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dailykaeyas · 3 days
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staary-eyes · 9 months
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Jasico Week 2023: Day 2 (First Kiss)
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caliel66 · 7 months
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Day 2: Pumpkin Patch
“No sign of the evil scarecrow. And I can’t find Cas and Dean either… I hope they’re okay.”
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wolviecat · 8 months
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Space Vogue: Echo
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The one they thought was dead and one they wanted to kill.
The ARC trooper and the fifth batcher.
The twins were both the last survivor.
For @tbb-appreciation-week
I used palette and Touching foreheads prompt
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b00-br0-phantom · 8 months
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Sansxyou week day 2 Dating start!
aaaaaaaaaa im so behind but skull got me sooo tireddddd
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cb-9703 · 27 days
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theghostwithin5591 · 2 years
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".....and this one?" "Bullet. Passed right through. Werewolf case somewhere outside Nebraska."
Suptober- Day 2- Pillow Talk
I'll show you mine, you show me yours.
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whumpasaurus101 · 7 months
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Whumptober Day 2
@whumptober
No. 2: “I’ll call out your name, but you won’t call back.”
Thermometer | Delirium | “They don't care about you.”
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“They don't care about you,” Whumper hummed, running their fingers through Whumpee’s hair as they set the newspaper in front of the other. WHumpee’s glazed eyes slowly moved to the newspaper in front of them.
The big headline read “The Heroic Team Stikes Again with a Blazing Battle.”
Whumpee gulped hard, a tear, slowly rolling down their cheek as Whumper spoke, “How many people are in the photo, love?”
Whumpee rolled their jaw, blinking hard as they rasped, “F-four…”
Whumper hummed in thought, nodding before tilting their head, “And how many would their be on your team when you were with them.”
“Four…”
“Huh…. So- now correct me if I’m wrong- but, that person in the newspaper, that doesn't look like you…”
Whumpee couldn't even manage words, sniffling as tears were streaming down their face as they shook their head.
“Wooowww, it's only been- what- three days? And they’ve already replaced you! I mean- what kind of team is that-”
“Stop..”
“A team is supposed to stick together! Not leave one behind and replace them!” Whumper laughed, “Maybe they’ve never cared about you, Whumpee. Maybe they were grateful I took you out of their hands so they wouldn't be dragged behind because of you-”
“Stop-”
“In their defence, that person does look much stronger than you, they probably bring a lot more to the team than you ever could! Don't worry Whumpee, I’ll settle for you. You're not perfect- in fact- you're far from. But that's okay. I’ll train that out of you, love.” The grip suddenly tightened in Whumpee’s hair, making them cry out. “You can be my mess, can’t you, Whumpee? They don't care about you, but I can.”
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Taglist: @whumpifi
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nyamadermont · 23 days
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Frozen
Angstpril 2024: Day 2 (1243 words)
Kya whistled an old tune of Sokka’s and opened the bedroom windows to let in the clean, spring air. She stuck her head outside and breathed in the scent of the flowers from the garden below. She looked out to the west where she could see the ocean, still dark in the pre-dawn shade. For a few quiet minutes, she watched the line of sunshine creep closer to the shore.
Once she could see the whitecaps closer to the rocks, she flared out the curtains and turned back into the bedroom. Lin would be back from her trip later today, and Kya wanted to give her a pleasant environment when she returned.
The curtains came down. The linens got washed and the blankets aired over the balcony. The books were taken down and dusted, the shelves cleaned before everything was returned to its original spot. She cleaned out her vanity, discarding items that had gotten dropped into drawers by accident. The mirror received a buff. She cleared off the surface and arranged everything neatly. And then made a note of the date so she could see how long it took her to clean it again.
Everything came out of the closet, except for Lin’s spare uniform. With a small cloth, Kya dusted it lightly but otherwise left it quite alone. The loads of laundry continued all morning long.
Before she stopped for lunch, she removed all of the furniture except the vanity and the bed. She mopped the floor so that it could dry while she ate.
The afternoon was lovely, so she lingered over her cold leftover noodles and glass of water. Tenzin wouldn’t count it as meditation, but she sure did.
A bird called overhead, and Kya awoke with a start. The sun was beginning to fall toward the horizon, and she realized that she’d taken quite the nap. She scrambled into the kitchen to clean up after herself, then nearly ran back to the living room to begin replacing the lamps, night tables, and chairs in the bedroom.
She was so proud of herself for finishing before Lin arrived that she dropped the rocking chair just a bit harder than she’d meant to.
And then she heard a small thump.
Frowning, she bent down to look underneath the seat of the chair. A small, black book was laying on the floor. She bent the rocker up so she could look at the underside. There was a small rope sling that was just large enough for the book when she tried replacing it.
The cover showed signs of wear, and she could feel the pen or pencil crammed inside the pages.
She couldn’t not look.
She opened the cover, and gave a scoff of surprise. A child’s drawing of Toph Beifong screamed out of the first page. And this wasn’t the Aunt Toph she remembered, yelling at everyone to widen their stances. Or the happy shouts when she’d play Hop Up with Lin and Tenzin and Su.
This face was enraged. While there was no skill to this drawing, Kya could not mistake the expression for anything but anger.
Without quite realizing it, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, her back to the door of the room. The chair sat on its back, its sleds pointing up to the ceiling, completely forgotten.
The next page showed a baby Su holding a stuffed badgermole. The longer she looked, the more Kya thought she remembered hearing about a stuffed animal having gone missing around the time of Lin’s birthday one year.
Teenaged Bumi glared out of the next page, his face barely visible behind a nearly closed door.
She gasped when she recognized herself, hand-in-hand with a Fire Nation girl, walking down a nondescript street.
Tenzin, his hands poised just above his scalp, cowered in a corner of a room she didn’t recognize.
Su reappeared, dangling from what must have been her old bedroom window, a look of terror on her face.
Kya’s heart raced. Page after page, she saw horrible moments, frozen as if captured by one of those new cameras. If one could be set up and the chemicals prepared to capture such fleeting moments.
She saw Su with two boys she didn’t recognize, a bag with jewels splayed out in the living room of their old house. She saw Su, smoking behind the school. She saw Su, kissing a girl on one page, and a boy on another.
Toph just wasn’t on any other page, but Kya saw her own mother, her face in her hands, and Kya’s sail tiny in the background.
Her father, on his deathbed.
Tenzin, flying away with the Avatar’s body to be taken to the sky to return into the weave of life.
One page was a little hard to decipher until Kya held it up so she could look at her brother’s proud face. He was pinning a medal, or maybe a new badge on Lin.
Kya flipped the pages forwards and backwards, but realized that was the only happy memory.
The cables that had cut her. The heartbroken look on Tenzin’s face, with Pema standing just past his shoulder. Some boy she thought she recognized stood with a ball of lightning in his hand, a waterbender to his right and an earthbender at his left. 
She kept flipping pages, hoping for an end to the painful memories.
She screamed when she felt the hand on her shoulder, and fell across the bed, only to roll right off and crash against the rocker.
“Kya! It’s just me!”
Breathing heavily, Kya rolled and put her back to the wall, instinctively reaching for water, but not finding any.
Except Lin’s blood.
She recoiled and slammed her hands to the floor.
“Lin! I didn’t hear you! What is that book?!” she gasped.
Lin sighed heavily, sat on the bed, and retrieved the book from the floor. She held it closed in her hands, and something told Kya that she didn’t need to open it to remember every single image.
“This is where I keep my worst memories.” She paused, flexing the book in her hands. “I was actually thinking of throwing it away. Or burning it.”
Kya slumped against the wall, unsure what to say.
“I thought if I could catch those memories, keep them frozen on these pages, that they wouldn’t bother me anymore.”
Kya counted three breaths.
“But then there was the worst one of all. Seeing you on the floor of that cave where the Red Lotus dumped you.” Lin brought a hand up to cover her eyes. “I just couldn’t bring myself to draw that. I just couldn’t.”
Kya was frozen, unsure what to do to help her beloved.
Lin looked over at her, a sad smile tugging on her lips.
“But then you told me you loved me, and I knew why I couldn’t draw that moment.”
Kya allowed her face to show her confusion.
“Because my life wasn’t frozen at that point. It was like seeing you there unstuck me in time. Started me all over again. When we got back to the city and began seeing each other, it was like I wasn’t frozen anymore. I could be warm, and bright. If you loved me, there had to be something you could love.”
As if she herself had finally thawed, Kya lurched up to place her hands on Lin’s face and pull her in for a kiss.
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lvst4lifee · 7 months
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KINKTOBER 10.10
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kink : face sitting, untouched cumming, cum eating, subby!izzy, fem!dom summary; izzy's home from tour and all excited to taste you again.
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He sat on his knees trying to make his way closer to her damp cunt, she pulls him away again, hand fisted tightly in his hair.
“Lie on the bed, on your back.”
He’s never once been able to disobey an order she’s given him, so he does as she says, only pausing to slip his shoes off, still fully dressed.
He tries to make his way closer to her damp cunt, she pulls him away again, hand fisted tightly in his hair.
“Lie on the bed, on your back.”
He watches as she stands, and then slowly slides her knickers down her long, beautiful legs, and then she climbs back onto the bed and straddles his hips, carefully sliding the straps of her bra off before unhooking it. It’s a torturous striptease, because izzy knows that if he moves, if he tries to touch her, he won’t be allowed anything at all - not to touch her, make her come, or come himself.
After she’s finally free of underwear, she moves further up his body, straddling his chest, and looks down at him, pinned beneath her, and smiles. “Do you want to make me happy, izzy baby?”
He nods. “Yes.” It’s possibly the most honest thing he’s said all day, after a day of meetings and interviews. All he wants right now is to make y/n happy, however he possibly can. He’ll fuck her, if she wants, or finger her, or kiss her, or make an absolute fool of himself if it makes her happy.
“Good.” She shifts again, this time so that she’s sat only inches from his chin, and she moves so that her cunt is directly over izzy's mouth. She looks at him, waits for him to nod, and then lowers herself so that her centre is pressed against his lips. She’s warm and wet.
Izzy swallows and tentatively touches his tongue against her, and then licks a broad, wet stripe over her cunt, listening to the hitch of her breath again, the one that tells him she likes it.
“Good boy,” she praises, and he tries not to moan, but he can’t help but feel some satisfaction from it. He tries not to focus on how hard he is, on how much he wants to fuck her. This is what will make her happy, and so he focuses on that, on bringing her as much pleasure as he can with his mouth.
He knows that he’s being a little overeager while licking and sucking at where she’s most wet, occasionally flicking his tongue against the bundle of nerves that he knows is sensitive.
He hears breathing begin to grow ragged, and he’s tempted to suck hard, to press his tongue inside her and make her come, but y/n is the one in charge here, and so when she says, “slow down”, he has no choice but to obey. She wants the pleasure to last, he knows this, wants them to take their time
She strokes her fingers through his hair as he licks at her with broad strokes of his tongue, no finesse or grace or clever tricks, and she smiles down at him. “ so good .” It’s praise and admonishment all in one, and something a little pleased and sour curls in his gut. He wants to do better for her, wants to make her happy, and so he does as she directs, listening to what she says, and to the cues he’s learned to read in her body, the way she tightens her thighs round his head slightly whenever he flicks his tongue against her clit, or how she presses down against him when he pushes the tip of his tongue inside her.
“I have an idea,” she says with a smile, and he’s intrigued. Her ideas are always intriguing, if sometimes a little painful or humiliating for him, like when she tied his hands together and made him cum over and over for an hour after he came without her permission. She lifts off him, so that there are a few inches between them, enough for him to suck in a breath of air that smells like her. “Take a breath.”
He doesn’t question her, simply breathes in, and then tries not to exhale immediately as she presses back down against him, and begins to slowly and carefully grind herself against his lips. He makes a noise of surprise that sounds like a muffled moan and simply encourages y/n to grind against him even more.
With y/n grinding against him, most of her weight pressed against him, izzy begins to find it a little hard to breathe, and he realises why she told him to take a breath. He flattens his tongue and licks a broad stripe over her cunt once again, before pressing his tongue inside her, licking at her wetness, pressing in deeper, trying to see if he can reach inside her to that spot that makes her moan and clench down on him whenever he fucks her. His mind is already a little foggy, but he wants her to grind down against him even more, wants her to clench her thighs round him and make it almost impossible for him to breathe.
y/n must know what he wants, because she presses down against him, hard, cutting off his air as her thighs tighten round his head, and she bucks, carefully, against him, and then that’s when he feels her wetness spill into his mouth. She comes with his tongue inside her still, squirting all over his mouth and his lips, breathy little moans spilling from her lips as she takes her pleasure from him, using him to satisfy herself. Her fingers tangle in his hair and pull sharply on the strands, and he laps everything up that she gives him.
He can’t breathe, not really, and it feels so good. There’s a moment of panic, a frisson of fear flowing through him, before it fizzles out as he simply focuses on swallowing her cum, bringing her pleasure, making sure he worships her as she deserves. Just as he thinks he might pass out from lack of air, his vision blurring at the edges, his thoughts becoming slow and hazy, she lifts off him, and the rush of air has the most strange effect of tipping him over the edge and making him spill in his pants.
Once she’s finished taking her pleasure, she has him lick her clean, pulling at his lip so that she can see her cum on his tongue, and then she makes him swallow it all. She runs gentle fingers through his hair as he laps at her soaked cunt and damp thighs, murmuring words of praise as he does so.
As soon as he’s done, she lifts herself off him, ignoring his noise of protest, and she cups his jaw gently, pulling him in for a slightly wet and sloppy kiss.
“Well done, izzy.” It isn’t patronising or insincere, and he stretches and feels pleased that he’s managed to bring her pleasure, to make her happy.
"always such a good boy for me"
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idk if this is good or bad but idk how to start or end things so sorry😭
im still sick bro and i have been sick so many times this year. I was on new meds for stuffff a while ago and they made me sick after a while being on them like every day after i took it i couldnt eat my stomach would hurt i'd get light headed and dizzy ect so i was taken off of them and since i had been steadily on meds for that problem i wont say bc im not comfortable talking abt it i had to be taken off slowly yk yk and had really bad withdrawls that was "only gonna last for a week-two" it was two months. Every now and then i start feeling like how i did then but im on no medication anymore except for what i was given for the sickness i got but im feeling just as bad if not worse now does anyone know anything abt that and why i still get that type of stuff (and chest pains) i desperately need advice.
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kafkalovesyou · 3 months
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xlllleda · 2 years
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Day2 🌕
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arajionator · 7 months
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The platypus who carried him to bed requested anonymity.
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thomas-life · 9 months
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For jasico week 2023, this is day 2: first kiss/date.
Here they are, having the first kiss of their date. They are dressed to impress and they’ll probably have to fight monsters at some point, but they’re going to have a good time!
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bogusboxed · 7 months
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Boxtobier ⊗ Day 2
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"The Big Picture.”
Pairing: Helen Otis X GN!Reader
Theme: “Forbidden Love." & "Family, Friends, Love Ones."
Rating: (PG-15+)
Words: 6k
Trigger Warning(s): Brief Vulgar Language, Minor Mentions Of Criminal Deviance, Depictions Of Gore, and Psychological Disturbance.
This is recommended for ages fifteen and up; reader discretion is advised. The rights to this character, "Bloody Painter," fully belong to DeluCat.
This is a fictional, harmless piece of writing; do not incorporate it into your daily life.
Tom E. Stevens is not a real person, he's fully fictional and only serves as a reference from Bloody Painter’s original story. Any correlation to real victims is NOT intentional.
The breeze was glacial against your warm-blooded skin; it bit your nose with a numbing sharpness. You should’ve worn more layers in this type of climate, but you were in a hurry, which led to skipping a few steps in your typical routine.
Your brass keys jingled around like golden bells attached to a decorative holiday ribbon. They created an off-putting metronome sound when they clattered viciously against the steel buckle. 
Your mind adapted to the noise, senselessly focusing on the sparkly ring. But, still, you pulled yourself from it, fighting it.
You tried your best to keep your head straight by prioritizing the need to reach the building because only the vultures knew how dangerous this line of work could be.
You couldn't help but question your choices from months ago because if you knew what you know now, you wouldn’t have signed up for that internship.
Working tirelessly alongside the forensic department had taken a toll on your health unlike anything else. Currently, your body felt like shit, as if every limb had been yanked from its socket, resembling the way taffy is stretched beyond recognition.
You stiffly shifted your back, feeling the aches rise and fall in an agonizing unorganized harmony. You let out a bottomless exhale, the puff of warmth diffusing in the tempered winds.
You hated clocking in earlier than what was ordered, but you also knew the piles of work they had planned out for you. So it’d just be better to get it over with at dawn and have plenty of "free time" during the day.
However, yesterday, you hadn’t been as clever and had to fight the collisions of cars. What was even worse than that was the fact you came in late, barely having the proper time to study the files.
But what was weirder was the number of cases.
Over the months, winter had finally broken out, and when it did, so did the bodies. They practically doubled in the short time frame, heightening, unlike any other season. 
But it wasn’t anything you could control; you could only try to prevent it.
It was bleak; your fingers felt lifeless, suffering from the hazardously low temperatures. Your lungs were repressed, taking subtle amounts of polar oxygen inward.
Breathing seemed to only bring a sub-zero chill, dulling your system in a torturous manner.
Your watery eyes caught a detailed glimpse of the illuminated station a few meters away from you. Uniform glass windows lined the front. Icy white spiderwebs seemed to dust the rims, only having the middle of each glass plane defrosted.
The light beige building was around two stories high and was more expansive than a typical station due to housing an accompanying forensic department.
You tilted your head at the closer police cars, which were lined right at the front. The vehicles were predominantly white, marked with bold and contrasting black and blue stripes running along their sides.
A tinge of envy surged through your veins, with the wish you didn’t have an entire marathon to walk each time you went to work. Passing the oversized rides, you followed the guiding light closer to the department.
Powdery snow crunched under your soles, compacting with each movement. Every step sounded high-pitched, squeaking like a dog toy. The wintery molecules had recently fallen, barely printed on by animals or other people.
Unfortunately, though, you were leaving tracks with the way you moved your figure. 
You didn’t feel secure being this out in the open, especially with the surrounding area’s reputation. A warm light glowed from the windows, refracting onto the concrete sidewalk you walked on. 
Safety was near.
You should’ve been more attentive to your surroundings instead of beelining it straight to base. But you’d rather speed up than patiently get hypothermia from the Alaskan air.
Moving your weight at a timely pace, you soon made quick work of the built-in parking lot. But it wasn’t just the Fahrenheit that made you move this way; it was the added pressure of the latest murders.
The fresh kills from the man on the loose—his existence was blowing up on the internet. Hundreds were prying at the case, no matter how much your local department tried to keep it under wraps.
Of course, it wasn’t uncommon for some thirsty news articles to try to dig too deep. But this instance was different because the officials knew he stayed in one spot, and they didn't need the public to scare him off to another city.
However, in your personal opinion, he’d gotten worse. Not in the way he became clumsier, but in the way he’d gotten smarter. Because now he was starting to grasp the concept of covering up his tracks.
For the past three months, you've seen multiple carcasses.
It wasn’t anything new to see animalistic amounts of chewed-out corpses daily. But these recently submitted physiques always had one horrifying thing in common with one another.
An extended incision two inches right below the jaw.
The likeness of each mark always left an abyssal pang in the roots of your abdomen. Forcing you to churn and gush profusely, like all your acids had come together to form a nauseating butter.
Though it wasn’t like you weren’t prepared for this, you’d trained for months in college, studying what you could. Because essentially, you had sold your soul to the corporations. So in your mind, it was for the best to just stay reticent about your discomfort.
But, still. The imagery of the wounds was haunting. You were sure that if you were asked to recall how the incision appeared, you’d have no trouble.
Because the cut was always the same.
Why did it have to be the same every fucking time, and why couldn’t you get used to it? It was just a slice above the collarbone and below the human mandible.
It wasn’t like their head had been blown to bits.
The repetition, however, was appalling. You couldn’t accept that someone out there liked the fluency and the never-ending pattern left. Did they know how it kept you up at night? Could they ever reflect on how personal each cut felt? 
Did they even have the capacity to comprehend the hole they left in the lives of those they harmed? Or maybe this is what they wanted. To make others feel like shit? 
You just wished the mercy of the world could spare you and take away this aching remorse. You exhaled, the weight of your thoughts having the same drag of an anchor. 
It was difficult to be at ease, though the closure you brought to families seemed to help.
Your dense shoes felt like they were grating against the battered concrete. Every simple scrape seemed ten times more deafening than it was. To say you were on edge would’ve been a heinous understatement.
You kept your digits stuffed in your layered pockets, no longer wanting to contend with the arctic currents. You felt your body at work, trying its best to keep you thawed and snugly toasted.
With preferable timing, you had finally completed your route.
You could feel a different torridity, leaving the parking lot unscathed. Swiftly, you began your brief climb up the compressed staircase. 
You swore you didn’t need the handrails, forcing your figure to prance up the case without the added support. In the back of your mind, you knew that if you clutched onto them, you’d only get frostbite or an open, rusty lesion on your palm.
Following the gleaming lights, you hunted down the entrance of the building. 
Pastry beige walls and reflective, frosted-tipped windows made most of your peripherals. Your eyes devoured the sight with the knowledge that you wanted nothing else but to be inside.
Silently, you merged, heading to the entrance of the department. 
Your plush, silky lanyard bounced with each quick action, and in no time, you found yourself standing in front of the lackluster glass door. Your heated breath fogged up the float glass while you humanly debated whether or not to doodle shapes on the surface.
But you unwillingly compelled yourself to move on to more pressing matters. After a few seconds of inner turmoil, you begrudgingly retracted your hands from your fleece cavities. With your balmy clutches, you invaded the sleek metal door handle.
With an unenthusiastic heave, you hauled open the burdensome door.
A flushed breeze tenderly nuzzled your visage, completely changing your groggy attitude that’d grown from the bitterness of the cold. Taking a few unnoticeable steps inward, you let go of the door.
The heft of the gate automatically sealed the space back up, enclosing the heat from the ruthless outside.
You had no more icy waves to come crashing down on you. So, you felt the lack of need to shield your skin; taking a brief gluttonous puff of well-tempered air, you could faintly taste the macchiato that was lingering.
The smell felt almost stereotypical in the way it reverberated off each wall. You hated to admit just how many of those movies were right about the police.
Getting back on target, you looked around the foyer, and as always, it wasn’t anything special. The room was semi-upper-class, having fancy connecting hallways, an undersized reception desk, and a cramped, cheap waiting room.
Along the barren, pale walls lay a handful of plastic chairs, a box for dropping off prescription drugs, and overly artificial plants. The department strived to make the place look as welcoming as possible, but it mostly came off as out of touch and condescending.
Turning your attention to the cut-off front desk, you saw a distant coworker. Her face was slim, enhanced with sculpture-like features. A rich mixed skin tone painted her and only brightened her overall beautiful complexion.
However, what stood out most was her blinding, superstitious golden badge titling her "Lt Sara."
She currently seemed to be diligently managing inquiries and various calls. Though you’d heard various rumors of what she did before, she joined the department. (Something along the lines of British special forces?)
A dense panel of plexiglass seemed to cage the mid-toned operator inside. She didn’t pay you much mind, keeping to herself; her rich, murky eyes seemed to be glued to her rather expensive work-issued laptop.
You decided not to put your nose where it didn’t belong, ignoring your deepening innocence to ask what she was typing. 
Taking a few fleeting steps toward your branch, pitter-patter-like footsteps began to tap throughout the once-muted room. Humbly walking, you were perceptive to the irritating buzzing of the incandescent lightbulb above.
Management should’ve changed it out weeks ago upon regulation, but who could arrest literal law enforcement?
Step by step, the stillness of the fruitless office was betrayed by the sound of parroting taps. The department seemed desolate and liminal in the sense that you were the only one creating any commotion.
It was almost uncanny how much the towering walls were devoid of life.
You kept your posture professional, keeping an unrushed pace down the enclosed hallway. Neutral-colored file cabinets were mindlessly lined, seeming to camouflage with the chipped beige wall. You took your regulated turns, passing by the same identifiable tables, worn-out navy chairs, and other miscellaneous decor.
You could feel a slight burning sensation in your nose, probably caused by the over-the-top cleaning supplies the facility always used.
You wordlessly questioned the janitors on why they put their entire heart into their job, but you only found yourself wishing you could have the same enthusiasm as them.
Your shoes clicked on the polished, stony-colored tiles as your eyes traced down the doors carved on either side. You glazed over multiple shiny labels, all too familiar to you at this point.
You couldn’t count on one hand the number of times you’d seen these signs. The time you spent here seemed to blur together at this point.
Who knew an internship could be this catastrophic?
The walls only seemed to bring you closer and closer to your destination, with every ridge of the painted-over brick wall now recognizable. Pursuing your common area, the doors began to seem to become more robust and excessive compared to the previous.
However, it wasn’t anything too shocking given that all the information locked inside those rooms was highly sought after. However, what was surprising was that interns (college kids) had access to some pretty sensitive records.
Speaking of your rookie classmates, they unfortunately recruited yet another intern, and worse, they were assigned to sit right next to you. Funnily enough, that was one of the reasons you got here so early.
As of right now, your desk looked like the result of a hurricane, and it didn’t help that you used the once-vacant desk next to you for storage. You internally cringed, caught up in the swirly emotion that’d be their initial impression of you.
You let out a swallow exhale upon recollection. Hopefully, they weren’t going to be the verbal bane of your existence, pestering you with lackluster questions all year.
Focusing once more, you reached for your silky, smooth lanyard. Fingers fumbled looking for your QR code identification card, given with the lowest human access possible.
You slouched downward, folding yourself. You took the sturdy card and pressed it against the laser sensor. Having pressed the densely laminated plastic against the puny square-shaped metal box, the door made a short beep.
Your hands briskly moved to the glistening door handle, now heaving it down with no resistance. A click came from the frame, letting you know the hardened lock had finally released its restless hold.
Soon, you wedged yourself inside the room, shutting the high-tech door behind you with a thunderous thump. Luminous fluorescent lighting helped to display the expansive classroom.
The space featured a variety of lengthy, soulless desks, placed as close as they could be to one another. While accompanying cheap plastic chairs were uniformly paired underneath each table. Files seemed to be anchored in stacks close to the windows, which were curtained by opaque sheets.
It was almost childish the amount of priceless work just lazily left out. Your eyes scanned the trivial room again, passing various foreign areas until you shadowed your own.
You paused.
Nothing was missing, and that wasn’t the problem. The problem was the man nonchalantly working between the brochures you left on your previous shift, and if things couldn’t get worse, you recognized him.
This wasn’t just any typical guy, however. This was the college’s award-winning artist, Helen Otis. (Someone whom you found yourself admiring a little too much.) 
You’d seen his works plenty of times, each one better than the last. You didn’t know how many art competition trophies he had tucked under his belt, and you didn't know how he had so much room for them.
Sweat was building under your metaphoric shirt collar, leaving you wanting to pull it like a cartoon character. Out of everybody, why'd it have to be him? However, even with the distaste bubbling in your mouth, you could still sense a puppy-like heart race thumping in your chest.
During the years you’d been in school with him, he’d always been a recluse. He had never been the type to do a vast presentation or be among big social groups. But he had been the art kid, inaudibly crafting away in a scenic spot where no one would bother him.
Though it was still surprising, you’d never thought he would be the one to take up this line of work. You always thought he’d do something more along the lines of comical animation or abstract commissions.
But here he was at your doorstep, doing the same thing he always did: wordlessly painting strokes on a page.
Even though he wasn’t paying you any mind, you felt yourself appreciating his personal portrait. You knew neither of you had spoken to the other throughout your college years, but still, some idiotic part of you found his mysterious aura appealing.
From his murky ink tuft of hair to his cerulean stone-shaded eyes, all his facial features seem to drag you further like a fish to a hook, line, and sinker.
If your heart hadn’t been auctioned away for his looks already, his personality had to be the nail in the coffin. He was hushed and polite, always mindful of those around him with a tranquil gaze plastered on his face.
All these things combined made it unfathomable to wonder why he was in such a gruesome line of work.  He never did seem capable of harm; at least that’s what you thought.
At the moment, you found yourself fixating on him more than you should’ve, promptly getting lured in by the bait of his serene features. But you hastily shut that down, making it imperative to keep it strictly professional.
All he was was your co-worker who incidentally resided right next to your seat, and it was no big deal; he was just a fresh hire, and that’s all these feelings were. (Keep telling yourself that.)
You shuffled yourself further in. Each step felt like a chain and cannonball attached to your ankle, dragging you down from getting any further. You took an unnoticeable puff before giving in to your sullen movements.
Your shoes barely squeaked on the flat, tiled flooring, efficiently making it to your spot. You did everything in your power to ignore him, which proved difficult when he was now in front of you. Though, thankfully, he didn’t seem to peer up from his current task. 
You subtly began taking the diverse portfolios you abandoned the night before and neatly placing them in a lanky stack on your side. Cautiously, you continued to take back your leftovers, hoping he wouldn’t ask any questions about your actions.
Luckily for you, each rustling you made was always covered by either a light tap or an oppressive rub back and forth. Pages of newer and older cases grazed your plushy palms as you needily grabbed them covertly.
The scent of vanilla seemed to leak out of the paper each time you ruffled it onto the stack. Your eyes tracked your borrowed files as you mindlessly counted their shared total.
Once you finally piled all of your belongings onto the corner of your desk, you seized a few files from the top, taking out an oh-so-familiar beige folder. Even with how flimsy the printer paper was, it still managed to send a falling sensation deep into your intestines.
Because the case inside had to be one of the most extreme and unsettling you'd seen in a while.
Taking a hasty breath outward, you knew you had a job to do, and you knew that involved making a move. Your emotions were all wack, both agitated by the folder and anxious by Helen.
But restlessly, you still made a move against the odds.
The chair creaked naturally under the sudden weight, adding even more layers to the need to die. You hate this feeling. You hated that the one person you found interest in was sitting this close to you.
You didn’t know why every breath you took felt like an arrow spearing your heart—was it him? Was it the case? Or was it a mix of both?
Being immobilized by gushy chords, the graphite scratching next to you came to a momentary halt before swiftly returning to its ordinary irregular pattern. The pause left a prickly ache and an immeasurable abyss in your soppy organs.
Snapping out of the abnormal haze, you made it mandatory to remember that, at the end of the day, this was an internship. A job that both of you didn't want, and if you did, neither of you intended to be sociable (specifically him).
You got back on track; your hands glided more rigorously on your pivotal file; delicately, you unfolded the restricted document. The folder had a presentation page, making it seem more personalized and human than it was.
In a blueish-black color, a jagged handwritten name embellished the originally empty soulless template.
“Tom E. (Enzo) Stevens.”
You found yourself drowning in thought on the marked page. He was relatively close in age to you, lived in the same area, and for an unbeknownst reason to you, that title rang a bell. You could’ve sworn you’d heard it before, but yet again, that name wasn’t all that unique.
In regards to his death, it was virtually the same as the rest of the victims. He had the staple of the slit two inches below his jaw, but instead of his corpse being on display for the world to see, he’d been shoved off the sixth floor of an apartment complex (that wasn’t too far from your college).
Tom’s death was rushed in comparison and was not nearly as time-intensive as the others. The report drew it down to the realization of eyewitnesses, and if he had taken any longer, the law would've caught up to him.
Interestingly enough, a few regular drunks had seen the man’s figure on the building minutes before the murder, and due to this, it caused his biggest slip-up yet.
Unfortunately, they all made a few vastly different statements, going from brown to blue hair, then to pale to dark skin. 
But there happened to be one consistent variable: they said without a doubt he’d worn a paper-mache mask that'd been laced with a crimson grin.
Flipping the page, you are greeted with degraded photos of distinct items. Each object picture had mini-notes stapled underneath it, indicating what evidence was linked to it. 
You examined each sunburnt print systematically, trying to find any correlation between them, but to no avail. You leafed pages. You spent more time thoroughly inspecting each discolored paragraph. Your glistening eyes traced each victim and the corresponding articles that died along with them.
You could feel the air trapped in your throat as you swallowed faintly. The similarities, the rate, and the age ran shivers up your spine.
You were more than a perfect candidate.
You were shaken up by the realization. Your breath was off its typical route; you prevailed and kept a stone-cold demeanor. The chances of you being caught and killed by the murderer were low, (but never zero).
You just had to be strong; you had to be for this field of work. No matter how your hands twitched, you needed to find that strength for the people who couldn’t.
Browsing through the thin pages, you could sense something was off. You were missing something from the case. You skimmed through the entire folder once more before you put your finger on it.
You were missing the composite drawings.
Your mind readily changed from the haunting cases to the fellow peer next to you. Inches away, and you’d get your answer, but you weren’t sure how to ask, considering he shouldn’t have been messing with that folder in the first place.
Your curiosity brushed itself against you like a cat; you needed to know if he had it before, you started to panic. It wasn’t like you were asking for a pencil you’d never return; you were asking for the missing drawings on a report. 
This was serious, and you had to take it that way, no matter how accusing it felt. You turned from your desk to his. He smelled of graphite; its earthy and metallic aroma clouded up his station.
He seemed to be completely immersed in his work like he was in an altered reality of his own. The more seconds that flew by, the more you realized how lost in his artistry he was. You considered speaking up, not realizing he’d already noticed you in his peripherals.
As you began to open your mouth, he exhaled, stopping his precise charcoal brushing.
“Yes?”
He kept his voice conservative, not raising his tone above a whisper.
His digits remained intertwined with the slender soot utensils. He began to subtly tap at his wooden desk with the edge point like he was counting the seconds between each of your shared words.
Though he kept his face sharp and still, like an unmarked canvas.
“Do you know where the Bloody Painter composite drawings are? My folder seems to be missing them." You exhaled your words, trying to be as cushy as possible and not seem interrogative.
His melodic clicks ceased, and his clench on the pencil faltered. His pallid features stayed remote, trying to ignore the swift glint that glowed in his somber eyes.
“I took them from your file earlier this morning for reference. I’m sorry, I didn’t know they were confidential.” Tragically enough, you were unperceptive to the inflection in his voice.
He soon turned his wooden pencil horizontally, gently caressing the wood. He dotted his sea creature's eyes with yours. He seemed to search for yours like a pirate on a treasure-ridden island.
“You’re with forensic arts, right?” The second you began to speak, he retracted his vision back down to the smooth, polished floor.
He allowed the conversation to grow dry, mindlessly making his leg bounce his weight. “Mhm.”
You felt your chest being squeezed. You didn’t mean to mess up his art session, but you needed the composite drawings back before you could return the folder to the officials.
Your eyes traveled down from the side of his head, down to his triangular jaw, and then to the papers scattered on his side of the table. A certain sketch, however, stuck out to you; it varied in hues of charcoal and was dented with professional marks.
He looked around his late twenties, having semi-long strands of dark pecan hair framing his face. His eyes were dull, unlit with a murky, mud-like shade.
“Are those the composite drawings?”
An acute exhale came from his side as he now entirely rotated himself from his work to you. He didn’t keep his eyes locked on you, but he seemed more engaged, having a light rose tinted at the height of his cheeks.
He allowed the words to sink in: “Not exactly. They’re only my interpretation.”
You briefly hummed while he spoke, continuing to stare at his overly perfect works of art. It was immaculate. Of course, it didn’t compare much to the other pieces that he had full liberty over, but still, it was unbeatable.
“They look so good, though; you’re extremely talented,” you complimented, not knowing how your eyes sparkled when appreciating the craftsmanship.
Your words were more than honest and the exact thing you were thinking, but you hadn’t taken into account how he’d react to something like that. You silently huffed; he’d probably heard it a million times before, but you couldn’t help it.
Unannounced to you, he’d been gazing at you directly (for once) with no sign of retreat. Helen was taking in your eyes, and the way they glistened was full of reverence. He found himself soaking in it. He’d heard plenty of praise for his arts before, but the way you looked set the sail.
He’d need to sketch that later for better practice. He made some effort to take a detailed mental photo of it.
Stupidly enough, he stayed idly facing you, studying your features. Time passed easily, and you glanced back instinctively. He smoothly flicked his sight right back to his personal (inaccurate) composite drawing.
Unknown to him, his posture recoiled and formed an unhealthy "C," which was odd compared to his typical ruler-straight stance.
“Thank you," he gritted his teeth; like he was offended, the words even dared to come out of his mouth.
A smile found its way to your face. He was grateful that he enjoyed your appreciation, even with how passive-aggressive it seemed. You could see yourself becoming friends (or more) with Helen if he went any further with forensics.
You pulled away from your unusual lovey-dovey behavior, getting back on topic. “You do have the originals, right?”
He seemed taken aback, his once pensive expression leaving you. He tampered with his pencil; he pressed his fingers on the wood. His eyes now seemed fixated on a distant point.
He reformed his gentlemanly persona, trying not to lose concentration on the purpose of this conversation. “I do.”
You didn’t know what to make of his current wreck of emotions, but you decided he was just having a rough morning. Though you didn’t like how his interest fled again, you didn’t mention it, but you just wished he hadn’t deserted the conversation.
Helen moved his figure, reaching toward the feeble stack of paper centimeters away from him. His delicate fingers began flipping through assorted works and notes, trying to track down the originals.
The light of the class-like room reflected on his furrowed expression, highlighting his brow bone. The sound of rustling and separation seemed to recite throughout the room as you patiently waited for results.
He gradually made his way to an inked-out document, his facial features wavering. 
You could see a darkly printed facade of someone’s face. It must’ve been the original, going on the new assumption that the department didn’t trust college students to not fuck with the authentic piece. Maybe they were fearful that they’d spill something on it or try to steal it to sell on eBay.
He assertively separated any remaining sticking papers before hastily handing you the official print.
You respectfully put on an artificial professional smile, being polite to the artist. As for rule-breaking, his decision was for unintentionally stealing the reprint; you decided against reporting him to the higher-ups.
He was passionate, with an amiable soul and a gullible desire to redraw composite drawings. Sure, he was naive, putting his nose where it didn’t belong, but you couldn’t fault him.
He was just an overzealous painter, and that was all.
Your sight indeliberately flocked back to his side, mindlessly trying to ensure yourself that you hadn’t forgotten anything else. You glanced over a few pencils, pens, and squishy erasers before seeing a different, tougher sheet of paper featuring a distinctive man's physique.
It was a spot-on illustration of the lengthy description you had received of the Tom S. case. Just how much had he looked into your assigned folder? The peculiar portrait could’ve been compared to his actual face; it was uncanny how close he’d gotten your mental image of Tom on paper.
“That’s a drawing of Tom, right? From Tom Steven's murder?” You found yourself intrigued more and more by his virtuosity.
You speculated on the time Helen had lost to etching out victims from the infamous “Bloody Painter” case. You understood he was a part of the forensics art department, but how much graphic painting could one take? Plus, it seemed out of character for him to drain his morning by willingly outlining something that gruesome.
There was a wordless pause as your eyes watched one of his knees buck up and down at a similar, relentless pace. You could feel a pit of solicitude gush in your lower abdomen as if you had crossed a line. That case must’ve struck a nerve, and having to draw the victim probably made the distaste in his throat more drastic.
He had a short, delayed response to your words, losing his energy to keep this chatter going. “Yeah.” 
You tilted your head while studying the image’s graphics further. There seemed to be a vital mistake, leaving the drawing inaccurate and fruitless. While most of it had been on point, even having an abbreviated listing of how he was killed, Helen still managed to miss one important factor.
The constant marking, the slit that was supposed to be under his jaw
You wanted to keep it to yourself; you really did, but something in your soul ticked. You thought it over a few times, but it was futile as your compulsive behaviors made the words leak from your mouth.
“You forgot something. Bloody Painter left a laceration two inches under his jaw before pushing him off."
Like a magnet to a refrigerator, he snapped his sights back to his drawing. His neverending cavern of navy blue eyes thoroughly inspected his graphite marks. His salmon lips parted, charcoal eyebrows pressing against one another.
You knew it could’ve come off tedious and knit-picky, but you couldn’t help that nagging feeling that he’d appreciate your insight.
As you closed the space between you both to provide further aid on the unnecessary addon, he brought his attention to you. His dangerous mako eyes locked onto yours, making you feel stuck in an inescapable trance.
This was the first time he’d made eye contact with you.
He hummed one unnoticeable syllable that resembled a “hm” as he leaned an inch closer with the intent to absorb every word that came out of you. A clear indication of how deeply engaged he was.
Now that the spotlight and praise were on you, you couldn’t seem to do anything like a person getting stage fright in front of an impressive crowd.
You felt your body linger on autopilot. No person could handle this stimulation; at least that's what it felt like due to the chemicals pumping through your body. There was no need to react like this, but here you were at the mercy of his prestigious eyes.
Harboring and pleading your jittery breath away, you failed to take note of his defined hand nonchalantly creeping up on your mandible.
“Something like this?”
His pointer and middle were soon firmly planted against your flesh-covered artery. You could feel the pressure build on your sensitive throat, leaving a valley caused by his callous fingers. By this point, you were sure he could feel the way your pulse battered out of your chest.
The only solution to this was that he must’ve been a visual learner. That was the only viable explanation, but still, you found yourself warm to the touch. The air shared felt solid, palpable, and able to be cut. 
But being so intertwined with your own cords of emotions, your brain glossed over the fact that he was pressed precisely where the killer always cut.
“Yeah, something like that." Your words fumbled over one another, not being able to tell if he could sense the tension he inadvertently created.
A mischievous smile was firmly tucked into his features. But before you could even pry into his preceding actions, a heightened beep buzzed from his pocket. He instantly backed his hand away from your neck, letting it rest on his thigh.
His light appearance was brought down by a sudden weight as he withdrew a slick gray phone. You caught a glimpse of the vibrating screen as he haphazardly let it ring.
"Masky. (Ignore if possible.)”
He huffed as his skinny face expeditiously contorted into a solemn deadpan. His leg went right back to a musically animated bounce before leaving your proximity.
He dragged the cellular device to his ear; his sight darted down to you with a velvety expression and whispered, "Sorry– I’ll be back.”
You reverted to your senses, getting back into gear. You affirmed him instantaneously with a nod. His mood was upended by your assuring movement as he departed from your shared space, heading for somewhere more secluded.
Once his presence dissipated, you fully accepted the circumstances. Your breath was still uneven, and you even felt way too comfortable in your once-itchy chair. Your flushed state progressively cleared up; however, you were still bubbly from the previous altercation.
Without much thought, your perception picked up on the Tom Stevens illustration once more. You didn’t notice it previously, but there was a creative liberty added to his special composite.
A tattoo. You didn’t recall the description ever stating he had an emblem on his collarbone.
Especially one with an O and an X.
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Written By: Verdana. (bogusbox)
Beta [Alpha] Reader: Sara. (tobyskitten342)
Mentions: @flufftober & @tobyskitten342
A/N: It's been proofread :D
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BBU Community Days 2024, Day 2
April 15 / Worldbuilding Prompt: Questions (and Polls!) / What's an open question you've always asked yourself about the BBU?
I think one interesting question is, how widespread is the practice of having boxboys and what is the system like around the world? The stories I've read have been set in the US or the UK, likely because the population of Tumblr is majority English-speaking, ether as a first or second language. But if we go with the premise, what are boxboys in Japan like? Or Bolivia? Or Nigeria? Heck, even Australia or Spain, or other western countries that I just haven't seen represented.
(Also, if you know of any stories about this, I would love to read them!)
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