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bloody-bee-tea · 1 year

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24 Days of Mingcheng 2022 Day 14 - Jealousy

Jiang Cheng is pouring tea for Nie Mingjue and himself, just waiting for the other man to speak. Jiang Cheng is not the best with silences–always finding them too oppressing or too judging and at worst both–but he figured out a while ago that Nie Mingjue likes to sort through his words before he actually speaks.

Jiang Cheng could probably stand to do the same, if only to not always immediately snap at everyone who upset him but he figures it’s a little bit too late with his reputation now. People would probably think he’s gravely ill, should he consider his words before he speaks.

But Nie Mingjue always carefully thinks about what he’s going to say–if only so that Nie Huaisang can’t yell at him later for being an insensitive ass. It has happened before.

It’s kind of funny to Jiang Cheng that that still works on Nie Mingjue.

“How was your trip to Gusu?” Nie Mingjue finally asks after he almost finished his cup and Jiang Cheng frowns.

A question like that hardly warrants such a long time thinking about it and so he is instantly on his guard.

Maybe there has been an incident he hasn’t heard of yet.

“It was fine,” he easily gives back, because it had been. Perfectly pleasant even, like his meetings with Lan Qiren always are.

“Why?” Jiang Cheng asks, unwilling to give any more details when he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to look out for.

And that there is something to look out for is made abundantly clear when Nie Mingjue honest to the gods shuffles around for a little bit. It’s a nervous gesture if Jiang Cheng has ever seen one and Nie Mingjue doesn’t do nervous gestures.

At least not when he’s with Jiang Cheng.

“How’s—Xichen?” he then asks and now that makes Jiang Cheng frown for real.

Lan Xichen is Nie Mingjue’s best friend. If any of them should know how he is doing then it should be Nie Mingjue. Maybe they had a fight? But if Nie Mingjue is going about this in such a secretive manner then surely he wouldn’t appreciate being asked outright.

“He seemed—fine?” Jiang Cheng tells him, hiding a little smile when he remembers how stressed he had seemed about his courtship proposal.

Usually, Lan Qiren is very adamant to not be disturbed when Jiang Cheng visits him, but Lan Xichen had barged in, his hair a complete mess, brandishing several courtship drafts at them and then simply slumped over at their table.

Neither Lan Qiren nor Jiang Cheng had the heart so send him away, so they spend an entire afternoon with that.

Jiang Cheng wonders if Lan Xichen already sent his courtship proposal off to Meng Yao or if he’s still too chicken to do it. Maybe Lan Qiren has to take it out of his hands, like he already threatened to do.

“I see,” Nie Mingjue mutters, an unhappy twist to his mouth and now Jiang Cheng is getting worried.

Just how bad must their fight have been for Nie Mingjue to act like that?

“Is—everything okay?” Jiang Cheng asks, the most he can do without actually asking if Nie Mingjue fought with Lan Xichen and he gets a nod for his troubles.

“Yeah, sure, why wouldn’t it be?” he asks and Jiang Cheng huffs out a breath.

“Because you’re acting strangely,” he gives back and then flicks Nie Mingjue’s forehead. “What is up with you today?”

“Nothing,” Nie Mingjue says, weakly swatting Jiang Cheng’s hand away and even that seems so lacklustre that it worries Jiang Cheng. “You’ve been spending a lot of time at the Cloud Recesses lately.”

Nie Mingjue doesn’t meet Jing Cheng’s eyes as he says it and great, now Jiang Cheng feels as if he might have done something wrong, when he absolutely hasn’t.

“I enjoy spending my time there,” he diplomatically gives back and very tactfully doesn’t mention the fact that once you get Lan Qiren behind closed doors, with a good tea in his hands and managed to talk him out of wearing his forehead ribbon, he’s a fucking worse gossip than even Nie Huaisang is.

Mostly because everyone seems to think that Lan Qiren is not paying attention to anything that even comes close to being gossip but the man hears more than all of them together.

Jiang Cheng is not ashamed to admit that he enjoys gossip as well but he would never betray Lan Qiren’s secret, and so he travels there under the guise of guidance.

Luckily no one has asked yet what kind of guidance the great Sandu Shengshou and leader of one of the Five Great Sects could possibly need that he needs to travel to the Cloud Recesses once a month.

“Clearly,” Nie Mingjue mutters, drowning his next words in his tea and jolting Jiang Cheng out of his thoughts.

Something is strange about Nie Mingjue today but Jiang Cheng can’t put his finger on what exactly it is.

“Are you sure you’re alright? Is something bothering you? Has something happened at Qinghe?” Jiang Cheng asks, because if Nie Mingjue is this distracted by whatever it is that bothers him then it must be a bigger problem.

Maybe Jiang Cheng can help.

“No, everything is fine, I keep telling you,” Nie Mingjue almost snaps at Jiang Cheng and Jiang Cheng does not flinch back, thank you very much.

“What the hell is wrong with you today?” Jiang Cheng hisses at Nie Mingjue who immediately lowers his gaze.

“Sorry, that was uncalled for,” he whispers and Jiang Cheng angrily knocks his tea back, desperately wishing it to be something stronger right about now.

“It sure as fuck was,” he angrily mutters and then takes a deep breath.

He does not want to fight with Nie Mingjue; Jiang Cheng hasn’t seen him in almost two weeks and in his opinion that has already been way too long, not that he’s going to say that out loud.

But he’s not going to let whatever pissy mood Nie Mingjue is in ruin the little time they do have together.

He takes another deep breath.

“Do you want to come out on the lake with me today?” he then asks, hoping to hell that Nie Mingjue will just get along with this if he doesn’t want to tell him what’s wrong and he lets out a relieved breath when Nie Mingjue nods, clearly trying to reign his own temper in.

“I would love to,” Nie Mingjue mutters and then even manages to give Jiang Cheng a small smile. “If you really want to take me.”

“If you manage to not be a fucking ass,” Jiang Cheng shoots right back and just like he hoped it startles a laugh out of Nie Mingjue who holds his hand up as if he wants to swear.

“I promise to not be a fucking ass,” he solemnly says and Jiang Cheng rolls his eyes at him, even as he does pour him some more tea.

Things are just going back to normal when Jiang Cheng’s second in command steps up to them.

“Zongzhu,” he says with a deep bow and then gives Jiang Cheng a look that spells trouble.

Either for him or Jiang Cheng, it’s always a surprise with his second but Jiang Cheng is instantly on guard.

“What?” he demands to know and then freezes when his second holds out a letter to him.

It’s a white envelope and it’s just fancy enough to make it clear with just one look what it is.

It’s a fucking courtship proposal.

“What the fuck,” Jiang Cheng mutters and then glares at his second because he knows better than to bring these to Jiang Cheng.

There is a long standing order that any and every courtship proposals are to be politely declined until one from Qinghe Nie arrives. More precisely, until one from Nie Mingjue arrives.

“Here, zongzhu,” his second says and hands Jiang Cheng the letter before he winks at him and then turns around on his heels and leaves, not even giving Jiang Cheng a chance to refuse it.

Jiang Cheng is left staring after him in outrage and when he gets his composure back, he notices that Nie Mingjue’s eyes are fixed on the letter still in Jiang Cheng’s hand.

“Is this—” he starts even though it is painfully obvious what it is and Jiang Cheng rips the envelope open.

Who dares to propose a courtship to him?

He stares blankly at the page, reading the words over again and again and in the end he can’t help the smile that breaks out.

Maybe this will spur him on to finally do something, the proposal says in Lan Qiren’s elegant handwriting. If it does, you owe me tea. You know which one.

It’s signed with just Lan Qiren’s name and Jiang Cheng quickly folds the letter back up before he stashes it into his sleeve.

It makes more sense now, why his second would give this to him; knowing Lan Qiren he addressed the original letter to Jiang Cheng’s second and added the courtship proposal that way. And of course his second would go along with Lan Qiren’s mischief.

Jiang Cheng looks back at Nie Mingjue, the smile sliding right off his face when he notices how dark his face has gotten.

“You’re going to accept, I take it?” he asks, his voice rough and Jiang Cheng frowns at him.

“I’m going to deal with this later,” he tells him and then startles when Nie Mingjue gets up.

“Don’t let my presence stop you,” Nie Mingjue says, not meeting his eyes and instead giving him a shallow bow. “My presence is required back in Qinghe, anyway. Goodbye.”

And with that he turns around on his heels and leaves.

“Mingjue!” Jiang Cheng calls after him but Nie Mingjue pretends as if he can’t hear him and simply walks away.

“What the hell?” Jiang Cheng mutters, getting the letter out again.

He understands why Lan Qiren did it—Jiang Cheng certainly lamented his ill-advised crush on Nie Mingjue for more than an hour during his last visit—but it seems as if Lan Qiren was wrong in his assessment.

Lan Qiren swore up and down that Nie Mingjue is in love with Jiang Cheng as well, even though Jiang Cheng has never noticed any hints in that regard and so of course Lan Qiren would come up with his own little scheme.

He has been teaching the younger generations for longer than Jiang Cheng cares to think about; of course he would pick up a thing or two.

But it seems as if it backfired spectacularly, Jiang Cheng thinks as he watches Nie Mingjue fly away from Lotus Pier and he wonders if it has anything to do with Nie Mingjue’s mood from before.

There seemed to be an issue with Lan Xichen and if he thinks this proposal is from him—maybe that would explain things.

Well, Jiang Cheng will give him a week or two to cool off and maybe get things straightened out with Lan Xichen and by then he’s sure that Nie Mingjue will be back.

It’s harvest season after all and Nie Mingjue has not been shy about the fact that he loves the work. He will be by to help and then Jiang Cheng can find out what has him this angry.

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Nie Mingjue does not come by again.

One week passes and then a second, and still no word from Nie Mingjue. Jiang Cheng worries that maybe something happened in Qinghe, so he sends a letter but that goes unanswered as well.

When even Nie Huaisang doesn’t answer him after three letters, Jiang Cheng decides that his people will have to harvest for one day alone because he needs to go and find out what the hell is wrong with Nie Mingjue.

Jiang Cheng doesn’t like to admit it but there’s a tight knot of worry in his belly; they have gotten the qi-deviation issue under control and even relatively stable with Nie Mingjue’s own clarity bell—Jiang Cheng resolutely does not think about the implications of that, thank you very much—but there is always a chance that something went wrong.

Maybe Nie Mingjue is suffering right this moment—or worse, he’s dead—and it spurs Jiang Cheng on to fly even faster than he normally does.

He arrives in Qinghe in record time and it seems as if no one really expected him to drop by unannounced, even though he’s done it before and he will do it again.

“Jiang-zongzhu,” the disciple at the main gate says as she bows deeply. “I am afraid zongzhu is indisposed.”

Jiang Cheng narrows his eyes at her and he sees how she squirms under his gaze.

“Do you want to maybe try that again?” he then asks, because clearly she is lying to him and her face crumbles.

“Please don’t tell him I said anything,” she rushes out and Jiang Cheng nods.

If he gets to see Nie Mingjue then he can at least promise that.

“He’s in the main hall.”

“Thank you,” Jiang Cheng says with a last nod and strides past her, right into the heart of Qinghe.

Every disciple he comes across looks at him with huge eyes but Jiang Cheng doesn’t pay them any mind; he’s here for Nie Mingjue and him only.

Jiang Cheng finds him in the main hall, just like the disciple told him, and even before he notices Jiang Cheng he seems angry.

Furious even, and Jiang Cheng thought they were long past that stage.

“What is going on with you?” Jiang Cheng asks as he steps into the hall, not even properly greeting Nie Mingjue, whose face immediately closes off when he sees Jiang Cheng. “Are you dying? Is there an imminent thread to Qinghe?”

“Why would there be?” Nie Mingjue gives back, clearly puzzled enough by Jiang Cheng’s questions that he answers and Jiang Cheng stares him down.

“Because those two are the only possible excuses I would accept for your continued absence at Lotus Pier and your ignorance to me reaching out to you,” Jiang Cheng snaps at him and Nie Mingjue scoffs at him.

“I wouldn’t want to impose any further, now that you are busy.” He says the last word with a sneer and Jiang Cheng frowns at him.

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” he demands to know and Nie Mingjue crosses his arms in front of his chest even as he continues to avoid eye-contact with him.

“There have to be a lot of preparations to be made, now,” Nie Mingjue says and his words still don’t make any kind of sense to Jiang Cheng.

“Preparations? For what? You know we have the harvest season handled, and besides. That never stopped you before.”

“Don’t be so ignorant,” Nie Mingjue hisses at him.

“Then don’t be so cryptic,” Jiang Cheng shoots right back because what the hell is even going on.

“You accepted the courtship proposal by now, I assume. Surely you have other things to worry about than me.”

Nie Mingjue’s words leave Jiang Cheng completely frozen because that is his problem? It takes Jiang Cheng a moment to understand what is happening but when he finally does, he can’t help but to laugh out loud.

Clearly Lan Qiren had been on to something.

“You know if you are this upset by someone proposing a courtship to me, maybe you should have sent in your own proposal,” he tells Nie Mingjue who immediately goes bright red in the face.

“Who says I would even want that?” he whispers out but Jiang Cheng knows him well enough to see how embarrassed he is.

“Well, it’s either me or Lan Xichen, who you seem to think of as the sender of the letter.”

At that Nie Mingjue deflates.

“He’s not?”

“No, he’s not. I would guess he’s busy preparing his own courtship with Meng Yao if he ever managed to send off that cursed letter,” Jiang Cheng gives back clearly to Nie Mingjue’s surprise as he crosses his arms in front of his chest. “Lan Qiren sent the letter.”

“Oh. So you like them older,” Nie Mingjue breathes out and Jiang Cheng hates to see the crestfallen look on his face.

Though it does tell him one thing.

“So you’re not upset that it was Xichen who sent the proposal. You are upset because it’s me who received it.”

“I’m not—” Nie Mingjue starts but Jiang Cheng is not going to let this go on for longer than it has to.

He’s in love with Nie Mingjue, Nie Mingjue apparently is in love with him as well and it’s time that one of them does something about it.

“You idiot,” he sighs out, his voice as fond as it can ever be. “Really, you should have just sent your own proposal instead of sulking here like a moody teen.”

“And if I did—what would you do?” Nie Mingjue asks him, but he already seems much more relaxed and he even smiles back when Jiang Cheng smiles at him.

“This,” he declares and steps forward, right into Nie Mingjue’s space, before he pulls him in for a kiss. “I would do this, then.”

“Mh, I see,” Nie Mingjue whispers and leans in for another kiss. “I think I like that approach.”

They trade kisses for a while but when Jiang Cheng finally pulls back he frowns at Nie Mingjue.

“But seriously? Jealousy?” It’s certainly something he wouldn’t have expected from Nie Mingjue.

“I can’t help it,” Nie Mingjue gives back with a sheepish shrug. “I’ll try to reign it in.”

Jiang Cheng thinks that over for a moment before he gives Nie Mingjue a wicked smile.

“I think it might be hot if you glare at other people for me,” he then decides and doesn’t miss the way Nie Mingjue tries to hide a moan at that.

It seems they both might be into that idea and it’s certainly worth exploring later but for now—

“You better send me that courtship proposal,” Jiang Cheng sternly tells him. “My people are despairing over the fact that I haven’t gotten one from you yet. They have to decline all the others, after all.”

“They have to?” Nie Mingjue asks though there’s a smile on his face.

“It’s a long standing order. All proposals have to be declined.”

“Except mine.”

“Except yours.”

“How long standing exactly?” Nie Mingjue wants to know but Jiang Cheng only glares at him.

“Send one in and maybe you’ll find out,” he dares him and Nie Mingjue laughs.

“Let me get up and I can get it right now. It’s written and sealed.”

Jiang Cheng is outraged by the fact that Nie Mingjue got that far and then still didn’t sent it off but Nie Mingjue kisses the anger right out of him and Jiang Cheng supposes that is one way to deal with that.

“It can wait a while longer,” Jiang Cheng decides and steals another kiss.

Jiang Cheng takes the proposal with him the next morning when he leaves and he pretends he does not notice his disciples cry happy tears when he hands it to them.

Just like they pretend they don’t see the huge smile on his face.

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#bt writes #mingcheng #24daysofmingcheng22 #the untamed #mdzs #canon divergence #courtship proposal #fluff #pining #jealousy #mischief #getting together

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thedragonagelesbian · 5 months

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got curious, watched wyll's act 3 romance scene, and uh... WOW was that underwhelming............................

#beyond being ridiculously short it just... didnt feel like the culmination of anything?#like. love the proposal. but is that IT #after three acts do we really not get anything more substantive and varied than wyll's (admittedly very charming) textbook courtship routin #i love the fairytale romance but it works BECAUSE it shouldn't because it starts as an artificial ideal that has to peeled back #BECAUSE the moment you stop mythologizing yourself and start treating yourself like a person is the moment where the fairytale romance #once again becomes possible and achievable at the end of everything not as inevitability but as the hard work of knowing and being known #(im keeping the tree for him and cyrus i think it's an extra cute setting for ranger cyrus #basically everything else im gonna rewrite tho)

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kimium · 2 years

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Chapters: 1/1 Summary:

One shot. Ambiguous Route. Gift Fic.

"Leo dug into his pocket and pulled out a sizeable handkerchief. Unlike most handkerchiefs this one wasn’t white but instead mauve that under the sunlight appeared redder. One of Leo’s failed attempts at sewing with Elise, indicated by the stitching at the edges crooked. Still, beggars couldn’t be choosers and Leo was certain Odin wouldn’t notice the failed attempt.

“Here,” Leo said, pressing the cloth into Odin’s hand. “It’s not much, but this should at least help you wipe that dirt and soot off your face.”

Odin looked at his hand, staring with wide eyes at the cloth. His fingers gently closed over it, as though Leo handed him a sacred artifact. “Milord… you couldn’t possibly be gifting this unto me.”"

Leo and Niles accidentally propose a courtship to Odin via Ylissian Methods. They're 100% unaware.

Surprise! An early fic for you @someobscurereference!! Don’t worry, you’ll get another fic on your actual birthday. However, I do hope you enjoy this one too!

Hello everyone! This is a fun little Leo Trio fic with “proposal misunderstandings” as the main idea. I love little culture differences between Ylisse and Nohr and making them up is fun! I hope you enjoy this fic too! Let me know!

#personal #writing #fire emblem fates #leo/niles #leo trio ot3 #established leo/niles #ambigious route #oneshot #misunderstandings #courtship proposal misunderstandings #more tags in fic

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firstofficerrose · 2 years

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In today's episode of Carrot Nearly Gives Vimes A Heart Attack: the Dwarven War Yodel.

I love Carrot and his Dwarven War Yodel. It's fantastic. Why has the Dwarven War Yodel never caught on in wider fantasy literature? Think of how much spice this could bring to tired Tolkienesque worlds!

#i would also like to propose the Elven Courtship Coo-ee #and possibly even the Orcish Hospitality Yahoo #discworld #guards novels #guards! guards!#terry pratchet #rose rambles #rose reads #writing #dwarves

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songsofadelaide · 2 years

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Windburn

At the height of the Leicester Federation's war against the Central Church, the retired Duke Goneril begins his work as his territory's silent, stalwart guardian. But he also begins his search in earnest— for a suitable wife for his son. Now at the war's conclusion, the newly-minted Duke Goneril returns home to a hero's welcome and a headache unlike any other with his father now beseeching him to get married.

He departs for the Locket once more, only to return home with a pretty thing with a torn lip.

No one expected Holst to find a wife for himself.

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journey-to-the-attic · 2 years

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So this is from a modern family episode with ddvd

So Luci and Zhao are FINALLY GETTING MARRIED and baby ik is the flower girl! :)

Mammon, being emotional and all, starting crying and then ik catches him crying. Asmo catches him and tells him to stop or else their dead.

So Baby ik calls him out like ”uncle mammon! uncle mammon!” and then immediately starts swearing to make him laugh, which it does, which causes the other brothers to laugh and then it vauses a whole chain reaction

Zhao has fainted, Lucifer is running around chasing Mammon and Asmo, and Simeon is trying to shush ik form swearing. What a wonderful wedding :)

Basically :

https://youtube.com/shorts/mvZmf1Zgo9o?feature=share

oh this is great!! it’s absolute chaos, but honestly they wouldn’t have it any other way <3

#answering asks #anon asks #dad in the devildom #zhaolu #i wonder what the wedding would look like??#weddings aren't really a thing in the devildom #in my version of it i mean #(marriages aren't really either - at least not in the same way as they are in the human world)#(but demons do have this a whole courtship union thing that's basically represents the same thing)#so i guess it'd probably be based in chinese traditional weddings (for zhao)#but with like a magical devildom twist that incorporates the traditions involved with the union thing #i wonder who proposed??#probably lucifer but i mean it wouldn't be impossible for zhao to do it

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ofhouseadama · 2 years

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brain ONLY provide dialogue. no narration. only dialogue

#context? why would anyone need context #this is like 3-4 yrs post gethsemane and julian has taken a diplomatic corps posting on cardassia #and let it break in the news rather than telling garak himself #garak arrives on DS9 very flustered #kira gets her kicks in before telling him that julian is ON ds9 on his way back to earth from a medical conference in the gamma quadrant #does julian know that he has essentially proposed per the convoluted rules of old school cardassian courtship?#absolutely yes he has been forced to read so many repetitive epics

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batgovernor · 7 days

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J.D.Smith, 'Proposal'

Resign yourself, my heart’s delight, To me before a better offer Comes along with hair and height, A sea-deep chest, a bulging coffer. Don’t wait for him: if love’s a song, I am the toad’s primeval croak. If love’s a wheel, then I belong Among its rusty, broken spokes. If I mean nothing in the world To you, that nothing could be all, A version of transcendence, curled And primed to blossom from…

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#courtship #Edward Lear #J.D. Smith #light verse #Philip Larkin #proposal #rhyme #romance #self-deprecation #The Killing Tree #Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo

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wordswithloveee · 13 days

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etheries1015 · 5 months

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We share the love language of biting. Now imagine TWST beatsfolk has that as an actual sign of courting. Like you're chilling with Leona, not dating or wooing him, and then you bite his cheek in affection. And all of Savanaclaw is shocked because among them, it's the same as i.e. proposing marriage. The utter chaos XD

OHH MY GOSSSHHH YOUR BRAIN >>> I LITERALLY LOVE THIS SO MUCH??? HAHAHA SODEFHSELKJD i'm gonna expand on that for a few characters...

Accidentally courting them

General warnings: Gender-neutral reader, not really proof read lol. Obvious Malleus and Lilia favoritism <3 I also decided that they ARE dating in this scenario, I think its cuter that way in my head heuheu

Featuring: Leona, Ruggie, Jack, Malleus, Lilia, ... and Rook HAHA.

TW: none! Just a bunch o' fluff of biting your non-human lover without realizing it was a sign of courtship <3

Leona

It was a typical day for Leona. You two were sitting in the lounge where most of the other students lingered, Leona becoming rather... possessive as of late. Instead of resting in his bedroom away from prying eyes as you had requested from your lover, he ignored all your feeble cries requesting privacy. Instead, he holds you in his lap without worrying what others are thinking. A form of showing others you were his, and his alone. You were conflicted in your feelings, staring at him. His eyes were closed, but he could feel your gaze burning into his head.

"How long are you-" Then it happened. You gave in. You gave his cheek a bit of a nibble. All of the sudden the chattering stopped, all eyes were on you, before they start patting Leonas back and giving him congrats while a few seemed to pull presents right out of their asses.

"Wha- what's going on?" Leona grumbled with a light blush before growling and pushing the face of someone who tried to hand him another gift.

"You all look like idiots! You know biting means something different to us. Don't be dumb." Okay, now you were extra confused. Seeing your utter ignorance, Leona sighed.

"Biting in our land is a sign of courtship, herbivore." ...Oh. You blush deeply and hide your face in his chest, Leona looking away flustered and ruffling your hair.

"Try again in a few years, and I just might bite you back."

Ruggie

You were walking down the halls with your boyfriend when suddenly you had the urge to just...bite him. an overwhelming sense of love and affection for the fact he had given you some of the bread he (probably legally) got ahold of. You smiled fondly at the bread and back at Ruggie before placing your mouth on the bulb of his shoulder, causing him to yelp in suprise and dropping his half of the bread.

"wha- huh?! What was that for?" He became flustered, bending over to pick up his bread and slowly move away from you with bright red cheeks. You furrowed your eyebrows and hugged yourself, almost embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I just...I dunno," Your cryptic and non specific response left him with his jaw open and eyes wide, spluttering out things like "We're still in school! I don't have the funds yet-" before a familiar fist came and knocked the back of Ruggies head. Leona stood there smiling in amusement and chuckling at you.

"I don't think they know what that means to us beastman, Ruggie." Even more confused then before, you asked for clarification.

"You just asked him to marry you with that bite of yours, herbivore." Now YOUR mouth was wide open, and Ruggie managed to get flee from the scene without much notice from you nor his senior.

Oh brother. You have a lot of communicating to do with that one.

Jack

You were sitting at the lunch table eating away at your food when you noticed...Jack's biceps. You marveled at the sight of his bulky arms- it's a wonder to you how he managed to become so strong and have the motivation to train all day. With a burst of admiration, instead of biting into your sandwich - you took a bite into his muscle. He yelped in suprise and just stared at you, face slowly turning red. Ace and Deuce laughed at his reaction, ready to ask you what was up before Jack took it upon himself to... well, flustered and rapidly spit-firing plans.

"W-we are still so young! Are you sure about this? I-i never knew our relationship was at this level!" He grabbed both of your hands and looked you in your (bewildered) eyes.

"If you're serious about this, I promise I will protect and love you for the rest of my life. But before we go ahead with the ceremony, I want you to meet my parents and get their blessings. Oh, and I need to get a stable job after we finish school first, too, so I can support you and our future. know we haven't talked about marriage before but-" You quickly cut him off in astonishment before crying out,

"MARRIAGE?! Jack, WHAT are you talking about?! I am absolutely not ready for marriage! What got into you?!"

...Queue Ruggie and Leona hysterically laughing at your utter confusion, reveling in the ignorance of it all for a few moments longer before explaining properly what you had just committed yourself unknowingly to.

Malleus

You were laying in the bed of Malleus Draconias's dorm, scrolling on your phone whilst his tail wrapped around your waist as he sat next to you reading a book. You sighed lightly and leaned your head back against the board of the mattress, turning slightly to look at your handsome fae lover. Your eyes then went down to his pale and perfect skin of his neck, the way it was free from all blemishes, smooth, and bright. Something about it made you want to taint it a light shade of red... He felt you shuffle slightly to adjust your body to be in just the right position where his neck was in full view. He glanced over to you feeling you wriggle free from his tails grasp, tilting his head seeing the look in your eyes crazed as you leaned over and just...chomped down on his collarbone.

You felt his tail twitch and his hands quickly throw the book he was reading aside to grasp your wrists, turning your body around and pinning you to the bed and carrassing your cheek with his tail.

"Biting..." He murmured, "Does this mean the same to humans as it does to Fae? You wish to be wed?" Your jaw dropped and cheeks took on a rosey hue, stuttering over yourself.

"W-wed?! I mean, I like to bite when I feel affectionate b-but marriage...I mean maybe one day b-but-"

"Biting in Fae culture is a sign of courtship and ownership. How brazen of you to mark me," he chuckled, "I shall take it you wish to own the next king of Briar Valley?" You could tell at this point Malleus was teasing you, something he picked up from the time you two have been dating.

Malleus could not help but return the favor by riddling your body with his own bite marks. Although he understood you perhaps did not have the intention of marrying him with your silly little form of affection, he knew in his mind with every bite that he was very serious about your future with him.

Lilia

Lilia already knew that biting in the human world did not mean marriage, yet was akin to something more of "cute aggression." So when you have the habit of biting him in the privacy of yours or his room, he knows you simply meant it as a form of affection, letting him know that you had an overwhelming sense of love for the old fae. He bit you back consistently on many occasions, it just seemed to be the perfect form of showing love for one another.

You didn't actually know it meant something much deeper, until you were in the diasomnia lounge and unable to control yourself as you grabbed Lilias hand and bit down gently on his wrist. You couldn't help it, he was being so entirely silly and loving towards you, that you couldn't help but show this public display of affection. Much to everyone else's dismay, however. Sebek stares at you with his mouth agape, sounds of disbelief escaping past his lips yet a sentence unable to form. Malleus as well seemed surprised at this.

"(y/n)," Malleus said, "You wish to marry Lilia?" You coughed at the sudden question and let out a feeble and awkward chuckle.

"I mean...I wouldn't mind one day, of course. We haven't really talked about it. Why the sudden question?"

"HOW DARE YOU," Sebek cried out after finally finding his words, "How dare you bite Lilia and be so insolent as to not move forward with your actions in dignity! YOU MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PROPOSAL-" Lilia started snickering, cutting Sebek off with a wave of his hand.

"It's quite alright, Sebek. Biting means something much different to humans than Fae, I suppose this is the first you had seen us put on a show of affection, hence your confusion." He turned to you, who had furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips at Sebeks sudden outburst.

"Biting, my dear, is a form of courtship to us fae. It is a sign of ownership," He chuckled.

"Why didn't you tell me that?!" You exasperated, "I mean, it wouldn't have changed anything I have done, but I would have been more careful about it... especially if it means something more to you," Lilia gracefully explained he understood it meant something slightly different to humans, before gently grabbing your hand and raising it to his mouth.

"Well, now that you understand what it means," He put your ring finger into his mouth and took a bite at the base,

"Would you like to bite me once more, my dear?"

Bonus:

Rook

You bit his arm and he immediately was on one knee.

"Was that a proposal? You know mon cheri, biting one affectionately is often a declaration of courtship-" You hit the top of his head and walked away from your interesting boyfriend.

"You're not a beastman or a fae! I'm never biting you again!" Your face red and folding your arms, turning away (ah, his cute tsundere lover.)

Oh woe is Rook! He begs and begs you to bite him more, he wants to be covered in your marks. It means you were claiming him as your own, right? RIGHT??

~~~

This was so fun to write DFSEFDSFIHSLDKJF thank you for the brain rot heuheuheueheueh

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Accidental Courtship :3

Accidental courtship

ft: Savanaclaw, Octavinella

cw: possible minor spelling errors (blame the dyslexia), established relationship, swearing, implied fem reader

Penguins have this adorable courtship ritual where the male gives the female a smooth pebble, if the female is impressed by the pebble she accepts the gift and mates with the male

I know that jade, Floyd, and Azul aren't penguins, but i thought it would be so cute if their s/o gave them a pebble and basically proposed but not knowing what it meant.

And for the beast-men (Leona, Jack, Ruggie) i thought it would be cute if there was a special beast-men way of courtship, I couldn't think of anything though, but then i remembered that for a lot of mammals (and animals in general) grooming is a form of bonding, so what if licking was a form of courtship?!?!

ENJOY

Savanaclaw

Leona: he awoke from his nap when he felt a pair of hands running through his hair, he sniffed the air, realizing it was just his s/o he closed his eyes once again, surrendering to the comforting feeling of your hands, he hated to admit it but he loved when you played with his hair, it was something he looked forward to and expected. what he didn't expect however was the sudden wet feeling that graced his cheek his eyes shot open and his head snapped in your direction

"so soon? at least wait till we graduate"

your so confused, he realizes that you probably dont know what you just did

"for beast-men, your lick was you asking me to marry you you dumb herbivore"

he wont admit it but his heart was pounding in his chest

Jack: he had finished his classes for the day and was walking around the campus grounds, when he spotted you his tail started to wag a bit, he attempted to stop, annoyed that he was giving away how he felt. he walked over to you, he wrapped his arm around your waist pulling you closer to him you smiled up at him, kissing his cheek, he smiled at you and walked with you to the ramshackle dorm, you guys sat in the guest room you had been working on you had been pretty bored all day and wanted to do something to make you laugh, why not lick your boyfriend see what his silly reaction would be, little did you know the implications behind this supposedly innocent action. as soon as your tongue brushed his cheek he was off to sofa and staring at you in shock, he moved so fast that your tongue was still hanging out of you mouth

"i-im not ready"

his voice was shaky and his tail was wagging at a super sonic spread

"i mean you need to meet my parents and my siblings, and i dont have any money, i mean were still in high school, marriage is a very large leap"

you were so fucking confused Marriage? when you asked what he was talking about he looked at you confused

"you licked me... you want to marry me...right?"

you blushed and told him that in your world its just a weird thing to do. he sighed in

"so no marriage then, good, i love you but im not ready for that yet... try again in a few years"

he winked, his tail giving away his feelings

Ruggie: you had gotten some powdered donuts from Sam's store earlier and you were super excited to eat them, you rushed to your dorm hoping to avoid the food thief you called a boyfriend but it was useless, he could probly smell them from 3 miles away, he saw you running smelt the sweet scent of donuts and took off after you, he caught up quickly, snatching the box from you hands

"watcha got here shihihi"

he held the box out of your reach and took a donut out, he quickly shoved it into his mouth as you pouted, you loved him to death but god was he annoying sometimes you noticed how he had gotten some of the powdered sugar on his nose and an idea of revenge sprung into your mind, you grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him down to you

"you gonna kiss me~" he teased you, he wrapped an arm around you resting a hand on the small of your back while his other held the donut box.

you licked his nose, he tensed up, his eyes widened and he stumbled back almost falling over

"i-i dont- i mean-" he turned around, he grabbed his ears and pressed them down, trying to calm himself down, he had never felt so flustered before, but could you blame him? his s/o just asked for his hand in marriage "i accept but... so soon?"

you looked at him confused, he took a moment, realizing that what is a marriage proposal for beast-men might not be the same for humans, but everyone was aware of the tradition, then it clicked, you weren't from here, you had no idea what you had just done. his blush was still there, and to be honest he was dissipated, he licked you cheek "that is a proposal for marriage" he admits, looking away embarrassed, he shoved the donut box back into your hands and quickly walked away mumbling a quick "i love you" his tail was small, but it was wagging as he zoomed away from you.

Octavinelle (penguin esc courtship)

Floyd: he hated working at the cafe, it was so boring, why would he work when he could be with his little shrimpy? he found you outside of the ramshackle dorm, you were on your hands and knees digging round a pile of rocks

"shrimpy~" he lifted you up and hugged you from behind "what are you doing?"

he asked, examining the rocks you held in your hands, you didn't answer, instead you picked on of the rocks you had and handed it to him, it was smooth, and had a faint blue undertone to it, he squealed and snatched it out of your hand, he wrapped his arms around you, squeezing you till you felt like you were about to burst, he kissed you passionately before skipping off to tell his brother and Azul, you just stood there, confused as to why your boyfriend was so happy about the rock you gave him, i mean sure it was cool but was it that exciting for him? a couple hours later there was a knock on the door to the ramshackle dorm, you opened the door and say Floyd standing there frowning slightly

"do you know what a rock means"

you shook your head and you swear it looked like he was about to cry

"so you weren't asking me to marry you?"

you shook your head again, now understanding why he was so upset, you hugged him and kissed his cheek promising him to marry him one day, as soon as he heard that he was happy again, hugging and squeezing you all night long.

Jade: he was observing the mushroom he was growing, they had a strange mutation that he hadn't seen before and was eager to study, he was writing down the differences and comparing them to known mutations when suddenly you burst into his room clenching something in your hand, he turned to you smiling at you, he closed his mushroom guide and walked over to you, kissing your forehead and ruffling your hair, you hold out your hand and show a small smooth rock to him, he blushed, hugging you tightly

"are you aware of what your asking me?" he asked, his voice shacking lightly as he hugged you tighter, part of him wished you meant what mer-people mean when they give rocks, but he knows you arent used to the tradtions and culture in this world

he pulled away slightly and when he saw your confused face he smiled sadly "in merfolk culture you asked me to marry you" he chuckled as you blushed "i want to be the one to give you the rock dear" he mumbled into your hair he pulled away caressing your face before picking you up and taking you to the couch to cuddle.

Azul: he was in his office doing paper work and for the cafe, he was stressed, his hand was starting to cramp from the amout of writing he had been doing. the door to his office opened and you entered, his eyes lit up as he say you, your presence always made him feel better.

"hello my love"

he smiled at you softly, he open his arms for a hug and you wasted no time crawling into his lap and hugging him tightly, he kissed your shoulder, you reached into your pocket and handed him a pretty rock you had found earlier, his faced flushed with a blush

"m-my love? i- i mean y-yes ill marry you, but at least meat my family first, do you have a venue in mind? a dress? i can help you look- wait your not proposing? oh... you dont know do you"

as disappointed as he was that he wasn't going to marry you he chuckled and laughed

"my beloved your little rock was a proposal of marriage"

he smirked at you, watching as you face as you realized what you had done, he kissed you shoulder and cheek again

"just know love.... i will say yes, i will always say yes to you"

a couple days later when you walk into his office you she the rock you gave him on the shelf behind his desk, it was in a glass container, when you asked Azul all he said was

"its special to me, i wish to keep it forever"

End notes:

i had no idea what to do for leona and i think its pretty obvious, but i had fun writing this! its my first time writing for twst characters and i think i did ok... i hope

I am accepting requests :)

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