hand on your chin inspecting his present appearance, "let me guess, gambler?" you snapped your finger. Soap's jaw dropped in appalled hearing your accurate remark

moving on, he told you about Ghost's old recruit, Keegan. the picture Soap showed you is him holding 3 bottles of Vodka with a wide toothy smile and red flushed drunken cheeks. he looks tall about 6'1 with a fluffy hair and a cold icy iris.

As an American-(your nationality), you find Europe men quite attractive. back when you were 10, you found an article talking about European being home to men with large penises. since then, you are intrigued to find a (rich) European husband. this man's picture in front of you is definitely your long-lost puzzle.

you have to fuck him.

I mean like, you don't need to marry him. You just want to feel what a real dick feels like because the men you had sex with in the past barely lasted 3 minutes. Live fast die young, try new things even though its nasty.

"He's like.. in his beekeeping age, you know what I'm saying?" you said to Soap giggling, still staring at Keegan's picture. "What was that supposed to mean?" he slowly pull the picture away from your grasp. "Nothing!... can I keep his picture?" "NO."

back to present time, you three decided to play Uno cards. which Soap was deliberately beaten twice. "How are you so good at this?" Soap gathered the cards and pack them back into the box. "skill issue." you smirked down at him, which he rolled his eyes and place back the box of cards to the shelf.

Gaz looked up at the clock that was hung on the wall, it shows that its 5 pm. he thought about something for a second before having a go-out idea."(Y/N), you drink?" Gaz typed something down to his phone. he swore he could hear her bone crack from tilting her head too fast. "yes." you smiled menacingly, waiting for him to say the words.

"Okay so lets go-" "YESS I'LL BE READY IN 5 MINUTES" You sprinted away from the two towards your assigned room, Soap chuckled while fixing his belt strap. "She is so..energized don't you think?" he leaned to the wall, watching you slam the door behind. "I think shes very charming. but I hope that doesn't apply on missions." Gaz shrugged, sinking his phone to his pocket. "Why?" Soap turned to him.

"profesionalism above personality."

You haven't done some adjustments to your room. rather than a barrack. the whole room was painted in industrial dark green. it's built like a fucking mental asylum but in green. you started to think there's a ratatouille going on inside the walls. the floors are dusty white textile flooring. in the side of the room, your whole stuff is neatly placed. and it's the only thing that is in fresh pink, white, and baby blue colors.

you dug through your duffle bag and pull out a short black cut-out body con dress that reveal the side of your hips. it was your best buys from the Euphoria series franchise Maddy Perez inspired. you swift to the mirror holding your make-up bag, diving your hand inside it and pull out a primer spray. after spraying the cold substance through your face, you quickly put on concealer in several spots of your face and blend it away with a beauty sponge. you just put on blush on, smeared a smoked eyeshadow, then lined a sharp eyeliner to her eyes. it was uneven but nobody can tell. you slipped on your Saint Laurent Opyum 110mm heel sandal. giving your pedicured black painted nails a show to the outside air. lastly, you smeared your lips with lip tint.

you clutched your black Prada shoulder bag and walk out of your room towards the men. you saw three figures by the cafeteria, one catches your attention, it was Ghost. your gaze caught his eyes, and he stared at you with his cold orbs. which also caught Soap and Gaz's attention and they both turned to you in unison.

"(Y/N), You're-" "dressing too much." Ghost cut him off and crosses his arms again. you feel your mouth fall slightly agape. "change, now." he demanded. "I think she looks great." Soap flustered at his own words, Soap looked at Gaz whose frozen in his place "Gaz?". "you look beautiful, (Y/N)" he lend out his hand which you accepted. you had a smug grin toward Ghost when Gaz pulled you softly to his side. "come on, princess. let's go to the bar." "Oh, you are such a gentleman." you said in a Spanish accent, blowing a kiss to his cheek and giggled. Ghost was left flabbergasted as you pulled away Gaz's grasp and walk in front of him.

Ghost got irritated and looked at Soap in a 'Are you seeing this shit right now' stare. "we're off duty, I don't see a problem dressing up neatly. maybe she wants a good first impression." he said, following the two. "Fucking hell." groaning in annoyance, Ghost followed the others from behind.

Gaz opened the shotgun door for you, gesturing for you to be in control of the car radio. as you elegantly sat, he closes the door and slid to the driver. which made Ghost stops in his tracks. "Oy fucking hell?" Gaz raised his eyebrow and shrugged.

"you DIYed your driver's license from an empty Froot Loops cardboard, Ghost. I'm not risking it again." Gaz shook his head in disapproval and got into the driver's seat. defeatedly, the skull face silently sits in the backseat with Soap whose trying to turn on the radio which resulted in Ghost facing his round ass.

you looked out of the window with your chin resting on your hand, gazing through the trees and sands outside the car. thinking about your past mistakes while the sound of Gaz and Soap chattering because of the radio jagging. you know you're a confident woman, you are mesmerizing, a sight for sore eyes, you love yourself and you always live your life to the fullest. but something about Ghost's words. maybe he's right, you're dressing too much. but how much is too much anyways? are you really that arrogant? why are you suddenly scared they wouldn't like you as a person?

'SMACK' "-welcome to Radio Love Life FM." Soap bonked the radio changing the buzzing noises to finally catching a signal to the public radio station. "fucking finally. let's go Gaz." you were slightly startled but the two didn't notice. you rub the back of your neck and chuckle. "is it always like that? you should get it fixed." Soap sat back down and nodded. "I'll tell Price to put it on the list." Gaz drove out of the base's gate while somebody doesn't seem to be able to stop staring at you the whole time.

Fantasy - Mariah Carey

there was a traffic jam unfortunately but the car ride was rather lively. it's just you, Gaz, and Soap singing along while Ghost leaned comfortably with earplugs, a huge noise-canceling Sony headphones, and put his hood on to cover his protection from the other's voice. he doesn't listen to music particularly he just wants to shut his ear the whole ride. "oHH I'm so into you! darling if you only knew, all the things that flow through my mind YEAHH" the three of you sang along, each holding an invisible microphone.

(5 minutes in, Bad Romance - Lady Gaga)

Soap dramatically run his hand down from his chest. "I want it bad, bad romance" "I WANT YOUR LOVE I WANT YOUR REVENGE YOU AND ME COULD WRITE A BAD ROMANCE" you sang loudly to Gaz, as Soap sang the 'Ooh' part. "I WANT YOUR LOVE AND ALL YOUR LOVER'S REVENGE YOU AND ME COULD WRITE A BAD ROMANCE" Gaz fisted his chest dramatically. the three of you sang the 'Ooh' part in chorus. receiving an irritated grunt from Ghost.

(10 minutes in, Collide - Justine Skye, Tyga)

"oh my God this is my favorite song." you cooed excitedly, repeating the lyrics with Soap. you also whimpered slightly at the naughty lyric which caused Gaz dazzled a little but he doesn't judge. you have a melodious voice that he is secretly a new fan of. he slightly grew a warm spot for you, even though you two just knew each other by today. You just slipped into his mind like a puzzle piece. "when you put your body on mine and collideeee, collideee" You look at Gaz and rubbed his forearm in a flirtatious way. his cheeks got warm.

(15 minutes in, Simon Says - YC Banks, B. Smyth)

"wait I know this song, it's popular in LA" you giggled and patted Gaz's shoulders. "really? What's it called?" he's unfamiliar with the song, so does Soap.

"Simon Says!" you whistled excitedly. Soap and Gaz's faces went pale as Ghost jolt his body and bloodily stared at you from the back. "approach the bed imma get it wet!!" you cooed to the lyrics. Gaz and Soap looked at each other with their jaws down in disbelief. Soap was about to reach for your shoulder but Ghost stops him by shaking his head, letting you sing the song.

"SIMON SAYSS SPREAD OPEN YOUR LEGS-" you sang. not noticing the guys went dead silent.

"And put yo hands behind yo head~" you took out your phone to snap a quick picture of yourself, still not noticing the sudden silence.

"Simon saaayss take a deep breath"

"Um, (y/n)"

"CAUSE TONIGHT WE GON MAKE A MESS BABYYY"

"(y/n)-"

"IMMA DIVE IN THAT PUSSY LIKE MIKE PHELPS"

"(Y/N)!" Gaz gripped your shoulder, you looked at him with your smile drops.

"What?! you wanna kill my vibe uh?" you hissed at his touch, but he took a deep breath then looks at you softly.

"(Y/N), were here." Gaz reassured as Soap and Ghost stared at her in amusement. Soap was holding back a laughter, his face is just as red.

'Oh." you looked around, it seemed like you were in a parking lot. there weren't that many cars around, but it was not too empty either. "Okay, thank-" You were about to open the door but Gaz held your arm again, gesturing you to sit. you didn't like it when anyone touches you but upon realizing, he's not letting you open doors by yourself. he finally opened the door for you and lend out his hand.

You'd be lying if you weren't flustered. he was being extremely nice to you since in the base. but you don't take it to heart, because his mama probably raised him right. he walked you towards the back door of the pub, pushing the door and letting you enter first. As you were inside, you could see an antler head hung behind the bartender with a few beer machines and a shotgun resting below it.

It was a Scottish pub, and the song that plays at the moment you entered was Killshot by Magdalena Bay which you hummed to the beat. there are not-so-many women in the pub but they were in the same dress code as you are.

But the ones they're wearing are probably rip-offs. "I like the song you sang back in the Car." Ghost said coldly, walking past you. "I know." you shrugged your shoulders smiling.

you found yourself sitting on the bar stool between Soap and Gaz. Ghost is in the corner of Soap's left. "Open bill? it'll be $120 for 4 people with free 2 bottles of vodka." the bartender cooed with a portable EDC machine in his hand. "Yes please" Soap gave him his card, which he scanned in his machine. "I'm sorry, your credit card declined." Soap flushed in embarrassment as he got his card back. "you know what, take this." you slid your platinum card across the table towards the bartender. "thank you," he scanned it and the light turned green. "any drinks?"

"Kentucky Bourbon" Ghost rested his chin to his hand.

"Whiskey," Soap followed. "same here" Gaz followed as the bartender nodded. "and you miss?"

"Brut." you didn't bother looking, you were just scrolling through Instagram. everyone around you looked at you awkwardly because of your drink choice. but the Bartender just nodded and scooted away to get the drinks.

"Your card is made out of metal?!" Soap turned to you while sliding his card down to the ragged leather wallet. which you were...slightly squick at the sight. "personal adjustment." you gave him a half smile.

"Soo, (y/n)." you turned to Gaz and shut your phone. "tell us about yourself, I don't think we heard a lot from you since we've been just introducing you to a new place this whole time." Gaz cast a smile. you look at him then down to your nails.

As you were about to speak, Ghost and Soap was also invested in what you were about to say. this caused you to look at them funny. "the fuck you guys interested in my life lore or something," you chuckled. "oh come on, everyone has something cool to say." Soap cracked his knuckles and rest his chin down.

"should I show you a minecraft parkour video below me talking or play Time Back - Bad Style music in the background?" Soap and Gaz snorted at the reference. you chuckled at their response and layed your eyes to your arcylic nails.

"Well, my mom was a billionaire which that makes me a nepo baby. I got into a private military school and Laswell used to be my mentor actually," you slid a strand of your hair behind your ear, revealing your Kate Spade Heritage Bloom Ear Crawler and feel their gaze at you. "that was when I'm...around 15 I think? I got lost track of time because I wasn't a phone type of girl." the bartender served the drinks.

"My childhood is full of horse riding, violin, and shopping. I admit, I'm a total baby. by the time my mom knew shes going to die, she sign me up for military so I can survive and all," you chuckled to yourself. "..here I am."

"what about your father?" Gaz picked up his glass to his mouth. Soap notices your sudden change of expression, "Oh, my dad? Well I uh- Umm.." you feel yourself shrunk. "That is completely fine, (Y/N). we'd understand." he places his hand on your bare back. you shrugged and weakly laughed, "Alright I get it now, you're all without fathers, right?-" "I'm not." Gaz cut you off. "fucking love my dad" he showed you a picture of him and Price catching a huge fish. "Price's fuckin awsome." he proudly said.

Your mouth falls slightly agape as Soap wheezes at the sight of the picture. "Captain Price is your dad?" you tilt your head to the side. "No, but I like to pretend he is." he put the picture back to his phone case. "Oh. good then." you took a sip of your drink, closing your eyes, feeling the alcohol explore your tongue. "Why is that a good thing?" he shifts his pupils, watching you holding your glass close to your lips. "Because I was about to say that he probably adopted you." Soap and Ghost turned to you in disbelief.

Lights Down Low - Maejor, Wake Flocka Flame

After chattering for a good half an hour, the night becomes more effervescent. your glasses dried up, people using the jukebox, the disco ball got down and some people are actually from the military that Soap and Gaz knows. they came over to your table to say hi and you got to know the other sergeants.

"This is 141's new recruit, Lady Dior." Gaz introduced you to one of his deputies. "Shes a mid-range support," Soap exclaimed about you to his friends "Say hi, Dior". at this point, it feels like you are a kid at an uncle's party. the men been introducing you to their friends, joked around and laugh it off. Ghost in the other hand, only nodded and observed his surroundings.

some of the soldiers introduced to you are from Shadow Company, you overheard. there's a few names you caught upon talking. there was Kevin, Graves, Christ, and a few average white dude's name. and you don't really take them so serious because their ranks are a little far below you. Apparently, Shadow Company is a private elite unit of military contractors. lead by an unreachable individual. you pin this at the back of your head, you want to dive more into this.

General Sheperd is a man with many secrets. back when you were first deployed with a human trafficking case, Sheperd is the kind of man who would slow down operations intentionally. he said it was an operator and intel error but you were so dead suspicious of him. you have a personal hatred towards him, it grew into a loathe of grudges you can't help but keep. upon working in the field investigation sector, you never knew why would Laswell trust Sheperd. demoted to the 141, you finally knew why. because Captain Price, Laswell, and Sheperd had a task force they retained. this is it, where you are.

"Vodka?" the bartender offered you your free bottle of it. you took it from him forcefully, yanking it from his grasp. you took a butter knife from Soap's empty sandwich plate, clicking the bottle twice in the bottom side and twice in the rear then yanked the cap off resulting a smoke to come out of it. the bartender, Ghost, Gaz, and Soap watched you religiously. you jerk your head back, deepthroating the liquid down your throat and slams the empty bottle to the table. wiping your lips with the back of your hand, you jump down the stool. "Hold this." pushing your purse to Gaz's chest.

you went down to the crowd of people feeling your friend's piercing gaze at your figure, you didn't care. you swayed your move to the girls who eventually got along with you. the vodka started its job intoxicating your veins.

a bottle of vodka consists around 17 shots. you knew you're going to die anytime sooner for being deployed as a sergeant, dying from alcohol poisoning is cooler than getting shot and buried in a dirt.

LoveGame - Lady Gaga

Its been a while since the last time you put yourself in such a situation. you feel yourself living the night away, letting go your demotion stress out with the vodka taking over you. the lub music nuzzles into your muscles, making you whirl your hips in circles with your hands above your head.

you feel a presence on your back, rather a tall one. your eyes drowned from the smell of grapes and sugarcane from the vodka lingering in your tongue. but you don't mind to turn around and see the uninvited guest.

Men.

you sighed in frustration, still swaying your hips side by side in a pretty rhythm. the guy in front of you seemed to smile at your moves but that turned into a frown when you feel someone sandwiched you from behind. another unknown person drunkenly tried to press into you. irritated, the taller guy swiftly wraps your waist with his hands and pulls you to a dark hallway of the pub. he softly presses you against the wall behind you.

"You...are one new bunny," His gruffled voice mixed with his musk-scented perfume. "Are you a civilian?" He leveled his nose to the crook of your neck, his deep Irish accent made your stomach knot. "..You smell like sterling."

You run your finger, trailing slowly from his arm up to his flexed biceps. you tilt your head a little, brushing your lips to his red drunken ears. "That depends on how you treat me tonight," you put your thumb to his chin, making him face you. but the alley was too dark for you to see his eyes. "Maybe I'll consider giving you a good swallow." you slurred words, feeling completely influenced.

His nose brushed against yours, feeling his breathing harder. As your lips nearly interlinked, a flash from the dance floor bounces to his iris.

it's the exact same eyes you saw from the picture Soap showed you.

[4typercent]

Get to know me game!

Tagged by @threefill thanks hun!! 🫂

Were you named after anyone?

Not that I'm aware of, but possibly a famous actress from the 80s that my dad loved.

Do you have kids?

No. No way. Nope. I have far too many nieces & nephews, and most of them are awful.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

If I like you, yes.

What's the first thing you notice about people?

Their shoes. Hold on, let me explain. I do security work part-time, and one of the guys that trained me said that it's rare for people to have matching shoes. If I want to remember you, I'll look at your shoes.

What's your eye colour?

Brown, but I love wearing my red contact lenses!

Scary movie or happy ending?

I love a good scary movie and will give you a recommendation without fail. Happy endings, if they're not too sappy, are where it's at.

Any special talents?

I can mosh with the youngsters and still go to work the next day. I'm almost 40, so to be able to go hard at a concert and work in a factory has to be a talent.

What are your hobbies?

👉👈 yes... I cosplay (Weeping Angel, Sandman, Carnival Noctis, and Link to name a few), I knit horribly, crochet, and cross stitch.

Have any pets?

No, my landlord is a huge douche canoe and won't allow them. I used to have a goldfish named Godfather, he was nine and the size of my hand.

What sports do you play/have you played?

I used to play volleyball and hockey. I sucked at volleyball, tried basketball, sucked even more and stuck with hockey. I don't play now, but I still love it!

How tall are you?

160cm. Not tall, smol sized.

Favourite subject in school?

Chemistry & physics

Dream job?

Most days, I enjoy my job (plastic manufacturing), but when I was a kid I wanted to be a princess astronaut, or a paleontologist.

Tagging: @invadericee @sans--seraph @airlocksandaviaries @zzoomacroom @z-is-very-tired @marlowe-zara @shadow-schemer with a dash of pressure ♥️

[ihopethisendswell]

Uuuuuh you know what, mini bios time.

Zara

16

She/They ( demi girl)

Witch/Magi* ( in training)

Aroace

^ in my head, she hasn't fully realized this yet.

Kinda a grump, keeps to herself most times, but is also a little gremlin.

Always wears a witch hat bc she thinks it looks cool + it holds her stuff ( like her baseball bat)

^ has a baseball bat. No she does not play baseball ( I think she would like it tho)

Wants to learn fireball but it's HARD ( she has a natural affinity to plant n death magic than anything else)

Sees that Bo is tired and tries her best to not cause many problems for him.

Molly

16

She/Her ( cis)

Half - Vampire

Pan

Knew Zara ever since they were babies

Very bubbly and sweet. Very popular at school.

As a half vampire she doesn't need to rely on blood as much as her dad, but does enjoy blood based smoothies.

Doesn't like transforming into her more monstrous bat form cause she thinks she looks ugly :(

( currently) has a Interest in photography!

Grace

16

She/Her ( trans)

Werewolf

Lesbian

Childhood friends with Zara and Molly, though she came a little later.

Number 1 Instigator and Enabler

Still the most level headed of the three. She just likes to have her fun.

Is the class president. Has dreams of actually being someone that can cause change in the world. ( She doesn't want to be an actual president tho)

Is the oldest of 4-5( still figuring it out). Really good big sis, love her sibs ( all of them are adopted btw and are different types of supernatural)

Bo

25

He/Him ( trans)

Null*

Gay

90% of the shit Zara likes is bc of him. Unfortunately that also includes her desire to cast fireball. Minecraft.

Works a shit ton of jobs since their moms are constantly busy with work and thus need to be out of the house. So, essentially, he's Zara's legal guardian.

^ so far I know he works in retail and as a freelance bounty hunter ( being a Null means he doesn't get cursed by cursed items). But he works other jobs too.

T i r e d and incredibly depressed but keeps going for Zara.

Hasn't been in a relationship for years after a very shitty ex. Wants to start again ( with Jarah lmao) but is still nervous.

Genuinely a sweet guy despite his appearance ( tall, muscular, rbf and has tattoos n piercings). He dreams of opening a potion shop, since that's the only way he can do magic without having magic.

Aliyah

25

She/her ( cis)

Human

Bisexual

Has been best friends with Bo since middle school or high school. They've been ride or die ever since.

Number One babysitter when Bo is busy or just needs to fucking crash for the day. She's essentially the girl's big sis.

Family came from a long line of Monster Hunters, but uuuuuuh. Nowadays the supernatural and humans are ( kinda) chill and monster hunting like that is looked down upon. She was still trained to fight but overall she doesn't care.

Is an aspiring journalist, but works at a shitty place. How's bounty hunting with Bo to make sure he doesn't die and relieve stress.

Wants a girlfriend ( or boyfriend) so bad but alas. No luck.

Losing braincells over the bo n jarah thing ( she knows)

Jarah

25

He/Him

WizardWitch/Magi

bisexual

^ I don't think he knows this yet.

A prodigy of magic, was pretty much pushed into magic as soon as his parents realized his potential. He went to an elite school and everything. Pretty much the top of his kind.

He wasn't happy however, no matter how much he tried to convince himself he is. He always loved baking. Meeting Bo and Aliyah actually made him quiet his old job and work at a cafe.

^ his parents were not happy about that. Been strained ever since. Though maybe it was always strained

Constantly has restricted his abilities, out of habit and fear of them. Still offers to teach Zara about magic though.

Feelings for Bo is mutual, but he doesn't realize this for a while. When he does he....kinda panics.

Moving in from that, he loves baking, and is very skilled at mixing magic into it, enchanting flavors and emotions. Everyone loves his sweets :)

*Magi is the general term for magic users in this world. Witch, Wizard, and the like are ultimately just titles, but each has their own history with it.

*A Null is someone who is born with an immunity to magic, but at the cost of not being able to perform it. You cannot become a Null just to be clear. Bo was born as a Null, he never became on, got it? Good.

And yeah that's everything I wanted to share.

[dude-iloveu]

parents of parents. uh. parents². fambly

under the cut because i like the drawings but not that much that i wanna put it out there just like that. i just wanna talk about them, mostly additional things that i would dive into less but they're on my mind anyway

1st version designs. agfgsj you can see it's an old drawing from the way i draw noct and ron

current version

-> aeron's family :]

Mom (White-tailed deer) - Zara

Dad (Yellow-winged bat) - Hariz

Zara is the co-founder of a nonprofit organization (nothing specific i've thought about. they provide services and help for struggling ppl, adolescents/young adults with no one to turn to). She started it with a friend, before they moved on to pursue other projects. Hariz is. now pensioned idk what he worked as. was a long time volunteer and contributor(?) and after being vice president(??) basically took the role as one of the directors along with Zara.

Later on they met a young lady who they helped with finding a home, and she would also sometimes do volunteering work with them. She became pretty good friends with the two, and Zara just cares for her a lot because she is "the most genuine and sweetest person she's met". Sometime later the lady had an unexpected pregnancy, tho while she did want the baby she was pretty much struggling to make ends meet. so her two friends have been most supportive for her and really just. made sure to take care of her. unfortunately she did not make it in labour. the couple, not wanting to leave the baby with complications, took it in as their own, the baby is now known as Aeron.

Sister (some type of feline) - To be named

Brother (Elephant) - to be named

they were both taken under care by the parents, the sister when she was young, who basically grew up in the streets, and the brother as a teenager who lost their family and didn't want to get caught up with their relatives' feud.

random - they're a pretty loving family but can be overbearing at times too. they kinda baby aeron alot which aeron tries to avoid. zara is intersex trans and hariz is cis het ally, they always do their best to be empathetic and understand their kids. technically aeron has more older siblings but he rarely if ever meets them. aeron is most involved with their parents' line of work, since he was raised with helping around in charity events and stuff. he would have a younger sibling but i havent thought of that

-> noctis' family

Mom (mix of California leaf nosed bat & brown long-eared bat) - it used to be Arielle but I'm thinking of changing to Cassiope.

Dad (CA leaf nosed bat) - placeholder name was Dell short for delaware (lie). still unsure what to name him.

The parents have some sort of high position in their jobs at different companies. The mom is strict on upholding a perfect family image and is very envious of others' success. The dad is more lenient, still upholds a 'sophisticated' persona but is a cheater. After it was found and fights happened, they separated with the mom taking the kids. she raised the twins to be perfectionists high achievers while neglecting their emotional and mental wellbeing.

some detail - Noctis likes to fold her ears down as a kid, and this would make the mom mad. it is because folding ears meant being vulnerable because lessened hearing ability (not attentive) which makes her look improper. ironic considering that trait/ability comes from her side. like noctis is literally just chillin lmao. punished for chill crimes.

- the dad bought noctis one of those tamagotchi type toys (virtual pet?) which she loves. he also brought them to various places on the weekends before the divorce.

Twin sister - was named Cielle. now maybe would be Cygnus? not sure yet

the beloved model student who excels in alomst anything she does. loves noctis dearly but is often unable to stand up against her mom to defend her sister.

[buttersbookreviews]

A Review of This is How You Fall In Love by Anika Hussain:

Hey it’s me again back with more YA! I bought a load of books in one go and never really got around to reading them.

Stats:

Entertainment: 7/10

Cringe Factor: 6/10

Yikes Factor: 0/10

Let’s get right into the plot because wow this was certainly a book

Plot:

Zara is your average machine gun Kelly loving sixthformer (for any Americans that is your education from ages 16-18) who comes from a lenient Bangladeshi household. She also has a best friend, Adnan, who she sees as a brother and nothing more - despite the whole school shipping them.

Well one night her parents start fighting because her dad hid the fact that he had diabetes, and Zara wishes for a way out. However, Adnan accidentally grants that wish when he enters a secret relationship with Cami, and in order to keep it secret, pretends that it’s actually ZARA that he is going out with. Zara is completely against this, however when she sees how happy her parents are that they’re together she decided to agree to the whole scheme.

It’s working relatively well, but Cami is getting jealous, and Zara has met someone else, a boy. His name is Yara and he’s just her type (and also plays Pokémon go because the characters in this book love Pokémon go apparently). Well things start to get complicated.

Zara’s friend who is making a documentary on love insists on using Zara and Adnan as her subject, unaware the relationship isn’t real.

Review (will contain spoilers):

Now. I’m going to start with what I liked.

This book completely subverted the whole fake dating thing at the end, and I’m very glad that she didn’t get with Adnan because it just couldn’t shake the yacky when she said she was like a brother. Props to the author.

While I myself am not Bangladeshi, I thought all the cultural references were cool, and if you were Bangladeshi I’m sure you could relate heavily to the characters (or maybe you couldn’t?)

Also, Zara was a very strong character and a compelling lead. Despite being roped into possibly the strangest scheme ever, she held strong and kept me reading even when it got super awkward (I’m looking at you ‘sucking face’). I appreciate her for that, she had good vibes. I think that’s really what you want from a main character.

Now let’s move onto the bits I didn’t like so much. Some of these are quite nitpicky but relevant nevertheless

Everyone but Zara was kind of insufferable?? Cami was whiney even though it was her idea in the first place. She sets up the whole “You can’t be seen by my dad!1!!1!1!” Thing which gave me the impression he is super abusive and keeps her on a tight leash and he’s evil incarnate… but it turns out he’s just a bit protective because she got in an abusive relationship!! I get she still has trauma from the relationship but goodness me an elaborate fake dating scheme which you don’t even like is NOT THE ANSWER!!! (Maybe she was meant to be like this?? Idk? Were we supposed to like her??)

Adnan put hoes before bros and literally compromised his best friends entire life because he really liked this girl. Zara literally lost her best friends over this and he’s just like ‘tee hee that didn’t work out’. Adnan never considered how much Zara struggled to get into relationships, and literally took over and ruined her chances anyway. Boo. You suck.

Yara? Well he was just kinda there man. He tried to be the manic pixie dream boy but in reality was just a tall Pokémon-go playing weirdo. I think the whole big reveal that he is related to Cami was interesting, but overall he felt very bland as a love interest.

Overall:

I think this book would be a lot of peoples cups of tea. If you’re into the whole fake dating thing, this is the perfect book for you, as the scheme is one of the most elaborate I’ve ever seen in a book like this. I enjoyed the main character despite her weird Machine gun Kelly obsession (I mean to each their own but seriously MGK????). I’ve got to say, I had no clue who she was gonna pick until the very end, like I was genuinely hooked. And I was still surprised!

Was the dialogue a little cringe? Yes. But it’s a YA teen book, sometimes you just have to embrace it.

Thank you for reading 🩷

[zero-insignificance]

DND Recap: Sealed Away

Cast Includes: Rose the DM, Bob (Yours truly), Truk, Patrick, Zara, and Lanwel (new player) + guest starring Alfie!

We open in the graveyard, facing off against Emira Dux, the Goddess of Death.

Zara: Mommy sorry mommy sorry-

Patrick: Zara. I know you want the goth dommy mommy but she's TRYING TO KILL YOU-

Zara: *lesbian* I'm sorry!

Bob: Emira, what do you even see in Micheal? He sounds like a grub.

Emire: He showers twice a week and doesn't treat me like a burden.

Bob: *internally* Listen. I know what it's like to have people treat you terribly. And I have seen healthy relationships. THAT IS THE BEAR MINIMUM-

Bob: Oh... That is the bare minimum.

Emira: And who is your dad?

Truk: *blubbering* Are you talking bad about my dad?

Bob just looks at Emira and shakes his head in disappointment.

Battle Highlights

The Party: *plotting how to kill Emira*

Emira: Why have you not died yet? You’re strategizing to kill me in front of me-

Patrick: BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE HAVE MANNERS, CALM YOUR TITS-

Bob: *asking politely* Are you weak to radiant damage? *27 on persuasion*

Emira: What? No, I'm still alive.

Bob: You know, if it wasn't for the whole you trying to kill us, we'd probably be very good friends. I do love your dress.

Bragar: I SWEAR IF YOU TRY TO BEFRIEND ANOTHER ENEMY

Bob: I’M SORRY. I see a pretty frock. I like the pretty frock.

Bob uses Raulothim's Psychic Lance. Legendary resistance. Bob fires 2 angelic steel feathers. Nat 20. Critical damage. 50 in total

Ghoul got a natural 1 to hit Bragar. His claws are shattered. The other ghoul is frightened

Bragar: *gets smacked* Is that the best you’ve got, little one?

Ghouls: :o 

Lanwel comes in with 144 damage. She is The Goddess of Light.

Lanwel: These ones are mine.

Everyone: who the FUCK are you?

Truk: *drunk* Noooo not you....

Emira flees, end of combat and she states that we will never free Micheal, and that her love is too great for him.

Nobody in the party likes Lanwel.

Lanwel: You are young gods and demigods. I am here to guide you.

Alfie: *appears* Where where you bitch? Where were you back then? I see right through you.

Lanwel: *awoo jump scare*

Alfie: Zara, I brought little Morticia!

Zara: Oh great, not now-

Alfie: *fatherly glare screaming don't you fuckin dare-*

Zara: *glares back but slowly takes the child*

Alfie: Very good. You owe me for the free childcare.

Zara: I know.

Zara's player: She owes Alfie like several debts.

Me: oh definitely. Like a lot of debts.

Alfie and Zara chat regarding childcare in the corner. Alfie is just like "raising kids can be tough" Zara is like "I know" and Alfie is like "I got Pine and twins" Zara "wait what-"

Bob teleports off to get Truk a Dragon's Milk cocktail to sober him up and get rid of that awful hangover.

Lanwel tried to revive Micheal but nothing happened and we all examined the seals. The book is The Tome of Death, we don't know who the people are or what the amulet is. Bob knows the tree to be a redwood tree. Bob has plant proficiency. He calls Alfie over and Alfie recognizes the tree as the very one he cut down to make the god-awful doors to the throne room in Russia which Truk kicked off their hinges. Alfie was the only one strong enough to lift the doors solo. 17 people are currently trying to lift the door and there have been 40 casualties.

Lanwel's player: can I cast dispel magic on the grave?

Rose: You can try.

And nothing happens except for Bob flying backwards and smashing into an ornate gravestone "You're not making a good first impression on me-" 20 bludgeoning damage. He uses Healing Word on himself, mending his broken nose

Lanwel knows where the Tome of Death is. It is in a church down the road, it looks like the Cologne Cathedral but significantly scaled down. Alfie teleports off to Equestria cuz he has kids and a spouse. The party goes to the Church.

We enter and there is an anti-magic field, Lanwel has to dematerialize her armor because her belt of giant strength doesn't work, Bob is a being of pure magic so he shrinks two feet and face plants. Any magic users are stifled.

Bob: *british* Bragar? Can you carry me?

Bragar: *Russian* of course, I gotchu fam. *Picks up Bob and perches him on his shoulder*

The priest looks like the crypt keeper so yikes.

Bob says that we're here to learn about Emira Dux and Truk's player is like "this feels like a cult-" and I'm like "this is totally a cult" and as the guy is talking Bob spots the Tome of Death is a glass case and we ask if we can see it for education reasons. We succeed on deception but the guy says no, so Truk, Zara and Morticia distract the guy while Bob makes a perfect replica of the Tome of Death. It's very ornate and it takes him an hour. The child does a cute little jig. Bob got a natural 20 on performance so it is a perfect replica and he mimics the writing perfectly. Unfortunately somewhere in the book is "to" spelled as "tu" cuz Bob is mildly dyslexic. He does an Indiana Jones and quickly replaces the book with his copy rolling very well on sleight of hand. He hides the actual book in his bag.

We leave like "Have a lovely day~" "good-bye-" "see you around" and the guy is like "What lovely people! Strange, but lovely!" It takes a very long time for them to find out that the fake is a fake.

We head back to the inn we're staying at and read the book not saying anything out loud. Some parts are latin which Bob can understand and speak. We quickly realize that this is just her fucking diary. In it she GUSHES about Micheal. Because he doesn't treat her like a burden and gives her some attention. Zara covers Morticia's eyes.

"He is mine. My one true love. I cannot bear to let anyone else have him or take him, so I am binding his soul."

And we find out that the tree seal is his favorite tree, the book is her diary, the people are his childhood friends and the last one is the amulet which she wears around her neck always.

The childhood friends hate him for what he did to Severa Whitmore. People didn't like Micheal.

We discuss whether or not we should destroy the book now or gather everything up and we try various ways to destroy the book. Truk tries to smash it, someone tries ripping it up, and Bragar tries burning it.

Lanwel wants to do a dispel magic so Bob leaves the tavern/inn and asks Zara telepathically when he can come back in or is we can burn down the Dandelion yet.

Bob enters and decides to ask one of the oldest beings in the universe for help. His old patron, Azathoth.

Azathoth: Wassa dude?

Truk: Is there anything you would like to say to me? About your brother?

Azathoth: *bursts into tears and drops the surfer bro accent* I've been mourning. Doing what I can. Acting as the god of gods until you reach maturity. *voice cracks* I miss him-

They embrace and Azathoth pulls himself together and asks what we need.

"In order to destroy something with old magic you have to use the combined power of multiple gods. We'll need everyone here including Alfie."

Alfie appears in pony form and shape shifts into his normal form in his pajamas, and says that you have 5 minutes with him.

We sit in a circle, hand in hand. Alfie refuses to touch Lanwel so he and Bob swap places.

Bragar takes little Morticia into the hallway and everyone starts to channel their magic into destroying the book.

Alfie: *morning voice* Leave.

The book glows as the magic of each person envelopes it, from fire, to no texture blobs, to silver sparkles.

Magical darkness falls across the town once the book is destroyed.

Alfie is fine. Bob is fine. Truk is fine. Bragar is NOT. He smashed his shins on a coffee table. The coffee table did NOT survive.

Lanwell is a walking lantern so people without Truesight can see a bit.

With the book destroyed we head back to the graveyard and see that one of the seals is broken.

[disonuronyou]

Onur x Zara | In The DMs

Description: Onur spots Zara watching one of his live streams on Twitch, so when he ends his stream, he takes a chance and sends her a message. A pleasant surprise: she messages back right away.

Yellow light glowed as Onur’s screensaver displayed a forest scene filled with bright yellow Pikachus, one of his fans had created the desktop background for him and he loved it. He smiled every time he looked at it. But as he studied the details of the image, counting Pikachus, no smile graced his face. He had his headphones around his neck, the microphone muted momentarily. His cell phone was pressed to his ear as his father jabbered on from the other line. He was fussing, but at least he was coherent this time around. “And you swear to me your house is clean? Money may not be a problem for you, but living in filth? Unacceptable. You know this, son.” Onur sighed audible then said, “Yeah dad, I know this. The house is clean, I swear.” He tried not to take offense to the underhanded accusation. He was a young man living alone so the stereotype, of course, implied his house should be a mess of dirty laundry and piled up trash. He glanced around the room, whatever was visible to the camera he used to stream was pristine. His bed made, his carpet still had vacuum lines. Although he did have a basket of unwashed clothes hidden in his closet, he would get to it by the end of the week. “Okay, son. I trust you. You really should consider having your mother and I come over for dinner. I know you must miss her cooking.” Onur nodded even though his father wouldn’t see it. “Yeah, dad, maybe.” He turned to his PC and shook the mouse gently. The screen shifted back to a web browser, his Twitch stream was currently paused, he knew better than to be gone for too long, or else his viewer count would plummet. “Listen, dad, I gotta go. Gotta get back to work. Okay, I love you. And mom too.” The ‘I love you’ was mandatory and therefor forced. Still, he didn’t want to agitate his father, or give the older man any reason to feel doubtful… a feeling his father was good at evoking. “Okay son. We love you too.” Onur clicked to end the call, and tossed his phone to the side.

A little green blip appeared on his screen, another influencer was online… that gamer girl who also did make up tutorials. She was gorgeous as ever in her little profile picture, “I should… talk to her.” Onur shook his head and resumed his livestream, deciding silently he would shoot her a casual message in a few hours. A private message, away from the public eye. Hours passed as he played through Detroit: Become Human… the game was all about the decisions you made as one character effecting the outcomes for other characters later on. He fell into his routine of eyeing the chat, discussing various topics but mainly focusing on the story line of the game. After 3 hours, his hands were cramping, his fingers sore. Early onset carpel tunnel was surely in his future. Signing off quickly and casually, he noted that the influencer he wanted to message, a woman named Zara was still online. He hoped she’d been actively watching his live, imagined her beautiful face focused on him. He ended the stream hoping his thoughts were not revealed in his face. “Okay, okay it cool.” He told himself as he opened a new window and searched her username. She popped up, a green bubble still next to her name. He was relieved she was still online, he had a chance yet. Fingers still tired, he tapped out a quick message. “Hey! Just wanted to say, I love your content.” He added a thumbs up emoji, but quickly deleted it. He substituted for a smile face, figuring that was the safest option as far as emojis went. “Now, we wait.” He sighed, taking a moment to step away from his screen. His eyes could barely take anymore light…

Zara might have been a popular Twitch streamer, known for playing silly 'cozy' games and also doing makeup and other variety streams, but she also was a typical young adult woman from a traditional Indian family. She lived at home with her Father and younger sister - her two paternal half-siblings lived in their own homes with their respective partners nearby. Zara had taken care of her Mother as an older teenager before she passed away, leaving the matriarchal family torch in Zara's hands. On screen she was happy, bubbly, and easily kept the attention of her viewers. Behind the screen she was an easily depressed, lonely girl who felt like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders as she navigated running the family home and emotionally taking care of her still grieving Father. She had seen Onur around before but the two had never really spoken. He had once walked past her at a function and she remembered musing to a cousin later that night on the phone that he was tall and smelled good. She, like many others, thought he was gorgeous and she enjoyed his streams, but her thoughts about him ended there. Until she got a message from him just as he was wrapping up a stream that she had been watching, the girl surprised. Quickly, she replied back. "Omg, hey! I was just watching you, haha. What a coincidence that you reached out."

Onur had sent the message quickly, a nervous energy surging through him so he got up and paced his bedroom for a bit. His thoughts were speeding up when a ping! from the computer sent him shuffling back to his chair. Zara had replied almost instantly. This was exciting for Onur who was used to getting attention online but not used to having lots of friends messaging him regularly. Excitement began to shift into hope. Onur cracked his knuckles after reading the message, then he set himself to typing our a clever and charismatic reply. "You were watching me? I'm so flattered! I hope my stream was entertaining. What did you think? The graphics for the game are pretty spectacular, not unlike your natural make up look. The word flawless comes to mind. Haha!" His finger hovered over the 'Enter' button. Hesitation set in and he re-read his message twice, scouting for typos.

He wondered if she'd watched any of his other streams, the ones where he was actually outside being active. Onur thought those were his best work because they show-cased him meeting a challenge head-on and succeeding or failing with grace. The video game streams were fun, and kind of easy. But he worried that they were too boring. Onur finally hit send, and began to spin around in his chair. His bedroom walls turned to a blur as he imagined Zara's face in person: Perfect. Pristine. He wasn't a self-conscious young man, but couldn't help thinking that standing next to her, he'd be the least attractive by a mile.

Zara wasn't as nervous to receive messages back from Onur, but when she started catching feelings for the man, even seeing him type to her would start to get her heart racing. "Of course I was watching your stream. I catch it when I can, haha. And omg, thank you. Don't lie to me and tell me you watch my makeup tutorials :D" The woman typed back after receiving his next message. The woman would suggest they do a collab and have one another on their respective streams if he didn't beat her to it - she felt it could be fun to work with someone she was a fan with along with knowing that it would be good for views. But for now, she didn't ask, instead wanting to see where the conversation would go naturally.

Another ping! and Onur's head snapped back towards his computer screen, his screensaver showing a forest scene of Pikachus again. He shook his mouse with vigor and the screen lit up to show the chatbox with Zara's little icon on one side, his icon on the other. She had responded again and Onur was beginning to feel pleased with himself. What a great idea this had been, he was thinking to himself as his fingers danced across the keyboard. "Of course I watch your make up tutorials, they're so relaxing!" This part was true, he did enjoy her make up tutorials, not because he needed to know more about make up and how to apply it, but because her voice soothed his soul. This donned on him in the moment and he considered typing this out to her. But no, that would be too much too soon. So he settled on: "I don't wear make up but if I did, I'd be copying your looks left and right." Onur's stomach growled, reminding him to eat. He realized he hadn't had any food since breakfast, but he ignored this in lieu of talking more with Zara. "Although, I must admit, I love to watch your gaming streams, too. I think you're more skilled than I." He wanted to ask her more, his mind suddenly blossoming with personal questions... All in due time, he told himself quietly. He hit Enter with commitment.

[croissantbae]

June 19, 2023. This weekend was so full I can’t believe it. It was 2 fast 2 furious.

Friday: had dinner for hatty’s birthday at Laredo or lorato. Whatever trudy. And the food was surprisingly delicious!! First time I’ve enjoyed the food that much in a while. Then we didn’t want the fun to end so we sat in paiks car after feeling weird in a boba shop and just all poured our hearts out. The three words thing for the bday girl is truly so great. I could feel how loved hatty felt from it and it felt very nice to witness. Seriously though I think all of us left that night feeling a burst of love for each other individually and for the group as a collective. It reminded me so much of the types of hangouts the GGs would have growing up.

Saturday: naya really didn’t want to go to vbs because she said she can’t do what she wants to do but she has to do what they tell her. But I had nothing planned for that day (I actually canceled my volunteer thing bc I didn’t realize we couldn’t just drop them off at vbs but had to go w them). So we said let’s just try going and if u really don’t like it we can leave. She ended up having so much fun she didn’t want to go home. At first there was a service and at the end everyone took one of those gigantic group photos. There was the body worship dance things by the youth and a time of praise. Everything just felt so wholesome. Jason was like if they’re trying to convert us… I’m all in. It was just so family friendly and the kids ministry was 🔥. After there was lunch and then a festival. They got to do games, go in a bounce house, eat cotton Candy, there was some bombbbbb ddeokbokki wifh a spicy version for adults and non spicy for kids. It was a blast. It was kind of hot tho so they had an indoor portion that was a laser show and it was perfect for cooling down. The teachers were also so sweet. They came by to all say hi to Dani and say how cute she is. It wS just nice thst they remembered them even tho we don’t go to the church. We went bc Edenhurst kids get to go free.

After vbs we went down to Fullerton and had dinner w Jason’s mom and step dad. It was really nice to hang out for the first time all together in what felt like a long time. Just like how Dani and Shiloh are sort of frenemies I feel like Dani and Rowan are too lol.

Sunday: we went back down to Fullerton for Father’s Day w Jason’s dad. We went swimming even though temp reallt cooled down (well, when I say we I mean the dads and kids went swimming). Then we ate gogi and veggies and bap (always getting good hot links at their house. It’s the perfect level of spice). Jason’s dad got the girls books and Nayas were workbooks. She did them the entire time the car ride up. She loooves them. It was so nice just spending more time at Eileen’s and Jordon’s in Fullerton and seeing Rowan playing w the girls. On the way back home I picked up a few things I bought from facebook marketplace. (1) kinetic sand for $3. Jason was like how much sand are you buying? A cup full? And o was like no no the pic seemed like a lot! 25 pounds. We’ll be saving like $50. I get there and it’s like maybe a few pounds… lol. (2) princess standing things we can use as backdrops for the party. When we took it to my moms house nay wouldn’t stop carrying it and playing with it. I’m starting to get concerned magbe the princess thing is getting out of hand. Jimmy was like you know what this is? Idolatry. Humans basic instinct to worship something lol.

We had dinner at my moms for Father’s Day and man she over cooked some ribs so it was tough to eat but everything else was good.

Monday: went to the mall and exploded Nayas mind going shopping. First we went to Zara but my mom said there was something she wanted to buy her at Bloomingdales so we go and the dresses are freaking $200 plus. I was like omg. Nay tried on 3 diff kinds and I was like choose one. But my mom was like no no you can choose two. Naya had a hard time picking and we ended up buying all 3 (but partially so that the girls could share rather than buying two of the same for each of them). When we got home I ordered cheaper dresses and let the kids plAY In the nice Bloomingdales ones but took careful care to keep the tags on bc my mom HAS TO RETURN IT.

[tahani-parkinson]

Tahani probably could have created diamonds between her teeth with the way she was clenching her jaw and trying not to cry. Then Nixon asked her not to which made her think about it even more and she could feel herself losing control in real time; first it was her hand squeezing his because she could feel it shaking, then her breaths coming in short and jagged, and her bottom lip quivering as she tried to think of something to say. Finally, a tear dribbled down her cheek and she swiped it away just as quickly. All the while he was telling her everything she needed to hear and the fact that she didn't need to elaborate on why she was nervous just made her want to cry even more, only for different reasons.

"I want this too," she nodded, so he'd be extra certain that she meant it even if she was a blubbering mess at that point. She'd been working herself up for days to confirm her suspicions, so the exhale of relief when he said it was one of the happiest days of his life was beyond satisfying. "I'm happy, I promise. I just needed to hear you say it first." The way he'd pulled her hand to his chest had the rest of her following into his lap soon after, always wanting to be close in general but now she was feeling legitimately clingy. If they managed to get off the couch for the rest of the day it'd be a miracle. "I can't believe it's finally happening. You're gonna be such a good dad," she cupped his face in her hands, her expression nothing short of pure love as she finally started to feel it sink in. "Can we keep it between us for now? Once we tell Zara you know she's going to livestream it to the whole world and I want us to just have a minute. I want to enjoy it this time around. Now stop looking at me, I get puffy when I cry."

Nixon couldn't hide just how relieved he felt, something that clearly showed in the way his shoulders drooped and the corners of his mouth slowly began to curve up. "What? Why would I leave you? I've literally been telling you for years that I want to have your babies. Or that I want you- you know what I mean." He waved his free hand, not bothering with the semantics of it all. "If I didn't want to have kids I probably would've made an effort to use a condom at some point in time. It's not like I didn't know what I was signing up for. And I'm fucking nervous, but that's just because I can count the times I've seen you cry on one hand. The look on your face and your expectations of me are sort of breaking my heart here. Please don't cry." He raised their hands so the back of hers rested lightly against his chest. He could understand why she would be worried considering how things had played out for her the last time around but he thought he'd been clear that he was different.

"I'm not going anywhere. Like, ever. I want to be with you for the rest of my life." He had no problem admitting that the only future he saw involved her and Zara. The days of him being too anxious to openly admit his feelings were long gone and he could only attribute that to the two of them. "I love you and I wanted this." He'd meant it when he said he wanted to have a family with her. A bigger family. It wasn't something he could've picture himself being excited about with anyone else but things with Tahani were different. Before everything else she was his best friend, and all the time he'd spent with her and Zara made the idea of looking after kids seem less li. "I wanted this with you. And I'm so fucking excited. This is, like, one of the happiest days of my life. I don't want you to doubt that, so if there's something you need me to do you just need to say the word. Or I'll take you shopping. Anything and everything is on me, and we can even hit the Disney store that Zara likes. Am I allowed to tell anyone? Or we could do something if you want to tell everyone. Or we can wait. I don't really care who knows aside from my parents and Z. Can you picture the look on her face?"

[sullina]

I had a random Meliodas dialogue:

“WHY WOULD I WANT TO RELEASE THE DEMONS!? IM THE ONE WHO HELPED PUT THEM IN THERE!!!”

Do with it what you will

so this is gonna be mostly crack, and also so fucking much, jesus christ. Welp, enjoy^^

AU where Meliodas is actually evil in a sense and wanted the DKs throne for himself bc the DK is shitty and also power. He really just wanted to kick the DKs ass and then Ludociels ass for obvious reasons.

In this AU, Elizabeth is also evil in a sense, knowing of her mothers brainwashing and manipulation of the entire goddess race. She also wants her mothers throne for power, to stop the endless fighing that she was, quite frankly, getting tired of. And also lowkey to kick Ludos ass.

The two form an alliance and a promise, to help each other reach their goal. In the end, they do both want to end the war, because of the bloodshed and also bc it's getting boring. It's always the same.

The fact that Meliodas is cursed with eternal life comes awfully convenent to Mel, bc he can train to his hearts content while also working on a solution to break the curse on Elizabeth. Eternal reincarnation isn't exactly great for gathering power to kill gods.

How Mel and Eli come together with Mel ending up switching sides, is basically one going "why are even fighting, this war has literally no purpose" and the other going "word" and boom, friendship. Eli has the idea that they could beat the DKs ass much quicker if Mel came to Stigma, to which he agrees. The other way around doesn't really work because no demon would ever trust a goddess. The other races don't trust Mel either for the most part, excluding Drole, Glox and Rou, but Ludo is such an ass that he will still take Mel and the strength that comes with him. Mel and Eli really gotta restrain themselves from ripping Ludo to shreds on a daily basis.

The fight where Mel and Eli die the first time is their first attempt at killing the DK and SD. It goes horribly of course, and this one follows canon.

Three thousand years later, Meliodas is Danafors great holy knight, and he reads up on curses, seals and demonic spells. With all possible teachers gone, and him not really having an affinity for magic (and not wanting to ask Merlin), he's trying to teach himself via books. Someone notes the large collection of demon-themed books and accuses him of being a demon worshipper. Cue a frustrated and angry Mel and your dialogue: “WHY WOULD I WANT TO RELEASE THE DEMONS!? IM THE ONE WHO HELPED PUT THEM IN THERE!!!” Which comes to a shock to everyone. The words spread, but are reduced to rumors. After all, their kind-hearted great holy knight who is definitely not over 3000 years old couldn't possibly have done such a thing, right?

Anyway, the great tragedy happens, but Meliodas has enough of a mind to finish Fraudrin off. He gathers the pieces for the coffin of eternal darkness and hides them away all over Britannia, to make that A) no one finds them before him and B) should the time for peace come, he can release the demons himself. Most of them were still just pawns of the DKs and SDs sick game, and they deserved to live their lives. Plus, he still misses Zeldris, who was also sealed. He's aware that the DK is in purgatory though.

Mel grieves the death of his friend, Elizabeth, who had grown dear to him over the years and takes her reincarnation to Liones. It was the closest kingdom where he could take care of her. Once in Liones, Meliodas begins amassing books of demons anew, since he couldn't salvage any of them from Danafor, sadly. Zaratras, as well as other close to Meliodas, note the growing collection. They don't accuse him of being a demon worshipper though, so Mel can talk himself out of it by it just being curiosity. Zaratras is still suspicious.

Mel regularly sneaks away to practice the demonic spells. He struggles with some of them, because he has to get them just right if her wants to have any hope of actually going against his father. Zaratras knows he sneaks away, but lets him be since he doesn't want to intrude on a teenagers privacy and possibly loose his trust.

Instead, it's Hendrickson and Dreyfus who follow Mel, who both got curious about demons themselves. After all, what isn't fascinating about a race long gone? It really is just curiousity, no ulterior motives or anything. Shortly after, the corpse of the red demon in the burnt down fairy kings forest is discovered. Hendi and Dreyfus see the effects of ingesting its remains and figure "well shit, sweet little Mel has ingested demon blood". From then on, they're onto him like hawks. Mel is part demon himself now (is what they think) and they want to know how that affects his behaviour. Mel knows they're watching him, but has no idea why. Zaratras is none the wiser about anything, and Hendi and Dreyfus can't just tell Zara bc they have no proof. Plus, Zara has taken a liking to the blonde, which makes it even harder to accuse him of something as outrageous as having ingested demon blood.

Eli is still attached to Mel, who, against Baltras wishes, actually trains her in combat! Enough to hold her own at least. He trains her together with Gil, who also absolutely admires him.

Also, Mel gets a room in the castle, so he can stay near Elizabeth as her personal protector. Zaratras keeps trying to adopt Mel, but all attempts fail because Mel is so preoccupied and even obsessed with killing the DK. No one knows exactly what he's obsessed with, but it's clear that there's something. Mel often neglects to eat when he's reading or trying to wrap his head around a spell, so it's often up to Zaratras or Baltra to tear him away and get some food in him, which more often than not, Mel views as a waste of time. Besides, he hunts a great deal when he sneaks away to practice his magic and to get some food that's adequate for him, which is mainly raw meat.

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Rio’s Heaven: Breakfast and Bonnets

Rio felt the pressure on his chest, when he tried to take a deep breath in his sleep. He opened his eyes and the first thing he was met with was a diaper, and a bonnet in his face.

“Whatcha doing lil girl?” he asked groggily as he flipped his six month daughter, Nova, to lay on his chest. She smiled and cooed seeing he was awake. Her pink bonnet was a little too big for her, making it slip down her head. Rio kissed her head before moving her to sit on the side of the bed. He sat up and saw his 4 year old daughter, Amerie, watching cartoons at his feet in her pajamas and in her blue bonnet.

“Merie.” He said gently while playfully throwing a pillow at her head, smiling when she turned around. She mugged him slightly for interrupting her show and hitting her, making him laugh. “Why you making that face? Cmere.” She had his and your attitude which made her the funniest one in his eyes.

Amerie crawled up the bed and in her daddy’s lap. “G‘morning daddy.” She whispered, hugging him, which he happily returned. “Good Morning baby. He kissed her head too. “Where’s mommy?” He asked finally, noticing you weren’t in bed. Amerie pointed out the bedroom door.

Rio stood up and stretched out, before picking up Nova who was chilling in the mountain of pillows Rio and his wife had in the bed. Amerie looked up at him with a pout. “I'm not leaving you, Cmon.” He opened his arms and let her jump into them. He walks out the bedroom, with his youngest in his arms.

Walking out the master bedroom led to one of the hallways leading to the front of the house. Rio and his wife opted to take the bedroom on the first floor to have more privacy and to be in the first line of defense if anything were to ever happen. The smell of breakfast hit Rio like a punch as it simmered through the house. He followed the smell like a dog as he walked towards the kitchen, already hearing the rest of his family.

The first thing Rio saw when walking into the open kitchen was one of his other girls, Sayani, sitting on the couch of the living room, watching cartoons, and then his two oldest kids Zara and his only son Marcus sitting on the barstools of the islands. All his girls had on different color bonnets and were all chilling. His wife, Amara was in the kitchen cooking while dancing along to one of her many playlists.

Sayani, who was 6, saw Rio first and jumped off the couch to run towards him. “Daddy! Guess what I got from the tooth fairy!” She bounced up and down, smiling which showcased her two missing bottom teeth which had recently fallen out. “I got 50 dollars!” She smiled. She looked so much like Rio it wasn’t even funny. She was his twin in girl form. He red bonnet was bouncing up and down with her moving as her head did.

Rio walked over to the couch to sit down in her spot and sat his babies on his lap. “50 dollars huh?” Rio smirked looking towards his wife who was turned towards the stove but was laughing. “Tooth fairy must have robbed a bank to give every kid a 50.” He chuckled to himself knowing his wife was spoiling his kids. Sayani laughed before sitting down next to him and watching cartoons again. He sat Amerie down and let her find her way to her mama in the kitchen before he stood and walked to the next part of his family.

Zara, his oldest daughter greeted him happily before taking Nova out of his arms. Her bonnet was green just because she loved nature so green was clearly her favorite color “Hey sunshine.” He smiled at her. He’s been calling Zara sunshine since she was born, just because of how happy she was as a baby. “Wassup son.” Rio dapped up his 15 year old son Marcus before pulling him into a hug. Rio showed his affection towards each of his kids the same way.

“Hey dad.” Marcus spoke, playing with Nova. “Mom cussed out some women today at the grocery store.” He snitched, making Amara who now had a half asleep Amerie in her arms turn around. “Marcus, that was supposed to be a secret!” She laughed. Marcus and Zara laughed at her. Rio raised his eyebrows at her.”just for that I’m eating one of your cinnamon rolls.”

A now curious Rio, walked around the counter over to his wife. Her hair was covered with her headscarf which was protecting her newest hairstyle that went all the way down to her ass. He hugged her from behind, kissing her cheek in the process. “Good Morning beautiful.” He whispered in her ear kissing her cheek again. Amara turned from the food on the stove and turned to him. She kissed his lips. “Hi, husband.” She's been calling him it since before they’ve been married, liking the way it rolls off her tongue

“So why you cussing people out all early in the morning?” Rio smirked, picking up and biting into a strawberry.

“I swear it was not my fault! She had the nerve to touch Zara’s hair in the line! Like I told her not to touch it after she asked and so did Zara and her old ass did it anyways!” One thing Amara didn’t play about; was her baby's hair. She’s finally been able to tame all the different hair textures in this hosue and she doesn’t want anybody fucking with their beauty. “I cussed her out so damn bad it wasn’t even funny.”

Zara chimed in. “Mama, it was kind of funny. You almost made the woman cry.” She and Marcus both laughed recalling the redness and shock in the woman’s face.

Rio raised his eyebrows to his wife at that point. “Now what if that woman beat your ass in the grocery store?” He joked, knowing his wife was in the right. “You better stop talking to people crazy when I’m not around.” He laughed.

Amara kissed her teeth. “She knew better baby.” She turned the stove off and turned towards everyone. “Everyone come make your plates.” All the family went towards the kitchen to eat the breakfast the woman of the house made for all 7 of them. Rio loves mornings. He loved being able to sit and eat with his family and watch them grow up along with his wife.