#I NEED MORE JADE IN MY LIFE

[xnightmare-eyesx]

An idea that took up all of my brain power (shade + unshaded versions)

Jade but she's an assassin :>

(I WILL DRAW MORE OF HER LATER)

#I NEED MORE JADE IN MY LIFE #she is my wife #lets ignore the canon of episode 2 she's lives and becomes a cool assassin with bullfrog #jade captain laserhawk #jade beyond good and evil #captain laserhawk #captain laserhawk au #clh au #clh jade #assassin's creed #au #assassin au #digital art #feel free to use the design #my art

[oceanwithouthermoon]

ive never liked powerless saiki aus because the entire conclusion of the series is him accepting his powers as being a part of him that he cant change so like.. in aus where the power remover works, half of his development is erased..

if he had been "powerless" for longer, we wouldve gotten to see him realize this himself and im genuinely sad that we didnt.. we got to see him realize that being powerless wasnt the change he wished it would be and that its something he cant change, but its literally over a two day long period and we miss out on sooo much potential development..

and then in aus where hes born powerless, people think he would have the exact personality and development that he THOUGHT he would if he got rid of/didnt have his powers, like NO ? "without powers he would be another satou-" NO he would be a shy, borderline flamboyant, weird, awkward, genius LOSER.

he would have a more normal relationship with his brother (still probably competitive but in a way more average sibling way and kusuke wouldnt have had the motivation to become so murderous) and he would probably be even more friendless but with less trauma.. he may or may not have ever befriended akechi at all, and the classroom incident wouldnt have happened.. even some of his current friends might not be around if not for coincidences due to his powers or direct involvement from his powers.. (nendo and kaido would for sure still be there though, but this only ensures the idea that he would be the biggest fcking loser ever)

he would still be saiki, but. his powers are a key part of him. he would be totally different without them, but NOT in the way he thinks he would..

#also realistically he would be just as much of a stubborn asshole tsundere without his powers cmon #like yea his anxiety might present itself more as shyness than it does in canon him #but hes still an awkward stubborn asshole tsundere like thats just who the guy is #hes extra shy and maybe extra cute without his abilities to make people not find him cute #and is also like extremely ditzy and clumsy like he is in canon but its more visible to people because he doesnt have the powers to hide it #idk the point is his little quirks he thinks he wouldnt have would still be there but he wouldnt have the same faux justifications for them #need canon saiki to see an alternate universe him where he was born powerless #and hes like 'wow im going to see my ideal average me!' #and then au him is some super quirky ditzy clumsy kid with severe anxiety and also dysphoria #and he doesnt have powers to avoid being bullied like we see him do multiple times #this guy doesnt realize he will always be a loser no matter what #he loses key parts of himself and doesnt even realize that a lot of the parts left behind are still parts of himself that he hates #i know a lot of people think he would be much less jaded powerless which i get but #a lot of aspects of his personality that have less to do with his powers are a lot of the parts that he doesnt like and gets made fun of fo #so he would probably only be slightly less jaded and his awkwardness would just weigh it out a little more #though its hard to pinpoint exactly which aspects of him are only due to his powers #a lot of them are but i personally think those specific key personality traits would remain #anyway i would love to see what his relationship with his family would be like if he was born powerless #and i want to know who his friends would be #saiki k #tdlosk #the disastrous life of saiki k. #saiki kusuo #meows post

[uncanny-tranny]

Over the years, I've gotten a lot of cis people messaging me about how they should go about dating or courting somebody who's trans, and I always felt like my responses would almost... disappoint them because there isn't this magic secret to dating us.

Cis people, if you want to date us, just date us. We're human beings, we're not wild animals to tame! I promise you can have a healthy relationship with a trans person without needing to feel like the world will end if you mess up.

Trans people who date cis people often want to feel secure in your acceptance of them. You don't have to talk about our transness for hours on end to prove that you accept your loved one. You don't have to put on a display and cabaret about how Much You Accept Us. Just be a person around us, and let us be people, too!

I almost want to disappoint cis people by reminding them of this. Some of the best relationships I've had with cis people have been ones where my transness is acknowledged, sure, but it's acknowledged in the same way that my left-handedness is. It's not a joke to them, it isn't something to be horrified about, but it's also something that they don't objectify me for.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #watching a video about this topic and it just reminded me of this #like there have been plenty of cis people who have come to me for advice and while i appreciate the thoughtfulness (don't get me wrong!)... #...part of me just feels like... they see trans people as needing to be Tamed in some way or Appeased... #...like they see us as people but it's more like they see us as Trans People and not... people... #...and maybe i'm looking too deep into it. maybe i'm jaded but that's sometimes how it can feel with some people... #...like my besties that i talk to fully accepted me... #...though it is funny when they forget i'm... not a trans woman or (with other friends) that i'm... not a cis man #(maybe i just give off ambiguous vibes irl and online because it's happened irl and with my online buddies) #adding once again: i don't think ALL cis people who ask this are doing so in bad faith #cis people i'm glad you are vulnerable about not being sure about how to go about transness... #...however i don't always think it's the best move to go to a stranger about your interest in a trans person in your life... #...simply because: 1. transness isn't a monolith and... #...2. it feels awkward because you aren't going to *them* to have this conversation that will ultimately affect *them*... #...because your relationship with a trans person will likely /not/ affect a trans stranger...

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

something something a supernova of heartbreak in a cold unforgiving universe etc

#oh look! MORE JADE #she makes me eat drywall. im so normal about her i prommy #my favorite depressed lesbian.... #scribble garnish #dragons #my art #oc #original character #not-fish <3 #i should make a tag for my dragon ocs but i need to come up with a comprehensive one since theyre not all veran.... #im getting attached to this slapdash painting style over messy sketches #i like the look of it And it doesnt take too much effort! #the perfect Combo!!! #hm i think i broke off too little of her horns tho #but then again i do kinda like just the tips being off instead of snapped in half... #we'll see how i feel next time i scribble her at this point in her life

[edajcheel]

TW: Yandere.

Preview: a KIINNNDDAA short wip of Jade Leech and Sebastian Michaelis as both of your butlers

Art is not mine

thinking about how Sebastian Michaelis and Jade Leech would be such a good pair of manipulative, cunning, and devious butlers. 🫣

Thinking about how they'd be there for you on every beck and call. Thinking about how they would convince you that the outside world is–

"It could possibly hurt you, my young mistress." Jade would recite, over thousands of times.

"There's dangers out there that you couldn't by any chance avoid without us." Sebastian would add on.

But oh, you plead and pleaded. But to no avail, they'd never stand for it, and would chastise you for asking them of something that has no necessity.

"My mistress, have you not seen the newspapers that recall the murders of the unfortunates outside? You wouldn't want to become them, yes?" Jade would ask, while he brushes your hair of all knots and tangles.

"Then please, refrain from asking that of us again. We only worry for your fragile health." Sebastian places the tea cup infront of you. The enticing aroma would deprive you of all your worries and stress as you took a sip.

But... As soon as they were gone, and had left you alone for your duties and work, you couldn't help but look outside from your window.

What would the outside air smell like? How would it feel? What would it be like, if not your butlers– but you– took care of the flowers on your own? What would the air smell like after it rained? What would the rain feel like? Is the light of the sun that refreshing up close?– just like how the weekly newspaper described it? Is the moon that beautiful?– You've never seen the moon out before considering your butlers would close all curtains before 9 o'clock.

Just one time, you promised, one time. No one will ever know.

... It was midnight, and dark. But the night was welcoming of you. The wind flew across your face, the trees and flowers danced with it. You could faintly hear the croaks of a Raven. You spy an owl perched on top of a tree branch, staring directly at you. But most importantly, the moon would shine above, interfering with everything and everyone underneath it. It's relaxing, subtle light– opposite of the sun that guides the people through the day– would give in to the creatures of the night.

That's when you decide, I'll definitely sneak out more often.

"My, what's the young mistress doing out so late?" A smooth, but firm English accent spoke.

You flinched and quickly spun around to face the man that stuck up behind you, only to find out it's Sebastian. You inhale unsteadily, his eyes had the burning disappointment in them that you didn't want to see.

"I-I-... I'm so sorry..! I just got so curious.. i- uhm.." You fumbled over your sentence very ungracefully as you look down in shame.

"What a rebellious young mistress you are, don't you think it would hurt our feelings to see you disobey our worries for you?" Jade coo'ed, stepping into your line of sight, a frown on his face as he faked sadness.

"No! I do appreciate the worry... and I'm sorry for just going out without any permission or protection." You looked over at Jade, taking his bait of sadness in stride.

"Oh, truly, do you think we would change our mind about you going outside even if you had permission or protection?" Sebastian eerily chuckled. His blood-red eyes— similar to the beautiful color of a rose— pierced your own eyes, as if looking for the essence of your soul.

You fidgeted with your fingers, trembling in fright in front of your two tall, and atrociously handsome butlers. Even if you were their Young Mistress, it seemed like they always were the true ones in control of you.

They took care of you when you were abandoned, they accepted you. They did all the little things that you could not do. They protected you from dangers. They were always the first ones to come to your rescue. You were their damsel in distress, and they would save you million more times over, and this is the 'thank you' they get?

Bloody hell, you felt terrible for sneaking out like this.

"... I really am sorry for all the trouble I've caused you two. I realize that both of you were only worried for me.. I'm sorry for being so selfish." You shook with each little cry. Little small droplets of your tears splashed into the cement underneath you.

"I-.. I really am.. I'll do anything to make up for it." You slowly raised your head and looked at both of your butlers. With your blurry vision, you could only find the satisfied smiles on their faces.

Smiles of relief that you finally understand them? Or smiles of deeper and darker secrets that you didn't know?

"It'd be a waste to refuse such a kind offer." Jade grinned, though his strange– heterochromia eyes were staring down at you, it seemed like those eyes were seeing something way different.

"You are quite right, Mr. Leech. We will wholeheartedly accept your proposal to make up for your mistakes."

Who would dare to refuse such a great chance in their hands anyway? A gamble, many would say.

♡⑅

Art is not mine

Okay. This turned out longer than I thought it would be. 🫢🫢

#Black butler #twisted wonderland #sebastian michaelis x reader #jade leech x reader #Sebastian michaelis x reader x jade Leech #yandere #two hot butlers #im salivating #i need these two in my life #HELP #i need more fanfics of them #sebastian michaelis

[apollo-cackling]

Her brother laughed a little. “Ah, Shae, if you decided to betray me, what could I do? What’s the point of life if you can’t even trust your own kin?” He kicked her foot under the table, a teasing, childish gesture. “For you to hand my head over to the Mountain, you must really hate me. I must be such a terrible brother that I’d deserve to die. So there was nothing to be done about it.”

- Jade City, Fonda Lee

#green bone saga #fonda lee #quotes #my rambles #speaking of scenes that live rent free in my head #it's been probably over a year and a half since I last read this book and I keep thinking of this #how incredibly trusting. how incredibly noble，to place your life in the hands of the people you love #and to trust that if you were betrayed，they have good reason #jade city #like AGH hilo's such a magnificient bastard he does some really hateable things and I hear there's more down that line #but also I can't hate him all that much bc he has his own honour code that he follows to a T and he can be *this* noble and selfless #idk does this make sense #I need to continue reading jade war the series is excellent #book quotes #10n #20n #50n

[ethasthrala]

oh my god okay episode 6!!!!!! the emotional distress for both kit and elora ahhhhh.

i feel like throughout the quest kit has just been forced to relive so much trauma around her dad’s disappearance and uncovered so many other betrayals or just really hard truths mostly tied to elora, but also the other people close to her who she’s literally having to depend on to save her and everyone she cares about (like boorman seemingly lying about everything in regards to her dad and jade revealing that kit isn’t as capable at defending herself as she thought) and she has been pushed to her breaking point, and ultimately its made her a lot more vulnerable to the evil trying to get her. the fact that the last episode focused so much on her underlying will to trust the people around her and allow herself to love makes this even more heartbreaking and important. and then elora becomes the only person she can take this out on, and elora has to go through hearing someone tell her exactly the things she’s most afraid of which is quite literally making the world around her crumble. i can’t imagine what’s coming but i have a feeling things are going to get a lot worse before they get better and aaahhhhhhhhhhhh

#take my babies back to the wildwood party life #also damn me i need more boorman because i trust him but also i need him to explain himself #ahhhhhh #willow #willow (2022) #willow 2022 #willow disney+ #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #erin kellyman #tanthamore #kit x jade #ruby cruz #disney #queer shows #queer representation

[stickyspeckledlight]

i knew it i fucking knew it

seeing how she's erudition, that prob means she isn't the fua buffer I was looking for, so prob gonna save my jades (HAH!) for topaz instead.

but..................that intro and ESP that art...I was already having thoughts but now....no, I will wait until 2.2. I will stay strong. The thoughts will be reined in. for now.

#she's going to be so slimy i can't wait #so far her vibes have been capitalist yae #seeing all of the ten stonehearts really makes topaz even more impressive #honestly baffled at how topaz of all ppl climbed the corporate ladder and up the IPC SID ladder at that #oh wait #is she a yae sakura expy or something? #hi3 players start cooking and explain your theories to me like I'm 5 #anyway #i will posit a few thoughts here in the tags since I'm already on a long tirade #dragging up a poor destitute darling and giving them EVERYTHING they've ever wanted #till hunger dirt and even fear to an extent become a long distant dream #but then they start to get more and more #more than they asked for #and when they confront jade asking if they need to pay her more and more or something #she simply smiles #“The IPC will give you everything you want. And even what you don't want. In short...there is still value to extract.” #they don't want to return to their life and desperate they ask what they need to do so that they don't fall again #“Nothing hard. If anything you're graduating to an existence even more effortless than the one you currently live. All you need to do...” #“...is to become my treasure.” #speckled questions sexuality #speckled blabbers #speckled word vomits in the tags

[thewanderingace]

I just found a section on my new job's scheduling app (who knew such a thing existed!) where I can set my preferred availability!? They didn't tell me about that! So I set it up so I'm unavailable/prefer not to work every other weekend. Along with the Tuesdays and Thursdays I cannot work. This way I can pick up a shift those weekends if I want to but I could avoid working every single weekend AND it leaves my WWII reenactment weekends available and I'd only need to put in time off requests for the fridays before. I HOPE THIS WORKS AND THAT I DID IT RIGHT AND IT WON'T UPSET MY NEW BOSSES! I'm still gonna work weekends just hopefully every other one and not every single one.

#mod post #personal #i know this all seems ridiculous to fret kver but when you have anxiety thet partially stems from the fear of upsetting someone #or being a burden or anything in that realm #then shit like my work availability becomes a big deal #i dont want to look lazy by not working the full 30 hrs a week #i dont want my bosses to think im lazy or a flake #but i also don't want to make my household schedule any more complicated than it already is #im trying to please everyone and i just end up making myself insane #story of my life #if this availability works with my bosses then that gives me 3 days a week occasional weekends of for life things #while also still working weekends which are peak traffic days for the museum #and i can always pick up a weekend day if needed and im available #they said theyre pretty good at accommodating people's preferred schedules #so i guess ill see how this goes #cant wait for the newbie feeling is gone and fully into jaded exhausted long time worker #i much prefer that stage cause then the job is easy and second nature #this beginning stage i just feel useless and awkward and nervous and dumb and i hate that so much

[ibrokeeverything]

Tanthamore makes me so insane

#like #i see a few gifsets of them and lose my mind #the girls! #the lesbians! #they're my everything! #god i need more willow #disney how could you do this to me???? #the cancellation of willow was a personal attack #and also wildly homophobic #i need more of these two in my life #im a deranged content starved lesbian that needs to be fed #willow #willow 2022 #tanthamore #kit tanthalos #jade claymore

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

"But at least I know I am kinder-hearted than you "

I mean, Kate only ever did everything for you, made sure you learned all you needed, was willing to lose out on love for you, but ok...

#jade watches bridgerton #i know she's mad about the lying as she should but anthony told her from the beginning he wouldn't be in it for love like sorry he fell for #-kate and not you and you needed a match so you are secure but kate isn't some horrible sister who was deliberately ruining your life and- #-you should know this #and if you have to brag about being kind while being petty...well #i feel bad about the wedding situation but she's just being pure mean to kate #even after everything kate has told her like... #i think she's mad he didn't love her like you knew he wasn't in it for love ffs #she should be more mad at anthony for going ahead with it not kate goddd #im sorry she's getting on my nerves #making kate out to be some nasty person when she made a few small mistakes #and didn't mean to fall in love

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

can I just say that seeing the sword necro preview made me even happier that I invested in Aurene's Fang because Grand High Sovereign Ruju is absolutely going to be using dual-swords for his weaponswap when it comes out. a pair of life-draining Zhaitan's Fangs will be perfect for this rancid little robo-rat man...

#my posts #soto spoilers #kinD OF?? #idk if the weapons count but i'll still tag #anyway i needed to comment on this because. yesss #he's already a power reaper and he really needed a swap #and thematically? :) oh these suit him Very well. #his necromancy is some pretty dark and twisted stuff. #like. for real. sacrificing his life for power is exactly his thing because. he's the Void Champion (Mists Edition) #he's so badly corrupted and his body is literally falling apart #at this point his armor is less of an armor and more of an exoskeleton... you don't wanna see what's underneath. #hence why he looks so robotic: he's basically a cyborg. #i've been working on the Zhaitan's Fang skin tbh and now all i need are Jade Runestones. oh this is gonna be Good #but the extra fun part of this too is he'll be fully equipped Immediately since i've got extra swords sitting around now #since i replaced some ascended ones with Aurene's Fang and now i've got a spare ascended power sword in my bank HDHDHD #and i'll probably have enough Runestones by then too tbh #anyway point is i'm hyped to try these things out they look Good (and honestly I'm curious about most of the other weapons too) #pistol guardian might be fun for Flourish Saoirse too so i'm very curious to try those out but We'll See #and thief axe might be fun too for Kriios (a character i never talk about because they still need an actual outfit lol)

[herowithnofearfan]

Help I'm back on my teenage bullshit, reading a bunch of Twilight fanfic and now I'm planning to reread the whole New Jedi Order. Someone stop me? (No one can stop me, I have a library card!)

#Blake this is a terrible idea you're going to cry so much #I'm doing it any way #star wars legends #I need more Mara Jade in my life ok?

[inkskinned]

you get used to it, but it's tiring, because they need you to understand your own life as a series of goalposts. what college are you going to, what's your major going to be, whatcha gonna do with that, oh where will you settle down, when can i expect grandkids.

for the longest time my goals have been so blurry that they track into each other, their undefined edges slipping quietly back into the soft night. today i want to be a writer; tomorrow i will want to be a doctor, later i will wish i took that law school free ride. how the fuck do people just know what they want to do with their life?

where do you want to be in five years? i want to be alive; which is a huge step for me. ten years ago i would have said i want to be asleep and meant i hope that i'm dead by then.

but i want a yellow kitchen and a stand mixer. i want a garden and a fruit tree (cherry, if i can make that happen) and a big yard for my dogs to play in. i want to come home and read poetry out loud to someone and have them close their eyes to listen. i want a summer watergun fight. i want to make snowmen. i want to be the house to go to for halloween. i want my life to settle around me in a softness, for it to lay down gently. if i am very, very, very lucky, i want to travel; finally go someplace overseas.

of course i don't know what i want to be doing professionally. what i actually want to be doing is curling up beside my dog, settling in to read. i want to be making myself a cup of good coffee.

i can't answer the other questions. whenever people asked me what do you want to be when you grow up, i used to say i hope i'm happy.

i hope i'm still kind, five years from now. i hope i never get jaded and mean. i hope i have stayed in therapy. what do you picture yourself doing? when will you actually be an adult about this? why are you so afraid of being ambitious?

am i not ambitious? the other day i rearranged my furniture which doesn't quite fit into my apartment. i watered my plants. i'm going to try to propagate a cherry seed. my five year goal is to spend more time laughing. to lie down in a patch of sunwarm moss. to relax for a minute. to close my eyes and think oh thank god. this is why i stayed. this is finally it.

#writeblr #warm up #something something something took a lot of words to say #um my goals are really specific quiet things #and they're still valuable #bc i used to literally only have the goal of <3 bad things <3 #i was like ''who needs to picture the future? imma head out before then" #good news!!!!!!!!!!! ur in the future!!!! and u stayed!!! and thank god u did bc u actually fucking made it kid!!

[yanderenightmare]

TW: nsfw, noncon, poverty & debt, gun violence, organized crime, death threats, arranged marriage

fem reader

Thinking about owing the mob…

Not you specifically, but your family – debt you weren’t aware of before you’re being cashed in to settle it.

You imagined several terrible things before the arrangement was explained to you. 

One of the sons needs a wife with a clean reputation. 

It’s a simple equation. You’re eligible, and he isn’t picky.

And though it leaves you in mourning for a life yet lived, it still comes with a sense of relief. It’s one of the better deals you could’ve gotten. At least you wouldn’t need to witness or partake in any crimes, nor act as a scapegoat for the likes either.

Besides… though you’ve yet to meet your fiancé, you’ve been explained that he only plans on treating you like a wife on and for the camera – that his tastes otherwise lie in the gentlemen’s lounge. 

All you ever have to do is smile. He isn’t interested in anything else.

That’s what you were told, and yet…

“It’s funny.” Your husband says after the wedding ceremony. 

You’re back at the mansion you’re meant to call home. The grounds are about twice the size of the block you come from. Marble, gold, and diamonds – it’s so outrageously excessive it’s shameless. 

“I was told your brothers run routes for us to make ends meet.” He continues, looking at you and the expression on your face as you stare up at the chandelier – it’s clear you’ve never seen anything like it. “Fuck, I mean, I can’t imagine risking my life and still end up needing to pick between food or rent at the end of the day.”

Your gaze falls down to him at that. 

Clad in lush wedding expense – white gown and silver tiara – you still stick out like a sore thumb. Something in the way it wears you and not the other way around. It’s obvious you’re uncomfortable with it all. It’s probably worth more than your family's ever owned.

He steps closer with a chuckle.

“Then, the poor suckers go and fuck up so bad they end up needing to sell their own sister.”

He spots your fists ball at your sides. But you keep your cool. Only a slight grimace curling your lips along a tiny furrow between your brows. It all smoothens into something else when he reaches out to grab your chin.

“What’s even more funny…” He tilts your face in his hand – jaded eyes assessing you like he’s found a coin on the ground. “You don’t look like street trash like I expected.”

Your frown returns, and you try pulling back – but he grabs your arm before you can.

Tsking, “Ah-ah – Remember,” His smile sharpens. “You’re property now. When I touch you, you let it happen.”

You weren’t that easily convinced. He bet you’ve had to fight off a lot of unwanted attention back where you come from. But he isn’t some back-alley thug. When he wants something, he expects it not only to be served on a silver platter but to be hand-fed to him with a silver spoon.

He pulls the gun out from behind him. Slotted in the band of his dress trousers, it had stayed hidden beneath the coverage of his suit jacket during the ceremony.

Your throat dries up, and any protests you had died of thirst along with it – eyes wide as you stare at the piece.

You can’t believe he’d carry that thing into a church with vows upon his lips – now pointing it at the very same wife he’d made those vows to. 

“Make me spend a single bullet, and your family will share the rest.” He taps the barrel’s mouth against the quiver of your lips. “I’d rather not it come to that. It’ll ruin the carpet…”  

You quiver, feeling weak with a shudder – your eyes slip closed with a shivering tear.

“Not to mention this…” He strokes the pitiful droplet off your cheek with the weapon while eyeing the way you quake with grinning eyes. “Pretty little body I’ve only just acquired.” 

BNHA – Dabi

JJK – Sukuna, Geto, Gojo, Naoya, Toji

BLLK – Reo

HxH – Illumi

#yandere x reader #yandere #yandere x you #yandere imagines #yandere smut #yancore #smut #yandere my hero academia #yandere boku no hero academia #boku no hero academia smut #mha smut #yandere mha #yandere bnha #my hero smut #my hero academia smut #bnha smut #yandere jujutsu kaisen #yandere jjk #jujutsu kaisen smut #jjk smut

[luveline]

hello miss jade ily! since you’re feeling the marauders right now, may i request something with any of the boys, pre-relationship and too lovestruck to speak? reader has done something innocuous, or she’s literally just standing there, and he can’t not break and smother her?

hello lovely, thank you for your request! ♡ fem, 1k

modern au 

You let yourself in quietly. Remus can tell without raising his eyes from his laptop that it's you. James would shout hello, Sirius would beeline for the downstairs bathroom. You close the door with care and leave your shoes under the stairs; Remus can picture you turning your head to one side gently, listening for signs of life. 

"James?" you ask.

"Just me," Remus says. 

You come around the doorway, beaming at him like he's the one you were looking for the whole time. "Hey, Remus. Don't suppose you know when James is back? He's going to take me to the garage so they don't rip me off." 

"Uh, no, but– but I could go with you?" he suggests. Remus isn't your boyfriend, but he wishes desperately that he was and he thinks that's a boyfriend's duty to perform, right? "I'd be happy to." 

Your phone dings. You pull it out with a smile. "Oh, it's James," you say, "he's still coming, but he's late. That's fine, I didn't have an appointment or anything. I'd love for you to come if you want, though, baby." 

Remus chokes on nothing, clearing his throat and sitting up to not seem so pathetic. "I'll come." Because baby? Baby?!

"Brilliant. How's you writing?" 

"Uh, it's, you know, happening. Slowly." 

Remus is admittedly much more collected regularly, but your sudden arrival, your smiling, and now your pet name, you've thrown him for a loop. He's doubly thrown when you sit down on the sofa beside him, no polite space, thigh to thigh and close enough to smell the oils in your hair. 

"I'm not looking, I promise," you say. 

Writing is a raw process. Knowing someone else's eyes are on it magnifies the flaws, but he realises with certainty that he doesn't care if you see it, flaws and all. "That's fine. I don't mind so long as it's you." 

"Lucky me," you say. 

You take your phone out. Remus doesn't mean to pry but you're right there, and your phone screen brightness is high. The text thread between you and James is open, your thumbs penning a quick response. 

Hey James, are we still meeting at the house? I'm omw. 2:17PM

yeah of course, remus is there so go have a cup of tea ill be there soon 2:30PM

ok 2:31PM

sorry running late !! Promise I'll be there, have remus make you a scone :) 2:40PM

I like him too much to have him act like my serf, you can buy us both big salted pretzels on the way home to say sorry for wasting his time 2:45PM

I'm sure he's just gutted to spend time with you 2:46PM

Nice one, James, Remus thinks incredulously. That's exactly what Remus needs, more evidence that he fancies you. You don't seem to have noticed either way, swinging a leg over your knee and finishing another text to James. 

I hope not, I love spending time with him 2:48PM

Remus turns to his computer screen, elated and guilty at once. He was not supposed to see that, surely. 

"Your word count is really climbing," you say, tucking your phone away. "A hundred and fifty thousand. I can't imagine writing so much… will you have to cut that down?" 

"Yep. Much more chance of being published if I fit their standard count. It'll need at least forty thousand words shaved off." 

You shake your head. "I can't imagine putting in all that work and then having to put in more work to get rid of it." 

"Think of it like refining, instead," he suggests, his fingertip sliding across the laptop's space bar. "I'm making sure nothing is boring." 

"I doubt it's boring if you're the one writing it." You stand to his surprise and stretch, a slice of your waist appearing as you twist away from him, an audible click emitting from your back as you roll your shoulders. "Can I make a cup of tea, please?" 

You've had a hundred cups of tea in this house. 

"You know you don't have to ask," Remus says. 

"But it's always nice to ask first," you say as you leave. 

He suspects you were talking more to yourself than him as you occasionally do, and he pays little mind to your movements in the kitchen. He has a lot of work to do and not nearly enough time to do it, and editing isn't as simple as cutting away. It's not obvious what needs to go. Remus has to have a deep think. 

He gets distracted. When you return he barely notices, busy rewriting a clunky sentence. It's not until your pinky finger brushes his arm that Remus remembers you're here, emphasis on you, and that he's besotted. 

When he looks up, he doesn't suppose he'll ever forget again. 

You're at his side neatening a plate of biscuits and toasted scones, the very tip of your tongue peaking between your lips in concentration. It's a simple thing, some might even find it unattractive, but you're totally focused on the plate of biscuits, your lovely eyebrows tightly pinched. 

You seem upset, for a moment. 

Then you meet his eye and any trace of unhappiness vanishes. You're smiling again, eyes alight with something he can't name. "I got you a couple of biscuits and stuff, hope that wasn't too forward. You never remember to eat when you're writing." 

"Oh, sweetheart," he says unbidden to himself, hands paused at his laptop, "that's not too forward." 

He sets his laptop aside and stands. There's nothing for it, no hold to bar —Remus steps forward to kiss your cheek and squeeze the top of your arm, the kiss swift and the squeeze less so. 

"Don't set up around me," he continues fondly, "we'll go have tea in the kitchen with the window open. You can tell me about your day, please. I should've asked you earlier." 

"Don't worry, there's nothing important to share," you say, and to Remus' delight, you've visibly flustered. 

His hand slides down the length of your arm to your hand, where he holds your fingers in his palm. "If it's about you, it's important. Mm?" 

You stare down at his chest and laugh softly. "Okay." 

It's a credit to his self restraint that he doesn't kiss you then and there. 

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