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Chapters: 6/? An interlude, unveiling many secrets... 
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theconfusedartist · 6 months
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Sometimes you go back and look at the AlexDes group on deviantart and you realize that you've been trying to tell the same story for years
i conpetely forgot i wrote that story
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mdpplgtz03 · 1 year
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Cinderella - Andy Barber
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Pairing: Prince!Andy Barber x Cinderella!reader
Warnings: SMUT! ORAL SEX (F)
Author's note: second fic of the AU. Big thanks to my friend @cevans-1981 for helping me with this one! It took me a lot to finish it since I kinda lost inspiration in the way. I hope all of you like it!
Taglist: (Open) @optimisticallygarbage @smile1318 @she-wolf09231982 @alessandraavengers @octobers-snow @imrandomstuffsblog @sizzlingfurydeer @dollylottie
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You couldn't believe it. The dress you worked on so much time, to wear tonight, was ripped, and destroyed.
You can't believe how cruel your stepmother is. After everything your father did for her, and her daughters – your stepsisters. They were always jealous of you.
But you are not going to lay on bed and cry. Oh no.
Sitting on the chair of your small desk, in your room, in the attic, you draw a new design. Something that attracts attention. Yes, something that will make you stand out from everyone at the dance, even make your stepmother realize who you are.
"Do you think we will be able to make that on time?" Jaq asks you while checking your design.
"We cou-could call her! The lady!" Gus exclaims.
"What lady, Gus?" You stop drawing and look at the little mouse, who eats a little cheese.
"Oh yeah! Gus and I read it in an old book" Jaq jumps from the desk and runs fast to find something.
"But you guys can't read!"
"We–we saw the drawings!!" Gus says.
He, then, comes back with a book, sliding it on the floor. You get up and take it, relieving a lot of help from him. You know this book. It's the one your father used to read to you every night.
Once you set the book on the desk, Gus and Jaq open it to find the drawing they are talking about. When they do, they step on it, “this one, look!”
You pay attention to the drawing and understand what they were trying to say to you. The fairy Godmother.
“We need to call her!” gus states
But how do I do that guys?
"Well, we don't know, we-we can't read it" Gus lowers his little head.
"Yeah but we do know that whatever you say, she will appear here and help you with whatever you want or need. She only does it with people like you. Good people."
You think for a second. Gus and Jaq are right. You need to do this fast if you want to go. In a few minutes the dance is about to start.
You called her. You did what's written in the story, not exactly expecting it to come true. But it did. The fairy godmother was kind to you and helped you, claiming that you are a good person. But she also asked if she could make some changes to your dress, claiming that you will catch the prince's eyes as soon as you make a step in the palace. And not only that, but she also made Gus and Jaq humans, very handsome men, you can't deny that, and a beautiful carriage, but only until twelve o'clock the spell will last, the fairy reminded you. After that hour, your dress, your friends, the carriage, everything will vanish.
“We are here Cinderella” Gus lets you know. Jaq opens the carriage door and you step out of it, getting out with a little help, since the dress is too big.
“You look beautiful Cinderella” Your two, now humans, friends praise.
The dress is a beautiful light blue color, with a thin layer of glitter that illuminates every part of it. Your hair is styled in a simple but elegant bun, and on your feet, you wear dainty heels in the same color as the dress.
“You will definitely catch the prince's eyes. You truly look like a princess. Now go!”
"And don't forget to enjoy the ball!" Gus reminds you.”
"Of course! Thank you guys!" You say before they leave you alone at the entrance of the palace.
~A couple of minutes later ~
Turning around to find something to eat, you bump into someone, their drink falls on your beautiful dress, dyeing it red.
"Oh I'm so sorry." Your eyes drift to the person who spilled the drink on your dress. It hit you. It was Prince Andrew.
"Oh it's alright." He says smiling.
You give him a soft smile in return.
A soft slow dance song came on. “May I have this dance?” The prince asked.
“Yes, you may.” You nod in response.
He picked up your hand and placed one on your waist as the two of you danced the night away. You tried to avoid his gaze from him through the dance but Andrew took you by your chin, raising your gaze, "You have a beautiful face."
You giggle, nervous, "than-thank you"
It seems time has passed because people around you and him were clapping. The song ended.
He then let you go while looking at you with a smirk “Can I show you something?”
“Of course.” You are a bit confused. Not understanding the meaning of the question. What could possibly want him to show you? Maybe he already knows who you are.
He takes your hand and leads the way to the unknown, for you at least…
"Here we are." He steps aside to let you see a beautiful garden, Illuminated by nothing but moonlight. Flowers of all kinds and colors adorn each little square of land.
"It's…it's beautiful" you say amazed.
"It is, isn't it?" Andrew responds as he stands behind you, gently taking you around the waist and pulling you towards him. "Beautiful like you" he whispers in your ear.
He turns you around. His look now is different. It's filled with passion, and desire. Truth is, since you put a foot inside the room, he was amazed by you. He saw that you were…unique in a way the others weren't. Like those two sisters with their mother, for example, the poor woman was desperate to pair one, or both daughters with him.
But no. You were made for him. He already knows that.
Slowly Andy begins to leave kisses on your neck. He does it slowly, so as not to bother or scare you, but seeing that you don't object, he continues.
Grabbing your waist again, he turns you around so you're face to face with him, and without warning, he engulfs you in a fiery kiss, leaving you half stunned at how to react.
But the problem was not only that. So concentrated thinking about whether to continue the kiss or not, you didn't hear how the bells began to ring.
You quickly move away from him and, without issuing any dialogue, you run away.
You have to find your friends, mentally you ask that it is not too late. But it is.
Suddenly you find yourself walking barefoot. But what... your hair now falls on your shoulders, I have to hurry, I have to hurry...
So focused, you didn't realize that Andy was behind you, trying to stop you.
Your dress begins to fade, you notice as you run, so you stop for a bit. Your body is only adorned by lingerie. The one you drew in the sketchbook.
Why would the fairy godmother leave me alone with this one? Unless…
You jump when you feel someone grab your arm. Andrew stops you and notices your new outfit.
“What–” but you cut him off by kissing him. He doesn't need to know the truth, not yet at least.
“My… you're even more impressive than ever,” Andy blurts out those words, growling between the kiss as his cock twitches in his pants. He stops the kiss just to look at you for a few seconds, as if he wants your consent to what is about to happen.
You are both alone, probably in one of the many acres of the great castle. Andy's home.
You nod, and Andy doesn't wait another second and he kisses you hungrily again. You claw at his hair as you moan between kisses.
Andy takes you by the legs and lifts you up, you grab hold of his neck and wrap your legs around him, feeling how he squeeze your butt.
You can feel how hard Andy is, and he feels how wet you are.
“Already wet from just this?” he stops and smirks as you nod while biting your lip.
"Baby, I haven't even started yet"
“Then start. Now” you hinted.
“Like this? He holds you tight as he starts walking to a tree. Your back hits the three, he devours your mouth again and starts to lower to your neck, your hands get lost in his short hair from him, grabbing some strands due to what he is making you feel.
"You like this, huh?" he asks you but you can't answer, so instead you let out a moan.
Andy smirks. “I will take that as a yes, sweetheart” He plops you down on the floor, but stops you with one hand, telling you to stay like that. He lowers himself till he reaches his favorite part of him.
“Can I?” He traces a finger over your pantie. You nod.
He puts one of your legs over his shoulder and sinks his face between your sweet femininity. Grabbing the fine fabric in his teeth and running to the side, just long enough for him to taste your sensitive little bell.
At this moment you appreciate being away from everyone, because your moans cause a lot of noise.
“Scream all you want, no one will hear us” He says, as if he just read your mind.
With one hand you hold on to Andy's head, from time to time generating more pressure between your sweet and wet pussy and his face. Andy's tongue moves in a thousand different ways, your mind can't process which way it goes every second.
Andy takes a scant second to insert his fingers into your mouth, you accept and lubricate them, a fine line of saliva sticking to your mouth as he removes them.
Andy smirks, and proceeds to grope your vaginal entrance while continuing to savor you. Andy never inserts his fingers, but god, you never knew that action alone would turn you on so much. You gasp as Andy enjoys eating you. Your body begins to express it, your grip is stronger, your abdomen contracts, feeling as if a knot is forming.
Are you going to cum? huh?”
You're not quick. He intensifies his movements, adding more pressure with his tongue on your clit as he also has all his mouth in there, as if he were drinking from her.
"C'mon...c'mon"
"Please, please, please!" you say in between the moans and when you can't hold it anymore, you give up letting out a long ah!, feeling how your juices descend to end up in Andy's mouth, who sighs when he feels you reaching your climax.
He stays there for a minute, waiting for you to come back to reality.
He gets up when he sees that your breathing is back to normal and kisses you passionately, you tasting your own juices in his mouth.
And this is how Prince Andrew found her Princess, Cinderella…
THE END.
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ginnyrules27 · 7 months
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Okay so I saw 'Once Upon a Studio' yesterday and I mean...I did not ask to be punched in the gut with emotions Disney! Spoilers under the cut in case you haven't seen it yet
-First off, just the concept of the animation studio almost being like Night at the Musem where the pictures come alive was so much fun.
-TREASURE PLANET GOT ACKNOWLEDGED! I GOT TO SEE JIM IN HIS JACKET ON HIS SOLAR SURFER!
-Dodger with Vanellope in the candy racer was adorable!
-Hearing Peter Pan say 'Here we go!' felt so weird when it wasn't followed by Jack Sparrow saying 'We have our heading', those commercials were the pinnacle of my childhood
-Did I mention Treasure Planet?!
-The 2D and the 3D animations really melded well together, especially the scene where Moana's holding Flounder!
-There's an elevator gag that made me burst out laughing when I first saw it
-ROBIN WILLIAMS' VOICE AS GENIE! And no, it's not AI! Disney got permission from Robin Williams' estate to use outtakes from Aladdin for this.
-Milo Thatch getting ready in the men's bathroom with Gaston, Chicken Little, Prince John, the Headless Horseman, Thomas O'Malley, and Doc! Oh, and the Cheshire Cat!
-Antonio Madrigal happily making his way to the photo with Pascal, Cri-ki, Pua, and Meeko and saving Jaq and Gus from being eaten by a lizard-type thing (okay I haven't seen the Rescuers Down Under so I don't know all the characters by name lol) with some help from Pluto!
-Kristoff and Sven hanging out with Ryder!
-"Come on puppies, you're going to get nightmares" is Kristoff's only line and it's to the 15 Dalmatian puppies watching Night on Bald Mountain and yet I feel that's peek Akiho energy and it may find itself into one of my fics
-ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN STEALING MONEY FROM SCROOGE AFTER THE PUPPIES KNOCKED HIM OVER!
-Pat Caroll's voice is the voice of Ursula and I'm loving the thought that the original voice actors stay the voices of these characters after their deaths
-Also what movie is the blue blobby thing from that's following Ursula?
-Also also why did Flounder need water but Ursula can walk around in her half octopus form?
-Can't have a Cinderella cameo without someone losing a shoe
-CINDERELLA HAS THE CORRECT COLOR FOR HER DRESS!
-"Eric, get your dog!" You can pry the fact that the princes are friends out of my cold dead hands!
-"Go Max go!" Aww, I love the fact that Cinderella can be goofy when she's not living with her abusive step family!
-The moment with Mickey and Walt's photo and 'Feed the Birds' in the background...yeah it's okay, I didn't need to do anything but cry for the next seven days
-Jeremy Irons as Scar!!
-"Make it pink" "Make it blue" was such a good bit
-The classic Goofy scream!
-STITCH!
-All of them coming to sing When You Wish Upon a Star...Mirabel playing with Scat Cat, Belle singing with Beast, James Woods as Hades' voice, Jodie Benson reprising the voice of Ariel...just all of it!
-Snow White bringing Asha from Wish to stand next to her with Mulan on the other side and characters from Disney's 'Dark Age' on either side in the background
-Speaking of the Dark Age characters, how do you think they were treated during all this at the time? Especially Black Cauldron since that almost saw Disney Animation close its doors but it was nice to see all the characters be part of the short
Safe to say I loved every second!
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skyland2703 · 3 months
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I'm convinced that tessa rao has a playlist on tiktok full of fizzy edits wanna know why I thought of that? SHE JUST FAVORITE ONE OF MY POST ON TIKTOK
YOU KNOW WHAT. I completely believe you. I firmly believe in the “Actors secretly like their character’s ships” theory. I mean— with the amt of love Chance and Hunter have given my Javelia posts—
BESIDES Tessa and Jaq LITERALLY POST FICS @ FIZZY. It’s completely possible they send each other fizzy edits and reels 🤭🤭🤭
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setaripendragon · 4 months
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WIP Game
No one tagged me, I tagged myself in because I want to and you can't stop me =P And I'm tagging everyone who sees this that writes! Do it! Dooo iiit!
Rules: In a new post, list the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it. And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.
I don't actually have a WIP folder, I have WIP folders, plural. So, I'm adding a rule that I can't have posted any of the fic online anywhere for it to qualify, and I also have to have worked on it some time in the last... four years?
Let's see if that keeps me below the 50 fics mark (place your bets now)...
A Song of Ice and Fire
Codywan In Westeros
King Eddard Stark
Time-travel TyrionSansa
Pevensie Starks
Cat SI
Assassins Creed
Desmond's PLP
Desmond meets Darcy
ATLA
The Lost Nomads
Ursakoda Canon Crossover
Charmed
Phole Time Travel
Dimension Hopping Chris and Wyatt
Gramarye Book 2
Critical Role
Molly Lives... In Caleb's Head
Molly Does a Time Travel
The Patchwork Bower
Slave AU
OT3 Does a Time Travel
FullMetal Alchemist
Time Travel Outsider PoV
What Is Remembered Forever
RoyEd Adopts Harry Potter
Ed Gets Time Swapped
Wei Wuxian as a RoyEd Baby
A Body for a Body
Psychic Wolves AU
RoyEd Time Travel
RoyEd Arranged Marriage
Rise of the Guardians
Hold Out Your Hand Sequel
Everyone Loves Pitch
The Journal of General Kozmotis Pitchiner
Kingsman
Time Travelling Eggsy
The King's Whores
Chavs and Gentlemen
Kingsman's Wolves
Lord of the Rings
Durincest Polyamory
On the Hunt
Sam Time Travel Adventure
Courting Fate
Seven Ladies Time Travel Epic
Gimli As Celebrimbor Reincarnation
Thilbo Reincarnation
Polyamorous Hobbits
Marvel
Three for a Marriage Four for a Birth
Soulmarks Book 3: Our Song
Heterodyne Legacy #2
One Piece
Secret Marriage
StrawHat Time Travel
Trans Sanji
Who Are You
Peaky Blinders
Time Travel
Soulmate Colours
Heart of Birmingham
Self Insert AU
Pride and Prejudice
A Better Timeline
Sherlock Holmes (Elementary)
Friends in Low Places
Skyfall (James Bond)
Calendar Novel: Time-travelling Q
Harry Potter Crossover
JAQ Polyamory Negotiations
Q Has a Symbiote
Fathers and Daughters
Star Wars
Obi-wan is a Slut
Firefly Crossover
Egg-preg Drabbles
CodyMace Time Travel
404 Battalion Not Found
ABO GAR
Aitash Tu Akos
Release My Soul
Strange and Norrell
All Other Wives
Miss Jennifer Strange
ArabellaChildermassSegundus Time Travel
SI: Childermass Family Drabbles
Supernatural
DeanHotch
GabrielJess
How to Make a Baby with an Angel
Atlantis Sideplot: Princess Mia
Wayward Hunters: Where Are the Winchesters
Time Travel Wish Fulfillment
Rising Star #2
Teen Wolf
Noah and the Tattoos
The Blue People Movie (Avatar)
Tsu'tey's Twins
Time Travel Fix It
The Untamed (MDZS)
In Memoriam
WangNingXian Reincarnation
Ed as Zangse Sanren
Zangse and Changze Save the Day
WangXian Reborn as RuoShan
The Witcher
River God and the Sorceress
Curse of the Black Sun
VesiJask: The Sacking of Kaer Morhen
Torchwood
Old Guard Ianto
Aaand the total comes to 90! At least it's less than a 100... And that's just the stuff I've worked on recently! (Yes, four years is recent. I have fics I haven't actually touched in 6+ years that are still marinating in my brain, waiting for the pieces to fall into place) If you've trawled through all of those to get here, you've got more stamina than I do!
Please ask about anything that piques your interest! I'd love to talk about some of these, see if it gets the creative juices flowing. (Also feel free to ask about any of the WIPs I have posted on here or Ao3!)
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bl00dsab · 2 years
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i want to write a topboy fanfic about jaq, she’s been on my mind toooooo much for me not to and I can’t find any fics about her
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goddesspharo · 1 year
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favorite scenes? almost famous, top gun: maverick, cinderella (1950), practical magic
ask me my favorite movie moments!
Always with the difficult choices, E!
Almost Famous: This is a near perfect movie for me so I really want to say that almost every scene is great, but if I had to narrow it down, it would be a toss up between:
The band (and band-aids) singing "Tiny Dancer" on the bus.
"I am a golden God!" which is still the first thing I think about every time I see Billy Crudup in anything.
Lester Bangs' speech to William about how they're uncool but "the only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." PSH had only a few scenes in this movie and every single one of them was magical.
Top Gun: Maverick
I still don't understand what dogfight football actually is, but I do know that those beautiful himbos running around in jorts lives in my head rent-free. Glen Powell was right - montages are forever. I'm only bummed they didn't ask me to oil them down.
The intro to the Dagger Squad at The Hard Deck in the beginning of the movie. First of all, everyone was extremely hot and looking like they wanted to make out with each other in all different permutations, thus inspiring a billion and one fics in my head. On a not shallow level though, it was a very clever way of introducing the characters to us without an exposition dump while teasing how they all knew each other with enough ambiguity that you could fill in the blanks of their backgrounds in your head.
Cinderella (1950)
There is no movie that I watched more on VHS as a kid, but the most memorable scene for me will always be Gus Gus getting into a fight with the chickens over the corn kernels so Cinderella shoos them away and gives him his own corn only to have Gus Gus try to stack them all up, oblivious to Lucifer about to snatch him until Jaq drops a broomstick on Lucifer's head.
Practical Magic: Another movie (and book) (and soundtrack) that I adore too much to have any perspective on. I can narrow it down to:
Kylie's "Mom, I'm worried about Antonia. Did you know that she put on her mouse ears and drives around town, all liquored up, NAKED?!?!"
Midnight margaritas!!!! They all actually got drunk during that scene off cheap tequila that Nicole Kidman brought to set.
When Gillian is dying in the circle and Sally reaches out to tell her that they're supposed to grow old together. I cry EVERY TIME I watch the "your blood, my blood, our blood" scene.
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vizkopa · 2 years
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What are some of your favorite fics?
I've read all of yours... -several times- and as much as I love them I don't want them to become boring.
I've tried reading other fics but you raised the freaking bar- and now everything else feels a little repetitive 😭😭
any reccomendations?
I don't get time to read fics very often these days, but some of my favs are:
Captive (Kid x Reader) by AbyssCronica. It has a sequel series now too called Bonds but I haven't had a chance to read it yet ;n;
Closure (Law x Reader) and The One (Zoro x Reader) by lyndsyh
House Trained (Werewolf!Zoro x Reader) and Anemia (Vampire!Law x Reader) by Jaq-Rabbit (not updated anymore though sadly)
Denying the Devil (Doflamingo x Reader) by TopButtMunch
There are probably more I'm forgetting right now, but these won't steer you wrong!
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thatwitchrevan · 1 year
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Guys I posted some KotOR fic and I'm at 102 works on ao3 now. Here's some War Stories and finally chapter 5 of Warrior's Birth but don't look at it too long.
war stories - period: revan/malak, periods suck
war stories - scout: jedi ocs and baby jaq
never alone: bastila dreams of revan pre-kotor 1
war stories - relax: malak comforts meetra
war stories - soul: revan/malak pining
war stories - recovery: selena looks after meetra post-malachor
where angels walk: that meetra/atton demon hunter au
warrior's birth: first mission fic
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bisexualdawnsummers · 8 months
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Hi there, I've just reblogged yr Angel/Spike, Faith/Buffy gifset (Innocence and Enemies comparison) and I wanted to ask if I could save the third gif (Buffy and Faith) to use with a Kinktober story I'm writing. Haven't written it yet but that gif is fifty stories right there.
Also, new follower. Hi! I'm Jaq!
Hi Jaq! Thank you so much for asking first. Yes, go ahead and save it! Good luck with your fic. I hope the gif helps to inspire you. :)
Oh, and thanks for the follow!
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Chapters: 3/? Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Brosnan Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: James Bond/Q/Alec Trevelyan, James Bond/Q, James Bond/Alec Trevelyan Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), Alec Trevelyan, Eve Moneypenny, M | Olivia Mansfield, M | Gareth Mallory Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Angst, Morally Ambiguous Character, Getting Back Together, Established Relationship, Early Days, Time Skips, 1990s, 2010s, Past Relationship(s), Janus - Freeform, Disappearance Summary:
Once, James and Alec were promised to a bright future in the Service. Once, they were friends, comrades, and more. And then Alec found himself tipping over the edge and trying to reclaim the little existence that he had always been denied, losing everything. There is no coming back. Or so he always thought.
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booomerangarrow · 9 months
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I have a story for you. I saw a post on my dash from someone called boomerangarrow. The username made me smile but the thing about tumblr that always killed me was I never knew who anyone was since people changed their usernames allll the time. (Except me. My stick is firmly in the mud.)
But then I saw a tag on your XF post and its a tag I used myself so often 'the original shippers' I thought ... huh. That might be someone I know. So I clicked through to your blog and .... Of course you are surprised, softly he said ... and I KNEW I KNEW YOU BUT COULDN'T quite ... so I clicked on A03 and BIG HAPPY SIGH.
Hello you. Love us some WeeVer fic we did. Thanks for the journey of discovery :D
Lmao HI JAQ!
TBH I think tumblr is the only place where my username isn't some variation of noplacespecial. I've bounced around a couple of usernames with no real reason as to why I decided to change. I think I was originally tangleofgarlands, hence the Velvet Goldmine quote.
The xfiles has TAKEN OVER MY BRAIN like i'm 14 again, but I really do want to re-watch VM! They at least had A MUCH better written reboot 💀
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jumpship90 · 2 years
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“I’ve read a lot about this Christmas holiday of yours. I never expected it to be quite like this.”
For jaq and phin pls 🥰
Thank you so much for this prompt! :) Ok, I am super late with this but I reckon it still counts as Christmas as we're pre-new year so here are roughly 1700 words of pure romantic fluff of Jaq and Phineas enjoying their first Christmas together aboard The Hope
Pixelated flames flickered away on the aetherwave screen and Phineas Welles gave a contented, heavy sigh as he sank onto the sofa. He didn’t think he’d ever felt this full in his life.
“You know, I’ve read a lot about this Christmas holiday of yours. I never expected it to be quite like this.”
Jaq chuckled where they were slumped beside him. They languidly draped an arm about his shoulders, knocking his paper crown askew, before pressing a kiss to his temple.
“Did you enjoy it?”
“Yes, very much so. Though, I’m not sure I’ll need to eat again for several days.”
The feast had been like something from the old Auntie Cleo’s ads from his youth showing the perfect, wholesome, Halcyon family crammed around a table groaning under the weight of the food. Only, in place of ruddy-faced parents and beaming children, the long benches in the canteen had been filled with his lab-coated colleagues and the Hope’s support staff, all tucking into a spread that had been carefully prepared over the course of the morning. Not all of the colonists celebrated in what he was informed was the traditional sense, and there had been other holidays besides this one, but this was Jaq’s favourite and so Phineas had decided it was his, too.
Jaq hummed in agreement and patted their stomach.
“Not quite a turkey with the trimmings, but that was easily the best meal I’ve eaten since thawing out.”
There’d been a great deal of debate over the food in the weeks leading up to today. Everyone seemed to have a different signature dish, a perfect recipe or a family tradition that had to be incorporated. There’d been boarst wrapped in cysty-bacon, mounds of golden roasted potatoes, vegetables fried with cysty-bits, and in pride of place at the centre of the table, the largest chicken Phineas had ever laid eyes upon. This alone would have been more than enough but several colonists had insisted that the meal wasn’t complete without trifle topped with purpleberry-pieces followed by crackers and wooly-cow cheese. After all that, the walk back to their quarters had been quite the undertaking and Phineas was feeling warm and drowsy, his eyes slipping closed.
Jaq nudged him. “No sleeping just yet, you still need to open your present.”
Oh yes, presents. How could he forget after the weeks of agonising over precisely what to give them? Jaq had explained that it should be something small and personal, and preferably inexpensive. Which suited him just fine. He didn’t often leave the Hope, and vanishingly rarely without his partner at his side, so it would have been near impossible to purchase something without them discovering the surprise. No, he had turned his ingenuity rather than his bits toward finding them the perfect gift.
“Come on, we can snooze after this,” Jaq said, getting to their feet with a grunt. They offered him a hand that Phineas gratefully accepted, struggling upright. Good law, all this celebrating was exhausting.
The tree had appeared a week ago, lugged over one broad shoulder from the Unreliable and deposited in the corner of their shared room. Apparently, Jaq had liberated it from the vaults of the hidden Museum of Earth recently uncovered in Byzantium. It was, they explained, a replica of the fir tree that had filled their home each year at this season, and that they must decorate it together. Phineas didn’t quite grasp the significance of hanging coloured paper ribbons and taped together ornaments on a plant, but it mattered to Jaq so he had thrown himself into it with gusto. A few chipped glass flasks and test tubes painted with snowflakes had served well to adorn the plastic spruce and Jaq had been thrilled by it. At the top sat a star, cut from spare sheet metal they’d been using to patch up the hold. It twinkled in the dancing light of the screen as he eased himself down to the woolly cow rug before the fake fire.
“Yours is a little rough around the edges,” Jaq said as they rummaged beneath the tree, groping around the floor for something. They emerged a second later clutching a rectangular object carefully wrapped in brown paper and tied with a ribbon. “I couldn’t find the mineral oil I wanted to finish it with so had to make do with the stuff in the storeroom.”
They gave a near shy smile as they handed him the gift, sitting back on their heels to watch as he peeled away the wrapping a layer at a time until an intricately carved spoon appeared.
“You made this yourself?” he asked, turning the utensil in his hands, marvelling at the workmanship. He’d seen Jaq take apart any number of electrical items and knew that they were talented when it came to mechanics but he’d no idea they could turn their hand to carpentry as well.
They nodded. “Where my family are from, sailors used to give them to their sweetheart before they went to sea, as a token of love and a way of winning their heart. If it was accepted, traditionally that meant you were a couple.”
Phineas ran his fingers over the wood, following the grain. He could imagine the hours of work that had gone into this, could perfectly picture Jaq leant over the bench in the Unreliable’s hold, calloused hands cutting and chiselling, sanding and smoothing, their handsome brow tugged into a neat V of concentration as they worked.
“It’s made from a mock apple tree we’ve transplanted to the New Hope Centre build site. The anchor’s a symbol for safety and security, and these bits, they’re called celtic knots, they mean everlasting. Eternal.”
He glanced up at that to find Jaq watching him intently, a faint flush to their cheeks visible in the twinkling lights strung about the tree.
“I’ve not worked with wood since I was kid, so I hope it’s alright?”
It was a good deal more than alright, Phineas thought. Handmade items were rare in Halcyon, given colonists did not usually have the time nor energy to create them. He knew he held something precious; a link to Jaq’s past, the fruits of their toils, a physical manifestation of their regard for him. He ran his fingertips over the curve of the handle with reverence.
“It’s splendid,” he said, setting the spoon down cautiously between them so that he could take their hand. “And I wholeheartedly accept your gift, my intrepid sailor.”
Jaq grinned, ducking their head. “I’m glad you like it.”
“I do,” he assured them, giving their hand a squeeze before releasing it to go hunting under the tree for his own present. “Now, let me just find . . . aha! Here we are!”
A frisson of nervous excitement sparked in his chest as he slid a thin, square package out from between the branches. He handed it over with care, worrying at his lip as he watched his partner slide a finger beneath the fold of the wrapping paper. Stars, after what Jaq had given him he hoped this would be a suitable gift in return.
Once all the paper sat in a pile by their feet, Jaq was left delicately holding a sheet of plastic. A faintly confused smile turned up the corner of their lips.
“It’s . . . a brain scan?” they said, looking to him for confirmation.
“Yes! My brain!”
He leant over to better show them what they were looking at.
“To be precise, it is a scan of my brain showing the nucleus accumbens – that’s a structure that mediates emotional and pleasure processing – lit up as bright as our Christmas tree.” He took Jaq’s hand, directing them to a bold, white patch between grey squiggles, circling it with a fingertip. “And you see all these sections? The colours here? These are the dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin pathways. Increased activity here is associated with experiencing romantic love.”
He beamed up at them. “Everything you see here is what’s going on in my brain when I think about you.”
Jaq sat silent, processing, and Phineas near reckoned he could hear their own brain ticking over that information. He watched their gaze running over the image as softly as their fingers, deep brown eyes moving from one luminous patch of grey matter to the next with a look of wonder.
“This”- he tapped the plastic film -“this is irrefutable, scientific proof of my love for you.”
Their mouth parted at that but no sound passed them. Their throat bobbed around a hard swallow and Phineas found himself with the sudden urge to fill the silence for them.
“I wanted to see if there was any difference in emotional processing in the brains of those awoken from extended cryosleep, and of course, that required a comparison to a non-colonist brain, and you know I have always been a strong believer in testing the science on oneself . . .”
He knew he was rambling but they seemed to need a moment so he continued on, explaining the basis of the experiment that had led to this particularly delightful illustration of his musings on them.
“ . . . and it can get rather dull lying there in the scanner, so naturally my mind wandered to you and –“
He didn’t get any further as suddenly Jaq’s lips found their sense of purpose, impressing upon his own a kiss that left his head spinning. He found himself gripping tight to their shirt for balance.
“Thank you,” they breathed, their head pressed to his own. “It’s perfect, Phin.”
When eventually they drew back, he could see pure, unfiltered affection writ large across their face and a warmth shining back at him from their eyes that could have engulfed a star. There was no need for a brain scan; Jaq made no attempt to hide the strength of their feeling for him.
Phineas uncurled his fingers and flattened his palm against their chest. The steady, reassuring beat of their heart pulsed against his skin. He gave a thoughtful nod and kissed the tip of their nose.
“Well, yes, of course it is.” He gave them a mischievous smirk, eyes twinkling. “That’s the mind of a genius you’re looking at.”
The delighted laughter that burst from Jaq’s throat rang about the room and a moment later, their fingers tangled in his hair as they pulled him in for a deeper kiss. As Phineas found himself pressed back into the soft embrace of wooly fur, the lights of the tree softly blinking above him, he considered that truly there was something to this talk of magic at Christmas.
Posting this was delayed by me going down a rabbit hole about brain scans and trying to come up with something suitably clever for Phineas to say regarding reward processing centres and the rest. I won’t pretend any of what I’ve written is particularly accurate but if you want to read some of the same articles I did then you can find out more here:
https://www.livescience.com/18468-relationship-longevity-brain-scans.html here -
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954158/
https://www.medicaldaily.com/what-love-mri-scan-reveals-what-stages-romantic-love-youre-brain-map-326080
I also watched this fascinating video of people thinking about love in an MRI scanner and trying to “win” at loving the most - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1npQEdTsF8
Also, for anyone interested in the history of Welsh love spoons, there’s a bit of info about the tradition and the different symbols here - https://angelwoodcraft.co.uk/history-of-the-welsh-love-spoon/
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Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Movies), James Bond - All Media Types, GoldenEye (1995) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James Bond/Q/Alec Trevelyan Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), Alec Trevelyan, R (James Bond), Q Branch Character(s) Additional Tags: Shenanigans, Matchmaking, Gossip, Arson, 5+1 Things, Break Up, 007 Fest 2020, Team Civilian, Crack, Manipulation, Pet Adoption, Fanon Alec Trevelyan Series: Part 5 of Blue's 007 Fest 2020 Fics Summary:
Despite his supposed unfeeling demeanour, Q is not above interfering in his minions’ personal lives to make his department run more efficiently. Currently, he’s responsible for no less than three new relationships, several instances of behaviour modification, five breakups, two pet adoptions, and one act of arson (if R wasn’t going to get the house in the divorce from her partner then no one was).
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slimysuckers · 4 years
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Welcome Home, You’re No Longer Alone
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To the delight of both Alec’s heart and libido, James and Q asked him to join their relationship, both sexually and romantically. But before the three of them could make good on the arrangement, Alec was sent off on a long term mission. Nearly a full year later, he finally returned to London. But would James and Q still want him to be a part of what they had? Alec couldn’t be sure, and was afraid to find out.
So James and Q took matters into their own hands and showed Alec just how much they wanted him.
One Shot Fic, Complete! Read on ao3
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