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#absolute nightmare dynamic from hell
brother-emperors · 7 months
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‘Is there a point to any of this or do you just want to see how much more I can take?’ snaps Crassus. ‘Oh, I knew there was still some bite left in you,’ says Cethegus, thrilled. Cethegus teaches Crassus the art of politics and the ways of business. Sulla is not a fan.
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Sulla: the Last Republican, Arthur Keaveney
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Crassus, Catilina, and the Vestal Virgins, Ronald Syme
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Sulla: the Last Republican, Arthur Keaveney
#WAHOO i had a lot of fun writing the comic arc for these three#absolute nightmare dynamic from hell#cethegus has a line trying to figure out what crassus likes before realizing that it's less a matter of preference and more that sulla#got to him first. and you never forget. uh. the guy who unmakes you and leaves you rendered raw or something#like everything after is this weird intersection of love and hate and revisiting old wounds because they're familiar and feel like home#AU cethegus chokes crassus with a rosary because sulla choked him with a chain necklace that had his patron saint on it#same thing. you can never go back home but you can press on the bruise and the satisfaction is the same#tldr; crassus is just so fucking weird about sulla it is in the marrow of his bones. odi et amo. outliving someone is the ultimate payback#build on top of their bones like they built on top of you.#hang on. what is it. lucullus calling pompey a vulture. same with sulla and crassus only crassus won't say it#he'll kick out pompey's legs from under him for doing the same thing tho. only one person gets to treat you like that and so forth#komiks tag#drawing tag#roman republic tag#publius cornelius cethegus#lucius cornelius sulla felix#marcus licinius crassus#that other guy with crassus is cassius' father probably. or some guy. there are so many guys#OH cethegus is kind of driving a knife into the sulla shaped hole in crassus' ribcage by greeting him while he's out with sulla#he's doing that on purpose. it's like. it's fine. he's also doing it to annoy sulla.#what are sulla's feelings on the matter? well. he's responsible for the eyebrow scar crassus has. so.#hi to everyone who read these tags. crassus is a psychosexual mess. please clap for sulla.
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battlekidx2 · 2 months
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I'm making this post purely to shout out some incredibly talented fanfic writers from the Hazbin Hotel fandom and my favorite works of theirs.
Did anyone ask me for this? No. Will I post it anyway? Absolutely. The writers in this fandom are too good.
The first fanfic writer I want to shout out is @prince-liest (ao3 link)
I absolutely love their get cared for idiot (Alastor) series (not the official name but they called it that in one of their asks jokingly so it's now the default in my head).
Knock, Knock! It's Your Worst Fucking Nightmare! (this fic gets it!!!! This is what I meant when I said Alastor is growing a heart and part of him is raging against it. He still has ulterior motives and a massive amount of pride and part of him feels like that growing fondness is getting in the way, but he can't stop it. I need to stop before this becomes a long ramble. I've written a couple thousand words on this idea, but this fic is just a better use of your time than any meta I could ever write and way more entertaining :D )
Happily Ever After, and Other Shit Nepotism Can't Buy
The Last Bus Stop in Hell, Now Boarding (Please look at the tags for content warning. Angel and Alastor body swap story.)
They're amazing at balancing on that razor's edge with Alastor where there's a heart in there (really deep) and he's unintentionally growing attached to the hazbin crew, but he doesn't lose his edge. He's still manipulative and an asshole and can easily be the scariest guy in any room. He's in hell for a reason. A+ characterization at all times.
They're so good at writing the complicated dynamics he has with the residents, especially Charlie, and I enjoy how they expand on Alastor's potential dynamic with Angel Dust.
Anything they write from Lucifer's POV is gold too! My favorites are:
Take Two and Leave a Voicemail!
The Care and Keeping of Homo Angelus
I am also 100% here for their Aro!Alastor agenda and I'm enjoying their fic I Love Her, I Love Her Not so far!
The second person I want to shout out is @grayintogreen (ao3 link)
Their series Red Roses and Dead Things consistently gut punches me.
Just like Princeliest, they are also fantastic at balancing on that razor's edge with Alastor. A+ characterization for everyone and I love how they write HuskerDust. It's so soft, especially in the aftermath fic for Learn that Even Death May Die called If My Love Is Tomorrow, I've Forgotten Yesterday (that fic hurt in the best way).
The way they explore the aftermath of Learn that Even Death May Die is incredibly impactful. They capture the unique grief that comes from the reality that there are some things you won't get closure for so well that it's painful.
I can't say enough good things about their series. Genuinely go read it.
I found @lediz-watches (ao3 link) before the first season of Hazbin Hotel dropped (I've been a fan of the hellaverse for a few years now and have been enthralled with the Hazbin Hotel pilot since I first watched it in 2020) and I really enjoy their fics.
My favorite is Suffering Kindness. I love the Charlie and Alastor dynamic they explore in this story. I think I'm just a sucker for the Charlie and Alastor dynamic in general, but this fic hits all the right notes for me. (written pre-season 1 but man is it good. 100% recommend)
LeDiz also has a lot of one-shots/collections of one-shots that are very fun.
The Cure for Inexorable Boredom
Dollface (one-shots about Alastor theories. My favorite is the 3rd one. So fascinating!)
Choice Words (one of the few explorations of Alastor and Vaggie's dynamic that I've found in the fandom)
Don't Say It
I have to shout out @ckret2 (ao3 link) and their phenomenal fic You’ve Got a Face for Radio. This is such an amazing aroace!Alastor fic. (Embarrassingly it was this fic that made me realize I was most likely aroace myself. I’d had fleeting moments of suspecting it but it wasn’t until I saw my experiences laid out in a character explicitly written to be aroace that I put the puzzle pieces together. -_- some of these passages were too relatable.) I cannot express how much I love this fic.
I also like their fics Dumpster Baby and Bitter Grapes.
I have one last writer I want to mention because this is getting really long (whoops). The last one is tiredoflofteranditsshit and their Assume He Has a Heart series (because my favorite character and how I interpret them was not obvious enough already with the fics/authors I've recommended. I had to make it more obvious).
These fics are massive (17k and 26k words) and so much fun. Definitely worth the read. Yet another series that follows up season 1 and explores Alastor’s growing connections and how he lies to himself and pushes against it. Love this series and there’s a lot to sink your teeth into :D
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420technoblazeit · 2 months
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i just saw a radioapple animatic to a lovely night from la la land and i think it just hit me why i don't ship alastor and lucifer. i think it's infinitely funnier if instead of having the classic enemies to lovers dynamic there really is just hatred between them but all of hell is CONVINCED otherwise
like obviously given that theyre both father figures to charlie there's already rumors circulating but picture this. everyone in the hotel saw how close those two got during their duet so theyre like well maybe there's something there🤨🏳️‍🌈? but lucifer walks into the room after the hotel's been rebuilt and alastor immediately gets up off the couch to leave. but before he can even make it halfway there lucifer trips on nothing and somehow ends up IN his arms. straight out of a romance manga. and it only takes them half a second to get to opposite ends of the room but by that point angel's already taken 12 pictures and posted it on twitter and an hour later it's trending because of course it is. the radio demon and the king of hell are living together and theyve been spotted in such a compromising position? how scandalous! whatever, theyre both public figures so they both hope it brushes over quickly enough
but the worst part is it keeps happening. alastor goes to take a smoke break in the middle of the night and finds lucifer there on the roof. and when he tries to get back inside the door locks behind him and they have to call charlie to let them back in. but by that time a vox drone has already taken a video of the whole thing. they get into a fight at some point and someone walks in right as it was getting heated and thinks they were going to kiss. they were not. alastor just got so pissed that he was about to headbutt lucifer with his antlers. it's like theyre under some kind of romance trope spell and it's absolutely INFURIATING to both of them
all of the tabloids are running stories on this. it's the opening subject of every overlord meeting and alastor has to FIGHT to keep smiling every time as he insists there's nothing there. vox bursts into val's room in tears because he thinks his worst nightmare's come true and alastor's fucking the king of hell. everybody's terrified of what the fallout would be if they ever broke up. half the sinners are convinced that any day the hotel's just going to explode. no one believes in god anymore but it's the one thing that makes them start praying. but there actually is NOTHING there they just can't get anyone to believe otherwise. and neither of them has the heart to yell at charlie for continuously trying to push them together
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cuubism · 1 year
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more dreamling fic tropes that hit so good every time:
dream thinking he has to repay hob somehow for saving him. hob being like bitch what the fuck. we are friends
hob encountering dream in eldritch nightmare form and instead of being afraid he just like. pets the eldritch creature on the head.
(alternatively. dream is like 'you won't like my Nightmare form.' hob's like 'jokes on you i'm into that shit')
dream just. appearing in hob's living room. or in his bedroom. or on his bed.
the absolutely feral rage of hob when he sees dream in the fishbowl.
dream yelling at desire because how dare they make him have feelings for hob???? desire just like ?????????????
Desire trying to seduce hob. Dream being like I will punt you to the other end of the earth do not test me
hob's students being deeply deeply confused by hob's cryptid goth boyfriend like what the fuck is this relationship actually?
hob and death becoming bffs. perhaps through their combined power they can get dream to practice basic self care.
hob built the new inn for dream. (i frequently forget this isn't explicitly canon).
relatedly - the new inn as a temple.
hob as dream's knight in the dreaming. the king & his loyal knight dynamic generally speaking.
hob calling dream 'my king,' 'my lord' or some variation thereof and dream just bluescreening.
hob defending dream from some innocuous threat he definitely didn't need help with. dream deeply charmed by hob coming to his defense.
on the flip side. someone saying something mean to hob and dream yeets them into outer space. ("that was a bit of an overreaction." "it was not")
Hob doesn't get nightmares anymore because the nightmares are afraid of being unmade by Dream
meowpheus. in all incarnations
Hob making Dream finally eat something ("you didn't eat for like a hundred ten years." "Ughhhhhhhh")
Hob beating the crap out of people at the Burgess manor
That moment at the new inn reunion when oh my god. Their hands. TOUCHED
Hob wrapping his coat around Dream's shoulders after rescuing him.
Pressing their hands together through the glass.
Hob's friends/coworkers etc seeing him making heart eyes at this random goth and being like ????🤔😳??🤔??😳
The Dreaming residents seeing Dream mooning over this incredibly average guy and being like !!!!😑😑🙃🙃???🤨🤨??
"So then I went to hell." "Oh ok-- hang on hell is REAL?"
Hob: oh hey cool raven. Matthew: thanks. Hob: oh it talks too hahaha *dies*
Hob making friends with all the dreaming residents. dream's feeling a little personally attacked by the way they all gang up on him now
Dream just Chillin in Hob's classroom while he teaches. Hob definitely not Sweating at all
Hob giving Dream some of his clothes. But making sure they're black
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chosoguapo · 4 months
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𝒥𝒥𝒦 𝑀𝐸𝒩 𝒲𝐼𝒯𝐻 𝒮𝒜𝒩𝑅𝐼𝒪 𝒢𝐼𝑅𝐿𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐸𝒩𝒟𝒮 x black fems! ⤷ content: just a lot of fluff really and some suggestive stuff but nothing descriptive. itadori & megumi are aged up to 18 (to seem more exclusive since i think you can imagine them like this at anytime), but it’s all for fluff reasons. Merry Christmas ❤️💚🤍
signed mumu . . . just fun hdcs with our favorite jjk men, some suggestive content, but nothing overly descriptive. any kind of support is appreciated buns <3 @hoori @ifuckslasherz @scarfac3 @sukuette @pekejs @yeagersex | banner credit to @cafekitsune
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itadori with a hello kitty girlfriend
❤︎ we saw this coming, what can i say two main characters belong together. you both enjoy being out all the time, whether that’s just spending time with each or friends. just being out and about with each other.
❤︎ a lot of times people like to think itadori doesn’t have a girlfriend when he mentions he does have one. the way he goes on and on to brag about you to his closest friends. you’d think you’re some fictional character from a game, but no you are his and only his!
megumi with a pochacco girlfriend
❤︎ there is never a dull moment between the two of you. as you both can make the smallest things into a competition between each other. let anyone simply ask “who’s better at ___?” you both are jumping at the opportunity to beat the others ass.
❤︎ the way you two ended up together is a mystery to yourself, but also so funny. your brother was a delinquent that often got into arguments with other students. just this one time he decided to bother megumi which didn’t end well for him. of course you went to go stand up for your brother and cuss out the jackass you put his hands on your family. but let’s just say…. you got completely distracted and ended up bonding with the guy? you overheard him talking about one of your favorite special interests and couldn’t help but join in. it’s rare that you find someone else who deeply loves something like you.
nanami with a melody girlfriend
❤︎ nanami with his melody girlfriend are such a odd but complimenting couple. the both of you have an understanding, you love being the “traditional girlfriend” while he loves being a “traditional boyfriend.” basically he provides for you while you spend his money on all your precious desires (he prefers it this way).
❤︎ often you find yourself on top of nanami almost every night. often you find yourself having silly little nightmares from recent horror movies you’ve watched, but nanami is always there to comfort you. he hovers over, without letting you feel any of his weight. “here take melody” he tucks her into you and kiss you on the head before cuddling up with you.
geto with batz a maru girlfriend
❤︎ oh boy! two people who look like absolute meanies but care so deeply for the ones who know them best. relationship consists of you two constantly picking on each other or just plain embarrassing the other.
❤︎ geto’s most fondest memory with you is when you both first met for a blind date. it was at a bar that is now only but a block away from where you both call home. he remembers you getting so drunk that you couldn’t even properly write your signature that night. geto had never seen someone show how genuine they are with their real personality, jokes, and being loud as hell. he loved that you didn’t feel the need to hide yourself for others benefit.
gojo with a cinnamoroll girlfriend
❤︎ you know how everyone loves the girlfriend that speaks for their boyfriend when the waiter gets his food wrong? well that’s the dynamic you and gojo have, but he’s the one who speaks up for you.
❤︎ sometimes you find that a lot of your cinnamoroll plushies are missing and that because of no one other than you boyfriend. gojo enjoys taking them and putting them in his office to dress them up as a mini version of him. “doesn’t he look way better with my shades on” he proudly displays cinnamoroll with a mini version of the outfit he has on.
sukuna with a kuromi girlfriend
❤︎ naturally sukuna would gravitate towards a kuromi girl. someone that’s just as rebellious and mischievous as him, but also girly at the same time.
❤︎ sukuna loves getting reactions out of you. something like hiding your favorite plushie. can get you so heated and he loves seeing that side of you come out. when you come to him to ask where he placed it, he always pretends he has no clue as to what you’re chatting about. “oh, you’re talking about that black and purple plushies of yours right?” “yes!” “ i don’t recall ever seeing it love” he says with a wink.
choso with a mocha girlfriend
❤︎ you two are the perfect example of a pink aesthetic girlfriend with a black aesthetic boyfriend. do people constantly question you both being together because of your different aesthetics? yes, but doesn’t choso give them a death stare for it? absolutely yes!
❤︎ choso is too shy to admit it to you but he loves cuddling you or just being able to touch you in anyway you allow him to. he prefers to sleep in your room filled up to the brim with pink and he cherishes every second of it.
toji with a choco cat girlfriend
❤︎ a mischievous and carrying boyfriend with the laid back girlfriend that’s friendly. dare i say that how toji acts with you is like a golden retriever but in a black cat form. he’s does all the carrying and doting things regular boyfriends do, but he always had to remind you who he is at heart. which is a childish man with a fat cock!
❤︎ toji knows how self-conscious you get when going to the gym. not because of the curves you possess, but because you feel like you’re doing the workouts completely wrong. which is why he always has to be your hype man at the gym. while your taking pictures for your social media hes right behind you slapping your ass. “beautiful just beautiful” he says as he slaps your ass again and leaving a kiss on your cheek.
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ellaa-writes · 7 months
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Good Dög
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authors note: Part 2, part 1 here. In the same Universe as The Beast Within series. Can't wait to expanded the world more. But anyways, enjoy! :) (wow did not notice i reached 200 followers!)
summary: His favourite words include; down boy, good dog, heel, fetch and his most favourite, get 'em. Well trained, and listens good. Loyal through and through. Always striving to be the absolute best. Ready to attack at all times, always on guard. Loves discipline, either giving or receiving. Working for a criminal mastermind, lurking in the shadows. You both trying not to be seen or noticed but after one unlucky night, all you both can see are the ghosts. He invades your life, if you both like it or not.
tags: Alternative Universe. A/b/o dynamics. Female reader. Lots of trauma in this one. Mentions of a dead body. Mentions of weapons, self defense. Reader has a panic attack. Simon saves the day once again. Slightly stalking Simon. not proof read
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Two weeks passed since that fateful night at the corner store. Your days were filled with nightmares, and those eyes and that voice were always there to save you. Too pull you back into the light, always waking up with your heart pounding.
The police realeased your belonging back to you, you didn't bother telling anyone. If you did they would just urge you to seek out help, to talk to someone. But you can't afford that right now, you were already overworking yourself trying to save up enough money to move out of this hell hole.
Two weeks and not a word from him, Simon. You laid awake most mornings and nights, wondering what he was doing and if he thought about you to.
You felt silly for thinking that, sure Beta and Alpha relationships were common. Hell your parents were in a Beta/Alpha relationship. But you always felt unworthy, never meeting someone that sparked your interest as much as that Alpha did.
You had a few days off, only because the law required it. But if it was up to your employer you would have been working today.
You decided to get out of your apartment, to go for a walk, to try and not thinking about the cold steel on your throat and that evil smile. Anytime it crept into your mind you would wipe it away. Shove it back down with all the other shit you refused to face.
It was a beautiful day in the city, lucky for you it was a weekend. People littered the streets, groups walking together and chatting. The restaurants had their patios open, only if you had friends you thought. You'd be out there, drinking your fancy drink, eating your fancy food and smiling and laughing. Reminiscing about the good ol' days, but you had none of that. Instead you watched from a far, wishing that one day you'd wake up in a new body, new life.
But that never got you far. You've always been a keep your head down and don't stay for long type of gal. Having been alone in this world for longer than you remember not being.
You lost your mother young, and your dad left all together. Not wanting to raise a child by himself, being a single widowed father. Instead he forgot about you and met someone else. Started a new family, one where you weren't in the picture.
Living in foster care after foster care, until your turned of age and was pushed out into this unforgiving world.
You found yourself staring at the people, laughing and enjoying their time. You were staring for too long, sometimes lost in your own world. Taking your eyes off the people out on the patio, you began casing things out.
Since the accident, you've been on edge more. Keeping a small pocket knife on you at all time, and a can of bear mace. As regular mace wouldn't take down a drugged up Alpha.
As you were looking around you noticed something, or someone. The eyes that haunted your dreams, staring at you from across the street. The same eyes and voice from the corner store.
It couldn't be, you must be imagining it. That feeling of uneasiness creeping up from spine, your brain telling you to run. So you did, you spun around and decided this was a bad idea. Leaving your apartment was stupid. Mentally beating yourself up as you sped walked down the block. Trying to get as much distance between you and those eyes.
They didn't scare you, not intentionally. But you were seeing things, they weren't real. Taking a short cut through the back alley, not wanting to waste anymore time. You were too much in your own head, speeding down the desolate alley, not noticing the fast approaching footsteps behind you.
All you felt was the hands grabbing your arm, and in an instant you were spun around. Your bear mace in hand ready to spray at the intruder. But before you could it was knocked out of your hand. Flying into the brick wall beside you.
And there he was, Simon. It was real, you did see him. "You could kill someone like that." you snapped at him. Picking up your now busted can of bear spray. Hoping you can get another one soon. "Plan on using that on anyone?" he asked. His voice just as husky as the first time you heard it. Your heart skipped a beat, holding in the breath you just took, your core getting tingly.
"Well not anymore." you huffed, shoving the broken can into your bag. "Had anymore run ins?" he asked, noticing the small knife next to the can. "No." you were shuffling on your feet. Not wanting to be here anymore. "Just precaution." you explained.
You hated the way he was looking at you, his head tilted. He was judging you, noticing things about you that even you didn't.
The tenseness in your body, the way you were constantly looking around you, how you held your bag tight to your body. Your quick movements and that look in your eyes. The one he knew so well, the same look he'd have often.
You looked like a lost doe, eyes frantic and legs wobbly. He pitied you, knowing the inner battle raging on inside of you. One that he wish he could take away.
"How have ya been holdn' up?" he asked. Stupid question he thought. He knew from just looking at you, that if a big gust of wind were to come you'd crumble like a dry leaf in autumn.
"I uhhh-" you didn't know what to say. Do you lie to him now? "I'm getting by." you replied. Knowing that didn't fully answer his question.
You were running, not psychically but mentally. Your movements becoming more frantic, your eyes wide with fear, the lost doe cornered and trying to find a way out.
Simon knew this, as he felt it often. He did the only thing he could think of, and he wasn't sure if it was even going to work. He purred, he never purred before. Not even sure if he was doing the damn thing right, but it was pure Alpha instinct. A female in stress can sore the nose, the smell permeating far. Letting everyone know, it was old basic biology, things have evolved since then.
The purr was deep and low, sounding like a bike engine off in the distance. As he slowly stepped closer to you, making sure his shoulder were laxed and his scent enclosing around you like a bubble.
You didn't know what was happening, you felt the tightness in your chest. You began struggling to breath, wanting to dive into the garbage bin and hide. To scream, cry, kick and bite. All these emotions coursing through your body, you hands shaking. Trying to grip onto your arms, hugging yourself tight. Rubbing you neck against your shoulder. Trying anything to make this feeling go away.
Simon wrapped you in his arms, pushing your head into his chest. That's when you finally heard it, the low purring coming from it. It soothed you, making you feel like a pup being cradled by its father.
He held you tight to his chest, enclosing both of you in a bubble of his scent. Blocking out all other noise and smells. His juvenile attempt at consoling you were working, you began sucking in even and deep breaths. The tightness in your chest and back relaxing, you unwrapped your arms from yourself and wrapped them around Simon.
If you were anyone else and this was any other moment he'd he ripping your limbs off. But it was you.
The nights he'd spend wide awake, thinking about you. Everytime he closed his eyes he'd see your dead lifeless body, your dead soulless eyes staring back up at him. He couldn't sleep the first time, he had to make sure you were alright. Sneaking into a vacant apartment across the street, just to make sure she was alright, he told himself.
But it was nightly, then daily. Ignoring his own work to watch night and day. Making sure nothing could or would happen to you. He didn't know what got into himself, why he had these strong feelings towards you. What made you so special.
What made you different from the rest, you haunted him night and night out. And you were alive, so why does he keep seeing your dead body everywhere he turns.
His boss noticed he'd been quiter than normal, which is saying a lot for him. A conversation he had while sitting in his bosses office one night. He use to hate the man, seeing him as enemy number one. Making it his dying mission to take him down, to take him out.
But when shit hit the fan, and Simon was sent to prison. His years of decidated and hard work went down the drain, along with his life. He was a walking reminder, the people he considered close some even close enough to be family, all cut him off. Discarding him like he was yesterday's trash.
The man across from him in the office, sitting on the stiff leather chair. The man that went by König, he was the only one that was their for him. When he was realeased from prison, he was their at the gate. Leaning up against a black sports car. Simon thought he was dead, everyone at least still thinks he is.
He gave Simon an offer, a too good to be true offer. Turning it down, vowing to never cross that line. To go over to the other side. But after finding out that no one gave a shit, that him going to prison didn't change anything. Him taking the fall and paying the price. Just to have them all act like he never existed. So he didn't.
Death by fire, he found it fitting. He felt like his whole existence was flawed, the moment his mother became knocked up with him. A bastard growing in her belly. She left him like the rest did.
But what made you so special, it was a question that he didn't know if he'd ever get an answer to.
For two whole weeks he couldn't shake you. Lying too himself that he wasn't stalking you, that when you were gone for work, that he wasn't breaking into your place. To make sure the windows were sealed and the smoker detector wasn't low on batteries. He even fixed the buzzing from your fridge, something you did notice but chalked it up to old appliances.
If he knew any better he'd say he was infatuated with you.
With you still wrapped in his arms he brought you back to your apartment. Using your key to unlock your door, carrying you into your bedroom. Setting you down and wrapping you up. "I'll be back." he told you. Leaving for only a moment, coming back with a bag of hot food.
It was late in the night when he finally left. You were tucked into bed, everything locked and secured. He didn't like the idea of leaving you alone, but he'd be right cross the street. Having rented out the space after squatting in it for a few days. Paying for two rents wasn't ideal, but in his mind it was only tempory.
You guys talked for hours, you telling him about your past in foster care. How you saved up everything you could to move here and get this place. Only for you to now do the same so you could get out.
You told him about your dream to live out on the country side, to live a small village. To have a farm, yellow house and maybe a few pups running around. But how that dream seemed to slip away faster and faster everyday.
As he settled into postion, on the weathered chair at the window. Watching people flow in and out of the street below. His mind asked the same question it always did when he found himself in this spot. Why you? What was so special about you. But now he also thought about how he wanted to give you, your dream.
The yellow house, the farm to look after and of course the one thing he never would have wanted or thought of wanting....pups.
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jisungsdaydreamer · 11 months
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Anti-Romantic | TEASER | CHAPTER 3 OUT NOW!!
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«GENERAL M.LIST» · «NAVIGATION» · «TALK TO ME» · «SERIES MASTERLIST»
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Pairing: Hyunjin x Fem!reader Genre: non idol au, fluff, smut, romcom, drama, opposites attract Warnings: swearing, explicit sexual content, dysfunctional relationships, taboo couples/relationship therapist and patient dynamic
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As the most beloved dating coach in the sunny state of California, Hyunjin has dealt with all kinds of nightmares— from real desperate housewives and their indifferent husbands to toxic shotgun marriages doomed to fail— and he’s fixed them all. Dubbed the “Love Doctor,” Hyunjin has a PhD in both sociology and broken hearts. Every single day for Hyunjin ends the same: yet another flashy career success and to celebrate, sliding on his rose-tinted glasses and sipping on pink champagne, his perpetual poison.
That was all before you, of course.
For your entire life, you’ve been unlucky in love. From your endless unrequited high school crushes to your situationship who turned out to be gay, love has just never been in the cards for you. It’s all changed you from a hopeless romantic into a pessimist who doesn’t believe in true love. You now make fun of every couple you see, religiously watch wedding fails on Youtube, and absolutely hate romantic comedies. 
But no amount of lackluster girls’ nights or hours thrown into your crappy job can fill the hole in your heart. You’re absolutely lonely. In one last attempt to give love a chance, you ditch your Tinder dates and decide to turn to L.A.’s famous “Love Doctor,” this hotshot relationship therapist all of your friends rave about. 
Barrelling into Dr. Hwang’s office like a cyclone, you bring along your signature stormy attitude and want a remedy to your emotional dry spell, even though you still believe in your heart that counseling won’t work for you. You don’t expect, however, your new intimacy expert to be hotter than hell, definitely not a middle-aged woman ready to lecture you about putting out.
No, Dr. Hwang is more like the Grandmaster of love, the amorous warlock of the West Coast, and with the way he silently strips you with his bedroom eyes the moment you walk in, perhaps even the sex scholar of the Valley. As he slowly disarms your defenses, you do your best not to let him know of your inappropriate fantasies about him. But even worse than your impossibly vivid wet dreams, you’re falling in love with your fucking therapist. Or Hyunjin, as he so charmingly commands you to call him. 
And you try to keep your feelings for him at bay, you really do. But Hyunjin just doesn’t give up, relentlessly tugging at your mind and heart and taking up every quantum of your life. Because after all, the Love Doctor loves a good challenge.
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PAC: Sister-to-Sister Messages
As promised, I said that I would post messages this weekend in regard to Women’s History Month based on the results of yesterday’s poll. This reading will be all about sister-to-sister dynamics. I am so thankful for the support that I have been receiving for these readings. It’s much appreciated! 🤌🤌 Anyway, today is the last day of the five dollar flash sale!! All readings will be $5 today! Come get it if you want it!!! Without further ado, choose your sister duo.
*** Disclaimer: These readings are meant to uplift, relate to, and/or inspire women!
Left-to-Right (1-3): Chloe and Halle, Beyoncé and Solange, Tia & Tamera.
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Pile 1: If you resonate with the photo of Chloe and Halle, then this is your pile. First of all, your potential hasn’t even peaked yet, Pile One. Your sister wants you to know that you should continue to pursue your dreams. I feel like you have the tendency to start stuff but not finish it. What’s that about? She’s noticed this since yall were young but probably thought you would’ve grown out of it. But she still thinks that you will prosper. Those who resonate with this pile seem to be the baby in the family. You may feel like your sister acts too much like your mother, but she just wants what’s best for you. I feel like your sister is very successful/accomplished & you may feel that pressure to follow her footsteps. But in reality, she just wants you to be you. Be an individual, babe. And the last message that I got from this pile was kind of funny. Your sister feels like you work too hard. Where’s your boo thang? You need to let some stress off with a sexual partner chile, especially if someone’s been putting in effort to talk to you. Give them a chance! Maybe you can find a creative spark from messing around with them! In the end, your sister is supportive of your creative pursuits. She just wants you to put in more effort.
Cards Used: The Star: King of Wands, Four of Cups, Prince of Wands, Page of Discs (RX), 3 of Discs.
extras: “you’re being uptight.” “i’d put my life on the line for you.” spotlight. errands. ADD. chronic lip licker. “you stole my clothes.” new wardrobe. a kiss on the cheek. pillows. voluptuous. chanel. argan oil. tree climbing. golf. tennis. pierced earlobe. “i didn’t get you anything, sorry.”
Pile 2: If you resonate with the photo of Beyoncé and Solange, this is your pile. Damn Pile Two, you’re quite the looker aren’t you? Your sister sees the physical growth that you’ve made in the past two years and she is in awe of it! You’re absolutely flawless dear! But don’t forget to hold onto your vision. I feel like this pile is in high school? Maybe a freshman in college. But you have a lot of admirers. I feel like your sister is younger than you & they feel like you’re not paying attention to her as you as you used to. She feels like you mistreat her, not necessarily on purpose. It may be because you’re so busy. She wants you to not forget about them. Your sister is proud of your pursuit of higher learning (if you’re in college). She is going to follow in your footsteps because of this. But make sure you keep your promises, babe. Go to that yogurt shop with her. Go shopping with her at the mall. Go to the movies. Hell, go to the park with her. Paint with her. Spend quality time with your sister so she can stop feeling this way!
Cards Used: Nine of Cups, Ace of Discs, Four of Discs, Five of Swords, 7 of Cups (RX), Princess of Cups, 10 of Discs.
extras: strawberry & banana smoothie. teenage dirtbag. furry boots. sweet treats. calming down after nightmare. salad. elephant lover. french tips. sparkles. ribbons. bows. “speak up, honey”. abbott elementary. “i want more you.” “honesty is everything.” “keep my secret.” conceited by remy ma.
Pile 3: Last but not least, if you resonate with the photo of Tia and Tamera, then this your pile. Aw, Pile Three, your sister regrets the last conversation y’all had. I feel like this conversation could have been about how personal choices affect loved ones, i.e. bringing around terrible dating partners/friends, not paying off debts in time. It also could have been a conversation about codependency or feeling smothered. It feels like your sister understands why you left; you wanted to put yourself first. It took her some time to realize that y’all can be separate and still have love for you. Y’all need time apart to grow. Do you have a twin, Pile Three? Or were you extremely connected to your sister on a soul level at some point? There will be some time for y’all to reconnect but just not right now. There’s some stubborn energy between the both of you but y’all will reconnect once there is momentum in the both of you guys’ lives. She doesn’t hate you for being independent, but she does hate the way things ended, Pile Three.
Cards Used: Eight of Cups, The World, Five of Swords, Four of Discs, Two of Wands, Nine of Discs, Strength, 7 of Wands.
extras: “i have the balls, you don’t.” “it’s my prerogative.” oil and vinegar. liv and maddie. perfectionism. credit card debt. “drink up.” doodlebob. responsibilities. the old days. unplugged cords. cauliflower. fake vegan. bad eyesight. chloe bailey. drinking water. messy bedroom.
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themultifandomgal · 7 months
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Kelly Severide- A New Baby Pt1
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I never thought I'd get married and have kids. I just didn't think that I would ever find a man I'd consider having that kind of life with, but when Kelly Severide stepped into my life everything change. We didn't meet in the best of way. He's a fireman and I'm a police dog handler. There had been a bombing and they asked me to send my search and rescue dogs in. I fell for the guy there and then.
5 years on and we are married and have a beautiful daughter who's just turned 3 named Harper.
Today I woke up feeling off. Headache and nausea on and off. I have today off from work which is fantastic, but also my daughter is here and as much as I love her she can be an absolute nightmare
"Harper can you pick your toys up please"
"No thank you mommy" at least she's using her manners right?
"Harper. Daddy won't be happy when he comes home"
"Daddy loves me so he won't shout" Harper shrugs and she's right. She's a daddy's girl and she has him wrapped round her little finger. I'm always the bad guy and that's fine this is our dynamic, but sometimes it would be good to get a little help off him
"Right come on pick the toys up before someone hurts themselves"
"But I'm playing with them mommy"
"Harper I'm not feeling very well so please pick up your toys. I'll help, but your not getting anything else out until these toys are put away"
"Fine" Harper shouts and I rub my head as a headache begins again.
Once all the toys have been picked up I sit down on the couch and close my eyes for a moment
"Mommy?"
"Yes princess?" I open one eye to look at her
"When's dinner?"
"When daddy gets home"
"When's that?"
"Soon" I reply "I'm going to take a nap. You know the rules"
"Don't unlock the door and daddy has a key to get in. Can I play upstairs?"
"Yes, but don't run"
Before I know it I'm being woken up by Kelly's voice and touch. I open my eyes and see Kelly smiling at me
"When did you get home?" I yawn
"Just. How long have you been asleep?"
"Not long" I reply glancing at the clock "how was work today?"
"The usual, how was Harper?"
"Giving me hell"
"You made any supper?"
"No not yet" I shake my head
"I'll order us some food instead. What do you fancy?"
"To be honest Kel, I don't feel to good. Think I might be coming down with something. Just order yourself and Harper something"
"You need to eat. Even if it's just some rice or something"
"Ok" I give in to Kelly. 
Once our food has arrived we all sat down together. I take small bites of food and small sips of water
"So Harper. Have you been a good girl for mommy today?" Kelly asks. Harper lowers her head a little
"I wasn't naughty and mommy has been lazy today"
"Mommy said she isn't feeling very well so you need to be a big girl and help her"
"But..."
"No buts. Now eat your food and then it's bath then bed time"
"Fine" Harper pouts and takes her time eating her tea trying to make her bedtime later.
Once the Harper is in bed me and Kelly curl up on the sofa together watching TV. I swallow feeling more and more nauseous until I can't keep it down any more and the urge to throw up over comes me. I jump off the couch and run to the downstairs bathroom, Kelly following behind me.
Once I finish throwing up Kel and I head upstairs to bed
"You feeling any better?" Kelly asks as I change into one of his shirts
"Yeah. The nauseas gone now. Im just super tired. I've had a headache all day so its probably that that's made me sick"
"Maybe your pregnant" Kelly says. I roll my eyes at him
"I'm not pregnant"
"Are you sure because we're not very carful" Kelly states and to be fair he's got a point "you've been tired all week. We said if you were to get pregnant we'd be happy"
"Of course I would be, but had my period 2 weeks ago"
"Could be 2 weeks pregnant"
"Kel I'm not pregnant" I sigh getting into bed
"This is exactly what you were like with Harper"
"If it makes you feel any better I'll take a test tomorrow"
"Ok" Kelly kisses the top of my head and then wraps his arm around my waist and we both fall asleep.
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Obey me! but with the brothers having had always been demons, formed in kid/baby-form as manifestations of the seven deadly sins. Lucifer was raised as the right hand man of Diavolo, appointed the brother of Mammon, then Levi, then Asmo etc. etc.
A version where they are more depraved and dark than they otherwise would've been 'cause they were essentially raised in the outermost layer of hell (think VERY questionable morals, moves like uncanny valley characters, where Satan tears and rips beings apart in his fits of rage, they don't understand MC's sense of right and wrong). I wonder how Lucifer and his brother's dynamics would have been with each other, with Diavolo and Barbs growing up. Would Belphie still have hated Diavolo for his absolute authority? Would baby satan still have formed as a manifestation of Lucifer's wrath, again adding to his rage due to his circumstances?
Lilith based on mythology was described as the 'queen of demons'. If the story was somewhat compliant to that, imagine she fell into the Devildom after the whole 'fall-in-love-with-human shtick' and Diavolo fell in love/took pity on her, which the brothers didn't respect or understand at the time (why feel bad for someone who fell in love with a puny mortal?). The bitter parallels it would draw when they fall in love with MC years down the line.
Imagine that instead of just reincarnating her soul as a human, Dia REPLACED the soul of a human infant with hers (again, being very morally dubious). Maybe he saw it as an interesting experiment of sorts, to see if it would have any effect her human off-springs. He purposely kept an eye on her descendants (hence, mc being brought into the DD). Cunning, manipulative and conspiring Diavolo (Soo-won type character) omgomg
I want the brothers to legitimately handle otherworldly, gory demonic entities (think of that monster from nocturne of nightmares), sort political Devildom affairs, kill/mess around with humans instead of just sitting around attending the demon-equivalent of highschool! They're eons old for crying out loud, why subject yourself to 1000's of years of the Academy??? If anything, their attendance at RAD should be a refresher course that happens for 5 - 10 years once or twice every century or so.
AKA Obey Me! but more Devildom-centric, where the characters got to actually deliver their role in Diavolo's government, where Diavolo had ulterior motives making the exchange program (perhaps to instigate an uprising, an all-out war to overthrow the demon king?). Where the other characters are actually fleshed out instead of just meaningless plot-devices (Barbatos with his powers, Monsolo, Lilith, and etc. all had so much potential)!
Sorry I wrote a lot, this is just everything I hoped OM! would be.
NO OMG I think about this sometimes too!! like I know why they didn't do it but still can't help but wish for more
demons are often depicted as everything but sweet and kind, which is what we see in the game. dia would not be this golden retriever type character (although I love that) he's supposed to be the next king, so he would be much more devious as for lack of a better word. god i wish they explored barb so much more. like why are we brushing over him like he's part of the wall?? he's so powerful it's insane. I'm glad solomon is getting more of a spotlight in nightbringer but I hope they use it to its full extent. i also wish they explored the general worldbuilding more and made it feel more real, like there's stuff outside the relationships mc has with the named characters
i absolutely love the lilith queen of demons thing, like it makes sense as to why it was mc in specific. of course they would bring back someone that important to them over and over again
another thing that feels totally ignored is that it's hell!! most people there are there for a reason! while personally don't know where the line should be drawn for what counts as being a sinner or not, for a fact i know that mc would 100% be meeting murders down there, like actually terrible people.
you put this entire thing so wonderfully so i hope you don't mind if I incorporate aspects of this into my obey me as horror piece! like don't get me wrong I love my silly little demons but realistically they would be anything but silly lol
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tiredandwireds-blog · 3 months
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@jennalistening i got u
Ok here's a list of all the best Dick and Damian(mostly with father/son dynamics) fics imo. Pls dont judge me.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40095006
The Stowaway (5099 words) by LittleLadybugs
Short sweet and fluffy! Damian sneaks a cat into the penthouse and struggles to keep it hidden. At least Dick always has his back!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32923282
Emergency Contact by DawnsEternalLight for grousemouse
Hilarious and cute! Damian gets attacked on a school trip and is just the way youd expect him to be lol. Dick freaks out ofc
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49322866
my shoulders are heavy already by a_alene
Ughhh its sooo goodddd! Damian and Dick sickfic cannot recommend enoughhh plsplspls read ittt
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36304804
a chance to celebrate by emavee
So cuteee! The batfam throws a party to celebrate Dick adopting Damian. Its such a cute story that gives insight into each characters feelings and its also fluffy as hell!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/46392967
Father's Day (we were the best) by InkpotSprite
Damian decides to celebrate Dick on Mother's and Father's Day lol cute and absolutely hilarious!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40260231
I'll Carry You by BrickSheep
BrickSheep puts it best with the tag Comfort No Hurt. Its exactly as the title says dick carries damian and i get a rush of dopamine lol
https://archiveofourown.org/series/890946
I Saw Grayson Kissing Santa Claus by pupeez4eva
Damian becomes convinced Santa is after Dick Bruce is confused and Jason is evil. So pretty par for the course lol. Tbh tho this fic had me laughing so hard my sides hurt an absolute beautiful nightmare to read
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51531457
The Ping-Pong Wars by fadesfanfic
Stephanie and Damian bonding! Dick being worried over Damian! And oh the shenanigans! Its beautiful and sweet and funny and iloveitsomuchhh
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28186434
Paint Cans and Sneaking Out by CarrionCarnival
Damian sneaks out to do some graffiti and tries not to get caught lol. Cute and fun. A whole new look for Damian that I loveee
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22544392
The R Stands for – by Cirth
A beautifully written look into Damian's adjustment to his new home. Honestly made me cry ngl but sometimes you need that
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52221118
Obsolete Tools and Tangible Miseries by Corybantic
Ok we def in angst territory now gang! Damian thinks hes nothong but a weapon and Dick helps convince him otherwise. Read at your own risk cause i was sobbinggg
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37052449
the city without stars in its skies by Alienu
Ok i literally just reread this one anddd. Ughhhh im dyingggg. Damian is sent to kill Officer Dick Grayson you see where this is goinggg its so gooddd plsreadplsreadplsread
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40538418
Home Is Where the Heart Is by LittleLadybugs
Ok ill admit this ones more batfam focused then just dick and dami but still. So good. Dick is adopted by Slade not Bruce and goes running to blüdhaven to hide from him. Sadly the Birds wont leave hime alone
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22395412
Not by Blood, Maybe by Heart by Ellegrine
Ok we back to fluff now lol. Damian loves his brothers even if he never says it. In this fic he shows it by protecting Dicks honor lol
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18296282
Still the Best by Cdelphiki
3 great fics all in one spot! Literally some of the best stuff ive ever read! Iloveitiloveitiloveit pls readdd
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10918887
Catch Me (All Records Indicate) by Engineerd
The evolution of the nickname lil D. Cute and so sweet. Short but such a comfort read
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29866386
This Too Shall Pass by DarthPeezy
Just oh. just so so goodddd. Another gorgeous look at Damian adjusting to his new life with the batfam tho this one is more plot directed and ohmygosh did that plot have me in a death grip
And finally my top 2 fav fics:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19718083
Throughout Infinity by flumen
Damian is sent to an alternate universe and meets young justice Dick and crew. Ok no summary i can do will do this fic justice just know i read this in one sitting and immediately felt my sense of priorities and my mind shift. No joke this changed me.
https://archiveofourown.org/series/2021464
3:16 by partingxshot
AAAHHHH
Ok now i can talk abt this. Im in the process of rereading this AGAIN bc i literally cannot be left alone. Ok quick summary: each chapter follows Dick and Damian adjusting to their new life as Batman and Robin. I feel like most everyone who is in love with the dynamic between Dick and Damian has read this fic but i cant leave it out bc its literally my fav fic EVER. i will never be normal abt this fic if you havent read it yet plspls do
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hello!!!! i just caught up on IRTB and firstly, one writer to another, let me say your juggling of plot and so many complex family dynamics is so commendable, I'm so inspired by you!! secondly, I just found your tumblr, and I am shocked by the amount of Orion hate. like, is he a morally great dude? of course not, but he's actually one of my favorite characters even though he's dead lol. he fascinates me, I get so excited every time that he pops up!!! him and Bella (and even Rodolphus??? i'm both thrilled and horrified by this) are my absolute faves, but Narcissa is running close behind<3
sirius has been my favorite character since I read the books, but you've finally hit the nail on the head with his characterization I think!!!! excellent work so far, and all the love<3<3<3<3
PS- I know i'm coming from an anime fic blog, but i've been reading harry potter fic since i was like 12, this is just my current hideout spot LOL
Thank you! ❤️ It runs really is a very plot heavy fic, and I'm glad you think it's handled well.
Orion hate comes from his treatment of Walburga primarily ( I assume) though he also did quite the damage to Sirius and Regulus.
He is one of my favourite characters as well, especially because he's dead. But he was a nightmare of a husband, and not the greatest father. However, his wife wasn't exactly a saint, either, so that marriage went to hell in a basket, and they are both responsible for it, and for how they fucked up their children. Despite that, I love Walburga, too. She and Orion are so special to me (I wrote like 30k one shot for them, because I had to. I wanted to understand their relationship before I could explore it properly in It runs ). They are two complex individuals that loved each other once, that grew up together, and there was still love there, but also so much bitterness and hate by the end. Still, Orion was the one with the power in their relationship, and while Walburga was awful, she was forced into many circumstances quite against her will, so this is why Orion shoulders more of the blame, and is more hated for how it all went down. I console myself knowing they had a few good years together, where they were actually happy, despite everything. And while I don't know how or if I will include it in 'It runs', in my head canon for the story, Orion and Walburga reconciled at the very end, or at least made peace with each other. Despite her many flaws, Walburga took care of him when he most needed her.
Rodolphus always surprises me in my story, by how much I end up loving every version of him I write.
Bella is my Queen, and Narcissa my princess.
So happy you're enjoying this story and the characters, especially Sirius! ❤️
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Astarion Ancunín x Julian Devorak crackship hcs
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ah i see your endless comparisons between them, so i know this is not a post for too niche of an audience..... i just had this thought about them actually being together and my brain started working too fast so i just had to write it all down
disclaimers: for simplicity reasons, let's assume they meet on some ambiguous middle ground between their worlds; these are headcanons for spawn!Astarion (after killing Cazador) and upright!Julian (minus the mc i suppose) because i wanted to make them healthy and fluffy
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a little exposition:
• they meet in a tavern (obviously!). Julian falls first and buys Astarion a drink, Astarion falls harder later on
• it takes Julian quite a bit of courting to get Astarion to agree to go on a date with him, but when he agrees, he's rewarded with the most romantic (and brilliantly planned) night of his life
• Astarion really appreciates Julian's patience and understanding when he finally opens up about his past. they exchange some stories of the hard moments in their lives
• somewhere in the middle of those comes up the fact that Astarion is a vampire which gets a "well, obviously...?" reaction from Julian. Astarion is a little embarrassed about that
• eventually, they agree to be in a relationship! they warm up to each other at a incredibly fast rate and start living together after more than a few exciting adventures together (but it doesn't mean they plan to stop going on them any time soon)
living together/relationship dynamics sillies:
• getting right into it, Julian obviously enjoys getting bitten and is more than happy to let Astarion feed on him. he asks Astarion to do it whether he's hungry or not. are you sure you don't need a snack?? absolutely sure????
• Astarion learns how to make a few simple meals for Julian. he notices when Julian forgets to eat for a longer while and wants to make sure he doesn't collapse out of starvation. he says that he's doing it only so his blood tastes better, but Julian knows he's just worried about him..
• Julian's sleep schedule is messed up as is so he definitely doesn't mind having to become nocturnal for his partner. hell, he can even stay awake for the whole 24 hours! maybe even 48 hours, occasionally. which always results in a crash and he ends up sleeping through at least 12 hours straight to make up for it
• when that happens—and Astarion has nothing better to do—he tends to just orbit around him the whole time he's asleep. he usually picks out a book and lays down close to Julian's chest so he can listen to his heartbeat while enjoying some literature
• Astarion was a little sceptical of Malak when they started living together but it turned out they actually get along quite nicely. Astarion praises him every time he steals something..
• Julian is very interested in the logistics of being a vampire, and now that he finally has the chance, he wants to know all there is to know about the topic. the lack of heartbeat, the heightened senses.. the teeth.. he gets a little giddy thinking about them. or seeing them of course
• they both get haunted by nightmares but since half of the time at least one of them is awake while the other is sleeping (or in that damn reverie when it comes to Astarion) because of their confusing sleeping patterns, they make sure to calm each other down from them. they breathe together, cuddle and mutter words of reassurance to each other
• their morbid interests go quite well together. of course, while Astarion's specific interest lies in stabbing people sometimes and Julian's lies in anatomy and the more theoretical stuff in general, Astarion actually enjoys it when Julian goes on one of his medical rants and explains in exhausting detail. for instance: why someone bleeds out faster when they get stabbed in the neck rather when they get stabbed in the stomach
• Julian is always acting as Astarion's mirror. he's there for every request and makes sure to compliment Astarion plenty whenever he gets the chance. he lives to serve and reassure. Astarion is immensely grateful for that
• they're both consent kings, they always make sure to discuss anything requiring it. they check up on each other even after agreeing to it anyway
• they absolutely love using pet names. they can barely go without using "darling", "dear" and "my love" every other sentence
• Julian teaches Astarion how to dance. it takes a little convincing, but when Astarion realizes that Julian is actually a pretty great teacher, he relaxes and lets himself be guided. now they make sure to make time for it at least once a week
• Astarion loves hearing Julian's silly stories from his travels and always asks sarcastic follow up questions. think the "oh, and were there dragons there?" kind
• even though there's a big height difference between them (5'9 and 6'4), they pick each other up all the time. Julian started it by picking Astarion up when he least expected it. but since Astarion is no longer limited by the tadpole, is eating well and Julian is skinny anyway, he's more than capable to get his revenge on him as often as possible
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broke: Astarion and Julian are pretty similar to each other!
woke: they're actually in love and married and they kiss each other on the lips mwah mwah mwah
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kivaember · 3 months
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re: drabbles: i would be interested to see any kind of take on what life in the PCA is like; the EKDROMOI and HC/LC-HM duos in particular always seemed like funny Just Guys Being Dudes dynamics
OH I LOVE IDEAS LIKE THESE... i ended up just going on a ramble dear god... uh i hope you enjoy! a bit of worldbuilding for PCA and RLF (with a surprise Flatwell mention!)
Thanks for the prompt!
When Erik had been handed his posting for Rubicon-3 (or "ISB2262" as most within the UEG knew it), his first dismayed thought had been: i've hit a dead-end in my career.
See, the PCA were not viewed favourably within the UEG's pilot corps for a multitude of reasons, ranging from their infamous reputation as "space cops" to the fact that their direct chain of command was an actual, literal AI called The System, and whom many within the PCA spoke of as if she was their divine god that had descended from heaven itself to guide them.
Also, there were no glorious battles with the PCA, no chances for winning spoils of war during inter-corporate conflicts or achieving swift promotions by looking good at the right moment. All you did in the PCA was sit on some quarantined rock - normally out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere - and weren't allowed to take souviners or salvage anything profitable from the surface. It was basically guard duty but for years.
At least with guard duty on solar colonies you had some form of civilisation to visit. On Rubicon-3? Civilisation had been razed into nothing but ashes after that catastrophic industrial accident almost fifty years ago, and the remanents were just a ragtag group of stubborn colonists who refused to relocate because this is our home! Nevermind that their home was basically a hole in the ground full of contaminated soil.
Needless to say, Erik's expectations had been low when he reported to the PCA's main base on Rubicon-3. The planet had looked ugly when he came in, the atmosphere riddled with enough chunked up asteroids to make navigating the mess an absolute nightmare for the autopilot and what little surface he glimpsed looking grey and lifeless. The oceans looked good, at least, but Erik didn't have gills, and he doubted he'd be spending any time on their blasted-out beach resorts.
His expectations had been this: he'll sit in whatever passed as their guard room watching the live feed from their defence satellites, bored out of his mind except for moments of fleeting excitement when some wildcat miner came barrelling towards the planet in delusional hopes of striking it big with a Coral deposit. The nights would be long, the days even longer, and he'll be cold, miserable and wondering when he'd be posted out so his career could start again.
Instead, reality had been this: piloting the most advanced MT he'd ever sat in, wielding the most powerful weapons he'd ever laid hands on... yet trapped in an endless struggle against ye olde BASHO ACs on a near regular basis like he was in Hell and this was the ordeal he was condemned to endure for the rest of his afterlife.
The Rubiconian Liberation Front. Erik had heard of them back on Earth when he was in the UEG's main pilot corps, but no one had thought them as any serious threat. Just a group of colonists who had hijacked a construction MT or two and occasionally threw rocks through the PCA's figurative windows. They weren't a real threat. They were just civilians with guns. They'd be scared off easily just by shooting a few warning shots their way.
Wrong.
They were like rabid racoons that refused to leave the PCA's dumpsters. Almost every night, Erik and his squad would be crashed out when the perimetres alarms would trip, and almost every night he'd be chasing after RLF ACs and MTs running off with whatever the hell they could carry. Telephone poles. Copper wires. Vehicles like jeeps or vans. One of them had ran off with a fucking HVAC system once and to date Erik was still baffled about that.
But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was him.
Middle fucking Flatwell.
The RLF leadership was a bit strange, but every PCA pilot knew of Flatwell. He was a Gen Three and had been part of the Rubiconian militia as a qualified, albeit green, AC pilot when the Fires had hit Rubicon. Guy was likely pushing seventy and still piloted rings around the PCA like he was bioengineered in some fucking lab somewhere to be the bane of their existence.
The System - their chain of command, their AI - knew everything it could dig up about Flatwell. His AC schematics, his habits, his history, his fighting profile and even including some interesting yet bizarre factoids like 'has a legitimate Earth citizenship due to successful seduction of a high-ranking Arquebus executive' and 'suspected illicit affair with an intelligence officer within Arquebus HQ', which meant not only was Flatwell a demon in the AC, he was a demon under the sheets too, forbidden knowledge that Erik could've gone without knowing.
But forbidden knowledge or not, the simple fact was: Flatwell was a damn good pilot, and most of the PCA pilots were just average.
In high-tech MTs and using even higher tech weaponry, sure, but still average. But, when Erik had been new to the post, had been dazzled by these amazing MTs and beautiful plasma weapons, he'd charged headfirst into a fight against Flatwell without hesitation, ignoring The System's soft bleat for him to use caution.
Needless to say, Erik had totalled that shiny MT and ended up ejecting before even a full thirty seconds had passed. Guy was fast.
Fortunately, however, the PCA were a lot more forgiving when it came to totalled MTs. Back in the UEG that would've come straight out of Erik's paycheck, as all repair bills did (he was still paying off his previous repairs... just thirty more years and he'd be debt free!) - but the PCA had brushed it off. Turned out they had a pretty sweet fabrication system and could churn out MTs in the hundreds within hours. Where they got the raw materials for that, Erik wasn't so sure... but the PCA were a branch of the UEG, so it was probably legitimate and not at all illegal or suspicious.
(One of the first rules you learn in the PCA: do not think too deeply about how it functions for legal reasons)
But, while the posting was leagues more exciting than he had initially believed, and incredibly more dangerous, his initial dismayed thought still held true: it was a career killer, because here was another, hidden rule he hadn't known until his boots were firmly on Rubicon-3 and his transporter was flying away from the planet:
Once you're on Rubicon-3, you die on Rubicon-3. No transfers, to retiring, no early-release. The PCA's mission was lifelong and no amount of bellyaching or protesting wold change that. Erik had been sprinted through the five stages of grief before he accepted his grim fate.
Maybe he had died on the way here, he had thought. Maybe this was his punishment for contributing directly to the voracious war machine that was the UEG... how many unionised workers had he killed over the years? How many colonies had he visited to stomp down on burgeoning independent movements so corporations didn't lose a source of revenue? How many had he stomped down on, just for his own continued comfort within the callous galaxy that humanity had made for itself?
Rubicon. It really made you think about these things. Erik slowly began to understand why the PCA's relationship with the RLF was how it was. Yeah, they crashed out every night, and yeah, sometimes Flatwell was there waiting for them, but most times...
Erik would crash out with his squad and only chase the thieving RLF a few miles before breaking off pursuit. He told himself there was no point. What they stole could easily be replaced within a few days. It wasn't as if they were stealing weapons or whatever. If they wanted a fucking HVAC system or a bunch of telecommunication wiring that badly, then they could have it. No skin of Erik's nose, and the PCA didn't bill him for failure to retrieve stolen goods.
He didn't sympathise with them, and the RLF certainly didn't sympathise with the PCA. They killed a lot of each other over the years Erik had been posted here, and Flatwell was particularly merciless. But.
They were both stuck on this planet, either willfully or not. They were both on Rubicon-3 for the long haul, and one way or another, they were gonna share the same fate: they were going to die here, eventually.
They were never going to leave this razed shithole.
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eightsevenths · 9 months
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steve harrington + (ftm) eddie munson
explicit, face-sitting, hair pulling, fingering (3.4k)
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Steve was so high. The kind of high you can feel the thrumming in your veins and the floaty feel in your fingertips and like every limb was tied to his body by a single string; threatening to split if it’s burnt. Eddie’s weed was always good, and he wouldn’t have known that last year; Eddie never sold the truly good stuff, at least not to idiot jocks like King Steve. It’s another reason he’s glad he’s not that person anymore, he gets better weed all whilst he sinks into the bed of the freak himself, Eddie Munson. 
He's so different now, they both are really. But he would’ve never considered it a privilege, breathing in the smell of weed and cigarettes and cherry and apple bodywash immersed into the sheets, and he certainly wouldn’t derive the overwhelming comfort he does now from something so simple as being in Eddie’s home, his base.
It’s been a growing process, nearly dying and feeling absolutely powerless to save your friends’ lives can feel like going to hell and back, but he feels more grounded in his everyday life now. Some sort of knot inside has loosened, and he’s found a compass. He still gets nightmares of course, but now there’s arms wrapping around his chest and holding him instead of falling apart alone. Now if he gets anxious, he has someone to keep an eye on him and makes sure he eats and has painkillers if he has a migraine. 
It's not defined though, there’s hints and groundwork and potential but no actual words have been spoken about the dynamic they’ve slipped into. But they’ve spoken. Spoken about almost everything there is to speak about and they’ve both taken time to lay their cards on the table.
Eddie knows Steve has changed, he’s so far over Nancy now and he’s not like he was in school. He really emphasised how over Nancy was, wanted to make sure there was no confusion. And Eddie’s told him stuff too, one night he shared all about his ‘shit fuck by God’, educated Steve on the right terms and talking Steve through a lot of it when he asked. That was one of the first times Eddie had his own example of how Steve had changed, and how much he did for him. 
So as far as things went, they were great. Very much on similar pages, just, Steve didn’t know how similar. 
Especially as he sat there relaxed on the bed, eyes roaming over Eddie who was sat beside him, long fingers playing quietly on the guitar as if he was merely feeling the strings under his fingers. He was a sight for bloodshot eyes, pretty loose pieces of hair falling from the bun on the top of his head, wearing a cut-off shirt and beautifully unashamed of his scars- because he’s with Steve.
Eddie once said to him, a night where he had gut wrenchingly poured his heart out to Eddie about Nancy and somehow trailing into how he falls in love too easy, that one of his strongest powers is his ability to love and to be loved, no one looks so good loved, no one loves another person like Steve Harrington does. 
‘You put your whole force, your whole body into it, Steve and, I-I don’t think you should ever feel ashamed of that. It’s- because it’s a privilege to be loved by you and anyone fuckin’ blind enough not to see that doesn’t deserve Steve Harrington.’
And Eddie was right. There was no denying in Steve’s history of loves, that he didn’t fall head first and over heels when it came to certain people. And whether Steve denies it or not, not- he’s trying to grow or whatever, those loves haven’t been exclusive to one gender. It’s a part of him he knew and could ignore because it came up and then it didn’t; it’s come up again recently though. 
Steve sort of had a plan, distant and vague but there were bullet points floating around the same place. But what with the fact that his mind was just watching the metalhead across from him, the plan didn’t seem necessary. Because Steve knew that whatever way he went around this, Eddie wouldn’t run. Yes, Eddie likes to play the ‘I’m a coward’ card far too often but he knows Eddie like nothing else. Like he can feel the fibres of his soul like he can feel the strings on his guitar, Steve might have found his compass but Eddie had too. 
He lets his judgment of Eddies reaction sink in, it calmed him even more but at the back of the mind he could feel that thrum. That electric vibration when he looked too long, when he daydreamed a little too far. He never let himself act on it, unconsciously aware of when it wasn’t exactly the time. However now seems too apt to neglect, warm honey sunshine illuminating the room, highlighting his subject, small sounds deft fingers pluck from the strings. He waits until Eddie turns to him, stretching out his arm which catches Eddie’s periphery. 
His lips turn up and the sight of a tanned hand dusting across his leg, turning to look at Steve as he speaks, “Can I help you, Harrington?” 
Steve can hear the smile in his words and looks up from resting on his other folded arm, peeking through his tired hair, “Nah, just wanted to look at you.” As if that wasn’t what he’d been doing for the better part of an hour. 
But it elicits a softened giggle from his friend, dimples showing an appearance which puts a glow within Steve. “Very smooth, yeah-yeah,” he rests the guitar at the end of the bed and repositions so he faces him. 
They dissolve into small talk as Eddie has a little ramble about this new record store opening a couple miles away and Steve listens and resolves to drive them both there at the end of the week. Steve is thinking he’s going to have to use a tried-and-true line to get Eddie on his specific page (Page 201: holy fuck I have never wanted to fuck make love to a man more.) but he sees an opportunity.
Eddie is talking about him having an awful taste in music, although he will keep to himself how much he has done listening research into Steve’s taste and recommendations and has on occasion chose to listen to some, and he ends the sentence on “it’s what I keep telling you, pretty boy.”
It’s one of those nicknames that doesn’t fail to make Steve flush and take some deep breaths, so what if he’s a slut for praise? 
“Do you think I’m pretty?”
Eddie does a double take, not expecting Steve’s reply, “Uh, yeah of course. You’re pretty.” 
Steve picks up on of Eddie’s hands, starts playing around with his rings, ever slowly bringing him closer and it works like putting ice next to fire, he warms. Both of their eyes are focused on their tangled hands, until Eddie says, “You’ve got a pretty face.”
It’s Steve’s turn to grin, his lips split like they’re trying to fight a beam and Eddie cocks his head questioningly, it’s a dangerous glint in Steve’s eye. 
“Sit on it then.” 
And it takes Eddie a second, instinctually fighting the urge to laugh until he sees the true meaning in his green speckled eyes- oh he’s dead serious.
And Eddie’s not exactly in a position to act like he is any way inclined to turn down the offer, because that would imply, he isn’t completely and utterly desperate and head over heels for Harrington. But if you ever asked Eddie to describe himself he’d say freak, then coward and how the actual fuck is he meant to look The Steve Harrington in his shimmering stupid hazel eyes and confirm how much he would very much like to sit on his perfect, sculpted by the gods, face. 
Steve knows all this, he always knew it wouldn’t be a smooth conversation when he tried to convince Eddie how much he wants him, Eddie’s hands had floated away from Steve’s ever so slightly so Steve gently brings them back towards himself. The touch seems to bring him back down to himself and hazel eyes watch as pink fills Eddie’s cheeks, his hair is acting as a curtain around his face which is locked onto the soft gestures Steve is performing on him. 
He rubs his thumb up and down the brunette’s palm and speaks in a low tone, “Of course, there is no pressure. We can smoke another and pretend I didn’t say anything or you can kick me out right now,” Eddie tightens his hold on Steve’s fingers, and Steve breathes any of the fear off of his back, “but I also want to say,” he sits up and makes sure Eddie makes eye contact, “how badly I want it. And you.”
Eddie swallows, well shit. How many times does he need to internally tell his body to breathe normally until it listens?
He must be in a different universe because normally he’d be out the door as if he’d run out of smokes but he is resolutely sat. The thing is, Eddie isn’t blind, and he also thinks very highly of his friends, so he occasionally takes what they say on board; all of this means he has perhaps noticed a connection between Steve’s recent behaviour and what his friends have been saying for the past couple weeks, but if you asked Eddie what was more likely he’d have bet on Vecna coming back before he accepted Steve’s feelings for him.
Too many times has there been connection that led to nothing more than a split lip and a black eye and whilst there in so fibre in his body that could be convinced Steve would do something like that, he is scared of rejection. 
But it looks like he has no choice, because he’s never been very good at saying no and you’re telling him he’s meant to argue with the biggest puppy dog eyes on the most earnest face?  He has to accept the reality that Steve Harrington wants to fuck Eddie Munson. 
Jesus Christ. 
“So, you’re telling me I’ve had the worst luck for the first 22 years of my life and all of my good luck was saving up for this very moment, because that’s the only explanation.” He’s making jokes but his body language is loosening, although his thighs are tightening, and Steve chuckles at the joke before replying.
“It could be luck, or it could be the fact that I’ve been wanting to ask you out for weeks and only now saw an opening?” he tilts his head sheepishly and Eddie whacks him just to do something with the energy that’s starting to thrum through his limbs. “So?”
Eddie has never wanted anything in his life like he wants Steve Harrington in that moment. He gives it a moment of thought before throwing pretence out the window and pulling Steve’s lips to his with hands cradling his strong jaw. 
Steve smiles into the kiss initially until it unravels quickly into something deeper. Eddie licks into Steve’s mouth until he welcomes it in. It’s wet and dirty but they’ve both been waiting fucking months for just something and finally the band has snapped, it’s raw and peaceful with their contrasting grips, one half-certain that cradles and smooths over and one that’s screaming in the fabric of a shirt because it’s been longing and craving something ever so specific from an even more specific person. Both grips are pulling and pushing with the same force of love.
Their lips don’t leave each other, but they adjust. Steve smooths his hands from the front of Eddie’s shirt and swim around his waist, regretfully gentle with his movements he moves the brunette to straddle him. 
Eddie goes easy and practically blankets onto Steve, the grip he had on his jaw settling into the locks of hair. He experimentally pulls and the noise that Steve lets out; Eddie’s sorry he was muffling it, what with his tongue tracing patterns over every corner of Steve’s mouth. 
He leans up, “So, you like your hair being pulled huh?” below him Steve is glassy eyed and pink cheeked, chest rising heavily underneath Eddies hand. “Hm? Nothing to say for yourself, Harrington?” he leans down and lets the tip of his tongue trace over Steve’s open bottom lip. “Guess the real question is, are you a freak, Steve?” and he pulls on Steve’s hair to get his answer. 
Steve’s hips jump and Eddie watches as his eyes roll. Eddie grinds down onto Steve’s very hard dick (he still can’t believe this is real) and he listens to the whorish moan Steve lets out and at the sound can feel himself getting so wet it’s dripping down his thighs. 
“Guess I got my answer,” Eddie grins at Steve who just smiles dopily back. 
Steve seems to gain some more consciousness when Eddie gets off of his lap, he blinks and his brows furrow in the middle. 
Eddie says, “Here’s your answer.” And starts to strip off his jeans and boxers until he’s back in the newly familiar seat of Steve’s lap and is pushing him on his back. 
Steve pretty much logged off once he understood what Eddie’s answer was. Absolutely out of office, we’re talking static noise playing in his brain every time more pale, tattooed and bare, gorgeous skin was revealed. There might be drool on his chest and his dick is so hard, he’s got far too much blood rushing down there rather than up. 
“Fuck,” it’s the first thing Steve has said in more than twenty minutes, and it comes out like gravel. 
“You okay, Stevie?” poor Eddie has genuine concern in his eyes as if Steve isn’t just so painfully turned on by him. 
He puts his hands on Eddies bare thighs, tries not to focus on that too much or it simply will be over before it’s started, and takes a moment before he replies “Yeah I’m great, uh- trust me, I’m just… like I’m just really fucking turned on,” Eddie’s eyes open so wide it’s almost comical but Steve carries on, “it’s just a lot cause I don’t think I’ve ever wanted someone so bad.” He trails off. 
Not smooth, Steve. 
But Eddie lets it wash over him, takes it in his stride and runs his hands up and down Steve’s chest, “Well should we get started?” he lets a smile slip and suddenly he’s being pulled up and one of his hands lands on his headboard, the other in Steve’s hair. 
It’s a second of mortifying emotion ,because he’s naked over someone’s face, until Steve moans to himself and Eddie gets it. Steve starts low and glides up towards Eddie’s dick, and just envelopes it in tight, hot suction and the whole time he’s whining like someone’s giving him head.
Eddie’s noises are no better, it starts of as light gasps as Steve traces every inch of him, like he’s desperate to make a mental map and with Steve’s explorations Eddie’s mind is dripping out of his ears. The sounds of Steve’s movements is gross and addictive and its turning Eddie on, the fact that it’s both of them making this musical cacophony in his room.
His mane of hair is tipped back, long throat exposed leading to the full lips that can’t get a moment of reprieve from letting out groans and whimpers from the heavenly assault on his cunt. He’s trembling and his cropped shirt is rubbing on his nipples which just makes his hole clench more.
Eddie obviously knew of Steve’s reputation but at this moment he’s thinking his reputation wasn’t nearly generous enough because he can’t imagine there is another soul in the world that gives head like Steve. It’s minutes in and Eddie is already close. All of Steve’s movement is fuelled by enjoyment and there is no denying how much he’s getting off on doing this, his jeans causing friction like he’s edging himself. 
The hands on Eddie’s hips force him to rock down and when Steve’s nose catches on Eddie’s dick he sees stars, galaxies from the sensation so he chases it- uses the hand in Steve’s hair to pull him around how he wants and as he predicted, Steve loved it. 
His tongue had been delving into Eddie’s hole, drinking everything Eddie’s giving him and he’s soaked. The whole half of his face is wet and sticky and he doesn’t know how he’s going to stop. When he feels the tingling pain from his friends hand his moans vibrate into him and the hairy legs around his head move to clench around his head but retreat at the last second. 
Steve can’t have that. 
He lays his tongue out flat and sits it underneath Eddie’s dick, barely there pressure until Eddie lets his weight rest and then its intense-
“Ohfuckingshit- Steve,” Eddie’s head drops, and they make eye contact which just makes him squirm more. He’s practically wiggling out of Steve’s hold yet never going far enough his hands abandon their grip. 
Steve can see the flushed points on Eddies skin, the curls sticking to his head and he can taste the endless flow of slick into his mouth, but he knows Eddie wants Steve to give him everything. And Steve wouldn’t usually do this, but maybe there’s a part of him that is using his knowledge of Eddie’s kinks against him, but he pushes two fingers, which is just on the right side of too much, into Eddie’s hole and it makes Eddie’s back bow and he comes immediately. 
Squirting over Steve’s face and Steve’s fingers are being tightened around forcefully. 
Eddie has never experienced an orgasm that powerful and if he had any thoughts at all he’d be a bit sad he hasn’t done it to himself, but fortunately the only thing in his mind is the word ‘Steve’ and all focus is on the feeling of his fingers hitting that spot inside of him hard.
Steve rubs mercilessly at his inner walls until Eddie tries to stand to get away, all the while moaning and pulling on the brown strands in-between his fingers. 
“Jesus fuck,” his voice rough and pitchy. His eyes roll as Steve retracts his fingers and leave with a kiss on his twitching dick. “You’re evil.”
They both look wrecked. 
With the help of Steve, Eddie lays back on his bed and watches his legs shake. There isn’t a strand of Steve’s hair in the right place and he has the remanents of Eddie on his neck and jaw. Their chests rise in a synchronised deepness, the room reeks of sex and weed. Outside the sun is starting to set. 
Steve speaks first, “So,” which doesn’t really count a speaking first. 
Eddie grins and Steve turns his body onto its side so he can appreciate it. He gazes at the bump in Eddie’s nose and the euphoria in Eddie’s eyes. 
“You make me come so hard I’m about to start a cult worshipping you, and all you have to say is ‘So?” he does the ‘so’ in his ‘Steve’ voice which sounds far too much like a fuckboy frat boy and it makes Steve cry laugh all the time. 
Today is no different, Steve lets out a cackle and it eases the inevitable tightness in both their chests. After that they flit from certain inside jokes they’ve adopted and created over the past months, which are the same months that lead to this. And when they settle down and adjust to the situation, remembering that they’re in Eddie’s bed having just had sex after being friends for a 8 heated months. 
“So,” Eddie slaps his chest, “I-I was just about to carry on! Come on man,” their giggles die down and Steve takes on of Eddie’s hands in his, partly because it’s to comfort Eddie and partly because he feels like he can now, “I was thinking that maybe tomorrow we could go and get breakfast somewhere,”
“Are you asking me on a date, Harrington? After you ate me out?” he smirks down at Steve’s sheepish face and kisses him softly before saying, “I would love to go on a date with you Steve.” 
 / Fin. / 
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justabigassnerd · 9 months
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hey y’all I just wanted to try something out so I wrote this little Ethan Hunt x daughter!reader fic on the car journey I was on earlier to just practice & explore their dynamic/characterisation.
this was inspired by this tiktok & was furthered by talking to @horseslovers2016 & @maverick-wingman
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Warnings - mentions of kidnappings & death/murder
“Dad, you really need to take a nap.” Ethan looked up from where he was intently staring out the window of the safe house to where you were watching him with folded arms and a raised eyebrow.
“A nap? What am I, three?” Ethan retorts with a light scoff, returning his gaze to the hustle and bustle that was happening outside the window. Sometimes he longed to be like the people outside, ignorant to the IMF and their missions, living their happy lives with no worries.
“You hardly sleep through the night. You’ve been doing nothing but stare out the window since we got her despite the fact you’ve got no orders. You’re almost willing something to happen. You need rest if you want to stay on top form.” You say, crossing to the window and leaning against the wall as you watch him carefully.
“y/n, if I’m asleep and something happens-”
“Dad, you literally made sure I have Benji and Luther on speed dial. Hell, I have Ilsa and half the IMF on my phone if I need to contact someone. I just want you to get some rest. It’s been quiet since we got here we should take advantage of it.” You say softly, your eyes giving away the worry you had for your dad. You knew your dad was on edge, the last mission had taken a lot out of him, a lot of them did and you wished he’d use the time you had now to rest rather than worrying about something else happening. Ethan turns his head to look over at you, softening when he sees the worry in your eyes.
“y/n/n, I’m fine. You don’t need to worry about me. It’s my job to worry about you. Not the other way round.” He says, resting a gentle hand on your shoulder and squeezing it softly.
“These missions are exhausting you more and more dad. You need to rest. Just for an hour or so. I’ll call Benji and he can keep watch with me while you rest.” You say, eyes pleading as you look up at your dad. Ethan lets out a soft exhale through his nose at your insistence. You were too stubborn for your own good. Too much like him.
“I’ll rest. I won’t sleep but I will rest.” Ethan attempts to bargain, watching as you fight the urge to roll your eyes.
“You will sleep because you need it. You’re going to go in your room and get in that bed while I call Benji. If you’re not in there by the time Benji picks up I’m asking him to bring a damn sedative.” You say firmly, folding your arms once more as Ethan lets out a soft chuckle.
“You really are my kid aren’t you?” He says fondly with a gentle shake of the head.
“Absolutely I am. Now get into bed.” You order, making Ethan hold his hands up in mock surrender as he crosses to the door to his room.
“You know I’m the parent here, right?” He says with a laugh as you roll your eyes, pulling your phone out of your pocket and dialling Benji’s number as Ethan disappears into his room. After calling Benji, you put your phone away and cross to your dad’s bedroom door, carefully opening it and pausing when you see Ethan sat up in bed, studying a newspaper for any hints for something that could lead to a mission.
“Dad, I swear you have one job right now and it’s to get some sleep and not think about whatever your next mission could be.” You scold, taking the newspaper from his hand, folding it up and placing it out of his reach.
“Come on, it won’t kill me to be updated on what’s going on.” Ethan argues, stopping himself from saying any more when you gave him the death glare he’s almost certain you inherited from him.
“I know you have nightmares. I know sleep isn’t something that comes easy to you. But is there anything I can do to help?” You say softly, perching yourself on the edge of his bed before your eyes light up with an idea, quickly kicking your shoes off and curling up into your dads side.
“What’s this?” Ethan asks with a chuckle, wrapping his arms around you as you curl up.
“I remember when I was little, I wouldn’t be able to sleep unless I was with you. Maybe I can help you the way you helped me.” You say, eyes slipping closed as you felt Ethan press a kiss to the top of your head. It took you a matter of minutes to find sleep, your slow and soft breaths bringing a smile to Ethan’s face as he felt a sense of calm he hadn’t felt in what seemed like forever wash over him as he allows his tired eyes to close, sleep claiming him almost instantly.
“y/n?” Benji calls softly through the small safe house as he enters, concerned when he receives no response nor seeing any evidence you were in. Benji immediately had every worst case scenario running through his head. If you were missing, Ethan would kill him, revive him to help him find you and then kill him again. Benji crosses to Ethan’s bedroom door, hoping if Ethan’s in, he’ll get some answers. Benji stops in his tracks after carefully opening the door and being greeted with the sight of you curled up in your dad’s arms, both of you fast asleep with the faintest of smiles gracing your faces. With his mind now at rest, Benji carefully closes the door and returns to the small table in the middle of the main room, sitting down at the table and putting his laptop on the table and opening it up to keep himself occupied. As he unlocks his laptop his eyes flick down to his bag and he lets out a soft chuckle.
“Guess I didn’t need the sedative.”
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