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Clothes

Slice of Life, Trans  Tapas - Kofi

“I can’t stop smiling.”  Carlos admits, voice quiet in the crowded food court.  He should be eating his burger but all he can focus on is the bag of clothes he bought and how abundantly happy he is right now.

“I was the same.”  Pip says, her smile hidden behind her own burger.  She’s been out for years, it’s why he asked her to come with him today. 

“It sounds so dumb, but I just… I have men’s shirts and that makes me really happy.”  Carlos elbroates, trying to explain.  Pip gets it of course, but Carlos wants to try and word it out for himself. “Like, clothes don’t have genders.  Men can wear skirts, women deserve pants with pockets.  But also I’m really psyched about my gendered clothing.”

“It’s not dumb.”  Pip assures.  “Clothes have as much or as little gender as you want, as long as they make you happy.”

“They make me really happy.”

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Brave

Romance, M/M Tapas - Kofi

“I knew you could do it.”  Aulani smiles.

“I haven’t done it yet.”  Ray points out, trying not to watch the clock.

“Fine, I know you can do it.”  Aulani corrects.  “Happy now?”

“But what if I can’t?”  Ray asks, starting to pace the dressing room.  “I’m just, I’m so nervous, Aulani.  What if I mess everything up?”  

“You won’t.”  Aulani assures, hoping he doesn’t sound too amused.  “You’re too talented to mess up.”

“Am I too talented to run away?  I kind of want to run away.”  Ray says, running a hand through his hair.  

“You’re too brave to run away.”  Aulani says.  A knock makes Ray jump.

“Ray, you’re on in five.”  His manager calls through the door.

“Right.”  Ray says, taking a steadying breath.  “Guess I better go.”

“You’ll do great.”  Aulani assures.

“Yeah, because I’m talented.”  Ray mumbles.  He has to pass Aulani on his way to the door.  “And brave.”  He adds, almost whispering as he stops.  Before Aulani can ask, Ray presses a quick kiss to his lips before vanishing out the door.

“Uh, what?  Wait!”

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The Dad Jokes Dad

Humor, Poly Tapas - Kofi

Tomorrow they finalized the paperwork, tomorrow they finally became dads.

Which meant tonight they needed to decide what type of ‘dad’ they’d be.  Or at least that’s what Emile had decided.

“I call dibs on being the dad jokes dad.”  Emile announced.

“What?  No!  I want to dibs dad jokes!”  Johnny protests.

“No one should be the dad jokes dad.”  Kokan said.

“This demands a joke off!”  Emile decided, ignoring Kokan.

“You’re on.”  Johnny grins.  “I was up all night wondering where the sun went, but then it dawned on me.”  

“That’s horrid.”  Kokan complains.

“That all you got?”  Emile grinned.  “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”

“I hate the both of you.”  Kokan groaned.

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Focus

Scifi, Pan Tapas - KoFi

Quang Hà groans into his hands as the mess hall fills.  Farrah laughs, entirely unsympathetic to his plight.  

“I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.”  Quang Hà whines.

“You should be thanking me, it’s a great job.”  Farrah argues.  “The HW Warlock is the best ship in the fleet.”

“But how am I meant to focus when they’re all so pretty?”  Quang Hà asks, gesturing towards the captains table.  He’s in the midst of an animated conversation with his copilot and the head navigator, all three of them are the most gorgeous people Quang Hà have ever seen and it’s not fair.  

“They’re nice too.”  Farrah hums.

“You’re not helping!”

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Footsteps

Thriller, F/F Tapas - KoFi

Rose covered her mouth with her hand, trying to muffle her panicked breaths as the footsteps drew closer.  Anika held her other hand tight enough to hurt, watching for any sign that they’d been found.  The footsteps stopped, but Anika didn’t pull Rose up.  They must be fine, right?  Please be fine.  A tense moment later, the footsteps walked away and both girls breathed a sigh of relief.

“Let’s go, while we can.”  Anika whispered.

“R-right.”  Rose nodded.  Trying to be quiet but quick isn’t easy but they’ve had hours to practice.  It wasn’t until they reached the fence that the noise picked up and the footsteps drew closer once more.

“Quickly!”  Anika hissed as Rose stumbled over the top of the fence.  Thankfully, her girlfriend was ready to catch her.  They ran and ran afterwards, ignoring the noise of something slamming against the fence.  They kept running until they were in Anika’s car, leaving that place far behind it.

“We made it!”  Rose smiled when she dared be sure of it, laughing as the adrenaline faded from her veins.

“We are never taking another road trip again.”  Anika decided.  “Next week, date night is the pancake parlour.”

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Fencing

Historical, MtF Tapas - Kofi

“If you want people to believe you’re a woman, you shouldn’t duel.  It’s unladylike.”  Chevalier de Saint-George comments, watching Chevalier d'Éon with judgemental eyes.  What, precisely, he’s judging she doesn’t care to decipher.

“I don’t need people to believe I’m a woman.”  D'Éon states.  “I know I’m a woman.”

“You’re not like any woman I know.”  Saint-George scoffs.

“Then perhaps the women you know aren’t being honest with you.”  D'Éon says.  “I can’t blame them, you seem horrid company for any women.”

“How dare!”  Saint-George snaps.

“Have I upset you?  If you’d like satisfaction, I’m happy to duel you could sir.”  D'Éon tries not to grin when Saint-George argees.  She does grin when she wins the duel, and when the portrait makes her chosen gender blatantly clear. 

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Stress Cooking

Coming Out, Ace Tapas - Kofi

“Okay.”  Gai says, raising an eyebrow at the fancy dinner spread that Kelly’s just laid.  “What’s wrong?”

“What?”  Kelly draws the word out with an awkward laugh.  “Nothing’s wrong.”

“You only cook this much when you’re stressed.”  Gai points out.  Kelly opens her mouth to argue before giving up with a sigh.

“I was trying to be subtle.”  She claims.

“Talk to me babe, what’s up?”  Gai prompts.

“...I uh, I realized I’m asexual.”  She admits, hugging her chest.  “I still really love you, I swear!  I just…  I don’t want to have sex.”  

“Is that what you were worried about?”  Gai frowns.  Kelly nods, not meeting his eyes.  

“I’m sorry.”  She whispers.  

“There’s nothing to be sorry for!”  Gai assures, rushing to take Kelly’s hands and ensuring they make eye-contact.  “This doesn’t change anything Kelly.  If you’re ace, well that’s just another part of you and I love you!”  For a moment Kelly stares in surprise, and then she smiles and lets the tension ease from her shoulders.

“Thank you.”  She says, squeezing his hands.  “Come on, let’s eat.”

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Old Farts

Paranormal, Poly Tapas - Kofi

“Bad day?”  Fen guesses when Charlotte falls face first into the couch.

“I don’t think they’ve noticed it’s not the 16th century anymore.”  The vampire complains

“The 16th century was a great time for your people.”  Fen hums.

“Now could be a good time for us, if they could just try.”  Charlotte argues.  

“It’s the price of getting old, clinging to the past.”  Fen says.

“I thought the point was never getting old.”  Riley chimes in, looking over the couch at Charlotte’s draped form.

“It only works physically.”  Fen claims.

“I’m pretty sure the point for vampires is to pretend time stopped.”  Charlotte huffs.

“For some.”  Riley mumbles.  They’re circle of friends isn’t like that.

“The oldest ones.”  Charlotte clarifies.  “Not like you, you actually keep up with the times.  I like that.”

“Cradle Snatcher.”  Fen teases.

“You’re just as bad.”  Charlotte argues, throwing the closest cushion at her immortal girlfriend.

“Stop it.”  Riley huffs, flushing with embarrassment.  Geez, they haven’t realized the girls noticed how anxious the age difference makes them.  “Come on, let’s watch tv and laugh about how the old farts think it’s witchcraft.  That’ll make today better, right?”

“Only if we cuddle.”  Charlotte grins back. 

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Dad

Slice of Life/Family, FtM Tapas - Kofi

“Night dad.”  Tori says it so quickly that Eden isn’t sure he heard it right.  It’s not until she’s run off to bed that the word finally commutes.

“She called me dad!”  Eden grins, trying not to be too loud.  He doesn’t want to make it weird.

“I heard.”  Dave says, barely hiding a smile.

“She called me dad.”  Eden repeats, sighing as he leans against the table next to his Dave and his work set-up.

“I told you you didn’t have anything to worry about.”  Dave says.

“I know, but still…”  Eden hums.  “I’m just happy.”  Happy she called him dad, not mum like he’s been terrified of since the moment they considered this whole co-parenting thing.

“I’m happy for you Eden.”  Dave says, only half-heartedly protesting when Eden can’t hold back anymore and hugs him.

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Exes

Romance, Bi Tapas - KoFi

This is a horrible idea, Ally thinks.  She stares down at her skirt, fidgeting with her hands and pointedly not checking the time.  

Why did she let her friends talk her into this?  A blind date.  Geez.  Ally knows she hasn’t been doing well since the breakup but is she really doing this badly?  

Apparently.

Sighing, Ally gives in and checks her phone.  Her blind date still has two minutes.  Or fifteen, if they’re anything like Emma.  Emma was always late.

“Ally?”  Looking up, Ally meets eyes with a meek-looking man.  “Hi, sorry about all this.  My friends seem convinced I need to get over my ex.”  

“Mine too.”  Ally smiles, relieved to hear they’re in the same boat.  “Markus, right?”

“That’s me.”  The man says, giving her a thumbs up and falling into the seat across from her.  “So, I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours?”  Ally laughs.

They end up talking more about each other than their exes. 

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Majesty

Fantasy, NB Tapas - KoFi

The crown sits heavy on Kai’s head.  Heavy and unwelcome.  They’d never meant to take the throne.  But sometimes you just have to overthrow the jerk who’s trying to turn the kingdom into his own personal playground.  Especially if that jerk doesn’t even have a claim to the throne and is using his only daughter to gain power he has no right too.  And sometimes, in the process, you uncover a plot that killed the previous royal family and discover that you were actually part of that royal family.

It all happened too fast for Kai to commute, really.

“You’re thinking too much.”  Elizabeth, their cousin, says.  For someone who was meant to take the throne, she seems rather unbothered by all this.  “All you need to worry about right now is your title.”

“Are you kidding me?  There’s heaps to worry about!”  Kai argues.  “Like my people, and my advisors, and if-” Their cousin cut them off.

“One thing at a time Kai.”  She says.  “Your title?  I’m guessing King or Queen doesn’t work.”

“Okay, okay.”  Kai takes a deep breath.  “Majesty,” they decide, “Call me Majesty.”

“Well Majesty Kai, you’ll do fine.”

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Dragon Quest

Fantasy, M/M Tapas - KoFi

After several minutes of staring, Winston throws his hands up with a groan.

“You’re cheating.”  He declares, frowning when his opponent only chuckles.

“I’m simply using moves so old, few remember them.”  Fyrym claims.  “Another game?”  He asks, large claws resetting the chessboard.

“That’s cheating.”  Winston huffs.  Before he can accept the rematch, he’s startled by a clanging.  A grappling hook has secured inside to the windowsill.  A grappling hook that’s being climbed by yet another lost Knight.

“There’s no princess here!”  He shouts down at them.

“I know Prince Winston.”  The Knight responds, grinning up at him.  “I am Sir Knight Levi, I’m here to earn your hand.”

“Mine?”  Winston repeats, face turning red.  The Knight’s are never here for his hand.  Behind him, the dragon Fyrym chuckles in amusement once more.

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