#ST’s 100 follower truth or dare game

[bigtreefest]

I dare you to write a piece using a character that you want to, but have never had a chance to write for before. With the sentence "Well that was a surprise."

Saint or Sinner?

College! Lloyd Hansen x Reader

Word Count: 1,331

A/N: Amber!!! Thank you for tickling my brain with this dare! I honestly wanted to do Andy so badly, but this quote was screaming Lloyd to me and I couldn’t resist. To be completely honest, I had no intention of writing him, but my fingers tip-tapped away and I lost all control. I might’ve been possessed.

I also always plan on writing a Drabble, and then it ends up being as long as one of my fic chapters, but anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Warnings: 18+ MINORS DNI, Smut (oral, m receiving), use of pet names, sociopathic tendencies, mean Lloyd, a twist?

Dividers by @firefly-graphics

Ever since you were old enough date, you’ve been happily independent. You grew up in a small town, surrounded by blue collar families, including most of the members of your own.

You’d always had a keen ability to fit in anywhere, which you attribute to your upbringing. Your mom worked a corporate job, while your dad spent all day in a mechanic shop.

You were well off, but not raised like it, and you’d never judge those who had less than you, even though that’s what a lot of people expected.

Once you graduated high school, you got into Harvard where you met Lloyd. Lloyd was someone who was good at keeping his distance. You noticed it at first when you invited him to join a study group you had started with some other members of your cohort.

You received a terse “No thanks, Pumpkin,” punctuated with a curt nod and a wink, before he went to hang out with his other friends and his team.

You had made multiple attempts to include him in group activities, or engage in conversation when you could nab a seat next to him in class, but after some time, you stopped seeing him altogether. You could tell he was avoiding you and the study group you had become closer with. You’d probably actually call them your friends, becoming just as close as you were to some people back home. They picked up on the same things too, seeing that you were humble, and carried yourself in such a proper manner, earning you the nickname “the Saint.”

When word of that got around to Lloyd, he rolled his eyes. You were the complete opposite of him. Kind, welcoming, calculated, while he was cold, unpredictable, sociopathic. He couldn’t stand how successful you were, too. Professors and students alike constantly praised you, more than willing to help you in any way through your academic journey and career beyond. Where he schmoozed, you gracefully existed and got just as far.

You were perfect in everyone’s eyes, including his own, which is what infuriated him. There had to be a weak spot, somewhere where your surface would crack, and he had initially tried to find it by turning you down all those times, but it was unsuccessful.

None of the manipulation tactics he had worked so hard on perfecting for so long made you budge, either. He’d pluck out a random friend from your group to join his. Nothing. He’d sabotage your flash drive for your presentation, you’d have a backup in your email, ready to go. After you’d gone, you wished him luck and no technical difficulties like you had, with a giggle! He was enraged.

After being at the top of your class, the two of you were selected to go to a conference in DC. It was hardly supervised by your professor who had booked two rooms for you next to each other, getting himself a suite a few floors above.

You knocked on Lloyd’s door in the late afternoon, the day before your presentation. He opened it just enough to peek his head through.

“What do you want?”

You sighed with your signature smile on your face. “Did you want to go over everything one more time before dinner?”

He looked you up and down, face as stern as it ever was when he was dealing with you. “Not really, Sunshine.” He slammed the door in your face.

What Lloyd didn’t know was that all his little tactics were really chipping away at you. All you wanted was to spend time with him, to get close. You couldn’t help it. You’d be lying if you said it was in your usual friendship way, too.

No, you wanted more. There was something about how aloof he was that drew you in. You were obsessed and not willing to give up until you got what you wanted, what you deserved.

His little tendencies weren’t upsetting because he was rude, they were upsetting because they were keeping you away from what your body and the deep, dark recesses of your mind were screaming for.

The door slamming in your face was the last straw. Lloyd wouldn’t get away with this any longer. You could see what he was trying to do, and if you had any say, you’d make sure it failed. You were going to be the winner of the little mind game he was playing.

To be honest, by this point, Lloyd had given up, thinking you’d never break. You were just too sweet, a true Saint. Treating you like this had just become habit, which is why he was almost confused when he heard muttering on the other side of his door.

You had taken the magnetic clip out of your hair and maneuvered it against the hotel key card reader until it unlocked. The door flew open and your eyes landed on Lloyd, stomping towards him and pinning him with his back against the nearest wall.

He looked down at you, face unreadable beside his eyes being slightly wider than usual.

“Why are you being like this!? What did I do!?” You gritted out, your tone threatening.

Lloyd didn’t say anything, only the corner of his mouth twitched upwards.

“Tell. Me.” You slammed your hands against the wall, arms framing his head as you looked up into his eyes, your stomach pressed against his cock that was growing rock hard.

“Am I going to have to pull it out of you? Suck it out of you, myself?” Lloyd found himself at a loss for words for once. All he could do was part his lips slightly and give a small nod like he always did.

You began to unbuckle the belt of his ridiculously expensive pants, shoving them down just enough that you could see the hard-on pressing against his boxer briefs.

“Huh? Is that what you want? That what you need, Pumpkin?” You spat back at him, mocking his previous words.

His brain was finally beginning to catch up with the situation as he nodded down to you and you got on your knees.

“Yeah, do it. I know you want to. Suck me off.”

You didn’t need much more prompting, fueled by rage and control. You pulled down his underwear, his dick springing free.

You gave him no time to prepare, immediately licking from the base of his length to the tip before fully taking him into your mouth. Your mouth was stretching to accommodate his girth, but it was nothing for you in the lust of the moment. You set a vigorous pace, Lloyd’s head thrown back against the wall as he moaned loudly.

He pulled his head forward as his abs tensed, already close with the debauchery of the situation. He tangled his ringed fingers in your hair, helping to guide you along his length.

“That’s it. Keep going. Not such a Saint, are you?”

You hummed against his length in response, saliva dripping down your chin and his balls that you were lightly tugging in you hand. The other hand had its nails dug into his thigh, causing a slight sting that heightened the pleasure for Lloyd.

Before he knew it, he was coming down your throat. You pulled away as you swallowed his salty release, looking up at him and wiping off your face before standing up.

You caught his gaze again and Lloyd looked at you with bewilderment mixed with his post-orgasmic haze.

“Well that was a surprise.” He said between heavy breaths, pulling up his underwear and pants, buckling his belt again. Oh, he had no idea the tactics you had in store for him.

Your hands pressed against his abs in his knitted shirt. One stayed there as the other traced up his firm pec, past his collar and found purchase around his neck, lightly squeezing.

“So are you finally going to tell me what’s going on in the head behind that ridiculous mustache?”

Bonus A/N: Um… I don’t really know what happened. I think I blacked out.

[maddieinwonder]

Hello sweet one! Congratulations on 100 followers! It's such a big mile stone and you should be so proud of yourself! Your fics are so great and deserve all the love in the world! Can I get some headcanons for the on how they would spend time together? Like a Easter dinner for example? And can I also get a reader x Spencer request with the promts: “Get the hell out of here' and “Please don’t scare me like that ever again"! Something angsty and fluffy? Thank you, lovely. Will x

hi will, thank you for the wishes!!! 🥺🥺🥺

here are my headcanons for how the BAU would spent time together during the holidays ♡ hope this brightens your day! (i'll post the blurb for your prompt on a separate post later!)

Masterlist

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The BAU don't always get a break during the major holidays, but when they do, they don't forget their second family and make sure to spend at least one meal together.

Rossi's place is everyone's favourite pick and he's more than happy to host on one condition: he gets full control over the food and drinks. No potluck or takeaway nonsense, and god forbid, no carbonated drinks in his household; a rule that nobody has disagreed with so far.

Rossi isn't as picky about everything else, including entertainment. This often means the team just sits around, drinking expensive liquor and actually relaxing for once — but sometimes, this means that Penelope sets up an entire game show in his living room including sound effects and props, and the team becomes extremely competitive for no reason except that they can.

Emily and Derek are the most competitive out of everyone and, as a result, are the default captains for each team. Hotch, Rossi, JJ, and Spencer are always split randomly between them for fairness, but that doesn't stop them from fighting over Spencer and his big brain every single time.

On the bigger holidays like Easter lunch, Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners, Hotch and JJ always bring their families along. Everyone loves it because it feels like an extended family coming together. This is also how Henry and Jack become friends, and after awhile, they start having regular playdates at JJ and Will's place.

Out of all of them, Christmas Eve is the most special because everyone makes an effort to make it. Even when JJ and Emily leave the BAU to work elsewhere, JJ still shows up every single time, while Emily stays up late so she can video call them from London.

(Surprisingly, Hotch also makes the best eggnog every Christmas and is the only person to ever bypass Rossi's "no potluck" rule. Penelope is secretly working on being number two.)

Although the families show up randomly on other evenings from time to time, they are politely excluded from the likes of St. Patrick's Day and Mardi Gras due to the ruckus the team gets up to a few drinks in. This usually involves an above average number of drinking games, wild Truth or Dare sessions, and of course, Penelope's very special game show, drinking edition.

The team usually has a big sleepover on those nights and Rossi has several adorable pictures of his teammates cuddling on his couch as a result. Most of them include Spencer, who is the biggest light weight in the team — to nobody's surprise — and if he falls asleep on you, you can't move. Those are just the rules.

One year, JJ receives a polaroid camera as a Christmas gift and she brings it along every holiday after that. It becomes a tradition that they take a group picture before eating, and JJ labels it and puts it in a scrapbook when she reaches home. When Emily leaves for London, she gives it to her as a gift as a way of saying, "no matter where you go, we'll always be with you."

[mosneakers]

Truth or Dare~

Whew! What a wild ride this vacation has been, am I right? The Maritime Mates are almost finished with their Snowy Escape™, they just have a few more milestones to go. ❄️ But Mira decided that the group could really use a bonding activity right about now, and left the decision up to Coraleye to pick. And of course, Coraleye has chosen TRUTH OR DARE!

Here’s where YOU come in! My ask box will be open for YOU to give one of the sims in this group a question, that they’ll have to be 100% honest for, or a dare, that they’ll have to complete if they want to live. Just kidding, if they want to win.

There are a few simple rules: -Each sim has put §250 in the middle. The winner takes all. So for a group of students on holiday, this is a big deal.

-Pretty much nothing is off the table, so be creative! Just try to keep the dares limited to something that can be done within a half an hour or so, and something that can be done without traveling outside of the neighborhood.

-Nothing that puts someone outside of the group in danger.

-Sims can choose to bow out if they’re not willing to answer the truth, or do the dare. Of course they’ll be disqualified from the game. 

-You can submit as many truths/dares that you’d like!

-Questions will be closed when someone wins, so don’t be shy, send ‘em in!

-I have to add, since there are siblings playing. Obviously no inc*st.

*Tycho just asks that you don’t out him as an alien please (but of course not an official rule 😉)

How to play: Send me an ask, with one of the following sims:

Mira

Coraleye

Sunglo

Cecilia

Tycho

Erwin

Coni

Kushali (Whose parts will be written by the lovely creator of this sim,  @dynastiasimss​!) We’re very excited to see what you come up with! 🥰🤗

[no1else-but-me]

Book Recs if you love Jaime and Brienne

This is a collection of all the book recs I could find from @briennesjaime​ tumblr books rec, the reddit, and my own. Please reblog your own if you have some. 

1. The Queen of Attolia which is book#2 of the The Queen’s Thief series

This is definitely more for the enemies to lovers trope. The thief even loses a hand like Jaime but under much different circumstances.  The Queen is like the colder version of Brienne.

Revenge When Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis, stole Hamiathes’s Gift, the Queen of Attolia lost more than a mythical relic. She lost face. Everyone knew that Eugenides had outwitted and escaped her. To restore her reputation and reassert her power, the Queen of Attolia will go to any length and accept any help that is offered…she will risk her country to execute the perfect revenge. …but Eugenides can steal anything. And he taunts the Queen of Attolia, moving through her strongholds seemingly at will. So Attolia waits, secure in the knowledge that the Thief will slip, that he will haunt her palace one too many times. …at what price? When Eugenides finds his small mountain country at war with Attolia, he must steal a man, he must steal a queen, he must steal peace. But his greatest triumph, and his greatest loss, comes in capturing something that the Queen of Attolia thought she had sacrificed long ago… 

2. The Lumatere Chronicles 

One of my favorite series of all time. It’s character driven and it’s has many surprises. Starts off with Finnikin has lost hope like Jaime but gains it slowly over time. Evanjalin her honor and her pursuit of her quest reminds me very much of  Brienne. 

Finnikin of the Rock and his guardian, Sir Topher, have not been home to their beloved Lumatere for ten years. Not since the dark days when the royal family was murdered and the kingdom put under a terrible curse. But then Finnikin is summoned to meet Evanjalin, a young woman with an incredible claim: the heir to the throne of Lumatere, Prince Balthazar, is alive. Evanjalin is determined to return home and she is the only one who can lead them to the heir. As they journey together, Finnikin is affected by her arrogance … and her hope. He begins to believe he will see his childhood friend, Prince Balthazar, again. And that their cursed people will be able to enter Lumatere and be reunited with those trapped inside. He even believes he will find his imprisoned father. But Evanjalin is not what she seems. And the truth will test not only Finnikin’s faith in her … but in himself.

3. Howl’s Moving Castle 

This one might be a stretch but hear me out. Howl is pretty much the embodiment of Jaime but probably more vain. While, Sophie really conveys Brienne self-esteem issues but still noble in her own right. Plus, their banter very reminiscent to Jaime and Brienne. 

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl’s castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there’s far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.

@temporiibus recommends The Raven Cycle!!

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.” It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore. From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before. 

The Winners Trilogy

As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.  One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin.  But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.  Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone recommended by @realduality

Errand requiring immediate attention. Come. The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. 'He never says please', she sighed, but she gathered up her things. When Brimstone called, she always came. In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself, plagued by the sensation that she isn't whole. Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.

The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Hard SF, and the romance is definitely not a major plot, but one of the characters involved in the trope is legit my favorite fictional character of all time and that journey from enemy to friend to lover is a big part of it.

In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research & cutting-edge science in the 1st of a trilogy chronicling the colonization of Mars: For eons, sandstorms have swept the desolate landscape. For centuries, Mars has beckoned humans to conquer its hostile climate. Now, in 2026, a group of 100 colonists is about to fulfill that destiny. John Boone, Maya Toitavna, Frank Chalmers & Arkady Bogdanov lead a terraforming mission. For some, Mars will become a passion driving them to daring acts of courage & madness. For others it offers an opportunity to strip the planet of its riches. For the genetic alchemists, it presents a chance to create a biomedical miracle, a breakthrough that could change all we know about life & death. The colonists orbit giant satellite mirrors to reflect light to the surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth. Massive tunnels, kilometers deep, will be drilled into the mantle to create stupendous vents of hot gases. Against this backdrop of epic upheaval, rivalries, loves & friendships will form & fall to pieces--for there are those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed. Brilliantly imagined, breathtaking in scope & ingenuity, Red Mars is an epic scientific saga, chronicling the next step in evolution, creating a world in its entirety. It shows a future, with both glory & tarnish, that awes with complexity & inspires with vision.

The Folk of the Air

Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ... Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.

 @swainlake recommends the darkest powers trilogy by kelley armstrong is really good

My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again. All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost - and the ghost saw me. Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? It's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House... before its skeletons come back to haunt me

@imladriss recommends: We hunt the flame by hafsah faizal

People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would be rejected; if Nasir displayed his compassion, his father would punish him in the most brutal of ways.  Both are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya—but neither wants to be. War is brewing, and the Arz sweeps closer with each passing day, engulfing the land in shadow. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the king on a similar mission: retrieve the artifact and kill the Hunter. But an ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds—and the prize they seek may pose a threat greater than either can imagine. Set in a richly detailed world inspired by ancient Arabia, We Hunt the Flame is a gripping debut of discovery, conquering fear, and taking identity into your own hands.

@moirindeclermont recommends  anything from Jacqueline Carey (she is a goddess and my favourite writer) but also Deborah Harkness (A discovery of witches) which is amazing, I’m obsessed with it. Nemesis by Isaac Asimov touches some themes similar to Brienne’s. Arn the knight

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good... and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.  Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission... and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Phèdre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Phèdre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair... and beyond. Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Phèdre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear.  Set in a world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess, this is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart-a massive tale about the violent death of an old age, and the birth of a new.

Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.

In a hail of fire and flashing sword, as the burning city of Acre falls from the hands of the West in 1291, The Last Templar opens with a young Templar knight, his mentor, and a handful of others escaping to the sea carrying a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the Order's dying Grand Master. The ship vanishes without a trace. In present day Manhattan, four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights emerge from Central Park and ride up the Fifth Avenue steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the blacktie opening of a Treasures of the Vatican exhibit. Storming through the crowds, the horsemen brutally attack anyone standing between them and their prize. Attending the gala, archaeologist Tess Chaykin watches in silent terror as the leader of the horsemen hones in on one piece in particular, a strange geared device. He utters a few cryptic Latin words as he takes hold of it with reverence before leading the horsemen out and disappearing into the night. In the aftermath, an FBI investigation is led by anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly. Soon, he and Tess are drawn into the dark, hidden history of the crusading Knights, plunging them into a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers as they race across three continents to recover the lost secret of the Templars. 

Irissa and Kendric Series

Irissa was the last of the sorcerous Torlocs, untutored in magic and abandoned upon this decaying world by her people. Kendric was one of the Six of Swords, gifted with a legendary weapon to guard the Realms from harm. But now he was an outcast, and his death was sought with reason by the other Five. Sorceress and swordsman, they were thrown together; each filled with ancient prejudices against the other. But only by combining her uncertain powers with his remaining skills could they survive. Survive they must, however. Rule was a world formed upon magic - but now magic was failing and there would soon be no place for it. And destiny in strange guise had chosen them to make one last stand against the dark forces that were waiting at the Gate of Valna, seeking to destroy their world

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard.

But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again?

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England

In the medieval and fantastic realm of Tortall, Keladry of Mindelan (known as Kel) is the first girl to take advantage of the decree that permits women to train for knighthood. But not everyone in Tortall believes a woman is up to the task, and Kel faces harsh discrimination. With unparalleled determination and a knack for leadership, she captures the hearts of her peers and proves that she is not a girl to underestimate! 

[bigtreefest]

ST’s 100 Follower Celebration: Truth or Dare 🥳🎉🍾

As I’m about to hit 100 followers, I’d love to celebrate! Let’s play a game for the special occasion!

Game Rules: Send in an ask to my ask box! In it, you can put a truth or a dare (or both!), and I’ll do my best to fulfill it!!

Now, this isn’t anything under the sun, but it can be a wide range of things. Here’s a guide if you need help:

Truths: Do you want to know more about me? My hobbies or qualities? Do you want to know more about the characters in my fics? Or why they do certain things? Maybe you care about my take on a hot topic (within reason)?

Dares: You want me to post the last line I wrote? Or maybe a blurb/Drabble having to do with one of your favorite characters? This would be the chance!

It can definitely be anonymous, but I’d love to interact more and see what people have to say!!

When is this going on? RIGHT NOW! Send in your asks indicating if they’re a truth or dare between now and Monday, April 1. I will answer them that week (or sooner if I’m a productive girlie)!!!

[bigtreefest]

Ok, my babe, I dare you to give us a little preview of either Steve's or Curtis's Outta Nowhere stories. 💜💜

*sigh* *playful eye roll* *smirk* 🙄😏

Okay, Kris, you’ve convinced me to pick up Curtis’s storyline that I’ve been having trouble with for the Outta Nowhere AU.

Steve’s first chapter will be dropped on Friday, so keep an eye out for that. Here’s a little teaser of our favorite working boy:

From: Handiwork Series (Chapter 1 excerpt)

Pairing: Mechanic! Farmhand! Curtis x Bartender! Reader

Dividers by @firefly-graphics

You were pouring out drinks for the group that came in when a familiar tall, broad form approached from the doorway. You took in the way his shoulders pushed at the flannel fabric of his shirt as he sauntered into the room. You couldn’t help the way the smile already on your face grew to see him again.

“Oh hey, if it isn’t the big cheese.” He laughed at the nickname, shaking his head as he moved to take a seat at the bar.

“Yeah, sorry I haven’t been in for awhile. Had some family matters to attend to. Speaking of which, that’s them over there.” He gestured toward the group who had just ordered food and drinks from you before heading towards the booths on the far side of the room.

“Ah! Okay, in that case, this is for you.” You grabbed a short rocks glass from the lower counter in front of you and set it up on the bar top in front of Curtis. The glass made a small thud against the finished wood as you looked at him.

Curtis tentatively grabbed it and sipped. After swallowing he hummed.

“Sweet. Like a cherry.”

You nodded. “Oh yeah. That’s because it’s got extra cherries. Your buddies over there said you’d drink whatever, so I made you my favorite.”

Curtis lowered the glass and looked at you deeply with his warm, burning sapphire eyes. His voice grew low and raspy. “I wasn’t talking about the drink.”

Tee hee hee!! The next few lines that come after this are my favorite, but I’m keeping those a surprise. Thank you again for the dare!!!

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Hello ST!! Congrats again on 100!! 🥳

I am here with a Truth:

You've talked a bit about how your real life involves some sort of science research. (Right?? I hope I'm not really off-base here. 🤣) I was wondering if you could share a little with us about what field you're in. Layman's terms, obviously. I do not have a science brain. 😅

I'll be back once I think of a good dare!

Hi Kris!! Thank you so much for asking, I’m happy to tell all!!

So I’ve got a degree in Chemistry, and I specifically worked on inorganic synthesis of compact quantum dots. Now, what does this actually mean? I combined chemicals to make little metal spheres that glow when you flash UV light on them. I don’t do this work anymore, but I would absolutely love to. I’ve also done a lot of work in biology labs where I worked with DNA repair enzymes in a cancer center.

Right now, I’m not actively researching, as I’m taking classes for a Master’s degree in Medical Science while working on my applications for Medical School (and to postpone the student loans😬) but I’d love to get a job in a lab again. These are just some of the sciences I’m trained in, not counting all the research I do as a hobby lol.

But in general, I love researching a bunch. Tbh any source on google is way better than how dense some scientific papers are, so I hope I do a decent job at making what I say understandable for a general audience when I present research and little facts I find.

Chapter 4 of Bigger Houses had me geeking out over neon signs lol, but I hope this gave some good insight. Thank you so much for asking, can’t wait for your dare!

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First of all, congratulations on 100 followers!! You 10000% deserve it. I only stumbled upon your account a few weeks ago but you’ve very quickly become one of my favorite writers!! I wish you all the best going forward and I’m looking forward to more of your stories! 🤗❤️

I also have a truth: what is your favorite thing about Bucky and/or what is your favorite thing to write about Bucky?

Hiii!! Thank you so much! You’re so sweet. I’m so happy to be one of your favorites, considering writing is something I’ve (and also my teachers until I got to college) never considered myself particularly great at. I truly appreciate your kind words, they help to keep me excited about writing.

This is an amazing question! I think I would say my favorite thing about Bucky is his silent propensity for goodness. I think it especially shows in TFATWS with the juxtaposition against John. Bucky doesn’t really make a big deal of the fact that he’s doing good, he just kinda gets to work. And he’s happy to not be the figure head, good at supporting others. (Does this come from a military background and the additional brainwashing? Possibly. But you can see it in TFA, too, even before.)

I think my favorite thing to write about Bucky is when that stoic demeanor cracks. I love giving a small view of what’s truly going on beneath the surface and the moments where he can’t help but let it show through a little. Especially when he’s around someone he cares about a lot, or something threatens them. Those small, humanizing and vulnerable moments are the best.

Thank you again!

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Hi! What is a piece of advice you would give a new writer just starting out on tumblr and what made you want to share your work.

Hi! Thanks for dropping in!

I think a piece of advice I would give a new writer is to just start! (Wow, ST, good job, so descriptive and helpful, haha 🙄) I think all sorts of works have an audience. I remember when I was considering actually publishing something for the first time, I saw a post where the gist was ‘if you’re scared about it being low quality, do it anyway. Your writing will get better the more you practice.’ I’ve held on to that as I’ve kept writing and I love looking back and seeing how much I feel like I’ve improved over just the few chapters I’ve published.

I would also say, don’t be scared to do a variety of things. Try it all, I like writing movie reviews even tho like no one reads them, lol. At the end of the day, it’s about what you enjoy writing for yourself and not necessarily garnering an audience.

I think I decided to share my work when I realized I had so many ideas. I love reading the work of others, but there were a lot of scenarios in my head that I wanted to see on paper. It’s a lot sometimes to request what you’ve got going on in your head to another writer (even tho many of them are so sweet and will absolutely indulge you), so I figured I would try my hand at writing. It kinda helped that I was writing what I know. I’ve always wanted to live on a farm (my family owns a small one), or move into the mountains. These are just dream scenarios for me that made sense.

Thank you again! Sending love!

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Congratulations on your milestone Babes. Truth- What is your go to comfort movie?

Thank you so much, Amber!! I feel like I’m gonna expose myself for the little baby I am on this app, lol, but I’ll be honest.

I’d have to say my comfort movie is probably the 2010 DCOM: Starstruck.

Idk what it is about it, there’s just something about the 2010s teen romance vibe that really gets me every time. Sure, the main character has a really bad case of ‘I’m not like other girls syndrome,’ but I feel like that’s a big product of the era. There’s just something nostalgic about the LA vibes in the movie, the found and forbidden romance, that I kinda love. Who wouldn’t want to run into a celebrity, who they don’t even really know much about, and then fall in love?

It’s also got a pretty decent soundtrack, but I could spend hours going into the politics of who actually sang the songs and why Disney is so weird about that stuff and everything else going on in the movie.

Anyway, catch me curling up with a cup of tea and a fluffy blanket to bask in the warmth that is this movie for me, haha. Thank you so much for asking!!

PS: now is it my favorite movie? No, probably not anymore, but it’s just good enough that I’m happy to have it in my back pocket at all times. My true favorite movie is a totally different question.

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I double dog dare you to write a what if scenario using your favorite marvel character.

A DOUBLE DOG DARE!? I can’t say no to that!! Thank you so much for sending this in!

So I’ll be completely honest, I’m not that caught up on my marvel knowledge and I don’t have the time to rewatch/research rn. Plus, I’m honestly not sure if there is anything novel that I would want to change that we don’t already see within the fandom. I’ll give something I was chatting about just last week.

I talked about in this post, Steve mentioning how bland food was in the past. When I brought that up to my one friend, he and I had a bit of a fun conversation. This is honestly such a crack-post, so I’m sorry, but also, I’m not sorry. We need to become more okay with being a little bit silly. So…WHAT IF:

Steve went back to the 40s and realized food was disgusting to him. He didn’t enjoy the bland, boiled food whatsoever, and so, with his time at home, he took up cooking. He purchased spices and worked to acquire cook books and recipes from all sorts of other cultures. He finally took advantage of the melting pot that is America, and his new time of peace, cooking for himself and Peggy (despite her sensitive British palate). This went as far as him making food for dinner parties and everyone in the neighborhood raving about it. (I know he wouldn’t be able to do this next part, but bare with me) Everyone insists he needs to share his cooking expertise, so he does, writing several cookbooks and opening restaurants, revolutionizing American cooking. Introducing: Captain Flavors of America