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#but i'm too tired of myself and my stupid brain that tells me that i do everything wrong :
advisorsage · 4 months
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I think I've fucked up
#i ranted to my girlfriend and i know she probably is just busy but my brain is screaming that i made her upset even though..#my rant was about my own situation and how i feel about it and then i apologized for complaining at her and said that i wasn't supposed to#and I'm worried she thinks she's not supposed to complain to me when i just meant that i don't like telling people about my shit#and i know she said i could tell her and that she wants to support me but she and my boyfriend are my first relationships#and i don't want to fuck up and i think i have and i haven't told my boyfriend about my diagnosis yet#and I'm scared I'll complain at him too when i tell him and i don't care that he's told me i can and should complain to him#i don't want to saddle them with my complaints#and i called out of work because of how I'm feeling from my diagnosis and that's what i ranted to my girlfriend about#and i'm terrified she doesn't want to date me anymore because my reaction to being diagnosed with one more thing is so fucking pathetic#and i just need to cry and scream and throw up and i can't do any of those things and i feel like everyone except her is telling me#it's no big deal when it is a big deal and i don't think i got it through to my therapist and I'm just freaked out and i don't want to cling#and and and I'm just. i hate existing right now#i feel like i shouldn't do what i want to at home because i called out from work and i know that's stupid but i don't feel like i deserve#nice things right now despite needing them and I'm just so tired but not sleepy and i feel like I'm going to have a panic attack and#i can't even do anything about it!#fuck#i fucked myself over basically#anyway#drink water you heathens
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da-proti-toku-grem · 22 days
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feeling like a total asshole today 👍
#an aunt's mom passed away yesterday night#i didn't really know her that much just spoke to her a few times for the typical merry christmas & happy new year you know#so when my mom told me i felt bad for my aunt bc i knew they were really close but i don't feel SAD#but my parents seemed to be like so shocked and sad and my little brother even started crying#and i felt absolutely nothing#idek what my mom saw in my face but she went like 'don't you feel anything?' and like wtf am i supposed to feel#like. i'm sorry for my aunt and everything but i just?????#that already made me feel like an absolute asshole but now we have to go there (like 2hours away by car)#and because i am an adult now i *have* to go to the funeral home (?) today and to the funeral tomorrow#and i REALLY don't want to and thought it's making me so fucking anxious bc i haven't been there since my grandma passed away 2 years ago#i really don't want that feeling that i felt back then to come back#not right now#not when i've been starting to feel a bit better this past week#but i'm already failing at that because they started to come back the moment i was told i have to go#and i feel like a fucking asshole because my aunt's mom literally passed away and she (and her whole family) must be heartbroken right now#and all i can think about is that i'm anxious#i'm anxious to go back there. i'm anxious just thinking that i'll have to express my condolences to people that i don't even know#i'm anxious because i'll have to TALK to people and at least try to look a bit SAD but i can't just fake it#bc if i don't look sad my brain tells me that i'm an asshole that doesn't have feelings like apparently everyone around me has#but if i fake it my brain tells me that i'm an asshole bc why tf do i have to fake my fucking personality#why can't i just express my fucking feelings like normal people do and the only thing that i know how to do is fucking complain#like. i know i rant a lot here but it's literally the only place where i talk about my feelings#i NEVER talk about my feelings with anyone because idk HOW to do it#i have like a million things in my mind that i want to tell my mom or my therapy for example but when i finally convince myself to do it#i just CAN'T. the thoughts won't leave my mouth because i don't know how to phrase them properly#so nothing ever leaves my mind unless i make a post here bc apparently writing my thoughts in english (my 2nd language)#is easier than talking in spanish#and at least if i write them here they don't just stay bottled up in my mind#but i'm too tired of myself and my stupid brain that tells me that i do everything wrong :/#i'm gonna shut up now bc i once again reached the tag limit
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yveaart · 3 months
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how to lose a guy in 10 days — csc
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choi seungcheol x reader
genre : fluff, smut, enemies to lovers, jealousy (?), fake relationship, bets (yk how the movie goes), profanities
synopsis : you had to prove to your friends that you could easily make a guy lose interest within a week, having no interest in indulging yourself in a relationship after your past ones. all those relationships led you to narrow down a list on how to make a guy sick of you. you had all the card in your hands and seems like you don’t get to play it.
warnings : mdni, proceed with causion bc this is my first actual svt fic it might be shitty. not proofread lol, reminder that this is my take on the plot and it will not flow the exact same plots in the movie
i do not feel so confident about this bc i wrote this with mind in shambles. literally me comforting myself with svt while i'm dying from my studies rn :') pls tell me if you like it bc i would most def appreciate it <3
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it was another slow day at work when you sat down at your desk and sighed. all your work mates and friends seems to confide in your reaction but your circle knew that this sigh wasn’t a “damn-im-so-stressed-and-sick-of-work-sigh” for them it was more of a “wow-life-is-hectic-its-almost-making-me-want-a-man”
and just like clockwork their brains clicked and hovered over your cubicle. poor u so startled that you almost gagged on your coffee.
“what?” you shooted
“are we gonna meet boyfriend number 13?” karina said in a sing song voice
“more like fling number 17?” sakura retorted
“maybe a first situationship since she haven’t experienced one yet” yunjin said curiously
“jesus christ i’ve had that much men and i’m not gay yet?” you said surprised
“maybe you just need a new set up?” yunjin asked
“like what doggy style?” karina questioned
“not like that you idiot” sakura glared
“maybe i’m just meant to end up in a church and dedicate my life to holiness” you huffed
“please you would burn the moment you step in a cathedral” sakura laughed
“well i just know how every relationships end, it’s almost like completing all endings for a video game, its predictable and cliche” you sighed
“let’s welcome fling number 17 then” karina announced
“i’m too tired for just fucks you know? it won’t take long before i actually get infection and i turn into a zombie and bite you all from all these stupid ideas” you rolled your eyes at your friends.
right now you just actually need to see if theres a guy out there in the world who could actually commit and actually accept a persons flaws out of love.
all too cheesy but you would like to find a partner who would find no flaws in you and probably just call them your little unique antiques that they can live with.
you were so sick on seeing tutorials or manifestation hacks on the internet because does anyone genuinely love each other anymore? all these “how to become a maneater”, “how to make them dream of you”, “how to make him fall in love using a potion” bullshit got you sick of people now.
why did god even create men to accompany themselves if they’re preferences and expectations are for the deities taste themselves.
“OH MY GOD I GOT IT!” yunjin screamed making all your peers look over to your area
“what is it?” you asked dying for a solution
“what if you meet a guy and just unfling him?” she said as if there was a light bulb above her head
“yall need to make her stop doing overtime” sakura deadpanned
“NOO, like you’re talking all these commitment things all the time then what if you find a random guy and make him not fall in love with you and see if he stays?” she said
“so like i should go out being an annoying red flag and see if he stays?” you giggle but it all went away when all your friends kind of agreed because they’re also sick of u having these guy problems already.
“i guess thats not all bad” karina suggests
“you should wear your best outfit tonight because we will find your lucky target then y/nnie” sakura winked at you before discussing the plans with yunjin and karina
it was not long until the night came as you got ready, you scoffed on how stupid this bet is because it’s like you claimed “very predictable and cliche” to lose a guy.
it was then your friends picked you up and pulled up to the bar. a few shots came by as you hustled through the crowd searching for your so called the one. but as you surf through the tables everyone fell short to your friends standards as if it was a big serious thing.
you grew tired, what was the point, you knew your fate then you should probably accept it now.
you drank your last shot for tonight planning your weekend with whole lots of tubs of ice cream until you flinched by karina grabbing your arm.
“him” she said, audible enough for the three of you to hear. you faced the guy she was referring to as all the noice fade into the background blur hearing yunjin screech and them clapping happily, your time froze.
the most goddamn, drop dead gorgeous man came to sight.
“isn’t that choi seungcheol?” sakura stating a rhetorical question
“they said no one could ever bag him up” yunjin replied
“ooh sounds like one of y/n’s guys” karina giggled.
“are you up for it then?” sakura challenged you
“please this will probably come by a breeze, so? 100 bucks each?” you winked as the three of them agrees after a total chaos.
“choi seungcheol, let the games begin” you muttered
on the other side of the bar there was a crowded group of 13 people who were mindlessly taking shot over shot as they were crowned as the most obnoxiously loud people for the night.
most of them spitting out tipsy thoughts to one another as they joined forces on pinning and choosing choi seungcheol as the victim for tonight.
“here comes the virgin joseph for tonight, choi seungcheol!” dk hooted while hoshi was giggling to any phrases the latter would make out
“isn’t it mary though?” joshua pondered drunkly on the edge of the couch munching on the nuts hoping it would make him sober as it was too early to go home.
“whatever, we still get the point. so what’s with the anti-women behavior cheol?” jeonghan grinned. his smile too wide to seem oblivious of the answer.
“i think dating is now deemed predictable to me,every woman i dated either wants my money, my body, fame, or a father figure” cheol sighed deeply
“wait you’re a dad?” dino’s brows furrowed in deep confusion as cheol stood there with utter disbelief
“i thought we we’re supposed to have a fun hangout today, and now all of you are just looking like alcoholics with all these bottles in our table” seungcheol complained
“WHO ARE YOU CALLING ALCOHOLICS?!” mingyu exclaimed looking at the opposite direction of where cheol was.
“FUCKER I DIDNT CALL YOU ANYTHING” minghao retorted to a confused mingyu facing him causing cheol to place a palm over his forehead.
“how about you start charming women for who you truly are?” vernon continuing the passed topic.
cheol didnt know if he was thankful for vernon re entering a topic, all the “seemingly” sober people joined up on the topic. they soon somehow convinced cheol to meet new people and try making them fall in love with him.
kkuma needed a mom, maybe he did too (but not in a maternal sense
“i doubt scoups can make a girl fall in love with him” dino giggled in the verge of passing out.
“i sure can ! it’s like a walk in the park” seungcheol defended.
“not even within a month” jeonghan added
“not even a week” jun stared blankly.
seungcheol always had placed his pride on a pedestal, it’s the source of his cocky behavior.
“oh please, give me 10 days it would be like she’s under a love spell” cheol snickered blanketing his bruised ego.
“deal, i bet 20 that we’ll have another meeting on the 10th day having cheol drop dead drunk at thus exact spot” jeonghan screamed only standing for the first time for the night.
it was chaos after that, but the group was almost divided equally in the process of them making bets and weighing the odds of cheol’s fate.
seungcheol wished the ground opened its jaws and buried him six feet under
even he was lying to himself with his statement, but one thing about choi seungcheol— he always wins.
“i’m gonna head home now” cheol said, he wish he didn’t.
he somehow wished that they were all too drunk to force him into the grave he dug himself. mercy will be the end of their bond, so as fate has written cheol’s fortune.
“i guess cheol is accepting his pussy title” jeonghan sighed
“i am not a pussy” cheol responded
“then i guess you’ll have to prove that” joshua sighed blankly at him
“let’s start by choosing the lucky girl who’s gonna take cheol’s v card”
“i’m not even a virgin” cheol rebutted with a frown, the liquor making him submit to his true emotions.
“please you barely lost it” dk laughed
“well i barely felt it….” cheol muttered
“let’s do her” dino pointed at the wall as he stood quickly stumbling with his head spinning
“who’s he pointing at? did he shave his eyes as well?” woozi said laughing
“shut up pink panty guy, i’m talking about the girl that has red hair and wearing a black dress” dino said laying on the floor
“ooh, she looks hot like seungcheol’s type” jun teased
if he didn’t spot your bright auburn hair he would’ve sworn to himself that these guys we’re just throwing a hate crime at him, but god, you we’re his type.
“go on mr. choi, show us your charm” mingyu pushing cheol closer to your area in the bar
you were planning on stepping up, but you had to make one thing sure, so you turned around to your friends with burgundy rushing through your cheeks with the thrill throwing you into your pit of endless thoughts.
“makeup, and outfit : perfect” yunjin started with a wide grin
“hair : gorgeous and can easily make a ponytail” karina winked as you glared at her
“teeth clean and ready for sucking” sakura smiled
jesus christ you were asking for a reality check and they just simply can’t avoid adding scandalous statements as if that’s all you do.
you were ready
were?
are?
was?
fuck.
you backed up quickly as you saw a guy charging at your direction ready to barf up on you.
quick arms catches your moving physique, as your back became dependent on the person unbeknownst to you.
two groups filled your senses with squeals, laughing and cheering waking you up from your not so cute dilemma
you turned to the person behind you seeing the man of the night
choi seungcheol.
“you okay, sweetheart?” his voiced hush, you felt warm and you swore that is was just the buzz from the liquor
quickly you went to work
“omg thankyou o-oppa” you’re voice cracked because you simply cannot believe the words that escaped your lips.
there was terror in his eyes, the moment you saw it, it went away. a pretty grin was graced upon your lips because this will be one hell of a ride
he better be sure to keep his seatbelts on because you’re gonna totally rock his world.
day 1 : the tortoise and the hare
spoiler, the hare never wins
guys hate being speedy, if they’re looking for a woman they can take home to his mom it would definitely not be the woman who wants to be dicked down after the first date.
and this wasn’t even a date
he took you to his place after your so called friends left the both of you in the landmine
he only intended you to sober up, and you only wanted him to curse you off his life. but it would be no fun if you just did it in a day, wouldn’t it?
the sound of the collision of class and marble led to both of your eyes to be met.
“thank you, really, or what else i would’ve smelled like vodka and whatever the fuck that person just ate” you sighed in relief genuinely
“no worries, you don’t smell like barf or vodka…. maybe a little of tequila but you’re good” he smiled
fuck. he’s hot and he knows it, a part of you wished that he was some sort of narcissist so you could do this thing in a easier way.
his face sculpted and graced with beauty his eyes filled with wisdom and maturity, his lips full and shaded like cherries.
you we’re definitely down to have a fling with him, but according to you, you were planning to change your ways and test the purpose and ability of men.
“mhm, i’m tired let’s watch a movie?” you smiled with your forced high-pitched voice
you love how he would hide the way his face would wince when you talk or the way his jaw slacked on your statement.
you smiled at the thought of him trying to take you out of his multi-million mansion because you were pushing boundaries he built for you
“yeah.. sure, what do you wanna watch?” he assisted you by the waist as he brought you up the stairs.
you wanted to get out, you wouldn’t think that it would go like this. fuck the boys manual maybe it doesn’t work with hot rich guys
“the notebook, i LOVE that movie” you smiled and you could see how he expected that
as you laid in his sheets, which you felt deeply sorry for actually staining his pearly and silky shits with your outside clothes, but your pride held you high. if you fell from your pride or for him then maybe then you could wash his sheets.
the room was dimly lit, the ambience warm as he intended.
he sat next to you, with distance for respect according to cheol’s brain.
you couldn’t predict him, and maybe he sends mix signals, and that made you feel less guilty because you concluded that he’s a womanizer. he knew all of these antics a little too well.
“it’s getting hot” you sighed fanning your face adjusting your dress to the right extent, you held your hair exposing your neck to him making sure he saw it.
"really? my ac is so low right now" he was surely acting oblivious.
you may be frustrated at him for not taking your hits but you guess it would make a good build up, meanwhile he was there dumbfounded from all the tricks you pulled, he was slowly getting hard but that's another story.
he was thinking if he should drop it, it seemed like you just wanted a one night stand, but speaking of the devil (angel) jeonghan sent him a text showing him how much money he would be getting if he proved them wrong.
somehow in the end all of his friends were convinced that he would stay bitchless. there was a whole chapter within their groupchat making fun of what he said earlier at the bar.
truth be told, he didn't give a fuck about the money, he wanted his dignity and pride back.
"my body is so warm because of all the shots i took though" you reasoned out quickly.
"well my body is really cool right now" he faced you slowly pulling you close but you had other plans
you quickly kissed him as if you were desperate for it.
"mmm- i think we should slow down y/n" he rushed to tell you.
you wanted to grin so bad, victory laid on your side, but you had to put a sad face asking him if he no longer likes you repeatedly as he escorted you out of his house.
you quickly twirled and skipped across the road when you were sure he was inside already. he was there though, watching through his window.
maybe he had to step up.
day 2 : the in-laws
there was not a single text on cheols phone the next morning, soon learning your phone was inside the purse you left at his house.
he wanted to scan your purse thinking of a way to sweep you off your feet today. but a gentleman doesn't mess with a ladies purse.
after the the long chat you had last night, you exchanged your details to each other which now led cheol to your apartment building with flowers and a wide smile.
"hi i got these for you-"
"wait cheollie, say hi to your mom !" you cut him off with a smile
his face quickly shifting, you what?! he was slowly shaking on the inside quickly settling down your purse, flowers on your coffee table.
"h-hi mommm" he grinned as if his mom could see him.
"seungcheol i didn't raise you to hide your partners from me like this, i really like y/n you know, so when's the wedding?" his mom ushered
"a wedding?" you gasped and started screeching as if it was real
"we'll see mom haha.." he replied deranged from the situation made just 2 minutes ago. he quickly hung up before his mom could get any more ideas.
"well that was interesting, i didn't know that you knew my mom" he restrained himself from losing himself.
"well i have to meet your parents anyways right, cheollie?" you smiled at him
"yeah, but we just met yesterday" he deadpanned
"well, you don't think we're gonna work out" you started sobbing in front of him making small obnoxious hiccups
"well that's not what i meant baby" he hushed and spent the afternoon babying you while whispering sweet nothings in your ear.
day 3 : monday flings
"i seriously cannot fathom how much patience he has to reach day 3" you genuinely lay your opinion
"i was a complete total psycho, but he must be mental" you said to yourself
"that's fucking crazy because if i had to put up with that you would never hear from me again" sakura said bluntly which bruised and praised you at the same time
"i need a break from my alter ego as well, i hope he has no plans on asking me on anything anymore at least"
the day went as if you had never met choi seungcheol at all, which made you relieved for at least having a rest day, sure it was such a short time but god how tiring it was to be somebody else
"i just really realized how to fit in somebody else's shoes" you sighed as you and your friends exited the building together ready to go home and simply pass out.
"then don't fucking wear them" karina said
"but this is the whole point, being a stereotypical woman in a relationship"
you all soon parted in your own ways as you walked through the neighborhood near yours, you realized you just walked passed by seungcheol's house and this made you walk a bit faster and try to fabricate your distinguishable looks. but guess what
"aw baby don't hide from me" he coos slowly pulling you in his embrace.
"i was just looking for you" he smiled as he rushed you into his home
you somehow wished he could just stab you right now.
he led you to his living room filled with rose petals and candles dedicating a whole playlist of his vinyl records for you. you spent the evening sharing his home cooked dinner, which was actually delicious. and he soon brought out his photo albums from when he was a kid.
"do you think our children look just like you?' your sentence made you freak out but you supressed it wanting him to be affected by your vicious visions.
"how about we go back about the marriage thing for now" he faked out a laugh.
"i want this to be our family's house too" you sighed in content while scanning the architectural structure.
"if that's what you want" he smiled and pecked your forehead, which had caught you by a surprise.
"it is" you smiled, you didn't want to admit it but something formed within you when he said that.
"i'll be having a boys night tomorrow so i might not respond quickly to your texts"
"is it strictly 'boys only' ?" you asked forming an idea and swallowing these funny feelings that have bloomed within you.
"well it had always been"
day 4 : poker night
if fate was inevitable, they should you hit you up then.
you were in a cab with your hands filled with cheol's place in mind.
"cheol having a 4 day record is worth celebrating" jeonghan teased
"it's been that long?" mingyu asked actually impressed
"i've been in a lot of relationships since college, stop making it seem like im a loser" he sighed
"probably just in college" minghao retorted
"it's probably going well, maybe next year she could meet his parents" seungkwan noted
"please, she met them the second day we met" cheol answered scoffing at the thought
"now i know why girls are driven away from you" jun cringed at cheol
"she called them herself the day we met, she even said that our children will live here, and she tried to sleep with me the first day we met !" cheol finally shared his experience the past few days
"ooh feisty and a woman with a plan, that's so horanghae coded" hoshi smiled reaching his palms out and curling the ends of her fingers.
"you're going delusional again hamster" minghao smacked the back of hoshi's head causing the latter to relieve it by rubbing his head.
"maybe cheol could get laid now with her bold behavior, someone who can tame mr. pride-over-pants-down-choi-seungcheol over here" joshua said
"she's just a bet-"
the violent reactions that flashed through the faces of his group-mainly cheol when you came in the door in the middle of the game.
the guys quickly recovered teasing cheol for being so attached already calling her over for a boys night.
"hi guys!!" you said excitingly trying on your best cute expression you could muster up while hoshi replied to you with the horanghae pose as you quickly reciprocated it.
"i just thought i could put some of my stuff here so you could always remember me cheollie" your eyes twitching the moment your face was parallel with the wall
cheol was in awe with the first few vases you put out, until there were at lest 13 in his living room only. his house looking like he was out there selling urns
you were going around his place disrupting them, even changing their ambient music into some of britney spear's playlist
and even making very concerning screams around the kitchen just behind the living room.
"cheollie, can you get me some water" you whined when you heard them telling cheol it was his turn
he caught you reaching out unto the cupboards for a glass, he quickly got you what you requested and leaving you there
you were quick to grab onto his arm and grab the cigarette out of his mouth.
"you need to stop smoking" you tell him genuinely, his demeanor sensing your honesty his brows rested as he gave you a smile.
"i need to keep my lungs healthy for our children huh?" he teased you with a knowing smile
day 5 : ghosting
after his game with the boys, you two spent so much time together after.
he was being sulky after receiving his first losing game last night from all your disruptions last night.
but he never mentioned you being a nuisance, and just maybe because it was stored somewhere deep his chest the frustrations he held
but you stayed clingy to him filling him up with your presence even when you already went home flooding his texts until it was dawn
today you decided to stay low, you were lying in wait in this part of the plan
by doing so much the past few days today you decided to give ghosting a shot
"god i just wanna die if i need to go through this just to find a decent human being" you sighed frustrated at yourself
you wish you could stop now, there was 150 bucks on the line
or this is what you thought that hindered from you from stopping, you stared longingly on your laptop
quickly dialing his number you grinned at the sound of his voice
day 6 : a large iced diet coke and a kiss to go
today you planned on watching a knicks game with cheol, it was both your favorite thing to watch.
the stadium filled with cheers as you were shaking with thrill watching the tight game among your favorite team handling each other by the neck
most of the game went well according to cheol
during the break the venue managers continued to do the kiss cam.
you were interested looking at random people sharing affection through this stupid camera. but you didn't know it would face you.
you saw your face light up with surprise as the other guy next to you exposed on the kiss cam
you were looking at him
"i'm-" the guy was cut off when seungcheol grabbed you by the nape sealing your lips with his plush ones, the camera then panning to the both of you instead of you and the other guy.
"you weren't in the kiss cam" you said smiling- wait no don't.
"well i was just now" he said cockily
"i'm not gonna let you kiss him when i'm here" he said and that lit a fire within you
the final part of the game resumed as you both were cheering wildly through the crowds
it was time.
you asked cheol to bring you coke since you were extremely famished according to your words.
cheol quickly glanced at you, the bottom of the stadium, on the scoreboard, and back to your eyes.
he quickly ran getting you the drink that you wanted.
"i cant drink too much sugar though i need the diet one" his face turning into a distressed one jogging back up the long steep flights of stairs as he huffed to the vendor that you wanted the coke one, being only available to watch the game through the small monitor by the ceiling
there was about 3 minutes left, your team still having time to win over
he rushed back to you quickly handing you your coke, but there was another thing-
"i need ice cheollie" you whined at him, he groaned but still went over to do it
only a few moments left before the game ends the vendor still working on you precious drink, seungcheol staring at the monitor.
you felt bad, like actually. but you had to keep this up
you were enjoying the game until you were drowned in your thoughts on how you were ever gonna ask for his forgiveness after all this
you were a bitch and get over your act.
the crowd calling out through your ears realizing your favored team won, you had to force a smile especially a lovely one at cheol to make him think you were being a menace
maybe if you pushed him enough you could end this sooner, you can't admit that he was charming, handsome, and his behavior is no less than how a gentleman should act.
sorry coups.
the game ended, you were exiting the venue with cheol as his arm around your shoulder quickly calling you a cab home.
"thank you for this babe" you smiled passing him the cup, hoping you were rude enough for him to not call you up anymore
"no problem, you gave me your other ticket to watch with you anyway" he smiled pecking you before you left.
he crumpled the cup and threw it away.
day 7 : the revelation
you and cheol spent this day with a quick breakfast by the small cafe nearby, chatting through the busy streets of your city, he asked you to come to his event tomorrow which you accepted. after breakfast there were barely any interactions coming between the two of you.
why stay through this conditions?
well we bring you to the day 1
you were troubled writing your new article on the magazine company you were working for.
your boss expecting so much from you, you simply cannot write anything too political or anything controversial at all, so you stuck on to writing these stupid "how to" to articles which was a huge success for your company.
you were stuck, nothing to write, drafts filled with calling out peace for all countries experiencing genocide and territorial invasions or calling out to politicians who were legitimately caught only on scandalous events but never the seat of any meetings.
you were a writer a "how to girl", you swore you did it all and wrote them, how to talk your way out of a ticket, how to feng shui your apartment and even having those little tests you wrote printed by the magazine.
seungcheol was a lawyer, he stayed in his grandfathers law firm, his grandfather desperate for him to get wed and have a family who will take care of the firm and would take care of him as well.
seungcheol's grandfather knew his luck in love, so he prayed that even when he passes, his grandson will still have someone to be with.
day 8 : pride over love
cheol came over to your place at dusk seeing you with your flattering yellow dress with a backless cut on the back.
he was stunned by your beauty, his hand leading to his chest.
"my god" he whispered to himself as he paced closer to you
"you're gorgeous" he smiled as he kissed your temple
"you don't look to bad yourself" you grinned at him
you decided to stay in your apartment for a while as you settled a few of your stuff before you leave
he glanced over your record player and fidget over your albums then he finally sat down digesting the whole essence of your place, it was hard for him to stay still thinking that you were some dumb bet but he knew you were more than that, he knew you we're attractive but the breeze tonight was only revealing your true selves to each other.
you came in the room with your purse settling it by the coffee table as your favorite song came by, you couldn't help but singing along to it
and other girls dreamed that they'd be cheol's partner
they'd be cheol's partner and
you're so vain
you probably think this song is about you
and then you both exploded in to giggles proceeding to do silly dances before heading out.
you both arrive at an immaculately decorated building, you could already hear all the people chattering inside the building making a light buzz on your ears
"cheol, you should come meet our new stockholder" his coworker ushered him as he looked at you with slight worry
"i'll be fine you should go" you pushed him lightly and he just nodded at you making a phone call sign telling u to call him if anything happens
it was a while when you were just sitting by the bar drinking your nth drink for the night, it wasn't your intention to do so, but that was the only thing that can occupy you. you didn't want to bother cheol on his night so you stayed lowkey.
you weren't drunk but you rethink because you didn't know why seungcheol's grandfather ushering you to talk to him.
"so i heard that you have been seeing my grandson" he started
"oh yeah i am" you politely answered, guilt wrapping you up when you realized that you were only feigning everything.
"i'm glad that he told me about a girl he goes out with, he barely tells me anymore because they don't last long" he giggled
"oh really? i would expect him to be married by now actually" you joked with him
you felt comfortable around him, his friends, his relatives, and even his co workers, they really provided you with a nice environment.
"i'm happy that you stayed with him even after knowing that you just started as a bet-"
"excuse me?" you were violated.
"i mean please excuse me i need to get some fresh air"
there was regret in mr.choi's face but it also held worry, was it true? you were a bet? what did he win for you? for this? what did he mean that you started as a bet?
you were furious, you knew you were also doing him wrong, but you felt bad for all of it.
it wasn't helping that you had to admit to yourself that you did like him. even through the fucked up situations you had this week, it was all messed up, fake.
but even in all that chaos, he was consistent, he was there.
now you're doubting if that was his acting as well
because now you were burning everywhere, because you knew you crossed the fine line along the feigned adoration over real devotion.
you adore choi seungcheol.
but now that meant nothing.
quick and heavy foot steps were heard behind you
"y/n!" cheol managed out with huffed breaths
you faced him with disdain painting your face.
“wow, you’re gonna run away after you defy me?” he laughed sarcastically, his face sullen his eyes filled with fury
“defy you? what about you making me a bet?” it dawned on him realizing that you knew about his faults too.
it was true, you did defy him, not that it was your choice, you had to do it for your job, you wrote about him, one of your how-to blog and magazine experiments.
how to lose a guy in 10 days
this was your last project being a part of this magazine line. you swore you couldn’t keep on using people for an article, you planned on being a journalist after quitting, after making him your last.
because after all, you love him.
your article could also be called “how to stupidly fall in love and find a man in 10 days”
“it was a bet at first, then i fell, but you just played me” he looked at you as if you just stabbed him straight to the chest
“what?” you said confused
“leave. i don’t ever wanna see you anymore” he warned
“didn’t know you could stoop so low, and don’t worry i will”
“how to lose a guy in 10 days huh?” he started “lucky you y/n because you just lost him” he uttered walking away.
the night turned completely upside down, both of your chests swelled with guilt, shame and anger.
your heart dropped, but you just swallowed you pride and left.
day 9 : drive me out of town
quickly packing your things to leave, you won’t do any good here now that everything is tainted by the man you met just a little more than a week ago.
you spent your whole day just wallowing the sadness from your love life leaving your friends, your apartment.
you published that article about choi seungcheol to have income before you left your low life and start as a struggling journalist to do what you always wanted, to write about more important things
conventional, innovative, a cry of the oppressed.
but people seemed to worry if blondes were more fun than brunettes.
you truly regret using him, but you both did the wrong things to the write people, only fate knew that.
you rode your cab ready to leave this damned city to move to another identical one.
the familiar streets slowly blurred into the abyss of the distance as you called your friends and relatives one by one just catching up and telling them little life updates.
you were sad, but you knew that seungcheol is probably feeling a lot more than you were.
the darkness of the sky basked you a sense of comfort, there’s always a new day.
you wished him peace.
it was a fault writing about him and confessing about you felt at the same time, but he deserved the last bit if honesty left to your fake situationship.
a raging motorcycle suddenly honks at your vehicle endlessly. your cab giving way but it seemed like it wasn’t what the motor rider meant
“OH MY GOD PLEASE STOP” you told the cab driver when you realized it was cheol’s bike.
was he planning to run you over?
you got out displaying yourself in front of the man you loved.
“y/n, it was all true” he said taking his helmet off he huffed tiredly but not slowing down his pace to get close to you
“what are you saying?”
“i liked you that’s why i agreed with the bet, hoping you would like me back, even though your personality was hard to work with” he laughed to himself
“why are you saying this? why now?”
“maybe i flipped the page too quick not seeing that you loved me as well”
“love”
“what?”
“i still love you” you whispered
“you won your bet a little too well mr.choi seungcheol”
“i love you too, and i don’t care if you pull your annoying your girl antics i still love you”
“that wasn’t me” you laughed
“well there was a part of you who did it, and i love all of you” he smiled showing his gummy grin.
you couldn’t help but feel free, you weren’t stuck in that annoying girl’s body forcing the guy you love to hate you.
“kiss me, cheol” you teared up
he didn’t need to be told twice as he rushed to close the distance between the two of you, his lips crashing to yours savoring every inch of it. your head shifting in sync as you both connected not wanting to let go.
today’s day 1. the first day of making it real.
day 10 : my heart, it lies within yours.
passed 12 am
i guess you did actually lose your bet now with your friends. at day 10 choi seungcheol was plush against your skin his lips in yours, and your hands in his hair.
“i hate that you have me wrapped around your finger” he groaned onto your lips
“i hate that you actually won your stupid bet” you sighed
“i always win, and this feels so much better than winning” he said lifting you
your bags left on the floor the moment you reached his home, he told you to call it yours as well, from now on.
your silence didn’t last long when the both of you were longing for each other leading you up to this moment.
“hm so cocky huh?” you teased him as you started kissing down on his neck as he laid you on his bed.
you pulled down on his tie realizing he was so busy at work all day.
you kissed him once more and switching the positions that you were previously on as you climbed onto his lap and continued making out
your hands wandering on his hair and his hands on your ass.
your tongue interacting as he let you do whatever you want, his hands started wandering on your body leaving your skin burning for more.
your kiss being more needy as you started to grind on his hard on. he groaned onto your lips leaving you to grind harder.
you started to unbutton his clothes as he followed suit, removing yours as well.
he was pulling on his tie
“no” you stopped him
“keep it on love” you commanded
he could throw you and turn this around, but he didn’t. he enjoyed this a little too much, loving the feeling of being taken care of.
you both were left on your under garments except him having his tie on
he looked so hot having his tie rest on his smooth and hard muscles, his abs and pecs shining from the moonlight.
you continued grinding on him until he held your hips to stop.
“let me have you first please” he sighed as he laid you down on the bed as he knelt on the ground facing your crotch.
he looked at you as if he was asking if he could remove it and you nodded back at him.
his blonde hair a bit messy as you caressed it and tugging while he was removing your underwear
his face getting closer to your heat as he started kissing on your thighs slowly.
his lips then met with your clit as he sucked slowly then proceeding to lap on your entrance already making it soaking than it already was.
his tongue bending slightly when met with the entrance teasing it and slowly stretching it.
his right hand caressing around your waist as the left one kept it on your thigh refraining it from moving.
his fingers slowly worked his mouth as he slowly dipped one into your hole.
his finger was thick, 2 of your fingers were your frequently used ones, but his reached so much deeper, felt so fuller.
he hummed against your clit as vibrations flooded through your veins. he added another finger making you writhe and pull on his hair more.
you pulled him up kissing his plump lips before making him lay down on the bed.
you held his hands as you put it above his head, you weren’t intending to restrain them at all.
his biceps protruding so well when you raised it keeping it there as you licked and sucked on his neck slowly removing his boxers.
you wanted to cum with him tonight.
his eyes went dark seeing his large dick lining up to your entrance, he wanted you to ride him, he wanted to stare at your beautiful body while you felt pleasure because of him.
"no condom?" he asked heavily, he wanted it, he wanted this, but he also wants to make sure that you're doing what you desire, not wanting to make regrets again.
"i don't care, fill me up, make me pregnant" you said in a daze, but even without the lust you had right now, you still would say yes.
"fuck" he groaned hearing your words
his length standing tall, he was already so girthy, his tip leaking red.
he wanted to feel pleasure with you, not just sitting there like some fuck doll.
you lined the tip with your entrance as you slowly sunk down already feeling an enormous stretch.
"god your cock is so big" you moaned as you rested your head by his neck sucking there to distract yourself from the slight pain.
his hands went down to your waist as he pushed you further, taking him all in.
he was sent to paradise with your walls crashing to his length, engulfing it in its warmth
"your pussy was made just for me, love" he groaned as his hands guided your waist to ride him.
you were releasing moans as you rode him, it's as if he was still getting bigger inside you.
you then leaned back to your position staring at him with his tie, he looked so hot with his abs clenching every time you squeeze his dick, and how his sweat made it look like he was glowing.
he was laying back with the most drunk in lust face he got as he bit his lower lip just staring at you bouncing at him.
every curve of him filled you even more hitting the right spots that led you to your high in a few more moments.
you both released at the same time, but cheol was far from over with you
he flipped you around entering you in a missionary position, he was truly strong as he pumped himself in you with a new found energy hitting even deeper than before.
he caressed the bump his dick made deep on your stomach.
he made a guttural moan just by the thought of you being able to carry his children by the very belly he's fucking oblivion to.
you pulled onto his tie causing it to tighten a bit that he moaned. you kissed him sloppily as your saliva mixed and dripped to the side of your chin.
he went down leaving marks on your delicate skin, already having red marks on your neck, he made sure to give your tits some love.
he sucked onto your left one and massaged the one on your right, continuously flicking it. his other hand made its way to massage your clit, which made your back arch and scream his name.
"fuck seungcheol" you moaned
"seungcheol? i thought you called me cheollie" he smiled at you with a shit eating grin
you could barely even give a response, you were simply brain dead from all the pleasure you had.
his pace going faster and faster as massaged your clit to a higher intensity, you both were sent over the edge for the second time tonight.
he slowly removed his length, as your hole felt the emptiness you groaned. your mixed arousal slipping out of your pussy as cheol just stared at it.
he inserted two fingers fucking the cum back into her, you moaned at overstimulation, he continued fucking you with his fingers.
"aren't you doing too much mr. choi?" you glared at seungcheol.
"gonna make sure you keep all of it" he said as she shakes his head giggling.
you pulled him down onto the bed as you sat up stuffing your underwear in his mouth making him moan out loud.
"your turn?" you grinned.
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heartfullofleeches · 3 months
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Dude I feel so bad for zombie Yan, I tend to be accidentally honest but would totally keep up their delusion. Like, their little half exposed brain can't process their (probably bad) death, how am I supposed to tell them?
Like, "yeah babe lots of humans have half of their brain out, don't worry pookie" "Yeah I know their arm fell off, would you stop being such a dick about it?" "They just drank too much water from the sink, that's why their skin is gray"
"Hey, babe.... Do you still think I'm cute?"
They feel like such a terrible partner - piling stupid questions on top of all the care and attention you've given them since they got sick. You must be so tired of them now, but they needed to hear it from you. The difference between them now and the person you fell in love with were like night and day. They'd lost so much weight in these past few months, their eyes are hollow and empty. Their skin remains the same blotchy gray color no matter how many hours they lay rotting in the sun.
"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I, silly?"
"I don't know.... I guesx I just haven't been feeling like myself lately....With that whole dog bite incident and everything that's happened since I feel like a burden to you...."
"Hey, don't think like that. You're just sick - that's all, remember?"
Sick... That's right. They said so themselves. Ugh, it's not fair. How come you still be that same wonderful you that they fell for all that time ago? So understanding and still so, so cute. You just get cuter by the day to them...It makes it so hard for them to control their temper when they see neighbors interacting with you outside. Don't they know you belong to them? Just because they get to be outside with you doesn't mean a damn thing. They hate how buddy buddy everyone gets when their symptoms flare up and they can't leave the house with you. Hate, hate, hate- They just want claw, and stomp, and bite all their dumb, smiling faces into a mangled heap no one would be able to tell apart. It's what they deserve for trying to steal you away.
But they'd never do anything like that - Hurting people would make you cry and if they did that what good were they to you?
"I think it's time for bed."
"Yay!"
Your partner crawls in bed, leaving their ankle hanging off the edge of the mattress for you to shackle to the frame. Once testing the strength of the chain, you climb in right alongside them - loosening the latches of their muzzle by a few notches as you both get comfortable. You kiss the cheek with the lesser amount of decay as they nuzzle up to you - breathing in your intoxicating scent. Deep down you both knew they'd never bite you. You satisfied a different craving and if they ever lost you their hunger for human flesh would swallow them whole.
"I'm sorry we have to do this, but we can't risk you running out while I'm asleep again."
"It's okay. I know you're just trying to help me get better. I actually really like the idea of being chained to you for the rest of my life. I love you so much, baby. Soon as I get better I promise I'll be the one taking care of you."
"Yea.... I'd like that."
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the-starryknight · 1 year
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making healthy choices (like fucking your coworker on the DL)
#2, self-prompt
cw: injury, aurors!drarry
Harry collapses onto the couch, tossing his wand onto the coffee table and kicking off his Auror-grade combat boots. 
"That was brutal," he groans, pressing his hand against a blooming bruise on his thigh. "But Merlin, you were so fast with that Stunner." He snags the decanter of whiskey off the table, pouring two glasses.
This is their routine: high on the adrenaline of a successful case, they end up together at Harry's. They drink, talk about the case, and then they end up on the bed, on the couch, on the floor, and at least once on the open balcony. They don't have to talk about it -- some things are better left unstated.
Harry tries to pass him a glass, leaning over the back of the sofa, but Draco’s clutching his side and he hasn’t taken off his shoes or coat. Draco nods at it, blinking fast, but he doesn't reach to take it. And then he sways, and suddenly, Harry would swear he's turned even paler.
Harry stares for a second too long, tired brain slow to process. "Malfoy?" 
"I'm fine," Draco says too quickly. He makes a half-hearted attempt to turn away. "Really.”
Harry moves fast, off the couch and around, and then he's sliding an arm under Draco's to keep him steady. "Easy now.” Harry walks him to the couch, stomach sinking at the clammy, cold press of Draco’s skin against Harry’s. "You didn't say you were hurt.” 
"I can handle it,” Draco breathes, eyes screwed tight. 
"You're an idiot," Harry mutters, tugging at the bottom of Draco’s shirt. Harry tries to keep back a gasp when he sees the rough curse wound, but he can’t keep it all in. "Merlin, Draco. You're an idiot. We should’ve had the Healer look at this." 
“It’s not that bad,” Draco tries, but stops speaking when Harry catches his eye with a sharp glare.
Harry curses under his breath as he Summons a med kit and kneels down. "You’re a stubborn, stupid bastard," he grumbles as he disinfects the wound and wraps it in a charmed gauze. "Can’t believe you wouldn’t tell your own partner you were hurt.”
"I know," Draco murmurs. "I didn't want to give them any reason to—"
"If they dare take you off our cases I'll fucking quit," Harry snaps as casts a quick wandless, wordless healing charm. "We earned these cases fair and square, and they don't get to retaliate against you out of some stupid idea of who you are."
"Some of it is earned," he winces as the charm shimmers across the bandage.
"I don't care," Harry adds, quieter, running gentle fingers over Draco's unblemished hip. It's almost possessive, if it weren't so tender. "I wouldn't want a different partner."
"See?” Draco says weakly. "You’re the idiot if you’d throw away a guaranteed Head Auror position for this.” Draco presses two fingertips to Harry's lips. “Don’t say something sappy.”
Harry rolls his eyes. “I make my own choices. And you need to slow down and take care of yourself when you’re hurt.”
“Look at me! I’m resting, I’m tending to my wounds, being good and all that. I am taking care.”
“No, I am." Harry says it sharply first, then softens. “Taking care of you, I mean."
"I could do it myself."
"You could." Harry presses the last piece of tape down over the edge of the gauze. "Would you rather that? Deal with all of it alone?"
"No," Draco says. He takes Harry's hand and runs a single finger over Harry's bruised knuckles, tracing the familiar lines of Harry's hands. "I think together is preferable."
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The Night Shift.
Chapter 7.
Johnnie Guilbert x Fem!Reader.
I sat at the counter with my notebook and pen, scribbling down ideas for new recipes or drinks. My mind frequently wandered to johnnie, and it worried me. I couldn't get what Jake asked me out of my brain. did I like johnnie? I couldn't tell if what I was feeling was just having a really good friend or something more. I cringed at myself. I doodled on the side of my page, drawing hearts and stars until someone walked in.
"Hello, miss." the man said with a heavy southern accent. I suppressed a laugh, thinking about Jake.
"Hi, what can i get for you?"
"Let me get the peanut butter mocha, please. That'll be all." he sighed. I nodded in response. "You got a boyfriend?"
I furrowed my eyebrows. I'm sure he didn't mean it the way it sounded. I immediately thought about johnnie. "No, sir."
"Well, don't worry. once you find someone, you'll know." he had a crooked tooth grin.
"Oh, thank you." I smiled. it confused me where this came from. "Why do you say?"
"You learn to read how people feel when you have a bipolar wife." he snorted.
"Well, you were spot on."
a woman walked in behind him on her phone. she looked up and smiled at me. she was beautiful, even if she had a messy bun and no makeup. she seemed sweet.
"Listen, you seem like a nice girl. you've got looks on your side, too. I say go for it. I know I don't know your situation, but when you look back, you'll regret it."
I was getting a little more concerned each second. this was almost creepy. how could he be so right? I passed his coffee over the counter. "Thank you." I said genuinely.
he nodded, not saying a word as he walked out of the cafe.
"What was that about?" the girl asked, walking up to the counter.
"Apparently, he could sense how I was feeling. I've been overthinking about this guy I met, and he was spot on." I shrugged.
"so, when's he going to tell my fortune?" she joked, pulling out her wallet. "tell me about this guy."
"well, I met him a few days ago. I think he's really cute and we've had our... moments, I guess. i think I might be gaslighting myself into thinking I don't like him like that. I've never had a boyfriend, let alone a genuine crush." I rambled. "I genuinely do not know why I'm opening up to strangers."
"I mean, who knows if we'll ever cross paths again."
"still, I feel stupid." I shake my head. "anyway, what can I get for you?"
"can I just get an iced caramel coffee?" she asked with a sweet smile on her face.
I hum, turning around to make it. What a weird night, I'll probably end up rephrasing to tell johnnie later. we talked little after she asked.
"I hope you have a good night." I smiled softly as I handed her coffee over the counter.
"you too." she smiled back before walking out.
I sat back down and continued to try and write, but my mind frequently wandered back to johnnie. was he even coming tonight?
about an hour and a half later, the door bell rang. "Hey, y/n." Johnnie's tired voice called. I looked up, he carried his computer under one arm.
"johnnie, how bad is your sleep schedule?" I teased, "this is the 3rd night in a row you've come to see me. you must love my face to come here at like 2 am every night."
"what can I say? I get really bad nightmares and your face does in fact make me feel better."
my gaze softened as I smiled.
"do you mind if I hang out in here and edit a video?"
"I'd love that." my heart fluttered at Johnnie's presence.
I turned around to clean the counters as he chose the table closest to where I was. he lazily opened his computer and pulled up the needed footage.
I hummed quietly to what was playing in my headphone as I finished wiping everything down. I fixed myself a coffee and went to sit across from him.
"I had the weirdest fucking encounter today." I mentioned.
he looked up. "what happened?"
"This guy came in and told me that I seemed stressed over a guy and that I'll know if he's the right person and I shouldn't fight my feelings off." I blurted, not bothering to rephrase it.
he made eye contact with me again, curiosity glistening in his eyes. "so, like, a connection you can't explain? thats really poetic."
"yeah, it's scary cause he's right." I mumbled.
"well, if you think you've found that person, then go for it. life's too short to not." he looks back down at his laptop.
"what if I'm not sure if he likes me back?"
a twinge of hurt flashed in his eyes. he seemed to be scrounging for ways to respond. "well, what if he's just as unsure as you?" he asked knowingly.
I furrowed my eyebrows. "so should I really think on it?"
"you might be wasting time, but you never know. maybe waiting is a good decision." he avoided eye contact with me.
"are you good?"
"yeah." he trailed off, rubbing his arm.
silence filled the room for a good minute, I zoned out, staring into my coffee once more.
"have you ever felt that way?"
"felt like what?"
"when you like someone but you're terrified it'll ruin something good?" I pondered.
he looked up, his gaze softening. "yeah, the fear of losing someone so special even though nothing has happened yet?"
"yeah, exactly."
"well, I guess we have to take risks. step out of our comfort zone, you know?" he paused. "at least we could say we tried, right?"
"right." I whispered, awkward tension filled the room.
he cleared his throat. "when you know, you know."
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Peace by your side: Chapter three
"We have to talk," Kyle said as he took long strides to catch up to me as I walked toward the front gates of the school. It didn't take him long to catch up. Curse those stupid long legs.
"I don't have the English homework," I mutter keeping my eyes ahead of me. Come on Kyle, I know you're smart take the hint!
"You know that's not what this is about." He said, clearly not taking said hint.
Maybe I can start running? No, he'd catch up. What if I trip him? No that's mean. Well.....so is ignoring him but this is necessary.
I try walking faster but five long fingers wrap around my upper arm to stop me. I shut my eyes tightly hoping to disappear into thin air. I think my heart is pounding but all I can feel is fire where he's touching me right now.
Big, long, skinny fingers that I can feel even through the fabric of my sleeves. It's so hot, too hot, but that doesn't stop a shiver from going up my spine. He shouldn't be making me feel like this. But I can't tell him to let go. My brain was screaming for me to tell him that this was way too much but I couldn't.
I never thought I would feel this again. Feel his touch; I almost forgot what it felt like and now I'm terrified to go back to not feeling it. I let out a shaky breath trying my best to compose myself before I could speak but he beat me to it.
"Y/N. I want to talk. I know it's been forever and I'm sorry." He said, almost pleading with me.
"K-kyle..." I said, my voice doing that weird crack it did when I would speak in front of the class.
"Just hear me out ok? Can we...go to the park? Right now? Get some privacy?" He asked softly. His voice made him sound so small, he was fragile. I made him that way.
I open my eyes and look up at him. His curls were falling around his face, shining like honey in the sun. He was biting his lip nervously like he did when we were kids and his eyes...God, his eyes. They were this deep shade of green that I didn't even know existed. But it was the look in them that sucked all the air out of my lungs.
He looked tired. Exhausted really. Like he hadn't slept in days. Not there were bags under his eyes or anything else on his face that would lead one to that conclusion. It was all in whatever was hidden in that deep green and I was the only person on Earth close enough to see it now.
I felt myself nod before I knew my brain even told it to. I heard him let out a shaky breath he must have been holding in while waiting for my answer. HIs eyes softened and he finally pulled his hand back. I felt myself shiver again because I've never felt more cold without his touch.
We stared at each other for a long minute almost begging the other one to break the eye contact. Finally, I did. I lowered my head and began walking towards the park. He heard him mutter something under his breath but I couldn't make it out.
We walked in silence as we made our way to the park. The sound of our footsteps crunching against the leaves on the sidewalk made it more bearable. I used to love that sound as a kid.
Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.
It's like he was doing it on purpose. I was definitely stepping on way fewer leaves than he was. I looked down at his feet and sure enough, it was like he was trying to step on as many as he could.
"You like the sound right? You did when we were kids." He said softly. "Sorry... I'll stop."
He remembered all that? I felt a smile spread across my face, far bigger than the sentence deserved. I looked up to meet his eyes and he spotted my smile immediately. A smile of his own spread across his lips.
"You remember that?" I whispered.
"Of course." He said a snort. "You used to have this toy leaf that would sound like crunching leaves when you would squeeze it."
"You used to hate it," I said with a chuckle.
"No. I used to hate when we would fall asleep and you would roll over it every five seconds." He was right. When we would have our sleepovers we slept in the same bed, but I couldn't sleep without that stupid leaf.
"Our sleepovers would have been better without it."
"It wasn't horrible, and you wouldn't have been able to sleep without it." He said with a smile. "I liked knowing you felt safe or whatever.."
I always felt safe being with Kyle. It wasn't the leaf that did it.
"Yeah I guess.." I mutter, looking down at my feet as we walked.
Kyle let out a sigh and I heard him run a hand through his hair. "What are we doing Y/N?"
My body tensed up and I looked for anything for anything to change the topic. "The ducks are back," I said with a shaky voice.
"Y/N, come on." He said softly, putting his hand on my arm. "What are we doing? You've been basically ignoring me for years. We were best friends I can't just act like you don't exist."
"We've. We've been ignoring each other. Don't put this only on me." My voice cracked as I held back as many stupid emotions as I could.
"I've never ignored you." He said softly.
I snap my head up and look at him. His eyes were already on me and I feel like he was looking into my very being. Never ignored me? Are you kidding me? It can't be my fault this happened.
"You never ignored me? We haven't spoken in years! Are you saying it's all my fault?" I'm yelling. I know he hates that but why would he say that? How could he blame me?
"Y/N I'm not blaming you but I just-"
"No. I tried. I would have been fine talking to you after everything happened but you didn't want to!"
I could tell he was frustrated but I didn't care. My fault my fault my fault. That's what he's telling me that's what he thinks of me. He thinks I'm th-
He released a frustrated groan and I felt his hand under my chin and his body so close to mine I was burning up. I looked up at him and his lips were pressed into a line as he studied my face.
Too close. So close
"I may have fucked up letting you act like this for as long as you have but I have never once ignored you." He said, his lips turning downward and his thumb brushing against my bottom lip. "I could never do that. Not to you."
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A/N: I know. I know. I disappeared. I'm sorry. Seasonal depression is no joke. But I'm kinda back. I wanna keep writing and you guys have been sending in some amazing requests that really make me want to write more than ever. I really hope you guys had a great holiday and a great new year. Wishing you all the love of 2024 and hope my stories are a part of it. Love you all and thank you for reading my stories from 2023 to now 💚💚💚💚💚💚
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ro-is-struggling · 4 months
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Goodmorning Ro! I wanna send in a request for your event but don't have much in the way of specifics so I hope that's alright? Besides, I don't remember that episode and would love to see where you take it if you take it. Anyway hope you have a good day!
Prompt: 9 (Part 1)
Character: Dr. Strange (Character B)
Genre: Comedy/Fluff/Light Smut(if inclined)
OMG I'M SO SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO POST IT! Life got in the way and I had to stop writing for a while, but I'm back now! Thank you for your patience and I hope this silly little fic finds you somehow after all this time anon💕
I loved writing this one! I tried my best to combine the above-mentioned genres as best as possible, but idk, I hope I did a good job. I feel like I wanted to make it more of a crack fic at the start but then I got carried away and ended up being more spicy. I literally had to stop myself from turning this into a full on smut lol I hope you like it anyways!
THE CALL || STEPHEN STRANGE X READER
Summary: During a girls night you are challenged to leave a dirty message for Stephen Strange as part of a game of truth or dare. You accept without much thought, the alcohol in your system stopping you from realizing that your relationship would never be the same after that.
Warnings: suggestive tones, alcohol consumption, attempt at humor, teasing, a bit of dirty talk, name calling (whore) implied smut
English is not my first language
Word count: 4300
This fic is part of my 600 followers celeration
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The girls' night was Wanda's idea. After the stressful mission you had been through, hanging out together to relax and gossip was exactly what you needed to recover. Nat and you were a little tired, but eventually gave in after Wanda convinced Hope and Sharon, who happened to be in the avengers' compound when you arrived, too. So you all changed into your comfiest pajamas and, after kicking all the men out of the living room, you all settled down on the couch with a cheesy rom-com playing in the background as you chatted.
The tiredness and tension disappeared from your body as you laughed with your friends, joking and listening to their love problems. It was nice to switch off your brain every now and then and act like you were normal people, worrying about trivial things instead of thinking about the problems affecting the world. It kept you sane and restored your faith in humanity. There was nothing that improved your mood like hanging out with your friends just eating junk food and talking about stupid things.
You were having a good time, drowning in pizza and ice cream while laughing, but when Natasha started mixing drinks things started to go off the rails. With the alcohol levels in everyone's blood rising the conversation became increasingly more chaotic and wild, confessing embarrassing secrets and constantly telling one another how much you loved each other. It wasn't long before someone suggested playing truth or dare and everyone agreed, far too drunk to think about the consequences.
The first few rounds were uneventful, consisting mostly of silly truths and the occasional simple dare such as taking a shot or doing something to annoy one of their teammates. However, as the rounds progressed and the alcohol got into your systems, the game got out of control. And when your turn came you regretted your choice of dare as soon as the words left Natasha's mouth.
"I dare you to send Strange a dirty voicemail." The redhead looked at you with a mischievous smile. Her arched eyebrow challenged you, wondering if you would even dare to accept her proposal. She knew how you felt about Stephen, she'd had to listen to you ramble on multiple times about him and his perfect face that looked like it had been carved by the angels themselves. She knew you liked him, but she also knew you were never going to make the first move. So she thought the best thing to do was to give you a little push —well, it seemed small in her alcoholized mind.
"No way!" you groaned, refusing to participate in the game. You weren't drunk enough to ignore that voice in your mind telling you that this was a bad idea. 
"You can't refuse!" Wanda interjected. "That's not how it works!"
"If you do, you'll have to drink from the mystery cocktail and you don't really want to do that, trust me." Sharon said, remembering the horrible taste of the mystery drink Natasha had prepared as punishment for chickens who didn't complete the dares. She didn't know what the fuck she'd put in there, but it tasted awful.
"Fine!" You gave in to peer pressure. "But it'll be anonymous!" The last thing you needed at that moment was to have to face the consequences of such actions. What Natasha didn't seem to want to understand was that your hesitation to confess to Stephen how you felt about him didn't just come from a place of fear of rejection, it was much more complicated than that. You could handle rejection, what you couldn't handle was continuing to work with him after such humiliation. Stephen was an avenger, so before you did anything you had to consider how it might affect the team.
"That's fine by me!" Nat aceptó y las demás chicas la siguieron.
"But I'm going to need a drink before I do this."
You took a sip of the strongest drink on the table, feeling the sting of the alcohol as it went down your throat. You needed a lot of courage to do what you were about to do, to lower your inhibitions to the point of losing your sense of shame and self-control. You weren't as intoxicated as you would have liked to be —you were definitely going to remember this in the morning—, but you figured it was for the best. You still needed to be able to speak clearly and form coherent sentences, two things that would be impossible if you kept drinking. So you rested your now empty glass on the table and picked up your phone, ready to get it over with for good.
"It has to be good!" You heard Wanda say as your fingers awkwardly searched your contacts for Stephen's number, making sure to set your number to private and encrypt it before doing anything so he couldn't trace the message back to you. "You have to talk like you mean it."
"Yeah! If he doesn't get a hard on after listening to your voice then you failed the dare." Natasha added and you threw one of the couch cushions in her face.
"That doesn't make any sense! You can't possibly know the effects it might have on him." You complained, pointing out your friends' exaggeration. "He might not even open it."
"Oh I'll know," Wanda assured you, giving you one of those mischievous smiles that sometimes made you question her mental sanity. 
"Whatever," you said, rolling your eyes. "Any other requests before I do this? It's now or never." The girls shook their heads, giving you the green light to proceed. You took a moment to mentally prepare yourself, clearing your throat and blurting out a few words as you searched for a new tone of voice that sounded sultry yet different enough from your normal voice to throw Stephen off. 
Before tapping on his contact on your phone you tried to focus on him and how he made you feel. His cocky smile was the first thing that came to your mind, the one he gave you every time his plans worked out after you questioned them. That smile drove you crazy. His lips in general drove you crazy. You spent more time than you'd like to admit imagining what it would be like to feel his kisses on your skin, caressing every inch of your body. You wondered if his tongue was as skilled at pronouncing incantations as it was at bringing pleasure to a woman. The mere image of his face buried between your legs, devouring you like a starving man was enough to make your center drip with need. 
His hands were the next thing that popped into your mind, the way they moved in the air with precision each time he casted a spell. You loved watching him work, you got completely lost in your thoughts as you silently admired him, imagining how his hands would feel on your body, touching each curve with delicate sensuality. You were convinced that he really knew what to do with his hands to have a girl screaming his name in seconds, those skillful fingers of his were good for more than magic and you were dying to feel them exploring the deepest parts of your being.
Once you let your imagination run wild it was easy to find the right words to complete your dare. You didn't even have to think too hard about keeping a different voice, the low, sensual tone came naturally to you as you left a message for Stephen detailing everything you wanted to do to him —and everything you wanted him to do to you. You tried to control yourself since your friends were in the room with you, carefully choosing your words so as not to reveal so much about your true fantasies. But you made sure he knew how attractive you found him and how you were willing to let him do whatever he wanted to you. 
The moment you hung up, all the girls burst into hysterical laughter, theorizing about what Stephen's reaction would be when he heard your message in the morning. You were buzzing with euphoria, too intoxicated to feel embarrassed, so you laughed with them. Your confused mind wasn't able to comprehend that you were the one who would have to face the consequences of your little game. That was a problem for the Y/N of the future and at that moment the next morning seemed to be far in the future. All that mattered to you at that moment was to relax and enjoy the evening, laughing with your friends. And that was exactly what you did until at some point you fell asleep on the living room couch.
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When you woke up in the morning you regretted all the decisions you had made the day before, from accepting the first drop of alcohol to sleeping on the couch. Now not only did you have a headache that barely let you think, but also your whole body felt stiff due to the awful position in which you had slept on the couch. You grunted as soon as you felt Tony's voice, no doubt speaking louder than necessary to annoy you as he paced around the kitchen preparing breakfast. You hated the open concept building design more than ever at that moment, missing walls that separated the living room and sheltered you from the sound.
"I hate you." You winced when he came over to ask if you were going to have breakfast. He sounded so cheerful and amused while you were miserable that it made you angry. Your head was pounding and your stomach was upset. However, the smell of freshly brewed coffee coming from the kitchen forced you to get up, reluctantly dragging yourself into the kitchen where Nat, Wanda and Sharon greeted you with tired looks. 
"Seems like you ladies had quite a night." Steve said with a smile, grabbing a cup of coffee and sitting down next to you. His hair was still wet from the shower, probably because he had gotten up early to go for a run like he did every morning. You never really cared about that, but this time you couldn't help but look at him like he was crazy for daring to do such a thing. The very idea of moving at a speed faster than a zombie made you want to vomit.
"Remind me to never drink again." You grumbled, taking one of the pills Nat had passed you. Sharon agreed with you, complaining about how the world still seemed to be spinning around her.
"What the hell did you put in that drink?" She asked Natasha, but the redhead just laughed. 
"Shhh, can you guys stay quiet? My head is killing me." Wanda interjected, raising her head to give everyone a pleading look before plopping back down on the marble of the island. 
Everyone's condition improved considerably after eating a lot of greasy food and drinking a lot of water. It also helped that the medicine kicked in, although you were still feeling tired and slightly sore. When you regained some of your good mood and will to live you went back to the living room, settling down on the couch with a cup of hot coffee in the hopes of watching the tv until your energies were recharged. However, your plans were ruined when you discovered that someone was already there. And not just anyone, but Stephen Strange, who was talking to Tony while holding his phone in his hand. 
Memories of the night before came back to you in a series of flashes that replayed in your mind like a movie. You stared in horror at the men in front of you, wondering if Stephen had gotten your message yet. You sat as far away from them as possible, focusing on your coffee as you tried to listen to their conversation. Your strategy was to be discrete and play dumb if their eyes at any point caught on you, but when you saw Natasha walk into the living room you knew your plan was out the window.
"What are you guys talking about?" The redhead interrupted them, "Expecting an important phone call?" She added, looking at the phone in Stephen's hands with a raised eyebrow. 
"Our favorite wizard here got a spicy message from an encrypted number and he needs my help to figure out who this mystery person is" Tony explained with amusement in his voice and Stephen gave him a murderous look.
"Thanks for the discretion, Tony."
"Spicy how?" Natasha pressed the issue to see if she could get Stephen to give more details, especially about how that message had made him feel. 
"Oh you have to hear it, this girl did not hold back." Tony said and you choked on the coffee you were drinking. He had heard it! "She was really grateful to him for saving the world and wanted to give something back to him, if you know what I mean."
"We all know what you mean, Stark. You're not very subtle." Stephen rolled his eyes. "And give me that back." He snatched the phone out of her hands before she could pass it to Natasha to listen to the message. "Can you help me or not?"
"Why do you want to know who this person is?" Nat teased, looking at him with a raised eyebrow. "You really liked it, huh?"
"No! I just... I'm concerned it might be a stalking situation so I want to know who this person is." Stephen tried so hard to sound confident, but even you were able to notice the hesitation in his voice. He was making excuses. He was at least intrigued by the message and that made you feel a strange sense of pride. Even though you were a little drunk, you had managed to get his attention with your words and your sensual voice. Sure, he didn't know it was you, but that didn't matter to you at the moment, the confidence slowly building in your system didn't let you think about it.
"Hey! No one is judging here." Tony spoke up. "If I were in your place I would like to know who this mystery person is too."
Stephen let out a sigh, rolling his eyes. "Just let me know when you get something."
He stormed off, leaving you with a million unanswered questions and a strange feeling in your stomach. Tony ran after him and Natasha took advantage of the fact that you were alone to give you a gentle push to get your attention. You moved your gaze from the door through which he had disappeared to look up at your friend, who was looking at you with a playful smile.
"He's crazy about you." She stated but you downplayed it, saying he was only interested because he didn't know it was you talking on the other end of the line. However, you couldn't help but feel a little flame burning inside you. You felt confident and for the first time since you had met Stephen you felt you had a chance with him.
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The next time you saw Stephen was during an Avengers meeting to discuss a possible mission. You barely paid attention to what Steve was saying, too distracted by the perfect profile of Stephen sitting next to you. The sunlight coming through the large windows illuminated his face in a special way, giving him an ethereal aura that made it impossible for you to look away from him and those ridiculously sharp cheek bones he had. It was torture to have him so close looking like a Greek god and not being able to do anything about it. Your new found confidence hated it. It took all your power to control your urges, striving to calm your wild fantasies at least until Steve let you out of there. 
You were so lost in your own thoughts that you didn't realize the meeting was over until you saw the other team members disappearing behind the door. Soon it was just you and Stephen in the large conference room. You gave him a quick glance and noticed that he was looking at his phone once again. You wondered then if he was waiting for another message from you, if he was as crazy about that mysterious voice on the other end of the line as he seemed to be. It was pretty hard to contain your urges at that moment.
"Any new leads on your mystery person case?" your voice alerted Stephen, who looked up from his phone to rest his gaze on you.
"No, Stark hasn't called me yet."
"Is that what you were checking on your phone while Steve talked?" You asked him, getting up from your seat to move closer to him, settling against the table right in front of his chair. "If Stark had called with any leads?"
There was something in your tone of voice that alerted Stephen, a sensual undertone he had never heard in you before and it made him wonder what you were getting at. He had felt your eyes on him throughout the meeting, he always did, but for some reason this time it felt different.
"Why do you care so much?" He countered, looking at you with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm just curious as to what has you so distracted lately." You faked innocence, shrugging your shoulders. "Was it really that good?"
"Excuse me?" Stephen was surprised by your sudden audacity, though he couldn't say he didn't find it intriguing. 
"It seems to me that you're desperate to hear that voice again." You leaned closer to him, lowering your head to be at his level. Your eyes were locked on his, admiring the dark shadow in the icy blue of his orbs. He held your gaze as the tension in the air intensified, curious to discover what your next words would be.
"I can help you with that," you added, using the same low, sultry tone you had used in the message. "Even better, I can show you just how hot I think you are... how desperate I am to feel your hands all over my body, using your powers to restrain me and do whatever you want with me." 
If your voice hadn't already given you away, repeating the words you had said to him in the message definitely had. His eyes grew wide, looking at you with a mixture of surprise and confusion. You had never seen Stephen so perplexed and you had to admit that it felt good to be the cause of that. You were used to it always being the other way around. You used to be the one who was speechless every time he gave you a smile, it was nice to have the power for once.
Stephen was not an easy man to silence, even in the strangest or most stressful situations, he always found something to say. But now he was speechless, looking at you in complete astonishment as he tried to process the situation. It wasn't just discovering that you were the mysterious person he was looking for that threw him off, but also the confidence you exuded. He had never seen you act that way before, though he would be lying if he said he didn't like it. He couldn't stop his mind from running wild, imagining every detail of the message that occupied his thoughts but now with you. Never would he have imagined that behind your innocent look and shy attitude was an imagination as dirty as his.
"I can give you what you want, all you have to do is ask." Your warm breath would collide against her earlobe when you spoke, giving her goose bumps. Your perfume assaulted his nostrils with every breath he took, intoxicating his entire system with your scent. He felt dizzy, his mind clouded with desire and anticipation having trouble concentrating. 
However, when you turned away from him, walking towards the door to finally get out of there, his brain snapped out of it. Raising his hand in the air, he conjured a kind of glowing lace made of pure energy that closed over your wrist, stopping you on your feet. With a gentle push he managed to turn you around to face him as he used his other hand to close the door to the room and pull down all the blinds with a simple flick of his wrist.
"Where do you think you're going? I'm not done with you yet. We're just getting started." Stephen said to you with an arched eyebrow. You noticed a hunger in his eyes you had never seen before, the cool blue of his orbs almost completely consumed by the black in his dilated pupils. It ignited a flame inside you, a warmth spreading through your stomach as you carefully analyzed Stephen's body language, trying to predict his next move. All your arrogance and confidence disappeared under his intense gaze. You were like a deer caught in the headlights, frozen in place waiting for his next reaction.
All he had to do was pull the glowing leash and you were forced to move closer to him once again. You would have lost your balance had it not been for his grip on your waist, successfully trapping you between his body and the edge of the table. You had nowhere to run, though you really didn't want to.  
"Who would have thought that behind that cute and innocent act there was such a dirty whore, desperate to be seen?" Stephen's voice was condescending, mocking, as his cold blue eyes pierced into yours. It made you feel small and insignificant in the face of his imposing figure, your cheeks heating with the blood that was quickly pooling there from the embarrassment of being so exposed. He finally knew the truth, you were a dirty whore desperate for his touch. 
"I never would have guessed you were the voice on the message saying those dirty things." He was barely touching you —his fingers trailing up your arms to your shoulders, following the line of your collarbones before descending through the space between your breasts—, but that was enough to quicken your breathing. And every time you inhaled, you breathed in his intoxicating scent, a mixture of his cologne and the aroma of his own essence that made your knees weak.
"I was hoping it was you. The first time I heard those words I closed my eyes and imagined you acting out those fantasies. I got so hard just imagining it." As if to emphasize his words, Stephen pressed his hips against you, letting you feel the bulge beginning to grow in his pants. You couldn't contain the moan that escaped your lips, a pathetic whimper that put a smile on Stephen's lips. 
He was enjoying the growing anticipation, having fun with your suffering. He was torturing you as retribution for your mysterious little message that had had him going crazy all this time, forcing you to experience the same desperation he did, using only his voice to arouse you. You hated it and loved it at the same time.
"You have no idea how much I wanted it to be you...but then I thought it could never be, you're a good girl and good girls don't use that vulgar language." You looked down, unable to hold eye contact with him any longer as you felt the embarrassment taking hold of you. But Stephen didn't let you off that easily, taking your chin in his hand to force you to look at him. "Tell me, were you really so desperate for my attention to leave that message? Were you so desperate for me that you pushed aside your good girl attitude and manners to expose the whore you hide inside you?" 
His voice was a husky whisper against your ear, his lips almost brushing against sensitive skin seductively. The ghost of his touch was driving you crazy and his dirty words traveled straight to your core, that throbbed desperate for attention. You could feel his presence, the warmth of his body against yours, his imposing gaze, the subtle caresses of his fingers on your skin, but it wasn't enough. You needed more to satiate your need for him, much more.
"Yes," you managed to mumble. Your voice sounded much more pathetic and desperate than you expected, but that didn't really matter. On the contrary, Stephen seemed to enjoy it. "I'm tired of hiding it, I need you Stephen... I need to feel your touch." You were practically begging him, asking him to have mercy on you and give you something to calm the flames burning inside you. But he just laughed. His warm breath hit the sensitive skin of your neck, giving you goosebumps. Your hands ran up his chest, determined to get for yourself what you needed as he refused to give it to you. If he wanted to torture you, it was only fair that you retaliated. Two could play that game.
But before you could go much further, Stephen pulled your hands away from his body, binding them behind your back with the same magical bond he had used to draw you to him. It was tight around your wrists, but not too tight, just enough to make sure you couldn't move easily. He wanted control.
"Oh, I'm going to give you what you so desperately want, don't worry about it, darling." He murmured against your lips, brushing them with every word he spoke. "But first I have to teach you a lesson... you see, you have to be more careful about what you wish for, because it can become real."
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wikiangela · 5 months
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wip wednesday 🎄
it's wednesday here already so starting today off with a new wip lol sooo, i said a few days ago that I'm not gonna write a christmas fic bc im focusing on my wips, but... today at work i made myself sad by randomly thinking about buckley christmas (no idea what prompted that lol) and buck talking to eddie about his childhood christmas and a new idea was born hah it's gonna be mostly cute and fluffy tho i promise haha so here's a lil snippet I literally just wrote so ofc it's gonna get edited and polished later lol
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There’s maybe twenty minutes of the movie left, and Eddie feels like he’s starting to doze off as well, when he hears Buck sigh, and it sounds almost sad. Eddie turns his head to look at his best friend.
“What’s up?” he whispers, glancing down between them to make sure his kid is still asleep.
“Nothing.” Buck shakes his head softly, continuing to look at the screen with this longing expression. Eddie frowns and looks at the TV, too. (...) “I just-” Buck starts before Eddie’s tired brain can start connecting the dots. “Nevermind, it’s stupid.”
“Hey.” Eddie moves his foot to shove lightly at Buck’s. “I’m sure whatever it is, it’s not stupid. You know you can tell me anything, right?” he adds quietly, and Buck looks at him with a small awed smile and shiny eyes.
“Yeah. Yeah, I know.” he clears his throat, then looks down to make sure he didn’t wake Christopher. Eddie can’t help a smile. “Okay. Uh, it’s gonna be so silly, so don’t laugh.” he averts his eyes back to the screen, and if it was any lighter, Eddie’s sure he’d see a slight blush on his cheeks.
“I would never.” Eddie answers, and Buck just raises an eyebrow with one more glance towards him. They both know they love making fun of and teasing each other, that’s true. However, Eddie has a feeling this is going to be more sad than funny. 
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magpiemoon6 · 6 months
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Extraction point
Simon Riley x Y/N
Sad fluff !!!
Warnings: PTSD, depression, mental health issues
( I'm sorry if there is any writing mistakes I'll fix them tomorrow)
Reminder people, you are loved and deserve happiness always <3
A thousand tones feel like it’s on my chest, I cannot breathe. Like the world has chosen this exact moment to swallow me up in my pain and stress. My mind betrays me and falls in its own trap of self-doubt. I’m so far behind where I’m meant to be and the guilt of not living up to my own expectations for my inner child is eating me up. And in this moment every single mistake or failure seems to pile up in my head. I’m drowning even though I’m on land.
But he seems to be a light in my darkness, I need Simon, and before the guilt stops me, I reach for my phone under the pile of covers and duvets. Searching through the stuffy warmth till my hand claps the cold object. Pulling it to my chest, my eyes are swollen from crying and my nose is entirely blocked from my crying till my vision goes blurry.
I search for his name in my phone, I just want to hear his phone, the warmth of his voice is like a drug and the euphoria should shield me from my pit.
Si <3
“Hey, are you free a second? If not no worries x”
I feel so wrong for relying on him, but I promised Simon, that if it gets bad, we won’t shut each other out not again. That we can be each other’s extraction point.
Buzzing snaps me out of my brain unravelling in my hands. He’s calling and my heart drops because if he hears I’ve been crying he will come running and I can’t do that to him. Clearing my throat, I click to answer.
“Hello lovie” Simon says, and it feels like the flood gates are getting harder to hold shut, I just want him here and I’m so fucking selfish for that.
“Hey baby, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have texted you” I respond, I don’t want him to panic so I’m praying that my voice sounds calm, and my breathing is even enough he won’t realise.
“What happened? Tell me please y/n? I’m here” I can hear the anxiousness in his voice creep in, shit he knows and when he says that everything in me that was protecting him from my pain breaks from his kindness.
I’m crying again silent tears and my breathing stops trying helplessly to hold it in.
“I’m fine, I’m fine Simon, it’s stupid I’m sorry for disturbing you. I’m a big girl I just needed to hear your voice,” my voice is breaking as I say it, my grip on my phone is too tight. I need to let go. But I cant.
“Y/n?” the softness in his tone is so different from his voice yet hearing him say my name gives me more comfort than the dozens of duvets on top of me.
“Yes Simon?” I need to get control of my sadness, it kills me knowing he has to hear me like this.
“It’s going to be okay love” and that makes me sob harder, holding the phone away from myself so he is saved from my pain.
“Okay, thank you. Bye Si” and that’s all I can say because if I say anything else it will involve me pathetically asking him over and he deserves better than the mess I am in this moment.
So now I’m sat here in my cold dark room alone. Submerged in my pain. I’m so tired of this, I want to be better, to get better and no more need for meds and therapy and other people to hold me together. I feel pathetic as if I’m dragging on everyone’s life. I want to live without all my sadness.
I’m too sucked into my own depression to hear the door of my flat opening and shutting. Too distracted to recognize the footsteps moving towards my room.
Simon opens the door, and I don’t know how to cope with my emotions. My heart practically burst knowing he came over, giving me some hope that maybe I am worthy of his love. But then he has to see my darkness, the hypocrite I am knowing I’ve seen him where I am and gave him all my love I possibly could.
“Hey love,” he’s quiet even for him, moving through the room like he is terrified he may break something or me.
“You didn’t have too” the guilt stays heavy on my shoulders.
Knowing he is staring at me, someone who is normally so full of light now covered in darkness that fills the room and holds it down. He begins to move onto the bed gently, moving himself silently under the covers with me. My heart hurts. Loving him gives me air in my lungs, everything about him gives me hope and love. I could stare at him for a thousand years and still not get enough.
“Y/n, I love you, okay? I will be here if I’m dead or alive, a million miles away or next door.” Pulling me into his chest, the heat of his body makes the blankets feel cold.
I cant stop crying even if I wanted too, pushing my face into his chest and curling into him, I let him hold me and begin to pull away all the darkness that doesn’t seem to drown me as much now. I feel him large hand begin to gently stroke my hair, moving through it as he soothes soul with his love.
“I’m sorry,” I mumble into his chest, this makes his hand stop its rhythmic pattern of brushing through my hair. Tilting my head to his eyes.
He stares back and I fall in love all over again, those honey eyes are only filled with compassion and understanding. Before him my loneliness was my company, and everything was always so violent. But with him now I’m learning to live without violence and less loneliness.
“What’s our promise?” he asks me, still holding me tightly letting my pain wash away his love flooding me and bring me back to the now.
“That we will always be each other’s extraction point,” the quote we made up before we even started dating. The quote that we held onto before we knew our love wasn’t one sided.
“Exactly,” he says and goes back to stroking my hair and listening to my hiccupping breathing, never judging just existing with me.
“Thank you, I love you” and I mean it, the same way I know he does too. Our darkness still haunts us both, but we have learnt to comfort each other and hold out the light when we need it.
“I love you too”.
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"I can't do this anymore, Matt. I'm leaving." The words leave my mouth with only a slight tremble. 
Matt barks out a laugh. "What was that, baby?" 
I take a deep breath and steel my nerves. "I'm leaving."
"The fuck you are!"
Matt's statement is punctuated with a fierce blow to my cheek, knocking me sideways.  
I thought that his recent lack of interest in me would have made this easier. I thought that maybe he was finally tired of me, that maybe he wouldn't care as much when I tried to leave. Clearly, I was wrong. 
A kick lands on my ribs after I land on the floor, followed by a few more. I try to no avail to block them, only earning bruises and likely more fractures to my arms. He grips my hair to pull me up only to slam my head into the floor.  My head spins as I feel blood pool beneath me.  I'm barely conscious when he finally decides to stop, probably thinking I'm down for the count. I hear him grab hiskeys from their hook by the door but when I catch a glimpse of the hooks I realize it wasn't just his that he took, but mine too. Shit, that makes this more difficult. His stupid ass Camero revs in the driveway and the sound of his tires peeling fills the small house. I fight to stay conscious because I can do this.  
I don't know how much time has passed when I pull every ounce of will and strength in my body and finally crawl onto my hands and knees.  
I can do this.  
It could have been minutes or hours since Matt left, so I don't waste a second.  
I can do this.
I stumble out of the door and adrenaline floods my nervous system.  
I can do this.
My bare feet carry me across the pavement and then through the woods across from the house. It'll hurt like hell later, but it's much shorter to cut through them to get to Birdie's house. This is a route I've memorized, having to sneak out to see my best friend when Matt eventually stopped allowing it. I can get there with my eyes closed, and it's entirely possible I do. 
I eventually break through the tree line and push past the pain that's threatening to overwhelm my body. The light to the back porch is on, drawing me near like a lighthouse to the coast, and I stumble the last few steps to the door. I fall against the cool wood in a heap, frantically pounding my fist against it as darkness clouds my vision. The door opens underneath me and I let it take over, finally able to rest. 
It's warm when I come to, a gentle voice rousing me. "Sweets, can you hear me? Shit, Jav!  She's breathing and has a pulse but she's not responding to me."
I groan and try to peel my eyes open. That voice definitely does not belong to Birdie. It's not her husband Bob either, and that's what startled me enough to fully return my brain to my body.  My eyes land on a face surely carved by Aphrodite herself. 
"Am I dead?" I mutter out. With a chiseled jaw and concern swimming in mossy green eyes staring down at me, I must be. Especially if I'm not scrambling to get away from a man that isn't Bob Floyd. But a tiny voice in my head tells me that he's safe and that he won't hurt me, so I let myself listen to it. 
A small smile pulls at the lips of the man above me. "No, sweets. You're alive, it looks like you fought real hard to be too. How'd you end up here?"
The realization I didn't make it to Birdie's makes me gasp and try to sit up. "I was trying to get to Birdie's house, where I am?!"
I notice I'm cradled in his lap when his arms tighten around me in an attempt to keep me from jostling the multiple injuries I'm sure I have. "Easy, I got you. Birdie Floyd? She's right next door, you almost made it. Just a hundred feet short."
A voice crackles through his phone, clearly on speaker given that I can hear it so clearly. "I'm about 3 minutes out, Jake. What's going on?"
"She's awake, Javy. I think I can manage until you get here, but I'll keep you on the phone just in case."
He turns to me and I can hear sirens in the background of the call. "I'm Officer Jake Seresin and on the phone is my best friend Javy Machado, he's a paramedic.  He's working tonight and I called him the second I opened the door, he and his partner are on the way to come look at ya, ok?" My nod prompts him to continue. "I can go get Bob and Birdie if you want?"
"No!" I yelp. "Please don't leave me alone! H-he might show up..."
"It's ok, pretty girl. I got you, I won't leave you alone. You're safe with me." His voice is calm, soothing. "Even though I'm off duty, I called in some backup. I don't want ya worryin' when you hear the sirens and see the lights here shortly."  
His thumb rubs small circles on my upper arm as red and blue fill the night sky. 
Jake carries me outside to meet the paramedics and I can hear Birdie from across the yard.
“What’s going on?” Her eyes scan the scene and finally land on me and she immediately runs to me."Emory! Oh, honey! What did he do to you this time?" She starts sobbing as her hand gently traces my swollen cheek. "How'd you find her, Jake?"
"She found me. She knocked on my door thinking it was yours." His chin tips up in acknowledgment when Bob joins his wife. "Hey, Floyd. Javy just rolled up and called in some backup."
No sooner than the words leave his mouth, a tall man with a mocha complexion hops out of the ambulance and rushes over. Jake reluctantly lets me go and nods at me as Javy takes over and lays me on a stretcher. As he's taking inventory of my injuries and rolling me to the ambulance, I hear Jake talking to Bob.  
"Where's the fucker that did this to her?"
"If he's not at home, he's at The Den." Bob replies, anger clear in his voice. 
Jake climbs up the step into the ambulance, just beside Birdie and reaches out and gently squeezes my hand.  "Javy's the best there is, you're in good hands. I'm gonna go get the sad excuse of a man that did this to you and he's gonna go rot in a cell."
Tears well in my eyes as relief washes over me.  "Thank you, Jake."
Jake did as he promised, immediately arresting Matt and tossing him in jail. After confirming I did, in fact, end up with new fractures in my arm, a concussion, and severely bruised ribs I returned to work about a week after I may have been sporting a neon pink cast, fading bruises on my face, and stitches in my lip, but I'd never been happier. 
The trial officially concluded and Jake was there by my side through the entire thing, volunteering to be my personal protection detail.
6 months later
Jake had walked through the door of Cora's, the bakery Birdie and I have been working at since we were undergraduates at UT Austin. Once the recognition hit me, I gasped. "It's you."
His smile was soft, almost shy, as he blushed. "It's me."
"You saved me, l-I don't have enough words for how thankful I am for you."
Thankfully, he dropped in during a slower time so my rambling isn't holding up other customers.  
Jake reaches up and rubs the back of his neck as he looks down. "I'd like to think it's what anyone would do, having sworn an oath to protect and serve and all."
I take the time to finally observe what he's wearing, and he looks damn good in his uniform, before smiling up at him. "Well, take your pick officer. Anything you want is on the house.  For as long as I work here."
After that day, he made it a habit to stop in at some point during his shift for coffee and a pastry if he was feeling particularly cheeky.  "The coffee's always been free to the boys in blue, I can't take advantage of your kindness all the time, Sweets." He'd told me. 
And eventually Jake asked me out. "I know you were in a terrible relationship before, so if this is too forward, stop me. But now that it's not a conflict of interest, how do you feel about dinner with me?"
"Dinner sounds amazing." I'd told him with a wide smile and his quickly matched my own. 
From that day forward, we'd been nearly inseparable. With his support, I'd finally caught up with Birdie and finished my MBA. While in school, I met the little spitfire named Adalaide Blake.  She had been in her final semester of law school and studying to pass the BAR exam. She quickly became close to Birdie and I and we've been thick as thieves since.  
Honoring the promise she made to a couple of 19 year old kids, Cora, the owner of the bakery, turned it over into our capable hands and retired. Cora was the grandma I had always wanted.  She took me in when I had nothing and loved Birdie and I as her own. Not long after we took over, Matt was released from prison. Jake had delivered the unfortunate news after plying me with ice cream and tequila a few days before our one year anniversary. He promised to keep me safe and asked me to move in with him. We'd discussed it more the next morning when I was sober and he assured me his reasoning was more than just keeping me safe, he wanted me as part of his every day routine.  
Within a few months of my moving in, I helped Jake study for and pass his detective's test. He soon promoted and we celebrated by christening the new home for the bakery. The new location included a large, secure basement with the intention of housing abused women and children.  Thanks to Jake, the rest of his squadron at the department, and connections they've made through the years, the changes weren't made public knowledge.  
There was a caveat that Jake wasn't aware of: Birdie, Addie, and I had been planning something. While we were absolutely making the new construction a safe haven, we also wanted to find a way to make sure men like Matt didn't ruin any more lives. We realized we could make that happen thanks to the combined knowledge of my studying with Jake for the detective test, Birdie hearing all the stories from Bob about work, and Addie having spent a few years as a defense attorney, we could do it. Birdie had the idea to open a secret speakeasy that would be a way for us to meet with potential women who needed help. The brave souls who sought our help were instructed to ask for a pomegranate scone, which was not sold in the bakery.  They were instead provided with a time to meet back here at the speakeasy that we named "The Underworld." 
Over the next 2 years, we caught cheaters, helped mothers get sole custody of their children, returned money stolen by swindling slimeballs, and rescued women and children from abusive homes. Along the way, we'd made some new friends and became known as The Furies. The Furies consisted of a team of powerful, badass women who shared the same mindset as us. We also made some new enemies...one of them being the Austin PD. A task force was born to stop the ring of vigilantes, and the most ironic part of it all is that many of the Furies have a personal connection to a member of the task force.  For me it was Jake. The man of my dreams and love of my life, had taken on the lead. He had risen through the ranks quickly, finding himself on many cases involving the work of the Furies. With his extensive knowledge, it was a no brainer for the department that he be the commanding officer. Even Birdie’s husband volunteered to be the CSI Specialist for the task force.
Jake and I were almost 4 years into our relationship when my ruse was finally up. I had successfully kept the two facets of my life separate until that fateful night. 
We had been running a sting on a local biker gang known for human trafficking, Demeter and I had been at The Den while trying to sneak our way into the back by posing as "entertainment" for the club. Apparently, one of the guys there that night had known Matt and therefore knew who I was. That's when shit hit the fan. While I'd been training extensively with Jake in MMA classes and with our ex-military friend learning to evade capture, one me against five men was no match. I'd learned how to take a hit with minimal damage and that was my saving grace. With my ass thoroughly beaten, I once again found myself stumbling through the dense woods that lead to Bob and Birdie's house. Leaning against the doorframe, my knuckles rap against the wood for her to come usher me inside and help me get patched up.  
If my right eye wasn't swollen shut, I might have noticed that the door was a deep blue I'd personally picked out instead of the dark maroon I was expecting. The door opens and I don't even look up before I start talking. 
"I'm an idiot, I know. Might need to call someone though, I think one of those fuckers broke my nose," I whine. 
"Emory? What the fuck?!" A deep voice bellows from the open door. 
I look up and my eyes make contact with very angry looking green ones.  "Aw shit, wrong door again."
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"What the actual fuck, Em? Get inside." I try to usher her in but she takes a step back.
"No, I'm gonna pretend this didn't happen and walk over to Birdie's." Emory tried to walk away but I reached out and snatched her hand. "Jake what are you -? Ow ow, fine, I'll go, just let go of me." 
I let go and she pulled on her hand to get rid of the feeling. I could see the war in her one good eye as she reluctantly followed me inside. I led her into the kitchen, lifting her up onto the island before moving to grab the first aid kit from under the sink. I silently began working on cleaning up the blood on her face before moving down to see if there are other wounds to treat. 
"It's just my nose." She mutters and I release the breath I didn't know I was holding as I check on her nose. It wasn't broken thankfully and it didn't look like she was going to have a concussion either so I was able to relax a little. 
"Well it doesn't look broken." I sigh as I move to grab an ice pack from the freezer. "Just need some ice and you'll keep your gorgeous face in perfect condition." She gives me an unimpressed glance as I hold out the ice pack to show her how serious I am about fixing her nose. She grabs it and gingerly presses it against the bridge of her nose.
The air around us was thick as we sat in silence. I took the time to really take her in: the way her hair is still messy and her eyes are still slightly swollen, the bridge of her nose was red and she was sure to have bruising around her eyes tomorrow. I could tell by the way she stared at the tiled floor of our kitchen that she was in her mind. She was supposed to be at the bakery all night, and now she's showing up at my door bloody, again. I'm just about to say something when she speaks up.
"So I guess I gotta explain why we're having a deja vu episode."
"That would be nice." I say with a deep sigh. "But I'd rather make sure you are okay."
"I'm fine. I'd like to explain it all now, rather than later." Her voice sounded strained and for someone who was usually so confident, that was saying something. "Okay, shoot." 
She takes a deep breath before she starts. "I would like to state that if you never wanna see or speak to me again after you hear all this I completely understand, because it's a lot and you're probably gonna hate me afterwards and—"
"Em, please, stop." I cut her off, unable to deal with any more of her self deprecating rambling. "We're gonna have to get married before you continue so I can claim marital privilege."
"Wait, really?" She drops the ice pack to the counter as her eyes widen at my words. We've only just recently started talking about marriage being an option because I wanted to wait for her to be ready for it. "Seriously? You wanna marry me before I tell you all this?"
"Really, sweets." I smile, reaching out to cup her cheeks. "I love you and nothing could ever make me hate you! Shit, you could be the fucking leader of the Furies and I would still only see my Emory. I even have a ring upstairs." 
"No you don't." She chuckles nervously. 
"Oh, I do, trust me." I lean towards her and place a small kiss on her lips. They're chapped but warm. She leans forward as well, tilting her head slightly. We pull apart with a soft chuckle.
"So should we get you that ring and then go tell Bob and Birdie?" I smile.
"Yeah. Yeah I think we should." She nods before looking back at me. "You wanna help me clean up?" I laugh as I grab a washcloth to clean up the rest of the blood. 
Once she was cleaned up and changed into some new clothes, we made our way across the shared yard to the Floyd household. 
"I doubt they're even still up." Emory mutters as I knock on the door. "I mean seriously, it's 4 am. They wouldn't still be up, would they?"
"Not that I can tell." I frown and look back toward Em. "Let's see." We both peer inside the house through a window and we both see that the lights are still on, albeit dimly. Suddenly, the door opens to reveal Bob, his eyes already tired and his glasses fogged up from sleep. His hair was rumpled as if he had been running his hands through as his vision focused on us.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here so late?"
"We need to talk to you guys." I answer as Emory nods. 
"About what?" The tone in his voice indicates that he isn't buying into anything. He's definitely suspicious of us. 
"Nothing important." I lie and Emory quickly steps in.
"But you should go get Birdie."
"If it's enough for the both of you to interrupt mine and Birdie's sleep schedules, then it is important." Bob sighs, "Come on in." He gestures us in before locking the door and heading towards his bedroom where Birdie was surely sound asleep.
It's a few minutes before we hear the tell tale signs of Emory's best friend running down the hallway. 
"Em! Are you okay?" The brunette girl drops beside her friend, checking her over for injuries. "Should I call…?"
"I'm fine Bird, everything is okay now." Em assures her and I could see Birdie's shoulders visibly relax before she reaches for a pillow.
"Then where the hell have you been?!" The brunette exclaims as she pulls away from her friend, hitting her with the decorative pillow. "I thought you were dead! There was always a chance you were in deep but what the hell?!"
"I'll explain everything later, but we need you to do something for us first." Emory smiles softly, pulling the pillow from Birdie's hands. Both Birdie and Bob look at us confused as I move to the seat next to Em. 
"We're getting married tomorrow." I say.
"Oh." Bob answers shocked.
"Oh? Oh my god! Finally!" Birdie jumps up cheering. "Wait! Why tomorrow?"
"I might've fucked up on which door I knocked on again." Emory giggles. I laugh with her, Birdie just stares blankly at us before she speaks.
"So you're gonna...?"
"After the wedding, he wants marital privilege." Em answers.
"Oh well then by all means Mr. Seresin, dive in head first!" Birdie replies, laughing. "Break her heart after this, they won't find your body."
"I'm gonna kill you someday Birdie." Emory mumbles.
"No you won't." Birdie blows her a kiss. "Now you get the guest room." She says, pulling Emory from the couch and pushing her down the hall. "And you get to go home and sleep alone!" She says, looking at me. 
"But..."
"It's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding. Now get out of my house." Birdie ushers me towards the door.
"Ya know we could've done it in secret." I tell her.
"Then you'd be dead. Night Jake!" She smiles before closing her front door and locking it. 
With that I turned, headed towards home. I felt slightly lightheaded and giddy; I couldn't believe it actually happened. I didn't feel scared or worried, but I guess I should have. I knew I loved Emory and nothing could change that, why would she even think that anything would? As I thought about these things walking through my front door, I glanced at the clock, noting the brightly shining 4:36 am. The courthouse opens at 8, sleeping now would only make us late so I walked to the living room and threw on the morning news.
Our wedding, although a simple one at the courthouse with only Bob and Birdie present was perfect. I never needed the fancy suit, the white gown, and the big wedding to prove that I loved her. Seeing her stand before me with the ring I've been holding onto for a year was more than enough. Bob and Birdie treated us to breakfast before heading back to their house. And then Emory tells me everything. And I mean everything.
I sit in shock on the loveseat as Em paces across the living room from me. Birdie's in the kitchen making drinks and Bob speaks up from his seat on the other couch.
"Well thank fuck someone else knows." He sighs, relaxing into his chair.
"I'm sorry, WHAT?!" I shouted, turning to who I thought was my best friend. "You knew they were doing this?"
"Why else do you think there was never any definite trail linking them to any of the crimes? I've been busting my ass around the clock out here!" Bob defends. "Nat and I can't take it anymore!" Bob immediately slaps a hand over his mouth. My eyes widen, if possible, more than they already were. 
"Nat knows?!"
"BOB!" Both Emory and Birdie shout.
"Am I the only one who didn't know?" I question, my eyes trailing between the girls. 
"Uhhh, Jake. Let's talk more tomorrow after we've consummated our marriage and can't have it annulled." Em chuckles softly and I already know the answer. Everyone, everyone knew before me.
"Did everyone know before me?"
"At least Cyclone doesn't know. Especially about—" Bob is cut off again by his wife who's abandoned the drinks. 
"Robert!"
"The dam is broken, Birdie. There's no turning back now!" 
"I knew we should've let Psyche make him sign the NDA." Emory sighs, groaning as she drops into a seat.
"Well I figured he feared his wife more." Birdie shrugs.
"And I do!" Bob jumps up, trying to defend himself. "I don't fear jail because I know what you bunch are capable of."
"Robert Floyd! Did you only marry me cause you thought I'd kill you?!" Birdie shouts, turning to glare at her husband.
"No! I love you! I do!" Bob panics, trying to dig out of the hole he got himself in. "But I definitely don't wanna be on the receiving end of one of Em's special recipes."
"BOB!!!" Em, Birdie, and hell even I shouted at him, knowing that was definitely something he was not supposed to tell me.
"I'm gonna go shower now." Bob mutters, walking towards the master bedroom.
"I swear I'm gonna—"
"Let us leave before you go all Hera on his ass." Em laughs as she pulls me to the front door. I'm still processing everything she told me as we enter our home.
My girlfriend—my wife— is THE Persephone, the leader of the Furies. The woman who has been avoiding capture at my hand for years now. The love of my life is who I've been chasing this entire time. Holy shit.
"You okay over there?" Her voice drags me from my thoughts. I look up to see her staring at me expectantly. 
"I'm okay, I think?" 
"Are you asking me if you are okay?" She laughs, stepping up to me. Her hazel eyes still sparkle the way they always have, but especially since she now has the diamond ring I got paired with her now. This is still my Emory, not the known vigilante that I've been hunting for years. 
"No. I'm okay." I smile at her. 
"So... the handcuffs are still for in the bedroom and not for arresting me right?" She asks, smiling as she slowly pulls me towards our room. It's only then that I realize how painfully hard I am.
"Please stop talking. My dick is hard and I'm so confused as to why." Emory laughs at my statement, stopping in her tracks as she snorts, doubling over from her laughter. "This isn't funny Em! I'm conflicted!"
As she calms down she looks up at me with lust filled eyes. "At least you know that I don't entirely hate you for all the times you shot at me." She shrugs casually and walks into the room leaving me standing there in shock, her hips swaying a little more. 
Then it hits me. Some of the nights that we had the greatest sex— it was right after I had a shootout with the Furies. She would jump me the minute we were both home and my god—
"Don't you dare start without me, sweets!"
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intomusings · 8 months
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﹒﹒  guts   sentence   starters    !
my  brain  goes  ahhh  !  guts by olivia rodrigo just dropped and it's been on repeat  in my household .  olivia rodrigo  can do no wrong in my opinion and i  realized  that  the  lyrics  make  for  some  perfect  sentence  starters  —  so  under  the  cut  you’ll  find  a  bunch  of  heart  wrenching  and angsty one  liners  .  if  u  found  this  useful  ,  feel  free  to  like  or  reblog  to  boost  this  .
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﹒﹒  all - american bitch  :
" i feel for your every little issue , i know just what you mean .. "
" you know me , i forgive and i forget .. "
" i got what you can't resist "
" i know my place and this is it "
﹒﹒  bad idea right?  :
" haven't heard from you in a couple of months .. "
" i'm out right now and i'm all fucked up "
" i know we're done , i know we're through but god when i look at you .. "
" seeing you tonight , it's a bad idea , right ?
" i know that he's my ex but can't two people reconnect ? "
" i only see him as a friend .. "
" i know i should stop but i can't . "
" i'm sure i've seen much hotter men but i really can't remember when "
﹒﹒  vampire  :
" i loved you truly "
" i've made some real big mistakes but you make the worst one look fine "
" i used to think i was smart but you made me look so naive "
" every girl i ever talked to told me you were bad news "
" you called them crazy god i hate the way i called them crazy too ! "
" you're so convincing , how do you lie without flinching ? "
" can't figure out how you do it and god knows i never will "
" you said it was true love .. "
" you can't love anyone cause that would mean you had a heart "
" i tried to help you out , now i know that i can't . "
" how you think is the kind of thing i'll never understand "
﹒﹒  lacy  :
" did i ever tell you i'm not doing well ? "
" i see you everywhere .. "
" i'm losing it lately . "
" well aren't you the greatest thing to ever exist ? "
" my stomach's all in knots "
" you got the one thing that i want "
" it's like you're made of angel dust "
" it's like you're out to get me "
" you poison every little thing that i do "
" i just loathe you lately "
﹒﹒  ballad of a homeschooled girl  :
" i don't think i get along with anyone .. "
" i guess i should go .. "
" i told secrets i shouldn't tell . "
" i made it weird , i made it worse . "
" oh god , what did i say ? "
﹒﹒  making the bed  :
" i thought it so i said it "
" sometimes i feel like i don't wanna be where i am "
" i'm so tired of being the girl that i am "
" i'm playing the victim so well in my head "
" i got the things i wanted , it's just not what i imagined "
﹒﹒  logical  :
" god , you're so good at what you do . "
" i'd put myself through hell for you "
" hear all the rumors lately that you always denied "
" you convinced me , it was all in my mind "
" changing you is possible .. "
" i'm sure that girl is really your friend "
" our problems are all solvable "
" why do i do this ? "
" i know i'm half responsible and that makes me feel horrible "
" i know i could've stopped it all .. "
﹒﹒  get him back!  :
" i met a guy in the summer .. "
" i wanna get him back "
" i wanna make him really jealous "
" i really miss him and it makes me real sad "
" i miss the way he kisses and the way he made me laugh "
" i am my fathers daughter so maybe i could fix him "
" i wanna key his car "
" i wanna break his heart "
﹒﹒  love is embarrassing  :
" i told my friends you were the one "
" you said space was what you need "
" i waited by my phone like a goddamn fool "
" i consoled you while you cried .. "
" how could i be so stupid ? "
" you found a new version of me "
" i give up everything "
﹒﹒  the grudge :
" one phone call from you and my entire world was changed "
" you took everything i loved and crushed it between your fingers "
" i doubt you ever think about the damage that you did "
" i hear your voice every time i think i'm not enough "
" how could anybody do the things you did so easily ? "
" i say i don't care , i say i'm fine but you know i can't let it go . "
" i fantasize about a time you're a little fucking sorry "
" i try to understand why you would do this all to me "
" do you think i deserved it all ? "
" you have everything and you still want more "
" but even after all this , you're still everything to me "
" i know you don't care "
﹒﹒  pretty isn't pretty  :
" there's always something missing "
" i don't know why i even try "
﹒﹒  teenage dream  :
" it gets better , but what if i don't ? "
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untitledmemes · 3 months
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High Noon Prompts
An assortment of prompts taken from the movie High Noon (1952) directed by Fred Zinnemann. Adjust as necessary to fit pronoun and/or descriptor. In case of Multimuse, don't forget to specify which one/s. Reblog, please do not repost or add.
“ Did you see what I saw? ”
“ You in a hurry? ”
“ You're a fool. Come on. ”
“ Hot? You call this hot? ”
“ My goodness gracious. ”
“ He rides mighty fast for a Sunday. ”
“ I think people are ought to be alone when they get married. ”
“ You get out of this town. Get out of this town this very minute. ”
“ I guess I'll take a look around. ”
“ It's no good. I got to go back. ”
“ This is crazy. I haven't even got any gun. ”
“ They are making me run. I've never run from anybody before. ”
“ He was always wild and kinda crazy, he'll probably make trouble. ”
“ Don't try to be a hero, you don't have to be a hero for me! ”
“ You can help me by providing silence. ”
“ I'm not trying to be a hero. If you think I like this, you're crazy! ”
“ You know there'll be trouble. ”
“ We got our whole lives ahead of us, doesn't that mean anything to you? ”
“ You know, I got only an hour and I've got lots to do. ”
“ I won't be here when it's over. ”
“ You shouldn't have come back. That was stupid. ”
“ I think I'm letting you down, ain'tchu? ”
“ What a waste. Good luck. ”
“ That's funny, I figured you carried a lot of weight here. ”
“ You think I'm too young too? ”
“ If you don't know, it's no use of me telling you. ”
“ The truth is you probably talked against me from the start. ”
“ You can't stand anybody takin' your place, now can ya? Especially me. ”
“ I thought you'd grew up by now. ”
“ What's so funny? ”
“ He's sore, that's all. He's sore about you and me. ”
“ I can take care of myself. ”
“ No reason, but it's mighty interesting. ”
“ It's going to be quite a sight to see. ”
“ You can count on me. You know that, don't you? ”
“ You've been real decent with me all along, and I want you to know I've been honest with you. ”
“ What are you looking at? You think I've changed? ”
“ I will not lift a finger for you. ”
“ I'm not afraid of him. ”
“ Nothing in life is free. ”
“ If you're smart, you will get out too. ”
“ There's plenty people around thinking he got a comeuppance coming. ”
“ Where's the tin star? ”
“ I guess you all know why I'm here. ”
“ What do you want? You want me to get killed? ”
“ You got nothing to worry about as long as I'm around. ”
“ It takes more than big broad shoulders to make a man, and you have a long way to go. ”
“ When he dies, this town dies too. ”
“ It's their mess, let them take care of it. ”
“ If we don't do what's right, we're gonna have plenty o' more troubles. ”
“ There's only one thing to do now, and y'all know what it is. ”
“ He's a mighty brave man. A good man. ”
“ Bang, Bang! You're dead! ”
“ If you're honest, you're poor your whole life. ”
“ I couldn't do nothing for ya. You'd be worried about me. ”
“ It's all for nothing. ”
“ Let him go, he still has a chance. Let him go. ”
“ They were on the right side, but that didn't help them when the shooting started. ”
“ There's got to be some better way for people to live. ”
“ I always figured you for guts. But I never gave you any credit for brains 'til now. ”
“ It takes a smart man to know when to back away ”
“ Seems like all everybody wants is to get me out of town. ”
“ You think about a lot of things when you're tired. ”
“ I hate this town. I always hated it. ”
“ You just stop 'til I tell you to start again. ”
“ I can handle a gun, you ought to see me. ”
“ Can't you wait? ”
“ I'll come out. Let her go. ”
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Hush (J.K.) 24
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Chapter 24- The Truth
pairings: jungkook x oc reader
word count: 7,632
warnings: angst, caught in a lie, attempted murder, choking, attempted drowning, crazed jungkook
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"Are you Jungkook?" I asked.
"What?" He responded.
"Are you Jungkook?" I asked again, getting irritated.
"What made you ask me that?" He asked, cocking his head to the side.
I tilted my head and arched my eyebrow, "Do you think I'm stupid?"
He shook his head no and chuckled nervously, "No I don't think you're stupid. I just don't know why you would ask me that question."
I rolled my eyes at him and pointed to his lips. "Jungkook has a mole under his lips just like you do."
"A mole? Is he the only person to exist that has a mole under his lip? It's just a coincidence, babe I'm not seeing the where you're getting the whole are you Jungkook connection from."
Is he serious?
"People have almost slipped up multiple times and either called you Jungkook or Hoodie when you're "Jungkook". And right after I meet you, Jungkook suddenly appears too? I'm more observant than you think. When you're not around Jungkook is around and vice versa. And do you know what the crucial piece of evidence was?"
"What?" he asked, crossing his arms against his chest. 
"You have the same green eyes. I've never seen that hue of green before and I've only seen it on you and him. I guess you forgot to change your eye color when you first appeared as him but then recently you claimed to be wearing contacts. I mean, how well were you trying to conceal your identity?"
He smiled and let out a chuckle, "I was waiting to see how long it would take you to piece everything together."
I punched his shoulder, "So what, it was fun for you to fuck with me like that. Making me think I was two timing the both of you but it was really just you try this whole time. The fuck!"
I tried to get up but he quickly uncrossed his arms and held me down by my hips down.
"Let go of me." I said, trying to pry his hands off of me but to no avail.
He pulled me closer so that are chests were touching.
"Look, I don't know what was going through my brain at first when I first appeared as him, well me without the haze and hood. But I knew you wouldn't have let me get close to you at first if I was myself so I was myself without you knowing. Hell, I even had to text and write what I was saying so that you couldn't tell right off the bat that it was me by my voice. I could've changed my appearance but I chose not to."
"So that time in my woman cave when you "took over" Jungkook's body what was that?"
"Oh I had just gotten tired of typing all day and that Carter dude had pissed me off so I was over it."
"You should've been over lying to me!" I screamed in his face.
He shook his head no, "Oh but I wasn't. It was kind of like a game almost to see when you were going to put the pieces together and confront me, didn't think you would do it now though." He had the audacity to look amused at the situation at hand.
"How egotistical of you." I said seething.
"How so? Look babe you were falling for him/me and falling for me/me. I'm Jungkook and Jungkook is me, the same person. Hell towards the end I was making easier for you to get it."
I scoffed, "Yea? How were you making it easier? The only thing you were doing was getting jealous of yourself."
"I can admit I was jealous that you liked that me more than this me but I let it go because well it was still me," he said smiling. "But remember the restaurant I took you to, recall the name?"
I had to think back to the name of the place. We had pulled up to it and I hadn't recognized it and I've lived here all my life.
What was it?
Oh, The Hoodied Figure.
I know he read my mind because his smile grew, "See, that was a huge hint on my part so you're welcome." He said flicking my nose.
I felt a tear fall out of my eye from my stupidity in all of this. "Fuck you. Why are you still wearing this stupid mask when I know the truth?" I said ripping the mask off of his face.
The initial shock of seeing this face under the mask hit me hard. Even though this whole time we've been talking about him being Jungkook, it still hurts to see his face underneath the hood.
Jungkook is Hoodie and Hoodie is Jungkook. It's weird to hear Hoodie's voice coming out of Jungkook's mouth.
"I want to go home now. I don't want to be here anymore. Let me go." I said sniffling.
He shook his head no. "No we just got in the tub. This was supposed to be about you but you had to go and try to ruin it. Come on relax, you got what you wanted right, me and me. The best of both worlds all right here. Let's just take a bath and then we can go to bed. So, here let me-" he grabbed a loofah from beside us and tried to wash my back but I smacked his hand away.
"I don't need you to do that for me, I can do it for myself. I don't even want you to touch me. Give it here;the quicker I get out of here, the faster I can leave." I said, a few more tears coming out. I tried to take it from his hand but he threw it behind me on the other side of the tub.
"Ugh!" I exclaimed as wrestled his hands off of me and went to grab the loofah. As I was just about to grab it, Hoodie no Jungkook grabbed me from behind and slammed me into his chest.
"Why are you so mad?" He asked, kissing my neck.
"Get off of me. Why wouldn't I be mad? You've been lying to me this whole time."
"If I had just lied just know, would that have been better? Cause I can just erase your mind and you'd be none the wiser. And you'd go back to being clueless about the whole thing."
I stopped thrashing around and took in his words. I quickly turned to face him, almost falling backwards into the water but he caught me. "Woah not so fast babe, you would've fallen if I didn't catch you." He said with a smug grin.
"Did you not hear what you just said? First off, lying would've definitely made this even worse. Can't you see how much this is affecting me now, do you know how much worse it would be if you let this go on for longer. Second, you just talked about erasing my memory like it's nothing. How many times have you done that?"
"Umm, just the once. Well, I didn't necessarily erase your memory, you know that, I just edited it. For your own good."
"My own good!?! How has any of this been for my own good?! Nothing that has happened so far has been for my own good! Let go of me!" I yelled pushing him away. I moved so that my back was against the bathtub's wall.
He ran his fingers through his hair out of frustration, "I don't  know how many times I have to tell you! There's stuff going on here that you can't know about just yet; shit there's stuff even I don't know! I've never even gotten this far before!" He pointed a finger in my face. "So fucking watch it ok! You're pissing me off!"
I got up into his face, "And what are you going to do about it if I don't "watch it"?"
His eyes turned black and he grabbed me by my throat. His grip was tight but not so tight that I couldn't breathe.
"So what now your going to kill me? Do it. Kill your soulmate that you claim that I am?" I eked out. His grip got tighter on my neck when he pulled my leg towards him and I fell under water.
I was thrashing everywhere and I know that the water was all over the floor by now. His grip on my neck tightened until I was seeing black. I clawed at his arms, trying to get his arms off of me. He pulled me up out of the water for a split second before he threw me back under. I could feel myself slowly losing consciousness. I closed my eyes and tried to fight him off but it was to no avail. As the darkness was starting to take over, I saw a flash of purple in the distance. The flash was miniscule at first but then it started to grow until it was a full blown flame. Its embers were floating off and the flame itself was drawing me in to touch it.
I subconsciously reached out to touch and I expected getting near it would scald me but instead the closer I got to it the colder it got. The second I made contact with it, it was like a feeling I've never felt before took over me. My eyes flew open, water flying out of the tub and next thing I knew, Jungkook was flying out of the tub as well, hitting the sink in the process. I took in a deep breath, gasping for breath. My throat was an inferno and tried to soothe the soreness of my throat by rubbing it. I tried to stand up but couldn't get my footing right. After a few seconds, I was able to get it together and got out of the tub.
I could feel my body temperature getting hot as I walked towards Jungkook, who was staring at me in awe. "Your eyes, look in the mirror," he said.
I glanced at myself in the mirror and had to do a double take. My eyes were glowing a vivid purple, just like the flame I saw in my subconsciousness. "What's happening to me?" I shrieked. I got closer to the mirror and took myself in. I appeared to be glowing, a light purple aura surrounding me. My skin became blemish free and my skin tone was evened out. My eyelashes seemed thicker and my lips fuller. I looked like myself but an alternate version of myself. I gently pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
"Is this a hallucination?" I whispered to myself. Jungkook came up behind me and caged me into the sink. There was claw marks on his arms and torso but with a blink of an eye they were gone.
"I knew I sensed something different about you after you came out of the room at the gala. Something felt a little off. Did you touch something in there?" he asked.
"I touched the petal of the lilly that was on the table and it pricked me. And of course the demon dug it's nails into my skin. Those are the only two things that I have a feeling would've done this to me, more so the flower given that it was glowing and now I'm glowing."
He nodded his hand and made a noise of agreement," I have a feeling it was the flower, like I said your aura was off since you were in there. I figured there'd be someway to activate whatever I was sensing but I couldn't figure out what."
I could feel my anger in me rising again, "And so one of your master plans was to drown me in the tub?"
He had the audacity to look sheepish," To be honest, I don't really know what I was thinking. I blacked out for the first time in eons. I don't know what came over me, but I know my intention wasn't to kill you. Like you said I wouldn't kill my soulmate, especially not after you just taunting me."
"What? Did you feel triggered or something?" I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders," I guess in a way, you can say I was. I don't know but I guess an inner part of me was threatened."
I sighed, "You know what, I'm just going to bed and let you clean this mess up. Also, you're sleeping on the couch tonight just to let you know." I said, pushing past him and into the bedroom.
"This is my apartment." I heard him retort back.
"And am I supposed to give a fuck," I replied walking into the closet. I looked through the hung clothes for something to wear and settled on an oversized t-shirt. I walked back into the bathroom and saw that he was actually mopping the floor. He must've snuck in behind me when I was in the bathroom because he was now underwear clad.
I glanced at myself in the mirror and saw that my eyes had returned to their normal color but that wasn't the only thing I noticed. "You have got to be kidding me!" I screamed.
He jumped slightly and almost dropped the mop. "What's wrong?"
I pointed at my head, "You got my hair all wet and I literally just flat ironed it before the gala. I swear if you weren't unkillable, I would kill you. We've had this conversation before, I am black, when my hair gets wet it curls and now I have to deal with this mop on top of my head. I told you that its a lot of work to maintain natural hair and you go and dunk my head underwater?!"
He raised his hands in defense, "Um, well there's the blow dryer and straightener under the sink which I know you know of so no need to glare so hard. Also, in your vanity in one of your drawers there's gel, edge control, and all the brushes you may need. There's more in there too, like the shampoo and conditioner that you use."
I eased up my glare some and said," I don't know whether to still be angry about what happened earlier or let the flattery that you went out and got those items for me win me over slightly."
He gave me a small smile," How about the latter?"
I smiled at him back at him, "How about no." I said dropping the smile I had plastered on. I walked out of the bathroom and back into the closet. I took a seat at the vanity and opened the bottom drawer to the left and there I found the products he was talking about. I took some leave in conditioner and some moisturizer and brushed it through my hair to get some of the tangles out. I decided on a simple slick back bun because today has drained me and I didn't feel like doing anything else. I left my edges undone because I decided to just do them in the morning, so I looked for something to tie my hair done with. I opened the drawer that was above the product drawer and saw that it had matching scarves and bonnets sets in it. I randomly grabbed and set and wrapped my hair up.
As I was placing the bonnet on my head, Jungkook walked in. I guess he finished mopping the floor because he started to pick out some pajamas. He settled on a green shirt and shorts set, that looked a tad bit see through but I couldn't really tell from over here. He proceeded to get dressed behind me and when he was finished, he looked up and we locked eyes. I quickly adverted my eyes. He walked up to me and wrapped his arms around me, placing his chin on top of my head. Now that he was up close I saw that his pajamas were in fact see through, glad that he put his boxers on or something definitely would've been a distraction.
"Well it's a good thing that your eyes went back to normal or we would've had to go out and get you some contacts. Or claimed you were wearing contacts at school on Monday." He said.
Damn, how could I forget about school that quickly. Man I can't wait to graduate.
"Well maybe if someone had just minded their business then they wouldn't have changed color at all." I said.
"How was I not minding my business? I told you something felt off so I had to be sure and I was right. But you said that the flower on the table pricked you right?"
I nodded my head, "Yeah it was this pretty almost black lily. It seemed was almost like it was pulling me in honestly. The second I touched its thorns, it pricked me even drew a little blood."
He looked confused, "What color did you say the lily was?"
"It was a deep maroon color up close but it looked like it was black." I said.
"The flowers on the table were purple, not black."
I rolled my eyes," Are you trying to tell me that I hallucinated the color of the flowers now too? Because if you are, you can lift up off of me now."
He shook his head no," No, I promise that's not what I was getting at. I'm just saying that when I saw the flowers, they were purple. Like the color your eyes were. But I also didn't see them when we originally walked in the room."
I hummed," So either the flowers changed or someone changed the flowers." I let out a gasp and snapped my fingers before I turned around to face him, making his arms fall off of me," There was this voice/shadow thing that was talking to me before I had the whole demon attack happen."
His eyebrows raised," What voice/shadow?"
"Ok so imagine the voice that's on Michael Jackson's Thriller song but picture it ten times more sinister and at first there was just the voice but then it morphed into a shadow. It had tried to bargain with me and when I didn't do what it wanted, it sicked all the demons onto me. Shit even before that, it felt like it had nipped at my neck and shoved into me. What if he had something to do with flowers, because after I touched it that's when hell broke loose?"
He did a quick tilt of his head," I wouldn't know, honestly. But I guess that could be possible."
"Doesn't sound like a hallucination anymore, does it?" I asked smugly.
He simply shrugged his shoulders.
I rubbed my eyes out of frustration before hopping up off of the seat.
"Well enjoy the couch." I said before walking out of the closet. I got into the bed and snuggled into the comforter. I started to search for the remote and located it on the nightstand beside the bed. I guess in Hell they have Amazon fire TVs too , Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and a prime video button on the remote. I switched the tv on and waited for it to turn on. I could see Jungkook looking at me from the closet door with his arms folded in my peripheral but I ignored him.
When the loading screen ended, I was met with Jin's smiling face. "Welcome to Hell Tv. While you're visiting us we want you to be as comfortable as possible. On this screen, you can browse channels, check out any attractions we have, and even the most popular restaurants in the area. Browse through our channels and find something that peaks your interest. We have plenty of genres from animation/ comedy to those channels where you have to lock the little ones out of the room." He winked," But who are we to judge, you're in Hell where sins are welcome. Enjoy." Then it started over like they do when you go the some hotels up on the Human realm.
I saw Jungkook rolled his eyes," The only people who have access to tvs here are me, him, archangels, and some of the higher demons. He only recorded that to piss me off and every tv I've gotten and that still pops up."
I let out a light chuckle and turned to look at him. He was looking at the TV with a grimace on his face. I took in him in silently, not over that I was seeing the true him, the him that I didn't even think I would believe was him. I still can't believe that he thought it was best to try and deceive me like that.
At that thought he turned to look at me. He was about to say something but I cut him off saying," Well I think the couch is calling for you, might want to go to it. Especially since you find my mind more interesting than the TV."
He rolled his eyes," I'd rather listen to you do literally anything than look and listen to Jin any day. But fine, I'll sleep on the couch if that'll make you happy."
I nodded, "Yep and can you turn the light off on your way out?"
He gave me a glare and was met with one back before he turned off the lights and walked out of the room. As I started to scroll through the channels, I heard a loud scrapping sound before Jungkook appeared in the doorway with his back towards me. As he made his way into the room, I saw that he dragged the couch out of the living room and now was putting it into the room.
"What are you doing?," I asked sitting up straight in the bed.
After he got the couch seated alongside the bed, he took in a deep breath and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand.
I rolled my eyes. Drama queen.
"I brought the couch in here silly," he said panting as if he was genuinely out of breath.
I closed my eyes and sighed," I can see that. I'm asking what are you doing bringing the couch in here."
He smiled," Well  you said I had to sleep on the couch but you didn't say where the couch had to be located. So I brought it in here."
"And the reason why you are panting is? You told me you can lift anything but the couch can take you out?"
He smile grew wider and he let out a small chuckle," Had to sell it. Did it work?"
"No," I said deadpanned, falling back down onto the bed.
I saw him shrug his shoulders," Well I tried." He plopped down on the couch and pulled a blanket and two pillows from off of the bed.
It was silent as I scrolled through the channels finally settling on a channel that was just Family Guy episodes. The episode that was on had to be from the early seasons because Stewie was still talking about killing Lois.
I heard a few chuckles here and there from Jungkook as the episode went on until I didn't hear him make any noise anymore. I figured he was sleeping so I just turned the volume down a little and tried to laugh quieter. I could hear him shifting around on the couch before I heard him let out a loud sigh that scared the shit out of me because I thought his ass was asleep.
I looked over at him and he was already looking at me. I raised my eyebrow in question, wondering what he wanted.
"So are you still mad at me?" He asked softly.
"Yes I'm still mad at you. You almost killed me tonight in the tub and got my hair wet. So yeah, still pretty pissed." I said back.
"You know I could've done worse right?" He asked, his voice increasing slightly in volume.
"What do you mean "you could've done worse"?" I asked.
He lifted himself up so that his arms were resting on the bed, "If I wanted you to kill you, I would've done worse than just drowning you. I'm Death himself babe. With a blink of my eye people can die but I chose not to do that because that would be no fun for me. I mean, don't you remember those killings I made you commit. Not only were they to prepare you for what's to come, but they were for my enjoyment as well. I've lived a long life and seen a lot of things to not even be alive so I like to spice things up here and there. That night that Jimin was at your house, I was sending a soul to Hell, and then I could sense something was up with you so I came to you."
I could feel my temper rising, "And you're telling me this because?"
He gave me a creepy smile, "Oh I'm not finished. Remember how in the morning I was gone. Well, when you fell asleep, you snoring kind of loud by the way, I went back to visit the soul like I had promised him I would. You wanna know what I did?"
"No."
"So I went and found him after I left your place. He was on one of those hills that we saw when we got here. He was just about to go into the pit before I grabbed him. Can you believe he thought I was rescuing him and was going to take him to Heaven. Pathetic. Anyway, I took him to one of the torture chambers and well tortured him. I gouged his eyes out and fed them to him over and over again until I got bored, you know since he's dead they kept coming back but it hurt each time. Then I stuck about 20 knives into his legs and arms before I did my signature for pieces of shit like that which was cutting his tongue out. But like his eyes, it kept coming back so I had to get creative. I cut it with scissors, burned it off with a blowtorch, and even ripped it out with my barehands. And that was just me getting started. By the time I was done with him he wanted to just go back to the pit. I only stopped because Jin had to come in and intervene because he said I was having too much fun. It was so exhilarating."
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked starting to feel nauseous.
He climbed up higher on the bed until he was a breath away from me, wicked grin still plastered on his face, "I told you this so you'd see how lenient I was with you in the bathroom. That man did nothing but piss me off once and I did all that to him. So if I wanted you dead or even hurt, I would hurt you. That's what I wanted you to know."
"Take me home now," I said, breath shaky.
He laughed and booped my nose, "Why silly? I was just kidding, I would never torture you like I did him. Well, not physically at least so there's nothing to worry about." He said before he went back down to the couch.
"Are you threatening me?" I asked.
He shook his head no slowly, "Of course not, it's more of a warning really."
I felt something in me flare up at his words, "If you even try it, you'll face a wrath like you've never seen before." I said. My skin felt like it was vibrating.
He smiled, "There's those eyes again. How pretty."
I glared at him, "Yeah, so I suggest you back off."
"Or what? You don't even know how to control whatever this is." He said, tilting his head.
"I guess we'll have to find out then." I said mirroring his expression.
He pecked my cheek and said, "Guess we will." He finished off with a wink before he plopped back down on the couch.
I sat there in silence, trying to comprehend what just happened. I could feel myself calming down but I was still on alert.
Watching TV was out of the question now. I turned the tv off and laid back down. I turned so that I was facing him, never turn your back on your enemy they say.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me," I heard him whisper in the dark. I kept quiet, pretending that I didn't even hear him.
I don't know if what and why what's going on with me is affecting him so bad but I need to figure it out. He can't keep snapping at me like this. I wonder if I could denounce being with him.
His head shot up first before his whole body made its way onto the bed and beside me. "You can't leave me, don't even think about it. I need you." He plopped himself on top of me and wrapped his arms around me in a bear hug. "Please, don't leave me."
I was about to throw him off of me but I felt something wet on my neck. I moved slightly and tried to move him off of my neck but he wouldn't budge. I heard a sniffle and now I know why my neck is wet. I can't believe the actual Death is crying on me right now.
"I have feelings too, you know. It's not that shocking really," he said, still sniffling.
"What's going on with you right now? One second you're being an asshole and the next you're crying into my neck. Are you ok?" I asked.
"I don't know." he mumbled, his sniffles dying down.
After a few minutes he raised his head and I was able to see his face. His eyes were bloodshot red and puffy.
"You're not going to leave me, are you?" he asked pouting.
"I can't answer that," I said honestly.
The second I said that, his face was back in my neck and was once again being crushed by his body.
Here we go again.
"Hoodie get up," I said.
He shook his head no.
I sighed," Why not?"
"Because you called me Hoodie and not my real name," he mumbled into my neck.
"That's my nickname for you, do you not want me to call you that anymore?"
He shook his head no, "You can still call me that just not right now. Call me Jungkook."
"Well then Jungkook can you get off me, it's time to go to sleep."
"Sleep like this." he said refusing to move when I tried to lift him off of me. Is this man made of bricks?
After a few attempts to get him off of me, I gave up and came to terms with the fact that he wasn't moving any time soon. I thought he had fallen asleep because his breathing had evened out until I heard him start to hum quietly.
"What are you humming?" I asked feeling myself become drowsy.
"There's no title for it yet, but I hum it whenever I need to calm down. It reminds me of you. Want to hear some of the words."
I nodded slowly, I could feel myself falling asleep.
"Take my hands now You are the 'cause of my euphoria Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah (ooh ooh) Ah yeah, yeah, yeahEuphoria Yeah, yeah, yeah Close the door now When I'm with you, I'm in Utopia"
That's the last thing I heard before I fell asleep.
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I was in a hallway with many doors and there was a blaring light coming from the end of the hall. I looked down the other side of the hall but it was a dead end so I figured the light was the exit. As I walked towards it, I noticed each door had a placard with a different name on it and what looked to be a picture frame but the pictures were missing. One door said Sarah, another Isabella, and another saying Iris. Each had a different color door knob and picture frame, Sarah's was rose gold and Iris' was amber. Isabella's was missing though and there was no door knob anywhere around her door.
As I got closer to light, I had to put up my hand to shield my eyes. After I got past the light I was met with a door but not the exit door I was expecting. Instead of the door saying exit, it said something different, my name. This door stood apart from the other doors because unlike all the other names that were just on placards on top of the door, my name was etched into the wood and was painted gold. And there was a picture of me framed with a dark purple picture frame.
It was a picture of me from last year when I went to the prom. My hair up in a up do I reached for the door knob and the second I touched it, it turned purple.
I slowly opened the door and was met with pitch black. I ran my hand alongside both sides of the wall, trying to feel for a light switch but I couldn't find one.
Behind me I heard two doors open. I turned around and saw who I presume to be Iris and Sarah, since they came out of those doors, in the hallway. Who I assume to be Iris had tan skin with long black hair flowing all the way down her back. She was dressed in a simple white nightgown with  a lace trim and she was barefoot. Sarah had mid length blonde hair and fair skin. She was dressed in a similar nightgown as Iris, hers being a dark grey. They were facing away from me, heads looking down the other side of the hallway. I looked to see what they were looking at but I didn't see anything.
I cleared my throat," Excuse me, what are you looking at?"
Iris slowly turned her head towards me and when she was fully facing me I saw that her eyes were missing. She was beautiful still even though they were missing, skin smooth and she had freckles dotting her face. She gave me a eerie feel due to the fact that she had a sinister grin on her face. She took a step forward and said," I didn't know where you were, given that I have no eyes and all. But that's about to change because now I get to have yours."
I took a step back and she matched my movement. "Who are you?"
She took another step forward," One of the many that have loved Death and I was supposed to be the one to be with him forever but then you came along. I always thought he would come back and retrieve me but nooo, I was dropped here and never let out. Next thing I know there's a new door being installed, looking different from all of the other doors and so I had questions about it. When I went and asked questions about it, asking why there was a new door when I was the chosen one, it said that I wasn't the chosen one and that I had failed to be a pure soul. Whatever the hell that means because I was an angel. And when I called it liar and that anyone with eyes could see that I was, it took my eyes away from me. But now that you're here that means you failed too. Good because that means I have another chance."
"Ok and what's up with her?" I asked pointing towards Sarah without realizing that Iris couldn't see me.
"She deaf, listened in too closely on something that she shouldn't have and it busted her eardrums," she snapped her hand in Sarah's face and she turned to face her. Iris motioned with her to me and Sarah turned her head.
Thankfully she still had her eyes and I could see that they were a light blue. When we made eye contact she gave me a soft smile that turned creepy the longer she looked at me.
"She was a failure too. She still thinks she has a chance with him too but he'd never go for her. If she could hear I'd tell her that there was another failure which means I'm the chosen one. Welcome to the hall of failures." She said motioning her arms in a grandiose fashion.
"Failed what? I haven't failed anything to my logic. The last thing I remember is falling asleep to Jungkook falling asleep on top of me singing a song and now I'm here."
Her grin dropped, "Jungkook, he sang to you? Let alone was on top of you. He wouldn't touch me even if I begged him to and you expect me to believe that he was laying on top of you? What's so special about you? I was the most beautiful girl he has ever met, you can't possibly think you look better than me. I caught a glimpse of your picture before I was blinded and you aren't even close to being as beautiful as me." she said with venom in her words.
"I know why you weren't chosen. You may be beautiful on the outside but on the inside you're a vain, self centered bitch. How could you say you're an angel when you can't even be nice for one second. Maybe that's why you're locked up in here, so that he doesn't have to hear you bitch all the time. But to let you in on something, he can't keep his hands off of me, so maybe he was always disgusted by you?" I said retorted back with just as much venom as she spit out.
She didn't like that and let out a shrill scream before she stormed towards me, screaming she was going to kill me. Sarah watched her movements before she lunged towards me too. They both swiped at me but I quickly backed into the room, slamming the door in her face. I could hear them banging and kicking the door. I heard the doorknob jiggle before I heard them scream like they had been burned before until I didn't hear them make any more noise. I heard two doors slam and it sounded like their doors were locked. I backed up away from the door until I ran into what I think to be a person.
I kept my scream inside before I turned to face who I had bumped into but given that it was still pitch black, I still couldn't see anything. I reached into the darkness and felt nothing. I felt like I was being watched until I felt a breath on my neck, confirming that there was something or someone in here with me.
"Do you have what it takes Mahj?" It whispered behind me.
"To do what?" I asked.
"You'll know when the time is right and what you'll have to do," it said.
The room started to dimly light up a purple hue, the light emitting from behind me. I turned around and the being behind me was was glowing, its light now filling the entire room. Surprisingly, it was as blinding as the light that guided me to the room. The being appeared to be a woman by its shape but it was as like it was shielding itself from me because I couldn't make out anything due to the figure itself being shrouded in black. It's inner glow matched the color that my eyes turned to when Jungkook had pissed me off. Even the glow surrounded it matched the one that was around me.
"What are you? Are you from the flower I touched?" I asked, drawn into its aura. I didn't realize that I had been walking closer to it until I was up close, a breath away.
"Yes and no. You've known me for a while, I've been here with you all along. Jungkook has known about me for some time. I was woken up when you touched that flower, you know its the flower of resurrection right?"
I nodded my head, "Yeah I learned about it in school but what do you mean you've been here all along? Who are you?"
"For now, let's just say that I am your protector of sorts. When Jungkook is not there to protect, I will be. Even if I have to protect you from Jungkook himself, like I did in the tub earlier. We have to be careful around him."
"Why? He'd never actually hurt me right? I mean he said some pretty fucked up shit but did he mean it?"
"He's threatened by me, that's why he invoked me to come out, he could sense me in you. He can be deranged, he is Death after all, but he still has rules  that he has to follow."
"Why is he threatened by you?"
"I don't think he expected me to wake up but he's not just threatened by me but you too. You'll become the one in charge of us when you learn how to control what I'm giving you. After you master it, I'll get to go back to sleep but you'll keep what you've been given. You can be his downfall as much as you are his true soulmate, remember Death is not to played with. There is no escaping it, no running from it, and no getting over on it. It knows all, more than you can imagine. Heck right now, he's trying to break the room that I've built in your mind down so that we can be alone. I can feel it coming down so I'll be quick."
It reached out and wrapped a arm  around my waist and pulled me into its embrace before it pressed its palm against my forehead. Its hand burned and I screamed, begging for it to get off of me. I reached up to take its hand off of my head but it squeezed me tighter.
"This has to happen for you to learn." It said.
It felt like the room was going to go up in flames by how hot it was getting. The burning sensation was traveling all over me, engulfing me in its flame. Everything hurt, it felt like my insides were on fire and it felt like it wasn't going to stop. I was about to pass out from the pain before I was thrown into an ice bath. My body stung from the water and I shot up out of it, and onto the floor. I started coughing hard, trying to catch my breath. The figure was hovering over me and then crouched down in front of me.
"I wasn't able to give you everything because you weren't accepting it."
Some of my coughing subsided for me to croak out," Well would you want to accept something that's burning you from the inside?"
"Yes." It said matter of factly.
I glared at it," Well it's a good thing you're not me then. What did you do?"
It stood up to its full height," You'll find out soon. Jungkook might act differently towards you for a little while. He will be a little bitter, the darkness inside of him will tell him to be but he'll come around soon. You have an effect on him,.
I started to rub my aching throat, "So you're the reason why he's been being so off. What are you doing to him, what are you going to make me do to him. Take whatever you gave to me back, I don't want it," I grabbed its hand and placed it on my forehead but I felt nothing happen, no heat at all.
It ran its hand down the side of my face until it was lightly grasping my chin," I didn't do anything but activate what was laying dormant inside of you. You are not meant to harm him with these but help him. He's always been by himself and handled things on his own but now you are here to assist him. He's fighting himself, that is why his behavior is sporadic. But you can handle him, you have to. You just have to get through everything that's been prepared for you first. Learn to control the things you have been given access to, use it wisely because it will help you in the long run. I believe in you Mahj, the universe has been waiting on you, don't keep it waiting any longer. I'll be in touch."
With those last words, the figure disappeared, but the glow was still in the room. This time though, it was radiating off of  me as I was left cold and wet on the ground. I could feel the ground under me start to shake, the water in the tub I was thrown in, sloshing all around. The walls began to crack and the ceiling above the door started to cave in. I heard someone in the distance calling my name. It grew louder and louder until it became unbearable. Then someone started to bang on the door until it fell down, bringing the blinding light from before. 
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The last thing I remember is hearing someone faintly call my name before I was woken up and greeted by Jungkook's frantic looking face in front of mine.
"What happened?" He asked. His eyes were scanning my face closely, "Why couldn't I see your dream and why has your appearance changed?"
My appearance?
I pushed him off of me and ran into the bathroom. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I ran my hand against my face and pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
What happened to me?
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zai says: i think imma release these every friday, when the other ones come out yall will be able to tell that this was the first one i did also i'm gon milk this arc till the day i die n y'all know this
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you looked in the mirror in disgust, you hated what you saw, nothing but a broken person who couldn't even stay true to what they believed in. nothing more than a puppet being toyed with by the puppet master.
you and freed walked side by side to the church, he could tell you were feeling a slight amount of guilt but he had yet to figure out something that was bothering him “y/n. it’s clear that laxus will only listen to you at this point. but maybe he is beyond that point…however, i must ask why haven’t you told him to call this all off? it’s clear you don’t want much to do with this. so why y/n? why do you fight for something you don’t believe in?”
“because i-”
“damnit!” you shouted at the memory flooding your brain, you clutched your head looking down at your feet, and you then felt tears streaming down your cheek “why wasn’t i strong enough? i’m pathetic.”
back then you knew the answer to his question and you still do now, your guilt was eating you alive not allowing you to think clearly
your arms fell slack by your sides and you fell to your knees, tears still streaming down your cheeks
“maybe i’m just a fool freed.” he sent a smile your way his eyes screamed pity, just a pitiful glare for a shameful idiot and you hated every second of it.
“i should have done more back then, anything would have been better than this outcome. i was too weak to stop it, i was just a love-sick fool who was blinded by that fact. after all this time did he even love me back? was i following him blindly just for him to not even love me back?” despite all the fond memories you made your doubts triumph over everything you knew and what he told you.
shame flooded your mind, you felt embarrassed to feel this way, to wallow in your own shame and regret. these feelings were all too familiar to you and you hated every last second of it, every pitiful millisecond was nothing short of hell to you, he was long gone and out of your life but yet your doubts in your relationship still followed you.
“please…make it stop.” you mumbled weakly as if your pleas would be heard while your tears flowed like a river.
“because i loved him. no matter how many people i had to hurt i wanted to see him happy again.”
i hate myself i look in the mirror and start to cry stupid self sabotage every time t.m.i i think i'm the worst criticize everything 'til it hurts
you don’t know but you picked yourself and decided to go to the guild hopefully some time around your friends would do you some good, and there it was again the pitty glances, you smiled throughout them all but there was only so much you could take.
you went to an empty table to clear your thoughts and felt a hand on your shoulder, you tensed up bracing for those words “how are you holding up?” lucy spoke to you as if you were fragile and you could break at any second, or that’s what it felt like to you anyway. you snatched your shoulder away from her grip and sent her a glare “im fine. why does everyone treat me like i’m some fragile thing?”
bet you wish you never asked sorry if i made you sad at least you know now where i'm at
you dropped your shoulders suddenly aware of how tense you were, you groaned and ran a hand down your face “shit. i’m sorry lucy i’m just…tired.”
“y/n im sorry i didn’t mean to-” you cut the celestial mage off “no it’s not your fault you were just trying to check on me.” you felt something run down your cheeks, we’re you crying? after all this time an ‘are you okay’ was what it took to get to you. you excused yourself and headed into the bathroom, it was pathetic you felt like a failure crying in a public restroom. you were nothing more than a waste of space who couldn’t have anything go your way.
“it’s all my fault. maybe if i was more firm?? who am i kidding maybe if i said something anything he still would have been here.” you think to yourself causing your tears so flow like a river down your face.
you looked in the mirror and saw the weakest person you ever saw, and it took everything in you not to smash that mirror.
“y/n?” evergreen said while knocking on the bathroom door “im coming in okay?” she walked into the bathroom and noticed the tears on your cheeks and she wordlessly wiped them away and sighed “what am i going do with you n/n? we’ve got to get you a better coping mechanism” she chuckled quietly at her own joke, she pulled down her dress so it was at least covering her legs and sat on the floor, she patted the spot next to her with a gentle smile inviting you to sit. you wordlessly sat next to her with your knees pulled up to your chest.
“i know this is hard on you right now, but you can’t keep pushing us away we’re here for you…freed told me how you have been feeling.” you sighed deeply “so you know everything?” she shook her head “i only know freed’s assumptions, if you don’t want to talk about it that’s okay but you can’t keep letting your emotions eat you alive it’s not healthy for you y/n.”
the two of you sat there in silence for a while, you broke the silence with a small sigh and began opening up to evergreen about how you’ve been feeling “i feel like it’s all my fault ever…i feel like i could have done more maybe if i said something this whole thing wouldn't have happened or maybe he wouldn’t have been kick out of the guild” you pull your knees closer to your chest as you speak “i loved him ever, and now i might not even see him again.”
evergreen rested her hand on yours with a soft smile, you looked at her and her eyes didn’t scream pitty nor did they feel as if they were looking down at you and it was comforting “you don’t have to be guilty for anything y/n, we all made the choice to follow his plan…and he’s quite the ambitious man you know that, no matter what he would have seen his plan through till the end.”
you returned the smile “yea you’re right” the smile didn’t reach your eyes and she knew that, she knew you needed time how much time was all up to you however.
i hate myself i look in the mirror and start to cry super self sabotage every time t.m.i i think i'm the worst criticize everything 'til it hurts if you knew me better, you would like me worse t.m.i
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Hi there!
Ive recently stumbled across your works, and I just wanted to say that I enjoy your writing soso much!! Each time i read any of ur pieces, i feel ever so blessed that i can read them for freee,,, ??like wow!! I absolutely love your characterization of arthur, and any piece of banter you write never fails to make me laugh!
Your writing style is so addictive, ive honestly found myself missing it when I read anything else. Because of this, id like to ask if you have any book recs? hehee anything that inspired that brain and writing of yours seems like it would be a worthwile read!! From ur alltime favs, or recent favs, comfort books, or books that gave u personal epiphanies, pls feel free to not hold back !! (If its not too much trouble)
And once again, thank you soso much for all your lovely works!! 💗
I LOVE talking about books, so thank you so much for this ask. This is a very truncated list of some of my favourite authors and books because if I wanted to talk about all of them, that would be a post as long as one of my fics.
First up is Terry Pratchett, who I came to rather late; I just started reading Discworld in 2020, despite @clonemaster-general and @jinxedwood telling me years earlier I should read him, so they should feel free to be smug about the fact that I ignored their sound advice for a long time and then went, "Ok, where do I sign up for the cult" after reading approximately one (1) Pratchett novel.
Discworld is a fantasy satire series that's over 40 books long, but those 40+ books simply take place in the same world and do not have to be read in order, although I would recommend reading any subseries featuring the same characters in order (the City Watch books starting with 'Guards! Guards', the Witches starting with ''Wyrd Sisters' etc.) Pratchett did write some non-Discworld books, although the bulk of his very large body of work is that series. He was a very gifted writer who was able to present the stupidity and injustices of humanity in a way that made you laugh and feel that it's bearable to live alongside these things. No other author has made me laugh so much at dumb little puns or dick jokes and then suddenly slapped me with a banger of a line about human nature.
'The Once and Future King' by T.H. White. A retelling of Malory's 'Le Morte d'Arthur'. It's silly, it's touching, it asks why humans go to war. If you're tired of relentless grimdark, this book shows you that a novel can explore serious themes and ask serious questions of its readers while also being a bit silly and stupid, because like suffering, silliness and stupidity is an intrinsic part of the human experience.
'The Left Hand of Darkness' by Ursula Le Guin. I could really just say, "All of Ursula Le Guin's stuff" because I've read several novels, a ton of her short stories, plus most of her essay collections and I've loved them all, but I wanted to mention this one particularly because Le Guin was examining our ideas of gender and society in the fucking 60s and I'm tired of hearing right-wing nutjobs bang on about trans people like they're some alien species newly landed on our planet to kidnap our children. Also, what I love about Le Guin's sci-fi is that she was concerned primarily with the culture of alien societies, not laser guns, and her world building is incredibly deep in that regard. Her father was an anthropologist, and you can see how his studies shaped her writing.
'The Lymond Chronicles' by Dorothy Dunnett. I love me a good swashbuckler, and these are some good swashbucklers. There's also some really beautiful prose that really evokes the landscapes of 15th century Europe, and her action/battle scenes are some of the most gripping I've read. The caveat with this one is that I actually don't like the main character all that much; he's a real special guy who speaks all the languages, is good at all the things, is a master strategist at 20, and is hot to boot. But the story is told mostly through the POVs of other characters that get caught up in his exploits so you're not stuck in his insufferable perspective, and I found the books overall (there are six in the series) very hard to put down.
'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas. The OG swashbuckler, really. Shipwrecks! Duels! Poison! Revenge! People just don't do dramatic adventure novels like Dumas anymore.
'War and Peace' by Tolstoy. I can't not mention this; I've read it twice so far in English and once in Russian. Tolstoy was an amazing observer of human nature. Also, he clearly thought Napoleon was a little bitch and reading about him from the perspective of a Russian novelist is quite entertaining after reading about him from Victor Hugo's perspective.
'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo. I also have to mention this one. Yes, there are very lengthy asides on the Parisian sewer system. In the middle of a chase scene. But tbh, Hugo was curious about everything and while maybe he talked about every single one of those things a bit too long, it still endears him to me. Also, he was known more as a poet than a novelist by contemporary readers, and even in translation I think the fact that he was a poet really comes through in the prose.
Also, really anything by Patricia McKillip if you want dreamy, poetic fantasy that feels like being dropped right into the middle of a fairytale where magic has no hard rules and is something a bit wild and dangerous and beautiful.
I also read a lot of non-fiction, so I'll just list a few of my faves: 'Survival in Auschwitz' by Primo Levi; 'The Gulag Archipelago' by Alexandre Solzhenitsyn; James Herriott's 'All Creatures Great and Small' series; 'Landmarks' by Robert Macfarlane (but really any of his nature writing; this one I liked particularly because it's about the power of language to evoke a sense of place and how our vocabulary for the natural world is slowly being subsumed by our increasingly technologically-driven world). 'The Demon-Haunted World' by Carl Sagan, which was written in the 90s but if anything is even more relevant today as we struggle with parsing the mythology of pseudoscience and the real-world harm it perpetuates.
And I read a fuck ton of poetry, so I'll just rattle off a list of some of my favourite poets: Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooks, Edward Thomas (I also love his nature writing), Alexandre Blok, Pushkin, Ursula Le Guin (she's primarily known as a novelist, but she has some very good poetry as well), Mikhail Lermontov, Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Pope, Tennyson (particularly Idylls of the King), Seamus Heaney, and Yeats.
Anyway, this is a small sampler of books I've read and loved.
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