#iris lovers PLEASE interact she is everything to me

[relicsongmel]

The dubious nature of Iris' name (and what it means)

Sister Iris Fey Hawthorne of Hazakura Temple finds herself in a rather peculiar situation for the Ace Attorney franchise in the fact that she is one of very few characters without a canonical last name. Of course, this hasn't stopped fans from assigning her one—for the purposes of tagging and categorization (or simply to distinguish her from Iris Wilson from The Great Ace Attorney series, because "Iris Ace Attorney" is no longer specific enough), every Ace Attorney fan seems to have a different answer as to what they call her, whether it be Iris Hawthorne, Iris Fey, Iris of Hazakura Temple, or simply Sister Iris. This confusion is understandable given the lack of a clear answer in canon as to what her legal last name is as well as her unusual upbringing; what with being raised in Kurain Village as a Fey, taken away by her father as a Hawthorne, and then sent to Hazakura Temple to become a nun. However, before we delve further into Iris herself, there's something a bit unusual (that I don't often see acknowledged within the fandom) that I'd like to bring up—that being, that this name drama not only affects Iris, but her twin sister Dahlia as well.

Simply put, Dahlia Hawthorne being named Dahlia Hawthorne doesn't make much sense when you think about it. Dahlia was born to Morgan Fey, the then-leader of the matriarchal line of spirit mediums of the Kurain Channeling Tradition. As such, it's safe to assume that she and her twin sister were also given this name upon their birth—so why, then, does she have her father's (or possibly her stepmother's—it's unclear) last name when we meet her in-game? Children generally do not have their last names changed when their parent remarries, so what's the deal? This strange situation makes slightly more sense when you remember that much of Trials and Tribulations builds up to the reveal that Dahlia and Iris are Morgan Fey's daughters; as such, Dahlia appearing in Chapter 1 and introducing herself as "Dahlia Fey" would be a MASSIVE spoiler for the events to come.

As for an in-universe explanation, we obviously aren't given one, but we are given a bit of insight from Dahlia (while disguised as Iris) regarding their father's perspective on leaving Kurain Village:

"He hated the place. He said it was a hick dive, and that he had no reason to stay there."

I think it's not an unreasonable stretch to say that their father wanted nothing more to do with the Fey clan after its reputation had been destroyed post-DL-6, and likely went to great efforts to separate himself (and his daughters) from anything that reminded him of it. With this in mind, who's to say he didn't have the twins' name changed? Now, obviously whether this affected Iris herself is still up for debate—it's possible she had already been sent away to Hazakura before this had all happened. But given that Dahlia implies Iris had only been sent away after their father's second marriage, I find it more likely that her name was changed beforehand. That said, it's still just a headcanon based on my personal preferences—I like the idea of Iris having the last name "Hawthorne" because I think the association with the Hawthorne effect (in which one modifies their behavior in response to being watched) fits her really well, but I don't disagree with those who choose to use other names for her because there are good arguments to be made there as well.

However. However. The intrigue behind Iris' name doesn't even end there. We hear from Sister Bikini very early in Bridge to the Turnabout that it's Hazakura Temple tradition for nuns to choose a "temple" name—meaning that even Iris' given name might not be her real one. I hesitate a bit on this idea considering her name already pairs up nicely with Dahlia’s due to the shared flower theming (and Iris having a lack of respect for acolyte tradition in that regard would give her an interesting resemblance to her mother which I REALLY like), but if it is true it creates another fascinating bit of symbolism—Iris’ first name is a lie. A facade. Which fits in with her lying about her identity to Phoenix for 8 months and her general tendency to put up a front of whoever the person she's talking to wants her to be—whether that be Dahlia's obedient co-conspirator, Bikini's sweet and good-natured daughter figure, or Godot's accomplice and the scapegoat he can use to protect Maya. And neither of the common last names given to her by fandom accurately reflect/show the full picture of who she is either. Fey is what she was born as—but that name comes with a whole host of burdens and generational trauma that she likely does her best to distance herself from considering her tendency to run away from conflict like she did with the fake kidnapping and the aftermath of Doug Swallow's murder (she’s a lot like her aunt in that regard). Hawthorne ties her to the sister she so dearly loves—but also weighs her down due to her sister’s crimes, her role in said crimes, and the family she was sent away from against her will (even if it ended up being better for her) before it tragically fell apart. Neither one truly fits—the Iris name debacle is a perfect representation of the identity crisis of her character and that is nothing short of beautiful to me.

#ace attorney #aa #pwaa #ace attorney trials and tribulations #aa3 spoilers #iris hawthorne #iris fey #iris of hazakura temple #dahlia hawthorne #morgan fey #sister bikini #phoenix wright #godot #meta #my meta #finally posting some of my iris meta here woohoo!!!! #if anyone has additional thoughts feel free to add #iris lovers PLEASE interact she is everything to me #local woman going feral over sister iris ace attorney for the 261478th time. more at 11

[junosbugs]

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fireside

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kyle ‘gaz’ garrick

warnings: alcohol, mentions of kidnapping, dead animal, slow burn, accurate description of london streets, ginger Male.

a/n: guys i love a good slow burn just bear with me please.

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“It’s not like I'm asking for a lot, like how hard can it be?” Dan went on. The second his shift started, he couldn’t stop talking about his latest entanglements and to be quite frank, Iris was not having any of it today. Her attention was captivated by the four men hidden in the back of the booth in the corner of the room. 

Irise was wiping down the dirty counters, while Dan refilled cabinets with liquor bottles below her rambling on about what else his lover did. She had zoned out his words, trying to eavesdrop on the booth at the other side of the room. 

By now it had been three nights since Kyle had walked her home, and since that night he had made an unspoken promise to walk her home. Even if his friends decided to leave their work earlier, Kyle always found his designated seat at the end of the counter watching the girl find herself in a routine. He stayed entranced by her movement, her words, her charisma that she shared with everyone.

On the second night they walked home in silence. No words spoken other than simple pleasantries and while neither of them realized, they were both content with just that. 

“Iris!” 

“What!” 

“Are you even listening to me?” Dan narrowed his eyes at the raven haired girl. Iris looked back at the red head, forcefully tearing her eyes off the booth. 

“No.” Shrugged Iris as she gripped on to her towel rag. 

A groan escaped the ginger's lips, standing up to his full size. “Can you listen so you can tell me if I’m being rational?” He questioned. Stepping away from him, Iris tossed the dirty rag away in a basket full of already dirty rags. “You’re never the rational one, Danny.” 

“Iris please.” 

She threw her hands up in the air as a sign of defeat, “Okay fine.” She leaned her hip onto the end of the counter as she looked ahead at Dan. With just her luck, Kyle and his friends were right behind him. 

She fought everything within her to not analyze and document their every move. His every move.

She filtered her eyes back up to Dan, working her hardest to focus on just him; however, she found eyeline faltering in his direction. It was like he had placed a magnetic trance on him.   

Dan's soon insistent voice became a distant noise filtering to the background music playing in the pub. Kyles every move became a movement she needed to memorize. The way his brows furrowed, creating patterned creases on his forehead. He scratched an itch with the back of his thumb and alway let the lip of the glass hover over his lip before hugging it tightly. 

“Oh my god,” Dan's voice broke her from the haze, “You like Kyle.” 

“What?” Iris’s head snapped in the direction of the red haired boy, a look of disgust radiated off her. “No I don’t.” She shook her head.

Dan looked back at the booth, “I would have pegged you as more of a masked man, but I understand the boyish crush.” He nodded in approval, as if she needed his approval. 

Iris simply scoffed, picking up a new clean rag. “I’m going to go clean the empty tables and wait for some tables.” She made her way out of the back of the bar. 

“Don’t get distracted.” 

“Shut up Dan!” 

Iris found therapy within the movements of cleaning. The motions were mechanical and organic in ways that fit perfectly despite the oxymoron. She wiped down each empty table, till she finally found herself nearing the corner of the bar. The booth. 

“Where was she last seen again, again?” Soaps' voice rings up in Iris’s ears. The girls slowed her movements as she tried to focus her ears best on the table a few feet down. 

“Harley Street,” Ghosts gruff voice came up for the first time, “Found her car parked down a few blocks on Devonshire Street.” 

Ghost rarely spoke, rarely interacted with those around him that weren’t a part of the group curated around him. This had been the most she had heard him say in one sitting. 

Iris moved on to another table full of dirty dishes allowing her movements to slow down just a bit, ears perking at the voice of Kyle, “Says here she felt like she was being watched. What do we know about that?” 

“Right well, we have reports of a few phone calls but the trace went blank. Husband assumed it was an affair.” Price’s voice came up, “A few days later she received a package of a dead rat, with this image in it.” 

Iris gripped on to the rag in her hand, fighting the urge to glance over at the table. She wiped down the table and cleared away any dishes with an ironclad grip, her attention fully formed by the conversation unfolding at the booth. The mention of a mysterious phone call and a disturbing package spiked a curiosity in her that she wanted to feed. 

“She wasn’t the only one taken,” Price's voice cut in, “Selena Bristol, Laurel Wells, Cherlene McKormick. What do these names all have in common?”

“These are well known women from socialite families.” Soaps voice muffled against his hand which now leaned over his mouth. 

She finished cleaning the table in front of her, not being able to contain the thoughts swirling in her head. There was not much Iris could do to keep her ears latched onto the conversation. Moving from the table in front of her back to the bar their voices became murk. She placed the empty dirty dishes into the back of the kitchen for the busboy to clean up.

When making her way back, she was shocked to see Kyle sitting at his designated stool at the bar and Dan was talking to him. The rest of his friends had started making their exits out of the bar, sending farewells and pats on the back. Kyle waved them goodbye, 

“And here is your lucky lady.” Dan exclaimed, a mischievous grin played on his face that only Iris caught as he gestured over to the girl. Iris froze in her tracks, an odd sensation running through her as she looked at the man seated in front of her. 

Kyle smiled tenderly at the girl in front of him, “Hey Iris,” His gaze was soft towards her, “How’s the night treating you?” 

Iris stepped forward, getting together any last minute clean up duties that needed to be done before her shift was over. “Same old, same old, you know?” 

She glanced up at him. This time she allowed her eyes to roam, he had a baseball cap resting on his head of hair. He wore a dark green jumper that hugged his body in a comforting manner, his arm rested on the top of the bar with an empty glass gripped in his hands. “I see you’ve been occupied with Dan's rambling.” She smiled up at him, gesturing back to Dan. “I could apologize for his behavior, but the most I could do is offer a free drink.” 

A melodic laugh escaped his lips, “No need to apologize, Dan’s an interesting-”

“Hey!” Dan exclaimed. 

“Entertaining! An entertaining character.” Kyle explained back to the man behind Iris, who was finishing off his closing duties. Iris chuckled at the banter between the two. The air between them changed as the laughter settled between them. There was a tense ambiance between them that could be cut by a knife. 

Iris grabbed another clean rag from the side of the bar, beginning to clean what was already a clean counter. That’s where Iris was reminded of the empty glass in his hands. Pointing to the glass, “Did you want a refill?” 

Kyle’s brows furrowed, realizing she was gesturing towards the glass in his hands. “Oh umm, no I’m okay.” He smiled. That same feeling in the air was back, it was tight and stiff. Instinctively, Iris’s hands tightened around the clean rag held in her hand. 

Iris broke the silence by blurting out a very stupid question, “So, what were you and the guys discussing back there? It seemed really intense.” 

Kyle's soft gaze hardened at the question, making Iris curse at her own impulsiveness. “Oh, just work related stuff.” His other hand wrapped around the same empty glass while his finger danced around the rim. “Wouldn’t want you to worry.”

“You’re probably right. I don't really handle stress that well.” Iris shrugged, tossing the dirty rag in the basket. She grabbed her bag from under the bar counter, along with her jacket. 

“Dan, you’re closing.” She spoke back to the red head. Slipping on her jacket she stepped out from behind the counter and made her way next to Kyle. The proximity that they stood in was intoxicating for Iris. She placed her hand around his bicep, gently pulling him up from the stool he sat at. She nodded in the direction of the door with a soft gaze, “Walk me home?”

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[another-dra-anew]

tomoritomoritomroitomo- -iris

tototototomori!

-My identity hc for them

canonically sapphic! i think that. currently she’s just waiting to see what experiences she has and where life takes her, she doesn’t want to try and come to a decision on how she feels about non-platonic relationships with guys. she’s content with calling herself sapphic, maybe she’ll change her label one day, maybe not <3. 

+canonically a trans girl! i think she kinda switched between using trans fem and saying she’s a trans girl. depends on the day depends on the vibe!!! not really a identity note this is about presentation. but i think sheeee’s… not really happy with her hair length rn and is considering chopping it short, but she wants to grow it out, and knows if she chops it now she’ll have to deal with growing it again. she’d be happy with short hair, but then she’d miss having long hair. tbh i can see her growing her hair out to donate? but yeah. she doesn’t like the growing out stage v much

- Thoughts on their home life/family

hmm. what’s something that doesn’t get covered in ftes… i think she really likes her maternal grandparents and would like to see them more, but she knows spontaneous visits aren’t really something that either her household, or theirs, can really pull off. she’d call more but she feels weird doing that without much reason.

- How i feel about their canonical writing/handling

!! i like how i write her! i think… any concerns i have are moreso with like. how my writing of her comes across? but that’s another thing where i just have to step back and remind myself that anyone who judges the way the kids are shown now, when we’re only partway through the story, and no one’s ftes are finished, is silly, and that includes me. it’d be silly of me to judge my writing when i haven’t even been able to show all the parts of the kids characterization!

- The one thing i’d want to make canon about them

tomoris my perfect wish fulfillment girl i suppose? i dunno i guess everything i want to say about her gets said…. uhhh? yk everything i’m thinking of is like. smthn that gets mentioned at some point. hm. 

- My number one favorite ship for them

i like her and maki, iii. honestly just like them a lot as friends? and im a huge fan of friends to lovers so. yeah!!! :]. this doesn’t always come across in canon tho ik. not that they ever come across as like. enemies but maki is vv closed off in the game, so. yea. non despair tho, they get along well!

- …Now everyone else i ship with them

she has a lot of hands! i like her and kurokawa a lot tho <3. i don’t think tomoris a huge fan of spooky stuff but tbh i think kurokawas videos and the like would be very comforting? and i think kurokawa is a lil >////< @ tomori. goes from thinking tomoris pretty -> really liking her personality and how she interacts with people (while thinking tomori is pretty). 

- The thing i will NEVER ship

…? i can’t think of anything anyone would ship which i’d be against? ???

- a dynamic/relationship i wish was explored more (in canon, or in fandom)

id like to chat more about her and iranami! specifically in non despair. i think she’d like to try and tug iranami into helping her with cheer practice so iranami can kinda. recontextualize her flexibility/tumbling skills.

- thoughts on their design (appearance-wise)

i don’t want to talk about it. (<- i need to redesign her. so bad. but i keep redesigning her…)…… go away now please i need to cry.

- A music-related thought- a song that reminds me of them, or what their music taste is, etc

OKAY SHE HAS A PLAYLIST. ITS OUTDATED BUT IT EXISTS- oh. mekaru had one too. uh. anyways.

all the songs are more so ones that i think she’d vibe too? hmmm. yk fuck it. have a screenshot of her playlist pls keep in mind most of these r from like… 2020. songs i think she’d vibe to!

#tomori kizuna #ask meme

[ggukkiereads]

What are your favorite established relationship jk fics? Can u recommend me? ❤️ Maybe husband or dad jk too haha

🌷 Hello! Sharing fics that are memorable to me. Hope it satisfies your Jungkook needs 😉.

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Established Relationship | Jungkook

@angelguk ’s drabbles + scenarios 

Jock!jk drabble series

On My Mind

Breakfast in Bed

In Your Arms Tonight - the one where he has a thing for you in his clothes).

She also has a dad!jk drabbles (just Jungkook with his daughter)

@kpopfanfictrash sequels or drabbles - read the original fic first

The Art of More Sequel + drabbles -  L is for Lunacy +  The Party + S if for Sexy - ^

Over the Edge - sequel to Ruin the Friendship

The Next - Dad!JK + pregnant reader

Taming of the Flu - sick OC

Click 

Together (boyfriend series) @httpjeon - collection of their “firsts”  

And a Hard Place drabbles (ongoing) @minloop - angsty, idol!au

Appetence @jiminimoon - idol!au, imagine boyfriend!jungkook dancing for you

Aurora @/mintseesaw - secret love affair, princess!reader, general jungkook, historical au (I really love this)

Bare Necessities @gguksgalaxy - Disneyland date

Bicker @littlemisskookie - sequel to Banter; Superhero AU

Bounce @jeonsweetpea -  workout session 😉

A Call + All Mine @follovvthelight - idol!jungkook, secret relationship, OC gets hit on by others because they thought she is single, fluffy smut but real relationship talk

Come & Come Again @/jjungkookislife - drabbles based on real time jungkook (Not Today!JK & Blue-haired Drummer JK)

Doxology @dark-muse-iris - pwp in a church (sorry 🙈)

Dungeons and Dick @jungkookiebus - OC killed his character lol (cute)

Edacity @jjungkooksthighs - college au, jungkook making food 😋 (I actually read this on AO3 and was checking my bookmarks when I remember this)

Empty Stalls @bts-bookstore - boyfriend au, pwp, public place

Everything’s Alright + Sweet Saturdays @guklore - quarterback!jungkook who is so sweet and reassuring. Plus, the use of the sappy Still Into You by Paramore as a ringtone is a big plus 😂 Let’s not mention whipped cream slight smut 🤤

Falling @starshapedkookie - about two soulmate-less people in an established relationship (angst)

First Love, Last Love drabbles @floralseokjin - long-term relationship

Game Over @joonsgalore - tattooed gamer boyfriend kook

GCGUK  and IDCILH @bubmyg - youtuber!au 

GCGUK - drabble series. a nonchronological series of adventures of the most sickeningly in love vlogger on the platform.

idcilh (these have been done before but I don’t care I love her) - a series on gcguk in which jeongguk tackles old, cheesy YouTube couple challenges [4/?] 

Getting Railed @dearlytea - omg this is just pure pwp but boyfriend!jk

Good Day @ilikemesometaetaes -  calling in sick just to do smutty stuff 😅

Good Girl series @bonny-kookoo

Good Girl | Sweet Girl | Smart Girl | Brave Girl | Pretty Girl | Charming Girl | Enticing Girl | Bad Girl | Tempting Girl | Strong Girl

Historic Moments @moyochu - drabble. college professors in a secret relationship

Hearts on Fire by @winetae - dragon!jk

Through the Flames (and into the Lava) | Third Degree Burn

Honeycomb @joonbird - one year anniversary (ahhh this is 🔥 and cute)  

Hotel Nights @ikonrobert -  more of a drabble but this is just sweet and soft 🥰

In Your Heart drabble series @sweetaesuga - fratboy, ex-fuckboy, friends to lovers (this is the couple from In Your Eyes so you have to read the one shot first. I personally like the drabble series more than the one shot; it’s fun to see their relationship in action)

Laundry Fairy @bulletproofbirdy - domestic!koo doing chores and laundry #idealman #perfectman

Lifeline @mygsii -  shifter au, witch au, supernatural au, established relationship (I really love this it’s such a comfort fic)

Little Mouse (ongoing) by @jjungkookislife - Fratboy AU

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 | Christmas Special |  Valentine’s Day |Spin the Bottle

Little Swan @jimidol - prince!jk

Loved by You drabble series by @underthejoon - on ao3

Mask + Unveil  @dulcetvk - I received an ask about this and this is a favorite among readers because I also see others looking for this from time to time. Established Rel that gets threatened by the presence of Jungkook’s evil (joke) bestfriend 

Mix-tape @moon-write - ah this is wonderful! It’s a love letter from Jungkook through a mixtape 😭

Moonflower @bangtanpromptsfics - 3am date; adulting. a cute drabble

Nasty @jeonsweetheart - drabbles; actually best to check author’s drabbles based on Ari’s songs. They are really good (and right kind of smutty fluffy)

Netflix & Chill series @1kook - relationship journey of JK and OC who met on a blind date

Nochu Unsolved @minflix (deactivated but linking the AO3) - tattooed, cryptid hunting, comedy

Of Games & Sex @youremypride - gamer au, boyfriend, hilarious comparison to gaming consoles

Open When drabbles (ongoing) @iluv-hobi  - Idol!jungkook created letters for OC and she can only open when ____

Possession @bngtanah - angst, jungkook is a bit of a jerk 

Press Start @softyoongiionly - they have other boyfriend!jungkook fics like Talk to Me in Korean and Banana Pancake (so please go to their masterlist)

Protection @blkjmn - thunderstorms x bf!koo to distract

Puffs and Touches by @/mintseesaw - a cute and hot drabble

Plot Hole @feliix  - it’s 1.6k words so it’s a quick read but so funny that suddenly turns hot?

Quiet, Baby @bratkook - pwp, smutty teasing on the train 🥵

Ripped Jeans @kookiesjoonies - idol!au x seeing him in ripped jeans 🥵

Ruin the Dress...Shirt @fortunexkookie - new relationship

Sex Education 2.0 @extravaguk  - sequel; asked best friend’s brother JK to teach her about sex

Stay Quiet @hobidreams - college au, public place -library (I forgot to add this gem!)

Soft Nights @softguks - stressed Jungkook and OC comforting him drabble

Stay With Me @svenotes - I got this ask about fics where “pretty girl” is used as an endearment and coincidentally I was reading this on AO3. This is just sweet =)

Swinging by a Fine Line @mimikookie - spiderman jungkook and girlfriend!reader, action, slice of life (this is great because it’s something different)

Take Your Time @marginalmadness - oh how I love this how it starts out mysterious “what is kook doing?!?!” and OC here is just tired after a stressful day at work and My Time Jungkook (well in my mind) is here to make it all better 

Theory of Power by @untaemedqueen -  hello, taekwondo kook? Jealous kook? 

Twister @lolethlovesbangtan  - a game of twister that turned smutty

Ultimatum @wonhopeswitch-blog - this is just funny! bf!jk insisting he’s Spiderman during smut 

Wherever You Are @suhdays - ugh vampire ceo Jungkook being all cheesy sweet drabble *swoons* 

Wildflowers and Sunlight @promisesox - royalty au, prince!jungkook x enchanted reader, jungkook will eventually leave the enchanted place

Wildflowers @koyamuses - fantasy, romance, faerie au

Husband AU | Jungkook

Bunny Do @/softyoongionly - domestic life in a cottage and some fluffy goodness

Black Card @minsprings - crazy rich asians, ceo

Concealed Weapon @gimmesumguga - this is just the hottest mafia? assassin? Koo 

Contentment by @btsqualityy - not really married but they’re mated; talks about being content/secure in a relationship and using the werewolf au as context; 

Desperate Housewife @kimnjss - lol jealous husband Koo of hot trainer Taehyung

Fierce and Delicate + Felicity  by @/mintseesaw - rich!OC

Granite Glow + Pretty Thoughts @namjoonchronicles - also a comfort fic (they have a masterlist of domestic jungkook aus)

Grain of Sand @jungkookiebus - blind!jungkook, slice of life, this is really great (I added it to the fic recs based on request for members-with-disability and I am grateful for fics that tackle such scenarios)

It’s Enough @/dark-muse-iris - 😥 themes of poverty

Jaded by chasinghorizons (ao3) - a good angst with happy ending

JORTS + Back and Forth + The SPEEDO @gukslut (also read Every Kind of Way)

Mon amour  @/angelguk

PITTER-PATTER OF THE HEART drabbles @koorara -  just tooth-rotting goodness. Newlywed domestic moments of professor Jungkook and wifey

Put Your Head on my Shoulder @/koorara - brought husband to hometown

Rain by nijoon (ao3) - angst tw: infidelity but it ends well

Stress Relief @/hobidreams - I read this on AO3 but it’s also on tumblr; argument x smutty making up session

Snowy Hills @kooks3uphoria - Surgeon!Jungkook x Surgeon!reader + accident (angst)

Sweet Talk @/bts-bookstore - ceo au (both of them), originally trophy wife and jungkook helped her get out of that situation, just domestic bliss

Too Close by @cutechim - boxer, husband Jungkook and dilf!koo in the drabbles

Dad in Established Relationship | Jungkook

These are all dad!jk in an established relationship; I didn’t include fics with singledad!jk like Rattled by gukslut or accidental pregnancy/expecting parents fics.

Dilf Kook Drabbles @himbojk (author deactivated)

Dilf!Drabbles @taesinferno

Interruption by @/untaemedqueen - haha poor Koo

I Lost our Baby drabble + prequel @lamourche  (cute!)

Knockout @gamerguk - boxer au, sub!jk, they have a 3-yr old, pwp

Young One @bts-reveries - photographer dad!jk, social media au

Wishing for You @kookiestarlight - new, not a dad yet but they’re trying (part of my reading list!)

🌷 There was an ask for dilf!jk and Single Dad Jungkook so you may check the links too.

Posted: 2021 Feb 05 | Updated: 2021 Mar 21 

Note: if link to fic doesn’t work, click on author and go to their masterlist

Ficswithluv actually had an Established Relationship category few weeks ago! Please check the list too

#🌷chats #ggukkierecommends #ggukkiereadingcollection #jungkook #jungkook fanfic #jungkook x reader #jungkook fic recs #jungkook angst #jungkook smut #jungkook fluff #jungkook established relationship #asks #seagulljk #bts fanfic #bts x reader #bts fic recs #Jungkook husband au #Jungkook boyfriend au

[write-like-wright]

u asked for requests so im here to comply😳could you maybe do a ”should you date them” with the defense attorneys in the series?? or just generally some other characters?? bc the prosecutor one added like 20 years to my lifespan lmao. hope u have a great day!!

I'm so glad you liked it!!! Here's the sequel, just for you <33

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Should you date them: Ace Attorney defense lawyers edition

Phoenix Wright

yes, you really should

probably one of the best, if not the best, boyfriends in the series

wanna get married? husband material

wanna have kids? father material

has a tendency to casually adopt children actually, could be an issue at some point

worships you

you know how some guys brag about how they'd die for you?

Nick would unironically die for you

may even come close a few times but I'm pretty sure he's canonically invincible (eating poisoned glass and falling off a burning bridge, who?? tis' but a scratch!)

massive gossip

gets home after an investigation and immediately starts like "you won't believe what I found out about Gumshoe today"

somehow surprisingly mature and good at keeping secrets in spite of everything

has a lot of really cool friends!!! and larry

have you seen those shoulders tho?? mans built like a dorito, smashing through massive wooden doors n stuff

biggest monthly expense is hair gel

claims his hair is natural but you know better

don't be the big spoon, he will poke your eyes out

can somewhat read your mind tho? a bit off-putting but ok

marry him before Edgeworth someone else does

Mia Fey

hell yeah, dude

cool, calm, collected

has literal superpowers

successful business owner at 27!!! unironical #girlboss

went from being a lame rookie to a literal legend with her own practice and an apprentice in, like, three years

she's so smart, I fear her

has the fashion sense of a female character drawn by a cis man... oh, wait

god help whoever tries to hurt you

will literally kick their ass to hell

family-oriented

believes in second chances

took phoenix under her wing after everything, mia has the patience of a saint honestly

drops cool oneliners in everyday speech like a marvel character

curve lovers rejoice

doesn't mind being called dorky nicknames

major wife material

Diego Armando/Godot

I already covered him in my prosecutors list,, literally did not occur to me to split Diego and Godot into two lists

but to sum up, if I had to choose between the two, I'd go for Diego

i like my men like i like my coffee - tall, dark and bitter

^^ eats up pickup lines like those

Apollo Justice

Polly is such a sweet babey boy, please be nice to him

short king

low on confidence, makes up for it by being loud

*voice cracking* HE'S FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!

your neighbours will hate him

such a pushover, will do anything you ask of him

sensitive boy, not afraid to cry

pretends not to be dorky - is very dorky

consumes nerdy media almost exclusively (canonically a Whovian! but Capcom can't say that)

bikes everywhere and is apparently good with a hula hoop

Polly got cake is what I'm saying

have you seen his cool street style clothes?? sk8er boi

very grounded, literally

might play around and hold your hand for comfort

won't come to visit you if you live on a high floor, sorry

cat dad!!! cat pics!!! yes!!!

about 7 different tragic backstories

new secret family member drops every week

stares at you when you speak sometimes

is he jealous of Klavier?? does he have a crush on him??? who knows but it's funny watching them interact

bicon

spends way too much time on his hair

someone please date him, he deserves some love

Athena Cykes

holy childhood trauma batman

been through a lot

total empath

if you're sad, she's sad

can kinda read your mind... why is this such a common thing in AA games?? I like my privacy

super energetic

will drag you to the gym, take you on hikes, practice wrestling moves on you...

you will always be sore but also in the best shape of your life

has minus 25 chill

incapable of keeping secrets from you

her weird goth convict uncle threatens you every once in a while

she promises he means it in a friendly way

loves europop

way too accomplished for her age, everyone in this game is so smart, help

i feel like she'd enjoy theme parks idk

date her, she's baby and she needs some TLC

Kristoph Gavin

no

he's scary

thinks he's better than you

thinks he's better than everyone

has the audacity to wear white shoes with a blue suit??? are you going to prom????? sir????

obsessed with phoenix wright to an alarming degree

perfectly manicured nails!

the kind of guy who warns you never to go into his basement

nice on the outside but it's all fake

deeply rooted issues even he's unaware of

if you like drillbit hair consider Klavier instead

Ryunosuke Naruhodo

world's biggest baby

secretly a bitch

loves to clown on people

fake it till you make it

has no clue what he's doing most of the time

very determined in spite of that

everyone loves him

so many cool friends

cries at the thought of your bare ankles

physically incapable of walking by a shop and not buying something he doesn't need

"look, i got you a gift!!" "awh, how sweet! ...what is it?" "i don't know, i'll ask Mr Sholmes when he gets home!"

good with his tongue

may be somewhat trapped in the closet

has literally zero chill

remember when he just casually chased armed robbers??

must be a family trait

Iris interrogates you about your intentions with her brother

she has a gun

you have no privacy at his place

Sholmes crashes your dates

his bromance with Kazuma sometimes drops the "b"

becomes ultra cool eventually

hop into that time machine and date Ryu's ass, but be prepared to deal with period-appropriate homoeroticism and misogyny lol

Extra little shout out to Kazuma Asogi for that one time where he was a defense lawyer for, like, an hour and a half and somehow managed to cram 50 of the horniest one-liners in the game in that very limited time. Date him.

#ace attorney #the great ace attorney #gyakuten saiban #dai gyakuten saiban #phoenix wright #mia fey #diego armando #apollo justice #athena cykes #kristoph gavin #ryunosuke naruhodo #is that everyone? #hope you like this kajfkjkanjkang #aa ramblings #headcanons #request

[ververa]

Let me love you

Sally McKenna x reader 

You had always been a shy person and because of it you didn't really interact with people. It's not like you didn't want do - well not always, but you did. However, they usually came to the conclusion that you're either rude or weird, while you're only an introvert. You hadn't expected it to be different, so it was a nice change when in your life appeared Sally. She seemed to look at you differently. She knew how incorrect and unfair judging could be, so she didn't judge. Sally was simply sitting with you. It was her who talk for most of the time, but you didn't mind. She was telling you various stories about the hotel or her life. She was also complimenting you a lot - and her reward were your blush or a huge grin on your face. It took quite some time for you to open up, but when you did she probably couldn't be more happy. You two were chatting non-stop. You always started at the bar, but as it was getting late you moved to either yours or Sally's room. You're talking, literally, from dusk till down until you were too tired to keep your eyes open. Then Sally usually was telling you that you're still alive and as a human being you need to get some sleep. She on the other hand was a ghost, so when you're asleep she was sitting in the corner of the room and looking at you.

She felt as if she had finally found the soul that she had been looking for. You, however, had never been good when it came to feelings, so you needed pretty some time to process it all. When you finally did understand that you're head over heels in love with her - things had already got complicated. In Sally's life appeared a new person - namely John Lowe.

At first you thought that it changed nothing, but you're mistaken. Sally began to spend with him more time - thereby neglecting you. Once again you felt hurt, but there was nothing you could do. Liz tried to make you talk and after a few drinks you admitted that you're in love with Sally. The woman advised you to tell the ghost about your feelings, but you of course needed to think it out. It took you the whole night, before you finally made up your mind. You decided to tell her and so you went to her room. The door was open so you entered, as you usually did. However, instead of Sally with a cigarette you saw her with John. She was laying on the bed with her legs spreaded for him. And that was too much for you. You ran to the bar and spent there the rest of the evening - drinking and smoking, which actually was something you had learnt from Sally.

Both Liz and Iris tried to talk to you. They wanted to know what happened, cause you had never acted like that before. However, you blocked up again. You didn't cry though. Instead of tears there was an anger building up inside you. You began to wonder if he was really better than you. Why did she choose someone who would never lover her - definitely not the way you did. You were broken in the worst of possible ways. And the fact that you had to see them together almost every evening or listen to Sally talking about how amazing John was - made you feel even worse.

"What's wrong with you?" Sally asked once, as you got suspiciously silent

"N-nothing" you looked up to Liz instead and you could say that she already knew what's bothering you

You excused yourself and went straight to your room. Meanwhile Sally turned to Liz

"What happened to her?" she asked as she dragged her cigarette

"I think y/n suffers from the very same reason you did" Liz affirmed

The ghost looked at her confused

"She's in love"

"With who?"

"Oh, Sally. You couldn't be that oblivious..."

You needed 3 sleepless nights to made a final decision. You eventually made up your mind and chose to leave the hotel. It was hard - of course. You got used to that place. You liked Iris and Liz, even the Countess - of whose kids you're taking care. But you couldn't stand seeing Sally every day and pretend you were okay. The inner pain became unbearable and escape seemed to be the only solution. You already had your luggage ready. You were pretty sure that it would be hard to find a different place, where you could feel that happy as you used to be at the hotel. Though you decided. You headed up downstairs to the door with your things. You're already at the door when familiar cold hand grabbed your wrist.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Sally asked when your eyes met

You looked at your luggage then at her, but you said nothing.

"Are you leaving me? Like the rest?" the tears were streaming down her cheeks

"I..." you hesitated

You didn't know what to say. You didn't expect her to be there and her presence knocked you off the stride even more.

"When will you come back?" she asked hopefully

You closed your eyes to stop the tears and answered with cracking voice

"N-never"

"What? Why? Y/n, why are you leaving? Did somebody hurt you? Tell me"

That was too much for you. All the pent-up anger and grief exploded inside you.

"You! You hurt me!" you snapped at her "Don't make it harder. Let me go"

"No. Please, please, tell me what's wrong? I can fix it. Just please don't go"

"You cannot fix it, Sal. You would never give me what I want"

"What do you want? My god, y/n, please. I'll give you everything"

"You can't. You will never love me the way I love you. I know you're with John. I know you're in love with him and I'm happy for you. But I cannot just sit here and look at you. I'm tired of pretending that I'm okay and it doesn't hurt"

"Y-you love me?"

You nodded wiping the tears that managed to escape.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I did. I mean I wanted to, but you're with him..."

"I-I... Y/n, don't go. Please. I didn't realize..."

"It's okay, Sally" you stroked her cheek with your palm "You don't have to do this. There's no need to pretend. Just be happy and I'll be too" you turned back, but she took your hand making you face her again

"I won't be happy without you here"

"Please, don't mess with my feelings"

"I would never. Please. I'm sorry" she hugged you tight "Please don't go. I cannot live here without you. This place is terrible. It's like a clouded sky during the storm, but when you're here... You're like a ray of sunshine. I-I need you. You made my life complete. I love you from the first moment I saw you..."

"You what?"

"I love you. I swear. From the first moment I saw you I knew you're going to change everything. You're so fragile, so innocent... So sweet and beautiful"

"You never said that..." you hesitated

"I was afraid that I can lose you. I was so stupid. I'm sorry. Please don't go. I can fix everything. Please, please stay and let me love you"

You should be happy at her confessions. That's something you had been waiting since forever, but there was that one thought that wouldn't let you enjoy the moment

"W-what about John?" you asked, almost whispered it actually - afraid of what the answer would be

"What do you want me to do with him? I'll do everything"

"Just promise there will be no John any more"

"I promise. I swear. No John. Only you and me" she said and gently pinned you to the wall

Sally kissed you with a tenderness that you had never experienced. You could taste her salty tears, but you didn't care. It still felt amazing. The relief took over your body as soon as she embraced you. And when she did you knew that even in that place - full of darkness you're going to have a good time as long as she's there by your side. Cause, honestly, nobody could make you feel the way she did.

#sally mckenna #sally mckenna x reader #sarah paulson x reader #sarah paulson imagine #american horror story #american horror story imagine #ahs hotel #ahs

[9noryn]

New answers!!

From questions asked in the ask-the-incuwives channel in the Seduce Me Discord Server!

From abil:  if your husbands had to stay in the abyssal plains after the events of the war, how would you feel? would you be okay with it?

Noryn would pack up and move with him lmao she's not attached to places, more so people so; of course there has to be a lot of talking and planning together, but she's pretty down to continue making things work from the plains side. She wouldn't have to worry about being found by Angels and get obliterated, big plus. She'd miss her sigil witch brother and her friends in the human world though; but she'll easily think about video calls and gaming and visits. The big make or break would be whether she can get hooked up with high speed internet in the abyssal plains

wait i just realized... the abyssal plains doesn't have internet yet

noryn's not gonna like this one bit; neither would matthew 

two gamers, in a dimension without games

((first order of business is to invent internet and get connected to human world, the first demon world hacker))

Bonus:

Midnight: Noryn starting up a tiktok channel for tiktoks in the Abyssal Plains that only the incubi and the wives see LOL

Midnight: no, she vlogs

Zio: hey demons its ya boi

More under the break!

From tkdigiboy: how would you react if one of the boy's ex-bf/gf or 'playmates'(sex for energy) came to visit or hang. would you let your husband do a one time fling for energy?

noryn's been friends with her exes, and their exes; so as long as things are chill, it's just like meeting anyone else from someone's social circle. it only gets weird if it's like... this person distracts matthew away from noryn a lot or otherwise gets in between her interactions with him

e_e they don't even have to be past lovers, anyone that does that will get on noryn's nerves and make her go on a jealous gifting spree, where in a fit of jealous frustration she buys a bunch of very thoughtful gifts for matthew to give to him later

regarding the one-time fling: emergency sure; but like, consent and all is one time and case specific

like if matthew is blowing up noryn's phone like "iM dY INNg OF SEX STarVaTION AND yOu'RE IN THE HUMAN WORLD" she'd be like ? ?? ? bE SAfe FIRST AND WE CAN TALK LATER

From Kantah: ooh what are the wives' hobbies? :0

Noryn hobbies: being an internet gremlin; tea brewing, drink mixing, bartending/barista; dabbling in potion making

From tkdigiboy: To noryn/zio: how well do you get along with simon and his wife?

pretty well!! though she thinks of simon and simone as mika's pets so whenever she visits mika she likes to try to befriend them and get matthew to play with him :>  simon's a lot less of a rascal when noryn can give him the attention he seeks

From Diva:  how long does it take Noryn to find out Divana’s favorite bubble tea since she cant magically know like usual [cause she’s a collective ton of different personalities]

Diva: Zio wait how long does it take for Noryn to figure out Divana's fav bubble tea after she god damn blue screens

Noryn: -sits there with window xp error noises going off in her brain-

Divana: I think this one died

Zio: poor baby; noryn would probably just blindfold herself and randomly mix ingredients and hope for the best. serving a chaos demon aint easy

Diva: Especially when Noryn Knows Alot of Things™️

From dari_baguls:  Idk if this is more for Zio or Noryn buuuut do you really have the cat stalkings Noryn wears in the game? I cried when I saw Noryn cause I also have the same stalkings and also (at the time) had short hair TvT just wanna know for research purposes

i do have them irl! Her outfit is based off of what i wore when the game was being made

She’d look like this in present day

Gotta refresh noryn’s design cause it’s very undergrad student vs her now working bartending professional :9

From Diva:  Oh no Noryn and Divana in the same room fucking around with potions

Zio: POTIONS POTIONS POTIONS in carrie's kitchen no less

Diva: Many things went wrong that day

Diva: M a n y

Zio:

Noryn: "can i come over to make sum poshuns" 

Carrie: "Of course,you dork"

Noryn: "Also Divana will help" 

Carrie:

Diva: 

Read at 3:45 pm

Zio: 

Noryn: "henlo? carrie u ther"

From tkdigiboy: Question to zio and kary: how do you 2 handle your husbands when their doing their usual routine towards eachother

Karygurl: Start making bets, make popcorn :D

Zio: when sam and matthew bicker; noryn stands aside and lets them get through their system if it's between them specifically; otherwise she's a participant in the bickering LOL they're a lot like rascally friends, and noryn is also a shit starter 

Zio: i headcanon that iri or twila like to occasionally stir the pot, like drop a small [controversial hot take] and watch the boys mcfreakin lose it

sam, matthew and noryn are all competitive casual gamers shit's going down there's no allegiances

From ☁bunny☁: jumpin in here: for all of the incuwives creators, especially zio n kary, how do you guys feel about people writing about ur ocs in their own stories? or drawing them? im writing my own interpretation of the story with my self insert and i love carrie and noryn dearly and would love to include them (and the other incuwives) but id only wanna do it if its cool with their creators first !

Karygurl: I mean please do!! I bookmark and save EVERYTHING that has even a tiny whiff of Carrie in it, I'm honored anyone would want to include her in anything ever

Zio: im flattered if your inspired to write in or draw my characters!! let me know if you want to collab too

Zio: do it do it; shout outs and cameos give me life

Karygurl: SAME Zio

Zio: plus if there's no story conflict, im down to adopt new dynamics/lore/etc from what people create

From Mari: What kind of things would you do to make your husband laugh?

To laugh? noryn would be an utter fool lmao and tell him an embarrassing story about herself (she's had a whopping 9 lives worth, there's no end to headass decisions and shenanigans when it comes to her); something like 

Noryn: "Babe have you seen our dog" 

Matthew, pouty but still hanging in there: "Huh? She's in the other room, right?" 

Noryn: "Now watch this. Bijo, cuddle attack!!" 

Distant pitpattering on the tile gets closer until Bijo, the apron wearing shibe, gets ready to jump with a soft woof

Bijo full-body slams into noryn

oh my god, noryn would do unintentional slapstick when trying to show matthew some new trick or skill

tkdigiboy to zio: pet peeve with matthew

probably him being a touch too open-minded and overly generous with his time to the point that he wears himself super super thin and tired. he's kind of that extreme of being too self-sacrificing? 

Noryn reminds him that he doesn't owe everyone he comes in contact with that kind of life-changing attention and focus, especially if those people take advantage of his kindness.

Noryn is very much "i have limited time and energy in this one body, I focus on saving the one person I can" whereas Matthew is the "I want to brighten everyone's day, and give them what I didn't have or give them something only I can provide"

While they have similar tastes and interests, their perspectives help the other grow into a healthier, better person.

#noryn answers #incuwives #carrie #divana #((oh goodness yeah im still alive and i love noryn #i named my palico in monster hunter world after her))

[margoshansons]

Even numbers for the fic writer game?

2) Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

I have not yet done true enemies to friends to lovers and I need to do it because I love it so much.

4) How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?

Oh man. So many. I have Alfie’s fic Chaos Theory, Stella’s Fic, my Bucky Barnes found family Fic and literally so many that are half outlined. I always have at least five to ten ideas running through my brain at any given moment. 

One I’m really excited about that isn’t OC related is a Bellarke Much Ado About Nothing AU, with Bellamy as Benedick, Clarke as Beatrice, Raven as Hero, Finn as Claudio, and Roan and Ontari as Don Pedro and Don John.

6) Share one of your weaknesses.

I am awful at writing action scenes. I actively go out of my way to avoid them. (Like making Jas faint during the Mutliplex fight). I am also really bad at tagging dialogue.

8) Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about”

Cisco smirked at her response, “please, you practically drool all over him when he’s in the room.”

She shook her head, “Barry’s my best friend, that’s all,” She began, sticking her tongue out at Cisco, “and I do not drool”

This is such a sibling interaction and I could see the entire scene unfold before my entire eyes. Plus, I’d never been good at writing Cisco, and then this scene happened and It just felt perfect.

10) Which fic has been the easiest to write?

Surprisingly, Chain Reaction. I wasn’t expecting it to be so easy, but Jasmine’s character really just flew off the pages for me.

12) Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

Legends of Tomorrow: “Phone Home” or “Legends of To-Meow-Meow”

Both of them are meaningful but hilarious while playing with traditional tropes and just going batshit crazy. It reminds me to not take my work too seriously.

14) What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?

Don’t name your characters using the same initial or with phonetically similar names. 

Fuck that! I will name my characters however I see fit. It stifles creativity and if you have a name that would work, then use it! 

16) If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?

Look, you know it, I know it, the entire community knows it. Bellarke for life baby!

18) Do you use any tools, like worksheets or outlines?

I use outlines, OneNote, character worksheets and timelines to keep everything in check. I am a very messy and disorganized person so the more I can organize my thoughts the better. 

20) Describe your perfect writing conditions.

Just me, a coffee, my bedroom, a comfortable chair, my headphones, a good playlist and people to talk to and bounce ideas off of. (but they stay quiet or are virtual)

22) Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).

a soft melody left her lips, rising up through the cold air, her breath creating a cloud every time she let out a note.

Cosette reached in her pocket to grab the forty-sous. Her hand came up empty. Oh no. What was she going to do now? 

Her sore throat burned as she swallowed down her nerves, anxiously pulling the ragged shawl closer around her shoulders, the frayed threads barely keeping the garment together while she reached down to grab the wooden bucket, water rushing over her bare feet, freezing her already cold legs. 

Y’all, this is from the archives, so I hope you enjoy this.

24) Have you ever deleted one of your published fics?

When I was starting out yes. Now I don’t unless I plan on not continuing it. Every piece of writing you put out is valuable.

26) Do you beta yourself? If so, what kind of beta are you?

I try to as much as possible! I don’t really get many offers to beta, but when I do, I try my best. I’m a pretty harsh editor and I know what I like and don’t like so I try to be supportive with a hint of “this kind of sucks but I respect your decisions”

28) Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

@probably-voldemort : I’ve mentioned them so much on this site, but they are honestly one of the most talented writers I’ve ever encountered. The way they detail every character’s thought process and the dialogue and the ANGST. It’s all just *chef’s kiss*

@cassercole : Liz is so fantastic as coming up with unique ideas and making you care about the characters she creates. Like, I was really on the fence about Bucky, until I read RIM and then I was like, ‘I get it now’

@ocfairygodmother: The og and the person who inspired me to join the OC community, Jan is so talented at creating her own canon and then making it work with already existing canon. Like Entreat Me Not To Leave is my main source of Outlander news now. I don’t even watch the show anymore because her fic replaced it in my mind.

30) Do you accept prompts?

Absolutely! I just may not get to them for a while haha.

32) How do you feel about smut?

Alright look, I’m not good at writing it, and I’m not a fan of reading it. I just have a really complicated relationship with sex in general and I’d rather keep it out of my writing until I know more about it.

34) What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?

FUCK THAT!!! 

YOU KNOW WHAT’S SEXY? CONSENT!!

36) Which is your favorite site to post fic?

AO3 for life BABYYYY!

38) Talk about a review that made your day.

I don’t get that many reviews, but literally any of them make my day. I just love it when people show interest in my writing! 

40) Write an alternative ending to [insert fic title] (or just the summary of one).

Oooh, Okay. I’m hoping you mean Chain Reaction, since that’s what I’m working on right now, and while the ending is FAAAAARRRR away, I think I have a good alternate ending. (I’m probably gonna cut it off at Crisis or just skip over season 6)

Barry and Iris end up together, Eddie comes back to life and ends up with Jasmine after Crisis.

FANFIC WRITER ASK

[onlyjihoons]

diamond in the rough; p.j.h

request: anon asked:  hello! can i please have a bestfriends to lovers imagine? angst but a happy ending hehe// wait! about my bestfriends to lovers request, i think i forgot to add the member hehe jihoon pleaseeee thanks again! have a nice day xx

a/n; i combined your request with an idea of mine, i hope you dont mind^^ special thanks to dain(@pinksausageduo) and tina(@whatabrightplace) for helping me out,, not forgetting allison(@pwjins), sarah(@day6euphoria), xuan(@hwinkinghwi)and rissa(@hwangminn)! y’all might not have helped much but it meant the world to me and rescued me from the ditch,, i love you guys

and im sorry iris @101mess i didnt manage to do up 10 fics:’)

starting line:  “Don’t touch me.”

synopsis:  you never believed in falling for your best friend, until one confesses, in the most shocking way possible

warnings: uhh mild language sliiight steam and nothing else everything’s at pg dw

genre: mafia!jihoon,, angst and fluff

length: | a paragraph | drabble length | a short story | your average essay of less than 10,000 words | a fic too long but too short for a part 2|

masterlist//requests are open

"Hey babe," Jihoon slings his arm around your shoulder, "I heard the first class is Economics, and we have it together,"

You shrugged Jihoon's arm away, walking a few steps ahead of him, "Stop calling me babe, its annoying, and your stupid winkies would haunt me for it too." Jihoon. Your best friend since the 3rd year of middle school, your wingman, your #1 supporter. You were there with him since his awkward emo stage, and now that he became an extremely handsome individual. The friendship didn't change despite Jihoon looking better, but he has a hoard of girls, who named themselves winkies, chasing after him at his every whim. You didn't care much about them, since theyre chasing after false hope. But you were indeed afraid of them, you saw how they bullied a girl Jihoon helped out on her first day of school, and they only stopped when Jihoon intervened. Now, not that Jihoon was a fuckboy or anything, although the ambience he carries says otherwise. A true tsundere, Jihoon is more than he seems below his looks. Sometimes however, he could be cold on the outside, warm on the inside, and the opposite on some days. Knowing Jihoon's personality fairly well, you never phantomed that your best friend would fall for you. Jihoon had his fair share of pretty friends, and you just looked like someone to complement him in pictures. You did develop a crush on Jihoon during the first year you met him, but your hopes to only be crushed when Jihoon started gushing over the prettiest girl in the cohort. They did become an item eventually, but young Jihoon's heart to be broken only a week after finding out his girlfriend lost interest in him. He turned to you, his best friend, which resulted in movie night, accompanied by lots of ice cream. As the both of you grew, Jihoon's heart grew bigger for you as well. He seemed to realise that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and not just visual beauty. You, his best friend, was there with him through thick and thin, better or worse. He slowly started to grow fond of the two dimples that adorned you when you smiled, and how attractive you were when you were extremely focused on a task. If anyone were to glance at Jihoon staring at you, the entire galaxy could be seen in his brown orbs, bursting with affection. What a pity, you couldn't see it.

And what you didn’t know, was Jihoon’s involvement with the 101 mafia.

The 101 mafia was notorious for money laundering, and gang fights. The neighbourhood you lived in was the 101’s turf, any other rival gang that went up against them will end up in shambles, and a free trip to the hospital.

You knew of the 101, but you didn’t really involve yourself in those matters(what an irony though, jihoon was your best friend) as your GPA was much more important than finding a boyfriend or getting into fights.

In school, Jihoon was the stellar student, straight As, cocoa hair in a neat but slightly dishivelled fashion, uniform neatly ironed. However, during his “duties”, school jihoon would be thrown in the gutter, the boy would sport a black leather jacket, milky white forehead exposed below his gelled up fringe. Having a black belt in taekwondo, Jihoon was one of 101’s most valuable assets.

Hence, many girls have their eyes on Mr. Sweet but Strong guy, including one of the leaders of the  Fantagio mafia, Choi Yoojung.

Jihoon used to be part of the Fantagio mafia, until the mafia disbanded for a short while. They wanted Jihoon back, but he was in a much stronger mafia than their own. Yoojung was friends with Jihoon during his time in Fantagio, and inevitably caught feelings for the doe-eyed mafia member. 

Alas, she couldn’t confess to him as Jihoon left Fantagio sooner than she expected, and the underlying feelings never left. She had made a point and a swear to herself that she would do anything to let Jihoon be single, even if it means to harm the people closest to him. 

During economics class, Jihoon kept throwing playful winks at your direction, messing with both your mind and heart. You were used to it though, but Jihoon was exceptionally flirtatious today. You rolled your eyes at him, gesturing your finger to his textbook, mouthing "pay attention".

Jihoon did quite the opposite, dragging his table and chair beside you, then settling himself down with a plop.

"What are you doing?" You whispered, seeing a few classmates turning their head at the commotion.

"Shifting my seat to a more comfortable position," Jihoon shrugged, "It's really hot there, I don't like it."

"It's literally minus thirty degrees outside, Jihoon," You tried to direct your attention back to the economics textbook ,"stand outside if you want."

"Miss Y/N and Mr Jihoon, are you done?" Your economics teacher warned, tapping her book on the teachers' desk, "Leave your sweet talk outside of the classroom, not during my class."

You already feel a couple of glares directed at you, not because of your talking, but because of your interaction with Jihoon. There were quite a few winkies in your economics class, and they are constantly vying for the seat beside Jihoon. However, Jihoon being himself, he would always shift to the seat beside you, as the girls' faces would turn into a scowl. Today was no different, but worse when the teacher openly lectured both you and Jihoon as a pair. 

You lowered your head in embarrassment, not wanting to face the wrath of Jihoon’s stupid winkies after class. Before you could shift your seat, a slip of paper was pressed underneath your textbook.

Don’t be too upset, hmm? I can’t bear to see my best friend like this:( I’ll wait for you in the music room during recess with waffles. And strawberry milk. 

-JH

Your heart warmed at the message, your mood instantly lifted as you listened attentively for the rest of class.

“Dont stop me,” Yoojung seethed, as she pried Mark’s hand away from her shoulders.

“Hey, it’s not right to hurt someone because of your crush on Jihoon,” Mark reasoned, standing in front of her, “and what’s worse, she’s his best friend. Can you imagine how much he’s gonna hate you for hurting her? That’s just not putting the situation in your favour.”

“Do I look like I care?” Yoojung folded her arms, “I have been practically been with Jihoon since he was like fourteen and I know him better than she does.”

“Actually, she has known him since middle—“

“Ok, whatever.” Yoojung rolled her eyes, pushing the frail 127 mafia member out of her way, “I do what I want.”

Jihoon was a man of his words indeed, the boy was seated at the piano seat, two brown paper bags and two bottles of strawberry milk perched atop of the grand piano. Though, he wasn’t playing the piano. He was busy tapping on his mobile phone, presumably some mobile game he was involved in.

You creeped up to Jihoon, then thrusting your hands on his shoulders. The boy let out a yelp, nearly dropping his phone. When he saw that it was you, he placed his palm over his chest, scrunching his nose.

“You scared me,” Jihoon huffed, palm still clutching on his chest, “I thought you were one of the winkies or something.”

You shrugged, taking one of the paper bags and sitting beside Jihoon, “What game were you playing just now? You seemed engrossed.”

Jihoon’s eyes shifted, as he cleared his throat, “Uhh, Mobile Legends.”

“Really?” You quirked your eyebrows, reaching for his phone, “Teach me how to play, I wanna be a cool gamer dude like you too.”

Before you could touch his phone, Jihoon snatched his phone back, raising it up above his head. You frowned, as Jihoon stuck his tongue out.

“What’s wrong with trying to learn how to play games?” You pouted, “I don’t get why you’re so defensive.”

“N—no, it’s just...”

“Hmm?”

“I—“

You pulled Jihoon’s hand down towards you, as you snatched his phone back in victory, your back facing against him as you tried to unlock his phone.

“Yah! Give it back to me!” Jihoon tried to get his phone back, as you finally managed to unlock his phone.

His password? Your birthday.

What surprised you even more was his homescreen, it was a picture of the both of you, during middle school graduation.

“How cute, tsundere Jihoon having our picture as his wallpaper?” You cooed, “We were even so uncool back then.”

“Now you have seen it,” Jihoon tried to grip his phone, “give it back to me.”

“Why?” You teased, “Do you have a girlfriend that I don’t know about?”

“Actually,” Jihoon’s face inched closer to yours, making your heart accelerate at a very fast pace, “I’ve been thinking about this for a really long time, and its also the reason I asked you to come here for.”

“W—what is it?” You stuttered, not used to the proximity of your bodies.

“Y/N, I—“Before Jihoon could complete his sentence, the incessant vibrating of his mobile phone interrupted him, making him curse under his breath as he picked up the call.

“Hello—What?!” Jihoon furrowed his brows, then scrunching up his hair in frustration, “Ok. Make sure you keep a lookout for me.”

With that, he hung up the phone, and looked into your eyes, “Look, Y/N, I’m so sorry, I have to leave now. Something urgent cropped up, and I have to be there.” 

You bit your lip, as you forced out a smile, “It’s fine. Just go.”

Jihoon squeezed your hand, as he left you alone in the music room, two waffles and strawberry milk untouched.

“Hey,” you hear someone call out to you, as you pulled out your earphones. It was the president of the winkies, Yoojin.

You stared at her blankly, as she scoffs, “You really don’t know where to draw the line, don’t you?”

You frowned, not understanding anything she said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Yoojin.”

“It’s Jihoon that I’m talking about,” She folded her arms, “Stop being so close to him.”

“What?”

You couldn’t believe your ears, are the winkies really coming at you for something so petty?

“Can’t you see? The oh-so-tough 101 mafia member is so smitten for you, his world revolves around you.”

“Excuse me?”

“Oh, looks like his bestest friend doesn’t know,” Yoojin snickered, along with her other winkies, “Yes, your Jihoon is part of the 101 mafia. A prized one in fact. He doesn’t have a black belt in taekwondo for nothing.”

You were currently in disbelief, thinking that the winkies would do anything in their way to break the both of you up. You knew Jihoon was rumoured to be in the mafia, but he was too good of a student to be part of it. Besides, you were his best friend. He would tell you everything, right?

“I can show you his picture if you want—“ Yoojin’s phone went flying across the floor, glass fragments littering the concrete floor of the classroom.

“I can’t believe you stooped this low to get Jihoon,” Yoojung shook her head as she stepped on Yoojin’s brand new iPhone X, “even a baby wouldn’t believe your words.”

“Choi Yoojung!” She screamed, but no one showed sympathy to her as she picked up her now shattered phone, “Look what you’ve done!”

“What I have done?” Yoojung laughed, “Stopping another uncultured swine from spreading rumours, no?”

The whole class burst into whispers, as Yoojung pulled you by your wrist out of the classroom.

“Look, I don’t normally do this but, I’m sorry.” Yoojung bowed, as she gave you a cup of water.

“What for?” You were puzzled, immediately helping Yoojung up.

“I wanted to harm you...” Yoojung’s head hung low, “and I really shouldn’t because of a stupid crush.”

“Harm me for what?” You laughed, hugging an almost crying Yoojung.

“I wanted to harm you for getting close to my crush, you are really too nice.” Yoojung sniffed.

“Ok, tell me who’s your crush, I’ll help you.” You smiled, as Yoojung shook her head.

“It’s Jihoon,” Your face momentararily stiffens, “and I guess its time to get over him as well.”

“H-hey,” You stuttered, “I can help you, he’s my best friend.”

“No, I can’t.” Yoojung shook her head, “Jihoon has someone else in mind already.”

You slouched, patting Yoojung’s back, “I’m so sorry to hear that, Yoojung.”

“and he has his 101 stuff to handle too, I feel bad to add on to his work load...”

“Wait, 101?” You frowned, “as in the 101 mafia?”

“Jihoon is in the— oh you’re not supposed to know.” Yoojung scratched her head, then standing up, “I’m sorry and thank you.”

“No, Yoojung, wait!” You tugged on her jacket, “what am I not supposed to know?”

“N—nothing.” Yoojung tried to wriggle out of your grasp, but can’t under your iron grip.

“If you’re really sorry, then tell me about it.” 

Yoojung sighed, “Alright, fine. Jihoon is in the 101 mafia, and I’m not joking. He really is in the mafia and is one of the most valued members because of his ability to do well both in school and work.”

Yoojung saw your doubtful eyes, as she whipped out her phone and showed you a picture of the 101 mafia, “Here’s Jihoon,” she zoomed into one of the members in the centre, seated right beside a silver haired man, “he looks different, doesn’t he?”

Jihoon indeed looked different, a boyish smirk stitched on his handsome features, hair all gelled up and a black leather jacket that had “101” imprinted on the left breast pocket. You couldn’t believe it, as his best friend, you had asked him many times about him and the 101. Of course, Jihoon denied it and waved it off with a charming smile, making you forget all about it.“He was in Fantagio before he joined 101,” 

Yoojung sighed as she locked her phone, “And I guess that was when I started developing a crush on him.”

The both of you shared a moment of silence, as Yoojung stood up again, “I know this is a little too much for you to take in, but just so you know, I’m always active on Kakao, so just text me whenever.”

You and Yoojung were more than acquaintances, but little less than friends. You didn’t really know the petite girl well before, but now, you were guessing that you have earned yourself a new friend.

30 minutes earlier

“Jihoon,” Mark gasped over the phone, “Yoojung is going to do something to Y/N.”

“Hello—What?!” Jihoon furrowed his brows, then scrunching up his hair in frustration, “Ok. Make sure you keep a lookout for me.”

Mark sighed, as he slumped into the abandoned desk chair, right outside the music room.

A angry Yoojung carrying a bottle of 500ml Hershey’s chocolate sauce was seen stomping to Jihoon’s class, as she wanted to take revenge on Y/N by pouring the gooey sauce on the girl’s chair. A horrid prank, one would say, but this was no feat to the Fantagio mafia member.

“Yoojung!” She heard someone call out to her, as she froze, and quickly hid the bottle in her uniform jacket.

“Where are you going?” the voice belonged to her crush, Jihoon, who had his hands nonchantly tucked into the pant pockets.

“I was just, going to the toilet,” Yoojung lied, preparing to run off anytime soon.

“But the toilet is the other way, isn’t it?” Jihoon pointed to the opposite direction where Yoojung was headed. She cursed in her head, knowing she was going to get found out.

“So, what were you doing with a bottle of chocolate syrup?” Jihoon pointed at the awkward bulge in her uniform jacket.

She bit her lip, not knowing what to say.

“Are you going to mess up Y/N’s stuff with it?” Jihoon raised his eyebrows.

“Jihoon reading everyone’s mind like a fortune teller, as expected,” Yoojung laughed humourlessly, “Yes, I wanted to mess up Y/N’s seat with it. Why? Are you mad?”

“No, I’m not.” Jihoon shook his head, “I’m just disappointed that my friend would sabotage someone I like through something childish.”

Yoojung hung her mouth open in shock, seeing a different side of Jihoon, where did the 101 Jihoon go? 

“I thought at least you could help me a little with this crush thing, because you have been in a relationship before,” Jihoon explained, then smiled grimly, “and also because I want you to get over me. It’s not worth it, Yoojung, imagine if your boss finds out you’re dating someone from the 101, you’ll be in trouble, you know that?” 

Yoojung hung her head low, sighing, Jihoon was always right, and doing something childish over her jealousy was just really immature.

“Then what about Y/N?” She shot back, “She’s not even involved in anything, what if the rival mafias find out about her? What will you do? Will you protect her?”

“Yes, I will protect her.” Jihoon refuted, “I have even told Daniel about it already. At least she is just someone I like, my best friend, trying to get good grades like how normal teenagers do. But Yoojung, I’m sorry but I only see you as a good friend. Someone I can turn to despite not being from Fantagio anymore.”

Yoojung was now stunned, Jihoon was no longer the immature fourteen year old she met in Fantagio, picking fights at every disagreement. Now, Jihoon has the ability to talk people through reasoning, heck, his face was not helping at all.

“Well then, what do you want me to do?” Yoojung folded her arms.

“Just, don’t try to harm Y/N anymore, and never let her know about my involvement in the 101. Promise?” Jihoon held out his pinky finger.

Yoojung smiled, “We’re still at it now?”

Jihoon nodded, still holding out his finger.

“Promise.” 

Just as you thought your day was going well, Jihoon ditching you, the encounter with the winkies and Jihoon’s involvement with the 101 made it all worse. Thank goodness you didn’t have any other classes with Jihoon for the rest of the day, at least, that would give you a good reason to avoid him.

Or so you thought.

Right after your last lesson, you spotted Jihoon waiting right outside your class, tapping his foot to an unknown beat. 

You rolled your eyes, as you walked past him as if he was invisible. You soon heard footsteps chasing after you, your first instinct was to run.

It wasn’t long until Jihoon caught up with you, as he pulled on your backpack.“Why are you running away from me?” Jihoon panted, “It has been long since I ran after a girl, you know.”

“I don’t think I’m worth running after,” You replied grimly.

Jihoon’s face immediately fell, then placed both of his hands on your shoulders, “Hey, what’s wrong? You know you can tell me anything right?”

“But you don’t tell me anything,” You felt tears stinging your eyes, “How long were you going to keep from me that you’re from the 101?”

Jihoon kept silent, shaking his head, “No, Y/N—“

You shrugged his hands away, “Why did you deny something that I will find out eventually? Calling yourself my best friend, I don’t think you’re doing a good job at that.”

You then walked off, tears streaming down your face.

“Hey, you’re crying as if your boyfriend cheated on you,” Yeri peeled open the 5th triangle kimbap, handing it to you, “it’s not that bad, Jihoon can protect you!”

“Protect me from what?” You sniffed, taking a huge bite, “his lies?”

“H-hey, he’s your best friend after all, calm down on the roasting, will you?” Yeri laughed nervously, then looking at her wrist watch, “Crap, I’m almost late for cram school. I’m sorry I can’t be with you till your tears dry up Y/N, but you owe me one for 5 triangle kimbaps and 7 bottles of banana milk.”

You sighed as you watch your best friend run off to the nearest bus stop outside the convinience store, slumping in your seat. Staring at the 4 kimbap wrappings and 6 empty bottles of banana milk, you sighed again. Why were you such a glutton when you were sad?

Even though it was only 5pm, the sky was pitch black, tiny stars dotting the sky. During the winter, it was common that the evenings would look like nights, darkening the path to home.You were glad that the estate you lived in had brightly lit lamp posts to guide your way home, but there were a few dodgy corners you had to get past in order to get home. Nonetheless, you never had any encounter with anybody you didn’t want to see.

Until today.

You walked the same route back home like you do everyday, safely passing by the most dodgy looking corners of the route. That night felt especially cold, sending shivers down your spine despite having 4 layers of clothing on.

While you passed the last corner, you let out a sigh of relief, thinking that you got through, until a hand covered your mouth and reeled you backwards.

Your first instinct was to scream, but the stranger’s big hands muffled most of your screams. You also tried to wriggle out of the stranger’s grasp, but they were too strong for you.

“You bitch,” You heard him mutter, “How dare you mess with my sister’s boyfriend!”

“I don’t even know your sister!” You panicked, slowly taking out your phone to dial for the police.

“You are such a liar, aren’t you?” He laughed menacingly, “Park Jihoon is Yoojin’s boyfriend, stop making him cheat on her!” 

You finally managed to escape from the man’s grasp, then breathing heavily, “Jihoon doesn’t even like Yoojin, she’s nothing but a delusional bitch who chases after false hope!”

“What did you say?” The man seethed, taking out a pocket knife, hands quivering in anger.

“I said, Yoojin is—“

Before you could complete your sentence, the man was beat to the ground, groaning in pain. Behind the man was Jihoon, not in school uniform but in his leather jacket. 

“Idiocy runs the family, eh?” Jihoon smirked, kicking the penknife away, “Like brother, like sister. Dumb and dumber.”

“You seem to be everywhere, Park Jihoon.” The man huffed, dusting himself as he got up.

“Didn’t your boss teach you not to screw up in others’ turfs?” Jihoon spat, “Yoohyun.”

Yoohyun sent a punch to Jihoon, which the latter skillfully avoided, and twisted the older boy’s arm and flung him to the ground. You gasped at the sight, not used to seeing this side of your best friend.

“Y/N!” Jihoon hugged your weak frame, “Are you alright?”

“I’m f—fine—Behind you!” You pulled Jihoon towards you, behind him was a charging Yoohyun, penknife in hand.

Jihoon dodged the penknife, but too close a proximity that the blade slightly grazed the young boy’s cheeks, leaving a cut. He ignored it, as the continued throwing kicks and punches to the older boy. You could only watch in sheer shock and fear, not knowing what Yoohyun would do next.

After a few punches and kicks, Yoohyun was beat to a pulp, purple bruises on his arms, legs and face. He cowardly limped away from the both of you, muttering a string of curse words under his breath.

You examined Jihoon carefully, the bloody red cut screaming contrast to his milky white skin, red bruise forming at the corner of his plump lips, brown hair moist and dishevelled, eyes still showing signs of rage. You shook your head, as you dragged him by his wrist, back to your home.

“Where are you bringing me to?” Jihoon asked, enjoying you holding his wrist too much.

“To treat your stupid wounds, you gangster.” You rolled your eyes, reaching your doorstep in a matter of minutes.

You were thankful that your parents were working overtime for today, or they would question why you brought a beaten-up Jihoon home. You lazily jiggled the key into the keyhole, then kicking off your school shoes to a corner. Jihoon followed suit, taking off his jacket and putting it neatly on the clothesrack next to the door.

“You can eat whatever,” You waved to the kitchen, “there is cold water in the fridge too, if it helps.”

As Jihoon watched your figure disappear into your room, he groaned as he got up from the sofa, shuffling to the kitchen to get himself a bottle of water. He gulped down the water quickly, letting out a gasp of satisfaction after finishing the bottle.

“I didn’t know you could fight,” You broke the silence in the house, “you do fight well.”

Jihoon turned around, to be met with your petite figure drowned in a oversized pink and white stripped shirt, hair tied up in a messy bun, complete with a pair of white bunny slippers on your feet. He choked on his saliva, as you frantically ran over to him to pat his back to soothe the cough.

“Do you want me to change? You seem...shocked, as if you have never seen me before.” You stifiled your laughter, patting his back.

“N—no, you’re fine. You look cute.” Jihoon unknowingly spat out, blush reaching his cheeks after realising what he just said.

You shrugged, retriving the first aid kit from the bottom drawers of the island, plopping yourself on the sofa, patting the seat next to you. Jihoon obediently sat there, as you swung your legs on the sofa, resting it above Jihoon’s legs.

“You know, I can’t be with you forever to treat your wounds,” You nagged as you dabbed some disinfectant cream on the cut, “I’m not your maid, you know.”

“Yes ma’am.”

“And you can’t be always fighting,” You frowned as you dabbed some saline solution, “fighting is bad.”

The both of you then sat in comfortable silence, Jihoon occasionally wincing in pain as the disinfectant came in contact with his wound. You were too engrossed in trying to treat Jihoon that you didn’t notice that your face was dangerously close to his, close enough for Jihoon to lightly place a peck on your lips.

Jihoon’s heart was beating wildly, even though his brain told him otherwise. He was conflicted wheter to confess to you or to kiss you, he was afraid that either would end badly.

“Screw this,” Jihoon huffed, grabbing your wrist, closing in the gap between your lips.You were surprised, but slowly got used to it as he moved his lips with a little more force, moulding against yours. You gasped as his teeth tugged slightly on your lower lip, you could feel him smirk against your lips.i need holy water The both of you eventually pulled away after a good 20 seconds, gasping for air. 

Jihoon pecked your lips softly one more time, brown eyes looking straight into yours, “I’m sorry that I didn’t tell and trust you with my secret, I just didn’t want you to view me differently after I told you about it. I wanted to confess to you earlier on but I was interrupted, so, uh...” 

“Will you be my girlfriend?” Jihoon looked at you with hopeful eyes, gleaming under the ceiling light.

You hugged your now-boyfriend as you nodded, “Of course I would be your girlfriend, you idiot.” 

#wanna one scenarios #park jihoon scenarios #park jihoon #wanna one #holy shit i died like ten times in my death writing this #im sorry jihoon i love you

[amarabliss]

Capable of Change - 10 (Savitar!Barry/Reader)

Imagine, remnant Barry getting asked out by you and he decided to say yes…

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine

Allen stepped out of the Savitar suit grumbling to himself. Something was wrong with it still it just didn’t work the way it should anymore. Not since the last fight.

He pulled over a stool taking a seat before he pulled off the panel to take a look at the wiring. You smiled a little as you watched him sick a small screwdriver in his mouth. Even now...after everything...after finding out who he really was...you found him cute.

Now he seemed more himself. Your brother had warned you when you first started talking about him. You’d told him how you enjoyed his company, but it felt like he was hiding something.

“Just remember sis, if it feels like he’s hiding something he probably is.”

Oh how right you were...You thought to yourself as you walked toward him. He looked up at you taking the screw driver out of his mouth. He smiled a little when you stopped in front of him.

You chewed your bottom lip for a moment before you finally asked the question, “What now?”

He swallowed before looking down into his hands, “I don’t have much time left...I’m just...hoping this last hail mary will work.”

“And...” You frowned balling up your fist, “and if it doesn’t?

He looked up to you sighing sadly, “Then...I will...not exist.”

You stood there a moment before shaking your head, “No.”

“What?” His eyebrows shot up quickly.

“I won’t accept that.” You crossed your arms over your chest, “I won’t accept that you will just not exist when you have become such a pivotal part of my life.”

He stood up looking down at you, “I wish that was enough, Y/N...I wish...but if I can make myself part of time it’s self...Then it won’t matter...”

“But there’s no guarantee...” You looked up into his eyes again. You could see the fear behind them. He wasn’t sure of anything at this point, “I can’t lose you too. I don’t care what they say...it’s...it’s self-preservation...pretty much self-defense.”

“You don’t have to convince me.” He smiled putting his hands on your arms trying to calm you down before he frowned again, “But Y/N...I need you to listen...I took you with me because I wanted to get you away from them. Leaving you at STAR labs might have kept you safe...but...you should be able to go home.”

“I am not leaving you.” You interrupted him.

“Y/N, I never wanted...”

“I’m not going. If I only have a few more hours left with you then I’m either going to spend it with you helping...or...just...being near you.” You teared up adjusting his jacket, “You’re not telling me otherwise.”

He took your hands bringing them up to this lips kissing your fingers, “I love you.”

The ache in your chest swelled for a moment, “I love you too.”

He smiled, “I have to fix this...could do you do me a favor and get me some water so I can focus?”

You nodded and he watched you walk off. When you disappeared he turned to Caitlin who was lurking in the shadows after returning from searching for Cisco around the perimeter, “What?”

“You really do love her.” She sneered a little, “It’s surprising, with all the revenge talk I mean.”

He sat down looking at the wiring again, “Which is why she’s not coming with us when we go.”

“It case your plan doesn’t work?” She crossed her arms watching him tense up.

He looked over at her making her take a step back. For a moment she saw Barry ripple over his features, “I can’t risk her getting hurt.”

Caitlin stood there a moment as he returned his work. She sighed Killer Frost dropping away for a moment, “You know...there’s this new theory out there. The ‘Lover’s Time Paradox’.”

He paused briefly but continued to work as she went on, “It’s the theory that if a man loves two women he could have both. He would chose the one...then travel back in time...and choose the other. Living out side by side with his other self.”

“Sounds like a romantics thinking.” He told her quickly, “Besides I’ve considered that...my issue is that Iris didn’t die...Barry doesn’t create me...a remnant.”

“Of course...but couldn’t interacting so much with the timeline make it possible for you to become a permanent player?” She tilted her head.

“What do you mean?” He looked at her curiously.

“You’re going to be a father.” Caitlin looked at him and smirked seeing his eyes light up with many emotions, “I could be wrong...but I’ve had enough friends in the past to see the early signs.”

He stood up the screwdriver dropping from his hand as he moved to find you. He walked down the hall blood pumping in his ears hard and fast. He stopped when he saw you walking out of the break room of the warehouse holding an old coffee cup full of water.

You looked up at him and smiled, “Couldn’t wait?”

“I...are...” He took the cup from you placing it on an abandoned piece of equipment before looking at you again. You stared at him as he looked you over. Could it be possible? You certainly had been complaining of headaches...cramps...the usual sort of thing. You’d also been under a lot of stress with your father passing...

“What?” Concerned rippled over your features, “Allen...”

“Are you pregnant?” He asked bluntly. Your mouth hung open not answering him, “Are you?”

“I-I don’t know...I...” You flushed looking at him, “I’m late...I...I haven’t been feeling well...but...I’ve just...I haven’t taken a test. So...I...”

He stepped closer to you making you look down slightly. He put his finger under your chin lifting it to have you look at him, “But you could be?”

“It is...possible.” You swallowed staring into his eyes as his hand moved up to cup your face, “I...didn’t want to worry you.”

“I’m might be a dad?” He whispered smiling as your eyes lit up when you hear his delight.

“Yeah...yes.” You nodded leaning into his hand, “It’s why I need you to be here. Now more than ever...that’s why I need you to stay. I need you...we...need you.”

“...” He pulled you into a strong embrace shutting his eyes. He would give anything to tell you that he could stay...that he would be there for it all...but he couldn’t give you that hope.

There were no guarantees...

Which brought him to this point a couple hours later with only a small amount of time left, sitting at shitty dive bar on the edge of the city taking a shot that was useless.

“Reconsidering our offer...”

He turned looking at Barry, “If I said yes?”

Barry sighed, “You know I’d do what I can.”

“Good...regardless...I need you to do something for me.” Allen swallowed watching him carefully, “Iris, isn’t going to like it...but...I don’t care what she thinks anymore.”

Barry sighed waving the bartender away, “Is it away for you to stay?”

“No...I don’t think...” Allen looked away feeling Barry stare at him getting all the feelings he felt through his eyes, “There’s nothing that can be done for me...somethings changed.”

Barry’s eyes lit up, “What do you mean?”

“Y/N...” Allen looked at him again seeing Barry’s concerned, “We’re pretty sure she’s...pregnant.”

“What?” His younger self sat up straight.

“I need...I need you to play this out...” Allen looked at him pain in his eyes, “Please...I’m going to try my plan...if it doesn’t work, there’s no hope for me and I don’t know what’s going to happen to Y/N. I don’t know if everything will just...vanish or...what, there’s too many theories.”

Barry swallowed staring at him for a long time, “I’ll take care of her. I promise.”

Allen felt himself tear up remember the sincerity, “Thank you, Barry.”

“You should go...” Barry stood up, “You should spend as much time with her...”

Allen was gone before he finished leaving glasses spinning on tables. He had no intention of wasting more time. Either his plan would work or it wouldn’t...

#capable of Change #savitar #savitar!barry #savitar! Barry reader #savitar! Barry/reader #savitar!barry reader #savitar imagine #Barry Allen #barry allen remnant #Remnant Barry #Remnant Barry Allen #Remnant Barry reader #Remnant Barry Allen imagine #The Flash #the flash imagines #the flash imagine #Caitlin Snow #killer frost

[relicsongmel]

Hey. Sprite analysis folks what the fuck does this mean

Somewhat inspired by this post

#ace attorney #pwaa #mia fey #iris hawthorne #iris fey #iris of hazakura temple #sprite analysis #mine #one of my biggest unanswered questions of aa is how much the twins interacted with mia before dl-6/leaving kurain with their father #like were they close. or was morgan's jealousy so strong that she stopped any of that dead in its tracks #i like to think they were and these sprite similarities allude to that #but then WHY. does mia not recognize dahlia in 3-4 it makes absolutely no sense #she absolutely would have been old enough to remember her. i get they probably didn't want to spoil dahlia being a fey but like #her recognizing mia first (made more obvious in the anime) already points to that. i feel like another vague line would have been sufficien #anyway i could go on about this for hours but. if anyone has more thoughts feel free to add #iris lovers PLEASE interact she is everything to me

[lire-casander]

rnm good vibes anon (again): Do you have any special requests for good vibing presents? Favorite scenes, songs, tropes or hopes from/for RNM? I picked an earlier posting date, so I should really get cracking on creating something! Likely I'll be writing a little something, but putting together a fanmix on a certain theme or mood (or just straight up Malex angst) is an option too. hmm or maybe a picspam or something. I'm a mult-talented procrastinator, so we'll see what happens!!

This is actually a great ask and a very difficult one! Let’s see if I can be of any help.

I don’t have one favorite scene, but several! The scene between Max and Michael when they’re locked in the bunker is probably one of my favorites for the brotp dynamics. Also, when Alex goes back to talk to Michael at the junkyard and finds out he’s been with Maria and the following conversation about Michael. As for kisses, for example, I’m a total sucker for the first scene we get of Max and Liz at the desert, when they share memories, and their first kiss when he tells her all the things he sees in her. If we’re talking Kyle, then the scene at the gun shop (is it even called gun shop? I don’t know anymore) and any interaction he’s ever had with Jenna.

I really really wish for the new season to bring us more about Alex’s story and how he survived the Air Force. The lost decade is an interesting plot too: my headcanon is that he came back and only visited Michael. I’d love to see more about Liz and her grieving process about Rosa, as a parallel to the one she’s going through now that Max is dead. And I’m hoping to see a dark but amazing Isobel, now free of Noah, but I have the feeling we’re not being given any screen time of her own grieving process and healing, so that’s something I’d love to see too even if it’s in fic (especially in fic). I’d love to see more Maria not being written as someone who only exists because of a man: I want her to witness Michael’s spiraling and learning about aliens, and being a kickass heroine for that.

Music in the show is so amazing I can’t pick one song! Everything that plays whenever there’s a Malex scene is priceless, but that cover of Iris is probably one of the best I’ve ever listened to. I live for music, and I from time to time post some songs that I like, so maybe you should go check my tag #music and/or #music quotes to see what kind of music I like. I listen to almost everything, and recently have discovered that Lewis Capaldi, Dean Lewis, Rhys Lewis and Dan Owen are good Malex musicians. But really, anything slow or upbeat? It’s more likely that I fall for it.

I’m obsessed with kisses in canon, and with the way Alex and Michael touch each other, because it’s the only language they know. Oh! And with Michael playing guitar. Or Michael smiling, there’s not enough Michael smiling.

Can you tell I’m a Malex girl through and through?

Ooooh tropes! I read nearly anything, but friends-to-lovers, fake dating and being the last ones to find out they’re dating are personal favorites. I love me some dumb kids falling in love.

I too asked for an earlier posting date, so I hear your pain. I hope this has helped! Please ask me anything you might need, I can be chatty and get lost in the specifics!

#lire babbling #you asked #you ask and lire answers #anon love #cosmic love exchange #i'm sorry i got carried away #i'm afraid i didn't really ask your questions

[how2to18]

THE SLIPPERY NATURE of Araminta Hall’s American debut, Our Kind of Cruelty, is established from the very first page with an epigraph chipped from Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, The Sea: “One can be too ingenious in trying to search out the truth. Sometimes one must simply respect its veiled face. Of course this is a love story.”

The implication that what follows will also be a love story is both true and misleading, which sets the novel’s tone and identifies its central paradox: “[H]ow do you show someone that what they believe to be true is really not the truth?” This is, essentially, a love story; a story about love. It’s no starry-eyed romance, but a love story in the tradition of Wuthering Heights or Caroline Kepnes’s You, in which love manifests as darker, more obsessive, with lovers prepared to burn down the world that would keep them apart, even if they self-destruct in the process. Or, as the narrator of this book declares: “[S]ometimes two people need each other so much it is worth sacrificing others to make sure they end up together.”

These two people are Mike and V(erity), a young West London couple who spent eight years in a psychologically complex, all-consuming relationship before Mike’s work took him abroad to New York, where the strain of distance and one drunken mistake caused V to end their relationship, soon afterward becoming engaged to another man. This decisively removes any chance Mike has of winning her back. Or does it?

This is dark and thought-provoking psychological suspense, eschewing the typical “he said, she said” structure to instead present an intense single-perspective dive deep into the core of a relationship whose truths have always been veiled. Here, there is only the “he said”: the book opens with Mike sitting in prison after he’s killed a man, reluctantly writing a detailed history of his relationship with V at the request of his barrister. What emerges from this account is a portrait of a relationship with an intricate power dynamic characterized by role playing, sexual exhibitionism, and a deeply rooted choreography of cues, codes, and signals developed between two lovers for communicating undetected by outsiders.

These signals were carefully orchestrated behavioral props for use in the Crave — a bit of performance engineered by V as a lark, mingling danger and violence in a sexually charged ritual in which the couple frequently indulged over the course of their relationship. The Crave always took place in a crowded public space, a nightclub or bar where V would allow a man to buy her a drink and encouraged flirtation while Mike watched from a distance, waiting for V’s signal. As soon as she tugged her silver eagle necklace, he would push through the crowd and angrily confront the man hitting on her, using his extraordinarily muscular body to threaten him until he left, emasculated, and Mike and V would celebrate their triumphant rush by having sex in the nightclub bathroom, V turned on by Mike’s violent potential: “I love seeing how scared they are of you.”

These are the moving parts of their relationship; V setting the stage, calling the shots, Mike watching intently, waiting for his cue to act, intimacy triggered by theatrical heroism and the threat of violence. And as for the men from whom Mike had to “rescue” V, well, both love and war have their share of collateral damage. “We had played enough times to know that the end moments often seem cruel; that for us to get what we want others have to get hurt. If we could have done it another way then no doubt we would have, but there was no other way; cruelty was a necessary part of our game.”

Four months after their split, during which time V rebuffed all of Mike’s attempts to communicate, he emails to tell her he is moving back to London, and she responds warmly, apologizing for her behavior during their breakup, hoping they can renew their friendship when he comes home, and telling him of her engagement to a man called Angus. Although initially stunned, Mike quickly understands that her blithe announcement is both a punishment and a challenge — an opportunity for him to make amends:

Her breezy tone was so far removed from the V whom I knew, that I wondered for a moment if she had been kidnapped and someone else was writing her e-mails, although the much more plausible explanations were that V was not herself, or that she was using her tone to send me a covert message. There were two options at play: Either she had lost her mind with the distress I had caused her at Christmas and jumped into the arms of the nearest fool, or she needed me to pay for what I’d done. This seemed by far the most likely; this was V after all and she would need me to witness my own remorse. It was as if the lines of her e-mail dissolved and behind them were her true words. This was a game, our favorite game. It was obvious that we were beginning a new, more intricate Crave.

V broke up with Mike in response to “the American incident,” an offense Mike committed while overseas, and as he parses out the subtext of what would appear to others to be a casual email, he sees she is offering him reconciliation. Only he knows her well enough to see the coded offer she is making — the chance to redeem himself in their most elaborate Crave yet; an apology in the form of a grand romantic gesture, to rescue V from Angus — just another unworthy man, the latest dupe in a series of dupes.

Is this too difficult a request to make of Mike, a man she has cold-shouldered for months after breaking his heart? (“‘If it’s easy it’s probably not worth having,’ V said to me once, and that made me smile.”) And is she, in fact, asking, or is Mike just seeing what he wants to see, believing that this whole separation has been a test of his resolve, that “V and I were never meant to be apart.” Is he responding to the rules of a game V’s stopped playing? (“‘Everything is a game,’ V used to tell me; ‘only stupid people forget that.’”)

The ambiguity is thick. On the one hand, this is a couple with a long history of using mind games as foreplay. On the other hand, the reader is limited to Mike’s point of view, which is demonstrably unreliable, through his own admissions. But just because we don’t see the messages he sees in V’s words and behaviors doesn’t mean they aren’t there, not in a couple as opaque to outsiders as they were, and as comfortable with manipulation. Hall bats the question back and forth in front of the reader the whole way through: Do we have one unreliable narrator or two? Is this the work of two sociopaths in love or the misinterpretations of one delusional man? Is this Crave or Cray?

Mike is certain of his truth: “I knew what she was doing, it was all fine.”

It’s an intensifying thriller, building momentum as it progresses, bringing Mike’s narrative closer to his crime, keeping the reader guessing as to V’s intentions and the level of her culpability. She may not have a direct voice here, but her power over Mike is clear in his account of their romantic history and his devotion to her, even now.

V is a woman with the kind of entitled confidence found in the young and beautiful who are well aware of their beauty and the power it grants, accustomed to having people bend to their whims. In her personal life, she is impulsive, sexually adventurous, and fond of provocation, using Mike to shock her conservative parents. Professionally, she’s a successful and well-respected figure in the field of artificial intelligence, conditioning machines to be more human, and the persuasive influence she wields at work bleeds into her her relationship with Mike. “It is true to say that the Crave always belonged to V,” and in fact, she controlled every aspect of their relationship. Their compatibility wasn’t a case of two people perfectly matched; it was the result of V shaping Mike into what she desired at the time, even referring to him as “Frankenstein’s monster.” And Mike, who grew up in a foster family after his alcoholic mother was deemed unfit, basked in her attention and gladly adapted to please her (“I like the sense of dedication that has gone into creating me”). Grateful to V for everything, he changed his routines (“V likes me to lift weights and start all my days with a run”), his body (“V sculpted me into what she jokingly called the perfect man and she wasn’t happy until every part of me was as defined as a road map”), as well as his habits, tastes, and manners. One could construct quite a profligate drinking game from the number of times the phrase “V taught me how to…” appears.

For his part, Mike is unusually malleable, a care home kid with anger issues and a history of poor impulse control and acting out in rage, whose own written account exposes periods of blackouts, struggles with social cues and interactions, and disproportionately aggressive responses to small frustrations. V choosing to love him was an unexpected honor; she gave him purpose, a home, and a sense of belonging he’d never had before. He stresses frequently that he and V stand apart from the rabble: “V and I are not like others.” Their love elevates them beyond ordinary expectations, and Mike relishes his role as V’s protector; the “them-against-us” aspect to their games. “‘We make a funny pair,’ she said to me once, ‘you with no parents, me with no siblings. There’s so little of us to go around. We have to keep a tight hold of each other to stop the other from floating away.’” And Mike is determined to hold on tight.

Even after their split, he remains in her thrall. Like a dog trained to fight, he responds to one master and he’s in the ring for her whether she’s still commanding him or not. Conditioned by the Crave to observe her down to her most unconscious gestures, even the phrasings he uses are suggestive of a canine presence: “I would wait, my eyes never leaving her, my body ready to pounce at all times.” He’s eager to please, dead loyal, and trained to obey V’s subtext and cues even when they don’t line up with the facade she’s presenting to the rest of the world, which sustains the uncertainty throughout, Mike “knowing” what V would want, even when he suspects she may have gotten lost in her own game.

Getting Gillian Flynn to blurb this is a perfect choice. In many ways, Hall’s is a similar take on Gone Girl’s toxic relationship theme; a lack of honest communication and an uneven power dynamic are contributing factors to the relationship’s struggles, with a special emphasis upon a man’s frustration with the inscrutability of a woman. There’s even a deliberate echo to Gone Girl in a scene where Mike reveals he loves to watch V sleep and fantasizes about uncoiling her brain, both to understand her and to direct her thoughts toward him. The attractive vulnerability of a sleeping woman, the impulse toward violence as a tool for understanding; it’s the refuge of an emasculated man in thrall to a woman who outmatches him.

Despite the nod, this is no Gone Girl rip-off, and it actually becomes a thoughtful response to Gone Girl and all of the subsequent authors of psychological suspense homesteading on Gillian Flynn’s land. There has been a glut of post-G.G. novels in which manipulative women mastermind intricate webs of deception, so much so that it has almost become a cliché of the genre. Hall upends the reader’s expectations by removing direct access to the female character, and whenever V appears to be innocent, doubt is automatically triggered in the reader by these ingrained genre presumptions about gender and power.

This all gets thrown for a loop in the third-act courtroom scene, where Gone Girl gives way to a modern-day The Scarlet Letter, and the truth, previously twisted through Mike’s flawed perspective, is now professionally twisted through a legal wringer and the scope of the story becomes larger than a domestic dispute, much more insidious and timely.

Of course this is a love story, but it is a love story built upon emotional extremes:

They say that hate is the closest emotion to love. And passion certainly exists in two forms. The passion of sex and the passion of arguments. For V and I one would merge into the other all the time. One second shouting, the next fucking. We needed each other in a way that sometimes made me feel like it wouldn’t be enough until we’d consumed each other. I read a story once about a Russian man who ate his lovers and I sort of understand why he did it. Imagine your lover actually traveling through your blood, feeding your muscles, informing your brain. Some would see that as the basest level of cruelty, others as an act of love. Ultimately, that is what it means to Crave.

Love, cruelty, passion, and lies, manipulated to serve the theatrics of court and Crave alike, where the truth looks different depending on what you have to protect, what you have to lose, and whether you’re getting paid. To reenlist Murdoch’s epigraph, “Sometimes one must simply respect its veiled face.”

¤

Karen Brissette is a voracious reader and the most popular reviewer on Goodreads.

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[ggukkiereads]

i’ve been crazy over jimin recently do you have an recommendations? pwp, f2l , e2l i’ll take anything tbh

🌷 Here you go 🥰.  I’ll probably make a Jimin Fic Recs post soon and it might have more. 

Instant List | Jimin Fic Recs

Angst (I just remember them being more angsty)

Blooming Days @bluekyun

The Blue Notebooks @inktae - time travel au (pls read their other fics too!)

Call Me Baby @rookiegukie

Faded Love @jamaisjoons

Hello @gyukult

Of Stars Erased @fantasybangtan - 01 02 (dystopian)

The Promised Iris @akinnie75 - #holygrailfic

Smut (has angst x fluff elements too)

Cupid's Bow @tayegi

Come My Way @lunar-jimin

Dress Code @dovechim 

The Secrets Trilogy @avveh - 01 02 03

Sweeter than Sweet @minlucent (bakery au)

Turbulence - Accelerate @yminie

Unholy Cock-up @smoochkooks 

Cookies by @sunkissedjk

Mile High Club & Business Meets Pleasure @geniuslab

Point of No Return @wwilloww (F2L)

Strip @yoonia - 01 02 03 (stripper!au, part of Bad for You)

@/btssmutgalore - Sin City,  Class President

Fluff (it has smut x angst elements too, fluff is more dominant)

Equinox @crystaljins -  King of Spring!Jimin x Queen of Winter!reader

Our Little Family @nightbts - single dad x teacher!reader

Pull of the Tides @goldenscript - (light smut) (surfer au)

Summer Synchrony @seokkgenie

Twenty-eight Minutes @taegularities - I just read this! A cute drabble

Happily Glazed @bubmyg - fake dating au

Locked in Love @parkmuse - Chrismtas au

Star Light, Star Bright @readyplayerhobi - single dad x tattoo artist

Others

Blue Blood @joonbird - prince!jimin x royal guard!reader (read every fic of theirs)

Catch Your Drift @snackhobi -  01 02 (drift racer)

Induratize (ongoing) @hobiwonder -  01  02  03  04  05

Ignorantly, Yours @ot7always - wolf!au, alpha!jimin x omega!reader

Oh, What a World @cutechim - link is not available though! but please check some other day (fallen idol, arranged marriage)

Tentacledipity @jincherie - part of the Wanted (jk) universe

Would I Choose You [6/6] @/crystaljins - superhero!jimin x sidekick

Neon Seoul @/readyplayerhobi - cyberpunk detective au (I love cyberpunk aus 🥰)

Enemies to Lovers | Jimin (it gets its own section because I love E2Ls)

About Last Night by @sehunpeachy (I think I rb this before)

The Airport Couple @dovechim @/jimlingss -  01  02  drabble

Battle of Brains @cupofteaguk - hogwarts

Failure to Communicate @stutterfly

Foul Play @kimvtae (sports au)

He’s Pretending + Drabble @/crystaljins - demon!jimin x faerie!reader

Our Get Along Shirt @dreamyjoons

Peaches & Piercings @jksangelic - 01 02 (cheerleader x punk!jimin)

Quid Pro Quo by @/fantasybangtan

@gukyi‘s Jimin fics (she’s the queen of E2L fics)

@jimlingss masterlist - I recommend everything, including other member’s 😁. But if you need to start with something, I recommend:

A Serpent’s Flower + Sowing a Sapling

The Colour of our Voices - part of the Slice of Life series

Worshipers of the Spring (part of the Worshiper series, a must read)

Deli Diaries

Other fics in my current reading list (read with me 😊)

Dreaded Neighbors @99liners

The Alpha @ladyartemesia

Erised @/jamaisjoons

Raise the Barre @/kpopfanfictrash

My Go-to Authors for Jimin Fics:

I recommend going through the Jimin section of these authors’ masterlist:

@/dovechim  @/readyplayerhobi @btssmutgalore @kpopfanfictrash @/gukyi (for your E2L needs)

Please note that the fics are NOT mine. Please show these authors love by reblogging their fics, giving them feedback, and engaging in any positive interaction you can think of! 🥰

#🌷 chats #ggukkierecommends #ggukkiereadingcollection #jimin #jimin fanfic #jimin x reader #jimin fic recs #jimin angst #jimin smut #jimin fluff #jimin enemies to lovers #asks #anon #bts fanfic #bts fic recs #bts x reader