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Matching T-Shirts for You and Your Weirdly Codependent Cousin
based on this excellent post by @casgirl
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noona-clock · 3 years
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What’s Your Sign?: Scorpio
Genre: Ski Resort!AU
Pairing: T.O.P/Seunghyun x You (Female!Reader)
Warnings: Mentions of alcohol
Words: 6,408
Author’s Note: Since I’m so fascinated by astrology, I decided to do a Zodiac series! I will be writing a one-shot fic for each sign featuring different members from different groups (and even an actor!). Each story will be posted on the 5th of the month during that sign’s season. Please reblog, comment, or send in an ask with your feedback! Thank you for your support 💜
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Skiing wasn’t really your thing.
Like... at all.
You’d never actually tried it, but you were basically the opposite of athletic, and the idea of hurtling down a mountain -- a slippery, snowy mountain -- on two thin pieces of wood was just... not something that tempted you whatsoever.
The idea of sitting in a cozy cabin with a warm blanket and a roaring fire and a steaming mug of hot chocolate, however... that picture was infinitely more appealing. So, when two of your very best friends invited you to spend a few days in a ski chalet they’d rented with their boyfriend and girlfriend, respectively, you agreed to tag along (even though being a fifth wheel was also something that didn’t tempt you).
This year had been pretty rough for you personally, though, so a vacation in a wintry paradise would do wonders for your mental health. Plus, your friends and their significant others did like skiing, so you would most likely be alone for a good majority of the day, free to snuggle up on the couch and drink as much hot chocolate as your heart desired.
But then one of your best friends, Cindy, told you that her boyfriend, Jiyong, was bringing his best friend, Seunghyun, along.
So... yay because you wouldn’t be the only fifth wheel, but also yikes because Seunghyun was super scary and you didn’t like him.
Okay, no, that isn’t entirely true.
You were just incredibly intimidated by him and were too shy to ever talk to him directly because, as mentioned, he was super scary. He cut a pretty imposing figure, his resting facial expression was quite serious, and he had a really deep voice that was just...
Scary.
And you were almost completely positive that he hated you.
So, yeah. As soon as Cindy told you he was coming, you were extremely tempted to chicken out and stay home.
“Oh, come on,” Cindy urged as she opened her trunk and reached for your suitcase -- because, yes, she had waited that long to tell you about the sixth guest on this trip. No doubt she knew you would want to back out as soon as you heard Seunghyun would be there, so she had told you at the last possible minute to prevent you from doing just that. “He’ll probably just come skiing with us, so you’ll barely see him!”
“Cindy!” you whined, resisting the urge to stamp your foot like a petulant child. “He totally hates me! Does he even know I’m going to be there?!”
“Yes, I’m sure he does.”
“So, you don’t know for sure that he does,” you retorted.
“I’m sure Jiyong told him you were coming when he invited him!”
“But you weren’t there when he did?”
“Y/N, get in the car,” Cindy ordered with pursed lips and a tone of pure irritation. “You already said you were coming, you paid for your share of the cabin, I bought two boxes of your favorite hot chocolate -- you are getting in this car.”
While Cindy was definitely not as intimidating and scary as Seunghyun, her ‘I mean business’ tone was still scary enough to make you open the passenger-side door and slide into the seat with very little hesitation.
Cindy thanked you sweetly when she got into the driver’s seat next to you after stowing your bag in the trunk, and then she pulled away from your apartment to go and pick up Liah and her girlfriend, Renee. The four of you would be driving up to this cabin together while, apparently, Jiyong and Seunghyun would drive themselves and meet you there.
As soon as Cindy got out of the car at Liah and Renee’s house and closed her door behind her, you heard Liah’s muffled voice ask, “Did you tell her?”
You immediately glowered at them through your window, and when Renee got into the seat behind you, you turned around to look at her.
“Was that really the plan all along? To not tell me that he was coming until the last minute when I had no choice but to still go?”
A smirk tugged at Renee’s lips, and you knew the answer immediately.
It really had been the plan all along. Your two best friends were way more scheming and conniving than you would’ve guessed.
“It’ll be fine,” Renee insisted in that smooth, calming voice of hers -- the kind of voice that actually made you believe her when she said ‘it’ll be fine.’ “It’s not like you’ll have to share a room with him.”
Even though she was right in assuming you absolutely would not want to share a room with him, the fact that she said it made you feel like you were being annoyingly juvenile about this.
I mean, you were an adult! Seunghyun scared you, and you would never even consider calling him a friend, but you were mature enough to be able to share a room with him if you had to!
...But you were glad you didn’t have to.
Instead of replying to her, you simply let out a soft sigh and turned back around, waiting for your two best friends to join you in the car so you could get going.
“I’m very proud of you, Y/N,” Liah announced as soon as she took her spot in the back seat. “I was fully expecting you to stay home once you found out.”
“Oh, come on!” you scoffed, your brow furrowing deeply as you whipped your head around to frown at her. “You don’t think I’m mature enough to handle being a little uncomfortable?”
“It’s not that you’re too immature to handle it,” Liah replied. “I absolutely think you’re mature enough to handle it. You just won’t like it handling it. Hate it, in fact.”
...And, of course, she was correct. Just because you would share a room with Seunghyun if you had to didn’t mean you would like it.
But you wouldn’t have to, so there was really no need to even think about it.
Thankfully, after Liah’s remark, the subject of your willingness to be around Jiyong’s scary best friend wasn’t brought up again. The four of you, instead, discussed the meals you would cook for each other (it had already been agreed upon that a different person would be responsible for dinner each night, and there were several full grocery bags in Cindy’s trunk at the moment), played a round and a half of the Alphabet game, and engaged in a heaping handful of sing-alongs.
You unconsciously kept an eye on Cindy’s GPS the entire time, watching as the hours until your arrival turned into minutes.
Why were you so anxious? Why was your heart starting to beat just a little bit faster with every minute passed?
I mean, probably just because you hated being in awkward situations, and you knew it would absolutely be awkward when you first got to the cabin. Basically, the greeting between you and Seunghyun would determine what it would be like for the two of you during the entire trip.
If he, for some reason, decided to be polite -- or even civil -- when he first saw you, then maybe you would be able to spend the next several days in some state of relaxation. But if he ignored and avoided you -- which was the most likely option -- then you would probably be walking on eggshells the whole time. Peering around every corner to make sure he wasn’t already in the room. Waiting until he left the cabin before setting up camp on the sofa for the day.
...Maybe you should’ve insisted on staying home. Because none of that sounded at all pleasant, and if a vacation was supposed to be one thing, it was supposed to be pleasant. You should be able to enjoy yourself! But if it was going to be awkward around Scary Seunghyun all the time, you weren’t going to enjoy yourself!
Ugh.
But it was definitely too late to back out now. The GPS was calculating your arrival in less than five minutes, and the time to ask Cindy to turn around and drive you home had long since passed. (Though, she wouldn’t have done it anyway, even if you’d begged her or pretended you were getting sick.)
Your stomach flipped over itself as Cindy slowed the car and pulled up to a fairly large, incredibly nice cabin, and it flipped yet again when you saw Jiyong’s car already parked in the driveway.
“Oh, wow,” Renee marveled as the car rolled to a stop behind Jiyong’s and Cindy cut the engine. “This looks fancy.”
“Listen,” Cindy began, her tone playfully defensive. “It’s not every day you get to take a nice vacation with basically every person you love. I wanted to go all out! I wanted it to be special.”
Your brow wrinkled slightly as you unbuckled your seat belt and opened your door, the snow crunching under your foot as you stepped outside. “Are you sure I paid enough for this?”
Judging by the price, you’d figured she’d picked out a quaint little cabin with bedrooms the size of a closet. You hadn’t minded that notion, of course. As long as you had a warm blanket for snuggling and a lamp for reading, you didn’t care how big your room was.
But this definitely wasn’t a quaint little cabin. It was a very nice house disguised as a cabin.
“Yes, you did,” Cindy assured you, though you didn’t believe her in the slightest. “Don’t worry! You’re going to love it. You especially, Y/N, since you’ll spend most of your time here.”
You opened your mouth to issue a rebuttal, but Cindy cut you off.
“Which I am not judging you for!” she assured you. “I wouldn’t have invited you if I didn’t think you would have a good time!”
You simply pursed your lips and headed back toward the trunk to retrieve your suitcase.
Once the other three girls had unloaded their luggage from the car, you lingered, slowly closing the trunk and allowing Cindy, Liah, and Renee to go into the cabin ahead of you. There was absolutely no way you were going to be the first to walk in since you knew Jiyong -- and Seunghyun -- were already there.
It was going to be uncomfortable enough seeing him for the first time; you certainly weren’t going to do anything to add to it.
So, you brought up the rear, carrying your grocery bags and suitcase in through the door and gently closing it behind you as you heard Cindy call out for her boyfriend.
Once you got inside, though, your eyes widened at just how nice this place was, and you very briefly -- very briefly -- forgot that you were not looking forward to seeing Scary Seunghyun.
But then you heard Jiyong’s voice calling out to Cindy, and when you shifted your gaze down the front hallway... There he was.
Okay, so, one thing you hadn’t let yourself think about since Cindy had told you Seunghyun would be here was that... he was actually really super handsome.
Like magnetically attractive.
Which was probably another reason why he scared you.
He was almost too attractive, y’know? Too attractive for his own good, and absolutely too attractive for you to be any sort of comfortable around him.
You averted your gaze as soon as you saw him, feeling your cheeks flush a little and your stomach flip a lot.
“How was the drive?” Jiyong asked as he took Cindy’s suitcase.
“Very uneventful,” she answered. “If you don’t count the sing-alongs.”
Jiyong chuckled a little and said, “Yeah, I’ve never been in a car with four girls before, but I bet it’s never boring.”
He began to lead everyone upstairs where, presumably, the bedrooms were, so you pushed the handle of your suitcase down to carry it rather than wheel it.
Just as you leaned down to take the side handle, though, you felt a presence suddenly appear at your side.
A rather imposing presence.
“Here,” Seunghyun mumbled in his incredibly deep and smooth voice. “I got it.”
“Oh --” you choked, the word getting stuck in your throat. You quickly cleared it and managed to murmur a “Thanks.”
He gestured for you to go up the stairs first, and by now, the rest of the group was already halfway up the staircase, so you hastily tiptoed up to join them.
“The two empty rooms are this one here,” Jiyong told you, nodding to the door closest to the stairs. “And that one down at the end of the hall. This closest one has a bigger bed, so...”
You quickly cut in and said, “So, Liah and Renee can take that one, and I’ll take the one down there.”
You had no need for a bigger bed, and it really didn’t matter where your room was located, so obviously, you would let your friends have it.
Seunghyun headed down the hall with your suitcase, and you avoided looking at Cindy as you hurried after him -- though you were extra careful not to get too close behind him.
“You’re a nicer person than me,” he muttered once the two of you had entered your bedroom for the next couple days. “I would’ve taken the other room.”
You frowned, your forehead wrinkling with confusion and distaste. “But I don’t need a bigger bed. There’s two of them and only one of me, so why would I --”
Seunghyun turned to look at you them, his lips pulled into a devilishly handsome smirk. “I’m just teasing.”
“...Oh.”
A low chuckle escaped his lips as he hefted your suitcase up on the bench at the foot of your bed, and -- thankfully -- he then turned to leave.
“Thanks again,” you forced yourself to blurt out, surprised to hear that your voice didn’t sound as awkward as you felt.
“Sure,” he mumbled with a nod. “And if you need anything, I’m right across the hall.”
Your eyes widened a little, and your gaze darted through your open door to the closed one just opposite. 
That was his room?
“I mean, I don’t know what I could possibly do that you can’t do yourself, but... Y’know. The sentiment still stands.”
You just nodded and let out a strangled hum.
Seunghyun chuckled again and left, closing your door behind him. Moments later, you heard the door across from you open and gently shut.
And then you deflated.
You just now realized how tense you’d been, though you really didn’t know why. Seunghyun had been very polite to you!
Nice, even!
And yet... there was still something about him that just...
You didn’t want to say he rubbed you the wrong way because that wasn’t entirely true.
He just...
He just...
He put you on edge for some reason. And it was probably because of the whole too attractive thing, but... I don’t know. He just scared you, okay?!
But seeing him and interacting with him for the first time on this trip hadn’t gone nearly as badly as you’d anticipated, so hopefully that meant you could enjoy your vacation with the least amount of awkwardness possible.
Hopefully.
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After the first evening and first full day of the trip, you realized just how dramatic you’d been about the Seunghyun situation.
It almost made you laugh now to think how you’d worried about it, imagining yourself tiptoeing around the cabin, peering around corners to make sure you wouldn’t be alone with him.
More than a bit ridiculous, really.
For one, it’s not like he was trying to make you feel awkward. He had no idea that you were so scared of and intimidated by him, and even if he did, he didn’t seem like the type to take advantage of it. He clearly didn’t mind teasing you, but you couldn’t imagine him purposely making you feel uncomfortable in his presence.
Plus, as Cindy has surmised, he had gone skiing with everyone else -- at least he had the first day, and according to the rest of the group, there was plenty to do around the resort.
So, you were pretty confident you’d get to spend the majority of your time here holed up in the cabin by yourself.
...You should’ve known better.
You had still been in bed when you’d heard the hustle and bustle of everyone leaving for another day on the slopes, and while you’d been slightly upset you hadn’t been down there to say good morning and good-bye to them, there hadn’t been anything you could do about it. You certainly weren’t going to run out in the snow in your pajamas just to see your friends off.
So, you’d simply splashed some water on your face and brushed your teeth in your en suite bathroom, stepped into your furry slippers and shuffled your way down to the kitchen for your usual morning cup of tea.
As soon as you turned the corner into the kitchen, though, you stopped suddenly, jumping a bit with startled surprise.
Seunghyun was sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal.
But... hadn’t you already heard everyone leaving?
He glanced up at your arrival, nodding once to acknowledge your presence and then simply turning back to his breakfast.
You cleared your throat gently and slowly continued your route to the kitchen.
“I thought everyone left already?” you said in a quiet, timid voice.
“They did,” he mumbled in reply.
You pressed your lips together as you opened the cupboard to retrieve a mug, waiting for him to explain why he was still here.
But he didn’t.
Of course.
Why would he make things easier for you?
So, you quietly closed the cupboard door and asked, “You’re skipping today?”
“I don’t mind skiing,” he replied, and even though you weren’t looking at him, you could tell that he had shrugged while speaking. “But it’s not like I love it. And being a fifth wheel wasn’t the most fun, so... figured I’d stay here today.”
“Understandable,” you sighed. You could certainly relate to not wanting to be a fifth wheel. You loved your friends, and you were more than happy that they were both so happy in their relationships... but being around them all the time did tend to remind you that you were, in fact, single.
“What’d you do yesterday?” Seunghyun asked, and for some odd reason, his question made your spine tingle. Not in a creepy way, though. You weren’t sure what kind of way it was, but it wasn’t a creepy tingle.
“I just hung out here,” you shrugged, filling up the tea kettle with water before putting it on the stove to heat it up. “Did some reading. Took a walk. Drank some hot chocolate.”
Which brought you to a very curious question: What was Seunghyun going to do here?
But you didn’t have enough nerve at the moment to ask him. You hadn’t even had your first cup of caffeine yet!
“Is that what you normally do for fun?” he asked with a hint of amusement in his tone.
Even though, by now, you were used to people making fun of your more tame lifestyle, you still felt yourself getting defensive.
“Well, I don’t particularly find the idea of hurtling myself down a huge snowy mountain fun,” you retorted, busying yourself by opening the drawer next to the stove so you could pick out your tea bag.
“Well, no, me neither,” Seunghyun chuckled. “I would much prefer going to an art museum.”
Your brow furrowed instantly, but you resisted the urge to look over your shoulder at him.
“Really?” you asked.
“Yes, really,” he laughed. “Why do you sound so surprised?”
“Because I am, I guess. I didn’t know you liked art.”
“Is there anything you do know about me?”
...He had a point.
“Well, is there anything you know about me?”
“You like tea.”
You did turn around then, though you found your slight annoyance had turned into slight amusement and the corners of your lips pulled into a tiny grin. “That’s cheating.”
“Is not.”
“I’m making tea right now. Of course I like tea. That’s like if I said one thing I know about you is that you like cereal.”
“Well, that is one thing you know about me. I do like cereal.”
“But that’s just inferring something based on an observation!” you chuckled. “That’s not knowing something. It’s an educated guess.”
Seunghyun raised his eyebrows at you, and that stupid smirk showed up on his lips again. That same devilishly handsome smirk, and it made you feel very strange.
“You’re fun at parties, aren’t you?” he murmured.
“I don’t go to parties,” you countered.
Seunghyun simply laughed quietly, shaking his head to himself and turning back to his cereal.
The kitchen was silent as you finished up making your tea, but you were quite surprised to realize it wasn’t an awkward silence. It’s just that neither of you said anything. You weren’t waiting on tenterhooks for him to say or do something. You were simply... making your tea.
Just as you finished pouring the boiling water into your mug, you heard the scrape of a chair across the floor.
“I’ll leave you to it,” he said in a soft, low voice. “Enjoy your day.”
“Thanks,” you replied, watching as he walked over to put his spoon and empty bowl in the dishwasher. “You, too.”
And then he went back upstairs. To do what? You had no idea.
But at least now you were able to drink your tea in peace.
...Except, as you sat down on the sofa in the adjoining living room, cradling the steaming mug in your hands, you found you couldn’t stop wondering what he was going to do all day. Would he stay in the house? If he left the house, where would he go? Down to the lodge? Would he ask you to go with him? If he did ask you, would you go with him?
Obviously, you didn’t know the answers to any of these questions.
But you did know that Seunghyun wasn’t quite as scary as he seemed. And you were fairly sure he didn’t hate you. At the very least, he was simply indifferent -- but indifference is much better than hate.
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After spending the morning and early afternoon reading -- with a few breaks to sit outside on the cabin’s back porch to admire the scenery -- your stomach had let you know in no uncertain terms that it was getting to be lunchtime.
You set your book down on the coffee table in front of you, swung your legs over the side of the sofa, and stepped into your slippers. And as you shuffled your way over to the kitchen, you realized...
You hadn’t seen or heard from Seunghyun since breakfast.
You... had actually almost forgotten he hadn’t gone skiing with the rest of your group and was, presumably, still here.
If he’d left, he’d done it so stealthily that you hadn’t noticed.
Which honestly wouldn’t surprise you. He was definitely the type of person who could just all of a sudden be standing next to you and you had no idea how or when he got there.
In fact... you paused, in the middle of reaching for the refrigerator door, and carefully looked over your shoulder to see if maybe he had snuck up behind you.
But just as your gaze fell behind you, you heard the sound of soft, thudding footsteps coming down the stairs.
Phew.
You quickly opened the fridge and stared inside, though you were acutely aware of the fact he was walking toward the kitchen.
A few moments later, you heard his approaching footsteps pause, and your heart paused along with him.
“Oh, hey,” he greeted, his voice as low and deep as ever. “Lunchtime?”
You hummed positively, your heart stopping yet again when he came to stand beside you, leaning one hand against the door of the freezer right next to you.
“I... was just going to make a sandwich,” you said, hearing a slight nervous tremble in your voice. Why? You hadn’t a clue.
“What kind?”
“...Peanut butter and jelly?” you replied. “There’s literally nothing else except the food for dinner, so...”
“No, that sounds good, I’ll do that,” Seunghyun agreed, and he moved over to a cabinet to get out two plates.
...What was going on?
You... and Seunghyun... were going to... make PB&J sandwiches together?
I mean, at least he hadn’t asked you to make his for him. That was something -- definitely a credit to him.
But, still.
You never in your life would’ve thought you’d ever be standing next to Scary Seunghyun in a kitchen, making sandwiches for lunch.
But that’s exactly what you did.
You stood next to Scary Seunghyun in the kitchen, and you made a sandwich.
And then -- if you can believe it -- you ate it. Together. At the kitchen table.
It was basically silent the whole time, but in your opinion, that was better than awkward small talk.
But then, as soon as Seunghyun popped the last bite of his PB&J into his mouth, he pushed his chair away from the table and murmured, “All right, let’s do this.”
Your brow furrowed immediately.
...Do what?
“What?” you asked, your gaze following him as he headed back into the kitchen. “Do what?”
“I don’t know about you, but I need a drink,” Seunghyun replied as he began to search through the cabinets.
“A drink?” you asked with a chuckle of disbelief. “It’s not even one in the afternoon.”
He shrugged in response before letting out a soft aha and reaching in the cabinet he’d just opened, his hand returning with a bottle of wine.
He was actually doing it? Getting a drink? For real?
“I’m sorry, is my company that bad?” you asked, again, with a chuckle of disbelief.
Did he really have to drown out his discomfort from being around you with wine?
“No,” he answered, and the smirk in his voice was so apparent that he didn’t even need to turn around and show you he was actually smirking. “I just want a glass of wine. Or two. I’m on vacation!”
...Okay, well, when he put it that way.
If you couldn’t drink at one in the afternoon on vacation, when could you?
“You sure you don’t want some?”
You bit the inside of your cheek briefly before pushing your own chair away from the table and joining him in the kitchen.
“I will pass on your wine, but I am going to treat myself to...”
You trailed off as you reached around him and took out the bottle of peppermint vodka you’d brought.
“And you were judging me for drinking this early?” Seunghyun laughed. “I’m not the one breaking out the vodka!”
“It’s for peppermint hot chocolate!” you defended.
You weren’t typically one to drink hard liquor straight, but a couple of splashes of peppermint vodka in your hot chocolate? You wouldn’t say no!
“Okay, that’s a lot more believable,” he said as his amused grin transformed into a lopsided smile.
“Cindy got my favorite hot chocolate -- the absolute best kind there is. Do you... want to try?” you asked, trying your best to make it sound tempting.
Seunghyun’s forehead wrinkled as his gaze darted between his bottle of wine and your bottle of peppermint vodka.
“My hot chocolate is precious,” you added. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I may never offer --”
“I’m in.”
He put his wine away and took the vodka from you, allowing you to retrieve two packets of hot chocolate and two mugs.
You were surprisingly... excited? And considering the thing you were excited about involved both Scary Seunghyun and consuming alcohol while the sun was still out, it was definitely surprising.
But, as you’d thought earlier, if you couldn’t do things like this on vacation then when could you?
After boiling some water, you artfully made two peppermint hot chocolates -- suitable for adults only, of course -- even opening the pack of candy peppermint sticks to use as both a stirrer and a garnish.
You and Seunghyun settled on the couch with your mugs, and as you curled your legs up and cozied up underneath a blanket, Seunghyun took his first sip.
You held your breath, waiting for his reaction.
There was absolutely no reason why you should want him to like the drink other than the fact that you had made it. But, still -- if he didn’t like it, it wouldn’t bother you in the least because you didn’t care about his opinion.
...Or so you told yourself.
Deep down, it had always slightly tormented you that you thought he hated you. Seunghyun was just one of those people who seemed so inherently cool without even trying, and the fact that he didn’t like you just... it was a little upsetting, okay? You would never admit it out loud, obviously, but it was upsetting!
On the outside, though, you still tried your hardest to give off the impression that you didn’t care about his opinion.
But when he raised his eyebrows and started nodding his head slowly, your heart did a little somersault inside your chest.
“Honestly, this isn’t half bad,” he murmured before taking another sip. “I’m not really a hot chocolate kinda guy, but... I would drink this again.”
You felt the corners of your lips tug up into a smile, but you did your best to suppress it so you wouldn’t let on just how happy and relieved you were that he liked it.
“I will take that as the highest of compliments,” you replied before lifting your mug to your lips and taking a sip yourself.
If someone had told you even just a couple of days ago that you would be willingly sitting on the couch with Seunghyun drinking your specialty peppermint hot chocolate... I mean, you definitely wouldn’t have believed them. And you certainly wouldn’t have believed them if they’d told you that you would’ve enjoyed yourself.
But... that’s exactly what happened.
The two of you sat on the couch together, drinking your specialty peppermint hot chocolate, talking about art and work and life... and you enjoyed yourself.
Seunghyun even opened one of his wine bottles after both of you had finished your hot chocolate, and although you weren’t one to have more than one drink at a time, you accepted.
He had been going on and on about how incredible his wine collection was, so you wanted to see what all the fuss was about!
Halfway through your glass, though, you knew it had been a mistake. You weren’t used to this much alcohol, and you’d always been a lightweight (hence the reason you usually didn’t have more than one drink at a time).
The thoughts that were crowding your brain began to make their way to your mouth.
Always a bad thing.
Always.
“Y’know,” you murmured as you gazed pensively at your glass. “I’ve always thought you hated me.”
“What?” Seunghyun replied with a low chuckle.
“But if you’re sharing your wine with me, that’s a good thing, right? You must not really hate me.”
When you shifted your gaze up and over to Seunghyun’s face, you saw his incredibly handsome features in an incredibly confused expression.
“Why did you think I hated you?” he asked quietly.
You shrugged. “Because. You never talked to me, and you’re so cool, and I’m so not. I just... thought you hated me.”
One corner of his lips tilted up into that smirk of his, and he said, “I always thought you hated me. You never talked to me, either, and you always acted like you didn’t even want to be in the same room as me.”
“Because I thought you hated me!” you laughed.
Seunghyun shook his head, and your heart began to beat just a little bit faster.
“I’m just...” you began, clearing your throat gently to get the words unstuck from your throat. “I’m just shy. And you’re very intimidating.”
“That’s funny because I was about to say the exact same thing.”
You jerked your head back in surprise. “Excuse me? I am the exact opposite of intimidating!”
“Now that I’m talking to you, I can see that,” he agreed. “But when you’re just standing or sitting somewhere quietly... I always thought twice about approaching you.”
“That’s probably just my Resting Bitch Face,” you nodded.
Seunghyun let out a low, deep laugh, and the sound of it made your stomach do flips.
“You... do kind of have Resting Bitch Face,” he agreed, though to his credit, he sounded guilty enough. “But... it’s still... a really nice face.”
You had just been about to take another sip of your wine, and you were now entirely glad you hadn’t. You absolutely would’ve choked and spit your wine out if you’d actually had the chance to take a drink.
...Because what on Earth had he just said?!
“I’m sorry, what?” you asked, your words slightly slurred and breathless.
“Your face,” he repeated. “Is really nice.”
You blinked at him.
For quite a long time, apparently, because Seunghyun let out a soft chuckle, and you jumped at the sudden sound.
“You’re beautiful, okay?” he said with a smirk. “You’re beautiful, and the only reason I came on this trip is because I knew you would be here.”
Your mouth fell open.
“I’ve wanted to get to know you for a while,” he continued. “But I always thought you hated me, so I figured this was the perfect chance to actually try and talk to you.”
Without really knowing what you were doing -- because the information you’d just learned was completely doing your head in, and you didn’t really know anything at the moment -- you leaned over and set your wine glass down on the coffee table. And then you turned to look at Seunghyun more directly.
“Are you serious?” you asked, narrowing your eyes a bit suspiciously at him.
He simply nodded and let out a positive hum.
“You... came on this trip because of me?”
He nodded again.
You frowned, the corners of your mouth curving downward deeply as you stared at him.
And then, after a few moments of silence, you felt the word vomit coming up.
There was no way you would’ve said any of this normally, but the alcohol currently in your system and the fact Seunghyun has just said all of that had, apparently, done wonders to ease your mind and loosen your lips.
“I always thought you hated me, and to be honest, I didn’t want to come when I heard you would be here because I thought you hated me. But, like, I’ve always known objectively that you were really attractive and good-looking, but you’re just so mysterious and scary. I even called you Scary Seunghyun because of how intimidating --”
Seunghyun leaned in -- so quickly you didn’t see it coming -- and cut you off by capturing your lips in a kiss.
Unsurprisingly, you let out a soft, startled squeal.
But... the kiss was already so magnetic and overwhelming that it didn’t take long for you to melt into it, accepting his lips against yours and returning his passion.
Your head began to spin, your heart was racing, your stomach had jumped up into your throat, and even though the kiss had been going on for less than ten seconds, you felt your lungs start to burn.
When Seunghyun pulled away, you let out a soft but deep exhale, and he chuckled quietly as he brought up a hand to tuck some hair behind your ear.
Despite the fact that you were feeling incredibly shy right now, you forced your gaze on him, looking him in his deep brown eyes.
“Did... that just happen?” you whispered.
He nodded, now cradling your cheek in his palm. “And it can happen again if you want.”
Oh, you absolutely did want.
But... your conscience was tapping on your shoulder. Incessantly.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea... We’ve been drinking, and --”
Seunghyun, again, cut you off. But this time with a laugh instead of a kiss.
“I’m not even close to being remotely tipsy,” he assured you. And then his lips morphed into a smirk. “Wait, are -- are you?”
“I’m a lightweight!” you retorted defensively.
Seunghyun leaned back a little, letting his hand fall from your face.
Your cheek felt cold now, and you almost immediately reached out to take his hand and put it back on there.
“I’m not drunk,” you added. “But I definitely probably wouldn’t have said any of that if I didn’t have some alcohol in me.”
“So, you’re saying if I had gotten you drunk earlier --”
“I’m not drunk!” you insisted, tamping down an amused grin. “But also... if you had just said something earlier, I may have... I can understand why you didn’t, though.”
“For the same reason you never said anything.”
“So... why now?” you asked, your voice just barely above a whisper as Seunghyun’s thumb gently caressed your cheek.
He searched your face for a moment before lifting his shoulders into a shrug. “Guess it was the alcohol.”
You rolled your eyes playfully... and then you leaned in for another kiss.
It was weird -- beyond weird -- to be kissing Seunghyun.
Scary Seunghyun. The guy you’d avoided for so long because you’d thought he’d hated you.
But as weird as it was... it was also nice.
Very, very nice.
“Does this mean you’re going to stay here with me every day? When everyone else goes skiing?” you asked, your lips still brushing over his as you spoke.
“That depends,” he murmured.
“On what?”
“Will you start making me lunch every day?”
“No.”
Seunghyun chuckled, his voice so soft and deep that it sent a tingle down your spine -- and this time, you could tell it was definitely a good tingle.
“Well, I’ll still stay with you. If you want me to,” he murmured.
And... you were kind of surprised but kind of not surprised that, despite all of your former misgivings and hesitation about him... you did want him to.
And that wasn’t the alcohol speaking.
OTHER SIGNS: ARIES, TAURUS, GEMINI, CANCER, LEO, VIRGO, LIBRA, SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS, PISCES
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midnight troubles
part one
pairing: luke patterson x julie molina
a fic all about luke and julie taking on their biggest challenge yet: parenting a baby simulator.
high school au
"we are not naming our daughter after those two doofuses."
part two || masterlist || ao3
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"Time to hand out your new babies!"
Luke's face paled.
How did he manage to get himself into this situation? He deliberately missed a health credit, hoping his extracurricular activities such as sports (and singlehandedly putting together a legendary band at seventeen) would be enough. But clearly, he wasn't that lucky after being pulled into his guidance counsellor's office and being told his only other option was to take a health class specifically focused on parenting. At such late notice, it was the only class with an open spot that could count towards his requirements.
It was mostly fine.
Julie happened to be in that class and he was able to half-ass through it because his best friend (and incredible lead singer of his band) is ridiculously smart. She'd only huff when he inched over to peek at her notes but even she couldn't resist his cheeky grin.
However, this was an assignment where he couldn't use his excellent level of bullshit. It was the final project of the semester and worth 30% of their final grade. In pairs of two, they were to care for a fake baby, who in reality, acted just like a real baby. It recorded everything and if you took too long to respond to its crying, or held its neck the wrong way, it docked marks. 
Luckily for Luke, Julie agreed to be his partner, because he genuinely believed he would fail without her. Unfortunately, her genius brain alone was not enough to help them excel in this project. 
"Patterson, girl or boy?"
Oh, and the best part about this course? They had been short on teachers at the beginning of the school year, so somehow, Luke's lacrosse coach (who hates everything and everyone) was convinced to teach the course. 
Luke looked over at Julie in a panic, unsure of his answer. "Uh — I don't know?"
"That's not an answer, Patterson!" Coach Jacobs yelled before throwing a baby simulator, dressed in a light pink onesie, in Luke's direction. Luke fumbled a little but managed to catch it. Julie cringed when she saw his hands wrap around the baby's neck. The whole classes' eyes flickered back to Coach Jacobs. "That doesn't count," he muttered before continuing to hand out the babies in a more civilized manner. 
Assuming that the simulators hadn't been turned on yet due to the way it made no noise whatsoever after being chucked halfway across the room, Luke gently placed it back on his desk. "It's a girl," Julie said softly, staring at her in admiration from her desk beside Luke. 
Luke found himself staring at Julie, his heart fluttering. The way Julie was smiling at the baby, as if it was—and god forbid where his mind was dragging him, but as if it was theirs—was making his heart do all sort of weird things in his chest. Luke and Julie had always been friends, but ever since they started the band together and started senior year, he'd started to feel things.
He cleared his throat awkwardly, shooting her a nervous grin when her brown eyes moved up to his face. "What are we naming her?" Before Julie could chime in, he continued, "I promised the boys I'd consider their names as options."
"We are not naming our daughter after those two doofuses," she deadpanned with the utmost seriousness, but Luke was too busy avoiding an aneurysm at hearing 'our daughter' to focus on anything else.
"Regex?" He choked out, because when in doubt, always make a joke.
Julie shook her head. "Over my dead body."
"I've always liked the name Sophia," Luke shrugged, catching her eye to gauge her reaction.
She sent him a soft smile. "I really like that. Let's do it."
The sweet moment was cut short when Coach Jacobs clicked a few buttons on his computer with a smirk. "Alright suckers, get ready for the worst weekend of your lives!"
His statement was proven when half the babies in the room started screaming.
x
"Let me see it!" 
"Reggie, it's a her! And I'm the godfather, I get first look."
Julie flinched as the two boys crowded around her. She had just arrived in the cafeteria where she was meeting the boys for lunch, like she always did. Today, she had a new addition and the boys were beyond ecstatic.
"Oh my god, she's adorable," Alex cooed, his eyes sparkling. "I know she's fake but wow, my heart is bursting right now."
Julie laughed. "Her name is Sophia."
Reggie instantly smirked, elbowing Alex whose face was etched in a frown. "I have literally the most common unisex name ever and you didn't name her after me?"
"Trust me," Luke chimed in, appearing out of nowhere and wrapping his arm around Julie's shoulders. "We don't need two Alex's."
"I second that!" Reggie added excitedly. 
Alex rolled his eyes, angrily taking a bite from his apple. "Don't worry. I'll remember this; karma is a bitch."
"Dramatic," Reggie sang under his breath. He narrowly missed getting hit with Alex's apple. 
"How was she?" Luke asked with a smile, avoiding his friend's antics. Luke and Julie had opposite classes for the rest of the day and decided they would meet in between and alternate. 
Julie smiled proudly. "Not a peep. My girl knows Mr. Sanders is terrifyingly scary."
"Great," Luke groaned, "that just means I'm going to get all the action."
Julie patted his shoulder with a smirk. "I really hope so."
"Jules!" Luke whined. "You're not be a very supportive partner, you know."
The brunette rolled her eyes at his guilt tripping antics. "I'm too smart for your games, Patterson. Plus, I'm getting her for all of tonight, so this is the least you can do."
"I know," he grumbled in response, "it's just scary. She's like a tiny human. What if I break her?"
Before Julie could reply, Alex jumped back into the conversation (he had a sort of sixth sense for opportunities to tease and or make fun of Luke). "Well, in the real world, you'd probably get arrested for murder. But she's a tiny robot; I think you'll be just fine."
"Hey, why don't we leave the baby with Alex and go bowling or something?" Luke teased. 
Alex frowned. "What — no —" 
"Great idea, Luke!" Julie cut Alex off with a smirk. "You want to come, Reg? Alex is on baby duty!"
"I don't like this!" Alex whined. 
Reggie smiled excitedly. "We're going bowling? That's when you throw the ball down the side thingies, right?"
Alex paused, patting Reggie's back with a bright smile on his lips. "Never mind. All of that was worth it for this very moment."
x
It was somehow decided that Julie would take baby Sophia for the first night (because she's more likely to not completely destroy the simulator than Luke), then she would make her way over to Luke's house on Saturday.
That was the plan. However, plans always change.
The first few hours went great. The baby cried but was easily soothed with a diaper change or a quick bottle. Julie was able to get the baby to sleep around 9:30 and ended up falling asleep herself after watching a movie on Netflix.
She was woken up at two in the morning with soft cries, so she blearily picked up baby Sophia and chimed her with her bracelet. She tried giving her a bottle which didn't quiet her down and neither did a diaper change. She tried cuddling her and rocking her but to no avail; Julie pulled on her curls, wondering if the cries she was hearing were hers or the baby's. 
"Baby, please go back to sleep," Julie begged.
After another fifteen minutes of incessant crying, Julie decided to call in reinforcements. She shouldn't be the only one losing sleep and suffering. 
She quickly dialled Luke's number and prayed he wasn't in a deep sleep where he wouldn't hear his phone. If that was the case, she had half a mind to drive over and stick him with baby Sophia so she could finally sleep for a bit. Luckily, he picked up after a few rings.
"Hello?" He mumbled sleepily.
"Lucas Patterson!" Julie hissed over the phone, so sharply that he scrambled to sit upright in his bed and hold the phone tight to his ear. "You better get your ass over here before I murder you! I am dying here!"
Luke rubbed the sleep out of his eyes; he could hear the faint crying of Sophia and sighed. "My name isn't Lucas," he muttered, "and come on Jules, it can't be that bad."
He could picture the absolutely furious and incredulous expression on her face.
"Are you kidding me, Luke? How about I abandon you with this child, and then we'll see what isn't that bad?"
"Sorry," he mumbled, nearly dozing off again.
Julie knew him too well.
"Luke!" She snapped and he flinched awake again. "I better see your face in ten minutes or you're taking care of Sophia the rest of the weekend by yourself!"
"Shit, okay," he grumbled, grabbing a random sweatshirt and joggers. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes."
"It's been over half an hour of this, you have ten!"
Luke groaned as he hung up the phone and rand a hair through his brown hair. By the tone of Julie's voice, he knew better than to make her wait any longer. Luke arrived at Julie's house with one minute to spare and grabbed the key lodged under a rock in the garden. As soon as he walked in the door, he could hear faint cries.
At this point, he wasn't sure if the cries were baby Sophia's or Julie's. 
He had barely gotten through the threshold of her bedroom before his baby was shoved into his arms. "Oh okay," he mumbled, stumbling on his feet. Julie's brown curls were tied back into a messy bun and her eyes were rimmed red.
"Thank god you're here," she muttered, rubbing her eyes. She was undoubtedly making them even more irritated. "She hasn't stopped crying, I've honestly done everything. I don't know what she—" Julie's words abruptly stopped because for the first time in over an hour, all she heard was silence. "What the hell?"
Luke looked just as confused as she did because it literally only took a few seconds before the baby quieted down once settled in his arms. Julie looked exasperated.
"You're never leaving," she replied quickly, staring at him in awe. "You can't leave me alone with her again. I think she hates me."
Luke leaned against her desk, shooting her a disgruntled look. "Relax, I'm sure that's not true. Plus, she's basically a robot. Do they even feel?"
"She definitely makes me feel," Julie huffed, sitting down on her bed. "You can probably put her back now. I think she's cried enough for the night." Luke slowly placed her back in her car seat. "Can you imagine having a baby at this age? God, I couldn't do it."
She could barely make it through an entire night with a fake baby, much less a real one.
Luke took a seat beside her, a generous amount of space between them. "I can't imagine having a baby, no. I think it's physically impossible, but I could be wrong."
Julie laughed, hitting his shoulder in response. Her action brought her a little closer to him. "Shut up. I'm still mad at you for abandoning me."
"Sorry," he smirked in response, even though this was technically the agreed upon deal. "I promise I'll spend the rest of this weekend attached at your hip. I think that's only fair after the night you've already had. 
Julie sighed happily. "You always know what to say, don't you, Patterson?"
Luke shrugged his shoulders and felt his cheeks heat up slightly. "I wouldn't say that."
Julie wasn't sure what was bringing it on, but she felt the sudden need to let him know just how much she appreciated him. He was always ready to help out, regardless of the obstacles. He always seemed to know just what to say to make her feel better, and even if it didn't, he would always be the one to tell her exactly what she needed to hear. He was her biggest fan when it came to her music, and she couldn't picture anyone else by her side on the piano bench.
Luke had the biggest heart of anyone she'd ever known (except Reggie, maybe) and he needed to know that.
"Hey, I'm serious," she said softly, ducking her head down to catch his hazel eyes. "I appreciate you."
Luke chuckled nervously and before he knew it, his fingers were ringing together because he didn't know what to do with his hands. His nervousness only got worse when Julie tangled her hand into his on his lap.
"I think you're more tired than you thought," Luke responses softly. His gaze focused on their hands. There had always been a connection between them; everyone else could see it, even Luke could see it, especially when they wrote music together.
Julie smiled. "Yeah, I think I am," she leaned over and placed a quick kiss on his cheek. "We should probably get some sleep bef—"
Sophia's loud cries cut her off before she could finish and Julie groaned, burying her head into his shoulder.
"Don't worry Jules, I've got you."
x
this is a little something i had saved from another fandom & decided to give it a shot for jatp!!
originally written for teen wolf’s stiles and lydia. and the coach was based off coach finstock from teen wolf as well, quite arguably the best character of the show lmao (can yall tell i love teen wolf and am very salty it ended and stiles wasn't even in the last two seasons) 
shameless promotion - anyway go watch teen wolf & thanks for reading!!
stay safe everyone! x
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Lmao hi... Just saw your prompt list and I was wondering if you could write an imagine with Draco Malfoy with prompts 7,13,14,20,23,41&63. Ik they're a lot and they're pretty angsty so if you don't wanna I'll understand lol. x
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A/N: Hi guys! Long-time no write. I’ve been on a Harry Potter binge lately so I dug through my requests to try and find this so I’d have something Harry Potter related to write. I hope you guys enjoy and make sure to request if you want! (pssst, if you want to request something, I’m more likely to write if it’s HP related.) Also, your House is not specified, so basically whatever House you belong to. 
Word count: 2,603
Warnings: Angstttttttt, like four swear words
Prompts: #7: “Choose me or lose me. I’m not a backup plan and I’m definitely not a second choice.”
#13: “No matter how good your heart is, eventually you have to start treating people the way they treat you.”
#14: “I am sorry I have trust issues, but when you give someone everything and they throw it away, something inside of you breaks.” 
#20: “You changed.” 
#23: “You know what sucks? Being the one who always cares more.”
#41: “I will not let you undermine my worth.”
#63: “I wish you were dead.”  
What Once Was
Your POV
All summer you had agonized over coming back to Hogwarts. With the recent return of You-Know-Who, your parents had practically refused to let you go back, saying you were unsafe in the place you loved so much. You had begged and pleaded with your parents, wanting nothing more than to pursue your education and rejoin your friends and boyfriend, Draco Malfoy. Eventually, they wore down and relented but by the time they agreed to let you return in the fall, you were unsure if the return was the right choice. You took solace in the fact that your friends were facing the same argument with their parents, but your boyfriend had been pulling further and further away from you, as letters became fewer and farther in between. When he did write, the contents of letters became small, and the wording took a rather abrupt turn from the affectionate tone his writing usually had to a cold, distant tone. You figured he was having a particularly hard summer, what with his father going to Azkaban and the very public trial that had preceded it. You had offered your support, but he refused to talk about his feelings with you or really anything that was occurring in his life. You held out hope that once you returned to the school to start your sixth year, things would return to normal and Draco would share all the things he had been withholding from you. As you waved goodbye to your parents on Platform 9 ¾, your hopeful eyes searched for the pale boy with the platinum blonde hair. Unable to spot him, you trudged onto the train and headed towards the compartment the Slytherin Prince and his buddies usually occupied. By sheer luck, there he sat, staring out at the quickly moving scenery as Pansy, Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle, all sat around and chatted, presumably about their summer vacations. You cleared your throat to make your presence known. All heads turned to you, but the only one who truly mattered took a few moments to draw his view away from the window. He briefly glanced at you and turned back to the window. Blaise gave you a sympathetic smile and offered you a hug. You accepted, and as you were hugging Blaise he whispered into your ear, “Don’t take it to heart, he’s been in a foul mood all morning.” You nodded against his shoulder, still unable to figure out why your boyfriend was working so hard to stay so distant. He pulled away and offered you another smile, for which you were grateful for. Blaise was the only one from Draco’s group that you truly considered a friend. “How was your summer holiday?” 
You shrugged in your response. “It was alright. Mum and Dad almost didn’t let me come back.” Blaise raised his eyebrows. “Anyways, I just wanted to stop in and say hello. I’m gonna go find my friends.” You stated in a rush, desperate to get away from the uncomfortable feeling settling in the pit of your stomach. You waved goodbye to the group and exited the Slytherin area of the train. You walked further down the hall in an attempt to find a friendly face or someone from your house. Anyone who would take your mind of the storm currently raging through it. You stumbled upon the compartment where Griffyindors Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Ginny Weasley, and Neville Longbottom sat. You noted Dean’s arm around Ginny and could only imagine the tantrum Ron would be throwing if he saw them. You opened the door. “Mind if I sit in here?” They all shook their heads and Neville and Seamus made room for you to sit down in between them. You graciously accepted. 
“How was your summer holiday (Y/N)?” Ginny asked, offering you a friendly smile. You shrugged. 
“Fairly awful. Mum and Dad said I shouldn’t be coming back to Hogwarts; that it wasn’t safe anymore.” You retold, pulling a knee up to your chest, trying to get comfortable for the long ride that ahead of you. 
“Mum said the same thing. Said we had no business going back. Ron and I had to practically beg her for weeks to convince it was safe here.” Ginny told you, leaning into Dean’s side. 
You let out a chuckle. “Sounds familiar. So you guys are together now?” You asked as your eyes moved between Ginny and Dean. Ginny blushed as she nodded, looking down at her lap. “So how big of a fit did Ron throw when he found out?” At that, the entire compartment burst into laughter and thus began the rest of the train ride, filled with laughter and jokes that made you momentarily forget the gray cloud hanging over the train, particularly the one hanging over a one Draco Malfoy. 
-
Throughout the feast and Sorting ceremony, your boyfriend had disappeared. As much as you tried, you could not find him at the Slytherin table. You signed yourself to eating and participating in the conversation surrounding you half-heartedly.  Towards the end of the meal, you watched from your seat as a couple of moments after Draco entered the Great Hall, Harry and Luna followed, Harry sporting a fresh bloody nose. You had a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach as you realized Draco was probably the one who gave him that. After the feast, you tried to catch your boyfriend before he took off for the dungeons but Draco left the Great Hall and disappeared into the sea of students before you were even able to get close to him. You sighed and headed towards your House, wanting to get away from people as quickly as possible. The next few weeks went about the same way, despite the fact that you shared most of your classes with Draco. He seemed hardly focused in class, very on edge and mind clearly in a different world. You watched him at meals, you know, when he actually decided to show, and he was cold and distant, uninterested in the going-ons of the castle. He was clearly losing weight and the dark circles under his eyes only seemed to grow larger by the day. As time went on though, your concern evolved into anger. Why was he doing this? Why was he shutting you out? Did the last two years mean absolutely nothing to him? You began to take his distance personally. If he didn’t have enough balls to break up with you to your face (because why else would he act like this??), you were going to let him know that you had had enough. The trick was just now to catch him alone. Or to get him to talk to you at all. It was the end of October before you were able to get him alone. It was the day of the Halloween feast, and while the entire castle was downstairs buzzing with joy, all you wanted was to crawl into bed. You had a god awful day and the last thing you wanted to do was be surrounded by others at the feast. You headed in the direction of your Common Room when you caught him. He was exiting the fourth-floor boy’s lavatory, rubbing his eyes furiously. As much anger as you had, some of it seemed to ebb away at the disheveled sight of him. “Draco?” You called out to him. He brought his gaze to you and actually stopped. As you reached him, you reached for his hand. He pulled away as if your touch stung him. Your heart fell, as the thoughts of the end of your love clouded your brain. “Draco what’s going on with us? What’s going on with you?” He shrugged, refusing to make eye contact with you. “Draco, love, I want to be here for you, but I can’t if you won’t open up to me.” He again chose to remain silent. Your anger quickly filled you again. “Well, you know what, Draco Malfoy, I’m done being treated like this. Choose me or lose me. I’m not a backup plan and I’m definitely not a second choice. It’s time you made the choice about where we stand because I’m not doing this anymore.” You stated harshly and quickly spun on your heel towards to Great Hall, wanting to put as much distance as possible between you and the boy who was tearing you apart. 
-
As you entered the Great Hall the next morning, you spotted Ron, Harry, and Hermione. Harry had pulled you aside just a few days prior to ask about Draco but you had no answers to give. None of your friends were currently in the Great Hall, and you wanted to stay as far away from the Slytherin table as possible. As you neared the trio, their attention shifted from their conversation to you. “Do you mind if I sit here?” They shook their heads and Ron scooted over to make room for you next to him. 
“Everything alright?” Hermione questioned with a look full of concern on her face. You shook your head. 
“Just needed a friendly face is all.” Harry nodded and gave you a smile as they turned back to the discussion of the latest Potions assignment. You lost yourself in your bowl of cereal as you thought of the events from the previous night. You were so distracted that your brain barely registered someone sitting down next to you. You looked up to see Blaise Zabini looking extremely displeased. 
“What the hell did you say to Draco last night?” He asked you angrily. 
“Why does it matter to you?” You shot back. 
“It matters to me because he’s my friend and he’s your boyfriend-” Blaise started but you cut him off. 
“Maybe it’s hard for you to understand in that pea-sized brain of yours Zabini, but Draco Malfoy hasn’t given me the time of day in five months and most certainly doesn’t act like he’s my boyfriend. I am sorry I have trust issues, but when you give someone everything and they throw it away, something inside of you breaks. So no, I’m not sorry for what I said to him. I deserve a whole hell of a lot better than what he’s been giving me lately. For the last two years, I have defended him, gone to bat for him, being endlessly loyal to him, sometimes to my own detriment and he treats me like the dirt under his feet. I refuse to be treated that way. Not anymore, not ever again.” By the time you were done speaking, you were hyper-aware of the looks you were gathering from other tables. Blaise lowered his voice. 
“(Y/N), you made him cry.” The comment took you aback but only for a moment. 
“Good.” You hissed, standing up from the table. “Maybe now he’ll actually start giving a damn about me.” As you turned your back on Blaise, you saw Draco standing a few feet away from you. You paused only for a second and then promptly shoved past him and out of the Great Hall. 
-
That night, the halls of the castle seemed empty as you made your way out of the library. You had stayed to study until Madam Pince had nearly kicked you out. You had a big Ancient Runes test tomorrow, and on top of it being your hardest class, you felt so unprepared what with the events of the last 24 hours. You let out a yawn when you suddenly felt yourself being pulled into an empty classroom. You nearly panicked and raised your wand as you saw Draco standing there. His eyes looked bloodshot and he looked more exhausted and disheveled than you had ever seen anyone else. He looked as if he was the mere remains of the person he once was. He ran his hands through his hair, once, twice, three times. You watched him fall apart, not knowing how to feel. “What happened to us?” He asked, voice barely above a whisper. You shrugged and sucked a breath in through your teeth. 
“You changed.” He let out a whimper at your response. For the first time in months, he looked at you. You felt a surge of emotion. Now that after all these months you finally had his attention and you were going to let him know exactly what you had been thinking. “You changed Draco. I don’t know what you want me to say to you. You pulled away and treated me like shit. You’ve barely spoken to me since last term.” 
“You don’t understand, I had to-”
“Bullshit. You just didn’t want me anymore.”
“That’s not true-” 
“Yes it is Draco!” You exclaimed. A silence fell over the both of you and you took a few deep breaths to try and calm yourself as tears came to your eyes. “You know what sucks? Being the one who always cares more. I’m so sick and tired of being the one who cares in this relationship. I have been endlessly loyal to you, I stood up for you, I have lost friends because of my devotion to you and this is what I get in return?” Draco remained quiet. “I will not let you undermine my worth. I refuse to. I am a damn good person and an even better girlfriend and you don’t deserve me.” Draco’s face contorted in pain as you spoke. 
“You’re right, I don’t deserve you. I just love you so much, I just had to.” 
“You love me so much that you just had to treat me like garbage? Right because that makes so much sense-”
“YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!” He screamed and you winced and took a couple of steps back. A couple of tears slipped down his face. He reached for your hand. You flinched but did not pull away. “You don’t understand, I had to. I had to protect you. I had to protect you from him.” 
“Draco, what- what are you talking about?” Shakily, he pulled his hand from yours and lifted his sleeve. As the fabric was moved away, you saw something you wished you hadn’t. One look at the mark that had caused so much pain, grief, and death, a mark that represented all the evil and darkness within the world and-
“I wish you were dead.”
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As you sat at the Burrow over the Christmas holiday, you watched the Weasley family and chat and enjoy the cheer. You watched as the twins showed off a new product to Ginny as Ron turned to you. “Hey (Y/N), what ever did end up happening between you and Malfoy?” You thought back to that night, his anguished cries that haunted you as you left the classroom. You stared into the fire as you thought about what to say. Ultimately you just shrugged. 
“We broke up.” You said simply. The attention shifted from the joke product to you. 
“How come?” Hermione asked softly. You shook your head and swallowed your tears. 
“No matter how good your heart is, eventually you have to start treating people the way they treat you.” Silence fell across the room as Tonks and Remus studied you fiercely. “I don’t want to talk about it.” You stated, standing up. You pushed past the twins, escaping to the front porch. You sat down and looked up at the stars. You wiped away the invisible tears on your face. As you thought of the boy you once loved, you did not know he was looking out at the same stars thinking of the girl who once loved him.
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Part 14: Desperation
“Quit touchin shit,” he mutters catching you as you try to masturbate. You thought he was sleep.
“Not when it’s mine to touch,” you counter, watching his back and waiting for him to show off. He doesn’t move as minutes pass. “Erik,” you whisper, “You’re not sleep. Why can’t you just let me borrow your tongue? You did it before.”
“Tongue machine broke. Dick machine up,” he mutters.
“NO. I want the tongue,” you reiterate.
“I know,” he says in a smiling voice that irks your soul. He knows his power.. But you're also sticking to yours.
"You can be so childish sometimes," you sigh getting up to take off the lingerie. It feels like such a waste.
“You the one with a puddle between your thighs still tryna control shit, it’s hilarious.”
You were fuming. You’d finally set your nerves aside to ask him for head, something you’d NEVER typically do just for the thickheaded negro to say NO.. Twice! It took you a while to come to an understanding as you stared at the polka-dotted lump beside you in disdain, only mildly embarrassed. You knew exactly what Erik wanted from you. He was playing a game that he expected to win by breaking you down until you relented to his sexual tyranny.
Your nostrils flare as you watch him sleep, his dreadhead smashed into the pillow. Thanks to his forced hydration, you’ve urinated enough times to fill an inflatable raft. Five times, your bladder has woken you and whispered up to your hand to slap fire out of him. The temptation has been great. The sixth time waking has you rushing to the toilet, groggy and irritated. You finally march out from the restroom slapping him on the shoulder and he doesn't stir. You shove him, his big body hardly moving, and he won’t open his eyes. He's that damn stubborn.
It's cool, I’ve got something for you, you nod. If he thinks your last move was bold, oh he'd see bold. Moving into the bathroom for a quick refresh of your nether-regions, you stick a careful finger up there to test it with a quick sniff and a quick taste. You're starting to think maybe you just don’t like the taste or mouth feel of bodily secretions in general. Looking in the mirror, you snatch your scarf off and adjust the PJ shorts and t-shirt you’d changed into after his threat. Although you wanted head, you weren’t ready for all of that extra that he wanted to do to you and you wouldn’t be intimidated into it. Erik's reign of tyranny would not commence.
Yours, however, would be effective immediately.
Watching your face in the bathroom mirror as you cackle soundlessly, mischief in your smile and intention, you turn to step from tile to carpet and pad silently back to the bed noting that Erik has not moved from that same spot that he's been buried in. That wicked smile stretches your face again. You've been a great pain in my ass, Stevens. It's my turn. You push down and kick off your shorts, not having underwear beneath and feeling the air. Suddenly this is all too real and you can feel your nerves kicking in, your heart racing. Whooshing out a calming breath, you blink and steel yourself. The A/C provides a low comforting hum in the background. No movement from Erik yet. Good. When you walk over to peek at his rugged yet youthful profile, still sleeping, you hesitate. The last time you woke him, he choked you on a reflex ingrained from his military days. You could still feel it when you thought about it. What would he do now, bite your clit off? Climbing gently back onto the bed, you throw your leg over his head and lower your pussy onto the side of his face that’s exposed, grinding. Spreading your lips, you make sure that your clit in particular wipes and grinds against his stubbly cheek. It feels good.. and bad at the same time but in the best way.
“Wake up,” you squirm. “Your country breakfast’s ready.” He still won’t move. “Eat it while it’s hot.” It's no later than 6 AM, but you've slept horribly and because of that it's time for him to pay.
He groans and breathes out deeply through his nose. “You got ya pussy on my face, ma?” His sleepy bass is so deep it makes you clench.
“I’ve got your breakfast on your face. Leftovers from last night that you’ve yet to finish. Aren’t you hungry?” Silence. You grind on his beard a bit more and wonder if he’s falling back asleep. Eventually you say ‘fuck it’ deciding to get yourself off using what you can access of his face.
“You nasty,” he mutters.
“And you’re allowing this to happen,” you contest, continuing your quest for an orgasm. His heavy hand collides against your bare ass cheek before gripping and rubbing it.
“Hella bold,” he sighs flipping over onto his back. “Go ‘head ride this tongue then.” His long pink tongue flops out and immediately the feeling amplifies. Now that he’s involved, he’s sucking and licking the right spots and making his tongue stiff for you to grind on and ride while you rock, grinding all over his lips, nose, mustache, and beard. When he snakes his arms around your thighs anchoring you down, you bite your lip containing a moan that threatens to spill. He knows what he's doing. He's got his soft lips clasped tightly on your clit and your mind goes blank, stalling like a frozen video on an old television with static. Suddenly he hums and oh my gosh... the vibrations go through you forcing your bottom lip free.
“Oh my God…”
“Mhm,” he hums, his tongue flicking for an added sensation that makes you leak. His lips suction off repeatedly with suction noises and every time, you feel yourself expand.
“Mmmmhh,” you moan breathing heavily, riding his face hard like it were a small mounted dildo or a stationary massager. “I’m gonna cum,” you gasp and he lifts you up off of his face right before you get there, flipping you onto your back. You can't stop your hips from moving as you stare up in anticipation.
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Erik's dick was hard enough to cut diamonds having been celibate for days. He hadn't even masturbated. She looked down on Y/N's body naked from the waist down. Her pussy was engorged and ready, her sticky nectar wetting her juicy inner thighs. Her eyes showed perfect submission, her chest rising and falling fast like she was in heat. He licked his lips swallowing so not to drool, crawling over top of her body, his hands grabbing hers and pinning them over her head. Her hair still smelled like every good oil and he inhaled the scent deeply, his nose at her neck. She always smelled good, he could count on it. He kissed her right there on the side of her extended neck, biting and sucking her skin softly as she panted softly in his ear, mewling like a kitten, her hips still moving desperately. He had her. As much as she'd protested, he knew it'd end up this way. It always did when he touched her like this. He chuckled, the soft skin of her throat luring him in and calling him back. Sitting up to look her in the eye, he kept a hold on her hands.
"Relax," he whispered watching her dark pupils dilate. "I'm a let you go now. I want you to get up. Get dressed. I'm taking you to breakfast and we're gonna enjoy the day." Instantly she thrashed, like he knew she would. She was pissed. It made him laugh and his head dipped down beside her neck as she shook in her tantrum. She was so mad.
"GET THE FUCK OFF ME," she yelled, her lips balling like someone's mama telling them to put something back in the store. Erik was in hysterics.
"Nah, suffer, because you can't take it when someone does this shit to you. How long have you been telling me no? Hm?" She thrashed again trying to kick her legs, but it was a fruitless effort, she wasn't overpowering him. "Calm the hell down. I asked you a question, we can stay like this all morning. It's gonna suck when you gotta piss again."
"I don't know, a few times," she yelled.
"Tell the truth...," he cautioned, brows high.
"A LOT," she snapped.
"A while... See? You don’t like hearing no either! Being left to take care of your own needs when all your partner gotta do is give in? Annoying ain't it!? You see what the fuck you be putting me through?" She was seething, trying to intimidate him with a baby glare that only made him want to kiss her.. or break her. She didn't know what real malice was. She wasn't taking his words as seriously as she needed to and he was starting to lose his patience. The rougher dom was about to come through.
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You glare at him, thinking of yanking your body again to try to knee him in the balls because he won't let go! Your pussy is still clenching uncontrollably and independant of you and you've finally had enough. All you can really think is, "Fuck you, Erik. Fuck this room. Fuck your motherfuckin house. Fuck your stupid gotdamn rules!"
"I like that dirty ass mouth. You tryna kiss my dick with that mouth?"
"You're such an asshole, I don't know why I bother with your stupid confused ass! You don't even deserve it!" You jump again and he releases you a bit before slamming you down harder, restraining your wrists and and legs with his weight. You think of yelling again but then you see his eyes and your voice leaves.
That deep.. menacing.. ice cold, unpredictable, penetrating stare. All the warmth leaves your body at once replaced with a chill and for a second you wonder who.. or what.. you're actually dealing with. It's that look from that day at your apartment when something strong in you warned you to run. You can't tell if he's angry or detached, but you also can't look away. His mouth approaches your ear and you hold your breath, frozen, your eyes on what you can see of him.
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The sudden fear in her eyes made him check his expression. He had a bad habit of letting himself a little too loose with her. He was seeing her as prey. Hunt, chase, kill.
“I clearly remember telling yo ass these nuts ain’t free. I don’t give a damn how fine you are, you won’t get any nut off me until you beg me and I mean that shit. From the wells of yo mothafuckin soul, I wanna feel the conviction in your voice tingle in my balls.. until I say it’s enough. Then and only then will I give you what you need.. and trust me, sweetheart… You need this shit.”
Her back arched off the bed and he could feel her body tremble, her shoulders harlem shaking under him like she was cold. It came straight from her spine as he put his nose in the crook of her neck. Damn, she was sensitive.
“Don’t move,” he released her wrists to push down on her pubic bone. Her whole pussy was wet and it had spread to her thick and shining inner thighs. He slapped her pussy listening for her light gasp as she twitched before rubbing with his hand up and down the lips, massaging away the sting. “Wet ass pussy and you still playing.” His finger stroked up and down teasing her entrance feeling her clench before slipping inside to feel her. Her mouth opened and her eyelids went half-mast as he watched her dysfunctional pupils stare past him, seeing nothing. The wet, squishy flesh rubbing against his middle finger made his jealous dick twitch in his briefs. It was laying all up on her though his briefs, he knew she could feel it. He slipped in a second finger and it was instantly coated as his fingers pumped back and forth, curling to tap and stimulate her g-spot.
Her chest heaved and she exhaled a loud breath that tangled with a mangled moan, her lip wedged between her teeth. Her dumb ass was still holding back as her ass tried unsuccessfully to rise up from the bed.
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“You don’t even have a clue,” he sighs, humored by something. You keep your attention on his eyes unsure of what he’ll do next. The seconds feel like minutes as he stares through you as if reading a passage that’s inked onto your very soul. “You a fuckin brat. You know what that is? Hm?” You can feel his fingers stretch you apart and pull out only to push back in, stroking and stimulating your entrance and walls. When his rough thumb rubs over your swollen clit, it’s the sensation you’ve been subconsciously waiting for. That sweet spot. Your brain stalls again, an image stuck on stutter as your eyes roll and your eyelids blink rapidly. He knows exactly what he's doing.
“Look at me,” he orders gripping your jaw when you can't. “I said look at me. Open them pretty eyes.” His grip tightens, his fingers digging into your cheeks smushing them into a fish face that you don't have the energy to focus on. He’s never ceased his motion in your pussy and you just wanna cum. It’s right there, you can feel it close. His grip on your jaw tightens again and you force your eyes open to look up at him fighting the urge to close them.
“There you go focus them eyes on daddy. You gonna be a good girl?”
“Don’t stop. Don't you d-”
“Shut the fuck up, I'm controlling this shit. I control the pace and what we do.” He pulls his fingers out and you pout as they go directly into his mouth, his eyes still on yours. You feel yourself throb, missing the feeling of him already. “BEG. Show me how bad you want that nut.” You bite your lip. “I'm not buying it,” he whispers in a sing-song voice.
“Dude,” you whine, “I've been horny out of my mind since last night, I'm dying! Do that thing you did before with your tongue... Please, please make me cum already,” you moan, with your eyes set on his. You still remember when he edged you in your own room and left you aching for release. “Please finish!”
“We in the same boat and I'm not used to dry spells... You on the right path though. Let that freak loose,” he whispers holding your face in his hands, his thumb lightly brushing your bottom lip.
“You’re turning me the fuck on right now and I’m already soaked.”
“Mm..” He licks his lips giving you flashbacks.
“Please..”
The more you talk, the closer her gets. He has that look again.. but it's contained his time. Not so scary. He's adapting.. to you. You can't help but feel a little proud.
“Grab my dick. Pull it out… What it feel like?”
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“Lead..” she scoffs, “A velvet bookend.”  
“...Why are you like this?” Erik shook his head, humored as her feminine fingers roamed up and down his shaft. He watched her as she bit the inside of her full bottom lip, looking up at him, her almond eyes falling all over his body in admiration as he stood shirtless with his locs free. He made his pecs dance and a fire brightened in her eyes. He could feel desire palpable and radiating from the brown goddess, her hips wide and rounding out into thick brown thighs.. the picture of perfection. She was still touching him in wonder and he caught the spark of an idea in her eyes. What you finna try, little girl?
“Let me suck it, please... Daddy?” That was the keyword. He knew she was smart. “Can I suck it? I wanna suck it so bad.”
Oh word?
“Put it in your mouth.” He was willing to bet money that she didn't know how to suck dick right. Usually, that would be a huge dealbreaker but somehow when it came to her, he always had the patience. He was confident in her ability to master anything she put her mind to. She put the tip in her mouth and sucked.
“Lick the shaft, up and down the sides,” he said watching her tongue flatten and glide up and down. “Spit on it. Make it sloppy. More of that,” he pointed out when she drooled spit onto him. She licked up and down the underside of his dick before returning the head to her mouth.
“If you bite me that's yo ass. Go ahead and suck that dick.” The longer she went, the more into she got, looking up at him through her lashes. “You tryna make daddy buss?” Her head bobbed in an affirmative, her tight lips and soft wet mouth enveloping him in warmth. Drool dripped down his shaft making him feel appreciated.
“Your life’s purpose as of right now is to please daddy as Daddy's lil angel. Convince me that you've given in completely to your role.” He rested his hands behind his back as she incorporated the use of her hands on his base. “You learn fast, baby.” The praise made her go harder. It made the head sloppier as she swirled her head around his head. He could tell she was loving it. “Twist your hands, like a pepper grinder,” he breathed, feeling like that nigga. “Keep sucking it. More, just like that.. yeaah, until I'm completely satisfied… Oh shit..” She was doing it a little too well now.
“You did this before?”
She shook her head no with a proud smile.
“My little genius.. lick them balls. Keep stroking my dick.”
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You sucked, and licked, and stroked, and drooled as the more you did it, the more you wondered if you were doing it right. Would he ever cum? What was taking so long? He looked like he was enjoying it and you could hear his moans that had you dripping, but still no cum.
“If you think I’m that easily assuaged you must not know daddy like that,” he says suddenly reading your mind. “Surprise, my love,” he chuckles, “This shit stay hard like a jolly rancher. You gotta work harder.” You can feel it thumping in your mouth, his heartbeat. “Mm.. Do you want it down your throat baby? You want that big dick down your little throat?”
“Mhm.. mhm,” you mumble, mouth full.
“Say it. With the dick in your mouth, beg me.”
“Ah awhn ha hi hahee..,” he stares down and you add, “How hi hoat, hahee hees.”
“That’s my big girl.” You don't know how he understood you. “That’s how you ask for this dick. That’s how you get what you want. Tap my leg if you feel like you gonna throw up. We don't do that.” His dick slides back toward your throat. You can feel him pass your tonsils and you grab his thighs pulling him closer. You have no gag reflex. Surprise, nigga.
“SHIT BITCH,” he roars, cackling at the ceiling before he unleashes fire, throatfucking your face. Spit flies from your mouth and you can feel your nose run as his grip stays hard on the back of your head. You still need to breathe. “Look at me... Oooh shit. Eyes watering. I'm taking your fucking soul. Leave it on this dick, you don't need it.” When he pulls out, you pant with a thick line of drool down your chin and runny snot mixed with tears on your top lip. He goes to the bathroom to bring back tissue, wiping your nose and top lip clean. You still have drool galore.
“Spit that back on my dick... Now suck it,” he hisses, “Hands down don’t wipe it. Look at me and tell me what's rule three?”
If you own it it's yours and you'll do whatever the fuck you want with it. You mumble it around his dick as best as you can.
“I've been so damn patient, spoiling you. I ain't do half the shit I could've done to you. You were basically free. Now you don’t have a fuckin choice. I'm taking what's mine. If I hear a wait, stop, or no, I'm fucking you harder. Nod if you understand.” You nod and he pushes you off of his dick lifting you and tossing you back onto the bed before dropping over top of you. Your knees lift and you cover your face as they get pushed back out of the way, your ankles guided over his large shoulders. “Look down. I want you to watch as I fuck you.”
“I- w- LET ME SAY SOMETHING DAMMIT.”
“I don't wanna hear it, I already know! You look at the girls I fuck and you scared I’m a fuck you just like that, all rough and shit. Am I right? You scared I’m a slide this dick a lil too deep in that wet ass pussy.. hit it too good.. flip that switch and trigger something crazy. Newsflash, I already know you a freak.” His smirk is accusatory.
“Look! All I'm saying is.. slamming whatever amount of inches that is,” you point to the slimy monster that was just in your throat, “Into a 4 inch deep cavern is reckless and excessive. You’re a mathematician, Mr. Statistics, do the math on that. I’m not Cierra and my vagina has WALLS. You can’t just run through WALLS and what you won’t do is dog my pussy out. Save that energy for Ms. Bitch or whatever you named her. Ain’t no preparation in the world enough for all that.”
“You telling me how to give dick now? I give good dick on the regular. Yo ass never had it. How you gonna tell me,” he laughs. His dick pushes into you catching you off guard and sits at your pulsing entrance, heavy. “SHIT..,” you both gasp at once. He stalls allowing you to adjust. You can feel him throb as you squeeze, his eyes shut. Then he opens them, renewed anger on his face. “Oh I’m a fuck this pussy up.. Goddammit.. I'm a fuck you how you know deep down you need to be fucked and you gone take the shit like a champ.”
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He went deeper as she slapped and shoved at his chest, arms, and stomach trying to keep him still. He'd already gotten a taste. It was too late. He slid deeper and she groaned, whimpering and whining between heavy breaths. “You finna cry,” he teased lowering his body down onto hers as his hips grinded into hers. “I got you. Go ‘head cry. Cry for daddy.” On cue her tears fell and he licked them as they slid past the outer corners of her eye, down the side of her face. Salt. He bit her quivering bottom lip as she moaned loudly, scratching his back with her nails. She couldn't control her volume, it was up and down, high pitched. "Way-way-wait," she gasped, pushing once she realized her mistake. "NO, WAIT!" His response was to slam his dick into her, over and over... stomach to stomach. She screamed and beat his back and arms with her fists while trying to squirm away. He kissed her neck, whispering in her ear. “Where you think you bout to go? You ain't going nowhere. You gone fuckin hate me. Then you gone love me.” Her nails dug roughly into his flesh and he knew he was bleeding, but it ain't phase him. He bottomed out listening as she whispered every profane word she knew.
"I feel you tryna nut. You think you deserve it?"
"Yess!" That was the only clear thing she said, the rest was unintelligible gibberish but he understood the spirit of it.
"Beg me for that nut," he grinned. He knew he was being aggravating. He planned to let her nut regardless. He was close himself. She begged and he could feel the urgency in her voice. She was so scared he'd pull out and leave her like that. Not this time though. She came hard, wailing, back to back her orgasms came... Her face and her eyes were stuck. He chuckled.
“Fuck.. you, mother..fucker, I hate you,” she cried breathlessly when she could finally talk.. an on and on.
“Your pussy ain't get that message. Listen to her.." The loud smacking in the air made his point. "She say FUCK you, she happy!” She was so wet, he could fill a cup. The loud smacking noise drove him crazy. “Make me wait all this fuckin time. You gone gimme my shit.” He lifted, flipping her over onto her stomach. “Toot that ass up. Spread your knees.”
She went straight to it and he sunk his dick into her pressing into her arch to deepen it.
“Oh you love this dick now,” he smirked, “Annoying ass brat. You know you irk the fuck outta me sometimes? You could've been had this dick, but you like to play. You like to tease a nigga till he grab you by your hair..” He gripped her kinky hair in his fist. “And fucks you till you can't think.. That's what you want?” Her moans were unceasing. He slapped her ass cheek watching it jiggle. "Words."
"Nnnmmmhh... Oh my God.."
"Come nut on this dick then." He fucked her roughly and she when she came yet again, the tears and whimpering returned full force. "Feel good?" Her body shook. He watched her spasm. Yeah, she was feeling good. Now it was his turn to chase a nut.
He fucked her like her name was Cierra and she'd broken ten rules, his hand gripping the back of her neck and her face in the comforter. He fucked her like he'd just lost a friend from a hit that went wrong and didn't have a chance to feel it. All of his anger and frustration and regret went into her pussy until he was sweating buckets and grunting.
She'd stopped moving. He looked down suddenly fearful, his heart skipping a beat.. slowing his stroke down a bit. "Y/N?.. Angel?"
She shuddered, blowing out a tired breath and her ass jumped in a twitch. He sighed in relief as he increased his pace again.
She panted desperately. Say no if you want, he laughed to himself. She couldn't talk.
"I'm a fuckin marry you," he gaped in awe. "I thought yo ass was dead. Hold up," he smirked, hand still dripping the back of her neck. "Daddy finna power up.. yeaah," he chuckled listening to her whimper. "Missed time, my angel... This yo fuckin fault..," he breathed staving off his nut with a grunt. "..Yo fuckin fault."
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Take Me
I'm back with another fanfic! I had it ready for a while, but I never had time to post it and with the arrival of episode 7 I decided to do it! 😉 This is a CandyxRayan (NSFW), always with my candy Luce 😉
I look in the mirror for the umpteenth time. What am I doing? I think while I take off my shirt to throw it on the bed in bulk, along with the others I've tried and don’t satisfy me. I'm definitely too keen with this story.
<< I'm ridiculous ... Aaah! >> I even put the body stocking. The bordeaux red lace stands out on my skin, which interrupts the light that distinguishes me. I just can’t get it anything, my mind is in confusion, not even my first boyfriend. I really need Rosa right now, I'm sure she wouldn’t mind giving me a pat on the back and pushing me inside that apartment.
It was the first time Rayan had invited me. He didn’t seem so sure either, yet the idea had come out like that, like something natural. Moreover it's been a month since that fateful kiss that started this huge secret.
My cell phone vibrates and I’m run to look at the sender. I'm agitated, of course, but I don’t want Rayan cancel everything. Fortunately, his last message dates back to this morning, after lessons, with the location and infos of his apartment. 
Who wrote me instead is Rosa: "Fighting! I can’t be there with you, but know that I think of you!💪" And I smiling like an idiot. It is as if she had a sixth sense for these things, as if we were mentally connected.
This gives me the charge and I know that if it should go wrong, there is always my best friend ready to hearten me.
I opt for a pastel-colored sweater that fits comfortably and jeans ripped at the knees. A simple style and nothing that makes you think about what I really want. I look at myself in a mirror for the last time and, having put my hair in a disheveled chignon, I’m ready to leave the room to reach his apartment.
Yeleen is on the bed listening to the Crowstorms with headphones. I would say that at least in this I’m lucky to have a uncaring roommate. I leave the campus with a small smile on my lips. The apartment is not far, just 10 minutes walk and it does not take long to arrive. I was quite discreet, I would have looked around at least 100 times before ringing the bell. The noise of the cornet rising makes my heart race. Calm down, Luce! His deep voice interrupts the silence. << Who is it? >> asks as a precaution, as if he didn’t expect any visit. He knows perfectly well that it is always better to prevent than to cure, especially if a professor invites one of his student into his own home. << Ehm ... I'm Luce. >> my voice comes out a little insecure and with a last look control the neighborhood. The sound of the door that opens makes me realize that I can’t turn away, then push the handle to enter and let it close behind me. I take a deep breath and start climbing the first flight of stairs. I follow the instructions that he gave me in the message and I stop in front of his door, left a bit ajar. I can see a glimpse of his apartment, until the door suddenly opens and I’m standing in front of a smiling Rayan. <<Hey. Come in! >> doesn’t give me the time to respond that takes me by the hand and drag me inside. I can say that it was just as I expected it. His apartment is really bright. Most of the furniture is white unlike the sofa and the carpet that have a light gray color that detaches from the rest. Even the plants in front of the window seem to shine near the black TV. And this is just the living room, I don’t want to think about the rest of the house. He loosens his grip and before I notice it, my hand is no longer enveloped by his warmth. I look at him surprised, I didn’t expect anything better from Professor Rayan Zaidi. << Do you want a cup of tea? In the meantime, I'll let you explore. >> There is no malice in his voice. Of course, I'm the only one who always thinks badly. << Sure, you choose for me. You know I'm not fussy. >> I leave him the choice of tea, now he could say to know me, in the end we have similar tastes. I watch him take a seat in the kitchen, which is also quite bright and coordinated with the living room. He, however, definitely stands out too much with that simple but close-fitting shirt. Not to mention the bordeaux sweatpants that tighten at the ankles. It's the first time I see him so sporty. I’m used to the appearance of the perfect Prof. Zaidi and it’s strange to see him in these garments. First of all, I take off my shoes leaving in the entrance, never let the polished floor get dirty. I start looking at the many books on the shelves. There's a bit of everything, from Oscar Wilde to some modern and contemporary art books.  I move from the living room to the bedroom. It surprises me that there isn’t a door connecting the two rooms, but simply an opening. The bed is double and there is a smell of clean sheets. They have that light blue color that I like so much, as if they had been put on purpose. But I don’t suffer so much on the bed, but on the bookcase that is on the side when you enter.  Definitely bare, but with photos of when he was young - not that he is still - and some model of bike. I take one in my hand. Red flaming and not very heavy, it seems one of those that are taken with magazines on newsstands. Imagine him struggling with these things makes me smile. Really, I didn’t think he could be passionate about motorcycles.  << I see you've discovered my secret! >> his amused voice resounds in the room and I turn around giving one of my famous smiles with the dimples, those that he likes so much.  << Wow! even the perfect Rayan Zaidi has something to hide. >> I’m poking him a little, floating the model in my hands. I like to show him the real me, the one who doesn’t mind saying stupid things or making fun of him.  << I'm not perfect. >> gives me a relaxed smile.  For me you are.  I wanted to tell him, but I preferred to keep smiling as I looked at the cups in his hands. Tea was ready. << Here, keep yours. >> hands me one of the cups, but I stop to look at them before I can drink the contents. They were definitely horrible, someone had to tell him that he would have to review his tastes. Puff amused particularly by the cup I have in my hand. It’s white with black spots and a cow with lipstick appears in the middle. << Don’t be offended, but they are really bad! >> I return to giggle thinking about how strange it is that he has some things at home, knowing the authoritarian figure he assumes outside. << I admit it, they are horrible! >> he laughs too and I love these moments of simplicity together. << But in my defense I can say that I took them without thinking. I needed it to have breakfast. >> I’m nodding amused by the affair, while he begins to sip his tea. I take a sip too and I am pleasantly surprised by the taste I feel. A pleasant tangle of anise, fennel and licorice root makes its way into the mouth. Definitely had the infusion guessed. << Next time I'll give you one. >> my tone is still light and carefree while in his smile there is a note of sweetness. How beautiful is when he smiles. His eyes linger on the model of the bike that I still have in my hand. I don’t know why, but I didn’t even think about putting it back on their post. << Almost, I keep it! She's so cute. >> I support the half-full cup of tea on the cabinet and start playing with the model, as if I were a child. I know that doing so teases. << Hey, you can’t go around with my secret! Then what will become of my reputation? >> smiles and he’s in on it. As if kissing a student and spending the day whit her, doesn’t ruin his reputation. But he knows it well, oh well he knows, and yet he doesn’t seem to care at the moment. He looks so carefree. << Ah no?! Poor... what are you going to do to me? >> I’m still poking him a bit, ready to escape if there was a need.
<< Don't provoke me, little girl! >> this time yes, there is a tone of malice in his voice. He puts his cup on the cabinet and sprints away to catch me. There isn’t much room for maneuver, but I can get away from him moving agile around the room. The only thing that separates us is the bed.
I show him the model and I come back to laugh, while he chews on his lower lip. I linger for a second on his lips: when he biting those lips was the end of the world.
This time I don’t have the reflexes ready as recently, with a sprint he overcome the bed and I finish in his big arms. Thus began, to tickle me on the hips - great weakness - and I can’t stop laughing.
<< Aaah. P-please, no! >> I beg him as I try to get away from his grip. Our bodies touch each other over and over again and slowly the torture ends, until we find ourselves facing each other.
I dive into his emerald green eyes that gently caress my soul and forcefully break my armor. I get lost and make me fall in love even more.
They tempt me. Those damned eyes, overflowing with art.
My God, what eyes.
He gently caresses my cheek with an equally sweet look, adding a smile of love. He bend the head and finally takes hold of my lips.
I surround his neck with my arms, letting the model fall from my hands and I close my eyes, savoring the taste of an orange infusion in his mouth. I bite his lower lip, I want to play a little before losing myself completely. His hands, instead, explore my body under the sweater and I feel my skin burning at that delicate touch.
Our tongues mix  with a sumptuous kiss, until they come off to catch our breath. But Rayan doesn’t stop. His lips are hot when they pass over my neck and a shiver runs through my back.
I’m catch  up in the excitement I raise his t-shirt and take it off,  showing his abs. His muscles were strong enough to crush me, but despite this he kept me with the delicacy of someone dealing with a child.
I start to caress it as something precious. At that moment Rayan slipped off my sweater, leaving my white breast uncovered. And here is the appearance of the bordeaux lace bra, although before it didn’t convince me, now I can’t care less.
He resumes kissing me and I smile against his lips. Our hands continue to explore our respective bodies, until a thrill crossed me a moment before breaking the kiss and being lifted by the dark.
He holds me by the thighs and I weaves the legs and the arms to hold better his naked skin and not let it go. A moan of pleasure comes out involuntary when Rayan passes from the neck to the breast.
It's a sweet feeling that I haven’t felt for a long time. But that ends too soon. His eyes stare at me with a note of concern.
<<Luce... maybe we shouldn’t... >> the carefreeness from before leaves room for doubt and torment. Now it's late for second thoughts, we're already over.
<< Shhh. Kiss me. >> I take his face in my hands and kiss him with feeling and passion. I don’t want his face filled with torments, ruining this moment... it would be unfair.
He isn’t able to resist me and, after a few steps, he loses me over the bed.
I smile and drag him over me. I could feel his chest naked on my breasts and his breath speed up more and more.
He hangs my hands over my head, like he was afraid that I could run away. Who wants it? I think as our legs intertwine and our breaths come together in another kiss. A shiver of pleasure makes itself felt in the most intimate parts and my skin becomes electric under his touch.
Rayan's mouth burns everywhere. The tongue tastes my skin and the lips trace a burning path from neck to belly. I can’t help biting my lower lip in a thrill of excitement. The body of the dark man arches against my lips over and over again, leaving room for some hint of laughter, which teaches me not to have to tease him in that way anymore.
Kiss and bite my body, as if it were the best thing he had ever tasted.
<< Rayan... >> I call his name with desire and a faint voice, feeling his excited member press between the fabric of the pants and my abdomen. I wanted to satisfy it, oh, how I needed to touch it, to feel it mine.
He loosens his grip and gives me back my freedom. I take off my bra and jeans, leaving me completely naked. In the meantime he takes off his pants, showing even more the pronounced erection.
He return to touch and kiss my body, especially in the parts still unexplored, but I'm going to make him enjoy the same way. His fingers gently caress me and I'm literally losing my mind.
With determination I take a position and push him on the bed, leading me astride him.
This time it was my turn to give him pleasure.
I begin to move in a sensual way, rubbing over his pelvis. I craved more than anything else that contact and a moan of pleasure came out of his lips, which seized my breast, kissing and licking the sensitive parts.
I move only a little to get his member in his hands and start a fluctuating movement, interspersing the rhythm. First slow and then faster.
Rayan can’t hold back any moans of pleasure and continues to bite those lips. I know that he would like to be able to take the lead.
<< They should make illegal the way you bite your lips. >> I point out with a touch of malice and a provocative smile.
His eyes are closed, intent to savor every bit of pleasure in this moment.
I'm ready.
I gasp as the pleasure drags my head and increases when he is inside of me. We are finally one.
<< Luce... >> calls my name in a desperate moan and I lean on his chest. I go up and down with a perfect rhythm. Our faces are close and I feel the breaths mix. I savor his lips several times, while my pelvis doesn’t stop.
Rayan grabs my buttocks by commanding the rhythm, he didn’t want to be outdone. His breathing becomes more and more labored and fast, along with mine. From this position I can feel the beat of his heart accelerated, he seems almost running a marathon.
We are close to the apex and the rhythm has also increased rapidly. An electric discharge runs through my body after the last blow and I collapse beside him.
Our sweaty bodies tell the last moments.
I smile and look him in the eyes. I can’t describe the emotion that I feel at the moment. I would just like to tell him that it was fantastic, that he is incredible and that I’m afraid to love him too much already.
I stroke his hair now messed up and giggle. He continues to stare at me, there is no need for words, the eyes express everything on their own.
<< I still want you. >> his smile drives me crazy. I return to taste his lips, as if for the first time. And it starts again. A new ride of emotions, even more frenetic and passionate than the previous one.
After having reached the pleasure for the second time, I utter a cry that suffocates biting my lip. I'm going to lie down next to him, letting myself be surrounded by his arms. I feel good and safe resting on his chest, so good that I can fall asleep from exhaustion.
The following morning I struggle to open my eyes. His perfume floods the room and the blankets are so warm and soft, that I would never have to leave this place.
I stretch myself before opening my eyes completely. Now I remember everything that happened last night.
<< Rise and shine, did you sleep well? >> Rayan looks at me with a smile, leaning on the bed with his elbow. I still nod a little sleepy.
Even too close to you.
<< Come on, we must hurry up if not we are late in class. >> teases my nose as he gets up to throw me one of the pillows in the face. I grumble in annoyance and tighten the pillow to my chest and then give it back to him.
I hear him laugh amused as he gets ready for work. I decide that it’s better to get up rather than lose his lessons. I take a quick shower and I'm ready to go back to the secret life of every day.
I only notice now that my cup of tea is left where I left it, still half full. I only want to laugh and look at it and bring it back to the kitchen to wash it. I'm just sorry I didn’t drink more, but this time I'm justified.
<< Here, you don’t want to follow the lessons on an empty stomach. >> He pass me a banana, obviously worried about me, and I was so perverted to take it as a provocation.
<< Mm, I could always eat one after class ... >> okay, I came out too naughty as a statement. But he laughs and press me a kiss on the forehead before going out from his apartment.
We arrive at the campus whit the company of Rosa, who seems too excited. Fortunately we met her on the street and not someone else, it would have been difficult to find a valid excuse.
Before entering the amphitheater I leave Rayan behind. We could not enter at the same time, it would have been suspicious. All possible precautions must be taken in these cases.
It's a matter of minutes and the beautiful and perfect Professor Zaidi makes his entrance. Ready to explain the lesson with his passionate, determined and with a hint of a smile between his lips.
It’s back to normal.
 The same afternoon:
The deafening silence of the amphitheater drove him crazy. The only noise was the one obtained from the pen in his hand. He was immersed in the paperwork and the tasks to be corrected, as well as planning the lessons for the next few days.
He could not take off from his mind what had happened last night. Being able to touch her body so candid and feel her perfume on him, at the only thought still trembled. He would always want more, but duty calls him to be present and authoritarian.
Unexpectedly a vibration distracted him from his thoughts.
A message from his small, big and forbidden secret.
<< Hey, biker of my heart. Open the drawer! 😘>>
He smiled, though he didn’t know what the girl had told him. He could only imagine, he was afraid she'd left him a banana as a promise of their next meeting.
Knowing her, she would have been capable of it.
He opened the drawer without hesitation and was surprised by what he found. A white cup wrapped in a red ribbon and a bow.
He picked it up and smiled sweetly reading the writing above it.
"I kiss you that smile."
He was as happy as a few. Undoubtedly he would have kept that cup like a precious treasure.
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When I’m out shooting, people will  ask- what are you doing, who are you doing that for, or what’s your favorite thing to shoot, or what do you like about photography?
37th VA Para Games, Rugby Championship
37th VA Para Games, Rugby Championship
37th VA Para Games, Rugby Championship
37th VA Para Games, Rugby Championship
These multiple questions, I find, are invariably all inquiring about the same thing, which is, why do I chose to spend my time practicing this arcane art?
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For the truth be told, pretty much all serious still photography- by which I mean photography not taken by a mobile phone, or with a selfie stick; or by someone who actually knows and cares about such terms as composition, tone and lighting- is by common consensus, in 2017, arcane.
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  The truth of this sweeping statement is in the bottom line- consider this excerpt from a recent article by Peta Pixel:
Nikon dropped a couple of very troubling bombshells today. The first was a “Recognition of Extraordinary Loss” due to company-wide restructuring; the second was the cancellation of the much-delayed series of Nikon DL compact cameras announced in February of 2016.
The news is basically all bad for Nikon fans today, but even if you ignore the business side, it’s never a good sign when a company gives up on a camera series they already announced—and then delayed… and delayed… and delayed again. The DL series was supposed to be Nikon’s answer to popular premium point-and-shoots like Sony’s RX100 and RX10 series, and now it is officially cancelled.
Such problems exist industry wide and are not limited to Nikon. Such news, of course, also begs any number or other potential arguments- which I’m just going to sidestep here.
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
Rather, I will simply answer the question.  If DSLR’s are passe because there are better solutions, why do I still carry two heavy cameras and a heavy set of lenses- long after newspapers have taken back their photographers professional DSLR’s, riffed them, and passed out cell phones to reporters ?
I still carry DSLR’s because they do make a difference and because that difference is still appreciated. How do I know this? Can I prove this point scientifically? Probably. if I cared enough to do so, which I don’t.
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Live kill seminar, Turner Farm, Indian Hil Ohio 5/18/2017
cell phone cameras are not better- although they are, invariably easier to carry and use.  I fully cede the point that we are becoming a cheaper and lazier country by the moment. Yet, as far as I am concerned, DSLR’s are better and worth the hassle for a couple of simple reasons.
First, I need the exercise. I will not for love or money get on a treadmill. I will carry heavy camera gear for long distances.
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
Secondly, if photography with real cameras, have been surpassed in ease and quality by point and shoot models and or cell phones; people would not continue to request or appreciate the images generated by SLR cameras, over point and shoot and cell phone images.
If I show up at local concert or even, for instance. there’s a reason, the owner of the venue , or the tour manager will let me into the event- and give me great seats or premium access- without paying the same twenty thirty or fifty dollar, or One Hundred dollar admission fee he’s charging everyone else.  And even if you do get in, it’s really unlikely your going to get the kind of access needed to get shots like this.
Third,  my most persuasive remaining arguments for practicing this dark art are, and have always been, selfish; and DSLR’s serve my own selfish ends.
Why do I shoot? What do I like to shoot, why bother hauling this stuff around?
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North Side Fourth Of July  Parade
My answer goes back to a drunken night in college. I was on the front porch of our collegiant home with my close friend Bruce.  We were having a long existential conversation- which we were want to do when we were in our cups.
Cutting to the chase I asked Bruce point black, “What do you want out of life?”
“Man,” he said,” I just want to do everything once.”
This response seemed to me so worthy and wise, that I adopted his goal as mine. Not only did I adopt that goal, I have kept that goal.
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The Magic Flute, Piano Dress Rehearsal, Cincinnati Opera.
  It’s a goal I’ve gleefully pursued for nearly thirty years now. It is not, mind you, an easy, or entirely happy, voyage. Such a quest invariably involves, as the great troubadour Alejandro Escavedo has noted,  more miles than money,  and sometimes heartbreak.
Such a journey is also logistically difficult as there are- for instance- many places for which one either lacks a plausible reason for being in that place; or, sometimes, one is barred from exploring various places because the proprietors of those places simply, and reasonably in many cases, do not want strangers snooping around.
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However, if one is careful to learn a dark art, or two, many of those doors swing open. Two of those arts are photography  and writing.  The tools, the arts, of story telling.
People love stories; and, more importantly, people love being the center of a good story. At the end of the day, almost all people like to hear about themselves.  Thus, if you are willing and capable of,  telling stories,  many of those doors will open.
  Pike 27, Northside Yacht Club.
Pike 27, Northside Yacht Club.
Pike 27, Northside Yacht Club.
Pike 27, Northside Yacht Club.
This is why invariably tell people that I write (another dying art) and shoot because all too often my magical camera will change from a camera into a key or invitation. Many times a good camera and a set of proven skills with grant you entree into a place even when money will not.
And do DSLR’s tell better stories?   Yes, but the argument doesn’t really even matter.  The important thing is that most people believe as such.
Grayson Highlands State Park, Virgina
Grayson Highlands State Park, Virgina
Grayson Highlands State Park
North Carolina Mountains
North Carolina Mountains
North Carolina Mountains
North Carolina Mountains
Grayson Highlands State Park, Virgina
It’s a bitter sweet truth that life is too short to allow me to reach my goal- or even come close- but that doesn’t mean trying to reach that goal is mostly bittersweet or melancholy. Quite the contrary.
In the last 8 weeks, I have Photographed the 37th annual  Veteran’s Annual Paraplegic Games, specifically the Wheelchair Rugby Championships and Closing Ceremonies. The large ballroom shots above are the Closing Ceremonies.
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Pike 27, Northside Yacht Club.
There were thousands of vets from across the country who attended. To qualify for the games you have to have been rendered a quadriplegic while in service of your country. These folks have every reason in the world to feel sorry for themselves, but instead they strap themselves into modified wheelchairs and act as if they are part of a human demolition derby. I played twenty years of rugby and am qualified to say, these guys are studs.
So the next time you hear some fool, in Washington, crapping out his or her mouth about who is a hero, you might want to spend some time with these men and women. I was truly honored to be able to do this shoot.
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North Carolina Mountains
Sometimes, the best shoots, like the Para Games, provide serious personal and real world perspective.
I also attended a seminar about humane killing practices of animals. You can read about that almost life changing experience here.
I also covered, for about the sixth time, the Northside 4th of July Parade– which had implications, for me, far beyond a simple communal expression of patriotism.
I was also fortunate to cover the opening of the Herzog Music Store, at 811 Race Street in Cincinnati. This store, will will serve to aid the reclamation of  historic Herzog Studios – which is located on the floor above, as well as sponsoring other events key to the retelling of Cincinnati’s great musical history.
I attended three concerts, including seeing friends in Pike 27 and also seeing a pretty inspirational show by Steve Earle. Being able to cover a show like Earle’s in a beautiful theater is like taking a master’s class in performance and storytelling.
I also documented a recent road trip to the very heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as a trip to nearby Grayson Highland’s State Park in Virginia.
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I also covered for Polly Magazine, the piano dress rehearsal of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Catch my coverage of same, here, to learn why this production was sch a memorable, and groundbreaking event.
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I love the Opera. The Cincinnati Opera is a very kid and professional organization, This is the third time they have allowed me to shoot the dress rehearsal, which means, in essence, that except for thirty to fifty other people- we are provided the run of the house and are free to shoot, at will, from anywhere in the house. It’s always a special experience and not one that can be bought at any price. If you haven’t seen it before, here is a collaborative piece I did with my brother in art, Matt Steffen, about the Opera’s performance last year of Tosca.
Unknown Hinson- Southgaate House Revival, Newport Ky
Unknown Hinson- Southgaate House Revival, Newport Ky
Unknown Hinson- Southgaate House Revival, Newport Ky
Unknown Hinson- Southgaate House Revival, Newport Ky
Unknown Hinson- Southgaate House Revival, Newport Ky
Unknown Hinson- Southgaate House Revival, Newport Ky
The photographs in this essay are from the last eight weeks and are colorful examples of how my camera has taken me into diverse and sundry worlds and experiences, I would have never seen, save for my practice of  these dark arts.
  Steve Earl and the Dukes, Taft Theater Cin.
Steve Earl and the Dukes, Taft Theater Cin.
Steve Earl and the Dukes, Taft Theater Cin.
Steve Earl and the Dukes, Taft Theater Cin.
Steve Earl and the Dukes, Taft Theater Cin.
Steve Earl and the Dukes, Taft Theater Cin.
  Thus the dream still lives and the dream justifies all. Thanks Bruce.
            Eight Weeks of Summer 2017 When I'm out shooting, people will  ask- what are you doing, who are you doing that for, or what's your favorite thing to shoot, or what do you like about photography?
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EXTENDED PREVIEW - Terrible to Meet You - A Harry Styles One Shot
Hi everyone!! I know you’ve not heard much of anything exciting in terms of fic from me in a few weeks - life stuff, sorry. But here’s an extended preview in addition to the First Preview (here) for my @1dffchallenges​ Quarantine Challenge fic, Terrible To Meet You! 
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Harry wants to get out of the house. Alex wants to get home.
Alex meets Harry at at crossroads. Harry meets Alex on a one way street.
A coffee shop OU fic feat. lattes, lamingtons & that Great Unfathomable Feeling.
Word count: TBC (aka who can say?)
As always, for further reading: My Masterlist
Here’s Part 1 of 10 of Terrible To Meet You (to be posted in two sections of 5 parts each) ++
Harry doesn’t know it, but the day he met Alex was her saddest in London.
The first time Harry came to Daily Dose cafe, she was sitting in the back of the shop on a stool behind Paul, picking her way through a toasted croissant. Her mind on the home on the other side of the world she’d willingly left years before but was now unwillingly being kept from returning to.
Paul was running the coffee machine like the fabulous one-man show that he was, throwing a high kick and a slut drop between shots of espresso or whenever the loud music pumping around them called for it. Which was often. The only way to survive being in such close quarters with Paul was to enjoy his theatrics. It usually had Alex in stitches, and he was trying extra hard that day. But homesickness and heartache are some of the strongest forces, and they drag hearts to the ground every minute of the day.
In March they permanently locked the front door to customers, instead refiguring the already tiny shop so that the wide window opened out onto the street and they could serve takeaway coffees virtually straight onto the footpath. People formed a line during busy times or walked straight up to the window in the afternoons. It was a tight squeeze behind the counter for Paul and Alex, but The Daily Dose was a hole in the wall place anyway, and room had never been in abundance.
“I beg your pardon!” Paul said from his spot almost on the floor, his attention on the depth of his squat and not on the fact a figure in need of caffeine arrived at the window.
“Hello,” Harry said, almost shyly, but then his eyes brightened and he smiled as if reading the room and calibrating what sort of place he’d arrived at, “Excellent form, mate.”
“Why thank you,” Paul ascended gracefully from the floor and leant against the coffee machine dramatically, “Best coffee in London too.”
Harry’s eyebrows rose, and Alex watched the interaction with interest. Her heart was racing, picking up the moment Harry’s eyes briefly met hers, and she was trying her best to conceal it, but it felt like the thumping blood vessels in her ears could’ve been audible beyond her. This wasn’t quite as exciting as the time actual Richard Gere came and got a coffee (skim latte, one sugar. And banana bread, toasted) but Harry Styles was definitely going to be newsworthy around the TV at dinner with Mia and Jarrad that evening. He was also so … Plain in real life. His cheeks were flushed red, and where his beanie pulled his hair off his forehead Alex noticed his high hairline and the way Harry’s ears were oddly shaped.
“Really? Best in London?” Harry asked, his scepticism teasing. He was playing along, the only thing required for Paul to like someone.
“To be fair, it depends on the barista,” Alex mumbled from her perch, just loud enough for them both to hear. She fought to keep her features straight and the blush at bay.
Paul spun around to look at her, his eyes playful, “Keep your mouth shut, you, that croissant is coming out of your pay.”
“My last shift was on Friday, I’m not getting paid anymore,” she threw back quickly, eyes darting to Harry at the window watching the exchange with amusement touched very lightly with concern. If he’d arrived five minutes earlier, Harry would have come upon a vastly different vibe.
“You owe me four quid twenty then,” Paul didn’t falter at what could’ve been an emotional tripping hazard; Alex’s Tragic Failure at Getting Home.
Paul called lunch for Alex because she started getting teary when his pep talk turned to the universe having some reason for her staying in London. That some cosmic event might be just about to take place and she couldn’t miss it. Back then, Alex wasn’t into that mumbo jumbo stuff but knew it came from a good place in Paul.
“I am getting paid, promise, ” Alex said directly to Harry, who was almost frowning. She pushed herself up off the milk crate and sided up to Paul behind the machine who was now more interested in the Spotify playlist ending, “What do you have?”
Harry blinked, “Sorry?”
“If you don’t order he’ll just guess,” she pointed at Paul but reached for a cardboard coffee cup from the shelf over her head, mock whispering the next bit, “Thinks he’s got a sixth sense.”
“Oh um,” Harry fumbled his words, “I guess it’s a … An Americano really but I … Yeah. Thanks.”
“But you?” Alex dropped one hip down and crossed her arms, wanting the end of his sentence.
He referenced her Australian accent and wished he had a more clever way to appear cultured in front of this terrifyingly captivating, pretty barista, “That’s not what you’d call it.”
Alex didn’t blink but nodded once, lips quirked up as her eyes carried the smile, “It’s actually called long black, yes.”
The red over Harry’s cheeks extended down his neck, and he was standing on the toes of his left foot with the heel of his right, swaying awkwardly as he laughed at his own sudden inability to carry a conversation. Harry briefly wondered to himself how many weeks of lockdown needed to take place before he’d lose the ability to speak English entirely. “Long black,” he repeats obediently, noting the familiar bell ringing in his head from a trip to Australia years before.
“But you …” Alex raised her eyebrows as she prompted him and gave Harry an encouraging look, “Want a dash of milk? Like it strong? Take it weak? Wait, you’re not a caramel or hazelnut man, are you?”
Harry giggled, actually giggled, at her, “You’re too quick.”
“Thanks,” she grinned, moving to start grinding a dose of beans but also conveniently hiding her own heated cheeks. Something about Harry’s white flag makes her coy for having won the round, “What’s your actual order?”
He seemed to let out half a breath, “I don’t like it too hot, so I usually ask for a bit of cold water on top.”
Alex nodded, made the coffee and then held the card reader out the window for Harry to wave his phone over. The system chirped happily, and in less than ten minutes, the whole thing was over. Harry walked down the street and around the corner, likely never to be seen by The Daily Dose again. Paul hit play on his Kelly Clarkson playlist but spoke loudly over the top of it.
“Holy Jesus,” he lightly hit Alex’s shoulder, his Spotify act finally able to be abandoned (it was always Kelly Clarkson), “Alexandra, I think you just got a boyfriend, love.”
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