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linalilia · 9 months
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idk if i've ever mentioned this but. my mother is a kazui stan. so when i told her that his second mv will come out tomorrow she went "OH YOU GOTTA TELL ME EVERYTHING". but you also should know that when ily came out and i was talking to her about it she went "okay but what about the apple man. when will they show him". like. mother. mother i understand that our faves are different but please
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linaxart · 8 months
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Hm I've been having a hard time lately with my art, I feel like I'm asking something of it that it can't quite give me, at least not through the processes I usually articulate it through. I don't know what style I need to push for, or what subjects, I rather only know the themes or sensations I want to express and hazy at that
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linabirb · 1 month
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i've been thinking of using some of my older ocs (and by that i mean ocs back from middle school) for some future projects bc tbh i've been making ocs since like. fifth grade like bro my brain is getting tired of coming up with new character designs shsjsks
(rambling ahead)
however what y'all should know is that when i was like 14-15 y/o i had a whole like. saga?? series?? universe?? LINAVERSE?? of stories that were all connected and all of them had lore that is more complicated than i will ever come up with but it's also. so funny bc like the way all characters were connected and how deep their relationships were? 10/10 current lina could never.
but it also had some gems like the story where the main theme was rivalry between. uhh a random criminal organization?? mafia?? just literally some random gang?? idk younger lina never thought that deep about it and. A CULT?? and they were rivals FOR LITERALLY NO REASON OR AT LEAST I DON'T REMEMBER THE REASON BEING MENTIONED. THEY DIDN'T EVEN HATE EACH OTHER SJSJJSKSMS
just so you understand how the characters were written. one of the characters was a 15 y/o boy whose whole thing was that he was always angry and very violent and he was secretly a cannibal and when he was younger his parents had a habit to lock him up in the basement every time he got angry. this is just a more fucked up asahi
also the leaders of both organizations were siblings. very cool..
and i love how younger lina actually had no idea what to do when it came to writing stuff about the criminal organization bc i remember that every time i had to describe their worst sins i was like ".. idk they shoot people" 😭😭 when it came to the cult it was way more detailed though.. i feel like i know why but.. i'll stay quiet.. it's the religious trauma and proud to say i still have no idea how to write criminal organizations 👍 its just that now i go "they don't just shoot people.. THEY MAKE IT VERY PAINFUL" /hj
also. it was written by a 14 y/o girl so.. i feel like the reason why i never went that deep into their rivalry was bc i was too focused on the yaoi. but it also was written by a 14 y/o lesbian so i was also too focused on making the best female characters ever. yea
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kitgundy · 1 year
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hey darling omg!!! *squeezes you*
im so curious about your pokemon series!! youve got me hooked! a couple questions for ya.
1) fave character headcanons and why??
2) any top-tier whump tropes you absolutely adore??
3) currently so into enyo's storyline!! what are some things youve truly enjoyed writing throughout it and some things you found a little trickier??
4) a certain evil researcher;)))) never ceases to amaze me with her simultaneous wickedness and complexity. is there truly hope for her?? are there any peculiar motives that you want to talk about regarding the direction her character has taken??
5) overall, what would you say keeps enyo going and persevering through so much??
6) are there any future pokemon species you plan on writing for?? why??
no pressure to answer all of these!! just poppin' by to ask for whenever you've got time.
enjoy the rest of your day!! a heart for you in our colors!! hehe💙💕✨love you.
-lina!!
Hellooo!! *squeezes you back*
1) Enyo liking the smell of Lavender. You suggested it at some point and it’s been in the back of my head ever since. Also Olivia/Lidia/Sarah is autistic and she and her brother got really into this one show about a mad scientist (it doesn’t actually exist I made it up) and to this day she has a tendency to copy the mannerisms of the main character in that show. The Trio (Keyo, Ana, and Cheri, for those who don’t know) collecting moms is also pretty funny. As for canon character headcanon favorites, Cyllene (Pokémon legends arceus) is such a mom figure and I love her so much.
2) Burns. Fire. You probably have already realized this but burns. Also it’s less fun for me if whumpee’s on their own, I like character interactions. Defiant whumpee. Make em angry. Make em spiteful. It’s very fun to write And to read.
3) It took me a while to get her backstory worked out. Also it took me a hot minute to figure out whether Whisper (her wife basically) was dead or not
4) At this point, she’s so far gone that Rewriting Time’s the only way to really. Fix it. When the thing with Enyo and the group happens, Lidia had been in jail for like 18 years for being Literally Horrible during the Hisuian story. She had been spiraling deeper and deeper into rage, and there was no coming back from that for her without something big happening to shake her worldview and change her mindset. (Currently debating which should be the catalyst for rewriting time, either Enyo has enough and starts illusioning to look like her brother to make her feel bad or she gets what she wants, kills her parents, and then realizes it wasn’t worth it because she hurt so many people and Pokémon that she’s become just as bad as her parents. Maybe both?) As for the direction she’s taken, she started out as “ooh scary scientist lady I need for plot in Hisuian”, became “scary scientist lady who’s trying to copy the moves of Pokémon with technology”, and then I was like “Why is she like this? What happened to make her act like this? Why isn’t she nice? Why does she do these things? Something in her past made her think it was okay, so what was it?” And then her parents came to mind, and I realized she hates them so much she wants to use the copied moves to kill them. And she wants the hisuian zoro’s malice-fueled attacks for that. And that’s when she became a complex character. She hated her parents so much that she decided to destroy them, but on her way to doing so, she became them. She wasn’t meant to be this complex, she wasn’t meant to be a tragic character, but one thing led to another, and she became my greatest fear: turning into the people you hate the most. Every character I have comes from a piece of me. Lidia is my rage, my thirst for vengeance, and my fear of what will happen if I let that consume me. And to think she started out as just some random evil scientist! It’s fascinating to reflect on.
5) She needs to protect her family- she knows if she gives up, Lidia will end up going after.. probably Cheri first, and she can’t let that happen. She’s fiercely loyal to them, and she would die to make sure they were safe. Or stay alive in the face of impossible odds, like what’s going on with Lidia.
6) Mmmmmaybe? I know in any Pokémon story I write, there’s always gonna be at least one zoro involved, it’s happened since I was little haha. Zoro are the best Pokémon in my opinion. But I do have this one story on the back burner about a girl who rescues Pokémon from bad trainers, there’s only One zoro in that one so far hsjddjkf
Love youuuu ❤️🥰😊
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blossom-hwa · 11 months
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#lina talks#nas#tw negativity#...........................................................................................................................................#............................................................................................................................................#pov I think I may be struggling with mental health again and it doesn't make sense bc it's summer break#but it's not stress it's other stuff#and yes I've set up an appt with one of my uni psych counselors but there's only so much they can do#and I'm suspecting I may have something diagnosable but I'm scared that I do.... mostly bc I'm on my parents insurance#and while they're more with the times than most other parents of my ethnicity that I know#idk how well they'd react if I told them I had something and needed actual therapy and/or medication#idk. idk idk#trying to avoid triggers but they seem to be everywhere and while everything eventually fades it doesn't fully#and I leave home to go back to the city for my internship tomorrow#really do not want to go... not bc I don't want the internship (I do) it's just#whenever I go back I get hit with waves of stress just due to the nature of what I'm working in either bc of academics or ecs or both#and if I have a mental breakdown hundreds of miles from home I can't exactly go home to deal with it#reality is I'm scared bc idk what's going to happen and at least when I'm at home I know I'm not alone#but when I'm up there even though I have friends I'm horrific with being vulnerable#and as such there aren't a lot of ppl I will talk to about major stuff#idk I'm making myself sick thinking about it my stomach hates me#oh and there's that too like - my anxiety now manifests in more physical symptoms and it's disgusting#mostly stomach problems. I fucking hate it#I'll probably delete this later I just needed to say things somewhere
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mysterystarz · 2 years
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reading the spanish love deception rn and AARON BLACKFORD
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msbigredmachine · 4 months
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Warm (Jey Uso/OC)
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An on-again, off-again couple takes the snowy ride to the next town together.
PAIRING: Jey Uso x OC
Word Count: 6.3k
Warning: The usual smut and everything in between.
A/N: First fic of the year! Enjoy!
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"Hey girl, got a sec?"
Looking up to see Nia standing right in front of her, Malia stood up straighter. The locker room was full of her friends and fellow wrestlers, all done for the evening and packing up to leave the arena. "What's up?"
"I totally forgot that I agreed to carpool with Maxxine after the show," she said as they exited the locker room together. "I'm really sorry, it totally slipped my mind."
"Oh, that sucks," Malia said, a little disappointed as Nia was great company. "It's no big deal. I'll figure something out."
"Are you sure? It's starting to snow out there. Will you be okay on your own?"
"Alone on the road with full control of the heating and my own playlist?" Malia laughed. "I'll be fine."
Nia nodded. "Okay. I feel bad, so I'll ask around and see if anyone needs a ride. That way you can split the bills and stuff," she offered, pausing when she looked over Malia's shoulder. "Oooh, look who's coming our way," she grinned.
Curious, Malia turned around, and her heart skipped a beat as Josh Fatu walked in their direction, his carry-on behind him and his phone in front of him. She plastered an unbothered expression on her face and turned back to Nia, but the Irresistible Force saw right through the facade.
"Girl, you're blushing already!" she cackled. "You and him still fucking?"
"No, I'm not blushing. And no, we're not fucking," Not lately anyway, Malia added to herself, fluffing her Afro as nonchalantly as possible.
"Liar. You two crack me up, you're totally in love with each other but keep acting like you're not. I did warn you about the whole friends-with-benefits thing."
She did. And Malia caught feelings and had been trying to run from those feelings since. But not with much success, given that she and Josh were both part of the Monday Night Raw roster and lived in the same goddamn city which gave him plenty of access to her. The problem was she was falling in love and he wasn't, so she tried to save face by imposing an extended 'break' from each other, under the guise of 'seeing other people'. Being alone with him on a long midnight drive wasn't going to help her cause to break away.
"It's a three-hour trip from here to Cleveland. Think you can hold off for that long if you go together?" Nia asked, a little too gleefully for Malia's taste.
"Stop with the slander. You make it sound like I'm this raging nympho," she rebuffed.
"When it comes to him? Yes! I've witnessed it! You jump each other's bones every chance you get. How you guys aren't official, I'll never understand. He's getting closerrrr," Nia sang, clearly enjoying the way Malia was trying not to squirm. "Let me go talk to him."
Malia started to panic as Nia moved towards him. "Where are you going?" she warned, "Nia, no!"
"Um, you want a ride or not? Hey, Joshyyyy!"
"Savelina!" Malia hissed, falling silent when Josh looked up from his phone, his gaze lingering on her for a long, tense beat before moving to Nia. "Sup ladies," he said, tipping his bearded chin up in greeting. His jaw moved repeatedly, and she saw he was chewing gum when he opened his mouth to speak. Juicy Fruit, she predicted. His favorite.
"I heard you're driving by yourself tonight," Nia said to him.
His eyebrows rose skeptically. "Yeah..."
"You want a passenger? Cuz my girl over here needs someone to ride with, in more ways than one..."
"Lina, shut up," Malia cut in, stepping in front of her and meeting Josh head-on. "Forgive our friend, Becky hit her in the head too many times tonight," she explained, her insides warming when Jey laughed. "I was supposed to carpool with bitch over here but she made other plans and left me stranded. So umm...if you're going alone, would you mind if I tagged along?" Why the fuck did she sound like she was asking him to Prom?
Again, the air around them simmered with an unknown element. When he took longer than usual to respond, her heart sank a little. "It's cool if you don't want to, I can find someone else-"
"Nah, it's all good, uce, you can come along," he spoke up with a smile. "But I'm 'bout to leave right now, so if you ready-"
"I am," Malia answered, a bit too quickly, and flushed with embarrassment when the corner of his mouth curled upward in a bemused smile. It was then she realized that Nia had disappeared, leaving the two standing alone in the empty hallway.
"Uhh...We should get going," Malia spoke up, scratching awkwardly at the nape of her curly Afro.
Josh nodded, pausing as his eyes scanned her up and down again. "This what you wearin'?" he inquired.
She made a quick, albeit thorough twirl to show off her outfit, a short, figure-hugging beige dress accompanied by a black pair of furry knee-high Uggs. "Yeah, why? What's wrong with it?"
"It's a lil' chilly, no? I mean, don't get me wrong, you look real good, it's just-" Catching himself, he trailed off nervously before he could say anything else inappropriate.
"My jacket is right here, I'll be fine. But if I do get too cold, I'm sure you can keep me warm." Her smile was syrupy sweet as she let the innuendo sink in. The awkwardness was melting away, leaving only the sexual synergy they were both accustomed to.
Josh chuckled to himself and stepped closer to her. "A'ight, I see what'chu tryna do," he said in a lower, huskier timbre that made her loins flutter. "Let's get outta here before I do sum'n we'll both like."
She wanted to ask what was stopping him but instead took the hand he held out to her. It was big and protective and the gentle way he rubbed his thumb over hers always made her feel safe. Together they left the building and into the indoor parking lot. He helped her put her things in the trunk of his Ford Expedition rental, and she fought the urge to stare at his ass when he bent over.
As they began their journey, her gaze landed on her on-again, off-again 'boyfriend', his own fixed on the road ahead. Wearing a fitting dual-colored Nike tracksuit, he looked yummy himself. The hand that had held hers was now on the steering wheel, and she found herself wishing it was touching her again but on a more risqué part of her body this time. They were on a 'break' but she envisioned a lot of difficulty keeping things platonic tonight.
"Since when do you listen to Bon Jovi?" She broke the ice several minutes later, talking over the eighties rock ballad that was playing on the radio and was surprised it hadn't been turned off. "You always used to tell me to change that shit," she laughed.
"They not so bad, they got some good workout songs," he defended with a shrug. "How come you didn't take a flight tonight?" he asked.
She gave a shrug of her own. "I don't know. I probably should have. But with the weather and everything, there'd probably be tons of delays at the airport. I would have ended up sitting there all night. How about you?"
"Same. I prefer the open road anyway," he replied. "Drive fast, blast some good music, you know what it is." He shot her a grin, making selections on the GPS. "Everything good? You comfortable?"
Smoothing her dress down her crossed legs, she nodded and tilted her seat back. "Yeah, I'm good," she responded.
"So how was Christmas? Whatchu do? Spend time with your man?" Josh asked.
Malia snorted and flipped her hair. "Ain't no man. He's an insecure bum so he's gone. I stayed with my brother and his family for a few days, played with my nieces, they're so big now."
He wanted to feel bad about the way his heart leapt for joy about her relationship status. "I told you he was a bum from the jump, uce," he mumbled.
"Well, you were right. Congrats," she bit sarcastically.
"I ain't wanna be right though. I just want you to be happy," said Josh, exchanging a glance with her, his stare filled with its familiar warmth that was charged with something else.
Being here is a bad idea.
"What about you? You were with your boys and their mom, I'm guessing," she kept the conversation going.
"More of the boys, less of their mom," he clarified.
"That's it? No woman to warm your bed?"
He snorted and shot her a bombastic side-eye. "If I remember clearly, you sent the last woman I was with packin', with your razor-sharp ass tongue."
Malia burst out laughing. "Ha, that bitch? She's a clout-chasing airhead. One conversation with her and my IQ got fucked up. Stop messin' with those NXT bimbos, Joshua. It's not a good look."
"Why you so pressed though?" He had an idea, but he wanted to hear it straight from the horse's mouth.
"I'm not pressed. You smarter than that. She wasn't good for you."
"And you know this, how?"
Because she ain't me. None of them are. "I just know," was all she said.
"Huh. We seem to 'know' a lot about each other," Josh noted, "So why don't you want us to stay together?" he asked.
And there it is. "You already know the answer," she responded, with a hint of attitude.
"No I don't, so how 'bout you fill me in, huh," he retorted. They had stopped at a red light so he now had all the time to look her in the eye.
Exhaling a heavy sigh, she refused to get suckered in. "Because. Your roster is deep enough as it is," she mumbled.
"What roster?"
Malia huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. "Oh, we gonna play dumb now? I'm not the only woman you're fucking, Joshua."
"The last person I had sex with was you, right before you dumped me for ol' boy," Josh replied, annoyance creeping into his tone.
"Correction. I did not dump you. Dumping implies that we were dating," Malia argued. "I distinctly remember you saying you weren't looking for nothin' serious, so it ain't dumping if there's no relationship to dump."
The silence that followed was deafening, even with the music playing. The temperature in the car plummeted several degrees. Josh simply shook his head. "Damn, that how you feel all this time? Okay then." he tsked, releasing the brakes as the light turned green. "A'ight. Note taken."
The hurt swirling in his voice surprised her. Rattled, she opened her mouth to speak, but wisely decided to close it back. Because there really was nothing to say. This was the consequence of getting involved with someone without setting clear boundaries; the result of repeatedly holding off the simple task of defining a relationship — nothing but uncertainty and heartache. It was the bed she made long ago and now she had to lie in it.
But oddly enough, that seemed to be the appeal of entanglements; the thrill, the warped sense of freedom to do whatever you wanted to each other with no strings. But intimacy always had its attachments, and Malia had been attached to Josh for a long, long time with no idea how to cut the strings without getting hurt.
"The snow seems to be getting worse," she changed the subject and with good reason. They seemed to be driving into a storm. The snowfall was heavier and the nearly empty highway was turning white. "Are you sure we'll make it into Cleveland like this?"
Her question was answered only a few seconds later, by the flashing lights and flares up ahead. A car wreck, and a bad one judging from the amount of fire, rescue, and police crews on the scene. As Josh slowed the car to a crawl, they were greeted by a gruesome tableau.
The many bright, flashing lights cast a grotesque glow on the crumpled remains of an SUV. A black bag, zipped and strapped to a stretcher, was being loaded into the back of an ambulance. Malia's eyes widened with horror. The mangled car was the same type as theirs, and the driver's seat was covered in blood, a lot of it splattered on the white snow. "Oh no...Babe..." she breathed.
Her voice was tiny. Scared. Josh grabbed her hand and squeezed it repeatedly to get her attention. "Ay, don't look. Look at me," he cajoled, waiting for her to do so, running his thumb over hers to quell her panic. "I'll take the next exit. Let's find somewhere to crash until morning." He cringed. "Bad choice of words. Sorry."
"You don't mind stopping?" she asked, feeling a little sick. There was no way she was going any further with what she'd just witnessed.
"Personally, I'd rather be late gettin' where I'm going than never gettin' there at all."
"I agree. I'll check if there's any available hotels nearby," she offered, reaching for her phone in the console.
"You good?" he checked on her again, his fingers flexing around hers.
"I'm okay. It's just...that was horrible," Malia shuddered. "But you calmed me down. You've always been good at that." She smiled gratefully at him.
"Mm-hmm," he mumbled, as he lifted the back of her hand to his lips in a gentle kiss. He then rested his hand on her bare leg, running it up her smooth chocolate skin. Ironically, her dress gave him perfect access to the sensitivity of her inner thigh, and he allowed his fingers to dance over it.
Malia cast her eyes down to watch his hand disappear under her dress. This was what she liked about him so much; his boldness, his sense of adventure. Only he could dare to touch on her while driving on a dark, sleety highway. "Boy, what are you doin'?" she asked as he squeezed her thigh. She tried to play it cool, tried to act like her skin had not been set ablaze by his touch.
"Keepin' you warm," he affirmed nonchalantly, as he slid his palm over her lace panties, his favorite on her, enjoying the feel of her moist warmth against the fabric. He had since learned that he couldn't stay mad at her for long. "I miss you," he whispered, breaching her underwear with one finger.
"I miss you too," she admitted, jerking as the finger slipped inside of her. "Oh, shit," she gasped, tilting her head back against the leather headrest.
"Phew, you wet as fuck," Josh whistled, eyeing up his ex with a Cheshire Cat-like grin. "Ol' boy wasn't fuckin' you like he should?"
Before she could answer, he slid another digit into her wetness, drawing another moan from her. She moved her legs further apart, causing her dress to ride higher up, and grabbed his wrist with both hands. "Fuck, yeah," she sighed, going slack in her seat.
Maybe it wasn't the brightest idea, Josh realized, as the sound of her wanton moans filled the car. As her pussy tightened around his fingers. He wasn't doing much for his own erect state by doing this, but the look on her face convinced him to keep going. He leaned over and kissed her cheek, keeping his eyes on the road. "How's that feel, hmm?" he asked.
The only response she could muster was another breathy moan while strengthening her grip on his wrist. She didn't want to come just yet, but between his fingers twisting deep inside her tightening core and the added heat rushing through her, she knew she wouldn't last long. She wanted this to last forever, just like every time she was with him; she clung desperately to every second, because each one was always better than the last. He just hit different. He always did.
The spell broke when she heard him curse and he abruptly stopped, slipping his fingers out of her. "The fuck?" she whined.
"Sorry, I had to," Josh explained, pointing. The smoky haze of passion and frustration cleared quickly enough for her to realize they had left the expressway and were now pulling into the parking lot of a hotel. Crossing her arms petulantly, she sat up straighter and pouted. "Goddamn tease. You ain't slick," she grumbled.
"Nope. But you are," he emphasized, holding up his fingers covered in her essence and bringing them to his mouth. "Mmm, sweet and spicy, like always."
His dirty snicker had her pussy clenching again. This man was going to be the death of her.
Parking the Expedition in front of the hotel door, they rushed in with their bags to the check-in desk and found the exhausted-looking receptionist behind the counter. It was clear they'd had a massive influx of people and that she was the only one handling everything.
"You're just in luck. We have one room left," the lady replied when Josh asked her if they had any vacancies. "It's probably our smallest room and only has one queen-sized bed, but it's perfect for a lovely couple like yourselves," she smiled warmly.
"We'll take it," Josh responded, handing over his credit card before Malia could reject it. Given the state of the weather outside and that horrendous crash they came across, it was likely the best, safest option.
They got the keycards and made a quick stop at the nearby Chipotle to get some food. Josh paid again, boxing Malia against the counter with his big frame and frowning menacingly at the cashier who had the nerve to flirt with her. Though there technically was no territory to mark, she didn't mind. Besides, it was cold outside and his body heat was inviting and much needed. Afterwards, they returned to the hotel and made it into the small room that was warm, toasty, and quite clean, making them feel a bit better that they wouldn't be stuck in some Bates Motel-type murder house.
"Last time we were stuck in a room together, we spent all afternoon working out how many pinning combinations we could make each other come in," Malia reminisced as she bit into her burrito.
"Yeah. I remember winning," Josh grinned proudly. "You can have the bed, by the way," he gestured to her. "Imma sleep on the couch, give you some space."
"Why?" Malia gave him a stern look. "The bed is big enough for both of us. Plus, your back will be fucked up if you sleep on that lil ass couch."
She wasn't wrong; the couch felt rather firm and it wouldn't be pleasant. Josh was trying to be a gentleman, but he ultimately agreed since driving tomorrow with a backache did not sound ideal.
After finishing their meals, they settled in, and Malia texted the Talent Relations rep to inform them of her and Josh's whereabouts. Unfortunately, the weather forecast on TV was pretty grim as they were expecting upwards of forty inches of snow. Getting to their destination in time tomorrow would be a tough ask.
Josh used the bathroom first to give Malia some privacy. When he re-emerged, she was stripped down to a short white bathrobe that did nothing to hide that body of hers, giving him a little peek of her voluptuous behind as she picked up her toilet bag.
Fuck.
"Babe, do you got a spare shirt I can sleep in?" She stood back upright, her throat drying up at the sight of his towel hanging low on his hips. She watched the rivulets of water drip down his tattooed chest and felt parched.
Josh swallowed. "Sure, I got somethin'." He crossed the room, reached inside his open luggage and pulled out a 'YEET' hoodie. "This okay?"
He gazed into her eyes, and Malia felt her knees quiver, almost like they were threatening to collapse beneath her. "Yeah, thanks," she smiled, taking the hoodie.
"You called me babe again." There was a small, teasing smile on his face.
Malia felt her face burn. "Oh, um...Yeah. Habit. Sorry..." Lost for words, she quickly departed, silently willing her limbs to not give out on her.
Waiting until the door had closed behind her, Josh sank down on the bed and tried to focus on the TV. He could hear her moving around. Brushing her teeth. Undressing. Rubbing his face, he groaned when he heard the shower start. After their argument in the car and what he did afterwards, his emotions were all over the place, and now they had to share this bed. Keeping his hands to himself was going to be a tough ask.
Keep your hands to yourself, Malia repeated to herself over and over as she finished up her skincare routine. It's just one night. Behave yourself. What happened in the car meant nothing.
Yes it did, the voice she fondly named 'Delulu', debated, He misses you, he said so himself. That's why he acted the way he did in the car. That's why he almost bit that cashier's head off in Chipotle.
She had a point. She recalled the full-blown lust in his eyes as he touched her, the eager movement of his fingers inside her as though he couldn't stop himself. Overall, it felt good to know he wasn't quite over her just as she wasn't quite over him.
Don't do it, her other voice, dubbed 'You Right' because it always was, warned. You're just his plaything, always have been. Why do you want to play house with a guy who doesn't love you like you love him? He just misses the pussy. That's it.
Good point.
But I miss the dick too! 'Delulu' pouted.
'You Right' rolled her eyes. Too bad. Take another shower, a cold one this time.
With a heavy sigh, Malia wrapped up her hair and put on her pajamas for the night. The hoodie was big on her, reaching her thighs. She decided against panties, having made up her mind about the voice she was going to listen to.
She returned to the warmth of the bedroom, instantly landing on the ruggedly handsome man stretched out on the left side of the bed. His favorite side. His gaze flickered from the TV to her, his lips twitching into a small smile.
"You make my merch look so sexy, baby," he commented.
"Why thank you Daddy," she replied, then froze, her eyes wide. Shit, did she just say that out loud? Judging from the heated look in his eyes, the answer was yes. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife as they regarded each other.
Sitting up straight in the bed, Josh clapped his hands. "A'ight, enough of this. Come here," he growled.
She thought he would never ask. She hurried to the bed and crawled towards him. He sat up straighter and reached for her, their lips crashing together before he had finished pulling her onto his lap. All the weeks of pent-up urges and desires came pouring out of them both as they kissed like the desperate, needy souls they had become. They only pulled back long enough to take off his t-shirt before they embraced again. His bronzed skin was warm underneath her palms, the touch of his hands seemingly burning through the hoodie onto her own.
Without breaking the kiss, Josh shifted so that they were lying on their sides, helping her tug his sweatpants down his hips. Once they were gone, he pulled her tightly against him as he slid his leg between hers, draping her top leg over his waist. He then pushed his hands under her hoodie, his fingers digging into her waist to grind her against his thigh. Malia smiled at his surprised gasp, his realization that she was wearing his merch and only that. She knew he could feel the moistness of her core, smearing his upper thigh as their kisses got even more heated. She let him pull off the hoodie, and Josh's eyes blazed with need as he gathered her right breast in his hand and devoured it with sucks and licks. Meanwhile her hand wrapped around his dick, stroking for a few moments before easing him inside her.
"Oh, shit," Josh froze, his expression slightly panicked, "I ain't got-"
"Calm down, I still got my IUD. You good." She kissed his lips and reared back a little, letting him push fully inside her, and he ripped his mouth from hers in a low groan and tucked his face in her neck.
"Fuck, Malia..."
She moaned with him, gripping his muscular shoulders as he moved inside her, and groaned again when his hand scraped down her back to squeeze her ass cheek tightly.
"Mmmph..."
"Yeah, I know you like that," he whispered, slapping her ass this time, his breath hot and heavy against her face. "Say my name baby, call out for me."
"Joshua...Daddy..."
"Mm-hmm, I love it. God, you're fuckin' beautiful," he said, his voice rough with need as he tongue-kissed her slowly, matching his grinding thrusts, sending chills running all over her body.
"Ohhh," she gasped, tensing in his arms, bewildered by her desire for him.
"Relax. I gotchu," he promised with another hungry, borderline sloppy kiss. He was nearing the pit of her stomach with his lengthening strokes, but he wanted more. He held up her thick thigh, automatically sliding him even deeper inside her. A big smile lit up his face as her mouth fell open; he knew she could feel all of it, the head of his dick toying with her g-spot, her breathing quickening as her slick moisture made its presence known with every push of his dick into her.
"Hear that?" Josh whispered, "Hear how wet you are?"
Malia dug her nails into his skin, staccato breaths pulling from her lungs as he rammed up into her again and again. "Shit," she whined, "Aw fuck, please don't stop," she begged, tears gathering in her eyes at the thought of him ceasing his actions.
"I ain't stoppin' baby." He couldn't seem to stop kissing her, doing it again as he increased his speed, his dick all up in her wet pussy. The sensations were dizzying, taking her to another dimension. "Uuuunh," she cried out with a shudder, the flutter of her pussy around his cock sending shockwaves of pleasure through her.
"You wanna come, babe? Wanna come for Daddy huh?" He pressed his forehead against hers, his hypnotic eyes holding her gaze as her whimpers for him grew louder. "Come, Malia," he urged with gritted teeth, his heart pounding from the emotions vibrating through him. "Come, baby girl. Nut on Daddy's dick. You look so beautiful when you come."
Malia heard what sounded like waves crashing in her ears. Immediately her body seized up, and her voice was a high-pitched cry as the pleasure ripped through her. Moaning his name repeatedly, her head fell back and she saw stars as the bliss took over.
Man, she missed being touched like this, kissed like this...fucked like this.
Still trembling, she was vaguely aware of him pulling out, letting her leg down and rolling on top of her. Stroking her face, he stared at her with a mix of wonder and tenderness and something else she couldn't quite determine in his eyes.
"What?" she pressed.
Josh licked his lips, looked away for a second and then back at her.
"I love you."
She expected to be shocked, stunned by his declaration. Instead, it felt more like a eureka moment, like she had finally cracked a passcode she had been struggling with for eons, like the world had at last righted itself after an eternity of confusion.
"What took you so long?" she asked, emotion seeping through her tone.
"I don't know," he confessed, and when her brows furrowed, he elaborated. "I just know I can't do this no more. I'm fuckin' tired. I been feelin' this way for too long. You the only one that makes me feel like this."
"Like how?" she breathed. She wanted to hear it, wanted to know if his agony has been anything similar to hers for the past couple of months.
"Like I'm empty inside when I'm not with you. Even when I'm with someone else, I feel like I'm cheating on you," he went on, suddenly feeling free, unburdened. "I can't stop thinking about you, can't function...I don't just want sex, Malia. That's all good but I wanna be your man. For real this time. I want you."
There it was again, that intensity in his eyes that never failed to steal what was left of her breath. If this was a dream, she did not want to wake up. "I love you too. I wanna be with you. Let's not break up ever again. I don't like not being around you," she admitted.
"Same here," he said, covering her mouth with his. This kiss was so passionate, so deep and all-consuming, that she struggled to hang on to her sanity. She groaned against his mouth as he found his way back inside her with a couple of swift, seamless strokes. Her wetness instantly enveloped him again, prompting his hips to roll seemingly on their own accord. Malia wound her arms around him, holding him as close to her as possible. There was no more talk after that, letting their bodies do the talking, writhing together as if they were meant to exist that way.
"Wrap your legs around me, baby," he told her.
Immediately, she wound them around his waist with her ankles locked tight behind his lower back as he rocked into her. She moved with him, matching his tempo in a sweet symphony. There was no space between their flesh; and whatever tiny space remained was closed off with delicious, decadent kisses with lots of tongue. They savored every second in each other, every gasp and moan they elicited from the other. Her wetness compromised the friction between them as his dick slipped in and out of her with ease that still kept her walls snug and taut around him.
"God, you feel so good, baby," she moaned in his ear, weaving her fingers through his soft hair, anchoring him to her as though fearful that he would slip away at any given moment.
"I can feel you dripping all over my dick. You make me wanna pound this good pussy," he mumbled against her neck, his tongue swiping over her heated skin.
"Then pound it," she murmured, spearing him with a hot, hungry look when their eyes met. "Pound my pussy, Daddy, I need it," she practically begged, her voice a pleading whine.
"Bet." Caressing her thighs for a few seconds, he then propped her legs on each of his broad shoulders. Her gaze met the ceiling, clouded over with lust as he hunched over her, working his big dick in her. All she could see within the bluish hue of the small room was his larger, muscular body looming over her, like a glowing, almost nightclub-like dreamscape. His chest tattoos were a beautiful mural that she couldn't stop herself from worshiping, and she leaned up to drag her tongue along his nipple, flicking the hard bud playfully as she caressed his triceps. She was rewarded with harder snaps of his hips, his balls mashing against her ass from how deep he was digging. Every time she tried to look at it, she would grow weak from the sensitivity and fall back against the bed.
"Fuck, Joshua..."
"Mmhmm, I know it feel good. Your tight little pussy is creaming for me," he rasped. Holding her down to the bed, he circled his hips while buried in her for good measure, making her pussy greedily grip the entirety of his girthy length and wringing moans of pleasure from both of them. Dipping her hand down between her thighs, she rubbed on her clit only for her eyes to roll back as an intense fire lit inside her like a firework. Then, clearly intending to destory her, he sat back on his knees and wrapped his arms around her thighs, holding them to his chest as he thrust faster and harder.
"Oh my god," Malia sighed, planting one hand up against the headboard to steady herself. She could feel her breasts bouncing recklessly with each stroke, felt his long fingers grab one and massage it in his hands, then the other, arousing her even more. His dick pulsed inside her as she tightened around him with increasing frequency. She willingly let him take her as he wanted, because she wanted to feel all of him, savor the sight of him breaking down and plunging headfirst into that secret place of pleasure that belonged to them and them alone.
The tricky part was Josh wanted to take her there first. He switched up again by pinning her knees into the pillow on either side of her head, opening her wide. He fucked her like a man possessed, the force of his movements knocking the bed hard and repeatedly against the wall. His hard, pounding thrusts had her pushing her face into the pillow and screaming into it. They hoped the room was soundproof. Either way, he didn't stop, not until the coil inside her body unraveled, and Malia screamed again as she came, hard and hot, her orgasm flushing through her like a tidal wave. It was the sweetest, the realest, the product of the joining of not just their bodies, but something deeper, too.
Josh must have been thinking the same thing, because when he stopped to stare her down again with those beautiful eyes of his, they glittered with warmth and affection. They gazed at each other, the stunned joy of their shared feelings morphing into something richer, something fiercer. He really did love her, she could see it right there on his face. She didn't quite know how she managed to miss it before.
The air between them thickened as they remembered they were still naked and entwined. Reverting back to their primal, passionate state, Josh moved again, thrusting all up in her dripping tightness. Malia gripped his hips to pull him deeper, her fingers digging into the flesh of his ass as he pounded into her with newfound ruthlessness. The mattress squeaked underneath them, mixing with their moans and whimpers and the wet slapping sounds of their bodies. He was close; his strokes became increasingly erratic, his grunts heavier and more vocal, his cock pulsing inside her pussy and his balls tightening.
"Fuuuck, I'm comin' baby, come catch this nut," he pulled out of her and quickly straddled her torso, stroking his dick in her face. Malia opened her mouth wide and poked out her tongue, watching his gorgeous face twist in painful pleasure as he unloaded in her mouth, thick spurts of his salty sweet cum flooding her tongue. Completely turned on, she rubbed herself with one hand and grabbed his dick with the other, stroking him harder to milk him to the last drop. His deep, throaty groan broke her all over again, plummeting her into another incredible orgasm, brought on by the sheer power of his.
Josh's chest heaved as he watched her slap his dick on her open tongue, coated white with his release. He then ordered in a husky voice, "Swallow it."
Malia obeyed heartily, slipping his cum down her throat then gently sucked him off for a couple of seconds, moaning softly from the unique taste of him mixed with her. Josh fought off the urge to nudge his dick deeper into her mouth and pulled away to lie down next to her. The realization of what had just happened must have hit both of them at the same time, because with one glance at each other, they burst out laughing.
"Damn," was all she had the energy to utter, allowing him to pull her against him as their joint laughter rumbled between them. He fucked the shit out of her. She felt like a brand new woman, even now, as he ran his hands all over her body, gifting her with a breathless kiss to her succulent lips. "I guess Lina's plan worked," she giggled, snuggling against him.
"Yeah," Josh agreed, his features suddenly serious as he carefully tucked a loose piece of her hair back underneath her scarf. "I ain't like how you be pushin' me away, Malia," he grumbled, "Don't be scared of us and what we got."
Not for the first time, she wished she'd been brave enough to express her true feelings. "It's not you I'm scared of... I'm scared of us falling apart if we become serious, and I don't wanna live without you," she confessed.
Josh chuckled and pressed his mouth to each of her palms. "You already can't," he smirked.
She rolled her eyes good-naturedly and smacked his arm. "You don't gotta agree."
"It's the truth though. But like I said, I love you and I'm not going anywhere. I mean that," he promised.
Hearing those three words from him again made her feel all giddy inside. "I love you, too," she whispered, smiling softly against his lips when he dropped a tender kiss to hers.
"How long's it been since we last fucked?" he inquired.
Two months and three weeks, but who was counting? "Couple of months," she answered, keeping it cool.
"Shame on us. I think we can make up for it, right?"
Malia raised an eyebrow when he started to crawl down her body, sprinkling butterfly kisses down her belly until his head was between her legs. Her body flushed with need. "You know we need to go to bed, right?" she questioned, her fingers sneaking into his hair despite her half-hearted protest.
"I know. But this pretty pussy is callin' my name." He winked at her and bit gently on her inner thigh, dangerously close to her throbbing treasure, soothing the skin with a wet lick. Her keening moan was all he needed to hear. "Now lay your sexy ass back and let Daddy eat."
And with that, he bent his head and spread his mouth over her, wiping every rational thought she owned with mind blowing pleasure.
THE END
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Josephine Baker (The Siren of the Tropics, ZouZou)— Josephine Baker was an American born actress, singer, and utter icon of the period, creating the 1920s banana skirt look. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion film. She fought in the French resistance in WWII, given a Legion of Honour, as well as refusing to perform in segregated theatres in the US. She was bisexual, a fighter, and overall an absolutely incredible woman as well as being extremely attractive.
Jean Hagen (The Asphalt Jungle, Singin' in the Rain)—a shimmering star in the cinema firmament! Absolutely iconic as the villainess Lina in singin’ in the rain and makes the picture, to be honest. Nobody played funny-evil-gorgeous the way she does. and that voice!
This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.
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Josephine Baker:
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Black, American-born, French dancer and singer. Phenomenal sensation, took music-halls by storm. Famous in the silent film era.
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Let's talk La Revue Negre, Shuffle Along. The iconique banana outfit? But also getting a Croix de Guerre and full military honors at burial in Paris due to working with the Resistance.
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She exuded sex, was a beautiful dancer, vivacious, and her silliness and humor added to her attractiveness. She looked just as good in drag too.
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So I know she was more famous for other stuff than movies and her movies weren’t Hollywood but my first exposure to her was in her films so I’ve always thought of her as a film actress first and foremost. Also she was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture so I think that warrants an entry
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Iconic! Just look up anything about her life. She was a fascinating woman.
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Jean Hagen:
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Riddle and you shall receive! How could we forget about Jean Hagen! I love a woman who can play really delightfully evil, and it's very fun seeing her other roles after you've seen her as Lina Lamont. Also, she's got an adorable smile and a gorgeous chin.
Her Oscar-nominated performance as Lina Lamont is a wonderful example of being talented enough to make an unsympathetic character difficult to hate. Admittedly her looks also help a lot - in so many films she would have been the romantic lead and it's a shame Lina didn't get a redemption arc.
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Had a sexy sexy alto register so when she was being dubbed as Lina Lamont by Debbie Reynolds she was dubbing Debbie Reynolds dubbing her. Shoutout to Betty Noyes also.
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did. is anyone. can we please bring attention to her in drag. please god and thank you
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If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin!
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which toys would fem skz use on themselves ?? i can’t stop thinking abt it. one of them would definitely use a rose 😵‍💫
ohhhh friend i love this ask
chan: ohh miss channie is telling me she likes the remote controlled vibrators. loves putting it in to play with herself or just rubbing the little bullet shaped toy along her folds, but ONLY if you control it for her! she wants you to be involved even if she can’t be with you, and she’d love to facetime and show you how wet she’s getting <3
minho: auntie lina mommy is giving classic rabbit vibrator vibes. the ones that thrust into you? oh yes. she lurvvvvs that. when you’re together she’s definitely a giver, but its always a reward when you’re away and she sends you videos of her fucking those slick pink folds open with a pastel rabbit vibe.
changbin: miss bini is soooo hitachi wand. loves the fact it packs a great punch and also it feels good on her muscles after working out! would love love love you to use it on her and she can use it on you too, maybe you both grinding your clits on the toy between your legs.
hyunjin: clitoral suction vibes. loves to get herself dolled up and relaxed, full on face mask self care night and then use her favourite suction vibe on her lil clit till she’s gushing. buys u both matching ones and insists u use them in front of eachother ngl.
jisung: no thoughts just fem jisung and bad dragon dildos. big ones. ones that squirt cum for her dirty little kinks. she would lurve to roleplay some stuff with you based on them!! also ems aka cbini has talked about this before but those bad dragon humping toys too?? fem jisung (and also irl jisung) would eat that shit up.
felix: fem lixie is soooo rose vibrator toy. loves to tease her folds with it, maybe even let it vibrate over her nipples for a bit but pretty baby just gets wayyy too impatient!!!! loves to give herself multiple orgasms with it and grind all over it too!! and she lurvvvs to show you, sending you loads of vids just like lixie spams us on bbl lol
seungmin: anything anal. she lives off those kinds of double penetration dildos that are curved in the middle to fit in both holes, but she loves fucking herself with a classic butt plug inside too. loves to leave herself gaping a lil for you to play with later on… what a babeee <3
jeongin: those oral sex simulator toys. she’d love to grind up into one and imagine it’s your tongue she’s riding into submission. she’d also love those curved g-spot vibrators, loving to use maybe both at the same time and OBVIOUSLY document it all for youuu <3
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l8rs-gat0rs · 1 year
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we all saw how Steven was just entranced by Layla in the show 😭 so could you do a fic where he emotionally cheats on the reader, so when she finds out and confronts him he’s on his hands and knees begging her not to leave him, but she’s over him and leaves the apartment.
That’s all I got, you can’t choose the ending if you want
(Feel free to ignore if you’re not comfortable writing this)
The Mind Wanders
Pairing: Steven Grant x Reader
TW: Not completely sure, but the subject matter may trigger some people so I'm putting a warning in case because writing this fic did bring up shitty memories from a past toxic relationship.
(But pls don't feel bad abt requesting this anon, I loved writing it! It was so fun to create a story around your request, it really flexed my creative muscles to create a story with emotional depth like this. Also, I kinda played with the prompt a lil' bit, so she doesn't "find out" she knows, but she's in denial. I hope you're okay with that!)
Warning(s): ANGST. Emotional cheating, heartwarming fluff to cure your angsty pain <3 , Set in an AU before the events of the show, Third person, very minimal y/n use. Steven's redemption arc is told through his own POV.
Summary: you find out Steven's mind has been wandering. He's become quite entranced with another woman, and you won't stand for it. After you leave, Steven is determined to do anything, and everything to regain your trust.
Word count: 6.2k
Thank you, Anon for this request!!! <3
And credits to my dear friend Lina for helping me with this fic, and also being my proofreader. I had a little roadblock but she gave me amazing ideas for Steven's redemption arc :) her brain is amazing.
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~~~~~~Enjoy!~~~~~~
You've been dating Steven long enough.
Long enough to know his tells.
Long enough to know he was lying when he said Layla was "just a friend" to him.
And that's how you got to where you are right now. Sitting at a bar downtown, drinking your feelings away.
Earlier...
You and Steven were at a coffee shop for a late afternoon coffee and tea that you suggested, just to get out of the house for a little. He was currently talking about the cutest kid that had shown up at his work.
"She was quite literally dressed as Sekhmet, and she was telling me about how she wanted to be a doctor!" Steven explained animatedly.
You smiled at the thought.
"She was absolutely adorable, I'll tell you that." He said before taking a sip of his tea.
"Yeah I'll bet she was," you chuckled.
Suddenly the bell on the coffee shop door rang and you noticed Steven immediately became attentive and sat straight up, staring at the person who just walked in.
Confused, you turned to see who it was and your face quickly turned emotionless with a hard stare. You turned back to Steven after seeing who it was.
"H-Hey, Layla!" Steven said, calling out to her name and waving. 
Layla's head turned and her eyes lit up as she noticed Steven, promoted to make her way to our table.
"Oh, hey Steven!" she said with a bright smile.
You watched Steven's face, he gave her a crooked smile and blush painted his cheeks.
When Layla noticed you, she smiled kindly and greeted you as well, "Hi y/n".
You eyed Steven’s fiddling fingers, nearly forgetting to answer, doing your best to chalk his behavior up to the crowded atmosphere.
"Hey Layla" you replied, making sure to perfectly hide your discomposed state behind a small smile.
"What brings you here Layla?" Steven asked. 
 "I was just in the neighborhood for some archeology stuff and I saw this place, so I thought I'd stop in and grab some coffee," she explained.
"Interesting, what kind of archeology stuff?" Steven asked, looking at her as if she was the goddess Isis herself.
"Well, there were some old Egyptian artifacts recently dug up at a cemetery, so they've called for me to take them and bring them back to Egypt." She seemed excited about her task.
Steven, on the other hand, looked like someone had just kicked a puppy in front of him.
You felt like grabbing him and running out of the store with him, but of course, that would be childish, so you kept your mouth shut.
 "Wait, you're going to Egypt? For how long?" Steven asked with a frown.
"A week." she said.
"Well, when are you leaving?" Steven asked, his disappointment showing through even as he tried to hide it.
"I've got a flight this Saturday actually, gotta take that Sunday to recover from the flight" she laughed.
Before Steven could say anything else, because he practically looked like he was about to beg her to take him with her, you spoke up.
"Wow, Layla that's so great! I'm really excited for you, I know you love Egypt." you said supportively.
She smiled gratefully.
"I love Egypt too!" Steven interjected, causing your jaw to clench. 
Layla giggled, causing Steven to look like he just won the jackpot.
"Yeah, I do love Egypt, I'm glad to be going back. Thanks y/n" she said kindly.
You nodded in acknowledgment, your jaw still locked, afraid that if you opened your mouth your emotions would blow up at Steven.
"Well I've got to go, but it was nice to see you both, I'll see you around," she waved at both of you before getting in line to order her coffee.
You both waved back, Steven admittedly way more animated than you, watching Layla go to the counter to order her coffee.
"Oh she's just the best isn't she? Wow, Egypt!" He exclaimed, turning back to his tea.
"Yeah, it's really cool." you said half-heartedly.
But of course, Steven didn't seem to notice anything was wrong at all, and he continued to talk about Egypt and Layla the rest of the time you were there.
You didn't hate Layla, you knew it wasn't her fault that Steven seemed to be entranced by her. Hell, she seemed as oblivious to Steven's feelings as he was to yours.
Steven had met Layla last month, when she was visiting the museum he worked at, checking out the artifacts in the ancient Egyptian exhibit. Steven introduced her to you that very same day and it didn't bother you at first, how much he talked about her. You knew he was just happy he found someone who shared his interest in ancient Egypt, you were even happy for him. On the rare occasion you three hung out, she was a great friend to you as well. But then you started to see the signs.
The way he would have stars in his eyes when he talked to her, or even about her. The way that whenever he looked at her, he looked at her like she was the only person on earth. When he listened to her speak, he was hanging onto every single word she said.
He never explicitly cheated, of course, Steven would never do that, he wouldn't even hurt a fly. At least not with intention.
He was still charming towards you and the two of you acted like a couple. There was never anything wrong, even physically.
But whenever Layla came into the mix, you became a third wheel.
The two of you left the coffee shop eventually, the sun was setting and there was a chill of winter breeze though the streets of London.
You walked together back to Steven's flat, which you had been living in for around two months now.
You smiled fondly as Steven talked in the background while you remembered the day he asked you to move in with him. It was on your 10-month anniversary, he had been so nervous he was practically shaking. You remember thinking it was a bit fast to move in, but then again,
It was Steven.
so of course you said yes.
He was still your Steven. You turned to him and smiled as he glanced at you, holding your hand with the cutest smile on his face.
The two of you took the elevator up to his flat and you entered together, Steven closing the door behind you, and locking it.
"So what would you like for dinner, lovely?" He asked, pressing a kiss to your cheek before moving to the kitchen.
"Hmmm, I don't know, surprise me." You said teasingly.
"Will do, one special surprise dinner coming right up!" Steven said excitedly, getting to work in the kitchen.
You giggled at how adorable he was as you hung your scarf up with your coat.
"Sit down and relax, I'll do all the work, don't you worry!" Steven moved, putting a pot of water on the stove to boil. 
"Alright Mr.Grant, I'll be waiting right here on the couch." You smiled,  taking your shoes off and plopping down on the couch.
He looked at you with a huge smile before turning back to grab some things out of the fridge.
You smiled and turned on Netflix to watch your current favorite show. 
About 1 episode in, Steven was finally finished with dinner.
"Alright, your special surprise dinner is ready!" He called, waving you over with his hand.
"Ooooo let's see what we have here" you wiggled your fingers after getting up from the couch and turning the tv off.
"Et Voilà!" Steven presented the plates to you.
"Wowww! Spaghetti and meatballs, real fancy!" You mockingly made fun.
"Yeah, but I bet it's the best spaghetti and meatballs you'll ever taste!" He chided.
"Well I'll be the judge of that." You joked, walking toward the table that was by the stove.
Steven moved to sit across from you. He watched you carefully as you got a slice of meatball before wrapping the spaghetti around the fork and bringing it to your mouth.
You chewed in silence for a little bit, hiding your reaction to how good it tasted.
"So? How is it?" Steven asked nervously.
"Mmmm" you looked up at the ceiling, finger to your chin, pretending to think.
He looked at you with hopeful eyes and you couldn't help the smile that broke your insightful thinking face.
"Steven, it's absolutely delicious." You said with a cheeky smile.
His face lit up into a wondrous smile and your heart melted.
"Wow, I'm so glad you like it!" He said before digging into his own plate.
The two of you continued dinner with some light small talk in between bites until you heard Steven's phone ding with a text notification.
You immediately recognized the different text tone and your soft smile disappeared as Steven immediately stuck his hand in his pocket and fetched his phone out.
He unlocked it and his eyes grew into big circles and he smiled.
"Wow Layla just sent me a picture of a gold scarab beetle that was found at the cemetery!" Steven excitedly texted Layla back.
You stared at him in silence as you watched him grinning, followed by a chuckle, and more texting.
Your eyes glanced at his half eaten plate of food and your rage started to boil over.
You couldn't take it anymore.
You threw your fork onto your plate, the silverware clanging loudly, causing Steven to jump and stare at you with wide eyes and a frown.
"Love?" He asked softly as he watched your face cautiously.
"Steven, I can't do this anymore." You told him seriously.
"Do what?" He asked, alarm quickly spreading across his features.
"This. With you. Us." You said.
"Wha- Why!?" He exclaimed.
"Steven, you don't see me! I'm right here, and you can't even see me!" You yelled exasperatedly.
"What do you mean!? I see you!" He said, desperately trying to understand what you meant.
He reached for your hand but you swiped it away from him and got up from the table abruptly.
Steven flinched before standing as well.
"No you don't Steven. All you see is Layla." You said bitterly. 
Tears burned your eyes as they threatened to spill, the words you had been thinking for months finally coming out of your mouth, and you held back those hot angry tears as you listened to them as if you were outside of your own body.
"Wha- I- no!" Steven denied, stuttering between you and his phone.
"Yes you do. I'm sitting here eating dinner with you and you're texting Layla. We're at the coffee shop, you see Layla, and she's all you can talk about. We could be having a random conversation, and you will bring up Layla!" You let out in frustration.
He stared at you dumbly and that made you even more angry.
You made your way to the door quickly, when Steven tried to grab your hand, you looked at him with a deadly stare and he took a firm hold on your arm.
"Let. Go. Of. Me." You said sharply.
"Lovey, please. You're making a mistake!" He begged.
You snatched your arm out of his hands and glared at him.
"Trust me I'm not, and don't fucking call me that anymore. I'm not going to stay in a relationship that I'm not appreciated in. You're already acting like you're dating Layla, so you might as well make it official." Your words laced with venom.
Steven flinched again and you continued,
"I tried to ignore it for so long, but I can't ignore it any longer Steven. I can't ignore the fact that you make me feel invisible!" You vocalized your rage, causing your words to crack near the end. You turned on your heel, putting your jacket and scarf on.
"Y/n please!" Steven sobbed, and you turned around, shocked to see him on his hands and knees.
"Steven get up!" You exclaimed.
No matter how angry you were at him, it broke your heart seeing him like this.
He sat up onto his knees and put his hands into the prayer position, looking up at you with tears in his eyes.
"Please don't go! Please, I promise Layla is just a friend! Y/n please, I need you, I-I can't lose you!" He begged through his tears.
Your heart felt like it was shattering into a million pieces.
You turned back around, no longer able to look at him and you reached your hand out, gripping the door handle.
"No! No no no no y/n please don't go! Give me one more chance! I'll be better!" Steven said, fully sobbing at this point.
You gripped the door handle tighter and shut your eyes tightly without giving another glance, only able to think of all the times Steven had made you feel less important than Layla.
You opened your eyes as you opened the door, hearing his sobs, pleas, and shuddering breaths grow louder.
"I'm sorry Steven, but we're over." You said coldly before you walked out the door, slamming it behind you.
You quickly sped down the hallway and got into the elevator.
When the door closed your fully tensed body sagged and you held your head in your hands and sighed deeply.
You wiped your face before opening the Uber app and calling a car.
Presently...
So yeah. That's why you're currently on your 4th drink, looking down into your cup as if it was the most interesting thing on the planet.
Your mind wandered back to Steven, the imagine of him begging you not to leave while on his hands and his knees.
You shut your eyes painfully and shook your head.
There was a time where you believed that Steven could never hurt you. His warm, innocent eyes and gentle, nervous touches made you feel safe.
You opened your eyes and scoffed at your foolishness.
He had just been too good to be true, and you should have seen it.
You glanced at your phone,
Dammit it was getting late, but your stuff was at Steven's apartment, and there was no way in hell you were going back there.
Your eyes lit up as you remembered you kept some stuff over at your best friends Rachel and Chloe's house due to your frequent sleepovers.
You went into your contacts and dialed Chloe's number.
"Hey babes, It's been a while!" Chloe said when she picked up.
You smiled softly at the sound of her Glaswegian accent through the phone.
"Hey chlo' do you think I can stay with you and Rae for a little bit?" You said sadly, embarrassed to even be asking.
"Of course love! RAE! GET THE GUEST ROOM READY, Y/N IS STAYING OVER!" You heard her scream.
"Thanks so much Chloe" you chuckled.
"Of course, you're always welcome here!" She exclaimed.
"And one more thing?" You whispered sheepishly.
"Sure," she said, egging you on to continue speaking.
"Can you come pick me up from the bar downtown that we usually go to? I'm kiiiiinda drunk." You asked, apologetic.
"Oh god, we'll be there in 5" Chloe replied before hanging up.
You snorted and let your head fall against the bar, waiting for them to come pick you up.
You lifted your head for a second to pay and tip the bartender, before you laid your head back down after letting the bartender know you were waiting for your friends to come pick you up.
He took your money, thanked you for the tip, and nodded in acknowledgement, telling you to get home safe then moved on to serve another customer.
Chloe and Rae texted you when they arrived in front of the bar and you stumbled out.
You opened the door, and collapsed into the seat before shutting the door behind you.
You threw your head back and groaned.
"Jesus you look like absolute shit." Rae said, turning around in her seat to look at you.
"Did something happen with Steven?" Chloe asked, acknowledging you through the rear view mirror.
"Just drive," you groaned.
You told them what had happened with Steven during the car ride and they listened sympathetically.
"I told you to break up with him sooner, he's a proper bag of shit." Rae said.
You shook your head and sighed, going quiet for the rest of the ride. Your friends respected your silence.
When you got to their house, they brought you to your room and you noticed they left you a fresh set of clean pajamas to wear.
"God, I love you guys!" You yelled through the door.
"Yup!" You heard Chloe say and you giggled before changing your clothes.
When you came out of the room you saw 3 small tubs of ice cream with 3 different colored spoons in them on the coffee table in front of the tv, Chloe and Rae beacons you over to the couch. 
You plopped down in between them and pulled them into a group hug.
"I fuckin love you guys, you know that right?" You said sincerely.
"Yeah we know." Rae teased, causing the three of you to chuckle.
"Now what are we watching!" Chloe announced once the three of you pulled away from the hug.
....
The next couple of days were rough, but you got through them. You had gone back to Steven's apartment while he was at work and gathered some clothes and your important things. You'd come back for the other stuff later.
Steven surprisingly did not try to contact you but you did notice his flat seemed to be even more messy than usual. You also noted the several crumpled-up sheets of paper that you were pretty sure you knew the contents of. You shook your head sadly, trying not to feel bad for him. He was the one who hurt you, and the best thing for you now was to just move on and heal from it.
You grabbed your car keys, locked the door behind you and picked the boxes up before taking them back into your car, driving back to your temporary residence.
You silently cursed yourself for selling your old flat, but you couldn't keep paying rent for a place you didn't even live at. You thought you and Steven were in it for the long haul.
You got back to Chloe and Rae's place and brought the boxes to your room.
You sat on your bed with a sigh and started unpacking.
Steven's Pov
Steven walked into his flat and sighed at its emptiness. He missed seeing you smile at him and get up from your laptop to greet him and give him a kiss.
It had been approximately a week since you had stormed out of his apartment. He removed his coat and after placing his work bag down, he paused for a second to look around before he realized...
You had been here while he was at work, and took most of your stuff with you.
Tears started to well up in his eyes once again.
He took his shoes off and walked over to his bed with his shoulders sagged, then stepped over the ring of sand so he could lay down.
He remembered the first time you came to his apartment. He had thought of so many excuses to tell you when you would inevitably ask about the sand around his bed, as well as the ankle restraint.
When you finally set foot into his apartment, he went into full panic mode and started a word vomit.
You had stopped him before his head exploded and said you didn't care about anything weird he did because it didn't define him. You didn't care if he had a sleeping condition, or if there were books covering every possible surface of his flat. You promised him that day, you would never judge him.
He stared at his ceiling as the tears rolled down the side of his eyes and into his hairline.
You had always seen him, and you had made him feel that way.
Seen.
He thought back to what you said the day you left:
"Steven, you don't see me! I'm right here, and you can't even see me!"
His eyes were blurry as more tears welled up.
He hated himself for making you feel that way, he couldn't believe he didn't see he was hurting you.
He scoffed at himself,
it's been a week and he's still crying over you.
He sat up, wiping his eyes.
He looked around again and remembered the whole week it had taken for you and Steven to clean up his flat so it could be in the state that it was currently in.
You had told him to stop apologizing over 50 times as the two of you organized all his books so they were no longer scattered over every surface.
You had done so much for Steven without him ever even asking.
His heart ached as he glanced at the empty space in his bed where you used to sleep, right next to him every night.
He hadn't bothered to contact you in fear of you blocking him.
His phone buzzed and he quickly checked it desperately to see if you texted him.
It was Layla.
He frowned and put his phone back down, not bothering to check her text.
He hadn't meant to make it seem like he was interested in Layla, she was just the first person he ever met that shared his interest in the things he was most passionate about.
You didn't happen to be as passionate, but you also shared Steven's interests in Ancient Egyptian mythology. In fact that was how the two of you met, at the museum.
Almost the same exact way as how he met Layla.
His heart felt heavy, here he was, comparing the two of you. He was such a bloody knob.
You deserved so much better.
He could be better.
He furrowed his brows,
but how was he supposed to tell you or show you that?
He had no clue where you were even staying because he remembered you told him you sold your flat after you moved in with him.
Guilt wracked his whole body.
He thought hard about hotels in the area-
Wait.
Your best friends!
Steven grabbed his phone and checked his texts between the two of you.
He scrolled up until he saw you mention them, you had asked him to pick you up from their house when you were drunk.
He blushed heavily as he remembered what happened that night after he picked you up.
There, you had sent him the address!
He copied the address from your text and input it into his GPS.
You were staying only a couple miles from him.
The next day, Steven put on his best button up and went to the shop. He bought a stuffed animal Paddington the bear since he remembered Paddington was your favorite movie, also the reason you moved to London. He also bought a small bag of your favorite chocolates.
As Steven made his way to your current residence at your friend's place, he kept going over what he planned to say to you.
When the Uber finally arrived he was shocked out of his thoughts when the driver announced they had arrived at his destination.
He thanked them and got out, grabbing the gifts and clutching them tightly as he stared at the house that you were hopefully in.
He felt sweaty but he was determined to show you he changed.
He made his way up to the house and gingerly knocked on the door.
One of your friends opened the door.
…Which one was this?
Right, Chloe!
"H-Hello Chloe, is y/n here?" He said looking past her, trying to see inside the house.
She glared at him and covered the open space with the door, blocking his view.
"No, she's not actually, and even if she was, she doesn't want to see you anymore, so don't come here again." She said, whispering angrily at him.
Steven frowned.
"Who's at the door Chlo'?" Steven heard the sound of your melodic voice hit Steven's ears and he perked up, his eyes widening.
"It's NO ONE, just a salesman," Chloe replied, making sure Steven knew he was not welcome.
"Don't come back here again Steven, or you'll regret it." she whisper-snapped to him again.
"Why'd you say 'no one' like that?" Steven heard you say before Chloe shut the door in his face.
Steven deflated and sighed.
He would have to think of something else.
Your pov
"Because, it was no one, now get back to writing, or whatever you're doing. That's what you do for your job right?" she said, dismissing you.
"Okay mom!" you relented, rolling your eyes.
She went to the bathroom to get ready for work, and you quickly put your laptop down and ran to the window to see who was at the door.
Your heart dropped to your stomach as you saw Steven, walking dejectedly down the street holding a teddy bear and what you could tell was a bag of your favorite chocolates.
Alright, maybe it was better Chloe didn't let you talk to him, what would you even say to him?
Even the thought of talking to Steven was too painful for you so you shoved it down and went back to writing.
....
A few days later, you were on your laptop getting some work done. You started to feel hungry, so you decided to grab a snack. Chloe and Rae were both at work, but they would be home in one-two hours, and you would all have dinner together.
Rae promised she was bringing home burgers and fries tonight so you didn't have to cook.
To say you were excited was an understatement.
You carefully gathered the ingredients to make yourself a quesadilla.
You hummed to your current favorite song that's been stuck in your head for a while now as you prepared your food.
Once you were done, you cleaned up after yourself and took your food to your bedroom to eat it. (Chloe and Rae didn't need to know)
You were sitting up against the headboard, scrolling through your phone when you heard a knock at the window.
Your heart was beating in your chest as you heard it again, more rapidly and you turned to look at the window.
There was a shadow of a person behind the curtain.
You slowly put your plate on the side table and grabbed scissors out of a jar with pencils and pens.
You held it in a stabbing position as you made your way towards the window slowly, terror gripping your heart, while the person on the other side rapidly banged their knuckles against the window.
You breathed in slowly and closed your eyes before opening them and quickly pulling the curtain away and raising the scissors in a stabbing motion.
Your eyes widened and you gasped as you saw Steven hanging on for dear life to the side ledges of the window.
You quickly dropped the scissors and opened the window.
"Steven what the fuck!? how did you even get up here?" you shouted, staring at him in shock.
"Well, I did climb up the pipeline but In retrospect that was a terrible idea once I got this far up to your window." he said, looking at you in fear.
He looked down at his feet trying to secure his footing but his foot slipped and he wobbled, his eyes going fully round.
"Oh shi-!" He said, losing his balance,
before he could fall backward your reflexes kicked in and you grabbed his arm pulling him inside your room, causing him to topple inside and on top of you.
You both stared at each other with wide eyes as he was on all fours, hands and legs on either side of your head and body.
Your breathing slowed and you found yourself getting lost in Steven's round puppy dog eyes as the shock wore off.
You suddenly became hyperaware of the position you were in and your body heated up as you started to blush heavily, you noticed the same happened to Steven.
"Oh, uhhh, lemme just-" you started rambling and shifting and he mumbled some words of an apology as he scrambled to get off of you.
Once you got up, you stood a couple steps away from Steven and stared at him as he took the backpack he was wearing off.
You just watched him silently as he took out the same stuffie of paddington and bag of chocolates from the other day.
He held them out to you and stared at you, silently pleading you to take them.
You did, placing them on your bed.
Steven shuffled nervously on his feet and you crossed your arms with furrowed brows.
"Steven, I just, I have so many questions." You said angrily.
He opened his mouth to speak but you cut him off.
"One, why are you here? Two, how did you even know this was my room? And three, how did you know I was even in here?" You asked, exasperatedly.
You could see from his face that a million different thoughts were running through his head before he spoke up.
"Okay, well, I'm here because I need to talk to you. I knew this was your room and you were in here because I came here another time. And I waited till Chloe and Rachel went to work so I could actually talk to you, then I tried to knock on the door but Chloe forgot her bag and came back so I hid, then l heard the two of you talking because the window was open and Chloe said "well, this is your room" and I knew you were in here today because I saw you close the curtains when I got here." He quickly jumbled all of his answers together.
"Oh, and I didn't come through the door because... well... I wanted to surprise you. You know, be all romantic and stuff." He added sheepishly.
You just stared at him appalled.
"A-And I know I probably sound insane!" he said quickly after seeing your reaction.
"Yeah, you do. And you need to leave Steven." You said pointedly.
"No y/n! you need to understand, I did this all for you! because I can't live without you!" he tried explaining desperately.
Your hardened expression softened a bit but you stayed quiet.
Steven looked relieved when he noticed you let him speak, and he cleared his throat to look at you.
"y/n I'm so sorry I hurt you and made you feel the way I did. I didn't mean to, honestly! I was just so excited when I met Layla because she was an archeologist and she was interested in ancient Egypt and she's passionate about it just like me. So excited that I might have been too blind to see how I was hurting you. I'm so sorry that I ever made you feel unseen. I could never love Layla like I love you. These past few weeks without you have been hell. The flat feels so cold and empty. I smell your perfume on the sheets but you're not there when I go to bed or wake up. Your smile used to make my whole world shine and it's been dark ever since you left. And I know you deserve way better than me, I was a total knob, but if you will have me back y/n, I promise, for the rest of my life, I will make it my mission, to make you feel happy every day, even on the worst days. And feel free to tell me to bugger off, I'll understand and I'll never contact you again I promise. You know, if you love someone let them go, and all that."
The whole time he spoke he was looking into your eyes until his last two sentences. He was hoping so desperately that you would hear, see, and feel the sincerity in his words. You could tell. Honestly, you were just surprised he didn't stutter that entire time. But you could tell by the fact that he couldn't look at you when he said it, how painful it was for him to think you could reject him.
Again, you had dated long enough,
Long enough to know his tells,
Long enough to know he was telling the truth about everything he told you just now.
And you knew he was willing to accept the fact that he could lose you.
For you.
He was still the same puppy-eyed man who came up behind you to explain the hieroglyphs on a pillar you were looking at, just to impress you.
He was still the man who apologized to his fish when he bumped into the tank.
He was still, your Steven.
you looked down and your feet and let out a small chuckle at your thoughts.
When you looked back up at Steven, you saw he was positively beaming.
"God I've missed that beautiful melody." He said softly, tears forming in his eyes.
You smiled, your own tears forming as he walked closer to you, slowly.
You smiled, two streaks running down your face as you noticed his tears fall from his eyes.
When he stood directly in front of you, he put one hand on your cheek and held it there. His touch was so fragile, as though he thought if he held you too hard, you might break.
"Can I hug you?" He asked softly.
You nodded and he wrapped his arms around you.
You reciprocated the hug, slowing your breathing, trying to control your tears.
Steven hurt you, and he realized his mistake, nearly too late. But here he was now. doing everything in his power to rectify his mistake, promising you that he would never make you feel that way ever again. Shit, he almost fell from the 2nd floor trying to apologize.
You squeezed him tighter, and he squeezed you back.
"Thank you Steven" you whispered.
When the two of you slowly pulled away from each other, your tears finally stopped, and so had Steven's.
He wiped your tears away gently.
"Don't thank me y/n, I shouldn't have given myself a reason to apologize in the first place." He said with his hands still cupping your face.
After a beat of silence, he finally spoke up.
"So does this mean you'll move back in with me?" Steven asked hopefully.
You laughed, causing a smile to spread across Steven's face.
"Just shut up and kiss me." grabbing his face, you pressed your lips to his.
He gladly shut up and kissed you back, melting into you, you even felt his body press closer to you. You felt the dried tears on his cheeks against your face.
When you pulled away, you were both slightly panting for air, and Steven pressed his forehead to yours, holding your hands in his.
You both closed your eyes and stayed like that for a while.
When the two of you pulled away from each other you turned, looking at the things he bought you.
You held his hand and led him to your bed, sitting down next to them.
You picked up the bear and smiled at it.
"You remembered how much I love Paddington." you said, turning to look at him.
He smiled fondly at you and nodded.
"The little bear that brought you to me."
Your heart practically melted.
You put the Paddington bear down and picked up the bag of chocolates.
"And you remembered my favorite" you grinned at him, holding up the bag.
"Of course, I can never forget the beautiful noises you make every time you eat one of those." he said, blushing immediately after he said it.
"You felt your face heat up as well and you hid your face in your hands, smiling sheepishly.
You felt his hands gently grab your hands to move them away from your face.
You felt yourself get lost in Steven's eyes, the color of them matching your favorite chocolate. Reminding you that coincidentally, Steven had the power to make those same noises come from your mouth.
You were so close you could feel Steven's breath on your lips.
Suddenly you heard the door open and you both jumped back from each other.
"y/n!!!" you heard Chloe call your name, dragging it out.
"We're home! and we bought the food!" you heard Rae say excitedly.
"Shit!" you jumped up from the bed, causing Steven to the same.
"Okay, okay uhhhhh" you said quickly looking around.
"I'll talk to them first, so they don't jump you, and then I'll call you downstairs, okay?" you said quickly with your hands on his shoulders.
"Okay, I got it." Steven nodded.
"Alright great" you said rushing to open the door.
"Y/n!" Steven whisper-yelled your name causing you to pause and turn around.
"Yeah?" you whisper-yelled back.
"I love you." He reminded with a small smile.
You almost physically melted at his cuteness.
"I love you too."
You closed the door softly as you heard Chloe call your name again as she looked for you.
“Coming!”
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linalilia · 9 months
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*goes from "I CAN FINALLY MOVE BLOGS LET'S GOOOOOOO" to "wait what do i do with this blog then" in one minute*
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Ophelia Orphanage, Brindleton (12:45pm)
*sounds of children screaming and laughing in the background*
Jordyn: Princess! Princess! Look what I made for you!
Catalina: A drawing? For me? Thank you! That’s so sweet of you~
Director Gilbert: It is an honour to have you and the Crown Princess here, your highness. I’m sorry if the preparations aren’t as adequate.
Alfie: Nonsense! You have done more than enough to welcome us here.
Director Gilbert: It was nothing, sir. I’m just glad to see that the Princess seemed to enjoy playing with the children here.
Alfie: The children are lovely. It’s good to see that they’re being well taken care of. They already had to go through so much at such a young age.
Director Gilbert: We try our best. It’s all thanks to the donation that the Princess has given to us that the children get to live comfortably.
Alfie: Lina has always been fond of children. I’m happy that the donation she made has helped you all.
Director Gilbert: Indeed it has. The children love her for it.
Director Gilbert: She would be a great mother one day. Your future children will be lucky.
Alfie: Yes, they will.
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Magnolia House, Holan (10:28pm)
Alfie (to the phone): I don’t think she minds if it’s not something grand. She’s not the type to like stuff like that.
*door opens and closes*
Alfie: Yeah, at home is probably the best. I did the same thing for Lina too. Because I knew that if I were to do it publicly, she’s going to reject me.
Catalina *thinking*: Who is he talking to?
Alfie: *laughs* Okay, good luck. I’m looking forward to the good news. Mhm, bye-bye.
Catalina: Why is my name mentioned in the call?
Alfie: It’s Rainier. He was asking about how I proposed to you.
Catalina: *gasps* Wait, what? Don’t tell me...
Alfie: Yeap. He’s proposing to Ginny soon.
Catalina: Oh my god! That’s great! Another wedding!
Alfie: It’s been a while since the last wedding in our family. It’s about time for another one.
Catalina: Time flies so fast. I can’t believe ours was two years ago. I still feel like it was yesterday.
Alfie: Mhm. Two years of just you and me.
Catalina: Alfie.
Alfie: Yes, sayang?
Catalina: I really enjoyed my time at the orphanage today. The kids were so adorable.
Alfie: I can see that. They really love you.
Catalina: Do you think...we should start trying, seriously, this time?
Alfie: For a baby?
Catalina: No, Alfie. A cat. Of course I’m talking about trying for a baby, dummy.
Alfie: You want to have my babies? Really?
Catalina: I’m tempted to say something snarky but yes, I want to have babies with you. A mini us.
Alfie: *laughs* Are you sure about this?
Catalina: Yes. Very sure. Let’s make a baby.
Alfie: I thought you’d never ask.
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Summary: You've been in love with your best friend Wooyoung since childhood and maybe he likes you too…
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Y/n and Wooyoung, both K-pop idols and best friends since childhood, found themselves navigating the delicate balance between friendship and something more.  
Wooyoung, known for his playful flirting, had always teased y/n, but she wondered if his actions were just a part of his nature. Wooyoung has always been a social butterfly who loved talking to people. Y/n was more introverted. She hadn’t many friends and used to be worried about being left by Wooyoung. She often asked herself why wooyoung stayed with her. Why he didn’t leave her for one of his other friends? But what y/n never knew was what Wooyoung thought about her. That Wooyoung believed that she was the prettiest, funniest, and cutest girl in the world. Y/n never saw Wooyoung look at her the way he did. Like she was his howl world.  
All the people around them told them since their childhood that they would be the perfect couple, but y/n never believed them. She always thought that she was the only one with romantic feelings and that Wooyoung would reject her someday.   
As Wooyoung debuted in the same group as Y/n’s brother Hongjoong Ateez and Y/n debuted in a soon successful girl group she was anxious to lose Wooyoung but he kept contact with her. He always flirted with her when they phoned. He always made sure that she felt comfortable.  
The only person y/n talked to about her feelings for Wooyoung was Hongjoong. One day during the monthly tea-drinking meetings between the Kim sibling's y/n admitted her growing romantic feelings for Wooyoung. She feared that his flirting was merely his way of interacting with everyone, not necessarily a reflection of deeper emotions for her. Her Brother remembered her that Wooyoung had a special bond with her since childhood and that he always put her about everyone. But the most important thing he told her was that Wooyoung never had a girlfriend, and never showed interest in a person in a romantic way except her, y/n. The girl he always confessed his love for since the age of 6 years (of cours just as a "friend"), the girl he had always admired and loved and the girl he always had feelings for that were perhaps not just friendship. After her brother said this y/n went very quiet for the rest of the day. Hongjoong told her not to think about it so much, but she did it anyway.  
Y/n isolated herself more and more. She didn’t answer Wooyoung’s calls, ignored her brother, and overworked herself. She didn't want to see her best friend just to avoid thinking about Wooyoung, their relationship, and the probably romantic feelings between them.  
After a few weeks y/n finally pulled herself together and accepted the invitation from Hongjoong to Ateez's apartment during her holiday.  
Lina could feel the excitement in her vanes as she entered the door to the shared apartment where Ateez lived. Not to lie she was more than nervous mostly about meeting Wooyoung. However, Lina soon noticed that Wooyoung greeted her with a certain sparkle in his eyes. Even if he acted like nothing happend, like she hadn't ignored him.
At the time y/n was gone Wooyoung at first place worried about her, as she didn’t pick up his call and ignored the text messages, he sent to her. But he also thought a lot. He realized that he never loved a girl as much as he loves y/n, and he realized that this love isn’t only a love between two friends. For him, y/n hasn't been a normal friend for a long time. Not even a best friend. She was more for him.
After he heard that y/n will spend her holidays at their apartment he was so excited and decided to confess his feelings to her. 
During y/n's first day, she did her best to avoid her best friend and somehow suggested. She drew with Yeosang, made some music with her brother and Mingi, played games with Yunho Jongho and San, and watched a drama with Seonghwa. She did stuff with every member except Wooyoung. Everyone noticed but no one said anything except Wooyoung. The more y/n tried to avoid him the clingier he got and the clingier he got the more y/n tried to avoid him.  
Y/n thought she was finally ready to talk to Wooyoung as she agreed to the invitation but obviously, she wasn’t. She could no longer deny that Wooyoung wasn’t longer behaving like a normal friend, but she was afraid that Wooyoung didn't mean all the flirty things he said to her, afraid that his affection was only show or meant as a friend.  
At the evening of the second day, y/n had a little therapy/tea session with her older brother. She was already proud of herself as she brought the topic up. 
"Hongjoong, can you please tell me that Wooyoung is always this... charming to women. Cause is it me or is his behavior not really normal for best friends anymore?" asked y/n quietly, her brow furrowing slightly. Hongjoong smiled as he took a sip of tea.
"You know Wooyoung is always clingy, but he doesn't behave as.... extremely lovingly with anyone as he does with you. You seem to be special to him though. You know that I think he has some feelings for you, but I guess he finally also realized this and started showing you some more affection to make you realize this too. You know... Spread a few hints so that you hopefully get it soon." Confused, Lina looked at her brother.
"Get what?" 
"Wooyoung has serious feelings for you. I think he really loves you." Hongjoong chuckled at her. 
These words sent Lina into thousands of thoughts. She didn't know how to respond. When Hongjoong asked how she felt about Wooyoung, she remained silent. But then, almost automatically, the thought slipped out of her mind:
"I love Wooyoung and clearly not only just as a friend. It’s annoying how fast my heart beats when I'm with him."  
Hongjoong grinned and looked behinde his sister.
"It's best to tell him that yourself." Then he pointed over y/n’s shoulder. When she turned around, Wooyoung was standing in the doorway. His face was a little confused but with a smile on his lips. Hongjoong left the room giggling, leaving a now from-ear-to-ear grinning Wooyoung and a bright red Lina behind in the little room.  
Lina felt her heart beat faster as Wooyoung approached her. Kneeling in front of her chair, he gently took her face in his hands, turned it towards him, and smiled timidly.
"I've been thinking about you all day. I... really love you and just to be clear this is also definitely not meant as a friend." he confessed.
"I think I can be a good best friend to you, but a better boyfriend.” Perplexed, Lina stared at him. She thought her brain left her body. Did her best friend who always teased her really knelt in front of her and confessed his feelings? Without turning it into a joke or something!? She was super confused but at the same time she was a bit too happy cause her dreams literally came true at this moment.
Y/n shyly looked at Wooyoung’s lips what brought him to love. But before Wooyoung could take the chance and finally kiss her. Y/n now a bit more confident pressed her lips gently against his. Immediately he returned the kiss and when they broke away, they both smiled at each other. 
Wooyoung asked Y/n if she wanted to be his girlfriend and this time, he didn't leave her alone with his teasing, but she just smiled because this was so typical for Wooyoung and she loved it. Of course, she said yes to his question and somehow, they just lay in Wooyoung’s bed for the rest of the day cuddled and maybe snogged.  
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firebugging · 4 months
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MUTUAL APPRECIATION POST!!!!!
Hope everyone's year has been good so far, I've wanted to do this for a while, so here's my little ramble!!
I wanted to do as many people as possible but I am a COWARD and just went until I feel like I wrote too much, everything is utc :3
ALRIGHTTTTT, STARTING OFF WITH @eslover. I remember our first interaction the best tbh... (milgram tree, kotorb!!) you're the person that made really want to try and branch out to talk to other people within the milgramblr community (I still get a bit embarrassed though). You're super nice and I'm really grateful that we're mutuals! Truly the McMido acc ever !!
Next up, @tsuwmya! You were my first mutual here and I think you're super cool!! I really admire you, even if I don't interact with you a-lot, your ocgram is SOSO WELL DONE AND ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE SO CHEWYYY (it made me begin work on my own ocgram again actually). Your analysis posts are always such a pleasure to read and there is something about your art that makes me want to eat it like a sandwich /pos
@dearmahiru YOUUU. You're the person that made me like 0610 and MY GOD, DOOMED YURI!! They're one of my favourite ships now hehe. BUT ANYWAYS, ANOTHER PERSON WHO MAKES WONDERFULLY WRITTEN ANALYSIS POSTS, they're always such good reads and you can tell how well researched they are! In my head you're THE Mahiru mutual and I await the Kotoko final girl post!
LINA @linabirb. Uhmm... fun fact, when I initially got into Milgram, your edit blog was the first thing I really checked out in terms of fan work. I believe I was the anon that asked for heart shaped miko icons one time (I loved them btw. I ended up using them for one of my rentry pages WITH CREDIT OFC). You're really friendly and soso approachable 10/10 MUTUAL!!!
@narumimii YOU'RE LIKE A CELEBRITY 2 ME... so cool. I lovelove you edits and will probably spam like them later out of respect because photopea SUCKS and trying to understand it made me admire you for putting up with it's confusingness. Also... yurigram real I LOVE YOUR ART OK BYE
@rainbowghostcat @seariii @heynowisavedyouright and @roseofcards90 I WAS GONNA WRITE STUFF FOR YOU GUYS TOO BUT GOT EMBARRASSED AND DELETED IT I'M SO SORRY </3 BUTTT I THINK YOU'RE ALL SUPER COOL AND I AM SENDING YOU A MILGRAM CHIBI OF YOUR CHOICE...
@art-stuff-by-goose You're one of my irls and also not on milgramblr but you are my qp WIFE so I would like to thank your for putting up with me for all these years! I can be cringefail boyflop girlloser around you without worry and you also introduced SSOOSOOSO many cool games to me YOU WILL BE NUKED!! Overall you are very cool and I am gonna give you one of my silly dinosaurs :3
TO EVERYONE WHO ISN'T ON HERE!! Just know that even if we're not close, I really appreciate you! Everyone who I've interacted with here (no matter how much or how little) has really made my fandom experience so much more enjoyable, this is actually the first time I've really tried to interact with others in the community and it's been soso wonderful thus far. So thank you! I hope that you all have a wonderful 2024!! <3
Also uhmmm, I suck at interacting first so if you'd like to get closer, maybe send an ask? OK THAT'S ALL THIS WAS UHMMMMM VERY UHHHH THIS WAS A POST!!!!!!
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Alright here comes cringe Lego drawings.
by the way this is gonna make you feel all the way more different about my lore skills.
First oc design
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this thing. (I didn’t know the properties of Lego. 😒) She was supposed to be a tiger.
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This is her in her ‘GoDdEsS’ form. (It’s lame.) Basically the goddess of the stars or what not but I think it looked weird by now. Besides this is not related to Lego monkie kid Chinese mythology related and stuff.
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I updated her design later on of her having the same pose as her older sister, (right) which pretty sucks btw.
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This design pretty much made me rethink what I was doing 7 months ago. Yet her playing the violin is just… Smh. Seeing how I come so far with my designs are pretty cool. Despite how much I change it daily. WOW.
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The side characters. Her sister and EX friend. Her ex friend is right and sister left. Basically what I was thinking is that her ex friend who is really upset at Ruby because very oc has a tragic backstory. Not that it matters anyway, Her ex friend was under the guidance of macaque, Explaining her ‘friend(s)’ little new gained powers. Her sister was a replacement of her mom and dad because basically abandoned them.
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This girl right here is minty. Just an assistant of chang’e (moon goddess.) May or may not come into my lore.
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Just pfps I made. if you actually use these flops as pfps it’s fine. No credit needed.
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This oc was a redesign (again) to which I could do better but no. You don’t know how much I hate this UGHHH-
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A new era of Shincho and Mel. We don’t talk about the lost causes of them in my last au. This explains it all.
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Mel. Mel you’re dead to me. 👉🚪
This is also Mel getting possessed by LBD for some reason. This felt very random and out of nowhere and this is art I haven’t even shown you guys before and still drew it. (Probably forgot..)
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And here’s our final product. Lina/Yueyang.
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Wait what’s this—? CHILDREN? (Btw I might change Lyria’s symbol because it seems too basic.)
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hi, your fic “moving like a river of trouble crossing” kinda resonated with my soul and maybe even changed my life just a little bit, and i thought you deserved a better comment than my inarticulate ranting in the reblog tags yesterday.
the idea of shield hiring a therapist that looks like an older version of steve’s mother is unbelievably fucked up. the psychological warfare at play there is insane. and i love the parallel drawn to him first waking up from the ice and them trying to play this trick on him. he’s so much smarter than they give him credit for, everyone’s constantly underestimating him. i think that’s my favorite theme throughout this story; everyone is commodifying him in their own way, trying to stuff him in the box that they already made for him inside their heads.
the phrase “are you awake yet?” repeating over and over is so many different kinds of powerful. firstly, the way that it ties back to him waking up from the ice and his feelings of displacement in the world. secondly, that hazy, detached feeling that comes with depression, like you’re half-sleepwalking through your entire life, and no matter how hard you try to snap out of it and wake up, you can’t. i know that feeling well, and it emanates viscerally from this entire story. thirdly, it feels like a metaphor for the fact that he’s just drifting through life, doing what he’s told, following orders because he doesn’t know what else he’s supposed to do with himself.
obsessed with lina’s comment of “wrong place, wrong time” after the date. she’s right on so many levels, more right than she knows. each and every line of this story has so many layers, all of the characters feel three-dimensional, and the vibe is distinct and consistent.
the entire section following “pain, steve knows on an intimate level,” him cataloguing all of the hurt throughout his life, is a masterpiece. this story belongs in a museum. long sections of introspection like that are always hardest for me to write, and this is like poetry. i was searching for a handful of favorite lines to pick out to quote back at you but i can’t even pick.
all the symbolism in the movie that he’s watching (is this a real movie that you’re quoting from? if so that makes it so much better) tying into his memories of his mom dying, of becca and peggy and bucky and the line “steve was only ever as strong as the people propping him up.” 😭😭😭 i have no words for how deeply i can feel his pain and loss. he’s sitting there thinking about how he was never really alone when he was lonely back then, but now he is really alone, and there’s nothing to soothe the ache in his soul.
Rumlow communicating through riddles and insults and violence is everything to me. this actually may be my favorite iteration of him that i’ve ever read; he almost mirrors natasha in the way that he says everything but what he really means, pushing limits and pushing into people’s lives like a creeping vine. pushing himself right into steve’s space, nearly pushing steve over the edge.
i’m picking up on some desperate, hopeless undertones of the little scene with steve riding his motorcycle, risking his life senselessly just to feel something, trying to convince himself he’s grateful for this second chance at life. there’s so much powerful character development in such a short scene, this is masterful.
the way that the fight between steve and rumlow is practically a proxy for intimacy is everything i love about their dynamic in one scene. the way that rumlow talks shit snd fights dirty and likes hurting steve just a little more than is strictly necessary. i know despite everything, rumlow’s gonna be thinking about this night for a long time. steve’s just a sadist’s dream, mind and body designed specifically to take brutality, and he has enough guilt and self-hatred built up to put himself in situations like this for the sake of blowing off steam. they’re a match made in hell, really.
this story deserves to be up there with the big names in stucky fic and i would die on that hill. i’m sorry this is so long, if there’s one thing about me it’s that i love writing insanely long comments 🤩 but um yea i’m so glad you decided to share this with the world bc !!! it got even better on my second read-through to write this comment this morning.
Omg hi! First of all, thank you so much for the generous kind words and for the detailed message. I am always so delighted when people engage with the stuff that I post in any way whatsover, but especially when they're willing to share their impressions, so you never need to apologize for it getting long. I love talking about this stuff. (if anything, I'm just sorry I couldn't get around to responding sooner!) I'm really glad the theme of everyone's different attempts to "place" Steve came through. That might be one of my favourite conflicts when it comes to his character, actually - especially because it's very workable both in-universe (we get to see people project their personal definition of what Cap is supposed to be onto Steve in the comics over and over, as well as in the movies but to a lesser extent) and as meta, considering the wildly different interpretations different canon writers as well as parts of the fandom have voiced for years now (hell, decades) - many of which, in my personal opinion, just completely ignore his background and defining traits/experiences in favor of, again, what their personal idea of what Cap (read: the USA) should value, prioritize, and represent. I just think the idea of a regular man - one with very specific life circumstances that produced a pretty rigid, strong-willed set of morals for that matter - thrown headfirst into being a myth and a propaganda tool, and by virtue of that being manhandled by the government and the public and pretty much everyone he meets almost constantly, to be very interesting. Also honestly I'll take just about any opportunity I can get to shit on intelligence agencies and all the psychological warfare (as you very aptly put it) they entail. And I love Steve's relationship with Sarah as well as that idea of everyone constantly underestimating him so this felt like a good, if painfully fucked up way to introduce that.
I could talk about my love for CATWS' nods to Steve's grief and extremely internalized way of dealing with things but I'm not going to because then we'd be here all day, so I'll just say this: I think about his whole subdued demeanor at the start of that movie coupled with those Avengers deleted scenes of him just kind of aimlessly wandering around New York looking like the epitomy of Sad Man with No Plan at least once a goddamn week. That exchange with Sam at the VA also just wrecks me every time, simply because it's so quiet and unassuming but says a lot. I'd say I'm glad my writing could get you to relate to that sense of dissociation so strongly, but having experienced it myself one too many times I'll just say it fucking sucks and I'm sorry it's so familar. Again, interesting to write about, though, especially when you're writing about a guy who's not only clearly been used to keeping this shit under lock and key his whole life, but who has only had maybe like three and a half people that he could on rare occasions allow himself to confide in, all of whom have gone and died on him or are getting there. Not to mention the survivor's guilt involved - I kept thinking that I can't imagine how badly just about anyone would react to these kinds of feelings if they were feeling guilty about being alive in the first place on top of everything else, and then guilty about feeling that way instead of grateful, like some kind of hellish positive feedback loop. Happy the "wrong place, wrong time" comment went over well! It felt a little heavy handed while I was writing it, but that may just be because I spent a good few days just overthinking that segment. That said I do have a whole background for Lina I have to figure out what to do with now, lol. I've gotten too attached. The movie he's watching is in fact real! It's called Mikey and Nicky and I can't recommend it enough to anyone who might be interested in a slightly experimental, character study-esque '70s crime flick that's really more a thoughtful story about love and death and devotion and lifelong friendship ultimately not surviving the test of time, differing life choices and disillusionment. Themes of childhood and loss and remembrance just kill me in general, especially in the scene I included, and especially because my brain kept going "haha but what if we made this about stucky" on repeat until I had to sit down at write this. Tbh that segment might be my favourite, the fact I had to take several breaks while writing bc I got too sad notwithstanding. And finally: ah, Rumlow. That motherfucker. Hate that guy's guts, love writing him. I cannot tell you how much I'm glad that Natasha parallel came through for you, because I think I did initially conceive of them as mirrors. My thinking was that Steve probably wouldn't fully trust either of them, especially in that lockdown survival mode and just having come into the whole paranoid toxic environment that is SHIELD which he already doesn't really trust, either. That said, I think on that surface level he might latch onto Rumlow more simply because he kind of highkey screams DOWN TO EARTH SOLDIER more than spy which might be more familar, and because Steve's well aware Natasha owes her allegiance to Fury in a pretty established way and is showing a personal interest in his life, which could come across as suspect. And it definitely is to an extent, but I think in the way that for Natasha at this point the slowly budding care she is developing for Steve as one of her own is still very much inseperable from her need to possess information and have control over the situation, which clashes with Steve's equally distrustful nature and desire to keep something for himself. Of course, we know that she's well-meaning and just acting on habit, while Rumlow is...well, Rumlow.
I tried to write Steve as being attracted primarily to that familiarity/comfort of having someone very competent and dogged and seemingly loyal on his side as well as Rumlow as a whole - his experience, his skill, this more level, borderline challenging approach he takes with Steve, even that rougher side to him; despite also being somewhat aware of and at moments even put off by the dubious nature of it all (not necessarily the fascist dogwhistles, but just those moments where that "just one of the guys" front crosses a line into something murkier) but eventually always ending up shutting that feeling down as dismissible because he doesn't have the energy to process it, and prob because there's a certain degree of shame coloring the whole thing. He doesn't want to think about why he's attracted to Rumlow including the violent side of him, about why he's drawing unwilling parallels to Bucky, about what he's subconsciously looking to get from Rumlow while in this self-destructive spiral, and so he inevitably just goes along with it. For Rumlow's part, I think he's definitely got that "moth to a flame" attraction to Steve, and might even respect (big, gigantic fucked up quotation marks around that) him in his own way, or at least he respects what Steve could do if he just wasn't so...well, Steve. I imagine the whole projection of Cap the Symbol (remember when I mentioned that like 2000 words ago?) as well as many of the things we all love about Steve the Man probably rub Rumlow the wrong way, if for no other reason because they're an unwittingly glaring call to his conscience, which I figure would just unnerve and piss him off more and make him turn even more punishing on instinct just to justify himself to himself. In any case, he definitely gets a kick out of being near Steve in the same way people get a kick out of proximity to powerful people in general. I don't think it's a HYDRA honeypot thing or some straight-up evil plan behind it or even a fully conscious thing for him necessarily, just that he's aware Steve's very, very strong and very, very closed off and very, very good while also being pretty fucking vulnerable, and gets a kick out of being able to exploit that and push his buttons and ultimately more or less subdue him in a way that has as much, if not more, to do with power as it does with sex and attraction. So violence as a proxy for intimacy is a perfect way of putting what I was going for, thank you for that!
What I ultimately find the most interesting about writing this version of Rumlow in relation to this version of Steve is that Rumlow is very much a hateable character to me precisely because on the surface he could be just any other alright guy, if he weren't, well.... Rumlow, if he didn't repeatedly decide to give in to the same sadistic instinct because it's easier than the rest of it, if he didn't make the same morally wrong choice over and over despite initially seeming reedemable, despite getting every opportunity to choose differently; same as Steve repeatedly chooses to be good despite his own flaws, despite the opportunity to just give up, despite his own inner turmoil.
So, y'know: very much fuck that guy. They should've dropped more than one building on him. Hell of an interesting dynamic to write, though. Match made in hell indeed.
*claps hands together* ANYWAY! JESUS CHRIST THIS GOT LONG, I'm so sorry to you and anyone seeing this. This wasn't meant to turn into my own personal verbose meta playground, and yet it did. Thank you so much again for the lovely comment and for taking the time out to come talk to me about your impressions, it's been a pleasure!<3
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