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rubbish78 · 8 months
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zaimta · 11 months
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彡A VS. B
paring: laxus dreyar x reader
zai says: the ova was so funny but the fan service was certainly something, anyways laxus fic bc it's all i can write for the 10 other fairy tail stans on here this is for you
suggestive!! i’m pushing 18 let me live
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it was the aftermath of the grand magic games, fairy tail won like they said they would but the little wager they made didn’t get forgotten. since the two split teams were forced to join as one, neither team could uphold the agreement. so as a tiebreaker makarov decided on an old-fashioned rock-paper-scissors to determine the victor.
erza stepped up to face laxus in the match “you got this erza! wipe the floor with em!” you cheered on your friend along with the rest of team ‘a’. erza nodded and raised her hand, laxus took up the same motion, when erza dropped her hand she had scissors while laxus had rock.
your jaw dropped and you felt your eye twitch “you got to be kidding me.” a chorus of groans and complaints came from the ‘a’ team, it was going to be a long day for all of you.
the ‘b’ team wasted no time, as soon as they won they got straight to business. laxus pulled out a map and presented it to the ‘a’ team “go to this forest to get a magic stone.”
“magic stone?” wendy asked curiously
“the forest is called ‘las puertas del infierno’.”
you blinked at him “let me get this straight you want us to go to some forest that is literally called the doors of hell, for a rock…yeah i’m not going.”
he laughed and smirked at you “that’s cute but you don’t have a choice here babe, you have till noon.”
“please i barely wanna look for some stupid rock so why would i-” mid-sentence you let yourself think, you caught the smirk he sent your way so he was sending you along with the exploration team on purpose. he knew you, and searching through a swamp for a rock was the last thing you wanted to do.
“you sick son of a bitch you are good.” you glared at him, he knew you well and you hated it, he had just what he needed to get the upper hand in the punishment game.
you slowly trudged through the swamp, disgusted by all its inhabitants and the murky water you were walking in “guys i wanna go home.”
gray looked at you from the corners of his eyes with a sigh “you’ve been saying that for the past ten minutes y/n.”
you sucked your teeth at him and rolled your eyes “that doesn’t make it any less true. let’s just find that stupid rock go we could get out of here, i mean lucy over here covered head to toe in leeches.”
“what?!” she shrieked while running around in circles “get them off me! get them off!”
“i would put im not touching those” you pointed to the leeches on her thighs “besides i just got my nails done these weren’t cheap you know.”
nastu fired a flame attack to help lucy with the leeches, while peeling off the remaining creatures he spoke to you over his shoulder “when did you find time to get those we just, got back from the grand magic games, and how did you pay for them last time i checked you’re dirt broke like the rest of us.”
lucy slapped his head “speak for yourself!” lucy had rent to pay so she could be anything she wanted but dirt broke, she's been taking jobs back to back just to pay her rent.
you shrugged "you have your strengths and i have mine, and i happen to have a bottomless wallet on my side."
happy snickered behind his paws “yeah a bottomless wallet who’s in loveee”
you whipped your neck around and yelled at happy “can it cat!” unfortunately for you he continued giggling floating off to be by natsu.
after walking through the swamp for what felt like hours, when it reality it was a long hour and thirty minutes you finally found the stone. thanks to gray and his unfortunate set of circumstances.
when you finally returned to the guild and returned the stone just for it to be used for a makeshift jacuzzi, you and lucy shared a single glance that spoke volumes.
your eyes took in laxus' chiseled body going lower and lower until your eyes rested on his happy trail, you were no stranger to this sight but it still did the job for you every time, too busy admiring his body you didn’t notice him looking at you with a lazy grin on his face “my eyes are up here y/n.”
his voice snapped you out of your daze “hm? oh yeah sure whatever.” you looked away from him ignoring the snickers coming from the remainder of the b team.
it came time for the b team to pick members from the a team. cana took wendy, mira took erza, gajeel took lucy, and unsurprisingly juvia took gray. you, elfman and natsu unfortunately got stuck with laxus.
you were stuck tending to laxus and the thunder legion by the jacuzzi while he sent natsu and elfman on a while goose chase for milk and bread, you rose a brow as they ran out of the guild for the items.
“y/n.” he smirked at you as he spoke, he pointed to his shoulder with his thumb “i want you to give me a massage if you don’t mind.”
you resisted the urge to roll your eyes ‘if you don’t mind’ he says, like you had a choice in the first place.
you flashed him a fake smile “gee i would have too but i don’t have a swimsuit! what if i fell in? we wouldn’t want that now would we?” you knew there was no proper way to get out of this, but even if you could stall a little you would be fine.
“i could get you a swimsuit y/n.” evergreen chipped in with a smile
you immediately turned around to face her “say what now?”
laxus smirked at you and nodded towards the guild doors "evergreen go take y/n to get a swimsuit." you couldn't protest even if you wanted to, and you were a little irritated that you didn't think your plan through. after picking swimsuits with evergreen, which you think she enjoyed more than you did, you walked back to the jacuzzi where they were all waiting for you.
laxus gave a low whistle shamelessly letting his eyes hungrily roam over your body and then pointed to his shoulders "where were we?" sometimes you couldn't deny how much you hated him.
bickslow smiled and pointed to his own shoulders “i’d like a massage too.”
you scowled at him which only caused his grin to become wider “freed is literally sitting right there make him do it. you’re all dead once this day ends.”
as you massaged his bare shoulders, you noticed the marks on his back that you left from your last night together, rolled your eyes at how he showed them off and traced a finger on the red scratches letting your nail gently glide across his back.
he pointed to his shoulder with a smirk on his face “my shoulders are up here y/n. are you feeling okay you’re out of it today?” he chuckled as he felt you glaring him down, as you massaged his shoulders you occasionally moved your hands to the base of his neck, longing to put your hands around his neck and clutch.
evergreen nudged the boys knowing it was their cue to leave, evergreen sent you a wink over her shoulder as she left with bickslow and freed "try to act civil you two we're in the guild after all."
within seconds laxus pulled you onto his lap clearly ignoring evergreen's words of wisdom. he rested his hands on your waist to support you, and he smiled up at you with a gleam in his eyes. his hands roamed your body as they moved down to your hips, he pulled you closer to him your body was flush against his and he whispered in your ear “that was a dirty move you pulled using your nails like that.” his voice sent shivers down your spine, the way he whispered those words just for you to hear despite the empty room, if there was one thing he knew how to do it was how to leave an effect on you.
you fiddled with the hair on the nape of his neck knowing how it affects him “it was just a harmless massage, you were the one who told me to give you one after all.” you gently dragged your nails from his neck into his hair, grazing your nails into his scalp, grinning when he hummed at your touch.
“you play a dangerous game y/n. we’ve got a couple more hours till the day ends let’s make it count.”
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bunnyindigo · 1 year
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The bikini
☼ pairing Kim Taehyung x fem!reader
☼ genre established relationship, idol!au
☼ warning smut, kinda bondage?, fingering, face & dick riding, oral sex (f & m receiving), tits play, unprotected sex (STD are very much real so like maybe don’t), cream pie, praising, kinda dirty talk
☼ word count 1.9k
☼ description Taehyung and his girlfriend are still in their lavender haze, and it's not going to end anytime soon.
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“Babe?”
“Hm?” Taehyung made a noise to acknowledge her but didn’t turn around towards her voice.
As some stands were pushed by the sea breeze, the warm noon sun landed on his unkempt, dark hair, causing fire sparks to erupt. As he took in the view in front of him, his hands were pressed against the chipped black balcony railing.
White and blue houses grew side by side to meet the tranquil sea that had melded with the sky. His gaze moved about, spotting a path leading to a little yet secluded beach in the backyard of the home.
His girlfriend had rented the apartment as a surprise summer holiday for the two of them to rest before his schedule became swamped once more.
The property was far enough away from any road that there was little traffic noise, and a dirt road driveway connected the house to the nearest road. A wall separated the front yard from prying eyes for added privacy. The owners would leave various objects in the front yard, such as paddles, boards, and other sea gear, for tourists who rented the home.
The house's entryway was on the first floor, which also housed the kitchen, living room, dining room, and toilet. A spiral staircase joined the first and ground floors, which had two bedrooms and a bathroom.
A sliding glass door from both beds led to the backyard, as did a door in the corridor that divided them. There was a sitting space outside, four sunbeds, a small pool with a jacuzzi, a hammock, an outdoor shower, and a barbeque.
Taehyung and she had already gone out to eat breakfast at a local bakery and grocery shopping for necessities because they'd arrived late the night before and the place only had fruits, water, and toilet paper.
He was now taking in the scenery, basking in the Mediterranean sun, and relishing the peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle of Seoul. His entire body tingled with anticipation at the prospect of going for a swim; he had already donned the forest green swimming trunks that his girlfriend had packed for him, as well as a loose white and blue striped button-up with his black sunglasses sitting on the single pocket of his top.
“Can you help me, please,” she asked from downstairs.
Taehyung hurried to their room, not bothering to ask what she needed help with until he reached her.
His gaze travelled from her legs to her upper back as her hands were fiddling with the halter of her triangle bikini at her neck, her back to him.
“It’s stuck in my hair,” she said.
He put his hands on hers to stop her impatient tugging, which resulted in her dropping her sore arms to her side after a thorough shake to get the blood flowing again.
His one palm was sandwiched between her neck and the knot, igniting shivers across her skin. His other hand worked carefully to untangle the tangled strands. When he observed that their swimwear was matching, he smiled. He pulled her hair into a ponytail with one of the hair bands he kept on his wrist and began to tighten the halter.
“All done,” he said and rested his hands on her shoulders.
“Thank you, love.”
“Mm, love,” he mumbled.
He started kissing the nape of her neck softly, then trailed the curve of her neck with kisses till he reached her shoulder, all the while his fingers grazed down her hands and wrapped themselves around hers.
From the corner of his eye, he noticed her gulping as he parted their fingers, making her miss the fleeting warmth that was replaced when he grasped her waist and turned her around.
"Let's go swimming first," she suggested as his head nuzzled into her neck and kissed her collarbone.
"It can wait," he said quietly, causing additional shivers to appear on her skin.
Slowly, he backed her up to the bed, gently placed her on it and kissed her on the lips before withdrawing from her.
As he slid himself to her hip, his hands were now beside her glutes, trapping her. His teeth reached for her bikini button and he loosened the knot, then he did the same on the other side.
"I've missed you," he whispered as he kissed her ribs.
"It's only been a week, Tae," she giggled and reached out to caress his face, to which he responded by leaning against her small palm.
He slid his arm beneath her and undid her bikini top.
"When it comes to you, that's too long," he said.
“Is that so?”
She pushed herself up, her bikini slipping off, and began undoing his top's buttons. Her palms ran from his chest to his shoulder as she tugged the button-up off him, allowing it to fall to the ground with his sunglasses.
When he heard his spectacles fall to the ground, he formed a pout on his pink lips. “Bad,” he said.
Lips collided, tongues darted at one other like soldiers on the battlefield, and hands gripped each other's skins as if hanging on for dear life. Their hips began grinding against each other, both desperately and achingly wanting more.
"Then I should be punished," she offered between kisses.
"You should," he replied, breaking their kiss.
Taehyung flipped her on her stomach, causing her head to land on one of the pillows, and grabbed her bikini top, tying her hands together on her back with it.
"You didn't go swimming without me, did you?" he questioned, tossing the bikini bottoms off the bed. He sat between her legs, separating them.
"No?" she said, perplexed.
"Hm," he pushed a cold finger into her heat, making her gasp, "then why are you so wet?" he questioned in the most innocent tone possible.
"I have no idea."
"Oh, but I'm sure that's not true," he murmured as he pushed another finger into her, sending a surge of excitement over her.
He continued the circular motion till the fingers became three and she buried her head into the cushion, muffling her moans.
Even the most inadvertent touch from Kim Taehyung left her weak in the knees, hot and bothered, and yearning for more. She burned for him, even after all the years they had been dating. She even astonished herself by not taking him in the aeroplane toilet.
His thumb was now slowly circling her clit, but applying pressure because he knew she liked that kind of thing. Her hips were swaying back and forth instinctively, begging for more.
"It appears that my lovely girl missed me more," he leaned down and murmured into her ear.
Another gasp from her lips; the sensation was overpowering, and he wasn't even in her yet. Her walls tightened around his fingers, and she clenched her fists on her back.
"Oh my God," she choked.
"Taehyung," he replied.
She groaned in frustration as he pulled his fingers out of her. He assisted her in getting up and then laid down himself. This was her cue to creep up on him, sling one of her legs over his head, and hover herself over his mouth.
Her sensitive area was fanned by the warm breath. When his tongue moved between her folds, she lowered herself closer and swore she could see heaven. His hands wrapped around her thighs, burrowing into her skin until the skin around his nails turned white. He became drowsy as he felt himself drowning in her wet heat and the blissful sounds coming from her mouth.
"Tae, I'm coming," she whispered, and suddenly his lips were drenched in her juices.
She sank to the mattress after raising her leg over his head. Her thighs hurt from the rocking, but every time Taehyung gave her an orgasm, she felt at peace. And he always made sure she had at least one. It was just how he was. He could finger her, eat her out, fuck her, or even just tease her and she'd still cum for him.
They both panted as if there was no more oxygen in their lungs. He leaned across tiredly to untie her hands and laid his palm on her waist, his eyelids becoming heavier.
There was a slight throbbing sensation between his legs, but he was ready to ignore it for a moment so he could hold her; nevertheless, the sensation became more intense when something rubbed against his clothed and erect cock.
She'd risen from her side and started kneading his cock. She smirked and slid her hands to the band of his swimming trunks, delicately teasing with a finger between his skin and the band when she spotted him looking at her.
His heart was pounding in his chest as he saw her pull his swimsuit down, and his dick shot out like a jack in the box. Soft hands encircled him, causing him to whimper as they tenderly pumped him till wetness gathered on his tip.
Her tongue licked the precum and swirled around, taking more and more of his dick into her mouth. Taehyung observed her hollowing cheeks as she began sucking him, her fingers still assisting at the base.
He thrust more of himself into her mouth, making her eyes water, groaning from the pleasure. She began to bob her head quicker, but when she observed his thighs tightening, she removed her mouth from around him, causing him to quiver, and straddled him.
"You're very beautiful," he mumbled, taking in her swollen and shiny lips, as she aided her sex onto his.
She started swaying up and down, her breasts bouncing along with her. A view which made him even harder.
He grasped the back of her neck and pulled her face closer to his. He licked her lips and bit into her bottom lip right away.
He cupped her breasts, leaving a trail of sloppy kisses on her skin from her neck to the hardened nipples he'd been tenderly stroking. He licked her bud, then sucked it while dropping his hands to her hips, pressing them down and making her cry out as his length vanished inside her body.
"Cum in me," she begged, her voice pleading.
The plea just fueled his want to pounce on her even more. He flipped them over to be on top of her. His strokes became faster as her back arched and her fingers began to tug at his hair.
Taehyung supported himself with one hand while reaching his other forward to entangle his fingers with hers. The warm reassurance of their hand-holding pushed them both over the brink, causing them to finish simultaneously, their fluids combining as their foreheads lay against each other.
He dragged himself out and laid on top of her.
“Babe, I’ll write a song about this,” he said, making her chuckle.
She cupped his head in her hands and kissed him on the face. She nudged him softly, causing him to roll off her as she stood up to clean herself. Her legs wobbled and she fell back into the bed, causing Taehyung to burst out laughing.
"You still can't handle it, huh?" he asked cockily as he rose from his laying position and walked over to scoop her up and take her to the bathroom to be cleaned.
"How about a shower?" she suggested.
"Not really, unless you want to spend the rest of day the unable to walk," he answered, winking at her.
"Can't get enough of me?"
"Never," he replied, kissing her lips.
After cleaning themselves of the sticky substances and sweat on their skin, they returned to the room to change into their swimsuits and finally go for a swim.
Taehyung carried her on his back the entire journey. She had her hands wrapped around his neck, pecking his cheek as they continued to be helplessly in love, letting sweet nothings and I love yous bouncing off each other's mouths.
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alien-magnolia · 1 year
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Omg thank you for the emojis bc that’s how I communicate AHHHH
🌙(🦎) x 🍄fem reader
🍂🧚🌻(degrading, praise at the end)✨🌼🤍(kink)
Plot: bratty reader edges him for a week, talks back, taunts him for not “pleasing her right” how she can do it herself etc just to rile him up bc she missed him being that way
Thanks so much for sending in a request, babes. 🖤🖤This turned out to be more than a short blurb, but it came out well me thinks :)
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Fic description: Hyperfeminine reader subby! + dom!jake sully. Reader is bit of a bimbo! Teases him a bit until he snaps. Corruption / innocence kink!, Pregnancy!kink, bj, overstim, bratting, praise/degradation!kink
“Babygirl. Come on…,” Jake sighs, as he chases you through the forest, unaware of where you were headed. To be honest, he was tired. Tired of your shenanigans. You’d been slowly, ever so slowly, tearing him apart all week.
~ Twelve days ago ~ Eclipse
He was exhausted, all day under the scalding Pandoran sun. He had hoped that you had not gotten yourself into trouble while he was gone. You were his world, the love of his life, yet you could be so, so, goddamn stupid, as he likes to put it.
You were naive at times, almost borderline childish. You loved to stop and look at all the pretty flowers, constantly confused with directions for the forest, unaware of what to wear and what not to wear, You had such a bubbly, sickeningly sweet personality. You had Jake poisoned with you, in the best way possible.
You loved to be his good girl. Loved it. Sometimes, you felt that he was too gentle with you. Ever since the two of you have mated, he’s just gotten soft. In your opinion. Now — you did love it when he praised you, attacked your face with kisses, and more! Jake, of course, would love to hear those little giggles that came out of your mouth when he did that.
This week, you’ve gotten bored. You wanted more. More — that you thought he couldn’t give you. He used to give you more. You remember all those times he bent you over like a cow, and rutted into you until you cried, until your body hurt.
That is how you did not hear him come home, at this very minute. You were busy. Very busy. All day, you spent time on the floor of your hut, top of the trees where no other Na’vi can see you, pumping your tiny fingers into yourself. You were doing it at the moment, completely oblivious that Jake had just arrived back, tired from a hunt.
You were teetering over the edge, perhaps you were so needy this week because your heat may have been approaching. Either way, the sound of his voice shocked you back into reality.
“Babygirl,” his tone deep, voice slow. He stands before you, a new scar on his big, heaving chest. “What do you think you’re doing, huh, kid?,” he asks, stepping closer to you slowly. You knew his rule. You broke it.
“What’s daddy’s rule, huh? Repeat it to me,” he says, as his hand grabs your chin, tilting it to look up at him. “No touching myself without daddy,” you slowly say to him, your voice all breathy and high pitched. You were slipping already.
“And what did you just do, huh, sweetheart? Guess you’re getting too goddamn stupid to understand and even remember the rules now. Fuck. On your knees,” he commands, tail erratic, ears bent back.
You were completely still, frozen. “Now!,” he hissed at you. “No,” you tell him. “Can’t please me anymore, Daddy,” you defiantly tell him. He is still, completely.You think. You run. Run, at the fastest pace possible, far away. He could not punish you if you ran.
Back at the hut, Jake growled as he watched you disappear into the jungle. You were going to get maimed in there. He hated your brat-like behavior at the moment, but he had to find you to make sure you were safe.
He set off on his ikran. It did not take long for him to find you from his view in the sky. You were hiding in the swamps, possibly where dangerous animals could be.
~ Present ~
This was your tenth time running away from him, into the jungle. You’d resist his punishments, talk back to him, and touch yourself without permission. He had enough.
“Babygirl,” he calls out, angry with your demeanor this week. “Come on out. M’gonna find you eventually.”
He smirks as he sees you behind a tree. Completely clueless, as expected. He sneaks up behind you, grabbing you by the waist, pinning you against a nearby tree.
“You’ve been bad this week, hun. Gonna teach you now, maybe you won’t disobey daddy’s rules next time,” he tuts at you.
“On your knees. Now. Don’t make me tell you twice.” You nod, as you get on your knees, the cold grass making you shiver. Jake chuckles at your sudden obidence. God — he was threatening. The next second, without a warning, his big, blue fingers find their way to your mouth. He props your mouth open.
“Tongue out. C’mon,” he commands, as he lightly taps your cheek. You do as told. “Damn — look at you, little slut waiting for me with her mouth open. Don’t choke,” he warns.
His pelvis finds your face, as his cock slides into your mouth. In, out, his heavy balls periodically hitting your nose. All the while he fucks your mouth, laughing down at you.
“My little bunny. Such a slut, taking daddy’s cock in your mouth like that,” he tuts at you, before large blue hands flip you over onto your stomach. His angry, leaking cockhead slides into you, thick and wide, bullying your pussy like never before.
“Fuck. My babygirl’s tight, huh? Just lay there and take it,” he patronizes, with a smile on his face. You feel his fangs pierce your shoulders, his moans turn into growls as he possessively stuffs your body full of cock. Cock, cock, and more cock. All you needed. “Just want to be full of daddy like this, huh?,” he asks as you nod, barely coherent at this point.
You get stuffed full of his cock, his cum spills into you, probably twice or more, it was hard for you to keep track. Your back was bruised, your neck and shoulders covering in bite marks from your mate’s sharp fangs.
“Ya with me, baby girl?,” he asks. You nod, smiling at him. “Don’t brat out on me now. Want you to be daddy’s good girl. Think it will be better for you,” he says as he moves your head to lay on his chest, petting it. “Okay, ma Jake. I’ll be good for you,” you contently sigh, so happy to be his good girl again.
“Only good girls get daddy’s cock over and over, got it?” You nod. He continues. “If you’re good enough, I’ll claim you as my good girl for everyone to see. Knock you up, pump you full of babies,” he fantasizes, looking over at you to see your reaction.
You were entranced. You were his poison, one that he was willing to taste over and over again.
Taglist: @aerangi @jake-sullys-whore @drinking-tea-and-be-obsessed @23victoria @brioffthegrid
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hcdragonwrites · 8 months
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Epilogue ( @journey-to-the-au Fic)
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This is what happens at the end of Tea trouble. It’s just short but it’s because I wanted to write fluff and cuddles and warmth.
The sun sank slowly into the sea, painting that great swath of liquid to fire. Willow felt the soft weariness sneak into her face as finally, finally her family mounted their heavenly steeds and kept back into the sky. The stars were beginning to appear in the darkening night. Gold, wood, water and fire. They marked the sky with their light as she waved her sisters goodbye.
From the mouth of babes came a second peace, a second chance. Lychee had offered the peach and Winter had taken a bite from it. An exchange and a wave of apologies. Willow had spent that time swapping tales and trading secrets of her home. Of her mountain. With her sisters. They listened attentively. They touched her hand- sought comfort and reassurance they had not lost her forever in their callous remarks. Willow reassured, reaffirmed and rebounded with each of her sisters.
She was exhausted. Willow sighed, itching her scalp. Her hairpins still bothered her, and her clothes felt too heavy. She wanted nothing more then to sleep for a fortnight. Anger was an emotion Willow rarely dove into, rarely utilized and unleashed. Calm rage? Yes. Anger that blinds like this one did ? No. It left her feeling achy and tired and o so sensitive to her skin.
Willow sighed. She was so thankful to the fruit troop, to Pear and Apple, Pomelo and Mulberry. And Lychee. The bravest little mischief maker ever. The first to offer a olive branch to her sisters and to forgive them. No one will talk that way to them ever again.
For now as the sun cast itself into the sea Willow felt her final strength ebb and fade with its light. She took a step back to rebalance herself —
Great large furred arms swung her up and over broad shoulders. She squealed in surprise as Wukong raised her up, growing in size himself.
“WILLOW!” He practically roared as the rest of the mountain followed suit. Thousands of the troop came racing forward, pressing close and reaching up to her from the spot on Wukongs shoulders. The rest of them were crowing and hollering and screaming. Calling her name.
“Gather the softest pillows and blankets ! The night will hold for us all- set the guards to chasing any beasts out of the groves. Light the fire pits! And everyone GATHER YOUR FAVORITE FRUIT!” Willow heard the roar of the crowd as they thundered off. Hammocks were pulled between trees, bundles of blankets and pillows and downy things were dragged and set down in the field. Monkeys lit the fire pits that lined the clearing, the great orange light casting dancing shadows as the sun continued its decent. Willow saw the troop laugh and chortle as they brought fruits out. A veritable second feast of food. Kiwis, grapes, oranges, watermelons, melons and nectarines.
Wukong kept Willow on his shoulders. Willow was too tired to ask why or deny the outward pouring of love from her earthen family. This was just the way they heaped support and love onto her. A veritable jungle of nests and hammocks, of blanketed caves and soft spots to lay soon covered the grass all around.
To tangle and tug and touch was the Monkey way of showing love. Willow sighed, laying against her husbands very soft and large head.
“What did I do ? It was all my fault.”
“Hush you I won’t hear you taking the blame for others ever again.” Wukong admonished. Several of the troop had gathered nearby, dragging a forest of bedding and plush to make nests and enjoy the night. Wukong set himself down in the thick of the troop, taking Willow up off his shoulders and into his lap. His tail coiled around her a hand against her middle. The giant monkey practically swamped her as he chirped and cooed, crooned and kissed her temples and nose.
“Wukong don’t swallow her!” Ba admonished. Willow peered from between the fur of Wukongs neck. She felt like a chick beneath a mother hen, completely covered and warm. She saw Ba setting up a little nest beside them. Beng was busy swinging Pomelo and Mulberry about-throwing them into pillows that bounced them slightly in the air.
“Save some for the rest of us please.” Ba snorted. Lychee was seated on Chestnuts shoulders talking his mothers ear off about his day and how he and his friends had gotten Little Weaver Girl to braid them flower crowns. He still wore his on his brow, eyes bright. They two set their bedding and nesting material down beside them.
“Are we all sleeping out beneath the stars ?” Willow asked. Wukong didn’t say yes with words. He was too overcome with an emotion, a puff of pride that expanded his chest. Here was his Willow Tree. The strong women who had been betrothed to him but had chosen him- heart and soul. Willow who had turned Huaguoshan into a protected area. Willow who had stalwartly sat beside him when he had been burning and boiling and close to madness inside that bronze prison. Willow who had bravely offered herself to the Imposter to save the rest of his family. And it had been Willow again who had chosen his people and family, his friends and loved ones, and had brought to heel celestial who thought they could talk down to him and what was his.
Whatever I did - whatever luck shot through my sky and made my stone sentient - I am glad it made me in time to be with her.
“Yes princess.” He softly whispered to her. “You defended all of us yet again. You brilliant warrior.” For she was a warrior. Not of blades or fists or claws of teeth. Words were her weapon and she used them brilliantly. More accurate then an arrows fall, she pierced Huaguoshan enemies with no bloodshed.
If I had met her when I was seeking my enlightenment … before I sought Heavens recognition… he wondered. Would his life have gone on a entirely new path? Wukong mussed her hair with his teeth, nibbling until she tapped his jaw in play.
His friends settled about them and the rest of the troop began to visit Willow, offering food and comfort. The little bundle of baby fruits ran across the clearing. They had been hero’s and they didn’t even know it.
Wukong lay curled over and around Willow like some large languid cat, tail tucked possessively about her. He became larger still, letting the little fruits climb onto his back in their play. Rin Rin came forward and Wukong allowed her to take Willows hair down, to groom and to ease her scalp.
Rin Rin heard the story as Wukong, Ba, Liu and Beng recounted it. They were now all here against Wukongs side, grooming and offering fruits or each other, to Willow. The love was a warm glow in the night , a glow that came from within and rivaled that of the dying sunlight. Ba kept off his pranks and offered Willow sour green grapes- and his deepest vows of loyalty. Wukong snorted happily, a large hand gently scratching along Willows back. Beng checked their little word warrior over and then gave her a single hardy shake. Ma was blubbering with Rin Rin who simply held on and brushed Willows hair out. Liu bowed and offered his own vows of loyalty- setting Ba to trying to outdo him.
Wukong waited till the stars were bright in the sky, the moon rising now to cast her silver light to whisper and speak praise and words of love. He wanted to drown her in the emotion that beat in his chest. It was a glow as steady as the sun and as wild as the world. It was not the same love Rin Rin or Liu or Ba or Chestnut Or Beng Or Ma experienced.
Forever and always. I will See her days filled with joy and peace. I will topple the very pillars that hold this world up to give her that. Wukong watched her burrow into his side, fingers curled in his fur. He looked to the sky, to the Heavens. To beyond that- to the cosmic sphere of reality. The universe beyond the Heavens.
“Thank you for making her. She’s perfect.” Words failed. Perfect was so silly of a word. Willow was more then perfect. She was victorious, stalwart, kind, compassionate, a stone to rest his back against and the shade that hid him from the burning sun.
“I will keep you. Forever. Until the very definition of eternity crumbles. Thank you Willow, for filling my days with your love.”
Wukong kissed her temple and pulled her into his warmth, pulling several of his with her. Tails and hands, feet and limbs all intercrossed and overlapped. They were tangled, intertwined like the roots of a tree. Grounding the willow tree they all loved to their earth, to their mountain.
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Rewatching season 1 (and actually paying attention to Sky to figure out what the fuck everyone is talking about): Part 3
EP 11:
"Flora is over doing it, as usual!"
As usual???? We love to hear it
Stella snapping at Bloom than instantly apologizing gives me life
Not Stella's clothes!!
Musa isnt even paying attention jtkwdjje she's too busy lmaooo
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Deranged plant mom :))
"ITS ABOUT TIME!!" Tecna is very upset at everyone jtjejr good for her
"Musa??" "Why the fuck would I been in Tecna's closet??"
Tecna: it's alright, I'm fine, I'm chill
Flora: *tells her the plant name*
Tecna: I take it back, I want blood
Tecna taking to her self about how mad she is so amazing
Musa getting up while Bloom Stella and Tecna are arguing to get accidentally yelled at is such background friend behavior
Ever notice how Musa is just kinda there when the girls make group decisions?? Bc I dooo
Stella: I fucking hate mud, why am I here
Bloom: because friendship!!!
Stella: kill me
Stella says she promises she won't wander off, jfkskdke, sure babe
Stella and Musa snipping at eachother my beloved
Musa: so is your outfit. This is a swamp. Not a fashion show
NONE OF YOU PEOPLE ARE WEARING BOOTS
Stella...no brain cells
Flora: *puts her hand over Stella's mouth*
Stella: peace was never an option
Stella is so fucking unhinged. She sees the little water things and says fuck it, and bites Flora
These girls are walking in water with pants on without complaining, unrealistic
"you too big 🥺 we can't invite you in"
STELLA MFJERKWIEJEJEJW "your littleness" girl thinks she's a comedian
Flora is getting so fucking close to these little guys, girlie, back up
Bloom is so ready to help anyone, love her enegry
THESE GIRLS ARE SO DUMB, FLY UP!!!
Love them
DID MUSA GET FUCKING EATEN?!?!?!?!!!?!!
How hasn't she drowned yet???
Tecna: wait.
Tecna: WAIT FUCK GUYS?!
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Musa should be coughing up water
Lucius??? Bestie??? How are you doing that
Bloom.....how did you not set this forest on fire
Current s1 thoughts:
Bloom is 80% impulsive passion and 20% angry baby by volume
Tecna is too op /j, who let you have all the brains and the brawn girl? Save some talent for the rest of us
Flora is low key unhinged. Kinda upset that she didn't get to fight the plant monster :(( this could of been her episode
🌟Stella🌟 is that bitch sis ✨
Musa is kinda there in regards to decision making and stuff. She tries to come off as cool but she's hyper emotional and easily scared
EP 12:
Bloom has memories from when she was a baby and I can't even remember what I did yesterday
Fragona is a lying liar!!! *Shakes Winx club* Give me a Griselda character arc or fuck off forever!!!!
Sky will bother Timmy about anything lol
So Flora's doing the evil spell final
Stella doesn't give a fuck about grades, only the local beauty pageant
"what can I do to make you feel sorry for me?" Stella is such a little ktkekdkejsn ya know??
Lucy just needs some self confidence and she'd instantly become hotter, it's about the vibes girl
Stella says rules don't exist
Stormy is annoyed as fuck at this whole party
Why would Lucy even ask Icy and why does Icy care??
Flora and Musa are so fucking ready to help her
"what ever torture you deem necessary, as long as I become the new miss Magixs!"
As someone who's sliced his own finger open and didn't cry, and got his eye brows threaded and had in his eyes. Um, Stella's pain tolerance has to be high as fuck bc beauty shit hurts
*deep sigh* the scene. Skipping. Thank you 4kids dub for changing this
Musa went fucking off putting Stella hair up and curling it, someone get her an award
"yeah but where's the fun if I don't win"
Tecna🤝Stella
Being a sore loser
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When Stormy laughs >>>>>
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This ultra bubbly cheerleader is a witch and I love her so much y'all
I wonder hole long Lucy has been taking ballet classes
THE FUCKING COWBOY THING
"dance of happiness" SHE DECIDES TO CALL HER YEEHAW DANCE A DANCE OF HAPPINESS I'M LITERALLY SOBBING
Stella: *doing a weird little cow boy dance*
Icy: FUCCCCCK THIS IS AMAZING, WE NEED TO KILL HER NOW
Stella is literally going "Yeehaw!!! Yeehaw!!! Hehehehehe!!!!" And your telling me this is her talent??
Don't you know Stella is too airheaded to notice when she's in mortal danger
Musa is literally dancing in joy for Stella, Musa fans, are you listening???
Stella is literally fucking crying of joy I'm so happy for her
Musa is so ready to celebrate she already fucking forgot about Stella's test I'm sobbing
Stella, babe, you look like shit
Stella can make rain!!!
Wait but she technically passed? The test was to make life on a desolate planet and by God she did...she just fucked up a little. This is at least a passing grade
BUT SHE DID DO THE WORK?! IF SHE DIDNT SHE WOULDN'T OF BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY LIFE ON THE PLANET!!
Complaining to your boss rn, give Stella a C or die by my blade
EP 13:
Bloom has finally learned how to capture fire
Awe Mike stopped to say hi to Bloom :)
Alfea's Fall semester starts during Earth summer.....Bloom is currently on Winter break(???) And Mitzi is talking about school so it must be Fall in Gardenia??
Bloom with most people trying to make fun of her (*chough* S1 Riven *chough*) is hyper agressive to the point of (in her opinion) being overly mean
But with Mitzi she still struggles to stand up for herself like she wants to (her arms were shaking hard)
Mitzi: *tries to be a mean girl*
Bloom: i nearly got murdered two weeks ago, I'm not here for it
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1) the aura's thing.....yeah ok. Top ten plot points that make no sense and will never be seen again, but more importantly
2) RIVEN?! WITH TITS?! Omg Riven went to Gardena to get top surgery 🥺 good for her good for her
Bloom: OH THESE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING LIARS
Bloom won't even answer why she doesn't like them fjekeje
These two bastards are walking lawsuits
I LOVE HOW ALL DURING BLOOMY'S BREAK SHES HANGING WITH HER FAMILY
Bloom says property damage isn't real
I think most fairys would work in the construction. Like...fixing shit and enchanting magical objects to keep them working. Being a fairy would just be very fancy blue collar work.... amazing
Bloom's parents are great
Bloom has prosthetic dreams????
Mike calling his department then holding his wife
Mike says he will NOT let his child into a burning building alone fjjwjskd
Baby Bloom in the fire...it was love a first sight!!! That baby was gonna get adopted by him and his wife he just knew it!!
Is this guy going to snitch about the magic???
Mike is so quick to help, love that energy
She turned the fire down lmao fjsjdj
This guy's says he won't snitch on the fire lady but he will snitch on his bosses, fuck yeah
Mitzi straight up doesn't have a life
Mike: Hey! Don't make fun of me, I worry about you
Crying in the club yall
I—I don't understand why Mike and Vanessa didn't sit down and tell Bloom this story when they found out she had magic. Like?? Would that not be the time??
We're the too frazzled??
The writers are infecting them
Stella: this chick is a fire fairy
Mike and Vanessa: *PANICK*
Bloom, the only* magical creatures on earth: I'm adopted?!
BLOOMY LOVES HER FAMILY
Bloom was just a little bby
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I love how this is a group activity
Tecna and Musa sitting there, while Flora pets Bloom fjjejeekkrr
And Stella is doing her nails jdjeje
Tecna co-signing Flora is amazing
Tecna, realizing that some parents definitely just dumped a baby in the only nonmagical planet with human life: do you really wanna know who your bio parents are????
Bloom: yeah why?
Tecna, to Flora: no one tell her she was abandoned, she'll get issues
Stella: and I'll be right there with you✨✨ after all, sticking my noes in other people's business is my favorite sport!
FRIENDSHIP!! IM SOBBING!!!
EP 14:
LEAVE MIRTA ALONE GRIFFIN
Bloom is apprently taking a combat midterm
AH!!!! BLOOM HAS SAFETY SHORTS!!!!
Very good, thank you Winx club
Fragona looks so threatening, pick me up I'm scared
"the only thing I feel sure of right now is you and the Winx"
Sky, completely missing why this is a bad thing: you need some help?
This is while Sky needs a full time assistant, just to smack him every time he misses something
OH MY FUCKING GOD BLOOM ARE EE BACK ON THIS CLOUD TOWER SHIT??
This girl is so stupid please, last time you figured out it was a prank
Timmy is just down with breaking and entering, love that for him
Sky not looking up: and don't worry "Sky", I will be careful
Brandon glaring at him: Careful my ass. Do you know what will happen to you if you fall 300 ft?? Do you know what will happen to me if you fall 300 ft???
Sky is so weirdly dedicated I love him
Riven is such a weird little gossip, Darcy just has a open line. Do you think he tells her a bunch of useless shit too? Please
....so Riven snitches to Darcy immediately after we cut to Sky picking up Bloom?? I understand why people think this is actually Darcy in disguise now
Wait these two are cute
Lucy is so mean Mirta and for what??? Why the fuck would you call her a loser??? So mean :(((
Lucy is a pick-me MFNSNDNS
The Trix are already going by Trix.... Musa's nickname spread fast
YOU MADE MIRTA CRY, HOW COULD YOU!!!
Mirta says revenge!!!!! Protects her friend!!!! She's trying her best!!!!!
Poor baby Mirta, she needs a cute girlfriend and a hug
THE 3D, PLEASE, ITS SO BAD
Cloud Tower is apparently built like a fucking fortress and for what??
Bloom isn't easily sacred, thats interesting!
Why would cloud tower have this information? A different building would of been fun
"are you sure you wanna do this?" He says, after risking life and limb just to get her there
Oh a lost book? Shouldn't that belong in a secure library or some? Not a highschool? I mean if it was a chollage this would make more sense
Wait...this is fucking Valtor's backstory! They tricked her by making her think she was created like Valtor! Oh thats interesting
Sky looks so uncomfortable and then fucking nothing. No words from Sky. He's just going "THE FUCKING ANCESTRAL WITCHES?? THE ONES THAT KILLED A FULL PLANET OF PEOPLE??? WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY???" Local man is fucking confused. He does approach her to physically comfort her a couple times but hesitates
Darcy pulling a swap again would of been really fun here tbh, have "Sky" encourage her horrible line of thinking
Musa is so worried about Bloom, scram crying
BLOOM WHY ARE YOU ASLEEP IN A BUSH
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She's just walking to Magix's
Mirta is so anxious I love her
Bloom is so friendly and happy to meet Mirta right after thinking she was pure evil, help
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Who is your favorite Trix and why is it Stormy?
"Sorry Icy."
Icy = Alpha bitch
Tecna: This is a fucking situation
Flora: WHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE, TRANSFORM
NFKEKDKD THEY TRANSFORMED INTO A POSE AND THEN JUST WALKED AWAY
WHY ARE YOU IN FORMATION WHAT'S GOING ON THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING
They're sharing information!!!!
Stella, practically stimming: Though my sparking beauty and sunny disposition!!!!!!!!!
Stella I love you
Tecna: you done yet? Are you going to do it or what??
Tecna I love you
"I know you'd need my help one of these days!! I'm so beautiful and totally essential!!!"
*points at Stella* symtom!!! SYMTOM!!! HURRY PROJECT ON HER BEFORE SHE GETS AWAY
Mirta: they're a bunch a fucking liars
Bloom: fucking hell, again?
"You two make a really cute couple. Couple of losers!!"
Icy please, Mirta just got out of a multi year relationship, this is not the time
Musa is the only one flying and she looks exhausted, girlie are you ok?
Mirta knows enough about the Winx to make a illusion of them??? I need Mirta with the Winx before this ep now
Darcy fucked up that spell so fast
Stormy and Icy look so pissed that the fell for that illusion
Bloom continues to refuse to transform when she really should
"who's that little girl?" Stella thinks Mirta looks like a middle schooler confirmed
Mirta could of been a bad bitch if they haven't fucking snubbed her
"ohhh she broke my concentration!!"
They all keep calling Mirta a "little girl"
Which implies that Mirta is a freshman?? And their not???
"there's nothing we can do for her. Icy's spell was black magic" wasn't this exact thing on your final???? Except with frogs??
Flora should of been able to break the spell after a few DAYS this is what she took her final on?? Please help me
EP 15:
Musa is so pissed about this pop quiz, she has 6 other fucking classes, she's angry
Bloom gets angry at people laughing at her before upset or scared and then laughs with them when she realizes she has writing on her face
GIVE GIRSELDA A CHARACTER ARC, MAKE HER CHARACTER MORE THAN A ONE NOTE JOKE PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU
Fragona you lying liar!!!
Musa: what kind of fairy are you anyways Flora? You can't even bring Mirta back from her pumpkin state
Flora, sick of it: And you can't even tell a pumpkin from a carrot!!!
Musa: try me.
Musa will get upset/scared and snap at anyone within distance
Mirta snatched Kiko up so quickly jrjekeeke
Daphne is completely ruining Bloom's sleep schedule
"one of the historical Nymphs of Magix's" 16 years ago
The time line is still on fire folks
Daphne was apparently dead so long that her final resting place became a lake
Thank you for finally being helpful Fragona
Sky!!! I will revoke your good guy status!!! Do not test me!!!
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why is her phone already glowing? also this isn't the normal phone design is it?
Oh my god it's s1 Riven, someone please save me before I die of second hand embarrassment for this chuckle fuck
Sky and Riven's s1 rivalry would be so much more fun if they were equally jackasses, then they could both have redemption arcs :)) and still fucking hate eachother
I love how Musa plays into Stella's sense of humor some times, things to come when their finally close friends
Flora is team turnips people
CHEATER DORKS, THE LOT OF THEM!!
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She's so fucking precious and adorable I'm going to start incoherently sobbing
Musa and Flora are study buddies and I'm objectively correct
Stella: FINALLY A POP QUIZ I ACED
Bloom is getting upset about the parent teacher meeting like her parents can even go though the barrier
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The Hopeless Prince
Fandom: Ikesen
Pairings: Yukimura x reader
Genre: Fluff!
Comments: Eeeeek!❤🌈❤ HAAAAAAPPPY BIRTHDAYYYY lil BRYNNN! @ikemenlibrary 🌈❤ 🌈❤ hehehe hope you have a great day filled with all the food, love and blessing!!!! Love ya lots! Sending all the birthday sparkles and cheer! Hope you eat waaaay toooo much candy! ❤🌈❤
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Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, deep within the forest’s greens and just beyond the ocean’s blue, lay a beautiful young baby boy with bright, inquisitive eyes. A little blessing to the king, after many, many, many years of trying for his own son.
As if sent by the goddess of the moon herself, the king instantly decided to adopt the little orphaned babe left at the palace gates in the dead of night.
It was love at first sight for king Shingen, and the moment the little thing opened his hazel eyes, Shingen declared the child to be the first prince of the Takeda, heir to the throne. Of course, the kingdom rejoiced at the glorious news as a long-awaited heir finally appeared.
However, not all shared in the joyous sentiments
For deep below the claggy swamp, far beyond palace gates and walls, a bitter old fairy did live. Cast out after her first attempt to claim the throne, a bubbling plasma of hatred grew within her heart at the announcement of the news. 
She spurred into action immediately, flying on her broomstick to pay the little prince a visit under the veils of night.
“Keep my seat warm, child, for out of the goodness of my heart I shall spare you and instead bestow onto you a gift,” a lie told, for no matter how wicked the fairy, when gazing upon the boy, the sacred vows of the fae played in her mind, and she was prevented from taking the boy's life.
“Though golden heart, may words not mirror thine sweet, pure exterior”; with that, a sprinkle of dust and wisp of air, the fairy touched his forehead and was gone. Satisfied that no woman would ever grow to love the child, ultimately ending the bloodline with him, she vanished.
True to her words, Yukimura grew to be a bright young man with a heart pure as gold and looks that could hold anyone captive. However, most had not known of his kind nature, saying he was “beautiful from far but far from beautiful,” a fact which had worried Shingen greatly.
That is, until one day.
On the city’s outskirts, far, far from prying eyes and chittering tattles, a woman ran. Of origin unknown, but the fair maiden ran and ran and ran until she almost ran herself over the cliff’s edge.
“Hey! What are you crazy or something running like a wild boar through the forest,” just in the nick of time, Yukimura abandoned his sword and caught the falling woman in his arms.
Her face flushed, and wide eyes stared up at the cliff above in disbelief, “that wasn’t there yesterday, I swear.”
“Uh-huh,” the prince huffed.
“It’s true!”
“Sure, whatever you say, crazy lady,” his shoulders shot up innocently, and despite the clumsy exterior and blunt words, he put her down on the ground with all the care and gentleness of handling a precious treasure.
“Wow, you’re a real prince charming, aren’t you,” she shot back at him gathering her fallen bag, not even giving Yukimura a second glance.
Although red stained the young prince’s cheeks and a stutter befell his lips, he turned on his heel with a “whatever” and disappeared on his way.
Not even a week had passed, and prince Yukimura found himself back in the familiar forest, this time with his companion by his side, tail swishing happily, as they walked along the beaten path.
All was calm until children’s laughter echoed through the forest and reached his ears just in time for him to clear the way for a charging boar. Or at least that was his recollection of their second encounter.
“Move you, big oaf,” she squealed, flaring her arms while an army of little ragged munchkins trailed behind. The stonewalled pup stood unmoving in the path sniffing the air to assess the coming danger. She sidestepped the hound just in time; however, her foot landed straight into a shallow ditch, causing her to lose her balance.
She grasped for strays thanking the goddess of luck for smiling upon her as she managed to grab hold of something, or rather someone. The gods rolled the dice, and the intimacy check was declined, causing an unsuspecting brunette to fall alongside her onto the dried grass. A choir of voices surrounded them with oooohs and aaaaahs, bringing warmth to both faces as they scrambled away like magnets.
Despite the fairy’s curse, the wheels of fate were already in motion.
The mere week that followed was uneventful. Well, not quite uneventful, as court members had been growing increasingly restless as of late. It certainly didn’t help that the prince was utterly hopeless when it came to the fairer sex.
Women rejected him without even giving him a chance. He tried to speak to them; truly, he did. But the words would just stumble from his mouth like a freight train, knocking down every unsuspecting victim that crossed its path.
The downcast prince sat on the cliffside, swinging his feet with upcast eyes. He wished the day away, rejection stinging his heart and shame welling in his chest at the memory of his father witnessing the flopped interaction with a crush.
He wanted, nay needed, to avoid Shingen at all costs. More so after the man had gotten it in his head to throw a ball and invite the whole kingdom’s single ladies with the promise of meeting Kai’s most eligible bachelor. Especially after seeing Yukimura’s hopelessness in action. Only said Batchelor would rather do literally anything else. Every woman in the kingdom already hated his guts, so why should he entertain such a roasting party anyways?
“Hey, watch where you are throwing those rocks, you big oaf,”
Startled, prince Yukimura jumped up from his place and cupped a hand over his eyes to peer out onto the body of water, only to be met with a cold shower.
“Ack!” He squealed, losing balance and landing headfirst into the river
Bodacious laughter followed bright, inquisitive eyes. “Instant karma,” the words came between huffs of laughter.
“Why you, you-, you, DUMMY!” He huffed, splashing her right back.
“Who you calling dummy, dummy,” the battle that had barely begun ended all too soon when Yukimura’s vassal summoned him back to the castle.
Their next encounter bore some resemblances of their first, and Yukimura began to wonder whether the evil fairy of which he dreamed had been real after all and cursed him with the luck of a devil. 
Storming full speed ahead, he was helpless but to yield to the ton of bricks topping him over. They were a tangle of scrambling limbs silenced by the approaching footsteps crunching on the autumn leaves.
“Please,” the voice pleaded with small hands to silence his grumbling resorts.
The footsteps grew louder and unrelenting before Yuki found a sword at his throat and a frenzy of eyes surrounding them.
“Leave him be; he is nothing but a servant boy. If you let him live, I will marry your king,” the quiver of her voice matching the unsteady hand still pressed to his mouth.
‘Sorry,’ she said, finally untangling herself from him and standing tall on unsteady feet. Far different from the fierce woman he had come to know. He watched the scene unfold with confusion, just who was this woman?
He eyed the unmistakable uniform of the neighbouring kingdoms’ guards, and the puzzles began to fall into place.
In a blink of an eye, the prince was on his feet, “who are you calling a servant boy,” he drew his sword with a confident smile, parrying all attacks sent his way. It wasn’t long before the men were on their asses, tied up.
“I could have handled it on my own,” the woman pouted with downcast eyes.
“Uh-huh, whatever you say, dummy,”
“Smartass,” a gentle punch graced his shoulder.
The prince glanced her way just in time to see a roll of the eyes eliciting a wide, boyish smile from his lips.
“Hey, so uh- there is this ball tomorrow night,” he mumbled, scratching the back of his neck.
“You really have no tact, do you,” she half ginned, poking his chest, “but yes, I am aware and was planning on going anyway as Princess of the Oda,” her smile widening at the sight of his ever-reddening cheeks upon realization of who she really was.
“Oh, cool. Same. Not the princess part but the going to the ball part,” the words fell from his mouth as his face heated further. 
“That is to say, I, uh, will see you there!” he turned on his heel embarrassed, quickly stomping back the way he came, only to look back momentarily to shoot her the brightest smile she had ever seen.
Shaking her head, the princess decided to follow lead and head back home herself. With eyes turned to the blue sky, she repeated his words in her head, “I will see you there,” the man really was a doofus, but the flutter of her heart was undeniable. Seeds of hope planted that perhaps one day he would be her doofus.
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maddyaddy · 2 years
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Wealhtheow looked over the scattered cups, the sleeping men with a cold airy eye. Sun’s time was fading from the world of Heorot and darkness fell outside the gift-hall like a pall. This was seemingly the only place she knew now, but it was not the only one she’d known. Her husband was kind; her husband was handsome. Yet she’d been taken, taken into bondage, taken from the Britannian isles to the north and southwards to the land of the Danes. 
He’d bought her. Like you would buy a toy, a wood-horse.
She gathered the cups into her arms. Careful not to wake the sleeping warriors, the men of might, Wealhtheow crept and washed off the stink of mead. Then, she sidled up the dressed stone steps leading to twin wooden thrones. The queen of mighty Hrothgar sat and waited. 
One by one, the lights went out. A wicked and wild wind blew through the rafters. It howled despair, howled death, howled doom to all. Grendel would come soon enough; she called him to Heorot. She willed him here. The sea-brute would glut himself on the blood of men, but not touch the one in the throne. That was beyond him.
A creak of the oaken doors filled the hall of rings. Those well-crafted doors that the Danes had placed such hope in failed them. For they had been unbarred in the night, unbarred by soft and uncalloused hands. Pagan gods, wooden idols without life or soul, watched dumbly and silently as the treachery was made clear for only one to truly see. The man-eater walked the aisles of Heorot, entered into their sanctum.
“Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.” She whispered tautly, eyes falling upon Grendel. Her child was speechless. “Child of my body.” The swamp was his cradle, the cold fens and forests of gray Denmark his play-pen. So much had been taken from him as a boy, wolf’s head that he was, such that he could not speak, such that he seemed barely human. “Soul of my soul.” Grendel howled, madly, wordlessly. Hrothgar had robbed him of everything, so he would rob Hrothgar in turn. Of the lives of his most beloved retainers, of his vaunted peace, of his sanity. Hand that were claws tore into the flesh and mail of the Danes. Teeth tore out their throats. In their hall, they died in the dozens. But he would not - could not - harm the ring-giver himself, nor Wealhtheow. For in that animal rage, something of the man he was remained. 
Something aroused mercy in Grendel still. And for a few short seconds, in the twilight, he was cradled as if a babe by soft hands, uncalloused hands. Hands covered in the blood of the Danes. Babbling and mad attempts at language was met with shushing. This would not last forever, but in that moment, there was peace in Heorot. 
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Heya Babes. I know this is stupid but......I NEED Headcanons!!!
So, what if there was a Fell version of Forest God Sans.....what if there was a Swap version???
Thank you.
This AU was originally just for Forest God Sans, but now I’m thinking about the trio of boys as Gods in their own right...
Sans: The kind of Forest God we already know and love. Mushrooms, old oaks, moss and leaves and magic. Thoughtful and powerful and protective of what’s his. Though in this case, he’d be a little bit less crazy seeing as he has some of his own kind nearby enough to know they exist. He and Red actually co-exist relatively peacefully; sometimes they pass by one another, but they rarely meet... just knowing the other is there is often enough.
Red: He owns the forest adjacent to Sans. Unlike Sans, who tries to keep his distance from humans, Red is (to put it lightly) a nuisance to the populations bordering his forest. If he isn’t driving out trespassers with a vengeance and killing any people actively logging, he’s donning disguises to seduce pretty ones that catch his eye. He’s a strange creature... both he and Sans are lonely, longing for a mate and children, but they’ve dealt with it in completely different ways. Sans withdrew completely and focused on the woods and its inhabitants- Red seems to be trying to insert himself into the lives of the humans around his land. He spends more time in disguise than in true form. 
Whether he’s a lumberjack’s worst nightmare, a pretty woman’s mysterious one night stand, or just another face in the tavern... it’s almost as if he wants to be part of a group. It’s almost as if he’s jealous of the way they’re always surrounded, laughing and cheering, by those of their kind.
It’s almost as if he wants to be human.
Skull: His forest is a strange one. For one, it’s a wetland- a weird, eerie mix of swamp and bog and peat... only the centre is densely treed/forested, the vast majority of it is miles of gnarled dead trees standing on boggy muskeg that gives way underfoot and swallows you whole, everything blanketed in terrifying mist. Locals call it the Black Wetland on account of the strange inky black quality to the water.
He had a beautiful, old growth forest that he called his home for many hundreds of years... he was happy there, a relatively peaceful deity. But a group of humans wanted to clear it and weren’t happy with how he drove loggers away- they took it upon themselves to just burn the whole thing to the ground in one go. And it worked... he lost everything. So in his rage, he flooded the entire area, completely flattening the village and the landscape. God of the Black Wetlands, they call him... though he used to be the God of the Burned Forest.
He lives in the ruins of the old village. Seemingly out of spite. He wades through the dense swampwater, bones up to his elbows stained black; everywhere he goes a thick fog follows. If you make the mistake of travelling through the swamps, and the mist begins to thicken, stay quiet... and if you hear the gentle chiming of bells, stay low. Hold your breath.
Hopefully he won’t see you.
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Your page gives me so much serotonin oh my god. What about someone stumbling upon Anna's cabin after being lost in the wilds, Anna is confused but sees wounds and patches them up, and they both have an 'i met my soulmate, this is it' moment? Please and thank you 👉👈💕
Warning: blood and a little bit of gore, a bit of angst peppered in as a treat, but mostly fluff
A Fateful Encounter with Anna
A peaceful stroll through the forest swiftly turned sour when you stopped to admire a trio of fox kits, playing by a rotting tree. Seeing any more than a lone fox was a rarity, and watching the babes yip and tumble about filled you with warmth. You were blissfully unaware of the mother lurking near her kits, and when you took a step closer towards them, she pounced.
Her canines sank into your waist as her claws slashed at your leg, leaving deep lacerations in your flesh. You threw the mother off you in your panic, scrambling away from the foxes, bleeding heavily, pleading that she wasn’t rabid.
Dizzying from blood loss, you dragged yourself through the forest, nearly sobbing with relief upon spotting an orange glow seeping through the trees. Adrenaline wearing off, the dull throbbing pain in your leg grew sharper, but you pressed on, until you met the source of the light: a cottage.
Anna got back from a hunt barely an hour ago, and was returning her butchering equipment to her toolshed when she heard your pained gasps and panting. She dropped the rest of her tools and immediately rushed to your side, wordlessly scooping you up in arms that would have made you swoon on any other occasion, bounded for the cottage.
She set you down on her sofa, ordering you to not move. You noted her accent was Russian, her tone stern but compassionate. She headed towards the cottage’s kitchen, and not a minute later she returned to your crippled form with a box of medical supplies.
Introducing herself as “Anna”, she began to cut away the shredded fabric around your wounds. Head spinning, you mumbled out your own name, craning your neck to see the damage. From the layer of oxidising blood coating your flesh, you determined it was bad.
Using a rag and some water, Anna cleaned the skin surrounding the wounds before applying a generous amount of disinfectant. The chemical sting made you whimper, teeth grinding together in a pitiful attempt to alleviate the pain. “Shh,” she urged soothingly, dressing your leg with gauze and bandages, applying pressure with her calloused hands to ease the burn.
But the gashes on your side were much, much deeper, not that you could see or feel any difference.
“Бля, тут понадобятся швы...” Anna hissed under her breath. You looked at her, confused and concerned. Her eyes, irises a pretty chocolate brown, met yours. “It needs stitches,” she translated. Shit, it’s bad, you thought. Then, her brow furrowed, guilt flashing across her face. “I’m sorry, I do not have anaesthetic.” You nodded, bracing yourself for the pain.
Despite the hulking size of her, Anna was extremely delicate with the surgical needle and thread, and tried to make the stitching process as painless as possible. She hummed a tune to distract you, almost akin to a lullaby. You took the time to drink in your saviour’s appearance, eyes drifting over the countless scars adorning her face and arms, her plump lips, her dark brown hair clipped extremely short. She was a handsome beauty; you knew that much, despite being delirious from blood loss.
Once she had finished and wrapped the wound, she fetched you some clean clothes. They swamped you, but the soft fabric was a welcomed sensation.
While she cooked dinner - a delicious roasted ensemble of venison, potatoes and honeyed parsnips - you attempted to make small talk, asking about how she came to live in the woods, her home, why she left Russia, all while struggling not to blush at her huge hands.
Unbeknownst to you, every time she turned away from the kitchen island to grab something, she took a deep breath. Having a stranger turn up to her cottage was one thing, but a gorgeous stranger? Who seemed genuinely interested in getting to know her? Wow.
And your awe when she mentioned she hunted and grew almost everything she ate filled her with pride.
It was agreed that you’d spend the night at her cottage, getting some much needed rest and recovery, and she’d help you home in the morning. A mutual sadness lingered after that conversation, both of you equally as intrigued by the other.
But when a fierce blizzard struck overnight, you were left with no other choice but to stay with Anna until it blew over. Not that either of you were complaining.
After a couple of days, the two of you fell into a routine. Every morning Anna would check your wounds, and in the evening after running you a warm bath she would redress them. Butterflies fluttered in your stomach when she put her hands on your skin, gentle as always. You were convinced she always ran hot.
The two of you would cook together, and you indulged in the variety of wild game that she hunted - how she managed to venture into the blizzard every day, you would never understand. Anna always returned from her hunts with a great beast slung over her shoulder. She said that smaller animals would be in hibernation, which you never questioned; to be truthful, she went for the harder, heavier kills to impress you with her strength. It worked like a charm. You were enamoured by her strength and resilience, how she went from slaying elk and chopping firewood in the biting cold to sweetly singing as she cooked, from skinning a beast to brushing your hair for you, since raising your arms above your head strained your side.
Evenings were spent talking by the fireplace, a mug of hot chocolate in your hands, which Anna explained she purchased from a little market in the nearest town that she visited once a month. You’d eventually feel your eyelids growing heavier and retire to bed, but never before insisting you took the couch that night, which she always refused.
A week had passed and after an evening of tales and a vinyl album softly playing, you were drawn into her inviting warmth and fell asleep curled into her on the sofa. Too tired to notice her freeze, worrying about where to put her arms, an ecstatic smile plastered on her face. Oh so careful not to wake you, she managed to lie down, you lying on top of her chest, her arms cradling you delicately. You woke up the following morning in this same position, heart threatening to burst out of your chest. Grinning, you snuggled into her warmth, thinking Anna was still fast asleep. She wasn’t.
The next day, Anna staggered into her cottage after a hunt didn’t go entirely to plan. She tossed the boar she was lugging to the ground and made her way to the kitchen to grab her medical kit. You noticed the gash on her arm and stopped her, telling her to sit down so you could help. She protested, pointing out your own injuries, but backed down at the stern look you gave her. While you cleaned and tended to her wound, she told you all about how the boar’s tusk had pierced her flesh. Your heart was straining, but she squeezed your hand, assuring you these things happened a fair amount, gesturing to her many, many scars. And in spite of the state of her forearm, she still butchered the boar into filets, one of which you cooked (refusing to accept her offer to help) while she cured the rest for the upcoming dead of winter.
That same evening, you grew frustrated with her refusal to just rest. You could have easily cured the rest of the boar yourself, put more logs in the fireplace yourself. Why couldn’t she just let someone care for her? It all spilled out. Was it because you’d do a bad job? At some point tears started to fall, your points derailed, and her heart tore in half. Anna wiped away your tears, thumbs caressing your cheeks, explaining that it was difficult for her to not be a provider. That you were amazing, that you gave her even more of a reason to provide, that she cared for you.
Be it due to cabin fever or not, you kissed her. And without a hint of hesitation she kissed back, cradling your jaw, her other arm winding around your waist as you leaned into her.
Both of you knew then and there that you were falling, hard.
From that night on you shared her bed, right up until the morning the blizzard passed. A few more chaste kisses were shared, but no arguments. You lived as two...lovers?
Two weeks after your fateful encounter, the time came for you to leave. As she previously promised, she escorted you home, your hands intertwined while your hearts sank with every step. Your odyssey had come to an end.
Upon reaching your doorstep, your fingers were still firmly laced together. Neither of you wanted to say goodbye.
Anna was the one to let go of your hand, slowly, trying to map the feel of your palm into memory. She asked if you’d come to see her again, if only once, audibly close to tears. You pulled her down for one last kiss, smiling up at her. “Next weekend. I’ll pack a bag,” you whispered, beaming as she smiled against your lips, relief washing over both of you.
This was only the beginning.
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Forty miles gone in Napoleon shoes,
another day’s dawn with the Julian blues.
Crossing white rivers, crossing past streams;
crossing o’er bridges burnt black at the seams.
Sitting in your captain’s tent jotting down plans;
counting birds from the bush into your hand.
Words lash and they flash: cold Damascene steel,
honed by grit of the past on the sharp'ner's wheel.
Keen is the thirst that's got blood on the lip,
and takes vein to the tongue with a lap and a sip.
It took a hard minute of thinking to find
        that you’ve got a warlike mind.
        I’ve read your book, 
       I’ve studied your sign, 
        put down your axe, 
       and I think you will find,
        you’ve got a warlike mind, babe,
        you’ve got a warlike mind.
At the black water edge of Pacific's shore,
I'm swept up, knocked down, blacked out on the floor,
your sharp sudden surge, eliding defences,
crossing the wire, overrunning the trenches.
Mocked by the king, and the lords, and the prince,
awed over by scenes of stark violence.
You came on by night, wrapped deep in the fog,
as I toiled in the swamps and slogged through the bogs,
pinned down by moonlight and blitzkrieg advances,
I threw all my dice and drew all my chances.
Ares in a summer dress drinking cold wine,
        done up in red boots,
       crossing the line.
        To me it’s just a vicious mess, 
       I guess it happens sometimes,
        that you’ve got a warlike mind, babe,
        you belong to a warlike tribe.
Woke up exhausted on the wrong edge of your bed,
with unpleasant dreams falling outta my head.
Medusa in blue with a cup full of potions,
dripping in poisons with love’s easy notions,
asking ten times if I really still care,
while freezing my blood with a basilisk stare.
Looks locked with my eyes, under interrogation,
keeping full score of each new allegation.
You call out for peace in this desert landscape
but ensorcell my soul to prevent my escape.
Look, I’ll call you sometime, we can have an armistice;
you just laughed in my face and ate all my breakfast.
I can’t keep this up, I need to stop and unwind,
        and take a small break from this trouble unkind.
        You can call it victory
       and I’ll call it fate,
        while we go for a stroll
       in some forest upstate.
        We can soak in the quiet
       if you're so inclined,
        and make a retreat from this warlike mind,
        and bury the hatchet on the warlike mind.
I surrender the field to your bright shining charger,
and watch from the ramparts as you pillage and plunder.
Head bowed, I march to the grim execution,
paying due homage to your proud institution,
swearing off conflict and black enmity,
resigned to the guilt and the indemnity.
In solemn white chapel with contrite ablution,
I promise on saints to full true restitution,
and balance the scales with each leaden ounce,
and sharpen my dagger, made ready to pounce;
now the troopers have laid down their arms,
and returned to their fields, and their plows, and their farms,
and taken a shine, to the peaceable clime,
      as I brood with a warlike mind.
      With eagles above, my mission aligned,
      my strength ascending, your weakness divined,
      I was born for a warlike time, 
      and I’m in love with your warlike mind, babe,
      we two are a warlike kind.
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Happy Kantoph Mondangst! :D
I have some ideas to add to this, but perhaps I'll save that for next week ;) Thank you for reading as always!
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Time moved, whether slowly or quickly wasn’t up to Toph, but it moved. The sun rose and fell and the days began and ended until there were too many days since she last felt him, last heard him. Almost two years, to be exact.
And time left her numb.
She lived each day to survive, and she hated that she could barely function without him. To make matters worse, Lin suffered the most from Toph’s hollow presence. She needed and wanted attention that sometimes Toph couldn’t provide, and she just knew that she was letting her daughter down.
But how could she move on? How could she just… let him go?
She didn’t know. And she feared she never would.
Her friends continued to check in with her almost everyday, and it was nice to have company, but their burden felt heavy on Toph’s shoulders, too. They should be living their lives, not babysitting her.
But time wouldn’t shake them off her back. They were a constant in her life, whether she wanted it or not.
It was probably for the best, if she was being honest.
Still, they always dragged her into saying yes to dumb shit that had absolutely nothing to do with her. Hence, the mission.
She wasn’t sure why she agreed to the mission. Toph didn’t even know why they were all gathering for this task. But based on the debrief, it was a stupid mission. It was stupid to spend so much time in the Swamp for them, and Toph specifically, to look for spirity mumbo jumbo when she couldn’t see. But the group insisted that she tag along, and it wasn’t like she had anything better to do.
When all the children were settled in Gaoling with her parents, the group flew off just like old times. And throughout the journey, everyone warned her of the visions of the Swamp, of the people she may hear or visit with.
Well, there was really only one person, but they kept that part open-ended.
For that, she was grateful.
…….
It didn’t take long for Toph to end up on her own in the Swamp.
Seriously, though. What was a blind woman doing on a mission that required having the ability to see? Only the spirits knew, and Toph went off on her own out of spite and boredom, and because she was partnered with Zuko and Katara and well…
Sometimes it was hard to hang out with the both of them. It reminded her of what she could’ve been with…
Toph shook her head and kept walking.
She casually trekked through the muddy forest of the Swamp, focusing on the sounds and vibrations around her to keep her friends within her sights so she wasn’t completely lost in a mysterious murky forest. Probably wasn’t the smartest thing for her to be on her own, but she just had to get away.
As she walked and kicked small pebbles in her path, a soft breeze arrived that alleviated some of the humidity of the swampy air. The wind had a liveliness to it, dancing around her and playing with her hair and loose clothing as she kept her brisk pace. It felt familiar to her, the wind. Almost like how someone would come up to her and tug at her clothes to get her attention, or how someone would push her bangs out of her face. As if the wind knew her thoughts, it managed to push her hair enough to tuck it behind her ear.
Suddenly, she stopped.
The breeze was laughing. His laugh. Soft, faint, teasing her to come closer. And the air left Toph’s lungs, she stood frozen in place, trying to figure out what tricks her mind was playing with her.
But then it wasn’t playing tricks with her. She heard him.
“Hey Chief.”
Her heart burst with joy and broke all at the same time, and she didn’t know what she should’ve been feeling at that moment. So she stood there, mouth agape, tears freely flowing, and her lips daring to say his name for the first time in two years.
“Kanto.”
“It’s good to see you, Toph.”
She sobbed. His voice was as warm as she remembered, and she could still hear the smile in it. But it was lighter, more airy, as if it would disappear in a moment. It didn’t ground her like it used to. If anything, it dared her to fly away with him, wherever he was.
Toph loved it, but she also hated it.
He was a ghost or a spirit, that much she knew. And that meant that she couldn’t hold him or touch him or feel his heart or his breath and she ached to feel him. But she couldn’t. So she stood there openly crying in the middle of a swamp, extending her arms and wishing she could reach out and feel him.
The breeze danced around her and she heard him speak again.
“Hey, don’t cry, Chief! I hate to see you cry, you know that.”
“I—” she sniffled, wiping her eyes and nose with her damp sleeve. “I’m sorry. I just...fuck, Kanto. I miss you.”
“I know,” he whispered. “I miss you too, Angel.”
“I just want to hold you,” she gasped. “It’s unfair.”
He sighed, or she thought he did. Every word and ‘breath’ he took gave her strength, but Toph yearned for more.
She knew she was so close to feeling him. As if one step closer would reach him, or if her arm was long enough, she’d find his soft but strong hands, or if she leaned her head, she’d find his forehead there.
But she couldn’t do any of those things. He wasn’t there. Not really.
He changed the subject. “How’s our little Linny?”
“She’s uh, she’s good,” Toph whispered. “She—she really misses you. Calls for you every night still.”
“I’m sorry I can’t be there.”
“I know.”
For some reason, Toph kept her hands held up by her waist with her palms up. She felt the wind tickle her fingers and palms, and it almost felt like his hands were holding hers again.
Almost.
“Kanto I—” Toph bit her lip, resisting the urge to burst into tears once again. “I miss you so much. I don’t know if I can do this.”
“You’re doing amazing, Toph. And you have your friends to help you.”
“But I don’t want them!” she cried. “I want you!”
“I know, but I can’t be there. Not physically, at least,” he replied, his voice calm and sad. “I miss you too.”
“Kanto—”
“Tell Lin that I love her and miss her, will you? If you want, that is. I know it might be hard to talk about me since she won’t remember me—”
“Of course I’ll tell her,” she interrupted. “And she can’t forget you. She—she won’t. I’ll make sure of it.”
He went silent, and she hoped he was smiling. She couldn’t tell anymore.
Her fingers danced with the wind.
“There’s a reason I’m here, Toph,” he spoke again softly. “I think you know why you called me here.”
Toph frowned. “I didn’t call for you, though.”
“Not exactly,” he admitted, “but you haven’t been able to let me go—”
“Why should I?” she snapped. “Am I just supposed to move on like you didn’t exist? Like you didn’t make me fall in love with you, like you didn’t give me the happiest days I’ve ever lived, like you didn’t die and break my heart into a million pieces?”
“Letting go and forgetting are two different things, Chief,” he explained. “But you haven’t been able to talk about me or even sleep in our bed.”
“Because all I can smell is your cologne and when I wake up I still reach for you. How am I supposed to survive if I keep doing that??”
“Please, Toph,” he begged, and her anger withered away when she heard the pain in his voice.
This was as hard for him as it was for her.
“You were always so much stronger than me,” he cried. “I wouldn’t be able to do what you have to do.
“But this isn’t about you or me. You have to do it all for Lin.”
“Everyone always says that,” she replied bitterly.
“Will you do it for me, then? Will you hold our baby girl when she cries at night and rock her to sleep?” he asked. “Please? I just—I hate seeing you this way over me.”
“Yeah.” Her voice caught in her throat as she attempted to laugh. “I’m a sap and it’s all your fault.”
She heard him choke out a laugh too, and the wind rushed into her.
He was so close, just a little bit further, and perhaps she’d feel his forehead against hers.
“Promise me you’ll take care of yourself and Lin,” Kanto said, his voice as intoxicating as she remembered. Her resolve disappeared with every word he spoke.
Toph let out a tired sigh as her fingers continued to dance with the breeze. “I was never able to say no to you.”
“I know."
She actually smiled. A small, weary smile, but it was nice to hear him say that again, to remember all the different things that phrase meant to each other.
The smile faded as quickly as it came when Kanto spoke again. “Toph, we’re running out of time.”
Her stomach dropped and tied itself into a thousand knots. “No,” she replied through gritted teeth. “Please, not yet.”
“We don’t get to choose. Please, Toph, you have to say it.”
“Say what?”
“You know. You have to say good—”
Toph’s eyes grew wide and she shook her head vehemently. “No! I don’t want to!”
“I know, but I’d hate myself if you lived with this regret.”
“Everything about that day I regret!” she shouted. “I should’ve told you I love you more! Made you stay at home! Or I should’ve gone to work with you! Anything that would’ve changed the outcome.”
“It wouldn’t have changed, we can’t mess with fate, babe.
“Just… do this for me. Say it all to let me go on some level. Say it before you can’t. I don’t have much time.”
“Kanto please—”
“Toph,” he interrupted urgently. “If there’s anything you want to say, now’s your chance.”
Spirits, where would she begin? She lived the last two years of her life in agony over it all, the fact that she couldn’t save him, the fact that she didn’t show him how much she loved him, the fact that she was failing as a mother when he was the very best father, all of it broke her each and every day.
There were fleeting thoughts of regret for even falling in love with him. That this wouldn’t be an issue had she just kept it professional, and she hated she even thought that way. Because without them, there wouldn’t be Lin, and even though it pained Toph to recognize Kanto in Lin, she was Toph’s everything. The earth beneath her feet, her foundation, her whole world.
She hated that she wished she was dead instead, that Kanto and Lin would’ve been better without her, or perhaps, in a deep, dark, part of her heart, she wondered what she would’ve done if Lin wasn’t in the picture… Would she even be alive?
What if she had gotten to say goodbye to him on that day? Would all of this have been easier? Toph doubted it, but what was she to do but ponder all the scenarios that told her she was living her current life wrong. That if she was stronger or smarter or more empathetic, none of this would be happening.
She resented every single “what if” that crossed her mind, because none of it mattered.
All that mattered was now. The present.
There was a rustling of leaves behind her, and his presence in the wind flickered for a moment.
They really were running out of time. Again.
“Kanto, I—I love you,” she cried out.
“I know, I love you too,” he replied quietly. Too quietly.
“Please, I just want more—I don’t know how to do this without you!”
“You’ve got your friends, your family. You have Sokka—”
“But they’re not you! I want you! You need to see Lin walk and earthbend and she does this thing when she’s mad that’s just like you—”
The rustling was getting closer.
“Toph—”
“Kanto—”
Her concentration broke for a second, because she recognized the footsteps.
“Toph!”
He was faint, so faint.
“Kanto! I—” she hesitated when Zuko broke through the vines.
The wind began to move away from her, and she ran after it. And with every last ounce of strength and breath she had, she reached out for Kanto one last time and said,
“Goodbye.”
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ecclais-fouoras · 3 years
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Sometimes moving on is good
Chapter 10&11
(11&12 on wattpad)
Chapter 9 here
Somehow both of you had managed to get your vacation at the same time, and you were planning to surprise Diane with a trip during the two weeks off you both had.
She was collecting strawberries in her garden and you were watching her from the window like you usually did when she was out. This time you decided to have fun and go find her to help. It was the morning and your flight wasn't before the afternoon.
You dressed to go out and came out the house and behind her so you could surprise her with soft kisses.
Your hands pulled her hair to the side as you pressed your mouth against the back of her neck, moving further to her jawline nibbling her skin quietly as your hands caressed her sides greeting her by kneading both her breasts.
"Oh hello there...what are you doing ?" She playfully asked as she giggled.
"Well I Wanted to meet my neighbor  have you seen her anywhere ?"
"Haha very funny...are you single by any chance ?"
"Yes I am, just don't tell my girlfriend I said that."
She set her box down before turning around and pointing at her house
"I think she lives here but most of the time she spends at her girlfriends house"
"Oh really ? Her partner must be a very nice person"
"Not really she's quite annoying I've heard"
You pretended to be offended for a second before replying.
"hah babe ! I am not annoying..."
She kissed the pout on your face and rested her arms around your shoulders to hold you while yours circled her waist. You both held each other for a few minutes, or was it hours ? Just enjoying the feeling of your bodies against each other, being close.
Her head resting against your neck as the sun was heating her skin keeping you in a warm embrace.
"Are you done with the strawberries ?"
"Almost why ?"
"I'll give you a hand so we can go home quicker"
"Okay we'll get started then"
"I will"
She bent down to pick up the box filled with the red fruit and you smacked her ass as she yelped, "hey !"
"Oops I thought there was a fly right there, wait here it is again" you said before slapping her again before grabbing her by the hips and pulling her close. She moaned at the feeling of your leg between hers.
"What is it about strawberries that gets you going like this y/n ?"
"I'm pretty sure it's not the strawberries."
"Well.. what Then ?"
"It's the paints"
She got up and began picking the berries up and placing them in her basket. You caressed her butt one last time before adding.
"Yeah...it's definitely the paints"
"Get to work y/n"
You took your own box and mimicked her movements. Filling your box up you picked one and brought it to your lips to have a bite.
"Hey put that down"
"Try me" you ate the fruit, moaning at the taste of it.
"You didn't even rince it, that's nasty"
"No it's not, besides you don't put any chemicals in this, it's good for my immune system"
"Yeah it'll be good when you have a little worm growing inside you, y/n"
"Whatever you say babe... At least
Come on and have a taste"
You picked one up again this time holding it between your teeth and moving your head closer to diane's, pausing in front of her lips, waiting for her to bite down on it.
"It's silly y/n"
"Mmf...comMfe..on" after some esitating she finally tasted the strawberry before you spit out the leaves and kissed her softly.
She giggled the sugary taste making your kiss more special.
"I'm really not going faster with you distracting me"
You got back to gardening, and once there was no more ready fruits you both went back to the house, hand in hand except for the recipient you held.
After some washing and tidying up you floped down on the couch her upper body resting on your lap as you massaged her temples with on hand and played with her hair with the other one.
"Baby ?"
"Mmm?" She groaned eyes still shut.
"Sit up please I gotta fetch something reel fast"
"Okay.." she sat up and waited as you disappeared to your office for a second.
You came back with your keys and put on your shoes at the bottom of the stairs.
"Can you grab your coat and put on your shoes again ?"
"Wh..wh..what's going on ?"
"Just trust me babe ?"
"..the things I do for you"
"Take your phone and keys too and meet me in the car baby"
"Wait...y/n !?? Where are we going ?!"
Chapter 11
WARNING ⚠️ SMUT (very slight mommy kink nothing too crazy)
You were both driving to the airport and you had managed to get her to bandage her eyes for the trip, after waiting at the airport you finally had hopped in the plane your baggages in the hold.
The flight was calm and Diane didn't complain about being blinded, your hand was on her thigh, keeping her grounded through contact.
When you were almost there you decided it would be too stupid not to let her see the landscape from up here especially since you weren't sure it would be this sunny when you left. So you tapped her shoulder before whispering in her here that you were going to take it off. She blinked a few times at the sudden light around her, she confusedly looked at you before you said
"I couldn't let you miss this"
Pointing out the small window as you were passing the few lakes and swamps surrounding the colorful fields.
"Oh good...this is beautiful y/n...where are we ?"
"..well this is...ouh you almost had me... nice try baby"
"I had to try"
"You'll find out soon we're almost here"
The rest of the time was calm between the few kisses you shared and the ones you pressed to her neck while your fingers rode up and down her thigh.
When the flight was over you got back your stuff and found the car you'd rented.
You took of her blindfold and she gasped
"Y/n are we in france ????!"
"Really ? What gave it away ? Let me guess the car's plate"
"Well there's an F and the shops have french names"
"Then Yes we are "
"I don't even know what to say y/n...i.. I'm..thank you I guess"
"No need to thank me..baby i wanted to take you on a trip so here we are. Don't get to comfortable cause we are driving for an hour an a half maybe"
"We ? Oh honey you are driving"
"How come ?!"
"It's your trip and I don't know where we're going"
"True"
After driving for around 1h15 you arrived where you were staying, it was a small farm that you had rented, away from the city but not to far so you'd still be able to go visit some stuff. It was a quiet place surrounded by fields and Forests.
"My god baby this place is Wonderful, how did you find this ?!"
"My grandma lives a few minutes away, I used to ride my bike here when I was 5."
She looked saddened all of the sudden for some reason and you couldn't help but hold her in your arms for a second before asking her what was wrong.
"..will you teach me ?..how to ride I mean"
You pulled back slightly raising your brows
"You don't need any help riding me ?...Oh you meant the bike"
"Yes I did you pervert...m..my mother never took the time to teach me"
"Well it'll be my pleasure, surely we can borrow my grandma's we hen we go there tomorrow"
"Wait...what ?"
"It was supposed to be a surprise so you wouldn't be anxious but your meeting my family tomorrow, we're having dinner at their house".
"Why didn't you tell me !? Y/n ! You know how I need to prepare for these...do they know how old I am ? What are they gonna think ?"
"Diane calm down baby..they know all that already they don't care as long as you make me happy and I love you...now let's put these inside I want to show you around before we settle in."
You both put your things inside the house and got ready for a small walk outside.
You went buy the animals that were there, a few goats, donkeys, horses and normand cows all enjoying their grass behind the wooden fence. She looked around eyes shining with amazement, feeding the animals and holding your hand as you went through the small paths protected by the leaves, the sun shining through them leaving dots of light on her face and her bare shoulders. You found a spot near a small fountain where you dipped your feets inside the cold Water, snuggled together while listening to the sounds of birds chirping and animals running though the trees. Your eyes Met each other and you were both driven by the desire to press your lips together, bodies tightly wrapped against each other, you started making on on the soft grass, the green plants tickling her ears as you started prepping up on your elbows on both sides.
Lips trailing downward to her neck, biting collarbones, hands running over her body, curves finding her hair to cup her cheek lovingly. Her breath getting shallower by each pressing of your lips, each touch of your fingers against her skin, eyes flying closed as she enjoyed the feeling of having you have her here.
The sun warming up her skin and water drowning out her sounds, little whimpers fell out of her mouth as you took your breast in one hand, lips starting their way down her body. Taking of her shirt and bra, leaving her chest available for your wet attacks, sucking her nipples as she moaned against you.
Your hands playing with each of her buds while you went down on her, she shivered in anticipation when she felt you take off her panties with your teeth, before she opened her legs welcoming you with her dripping pussy.
"So wet for me my baby"
".. please...I'm close already"
You wasted no time devouring her, between the soft licks on her clit and the sweet sucking of her lips, you had her on the edge quickly, her hips grinding hard against your jaw, fist grabbing anything she could hold, the grass, your hair, her skirt.
"Does that fell good baby ?"
"Uh..uh B..BABE...Y/N I..I'm gonna cum ....AH.!!"
she came when you entered her with two fingers, curling them inside her clenching walls. Bending her back until she snapped shaking in your arms, Your teeth grazing the skin there, drinking up her juices.
You looked up and pulled her panties back on and her skirt back up before coming up and kissed her while whispering.
"I love you"
You walked back to the house after she regained some strength, settling your things in the room before fixing each other something to eat, after you were both finished you washed the dishes while she looked outside again, admiring the landscape.
"I'm done sweetie do you want to go in the jacuzzi ?"
"There's a jacuzzi ?"
"Well it's a hot tub, outside but still"
"Baby i don't have any swimsuit"
"That's a good thing I packed one for you then"
"Well in that case lead the way"
She put on the two piece you'd picked for her, it was a green color that complimented well her red hair, and hugged her curves perfectly. And you had your swim shorts with a bikini top.
"Baby you look so hot in this Diane"
"you know me well babe it's a nice color"
"Hop in then babe, the waters warm just how you like it"
You lented your hand to help her in and she settled herself on your lap, straddling your things.
"There was plenty of room not that I'm complaining but you didn't have to sit here"
"I can get off if you want"
"Well I'm not stopping you if you wanna get off on me like.. go ahead I'll be happy to watch."
"You know what I meant, I can get off of you"
"I don't want you to"
"Good, me neither"
She began kissing your neck while her hands untangled your bikini straps fingers dancing on your nipples as you moaned.
"Let me make you feel as good as you did mommy" she was shocked at the words that came out of her own mouth, never would you had thought it was something that turned her on but you have her a reassuring smile and went on.
"Well go ahead then"
Her hands went down while she kept nibbling your collarbones, underneath your shorts immediately circling your clit, digits dragging through your folds, she build up the pace and grounded her hips down on your thighs, also getting wet from the interaction.
"Go ahead...baby...fuck yourself on mommy's lap"
After a few minutes you both came moaning each others name, her hips grinding with force on your lap, her fingers stroking you in rythme. You rested your head against hers breaths evening out, hands caressing her hair.
"This is going to be a great vacation"
"I love you y/n"
"Me too baby..me too"
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okay so because this is an important thing to edith’s main verse ... under the cut is a synopsis of the screenplay from which i have taken edith. tws include: brief self-unalive mention, cheating, religion, violence, horror, abuse, & some general blood/gore/horror stuff.
essentially the set up is that daniel, edith’s boyfriend, is driving them somewhere. where isn’t really important, but they’re going on a vacation somewhere. edith has been playing navigator, referring to the gps. things start to get odd when the gps instructs them to turn left, where there is nowhere to go. the road stretches on almost endlessly, looping over & over. after a bit, edith & daniel get into an argument over her discovery of him sexting another girl. this ends with her throwing his phone out of the moving vehicle, & him storming out to get the phone. he never comes back. there’s a strange encounter with a farmer who tells edith to leave, & we see our first bit of the big bad who’s title i’m not sure of yet. he chases her into the woods that line the road, where she sees daniel on a flight of stairs. she runs up the stairs, where he no longer is, & jumps off into a different reality. 
she lands in a swamp, whose water is filled with blind feminine monsters (see also: former victims) with claws that try to drag her down into the water. she runs through numerous realities, all of which can be seen as allegories to different traumas she has dealt with:
a forest on fire, in which she has to walk backwards to get to the door she clearly sees
her childhood home, where she is (apparently) ten again, & forced to watch something that becomes less & less like her mother kill itself over and over, trying to get her to do the same (possibly a generational cycle of letting in abusive men/destructive behavior)
a library with monsters that are these large, hunched beings who burn to touch
a lush, wooded area with a small child who has a treehouse full of corpses & a friend in the lasowik, a creature covered in antlers & weilding a trident
a run-down church playground with a violently heretical clergy
the recurring red inn, which is the big bad’s hq
a maze that closes up on her, becoming smaller & narrower till she is essentially in a makeshift wooden coffin
the beach, which is a safe place. she receives incredibly vague advice from a fully healed version of herself, who gives her the almost-tagline: “you won’t drown by getting into that water. you drown by staying there.”
through these (and others), she discovers that the big bad has been doing this for close to a century: seducing and killing girls in his sick cycle of horrors. after her picture on his wall, she sees the girl who daniel was sexting. daniel is the one who has done this. she cycles through a few more horrors, determined; when she finally returns to the inn after realizing who she’s up against, it’s a battle of life or death. she has him on the ropes, pinned underneath her & disarmed, when he tries to convince her it was all a test. that she was powerful, & the two of them could live forever together if she worked with him.
“ while i appreciate it, babe, i just don’t think this is gonna work out. it’s not me, it’s you. you just have ... so much baggage. ” using his own weapon, she swings & splits his skull. she keeps swinging until the building starts to crumble around her -- without the puppetmaster, the different pocket realities are falling apart. she cycles through strange combinations of realities, running up & down stairs or through doors until she emerges in the woods where she started. she doesn’t stop running until she reaches daniel’s truck, with the keys still in the ignition. shell-shocked & covered in blood both her own & her boyfriend’s, she drives herself home. the movie ends with her pulling into the driveway of her apartment, opening the door to exactly what should be there. she’s stopped the cycle.
a lot of the purpose of this story is edith exploring her unknown fears / traumas, including coming to terms with the horrible way daniel treated her even before they started dating. this story is really important to me, because i formed the initial concept with my own shitty ex, which brought to light a lot of problems i Also have; i’ve taken the story & made it my own, developed the characters & scenarios far beyond what the first draft was. if you’ve read this far, thank you so much. hopefully i can finish the screenplay sometime soon.
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Once Bitten, Twice Stupid prt 117
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   Lance was slowly dying inside, thanks to his dramatic flare for extremes. How he was sweating up a storm he didn’t know. He’d shed his jacket, now tied around Keith waist, as Kosmo tugged him onwards. It was hot. He’d gone from one extreme to another and questioned if he really was a tropical vampire. It was unusual for him to get this warm, his stomach gurgling as he followed his friends through the woods to where Matt and Rieva had been the previous night. He didn’t doubt their directional skills, able to pick up where Matt had marked trees along the way. The trees Kosmo seemed to really want to pee on matching Matt’s scent.
  Ahead of him, Keith had his camera out, stopping whenever anything took his fancy. Pidge had been a total poser, roping Curtis and Hunk into helping her onto fallen trees for the perfect shot. It really was only him who was slowing the group down, thankfully able to blame it on Kosmo, mentally promising extra belly rubs and treats for him later. Nature was nice. Garrison had a couple of wooded areas but nothing like this... the only problem was the humidity. He was not a “humid vampire”.  Rieva checking on him from time to time, making him paranoid that she knew. It didn’t help that he kept moving his hand to stomach without thinking. Feeling Kosmo tug on his lead a little too hard, Lance lurched with him, world spinning as smacked into the closest tree. “Not far” in werewolf speak seemed very fucking far as he rubbed his shoulder.
  Having seen what happened, Matt laughed at him
“Dude, you’re asleep on your feet”
“Fuck off, Kosmo has to pee every two minutes”
“Let me take him”
Nooooo. He’d lose his excuse for lagging
“I’ve got him. I’m not letting you corrupt my fur son”
“Don’t come crying to me when you...”
Matt’s words becoming a predication as he tripped over his own feet, glasses going flying as Kosmo jumped on him, yipping as he did
“... trip. Damn... Keith, your boyfriend’s klutz is in overdrive”
Jogging back to him, Keith pulled Kosmo back
“Give us a moment, we’ll...”
Being viciously attacked by a tree, followed by tripping, Lance sighed as he flopped sideways, sprawling out against the cool ground
“Babe!”
     “Here, give him some water. It’s pretty hot in here”
Shay offered her water bottle, Keith pulling out his own to offer Lance
“Guys, we’re going to take a break here. You guys go ahead”
“If he’s not feeling well, shouldn’t we turn back”
Fucking... fuck. Just... fuck. Someone shoot him. Shoot him and bury him here
“I’m fine. Just hot. Gimme a moment I’ll be good to go”
“You haven’t been well since we got here...”
“I’m fine, Shay. My body likes to either torture me with freezing my arse off or making me like I’ve landed on the surface of the sun”
“Are you sure? You look very pale”
“I’m fine. Sorry, Guys. Chocolate and hiking doesn’t seem to suit me. I don’t think I’m made for the wild outdoors”
Lance sent a mental apology to Hunk over Shay being so considerate, Hunk clearing his throat
“I can stay with you... if you want?”
“Nah, man. Shay’s totally loving this wild and manly adventurer look on you. We’ll catch up in a few”
  None of his friends were sure about leaving. Pidge and Hunk thinking of him too humanly. Shiro awkwardly holding Curtis’s hand, the lie probably weighing heavily on him. Matt and Rieva were sympathetic, but knew he always threw up when he ate. Begging Matt with his eyes, Matt sighed at him
“If you two losers aren’t there in the next five minutes, I’m coming back to kick your arses”
“Sounds good. Seriously guys, don’t hike and snack”
  Leaving them behind, Keith took him by the arm and pulled him away from the middle of the track. Sitting him down at the base of a tree, Lance was grateful Kosmo and Matt hadn’t peed against it
“You look hot. Do you have a fever?”
“Nah. Too much human food and heat. You could have gone with them”
“I’m not leaving you behind. I didn’t think you felt so sick”
“I don’t really. A bit dizzy but I’m okay”
Keith unclipped the handle part of Kosmo’s lead, extending it as far it went then clipping into place around his ankle so Kosmo wouldn’t wander off
“Water?”
“Please”
Sure. It’d come up. But he needed something to cool him back down.
  Drinking carefully from Keith’s water bottle, he passed it back. The others were fussing over him. Shay especially
“Babe... do you think we should tell Shay?”
Keith hummed
“I don’t know. She’ll probably freak”
“She’s already worried. I hate it...”
“I know. The others will look after her”
“Hunk and Pidge are worried too. I’m not usually like this camping”
“You’re worrying too much. Hunk asked me if this was normal when I was doing the dishes. I told him it’s because you have no self control when he’s cooking”
“That’s true... He’s such an amazing cook. I really want him to open his own place up. I don’t think I’d stop eating if he did”
“I think we’d all be fat if we lived off his cooking. He’s better than most chefs at the places in Rome”
“I’m not surprised... Babe, I’m okay. I was hot before, but I’m cooling down”
“You flopped on the ground”
“Because it’s nice and cool. Woodlands and forests have their own micro-climates... I don’t think I do humidity well”
“Better than snow?”
“Everything’s better than snow. You didn’t have to wait back with me”
“I told you it’s fine, and it is. How do your feet feel?”
  Lance tapped his heels together three times, finding himself still trapped in the toe eating boots
“Not too bad. Not as bad as my stomach, I’m like hungry again”
“Did you want to eat?”
“I didn’t bring... oh. No. No. I’ll be okay”
“Babe, that’s not what I’m asking”
“I know what you’re asking. The smell was super strong in the cabin, it’s like stuck in my nose or something”
“If you want...”
“We talked about this”
Keith sighed heavily. Yeah. He didn’t like Lance saying no
“I know, but you’ve been slowing down and you walked into a tree”
“I didn’t walk, I was pulled into by Kosmo. Matt scented the area last night and he’s trying to scent over it all”
“I still think if you’re hungry...”
“I’ll be fine. Just the change in weather or something. To think I was wrapped up and baking in front of the fire yesterday and here we are today”
“It is pretty extreme. I know it’s late to ask, but do you know where the others are?”
  Lance suppressed rolling his eyes at Keith
“Yeah. I can hear them and I can smell them. They haven’t reached this mythical pond yet”
“I thought it was going to be closer to camp”
“Apparently werewolves like to overestimate things”
Keith snorted, getting the joke that at one time would gone right over his head
“Matt’s not going to like that”
“Then he shouldn’t have lied about the length”
  Waiting, Lance shook his head when he heard a clear “Fuck you!” from Matt
“He didn’t like the joke”
“He heard?”
Seriously. How could a hunter...? How were the Blades still around?
“Babe, werewolf. And it’s not like we’re being quiet. I don’t need to feed, I’ve cooled down now and Kosmo seems to be trying to pull your leg off. Let’s go meet the others”
“You’ll tell me if you feel weaker or faint, won’t you?”
“Yes, mum. You’re fussing too much”
“Or am I fussing just enough?”
God. He loved this man. Keith was a special kind of idiot that owner his heart and soul.
    *
The pond found by Matt and Rieva was nice and all, but Keith wasn’t sure it was that nice. At least not work the trek to the middle of fucking nowhere just to see a pond that didn’t have all that much appeal. The underground lake had been awesome. The pond a solid “eh”. Duckweed clung around edges, the reeds kind of making it nice to photograph. Pidge wasn’t thrilled their walking had ended with a pond that didn’t look safe to swim in. Finding a stray branch, she poked at the duckweed at the side of the pond
“Reckon it’s safe?”
Matt chuckled at his sister
“It was last night”
“Yeah, before you go to it. Man, you could have said it was basically a swamp”
  Standing up, Pidge threw her branch into the water
“You’re just not seeing it’s potential”
“And I’m telling mum”
Matt gaped at Pidge. Keith sucking his lips in, trying not to laugh at the look on Matt’s face. With one gape he looked thoroughly betrayed
“That’s enough. We’re here now, we might as well make the most of it”
Shiro tried to restore calm with his “Dad” voice. Hunk nervously looking around them
“We’re not going to be killed here, are we? I feel like we could be killed here”
“Guys, you’re over reacting. It’s a nice spot”
Matt was trying too hard to make the sale no one buying
“Maybe if you’re a dog... Kosmo! Ack...”
  Keith hadn’t noticed he was standing in mud, Kosmo had. Shaking himself off, mud went flying, Kosmo’s tongue lolling as he looked up at them proudly. Pidge wiping flecks off mud from her face with an unimpressed grimace
“He’s a menace...”
Great now Matt looked like he wanted to wolf out and join Kosmo in the mud
“He’s just being a dog. You wouldn’t understand”
“No, I’ll leave that to you and him. Right, if you need me, I’ll be on my tablet”
    Hunk set up the snacks he’d brought at what he deemed a safe distance from the pond. Matt showing he didn’t care by wading out into the cold water, trying to coax Kosmo in for swim. Even Kosmo was smarter than to follow that idiot. Sitting next to Lance, his boyfriend had his head resting against Keith’s shoulder
“Hey babe, can you show me that thing on your phone again?”
He didn’t think Lance would ask in front of everyone. Pulling his phone out, he unlocked it then handed it over, Lance taking the device carefully, before starting to tap on the screen. It only took him a few moments to type his message out
“The pond sucks, but you’re beautiful”
Keith tried to ignore how happy the silly message made him, typing at the end of the Lance’s message with one finger that made things infinitely harder
“Can I be handsome?”
Lance nodding as he typed back
“Don’t forget rugged and grizzly”
  Keith ducked his head, embarrassed over the praise, Lance adding
“I really love you”
Which only made his heart do that stupid thing it did. After 6 months, he thought the butterflies and weird heart beats would stop, yet Lance always seemed to make it happen far too often. Taking his phone back, he added to the message
“I love you too babe. Sorry about the pond”
Lance shook his head, it seemed the conversation had ended naturally. A moment or two passing before Lance took his phone back
“I’m sleepy. Matt was right about this being a good nap place... apart from the smell”
Yeah. It stunk to him and he was human. Damn dogs and their attraction to smell dead things
“Wanna talk a walk?”
Lance moved his head up to smile at him
“Okay... but not too far”
“Nah. I want to get some photos”
And spend some alone time with Lance again.
   Picking a path around the pond, it was larger than reeds and duckweed made it seem. Lance holding his hand as they walked, Keith found he didn’t actually know what to say. Walking like this was nice. Maybe it was okay for things to be quiet? It didn’t feel uncomfortable until he realised they’d walked quite a way from the others. Pidge could still be heard yelling, some laughter in the otherwise still air... Then Lance went and sighed. He wished he knew what his boyfriend was thinking. And why he’d snapped at Shiro. Shiro seemed okay, and Lance would apologise again, even though he probably didn’t need to
“Babe?”
“I’m okay...”
“You sighed”
Lance sighed at him again, Keith rolling his eyes before pulling Lance in for a hug, Lance protesting lightly
“I’m fine”
“You still sighed”
“You weren’t saying anything...”
  Keith couldn’t help but chuckle
“I was thinking the same thing... it’s nice not being surrounded by noise”
“Speak for yourself”
Keith kissed Lance’s forehead as he slid his hands down to his boyfriend’s arse. Lance squeaking as he groped him lightly
“What was that for?!”
“Because I could. Want to take a break?”
“Actually, yeah... You haven’t been taking any photos”
“That’s because I was too busy holding your hand. Want to try to taking a photo with me?”
“Haven’t you got enough of me?”
Keith chuckled again. He’d meant of the lake, and he knew he was biased and all, but he couldn’t have enough photos of Lance
“Nope. Here, I want to show you something”
  Sliding around Lance, so he was now standing behind him, Keith popped the cap off the camera lens and flicked the knob to on. The camera chiming as it booted up
“Okay. Now, we’re going to take a photo”
“I know how to take a photo”
“Mmmm... but you said you weren’t sure about it and I want to share this with you”
In Rome he’d been shit scared everyone would find out and laugh at him over his hobby. Sometimes it was hard to have his camera out in front of their friends, but with Lance it was easier. His boyfriend never judged, even before they were dating
“It’s just duckweed”
Keith moved the camera to the right
“See how the light filters through the trees, and almost cuts the photo in half on the diagonal? If we zoom in, what do you see?”
On the screen he showed Lance the different. The way the one section caught the light, almost shimmering in the specs of water between the weedy growth
“That’s cool”
“Yeah... hold on”
Clicking the capture button, the image appeared on the screen for a few seconds before returning to viewfinder. Zooming out slowly, Lance perked up
“I like that one”
Keith bit down his snort. Lance must have assumed he’d already capture the image. His boyfriend reading his body language
“Not like that. It’s half and half properly now”
Keith clicked capture again, he personally would have moved the camera a little to the left to get the light balance two thirds instead of the half
“It is. But if we move it like this, tell me which looks better”
Adjusting his view, Lance hummed at him
“I get it... and it’d be a totally different picture again if you changed the angle”
“Yep...”
  Letting his head loll back on Keith’s shoulder, Lance smiled at him
“I don’t think I’ll ever be a star photographer, but it suits you”
“I could teach you properly”
“You offered before. Honestly, I really like watching you. The way your eyes light up when you’ve got a shot you like”
“Am I really that transparent?”
“A little. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with eyes as honest as yours”
“Then you really do need glasses”
They would have forgotten Lance’s glasses earlier if Kosmo hadn’t pawed at them when they were getting ready to meet up with the other
“And you need to accept the compliment”
“You’re the one who compliments me too much”
“Then you shouldn’t be so kind to me”
Keith groaned. What was he supposed to do with that?
“Shut up”
Lance laughed at him. Keith dropping his left hand to rub his boyfriend’s stomach, Lance immediately letting out a soft moan that was far too cute
“Stoooooop”
“Why?”
“Because we’re got company that can hear me moaning and all you’re doing is messing with me”
“I’m not messing with you. Does it feel okay?”
“Honestly human food came up so hard in the cabin that I don’t want to eat”
“You kept the water down”
“I went and dealt with that while Hunk was finding the perfect picnic spot”
“You should have...”
“Babe. You know things came out one way or the other... Kind of comes with the whole being dead thing. I love that you care, but you’ve also got to remember I’ve been dealing with this for years and I’m used to dealing with it alone”
“Doesn’t mean you have to now”
“Fine, the next time I have to shit my guts out...”
Keith wrinkled his nose
“Okay. Okay. I’m overthinking. As long as you’re okay”
  It was then that Lance’s stomach let out a loud gurgle. His boyfriend closing his eyes as he groaned
“I’m sick of it. It’s been doing that nonstop”
“Are you hungry?”
“A little...”
“You should eat”
“I didn’t pack anything. I thought “short walk” would be like a “human short walk””
“You need to eat. It’s not good...”
“I’ll be fine”
“Babe...”
“Keith, I’ll be fine”
Lance needed to be eating more. More of everything if you asked Keith. He didn’t like Lance having to throw up, but he and their baby needed the calories
“Then take...”
“No”
“You... look. You can feed off my fingers again. Just enough to make the hunger go away”
“Why do you keep offering?”
  How did Lance not know? Other than the jealousy, which he was trying to work through, he didn’t have a problem. Lance wasn’t going to turn him from a feed. So why couldn’t his boyfriend see it was because of how he felt about him
“Because I love you. If we were in opposite positions, you’d be forcing it on me”
“I’m not that forceful”
“Right. And I’m not secretly half alien here hiding from the master race”
Lance laughed, face scrunched up as he did
“You know, you’d make a good half alien. I’d still love you just as much”
“You’re such a damn sap”
“And you’re twice as bad. Can we sit for a bit? I don’t feel like going back just yet”
“We’re not walking around the entire pond?”
Lance shrugged, opening his eyes
“I was following you”
Keith played along
“But I was following you”
His boyfriend shrugged again
“I guess we’re lost forever then”
“I think I’m okay with that”
     *
Lance’s knees gave out on the way back to the others. Disguising it as tripping, he wasn’t sure why they’d suddenly given out. Not until he saw his hands. His nails long, dug into the ground. He could feel his fangs against his lip, edges pressing down against the toughened skin. Raising his head to look at Keith, Keith swore softly, his boyfriend pushing him aside as he drew out his hand gun. Lance not even getting the chance to be shocked as Keith shot him.
  Shooting up from where he’d fallen asleep against Hunk, he realised everyone was staring at him. Right. They were in the main cabin now. He, Hunk, and Pidge had been sitting on the sofa. The three of them with their feet on the coffee table as they compared blisters and Curtis tended to their feet
“Ugh, bud? You okay there?”
Dropping back down beside Hunk, Hunk wrapped his arms around him. Keith was in the bathroom washing Kosmo with Shiro, so he couldn’t have been asleep for very long
“Yeah. Ugh ... I think I fell asleep”
“You did... I’ve been wondering how to wake you up so I could start dinner”
“How long was I out?”
“Half an hour. Keith’s still trying to get Kosmo clean...”
  Lance could feel the dirt beneath his nails. His body wouldn’t stop shaking at the thought of Keith putting a bullet in his brain... Whining the name of his best friend softly, he needed the comfort Hunk provided  
“Hunk...”
“Why don’t you help me with dinner? It’s been a while since we cooked together”
Lance kind of felt disappointed. He wanted to cuddle with his best friend, but Hunk liked to be moving when he had a lot to think about
“Okay... What’s for dinner?”
“Pasta, made fresh”
“Alright...”
  Lance washed his hands, the scent of blood from the morning had finally started to disappear. As Hunk grabbed the eggs out the fridge, he watched his friend. Pidge was watching from them from the sofa... probably worrying. He made everyone worry and it was so damn draining
“Right. Can you grab the flour out?”
“Ah... sure”
Lance should have picked up on the signs Hunk was trying to distract him. Grabbing the flour out the pantry, Hunk smiled softly as he moved to the kitchen bench, Lance joining him
“Bud, I know somethings up. You can tell me”
“It’s...”
He wanted to. He wanted to so badly... That nightmare had shaken him. He didn’t think he was strong enough to keep his secret
“I... Hunk...”
As he sniffled Hunk pulled him into a hug
“Whatever happens, Bud, you can rely on me”
“I know... I know... it’s just not... I... I don’t want you to hate me”
“I won’t... Do you need a bit to think it out?”
“Yeah... I had a nightmare Keith shot me in the head and... I’ve been lying again... and I hate it...”
��It’s alright. I mean, I know you’ve got a few secrets... you’d have to. Here, pour out the flour for me... and I’ll get the pasta machine out”
  Lance poured the flour on the bench, sniffling as he did. He didn’t know where everyone one was, but he did know he couldn’t mentally keep his secret any longer. He’d wanted to wait. To be more confident and sure of the pregnancy. Flattening out the flour, Hunk bumped into him gently
“It’s just flour, Bud. No need for the tears”
Fuck... He needed his best friend. Having a boyfriend was a different kind of friendship...
“I... I’m...”
“Lance, it’s okay, Bud. You don’t have to rush right away”
“It’s not that... you can’t tell”
“Now you’re making me worried”
“Just... hang on”
  Keith put the idea in his head, Lance spelling out his secret in the flour. Those simple letters with so much more meaning
“Don’t tell anyone yet...”
He spelt it out, waiting for Hunk to catch on, his bestie humming when he did, Lance brushing the flour back into place
“... Matt and Rieva hear everything”
Hunk nodded quickly, before drawing a smiley face in the flour
“I’m pregnant”
This two words had Hunk sweeping him into the tightest hug of his life as Lance messed the flour up to hide the evidence
“I... I wondered... are you...?”
Lance nodded as his nerves went weird. Hunk hugging him hadn’t been... well it’d been a dream
“Oh, man... it makes sense now... but... nope, I’ll ask later...”
“Thank you... I’m so sorry”
“Shhh... Keith, uh, he kind of put the idea in my head and I guess maybe he wanted me to work it out”
“Keith is very attached to “macaroon”... just don’t use the word too much”
  Hunk immediately let him go, hands going to Lance’s shoulders as he hung his head
“I thought you just wanted macaroons...”
“It’s okay, Hunk. But now Pidge is watching, she’s about ready to demand to know what’s going on”
“Oh, right. Be cool... be cool... do you need anything? Should you be resting?”
Great. Someone else to over worry about him...
“I’m okay. It’s not that different just more puking. Anyway, we should start dinner”
“Yeah, man. I’m making garlic knots. This is a special occasion”
“You’re not grossed out”
“I’m shocked, not quite sure how it works, or if I really want to ask, but as long as...”
Lance threw his arms around Hunk. Nearly sobbing in relief of the weight lifted off his shoulders, and, kind of more importantly, that his best bro wasn’t about to reject him.
  “Okay, you two are acting weird. What’s going on here? And why am I not part of it?”
Lance peered at Pidge over his best friends shoulder
“Hunk promised to teach me the secret ingredient in his mama’s spaghetti bolognese!”
Pidge’s eyes went wide
“That’s a top secret family recipe!”
“That’s why I’m excited... I’ve been after it for years!”
He already had the recipe, but there was something different about how Hunk’s mother made it taste. Being taught to be useful he’d offered to help Hunk’s mother, memorising things by watching her. She kind of loved him, not that he was bragging
“Sorry, guys. I can teach Lance the recipe but we’ll have to talk about it when we get home. I don’t have everything here”
  Lance pulled away, wiping at his eyes. The conversation may have gone differently if Keith hadn’t already planted that thought in Hunk’s brain
“Dude... I’m totally betrayed here. It’s a good thing the pastas going to be delicious”
“I wouldn’t say that...”
“Hunk, you are a kitchen god descended before us mostly human beings. Even Keith agrees. We’d all be fat with how good your cooking is, buddy”
Hunk shuffled nervously under the praise
“I don’t know. You and Miriam know so many great recipes too”
“Which I’ll totally teach you. Let’s get the pasta started”
“Sure thing, man”
Watching the exchange, Pidge grumbled
“Boys are so freaking weird. I’m going to go hang with Shay, at least she’s interesting”
“Let her nap. She’s making the most of getting some sleep in before she goes back to work”
  Lance realised he hadn’t thought to ask about Shay... Pidge made a show of climbing off the sofa, walking away from them with his feet turned slightly out to avoid pulling weight on the blisters on her big toes. Lance waited until she was gone before whispering
“Hunk, I want to ask you something and I want you to be honest. Do you think I should I tell her the truth? Like about me? I don’t want you having to lie to her, it sucked so damn hard having to lie to you, and I don’t want to rob you of your happiness with her”
“I don’t know, man... I don’t want to freak her out... I don’t want her freaking out at me for hiding it...”
“I know. I know and I’m sorry... I hated lying to you, but once you know about the scary things you can’t take it all back”
  Realising they were born whispering at the same time, the moves away from each other. Lance moving to start welling the flour, Hunk going on the search for his pasta rolling machine
“Let me think about it? I’m still... processing... I mean... you and Keith are dudes... you’re... a guy... and I’m not saying this right, man. I’m like super happy for you... but I still have like a hundred questions of how this even happens”
  They didn’t have time for the hundred questions. Lance still a hundred questions over how it’s happened and how he was going to get Hunk alone to fill him in on everything so far
“I’m a different type of vampire from drinking Keith’s blood. That still sounds really gross and wrong... I’m really gross when you think about it. I only did it to save his life and my body started changing thanks to it. I really love Keith, but I don’t... the thought of feeding from someone warm and living, makes me feel gross”
“I kind of don’t think about it. I mean, I do, but I mean like you’re our best friend. Me and Pidge are starting to get it”
“You shouldn’t have to though...”
“It’s weird, but when you think about it, blood is used in a lot of different dishes around the world. Mongolian tribes have this dish made of horse blood and milk, and then there’s things like blood sausages... I mean, no one gets hurt right? To get the blood?”
“It’s donated. People get compensated... Coran makes sure they’re not mistreated or anything like that... It’s... um... easier to eat when you don’t know where it’s from”
“Like it’s easier to eat devilled ham spread when you don’t know they use pig eyeballs and eye lashes in it”
  Lance shook his head, he didn’t want to feel so reassured that it was okay to be drinking human blood in front of his human friends
“You’re being too calm”
“Lance, have you ever wanted to feed off of me, or off of Pidge”
Lance took instant offence
“No! Ew... no. I love you guys, how could you even think that’s okay!”
“You just answered how we’re okay with this. You wouldn’t. Not unless there was absolutely no other option. You’ve got another option, but if you didn’t, neither of us want to see you suffer. We’re friends and friends work things out together”
  Oh.
  Deserting his role with the flour, Lance wrapped his arms around Hunk again
“I’m sorry I lost it... I shouldn’t have snapped...”
Hunk chuckled, always up for a hug
“It’s fine, man. Sometimes you get caught up in your head too much”
“I’ve never had... you know... human friends who knew about me. You guys... I love you guys so much. I’d never feed on you... I can’t...”
“I don’t know, Shay calls me her “tasty snack”...”
“Yeah. No. She can snack on you. I’m sorry, I’m being all weird”
“You’ve been weirder than normal for weeks now, but you’ve always been a little weird”
“I’ve been weird for 7 weeks... Keith’s accident started it all”
Hunk swatted at his arm
“Dude. Too much information”
“We we’re going to wait until the next time I saw Coran...”
“It’s okay. I’m not about to tell... but you need to be taking better care of yourself”
“I’m trying. God. At this rate dinner’s never going to be done”
“Are you saying my hugs aren’t worth it?”
“They’re totally worth it... you’re like, the coolest dude ever”
“It’s my gift and my curse”
  They both laughed. Out of everyone, he was so fucking relieved that Hunk knew. He just hoped Pidge would take the news as well as him.
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