#but guitar playing is sexy so

[ioniansunsets]

Hello!! I love all the heartsteel writings you have done recently , they are really delightful to read with the effort and time you put in thank you!! Would it be okay to request a secanrio i have in mind :

Where reader was listening to heartsteel kayns playing the guitar and she gets dreamy , he teases her and offer up to teach her how to play the guitar. He could also drag her close to his lap for close-up demonstration. Reader is very aware of his heartbeat and stuff and kayn could tease more!

Whichever you're comfy and feel free to change if youd like, and take ur time with it!! ♡

✖ Heartsteel!Kayn Teaching Reader the Guitar ✖

✖ Word Count: 891

✖ Tags: Established R/S

✖ A/N: Thanks for waiting! Sorry this took a while teehee I tried to make it fun for you.

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It was a nice cool evening, the two of you just had dinner and you were lazing on his bed. Kayn was feeling like rocking out so he set up his electric guitar and was having a hell of a time just a few meters from you. You lean against the headboard, watching him from the bed. It was beautiful. Without a doubt. The soft expression on his face as he hums and strums, the way his fingers glide over the strings, the way his arm muscles tense as he presses down on the frets. You were in love, and if you weren't, just seeing him like this playing the guitar for you would have your heart stolen anyway. For someone so chaotic, he was almost angelically graceful when he gets so in the zone playing the guitar. It was so unlike his usual stage self like this. Playing a different tune from the usual genre you were used to hearing from him. Kayn calmly vibing instead of his chaotic high. It was Kayn playing this time, not the Rhaast you were used to seeing on stage.

His brows furrowed in concentration as his hands work away on the instrument. The way he seems so...at peace when he's playing the instrument. The beautiful melody and steady tapping of his feet just further draws you in. You can't help it, you really can't stop yourself from staring. He was beautiful like this. The way sweat slowly drips down his face. The small step he takes back as he balances himself when he really gets into it. No wonder he had so many fans. If you weren't so distracted you would have grabbed your charging phone and tried to sneak in a few photos. Smiling to yourself, you watched him intently, doing your best to commit this to your memory when his voice snapped you out of your daydream.

" Starstruck my love?"

He gives you a smug smile as he puts the guitar down by his desk and walks over to you. You wave off his comment and tell him how much you loved watching him play. It wasn't that you were starstruck, it was just that you loved him and he had his charms. Especially over you. Especially when he looked so cool...

" Do you want to try playing something? I could teach you. I'm generous that way."

He bends over the edge of the bed, giving you a chaste kiss before smirking again. Hands behind his head as he looks at you.

"A private lesson from the Amazing Kayn of Heartsteel is something most fans would die for you know~"

You wanted to scoff and reject him but honestly, it was a nice way to understand him better. A pleasant excuse to get closer, share a new hobby, how could you say no. So of course you agree.

Excitedly, he grabs you and pulls you over to his chair by his desk. Sitting down, Kayn pats his lap, signaling you to join him. You raise a brow but his arms are already snaking around your waist, pulling you down. He adjusts some things on the sleek guitar before placing it comfortably on your lap. Your heart races as his arms wrap around you to hold the instrument. Sure he was just holding the guitar in place but you could feel his breath on your neck, his strong chest against your back, the small twitch in his leg as you adjust yourself, the rhythming thumping of his own heart. Ok, you were going to try and commit this feeling to memory too.

" Hmm...let's start with something simple. We'll get you used to like, some easy strumming pattern or something first. Easier stuff."

Kayn's fingers ghost over yours, gently moving your fingers into place, lightly pressing them down onto the frets for you. His other hand passing you his guitar pick as he gently holds your wrist. He leans his chin on your shoulder as he helps you move your hand. A shiver running down your spine as you feel his warmth slowly spread across your body from the close proximity. Kayn's hand begins to move, rhythming a slow down down up down beat. A simple beat that you've heard in other pop songs before. It was nice to listen to, Kayn already humming a little tune before he stops to speak.

" Wow you're doing good~ "

You almost yelp as his deep voice whispers into your ears. Way to close than you were used to. The way his breath hit the edge of your ears just send an almost instant blush across your features. He notices you jump a little, another playful smirk now plastered across his face as he sees you turn red.

" Oh? Feeling more than the music darling?"

Another accursed deep sultry whisper into your ears. Kayn leaning in closer to give the edge of your ears a teasing lick before you turn to glare at him flustered.

" Sorry can't help it, you were too cute all blushy like that in my lap."

He almost purrs into your ears, you can feel the deep rumble of his voice against your body in the closeness. Ah, what did you get yourself into by agreeing to this. You close your eyes and sigh as he lightly presses a kiss against your neck.

#van1shiro #Shieda Kayn #Heartsteel!Kayn #it was very cute #mans gunna be putting that guitar down to finger other things soon enough #Kayn League #SCENARIOS #League of Legends Scenarios #Kayn League of Legends #Heartsteel #KaynLeague #Kayn #Kayn LoL #Shieda Kayn x Reader #teehee shyshy #i want to give him a little kiss #i also think men playing instruments are very sexy so this was fun to write #also i am a ukelele player not a guitar player so #i hope this kinda makes sense LMAO

[lil-grem-draws]

Some of you were talking about Sebastian wearing glasses [x, x, x]. Enjoy~

#sebastian sallow #hogwarts legacy #hl #*Will is giggling somewhere in the corner doodling Sebastian* #*Not that he's hiding but Sallow did look rather fresh wearing the frames* #You know how I feel about them #*coughs* hot *coughs* #I almost did some not safe ones with the middle one as well but decided to keep it pg #I'm drinking if anybody wants to join in spirit #Singing songs from musicals #Gotta cut my nails so I can bust out my guitar and play some #I have something else i plan to draw today #but my table is literally overheating hahah need it to rest a little #Feel free to dm me with any headcanons #regular or sexy haha #Im too tipsy haha #Gonna try to answer Elland's ask before I get too giggly thinking about imaginable men hahah

[decalcominia]

be my favourite is so…i genuinely did not expect to like it this much and it just keeps getting better with each episode and i like how that itself is mirroring the storyline because with each moment passing, with each future being introduced, kawi actually reflects on them and handles things more carefully and may i say more courageously? which then also ends up improving generally just everything that he’s dealing with

after seeing all of those things that have ended up happening in the future, he just works so much harder to be honest and direct in the relationships he has and it makes me so happy because it resulted with him genuinely communicating about his feelings, the same guy who had built up all these walls to protect himself and never let anyone near him.

his growth is so beautiful to see because he slowly tore those walls down and built bridges instead and i’m feeling a huge amount for love all of it

#this show gives me actual life force these days i am not kidding #ep nine was great but the lack of max should be illegal #also #pear rejecting not was so sexy like let me play that on repeat #i dont want to wish bad things for people #but not i hope your guitar string breaks and whips your arm <3 #me vs not spamming the tags with my thoughts about the episodes #be my favorite #be my favourite the series

[jmkho]

THIS BIT THO

#gvf #greta van fleet #jake gvf #jake kiszka #Damn #that guitar is sexy as fuckkkk #im so in awe of anyone thst plays anything like damn

[biblicalhrt]

men who play guitar or drums make me weak in the knees like LORD

#gay mlm #mlm #nblm #mlm yearning #nblm yearning #mlm thoughts #nblm thoughts #I LOVE MUSICIANS #i mean like i play guitar myself but #guys who are musically skilled r so sexy

[sendmyresignation]

something I've been thinking about lately. i do think it's incredibly telling that almost 80 percent of the conversations around 'gatekeeping' and 'posers' and shit end up just becoming vitriolic hatred of 'alt girls' like i hate shit spotify playlists and dollskill fake leather edge and tiktok recommendations as much as the next person but this is a very big attitude coming from a website full of people who spent their formative middle school years shopping at hot topic for multi-colored skinny jeans while listening to like. falling in reverse or 21p unironically (this is a self-own btw). first of all teenagers having shit taste isn't killing punk music. but also why is the object of your hatred always boil down to a woman faking it? as if it isn't the single oldest stereotype in heavy music? like am i insane for thinking this is an issue

#like theres another dimensionality for sure about how some women do position themselves as like 'weird' when they split-dye their hair #and wear black. and are in actuality conventionally attractive and posturing #like as a dyke metalhead that can be legitimately frustrating but also i dont think this is an issue of poserism #a lot of those women do for real listen to heavy music. #its very similar to like. those metal frontwomen who do like mag calender photoshoots for 'sexiest ladies in rock' #like theyre very much not the issue and its weird to shift the blame onto them for playing the game #and its even more fucked imo to question their allegiance to 'the scene' because it just warps into #every misogynist talking point about how women are 'too pretty'to play guitar or get sweaty in the pit or whatever #ANYWAY there is literally never this much attention given to like rym poser dudes with no brain that theyve become their own #evil subcategory of 'fake alt girl' when men are selling out to make much worse shit pop punk all the time lmaooooo #been thinking about this since i read laina dawes memoir which whil on one hand v good is so inredibly peoccupied #with other women in metal spaces. implying that those who dress sexy to go to shows do it entirely for the attention of men and are #'bad role models' left a bad taste in my mouth #my posts

[nintendont2502]

I should learn drums that would increase my tboy swag by like. At least 50% I think

#or electric guitar #or bass #i know i should really get back into piano since i have a keyboard and yk. fundamentals of music and all that good shit #but its so boringggg #see guitar would be cool as fuck because i could play the i still dream about you intro and homestuck megalovania #but drums would be fun as fuck #but guitar/bass would be sexy as fuck #agh idk #me.txt

[sunnybugz]

and so the process of covering my guitar in stickers begins !

(bottom two stickers from @sweatermuppet ! the blue one was stolen from my schools resource room xoxo)

#I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE 6 MONTHS AND OMG #my voice has gotten deeper since then and i am singing music i love and i feel like myself #also guitar calluses are so fucking sexy and i need to get mine back

[seventh-district]

in other news i cannot stop fucking listening to Brokenheartsville by Joe Nichols and i’m starting to annoy myself with it but. i cannot stop. it’s too good

#Seven.txt #music stuff #it’s this perfect mix of being applicable to my current taste while also being a very nostalgic song for me #‘cause i liked it when i was a kid. and i recently heard it on my father’s radio outside. and man it’s been y e a r s since i’ve heard it #why is it so addictive to me #like. you cannot make a song that opens with the lyrics- #‘He wore that cowboy hat to cover up his horns. *insert seductive guitar sounds here* Sweet-talkin’ forked tongue had a temptin’ charm.’ #and expect my southern and devil-loving ass to not go fucking feral over it #even when i’m not listening to it it’s playing in my head. was analyzing the lyrics the whole time i was in the shower earlier #but what’s funny is i think i’ve listened to it so many times that i’ve developed a whole new story than the one actually being told #but like. with how much he’s supposedly upset that this guy stole his girl or whatever #which i know he’s probably just comparing some dude to the devil and not actually saying that it was the Devil Himself #but it’s so much better if u picture it as actually being the devil that’s picking up this dude’s girlfriend in a bar #but anyways given how that’s supposed to be the point. he spends so much time describing the devil and ain’t got shit to say abt his girl #like okay buddy. we know you liked his cowboy hat. we know you liked his sweet-talkin’ tongue. #we’ve heard all about the make and model of his Long and Chrome Very Red Hot Sexy Devil Car #do u not have anything to say abt ur girlfriend. are u not gonna wax poetic abt her? no? too busy admiring the Devil and his Hot Car?? yeah #we’re gathering that #like.. brother… i dunno how to tell u this but i think u might wanna fuck him a lil bit #‘Love’s gone to hell and so have I.’ yeah!! i’m gathering that!! good for u dude!! get it!! #so now the whole time i’m listening to it i’m just like. this is a love song abt the devil! #which it isn’t. but it could be!! and so that’s what i’m choosing to see it as. bc i’d feel the same way tbh #i much prefer the idea of him being pissed that he missed his chance to run away w/ the devil than being pissy over his girlfriend leaving #it’s just so much more appealing to me im sorry #also. side note. when i was a kid i thought the line was ‘that angel up in the air’ and not ‘that angel who did me in’ #and i don’t know how i misheard it so badly but now i sing it wrong every fuckign time cause it’s still cemented in my head from childhood #how young was i. hold on. #oh yeah it came out in 2002. so yeah i was quite young when i heard it a lot so i think im forgiven for mishearing it so badly lmao

[resident-gay-bitch]

no but… you can actually buy eddie’s guitar. like in real fucking life. you could own his warlock. well not the one that he has blessed with his kiss, but a replica.

I DONT EVEN PLAY GUITAR AND ITS $4699.99

BUT ITS SO SEXY AND I ACTUALLY NEED IT.

#eddie munson #stranger things #eddie munsons actual guitar #warlock #electric guitar #i love eddie munson #but i’m so broke #and i don’t play #but i want too #and i need too #and it’s so sexy #ahhhhhhhhhh

[whumpypepsigal]

MY HEART IS MOURNING. I AM NOT OKAY. about to vent my feelings out. 

stranger things vol 2 spoilers ahead…

“I think it's my year, Henderson. ( struggling ) I think it's finally my year. I love you, man.”

eddie did not fucking deserve that ending. what was the purpose of killing him off like that? other than the duffer bros wanting to stick with their formula of killing off beloved characters they introduce in every season. like he didn’t need to redeem himself to die a hero like some sort of ‘heroic sacrifice”, he didn’t need a redemption arc. the man was GOOD-HEARTED from the get-go. as evident by his interaction with chrissy in the woods, his adoration and care to his club members of hellfire, he was a big bro to the hellfire kiddos, he just wanted to graduate and pass on his hellfire leadership to the kiddos, he went along to the upside down to help his friends, kill vecna, avenge chrissy and then clear his name. LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DID HIS DEATH SERVE?

AND THIS LINE BROKE ME! BROKE! HE RAN AWAY FROM PROBLEMS HIS WHOLE LIFE AND THE ONE TIME HE DIDN’T THE ONE TIME HE DESERVED TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT HIS BRAVERY, INSTEAD HE GOT AN UNTIMELY DEATH? FUCK THAT SHIT, YOU HEAR ME DUFFER BROS? FUCK THAT. HE LITERALLY SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR A CITY THAT HATED HIM.

the desperation and sadness from dustin, he was losing his big bro, I FELT HIS PAIN!

dustin breaking down after eddie becomes unresponsive— i cried, cried and cried. i don’t remember the last time cried this much tbh. (don’t get me started on that lucas and max scene, oh my heart! somebody sedate me!)

you know what angers me more? eddie didn’t even get a funeral. no one got his body from the upside down? i don’t get it. everybody seemed to move on quickly? the more i think about, the more it angers me. no one mourned for eddie except for dustin and his uncle wayne.

are they gonna bring him back like hopper? my gut says it’s final eddie is gone gone but my heart thinks it might be a s03 hopper situation. i’m clearly still in the denial stage. yeah, i am delusional. I JUST WANT EDDIE BACK.

it’s the way they get us attached to characters like alexei, bob and eddie just to kill them right after they are introduced and rip our hearts out. THIS IS NOT OKAY. THIS IS BULLSHIT.

vol 2 is such an emotional rollercoaster, jonathan being the emotional support overprotective big bro to will, max saying she is not ready to die and lucas cry-screaming for erica to call help, eddie dying, dustin crying and holding eddie till his last breath, dustin and uncle wayne mourning for eddie. yeah, what is pain.

in summary, I AM NOT OVER EDDIE’S UNTIMELY DEMISE. IF MAX IS ALIVE AFTER GETTING HER BONES BROKEN IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND HER HEART RESTARTED, EDDIE CAN SURVIVE FROM BEING MAULED BY DEMOBATS FOR FUCKS SAKE. I HAVE A TINY HOPE DURING THIS GRIEVING PERIOD. AND THAT HOPE SHALL SUSTAIN ME UNTILL MY HEART HEALS AND I COME BACK TO REALITY. p/s: joseph quinn did a beautiful job. he turned eddie into a beloved and an unforgettable character. not only good-looking and have the most beautiful big ol’ brown eyes, he is very very talented actor. hope he continues to flourish and get more acting gigs. i’m gonna go search and watch his other roles… that might help mend my heart me thinks.

#stranger things spoilers #stranger things 4 #stranger things volume 2 #stranger things vol 2 #stranger things #my gifs #screencaps #it’s been awhile since i have been attached to a character like eddie #i am so glad steve is alive but killing eddie instead was not it #eddie playing the guitar was so sexy i gasped... feel in love with him even more right then and there #sigh! #eddie munson #dustin henderson #joesph quinn #gaten matarazzo #at least hopper and joyce got together at last #i planned to start obi wan kenobi after finishing st but heard the series is emotional... #i am taking a sabbatical from feelings right now so gonna wait for awhile before i start another series #ok phew

[neverinadream]

feeling very feral right now that guitar is gorgeous

#honestly it is so sexy that he can play guitsr #guitar* #and he's a self taught musician too!! #SAME

[rockerfemme]

12 year old me 🤝 20 year old me

need a boyfriend NOW or i’m gonna COLLAPSE

#I WANT SOMEONETO LITERALLY JUST LOVE AND DOTE ON #IM SEXY AND I PLAY GUITAR THIS SHIULD BE SO EASY

[ieropski]

i kinda didnt wanna buy an electric guitar until i was like fairly okay at guitar but guitar center has some big sale going on right now and im like ... 😳

#i guess i just dont wanna be in like the situation where i spend hundreds of dollars on a guitar and then i stop playing it #unfortunately its the kind of person i am #which is why the tag is #wazo guitar journey take 2 #like ive tried to learn guitar before and bailed on it #i also dont wanna like. have guitars for vanity ...??? if that makes sense #i do not know how to explain this #actually i think its fine to be a casual player and have a few because they're nice #you can be the worst player in the world but enjoy playing it. and id be like yes girl (gn) own a billion guitars #no different from like. having a ton of sneakers so long as you wear them every now and then #im a staunch 'if you buy it you should enjoy it' believer #but like i dont want to own guitars and never play them you get me??? #i would like this to be a decades-long hobby for me #the problem which ive talked about before. is that i suck at sucking at things #anyways. #all this to say guitars are sexy and cheap right now #when i say sexy i mean like a guitar is a beautiful cool looking object #well. cheaper than usual i mean. #that was a lot of info that made no sense sorry #again. mute wazo guitar journey take 2 if you'd like #i like that most guitar buying guides are like 'start with the shape. you will become biased towards shapes and fall in love with shapes.' #instead of like 'this brand is xyz better in abc ways.' #anyways im thinking that les paul and jazzmaster and jaguar all look nice. sg's are hideous sorry. #edit: im gonna talk some more #i think im like set on this 'i have to be good at acoustic before electric' mindset become it seems more 'correct.' like how youre supposed #to read the book before watching the movie. but idk that that really applies to guitar? like most amazing guitarists today prob cant read #musical notation. which might seem 'correct' but who tf cares. if youre able to learn from tabs and youtube videos and sound amazing #much love to classical guitar (capricho arabe my beloved white whale) but my end goal here is to play the woody the woodpecker laugh LOL #sorry if ive been rude (?) here to acoustic/electric/classical/self-taught/lessons-believers alike. i just think its all pretty sick #also not saying any of those are mutually exclusive.

[tearlessrain]

please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

#I found their original stuff while I was researching various waterhorses and their folklore for no reason #because one of the characters in their original work happens to be an each uisge #and then it turned out it ALSO included a lot of figures from welsh folklore in general #so yknow if you happen to have my incredibly specific hyperfixations you'll love it but even if you don't it's great #I didn't mean to bring up phantom of the opera so much it just happens to be very relevant to a lot of my talking points #I haven't actually seen it in years

[mazzy-rockstar]

I already had a tiny crush on Jake but after seeing him irl it’s a lost cause. Jake please marry me PLEASE

#the way he plays the guitar is so fucking sexy #like you can see it is his true passion #he is so talented #he truly is one of the best guitarists arouns these days #jake kiszka #greta van fleet