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#cresent city 2
l0v3-g4m3 · 2 years
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I've gotten so used to the typical Fantasy series with little to no technology and them writing letter and stuff to the point where reading Cresent City boggles me so much. Like Hunt showing Baxian a VIDEO GAME? Bryce constantly changing her name is Hunt's phone?? there is something so human about it and it makes me so unbelievably happy
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bi-carli · 2 years
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Ariadne 🔥🐲
Art: @wavyhues on Instagram
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biggestqiblifan · 3 months
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Am I the only one who thinks that Sirius, the Wolfstar, is Amren?
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hoeforhao · 8 months
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🏷 Kidult ▪︎ Choi Seungcheol Fic ▪︎ pt.3
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↷ pairing: dad!seungcheol × fem!reader (feat!jeonghan)
↷ genre: smut with zero to no plot, just a bonus stand alone sort of to the angsty previous parts.
↷ warnings: MINORS DNI!!!!explicit language, unprotected sex, oral (f receiving ), mostly fem pleasuring, thigh kink?creampie, breeding kink, biting and marking, slightly bratty seungcheol, lots of name calling. Tell me if i missed any!
↷ summary: what happens when your husband finally caves in to his mistakes and gives you an unforgettable night as an apology.
↷ part: 3/4 pt.1, pt.2, pt.4
↷ w.c: 2.3k (how can just smut be this long lord)
↷ author's note: last part finally lord yayyy!!! after much procrastination it's here at last. I suck at writing smut and specially breeding kink, so pls bear with me♡
Permanent taglist : @feat-sun @joonsytip @dinonuguaegi
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If your two day old self saw you now squished under seungcheol's bulk figure, his veiny hard length pumping restlessly around your soft pink walls while his head rested in the crook of your neck,his sweaty forehead rubbing against your collarbones and his small wet stubby nose grazing against the back of your earlobes.....she would've definitely thought it's a severe case of fever dreams!
"You're my wife y/n and even...even more the bane of my existence, you...you can look at me as long....as long as you want baby" cheol's mouth reverbed against the length of your jaw, imprinting his very own mastered piece of red and purple marks onto any exposed face of your honey skin.
"Cheollie" your gentle dovish coo brings out cheol from the nest of your shoulders and instead lands his dewy melon eyes onto your sultry cat ones.
His ears were refusing to believe what was entitled upon them.....you called him 'cheollie', the very name you used to call him everytime before he fucked up the things with you, the one you cried out while holding onto his hands with your entire life as you gave birth to the daylight of his life, and that exact same name you used to moan under him while he pumped his juices deep inside your womb.
"Can, you, keep, on, calling, me, that, throughout, the, entire, night, today, pls, love?" with each word leaving his mouth, his lips left a following kiss on your face, the last one landing on your forehead.
"You don't know how much I've missed hearing you call me Cheollie, how I've missed your little giggles these days, your cresent smile, those round cheeks pooffing up whenever you become sulky - my second adorable child!" Seungcheol's hands now traveling up your waist through over your dress, the cold metal rings drawing in a sensation you forgot you even had the ability to feel, and finally resting on the bow that was the only lock to the mystical city beneath.
"But most of all, you know what I missed?" bringing up his face from the enchanting sweat of your skin, his eyes now bore their venom into yours, hands still wrapped around your torso. "The taste of this pretty little body of yours"
Even before you could flash him with the red of your cheeks, cheol's hands shift from your back to your hips, landing a tight squeeze on the right one to let you know what your next step is going to be; and as an absolutely obedient wife you quickly catch onto his signals and push up a little to wrap your thighs around his tiny midriff.
Seungcheol walks back with you clutched onto his body like a koala, lips never leaving yours swollen ones as his legs finally hit the footboard of the queen bed.
Twirling on his feet and placing you down upon the satin sheets, oh so carefully as his you were the one last piece of Lorenzo's sculptures; something he can never afford to even tolerate a scratch on; cheol dropped himself on his knees against the velvety red rugs, hands now fixated onto your bare thighs.
"A man is said to be the lucky when his lady has thighs as thick as the towers on a monument" his lips now land onto the soft jiggly mass of your upper legs, hands slowly creeping up towards the boundaries of your panties. "And me? I'm the luckiest to have these supple smooth brawns all to myself"
"Che...cheol ahh fu-" a sharp sting grazes the heat of your skin as seungcheol bites down onto a small mound of your inner things.
"What did I say darling? Didn't i tell you to call me Cheollie, huh? Do you want that slutty cunt of yours to go unattended tonight then princess!" his words make the awaiting river in your pussy finally run free down its source.
"S-sorry cheollie, but ple..please touch me already, I can't take it anymore" your own lewd words were ringing in your ears, making those rosy cheeks become rosier by the time.
"Touch where baby? I need clear words" cheol's mouth is now dangerously close to your throbbing core, while your thighs are left stained with all shades of purple and blue.
"At...at my...ummm...you know" it wasn't your first time having sex with him after childbirth, but it was definitely the first time of him catering to your pleasures and edging you to the brink, which thus made you swallow your words down your throat again.
"Hmm?" another attack from seungcheol finds its targets on you, but this time along the linen of your already wet panties, as his teeth sharply grazed against your clothed clit.
"Fuck it! I need you to touch my pussy please cheollie, it's literally aching at this point!!!" you were never a woman of prolonged patience and that showed up quite well when you brought one of your hands from the sheets to pull onto cheol's freshly smoothed locks....the other staying back to support your arched up back onto the bed.
"That's like my girl, so horny for her man's touch!" seungcheol's hands finally find the hem of your panties, pulling them down your knees meanwhile prepping his fingers to dive right into cunt.
Teasing your sloppy folds with the tip of his slightly outgrown nails, driving you literally nuts from the painful pleasure running throughout the entire length of your sweet petals, the grip on seungcheol's hair getting tighter with every
You were brought out of the lecherous utopia with the sudden contact of a pair of soft silken lips onto the wet ones of yours. To your utter disbelief, cheol was now sucking down on your cunt, something he has done only once, on your wedding night.
"Cheol....Cheollie, what are you-" a finger coated in your slick lands on your ever so talkative pair of crescent flesh.
"Ssshh y/n! You don't know how much I've craved to have the taste of your juices on my tongue!" seungcheol was a secret master of giving oral and now you were brought to acquaint that fact as his tongue worked wonders on your clit, flicking it like it was some piece of food particle stuck in his mouth. With his every suck onto your pussy, your grip of cheol's hair kept tightening to the near extent of pulling the roots out of his scalp.....but he was too drowned in your wetness to even pay heed to his own pain.
"Cheollie I...I am nea...shit" you flooded up his face cavities with your warm discharge, completely unannounced. As cheol slowly brought up his face from the home of your pussy, your eyes got hooked onto the absolute beauty infront of you.
Your husband's face painted finely with your white secretes , a proud smirk creeping up his cum stained lips seeing how insane he's already driven you just with his mouth alone, your skin glowing like a firefly from witnessing your slick is dripping down his chin down to his lap.
"That spawn of devil bestfriend of yours can surely bring a smile on your lips, but bet he can ever see this pleasure stricken face of yours!!! It's only mine to view and only mine to keep. My pretty little slut, aren't you love?!" cheol finally gets up from the floor only to throw himself onto you, his lips entwining with yours for the umpteenth time. But this time there was a kick to the usual hungry approach.
He bites onto your lips, forcing them open just so that he can make you taste your own sweet nectar on your tongue, realise how heavenly your insides taste, why he was driven crazy to devour your cunt you after two years.
"You know even the flowers would wither away from jealousy if they get to know that their honey is nothing compared to yours" seungcheol's hands now playing with the bow of your dress, lips never leaving yours. "But alas they'll never. Cuz I'll be the only one to know how sweet my lady tastes"
"Cheollie I feel empty...i want it now please". From the moment cheol layed down his entire weight on you, you could feel his strained bulge against your stomach, hands finding an excuse to palm them at least once. So as to fuel in your cravings, you tug onto the back of his head to pull him up from your lips and fix his gaze onto your pleading kitten eyes.
"Want what baby?" seungcheol absolutely knew what he was doing, pushing you towards the edge of the cliff only to hear you begging for him or more appropriately his dick . How could you even think that he didn't notice your hand ghosting over the tent in his pants.
"This? Is this what my princess wants?" he takes your hands in his and brings them towards his crotch to finally rest them on this clothed dick.
"Y-yes please. Can't wait" you whimper under him, hands impatiently rubbing circles on his hardness until they're swished away by his, just so that he could finally bring out his aching length to the spotlight.
"This desperate for me honey? Guess I've no other options than to mend to my sweet wife's needs" the smug visible wide on his face as cheol lines up his dick infront of your hole, hands traveling up your torso to undo the bow of the dress and let it fall aside freely; your tanned glazed body now completely bare to his eyes.
"Ready love?" how you wish you could capture the exact moment cheol's eyes turned from all teasing to so soft, asking for your consent to go in, and then turning hungry again when you give an ok nod at him.
Even after being almost moulded into the shape of his cock, your pussy still clenched like shit around his length, as if trying to suck out the last drop of life from his genitals.
"Taking me in so well baby, so fuckin tight" cheol groans between thrusts, feeling your walls close up onto his dick ; hands now playing with your breasts, kneading the supple flesh like a dough with occasional twists of your nipple between his fingers. "Fucked by me so many times yet still not perfectly framed for my cock"
"Guess I've to now leave my dick curved hole into your womb for you to harbor it easy from the next time, or" his eyes light up at the sudden mischievous thought. "Or even better, fill you up with a child so that my imprint is left in there forever, so that i can see you now enjoying your lost childhood with two of my seedlings, so that we can finally change Hana's name after making her an older sister, what say love?"
Your cheeks heat up at his comment. The sheer sight of you carrying his second child, birthing again and giving Hana a sibling just instantly feels you up with pure delight and content.
Your shy little smile and that dreamy expression on your face was enough fuel for cheol to start pumping into you at his maximum pace, putting the bed at a risk of collapsing down under the intense action.
"Gonna look as heavenly as the dawn angel with my child swelling in your belly and as sultry as the night siren with my cum filling up your dirty little hole" maybe it was his words or his high thrusts that you were now close to your second orgasm of the night.
"Am gonna cum cheollie" you look up at him with the most endearing eyes one can ever witness, even in such a lewd position.
"Cum for me baby, cum on my cock, show me how good your husband makes you feel" he picks up his pace again anticipating his own climax soon.
"F..fu-fuck ahh" and with that one last thrust both of you come undone on the cream satin sheets, the thought of paying for the damages next morning never bothering the two as seungcheol was a literal walking atm.
Seungcheol's eyes stay fixed onto your legs at the sight of his cum filling up your gole to the brim and leaking down your marked up thighs. He pushes himself in you for the last few times, making sure to nestle his precious seeds deep inside your womb.
"Couldn't let even a drop of it go to waste, right?" his face paints itself with a victorious smirk as he finally pulls out of you and plops down on the bed by your side ; arms locking you in his embrace as tight as possible while his sweat stained forehead rests on the crater of your shoulders.
"Y-you won't change back again na cheollie?" the post sex doubts hit you and you're now curled up like a ball along his abs, hands gripping onto his with your entire life.
"I know I've fucked up bad y/n and no words of assurance can heal it so soon, but please let me show you through actions now, that how much both of you mean to me. You two are the literal gems of my life love, my most beautiful princesses." cheol gently releases his palms from your hold and places them on the back of your head instead, circling soft gentle pats onto your silky cascades, like a parent comforting their child.
His eyes feebly shoot up to see why you aren't replying, only to find you snoring like a kid in his warmth.
"My cute little kiddo. I will give my everything to protect this family y/n" and with that he places a soft kiss on your forehead before drifting off to his own slumber.
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amtrak-official · 9 months
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So with the current map that the FRA has released, here are what I think are most likely to get approved, in the bright lime green.
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Here is my reasoning for all of them. If you think other routes have a high likelihood please explain why, I want to know.
Cheyenne-Denver-Trinidad, already has state funding from Colorado and is one of the most important routes on this list as it will serve the front range corridor
Yuma-Pheonix-Tucson, amtrak has already applied for funding for the route with its long distance service improvements request
Bakersfield-Barstow, It fills in a massive gap with the bay area and LA by connecting them
Oklahoma City-Wichita-Newton, Oklahoma has made it clear that they want to extend the Heartland Flyer and the Line has already had studies done
Meridian-Jackson-Marshall-Fort Worth, The Cresent Extension is one of the main plans of the southern rail commission and is another key connection point in the amtrak system
Minneapolis-Duluth, Minnesota already approved funding for the line
Chicago-Indianapolis-Louisville- Nashville-Atlanta--Savannah-Miami, it is a more obvious route than the Floridian and the one the FRA focused on in the planning document, it also fills in the 2 largest missing corridors of Chicago to Atlanta and Miami.
Sandport-Helena-Billings-Fargo, The North Coast Hiawatha is pretty much the reason this study was created by Jon Tester and also is an important previous route
Cincinnati-Dayton-Columbus-Cleveland, it was going to be a route in the 2010s but got shelved and has also been planned. Everyone wants this to happen and Dewine might fund it
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heycasper22 · 7 days
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Long Acotar theory (Elain)
Spoilers all SJM books.
Elain is possessed.
The more I re-read I truly see Elaine being possessed by Koschei, but I do not however, think that is where he intends to stay. 
I think Koschei wants to inhabit Azriel.
We hear a little in CC about Hunt's body being 'equipped' to deal with his lightning, or as we later find out Apollion's Helfire. 
Bryce feels like overcooked meat in HOSAB at one point after being hit with Hunt's power, her body cannot handle it the way Hunt's can. 
Is Azriel 'equipped' to hold Koschei? 
Is this the only way Koschei may escape his Lake prison? To have a body able to hold him long-term?
I feel like a lot of things would make sense if Azriel were another child of Apollion, perhaps even biologically unlike Hunt. There has been a mention in the other 2 series of there being a specific day in which the veil between worlds is thinnest.
Samhuinn in TOG
Death's Day in CC
Could Starfall be something similar?
If so, would it be possible for Apollion to have physically been with Azriels mother, in order to conceive him? He did touch Bryce on Death's day in CC, but that was in a dream.
It would however make sense of the different ways in which Cassian and Azriel were treated when they were young. They are both bastards, Azriel apparently being a local Lords bastard. 
Cassian however was thrown into a camp like garbage when he could walk. Azriel on the other hand was contained. 
Azriel's mother was a servant of this local Lord, was he perhaps the only male in the area that people would have believed could have had access to her, to make her with child? Perhaps, but let's imagine he knew that wasn't the case.. 
With the Illyrians being described as 'backward' and their superstitious culture, that we see when Nesta is being questioned about her cycle and burying weapons, would it be fair to think that these two bastard boys where treated so differently because this local Lord and his wife thought not to imprison Azriel out of cruelty (which of course it is) but to 'protect' everyone else?
Rhys notes his half brothers had not been forthcoming about Azriel's time with them when they'd met. 
We do learn in Cresent City that Dragonfire is one of the only things that can harm a Prince of Hel.
Azriel being burned when he was a boy was again just portrayed as a evil mindless cruelty, but again if we look through the lens of his 'family' seeing him as sort of Demon, could they have actually thought of fire as way to kill him? 
Bryce actually thinks of Azriel as a Demon when they first meet, because she was trying to get to Hel, true, but a possible nod to parentage as I believe Apollion is the only Prince we've seen so far with leathery wings.
If Apollion where to reproduce in the more physical sense might it be necessary for him to be with someone who might safely bare a child with wings, a horrid thought definitely, but with the way that the creation of Hunt is revealed in HOFAS, I don't think it likely that Azriels mother would have been forced or 'ill used' is the phrase Aidas uses, infact Apollion looks at Aidas with compassion he speaks of Theia, perhaps Apollion knows more of being in love than we've yet to see. 
So, let's say Hunt got Apollion's Helfire and a body equipped to deal with it, perhaps Azriel got Apollion's Shadows/Darkness and a body equipped to deal with that. 
Koschei is never described to us as having a true physical form, Cassian says they 'can make out nothing of him beyond the shadows of his form.'
Perhaps if the Weaver was tricked into diminishing her power, Koschei was outsmarted out of a body that could truly hold him? 
It does remind me a lot of Harry Potter, with Voldemort probably being based off the myth of Koschei the deathless, Koschei removes his soul from himself and places it somewhere else and therefor he cannot be killed, in HP these were the horcruxes and Voldemort had 7 of them. 
He also inhabitanted the bodies of snakes, until he happened upon a wizard, Quirrel, whom posseses but is still ill equipped to hold him, he required a true body. 
Could this be what is happening to Elain? 
Elain and Nesta had been put into the cauldron and Made High Fae, when Feyre returns from the spring court in Acowar, she goes to see her sisters, there's mentions of the connecting suite they have, and all the windows in there, Elain is stood by the window.
And the words: empty, hollow, void, vacancy and shell are used all in quite a small passage.
Of course they could easily be used to describe how Feyre perceives Elain coping, or not coping with her trauma. 
But could they also be hints at what is happening at the window?
All 3 of SJMs series mention some sort of 'wind talking' usually the wind whispers things to people. Could this be literal? Vassa mentions Koschei planting words in courts through 'whispers on the wind'
Could the wind have been whispering to Elain by the window? Filling her with Koscheis sinister presence?
Maybe it has something to do with unknown bargain made by the Archeron Father for Vassa's temporary freedom. Possibly something that his bloodline could inherit after his death, unbeknownst to him. Rhys notes the spell on Vassa seems woven into her very blood. Perhaps the Acheron Father bargained to be a host of some sort, or something as open-ended just helping Koschei to get off his Lake. Magical bargains have to be quite specific, he may not have known this. 
Of the three sisters though, Feyre is a daemati with a solid mental shield.
Nesta, was resistant to magic and Tamlin's glamour when she was human, so I'd say he'd have no chance with her. 
But Elain... Feyre says, "she had no mental shields, no barriers."
Easier to inflitrate, possibly posses. 
Then take a look at Elain's power 'a seer' Azriel says. 
I don't believe she is, Elain begins to talk in these 'half riddles' as Nesta calls them weeks after coming out of the cauldron. It's actually specified that it started after Elain was found to have left her room, the morning after Nesta had left her alone for the longest time after being Made. She was found in front of the window in the HoW private library.
So far, most of Elain's visions have been Koschei related, Vassa the Firebird, his onyx box, and ones of Briallyn who was working with Koschei. Even Hyberns twin Ravens made mention of speaking to Briallyn.
They all tie back to Koschei. 
Could the heartbeat Elain is hearing 'through the stone' while she sleeps, not actually be a heart at all, but something just as vital? A soul perhaps? In a stone box?
Again to go back to Harry Potter. Harry was a horcrux, a portion of Voldemorts soul was inside him and he could see for a time, when his mind was vulnerable into Voldemorts mind. It was unintentional at first, but later used against Harry by planting things in his mind. Ginny is also possessed by a horcrux and does things she doesn't remember doing. 
This could be similar, I in no way believe that Elain is evil, perhaps being manipulated while she is vulnerable, from her trauma or while she's sleeping like HP, until Koschei is really able to sink his claws into her. We know SJM says that Elain has 'different kind of strength'
Feyre says this too in ACOWAR, "a different sort of strength, a better strength" 
Elain has fight in her. Not a blade weilding warrior strength but maybe a strength to keep fighting something internally, something trying to control her, the strength to not give up. 
There's an interview in ACOFAS in which SJM says: 
"Elain's now going to have dreams about ripping ivy out and the ivy creeping through the windows to strangle her at night, because let me tell you that ivy does not want to go"
With this theory I find the wording of the ivy creeping in through the window rather interesting. 
It's also quite like how Feyre describes her old bedroom in the Spring Court in ACOWAR. She says the bedroom has become a tomb. 
What if Elain's own mind has become like a tomb for her, and it is there that she is 'ripping at the ivy' trying to get free? Using her considerable 'different' kind of strength to keep going, keep fighting. 
Seer's powers can be useful to authors as a plot device, but they can also become a bit of a problem and authors find a way to temper their power. Sometimes using this 'talking in riddles' to make it interesting for readers, without actually revealing too much. Trelawny does this in HP, she also doesn't even realise she's making actual prophecies. Or take Alice in Twilight, it's a great power, but there comes a point in a story where it becomes a problem having a character that can see any outcome. So voilà she can't 'see' the werewolves!
I think with Elain, it's possible she just isn't a seer.
And Luicien, not Azriel, was the one who right about her, she needs sunshine. Sunshine to drive out the darkness. 
Or perhaps Sunfire?
I like to think Luicien will have Sunfire powers. We've had literally every other kind of fire there is. Normal fire, Shadow fire, Dragonfire, Helfire, Moonfire, Starfire...and as Bryce said, the sun is a star.
Briallyn does make that weird comment to Nesta in ACOSF about Eris:
"His fire wouldn’t have withstood Koschei’s lake, I don’t think."
To me that really says there's someone out with with fire that can withstand it. And That someone is surely Lucien, perhaps mixing his Autumn Court power with his Day Court power. 
He could have the type of power to stand up to Koschei, or simply just spending time with Elain would lead him to figure out something is wrong. 
Which would make Elain's reluctance to entertain him one bit, explainable. (Of course not the only explanation possible)
SJM did after all write a scene with Aelin possessed in EoS, and the only thing able to stop her was her Mate. 
Lucien's willingness to endanger himself by venturing out to help the person Elain is seeing in her 'visions' so that they were not happening to her in vain, whilst giving her space seems far more Mate like to me, than just pointing out an apparent power that she has then doing nothing about it. 
I do hope Luicen has help from the Valkyries too. 
Emyrs, resident story-keeper of TOG apparently told tales of "shield maidens and enchanted animals and cunning sorcerers"
Sounds very much like the Valkyries, and Koschei..
And we know Nesta would without a doubt come to Elain's aid if needed. 
Koschei also enables people with power of winnowing, he winnows Cassian and Briallyn in ACOSF, without leaving his lake. 
Have we been seeing Elain use this power? She may be powerful enough to winnow in her own right but she was untrained the time she stepped out of a shadow to kill the King of Hybern. She's mentioned to have become quite stealthy in the time since. People don't hear her approach, things like that. 
Could Koschei have also used HIS power to find the Suriel?
I find it very interesting that when Elain does this for Feyre in ACOWAR, the following conversation between Feyre and the Suriel makes mention of the Suriel not expecting to see Elain's doe eyes peering at him from across the world, and immediately following, there's talk of the Bone Carver, and how the Suriel CANNOT see him? Because he is not of this world. It would follow suit then that the Suriel also could not see Koschei, even if it was his power used through Elain to find him?
Perhaps Koschei needs a body that is not entirely of this world, and Azriel has been described as other, different. 
If Koschei has possessed Elain, he could be using her to get vital information on the IC, and Nesta for Briallyn, as well as using her to pursue Azriel.
She might be perhaps forced to see him, once a month when she's supposedly visiting her father's grave alone? Cassian also notes he doesn't quite believe her having to be up early to tend to an elderly faeries garden, but this was after they'd had a monthly court dinner and much wine was consumed... What was discussed? Did someone spill something important?
Something that also nagged at me but could be me reading too much into it is, the line where Briallyn tells Nesta her spies (plural) have told her who Nesta's friends are, 'The half-breed and the broken Illyrian' 
True, Bellius does refer to Gwyn and Emerie similarly later on in the text. But at this point in the story, Gwyn hasn't left the HoW Library in 2 years. No one is going to be able to spy on that house from the outside without someone finding out. I doubt Emerie would have chatted with Bellius about her friendship with Nesta and Gwyn, or Gwyn's race. So perhaps a spy in the library that knows Gwyn and knows she's become friendly with Nesta?
Elain however was present, when Cassian was telling the rest of the IC about about Nesta becoming a Valkyrie, it would make sense to mention Gwyn and Emerie, maybe a few details about them? Possible stretch but still stood out to me, bolstered a little by Briallyn "There are others in your court as delusional as you are. They’ll get it for me one way or another, with the right incentive." Could this mean Elain? She would be the only one capable of summoning the trove to her I think?
There's also the wood carving of a rose Nesta places on the mantle, half hidden in shadow next to a female holding the moon, perhaps the mother. 
Hinting at Elain spying on Nesta? Nesta does have a connection with the mother and we can make a connection between her fire and the moon fire wielded by Aelin in EoS, while possessed by Deanna. 
I think a heartbreaking theme of Elain's storyline could be quite like the line where she says to Lucien: 
"No one ever does. No one ever looked - not really." "He did. He saw me. He will not now." 
She's refering to Grayson here but I think it will become true of everyone and it will be so sad, until Lucien sees what's happening, he doesn't know her at all yet, but they are mates and perhaps if he had the opportunity to really investigate what was on the other side of that mating bond without Elain jumping up, he could see what was potentially lurking in her. 
People see what they want or expect to see with Elain, Rhys even states 'Elain is Elain.' 
On my rereads I found it interesting how when reading ToD, specifically about Duva my mind compared her a lot to Elain.
Duva is lovely, gentle, kind, feminine, unthreatening, both loved the most by their fathers. But always watching.
She also had a brand new arranged marriage with a man who did not know her well enough to realise something was amiss. 
Perhaps the real 'lightsinger' isn't a lightsinger at all, but is still a 'lovely, ethereal being who will lure you, appearing as friendly faces when you are lost. Only when you’re in their arms will you see their true faces, and they aren’t fair at all.'
Maybe Elain is luring Azriel, because he is lost now, both his brothers have their mates and he is adrift.
And when she finally gets a hold of him, it won't be Elain's grasp he is in, but Koschei's.
Interestingly, when Duva was healed by Yrene in ToD the Valg that was possessing her left her body in the form of a black shadow or mist coming out of her mouth. 
Perhaps we could have seen something similar had Rhys not interrupted Elain and Az's near kiss at solstice in his BC, we know his shadows skittered back as she sucked in a breath. Just a thought. 
Elain's solstice gifts to Az are interesting too. Especially because they include a powder that SJM makes a point of reminding us he hasn't actually taken it.
In theory it could be anything. Something incapacitating perhaps? And again SJM having actually written about a Mate pulling another out of possession it gives the earplugs an interesting slant. 
It's possible however that there might something that is aware however primal, that is aware of the presence in Elain. 
The Mask. 
Its makes sense to think that Nesta's relationship with her sisters completely healed, it probably isn't, which is why the silver flame in Nesta's eyes flared in HOFAS. But flaring immediately after Elain's name is mentioned whilst wearing a death mask... 
Maybe the mask has an awareness of such things, a deathless sorcerer might be an affront to such an powerful item. 
I think it's so much more likely that Elain will have Life powers. Nesta took Death it makes sense for Elain to be gifted Life, probably in the form of earth magic, I could see her using it to bring the bog of Oorid back to it's former glory, before it died when Fionn was Killed. 
As far as ships go I'm firmly Gwynriel and Elucien.
And if Azriel was a son of Apollion I think it would fit quite nicely in the way SJM likes to mirror mates/endgame pairings.
Az and Gwyn would fit a very interesting 
'Holy/Unholy' vibe, a part Prince of Hel and a Priestess.
And potentially Earth goddess and Sun god magic, for Elain and Lucien.  
Very Solas and Cthona. 
If this is a route that SJM takes the next book it also kind of undos the "four books of build up" that Elain and Az apparently have, as Elain would have been stripped of choice, and Azriel manipulated.
I want to state that I in no way WANT Elain to have been struggling with something nobody even notices this whole time, especially with the violation she's already been through, but I think a storyline like this could really speak to the gift we already know for a fact she does have: 
"To look at the hardness of the world and choose, over and over, to love, to be kind. She had been always so full of light."
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Between Royals
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part 2
18+ contains smut
*contains spoilers for ACOTAR, Cresent city and Throne of glass series*
rhysand x reader / Ruhn x reader / dorian x reader
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You woke up the next morning and roll over to lay closer to Rhys, but he's not there. You slowly open your eyes and see he's standing at the end of the bed, smiling at you. "get your amazing ass over here" you say jokingly. "sorry I wish i could stay and cuddle, or continue where we left of last night" he says grinning "but I promised the bird and the angel to show them Velaris from above". "and you're not taking me?!" you say, acting offended. "sorry I promised them, no ladies" he says giving you that half grin. "I'm not a lady" you say jokingly. "no you're right, after last night I know for sure that you my dear, are indeed not a lady" he says laughing before he walks over to you and kisses the top of your head. "wait, so Hunt is an actual angel?" you ask him. "I plan on finding that out and hopefully a lot more than that". "so you're taking them out for a flight to question them?" you ask, seeing what he was planning now. "like I ever do something without a reason behind it" he says smiling at you again before he walks to the door. "have a nice day, maybe do something with the girls. And you know, maybe find things out about them" he says before he disappears.
You get dressed and walk over to the Livingroom where Dorian and Ruhn are sitting, at opposite sides of one another, as far from one another as possible. "morning" you say smiling as you walk in. both eyes immediately fix on you. "morning" Ruhn says. "good morning" Dorian says. "have you seen Bryce and Aelin?" you ask them, hoping you could actually do what Rhys asked of you. "they left an hour ago, said they wanted to see the city. They weren't so happy their boyfriends are taken with the giant bat" Ruhn says. "oh okay" you were kind of disappointed, you wanted to do something today, not just sit at the house. "have you guys seen the city?" you ask them. They both say they haven't. "well I'm an excellent guide, shall I show you guys my favorite spots?" you ask them. "sure" Ruhn says. "I would love to" Dorian says. These men couldn't be any different. "well let's go then" you say, happy you could still do something today, and hopefully get some information you can tell Rhys.
"this is my favorite part, welcome to the rainbowof Velaris" you say smiling, this used to be your happy place. "i-it's really........bright" Ruhn says. "it's beautiful" Dorian says, both of the man look at the colorful houses in the street. "what are these houses?" Dorian asks. "this is the creative corner of Velaris. Here are the painters, musicians, the theaters, the museums............ the ateliers" you say the last one almost a whisper. "so are you an artist then?" Ruhn asks. "no, I love art I just..... I made clothing" you tell him. "here?" Dorian asks. You nod your head. "do you still make clothes?" you shake your head no, unable to speak right now. You're to scared your voice will crack. "are you okay?" Dorian asks, seeming to see the change in excitement. You breath in and out deeply before you answer him "just haven't been here in a long time" you tell him honestly. "you can show us something else first" Ruhn offers. It was sweet of him. "that over there looked nice too" he says pointing to the gardens. "yeah let's go there" Dorian suggests. You had no idea if it was their own trauma that made them understand but you were really thankful for it.
You showed them around the gardens. This time of year they were the most beautiful. "the people here seem happy" Ruhn says after the 10th person you came across said hi to you and you said hi back. "we try our best, we protected this city from the war. No one from the outside knows it's here" you tell them. "that's really smart" Ruhn replies. "yeah" you say staying silent for a while "I feel a lot of guilt for not protecting the people out there like that. Rhys blames himself even more" you tell them, which you don't know why you did. "hey, don't blame yourself for whatever happened, there are a lot of bad people out there and that was all their fault. None of it is on you okay" Dorian says, placing a hand on your shoulder. "thanks but it isn't that easy". "I know" Dorian says "but try to remember that okay?" "okay" you say nodding softly.
A breeze washes over the plants in the garden and you look up to see Rhys fly with Hunt and a bird, you assume must be Rowan. "he really can turn into a bird?" you ask actually surprised. "yes, he told you right?" Dorian says. "yes but I thought, more like he could summon bird wings or be like a huge bird not........a normal one" you tell him. Dorian starts laughing "I have to tell him this later. He's not a normal bird tho, he's a hawk" "yeah that's what I said normal bird" you say, making Dorian laugh even louder. "now that whe're in the topic of flying beings" you say looking to Ruhn "is Hunt really an angel?" you ask. Ruhn smiles "he once was". Your mouth falls open "he's an real angel?" you ask almost whispering. "fallen angel to be exact. He now actually works for archangels. So no longer an angel" he says matter of fact-ly, like he said something that's really common. "well" you say actually not knowing what to say. you look over at Dorian to see if he was as surprised as you, but he wasn't. yes he seemed a little surprised but not shocked like you at all. "oh I've seen weirder" he says as he sees you staring at him. "you have?" you ask him. "yup, and seeing how shocked you are about this, I'm surely not gonna tell you". "fine" you say sighing.
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"and that up there is the house of wind. That's normally where we welcome our guest but it's been moody lately" you tell them "wait the house is moody?" Ruhn asks. "yeah it kinda has a mind of its own" you tell him. "right, happy we're not staying there then" he says. Dorian is looking up at it "can we go in, the view must be amazing from up there" he asks. "oh the view is amazing, but unless you want to climb 10.000 stairs or want to be carried in by man who can fly. I'd say we can't" you tell him. "oh" he says looking a bit disappointed. "you can go a few stairs up tho, there are little window when you go up, so you can have a little preview" you tell him. his face lights up a little. "you guys coming to?" he asks. "I think I'll pass" Ruhn says. "we'll wait out here. Don't go too high, you have to go back too" you tell him. "I won't" and with that he disappears. Ruhn turns around to see the city. from here the view wasn't bad either. You look over the city you love so much, happy to still have it, untouched.
The sun is just about to set, you can already see the orange and pink color appear in the sky. "beautiful" you hear Ruhn whisper. "yeah it i-" you turn to him to see he's looking at you. and that command wasn't made towards the city but to you. you blush a little. "oh well" you say at a total loss for words right now. "you are beautiful y/n" he says now looking you in the eyes. "t-thank you" you say looking to the ground. He steps closer and lifts your chin up with the slightest touch, making it impossible to hide your blush and......well to hide yourself.
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"don't do that" he says almost whispering. "do what?" you ask him. "hide yourself" he says "you are beautiful and from what I can see and sense you've been though a lot but you haven't let it break you. that's power to me" your heart starts beating faster, but you don't step away from him. somehow you are pulled towards him, like a magnet pulling you. "I, you are really handsome" you almost whisper, to scared to admit it. You didn't even know why you told him that but a smile appears on his face, making him even more handsome. "thank you princes" he says smirking, almost like how Rhys does it. "I really wanna kiss you" he says, bringing his face closer to yours, so close that if you leaned in your lips would be touching. He let you chose if you wanted it. And cauldron did you want it. so you lean in and kiss him softly. He immediately takes control kissing you harder, his free hand landing on your hip pulling your bodies closer. 'what's happening' you hear the voice of Rhys in your mind 'your heart is racing, are you okay? Are you in danger'. You quickly pull Ruhn away. 'I'm okay' you send back to Rhys. "i-I'm sorry I shouldn't have I" you say to Ruhn. "fuck" you say stepping farther away from Ruhn really realizing what you have done. "shit, shit, shit" you say out loud. "are you okay I thought you-" Ruhn says stepping towards you. "I have a mate Ruhn. I-i......fuck. I'm sorry" you tell him. "no I'm sorry. I should leave" he says walking away. "no Ruhn wait I'm-". "I promise I won't tell him" he says. He looks shocked like he just been caught doing something he absolutely shouldn't have done. Wait did he hear Rhysand in your head too? surely he couldn't read minds tho, could he. You wanna ask him about it but he's already gone.
You get a few moments to progress what happened before Dorian walks out of the tower. " that where a lot of stairs, probably wasn't even half way. But you were right I had a great sneak peek" he says smiling. "told you" you say smiling to him. "where did Ruhn go?" "he had to go" you tell him. "ah okay, care to grab diner?" he asks you. "sure" you answer. "well tour guide, what is the best place to eat?" "oh I know a place" you say, excitedly grabbing his hand and taking him with you.
You stop at the beginning of the rainbow. letting go of Dorians hand, you didn't know you were still holding, it just felt...natural. "at second thought, maybe we should just head back and eat at home" you tell him. "what's so bad about this place? Is seems really peaceful and alive" he says. "i- uhm" you say looking to the ground. "you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. But I can tell you're freaking out about this place and sometimes talking about it helps". "i.... I used to work here" you tell him "in a shop down the road". "in your atelier?" he asks and you nod, surprised he remembered, you thought he would forget everything after you told him. "i... I haven't been there since the war. i..I'm scared i.....i actually don't really know why I'm so scared I just" you say softly. "you don't feel like you belong there anymore" Dorian says "you're scared you will realize just how much your life has changed. And even more scared it will not be for the best". You nod, surprised he could word it so well.
"c-can I show you?" you ask him, looking up at him. "if you want to" he says " it would be an honor". You hesitate for a moment, your hands shaking at the thought. Dorian grabs your hands to stop it from shaking "it's okay" he says softly, looking at you with a look full of pain, like he knew how you felt because he had felt it too. And that was actually the thing that made you put the first step forward. Putting one step after another until you stood in front of your old shop. You saw it's been a while since you've been here, the paint was peeling and the sign was almost unreadable. Dorian squeezed your hand a little, making you realize you had zoned out. You softly smile at him to thank him. then you let go of his hand and you grab the key from the top of the doorframe and put it in the lock. You laid your hand down on the handle, holding it there for a while. "I'm with you" Dorian says softly.
You open the door and set one foot inside, not looking around you but to the ground, eyes closed, breathing in and out. calming yourself down. "sweetheart you have to open your eyes to see" Dorian says. You don't know why but a rush of butterflies fills your stomach at him calling you sweetheart. Focus y/n you already made one mistake with Ruhn today, don't make it with Dorian too. You slowly open your eyes and push the light switch, lighting the room. You step further into the building walking up to a dress you made for Rhysand's mom, she never got to wear it tho, she died before she could. "you made all of this?" Dorian asks looking around the shop. "y-yes" you say softly, trying not to get to emotional. "it's amazing, I have a lot of people making me stuff in Adarlan but this...this is amazing, I've never seen anything like it" he says, sounding like he really means it. You feel him walk up to you, looking at the same dress as you. "that is beautiful, surely some woman must have worn that, not just anyone can pull that off" he says staring at it. It was a silver gown but it was a one of a kind material, it looked like a million stars where erupting from it. "Rhys' mother should have worn it" you tell him. "I assume by that you mean she died before she could" he guesses. You nod "I'm sorry" he says softly. "she helped me alot in the shop, she was a seamstress too. her husband did't like it though, when she would help me. thought she was too good to do peasant work". "this isn't  peasant work at all. this is art" dorian says.
Then your eyes catch a dress in the back, a white gown you were working on the last time you were here. Tears well in your eyes as you see the unfinished wedding dress. You walk towards it and touch it before you burst out crying. You feel you are being pulled into a hard chest and you just hold onto him. Dorian softly strokes your hair, holding you tightly as you cry, not saying anything. You stay there in his arms for a few minutes, until you realize how weird this is, you just met this man. You pull away, looking up at him, but you can't find the words. "are you okay?" he asks sounding worried. "t-that was supposed to be my best friends dress, she was gonna get married but then......but then the war happened and she........she died" you whisper as some tears escape your eyes. Dorian wipes the tears away with is thumb. "I'm sorry y/n" he whispers.
Your eyes fall on the scar on his neck again. The pain that must be behind that, not only physical but emotional too. You can't help it as your finger reach up and touch the scar softly. You hear his breath hitch as he realizes what you're focused on. "what happened?" you ask him softly, realizing you had no right to ask. "a lot of bad shit" he says softly. "I'm sorry Dorian" you whisper to him as you see a tear slip his eyes. You place your hand on his cheek and wipe it away "I'm sorry" you whisper again. "it's okay..............we survived" he whispers softly, like it still hurt to think about that every day. "we survived" you whisper back, with the same pain behind your eyes.
You have no idea how long you were standing there for, you were too lost in his eyes to notice the time. Your hand slowly slid down from his cheek back to his neck, where you softly bush over the scar. "you are beautiful" you whisper to him. "you are too" he whispers back, stroking your cheek. For the first time in a while you fully relax and lean into his touch. You wanted more. As if he could sense it he leans in closer to, he first placed a soft kiss on your forehead, then on your nose. He hesitated a moment, seeing if you would pull back, but you don't. he places a soft kiss on your lips, brushing it so softly. "kiss me" you whisper against his lips. "are you sure?" he whispers back, seeming hesitant. "yes" you almost inaudibly whisper back. His lips touch yours again, again softly, like he had all the time in the world. Your hands slide up into his hair pulling him closer to you, deepening the kiss. Then the kiss turns more heated, pulling you closer to him. he pushes you a little backwards until your back is pushed against the wall. "hmm" you moan as his tongue slips into your mouth. You feel him press his leg between your thighs, angling it so it presses against your most sensitive part. "fuck" you moan against his lips and you swear you feel him smile. You softly begin grinding against his leg. "fuck sweetheart" he whispers "you're gonna be the death of me". you grind up against his leg, wanting more.
But then you hear Rhys in your mind 'where are you?'. shit. You stop kissing Dorian and softly put your hands on his chest to stop him. "are you okay?" he asks. "yes, i- I am" you tell him. "we uhm, we should go back". "yeah we should" he says sounding a bit disappointed. "Dorian I uhm..... don't-" you say not getting out of your words. How could you have done this, what's with you today, kissing 2 men that aren't your mate. "don't worry I won't tell anyone" he says seeing you panic a little. "thank you" you whisper to him.
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bubbles-for-all-of-us · 7 months
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Oohhh what are the gavriel requests and when will you post them?
He's my fave!
1. Can you also write something with gavriel where he becomes insecure because he thinks that reader should date someone their age?
2. i can’t get enough of gavriel x rowans sister, what do you think about one where she meets aelin and they instantly hot it off, reader likes to read and eat sweets aswell so they bond quickly and rowan couldn’t be happier that his two fav people in the world love eachother so much. And also what so you think about a timeskip to after the war when everything is at peace and reader finds out she’s pregnant. She doesn’t know yet but gavriel and rowan smell it on her the second she and aelin come back from shopping, how cute🥰🥰
3. Could you do a gavriel x reader where reader is a fae from the cresent city world (maybe Ruhn and Bryce's sister) and she ends up in the tog world like bryce did and she and gavriel fall in love? (I haven't read CC though so this was an opp to me)
As for when I ain't making any promises. As I said, the stories at best will come at the end of the week and Pretty like the wind is a priority write now. I'm also a mood writer, so it's more of a who will tick my fancy thing. 😂
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allieisacrybaby · 3 months
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I JUST FINISHED CRESENT CITY 2 AND YALL I AM GAGGED ASF WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED
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amandae2006 · 6 months
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Fangs Claws and Kisses
Sterek Fanfic
Derek hale/ stiles stilinski
Chap 1 - Cresent moon smile
In the city of beacon hills, there lies a secret that most humans citizens do not know about. The town's name is based on what some consider folk lore, but to the supernatural it means hope, a beacon of hope, for all supernatural creatures to come and live safely. In the middle of the humans and creatures stands a werewolf pack who tries to keep things under control. The biggest family and pack around known as the Hales.
The leader is Talia, she has 3 kids. The oldest is Laura who is married to Henry and they have 2 pups named rika and reese. They run the inner city pack. The youngest who is barely in high school at 14 is Cora. Start student and athlete. Finally the only son at the age of 21 is Derek. Mechanic, wild, and searching for his mate to tame his wolf.
Everyday after working at the junk yard derek goes on a run through the woods. He loves the breezy air going past his ears, the feeling of the grass and leaves crunching under his paws. There is one big rock cliff that stands above beacon hills at the edge of the woods, it was the perfect place for howling especially at the moon. The way the moonlight hit Derek's yellow eyes, made then shine brighter thab normal. The wind would blow his fur so lightly. He was a beautiful pure black wolf.
After a good run and howl, derek takes off back towards the junk yard to gather his clothes and head home. As he enters the grounds he smells a scent hes never smelled before. He could tell it was human. But something smelled sweeter about them. He darted behind a broken car, still in wolf form. His clothes were in the garage on the other side. The more he smelled the sweet aroma the closer he would get. It felt like a pull, something that lingered inside himself but never made its self known.
Peeking around a power line post he caught a glimpse of the face the sweet aroma belonged too. It was a male maybe 18 or 19. Slender, brown hair, hoodie and jeans, hands in his pockets, he was standing there just swaying,looking around then he heard what sound like a music to his ears.
"Hello, anyone around?"
The boy mumbled to himself while kicking the dirt " damn it, they're closed". Derek darted behind some garbage cans then the dumpster managing to hit one in the process. The loud rattle scared the young man. He started to run derek darts from behind the store quckily putting his shirt on.
"Hey, hello, sorry"
The young man stops and turns to see Derek standing there, jeans on, belt unbuckled, boots on yet loosened, white tee with grease stains. Derek looked up at the young man as the wind blew that sweet scent across his nostrils. It sent electricity through his bottle.
" hi, i was wondering if you had a radiator for my jeep"
Derek took a deep breath, cleared his throat, trying to contain his composer.
" do you know the make and model?" "1980 CJ5"
" right this way and Ill look it up in the computer"
Derek dusted his hands off, held it out towards the man "I'm derek" The man grabbed dereks hand, immediately felt like his body was burning all over, he had to let the man's hand go, stepping back. The shockwaves from his touch, it was like all the air in his lungs left then returned.
"Im stiles, am I crazy for, is it too hot out here to be fall"
Derek senses noticed the swear dripping down stiles's neck, his heart rate racing and that sweet smell flooding his whole body.
" yeah, ill turn the air conditioner on inside, while i check out your jeep, you are welcome to follow me back into the garage"
Derek managed to avoid stiles eyes as he searched the computer. His body felt like fure was burning him from the inside, his inner wolf was trying to get out. It felt drawn to stiles. Derek could feel a connection when their eyes finally caught one another. Was this the feeling of his mate, or was it an omega in heat. At this point stiles is sitting down fanning with his shirt. His face flushed, body sweating thirst feeling in the back of his throat.
" do you have any water? Im sorry i don't know whats coming over me" Derek's vision blurred he couldn't concentrate on the computer anymore. His wolf was screaming take him, mate him. Derek's willpower was losing as he walked closer to stiles. And to much of dereks surprise stiles smiled back before reaching out to Derek's face.
" hey man i think something is wrong with us. Gas leak or something. I feel all kinds of strange and hot, do you?"
Derek was salivating, the color of his blue eyes flickering, his body inches from stiles. Stiles hand brushed against Derek's cheek. The rugged beard felt grainy and rough against his hand. Derek couldn't stop. He grabbed stiles face just planting their lips against one another. Both men felt like their heart was beating out of their chest. Stiles pulled back only to be met with derek nibbling his bottom lip. Control was gone. Instict had taken over. Stiles arms went around Derek's shoulders as he lifted up his slender body onto the big black table covered in tools.
Lips colliding harder, fingers running through their hair. When stiles tongue grazed against Derek's it drove him crazy. His inner wolf pushing his way out. Derek was fighting hard to resist. He didnt even know who stiles was. A stranger. Here he was ravaging a guy he had never met and yet his body was so turned on his pants. Stilles tilted his headed, napping at Derek's neck. Derek felt a howl coming through his chest. He wanted to bite stiles, make him his. Only by his strong will did he manage to bite his own arm. The pain put clarity in his mind long enough for him to step back, whisper "sorry" and run out of the garage.
The wind whistling past his ears, his body wanting to shift, it was like the air in his lungs was gone. He managed to lean aagainst a tree long enough to think about what he had done to stiles. He slide down to ground, head tossed back the pounding and heat between his legs was excruciating. He loosened his button, slide down the zipper the thickening of his member out lined by his briefs. He shifted his hands around the bands against his waist, his cock now throbbibg in hands. A few slow pumps, a flick of his tip, his whole body rippled as his white cum poured down the pants.
He was panting, taking in the air. Not fully satisfied as it would have to have been inside stiles. Enough for his body heat to die down, his mind to become clearer. His heart rate finally slowing. He had the energy to stand and head home.
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l0v3-g4m3 · 2 years
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Declan should be getting paid because holy shit.
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ldelafieldbooks · 1 year
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ACOTAR
Omg Sarah J MAAS Is amazing I am in love with ACOTAR and now I am reading cresent city 1 and 2 this is such an amazing adventure! Team Cassian & Rysand <3
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south-carolina-sc · 1 year
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Now you say you have the best flag but look at New Mexico, Maryland and Colorado
Anon are you high Maryland has one of the most disrespected flags in the geography community you can't just say that you're going to get punched, I don't think it's the worst flag but like yikes
Anywho
New Mexico flag is pretty good, personally I'm not a fan of yellow and its a tad too simple in my opinion but I'll give it a 5/10
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Colorado. Fucking. No.
This would be good as maybe a logo but a fucking state flag?? Hell no, 3/10
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Maryland
I like the colours but the strange skewed checkerboard pattern is very strange and I dislike the way it goes from skewed yellow and black checkerboard right next to white and red checkerboard with clover pointed cross (best way I could described the cross) so no, 2/10
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South Carolina
Not overly complicated but not overly simplified, great symbolism. The Palmetto tree represents the battle at Sullivans Island against the attack of the British fleet, Colonel Moultrie held up in a Palmetto log fort, the fort, constructed out of Palmetto logs and sand, simply absorbed the cannon balls fired by the british, this led to Colonel Moultrie successfully defeating the british in this battle and saving the city of Charleston, winning a victory for the patriots during the revolutionary war. The Cresent moon represents when Colonel Moultrie took the blue from his soldiers coats and the Cresent shape from their hats to fashion a signal flag to alert the Charlestenians of the British arriving prior to the battle at Sullivans Island.
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So yeah, fuck off, we do have the best state flag.
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amtrak-official · 3 months
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I'm in Atlanta (well, Marietta, but close enough)
Where could I take a train to and manage to be back soon? Like, I have 2 days off, but I have to be back at work the afternoon of day 3. Where can I go, assuming the train is the point, not the destination.
(However, getting to do some touristy things would be fun, too)
The best city you can get to is probably Charlotte which takes 5 hours to get to on the Cresent line. The hours are awkward with you arriving in Charlotte at 5 am and leaving at 2 am but it does somewhat work.
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harrystylesfan2686 · 2 months
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Yall I'm reading Cresent City series for the first time. M on book 2, 20% done and it's sooo funny every time Hunt and Bryce get cockblocked🤣🤣
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kmblckbk · 1 year
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Between Royals
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*contains spoilers for ACOTAR, Cresent city and Throne of glass series*
rhysand x reader / Ruhn x reader / Dorian x reader
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"oh fuck Rhys" you moan, grinding on his face as he eats you out. You feel him smile under you. your back arches as you feel your orgasm rising. "fuck" you moan out loud before you come on his face. You quickly grab the couch before you collapse onto him. "fuck I never grow tired of the taste of you darling" he says getting out from under you. "I never get tired of you eating me out" you breath out smiling before Rhys scoops you up in his arms.
You were lounging on the couch basking in the afterglow. cuddled up in your mates arms, when there is a loud bang outside. Rhys groans "what is going on". You grab his arms, holding them close to your body "it's probably nothing" you tell him, not in the mood to leave this couch right now. You almost think he's gonna stay but when there is another bang he stands up. You whine "please stay" you say pouting at him. he smiles at you "I need to check it out baby, otherwise I would be a very bad high lord" he says kissing you deeply, you can still taste yourself on his tongue. "fine then I'm coming with you" you say standing up too. He looks you over "not like that you won't" he says strictly. He made it very clear that you were his, and he didn't like the idea of anyone seeing you like this except him. you sigh "give me 2 minutes" you say quickly grabbing your clothes, which were spread all over the room.
Within 5 minutes you both walked outside, seeing where the bang was coming from. There where people standing, and they surely where not from here. They look just as confused as you. "uhm hello?" you say to them as you approach them. They still looked confused. "where are we?" a blonde girl with turquoise gold eyes asked. "you are in Velaris" Rhys says "welcome, I'm Rhysand, high lord of the night court and this is my mate, wife and high lady of the night court y/n". they still looked really confused. "Velaris? Night court?" a girl with red hair asked, looking like she was also a stranger to the people standing next to her. "yes, Velaris a city in the night court in Prythian" Rhys says. "Prythian?" a blond haired men with the same eyes as the girl with blond hair asked.
"oh shit" Rhys says, seeming to realize what's going on. The blond girl seems out of patients and grabs a golden sword "tell me what going on" she demands as her swords begins to glow, no not glow, that sword is on fire. "calm down we're not here to fight. And not in the open like this. Follow me and I will tell you what I think is going on here" Rhysand tell them. That doesn't really seem to convince them though. "look if you wanna kill me do it after I explain what I think is going on okay" your heart starts beating faster at his words, he didn't mean that, did he? You know he was the strongest high lord in Prythian. But they didn't even seem to know what Prythian was. And that girl was holding a FLAMING SWORD! 'don't worry I've got it under control' you hear Rhys say in your mind. You better hoped so.
"excuse me for Aelin, she is a kill first ask questions later kinda girl" a dark hair man with blue eyes says.He reminded you a lot of Rhysand. "I'm Dorian by the way. So that girl with the flaming sword is Aelin, her nephew Aedion. Then the white haired guy is Rowan, he can turn into a bird" "a hawk" the white hair guy, Rowan, interrupts him. "right and the brown haired gentleman in Chaol. Those people there, no idea. It's the first time I see them too" Dorian explains. "Ruhn" another black haired guy with tattoos and piercing says, stepping forward.He also kinda reminded you of Rhys, the tattoos and piercings where fucking sexy. You needed to convince Rhys to get some piercings now too. "that are Bryce and that there is Hunt" he says pointing to the red haired girl and the man with wings. Not the kind Rhys, Cassian and Azriel had, no this guy had fucking dark angel wings.
"alright, well. Let's go inside" you say, leading them into the house. "what's going on" you whisper to Rhys. "do you remember the time I told you about different world existing, different timeline and stuff". "yes" you nod. "I think that's what's going on" he says before he leads them into the living room, where he just fucking ate you out a few minutes ago. You hoped to god none of them could actually smell you, like Rhys could.
You get them all something to drink until the blonde girl, you now know was Aelin, begins to speak. "so what's going on high lord" she says mockingly, okay she was definitely sassy. You actually liked her already. "okay well I have this theory" he say before he explains it to them. the different worlds and timelines. "wait so we're not in Lunathion?" Bryce the red haired girl asked. "and not in Erilea?" Aelin asks. "no" Rhys answers. "how do we get back to our...worlds then?" the man with the angel wings, Hunt asks. "we have to figure that one out" Rhys says thinking.
"oh no we're not gonna wait around here" Aelin says standing up, flames growing in her hands. you get nervous now, she did not seem like a girl you wanted to fight with. "get us back" she demands walking up to Rhysand. Liquid night forms around your hands "get away from him" you say walking up to Aelin. "or what" Aelin says like nothing can hurt her. You see the people behind her get closer to her, sliding their hand towards their weapons and in Dorians hands grows something that looks like...ice. "stop!" you hear someone yell while lighting strikes just inches before your feet. You look over at Hunt, who has fucking lighting in his eyes "you are gonna get people killed, they're trying to help us" he says to Aelin. You give Aelin an angry look for trying to hurt Rhys. She sits down again. You give Hunt a quick thankful look.
"we're gonna figure this out" Rhys says, not at all seeming concerned about anyone trying to kill anyone right here. "you are welcome to stay here" he says "as long as you don't kill OR hurt anyone, either between you or my people" he says strictly, glancing a little longer towards Aelin. Everyone nods in understanding.
"I'll guide you to your rooms, anyone wanting to share a room, we don't have enough space to actually give you all a room all to yourself" you ask them. "Aelin and I will share a room" Rowan says. "me and Bryce too" Hunt says. "alright great" you tell them showing them their room. Guessing by their answers Bryce and Hunt where a couple and Aelin and Rowan where too, so you placed them as far from each other as you could. You know what was going to go down if they felt in the mood. And them being in a different place sure didn't matter if you guessed correctly. you would fuck Rhys in an unknown place too, to be honest. Unfortunately for Chaol and Aedion, they were closes by them, you knew those wall were not at all good at canceling out sounds.
You walked with Ruhn and Dorian to a floor up, closer to your and Rhys' room. "here is one room and next door the other. Go freshen up and I'll see you guys for diner" you tell them kindly. "thank you" Dorian says making a light bow, he was so nice. If you'd have to guess, he was someone important in his world, some sort of royal. But Ruhn, he couldn't look anymore different from someone royal. But he does stair at you a little to long, making a funny feeling appear in your stomach. "thank you for showing us our rooms high lady" he says. "oh please call me y/n, I'm not so into formalities". "don't know if your husband agrees with that" Dorian interrupts him. "oh he has nothing to say about me, I will never let men tell me what to do" you tell them. "we'll see about that" Ruhn says grinning before he disappears in his room. "you better watch out, that seemed an afoul lot like flirting to me" Dorian says with a smile before he disappears into his room to. You don't know why but you'd grown hot all of a sudden.
"are you okay?" Rhys asked as you came downstairs. "I'm fine". "you're blushing, who was it?" he asks anger and possession in his voice. "no one" you tell him quickly. "well good, because otherwise I would have taken you on the fucking diner table to show them you're mine" he says in a dark and hungry voice. "RHYS?! We have guests" you whisper to him, shocked he would say that, did he feel threatened? "you're my mate, I will love no one else but you" you tell him. "good" he says before he places a possessive, claiming a kiss on your lips.
At diner everyone is sitting around the table, silently. "so, what do your cities look like?" you ask to break the silence. "before or after the war?" Aelin asks, but in an almost emotionless tone. "oh well, after?" you ask not really knowing how to react to that. "it's starting you look like how it used to be, but we're far from where it should be. That's why I would like to go home, as soon as possible, my people need me" Aelin says, looking to Rhys. "so you're the queen?" you ask her. she looks at you like you just offended her or something. "yes I am" she says. "what did it look like befor-" you ask but she interrupts. "beautiful, peaceful ...... alive" Aelin says, sounding sad at the last words. "I'm sorry" you tell her, knowing now it was a sensitive Topic. "it's okay, you mean well. It's just been a hard year, after everything. I, I mean we, lost a lot" she tells you. at those words a bright light fills the room. You look to where it's coming from and see it comes from Bryce, out of her chest. "oh I'm sorry" she says covering it up with her hand. "that happens sometimes when i...... I'm sorry" she says, sounding sad now too. "let me guess similar situation?" you ask her and she nods. "so what's your story then?" Aelin asks you and Rhys. "more of the same" you tell her, remembering your best friend who died on the battle field just a few months ago. Rhys squeezes your hand as he sees where your mind has gone to. "I'm okay" you whisper to him while you give him a small smile, to let him know you could handle this. "welcome to the club" Dorian says, trying to lift the mood a little. You give him a small smile, only now noticing a scar of sorts around his throat. no not a scar. more like there was something on there for to long, like there hasn't been sunlight on it for a long time. He sees you looking and smiles softly "we all have our own trauma's. but we all came out alive. Well most of us anyway" he says.
"so you're all royals?" you ask them. "queen and king of Terrasen" Aelin says pointing to her and Rowan. "king of Adarlan" Dorian says. "i'm just the general of the army of Terrasen" Aedion says. "oh you're much more than that" Aelin says. You look at Chaol "oh I'm just a guard " he says. "no you're not, you are way more than that  Chaol" Dorian says. You could see he and Chaol knew each other for a long time, they seemed like brothers. "and you?" you asked Bryce, Hunt and Ruhn. "oh Ruhn is the only one with an official title" Bryce says, there seemed something more going on but you didn't asked her about it. "crown prince of the Valbaren fae at your service" he says softly bowing his head, but not as serious as Dorian had, no it was in a joking kind of way. Like he didn't took that title seriously. he probably only used it to get girls into his bed, you thought to yourself. Though you don't think he really needed that.
"you don't like being a prince?" you ask him, trying to get your mind out of the gutter, you had a mate. "nah, just happy to one day replace that asshole who calls himself my dad" he says. "I feel that, trust me it feels great when you finally get rid of him" Dorian says in a bitter tone. "your dad was possessed" Aelin interrupts him. "still was an asshole" Dorian says. "oh if we're gonna measure shit dads get in line" Rhys finally speaks. "couldn't be worse than mine" Ruhn says "did your dad punish you when you didn't do his bidding?". "yes" Dorian says, but Rhys stays silent. "did your dad have human slaves?" Rhys asks. "yes" Dorian says again, this time Ruhn is silent. "did your dad place a ring on your neck to possess you with something evil, who forced you to murder your own men you've known for years" Dorian asks. Both Ruhn and Rhys stay silent. "fine you win" Rhys says eventually and Ruhn nods with him. shit that must have been really bad, how can he still sit here and....smile.
"I killed the baster tho" he says, meeting your eye. "that must have been hard" you say almost whispering. "well yes and no" Dorian says. "killing him was easy but seeing him for the man he really was....... Without the thing that lived inside him. it was the same thing that lived inside of me once, but stronger. Yet he managed to still protect the people he loved, well he tried at least. Much more than I can say". You could see he had still some guilt hidden beneath those eyes. "but I'm glad I killed him, he had hurt a lot of people" he says quickly looking over at Aelin before his eye return to you.
"so the trauma club huh. Should I invite a therapist to come over?" you say jokingly. Making most of them laugh. "guess that would be a good idea. If I wasn't so busy rebuilding my home, I surely would like to see one" Dorian says smiling at you now and you smile back. "I went once, I can't say I got a lot out of it" Ruhn says also starring at you. you feel a hand slowly slide up your leg and resting on your thigh, squeezing a little. You look at Rhys, who looked.....jealous. 'what's going on?' you ask him inside your heads. 'they're starring at you' he sends back. 'yeah so.... I told you, I'm yours' you send back, seeing a small smile appear on his face. You and Rhys been together for a while but he just recently made you his wife and high lady. He still seemed a little insecure about where you 2 stood. He had told you he often felt like you were to good for him, but you made sure he knew his worth and that you would never leave him.
The rest of the diner went okay, they told you more stories about them and you told them yours. Mostly the happy and victorious once, you could see there was still a lot of hurt there. "so have you found a way to get us home yet?" Chaol asked Rhys "I need to get back to my wife and kid". "no unfortunately I have not, I will look further into it tomorrow" Rhys tells him and Chaol nods at him understandingly. After diner everyone retreats to their rooms.
You eventually go up to your room too. "that was something" you sigh. "sure was" Rhys says "I thought I was gonna make love to you all day today". That made you blush. "but hey I can still give you a few more orgasms before we go to sleep" he says grinning at you. "we have guest Rhys" you whisper to him. "I know, that means you have to be as silent as you can darling" and with that he walks up to you, grabs your throat, pulling you to him as he kisses you harshly. You moan into the kiss, you liked it when his dominant side came out to play. "do you think you can do that for me?" he asks looking down at you. you nod eagerly. "good" he says smirking before he rips your dress off your body and throws you on the bed.
He hovers over you, looking at you face "you're so beautiful" he whispers in admiration. "and all yours" you whisper back. He snaps and he places kisses from your mouth all the way down to your core where he feasts on you like you're the greatest thing he's ever tasted, if you had to believe his words, you were. He sucks your clit hard making a moan slip your lips and he stops to look up at you, placing his finger on his lips to remind you to stay silent. Your cheeks heat up as you think about someone hearing you. but soon you get lost in pleasure again as Rhys continues licking your pussy. "f-fuck" you whisper as your orgasm hits you. "good girl" Rhys whispers against your lips before he kisses you.
"I need you" you whisper. "if you stay silent" he says with that stupidly handsome half smirk of his. "I can" you say determent, gasping as he pushes himself inside you, you didn't even realize he had removed his clothes, the power of the high lord. "sssshh" he says putting his hand on your mouth as he fucks you rough and hard. "fuck I wanted to do this before those people came to interrupt our fun" he whispers. Your eyes roll back as you feel your orgasm rise. "already baby" he says grinning as you come, moaning into his hand. But he is not done with you. he still kept his brutal pace, fucking you hard and fast and So. Fucking. Deep. "that's it, that's my girl" he whispers in your ear. "f-fuck more!" you scream into his hand as you feel another orgasm rise. "i swear someday i'm gonna find a way to fill all your holes....at once" he whispers in your ear "now come with me darling" his hand leaves your mouth. "oh fuck Rhys" you moan out not able to keep it in as you come so fucking hard, your whole body shaking as you feel Rhys fill you up at the same time. "that's it, look at those legs shake baby" he breaths out. Then he slowly pulls out and wraps you up in his arms. "I love you" you tell him. "I love you too darling" he says kissing the top of your head while you nestle into his chest falling asleep.
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