For a fic prompt, I’d love to read something about Pete being sick or hurt and needing care that isn’t related to aftercare post-sex. I’ve found a fair few fics centered on Vegas dealing with being sick and cared for (and Pete basically bullying Vegas into letting him care for Vegas), but haven’t found nearly as many focused on Pete in a non-sexual context. I think that would be interesting and lends itself to your style of writing (at least from what I’ve read of your writing, which is just the VegasPete posted on AO3). I love your work, btw! Thanks for being a fandom author-y’all never get enough credit ❤️
Hello, my dear anon! Thank you so, so much for your kind words and your gorgeous prompt ❤️
Generally, Vegas taking care of Pete is one of my favorite concepts. We got crumbs in the show, crumbs, and I desperately need more of that. Thank you for giving me the incentive to do it myself, though I have dipped my toes into it a little bit before with the things you can(not) change, which had Vegas taking care of Pete emotionally.
Btw, I'm very sorry for being late in replying to this, but I had a bit of trouble coming up with an idea for it until I got hit with some very specific feels, and now here I am, with 5 whole ass pages of words that made me decide to turn this concept into a proper fic. Looking forward to posting it in 2025 lmao.
Here's a part of it:
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Pete woke up laying on his bed, with no recollection of how he got there. The last thing he remembered was going to the kitchen for some water and the noise coming out of Macau's room. It was probably because of that new game he bought last week that he wanted to play so much. His whining suggested he wasn't very good at it.
Pete didn't know what happened after that. He was feeling disoriented, floaty. His head was throbbing. There was bile stuck at the back of his throat, which he couldn't swallow. His mouth was dry. His body was heavy, restricting his movements. He tried opening his eyes, but he got dizzy by the light coming in from outside. He closed them again.
"Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"
Fuck. When did Vegas come back? Where was Macau?
Pete took in a shallow breath, trying to quiet down his heartbeat. He didn't open his eyes.
Vegas sounded angry. He had to calm him down, somehow.
"Vegas..."
"Macau called me in a panic, because he found you unconscious in the kitchen. He thought you died. I did too, when I saw you."
Vegas was holding back tears, Pete could tell; there was a certain way his voice hitched when he spoke like that, vulnerability leaking from his tongue. He sounded small, too, like when he used to do comparisons that led him nowhere.
Pete didn't like it when Vegas was talking like that. The fact that he reverted to that state because of him made it even worse.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't-"
He didn't conclude what he was going to say. Pete could hear sniffing, but nothing else. Not looking at Vegas' face was killing him.
He opened his eyes with extreme difficulty and found Vegas staring at him, with red smeared across the edges of his own eyes and sweat gathered on his forehead. He was too far away. He wasn't touching him.
"Vegas," Pete said, lifting his arm in Vegas' direction, despite how much he couldn't. Vegas widened his eyes and dropped his gaze. He held back a sob. He didn't take Pete's hand.
"You look the same as back then."
Pete let his arm fall on the bed, stunned by Vegas' words.
How could he be so stupid?
He completely forgot. He didn't know why. Maybe because everything that had happened at the safehouse had always seemed like a weird dream to him, one that he never really woke up from.
Pete didn't have any words of comfort to give. His stomach started acting funny. He hoped it wouldn't lead to vomiting. He hadn't done that since his adolescent days, which had been filled with boxing and violence.
"It's not your fault I'm sick," was all he could offer in the end.
"I should have been here, taking care of you-"
"You had an important meeting with Porsche," Pete reminded him.
"Fuck Porsche."
He had thought about it once. How it would feel to have sex with Porsche. Pete imagined it'd be simple. Uncomplicated. Fun, even. Now, it sounded painful, more so than all the things Vegas did to him.
Perhaps Vegas was right getting concerned about Pete's health after all.
He felt a hand touching his forehead. It was cold and sweaty. Pete wished it could get glued there.
"Shit, your fever is high. Have you eaten anything?"
"No."
He felt Vegas suck in a breath, before he heard it.
"I'm cooking you something to eat."
He tried to get up, but Pete caught him before he could escape. A low, whining sound scratched his sore throat.
"Sleep with me. You look tired."
"Pete," Vegas warned. "You're burning up and you need to eat."
"Just for a little while. It'll help."
Vegas sighed. The sound came out unsteady. His bottom lip quivered, or Pete thought it did. His vision was too blurry to be sure.
"Fine, but you're taking something for the fever first."
Pete smiled tiredly at him.
He didn't thank him. He would hate that.
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What is your opinion on clinical lycanthropes being in/interacting with otherkin spaces?
(Sorry for the delay on this.)
I mean... honestly, I don't have much of an opinion beyond the "if someone isn't hurting anyone, leave them alone" principle and the fact that I don't restrict the definition of "otherkin" based on the reason for someone's nonhuman identity.
(...I said that, and then I wrote several paragraphs expanding on that opinion, but it does boil down to that, I promise. :P)
I see very few potential problems that can be caused by delusion-based and non-delusion-based nonhuman identities interacting with each other, and most of them - confusion between "delusion" and "belief," risk of encouraging harmful delusions, etc. - are already kept in mind and addressed by basically all the endels and clinical lycanthropes I've met. Generally speaking, no one knows how to handle delusions better than the people who experience delusions.
The concerns I've seen people raise are largely problems with individual people, not problems to warrant trying to shun an entire group of people for the crime of having a disorder or anything. (And, frankly, a lot of them are concerns that apply just as easily to nonhumans who aren't clinical lycanthropes but go "off the deep end," as it were, with spirituality and magical/astral explanations for everything.)
Is a nonhuman identity that's affected by or even based in clinical lycanthropy the same as your average otherkin experience? No. But then, what is the "average" otherkin experience exactly? There's already an enormously broad range of experience under the term "otherkin" - people with one kintype or two or twelve or thirty, people who shift on a near-daily basis or never shift or are always shifted, people who are animals down to the bone with all the unpleasant and gross instincts to accompany and people who are part of a civilization more civilized and enlightened than humanity has ever been, people whose nonhumanity stems from past lives or psychological quirks or misplaced souls or unconscious imprinting or coping mechanisms, etc. etc.
The common thread among us all is nonhuman identity - and if that's present enough in someone who experiences clinical lycanthropy to make them feel comfortable in and connected to the otherkin community, then who am I to tell them they're not permitted because their reason for that identity and the precise experiences tied to it for them are different from mine, when that's already the case for so many people in our community?
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TikTok literally brought me here in this fandom and the thirst for content is real — honestly, it's a harsh desert out here and brought me in your account. Quality content tho!
Also, by any chance, do you have any "King Baldwin IV X Reader" one shots written by you or anybody else? (At this point, you may have already discovered that most of us come after the same King Baldwin IV and we're not sorry for that because — that mask and obvious wits tho)
There's KoH content on TikTok??? God, I'm old, lol - TikTok is a place where I'm totally out of my comfort zone 😂 But I'm happy you found your way here and like what we've got going on so far!
And yes, both the thirst for content and the thirst for Baldwin are ... exceedingly common afflictions in this fandom, shall we say? 😁 And I absolutely get it. Baldwin is an awesome character and a possibly even more awesome historical figure: wise, kind, brave, determined, and very, very clever. Sadly not my type, romantically speaking, but awesome nonetheless. Who doesn't love Baldwin?
Alas, in terms of Baldwin IV x Reader fics, I cannot help you. I'm sure there are some lovely ones out there somewhere, but since I neither read nor write reader inserts, I can't think of anything to recommend you. But if anybody has any suggestions, please don't be shy to share them!
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