#a little bit of flirting

[crazy-sevens]

Writing Snippet #48

“And does the prisoner have anything to say for herself?”

The hero took a deep shaky breath. She was placed right in the center of the room, all eyes locked on her. Dignitaries, dancers, and servants looked at her with a mixture of horrified and angry gazes. They honestly seemed more annoyed that their party had been ruined than the fact that the King’s right hand man had been murdered just outside. Their gazes unsettled her, but really only one pair of eyes mattered. 

The prince sat on a throne in front of her, unfazed by anything else as he waited patiently for her answer. He was the standing ruler of this kingdom. His father, the king, was so sick he could barely talk, let alone manage a country anymore. But, even if technically second in command, there was no denying the quiet power the prince held over the room. 

She locked eyes with him when she answered. “I’d do it again.”

Hushed whispers swept throughout the chamber. The guards tightened their grips on her arms, but it wasn’t like she could go anywhere. Not with the chains binding her hands behind her back and the manacles on her ankles. She felt the bitterness clawing up her throat like bile. She was only too aware of the blood staining her dress, of it dripping off her hands. How could she have let this happen?

But then, to her surprise, the corners of the prince's eyes turned up in a concealed smile. He held up a hand and the crowd quieted. “Leave us.”

And without another word, the people left. The guards either side of her stood there uncertainly. "Sir-"

"I want to be alone with the prisoner."

They both immediately marched out, leaving the hero and the prince alone. 

The hero could feel the cold steel of her knife pressed against her leg. Maybe if she could-

"I wouldn't." The prince smiled for real now, the need to keep up any ceremony gone out the door. "I've heard about you."

It spoke volumes of the hero's willpower that she was able to keep her eyebrows from shooting up in surprise. The fact that he could basically read her mind was disturbing enough, now he had heard rumors about her. But despite that, she gave him a smirk. "Oh really? All good things I hope."

“For someone who tries so very hard not to exist, it seems you’ve made quite a name for yourself,” he replied. “The people think you’re a plague sent to kill corrupt politicians. A baron here, a duke there, all of them dying of seemingly natural circumstances, but connections get made.” 

The prince stood and approached her. "They were nothing more than rumors, but I knew they had some merit. Although, it was impossible to prove you even existed let alone find you. Your methods were nearly untraceable." He gave a slight smile, the sound of the blood dripping onto the floor punctuating his next statement. "Nearly."

He stopped in front of her, subtly taking in her features. "And now you have a face." He shrugged. "If it's any consolation, you're prettier than I thought you’d be." 

“Likewise.” The hero tilted her head. "I've heard rumors about you too."

The prince raised his eyebrows in a question, she continued on, "Your father suffers from a debilitating illness, unpreventable circumstance I'm sure, basically leaves you the throne. Everyone I’ve asked says you're charming, some say you're cruel, but the general consensus is that you're a God-send." A small smile played on her lips. “But unlike everyone else, I can't decide which one you are, your majesty."

He smiled then, and she decided that charming and cruel fell under the same category.

"I can't decide what you are either, if that makes you feel any better."

"Surprisingly it doesn't."

He tilted his head. "It's a shame I didn't talk to you during the party," he said. "When there wasn't this . . . Unfortunate situation in the way."

"Well to be frank, I was trying to avoid getting caught by someone like you."

He chuckled. "You don't think you could've fooled me?"

She looked into those piercing eyes. “No. Everyone else maybe, but not you.”

The prince considered her thoughtfully. He seemed to have come to a decision. “Guards,” he said. The two guards stepped back in. "Fetch me a wet washcloth, and bind the prisoner's hands in front of her."

They swiftly met both his demands and left. He took the wash cloth in his hand and gestured to the small puddle of blood staining the once immaculate marble flooring. "I'm kinda fond of these floors, you know."

He went to take her hands, but she pulled back. Her smile didn't reach her eyes. "Not that I don't appreciate it, but unchain me and I can wash my own hands."

He chuckled. "I would love to, but I can't trust you won't try to stab someone with that pretty little knife you have stowed away." He shrugged. "Now I could take it from you, but my sense of decency is keeping me from fishing around in there to look for it."

Her cheeks burned. 

He raised a brow. "I'm guessing you wouldn't want that?"

She let him take her hands.

As the prince gently washed the evidence away, she took a minute to study him. She was sure he knew what she was doing, but she couldn’t help it. There was good reason for everyone to think he was charming. He was handsome, a head taller than her, and had a strong physique. He had dark intelligent eyes and a smile that could be both winning and cold at the same time. And his hands, while rough, took hers in them gently.

All of these dueling features set her on edge, but the worst were those eyes: scrutinizing and bright, how they could see right through her. Even now with him focused on the task of her hands, she could feel him turning her soul like the pages of a book. 

She nearly jumped when he finally spoke, "So what happened this time?" 

"What do you mean?"

"You know exactly what I mean. You got sloppy. You never get sloppy." He locked his knowing eyes on hers. "That means this was personal."

She clenched her jaw. "I don't know what you're talking about."

He gave her a small smile. "Your hands shake when you lie." He squeezed one. "Might want to fix that."

She started to pull back again, but he held her tight. She shot him a warning glance. 

"Easy," he said. "I'm just curious."

"Yeah well I didn't know this was going to be an interrogation."

"You killed a friend of mine, there were bound to be some questions," he said. 

"Funny, you don't seem too hung up about it."

He hummed. "Let's just say our friendship was starting to wear thin."

She gave a wry smile. "He was starting to get too powerful, you mean?"

He winked. "Something like that."

He finished and stepped back, now at least giving her a little room from that piercing stare. She glanced at her hands. Aside from the stains on her dress, it was like it had never happened. 

"Now the question is," he said, "what to do with you?" 

"I think the standard punishment for murder is execution, but you might have to correct me on that your highness, I haven't brushed up on my legislation in a while."

He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. "You know, if I were in your position I'd try to be more polite."

She shrugged. "If you were in my position, you'd realize that there was nothing you could do to save yourself anyway."

"I'm not planning on executing you," he said. "So you can relax about that."

Despite what should have been a huge relief, she only felt the noose tightening around her neck. She swallowed. "What's the catch?"

His smile met his eyes then. "We'll talk about that later. Somewhere where you won't have to wear those." He nodded to her shackles. "But for now, I have a meeting and you should try to get some sleep."

The guards came in, unshackled her legs, and tried to lead her away, but she planted her feet. "I wasn't lying before, you know. Even if you planned on killing me, I'd do it again."

"I know."

She allowed herself to be led away.

#villain and hero #hero and villain #writing snippet #creative writing #short story #a little bit of flirting #not a prompt

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

obviously hanguang-jun would wear sports bras…. right?

Wei Wuxian failed his perception and insight check rolls.

#ask #poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #Flirting works differently when you are Neurodiverse. You need to be told directly or its Not A Thing. (this is a ADHD wwx household) #call that...taking the Initiative.... #He is just trying to be polite but also still stuck on a very specific idea of who lwj is. #'He can't be flirting with me - Lan Zhan would combust if he had a single gay thought!'. #combined with: 'I think I might have a little bit of a crush on lwj but it could just be a desire for closer friendship'. #And now we have a recipe for trying to take on the burden of 'protecting someone' from your feelings #when its really just a problem with communication and being afraid of your own feelings + feeling as if you need to handle it alone. #Which we all know is wwx's major flaw. Call that *~*~Character consistency*~*~ #Anyways - your art gave me a much needed laugh today B*) thank you very much (also whoops I didn't realize I wasn't following you until now

[chronicowboy]

just gone back to watch the helicopter scene and seeing buck's face when tommy makes the fake mouth static after last week is literally. it's too much for me. his GRIN. like!!! that's a little boy with a crush!!!!! this guy is so cool!!! and he has butterflies about it!!! and he wants to get to know him!!!

#sami rambles #and then just knowing that buck's going to use that to flirt with him later. that that's going to be one of the first thing he says #after tommy turns his whole world upside down but actually the right way up. the moment where tommy threw in with them completely #and buck. well buck was a little bit (a whole lot) gone right then and there... #911 show #evan buckley #tommy kinard #buck x tommy #bucktommy

[starflungwaddledee]

so about the ship thing . . . Have you heard of a little guy called Sailor Dee? They showed up in Revenge of Meta Knight as part of Meta Knight's crew, and I think a couple other times in minigames and merch. I imagine he'd be braver than the average dee since he works for MK, so maybe they'd be able to power through the ick reaction like Bandee

hmmm... i think you might be onto something!

might be about to give bandee a run for his money, perhaps. speaking of... here's a little bonus:

#my art #my comics #🎀💖 #sailor waddle dee #starstruck dee #bandana waddle dee #as of current counts sailor has been *the* most prompted-for character of the shipaganza! popular little dee! #i also think sailor can be a little bit of a charmer? as a treat? #learned from th.... well. learned from someone who *thinks* they're the best. #also you know what this ship could be called. it could be ~sea star~. i thought of this when i was considering if her cushion #is space themed or ocean themed. they're probably sailor's cushions so i figure the latter. but still! what a coincidence! #turns out you CAN “flirt” with her but you've just got to say a really specific set of things. and it helps if you're a waddle dee probably #she's got a baseline desperation to be liked and accepted by waddle dees in particular so i think the bar is a little lower

[revlischarm]

Law likes cutting people open. Zoro likes violence. It’s not too hard to draw a connection there.

#they’d both be into it tbh #crazy bastards #listen Zolu is my number 1 but lawzo?? my guilty pleasure #this is how Law flirts btw #art #my art #tw gore #tw blood #just a little bit #Zolaw #lawzo #op #one piece #trafalgar law #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #he’s there in the background just vibing #as he does #lawlu #maybe??? #I’m still not sure if that ship is problematic or not

[charrfie]

Sooooo I updated my spamton design... he looks different now!! I wanted to lean a bit more into canon with his appearance :^D also included here are some doodles of my very self indulgent lighter!arrfs au (uncolored ones are roughly a month old so my design changes had not yet been reflected in them.. but you can't really tell since his design was altered so slightly)

#spamton #spamton g spamton #deltarune #oc #original character #fursona #self insert #<- giggles #i thank everyone so much who has complimented my design for him in the past..... #..even though he looks a little different now i hope you still like him! #i wanted his look to reflect canon a tiny bit more purely bc i think he looks very handsome that way :^) #my art #oc tag #arrfs #lightner arrfs au #i promise this au has more in it than these two flirting lol i just happen to draw that a lot for comfort purposes

[the-toulouser]

the sexiest thing to ever happen to me was someone bookmarking one of my fics and leaving a little hate comment along with it. the complexity. the drama lmaooo

#fanfic #ao3 #fanfiction #saltburn #cattonquick #quickstart #riddlebat #the batman 2022 #like hold uppppp made me blush a little bit #idk is that just something people do on archive? #and can i count this as flirting?

[findafight]

Actually the funniest and my personal favourite way to interpret Eddie's scenes with Chrissy is that he was DEFINITELY flirting with her like a motherfucker but she was a raging lesbian in a terrible comphet relationship and looked at this bonkers weirdo and went "Funky little queer friend? Nonthreatening gayboy bestie for me, mayhaps?" Completely misreading Eddie's intentions but also clocking him as a fellow queer in a wicked one-two punch of oblivious and accurate observation.

#chrissy cunningham #eddie munson #hellcheer #platonic hellcheer #stranger things #bi eddie munson #lesbian chrissy #in a fix it where she lives eddie is like ya i was flirting with you haha and chrissy is glaring at vickie and robin and just goes #WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GAY you were flirting with steve!! the whole time!! and hes like well yeah i like pretty people of any gender #steddie #a little bit in the tags hehe #oh no. no i cant write this but...BUT #finda's rambles

[rosebushwitch]

you know sometimes I’m like even if Laudna and Imogen don’t end up together romantically they’re still a beautiful representation of the strength of female friendship and then I remember that time Imogen bought Laudna a gold ring with two snakes entwined around a ruby to apologise for a small fight they were in for a few days and I’m like oh no they’re in love and they do need to say it actually-

#I mean #I just rewatched that episode and BOY #and the bit where dusk is like flirting with laudna and Imogen just looks all sad #and orym notices and gives her a little hey you okay look #critical role #cr3 #southern gothic #laudna #imogen temult #imodna

[skitskatdacat63]

I know someone else has already posted a longer version of this, but this is very important to me as I feel exceedingly normal about it...the transcript was flirty but still did not live up to the actual footage 😵‍💫

#okay but when the fuck do they post these press conferences im so confused about that????? #like i checked yesterday after looking at the transcript but it wasnt there so ???? #but then i checked now and it is #so okay #BUT MY GOD #FERNANDO'S SO CUTE IN THIS THOOOOOO #anyways my tags are basically etc to what i wrote for the transcript #i wanna write unhinged tags but ive been up for 20 hours and i think im sick #so take this as you will bcs i think its even more insane than the transcript #like fernando's laughing????? okay you flirt.... #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #2023 monaco gp #2023 monaco grand prix #max verstappen #charles leclerc #we do a little bit of f1

[zaacoy]

Hiii I just wanna say that I love your art so frikin much like the way you draw is just so perfect like how??? bro Im stealing your hands so be cautious/j

anywayz

I dunno if your still doing Freenoodles suggestions but here's one if you are cuz Im absolutely obsessed with that ship rn:

so just Tang and Pigsy being relatively gay and someone litterly anyone (maybe MK I dunno) walk in and is so confused because my lil headcannon is they're Relationship is probably closeted if thats even the term idk Im like half asleep idk what Im doing

(Help why is this so long-)

Hihi!! Thank you!!!! You'll have to fight me to get my hands tho >:3c

Here's theyyyymm

#The dads!! ever!!! heeheehoo #don't worry about it being “long” have you seen the wall of tags I end up writing on literally every post I make #we are one in the same #*slightly* changed your request a bit #I'm delusional and like to think that the Lego world is generally a more safe accepting place for LGBTQ people #So there's no real need to be closeted there- I shifted it more towards them both disliking PDA #Besides casual arguably-not-romantic clinginess and occasional over the counter flirting they're probably just more reserved in public #I like to think that they used to be affectionate in front of mk too until he hit his “ewww get a room gags” phase that kids go through #Then they just? Never really broke that habit? They're very lovey dovey at home but generally pretty chill about it front of mk #So much so to the point that mk just. Forgets sometimes that they act like a couple 💀 #he still acts embarrassed about it as if he's 13 except he's like 20 #They're a silly little family tho #Mei's blackmail folder continues to grow larger #lmk tang #lmk pigsy #lmk mk #lmk mei #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk #freenoodleshipping #freenoodles #Zaacoy art💫

[mel-addams]

Disco Harmony

[Image ID: a digital watercolor illustration, fanart for the game Disco Elysium. The image feels somewhat isolating, the majority of it filled only with a blue sky, nearly empty save for some sparse clouds, plus musical notes floating around two lines, swirling downward together to visually imply whistled tunes. The thicker line is a simple, swaying dark green trail—the other, a dark orange that loops around it in a thin, twisting melody. The lines end above Harry and Kim, who are sitting on an old, rusted swingset, staring out at a car half-sunk into the icy sea before them. They are viewed from behind, near a sparsely-leafed tree in the blurry foreground. The colors around the edges of the image all fade into a soft, Pale grey, which in turn becomes wispy and transparent.]

DRAMA - The tune on your lips forms a strange, yet undeniably beautiful contrast with the surrounding bleakness. KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant gives you a quick glance. Then, still looking straight ahead, he joins you with a higher-pitched and slightly more melodic trill. CONCEPTUALIZATION - Two birds on a wire, whistling by the seaside. Looking at the water. And a sunken car.

🎵 Want to be free Burn, baby, burn 🎶 And the trees are green and overhanging Feather-light, free, and everlasting

Doing a bit more watercolor experimentation in Rebelle, trying to wrangle water physics. The description of this scene stuck in my brain—because unless they both knew the song, you don't "just" casually, spontaneously harmonize with someone. They're either both very good with musical improv, and/or so ~in tune~ (hehe) with each other that it Just Works. (Which, yes, it's a symbolic story element of how Kim is perfect good at being adaptably exactly what's needed, a parallel to that one trust exercise idle they do.)

Either way, this struck my brain with the idea of using swirling lines (as ya do) to visualize the song as being the most solid and "real" thing, in what would mostly be isolating, empty sky. Everything else is watercolor (with ink lineart and airbrushed fog)—transient, transparent, and taking on the texture of the canvas—but the "song" was done in solid, opaque pencil.

#disco elysium #fanart #rebelle #my art #kim kitsuragi #harry du bois #love the new collage posing feature but still wish we could flirt with Kim in-game #also those note trails took AGES to sort out #first random wiggles #then trying to find something to reference #I settled on Harry whistling 'burn baby burn' #while Kim harmonizes with the four-note section of the piano #as best as I could figure what the note lengths are #there's no way to recognize it just from looking #but I KNOW #and I like doing little details like that whenever I can #Kim's piano bit is also in the song titled Live With Me and yes please #also I like this canvas for Disco Elysium stuff #it's got a great wrinkled texture and the edges fade out perfect for the Pale #I've a comic I planned to do first but this was faster to finish

[anon-402]

I always found funny how Fit saw Spreen like an actual partner/husband despite them not interacting too much and Spreen not wanting anything slightly romantic or sexual.

#my 2nd aroace king lmao #the first one is Etoiles #AT MOST Spreen kindaaa flirted with Roier #And that's like a tiny-little-bit #qsmp spreen #qsmp fit #qsmp shipping #kinda glad Fit found that romance he wanted with Pac tho

[avyene]

Psmptober2023 Day 6: Flirt

Look. I missed drawing Scott and Sausage. Might as well let Martyn join the party, right?

#avyeneproduction #pirates smp #pirates smp fanart #psmptober2023 #avytober2023 #inktober 2023 #piratesshipping #smajor fanart #mythical sausage fanart #in the little wood fanart #itlw fanart #I shall create my own fun and sleep depravation by drawing pirates flirting a tini tiny bit too closely

[eternallovers65]

Roier doesn't forget a thing lmaoo he's telling richas about the time cellbit got drunk and gave the 'when you have my age" speech

#he will never forget this stream kkkkkk #just because cellbit got a little bit drunk and flirt with him a bit more #qsmp #roier #cellbit #guapoduo #qroier #qcellbit #qsmp richas

[agent-troi]

it’s so funny how scully was the first one to suggest that henry weems “just got lucky” but as soon as mulder starts to think she’s right she’s immediately skeptical😂

#also i love how they’re lowkey trying to act professional but they can’t keep from smiling and flirting a little bit #x files #txf s7 #the goldberg variation #fox mulder #dana scully #mulder x scully #msr