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Rubenesque - Secondo x F! Plus Size Reader
Summary: Retirement had its perks. For Secondo, one of those was being able to spend much more time on the things he enjoyed. And there were only two things he truly enjoyed these days; art, and you. Although if you asked him, heâd insist that they were one and the same.
So how would he react when he learns that your peers are mocking your sinfully gorgeous body, and you're struggling to love yourself?
Rating: Explicit, 18+ Only
Word Count: 7.8k
Warnings: Fatphobic comments, low self esteem, sensual sex, semi-public sex, fingering, oral sex (f receiving), body worship, p in v sex, creampieÂ
A/N: Yes, this is self-indulgent. Sue me. And whilst it is a plus size reader fic, anybody can still enjoy Artist Secondo who enjoys his women...
Disclaimer: The painting in the header has been modified using photoshop to edit out a creepy old man. It is a Rubens painting, named "The Hermit and the Sleeping Angellica". It's important to also note, Rubens never painted any scenes for the satanic church. This is fiction for this particular story.
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Retirement had its perks. For Secondo, one of those was being able to spend much more time on the things he enjoyed. And there were only two things he truly enjoyed these days; art, and you. Although if you asked him, heâd insist that they were one and the same. Â
Except, you were finding it harder and harder to believe him in that regard. With the whispers of harsh siblings as you passed in the hall managing to reach your ears, you were struggling more and more to understand why you were one of Secondoâs favourite things at all. He was unaware of your harsh feelings towards yourself, let alone of the whispers in the halls. But then, now he spent most of his time in his art studio on the edge of the grounds, you werenât surprised that he was oblivious to the goingâs on in the Ministry. Now that his younger brother was running the show, he didn't have to meddle quite so much in the politics of the Clergy. Heâd only get involved when they tried to undermine Terzo; something he would never stand for, no matter how much he aggravated him. The burden had been passed on, and after decades of devotion and servitude, he figured heâd earned a little respite.Â
His studio was his sanctuary. Few were allowed to set foot inside; the exceptions being his brothers, and you, naturally. You still remember the first time he invited you in. It had been one of your first official dates, and heâd set up a quaint little dinner by candlelight surrounded by his art and tools, showing you a piece of him so heavily guarded from the outside world, lest they think heâd gone soft. Â
The studio itself was rather beautiful. It had once been a greenhouse, ornate green iron housing panels of thick glass from floor to ceiling. The panes considered as walls were covered in old stained-glass patterns of every colour in the shape of intricate florals. It had belonged to Papa Primo before, but in his old age, he simply didnât have the time to run multiple greenhouses, and chose to keep the ones he did work out of closer to the Abbey itself to save him the trouble of a long walk. But for Secondo, it was perfect. Â
Now out of commission, the old greenhouse had been repurposed into his own studio. Shelves of pots had been replaced by blank canvases; racks of plants now saved for his supplies. Heâd added a potterâs wheel and small kiln at some point too â one of his many artistic adventures that he revisited from time to time. Â
But his chosen medium had always been oil paints. Despite his talents in clay sculpting, pottery, sketch work, watercolour - any and all of it - oil paints were the greatest weapon in his arsenal. Many of his paintings hung in the Ministry, amongst the art commissioned centuries ago by various painters of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Some of these painters had been commissioned to do large pieces in Catholic places of worship too, but had been swayed by the money and a promise of a life free from judgement to paint beautifully dark imagery throughout. Â
Secondoâs oil paintings fit right in, his style similar to the artists heâd admired for much of his life. His subject matter varied, from beautiful scenes of sin, to intricate studies of the human form, to landscapes and still life. You adored his work, finding yourself having to rotate the canvases you hung in your quarters when heâd gift you a new one every so often. Â
As Secondo spent the summer evening on the finer details of a scene from the Book of Revelations, the sun had begun to illuminate the colours of the stained glass with a warmth that cascaded over the stone floors. When youâd quietly entered into the studio so as not to disturb his focus, you were struck yet again by the beauty of his hideout. Â
The coloured rays of light cascaded over your lover, stood at his easel without any acknowledgement of your arrival. How one man could look so dreamy, as if heâd been plucked from the most romantic of novels, was beyond you. You could only see him from behind, but it didnât go unnoticed how his shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, the fabric stretching over his thick arms and solid back and tucked into his slacks. His apron was tied around his waist, pulling him in and showcasing a strong torso that Pythagoras himself would theorise about. Â
Secondo was an artwork you wished you could paint and immortalise yourself. But youâd have to settle for committing this to memory instead as you approached where he stood, pulling a stool from a workbench and gently setting it down beside him. Â
âBuonasera, amore mio,â he greeted as you sat, never taking his eyes from the canvas as his fingers handled his brush so carefully. Â
âThatâs beautiful,â you told him honestly, eyes scanning the half-finished work of the Whore of Babylon atop her beast of seven heads. Â
Secondo smiled, his eyes flicking to the side to look at you briefly as he muttered a âgrazie.â He continued the detail he was trying to finish, the two of you settling into comfortable silence. You hadnât come here to chat, anyway â more to escape, than anything. You had once again heard harsh whispers of cruel siblings as youâd passed them in the halls not twenty minutes before deciding to find Secondo, and you werenât sure you could take anymore today. You simply wanted his company.Â
âI may need your assistance soon, mia musa (my muse),â he announced after a few moments of quiet. âI will finish this soon, and I need some... inspiration,â he paused to smirk back at you momentarily, âfor my next work.â Â
âWhat could I help with?â you asked, your tone somewhat dejected. Secondo stilled, his brow creasing as his head tilted slightly in your direction enough to be able to study you. If youâd been looking at him instead of your fingers in your lap, youâd have seen the way he squinted at you, noticing everything. Â
âI want to paint you, mia musa,â he explained so gently, reaching towards you to tilt your chin up to him. When he met your eyes, he knew instantly something was the matter; you never avoided his gaze like that.Â
âI wouldnât make a very good subject matter...â you shook your head, standing up and wandering over to the rack of finished canvases Secondo was yet to do anything with. You looked through them, your mind elsewhere unable to really take in the art itself. Â
Secondo studied you from his easel, watching with concerned curiosity. Something wasnât right; that was incredibly obvious to him. Heâd known you long enough and intimately enough to know that you werenât yourself. And it didnât sit right with him that you were putting yourself down either. Â
You ran your fingertips over the tops of a particular art piece of his, feeling the texture of dried paint as your thoughts raced through every comment youâd heard through the halls since your relationship with Secondo had gone public. Such hurtful things about you and how you looked...Â
âAt least Papa Secondo is strong - heâll need to be...âÂ
âI know... he could have his pick of sisters, and he chose her?â Â
The laughter and digs at your body rattled around in your head; so much so, that you werenât aware that Secondo had noticed at all until two strong arms were wrapping themselves around your waist from behind you, his unusually bare palms flattening against your stomach which had you recoiling instinctively. Secondoâs hold on you loosened, his hands hovering around you instead as he tried to work out what heâd done wrong.Â
âAmore, I-âÂ
âIâm uh... Iâm sorry, just...â you back peddled, trying to find an excuse for how you were acting that wouldnât result in more questions, but you had nothing. Instead, you slid out from between him and the rack in front of you, back to his easel to find something to occupy your hands and avoid further conversation. Youâd come here to watch him work in silence, to avoid people yet to not feel alone. You didnât want to talk about this and make it into a bigger deal than it was.Â
But Secondo watched you still, feeling oddly rejected for the first time with you. Youâd never refused his touch before, never run away from him before. He could only imagine he might have said or done something wrong... Perhaps he was spending too much of his attention on his art and not on you. But that had never been an issue before â heâd always made such an effort to balance his affections. Â
He took a few steps towards you, slowly like he was testing the waters, but you could barely even look at him, studying his half-finished painting instead as your cheeks began to ache from holding back unshed tears. Â
âHave... Have I upset you, amore?â he asked cautiously, keeping his distance if thatâs what you wanted. You pressed your lips together hard, taking a deep breath in and shaking your head. âYou can tell me, I wonât be angry. Iâd like to know so I could correct it-âÂ
âYou havenât,â you interrupted him, still focussed on the painting as one pesky little tear dripped down your cheek. With such a keen eye for detail, he noticed immediately, and his chest tightened. He was at your side in just a few quick strides.Â
âAmore, what is it?â he asked, frantic but being so gentle with you as if heâd break you with a simple touch. His fingertips once again guided your chin to look at him, and when you saw the concern and fear in his eyes you could hardly hold up the dam anymore.Â
You tried to speak, but the words got stuck in your throat. You didnât want him to worry, and you knew if you told him everything, heâd want names. But now the tears were flowing, it made speaking all that much harder. Secondo waited patiently, wiping at the tears as they fell with the pads of his thumbs. Â
âI just... Iâm not sure I understand why... youâre attracted to me,â you hiccupped, your shoulders shaking, eyes trained on your feet. Secondo was taken aback... Why wouldnât he be attracted to you?Â
âAmore, you... you are one of the most beautiful creatures I have ever laid eyes on, what are you talking about? Have I not been making you feel so?â he panicked, immediately thinking perhaps he had been neglecting you in some way. But surely not, he told you how beautiful you were at least once a day in some shape or form. And it wasnât as if your sex life together had been dwindling... Â
âN-no, I know you are attracted to me, I just... Donât understand why,â you sniffled, meeting his eyes. âNobody else would-âÂ
âWhy does anybody else matter?â That stumped you. You couldnât explain yourself without informing him of what he didnât hear himself when he spent his days in his studio, away from the whispers. You didnât have much choice, here...Â
âThey... they talk,â you mumbled. Â
âWho?âÂ
âThe siblings. They whisper, they believe you deserve better, they donât understand why you would pick me.â Â
Secondoâs face darkened, the hard lines of a lifetime of stress forming deeper crevices across his brow. He was infuriated to know that members of his own congregation could be so narrow minded, despite the decades of teachings of what beauty meant and learning to accept anybody and everybody, no matter who they are or how they looked... But above that, he was enraged at the thought they were hurting you. He would find them and tear them a new asshole â but his first and only concern was you.Â
âThere is not a single thing about you that isnât beautiful, amore. Do you not see it?â That only made you cry harder, because no, you didnât see it. You had struggled with your body image for so long, and while you did your best to tell yourself you were beautiful despite your hang ups about your weight, youâd never come to love yourself in the way you intended. Â
âI just... I struggle to see how all this,â you gestured to your body, âis beautiful. Itâs not easy when the world is constantly telling you your body is wrong,â you cried. Secondo had no idea of the years of torment youâd faced at the hands of your peers, no matter where in life you found yourself. Beauty standards had plagued you for the longest time, and it constantly chipped away at the shred of self-confidence you had. Â
Secondo stepped closer to you, an arm wrapping around your waist and pulling you closer as he wiped your tears again. âThere is nothing wrong about your body, mia musa. You are un'opera d'arte (a work of art), no?â Â
He was doing his best to comfort you, to tell you how exquisite you were but he could tell in the way you looked away from him with a small shake of your head that you didnât believe it. All those years of being told your body wasnât attractive had worn you down, and now you were hearing it all over again in the one place you should be able to feel truly comfortable. Secondo wouldnât stand for it. Â
The arm around your waist dropped to untie his apron, lifting it from over his head and throwing it down onto the stool heâd been working from. Then he threaded his fingers through yours, with a tight and reassuring grasp. âCome with me,â he told you, giving your hand a light tug as he stepped back. You followed him, allowing him to walk you out of the studio and through the gardens towards the Abbey. Panic washed over you, thinking he was taking you to confront the siblings in question.Â
âSecondo, I donât want to talk to them-âÂ
âThatâs not where weâre going,â he assured you, âbut they will be dealt with.â His protectiveness of you made your chest ache. How did this man adore you this much? You may never know. Â
The grounds were relatively deserted. The sun was dipping below the mountainous horizon, casting a deeper orange glow over the Ministry and signalling the end of another day. The majority of Siblings were busy with their own lives, spending their downtime in the mess hall or in their dorms. A few stragglers were walking through the halls, including a couple of the siblings whoâd whispered such cruel things to you. Â
Secondo felt your hand squeeze his momentarily, and when he looked, he saw the look of embarrassment on your face as you walked towards them. He put two and two together very quickly when the siblings in question watched on, staring at you with amused little smiles. As Secondo marched you down the hall, his glare stuck on them and the moment they looked at his face, their smiles fell to looks of fear. Even as he walked you past where they stood, he stared with a look of thunder that chilled each of them to the bone - and rightly so. Â
But he kept walking, until he stopped outside the large doors to the chapel. He dropped your hand only to open the heavy door and push it open. Â
Inside the chapel, a handful of siblings were busy replacing candles and reordering the pew cushions as were their duties after any kind of service. At the sound of the heavy door creaking at the top of the aisle, all of their heads whipped around and stared in confusion between you and Secondo. He ushered you inside and held the door open as he turned to the siblings.Â
âOut,â he ordered, his face stern and in no way amused by the puzzled looked the siblings shared between them. No one moved, looking around at the jobs that were yet to be done around the chapel. Â
âB-but, Papa... we still have to-â one of them stuttered, Secondoâs mere presence and demeanour enough to have the poor soul on edge. Â
âOUT!â he yelled, startling even you who jumped beside him. The siblings didnât argue, knowing better than to stick around and hurried out of the door past the two of you. Once the last sibling had scurried out, Secondo closed the door with a heavy slam, pulling the wooden plank down that bolted it shut from inside.Â
He walked around the pews towards the edge of the Chapel, stopping in front of one of the murals that had been painted centuries ago. He gazed up at it, before looking back at you and holding out his hand for you to join him. You did so with caution; not because you were scared of him, more so plagued by your own insecurity than anything. But when you approached his side and placed your hand in his, he held it so gently, guiding you closer to his side. Now stood shoulder to shoulder, you followed his gaze to the beautiful artwork on the wall that Secondo himself had worked to restore and keep in perfect condition since he was a young man. Â
âWhat do you see, when you look at this?â he asked with tenderness, leaning down but never taking his eyes off the painting, âwhat do you notice?âÂ
You studied the images in front of you; a large scene of the Garden of Eden that differed from the traditional depictions. In this scene, it was Adam who was eating the apple, the Devilâs serpent coiled around a branch above Eveâs head. It showed the truth of that long-standing story, falsely peddled and passed down through centuries. Adam had been the one to sin, and lied to protect himself. The apple had become stuck in Adamâs throat as he lied to his God, hence the anatomical term âAdamâs appleâ that only men are born with. Eve sat on the roots of the large tree, weeping at Adamâs betrayal. She had played no part in this sin, and yet, she was to be blamed for it; but even that was not the first injustice of a patriarchy. Â
âItâs... Adamâs betrayal. I see a woman scorned and forced to carry a burden of centuries of judgement,â you told him, feeling almost like a student being quizzed by her professor. You wanted to get the right answer, even if art was subjective. Â
âEve looks beautiful, no?â he asked, waving his hand in her general direction.Â
âOf course,â you told him, her ethereal presence highlighted with gentle pastel colours, her body on display as she wept on the large tree roots in a way that could only be described as elegant. Eve was one of the first of many scapegoats throughout the teachings of the Bible, and yet, not the first woman to have been cast from the Garden of Eden. Another painting on the opposite side of the Chapel depicted that first woman; Lilith. Â
Secondo turned around, again guiding you by the hand to the other side of the large Chapel where her painting resided. Her scene showed her expulsion from the Garden of Eden long before Eve was created from Adamâs rib. Lilith was Adamâs equal, his first wife, born of the same soil as him. And yet, because she didnât obey Adam, she was cast out. Â
Again, this was how the Bible would describe Lilith; rogue, disobedient and evil. But this was merely Chinese whispers, her story twisted and moulded into a lie. Truthfully, Adam believed Lilith should lie beneath him during the marital act â sex â but Lilith had disagreed, stating they were of the same soil, the same earth and were equal. She should not have to lie beneath him at all. That is what got her cast out of the Garden. Â
In her scene, she looks freed. There is no weeping, no remorse. She looks strong and independent, marching her way towards the fallen Angel known as Lucifer to begin her work with him; as his equal. Her painting is a triumph, and she looks as beautiful as you had always seen her. Â
âAnd what do you notice here?â Secondo asked, his tone still so calm and tranquil, how he always spoke of his beloved art. Â
âI... I see Lilith, marching towards her truth and forging her own identity.âÂ
âAnd she looks beautiful too, does she not?â Â
âWell yes, of course,â you agreed without hesitation, but you were confused as to his point. Â
âThese women â these two symbols of our very existence â do you notice what they have in common, amore mio?âÂ
âAdamâs betrayal,â you scoffed. Secondo smirked.Â
âWell, sĂ, sĂ, but... I mean to look beyond the meaning of the scene itself, and look solely at them, their form.â Â
You looked behind you back at the painting on the other wall, scanning Eve before turning back to Lilith to find the similarities. But you were at a loss. Different hair colours, slightly different skin tones, different coloured eyes.Â
âI donât follow?â you admitted, feeling a little silly for not understanding. Â
âYou say they are beautiful, sĂ? And of course, hai ragione (you are right). But,â he stopped, stepping closer to the painting and reaching his fingertips out to trace the nude body of Lilith, having you look closer. He lowered his voice to almost a whisper, and said, âtheir bodies, amore... Do you not see?â  Â
His fingertips continued to trace the artwork, every beautiful curve of Lilithâs figure, unashamedly thicker like her flesh would ripple if the painting came to life. Secondo looked back to you, a softness in his eyes as he watched it dawn on you. Youâd never noticed before, never questioned it but now that you were looking around at all of the artwork in the chapel, you noticed more and more that the prominent women, the ones whose beauty and power are marvelled within your religion, looked like you...Â
Your eyes glossed over with emotion; how had you missed that? The very essence of beauty, and their bodies were nourished, full and spectacularly curvy. They were voluptuous and had always been revered throughout time as soft, feminine figures of power. Â
âThese paintings, amore, were all commissioned by a painter known as Peter Paul Rubens. Do you know of him?â he asked, turning his back to the painting to stand in front of you, still holding your hand. You shook your head, pressing your lips together in the fight to keep your cheeks dry. âHe is very famous for how he painted women. He enjoyed the larger women; more of them meant more beauty to paint. And people worshipped the women in his paintings, fawned over them. He became so famous for his portrayal of beauty, that there is a term for a thicker, healthy, beautiful woman such as you, mio dolce...âÂ
He took a step closer to you, his free hand brushing strands of hair youâd let fall to conceal your face away behind your ear, so he could see you in all your beauty. The softness in his eyes he reserved only for you forced a stutter in your pulse, seeing the adoration he never tried to mask since the moment heâd met you when you joined the Ministry months ago. Â
And then he leaned forward, his hand slipping to the back of your neck to keep you gently in place while he brought his lips to your ear, and whispered, âRubenesque...âÂ
Your hand squeezed his in a visceral response, something you couldnât control. Secondo lingered there, completely consuming your personal space as he was always so welcome to do. Â
âDolcezza, you have been mia musa since the moment I laid eyes on you. If I could not have you, then I knew I at least needed to paint you â over and over again, if you would allow me.â As he spoke, the hand holding the back of your neck began to trail down your spine, making a beeline for your waist where he gripped a handful of your body and gently squeezed. âYou instantly reminded me of all of my most treasured art pieces, an amalgamation of the strength, power and elegance of all the women in paintings I had studied for decades.âÂ
He dropped his chin to press light kisses to just below your ear, still whispering his adoration of you as they travelled over what little skin was exposed.Â
âWhen you walked into this Ministry, I was so sure you had walked right out of a Rubens painting, that you could not possibly be real.â More kisses, his lips tickling your skin with every word in between. âThat you had somehow been sent here for me alone. And then...â more kisses, his chest now pressing against you while your hand in his at your side tightened in arousal, âyou indulged me... You sat for your first painting, so shy and timid with the most intoxicating pink blush to your cheeks. I tried to remain professionale, to focus on the art but... my mind wandered so freely.â Just like his hand was now. From your waist, it wound its way around your hip and down your thigh, pushing back to trail up the back of your thigh to the swell of your buttocks. Â
You cast your mind back to that first sitting, before Secondo had truly shown any interest in you. You assumed you were simply sitting for a painting, that he asked various people to do so throughout the Ministry. And whilst he had on the odd occasion, it was never for a piece as intimate as that... Â
Heâd been so gentlemanly in his invitation, setting up part of his studio with a chaise longue and allowing you the time you needed to feel comfortable. Heâd left you to undress and replace your clothes with a robe, shown you how he had pictured your pose and then allowed you your privacy again to disrobe and drape the chiffon fabric across you in a way that made you as comfortable as possible. There was no requirement to be completely on display â his only request had been that you were comfortable showing as much of your body as you chose. Â
âIf I had thought before then that I wanted you, the way that I craved you after that moment, mia musa...â Secondoâs voice remained low and deep as he stepped around you, keeping his lips hovering by your ear as he took up his position behind you. He dropped your hand in his in favour of holding you steady by your waist, softly gripping at the flesh there. Naturally, you sank into him, pressing your back to his strong chest and extending your neck to allow his lips to ghost over the skin. Â
âIt was truly a test of my self discipline to have you sit for me. But I had just been gifted the most beautiful art to work with and I was petrified to lose it if I had made my move then. And then...â His arms wrapped further around your body, strong, paint covered hands sliding around you like boa constrictors. One arm crossed over to grip the opposite hip, while the other, crossed your chest to knead gently at your breast. âYou made me fall disperatamente innamorato di te (desperately in love with you.âÂ
Your head was swimming with Secondo. All of this, you had known to some degree but to hear him truly spill confessions while his hands were all over you felt like the most erotic experience youâd ever encountered. His breath felt hot against your exposed throat, radiating through your entire body and setting it alight. All you could do was cover his hands with your own and get lost in his touch. Â
âI remember the first time I touched you, amore... The smallest, most innocent of touches... During your third sitting, I had to angle your chin to match the work in progress and you were so soft...â If you didnât know any better, you would think Secondo too was lost in his imagination. And that he was, his eyes shut as he touched you, recounting those early memories with you. âYour eyes were so wide, glistening orbs of innocence and nervousness. I could stand it no more... I had to have you. I had never needed anything so much in my life, dolcezza... To taste your lips, to feel how soft you were beneath the fabric.âÂ
You remembered the way heâd looked at you in that moment, like he was fighting for his damn life inside his head to keep away from you. Heâd stared at your lips for too long, and when heâd met your eyes again and saw no hint of you backing away, he had lost his control. That was the first time Secondo had you. Â
The hand kneading at your breast travelled further up your chest to your neck, his thumb reaching to tilt your chin up towards him so he could look you in the eye. Your hand wrapped around his wrist, desperate to keep him close. Â
âSatan himself blessed me with a woman such as you, mia musa...â he breathed with hooded eyes as if he were drunk on you, and without giving you any time at all to argue or respond in any way, his lips came crashing down on yours with a lust that neither of you had ever felt for another soul in all your years. Â
He held you upright when he felt you melt too far into him, succumbing to his kiss with ease. You couldnât help yourself, consumed by his very being and already so tightly wound up from his teasing touches and admission of the extent of his obsession with you. This man was as desperate for you as you were for him and it didnât matter if you understood the reasons why or not; you simply accepted then and there that he was, that to him, you were the most beautiful creature to have graced his world. Â
Lips and tongues clashed together without rhyme nor reason, moans lost to each otherâs mouths as you lost yourselves also. His hands roamed your body as he held you against him, his grabs a little harsher, needier now. You could feel his hard chest and soft stomach pressing tightly against your back, a bulge that had long since begun stirring nestling between the cheeks of your backside. You could feel that heat inside you building to unbearable temperatures, the need to have him doubling with each second that passed. Â
Using all the strength you could muster, you ripped his hands away from you just enough to spin in his arms, gripping him by his shirt and pulling him into you for another heated kiss. In an instant, his hands were back on you, fisting handfuls of your body as he pulled you tightly into him, his chest rumbling low in satisfaction. Â
âSecondo...â you moaned, his name coming out as a whisper against his lips. Â
âSĂ, mia musa?â He nuzzled his nose against yours, leaving brief but frequent kisses to your lips as he waited for you to speak and tell him what you needed from him. Â
âTake me to bed...â you begged, wrapping your arms around his neck and kissing him again, âPlease?â Â
Secondo chuckled devilishly when you asked so sweetly to dive headfirst into sin. Knowing what you were truly like when he would have his way with you, he always found it so amusing that you were so polite and demure otherwise. He revelled in the idea that it was only him who saw your untamed side. Â
âTo bed, dolcezza?â he questioned, teasing his fingertips along the edge of your jaw until he was low enough to tilt your chin up to him. âBut we worship right here, in the Chapel, no?âÂ
The smirk that spread across his face sent a shiver of delight down your spine. Was he suggesting...?Â
Before you had any time to question him, he began walking backwards, gripping your hands in his to pull you along. He pulled you through the pews to the centre aisle, then began to back up towards the Sanctuary steps that lead to the Altar at the head of the Chapel. As he did, he jolted you closer, attaching his lips to yours and carefully manoeuvring you both while he stayed attached to you, keeping the burning embers of arousal stoked. Â
When he reached the steps he spun you around, pushing you to step up them until he sat you down on the middle step. Then he dropped to his knees on the stone as if he were about to pray at your feet. He crawled his way up the steps between your knees, forcing you to lay back as he hovered above you, his hands all over your thighs like he couldnât bare not to touch you.Â
âOne day, mia musa, I will paint you naked as the Dark Lord intended, laying on these steps...â he promised, his lips tickling yours as they barely grazed them, teasing you. âAnd I intend to draw from memory...âÂ
With that, he pushed the hem of your habit up and over your thighs, fingertips pressing into the supple flesh as he enjoyed every inch of you. He popped the buttons that hid your chest from him, pushing the fabric from your shoulders and arms until he could drag it all from your body, helping you to shimmy from the skirt and kick it from your legs. He was wasting no time at all, attaching his lips to your collarbone and suckling marks into the skin while he worked quickly to take your underwear from you too until you were just as heâd wanted you; naked as the Dark Lord intended.Â
Just as his hands had roamed your skin, his lips now followed suit. Every inch of your glorious chest was being suckled at, nipped at, like a starved man. He was careful to pay close attention to your nipples, hardened not simply from arousal alone, but the slight chill in the air within the stone walls of the ancient Chapel. But with Secondo crowding you, riling your body up so, you barely noticed, heat instead continuing to burn from within. Â
Secondo growled into your flesh at the sound of your moans, truly worshipping you like a deity. âTu sei fottutamente delizioso (You are fucking delicious),â he roared, ripping his lips from your body only to attach them to yours again with hunger. As he lapped his tongue into your mouth, his hand disappeared between your thighs, heading straight for your core with no hesitation. He needed more of those moans and fast, wanting to hear you sing for him. Heâd take your song over the choirâs in this Chapel any day. Â
Just as heâd wished, you cried out into his mouth, unable to hold back as pleasure shot through your core the second his fingertips dragged over your clit. You fell back against the steps, your arms spread out either side of you onto the red carpet runner. Secondo chased you, never letting you get far away enough from him to not feel his hot mouth on you somewhere. Â
âTell me, amore mio, may I indulge in the communion wine?â he asked. You had no idea what he was talking about, too lost to the pleasure his fingers were giving you to put two and two together, but you nodded anyway; youâd let him do just about anything to you, the state heâd got you in so far. âGrazie mille,â he thanked, as if you would ever truly deny him. Â
He pushed himself upright, only to crawl back down to the bottom step. His fingers lost contact with your core but just as quick as they had disappeared, his tongue replaced them. You couldnât help but sing for him yet again. Â
He kept his eyes on you the whole time, watching as you lost yourself against the steps. At this angle, he could barely see your head thrown back over the delectable sight of your wonderful body, and it only drove him further into ferality. You would never appreciate this sight as he could, watching your body as it moved in ripples with every sensitive jolt and contraction of muscles. He could see your responses to his tongue all over, like echoes emanating from your centre. Â
When he inserted two of his fingers inside you to compliment the work his mouth was doing to your clit, your head jerked up, eyes meeting his. Seeing the hunger in his eyes peeking above the curve of your stomach had you clenching around his fingers, a fresh wave of arousal dripping from you. Immediately, you felt Secondo lap it up, humming at the taste while his eyes fluttered shut. Â
âS-Secondo... I...â You wanted to tell him how incredible you felt, how close you were to your undoing already but the words never came, stuck in your throat thanks to his fingers curling inside you to hit the spot heâd memorised that first time heâd slept with you. Â
His free arm wrapped its way around your thigh, pulling it over his shoulder to surround himself with you. He loved that feeling, being encased in your gorgeous body as he pleasured you; heâd easily lose himself there. As your moans grew louder, reverberating off the stone walls, Secondo seemed to muster more energy to barrel you towards your undoing. What was fuelling him, you werenât sure, but you were more than grateful for it. Perhaps it was the anger from before at the comments of your peers. Maybe it was the thought of defiling you on the Sanctuary steps. Maybe he had riled himself up so damn much talking about how much he adored you, how attracted to you he was that he couldnât help himself. Â
The only thing you knew for sure, was that he was making good on his word; he was worshipping you. Â
It took mere minutes for him to have you dangling on the edge of sanity, your moans so high pitched he knew you were about to snap. He watched you again, his eyes staring up at you. It wasnât until you looked down at him again and made such exquisite eye contact that you snapped, too turned on to hold off anymore. Â
Your body convulsed as your orgasm hit you, back arching from the steps beneath you, body shaking. You gasped, lungs filling with too much air and stopping any sound from leaving your body. Your eyes rolled back into your head, completely overcome as Secondo didnât let up. He knew better than to slow down now, letting you ride your orgasm out. He ground your hips into his face, using that delicious nose of his to his advantage until he was completely buried in you, smudging your inner thighs with his face paints. Â
As you came back down, your body twitching under him, he made sure to clean you up, lapping up every drop of your essence he could despite your whimpers of oversensitivity. You reached a point where your clit was just too sensitive, throbbing under his tongue, and you had to push him away from you. But you hated the idea of rejecting him in any way, and so you dragged him back up to you by his collar to smash your lips to his breathlessly. You didnât miss the flavour on his tongue, knowing that was your essence only driving you to absolute distraction... Â
âYouâre... wearing... too many... clothes...â you told him between kisses and deep breaths. He only grinned into your kisses. Â
âMi dispiace, amore,â he apologised with a smirk, immediately rectifying the issue as he untucked his shirt from his slack, unbuttoning the buttons and throwing it to the side with your habit and underwear. You couldnât help but lay back on your elbows on the steps, watching as he undressed, enjoying the view. Such strong arms, a solid chest, and a soft stomach, all deliciously covered in a layer of black and grey hair; arousal began to stir again within you...Â
âI am supposed to be worshipping you, amore mio...â he smirked, a cockiness glinting in his eyes. Â
âI'm not stopping you,â you teased, spreading your legs a little wider and arching an eyebrow at him in invitation. As he threw his slacks and underwear to the side, you caught him licking his lips as his eyes dragged over you, waiting for him on the steps... Â
Unholy shit, you were sublime, with your flushed cheeks and forehead glistening with sweat... With your beautiful curves and soft skin... He would never tire of you. Never. Â
He couldnât help himself then, crawling over you and dipping his head down to initiate yet another moment of passion with a sordid kiss. It seems he was unable to keep his hands to himself, wanting nothing more than to feel you, but more importantly, to make sure you knew he wanted you. After today, all he wanted was to make you feel wanted, appreciated, fucking deified. He was certainly doing his part. Â
The longer he made out with you, the more you needed him... You could feel his length pressing against you and it was driving you mad being so close, yet so far from what you wanted. To encourage him, you reached your hand between the two of you, wrapping your fingers around his tip and paying particular attention to the frenum piercing of his you loved so damn much, sitting on the underside of his cock. Â
At your touch, his lips parted, a low hum vibrating in his throat. It was as if you were taunting a beast within him, the animal poised and ready to pounce. And pounce he would, grabbing both of your wrists and pinning them to the steps above your head. Â
âYou want my cock, dolcezza?â he teased, his lips so close but just out of reach no matter how far forward you tried to lean. âSo keen to be fucked on the Sanctuary steps, eh?â Â
He wouldnât let you answer, instead shuffling so he was lined up perfectly between your legs, rolling his hips against you to coat his shaft with your essence. You could feel the ridges of his veins and that fucking piercing at they caught on your clit, still sensitive but the stimulation bearable now. Â
âWorship me, Papa...â you whispered the order, catching him off guard. His eyes widened for just a moment, and there was no way he could deny you... Â
Trapping your wrists in one of his hands, he used his free hand to guide himself to your entrance, sinking into you in one fluid motion. Secondo breathed out a long breath through his nose, humming again as your heat consumed him. You felt everything, every ridge yet again, filling you deliciously in the way his fingers never could. They were no match for his thickness and length, reaching places youâd been unaware of before him. Â
When every inch had sunk deep inside you, his hips pressed flush against your own, he dove into you for a deep, hungry kiss. Like he couldnât stop himself, his hips dragged back and slammed into you, the slapping sound echoing through the Chapel. And after that, he wouldnât relent, repeating the same motion over and over again, slamming his hips into you as he grunted his pleasure into your mouth. Â
Eventually he let your wrists go in favour of grabbing at your body again, kneading it like pizza dough with love and adoration. You held his head in place, whimpering into his kisses every time his cock slid inside you. He lifted your thigh to his hip, deriving a better angle to rock up and hit where you needed him. Â
âSei la mia opera d'arte preferita, una cazzo di dea che prende vita, (You are my favourite artwork, a fucking Goddess come to life,)â he spewed his words quickly, his brain unable to translate to English quick enough to spill his thoughts. You understood him just fine, his confession having you clench on his length. He roared in pleasure at the feeling, barrelling toward a climax. Â
âS-Secondo please...â you begged, ââm gonna cum again.âÂ
âYouâd better, dolcezza. I will not leave mia musa unsatisfied on the steps, eh?â he promised, the hand that was kneading at your breast dipping down to press flat against your stomach, fingertips digging into the softness and thumb dragging over your clit again. Â
It didnât take much now that heâd added more stimulation, and you were coming undone in no time at all... Your walls clenched around him so incredibly tight, body curling up into him until his face was pressed into the crook of your neck, his chest cushioned by your voluptuous body. You spluttered out a litany of curses and his name like a chant at Black Mass, filling the Chapelâs empty hall. Â
Everything became too much for him too, biting down on your neck and growling into it while his rhythm faltered, and his cock shot load after load of his spend deep inside you. His grip on your body tightened, pulling him closer to you as the two of you shook and convulsed from your respective orgasms, overcome with pleasure. Â
âY-You are a dream, mia musa...â Secondo panted above you, removing the hair stuck to your forehead with sweat and tucking it behind your ear. âDonât ever forget that, eh?â You could only nod, your mind still very much hazy in post-climax bliss. Â
âI couldnât give any less of a fuck what the other fottuti idioti (fucking idiots) think of our relationship, you understand? You must never forget, you are the beauty standard to the greatest artists in history,â he assured you, peppering gentle kisses to your neck, your cheeks, your lips â anywhere he could. Â
âIncluding you,â you complimented with a smirk, catching his gaze with heavy eyes, drowsiness overcoming you. Secondo chuckled, shaking his head. Â
âIncluding me,â he repeated, âIf you say so...â Â
âI do,â you told him earnestly, âNobody has ever made me feel as beautiful as you do when you paint me, my love.â You cradled his head in your hands, fighting the urge to curl in on yourself out of shyness. Â
âAh. Then I simply have to paint you more... What a shame,â he teased with playful sarcasm, a grin spanning across his very smudged face as he leaned in to plant a slow, loving kiss to your lips. Â
#papa emeritus x reader#secondo x reader#it's so amazing op#I almost cried#i love it so much#you are so talented
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Bitches be like âmy pretty princessâ and then itâs this fucking guy
Itâs me, Iâm bitches
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MINISODE EP.01 : Iâll Take Care of You
This quote from Anne Carsonâs âEuripidesâ just screams Copia and Ophelia - so of course I just had to draw something revolving around it. Which turned into my first official comic! (still figuring out the format, so I decided to go with this, bare with me ghesties..)
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Reblog if you're a fanfic writer and you wanna know what your followers' favorite story of yours is â¤
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Hello again
Hello everyone!
I have disappeared (again) but now I'm back (for good this time). I am on vacation and I just finished my first year of my Master's program.
I watched the ghovie (still not over it) and it made me want to write more! I don't know if y'all are still there, but I missed writing for you guys.
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i hope i am not just a mutual to you but also someone youâd befriend in the psych ward
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The person I reblogged this from is awesome as fuck.
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This is exactly what I imagined when i read it at first.. inspired by @em0bussy âs post
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hello my darling. i see your requests are back open⌠đ i've got a prompt for you if you so wish to write it⌠reader has been dead for decades, aimlessly wandering the halls of the ministry where no one has ever seen her, heard her or even felt her⌠until one day, she's walking (or y'know⌠floatingâŚ) through the halls and someone is walking towards her. He stops in his tracks and stares straight ahead. Then she realisesâŚ
he's staring at her⌠Choose a papa, any papa! Whoever you would like to write, if you choose to write it! đ
a/n: almost 1k words of some sweetness. after reading the prompt i KNEW i had to pick Cardinal Copia 𼚠bee. thank you SO much for sending this in. hit me right in the dang feels
Loneliness has driven you to the busy corridors of the Abbey. Despite the clergy members quite literally seeing right through you, their presence around you is enough to alleviate the void inside you. Youâve had to make do over the decades but even after all of the disappointment there is still an unwavering flicker of hope that youâll make some sort of contact. Who knew it would be impossible for a ghost to be noticed in a Satanic Ministry? Many attempts have been made, ranging from morose to macabre (floating candles vs. severed limbs) but to no avail. Perhaps thereâs something wrong with you. Is your spirit not dark enough to be seen? You remember how you died and decide that canât be the case.
You gave everything for The Olde One. The Ministry was a very different place back then.
Youâre lost in the endless abyss of your thoughts until thereâs a shift in energy around you. Something new. Someone new. The wisps of your ghostly train curl towards the ceiling behind you and gust of warm air blows your hair out of your face.
Oooh. A Cardinal. Itâs been ages since thereâs been one here, the last one being in 19â
Is he looking at you?
Thereâs no way but⌠his gaze is fixated on the space you occupy, eyes wide. He bears the Mark of The Olde One â just like the Papas, but even with the Eye no one has ever seen you. He picks up his pace, walking to you with such purpose. You feel an excitement you havenât felt since you were alive but itâs quickly replaced with crippling anxiety. In a fit of panic you poof out of the corridor and reappear deep into the underground archives, far far away from any person. But the new Cardinal saw you. He really did. After vying for this for so long⌠you arenât ready for it.
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Youâve meandered further into more densely populated areas of the Abbey over the last two weeks after taking some time for yourself to come to grips with the fact that he saw you. Problem is now the Cardinal is nowhere to be found. The longer the week stretched the more you began to believe it was over â he must have only been visiting for the day and thus your chance at talking to someone other than yourself for the first time in 55 years has slipped through your fingers. But that same hope youâve clung to keeps you pacing and wandering day after day, hoping to catch of glimpse of his black cassock.
One late night you find yourself perusing the library, hovering around the new releases aisle (you like to see how ridiculous the names of romance novels have gotten). The further you get down the aisle the thicker the air becomes around you, the familiar buzzing in your ear from the first time you saw him. Thereâs a dim light coming from one of the nooks. You steel yourself, youâre going to make yourself known like you planned. Glowing brighter than you ever have before, you float toward the light. How can a ghost have anxiety? Youâd think all of those feelings would be gone but somehow you feel like youâd throw up if that were even possible. You reach the outside of the nook and suck in a sharp breath before peering around the corner.
His duochromatic eyes are on you instantly.
âPer favore â please, do not run away again.â He sounds quiet, sleepy but polite and he extends a hand out to you. âI was worried I would not see you.â You blink at him as you reveal yourself fully to him, his gaze taking you in.
âYou⌠you really see me?â Your voice cracks, your ghost trail wiggling with how charged you are emotionally.
âYes. I do.â The Cardinal stands, his hand still out to you. âI, ehh⌠Iâm the new Cardinal, Cardinal Copia. What is your name?â
My name?
âYouâre⌠youâre the only person whoâs ever seen me.â Not an answer to his question at all but your brain is broken. All that time you spent hoping for thisâŚ
âOh. Oh, poverino.â His fingertips graze your hand and you jump â he could feel you too? âAh! I am sorry! Ehhh⌠what can I do? How can I help you?â Copia shuffles on his feet anxiously, making sure to keep a safe distance so that he doesnât startle you again. Your guise is crackling, vibrating with energy, more than youâve ever felt before. He seems⌠delighted by your prescience and it makes you feel warm.
âH-how? Cardinal, how?â You push in closer to him, wisps brushing against his cassock.
âNon lo so. Iâve⌠Iâve just always been able to.â He gives you a sad smile. âI eh⌠had some weird âimaginary friendsâ growing up. But please, you must⌠you must have a lot to say after spending so long only listening.â Copia may have the gentlest voice youâve ever heard. You want to hug him especially since something about this feels deeply personal to himâŚbut you compose yourself and instead take him by the hand as you sit on the corner of his desk.
âWhat do I even say now?â You laugh to yourself. âIâve been so worried about ever being heard that I havenât thought about what to say. What do you⌠want to know, Cardinal?â Even now youâre feeling shy.
He gingerly rests his hand on top of yours, a warmth spreading through you that youâve never experienced before.
âIâve wanted to get to know you since I saw you, fantasmina. Please, tell me about you.â Copia squeezes your hand with a kind smile. Speechless. You take a deep breath and nod.
Youâll tell him.
Youâll tell him everything.
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He brought back the red jacket...
That he only wore once before...
When he first became Papa...
And sang Sympathy for the Devil....
Where, in the lyrics, he proclaims himself Lucifer...
Also wears it to perform Square Hammer...
Where he sings "are you ready to swear right here right now, before the devil..."
(At my Ritual he pointed at himself when he said this...)
THIS CAN'T BE INSIGNIFICANT
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