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#what nobody sees series
thoseboysinblue · 4 months
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What Nobody Sees
Part 2
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Christian Pulisic x reader
You have unexpectedly found yourself tangled up in a long-term situationship with Christian.
Word count: 6350+
Warnings: Swearing, smut (under 18 DNI)
Song Inspo: Sin So Sweet by Warren Zeiders
Requested: No
Author's note: The original concept for this is based on a dream I had. Once I heard the song, I knew it was an immediate fit. This will be a multi-part series. Thank you, as always to @neverinadream for helping me to flesh this out. Hope you enjoy! Feedback is always appreciated!
Early morning jogs on the treadmill are how you start most days. Sometimes some of the other guys join you, sometimes you are alone, but mostly it's just you and Christian. Once he figured out it was your routine, he slowly began joining you day after day. He enjoyed feeling productive first thing in the morning, and, if he was being honest with himself, he enjoyed the quiet time with you.
About a quarter of the way through your planned run, you catch him out of the corner of your eye when he claims the treadmill next to yours. He leans over and places a bottle of water in your cup holder, because as much as you make sure they all stay hydrated and at their optimal level, he knows you nearly always forget your water when you work out.
"Thank you," you smile at him as he starts his treadmill. You take out your earbuds and switch your phone off of the bluetooth, a smile creeping over his face when he recognizes the playlist he'd shared with you a while ago.
You finish your run and begin to walk on the treadmill as a cool down, eventually stopping and moving over to an open area in front of the mirrors to do some light stretching.
As Christian finishes his run, he moves over to stand behind you, settling his hand over your hip and squeezing it gently. You assume he's also running the same scenario through his head as what's running through yours, images of him bending you over in front of this mirror. While a few not so innocent thoughts did enter his mind, he's mostly admiring the way your body molds perfectly against his as he stands behind you.
"You left me on read," he says quietly as he dips his head to kiss your neck.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know what to say, I almost talked myself into coming back to your room, but I didn't think it would be a good idea," you tilt your head back allowing him more access to your neck as he brushes his thumbs over your breasts, feeling your nipples harden under the sports bra you are wearing.
"I know," he smirks against you, "doesn't mean I didn't want you to though."
You suddenly remember the two of you are very out in the open and anyone could walk in on you, so you take couple of steps away from him and take a deep breath. You can't help but notice the look of disappointment on his face and the whine he lets out when you break contact with him.
"I'm going to go take a shower, you want to meet up in a little while to go grab coffee?" you ask quietly.
He nods, "I'd rather just go take a shower with you, and then go get coffee" he smirks, knowing you'll say no.
"I know you would, but not this morning, ok?" you answer him before pressing a kiss to his chest, leaning your forehead against him, closing your eyes and savoring the way you can feel his heart beating away.
"Meet me in the lobby in 30?" you look up at him.
He nods and kisses your forehead, "see you then," he smiles weakly.
"Hey," he smiles at you as he steps off of the elevator and spots you waiting for him.
"Took you long enough," you chuckle, eyeing him up and down in his black training kit, noticing the way it fits him just a little tighter than the last time you saw him in it.
"Yeah well, I'm blaming you and that workout outfit you had on earlier," he chirps at you.
"Liked that one did you?" you smirk at him, enjoying the thought of him having to relieve himself after seeing you earlier.
"I have a love hate relationship with those tiny scraps of clothing you wear sometimes," he breathes out as he ushers you out of the lobby and towards the coffee shop down the street.
"I thought you only loved them?" you arch an eyebrow at him.
"I do, but I hate when I can't rip them off of you," he rolls his eyes.
"Kind of like those shorts you have on now, not leaving much to the imagination, y/n."
"It's not like you have to imagine it anyways, you know what's under here," you gesture towards your training kit. "And this one isn't my fault, blame whoever picks our training uniforms for this one."
"I do know what's under there, and I can't stop picturing it," he says lowly.
"So, I'm not sure if I owe you coffee or if you owe me coffee," you say as he holds the door to the shop open.
"I'll buy yours and you can buy mine," he chuckles.
"Deal," you grin at him.
He leans against the door frame of the small shop while you are waiting in line.
"Christian, you can't do the book-tok door leaning thing, not here," you roll your eyes at him and pull him away from the door.
"Why not? Does it turn you on?" he raises an eyebrow at you, leaning down to barely whisper in your ear "you want me to tell you to shut the fuck up and take this dick like a good girl?" he smirks, knowing he's hit a nerve when your thighs press together.
"We are in public," you snap at him, a playful smile on your lips.
"I know, but I would be willing to bet you're dripping for me now," he winks at you.
"You're a menace," you shake your head at him.
"So are those shorts your wearing," he chuckles.
You order coffees for one another, not even bothering to ask what the other wants, you know that already.
As you make your way back to the hotel you nudge him, "do I even want to know how you know about book-tok?"
"Ah, asking me to reveal my secrets?" he shakes his head. "You know people can see your reposts right?" he grins, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Stalk much?" you chuckle.
"What? No!" he blushes. "Well maybe a little. I was just curious at what kinds of things you're into besides me and soccer," he shrugs.
You shake your head at him and continue your walk back, arriving in the lobby around the same time as several of the other players.
"You're getting breakfast with us right?" he skims his hand against yours as he looks at you.
"Yeah, of course," you blush slightly at him.
You finish grabbing your food as Weston calls to you to come over and join them.
"Morning, y/n" he grins pushing out the chair across from Christian and next to him.
"Hey, Wes," you share a brief smile with him, glancing across at Christian.
"You're Ben right?" you smile at the player seated next to Christian as he nods at you.
"Welcome to camp, don't let these idiots get you in trouble," you motion between Christian, Wes, Jedi, and Tim Weah.
"I'm terribly offended," Tim clutches his chest.
"She's not wrong though," Jedi smiles, stuffing a bite into his mouth.
"This is y/n, by the way," Wes throws his arm around the back of your chair, "she's our player performance analyst and she has a knack for picking apart weaknesses in other teams so she's like our little secret weapon," he smiles proudly at you.
"Speaking of performances, I don't know what you two were up to last night, but all I heard was Cap here saying 'shit, shit, shit,'" he grins glancing back and forth between you and Christian.
Christian's cheeks blush at his comment but he looks at you with a slight grin.
"Well, perv, maybe you should quit listening to us," you roll your eyes at him.
"Kind of hard not to when I can hear you through the walls," he chuckles.
"Maybe you should try headphones," Christian adds.
"Cap, here gets special treatment," Wes nods at Ben, letting him in on your little secret as you and Christian share a glance between you.
"So y/n," Ben turns his focus to you, trying to change the topic of conversation, "what got you into men's soccer, I mean, why aren't you working on the women's side?"
"Well," you start taking a bite of your food, "I grew up watching my four older brothers play..." you trail off when Christian coughs and drops his fork.
"What, you know I have brothers," you look at him, your eyebrows knitting together in confusion.
"Yeah, but I didn't know there were four of them," he mumbles as Wes chuckles.
"Scared there CP?" he eyes up his friend.
"He doesn't have to worry about them, they'll never know about us," you shrug, noticing the expression on his face change slightly.
"Anyways, I grew up watching them play mostly, and when I was in college I did an internship and met these knuckleheads" you motion between Wes and Christian.
"I worked with some of the youth teams for a bit before this job opened up and they asked if I would want to move up to the senior team. So really, it just kind of happened that I ended up here and not on the women's side of things. But I prefer it here anyways, less drama, more fun," you shrug.
"That's cool," Ben smiles at you.
"And now she can't ever get rid of us or leave us," Wes pulls you into his side as you roll your eyes.
"Someone's got to keep you in line," you elbow him in the ribs.
"So far, you're doing a terrible job of that," he chuckles.
The conversation moves on to other things, and you can't help but notice the way Christian keeps his attention mainly focused on you.
You all board the bus headed over to the training facility. You sit at the front discussing today's plan with the other staff members.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Christian nudges Wes to get his attention as they both pull their earbuds out of their ears.
"Yeah, man, what's up?" Wes asks as he pauses his playlist.
"You um," Christian pauses, glancing around to make sure no one else is listening, "you ever been choked before?"
A wide grin in spreads across Weston's face, "like in general or during sex?" even though he fully knows what he's being asked, he still wants to see his best friend squirm a little.
"Well not in general," Christian rolls his eyes.
"So during sex?" he chuckles.
Christian nods, his cheeks slightly flushed.
"Nah, I've choked plenty of girls, but never had it done to me. Why? Did y/n choke you last night or something?" he pinches his eyebrows together.
Christian nods slowly, realizing by the look on his friend's face that maybe he shouldn't have said anything to him about it.
"Yeah, she did, and um, I'm a bit worried about how much I liked it," he rubs his hands over his face.
"Look, I think I'd just enjoy whatever you two have going on and not worry about it too much," he nudges Christian's knee with his own, "it's just hooking up though, right?"
Christian nods again, "she said something last night about me having other girls, insinuating that I have a roster," he shrugs.
"Like she doesn't want you to have a roster? She expects you two to be exclusive or what?" Wes pushes a little further.
"She seems to think she's not the only one I'm sleeping with, but she didn't seem upset or even jealous, she stated it kind of like a fact," he sighs.
"Seems like she's cool with keeping it casual then," Wes shrugs, "I mean, she's not acting crazy trying to lock you down or anything so that's good. There is a roster though isn't there?"
The look on Christian's face answers that question before he utters a word.
"Jesus Christ, there isn't a roster," Wes rubs his hands over his face.
"I mean when it started I didn't aim to keep it exclusive or anything, I was just busy and didn't really have time to pursue anything else, and then somehow along the way I realized I wasn't talking to anyone else, let alone sleeping with them," he shrugs.
"Is she sleeping with anyone else?" Wes asks, his curiosity getting the better of him as he tries to understand the situation.
"I don't know, we haven't talked about it, I guess I assumed she wasn't, but I'm not entirely sure," Christian sighs.
"So, are you good with her sleeping with someone else?" he keeps pushing.
"I'd never thought about it until last night, but when I did think about the possibility it made me a little sick," Christian answers, picking at his nails nervously.
"Sounds like you've caught feelings, which is fine by the way, but I think the two of you need to talk about whatever this is, and I'm probably not the best person for you to be seeking relationship advice from, at all," he chuckles.
"I just wish I knew what she is thinking," Christian sighs.
"Maybe you should grow a pair and ask her," Wes shrugs at him.
Once you've all arrived at the training facility you help everyone get fitted into their monitors and make sure they are all working properly so that you can monitor them during training.
You and Wes are taking turns kicking a ball back and forth showing off your touch skills before everyone gets started.
"Your touch is amazing," Wes grins at you.
"So I've heard," you wink at him.
"Get you're mind out of the gutter, loser," he chuckles.
"I was talking about soccer, I have no idea what you're talking about, perv," you grin.
"I did actually hear my first touch was amazing a lot, until you know, career ending knee injury," you roll your eyes, "I could've had my first World Cup by now."
"That's a shame, but we're more fun anyways," he winks at you.
"Ok, I better actually get to work," you chuckle before heading over to your laptop to make sure everything is still properly synced.
"Christian, can you come here for a second, your monitor is messed up," you shout over to one of the groups.
Once he approaches you, you slide your hands under his training kit and adjust his monitor.
"Easy, you're gonna get me turned on if you keep rubbing on me like that," he says lowly.
"Your monitor is fine by the way, I just wanted to slide my hands up your chest and tell you that you look really hot," you force yourself to hold back a smile, trying to make it look like you're talking about nothing at all.
"You're fucking killing me," he shakes his head at you. "Have I told you you look hot? Because you look hot," he gives you a subtle wink.
"Ok, back to work," you slide your hands out from under his shirt and turn to go back to the sidelines, knowing he's probably having to force himself not to stare at your ass while you walk away.
After the morning training session, everyone showers, changes into a fresh set of the same training kit, grabs lunch and meets for a quick film session.
As the film session is wrapping up, you send Christian a quick text that simply says, "your room, 10 minutes."
You have a quick chat with BJ about a couple of things for tomorrow's training session and make your way to the elevator after noticing Christian left a few minutes prior.
You knock quietly on his door and wait for him to answer it. As soon as he does, you quickly walk in and shut the door behind you.
"I've been waiting all day to get you out of that kit," you grin at him. "You look so hot in it, but I need it on the floor," you practically drag him towards the bed.
You peel his shirt over his head and toss it to the floor while he does the same to you. His lips immediately attaching to your neck before you both fall onto the bed.
"Fuck, I've been wanting to do this since this morning," he mumbles as he kisses over your chest and slide his hands under the sports bralette you are wearing.
A soft moan escapes your lips when he brushes the pads of his fingers over your nipples, pressing his already hardened cock against you.
And then the door flies open, causing Christian to immediately flop down on top of you and make sure you're covered completely when he pulls his hands from your bra.
"Sup, besties," Wes laughs as he flops down on the couch in Christian's room, tossing a room key on the table, "are you two starting twister without us," he grins while you and Christian both scramble to find your shirts.
Christian tosses you a shirt from the floor and the minute you pull it over you're head you realize it's too big, meaning it has to be his. Damn these matching kits, you think to yourself.
You chuckle as you watch Christian trying to pull your obviously too small shirt over his head.
"Babe, babe, I think that one's mine," you poke him in the side to get his attention.
He pulls it back over his head and you exchange shirts while he tries to discreetly rearrange himself.
Wes watches the entire scenario play out with a grin on his face like a kid in a candy store.
"Babe, now is it?" he arches an eyebrow at the two of you.
You and Christian exchange a look because neither of you even realized you said it.
Christian looks over at him as he gets settled on the bed next to you, inching himself closer to you in the process, "you need something, man?"
"Nope," he says standing up, "just wanted to say hi," he chuckles grabbing the room key.
"Leave the key," Christian says with a stern look, but he quickly flashes a grin at his best friend when he acts offended.
"But we've been exchanging room keys for years," he clutches the key to his chest.
"Yeah, well you've lost your key privileges, now," Christian chuckles.
"I see how it is," Wes winks at both of you and drops the key on the table. "Have fun kids, don't do anything I wouldn't do. Actually on second thought, do whatever the hell you want you little deviants."
Before he leaves, Christian stops him and tosses him a pair of headphones. "Got those delivered earlier," he winks as Weston lets out a cackle.
"Well played, Cap," he grins before leaving just as quickly as he came in.
Once he's out of the room Christian immediately moves so that he's back on top of you. He kisses along the column of your neck before sitting up on his knees between your legs and pulling his shirt over his head.
He pushes your shirt up and kisses along your stomach, just as he slides his hands under the waistband of your shorts and you lift your hips there is a knock at the door.
He sighs and drops his head. "What now?" he grumbles as he climbs off of the bed, not even bothering to put his shirt on.
He opens the door to find Tim Weah standing there. "Hey man, can I borrow your phone charger, mine quit working," Tim asks.
Christian grabs a spare out of his travel bag, "yeah man, keep it as long as you'd like," he smiles.
"Hey, y/n" Tim chuckles before Christian not so subtly kicks him out.
He returns to the bed, climbing back on top of you. "Where were we?" he grins as he slides his hands up your legs.
Another knock, "fuck," he huffs again going to the door to find Gio, who is apparently in need of an extra towel.
After two more interruptions, including Jedi stopping by to ask for a cup of sugar, Christian loses it.
"I thought the first one was a coincidence," he angrily types out a message on his phone, "clearly they are just fucking with us now because they know you're in here."
Christian: Wes, I swear to god, you tell them I said the next person that knocks on my door will run until they puke tomorrow
Wes: I don't know what you're talking about 😇
Christian: I'm not playing 🖕🏻
Wes: neither am I 😇
Christian: come on man, please
Wes: does y/n like it when you beg
Christian: 🤬
Wes: since you asked nicely, enjoy your evening 😘
"Maybe we should just go to my room," you chuckle as he settles back onto the bed beside you.
"That's not a bad idea actually," he agrees with you as he gets up and puts his shirt back on.
You slip your shoes on before the two of you head to your room.
Christian picks you up and tosses you on the bed, once again pulling your shirt over your head before there is a knock at your door.
He drops his head against your chest and mumbles "I give up," as you push him off of you and grab your shirt.
You stomp towards the door and quickly put your shirt back on huffing out, "Can a girl not get laid?"
You throw the door open ready to give whoever it is a piece of your mind only to find a very startled BJ standing in the hallway.
"Is this a bad time?" he blinks at you.
"What? No. It's fine. The guys have been messing with me..I thought...nevermind," you trail off when he chuckles.
"What's up," you ask him, smoothing your hair a bit.
"I wanted to ask about a couple of things for tomorrow, if you've got a minute," he smiles.
"Yeah sure," you tilt your head to look at the training plans he has.
The two of you chat for a few minutes about drills and the best use of the time and players you have available, coming to a decision to tweak a few things before he finalizes what he has and takes it to Gregg.
After he leaves and you make your way back towards Christian, you find him sitting with his back against your headboard with an expression on his face that you've only seen from him a couple of times in the past.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" you knit your eyebrows together before crawling onto the bed beside him.
"Like what?" he grins at you.
"I don't know, it's all heart eyes like your in love with me," you shake your head, "stop it, it's weird," you return his grin, but you can't help the swarm of butterflies attacking your insides.
"I've always known the role you have with the team obviously has an impact, but, I don't know, just hearing how much you influence everything we do, and knowing it will make us better, it's just, it makes me appreciate you more, I guess," he blushes.
"Aww, sweetie," you pat him on the cheek as he rolls his eyes at your mocking tone, "I'm glad you know I'm here for more than just sucking your dick, which I'm about to do by the way," you wink at him.
"Oh really?" he chuckles as you pull him off of the bed and tug his shorts and boxers down before shoving him back to a sitting position.
"Yep, figure the poor guy needs some attention, he's been hard off and on for the past hour," you grin as you settle onto your knees in front of him and wrap your hand around his hardened cock.
"I'm not going to complain about...oh fuck," he groans as you waste no time in licking along the vein on the underside of his shaft before swirling your tongue around his tip.
You flatten your tongue against his slit, humming at the taste of the precum that's already leaking when he threads his fingers into your hair, pulling into a makeshift ponytail so that he can properly watch you.
You take more of him into your mouth, hollowing your cheeks as you suck him slowly before pulling off of him and working him with your hand while you drop spit off of your tongue and watch it slide down his length.
You take him into your mouth again, forcing yourself further down onto him until his tip reaches the back of your throat causing you to gag.
"God, you look so pretty like this," he looks down at you, his eyes burning into yours as his thumb brushes over the underside of your jaw.
He feels you as you relax your jaw, taking even more of him into your mouth as his head falls back and he mumbles something unintelligible.
"Yes baby, just like that," he sighs.
"You're such a good girl for me, my good little slut, giving it to me just the way you know I like it."
A groan rips from him as you moan at his words sending a vibration up his cock that makes his spine tingle and his toes curl.
His free hand grips at the edge of the bed as he tries to maintain control while his other hand grips tighter into your hair causing you to moan again.
You continue working him, sliding your tongue along his shaft and swirling it around his tip, spit dripping from your mouth as you take him down your throat over and over, gagging each time.
You pull off of him for a moment continuing to work him with your hand while you catch your breath.
He runs his thumb along your bottom lip, wiping some of the drool away.
"This pretty mouth, it belongs to me doesn't it?" he smirks as he presses his tip against your lips and waits for you to open back up for him.
He whimpers when you nod, then moans as you take his entire length into your mouth until your nose presses against his pubic bone and your looking up at him through your lashes.
"Jesus Christ," he stares at you wide eyed, desperately wanting to cum but also not wanting this to end.
You bob your head, using one hand to work his shaft, the other coming up to squeeze his balls gently as you rub your thumb over them.
"And that pussy," he grunts, as he involuntarily bucks his hips, "that pussy belongs to me too doesn't it? I bet it's dripping for me."
You nod again, keeping the same pace you've set as you feel him twitch in your mouth and notice the way his thighs tense and his breathing has become ragged.
"I'm gonna fuckin' cum," he groans.
You pull off of him briefly, "come on baby, give it to me, I want all of it," you say before taking him back into your mouth and hollowing your cheeks to suck him harder.
You slide one hand up his thigh and feel the muscles tense before he comes undone in your mouth, a whimper of your name falling from his lips.
You swallow everything, using your thumb to swipe over your bottom lip and then sucking it clean before using your tongue to make sure he's cleaned up while he catches his breath.
You pull his shorts and boxers back up his legs as you stand up, smirking when he's a little shaky as he pulls them over his hips and tucks himself back inside of them.
"You give the best head I've ever gotten," his voice is husky and low. He shakes his head as he sits back down on the edge of the bed and pulls you to straddle his lap.
"Thank you, I think, but I don't know that I really want to think about all the other head you've been getting," you grin at him as you wrap your hands around the back of his neck and his hands settle over your hips.
"Well it's not like I really want to think about how you got so good at it either," he winks at you.
"Maybe, I'm very attentive to details and have figured out exactly how you like it," you shrug at him.
"You've definitely figured that out," he chuckles.
"Was that German earlier?" you grin at him.
"When?" he looks at you puzzled.
"You mumbled something earlier, but I'm not sure what you said, but it wasn't English."
"Oh, I uh, I don't know actually," he lies, he knows exactly what he said but he's definitely not willing to admit it.
"Can I ask you something?" he breathes out.
"Sure," you grin against his neck as you nuzzle your face into him and inhale the sweet yet masculine scent that rolls off of him.
"Am I a bad kisser?" he asks quietly almost as if he's afraid of what your answer will be.
"What? No!" you tilt your head back to look into his eyes.
"Then why won't you let me kiss you?"
You can't help but notice the sadness that lingers in his eyes.
"Oh, um," you sigh, "I guess it just seems too intimate for whatever this is."
"So a few minutes ago my cock was down your throat, but my tongue down your throat is too intimate?" he knits his eyebrows, "that makes perfect sense, y/n."
"I just, Christian, I," you stumble over your words before you climb off of his lap, stand up and turn to put some space between you, suddenly overwhelmed.
He grabs your wrist, gently pleading for you not to walk away from him as he looks up at you from the bed.
"Just tell me, please, whatever it is," he interlaces his fingers with yours and gives them an encouraging squeeze.
"I know it's silly, and you can think it's stupid, but I'm worried that if I kiss you, there's going to be feelings attached to it and that's not what this is, it can't be." you sigh.
"I see," he draws his lower lip into his mouth and lets out a huff, but continues tracing his thumb over the back of your hand.
"Christian, we both know that this is eventually going to end, you'll find someone you care about and this will be over," you motion between the two of you. "And we will probably still be working together when that happens, so the least awkward thing that can happen would be if we just saw this as a hook up and nothing else. So I don't have to be your ex that you work with and you don't have to worry about upsetting someone else down the line." You blink a couple of times, pushing back the tears that you didn't even realize were there.
"I still don't get it though, y/n. I hear what you're saying, but don't you think it would be awkward as hell no matter what?" he rubs his hand over his eyes as the sudden thought of things ending between you flashes through his mind and he doesn't like the wave of anxiety that comes with it.
"I mean, we've fucked each other seven ways to Sunday. We've done shit I didn't even know I was in to, you think for one second I could just forget all of that? Pretend like none of this ever happened? I don't see how kissing every now and then is going to change that. I'm not asking to make out with you mid field after a game. I'm just saying that every now and then, it seems like it would be a natural thing to do. You kissed me the first time we had sex, but after that it's been pretty rare and I miss it. There are so many times that I want to kiss you but I know you don't want me to, so I don't, " he rests his chin against you as he looks up at you.
"You can't look at me like that, I'll cave," you roll your eyes.
He grins at you and gives you his best puppy dog eyes.
"You and your stupid brown eyes and long eye lashes" you chuckle.
"Why do you want to kiss me so bad? Dying to know what you taste like?" you try to hold back a smile.
He nudges you backwards as he stands up, tilting your chin up to look him in the eyes. "I want to know what I taste like on your tongue," he speaks quietly, heat flashing through his eyes.
"Kiss me then," you whisper.
He doesn't hesitate or give you a chance to change your mind before his lips are on yours.
He moans softly into your mouth as you deepen the kiss, giving him what he wants and swirling your tongue against his so that he can taste himself.
He squeezes your hand before dropping it so that he can grip onto your hip and pull you closer to him while his other hand cradles the back of your head.
You know this is not what you need to be doing as the butterflies erupt and your head gets fuzzy but you can't make yourself stop. You're in trouble, and you know with every fiber of your being that you'll probably end up with your heart shattered into pieces, but at this very moment there is nothing you want to do besides kiss him.
He pulls away breathless, before crashing his lips to yours again. His head swimming with a million thoughts and nothing but the feel of your lips on his at the same time. He's not sure when you'll kiss him again, so he's going to take advantage of every single second that he can.
He tilts your head back and trails kisses along your neck and jaw before finding your lips again and dipping his tongue into your mouth, reveling in the quiet whimpers and moans that are escaping you.
When you both pull away, naturally breathless, he pecks you on the lips one more time.
"Don't get too used to that," you mumble against his jaw before you rest your forehead on his shoulder. He shakes his head and chuckles, knowing that even though he got his way for the moment, your reluctance is still going to be there.
He gently trails his fingers along your spine while you toy with the hairs at the nape of his neck and try to clear your brain of the fog that you're in.
"We have to go downstairs for dinner with the team," you whisper and he nods giving your hip one final squeeze before you step away from him.
He follows you into the bathroom and sits on the counter while you brush your hair and fix the light amount of makeup you're wearing so that hopefully it's not obvious what you've been up to.
You head down to dinner together, meeting up with everyone else and enjoying your usual banter with the team. Christian sits next to you and finds subtle ways to keep physical contact with you.
Typically you all hang out for a few hours after dinner, playing games, watching movies, or watching game films, but tonight everyone seems to be doing their own things. After dinner is over you make your way towards the elevator, Christian slipping away and joining you.
He presses the button for your floor and you look at him quizzically.
"Just making sure you get to your room safe," he smiles at you.
"I'm a big girl, Christian, I can get to my room just fine," you chuckle, but he ignores you.
He walks you to your door but before you let yourself in, you turn to face him.
"I would ask if I can stay but I already know the answer to that," he smiles softly at you. "But, in case you change your mind," he holds out the room key that Wes had used earlier in the day.
You grin and take it from him, slipping it into your pocket.
"Give me your phone," you smile at him as you pull out your own phone and share a digital copy of the key to your room to his phone.
"I didn't know that was an option, look at you being fancy," he chuckles.
He leans down and presses a kiss to the corner of your mouth.
"Night, y/n" he smiles at you.
"Night, Chris" you sigh.
You let yourself into your room and try to clear your head by going through your night time routine.
Once you've settled in the bed, you realize sleep isn't going to happen after tossing and turning for a while. You look over at the key laying on your bedside table and wonder if he's awake.
You could text him and ask, but instead you climb out of bed and slip on some shoes and grab what you'll need in the morning.
You quietly make your way to the stairs deciding it is probably the safest option this time of night to keep you from getting caught. Your room is two floors above Christian's, the coaches are on the floor between you, you know because you help arrange the accommodations.
You let yourself into his room, the lights are off, but his TV is on. As soon as he hears the door he knows it's you and he can't help the smile that spreads over his features when you drop your things on the dresser and take your shoes off.
"I didn't wake you did I?" you ask as he pulls the covers back.
"Nope, I was watching the other football," he grins, "you ok?"
"Couldn't sleep" you sigh as you climb into bed with him.
He holds his arm out, inviting you to scoot closer to him and he's a bit stunned when you tuck into his side and rest your head on his chest.
You watch football for a while with him, chatting about his beloved Jets before you drift off to sleep.
He places a soft kiss to the top of your head, "night, baby," he whispers as he turns off the tv and pulls you close to him.
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as true as the jokes about “everyone wants to rewrite ninjago” are i feel like smthn people forget when complaining about the inconsistencies of the show is that…. it wasn’t planned? it’s not like most other animated shows lately - it didn’t start with a deeply fleshed out world or a meticulously designed pitch bible with grandiose plans for a long-term story or character arcs. the ninja don’t originally get their powers from heredity because they weren’t hereditary powers yet. the magic system doesn’t make sense bc they literally just made it up as they went! they go back and forth on stuff like whether non-elementals can learn spinjitzu bc it’s a collaborative piece of media made by people with vastly different levels of control over the story, the animation, the sets, etc. that varied over the course of the series. it’s totally understandable and exciting to see so many people reworking the early stuff with the lore and logic later seasons introduced but i personally feel that… if you’re doing that. you need to understand why the show is like that instead of writing it off as being bad and shitty. it was working with what it had. it’s only what it is now because of that awkward troubleshooting phase, not in spite of it
#ninjago#text✨#you’re 100% allowed to criticize the show but i keep seeing people complain about the inconsistencies about like. their parents giving them#their powers especially. like yeah cool that wasn’t a thing yet? they have different origins than the non-core elementals#because in the real world that idea hadn’t even crossed their minds yet! the original story was a more traditional fantasy narrative of#normal people rising to the occasion and *gaining* powers through their own feats. the fact that they changed it later doesn’t mean#it was necessarily bad to begin with or that it’s something that should be mocked#idk just. there’s a lot of hostility in some circles about this stuff and it makes me kinda sad. enjoy the complexity of production and how#series adapt over time. it’s part of why the show is so interesting to me#that essay i wrote had a whole bit juxtaposing the attitudes about technology in rebooted and prime empire and how they reflect greater#cultural trends between 2013 and 2021. it’s SUPER interesting and yet a lot of people only talk about it to make fun of how ‘bad’ it was :(#this isnt to say i don’t enjoy some of the retcons. the changes to their meetings with wu in s8 are genuinely really interesting! i love the#changes to cole’s backstory. i think his mom makes him in the early seasons even better! i’m just saying.. be respectful? nobody *tries* to#make a bad show. ages and ages of time and dedication were put into what ends up on your screens. it’s all human love and creation.#as goofy as it is#okay sry got all anthropology there but hm. been thinking about this for a while. apologies for being the local annoying early seasons fan
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bread-that-draws · 10 months
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Sorry not to be insane about fictional characters again but like. Nimona’s big “monster” scene. How she realizes nothing has changed. How she discovers her “allies” were willing to turn on her the moment there was a reason to do so. How her roar is an anguished scream. How something as simple as a kids commercial about slaying monsters, something nobody else even bats an eye at, causes so much pain. How what she turns into is so unlike her usual shifting. How the director was ready to destroy innocent people to get rid of her. How it didn’t matter to the director if innocent people got hurt just to get rid of this “threat”. How the director, just as capable as hurting people, isn’t the one demonized. How this moment has been quietly building up the whole movie, even though she brushes it off, even though she pretends not to care (how she seeks out a supposed murderer because he may understand her, how an arrow to the leg isn’t a big deal to her, how she plays up the “monster” stereotype but hates being called one, how her first breaking point is a little girl showing the same generational hate that Gloreth showed, how she always explained what she was as Nimona). How done with all of it she is. How she gives up. “I see you”.
How Nimona is such a fucking queer story that it makes me explode
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obstinaterixatrix · 3 months
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I love villainess stories but I hate when some hack writers take the stupid direction of. the ‘villainess’ used to be/is seen as a HEINOUS BITCH but is actually clumsy/misunderstood/nice—however, the ‘protagonist’ is ACTUALLY a HEINOUS BITCH and everyone should hate her for real. like this is not actually subversive. this is nothing.
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ratsetflummi · 2 years
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dracula dictionary june 17th
"as I was sitting on the edge of my bed cudgelling my brains" cudgel one's brains: To try very hard to comprehend, solve, think of, or remember something
"I heard without a cracking of whips" without: here: outside
"and saw drive into the yard two great leiter-wagons" leiter-wagon: from german Leiterwagen (ladder wagon): a wooden wagon with side walls that resemble ladders
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"but just then the "hetman" of the Sz[**]ny came out" hetman: ukranian version of ataman, related to german Hauptmann (leader): the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force sz**ny: a slur for romani people
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sciderman · 2 months
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I would say you’re more of a Mr peanut butter type yeah
doggy doggy what now?
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festeringmoons · 4 months
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Stell is such an interesting antagonist to me because he is the only lawful good character in the entire series. He is trying to stop anyone from being hurt, but unfortunately lives in a world where everyone else has a broken moral compass, so that forces him to be the villain because all the main characters are literal serial killers. He desperately does not want to hurt anybody— he even tried to keep Marcella from being killed, and was willing to give Eli a second chance. Obviously, every act of goodness he’s ever done has backfired because nobody else cares about things like “morality” or “other people” and it’s so funny because he is literally the bad guy. The main characters all hate him but that’s only because he keeps trying to arrest them after they commit some horrible crime, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to do! He’s the hero of his own story, I guess, or at least he would be if he ever won.
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poppyseed799 · 5 months
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btw I don’t know if this is a thing anyone is thinking about but I’m not gonna stop drawing Jimmy as a canary. It’s a lovely bird. It’s still something that’s been really important to his series. There’s no reason to drop the canary headcanon just cuz Lizzie fell into the void.
#warning: don’t open up these tags I went on a very heated and rather unrelated rant cuz I’ve been mad#trafficblr#life series#secret life spoilers#secret life smp#jimmy solidarity#also I’m sick of seeing ppl celebrate Jimmy surviving because they hate the canary curse fans like SHUT UP!!! LET US HAVE FUN GOD!!!#LIKE LITERALLY EVEN IF NOBODY CAME UP WITH THE CANARY METAPHOR WE WOULD STILL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW HES ALWAYS DYING OK WE DIDNT MAKE UP THAT#HE DIES FIRST HE JUST DOES. GOD. so what if some people make shakespeare sounding posts about the curse that I don’t understand. we are JUST#having fun and making connections where we don’t need to BECAUSE ITS FUN. NOT CUZ WE DONT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. sorry for the past few#days I’ve been genuinely mad at this fandom’s growing hatred towards its own community.#LIKE IM FINE IF ITS NOT YOUR THING BUT GOD. WE ARENT EVEN DOING ANYTHING 😭😭😭 THE LORE LITERALLY WRITES ITSELF OR IS WRITTEN BY MARTYN LOL#I’ve just been getting SO TILTED man. like ohhh yeah okay ur right i said too much guess I won’t say anything anymore#does anyone else genuinely not know wtf ppl are talking about when they say a certain hc takes over everything about the character#cuz I literally see so much varied Jimmy content yet I’ve seen several ppl complain that ppl ignore aspects of his character in favor of#WHATEVER when I literally don’t see that happening to him. step out of ur circle or something I don’t even HAVE a circle man
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nostalgia-tblr · 6 months
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It's time for me to admit something.
I am still a bit confused about how back in the beginning of the Loki series Mobius is introduced to us as "special[ising] in the pursuit of dangerous Variants." But like. That doesn't seem to be a thing that the TVA really... do? They mostly seem to spot nexus events and pop to the new branch and prune it, bringing back the person who caused that nexus event to give them a show-trial and then prune them too.
There's no reason they can't do more than one thing, but what exactly are "dangerous variants"? From the TVA perspective they're all equally troublesome, and they'll be picked up as soon as they do something 'wrong', and the TVA/HWR don't actually care about the moral value or otherwise of that 'wrong' thing. Have I got that right?
They're chasing Sylvie but a) she's targeting the TVA themselves and b) she's got a means to travel from one timeline to another, which she got from the TVA and unless those get stolen a lot..
I'm willing to just roll with it anyway if it doesn't really fit but what am I missing here? EXPLAIN. (pls?)
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iamsurvivor666 · 11 months
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| "All I've been thinking about is you. What do you think? Can you still be my friend in this situation? Can we put our arms around each other's shoulders and hug each other, like nothing happened? I can't.""
Star Struck (Joe Yoo Jae [Baek Zu Ho] in focus. 2023 - EP6)
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lithiumcreepblog · 8 months
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Steve Harrington & Jonathan Byers’
The Great American Road Trip
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Day 1. 07/21/1993. Chicago, IL to St. Louis, MO.
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Day 1: Jonathan and I are on the Route 66. Finally. We have been planning this trip for a while, and we’re going from Chicago to Santa Monica the whole way through, then visiting Argyle. I’ve been wanting to go on a cross country road trip for a long time, so it’s great that we get to go now. We stopped by a vendor at the pier first and got some sunglasses for the road. Jonathan said I’m too obsessed with sunglasses. I don’t think so though. It’s not my fault I look incredibly cool in them. He looks really good in them too, not that he’ll ever admit it. He wouldn’t let me take a picture of him with two sunglasses on at the same time, but he looked pretty silly. We drove for a few hours to Springfield where we stopped for a quick lunch at a diner. Actually, Jonathan drove and I provided meaningful commentary the whole way. Jonathan also won’t stop filming everything he sees with his video camera… he’s making a film later of our trip. Robin told me I should keep a journal too, write down stuff I find interesting along the way. Which I saw a lot of. One of which is this big statue called The Gemini Giant in Wilmington. He had an astronaut helmet that looks more like a mask for welding, but it was pretty cool. My favorite stop of the day was the detour to the old brick road which is part of the original stretch of the Route. We’re already out of Illinois and made it to St. Louis even with all our stops. But it was already dark when we arrived so we’ll have to see the Arch tomorrow. I’m absolutely wiped because I took over the driving role after Springfield, but today was more fun than I even imagined.
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“Do you really have to record everything?”
“Oh yes, this is very important. We’re capturing the essence of Americana… gorging yourself on a hamburger with bacon. Pure American decadence.”
“Give me that, I’m not being the only one with my mouth open on camera.”
“Alright, alright. Here you go, get a shot of our milkshakes together.”
“So, Jonathan. Tell the camera, how have I been as a road trip companion so far?”
“Hmm, very distracting.”
“What? I’m offended.”
“Don’t look at me like a kicked puppy, I mean it in a good way. I’ve just never seen you this lively or taken with anything, that’s all. This is about fulfilling your dream as much as it is about mine. It is like being a kid all over again, isn’t it? Going places we’ve never been before and seeing new things. It’s just hard to focus on the road when your eyes are lighting up beside me with every weird landmark we pass.”
“Nice save there, Jon. I am glad we get to do this together. It’s already some of the most fun I’ve had, and you are a great partner to go on a road trip with.”
“Likewise, Steve. I can’t believe we’ve never done this before.”
“And why don’t you give us something from that book of yours as parting words for anyone who might be seeing this?”
“I don’t think we’ll be showing this to anyone but sure… let’s see… okay, here. ‘What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing?—It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.’”
“Alright… I think I understood what that means… now, back on the road!”
Steve & Jonathan listen to this on repeat for about 5 times before they both grow tired of it. Steve then wonders if there are any other songs about Route 66 to which Jonathan goes on a 15 minute long lecture about the origin of the song, from Nat King Cole to the other renditions. Steve listens with a fond smile as Jonathan becomes more animated behind the wheel, and plays the tape again just for the fun of it.
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Souvenirs obtained: one fridge magnet that says Route 66 Illinois for Joyce, one miniature car to put on Steve’s shelf, one postcard set for the memories.
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thoseboysinblue · 1 month
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What Nobody Sees
Part 3
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Christian Pulisic x reader
You have unexpectedly found yourself tangled up in a long-term situationship with Christian.
Word count: 7700+
Warnings: Swearing, smut (under 18 DNI)
Song Inspo: Sin So Sweet by Warren Zeiders
Requested: No
Author's note: The original concept for this is based on a dream I had. Once I heard the song, I knew it was an immediate fit. This will be a multi-part series. Thank you, as always to @neverinadream for helping me to flesh this out. Hope you enjoy! Feedback is always appreciated!
Also, I know it has taken a while for me to update, thank you for your patience and I hope it is worth the wait.
You wake in the early hours of the morning, darkness enveloping you as you remember where you are. Christian's scent surrounds you, his arm is thrown delicately over your waist, your legs are tangled with his, and the sound of his slow and steady breathing fills the space.
You shift slightly and his arm tightens around you pulling you closer to him.
"You ok," he whispers as he nuzzles into you, lightly kissing your shoulder.
"Mmm" you hum, as you twirl your hair into a bun and tuck the loose end under your head so that it won't be in his face.
He takes advantage of your exposed neck, trailing a row of soft kisses along the side before giving in to his stronger desires and licking a stripe back to your earlobe and softly nipping it with his teeth.
A quiet groan escapes his lips when you involuntarily grind your ass against his semi-hardened cock. He slides his hand under your shirt brushing his thumb over your nipple as he cups your breast in his hand, enjoying the soft moan that he pulls from you.
I love the way she reacts so easily, he thinks to himself as he feels the goosebumps erupt on your skin. He raises your shirt over your head tossing it to the floor along with his own as his hands hungrily roam your body.
He continues trailing kisses along your neck and shoulders as he dips his hand between your legs and brushes his fingers over your clit earning another soft moan as you once again grind your hips against him.
"Stay on your side," he whispers. He slides your shorts and underwear down your legs before removing his own and nudging your knee a little higher to give him more access to you.
He presses his tip against your entrance feeling how wet you already are for him. He drops to one elbow, his face and body hovering slightly over yours as he pushes into you fully.
You both sigh as he stretches you out and begins rocking in and out of you slowly. You intertwine your fingers with his hand he's using to prop himself up as he brings his other hand up to roll your nipple between his forefinger and thumb.
You've never felt so completely comfortable with someone in bed as you do with him. Even though you both often praise one another or mutter filthy things back and forth, you know it's not necessary right now; you both know what the other needs without saying a word.
The two of you have learned that you can trust each other to be met with no judgement when trying something new is mentioned. Sometimes those experiments have worked out great, sometimes you were both left in a heap of laughter on the bed.
The room is filled with quiet moans and heavy breathing as Christian picks up the pace ever so slightly. His cock dragging perfectly against your walls and brushing over your sweet spot with every thrust.
You press two fingers to his lips, feeling him smirk before drawing them into his mouth to coat them in his saliva.
You slide your hand down your body and when your fingers brush over your clit you clench around him as he whimpers against the side of your face.
He continues rolling one nipple between his fingers before dipping his head to pull the other between his lips feeling you clench even harder around him at the sensation.
He pulls off of you with a pop, "baby, you close? I can't hold it much longer," he groans.
You nod as you grind your hips against him and he thrusts deeper into you.
"So close, Chris," you whisper as you feel his hips start to falter.
"Cum for me, my pretty girl," he whispers against your jaw and that's all it takes to topple you over the edge, Christian following quickly behind you as he stills himself deep inside of you.
Warmth spreads in your chest at him calling you his "pretty girl." It's by far the sweetest thing he's called you. You're used to him calling you his little slut or his dirty girl, but his pretty girl, that's new.
He leans down and presses a barely there kiss to your lips, silently celebrating that you didn't turn away from him before pulling out of you and laying back down beside you.
He pulls you flush against him, your back pressed against his chest as his arm wraps around your waist. He places a few delicate kisses along your shoulder as you trail your fingertips along his arm.
You lay in silence for a few minutes, cloaked in the darkness of the room, while your mind races. This feels like more than just sex now, you think to yourself as Christian's thumb traces circles over your ribs.
"I love," he breaks the silence and pauses when your breath hitches in your throat. He takes a breath in before starting again, "I love that I know what it's like to make you cum in the middle of the night." He smiles against your shoulder as you nod.
"You're a fucking dream," he whispers as he runs his nose along your neck.
"Maybe a wet dream," you giggle as he kisses the sweet spot just below your ear.
"Still a dream," he laughs lowly.
He whines as you shuffle away from him slightly.
"I'll be right back," you giggle and kiss him on the underside of his jaw and slide out of the bed. You grab a shirt from the floor and make your way to the bathroom to clean up a bit. When you pull the shirt you grabbed over your head, you realize it's his. You shrug and admire yourself for a moment in the mirror, your eyes floating along where his shirt hits you mid-thigh.
What am I doing? You think to yourself as you realize the already blurred lines surrounding you and Christian becoming more and more blurred every day.
It's just a fling. You tell yourself even though you know it doesn't feel that way anymore, maybe if you keep reminding yourself it will help to soften the blow to your heart when this inevitably ends.
He catches a glimpse of you in the mirror at the end of the bed before you turn off the bathroom light as you rejoin him. Butterflies swarm in his belly when he notices you're in his shirt. You've stayed with him a few of times before, twice during the World Cup, and once after winning the Concacaf back in June; but you've never worn his clothes before on those occasions, and he can't deny that it short circuits his brain a little.
He scoots towards the center of the bed, holding his arm out to invite you to snuggle into his side. You join him and lay your head on his chest, softly dragging your fingers over the smattering of chest hair he hasn't shaved.
"Everything ok?" he asks quietly, kissing the top of your head.
"Yeah," you sigh, "funny how I thought this was going to be a one time thing," a quiet laugh escapes your lips.
"That was never going to happen," he chuckles, "I was addicted from that first time."
"We should go back to sleep," you whisper hearing him yawn in agreement, "we have a long day tomorrow, and you don't need to be tired."
"You're worth being tired for," he whispers as he wraps his arms around you and squeezes you gently.
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Flashback to May/June 2022
"Hey you," you chuckle as Christian pulls you into a side hug, "long time no see," you grin at him as you sit down at the table across that's serving as your makeshift desk while he sits across from you.
"It's good to be back," he gives you a slight smile as he leans back in his chair, stretching his legs out under the table.
"How was Florida?" you make small talk while you shuffle though a few papers.
"It's always nice to be home," he shrugs, "glad I get to go back for a couple of weeks after camp before preseason starts back up."
"Yeah, I know you're ready for some downtime," you say absentmindedly as you finally find what you're looking for.
"How are things in London?" you glance up to him, catching his eyes before he looks down at his hands that are resting on the table.
"Fine, good" he huffs before looking back up at you forcing a smile.
You reach across the table and place your hand over his, giving him a reassuring squeeze which causes him to sigh.
"How long have we known each other, Christian?" you ask him quietly.
"Three or four years?" he looks at you puzzled.
"Have you forgotten that we've been friends long enough that I can tell when you're just giving a diplomatic answer," you narrow your eyes at him.
"You don't have to tell me, and I won't push you to talk about it, but know that if you want to talk, I'll listen, ok?" you offer him a slight smile, rubbing your thumb over his knuckles.
"Thank you," he sighs before offering you a sincere smile.
"I've looked back through all the data I've been collecting since I started working with the team in January, including what's been sent to me from Chelsea, and everything looks good fitness wise," you say as you glance back through your notes.
"So, let's get you some minutes in, get these matches out of the way, and get you to your downtime with your family, ok?" you nod at him.
"Yeah sounds good," he says as he looks at you but seems a bit distracted.
"Alright, go get me that trouble maker friend of yours," you chuckle letting him know you're done with your brief but required meeting.
He chuckles as he stands, "I'll let him know."
He starts to leave but turns back to you, "hey, y/n?"
"Yeah?" you look up at him.
"It's good to see you," he smiles at you, a genuine smile that reaches his eyes.
"Good to see you too, Chris." you grin back at him.
The training sessions leading up to the four scheduled June fixtures go relatively smoothly, everyone falling into the normal camp routines. You chuckle to yourself when several of the guys decide to go for mullets asking them if they'd lost some kind of bet.
When you first started working with the team, you steered pretty clear of hanging out with them outside of training and film sessions, but during the March camp, you started hanging out with them a little more and more. You'd begun joining in on their gaming nights, quickly usurping Princess Peach in MarioKart and shocking all of them with your competitive side. You had even started playing "drinking games" with them, encouraging them to bring their favorite hydration drinks to your room or wherever you were meeting up in order to make sure they were staying on top of their health.
When Christian showed up for training one morning with blonde highlights you couldn't deny that it surprised you and made you painfully aware of how good it looked on him.
"Y/n," Weston grins as he pushes through the door to your room with Christian following behind him, "what do you think of CP's new hair?"
"It's not bad," you grin back at him, "very Florida fuckboy," you chuckle as you ruffle your fingers through Christian's hair.
Christian locks eyes with you, arching an eyebrow at you, but you don't miss the sharp intake of breath he takes when you scratch your fingers against his scalp.
He can't deny that hearing you call him a fuckboy sent a flicker of heat down his spine, your words in combination with your fingers in his hair causing his dick to twitch.
"Had a lot of experience with fuckboys, y/n?" Wes chuckles.
"More than I'd like to admit," you roll your eyes before throwing Christian a wink.
"Do we need to stage an intervention for you?" you grin at Christian as you prop your door open waiting for the others to join you. "Deleting social media posts, new hair, it's like your going through a bad breakup" you giggle.
"Nah, I think I'm alright," he grins back, "just getting some hate on those posts so got rid of them, and just trying something new for the summer," he winks at you.
Once everyone has joined you, you are all sitting around in your room, playing never have I ever. The guys sipping on waters and electrolyte replacement drinks while you do the same.
Things stay fairly innocent at first, but naturally take a turn as they usually do.
"Never have I ever given a lap dance," Tyler chuckles when several of the guys and you drink.
You notice Christian keeps glancing towards you with each confession, and you can't help but glance back at him to gauge his reaction each time.
"Never have I ever been skinny dipping," Christian shrugs before taking a sip of his drink.
"Never have I ever gotten myself off in front of someone else," Wes notices that you take a sip of your drink and widens his eyes at you.
But you've noticed that Christian has also been sneaking in drinks as well to nearly everything mentioned.
"Alright," Jedi wiggles his eyebrows, "never have I ever tied someone up or been tied up."
You take a bite your lip to keep from smiling before taking a long drink of your drink.
"Y/N" Wes acts shocked, "here I thought you were all innocent, but I don't think we've found anything you haven't done yet," he eyes you up. "It's always the quiet ones that surprise you," he chuckles.
You watch as Christian makes eye contact with you before taking a drink of his drink without anyone else noticing.
"It is always the quiet ones" you grin, never taking your eyes off of Christian.
As everyone finishes up the game and starts to head back to their own rooms Christian lingers for a few minutes, "thank you," he smiles at you and you look at him puzzled. "For making things more fun, I'm glad you're here."
"Oh, well it's nothing really, but I like hanging out with you guys so I'm glad you're enjoying it," you smile back at him.
"We still on for tomorrow night?" he tilts his head to the side just slightly.
"Yep, you, me, and Wes have a date with some film," you nod at him.
"Good" he whispers as he leans down and barely grazes a kiss to your cheek, his hand giving your hip the slightest squeeze. His actions causing goosebumps to erupt on your skin.
The next evening you show up at Christian's room, a few minutes late having gotten caught up in a conversation with some of the other staff members during dinner.
"Hey, sorry I'm late," you shake your head as Christian lets you in his room. "Where's Wes?" you ask as you drop your laptop on his bed and kick your shoes off.
"He got pulled into a press conference and then he said he has some other things he's got to handle tonight," he shrugs at you, "so afraid you're stuck with just me."
"Whatever will I do?" you chuckle at him, but the thought of being alone with him makes you dizzy.
"We'll probably get more done without him," he grins at you as you nod in agreement.
"Damn it, I forgot the connector for the TV, I can run up to my room and get it," you trail off.
"Nah, we can just watch on your laptop," he settles onto the bed as you do the same.
You're both sitting with your backs against the headboard, your laptop sitting in the open space between you. You point out a few things about the team they will be playing against in a couple of days from some highlights you'd spliced together, showing him some vulnerabilities you noticed from both their offensive set pieces and the way they defend set pieces.
When you pick your laptop up to switch to a different video, he shuffles closer to you and takes the computer and balances it on one of each of your legs. His proximity and feeling him so close to you sending a jolt of electricity through your skin.
You continue pointing out a few things you've noticed, especially some defensive weaknesses you think he could exploit, but every nerve in your body is on high alert with each and every glancing touch from him.
"It's sexy the way you can break things down," he mumbles out loud, but he meant to only think it to himself.
You pause the video, and look at him, "I'm sorry, what?" You notice the tips of his ears are pink.
"I like the way you break down film," he breathes out.
"That's definitely not what you said," you chuckle.
You move to restart the video, deciding not to press him on his choice of words. But he grabs your wrist to stop you.
"You're right, I said it's sexy," the low tone of his voice making you shudder.
"Is that so?" You arch an eyebrow as you turn to face him a bit more.
"And? Is that hard to believe or something?" his tongue darts out to lick his lower lip.
"Come on, you know you're hot," he knits his eyebrows together.
"I mean, maybe to some people," you shake your head as quiet laughter escapes your lips.
"The way you think is sexy, you are sexy, to me," he emphasizes the last two words of his statement.
"You can't mean that," you smile nervously. "You're um, you're you," you motion up and down him with your hand, "and I'm, well I'm not exactly the type of girl that you're probably used to."
"No, you're not, but that doesn't make you any less hot," he brushes his lips against yours, testing the waters.
The kiss stuns you, but your body immediately reacts to his as you both share a brief smile before he kisses you again, a bit more fervently this time.
A soft groan escapes from deep within his chest when you thread your fingers into the short hairs at the nape of his neck and allow him to slip his tongue into your mouth.
He pulls away from you just long enough to close your laptop and sit it on the bedside table. He turns back to you and tucks a lose strand of hair behind your ear before skimming his fingers along your jaw and tilting your face upward to kiss you again.
As your breathing becomes ragged, his kisses lower to your jaw and along the column of your neck as he slides on hand under the hem of your shirt. His position changes as settles himself between your legs, his hardened bulge pressing into your thigh.
"Christian," you breathe out.
"Hmm," he mumbles against your collarbone.
"Should we be doing this?"
He brings his face up to hover over yours, his eyes dark with lust.
"Maybe not, but I don't really want to stop," he admits quietly, "do you?"
You blink a couple of times as you contemplate his words, "not really," you sigh as he softly places his lips on yours.
He leans back again, judging your expression, "we can stop if you want to, at any time y/n. I don't want to, but I will."
"No," you shake your head slightly, "no, I don't want to stop." You lean up and kiss him again, nipping softly at his lower lip as he lets out a quiet moan and grinds against you.
"You have no idea how bad I want you," he whispers against the shell of your ear, one of his hands skimming against your waist again.
"I want you, too," you whisper back, tugging at his shirt.
He sits up and pulls his shirt over his head while you do the same. A shy smile spreads over his lips while you both take each other in.
He cups his hands over your bra, the thin lace separating his thumbs from your nipples when he brushes over them before sliding his hands around to the clasp. He pauses for a moment, waiting for your approval before he moves any further. You give him a quick nod and he undoes the clasp, removing the straps from your arms as he kisses over your collar bones and tosses it to the side.
You settle back onto the pillows as he holds eye contact with you. "You still ok?" asks quietly as you give him a reassuring smile and nod. Only then do his eyes drop to your now exposed breasts.
He grazes his thumbs over your already hardened nipples, pulling a quiet gasp from you before dipping his head to pull one of them into his mouth.
He switches between one breast and the other, flicking his tongue over your nipples, sucking at them and rolling them between his fingers until your breathing is heavy, quiet moans are falling from your lips, and you are grinding your core against him seeking out any friction you can get.
He kisses his way down your stomach until he reaches the waistband of your shorts. He glances back up to you, once again silently asking for permission as you lift your hips and give him the slightest nod.
He slides your shorts and underwear off, biting his lower lip as he sees you laid bare for him. You move to cover yourself under his intense stare but he grabs your hand and stops you, faintly shaking his head as his eyes burn into yours.
"You don't need to hide from me," he smirks as he settles between your legs and kisses over the tops of your thighs, "you look incredible like this, you always look amazing, but like this..." he trails off as a groan escapes his lips.
He traces his fingers around your entrance, brushing his thumb over your clit and watching your reaction, desperate to learn what makes you feel good.
"We should probably try to be quiet," he whispers against your stomach as he continues teasing you, "even though I'd love to make you scream," he winks at you causing you to giggle quietly, somehow breaking the tension in the room.
He hovers his face of yours as he slides one finger into you feeling you instantly clench around him.
"Use two," you whisper against his lips.
He nods and slides a second finger into you while massaging your clit with his thumb. You arch your back to meet his movements and he presses his lips to yours to swallow your quiet moans.
"Can I taste you?" he asks quietly as he kisses along your jaw feeling you nod as you sigh "yes."
He slides his fingers out of you and pulls them into his mouth, humming at the taste, before settling between your legs with his face hovering just above your core.
You whine at the loss of contact and buck your hips towards his face as his warm breath fans across you.
He chuckles before he dips his tongue into your entrance, a faint moan escaping his lips as he licks his way to your clit. He sucks lightly before, tracing his tongue along your folds again and pushing it deeper into your entrance again.
He licks back to your clit, flattening his tongue against it before sucking and flicking at it, slipping two fingers back into you and feeling you clench around them.
He moans against you when you thread your fingers into his hair and tug slightly. He curls his fingers against your sweet spot and the moan of his name that falls from your lips makes him dizzy.
"Yes, Christian, just like that," you breathe out as involuntarily grind against him, "you're gonna make me cum," you moan.
He keeps doing exactly what he's doing, knowing that you are enjoying it. He sucks and flicks at your clit and continues working his fingers into you perfectly until he feels you clenching and shuddering around him.
He reaches one hand up to roll your nipple between his fingers and that's all it takes for you to come undone. Your orgasm washing over you with a moan of his name. He slows his movements and kisses over your clit softly as you come down from your high, grinding his painfully hard cock against the mattress desperately.
He kisses his way back up your body as you work to steady your breathing. He moves your hair away from your face and rubs his thumb soothingly over your cheekbone before leaning down to kiss you, allowing you to taste yourself.
You hum against his lips, "that was, um, you were, holy shit, I can't think right now..." you trail off as he chuckles against your neck.
"We don't have to do anything else if you don't want to," he smiles softly down at you, "but it's so hot when you cum."
"I want more," you whisper against his neck as you trail a few kisses there, enjoying the whimper that escapes his lips when you find his sweet spot.
You trail your hands down his back, having come down from one high but craving another. When you reach the waistband of his shorts and push on it slightly, he sits up between your knees and pushes his shorts and boxers down, freeing himself as he kicks them off the end of the bed.
He grips his cock firmly, smirking when you bite your lip at the sight of him. He smears the leaking pre-cum over his tip with his thumb before bringing his thumb to your mouth to tug your lip free. He grins as you pull his thumb into your mouth, getting a slight taste of him, while never taking your eyes off of his cock.
"My eyes are up here, y/n" he chuckles as you look up to him blushing slightly.
"Yeah, I know where your eyes are, but I'm not worried about them right now," you grin.
A groan rips from his chest as you sit up just enough to wrap your fingers around him.
"I wanna feel you," you tug at him, "I want you," you nip at his earlobe as you pull him back down on the bed with you.
He pins one of your arms above your head while both of you line him up with your entrance. You grip your fingers into his hip as he barely pushes into you before pulling out and running his tip up to your clit. He teases you a couple more times before you hook your leg over his hip to hold him in place.
"Please quit teasing," you groan as you thrust your hips upward desperate to draw him into you further.
"Hmmm, I think you like it though," he chuckles as he inches into you a little more.
"Fuck, Christian, please." you breathe out, "don't make me beg."
"Oh, but you already are," he smirks at you, "and it's so hot, I'm tempted to make you do it a little more. But, fuck, I need to feel you."
"Fuck" you both moan as he pushes into you fully. His hand grips the one hand of yours he has pinned above you tightly while you dig your fingertips into his hips and arch your back pressing your body against him.
You gasp when he pulls out and slowly pushes into you again allowing you to feel every inch of him.
"Shit you feel good," he breathes out as he rocks into you slowly at first, your walls fluttering and clenching around him, "so fucking good."
He sets a steady pace, both of you panting and moaning quietly as you get lost in one another, but you can tell he's holding back a little.
"You can go harder," you grip his fingers tighter as he hits your g-spot.
"Hey" you whine when he pulls out of you completely and sits back on his knees.
He grabs a pillow from beside you, and jerks his chin up "lift your hips for me," he smirks when you comply.
Once he has the pillow positioned under your hips how he wants it, he pulls one of your legs over his forearm before pinning both of your arms above your head and pushing back into you.
You gasp at the new angle, feeling him deeper and even better than before.
"You like it a little rough, hmm," he groans into your ear but all you can do is moan in response.
"You're being so good for me, taking me so damn well, y/n" he moans against your neck when you clench around him at his words, "mmm you like that too, I think, you like it when I tell you you're good."
"Yes," you breathe out, "you feel so fucking good." You feel him twitch as he whimpers against your shoulder. You want to cringe at yourself for the praises that fall from your lips, but you can't because all you can think about at the moment is how good he feels and how well he is fucking you.
"Please, just like that, Christian" you moan, as his cock hits your sweet spot repeatedly.
"You gonna cum again, am I gonna make you cum again?" he stammers out as he feels his own high building.
"Yes, fuck," is all you can manage before you clench harshly around him and you break one of your hands free to grip into his bicep.
"That's it, let me have it, y/n" he groans as he feels you come undone, halting his movements for a few moments.
Once he knows you are through your own high, he thrusts lazily into you a few times, letting you catch your breath before picking up the pace again.
"I'm close," he whispers, "where can I..." he trails off.
"My mouth" you interrupt him, "I want to know what you taste like."
"Fuck," he groans, your words catching him off guard.
He pulls out of you quickly and stands on his knees while you sit up and position yourself on all fours in front of him, bringing one hand up to guide him into your mouth as he pulls your hair out of your face into a makeshift ponytail.
"Shit" he whimpers as you swirl your tongue around his tip before taking him fully into your mouth.
"Yes, just like that," he moans quietly when his tip hits the back of your throat causing you to gag.
"I'm gonna cum," he holds your head steady as he thrusts into your mouth, his hips beginning to falter as you grip your fingertips into his thigh.
A moan of your name falls from his lips as he releases into your mouth, the salty but sweet taste of him making your head spin. The image of him with his head thrown back in pure pleasure is one that will be burned into your memory. When you pull off of him and his head rolls forward to look at you, you open your mouth showing him his cum and he groans again. You throw him a wink before swallowing and licking your lips clean.
He collapses on the bed next to you and pulls you down beside him while he catches his breath.
"You're naughtier than I thought you would be," he chuckles as he nuzzles into your neck. Both of you covered in a light sheen of sweat as your breathing steadies.
"You've been thinking about me? Like this?" you question him, a bit surprised.
"Mmmhmm," he kisses your shoulder, "especially since last night with that drinking game," he confesses.
"Well, it is always the quiet ones, Christian," you giggle as he nods in agreement.
You lay there for a few more minutes as he trails his fingertips over you before you get up and grab your clothes.
You head into his bathroom to get dressed, the sudden realization of what just happened hitting you like a ton of bricks. You just had sex with Christian, really good sex, but still, that had to have broken some kind of rule. Fuck, this was stupid, you think to yourself as you drag your fingers through your hair trying to make yourself look more presentable.
You emerge from the bathroom to find Christian sitting on the bed with his shorts back on.
"I should um," you look down at your hands nervously, "I should go." You quickly grab your shoes and leave before giving him a chance to speak.
Once you're back in your room, you collapse on your bed, tears falling from your eyes as you think about the implications all of this could have on your job, your future, especially if anyone else found out. You're also worried about what he might think of you now, you were friends with him, now you've just slept with him, and you assume he thinks the worst of you at this point.
A quiet knock on the door pulls you from your thoughts as you get up and wipe the tears from your face, taking a deep breath before opening the door.
"Hey, you left your laptop," Christian stands in your doorway holding the computer out for you.
"Wait, are you crying," he asks, his voice full of concern as he edges his way into your room closing the door behind him.
"I'm fine," you offer him an unconvincing smile.
"No you're not," he says as he leads you towards your bed, putting your laptop down before sitting on the end and patting the open spot next to him.
"I am, really," you sigh as you sit down beside him.
"Come on, I know you're lying," he rolls his eyes before reaching up to gently turn your face towards him.
"Is it me?" he asks quietly, sighing when you nod.
"Do you regret it?" he looks at you sadly, like it will kill him if you say yes.
"No, it's not that," you answer him honestly, because you don't regret it, not in the least.
"Then what is it?" he gently pushes you for an answer.
His hand slides around your waist and pulls you closer to him as you rest your head on his shoulder and he rests his head on top of yours.
"I don't regret it, and I don't want you to think that, but it's all just kind of hit me and I don't know," you sigh, "I mean we work together, and there's probably rules against it, and you probably think I'm a slut who just sleeps with everyone..." your words trail off as he gets up and moves to kneel in front of you.
"Look at me, please," he asks quietly.
You open your eyes to stare down into his as they silently plead with you.
"First of all, I'm not going to let you say that about yourself, because I don't think that at all, I could never think that about you. We are two consenting adults who just had amazing, mind blowing sex in my opinion. Secondly, I don't know if there are rules or not, but no one else has to know, it can stay between us. Last, I'm begging you, please don't say this was a one time thing," he slides his hands over yours, kissing your fingertips.
"Christian, I don't know if we should," you shake your head at him, "but thank you for keeping it between us."
You feel slightly better when he stands up and pulls you into a hug.
"Guess I'm the first victim of your blonde fuckboy summer," you giggle against him as you feel him shake with laughter.
"I'm not a fuckboy," he chuckles.
"Yeah, you'd have to actually talk to people for that," you grin at him when he nods and brushes his fingers through his hair before settling them back on your jaw.
"Are we good?" he asks quietly.
You nod, "yeah we're good."
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then," he leans down and presses a kiss to your forehead before leaving.
You try to act as normal as possible over the next few days, but Wes notices that there seems to be some tension between you and Christian. When he asks you about it you try to play it off, but you're not sure how convincing you were.
"We have to do better at acting normal," Christian says to you one evening when the two of you are alone in the elevator.
"I know, I'm trying," you smile at him.
"I can't stop thinking about it," he says quietly.
"Me either," you agree with him as he loops his pinky with yours.
"But I'm not sure we should again," you say lowly.
"I know," he sighs.
"See you tomorrow," he leans down and kisses your cheek before you get off of the elevator at your floor.
You and Christian have gone somewhat back to normal after Wes questioning both of you and you are thankful that he no longer seems suspicious that something happened.
The last match of the camp is a muddy one in El Salvador. As much as you're trying to pay attention to your work, seeing Christian soaked to the bone and covered in mud has you aching for him in a way you know you shouldn't be.
"You played well," you smile at him as you hand him a towel and he uses it to wipe his face before handing it back to you and pulling his shirt over his head to give you his monitor. You take the monitor from him and hand the towel back to him but he doesn't miss the way your eyes drag over his naked upper body and bite your lip subconsciously.
The #10: you wanna hang out tonight when we get back to the hotel?
Y/N: I need a long shower, but maybe after that?
The #10: I could use another shower, still finding mud 😉
Y/N: I suppose that could've been taken as an invitation
The #10: only if you meant for it to be 🙃
Y/N: meet me at my room. Do not get caught.
The #10: 🥷
When you got to your room you turned on the shower and peeled your soaked jacket off, leaving you in an equally soaked USA shirt that left very little to the imagination.
Your stomach somersaulted when you heard a knock at the door. You open it and Christian's breath hitches in his throat at the sight of you. You pull him into your room and shut the door behind him as his hands immediately start roaming your body while he attacks your neck with kisses.
"You're wet," he chuckles against you.
"Soaked," you mumble back as he pulls your shirt over your head while you work to undress him as well.
You're both a tangled mess by the time you get into the shower together.
You trail kisses down his neck and chest until you've settled on your knees in front of him, his thumb caresses your jaw as you look up at him, watching as the droplets of water fall from his hair and roll down his body.
You stroke your hand along his hardened length a few times before licking a stripe from his base to his tip.
"Fuck," he groans.
"Is anyone in these rooms around you," his eyes burn into yours while you swirl your tongue around his tip.
"Nope, we're scattered all over the place," you grin up at him.
"Good," he winks at you.
You take him into your mouth, sucking lightly as you run your tongue along the vein on the underside of his shaft and work his base with your hand.
"You're fucking good at that," he moans as his head tips back and he grips his fingers into your hair. He steadies your pace just slightly, and the whimpers and moans escaping from him send a wave of pleasure to your core.
You trail your free hand down your body, moaning against him when your fingers meet your clit before sliding two of them into you. You moan again when you pulse them against your sweet spot, sending a vibration through his cock causing him to look down at you.
"Holy shit," he takes in the scene in front of him, water glistening all over your body, your lips wrapped tightly around him as you fuck your fingers into yourself.
He pulls you off of him, quickly pulling you back to your feet and reaching his hand up to brush his thumbs over your nipples causing you to shudder.
"If you need to fuck something, y/n" he grins as he wraps his fist around his cock, "it should be me."
You turn around in front of him and bend over just slightly, pressing your hands against the tile, "fuck me, Christian," you breathe out.
You look over your shoulder to see him staring at you, blinking.
"I want you to fuck me," you say again, a little more desperation in your voice than you'd like.
He reaches behind him and takes removes the detachable shower head from its holder and guides it down your body, streaming the water directly over your clit.
A loud moan escapes you as you reach for the wrist that's holding the shower head making sure he keeps it in just the right spot. He's smooths his hand over the curve of your ass before grabbing his cock and lining it up with your entrance.
You push back against him causing him to chuckle, "so needy, baby." You clench around nothing at him calling you baby before he pushes into you in one long stroke causing both of you to moan.
His hips snap into yours quickly as you fuck yourself back onto him, knowing your high is rapidly approaching.
"That's it, y/n," he groans, "take what you need."
"You can be a slut for me, baby, it can be our secret," he moans as you clench around him.
"Ohh, fuck, I'm not sure if you like being called my slut, or a good girl more," he chuckles when you clench again.
"Maybe my good little slut," your legs shake nearly causing you to collapse, "hmm, yes, that one I think," he leans down to speak directly into your ear burying himself fully into you.
"Come on, y/n, cum for me," he says lowly before driving into you again harshly until you come undone and push the shower head away from you, your orgasm violently ripping through you as he slides his arm around you to keep you upright.
He fucks you through it chasing his own high, you watch him through your blurred vision in the mirror. When he pulls out of you and wraps his fist around his dick you turn slightly to watch over your shoulder as he releases onto your back.
He notices you watching as he finishes, smirking and throwing you a wink as you watch him in a completely fucked out haze.
He takes the shower head and washes his cum from your back before standing you upright, his arms continuing to keep you steady.
You wrap your arms around his waist and rest your head against his chest after he's put the shower head back in the holder letting the warm water fall over the two of you.
"You ok?" he says waiting for you to nod before he removes his arms from around you and grabs your body wash.
You both shower off and wash your hair before stepping out of the shower. He wraps a towel around his waist as you dry off and wrap yours around you as well moving on to towel drying your hair. He watches as you brush your hair and get dressed, taking a few minutes to dress himself as well.
"Hard to believe it's gonna be a few months before I see you again," he says as he sits on the end of your bed and pulls you to stand between his legs.
"Yeah, I guess September," you shrug at him.
"Well you have an open invitation to visit me in Florida, or we're doing preseason in the States..." he trails off looking up at you.
"Christian, that's probably not a good idea," you frown at him, "I mean, I think it would raise a lot of suspicions if I was visiting you outside of camp."
He nods, "yeah, you're probably right."
"So next camp?" he smirks at you.
"Next camp," you shake your head at him.
****end of flashback***
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You wake before your alarm, staring at Christian as he sleeps quietly, still wondering to yourself how you got to this point. You reach over to trace your fingers against the slight stubble on his jaw.
"You keep doing that and I'm going to fall in love with you," he mumbles sleepily, the huskiness in his voice evident.
You pull your hand away and he chuckles and pulls it back, kissing the inside of your palm without ever opening his eyes.
"You can't fall in love with me," you whisper and he opens his eyes to look at you, taking in the softness of your features bathed in early morning light.
"And why is that," he knits his eyebrows together.
"Because I'm the girl you fuck on international break, Christian, not the girl you fall in love with," you try to smile but he knows it's forced.
His alarm interrupts your conversation.
"We should get up," you say quietly, "we need to run."
He shakes his head, "I did my cardio for the day around 2 am I think."
"Nope, doesn't count," you grin as he tries to pull you back into the bed when you move to get up.
You finally pull him out of bed, "I will not be a distraction," you look at him sternly, before turning away to go get dressed.
"Hey," he grabs your wrist and turns you back to him, "you are not a distraction." He emphasizes his words slipping his fingers through yours and squeezing slightly.
You are everything, you think you're not, he thinks to himself.
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welcometogrouchland · 4 months
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I support the "Batman was unfairly biased to Stephanie for XYZ reasons" crowd so strongly bc DC claims that Bruce is a master planner who is able to understand anyone's psychology but he didn't realize that literally every single one of Steph's problems as a teenager would've been solved by her joining a shitty punk band. If he couldn't figure that much out then he didn't understand her for a minute
#ramblings of a lunatic#PLEASE TALK TO ME I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS ON STEPHANIE IN A SHITTY PUNK BAND#her bandmates have turned into ocs it's stage 5 at this point boys#anyway what is steph dealing w/ pre-52 as spoiler that got her in hot water?#1. the anger issues. easily fixed by her getting to scream about beating her dad to death without actually doing it#2. nobody fucking listens to her (including batman). well when u are playing music ppl are definitely fucking listening#3. has no non-batfam friends and thus ends up feeling abandoned almost every time she gets kicked out of the group. bandmates are friends!#don't like being in your shitty house? go to your band mates house and jam!#need to articulate the anger issues in a way that doesn't disturb your frazzled paranoid boyfriend? write angsty songs!#also I do genuinely have a lot of thoughts on how music was applied to Stephanie's character and what it tells us about her#like she loved it. clearly. and she was GOOD at it too. steph is constantly perceived as a screw up and has pretty low opinion of herself#piano was something she could take pride in. in i believe issue 113 of tims og robin series-#-tim is AMAZED at her playing all these years later. so is nocturna a few issues earlier#there's a standard visual language in comics for good or bad music- notation drawn in either shaky or smooth lines#stephs are all smooth and golden. she's good even after all these years of not practicing#but all she says to tim after he compliments her is ''i used to be better...'' SHE SEES THE WORST IN HERSELF AND HER ABILITIES#SHE DESERVES A CHANCE TO FEEL GOOD AT AT LEAST ONE THING LIKE SHE FINALLY GOT TO AS BATGIRL IN HER SOLO#and onto my final point: dinah has several times expressed some degree of fondness/admiration for steph. steph has likewise trained w dinah#and thinks she's cool as fuck. which makes sense. bc dinah is cool as fuck#and what is dinah in??? that's right. a band#steph should join dinahs band for her mental health. this has been an essay#stephanie brown#spoiler dc#dc batgirl#batgirls#<- since that series re-canonized pianist steph!! bless them!
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zuzsenpai · 3 months
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Do you ever just… not want your favorite series to continue after a long hiatus/it had already seemingly ended? Whether it be tv shows, movies, books, comics, games… whatever. Everyone else in the world (or at least the most vocal people) are like “fuck yeah more canon content of my favorite series from decades ago is happening in 2024!”…. But all you can think of is how your post-series headcanons or fanfics are going to be compromised?
All you can think of is how the new content might be bad. It might bastardize characters you love. It might ruin how you feel about previous canon. It might stop you from writing that fic you always wanted to get out, even though you KNOW fanfics are allowed to ignore canon. You KNOW you can write what makes you happy regardless of new content. You KNOW you don’t even have to engage with the new content. But you still feel nervous about that new stuff on the horizon.
It can make you feel like you’re being blasphemous for not wanting new content. It can make you feel selfish for protecting fan content over new canon content. It can make you feel like you should just get over yourself because everyone else is excited.
I wish I could get over feeling like shit every time there’s news confirming continuations of my favorite series, when I’ve already made peace with how the original canon content ended. No, I don’t want to see my blorbo on the screen again. I want to love what I already had.
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etysky · 6 months
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The tasks this season have made everyone so comfortable by session two with yes-anding even more than usual, and no one even stopped to think that maybe, just maybe, they needed to instead say "Get out of here!"
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I really do deserve a fucking apology for all the times my friends and family valued strangers on the internet and their opinions more than me
How am I supposed to be just fine with being ignored for years and years or bullied for openly liking what I like, only for those same fucking people to then turn around YEARS LATER, AFTER THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE, and be like "actually this is cool, so glad I found it" while still ignoring me. Why am I not allowed to be fucking pissed about it? Why is it considered ""gatekeepy"" when I get upset someone who deliberately ignored me for years and insulted the shit I enjoy when I asked them to get into it cuz I thought they'd like it suddenly finds interest in it because it got popular online, not because I'd been begging them to give it a chance and to listen to me for years???? Why is that not allowed????? THAT'S SUCH AN ASSHOLE MOVE, WHY IS IT 'NOT OKAY' TO BE MAD? WHY DON'T THEY GROW A SPINE AND APOLOGIZE FOR DISMISSING ME FIRST? HOW ABOUT THAT?????
#I fucking hate this it keeps fucking happening#I have a fucking LIST of all the times it's happened this is not a one time thing it's fucking reoccurring#Nothing I say will ever fucking matter to anyone not even the people who are 'supposed' to care about me#Grumble grumble#Literally showed my dad a song and he was like 'well I preferred the one that came on autoplay after'#And I was like 'oh that song? Oh you mean THAT song? OH YOU MEAN THE SONG I SHOWED YOU MONTHS AGO THAT YOU DISMISSED AND CRITICIZED?'#THAT ONE? YEAH? YEAH???#Gee I wonder why you like it NOW and not when *I* showed it to you!#UGHHHHH#Begged my friend to get into OP and he would go 'no it's too long and the art style is kinda ugly'#GUESS WHO'S NOW ASKING ME TO GUIDE HIM THRU THE ANIME CUZ OP WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER OVER THE SUMMER#UGHHHHHHHHH#Begged friends to watch Trig/un for years it was always the first anime I'd recommend anyone when they asked and was always ignored#Guess what everyone did once stampede started *trending on Tumblr*?#They certainly didn't care when I asked or when I was hyping up the trailer for stampede or literally any point before then#Nobody would ever reply to me when I talked about it#But now that it's trending on Tumblr NOW they're interested. GJSGDHDJDJDK#Happened with Pe/rso/na and Ro/tm/nt too.#Begged my middle and high school friends to get into the per/sona series. Nooo never it's sooo lame#Get made fun of for being hyped for 5's release in Calc class#Man you'd never believe who I see on Twitter as the biggest fans nowadays!!#Same with ro/tm/nt begged my friends to watch it but was dismissed and the episode I showed them heavily criticized bc it wasn't 2012#Then learn the same friend who criticized it so heavily bc he *hated it* WAS WATCHING VIDEO ESSAYS EXPLAINING WHY THE FINALE WAS SO GOOD#And there's NEVER any acknowledgement like 'hey sorry I made fun of/hated on this thing I see why you like it now'#Am I actually mental?! Would that not be the polite thing to do???#I would do that if a friend begged me to watch something and I openly dismissed them or criticized it as my reason why#And then later on I saw something online and was like 'actually...'#I would GO TO THAT FRIEND AND BE LIKE 'hey sorry I dismissed you earlier man I get why you like it now' AND THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT#This isn't even about like distant acquaintences some of these people are my best friends and my roommates and my own fucking parents#People I talk to daily or near-daily. You're just not going to acknowledge what happened before??? Just expecting me to be fine with it????
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