Natasha brings her motorcycle to a slow roll down the alley and backs it against the brick wall of a building. She cuts the headlamp and the darkness off the alley floods in. A tropical storm has just passed over Madripor and the city's usual thrumming nightlife hasn't had a chance to crawl it's way back into the streets. The storm leaves a thick, sodden feeling to the air.
A little over an hour ago, she received an alert that the security system in her Lowtown safehouse was disarmed and the pressure sensors she installed in the floor registered a presence. She removes her helmet and the alley's wet pavement reflects back pink and blue neon onto Natasha's vibrant red hair. Now that she is stationary, the humidity has Natasha peeling off her riding jacket and stashing it in the panier in exchange for her firearm. She tucks it in the back of her leather pants, more for convenience than to actually conceal it. The cropped black halter top highlighting Natasha's toned torso doesn't do anything to hide the gun. It's not as if Madripor dress code calls for being discreet either.
Natasha walks around the corner and down the block to a different alley. The block heel of her boots clacks with each step and she feels suddenly aware of just how weird a quiet Madripor is. She approaches the back door of the safehouse. There is moss growing at the bottom of the wooden door frame and several large native plants climb up the walls adjacent to the door on either side. Warm yellow light faintly illuminating the gauzy curtains of a small widow to the left of the door divulges a presence inside but Natasha can't hear any noise.
She reaches for her lock pick kit from her back pocket and hunches a bit to get a better view of the lock. The door is slightly ajar, which would normally be a little unsettling to Natasha, but she has a feeling she knows who is inside. She nudges the door open, forgoing the lock pick.
Natasha steps inside and closes the door behind her with a soft thump. There is a mostly empty bowl with chopsticks resting in it, a carafe of old coffee, and an ashtray on the table in front of her. The kitchen is empty but she wraps her fingers around the butt of the gun resting at her lower back as she approaches the doorway to the bedroom just off the kitchen.
Before Natasha rounds the corner, she hears a loud gulp, followed by a heavy sigh. The left corner of Natasha's mouth curls into a knowing half smile and she relaxes her hand from the firearm.
"You know, I think you've gotten a little rusty in your espionage skills," she greets him warmly as she leans against the doorway. "I'd be happy to give you a few tips."
Bucky is sitting on the edge of the bed facing the doorway, his legs stretched out in front of him and metal arm resting between his thighs. He blinks up at Natasha blearily and the yellow light from the kitchen exaggerates the sharp planes of his face. There is a gash on the corner of his mouth that still looks fresh. Bucky's right hand grips the neck of a bottle, which rests on top of his right thigh.
"Hmm," he hufs. He pulls his left leg under him and goes to stand unsuccessfully. A hiss of pain passes through his clenched jaw.
"At ease Sargeant, I'm not here to evict you," she quips, still leaning against the doorway. "What happened?"
"Power broker goons. Turns out I'm no good on my own these days," he says and turns his head from her gaze.
"Turns out," Natasha echoes. "Let me get a look at you."
Natasha pushes away from the door to approach Bucky's still seated form. He leans down to set the bottle on the floor and it clinks against another one, empty and previously discarded.
"I thought you super soldiers couldn't get drunk," Natasha questions as she presses her palm to his shoulder to encourage him to lay back. The intense heat radiating off his body sounds at least one alarm in Natasha's mind.
"M'not drunk, just needed something to do," Bucky protests as he complies to her gentle touch and lays back with his legs still off the bed.
"Hmm," Natasha suspects that might not be entirely true.
She notices Bucky's shoulder holster is still on over his red henley. Definite sweat rings have formed around the collar and underarms of the shirt and he doesn't appear to be using his left arm. He must've been in pretty bad shape when he stumbled into the safehouse a few hours ago.
"You feel feverish," Natasha states flatly, even though she meant it to be a question. "Stay there."
Bucky grunts lowly in response.
Natasha takes four strides into the bathroom right outside of the bedroom door and doesn't bother turning on the light. She yanks open a stuck bathroom drawer that has been warped from the humidity. She jiggles it forward once more to reach the first aid kit stashed at the back of it. Natasha brings it to the kitchen and sets the first aid kit on the table. The warm yellow light helps her locate a syringe and a small gauge needle inside of it. She retrieves a glass vial from the dated avocado-green fridge and sets about attaching the needle to the syringe. Natasha punctures the foil top with the needle, flips the vial upsidedown, and draws a suitable dose of the liquid into the syringe.
Natasha strides back into the bedroom with the first aid kit in her right hand and the syringe in the left. She sets the kit down on the bed near Bucky's side and straddles his outstretched legs. She gazes over his supine form, watching his broad chest rise and fall with deep breaths. After a moment of consideration, she hikes one knee up on the bed to better lean over him. Natasha puts the barrel of the syringe between her teeth and presses the palm of her left hand into the top of Bucky's thigh to steady herself. She reaches for the bottom hem of his shirt with her right and attempts to make eye contact with Bucky for his consent to lift his shirt, but his head has lulled to the side.
"James," she calls softly around the barrel of the syringe as to not startle him if he's drifted off. He doesn't respond.
Natasha slowly begins to lift his shirt and can feel it sticking to his skin with blood from a recent wound just below his ribs. Bucky suddenly snaps to awareness and lurches up. The abrupt contraction of his abdominals causes fresh blood to seep from the wound.
Bucky is inches from her face and his eyes are darting rapidly between hers. His top lip curls into a snarl and his right hand grips the bedsheets below him. His gaze breaks to look down at the syringe between her lips and then immediately back to her eyes.
"Relax," Natasha hisses behind the syringe, drawing out the last syllable.
"Natalia?" Bucky whispers. His brow is furrowed and eyes are rapidly scanning Natasha's face. A hiss of pain escape him as his abs pull in protectively. He briefly closes his eyes, snarl still firmly in place. Natasha's insides briefly constrict. She reaches up to safely remove the syringe from her mouth before anymore sporadic movements are made and swallows roughly.
"Yeah, it's me."
Bucky relaxes his mouth and exhales. His right arm buckles and he falls back to the bed. Natasha briefly considers that bringing a syringe around a fever addled former assassin was probably not the best course of action.
"I'm giving you something to help with the infection," she says and adds for reassurance, "It's just me here."
Bucky has gone back to his semi-catatonc state, head lulled to the left. Natasha pulls the neck of his shirt and shoulder holster down to access the muscle of his right shoulder before swiftly puncturing it with the needle and depressing the plunger with her thumb. She withdrawals the needle and releases the over stretched fabric.
Natasha returns to the task of lifting Bucky's shirt to asses his injuries, but decides against it. Instead, she removes the knife secured at Bucky's hip, bunches the fabric in her left hand and pulls the knife through it. She tears the shirt the rest of the way up to the neckline.
"M'not dead," Bucky grumbles. "Yet," he finishes as his eyes find Natasha's soft gaze.
Fresh blood bubbles out of the poorly sutured wound on Bucky's right side. The skin around it is inflamed and several smaller cuts adorn his torso around it. What's more concerning to Natasha though is the massive deep red coloring that takes up the entirety of his left pectoral.
"Barnes," Natasha tries to rouse him. He doesn't respond immediately and in the stretch of silence, Natasha can hear his shallow breathing. She reaches up to press two fingers into the pulse point of his neck.
"Lucky me, you're too stubborn for that," Natasha's half smile returned as she met his eyes.
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First post, have Ogerpon
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sorry for using a base/prompt/whatever but also a) it fit them and b) i still can't do group shots super well
base thingy by @frechiiie
please use they/xe for sollux, she/they for feferi, or any pronouns for eridan, they are bigender, transfem, and genderfluid respectively!
(on this i saw it as sort of a pale erifef/flushed solfef and erisol sitch feel free to tell me to untag any of those anon)
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the munroe family has created a safehouse for hunters everywhere in the hidden parts of appleton, wisconsin. the only ones who know the whereabouts are hunters, safety reasons.
when you approach the safehouse, it looks like an abandoned cabin. no sign to draw any attention. there are secret sigils hidden to keep demons out.
as you enter the doors, the bar stands right in center and seating surrounds around it. the hanging lights and warm tones of the wood giving a welcoming feel for hunters who enter.
different forms of tables and seats so hunters gets to choose how comfortably they want to sit. there are round tall and short tables, booths, and even little sofas in the corners.
in the back, there is a cozy kitchen for the cooks to go in and make some meals or to even just hang out. and out by the bar in the corner, there is a little stage for karaoke night because why not? hunters deserve to have fun and let loose.
now back to the center of the bar, if you go all the way to the back and turn to the right, you will find yourself a long hallway with many doors on both the left and right hand side. behind each door is a bedroom for any hunters who need refuge for as long as they like. but you would have to ask sonny for a key first. and each bedroom has a working bathroom.
all the way in the back of the bar, there is a door that leads to hidden stairs. leading up to where sonny's bedroom is. yes, sonny lives at the safehouse. it runs 24/7 after all. she has to stay to open up, run the bar, and patch up hunters that enter. it is not only a safehouse, but also her home.
sonny has her own working bathroom upstairs as well. her room is very warm and she always has the windows open. the girl loves light so she will let it in as much as she likes. her guitar on full display in the corner and her weapons hidden behind her clothes in her closet.
no one is allowed up there... unless you're her significant other or best friend at least.
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get to know my oc!
thank you so so so much @flock-from-the-void for the tag <3
im so excited to do this, finally all the unnecessary traits I gave her will be useddd so so happy
gently tagging: @leisoree @rmgrey-author @digital-chance @maewrites13 @briannaswords @tea-and-mercury @anonymousfoz and anyone else who'd like to join :)
this is my forever beloved (and one of my first ocs that managed to not get tossed away) Giada from Flowers and Homicide (before it was murderous roses)
As I step in the lab, a rotting smell fills my nostrils. I'm seriously tempted to drop this crazy interview and go back home, but then I think of my boss.
And so I keep on walking through hell, knowing that the previously cited boss's rage would be even worse.
There's some guy cleaning a syringe near what I presume is a corpse (don't vomit, don't vomit, dont' vomit) and so I approach him and ask him if he knows where a girl named Giada could be.
After a couple seconds, he sends me off in direction of a room with glass panels, through them I catch sight of a dark, curly mass of hair and knock on the door.
"Hello, are you by any chance Giada?" the foreign name is still new on my tongue, I hope I didn't pronounce it wrong.
"Yes, that's me! What can I help you with?" she answers smiling brightly at me.
"I'm from Tumblr-News," I explain "I was hoping you'd have time for a couple of questions..."
"Oh! Sure! I'm on my break right now, so we have a good 20 minutes for talking"
Are you named after anyone?
Huh, interesting question. No, I wasn't named after a person, but an object. A gemstone. See, my family's half Italian and Giada, in Italian, means jade, also my grandmother's favourite stone.
I think she said something about a ring and a proposal.... doesn't matter though.
When was the last time you cried?
Ha haa... Is this really necessary? Yeah? Ok..Yesterday. I just'd just gotten my period and ice cream fell on my shirt. Don't judge, it makes me really emotional.
The period. Not the ice-cream.
Do you have kids?
Do I really look that old? Damn. And no, I don't have kids and don't plan on them.
Do you use sarcasm?
I believe sarcasm should be a love language. Yes I do, anytime I can, I love it, it's half of my personality.
What's the first thing you notice about people?
Well, I'm a med student, so probably the overall appereance, if they're sleeping enough, if they're eating enough, stuff like that.
Also if they look like a murderer. Or like a person who killed someone.
Guilty, in general.
What's your eye colour?
They're jade, like my name. Just kidding, I'd love to have green eyes but I don't have them.
She leans closer to me and opens her eyes more than I thought was humanly possible.
I don't know if you can see through the glasses, but there is a bit of mud green in the brown, so technically my eyes are a bit green.
Mostly brown though.
Scary movies or happy endings?
I'm literally standing in a lab full of cadavers. What do you think?
Any special talents?
Oh oh I know this! I can lick my nose! Want to see?
she brings her tongue to her nose and makes a muffled scream while pointing to it.
I also have an apparently worrying knowledge about poisons and death, but I'm studying forensic, can you blame me?
Where were you born?
In an hospital? Duh. It was in San Francisco if you care to know.
What are your hobbies?
I've already said poisons but I'll say it again, they are super interesting, did you know we exist just because some ancient monkeys got high? many times, and those chemicals extended their brain cells and so they got smarter. It's amazing!
I also love magic, I've thought about joining a cult or something, but those people are mad. Worse than me. I've been to a session, and they were all dressed up strange, candles everywhere, there was the star on the ground, you know that star in the circle? That one.
But I firmly believe in faeries, coincidences do not exist, it's them meddling with our lives. You can't change my mind.
Do you have any pets?
I've always wanted a lizard or something like that, maybe a snake even if I'm low-key scared of them. They're absolutely stunning, but what if one bites me? They are super venomous.
But when I was little I had a goldfish, his name was Alastair, it was my favourite character from a book, can't remember which. It died after month.
It's buried in my parents' backyard. Poor little thing.
Any sport that you play/played?
I think you can tell that I'm not the sportiest person ever, but I was on the track team.
I absolutely sucked, but I was in it.
Oh and in winter I always went skiing with my family so also that.
How tall are you?
I'm 5.3 and I hate it. At least I can wear heels. But I usually don't cause they hurt my feet, apart from a pair of boots, those are my salvation. Sometimes I even wear them here, not today tho.. sorry I'm blabbering.
What's your favourite subject?
Oh, it's the first year I'm taking it but it's super interesting, it's called anesteti- anast- anesthesiology... Yeah anesthesiology. Hate the name love the subject. I think I like it because most anesthetics are also poisons.
But yeah, right now it's my favourite subject.
And finally, what's your dream job?
Coroner. Or working in the forensic squad.
Right now I'm in an internship, but if it goes well they might keep me around even next year.
"And that's it, thank you so much or answering, I'll leave you to... whatever you'll be doing" I smile uncomfortably and hug her quickly.
"Just in time, by break's over so I better get working"
She sets down her cup and shrugs on a white lab coat, quickly waves at me and just like that she's gone.
I walk as fast as I can, anxious to get rid of this disgusting smell.
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So I suppose I'm gonna do this now. Every time I make something I'll post it here, to help me mentally and all that fun stuff.
Anyways, here's a small something (I can't remember the name of it) I did with a very improvised loom.
It was actually really entertaining to do this (except for tying up the little knots at the end, which I'll fix next time I do it), and I'm proud of it. I have no fucking idea what to do with it though.
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Welcome to my chaos corner!!
I'm night!!! I'm a minor and use any and all pronouns!!! (excluding it/its)
I do art here, but i also reblog and post random shit bc im too lazy to make another blog lmao.
DNI rules apply here, no discrimination and such. also new accs put ur pronouns in ur bio or reblog a random post so ik ur not a bot :))
rest is under the cut :D
Currently rlly into bsd, but here are some other things im into!
bungo stray dogs
link click
genshin impact
avatar the last airbender
mha
hxh
naruto
one piece (kinda?)
jjk
hazbin hotel
hamilton
spy x family
alien stage
(bold is current hyperfixations)
also im reading crime and punishment and its been taking over my brain :)
i do take drawing requests, but i might take a bit to respond bc school :( also if the req is in a fandom i’m not familiar w i’ll take longer bc i research. the reqs r still very welcome tho :)))
Tagging system:
Art: #night does art
Ep reviews: #dahostcallednight
Ramble: #nighttime notes
Asks: #da hw answers
Crime and Punishment notes: #night and punishment
Vent: #night's tea kettle
u guys can ignore my vent posts tbh, i usually post those out of frustration.
if u happen to be my moot, know that i will hog ur notifs and like every post out of love <33
Also moots u can ask for my discord if u want :) Edit: your girl just created an insta so uh this is my @: theproblemcallednight
I like talking to ppl, so feel free to dm me/send asks! i like doing collabs as well, so im open to those! also i'm rlly bad at typing so u guys can call me out on any typos
Some warnings:
my art may contain gore/bright colors and other tw/cw, i usually dont tag those but if u want me to tag smth, lmk!
i do swear and sometimes talk abt heavier topics so don't follow if those things trigger/bother you
i will not draw/look at any nsfw or smut
MY BLOG IS NOT SPOILER FREE - i usually tag major spoilers on posts but reblogs may contain spoilers
again standard DNI rules, jus dont be a dick and we can be friends :D
yay i did the intro!! hope yall have a great day/night!!
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Who’s your favorite hetalia character ?
Now if someone asks you this remember kids it’s a trick!! This question is broad so narrow it down by asking the following
Do you mean my Country where I’m from?
Do you mean the Country I was assigned in my friend group?
Do you mean the country that I am most like personality wise?
Do you mean the country that I can cosplay the best ?
Do you mean one of the main cast? Or can we choose from the extended hetalia universe?
Once’s you narrow down the parameters then you can safely answer the question 👍
Remember kids stay safe out there and put who your favorite character’ is in the tags lol
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Just a rough sketch of Philip, I think I'm getting better at drawing him!
Don't mind the doodle next to him, that's just me fangirling
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I drew Frye :) anyways first post on Tumblr lol also I used the 2nd pic as reference
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i realized i haven’t actually done a proper introduction yet
hi im silly billy but silly is good
i basically just post stuff that comes to mind and hopefully other people agree so i don’t feel lonely and isolated. i might post fanart (a lot of candyman) but i do it rarely since i’m nervous of how people think of my art. i dunno if i’ll do requests/asks soon since i get bored easily but since i might for my own sanity i do not accept nsfw asks n weird stuff like that. i post stuff pretty frequently so if you follow me then expect a lot of stuff from this blog. if you somehow see this post then idk how you ended up here but thanks for reading!!
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Not to sound like I have dysphoria but every time I get called handsome and people tell me to man up it's just like nah. No fuck off even though I'm non binary now. Like it doesn't ruin the day but ugh you know what I mean???
Like call me pretty instead. Even when I was straight and cis I wanted to be cute. Not handsome. Idk if I count as cis anymore atleast but I'm as unstraight as a dashboard in a old Corolla after 20 years in the sun.
I also uwu alot because my voice goes high enough for it 😊 wish I could talk that high all the time
Also wish I was more androgynous like I want to be ungenderable
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