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How To Let Go 101

Charles Leclerc x Fem!Reader

Warnings: Charles grossing out his kids, just a day with the leclercs and their kiddos on the yacht, coming out indirectly (sorta??), shady behaviour between friends, mentions of pregnancy and having kids, Charles is gonna lose his mind, a few swear words, tiniest kitchen injury, little bit of blood, one snarky comment but it was said out of pettiness (no hard feelings please lmao), alcohol and the consumption of.

Word Count: 5.7k

Author’s Note: this one is wild lmao so buckle up lmaoooo

Daddy & Me + Three Masterlist // includes this ask -- one

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Hot and sunny, the breeze sticking to your skin as it blew. It was the perfect day to spend on the water and that’s exactly where you were all headed.

Three cars headed to the port at the moment; you and Charles in his beloved pista, Christoper drove himself and Sofia, along with Eloise and Anthony, who had met you at the house that morning. Gabriel took his own car to stop off and pick up his friends.

At some one point or the other, you all arrive and everyone picks off their own corners of the yacht.

Charles was playing captain for the day, no matter how much the boys promised their father they were more than capable of sailing, they were not up to Charles’ standard apparently.

The kids were spread across the front of the yacht, taking in the sunshine. The 3 girls; Sofia, Eloise and Georgina were all in the middle of a photoshoot for what you could only assume was Instagram.

Georgina was the twins’ first friend aside from Sofia. She was 2 months younger than the boys, 4 months older than Sofia which made her 19 as well.

Georgina was George’s daughter and though the names bare great resemblance, she looked nothing like her father. The only thing she took from him were his big blue-green eyes and lashes. Now, Georgina wasn’t even supposed to be named that; everyone called her that the moment they found out her parents were having a baby girl. A little tease on George turned more because even George himself slipped up and called her that the first time he held her.

On the other side of the girls, the boys were mid debate; which car of their fathers’ was the fastest. A usual topic amongst them, their family pride gearing up.

Anthony obviously said his father, Pierre. Gabriel and Christopher were claiming their father, Charles, has the best track record all while Oliver was reminding them that his father, Max, had won the title of world champion.

Oliver, who was affectionately known as Oli, was Max's oldest and only son. 18 years old and just as bold and full of himself as his father was. Much like Anthony, you saw Max in Oli. It was painfully clear in his ways who’s child he was but despite that, the blue eyes and hunched over laugh were tell tale signs of Max.

Gabriel rolls his eyes at the mention of Max's win; Gabriel loved Max, looked up to him even but he despised Oliver with a passion. He always told you that Oliver was full of himself and he despited the way he ran around town hopping from girl to girl. You understood where he was coming from but you couldn’t imagine sweet little Oliver, the same little blonde hair, blue eyed, fat face baby boy sleeping with half of the city.

The older twin walks off, dropping himself down next to Georgina. The girl shifts, resting her head on his lap as they chat.

The boys dispersed, Christopher returning to Sofia, hugging her from behind as Anthony mirrored him with Eloise, the 4 of the chatting.

Oliver was on the other side of Georgina, her tanned legs on his lap. Despite Gabriel’s dislike for the dutch boy, Oliver was friends with his siblings and Georgina.

You often wondered if they were dating; Georgina spent so much time with Gabriel, the two of them slept in the same bed most nights when she stayed by the Leclerc residences; the kids’ nickname, not yours.

“What are you staring at, amour?” Charles asks you, sitting beside you in the shade.

You nod towards the 3 kids on the seat and Charles follows your eyes to them. “Okay, what am I meant to see?” He asks you, confused.

You roll your eyes, this man always missed what you were trying to show him. “Georgina and Gabriel, seems like they’re dating, no?”

“He doesn't kiss and tell honey.” He tells you, pulling you into his side. “Yes but-” Charles cuts you off with a kiss. “It was you that told me they need to grow up, make their own choices, right?”

“Oh fuck off,” you laughed, rolling your eyes at your husband.

Charles smirks, kissing you. “I’ll fuck you-” “Dad! Ew!” Eloise groans as she turns around and walks away from you two.

You laughed at her reaction, “oh grow up Elly! How do you think you were made?!” Charles shouts after her, making her gag.

While Eloise and her father bickered, your eyes were glued to Gabriel, Georgina and Oliver. Georgina was reading her book, she could care less about Gabriel’s wandering hand on her stomach.

Oliver’s gaze fixed on Gabriel.

Gabriel’s fixed on Oliver.

There we go.

The yacht anchored as you kissed your husband before heading down to put together lunch. You were below deck, trying to open the stupid jar of peppers because Charles insisted on buying the fancy glass bottle with the clearly indestructible lid instead of the regular one and you could not get it open.

“Need help mama?” Gabriel asks; your sweet boy to the rescue.

You hand him the jar, the boy opening it with ease before handing it back over. He sat in the little booth by the counter, eating the strawberries you cut earlier as he watched you mix the peppers into the pasta sauce.

“Can I ask you something ?” You look over at him and he nods, popping another piece of strawberry into his mouth.

“What’s going on with you and peach ?”

You had called Georgina ‘Peach’ since she was a little girl because her name reminded you of Georgia, hence Georgia peaches.

“Nothing, we're just friends.” He tells you, munching on strawberries.

You hum, cutting the cucumber for the salad. “Could you grab the bowl from the cupboard for me?” You nod towards the cupboard above you and Gabriel gets up, reaching for the glass bowl in the cupboard.

You turn around to face the boy once he sets the bowl down. “And Oli?”

“What ?” he asks, brows furrowed. Your eyes meet his blue ones. “Oli - is something going on?”

“I- Mom, what are you-” he stutters, unsure how to explain himself to you.

Not that you needed an explanation.

“Are you two.. seeing each other?” You ask him quietly, unsure if he has come to terms with his feelings or if maybe you misread the situation.

“No!” Gabriel shook his head, “I just-” he sighs, running a hand down his face as he leans on the wall.

“I like him, mama.” Gabriel whispers, you smile at your boy as you pull him into a hug.

“I’m happy for you, baby.” You tell him, kissing his cheek. Gabriel lets out a breath, his blue eyes teary. “Really ?” he asks, smiling.

“Of course, honey. You know I love you no matter what, right? Who you’re sleeping with is your business,” you laugh, patting his cheek. “As long as you’re happy and safe, and you’re being treated well, then that's all that matters, isn't it?”

Gabriel nods, hugging you tightly.

“Can I just ask; do Elly and Chris know?”

“Elly figured out before I did.” He chuckles, “Chris knows too.”

“I take it daddy doesn’t know?” Glancing out the doorway at your husband who was napping in the sun; surely, he had no sunscreen on either. Gabriel shook his head, “I'm not sure how to tell him.”

“You don't have to. Take your time baby, I know your dad feels the same way I do so no rush, okay?” You smile at him.

Gabriel nods, smiling back at you. A weight lifted off his shoulders.

“But wait,” you grab his hand, “who’s lipstick was on you the other night?”

“Oh, some girl I met at the bar.”

“Oh,” you look at him slightly confused. “Good for you babe,” you chuckle, letting go of his hand.

You always tried to keep an open mind when talking to your kids. It’s hard to know they’re all grown up with their own lives but you had to get over it, they lived their lives how they pleased now -- well, except for when you bullied them into family affairs. Then they had to play by your rules and only your rules.

It didn’t take long for you to get lunch together, it was just a matter of putting the stuff from the baskets into the bowls and carrying it out to the table on deck.

Charles had come down to check on you, hugging you from behind. “What were you two talking about?”

“Who?”

“You and Gabriel.”

“Oh nothing, just asking if he can use the cottage next month. It’s peach’s birthday and they want to throw her a little party.”

“That’s fine.” Charles hums, “I know, I gave him permission.” You smile, turning to give him a kiss before you two carried the stuff out for lunch.

All the kids were sitting around the table, Chris and Georgina passing out drinks when you sat. “Want one?” Georgina asks Eloise, tipping the beer bottle in her direction.

“She's still too young for that one,” you took the bottle from the older girl, setting it in front of you.

“Anthony is drinking!” Eloise points out to you, causing her boyfriend to put his own beer down.

“Anthony is 18, he’s allowed.” You remind her, cracking the bottle open on the edge of the table and taking a sip. “Where’d you learn how to do that?” Chris asks you, eyes wide. He tries himself, knocking the cap on the side of the table.

“I had a life before you guys were born, just in case you didn’t know.” You laughed, taking the bottle from him and pulling the top off on the table, handing it back to him.

“Your mother is a woman of many talents,” Charles smiles, kissing your head as he moves to sit beside you.

“Dad, again - ew!” Elly groans, Charles’ brows furrow before he realizes what she meant. “Eloise! No! I didn’t mean it like that! God, why is your mind so filthy ?” he groans.

Christopher and Sofia sat together, Chris sat between her and Georgina. You were beside Georgina, Charles at the head of the table and across from you sat Anthony, Eloise, Oliver and Gabriel in that order.

Lunch was quiet, the 9 of you chatting about summer trips, plans for school come September. Oliver and Gabriel were bickering about something at the end of the table, the two of them quietly fighting and the way they were looking at each other was anything but subtle.

I mean, even Charles picked up on it and he usually never does.

Your husband nudged you. “what’s going on there?” He leans over to you and asks. You look in his line of sight at the two older boys.

You shrug, “he doesn’t kiss and tell.” You remind your husband of his words earlier.

“Are they-” “I don’t know but if they are, he’ll tell us when he’s ready.” You pat Charles’ hand, getting up to gather the empty dishes and he gets up to help you but Sofia calls for him.

“I got it, you relax.” She tells him, grabbing a few of the plates and helps you carry them to the kitchen.

Christopher and Georgina had been chatting, she and her parents were going to Spain at the end of the month and from what you could overhear, she wanted him to come along.

Sofia had been sitting right beside them, she heard the whole conversation.

It struck Sofia as odd that Georgina would invite her boyfriend on a family vacation when they were all friends and they could all go together. Along with the fact that Christopher was even being invited when everyone knows she and Gabriel are much closer.

“Auntie y/n?” Sofia calls for you, leaning on the doorframe.

“Yeah babe?” You look over at the girl.

Her bright blue bikini matches Christopher’s shorts, her tanned skin glowing in comparison; the picture of beauty.

“Is Gabriel going with the Russells’ to Spain ?” She asks you.

“They’re going to Spain ? He didn’t say anything to me.” She hums, you look over at her again. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah, just wondering.” She smiles at you, “need any help?”

“No, no. You go have fun, I think the boys are going for a swim if you want to join them.”

“Yeah,” she hums, walking up the few steps. You wondered to yourself what that was about but you didn’t want to push her. Nonetheless, you returned to the deck and peeked over the railing.

All the kids were in the water, Charles in there as well. “Having fun?” you call out to no one in particular.

A chorus of yes coming back as you sit on the swim platform, Charles swimming up to the edge to rest his arms on your thighs as your legs hang down into the cold water. The kids were off in groups, Anthony and Eloise together, Oliver and Gabriel were having some competition to see who could swim the fastest and Sofia, Christopher and Georgina were together.

Your hand passed though your husband’s wet hair, “you okay?” He asks you, noticing your zoned out gaze.

“Yeah, just thinking.”

Charles pulls himself up, sitting beside you before shifting to lay back and rest his head on your lap. “About?”

“Sof asked me if Christopher was going to Spain with the Russells.”

“I didn’t know they were going to Spain.”

“Yeah, me either. Now I was wondering what prompted that, but I think I found my answer.” You tell him, turning his face so he can see what you were.

Georgina was laughing, her hand resting on Christopher’s arm as he laughed as well. Sofia looked pissed, her face turned into a scowl as she looked away from them.

“He’s not cheating on her by having friends.”

“Yeah but if I was Sofia, I'd be pissed too. He brought her here and now he’s spent all day with Georgina, like come on.” You tell him.

“Do you want me to talk to him?”

“And say what, Charles ? Stop flirting with other girls in front of your girlfriend?”

“...Yeah, basically.”

“No,” you shook your head, “they’ll figure it out.”

To the other side of you was your youngest and her boyfriend. Eloise’s arms were around Anthony’s shoulders, the boy peppering her face in kisses. “I have to tell you something,” She whispers to him.

Anthony pulls her with him a little further away from her parents, he looks at the girl. “What’s up? Everything okay ?”

“I uh- I'm not sure how to tell you this.” She starts, running a hand over her face. Anthony looked just as worried as she did, unsure what she could possibly have to tell him.

“What’s wrong?”

Eloise finally spits it out after a breath. “I’m late.”

Anthony’s brows furrow, “late for what?”

“Late as in, I didn’t get my period yet.” She tells him.

Anthony’s face goes white, he looks like he’s going to be sick. “What do you mean you didn’t get it? Like how late are we talking? Are you sure you’re not stressed ? You know sometimes that happens-” Eloise put a hand over his mouth to shut him up.

“A week. A day or 2, sure, but a whole week? Something’s not right, Anthony.”

“How did this even happen? We were saf- fuck.” he sighs, remembering the morning they snuck out to watch the sunrise.

“Yeah.” She says quietly, the news weighting on both of them.

Somewhere towards the front, Oliver and Gabriel were still racing. “Calling it quits already ?” Oliver taunts, stopping to look back at Gabriel who was a few feet behind him.

“Fuck off Oliver.”

“Oh, full name. So scared.” Oliver laughed, rolling his eyes at the other guy. Oliver was fully aware of Gabriel’s distain towards him and he made it his mission to irritate him.

Maybe Gabriel would finally make a move if he kept going.

Oliver was more than aware of the conflicting feelings twirling around in the brunet’s head. He saw the way Gabriel looked at him, the way he shifted in his seat anytime Oliver took off his shirt or the way Gabriel used Georgina as a cover for his feelings, pretending to be interested in a girl he looked at as his best friend.

Gabriel rolls his eyes too, ignoring the blonde boy and the butterflies in his stomach. Oliver, on the other hand, kept pushing him. He swam over to him, the two of them all but maybe a foot apart from each other.

“So tell me, you and Georgina are a thing?” Oliver asks him.

Gabriel’s face twists into disgust for a moment before catching himself. “Sort of, we haven’t put a label on it.” Gabriel gives him a bare minimum answer.

“Is that why she’s flirting with your brother ?” He never turned so fast.

There goes his cover; his best friend giggling with his younger brother. Fucking Christopher, dude can’t keep it in his pants to save his life plus he had a girlfriend, did he really need to take his fake one too?

Gabriel wasn't sure what to say, ignoring his mixed feelings at the moment. Not getting the chance to process them because when he turned back to Oliver, his lips met his.

It was a few seconds before Gabriel pulled away, looking at Oliver in shock.

He didn’t know Oliver was into guys, let alone him. He had only ever seen him date girls as did Oliver only see him date girls too.

“So I wasn't imagining those looks, was I?” Oliver asks, a smug smile on his face. Gabriel can’t help but roll his eyes.

It was his default reaction around the younger Verstappen.

“I suppose not.” He answers, “but I'll race you back.” Gabriel shouts as he starts swimming back to the swim platform.

Sofia was the first one back onto the yacht, walking past you and Charles to dry off. Christopher hadn't even noticed she got of out the water until you shouted for them to come in.

It was starting to get late into the afternoon, you wanted to head back and drop the kids off at home. You were having the girls over tomorrow for drinks and lunch so you wanted to head home and start prepping the stuff.

Georgina gets out next, Gabriel and Oliver right behind her. You stopped Christopher as he hosed the salt water off his skin.

“What the hell Chris ?” You look at your son, arms folded across your chest.

“What?” He asks, confused.

“Why the hell are you flirting with Georgina? And apparently going to Spain with her?”

“Who said I was going to Spain ? She just invited me today.” He tells you and you smack his arm. “Mama! Ow!”

“Your girlfriend is right there, stop being an asshole and fix it. Sofia is a good girl, do not hurt her or I'll hurt you and let your uncle Carlos have his turn.” Your words reminding him of Carlos’s promise to hurt him if he hurt his little girl.

Christoper rolls his eyes, you can’t be serious.

You were most definitely serious.

Once Anthony and Eloise get back to the yacht, you all headed back to port.

The trip back was much quieter than coming. Georgina sat between Gabriel and Oliver, their arms resting on the railing behind her and yet, their hands grazed each others’ arms softly in the late afternoon sun. Sofia sat a few feet away from Christopher, her eyes fixed on the water while he was coming up with a way to apologize for his blatant stupidity. Anthony and Eloise were whispering to each other quietly, cuddled up next to each other.

Before you got off, you wanted to sort out who’s going where and how they were getting home. You and Charles were headed back to the house. Eloise and Anthony said they were too, he was already planning to spend the night with you guys, heading home after lunch with his mum tomorrow.

Georgina said she might have other plans but Oliver, who suddenly took a little more interest in Gabriel, was headed back to the Leclerc residence.

As for Sofia, she and Christopher were headed for a drive, probably to talk before coming back to the house. It was looking like you’d have a full house tonight.

Eloise and Anthony were going to ride back with Gabriel, Georgina and Oliver. Sofia and Christopher had left a few minutes ago and now you and Charles were the last two to head home.

“What’s rolling around in that brain of yours?” Charles asks you, resting a hand on your thigh as he drives.

“Why must something be rolling around my brain, Charles ?”

“That’s how it always is, y/n. Spit it out.”

You laugh, he wasn't wrong. “Nothing, I’m hoping Chris makes things right with Sofia.”

“Yeah, me too.” He says.

Somehow Gabriel and the rest of the kids get back before you, you and Charles getting in maybe 15 minutes after them. The house was quiet so you assumed they were in their rooms as you prepped stuff for tomorrow’s lunch and Charles unloaded the car.

You were cutting veggies in the kitchen, Charles dropped something in the backyard and it startled you, causing you to knick your finger on the knife.

You hadn’t even realized you were bleeding until you looked down, you moved to wash the blood off your finger just as Charles came inside. “Baby, what happened?” He asks you, rushing to your side.

“I’m fine, cut my finger. Can you get a bandaid for me?”

“Where are they ?” He asks, starting to open the drawers.

“Upstairs, the kids’ bathroom I think.” You tell him, he heads up to look for the bandaids. Charles digs through the drawers, tossing stuff out of the messy drawers only for a little rectangular box to hit the wall, he looks over his shoulder to see what it was and to pick it up.

Pregnancy Tests.

Charles’ brows furrow, confused as to why the kids would have a test. He ignores it, finding the bandaids and taking it down for you. Charles wraps the red bandage around your finger, before kissing it.

“Darling?” He calls as you toss the veggies out. The blood dripped onto the counter so you had to toss everything out.

“Yeah?” You turn to get something from the fridge.

“Are you pregnant?”

“What?!” You shut the fridge and look at him, “No! Charles, we have 3 grown children, I don’t intend on having more.”

Charles sighs, nodding. Your brows pull together as you look at the man. “Why? Is that something you want ?”

“Wha- No, I mean- We’re getting off track. I found a pregnancy test in the bathroom.”

“Was it used?” You ask him, moving to wipe down the counter.

“The box was empty so I'd assume so.”

You hum, confused. “It’s not mine, maybe Chris and Sof?”

“Already ? They’ve barely been dating for a year.” Charles laughs, thinking it’s impossible for him to become a grandfather so soon.

“We were barely married for 2 when we had the boys.”

“Fuck,” he reaches for his phone to call Christopher just as he walks in, hand in hand with Sofia. You smile at the sight of them, all is right in the world again.

“Sofia, can I ask you something honey ?” You call to her, reaching for her hand as you pull her off to the living room with you. Sofia is completely confused but follows you anyways. The two of you standing in the living room, her brows furrowed and her big brown eyes staring at you; she looked so much like her father right now.

“Is everything okay?”

“Yeah, I-” you suck in a breath, unsure how to ask her. “Did you, by any chance, take a pregnancy test and leave it upstairs ?”

Sofia laughs awkwardly, “what ?”

“Charles found one and we’re not sure who it belongs to. It’s not mine and I’m guessing it’s not yours based on that reaction.”

“Not mine. Did you ask Gabriel if it was Georgina’s? I heard she gets around these days.” Sofia blurts instantly covering her mouth afterwards. “Sorry, I didn’t-”

You wave her off, “I didn’t ask but I will.” You walk back over to your husband, “can you go up and ask Georgina if it’s hers?”

Charles’ eyes widened, “what?! No! You go, that’s so awkward.”

“Please, that’s nowhere as awkward as me asking Sofia if it was hers. Go ask.” You give him a shove towards the steps, he grumbles the whole way up the stairs, turning back to look at you once more before you shoo him away.

Charles knocks on Gabriel’s door once, walking in before he hears a come in. Usually he waited but he assumed they were all in there so what’s the big deal?

He instantly regrets his choice to walk in.

Gabriel and Oliver were laying on the bed, limbs tangled under the sheets. “Dad!” Gabriel sits up; Charles doesn't think he’s ever seen Gabriel move so fast.

“Sorry, sorry, sorry!” Charles shuts the door, his back to it.

Clearly Georgina wasn't in there.

“Where’s Georgina?” Charles asks, Gabriel answers back. “Dropped her off to see Adrian!”

Adrain was Alex’s son. Georgina and Adrian had been notoriously close since they were children. Not a big shock to hear they were a thing.

“Can you two, um, could you come down when you're done?” He asks from his side of the door. Gabriel shouts yes and Charles walks away.

So that was something he missed.

You and Christopher were in the kitchen when Charles came downstairs again. “Well ?” You ask Christopher.

“We’re fine.” He glances over his shoulder at Sofia who was on the phone with her mom.

“Good. I hope you’re not going to-” “Spain ? Yeah, but with Sofia. Uncle Carlos wants to visit some family and he said I could go with them if it's okay with you guys.”

“Depends on when but it should be fine, I'll talk to your dad.” You pat his hand, smiling.

Both Sofia and Charles walk into the kitchen at the same time, Sofia slides in next to Christopher at the breakfast nook, Charles looks like he saw a ghost. You look at your husband, confused at his reaction. “What happened ? Is it hers? Wait- is Gabriel the father?” You asked him and he shook his head.

“She’s uh- she’s not up there.”

“So why do you look like you got the shock of a lifetime?”

Charles leans toward you, whispering so the kids don’t hear. “Gabriel and Oliver were in bed.. together.”

“Okay, so?”

“No, nothing. I just thought they hated each other, sort of caught me off guard.”

“Well, apparently they don’t. Good to know it’s not Gabriel’s then.” You laughed, Charles relaxed at your joke, smiling.

Oliver and Gabriel made their appearance in the kitchen, hand in hand. “Yeah!!! Go Gabe!” Chris shouts, clapping for his brother. Sofia joined in on the fun, whistling for the new love birds.

You smiled at your children, it warmed your heart to see them all happy and in love.

Charles hugs you from behind, watching as the two boys squeeze into the breakfast nook; A habit they had since they were kids. Made for 2, but 6 children would squish into it.

“Good to know we’re not getting any grand- where’s Elly and Anthony ?” Charles asks, the dots finally connecting in his head as he lets go of you, jogging up the stairs.

It’s not long before you hear a door hit the wall and shouting. “Why can’t your father ever deal with things rationally ?” You ask the twins, running after Charles.

“Charles!” You shout at him, pulling the man away from the rant he was on. “It’s her test!” He shouts at you.

“Okay, so you yelling at them is going to fix what exactly?” You ask him, not that you were pleased about the situation either but Charles needed to get his shit together. “All of you downstairs, right now.” You pull Charles away from the room, letting the kids walk down to the kitchen.

You can hear Christopher asking her what’s wrong.

Charles was fuming, he was already planning to toss Anthony over the side of the yacht in the middle of the ocean. You ignore his red face, your hands cupping his cheeks.

“Breathe, it’s fine. Sure, it’s not the ideal situation, but we’ll help her figure it out.” You remind him, holding his hand as you both walk downstairs. Charles stops you before you walk into the kitchen.

“What if she’s pregnant, y/n?” He asks you, his blue eyes watery and the same look he had on his face when you found out you were having twins was back after so many years.

“We’ll help her figure it out, it's our job to help her and support her.” You give his hand a squeeze. Charles nods, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. You can’t help but feel sorry for your husband at that moment, you pull him into a hug, holding him tightly and rubbing his back softly.

“Okay, time to go be parents.” You chuckle, the two of you walking into the kitchen.

The 4 older kids were still in the nook, Eloise squished in next to Christopher who was rubbing her arm, kissing her head as she wiped away her tears. Anthony, on the other hand, was pacing the length of the counter.

“Anthony, sit.” Charles says to him, the boy finding his way to the stool by the counter.

“Boys, you're welcome to leave - not you, Anthony.” You look over at the boy who sits back down, a sly smile on his lips.

“I'll stay if you don’t mind.” Oliver smiles, his chin resting on the palm of his hand. Gabriel smiles, proud of his boyfriend and his love of drama. “Well, in that case, welcome to the family.” You smile at him.

“Okay, the test.” You look between Anthony and Eloise. “Do we have a result ?”

Eloise nods, “negative.”

You, Charles and her brothers let out a breath no one seemed to notice they were holding.

“Okay.” You nod, gathering your thoughts. “I thought your brothers were telling you two to be.. safe.” Charles brings up awkwardly.

“I know that much,” Anthony pipes up finally. “It was an accident, I promise it won’t happen again.”

Out of all the conversations that have happened in the kitchen; the numerous pregnancy reveals, the break ups, the makeups, the odd ball marriage proposal, this was the most awkward conversation you’ve all witnessed.

“Well this is fucking weird.” Oliver breaks the silence in the kitchen, saying what everyone was thinking. The room bursts into laughter, the tension lifting momentarily.

This wasn't the ideal way to teach your children to be safe and use protection but no one said parenthood was easy.

“I uh- I think I'm gonna call my dad and head home tonight.” Anthony says, pulling the focus to him.

“No need for that kiddo, you can stay if you want to. It’s fine.” You put an arm around him. “They’re not allowed to sleep in the same room,” Charles butts in, causing Eloise to groan.

“Sofia and Christopher do,” She points out, Chris pinches her arm for snitching on him.

“Sofia wasn't the one that had a pregnancy scare, was she?” Charles asks her, this was the only time you had ever heard him be stern with her. She was always his baby girl who can do no wrong.

“Fine, whatever. Where are you gonna put him? On the couch?” She asks her father.

Christopher speaks up, scooting his sister out the nook as he and Sofia get up. “Actually, I’m staying by Sofia’s tonight. We're getting breakfast with her cousins in the morning.” He announces.

“Perfect. Anthony, you can take Christopher’s room.”

“Okay.” He answers Charles, unsure how to get out of this predicament.

“You guys can go back to whatever you were doing.” You tell the kids, all of them getting and heading off. “Doors stay open!” Charles calls out to the ones headed upstairs.

You and Charles walk Sofia and Christopher to the door, hugging them goodbye before watching them get in the car. Charles has got his arm around your waist, the two of you waving them off as Christopher backs out the driveway.

Returning to the living room, you flop down on top of the couch and Charles makes his way to the kitchen. You switch on the TV, finally some peace and quiet -- that lasted all of 2 minutes, something shattered upstairs.

“Sorry Mama! It was the vase, I'll sweep it up!” Gabriel shouts and you groan.

Your favourite vase sat on a side table with some flowers Anthony had brought for you in an attempt to win you over after the fiasco a few weeks ago, Charles has gotten a bottle of scotch as well, surely Pierre’s pick.

Speaking of Charles, your husband returns to you with two glasses of wine in hand. He hands one to you, “we deserve it.” He says with a sigh, sitting beside you.

All 3 kids in relationships meant you’ve now gained 3 more kids, more stress but you wouldn’t change a thing. You loved these crazy ass kids with your whole heart.

You rest your head on his shoulder after you take a sip. “This parenting shit keeps getting harder, huh?”

Charles laughs, “I don’t think it ever gets easier.”

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2023 Thai BL Favorites List - Mid Year Check In

Tagged by @thatgirl4815 (thanks hon!) I adapted this to my taste.

Feel free to c/p do the same!

I’m answering all these right now for 2023, because it’s too complicated for me otherwise.

Favorite Thai BL 2023:

My School President

Favorite currently active Thai BL Branded Pair:

High Heat: Net James (Bed Friend)

Established: OhmFluke (609 Bedtime Story)

New: GeminiFourth (My School President & Moonlight Chicken)

Most underrated Thai BL actor right now:

Film Thanapat. He was perfectly serviceable in To Sir, With Love but he’s a goddamn revelation in Laws of Attraction.

Pair the deserves a second chance:

Haii & Boom (Chains of Heart)

Favorite Thai BL Main Character 2023:

King (Bed Friend)

Favorite Thai BL Side Character 2023:

Thiu (My School President)

Favorite Thai BL side dishes 2023:

Li Ming & Heart (Moonlight Chicken)

Favorite scene in a Thai BL so far:

My School President calling on the spirit of Love Sick. What can I say? I love meta and I love BL remembering it’s own history. This did both.

Most Anticipated Thai BL (& why):

I Feel You Linger in the Air

I like the premise, the cast looks great. This is a time travel historical romance adaption of y-novel by Violet Rain about a heartbroken architect who is transported to the 1930s from the producers of Lovely Writer.

Guilty pleasure Thai BL 2023 series (or likely to become so):

Future the series

July 2023 Thai BL Report

ABL has watched:

My School President & Our Skyy 2: My School President

La Pluie

Step By Step

Bed Friend

Between Us

Destiny Seeker

Make a Wish

Moonlight Chicken

Never Let Me Go & Our Skyy 2: Never Let Me Go

Our Skyy 2: A Tale of Thousand Stars

Our Skyy 2: Bad Buddy

Our Skyy 2: Star in My Mind

Our Skyy 2: The Eclipse

A Boss and a Babe & Our Skyy 2: A Boss and a Babe

Cutie Pie 2 You special

Future the series

609 Bedtime Story

Our Skyy 2: Vice Versa

I Will Knock You

Remember Me

Tin Tem Jai

Pastsenger

The Promise

Cafe In Love

Chains of Heart

Hit Bite Love

The Luminous Solution

My Blessing

Currently Watching:

Be Mine Super Star

Be My Favorite

Dinosaur Love

Hidden Agenda

Laws of Attraction

Love Syndrome III

Low Frequency

Senior Love Me

Wedding Plan

Can’t Find

Love Upon a Time

Boyband the series

Heart by Heart

Moments Of Love

DNF

House of Stars

Till the World Ends

Announced for 2023 (maybe still to come?)

After Sundown

1626

Fake Love

Friends Forever

I Wish You Love

Lucky Love

Pisces of Me

Refund Love

Right Time, Right You

You Are My Soulmate

The Camp Fire

The Outing Series

Deep Night

Pit Babe

Rule No.1: Don’t Be Too Emotional

Future From Me

SHADOW

Naughty Babe

Only Friends

Buddy Line Y Animal AKA

Mystique in the Mirror

2 Worlds

Punk Spy

The Next Prince

Kemjira Will Survive

Playboyy

Close Friend 3 Soju Bomb

Waterboyy 3 AKA Waterboys

Acadex

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Middleman’s Love AKA Middle Love

Cinderella Boys

Cherry Magic (Thai remake)

Born to be Y

Dangerous Romance

23.5

4 Minutes

7 Times 4 Days

Big Dragon 2

Big Dragon the movie

Boy Never Smiles

Chiang Mai Adventures

City of Stars

Colorful Melody

Cooking Crush

Flirt Milk

Friend. Boyfriend

Heroin The Series

Hot Bamee and Yummy Gyogung

Khemjira Will Survive

Last Twilight

Lost in the Woods

Love in Translation

Love Puzzle AKA Plengrak AKA

Love Syndrome – The Beginning

Lover Merman

Man Suang

Night Dream

Our Skyy 2

Our Story

Rule No.1: Don't Be too Emotional

Sunset Vibes

The Chinese Family

The D Project

The Hidden Character

The Internship

The Sign

The Whisperer

True Moon

Two Worlds

Wish Me Luck

Wish You Luck

Y-Moment

Crazy Handsome Rich

For Him the series

Twin The Series AKA Twins

Casanova Begins

Marry Go Round

Venus in the Sky

#Thai bl #memes gonna meme #abl answers the call of the meme #favorite thai bl #favorite thai pairing #most underrated actor #thai BL midyear reoirt #thai bl till to come

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heavyhitterheaux · 1 year

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Aura

Mariah's Tale as told by the treacherous twin @harlowsbby

Heaux Tales of Jack Harlow

(Listen to Aura by Mariah the Scientist as you're reading)

I couldn't help but to chuckle, I mean what were you expecting? He's let you down several times before, but I was always so blinded by his love.

"Come on she's lying I don't have a wife or kids if I did, you'd most definitely would've already known about it I mean l'm Jack fucking Harlow."

Neelam gasped she knew Jack was capable of many things but calling her a liar?? Especially when she knew she wasn't lying was crossing the line.

"Please Mariah, let's go back to your place and talk things out." He pleaded and begged; I remember shaking my head at him.

"It's always my house Jack it's never let's go back to your place to chill." He was caught off guard; he didn't expect me to say that.

"Well, I mean you know Urban and sometimes the guys crash at my house for a few days, and we don't exactly live in the same city." Excuses that's all he ever did was give me excuses after excuses.

One thing you learned was if a man really wanted to be with you, he'd jump through obstacles to be with you but that wasn't the case with Jack. He had a family and wife blocking his chances.

"Just face the facts Jack I know what you did, and I have to leave, I love you well I loved you and I can't forgive you, I'm sorry." | squeaked out and pushed past him with glossy eyes.

"Thanks a lot, Neelam.” She scoffed and got up.

“She had to know, and I can’t believe you hid that from her and all of the other girls for that matter except Grace! You’re married with kids Jack. And married to my best friend I should add” Jack knew you’d find out sooner or later but he was hoping it was later or not at all.

“Why do you even give a fuck now? You’ve been helping me coordinate this shit so she doesn’t find out.”

“Because she doesn’t deserve this! You need to stop before I tell her.” Neelam added while challenging him.

“Okay, so tell her. What is she going to do? Leave me? Ain’t no way in hell she would get a divorce from me.”

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A Few Days Earlier

"Jack, stop it!" | giggled and pushed him off me as he gave me a grin and tried tickling me again. I squealed and tried running across his California king bed, but he of course grabbed me by my ankle and dragged me to the bottom of the bed.

"I don't think so baby girl, you've been a big baby all day so Imma tickle the attitude out of you."

He then proceeded to tickle me like there was no tomorrow squealed and laughed, begging him to stop but I didn't really want him to stop.

"What's the magic word baby?" His eyebrows raised waiting for my answer, but I was stubborn and there was no way I was giving in that easily.

"That you're a loser?" He smacked his lips and began to tickle my sides even harder, I squealed and moved around till I finally had enough.

"Alright, alright l'm sorry Jack just stop it." You giggled and he laughed before getting off of you.

"So do you have any plans for today?" You asked him.

“Uh I think l'm just going to go down to the studio for a bit and finish up a few songs." He said while fixing up his hair in the mirror.

Jack had flown you out to Louisville for a bit, you stayed in Las Vegas so whenever he had downtime he’d fly you out and spend time with you or he’d of course fly over to you.

The two of you met after his performance at Zoku nightclub and the rest was honestly history.

"Can I come with you? I mean l've been stuck in this hotel room for the past three days." You laughed and watched how his face suddenly got pale.

"For what? I mean you never come to the studio with me baby. He did have a point there, but you were bored and wanted to see more than just four boring walls.

"Well, I know that but what if I come today unless that's an issue? I just don't see why it would be an issue though." You mumbled that last part.

Jack knew he was in some shit because his wife was supposed to be at the studio to spend some time with him. The time was ticking, and he was honestly running out of excuses.

"Well how about this baby I go to the studio, and I meet up with you at Urban's place later? Ace is having a little get- together for the release of his solo project so we can meet up there and then leave early to get some food or something?"

Excuses he always had some type of excuse, you thought. You wanted to know what he was hiding because not even a few nights ago he had left the room two, maybe four times to take some call from "Neelam."

You gave him a tight-lipped smile and nodded your head. "I mean sure that's fine with me but what will I do till then?”

You asked him. He reached into his wallet and pulled out his credit card.

"Go around and shop for a bit, just buy whatever you want and something cute for later."

He wiggled his eyebrows making you giggle.

"Alright I'll see you later Jack." "I'll see you later, baby. I love you and stay safe."

Later On That Day

You honestly had no clue or idea where you were going since Louisville was so small yet so big at the same time.

You were getting frustrated all you wanted to do was spend quality time with Jack but obviously being at the studio was a bigger priority.

Looking up and reading all the names of the different shops you finally found one that caught your eye. It was a shop for lingerie and Jack did say get something cute to wear that night.

Once inside you were greeted by one of the workers. A short dark-haired women gave you a welcoming smile

"Hello honey, welcome to blue bunnies where you can find anything and everything to please not only you but your partner as well. Is there anything you're looking for?"

"Uh, just something small and cute. It's a surprise for my boyfriend."

"Do you know his favorite color at all?"

"Hmm it's purple." The worker proceeded to show you all of the different shades of purple lingerie she had before you settled on a lilac matching bra and panties set.

"He's going to love it." The lady said, making you smile bashfully, after you bought everything, you decided to go get some lunch at Morris Deli.

When you arrived you noticed a lady and some kids that looked awful a lot like Jack, but you didn't pay it no mind, until you were starting to make your way out of the door and heard a voice on the women's phone that sounded awfully familiar to Jack's.

"What? How come the credit card company sent me an email saying I bought stuff at blue bunnies?" The lady said which made you freeze and maybe you were overthinking it a bit, but you were the only person in blue bunnies as far as you knew.

“I got you something special, that's why. Now did you get my sandwich? I'm starving over here baby." Now that you had a chance to hear that voice loud and clear it had to have been Jack, you could pick his voice out of a line up.

You quickly rushed out of the store and sprinted back to the car Jack had let you borrow. Once inside you started thinking back to the lady that you saw and how one of the kids looked identical to Jack down to his curls and freckles and the little boy was Jack to a tee.

"He has a... he has a wife and kids." You said out loud. Your stomach turned. Even though none of this was your fault and you had no idea he had an entire wife and kids at home. You suddenly had this burden that you were the reason his kids were going to be fatherless.

Later That Night

When you arrived at Urban's house you had a million things going through your head at once.

You didn't want to seem as if there was an issue or a problem but how were you going to manage to do that when there was a problem.

Before you were able to knock on the door it was swung open by Jack.

"Baby I missed you so much." He pulled you into him, wrapping you in his warm embrace. You wanted to hug him back and kiss him and smother him with your love but knowing what you know now wouldn't let you.

"Hey... Jack" you said awkwardly, making him pull back.

"What's wrong babe?"

"I just don't feel that great is all."

"Well come inside and get some water and maybe lay on the couch and you'll feel better."

You followed him inside and were greeted by Urban and the guys.

"What's good Mariah?”

Ace smiled and pulled you in for a hug.

"Hi Ace, congratulations on your newest song." He thanked you and you went to sit on the couch. You observed Jack as he sat across from you on his phone blushing and smiling at God knows what, probably his kids or his wife.

"Why don't we all play a game or something?"

Neelam asked which broke your attention away from Jack.

“What game?” 2fo asked.

“Truth or dare.” Everyone agreed and made their way to the couch. Jack sat down next to you and wrapped his arm around your shoulder. Normally you'd lean into his touch and snuggle into him but not this time and that's something he noticed.

"Mariah, do you want to go first?" Neelam asked and you'd decline but this time you had things you wanted to know and things you wanted to get off your chest.

"Sure so Jack, truth or dare?" You turned to him and waited for his answer.

"Uhhh ima go with truth."

"Is it true you've got a wife and kids?" Everyone in the room got quiet including Jack which gave you your answer.

"So you do?”

"He does and I hate the way I didn't tell you about it." Neelam said with tears of her own in her eyes. Jack looked over at Neelam in disbelief.

"Well the party is over, we'll just take this back at my house." Ace said and everyone got up and left leaving just Jack, Neelam and Urban and yourself.

"Mariah please listen to me Neelam is lying."

"I'm not lying Jack you know I'm telling the truth." Neelam defended herself.

"Jack you don't have to lie, I saw your wife earlier along with your kids. She was a Morris Deli bringing you lunch to the studio." You spoke and avoided any and every eye contact with him.

“Can we just talk Mariah?” You scoffed, was he honestly being serious right now?

"We have nothing to talk about Jack. You hid the fact that you have a wife and kids from me for months. Do you know how disgusting and terrible that makes me feel?" You cried out as he watched how your lip began to tremble.

"Do you need a ride back to your hotel room Mariah?" Urban asked softly,

"No but I do need a ride back to the airport because we're done Jack."

Your heart ached saying those words but you couldn't keep up with this anymore you didn't want to be the reason his kids no longer were able to see their father nor did you want that burden anymore.

Seeing someone for who they are and not what you want them to be was a deeper level of hurt.

You thought Jack was everything and more and you thought what you had was special but you thought wrong.

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jojo-0-o-deactivated20231228 · 1 year

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The wooden floorboards creek and croak under the clickety clack of your newly acquired gilded leather boots as you make your way up to the deck, over vast hordes of fortune, past engorged piles of gold and spice, doubloons and silks, navigating mazes of stacked chests brimming with books and boundless scrolls. You tip- toe around your comatose crewmates, satiated by plunder and ransacked stores of rum, to the mast of your ship, and look out onto the horizon.

Heliotrope hues of dusk creep up behind the melting sunset, calming the raging gusts of the sea to caresses of the breeze. Wisps of ghostly silver swirl hazily amongst sporadic speckles of spangling starlight like a stewing soup in the sky, its delicate marbling mirrored on waves that twinkle under the moonlight. Skull and crossbones whip in the wind and the ship rocks lazily as if lulled to sleep by the cradle of the sloping sea. You sigh, contented, and pray to avoid a watery grave for many moons to come.

or, Books Master list:

A Series of Unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket, 1 through 13(Epubs)

Tales of Dunk and Egg by George R. R. Martin 01-03, 1, 2 & 4(Epubs)

A song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, 1 through 5, including 4.5, A World of Ice and Fire, and Fire and Blood(no.1 is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, 1 through 4(Epubs)

All For The Game by Nora Sakavic, 1, 2, &3(Epubs)

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, 1 through 8(Epubs)

The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer, 1&2(Epubs)

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, 1 through 8(PDFs)

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, 1, 2, &3(no.3 is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness, 1,2 &3, including 2.5 and snowscape(snowscape is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

Chronicles of Alice by Christina Henry, 1&2(Epubs)

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab, 1,2 &3(no.1 is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, 1&2(Epubs)

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu(Epub)

Heaven's Official Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu(PDF)

The Scum Villain's Self Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu(Epub)

Discworld by Terry Pratchett, 1 through 41(Epubs)

Divergent by Veronica Roth, 1,2 &3, including 0.5(Epubs)

Earthsea by Ursula k. Le guin, 1 through 6(Epubs)

The Farseer Trilogy by Robbin Hobb, 1,2 &3(PDFs)

Fence by Sarah Rees Brennan, 1&2(Epubs)

Folk of the air series by Holly Black, 1,2 &3(Epubs)

Harry Potter by J K. Rowling, 1 through 7(Epubs)

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 1, 2&3(Epubs)

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan(Epub)

Tears waiting to be Diamonds by Sarah Rees Brennan Parts 1&2(PDFs)

Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, 1 through 4(Epubs)

The History of the Middle Earth by J R. R. Tolkien, 1 through 12(Epubs)

The J R. R. Tolkien collection: Bilbo's Last Song, Tales from the Perilous Realm, The Children of Hurin, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, the Hobbit(enhanced edition), The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, The Letters of J R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (collection) Illustrated by J R. R. Tolkien; Alan Lee, The Lord of the Rings (collection), The Return of the King, The Silmarillion, The Silmarillion(illustrated) by J R. R. Tolkien; Ted Nasmith, The Two Towers, Unfinished Tales(Epubs)

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, 1 through 5, Including 3.1(4&5 are PDFs, the rest Epubs)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan, 1, 2&3, including From the Nine Worlds and Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds(Epubs)

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Garber Stephanie, 1&2(Epubs)

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordon, 1 through 5, including 4.5, Camp Half Blood confidential, Demigods and Monsters, Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes(Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo is a PDF, the rest Epubs)

The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan, 1 through 5, including The Demigod Diaries(Epubs)

The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan, 1 through 5, including Camp Jupiter Classified(Epubs)

The Demigods of Olympus - An Interactive Adventure by Rick Riordan(Epub)

Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab, 1,2&3(PDFs)

The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare, 1,2 &3(Epubs)

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare, 1,2&3(Epubs)

The Last Hours by Cassandra Clare, 1&2(Epubs)

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, 1 through 6(Epubs)

The Eldest Curses by Cassandra Clare 1(Epub)

Shadowhunter Chronicles extras by Cassandra Clare, including An Illustrated History of Noble Shadowhunters and Denizens of Downworld, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Bane Chronicles, and the Shadowhunter Codex(Epubs)

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, 1&2(Epubs)

The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, 1,2&3, including 1.5 and the Darkling Prequel - Demon in the Woods(Epub)

Skullduggery Pleasant by Derrick Landy, 1 through 14, including 1.5, 2.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, &13.5(Epubs)

The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan, 1,2&3, including The Kane Chronicles survival guide, and Demigods and Magicians(Epubs)

The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir, 1,2 &3, including 0.5 and 2.5(Epubs)

The Magesterium series by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, 1 through 5(Epubs)

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, 1 through 4, including 4.5(Epubs)

The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiedvater, 1&2(Epubs)

The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski, 1 through 6, including 0.5 & 0.75(Epubs)

The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater, 1,2&3(Epubs)

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, 1 though 7, including 0.5(Epubs)

The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins, 1 through 5(Epubs)

Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman, 1 through 4, including 1.5 and 4.5(Epubs)

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, 1 through 12(Epubs)

The Warrior cats series by Erin Hunter :The Prophecies Begin 1 through 6(PDFs), The New Prophecy 1 through 6(Epubs), Power of Three 1 through 6(PDFs), Omen of Stars 1 through 6(PDFs), Dawn of the Clans 1 through 6(PDFs), Vision of Shadows 1&2(PDFs)

A discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness(Epub)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz(Epub)

Blindsight by Peter Watts(Epub)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson(Epub)

Dune by Frank Herbert(Epub)

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson(Epub)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell(Epub)

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton(Epub)

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu(PDF)

I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall(Epub)

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver(Epub)

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami(Epub)

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera(Epub)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn(Epub)

More Than This by Patrick Ness(PDF)

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness(Epub)

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston(Epub)

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepytis(Epub)

The Adventures of Charles, the Veretian Cloth Merchant, Captive Prince Short Stories Book 3 by C. S. Pacat(Epub)

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak(Epub)

City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty(Epub)

The Martian by Andy Wier(Epub)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern(Epub)

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera(Epub)

The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo(Epub)

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang(Epub)

The Song of Achilles by Madison Miller(Epub)

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern(Epub)

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zerin(Epub)

Torture Mom by Ryan Green(Epub)

Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton(Epub)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman(Epub)

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current shows in each bracket so far (no particular order yet):

ask box and submissions open! all categories are up for debate. If you can make the case for moving a sitcom to cult classic or a misc. show to prestige, I'm open to hearing everyone out!

When each category has 32 shows locked in, I will seed them based on an average between viewership and ratings and open up the polls <3

CULT CATEGORY

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

X- Files

Columbo

MASH

Twin Peaks

Supernatural

Riverdale

Pushing Daisies

Firefly

Freaks and Geeks

Doctor Who (both)

Star Trek (original series)

Avatar the Last Airbender

Over the Garden Wall

Futurama

House MD

Sherlock

Dark Shadows

Hannibal

Fringe

Lost

Gilmore Girls

Roswell (og)

Skins UK

Midnight Gospel

Adventure Time

Angel

Eastbound and Down

Merlin

Twilight Zone

Dark

Charmed

Battlestar Galactica

"PRESTIGE" CATEGORY

Dirk Gently's

The Getdown

Succession

The Bear

Breaking Bad

Better Call Saul

Chernobyl

Game of Thrones

Boardwalk Empire

Atlanta

The Wire

Black Mirror

The Great

Big Little Lies

Justified

Mad Men

Yellowjackets

Interview with the Vampire

Black Sails

Fleabag

Yellowstone

Westworld

The Handmaid's Tale

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Foundation

The Borgias

West Wing

True Detective

Deadwood

Mr. Robot

Band of Brothers

Fargo

Sopranos

Bojack

Boondocks

Downtown Abbey

Mind Hunter

I Hate Suzie

The Last of Us

Barry

White Lotus

Watchmen

Orange is the New Black

The Crown

Ozark

Narcos

Maniac

Undone

The Missing

Leverage

Six Feet Under

SITCOM CATEGORY

Seinfeld

Girlfriends

Bob's Burgers

Archer

The Good Place

Arrested Development

The Simpsons

The Office

Parks and Rec

30 Rock

Sex in the City

New Girl

Psych

Elementary

Abott Elementary

Community

Letterkenny

Modern Family

Scrubs

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Derry Girls

Blackish

Our Flag Means Death

Miracle Workers

What We Do in the Shadows

King of the Hill

Man Seeking Woman

Full House

Trailer Park Boys

Friends

Ted Lasso

Wilfred

That 70s Show

Girls

Broad City

Veep

Curb your Enthusiasm

Flight of the Concords

IT Crowd

Monk

Shameless

Documentary Now

Better Off Ted

Weeds

OTHER CATEGORY

The Vampire Diaries

Pretty Little Liars

Grey's Anatomy

Stranger Things

Smallville

One Tree Hill

You

Criminal Minds

Gotham

The Flash

Legends of Tomorrow

The Mandalorian

Daredevil

The Umbrella Academy

Legion

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Blacklist

The 100

Midnight Mass

Haunting of Bly Manor

How to Get Away with Murder

Gossip Girl (og)

The OC

Young Pope

Haunting of Hill House

Euphoria

Walking Dead

Peaky Blinders

Vikings

Supergirl

Dawson's Creek

Bunheads

The Society

Prison Break

True Blood

Normal People

American Horror Story

Squid Games

Dexter

The Boys

Queen's Gambit

The OA

Spinning Out

#better best tv show bracket #bcs #iwtv #riverdale #spn #supernatural #marvel #breaking bad #pushing daisies #psych #house #btvs #succession #the bear #etc

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lyselkatzfandomluvs · 7 months

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Zhèng YèChéng 鄭業成

Random pictures I like, just because!

Dà-Chéng is such an underrated actor! He's good and his fighting scenes fantastic!

#zheng yecheng #love o2o #the sleepless princess #love of thousand years #stealth walker #under the full moon #my sassy princess #desire catcher #enlighten your life #an oriental odyssey #let's shake it #an eternal thought #mirror a tale of twin cities #cdrama #chinese actors #random pictures I like just because!

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all-asian-drama · 11 months

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Please help me complete my mega ❤️ROMANCE❤️ drama list below!

Let me know if something has a sad (😢), happy (😊), bittersweet (🥹), or open (🤔) ending! Or feel free to add dramas

😊 - Happy Ending

🥹 - Bittersweet Ending

😢 - Sad Ending

🤔- Open Ending

Wuxia / Xianxia

- [ ] A Camellia Romance

- [ ] A Pamiliar Stranger

- [ ] A Step into the Past

- [ ] Ancient Poetry

- [ ] Ashes of Love

- [ ] Assassin Academy

- [x] Back From the Brink

- [ ] Be My Cat

- [ ] Beauty of Resilience

- [x] Believe in Love

- [ ] Blood of Youth

- [ ] Bloody Romance 😢

- [ ] Blooms At Ruyi Pavilion

- [ ] Buried City to Shut all

- [ ] Catch up My Prince

- [ ] Chef Hue

- [ ] Childe Xle's Wine

- [ ] Choice Husband

- [ ] Cinderella Chef

- [ ] Colourful Bone 😢

- [ ] Cry Me a River of Stars

- [ ] Dance of Phoenix

- [ ] Dance of Sky Empire

- [ ] Demi Gods & Semi Devils

- [ ] Destiny of the White Snake 😢

- [ ] Devastating Beauty 😢

- [ ] Duoluo Continent

- [ ] Eternal Love

- [ ] Eternal Love Rain

- [ ] Eternal Love of Dream

- [ ] Fake Phoenixes

- [ ] Fake Princess!

- [ ] Fighter of the Destiny

- [ ] Follow my Dear General

- [ ] For Married Doctress 😢

- [ ] Four Daughter from Luoyang

- [ ] Good and Evil 😢

- [ ] Handsome Siblings

- [ ] Heart of Loyalty

- [ ] Heavenly Sword & Dragon

- [ ] Heroes

- [ ] Hold on my Lady

- [ ] I'm a Pet at Dali Temple

- [ ] I've Fallen For You

- [x] Immortal Samsara 😊

- [ ] Investiture of the Gods

- [ ] Journey of Chong Zi

- [ ] King is Not Easy

- [ ] Lady in The Butcher's House

- [ ] Legend of Awakening 😢

- [ ] Legend of Condor

- [ ] Legend of Fuyao

- [ ] Legend of Lin Ye

- [ ] Legend of Phoenix

- [ ] Legend of Xiao Chuo

- [ ] Legend of Yunxi 😢

- [ ] Legend of Zu

- [ ] Legends

- [ ] Letter from cloud

- [ ] Life of a White Fox

- [ ] Lights

- [ ] Listening Snow Tower

- [ ] Love Behind the Melody

- [x] Love Better Than Immortality 😊

- [x] Love Between Fairy and Devil 😊

- [ ] Love By Hypnotic

- [ ] Love a Lifetime

- [x] Love and Redemption 😊

- [ ] Love for Two Lives

- [ ] Love is All

- [ ] Love is more than a word

- [ ] Mald Escort

- [ ] Ming Dynasty 😢

- [ ] Mirror: Tale of Twin Cities 😢

- [ ] Miss Truth

- [ ] Miss the Dragon

- [ ] My Lucky Princess

- [ ] My Poison Lover

- [ ] My Sassy Princess

- [ ] My Villain Husband

- [ ] New Proud Smiling Wanderer

- [ ] Nirvana in Fire

- [ ] Novoland: Bagle Flag

- [ ] Novoland: Castle in Sky 😢

- [ ] Novoland: Pearl Eclipse 😢

- [ ] Oh My General 😊

- [ ] Oh my Lord!

- [ ] One and Only 😢

- [ ] Order of the Sommelier

- [ ] Princess Agents

- [ ] Princess Agents 😢

- [ ] Princess Silver

- [ ] Queen of Attack

- [ ] Rewriting Destiny

- [ ] Royal Rumours

- [ ] Sassy Beauty

- [ ] Side Story fox Volant

- [ ] Slaying Sabre

- [ ] Song of Glory

- [ ] Song of Youth

- [ ] Song of the Moon

- [ ] Stand By Me

- [ ] Sword Dynasty

- [ ] The Blue Whisper

- [ ] The Flame's Daughter

- [ ] The Great Ruler

- [ ] The Immortal Prince

- [ ] The Joy of Life 😢

- [ ] The Journey 😢

- [ ] The King of Blaze 😢

- [x] The Long Ballad

- [ ] The Lost Promise

- [ ] The Rebel Princess

- [x] The Starry Love 🤔

- [ ] The Sword and the Brocade

- [ ] The Taoism Grandmaster 😢

- [ ] The Wolf 😢

- [x] Till the End of the Moon 🥹

- [ ] Tribes & Empires

- [ ] Truth of Immortality

- [ ] Truth or Dare

- [ ] Twisted Fate of Love

- [ ] Unique Lady

- [ ] Warm on a Cold Night

- [ ] Weaving a Tale of Love Mengfel Comes Across

- [ ] Who Rules the World

- [ ] Word of Honor

- [ ] World of Fantasy

- [ ] Wulin Heros

- [ ] XuanYuan Sword:han Cloud

Historical

- [ ] A Girl Like Me

- [x] Believe in Love 😊

- [ ] Choice Husband

- [ ] Destiny of Love

- [ ] General & I

- [x] General’s Lady 😊

- [ ] Goodbye My Princess 😢

- [ ] Heart of Loyalty

- [ ] I'm a Pet At Dali Temple

- [ ] Jiu Liu Overlord

- [ ] King’s Woman 😢

- [x] Love Between Tiger and Rose 😊

- [x] Love Like the Galaxy 😊

- [ ] Love and Destiny

- [ ] Maiden Holmes

- [x] New Life Begins 😊

- [ ] Promise of Changan 😢

- [ ] Qing Luo

- [ ] Royal Rumors

- [ ] The Romance of Hua Rong

- [ ] Unchained Love

- [ ] Untouchable Lovers

Modern

- [ ] A Love So Beautiful

- [ ] A River Runs Through It

- [ ] A Romance of the Little Forest

- [ ] Accidentally in love

- [ ] Boss and Me

- [ ] Crush

- [ ] Fall in Love

- [ ] Falling Into Your Smile

- [ ] Feel at Ease Mr. Ling

- [ ] Flourish in Time

- [ ] GO Into Your Heart

- [ ] Gank Your Heart

- [x] Go Ahead 😊

- [ ] Go Go Squid 2

- [ ] Hi Venus

- [ ] Lie to Love

- [ ] Lighter and Princess

- [ ] Love O2O

- [ ] Love Scenery

- [x] Love is Sweet 😊

- [ ] Make My Heart Smile

- [ ] Memory of Encaustic Life

- [ ] Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard

- [ ] Moonlight

- [ ] My Lethal Man

- [ ] My Little Happiness

- [ ] My Unicorn Girl

- [ ] Nothing But You

- [ ] Oath of Love

- [ ] Once We Get Married

- [ ] Our Secret

- [ ] Perfect and Casual

- [ ] Put Your Head On My Shoulder

- [ ] She and Her Perfect Husband

- [ ] Skate Into Love

- [ ] South Wind Knows My Name

- [ ] The Big Boss

- [ ] The Brightest Star in the Sky

- [ ] The Day of Becoming You

- [ ] The Love You Give Me

- [ ] The Whirlwind Girl 😢

- [ ] The Youth Memory

- [ ] Timeless Love

- [ ] Unrequited Love

- [ ] When We Were Young

- [ ] You Are My Glory

- [x] You Are My Hero 😊

- [ ] You are my Destiny

Modern Supernatural

- [ ] Love Under The Full Moon 😢

- [ ] My Girlfriend is an Alien

- [x] Mr. Bad

#cdrama #chinese drama #china drama #xianxia #romance #romance cdrama #Wuxia #historical #modern #supernatural #Viki #wetv #iqiyi #iqiyi drama

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dandelionfairywish · 11 months

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monster Squad

Everything monsters

1 .viki dramas and movies

2. Netflix original dramas and movies

3. viki take of dramas and movie sometimes without warning and you might not see them depending on where you live so enjoy while you can and I'm going to keep them on the list if they do get removie because sometimes they put them back on.

My Love from the Star.

Blood

Tale of the Nine-Tailed

Orange Marmalade

I Cannot Hug You

Zombie Detective

Love Between Fairy and Devil

Doom at Your Service

Happiness

Kiss Goblin

Kissable Lips

The Sweet Blood

My Amazing Boyfriend My Amazing Boyfriend Season 2 Rattan Ghost Doctor Oh My Ghost Bring It On, Ghost The Legend of the Blue Sea 49 Days With a Merman The Witch's Diner The Master's Sun Witch's Love

Sell Your Haunted House

The Witch Store

The Witch Store Reopening

Mirror of the Witch

My Chilling Roommate

The Untamed

Goblin

Hotel del Luna

Ashes of Love

Wu Xin: The Monster Killer

Eternal Love

Ancient Love Poetry

The Blue Whisper

My Girlfriend Is an Alien

My Girlfriend Is an Alien Season 2

Meant to Be

Angel's Last Mission: Love

Bride of the Century

From Now On, Showtime!

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim

Half Bright and Half Rain

The Bride of Habaek

The Psychic Duo

Hi! School - Love On

Moonshine and Valentine

The Legends

Lovely Horribly

Missing: The Other Side

Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me

Love and Destiny

Miss the Dragon

Scripting Your Destiny

My Dear Brothers

Lovers of the Red Sky

Legend of Fu Yao

Immortal Samsara

Phantom School

Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

Nana's Game

Romantic Warriors

Eien no Kinou

The Silence of the Monster

The Fox Fairy

My Fantastic Mrs Right

I'm a Pet At Dali Temple

Be My Cat

My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

My Husky Boyfriend

Meow, the Secret Boy

My Roommate Is a Gumiho

Legend of Nine Tails Fox

The Legend of White Snake

Fox in the Screen

Kokdu: Season of Deity

Three-Body

76 Horror Bookstore

Twelve Legends

The Investiture of the Gods

The Great Ruler

Mirror: A Tale of Twin Cities

Novoland: Pearl Eclipse

Ice Fantasy

Ms. Cupid in Love

Love and Redemption

Ever Night

Ever Night Season 2

The Ghost Bride

A Korean Odyssey

The Uncanny Counter

The Uncanny Counter Season 2

Mystic Pop-Up Bar

The Devil Punisher

School Tales the Series

Sweet Home

All of Us Are Dead

Kingdom

Alchemy of Souls

Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow

Arthdal Chronicles Part 1: The Children of Prophecy

Arthdal Chronicles Part 2: The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land

Arthdal Chronicles Part 3: The Prelude to All Legends

The Starry Love

Warm on a Cold Night

Deep Sea Mutant Snake

Golden Spider City

Immortal Vampire

The Starry Night, the Starry Sea

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zet-sway · 2 years

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Fanfic: Casting Shadows

Or, after the war, Thane offers to distract Shepard during a stressful black-tie gathering.

[Read on AO3] - Rated E for SPICY

Pairing: Thane/FShep | Rating: 18+ | Words: ~4500

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My apologies for such a long absence. I never stopped writing, but the words come slower than they did before. This year has been very hard. Please enjoy another tale from my comfort AU.

This fic follows another of my works called East by Evening. Thane's blazer is inspired by this image.

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"It says he’s going to give me an award? What the hell for? It’s his retirement party," Shepard grumbled.

The morning sun streaked across the pristine white page as she set the invitation down and took a seat at their breakfast table.

Hackett was retiring - black tie required.

Tea in hand, Thane sat peacefully across from her. His wooden chair creaked as he leaned back and rested one ankle on his knee. “A symbolic gesture, I assume. A thank you for… 'enhancing' his career.”

Shepard scoffed and met his eyes with a knowing look.

"Honestly, I'd hoped I'd never have to see London again," she muttered. Her coffee was screaming hot, but she gulped it down anyway. The burn helped her stay focused on the present as she recalled the burgeoning city skyline, riddled with painful reminders of their narrow escape from extinction. She shook her head and sighed.

“The admiral will have invited many familiar faces, Siha.”

Silence settled between them as she mulled over his words.

Outside, songbirds picked at trays of dried sunflower seeds Thane had left out that morning. She watched them through the window as if looking into the past.

In the years since the war, she'd been invited to all kinds of ribbon cuttings, unveilings, and whatever other public appearances. Instead, she had turned a blind eye to military politics. She had no stamina to be the military showpiece of a bureaucratic machine. She wanted to build. To flourish. To live under the rigor of her own command.

So she did. And in the meantime, life went on - changed as it was by the reapers. As a civilian, Shepard no longer had unfettered access to military communications technology. This, perhaps, was her single regret about retirement: keeping up with the lives of those she cared for had become difficult. She saw most of them maybe once a year - to say nothing of those who had gone offworld as soon as the relays had been serviceable again.

Shepard sipped her coffee and weighed her options.

"Alright. But you're helping me pick out something to wear."

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With nothing in her closet but jeans and sweatpants, the process of 'picking out something to wear' had been a weeks-long back and forth. Dresses, suits, uniforms… She'd tried them all, her mood oscillating back and forth between the desire to reconnect with old friends and the comfort of staying the hell home.

In the end, she chose a dress with a moderate neckline and a long slit at the thigh.

“This is what civilians wear to formal events, right?” She asked, unsure. The soles of her bare feet arched as she glanced at the mirror over her shoulder, eyes screwed in visible confusion at the twin straps criss-crossing the open-backed gown. “Maybe this was a bad idea," she huffed before glancing over at him. "Is this a bad idea?"

Charmed that she looked to him for advice on human customs and attire, Thane couldn’t help but smile. Shepard rotated slowly before him, inspecting how the fabric shifted around her knees while she picked at the drape of her neckline. The black fabric was a delicious shadow over her silhouette. Privately, he thought himself the richest man in the Sol system to be blessed with the sight of her.

“You may be surprised to learn that this style of gown is popular on Kahje as well. Although a drell neckline would be decidedly more… revealing.”

Shepard met his eyes in a blank stare.

“You holding out on me? I’m not going tits-out unless you are, too.”

She indicated the blazer draped over the couch beside him, a classic human design with a narrow open V between the lapels. He'd chosen it because exactly one vertical half of the garment was decorated with winding branches of gold brocade. Shepard had joked that it was "business on the right, party on the left."

“I think it would be wiser to observe your human customs," Thane said as he stood to take her in his arms. "In any regard, I believe all eyes will be on you." He kissed her cheek. "You look ravishing."

Thane did not miss how her ears turned red.

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Drink in hand, Thane led her through a suffocating throng of people in uniforms, dresses, and suits, easily flowing between conversations like rain on the sea. Of the many faces she recognized, even more were conspicuously absent. She felt small beneath their eyes, naked in the thin, flowing sheaf of fabric she had so painstakingly chosen. She could have kicked herself for not just wearing her dress blues, but it felt wrong to wear the sharply pressed stripes of command after so long - after so many had died for her cause.

Time and again, Thane had told her “An assassin is a tool.” While she hated thinking of him that way, Shepard had to admit she was presently grateful for the versatile blade of his candor, where her’s would otherwise have been a hammer.

"I didn't know you were married, Shepard," Hackett said as they approached, his voice raised over the noise of the crowd.

Age had certainly touched him since war. His hair had been gray as long as she'd known him, but years later, his smile lines had grown deeper, skin dappled with little tan sunspots. The admiral held a nearly empty beer in one hand, and judging by the dumb smile plastered on his face, it was far from his first. He extended his arm to Thane and they shared a firm handshake (very firm, Shepard noted, watching Hackett wring and flex his hand after they separated).

"Pleasure to meet you, Sere…?"

"Nuara," Thane said easily. "Tannor Nuara."

Shepard's stomach lurched. It had been years since she'd heard his old moniker - a difficult reminder of life under the Alliance's watchful eye.

"That’s right, I think we spoke at Shepard's retirement ceremony. How did you two meet?" Hackett took another sip of his beer.

He killed three people in front of me on Illium, she wanted to say. He was willing to die for a cause your military couldn't be seen acknowledging. But Thane spoke for her.

"Doctor T'Soni introduced us.”

The Admiral barked out a joyful laugh. "Doctor T'Soni is a woman of many talents.” His eyes crinkled as he gave a lopsided smile. "...is she single?"

“Liara’s married to her job,” Shepard blurted out, to her immediate regret.

Before he could respond, someone Shepard didn’t recognize blessedly tapped Hackett’s shoulder, and he waved them off. She gripped Thane's hand and exhaled in relief.

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Announcements and awards preceded dinner. In an ocean of banquet tables, they managed to find some familiar faces.

Doctor Chakwas, now also retired, sat beside her as Hackett introduced the expectant Fleet Commander - a man Shepard barely recognized. Every bit as stone-faced as his predecessor, the new guy was already touched by the stresses of leadership, with hair more silver than brown.

"Years ago, that man took a bullet to the thigh, barely missed his femoral artery,” Chakwas leaned in to remark, her face flushed with alcohol and blooming into a smile. The doctor nudged her with a playful elbow. “He has a very nice backside. One of the reasons I loved being a ship's medic."

Truly, Shepard had meant to laugh, but what came out was a hollow chuckle of half-interest. She was on her eighth drink of the night, and as usual, the sweet buzz of inebriation was impossible to find. Stone sober, she smiled at the doctor and remembered the nauseating moments she'd spent worrying over injured comrades in Normandy's medbay.

A few seats over, Joker made a comment about Chakwas being a 'dirty grandma,' and the two bantered back and forth about his own questionable tastes. Unsurprisingly, the man was still Normandy's Helmsman. EDI sat beside him, folding her napkin into an Alliance cruiser for the entertainment of Jacob Taylor's young son. Shepard grimaced and looked away, pained by the memory of those same hands attempting to crush Ashley Williams' skull on Mars.

Ashley herself sat beside James - N7 embroidered on his lapel. Shepard’s eyes lingered on the familiar symbol as Ashley fixed her with a concerned look from across the table.

“You feeling ok, Skipper?”

The last time everyone was in one place like this, the Citadel was still filled with bodies.

“Just a little overwhelmed,” she laughed, half-heartedly. James frowned, scars from his own past battles creasing on his brow.

In the storm of her own thoughts, she tried to tell herself they all had demons to fight. But in the years since the war, she'd had little reason to practice putting on a brave face. Her smile did not reach her eyes.

She flinched when Thane settled his hand over hers.

“Siha," he said quietly, "Will you walk with me?"

Thank you, she exhaled to herself. She took his hand and rose to follow him.

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Just outside the ballroom, evening moonlight washed over a concrete balcony above a verdant courtyard and a bubbling fountain below. In some way, it reminded her of the Presidium. Earth, as she'd realized years ago, was abundant with little luxuries like this.

Shepard breathed deep and tried to relax.

She leaned on the balustrade and kicked off her heels, hissing as her sore, bare feet touched cold concrete. It took a few moments to center herself.

"It feels like a lifetime ago. Like it happened to someone else," she said as she leaned over the balcony railing. Earth's single moon highlighted the garden in dreamy chiaroscuro. "Everyone's acting like they're remembering better times. Like the war was the 'good old days.'" she shook her head. "It’s… jarring."

Thane stepped beside her in silence, gathering her to his side with an arm around her waist. She let her head rest on his shoulder and sighed, hair falling across her eyes as though to hide her shame from the stars.

"It's something that drell often struggle to understand," he admitted. "Time clouds the human mind, your brain wired for survival. You will remember what your body wishes you to, often to the exclusion of daily hardships. Only the most significant events remain. And you, Siha, were at the heart of them all."

Against him, she nodded, her arm twining around his waist. Her willingness to be close never seemed to be wasted on him, his body relaxing into her as he gave her space to work through her thoughts.

"Still," he said, "I think there may be some merit to viewing the past through ‘rose-tinted glasses,’ as you say. To let the greater atrocities remain unsaid in order to craft a better moment, only if for one night."

"Just seeing their faces, I feel like the enemy is at the gates.”

Thane stroked her shoulder with concern. "Are you having flashbacks?"

"No, it's more like… I see Ashley laughing and I suddenly remember the war, and I think… it might be the last time I ever see her smile."

She sighed, straightened herself and sat down on a nearby bench. The wood creaked beneath her as she leaned forward with her forearms on her knees, breathing deep.

"I keep having to remind myself the war is over," she said without looking up. "It's always like this."

"We do not have to stay here," Thane said softly.

"I don't want to leave. I just want…" She looked at him, her face twisted with the guilt and pain she fought to hide. "I want to enjoy seeing my friends." Her voice cracked. "I want to look at them and see… them. Not the soldiers they were."

Thane gave a soft hum of acknowledgement, and then he asked, "What do you see when you look at me?"

"What?” Her voice cracked in upset. “I didn't mean-"

"Look at me, Siha." He touched her hand and knelt in front of her. Her eyes darted to him and he soothed her with a smile. "Do not worry for me. I only asked what you feel."

Tears pricked the corners of her eyes but she stubbornly held them back, steadying her breathing as her eyes met his, shadowed by moonlight.

"I feel safe with you," she said, after a long moment. "Like home."

Thane's enormous black eyes gleamed at her in the evening gloom, and in them she felt a primordial comfort unlike any other, years of togetherness insulating them, separating the present from the past.

Thane took her hands in his and kissed them softly.

"Though we have fought many battles, time has shown that we are capable of peace, Siha."

"I always thought peace would be… easy."

"It is not easy," he agreed. "It is a different hill to climb; both you and I have faced the unimaginable." A hand rose to cup her cheek and he leaned in, kissing her unshed tears away. "We will face this together, no matter how difficult."

Unable to find the words to respond, Shepard closed her eyes and leaned into his words. Just hearing his voice was enough to bleed some of the tension from her tired shoulders. Thane's lips were soft on her cheek; warm, and so very familiar.

Perhaps that's what she needed at this moment. In a minefield of unfamiliarities, Thane was an island. A living, breathing piece of home. The eye of the storm of her thoughts.

He kissed her cheek, her jaw, and finally his lips pressed to hers, and he kissed her like they'd never left their shared bed that morning - a dangerously easy thing to lose herself to.

Her arms slid around his shoulders as Thane's mouth opened beneath hers, his gentle tongue slipping across her lips in a silent request for entry. She obliged, tasting his mouth as he did the same. In moments they were kissing like breathing, drinking of one another under an alien moon.

Thane, never one to be shy about his passions, held her ever closer. Hands that had been held chastely in hers began to travel along her skin, touching her wrists, her elbows, finally sliding around her in a lover's embrace. Shepard felt the heat coming off him and surrendered with a quiet moan against his mouth. It spurred him on, one hand dropping to grasp her by the hip.

He shifted her forward until she rested on the very edge of the bench. Her knees parted around his torso as he pulled their bodies flush, the long slit in her gown slipping away to reveal one bare thigh in a rush of cool air. Thane murmured his appreciation, his palm molding around her exposed skin, soft indents forming around his gripping fingers. He was warm, heat melting through her blood as it rushed to fill the longing hollow between her legs. Shepard couldn't help the soft sounds she made against his mouth. Her body responded to his touch as kindling to a spark. His proximity conserved her modesty, her desire for him separated by one thin strip of cloth and the fragile drape of an evening gown.

"You have no shame," she whispered.

Thane hummed against her mouth, and when he spoke, his voice was dripping with intent.

"The evening has been difficult for you, Siha." He responded, the smile evident in his tone. The hand at her thigh slid around the curve of her hip, between fabric and skin, until he held firm to her backside. “I thought perhaps you could use a distraction.”

“Sneaking away to make out,” she breathed. “I love that about you.”

Her neck arched as he tucked his head to her shoulder and kissed her throat. She gave him the access he wanted as he ghosted his lips along her upper chest and down, further still.

“You look incredible in this dress,” he murmured, kissing the swell of her breasts as he journeyed southward. Her pulse quickened as he arranged the slit of her gown around her legs and lowered himself between her spread knees. “You tease me with every step.”

"Just can’t keep your hands off me?" She fell back against the bench as he nuzzled her inner thigh, exhaling with want against bare skin, soft kisses lingering in the wake of his hot breath. The moonlight gleamed off the pressed, unblunted shoulders of his blazer, soft shadows falling over emerald scales between his open lapels.

"I can, and I will, if that is your wish." He said heavily, breath washing over the heat between her legs.

With difficulty, Shepard looked past him, gauging their level of privacy. By all accounts, they were alone, but not hidden.

“I assure you, I will hear them long before we’re discovered.” Onyx eyes gleamed up at her, blinking slowly. It was hard to ignore the promise of his hot mouth hovering inches away from the heart of her arousal.

The lingering venom of his kiss tugged at the edges of her decorum. A quick romp to take the edge off might do her some good. She bit her lip and let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding

“Don’t stop,” she whispered, finally.

Thane’s answering growl of excitement quavered into her flesh. "You spoil me, Siha."

Eyes locked with hers, he kissed her covered apex. She watched in anticipation as delicate, scaled fingers slipped along her inner thigh and beneath the edge of her panties.

Slowly, gently, he drew aside the fabric and traced her seam with one thumb, edging her open to appraise her with lustful eyes. His cheeks flushed in arousal when he found her wet and eager.

To say that she had become used to the intensity of his affections would have been a bald-faced lie. Where once she had been intimidated by the devotion with which he made love, she now found herself breathless beneath his touch. Thane loved like a man on fire, desperate to manifest his desire for her flesh. And it was for that reason that she held her breath as he gazed upon the center of her pleasure - the calm before the storm.

"Gods above and below," he murmured, "I would surrender all that I possess for one taste of you."

A breath later, he was on her.

The first touch never failed to take her breath away. Intensified by the cold nighttime air, his tongue was liquid heat between her legs. Drell tongues weren't terribly different from humans - the only apparent difference being a shallow divide down the center. Not quite forked, but neatly parted into two prehensile sides - and by the gods, did he know how to use them.

His lower lip dragged against her entrance as he licked a broad trail up her seam, tongue splitting thickly over her flesh as he went. He flicked it against her, teasing, settling into her parted thighs with a satisfied sigh.

His tongue felt like heaven - a suffocating, writhing heat that threatened to melt her from the inside out. He licked her patiently, unconcerned with bringing her to a hurried climax as he savored her taste, letting his mouth play over the softness of her sex. And then he reached for her, spreading her with graceful fingers to focus on her aching clit, every stroke slow and hard, settling on a rhythm that set her blood alight and drove all thoughts from her mind.

In their shared bed, she would have been begging for him to take her. She burned for him, wanted to touch him, taste him, to feel the raw truth of his lust inside her body. This wasn't the place, but beneath his generous mouth, it was so easy to forget that they were merely a stone’s throw away from dozens of people - all of them none the wiser that her husband was tongue deep between her legs.

Or so she hoped. If they were caught-

"Look at me, Siha," he called to her, ever aware of her wandering thoughts. Her cheeks flushed under the heat of his gleaming eyes as he said - no, demanded: "Let go."

And by his word, she was swept back under.

Thane's eyes drifted closed as he opened his mouth to her again. His small, sharp nose left a soft indent just above her slit as he drowned in her, brows softened in rapture, throat vibrating with pleasured focus. Shepard tilted her hips into him, knuckles blanched on the armrest as her chest heaved with each lustful breath. With every sweep of his tongue, he dosed her with tingling venom that would play over her nerves long after they parted.

She felt, rather than heard, the muffled groan of satisfaction as his tongue pushed into her channel. Her spine bowed against the backrest, one hand atop his head, the other gripping the fabric at his shoulder as she rolled her hips against his mouth. It didn't matter how hard she tried to silence herself - when he kindled her lust like this, it was all she could do to keep from crying out.

She gasped his name, one bare ankle hooking around him as though he had any thought of stopping.

"I cannot get enough of you," he whispered reverently into her cunt. "The eyes of every single person in that ballroom could be upon us and still, I would not stop unless you willed it."

She believed him. He licked her pussy like it was the wellspring from which her love poured. Like her body was sent from the deep to save him from himself. As she’d seen in a thousand ways since the moment he shook her hand in the Dantius towers, he was as powerful in love as he was in any other pursuit.

He exhaled in satisfaction as he licked a path up her wet seam, pausing to suckle at her clit. When he spoke, she felt her insides quiver with the low vibrato of his voice. "Tell me you want me, Siha."

"I want you," she moaned, perhaps louder than she intended. "Please don't stop."

He brought one finger to her, gently circling her sensitive opening. Shepard bit her lip and sighed as he sank it inside her.

"No man could hope for a greater privilege."

The moment blurred into a hot whirl of pleasure as he returned to her clit with renewed focus. Mouth rolling over her in languid strokes, his fused fingers joined the first, opening her core with delicious pressure. Shepard bit back a moan as he pushed against her sensitive walls with measured, assertive strokes. The feeling left her breathless, white-hot pleasure screaming in blurred waves behind her eyes as she watched him lash her with his tongue. Her pulse pounded against his seeking fingers surely as his mouth called her to sweet oblivion.

She finally surrendered, letting him taste his fill, clamping a hand over her mouth as her climax hit her like a punch in the gut. It stole her breath, chest heaving as she quivered under his insatiable lips - and still he did not stop. Thane's tongue only stroked her faster, his fingers unyielding as her walls clenched down around them, groaning as though he could taste the pleasure coming off her in waves. Moments later, she came a second time, and it wasn’t until she pushed a shaky palm against his forehead that he granted her mercy.

Carefully avoiding her oversensitive clit, he traced his tongue up and down her folds, all too eager to make her shiver. She rode out the aftershocks of her climax on his fingers, still hilted inside her.

"Your taste is a drug, Siha."

Shepard had no words for him, gasping as he kissed her mound and withdrew to sit back on his heels. The nighttime air swept in around her open thighs and she watched through heavy-lidded eyes as, one by one, he sucked the taste of her from his fingertips with a sly upturn of his lips. The one undecorated shoulder of his suit bore the soft indents of her desperate grip on him just moments before - the only telltale sign of their intimate rendezvous.

“You’re amazing,” she sighed as he pulled a soft cloth from inside his jacket and began to clean the damp skin of her inner thighs, “Where the hell did you get that suit?”

"It's not mine," he said lightly, glancing down at the material with appreciation. "I borrowed it from Kolyat. I believe it belongs to his partner."

Her eyes went wide with delight. "Shut up," she grinned. "You're wearing Feron's suit?"

“Yes,” Thane nodded and smiled, adjusting her panties back into place. “Though I cannot say if he’s ever worn it.”

"Remind me to thank him later," she said, leaning to take him in her arms. She kissed his cheek, mouth inches from his aural ridge. “After I finish thanking you for that incredible orgasm.”

He laughed then, giving her an affectionate squeeze.

“Later, Siha. I cannot vouch for my vigilance beneath your fervent affection.”

“Get up,” she crooned. He gave a shallow gasp as she ran her tongue along his throat.

“Arashu bless your eager mouth,” he groaned, "but we should not."

"But you-"

He kissed her into silence, mouth still wet with her essence.

"Listen," he said quickly. She forced herself to focus, and heard the distant sound of music playing from inside the ballroom. Seconds later, the balcony door opened and she cursed under her breath. They separated, Shepard closing her knees as Thane stood and offered her his hand. He led her to the balustrade and pulled her body close as two other guests sat down on another bench not far from where they stood.

With her back to his chest, she felt him breathe deeply and exhale into her hair, his hardness straining against her backside.

"Your enthusiasm is not lost on me," he whispered against her ear. "Tonight, when we are truly alone, I will peel this dress from your body and show you just how much I want you right now."

That voice gave her chills, a dull throb settling hot between her legs. Sometimes it was easy to forget how much control he had over himself - how much power he withheld. Though his hands settled chastely on her hips, his powerful grip betrayed just how hot he was for her.

But the pair nearby showed no signs of leaving, and the cold was beginning to crawl under her skin.

She tipped her head back toward him.

"Promise?"

"I promise, Siha."

She turned, wrapping her arms around him and laying her head against his shoulder. For a while, she simply held him.

"Thank you," she whispered, though exactly what she was thanking him for, she wasn't sure. The words left her mouth before she could reason with them.

"The pleasure is mine, Siha." He kissed her hair. "How are you feeling?"

She took a moment to consider. Whether it was the venom of his kiss, the afterglow of climax, or simply the warmth of his affection, she felt lighter than before. She thought of her old companions seated around that ballroom table and smiled. She wanted to laugh with them again.

"Better," she said after a breath. "A little cold."

"Shall we go back inside?"

Shepard nodded.

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"Hey Commander!" Joker shouted over the music as they approached. "You missed the new guy calling Hackett 'Admiral Richard Cranium'."

For a moment, she just watched him, her thoughts coalescing around the noise and energy of the party, now kicked off in full swing - complete with music and bad dancing. He was laughing so hard Shepard thought he might break a rib.

"It's not that funny," James said with a shake of his head.

But Thane leaned close to her ear and asked, in oblivious sincerity, if Richard Cranium was a figure from human culture. And like a dam had broken, her face cracked into a smile, laughter bubbling up from her like a rush of breath after a deep dive.

For just a moment, the war was a distant memory.

It was good to be home again.

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For anyone who may not have understood, "Richard Cranium" is meant to be a polite way of saying "dick head." (o゜▽゜)o☆

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2022 dramas ranking so far

We are halfway through the year, so I am doing this. This is only for dramas that aired in 2022.

Note, I have not finished some of these yet but I’ve watched enough to have an opinion - they may move up or down when I complete but that is where they are for now. Also, this is not an argument for quality but purely what I love more and mostest!

From least fave to most:

TERRIBLE!!! PROOF OF GEHENNA

The Legendary Life of Queen Lau (C) - I am as allergic to this drama as its makers are to a coherent plot or decent acting.

Unforgettable Night (T) - like a BDSM session with wet noodles and no safe words.

Mirror: A Tale of Twin Cities (C) - as bad as it was expensive, and it was very expensive. I’ve seen cereal labels of more innate interest.

Kiss Sixth Sense (K) - more like Kiss No Sense

The Lady in Butcher’s House (C) - shrill and idiotic and ML is the only one who bothered to act.

Shooting Stars (K) - somehow managed to make the entertainment industry not entertaining.

Snowdrop (K) - its controversy was the most interesting thing about it.

Forecasting Love and Weather (K) - an actual weather forecast has more to recommend it for entertainment. Park Min Young does the same role over and over and over, and I will never get how Song Kang became a star.

Decreed by Fate (C) - my list said I watched it but I literally cannot remember anything about it which says its own story.

Because of Love (C) - amazing chemistry, trash story.

I AM SIR MEH FROM THE TOWN OF MEH

Woori the Virgin (K) - tried to be kooky and charming ended up just kooky.

Love Like a Melody (C) - you could do worse if you want a cheap light bit of fun, but you can do better too.

Rewriting Destiny (C) - not terrible but only has enough material for a couple of eps. However it goes for 24.

Showtime Begins (K) - Park Hae Jin is FINE, the rest not so much.

The Autumn Ballad (C) - tries to be low rent Minglan, ends up just low rent instead.

Moonshine (K) - this drama about moonshine is enough to turn anyone into an alcoholic.

Defying the Storm (C) - do you love communism? Well, so does this drama. Really really really! Cool fashion and very solid performances, however.

Tomorrow (K) - you have one cool story and blah one. Which one do you focus on? If you said the latter, congrats, you are this drama.

Royal Feast (C) - so beautiful. But so is a painting and I don’t need to spend hours staring at it.

The King of Tears Lee Bang Won (K) - very old school with all the pluses and minuses that brings. I think if you imported this in 1999, it would be a smash hit.

The Jinx’s Lover (K) - interesting premise but NIW is clearly a hard limit for me.

Cafe Minamdang (K) - that heroine is enough to kill a drama singlehandedly, but it’s also I just don’t do well with broad comedies.

A Dream of Splendor (C) - you know how some cool kids hate popular things? I am the cool kid here.

WORTH A LOOKSEE

25 21 (K) - I stopped halfway through for life reasons and never went back when I saw the fandom meltdown after the ending, but it was certainly well acted and decently written.

Again My Life (K) - I am not big on romanceless procedurals which is what this really is, but Lee Junki is excellent in this.

F4 Thailand (T) - either I am getting too old for this story or I have seen it too many times. This is a perfectly well done adaptation of Hana Yori Dango but I found myself losing interest about a third in, alas.

The Wind Blows from Longxi (C) - I wanted to love it but did not. Still, it’s gorgeous and well-acted.

Believe In Love (C) - sometimes all you need is adorableness and sugar. Not advisable for diabetics.

Reset (C) - I almost never enjoy modern cdramas but I did this one.

My Villain Husband (C) - funny, short and sharp!

Who Rules the World (C) - I did not love it as much as I wanted, but it’s gorgeous (and I am not just referring to the cast) and if you want to watch a romance with wuxia elements, you could do worse.

Military Prosecutor Doberman (K) - two badasses against the world. Yes, please.

Love in the Flames of War (C) - China does telenovela and it’s delicious.

Our Blues (K) - very good, very solidly acted slice of life. I am not big on omnibus story format but despite it being relatively low on my subjective list, objectively it’s probably the best drama I’ve seen this year.

City of Streamer (C) - it loses steam in the last quarter, but until that it’s a deliciously decadent romance with truly insane chemistry between a dark, ruthless older heroine and her devoted charge whose father she is trying to bring down. For those with a governess fetish.

My Sassy Princess (C) - it’s a trifle but it’s mad addictive and the chemistry! It has its flaws and the story is flimsy as tissue paper but honestly, it’s a fever delight.

Gold Panning (C) - I almost never enjoy contemporary cdramas but this gritty, dark story of desperate people involved in greed and murder while mining gold is so good!

The Blue Whisper (C) - a gorgeous xianxia romance hard carried by Allen Ren as naive turned vengeful merman. It might go up higher once I finish it.

KinnPorsche (T) - it didn’t end up as good as the first half promised, but it was still such a fun watch. Gay mob boys, you made my spring and summer!

THE LAND OF UNSTINTING ADORATION

Bulgasal (K) - objectively it was flawed. Subjectively it was everything I love in terms of tropes and leads and romance. I still swoon thinking of it.

Bad and Crazy (K) - so gonzo, so funny, so off kilter so full of Lee Dong Wook hotness!

Old Fashion Cupcake (J) - this was short and slight and seemingly with no great stakes or plot but this narrative about two men finding each other over dessert is better than the best cupcake you ever had

Bloody Heart (K) - it didn’t end up as dark as it started but it was still smart and dark and visually utterly eye popping (hands down, the most beautifully shot kdrama I’ve seen all year) and all the performances? MMMM

Link: Eat Love Kill (K) - proof that first impressions can be deceptive. I’ve dropped it after the first ep, put off by the jarring tonal shifts and then saw some gifs and went back. Now 11 eps in, it’s my baby and the tentative romance, the trauma and healing, the mysteries, and the main characters I want to protect forever are my jam.

Alchemy of Souls (K) - this is the first Hong Sisters drama I’ve loved in well over a decade - the plot, the characters and how desperate and extra they are, the EVERYTHING!!!!

Love like the Galaxy (C) - this is visually amazing, the romance is to die for, and I love that the narrative allows both the hero and the heroine be ruthless and damaged and oh my GOD I am swooning so hard for this epic period romance tailored explicitly to my tastes.

Heroes (C) - my favorite drama this year (so far?), this wuxia dark epic with bromance and romance and loss and complicated characters and out of this world visuals and great performances is everything I could have dreamed of in my wildest fever dream and then some.

#cdrama #kdrama #jdrama #thai show

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