#date invitation

[drawnbadly-blog]

Hellish Bells

Chapter 4: Paterfamilias Broken

“Charlie.”

Her head snapped up from the wedding book she’d procured from Alastor. The bar was empty this time of day; it was group therapy time. She was just deciding on the cute little bells to hang up around the Heaven Embassy…

Emily was helping them out. After Sera Fell, Emily became the new High Seraph. And, thanks to her, more human souls were being Redeemed than ever before! Which wasn’t hard to beat as Sir Pentious and Anthony had been the only two she’d managed. When Charlie had mentioned getting married, Emily was more than happy to offer the embassy as the location. That way their Heavenly friends could come. Sir Pentious, Cherri, Anthony, Husk, and so many others…!

Alastor was, surprisingly, more willing than Vaggie. He muttered some things about ‘blasphemy’ and ‘deviant’. Which didn’t matter so much, because Charlie and Emily would be there to make sure that he didn’t pull anything funny.

Blinking, she said, “Oh! Dad! Hello!”

Her dad sat heavily into the stool next to hers. He waved a hand and his favored bourbon appeared under it.

Charlie was concerned. He almost never drank! That bottle was from the first batch ever crafted on Earth! What was wrong?

“What’s wrong, Dad?” she vocalized.

Her dad took a GINORMOUS swig of the bottle, apparently thinking. Then he said, “I wish you’d listened to me and your mother about deals…” He rubbed his head. “My daughter, marrying an Overlord…” He sighed. “I wish…” his gaze ventured to her hand with the ring. “I wish I could see those rings. I could figure out something with them. But it’s a personal contract. Only between the three of you. I can’t do anything, not even give advice. I, I haven’t felt this hopeless since I…Fell.”

“Dad, it’s okay.” She put a hand on his. “I know it’s not the best circumstance, and I’m kinda being forced into it. It’s okay! Really! I’ll get the wedding of my dreams, and me and Vaggie will be married. Really,” Charlie waved a hand dismissively, “Alastor probably won’t even care . Political marriage and all.”

Her dad frowned. “Don’t think that, Charlie. Demons have a way of surprising people, and they don’t have the decency to play fair.”

“Alastor said those words himself! He wanted me and Vaggie to get married so he wouldn’t have to deal with it!” Charlie defended.

“I don’t trust him.” Her dad said it like it was something new.

“You don’t have to.” Charlie leaned over, giving her dad a big, solid hug. “You can be my guiding light through this. I trust you to know when there’s something funny going on.” She considered not saying her next piece. Overriding that was her need to be fully honest with her dad. Their relationship had improved drastically, and to hide this would be betraying him. “I trust Alastor to uphold his deal. He always does. And…and he’s kind and considerate to me. I think he’ll treat me okay.”

“Mm-hm.” Her father was tightlipped for a moment before he was cheerful again. “Now, I know that he doesn’t actually plan to do anything to you. It’s better to be safe than sorry.” Suddenly there was a board sitting on the counter, covered in pictures of birth control. “What do you have questions about? Let me tell you, you’ll feel much better even if nothing happens if you’re protected.”

“ Holy shit Dad put that away .” Even though no one else was around, the embarrassment at her dad being so brazen about presenting something like that threatened to eat her alive.

“What? Do you WANT to give birth to Overlord spawn?”

Charlie hadn’t dedicated ANY thought to that particular idea. She WAS Hellborn, so she could get pregnant. Her dad seemed certain it could happen. Children…she hadn’t considered anything about it.

Before she could give any kind of answer - not that she even had one - her black ring magically spat out a little notecard. Charlie looked at her dad. He was still waiting on an answer. Apparently he couldn’t see the card. Curiously, she picked it up and read what was on it.

Monsieur Alastor requests the presence of:

Ms. Charlie Morningstar

Ms. Vagatha Morningstar (provisionally)

For a dinner date in his room today. Please RSVP!

Oh goodness. This wasn’t going to go well. Especially as Vaggie’s name wasn’t Vagatha.

“Charlie? What are you reading? Another little ‘deal’ from Alastor?” her dad said spitefully.

“Not a deal. A dinner invitation.” Charlie flipped the card over. On the back were two glowing words: ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. “I’m supposed to reserve a spot.”

“Hmph.” Her dad fumbled, trying to grab the card he couldn’t see. Frustrated, he said, “Why would you willingly want to interact with him? Stick to the basics and limit your interactions!”

“I can’t do that!” Charlie protested.

He gave her a truly evil eye. “Why not?”

Charlie paused. Why not? Why didn’t she want to do the minimum possible?

The answer was easy.

“Because I believe in him,” she said simply.

Her dad set the bottle down after another swig. “Charlie, I love you, but your blind belief in people will lead to trouble one of these days! Some people belong in Hell . Like Alastor!”

“I understand that some people are meant to be here.” Charlie straightened up. “That doesn’t mean that I harden my heart to everyone! I may get hurt sometimes. As long as I help even one more soul reach Heaven, I don’t mind.” She crossed her arms. “I know you think Alastor deserves to be here. I’m not so sure.”

Her dad burst into laughter. “Really? You don’t think the Radio Demon deserves to be here? Do you know how many souls he’s eaten?!”

“As long as he feels repentant for it, I don’t see how he can’t be Redeemed,” Charlie said stubbornly, digging her heels in on this opinion.

“So what, you’re going to fix a Bad Boy? Do you hear the cliche you’re saying?”

“That’s not what I meant! I mean that everyone deserves a chance,” Charlie explained.

Her dad’s lips twisted before he sighed. “I’ll do my best to watch over you and give advice. The main show, what you want and can do, is between you, Vaggie, and Alastor. I’m a bystander now.” Before she could comfort him further, he opened a portal to his tower and dragged the bourbon with him.

“Dad…” Charlie wished he understood. Everyone had good in them.

And Alastor…he did his best to hide it, to hide his real feelings, but the last few weeks Charlie had gotten a measure of something more from him. Wisps of the feelings behind the smiling mask. She wanted to know more. To bring him out of his shell. To help him realize he didn’t need to keep the barrier around him, that he could let people in.

Thinking that having a nice dinner with Alastor would be a good icebreaker into truly starting the process, Charlie pushed on the ‘Yes’ option on her card.

#charlie x vaggie x alastor #chaggistor #bananarama is a word #Charlie has two hands #Romance #getting there anyway #Date invitation #Father/daughter talk

[pathetic-tboy]

oh theres an epidemic of trans women who are "transmasc chasers" and "fetishize transmascs" and are "predatory" towards them? damn thats crazy. do u have her number by any chance

#not an invite to dm i am dating my tboy chaser already<3 #t4t nsft #ftm nsft #trans nsft #st4t nsft #nsft #t4t #ftm bottom #ftm sub

[lazer-meme]

love love love steddie + supportive wanye

thinking about wayne and eddie going on an annual fishing trip (like thee Munson Men Annual Fishing Trip™️) just like a little weekend away. and the first one is coming up after eddie and steve starts dating. over breakfast eddie jokingly complains about having to go and tries to get out of it. but wayne is used to his dramatics so he just gives hmms when appropriate because eddie’s whole spiel never got him out of it before and he tells eddie that.

steve watches the whole exchange with amusement when wayne asks if he’s looking forward to it. and he’s like ??? because he assumed it was just a wayne and eddie thing. and wayne is like i just told eddie all munsons must go can’t get out of it kid.

steve gets flustered and is internally is like oh??? all munsons,,,

or like after the trip a neighbor asks wayne if they caught anything and he pulls out his wallet to show a picture they took on the trip. wayne passes it with ‘here’s a picture of my boys’ and to steve’s surprise it’s a picture of both him and eddie with their biggest catch.

and just idk wayne casually accepting steve into their family and throwing steve off guard with it.

#wayne actually keeps that picture in his wallet for the fish only he stares at it lovingly #i just love the thought of wayne ‘women love me fish fear me’ munson he doesn’t play around about his fish #which makes him inviting steve to the trip even more meaningful #also the steddie picture has them BIG CHEESEING in it like imagine their smiles the equivalent of those toddlers smiles #idk i like the idea of a cute steddie fishing picture because when i think of fishing pictures #i think of those unfortunate ones on straight men’s dating profiles so like #BAM! im making that cute and gay instead #also with these lil earnest moments eddie is always in the background like damn the old man is practically proposing for me #stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #wayne munson

[yeesiine]

sext: meet me at the second hand bookstore, i’ll bring coffee.

#mood #coffee #bookstore #love story #coffee date #date idea #love language #inviting you #to get coffee with me #collect #some #books

[sandeewithtwoe]

Happy Valentines Day! Ink is asking Broomie on a date

Ink belongs to comyet/myebi

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#art #utmv #ink sans #ink x broomie #they got married the same night #everyone was invited #Reaper was the pastor #ink probably ate his ring #his dads were confused but very proud also #i still think is ink is aroace #but specifically cupioromantic and asexual #dating Broomie was supposed to be a joke but then he took a step further and married it

[raeofgayshine]

Thinking again about the fact that when Eddie and Dustin finally convince Steve to play DnD with the party, all of them, but especially Eddie, quickly become exasperated with Steve who has extremely high charisma, and decides that he can fix almost any situation by flirting with whoever they were in conflict with. Especially the fucking monsters, this man is bound and determined to himself a monster boyfriend and until it happens, he will make every single person they come across fall in love with him. So naturally, this happens a lot:

Steve: I’m going to flirt with them

Eddie, exasperated: Steve, you can’t date this monster, he’s trying to kill you-

Steve: Hot.

Steve: I’ll flirt with them harder then

#ravenpuff rambles #steve harrington #eddie munson #hellfire club #stranger things #steddie #Steve is a monster fucker and this essay I will- #they actually get him interested in playing because they were showing him the different monsters and Steve kept going #‘Hot. Also Hot. Hooot. Can I date this one? Oh HOT.’ #the monsters really did it for him. (and like also it made Dustin excited and you know he loves that kid) #Eddie: I should have known inviting you to sessions would go like this but for some reason I had hope you would behave #Steve: I am behaving. I’m using my highest stat determined by Dustin and Will to my advantage. #(Also I think Dustin and Will helped Steve build his character. Eddie wanted to do it but Steve insisted it should be a surprise) #(I don’t know much about dnd so I can’t go any further but I know this bitch would want high charisma (for good reason!)) #Robin loves to sit by and watch the sessions play out and she is always encouraging Steve to flirt more #there’s a new You Rule You Suck board #this one has a lot more you rule because it turns out Steve is amazing at getting high rolls

[scootersscooter]

I think we need to remember that Pete has so much fucking audacity. Stop watering down his character; he's kind of a dick/pos

#not targeted #but I've been thinking about this #if this boy has anything it's the fucking audacity #he's a SPANKOFFSKI #also #'you're the one who invited me to Pasqualli's! On the first date Steph HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR YOURSELF' #SIR?!?!!?!!! #pete spankoffski #peter spankoffski #nerdy prudes must die #npmd

[ingoodjesst]

"i'd never have guessed you were such a romantic, though."

happy valentine's day!! i love their aquarium date so much...

#persona 5 #persona 5 royal #akeshu #shuake #goro akechi #akechi goro #p5 joker #persona 5 joker #ren amamiya #amamiya ren #akira kurusu #kurusu akira #this was a fairly experimental piece for me i haven't rly done a 'comic' before and even with refs the bg and colors were a challenge... #but i'm glad i gave it a shot aaaaaaa #jesst some art #me when i invite my arch rival on a not date to not so subtly observe them and get observed back

[soulfireblue]

I love how Tubbo decided it would be funny to be a pot stirrer and wanted to cause drama and not only completely failed but his friends took it as an opportunity to show how much they care about him and love him. They weren't upset; they took a pause from everything to make sure he was okay and try to help him. Fit and Pac didn't mind pausing their first date for Tubbo even when he was trying to sabotage it. Bagi was used to get in the way of the date, and instead of getting angry, she tried to push him to talk about Fred. They all love Tubbo so much, and he was so scared of losing that love that he couldn't even see it.

#qsmp #tubbo #qsmp tubbo #qsmp bagi #bagi #oibagi #qsmp fitmc #qsmp fit #fitmc #pactw #qsmp pac #qsmp pactw #morning crew #he was literally even invited to come with them lol #like yeah he would have been third wheeling but they wanted him there! #it was their first date and tubbo was still invited along #morning crew loves each other so much <3 #and bagi too #have i ever mentioned how much i adore bagi i don't think i've mentioned it enough #<- mentions it all the time

[kyouka-supremacy]

The fact that Atsushi can't bear ending a mission with Akutagawa without inviting him out on a date is absolutely iconic

#Popular fandom takes: Atsushi is clearly the most shy in sskk #Actual Atsushi in the actual canon: Nonchalantly invites Akutagawa on a date TWICE #ryūnosuke akutagawa #atsushi nakajima #sskk #bsd #bungou stray dogs #mine #q. #24/10/22 #shin soukoku

[n4rval]

tea with a stranger.

#artwork #this is NOT what i was meant to draw #and it also took way longer than an hour #hang in there pink sweater your time will come #felt like vincent van gogh painting his most ethereal landscape while bullshitting perspective with this waterfall setup #POV this is a picnic date #he was never invited to one of those before ok be nice #has a sweet tooth. inhaled everything on the table cloth with the flip of a descriptive text box #feels a little bad for not having much to offer besides his presence #here have an egg for your trouble #gaster #wd gaster #undertale

[maxphilippa]

spring and autumn,

up and down.

for @lilacs-stash

#inanimate insanity #inanimate insanity invitational #ii #ii 2 #ii 3 #inanimate insanity baseball #inanimate insanity nickel #inanimate insanity suitcase #inanimate insanity balloon #ii balloon #ii suitcase #ii baseball #suitcase ii #baseball ii #nickel ii #balloon ii #ii the world's worst polycule #ii polyam grandslams #ii nicksuitloon #ii basecase #ii nickcase #ii suitloon #b/ckel and b/selloon are NOT dating here. this is post show. so please don't tag them as such #osc #object show community #max does art #ii nickloon

[tequiilasunriise]

When Steph and Cass get married they don’t take the last name Brown (Daddy Issues™️) or Cain (Daddy Issues Prime™️) or even Wayne (Steph absolutely REFUSES to become a Wayne nosirree), but a secret fourth thing (Gordan).

#BARBRA GORDON IS CASS’ MAMA AND TO AN EXTEND STEPH’S TOO OKAY #yes Steph still has Crystal but yall can NOT tell me she didnt lowkey look up to Babs as a secondary mom figure #the only one who is in on the jig is Kate bc shes officating the whole thing bc DUH and the way she fucken WHEEZZEEDDD when Steph explained #the way Kate would stand at the podium and anounce with such a smug grin #looking DIRECTLY at Bruce #‘I pronounce you…. MRS STEPHANIE AND MRS CASSANDRA GORDAN!’ #the sheer fucken UPROARRRR #Steph LAUNCHES herself into Cass’ arms and kisses her senselessly as her now wife effortlessly carries her in a bridal carry #babs takes a second to process before instantly losing her NIND bc oh these crazy kids did NOT no no shes not crying #(she is. she so is. her date Dinah is handing her a hankerchief) #the batbros minus dami are hollering and cheering bc YEAHHHH STICK TO THE MANNNN #dami himself is dismissive and muttering about how could anyone throw away the wayne name like this #(on the inside he actually thinks this is pretty funny and must admit Barbra’s last name is a worthy rival to the Wayne name) #Bruce. Bruce is stunned. shell shocked. this girldad just lost his fav kid his princess #Jim is just having a damn good time bro is clapping Bruce on the back and having a good laugh over it all #also does this mean he has two honorary grandkids? no? well suck it bruce theyre my grandkids now #the other gothmanites who were invited like the birds of pret or the gotham city sirens are also all clowning on Brucie Boy #dc #stephcass #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #batfam

[nochangeintheplan]

deciding that im literally never going to finish this in a way that satisfies me so here we are was a dumb study of a reference image from muscleplus (HIGHLY RECOMMEND BTW LMAO) but it got out of hand and i slowly hated it over time

#mine yoshitaka #dojima daigo #rgg #yakuza #like a dragon #why cant i draw them right im SCREAMING #also lmao i like to imagine every signal daigo is sending is bouncing off Mine's head #no its not just u mine hes actively inviting u out on dates #regularly #ur pretty much dating already

[leclercskiesahead]

???????

#sr gonna be invited on those vineyard dates real soon #gunther steiner #carlos sainz sr #f1 #australia 2024 #imagine a sr/gunther/binotto trio…