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Late night posting as usual, but wanted to share before bed.

Last holiday gift art piece for @hauntedhokage. Merry Belated Christmas! ❤️

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A wee bit late, but MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY BESTIE @silverrings-n-prettythings!!! Just FYI, Mammon is obsessed with you, he told me himself! 💕

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Today is a particularly good day for Barbatos. It's a day where everything seems to be going right, everything seems to be just the way he wants it. So it's only natural he seeks you out, right? The person who lights up the room with just a smile. Just their presence can cause the fibers of his time worn heart to work a little better, a little stronger.

Barbatos has been alive longer than even he can remember. He knows there are things he's forgotten, yet it's you, one of the youngest creatures he's ever had linger in his life that has managed to throw him for a loop. You may be an adult in human years, but for him, you are nothing but a grain in the sands of time. Yet that grain has managed to disturb everything he knows and he always seems to seek out that disturbance. So unlike him.

He prides himself on someone who likes order, who likes consistency, and someone who brings the unruly back under thumb. Yet there you are, curled up in an armchair as your finger fly across your laptop and your brow furrows with concentration. The very object of his constant uncertainty and the one thing he always gravitates to now.

He steps up beside you, places the cup of tea he'd made you and the slice of cake he'd brought on the side table, and yet you still don't look up. You seem to be looking at some sort of Human World website. "And what has you so focused, my dear?" he asks.

You stiffen, blinking owlishly up at him, "Umm... just planning my work when I go back... y'know to the Human World."

You swallow hard, look over at his offerings and smile though it's weak. There's a brokenness in your expression. It's something Barbatos doesn't necessarily understand but he still feels. Why does he feel it? Why does it feel like fingers of ice and agony are worming their way into his chest? "The Human World?" he asks, his throat is unbearably dry.

You nod, "I'll be going back eventually right? Might as well be prepared."

He thinks he may have stopped breathing. When did you become so important to him that the mere thought of you not being here, where he can step into the next room to see you anytime he wished, became an impossibility? You can't leave. You won't. He won't allow it. He is good at that. At keeping things the way they are meant to be. He just needs to tell you to stay, he needs to say how feels. Yet the words stick in his throat.

So instead he reaches out, his gloved hand trails over the softness of your cheek. For once he wishes his hands were free to touch you, that he'd taken off those gloves he holds so dear. He just wants to feel you, soak in your warmth because though he wants you to stay more than he's wanted anything in his terribly long life, he also doesn't want to cage you. He wants to see you fly.

"If that's what you want," he says. "Have your tea, before it gets cold."

Then he walks away. He steps away from the heartache of you staring after him like you know. Like you can see every emotion he isn't showing. He isn't ready for this yet. But tomorrow is a new day and so is the day after that, maybe one of those days, before you leave, he will be ready. Maybe today isn't as good as he thought, but that day he tells you, that will be the perfect day.

I'M IN MY FUCKING EMOTIIOOONNNSSS!!!

Noooo POOR BARB!! Ugh, the angst is delectable~

THIS PART:

..his gloved hand trails over the softness of your cheek. For once he wishes his hands were free to touch you, that he'd taken off those gloves he holds so dear.

Ruined me. RUINED I SAY. I love the symbolism of it; being so close and yet so far....

Don't worry baby I'll STAY FOR YOU. JUST SAY THE WORD.

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arv! happy monday lovely! did you and dabi do anything exciting for his birthday? spare no details pls! :3

Happy Monday to you too! I really had to think about this all day, haha! I think it's because with where his character development is at in canon and in my Touch fic, I don't honestly see Dabi as being someone who would want to celebrate his birthday, at least in the beginning. In the beginning, I don't even see him. He avoids socializing at all costs in favor of isolation.

BUT, I can tell you how I see it developing over time, as he gradually heals and opens up (in his own Dabi way of course).

Year after year I don't see him during his birthday. Until one year, that just... changes. He does come by, and at first I'm surprised that he's on my doorstep. He doesn't say it's for his birthday, and he doesn't expect anything. And he definitely doesn't want me to draw attention to it or make it a big fuss. But he doesn't want to be alone, either. So, instead, he hangs out at my place. I make us dinner, he watches TV, and later we cuddle and watch a movie (he's a fan of horror flicks, much to my chagrin; he loves it cuz I hide my face against his side and cling to him). He stays the night and leaves the next day as if it were any other day.

It'll go on like this for a while, turning into a tradition of sorts. He shows up without explanation, and I cook us a meal together. We keep each other company, and he leaves the next day.

Eventually, over time, I'll get brave enough to bring out a small single serve cake. No candle, no songs. We'll share it together, just eating in silence. This happens the next year, and the year after that.

Then finally, one year, it'll have a candle. And he'll stare at it, his eyes rooted to the flickering flame, and finally blow it out.

I think that night will be very special; probably skip the movie in favor of much needed intimacy between the sheets. Eventually, in the future when most of his emotional wounds have healed over into invisible scars that match his visible ones, and he has a stable job (although it wouldn't be anything high paying or impressive), he'll stop me from cooking for him and instead tell me to get dressed. He'll take me out to dinner to celebrate, even though it's supposed to be his day. But it's his way of making up for lost time, of showing his gratitude in a way that his words can't. He'll order a cake and put a candle on it, then push it towards me.

"Make a wish." "But it's your birthday..."

"Yeah, and this is how I wanna spend it. Make a wish."

"Why don't you make a wish?"

"Because I already got everything I wanted."

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31 and 33 for the ask game?? also hi ily

HI! ily too!! 💕

31. Do you prefer writing from a single character's perspective or switching between different viewpoints?

I tend to switch perspectives depending on the scene and what fits best; sometimes I'll even have a little omnipotence where both characters' perspectives are shown within the same scene, although even that is done back and forth between the characters. I think I pick the perspective based on which one is experiencing the bigger mental/emotional impact and/or internal dialogue/conflict.

33. How do you incorporate world-building elements into your fics?

I realize that I take a very character-focused --> world-focused approach. Like I look at the character motivations, and extrapolate into how their viewpoint/experience may be impacted by their culture, and how that culture is created by history and the physical environment, etc.

There's a lengthier explanation/example below the cut if anyone is interested:

For example, with my new barb fic, Love and Duty, I'm figuring out how to world build to allow for subplots to aid in pacing through the main plot. And it's getting me into this rabbit hole of WH-questions.

Why did the exchange program start with so few exchange students?

How does the selection process work?

What concerns/disagreements would there be within the people in charge of the Devildom? (e.g., Diavolo versus the House of Lords)

What would the next step(s) be for the exchange program?

That kind of stuff. And from there, I can start to shape the world based on those answers as I fill in the blanks. I'll start to create more OCs, and they'll have their own motivations, histories, etc. It'll shape the politics, the culture, the history, etc. right down to the physical world itself.

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Not me catching up on my holiday gifts for my besties...

for @thebellearchives 💕 merry belated xmas! Inumaki says you're his present. 😉

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sebastian and barbatos deserve to have monthly tea meetups to gossip and decompress 😔🍵

THEY ABSOLUTELY DO

Imagine a crossover AU where they know each other because they're both demons. The gossip would be so great...

Just imagining Barbatos venting about the chaos in the Devildom and Sebastian is like, "Why don't you just kill them?"

And Barb replies, "I wish it were so easy..."

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WAIT are you still doing this? 🎧🥺

I am!! Here you go! 💕

Holding on to this beautiful pain

Teardrops fall like diamonds in the rain

But today, together we rise

Come send me a 🎧!

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☀️aaaaarv! how have you been? i’m curious, are there any songs that fit you and barbatos?

Amirraaa!!! Totally late to this, but the past week has kicked my butt and the weekends are always a crazy time.

Not gonna lie... I had to really sit on this one for a bit! I have a bunch of barb songs that make me think of him; I have an entire playlist that I'm still curating. I have a few top favs that I've listened to on repeat, but they haven't quite entirely captured the vibe that I have for him and I. I finally settled on this one (for now):

Something about his immorality and my mortality and how those intersect in a painful but beautiful way. How we commit to love regardless of the inevitable future. It's about love being a choice every day, despite the unforgiving passage of time...

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aaaaarv! 💛 where did you go for your first date with barbatos?

omggg I saw this on my notifs and then the ADHD caught me in its GRIP (also I haven't been on my computer for literally 3 days 💀).

Anyway, A;SDLFKSAJ THIS QUESTION...

HMMMMM..... to be honest, it really depends on who's setting up the first date.

I feel like Barbatos would be very traditional and want to take me out to a dinner at a fancy restaurant and then possibly somewhere where we could see the stars and the city lights. I can also see him taking me to dinner and a performance of some sort (opera, classical music, etc.).

If it's more of a lunch date or a brunch, it'd be a teahouse or something, knowing him...

BUT... if I'm the one setting up the first date??

I'm taking his ass to a spa (with some convincing). I don't see him being the type to be comfortable with a full-body massage from a stranger (that'd be a private one-on-one session between the two of us). But we are for sure getting pampered for all of our hard work; me tolerating and managing the brothers, and him managing Diavolo, the castle, and RAD among other things. Foot massages will def be on the list, as well as mani/pedis and possibly even facials.

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Dabi holds onto you with a grip that is strong enough to make his hands shake. He breathes you in as his fingers curls between yours and he looms over you. He doesn't know when the world decided he was worthy enough of you, but he's so damn grateful. He doesn't know when he's ever been so thankful for something, let alone someone.

He presses his lips to your forehead, and you look up at him with the scrape on your face like it doesn't even sting. That damned hero thought they could take you away from him. His back still burns from the intensity of the flames that he'd unleashed. But you're here now and that injury will disappear. You are safe with him. You gaze at him with soft and trusting eyes that he doesn't deserve, he's knows you should look at him with fear. You should look at him like the reaper he is, death hidden in looping network of patchworked scars poorly held together by glittering staples. Yet the only thing you give him is a kiss, chaste and gentle, it is enough to cause his shattered heart and frayed nerves to knit back together bit by bit. It is enough to feed life into broken body again. "Don't every do that again," he whispers to you. "Don't ever let them touch you again."

His voice is gravel and desperate as he clings to you harder, as if he's the only thing holding you together. As if you aren't the one keeping him from shattering to pieces. "I won't," you promise. The both of you know it's empty. The both of you know soon enough that you'll be throwing yourself into a fight again just in hopes to save him. He knows and yet he won't do the right thing. He won't leave you, because Dabi is such a greedy man.

STOP WHAAATTTT~~~

Cym... CYM!! BESTIE, WIFE OF MINE.

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You should look at him like the reaper he is, death hidden in looping network of patchworked scars poorly held together by glittering staples.

BRUHHHH..... sobbing and pounding the floor! I love him so much, and I love the way you write him every time!!

My wife is gonna inspire me to go back to writing Touch, I stg...

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GUYS.... guys. Silver got me watching Physical:100 (season 2) and I'm only on the 2nd episode and it's already rewiring my brain chemistry.

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aaarv! i miss you how are you doing? i’m curious, do you and barbatos have a favorite meal and/or tea to prepare together?

AMIRA 💚 Hi love! I hope you're doing well! I miss you too, it always brings a smile to my face when you pop in to say hi!

Hmmm..... I actually haven't thought about this before, so it's a fun one to answer! I love baking, but I'm TERRIBLE at breads, so I think I'd enjoy getting lessons from Barbatos on how to do some bread recipes. Also, since he's such a big fan of tea, I'd be curious to introduce him to boba, since I imagine he's never had it before from the human world. He might find them too commercial/sweet, but then again, he loves making desserts so perhaps not? Either way, I like them and it'd be amusing to see his experience with it.

Probably our go-to tea to make together is vanilla rooibos because it's my favorite and he always has a habit of wanting to provide for others what makes them happy. But I'd also want to learn more about his favorite things and reciprocate to him since I think he deserves to be taken care of more often. ;) I would often make something soothing/relaxing for him, so perhaps something that involves some lavender, maybe some honey.

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Barbatos knows what you need without you even asking. You walk into his office after a hard day of wrangling kids and trying teach and you wear every emotion on your face. You wear them in your body, your muscles, and the way you seem to collapse into the chair across the desk from him.

He looks up at you. A soft smile curls his lips and he doesn't even ask if you need it as he makes the tea and pulls out a slice of cake. He doesn't ask as he sets it in front of you with a gentle kiss to you temple that has your pulling in a shuddery breath.

The two of you have been in a relationship for a short time. You've slowly been getting more and more comfortable about asking for help vocally, but sometimes he thinks you can't even form the words with how overwhelmed you feel. It's a good thing he is so observant.

"Whenever you're ready, I'm here," he mutters.

And that breaks the dam. Everything in you relaxes and you finally reach out for you tea. He takes his seat across from you and it all seems right.

"I'll just stay here a while, if that's ok?" you say after contemplating your cup.

"Of course," he smiles and flips the page of the document he was working on.

Sobbing 😭 I want this SO BAD... the way I almost didn't answer this just so I could hoard it like a dragon in my inbox...

You're too good to me, Cym 💕 and your writing is as beautiful and on-point as always.

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🎧 (was looking for the perfect one to share) sorry this took so long T^T Love me Harder- Steven Rodriguez

!!! Such a good song!

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Happy birthday wife! --- The party is going on in the next room and yet here Barbatos finds you, sequestered away. One look from you and he can tell why. You needed a moment away from the noise, a break so you can breathe. He smiles as he comes to stand next to you, not breaking the silence you've created for yourself, just handing you a drink. You take it and for a moment all you can do is stare at it. All you can do is look at his gloved hands and the way they almost touched yours when handing the glass over.

The one thing you want today, is more. More than whatever this is between the two of you. You are tired of the painful tension that stretches between the space he's left, the atmosphere almost quivers with it. It's hard to breathe, hard to think without choking on the coiling need to say something that pushes you forward in this strange relationship.

"I have something I want to tell you, if you will listen," he says.

You stiffen, your muscles screaming in pain because god you were already so tense. Still you nod awkwardly and wait.

"I've been waiting for the right day to say this," Barbatos says with a frown.

He finally turns to you and his gaze looks so conflicted. You want to reach out, you want to soothe the wrinkles that have formed between his brows. But you hold yourself back, it's not your place.

"You shouldn't go back to the Human world," he says.

His gaze is intense, it steals every breath you have and you feel like you just might tumble to your knees. You feel like you might be drowning. Drowning in everything that is him, the smell of warmed Devildom tea leaves and sugar from your own cake, spices that you know he uses specifically for cooking that have permeated his very skin. It's completely him. Those words he's spoken are everything and more than you've wanted to hear. "Why?" you ask. He searches your face, looks for a way to answer and you aren't used to him being so ineloquent. Usually he has everything thought out, but obviously this entire talk has thrown him off. He swallows thickly and you can see the way his throat contracts.

"Because I want you to stay," he breathes, taking a step closer his palm finding a home on your lower back. You suck a breath in between your teeth. Barbatos never says such selfish things. Yet, the way he's looking at you, with desperation, and almost fear, it makes your palm finally raise to cup his cheek. He sighs and leans into it, like he's been waiting for this all his centuries. Like he's been waiting for you.

"Oh," you whisper.

Because how do you respond to that. How do you respond to someone so powerful blatantly asking you to stay for them. He must care in some form, but does he love you? Is that what he is saying? He presses a kiss to your palm, his eyes heavy on you as he catches your gaze.

Oh lord, you think your heart might stop right here.

wait WAIT

A SEQUEL??? (did... did you PLAN this??? *squints eyes suspiciously*)

CYM THIS IS SO PERFECT AAAHHHHHHHH

That he would wait until my birthday to say what he felt! And I love his hesitancy, his gentleness.... UGH.

And the kiss to the palm??? END ME RIGHT NOW.

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