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Feeling him sweep away the tear, Elizabeth felt more comforted than embarrassed. How long had it been since sheâd given herself the release of tears in front of someone she trusted? Too long. She wished they could have a few moments to let herself be the little sister again, to let him comfort her if he would, but they didnât have time.
Not now.
Not with the town screaming, burning, dying . . .
She drew in another unnecessary breath and nodded in understanding. âIâll meet you there,â she promised, determination pushing away her panic. No matter what, she wouldnât let her brother down. Giving herself one more moment before leaving, she lifted herself up to press a quick kiss to his cheek. âBe careful,â she ordered. âPlease be careful.â
With that, she turned and darted away, her entire focus on finding her sister and getting to the Peak. Even if she couldnât find Nessa, she would go to the Peak and add her strength to the fight.
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Y'know, since the Spike pic popped up in my FB memories recently, I HAD to do a side by side of me at 19 in my first cosplay and me at 40 in my most recent cosplay.
Also, "Unmortricken" was on at 3:30 A.M., and after that I watched the last two episodes of Cowboy Bebop. So I'm very in my feelings about all of that (and these pictures).
And I need to make it everyone's problem before I have to start getting ready for the blood center.
Also, for Tumblr only, here's something you may not know: The Adult Swim premiere dates for "The Real Folk Blues" are November 18th, 2001 (Part 1) and November 25th, 2001. (Part 2). The original airdate of "Unmortricken" is November 12th, 2023.
So while the actual premieres are over two decades apart, the anniversaries are super close to each other. I need mutuals who are in both of these fandoms to just... be insane over that the entire month of November with.
#cosplay#cosplay then and now#cowboy bebop#cowboy bebop cosplay#spike spiegel#spike spiegel cosplay#rick and morty#rick and morty cosplay#rick sanchez#rick sanchez cosplay#multifandom post#i am probably the only person who posts about these two shows together as much as I do#and don't plan to stop anytime soon#i need mutuals who are in both fandoms#content warning: blood#trigger warning: blood#cw: blood#tw: blood#seeing these pictures side by side is really something#adult swim#cowboy bebop spoilers#not really but I added the tag in case some come up in comments/reblogs#the spoiler tag does become relevant if i end up talking about my masquerade skit as spike#rick and morty season 7 spoilers#again not really?#but spoiler adjacent enough i feel the tag fits#rick and morty season 7 episode 5#unmortricken#cowboy bebop episodes 25 & 26#the real folk blues
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Your tags on my vigilante set made me blush. Thank you - also I have seen your snippet of writing - that and your kindness are the answers to your question in tags :)
this came in my inbox after i succumbed to the temptation to watch ep 1 again (is this the third time now. stopped there though i promised myself i will not do another full rewatch before Christmas) and look. i had a dozen tabs open when i first saw that set earlier. half of them were Vigilante related for Fic Research purposes i feel honored to even have gotten to see that with my own two eyes on my dash. i keep refreshing the page to see if the note count has gone up yet sksksksk this hellsite is dead
(and thank you for the kind words in return, btwâsaid fic is all over the place outline wise but we're getting somewhere. we might actually finish this everyone cheer)
#inbox#q: i-got-the-feels#if i have to reblog the set i will. that being said i may or may not post another snippet and uh. we're in danger ik i said it was#more hurt/comfort than anything else but not like this. this is no longer just Heon's fault Epik High has joined the club courtesy#of the playlist i made specifically for drafting it. insane pray for me pls i'll end up writing so much fluff-adjacent sh*t after this
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Amnesia (c.sc)
PAIRING: Choi Seungcheol x f. reader
Summary: Choi Seungcheol has never been the type to commit to relationships - casual is more his thing. Youâre fine with that - except you and Seungcheol seem to be terrible at casual when it comes to one another.Â
WC: 11,920
GENRE: Friends with benefits to loversÂ
AU: Smut, Angst if you squintÂ
RATING: 18+ Minors are strictly prohibited from engaging in and reading this content. It contains explicit content and any minors discovered reading or engaging with this work will be blocked immediately.
WARNINGS: Under the cut
A/N: This fic was posted on my original blog which has been deleted. I am now reposting it. I hope it does half as well as it did when I originally posted this story - thank you to everyone who left amazing feedback the first time. It genuinely made me so happy and I am so sorry that it got sent to the moon where I can no longer read it.
A/N 2: Thank you @yoongukie-ff for sending me your original reblog of this to pull the summary information from. I appreciate you and I love you!
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Warnings: Recreational drinking, mild jealousy from both reader and Cheol, themes of self doubt/relationship doubt, light depictions of anxiety regarding ambiguous relationships, explicit language, Cheol and reader are both idiots, explicit sexual content including oral (f. and m. receiving), vaginal fingering, nipple stim, breath play if you squint, unprotected vaginal sex, a lot of bodily fluids like spit and cum, multiple smut scenes, hair pulling, light spanking, sub-space adjacent feelings, being a lil silly goofy during sex sometimes, stupid ass nicknames at the end because Iâm a millennial and Iâm cringe sometimes.Â

DAY ONE
YOU'RE A GONER AS SOON AS YOU LAY EYES ON HIM. You know it before Jeonghan properly introduces you, shouting over the rock music that is blaring in the dive bar you like to hang out at on Friday nights. The neon from the sign creates a blue silhouette around Seungcheol as he smiles and holds a hand out to you. You can barely pull yourself together to shake his hand - warm, firm - too busy staring at his face.Â
Choi Seungcheol is what your best friend Vin likes to call pretty motherfuckin handsome. Heâs got dark, warm eyes that light up playfully when they meet yours, full lips the color of crushed rose petals, a square, firm jawline and silky dark hair that falls in his eyes when he tilts his face down to hide a smile at something Jeonghan says.Â
Crushed against the wall of the booth, you feel the cold glass of your beer warm against your palms as you steal glances at Seungcheol. Heâs directly across from you, angling his broad shoulders to fit snug into the corner of the booth, lounging backward as he observes the argument brewing between Joshua and Jeonghan.Â
He even dresses well. Fitted t-shirt paired with light wash jeans and boots, a fancy watch reflecting the burning neon on the wall next to him, delicate chain necklaces tucked into the collar of his shirt.Â
Itâs the way he wears them that speaks to you, though.Â
âDo they do this often?â his deep voice drags you from your reverie. You blink, gathering yourself when you realize heâs leaning forward a little, addressing you. He sips his beer before tilting the tip of the bottle toward Jeonghan and Joshua. âItâs like they're married.â
âYou have no idea. Wait until game night.âÂ
âOh yeah. Jeonghan told me about game night.â Seungcheolâs mouth twitches in a smile. âYouâll be there?âÂ
âEvery Sunday. Do you like games?âÂ
Something about the glint in his eye makes your stomach flip. You sip your beer just to give you something to do, feeling more drunk off the easy confidence he exudes as he shrugs. âDepends on the game. Iâm competitive.âÂ
âSo am I.â
He grins. âI look forward to it, then.âÂ
Warming up to Seungcheol is easy. Heâs the new hire at Jeonghan and Wonwooâs office, and they both felt confident enough to bring him into the fold. You can see why - heâs kind and funny, and thereâs a charm to him that draws the people around him like moths to a flame. Even with just the four of you sitting in the booth, you feel the magnetism.Â
Friday nights at Rustyâs has been a tradition with Jeonghan and Joshua since you had been in college, filling yourself on five dollar wings, three dollar beers and occasionally lukewarm mozzarella sticks. Normally Vin, Wonwoo and Mingyu would be around, but tonight itâs just the smaller group.Â
Jeonghan and Joshua slide out of the booth to play darts, shoving one another back and forth, the drink in their step making them a little off balance. You smile fondly as you pluck another beer out of the bucket of ice, struggling to pop the top, your wet hands sliding against the metal cap.Â
Wordlessly, Seungcheol holds his hand out. Flushing from the neck down, you hand it over to him with a silent thank you. He pops the top easily, bicep flexing for a moment before he passes it back over, shooting you an award winning grin.Â
âWow, so strong.â
He pouts and you swear you see stars. âHey, I am strong.âÂ
âNo, no, you are. Thank you.âÂ
âYou shouldnât tease me. Iâm new.âÂ
âHuh.â You sip your beer, letting the cool liquid slide down your throat. It does nothing to soothe the heat spreading over your skin under the sole attention of Seungcheol. âI donât remember that being a rule.âÂ
âI never was one to play by the rules anyway.âÂ
âOh, so youâre saying you cheat at games like Jeonghan does.âÂ
âI like winning.â
You roll your eyes. From the edge of your vision, you see people leave the pool table. Eager to stand up and stretch your legs, you start to slide out of the booth, the wood grain scratching against your jeans as you do.Â
âCome on then, cheater. Letâs play pool.âÂ
âIâm down.âÂ
Seungcheol follows you. Your fingers grip the glass of your drink tight, knuckles straining. You move around tables and duck around other patrons, hyper aware of the way Seungcheol keeps close to you, the heat of him against your back.Â
Next to the rows of dart boards are two pool tables, the felt a faded green with beer stains and other mysterious smudges on the surface. You grab a cue from the rack on the wall, spin it in your hands, and hand it over to Seungcheol. He eyes it, running his fingers along the splintered and dented wood.
Grabbing your cue in one hand and the triangle rack and set it on the table while he collects the balls from the table and the pockets, rolling them over to you. A few feet away, Joshua is already accusing Jeonghan of cheating. You donât know how you cheat in darts, but you do know if there is a will, Jeonghan will find a way.
âDangerous to let them have sharp objects,â Seungcheol notes, sliding the last ball over to you. You huff out a laugh, rolling the rack of billiard balls back and forth to set them. âYouâre not going to get violent with me, right?â
âI donât know, are you going to cheat?â
His smile is wicked. âMe? Definitely not.âÂ
âHmm. Not convincing.â
Seungcheol presses the flat of his palm over his chest, drawing your eyes to how thick he is in the chest area. You swallow thickly as he says, âCross my heart.âÂ
âWhatever you say. What are we playing for?âÂ
âWhat will you give me?âÂ
You look up at the shift in his tone. Dark. Flirty. He leans against the pool table, resting his hip casually as he crosses his arms over his chest. You ignore the way his arms flex, totally focused on the way his eyes are only for you. Intent. Meaningful.Â
A warning goes off in your head. You already feel the pull to him, the innate attraction that has your heart hammering. You should brush off the flirtation, move on to other things. Relationships arenât really your thing, but thereâs something about him that makes you know youâll want more.Â
You already do want more.Â
âWhat do you want?â you ask softly, ignoring your better judgment.Â
When Seungcheol smiles, you know youâd give him anything. Everything.
âI can think of something, I think.â
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DAY SEVEN
âI like this,â Seungcheol says, voice rough from use. He buttons his jeans, looking over at you. Youâre still half-alive on your bed, a sheen of sweat covering your body. The sheets stick to you when you roll to look at him. âAre you good with casual?â
Youâre only half listening, too distracted by his flexing abs. âHmm?â
Seungcheol looks good tonight. He looks good every night, but tonight heâs in dark jeans and a white sweater. The sweater looks soft like his hair, which has grown longer and hangs in his eyes as he looks down to slip on his shoes.Â
âIâm not really looking for a relationship at the moment but this,â he answers, flicking his fingers between the two of you. âItâs good.âÂ
âAgreed. Iâm good with casual. Iâm a little too busy for anything more.âÂ
Itâs not a lie. You are too busy to really commit to someone. Again, a warning goes off in your mind like that first night you met him, screaming danger. You ignore it, not ready to give up Seungcheol just yet.Â
He grins, pulling his short back over his head. âCool. If you ever donât want to or whatever though, let me know, yeah?â
âYou too.âÂ
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DAY TENÂ
Seungcheol [2:06 AM]: Come home with me You [2:06 AM]: Everyone would notice Seungcheol [2:07 AM]: Tell them where youâre going who caaaares Seungcheol [2:08 AM]: Unless you donât want to tell them then thatâs ok Seungcheol [2:08 AM]: I personally donât care if they know Iâm rearranging your guts most nights :) You [2:10 AM]: CHEOL You [2:10 AM]: Fine pls hold my hand while I do this. Theyâre going to roast me Seungcheol [2:08 AM]: Holding your hand sooo tight Seungcheol [2:08 AM]: But from like over here tho You [2:19 AM]: That was so embarrassing. Where did you go Seungcheol [2:19 AM]: Sheâs so brave, sheâs well behaved Seungcheol [2:19 AM]: Standing outside hurry it's cold as dick out here
Seungcheol [4:38 AM]: Donât forget to text me when you make it home You [4:52 AM]: Home safe! Â
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DAY TWENTY THREE
You [11:10 PM]: Wyd Seungcheol [11:34 PM]: Need it that bad? You [11:39 PM]: Wow goodnight!!!!! Seungcheol [11:39 PM]: Nah come back Seungcheol [11:43 PM]: COME BACK Seungcheol [11:43 PM]: Omw. Unlock the door You [11:45 PM]: Need it that bad? Seungcheol [11:45 PM]: Yes actually :)Â
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DAY THIRTY
You slide your finger across the phone, curious as you pick up Seungcheolâs phone call. âHello?â
âAre you hungry?âÂ
You look at your watch. Itâs almost one in the afternoon, your stomach growling as it realizes that yeah you are kind of hungry. âActually yeah. Why?âÂ
âI had to run errands and Iâm by your place and starving. Wanna get lunch?âÂ
Your lips twitch in a smile. Leaning against the counter, you press the phone against you a little closer. âSure, what did you have in mind?âÂ
âDo you like Greek?â You hum in assent, chewing on your fingernail nervously. You can hear him get into his car, pausing momentarily as he starts it and curses at how hot it is. You canât help but laugh. âAlright, pick you up in ten?â
âAlright.âÂ
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DAY FORTY THREE
Heâs not yours. You tell yourself that over and over again as you try not to look across the bar where Seungcheol is sitting for the nth time. Youâd noticed him immediately when you and Vin walked in, clocking his wide frame and familiar laugh with a precision that makes you curse yourself.
Now, Seungcheol is leaning against a high top, talking to a pretty girl sitting on a stool next to him. Heâd waved at you earlier and shot you a smile and a wink, but heâs with friends youâre unfamiliar with tonight, and hasnât come over.
Not that you expect him to. He isnât yours and the casual thing youâve got going means he can do whatever he wants, no strings attached.
So why is your heart in your throat as you glance over to see the girl laughing at something heâs said? Theyâre not alone but somehow that isnât comforting at all. You pick at the varnish on the table to distract yourself, suddenly interested in the splinters and not the man across the bar from you.
Finishing the rest of your beer, you pull out another, hoping that the hoppy taste erases the icky feeling that settles on your skin. Youâre not participating in conversation much, but if your friends notice, they have the decency not to call you out.Â
At least Vin knows whatâs up, checking on you every once in a while. Thankfully she doesnât say anything, occasionally giving you a squeeze instead. She knows the deal, understanding the irrationality between wanting to control something that isnât yours to control.Â
Halfway through your beer, your phone vibrates. You flip it over and your heart starts pounding when you see Seungcheolâs name come across the screen, a message waiting to be read. With a shaky hand, you slide your thumb across the screen to unlock it, the message popping up.
Seungcheol [12:13 AM]: Wanna come back to mine?Â
Surprised, you look up from your phone to where heâs still at the high top. His phone is in his hands and heâs looking right at you, flashing a grin when you meet his eyes. The girl is still sitting next to him, but his attention is entirely on you now, pinning you to the spot.Â
Your phone vibrates again and you glance down, your phoneâs brightness stark in the gloom of the bar.Â
Seungcheol [12:13 AM]: Youâre cute when youâre surprised You [12:14 AM]: What, the girl you were talking to said no? Seungcheol [12:14 AM]: I didnât ask her. I asked you Seungcheol [12:14 AM]: Omg wait are you jealous?? You [12:14 AM]: No You [12:14 AM]: Definitely not Seungcheol [12:17 AM]: Hateful to me is Hades for a liar or whatever You [12:17 AM]: Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another, loser Seungcheol [12:18 AM]: Same thing Seungcheol [12:18 AM]: But seriously, I have no interest in her. Iâm asking YOU Seungcheol [12:18 AM]: Will beg from my knees in this bar Seungcheol [12:19 AM]: Even tho the floor is kind of gross You [12:20 AM]: I mean, if youâre offering to get on your kneesâŚ
Youâre not sure if you trust his answer about not being interested in the other girl, but it doesnât matter. You still end up leaning against him in an Uber, his hand squeezing your thigh playfully as he leans his forehead on the window, eyes closed to enjoy the cool glass.Â
He is so handsome, face glowing red as the car stops at a stoplight. You examine him closely, eyes dragging from the soft curve of his mouth to his impossibly silk lashes. Youâd told him once that most girls would kill for those lashes, and now he likes to bat them at you every time he wants something.Â
The car starts moving and you look away from him, taking in a deep breath. Seungcheol isnât yours, but youâre starting to think you want him to be.Â
DAY FIFTY TWO
âIs it weird if I bring a bag of shit to stay?â Seungcheolâs voice is shy over the receiver. You grip your phone tighter, biting your bottom lip to hide your smile as you roll onto your side in bed, snuggling into the pillow more. It smells like him, bergamot and cedarwood. âYou can tell me if thatâs weird.â
âNot weird at all,â you say carefully, too nervous to scare him off. âYou usually end up sleeping here anyway.âÂ
Usually really means always. Heâs been doing that more recently, crashing at your apartment after coming over and vice versa. Youâve gone from Uber rides home at dawn to waking up curled into his back. Heâs the first person youâve ever let loiter in your space as much as he has, but you try not to think about it too much, as though just the acknowledgement might spook him.
Whatever thing between you feels fragile, a rare, glass menagerie set that can shatter if handled wrong. Friends with benefits is what you call it, but youâre not quite sure if thatâs what it is.
âOkay cool. Waking up at the ass crack of dawn to go back to my place and shower sucks.âÂ
âI do have a shower.â
âOh Iâm aware. Itâs one of my favorite places in your apartment.âÂ
Your stomach flutters and you clench your thighs together. Looking at the clock on your nightstand, you realize itâs getting late. âBetter hurry,â you murmur. âI might be too tired for a shower when you get here.âÂ
His chuckle is deep. Throaty. âIâll speed, then.âÂ
After hanging up, you toss your phone to the end of your bed and stare at the ceiling. Outside, the city hums beyond the window of your apartment. The lights in your home are mostly turned off, a single lamp providing low light in the living room so Seungcheol can see when he comes in, and a flickering candle on your nightstand and in the bathroom.Â
Your bed is warm and you do feel sleepy, but the excitement of seeing Seungcheol keeps you awake well enough. You try not to think of that too much, either. He was just there a few nights prior, and already heâs on his way back. Like itâs common. Routine.Â
And it sort of is, you guess. You hangout with Seungcheol almost more than you see Vin and Jeonghan these days, and youâre almost always spending the night together. You know his favorite late night snacks, you know the type of coffee he likes to make in the morning before work, and you know about his family, his stresses at work. What makes him tick.Â
Itâs more than you ever thought youâd know about him when you agreed to keep your sex life with him casual and at a distance. He is anything but at a distance.Â
Seungcheol must speed, because it feels like hardly any time has passed when you hear your apartment door open and shut, the sound of the deadbolt clicking. You lift yourself up to lean on your elbows, watching from your bed as he enters your line of vision, a backpack over one shoulder.Â
Heâs dressed in a long t-shirt and sweats, cozy and warm and still unbelievably good looking. He grins when he sees you, eyes creasing at the corners as he enters your room and drops his bag by your door.Â
Without saying anything, Seungcheol crawls onto your bed, the mattress sinking under his weight as he inches up over you. Falling backward onto the mattress, you let him loom over you. Heat radiates from his body, warming you up. Your heart thuds as he ducks down, his hands bracketing your head as he cages you in. He brushes his nose against yours and you feel sparks, trying to regulate your breathing.Â
âHi,â he whispers.Â
âHi,â you whisper back, reaching your hands up to rest on his hips. He reacts, pressing his waist into yours a little, making you bear his weight. âUgh, heavy.âÂ
âToo bad.âÂ
Seungcheolâs teeth nip your jaw, making your hips twitch upward. You can feel the smirk against your skin as he presses a wet kiss under your ear, moving his way to your neck.Â
âI was promised a shower.â
âMaybe Iâm too tired,â You murmur.
He hums, leaning more of his weight into you. Itâs comforting, not crushing, and you can feel the way his heart is beating wildly in his chest, in tune with yours. You smell bergamot and cedarwood, making your thoughts dizzy and scattered while he whispers, âIâll wash your hair.âÂ
âHmmm. Iâm listening.âÂ
He presses a wet kiss to your pulse point, tongue laving against your skin. Your fingers twist in his shirt, your muscles tensing as you fight off a shiver. You can hear his soft breath, the way the sheets shift under the two of you, the way your heart hammers. Â
âIâll massage your shouldersâŚâÂ
âHmm.âÂ
His teeth scrape against your throat and you sigh, arching up into him, eyes closed. âIâll eat you out.âÂ
Fuck. Youâre putty in his hands. Seungcheol could get you to do anything he asked. You donât know if he knows - youâre too afraid to show him, to let him in on the secret out of fear of what it would mean to him. If it was too much, too deep.
But like this, itâs hard not to hide it. Especially when his filthy mouth hits a weak point in you, turning you thoughtless as you nod your head in response, nails digging into his hip bones through the fabric of his shirt. He makes a noise in response, leaning up off of you reluctantly but pulling you with him.Â
Dropping his hands, you head to the bathroom, feeling uneven. Seungcheol whines and grabs you to pull you back toward him. He wraps his arms around you, squeezing tightly.Â
âYou havenât even given me a kiss,â he pouts, looking down at you through long, dark lashes. âI want a kiss.âÂ
This is the problem with Seungcheol. He says things like this when youâre supposed to be casual, something easy and without feelings and without strings. But this feels like something, it feels like there's a thread connecting you, tugging your mouth to his because of course you indulge him.
You always do.Â
Seungcheolâs lips are soft and taste faintly of his cherry chapstick. You smile into the kiss, standing on your tiptoes to press closer to him. He kisses you back eagerly, slotting his lips against yours and humming with delight. When you pull away, heâs smug, grinning happily.Â
âCome on,â he urges, now leading the charge as he pulls you by the hand toward your bathroom.Â
Instead of turning on the light, Seungcheol uses the glow of the burning candle on the counter to navigate. He drops your hand to open up the cabinets and pulls out two towels as you trail to the shower, opening the glass door to lean in and turn it on.Â
Steam starts to fill the room as you close the shower door and turn to him. He sets the towels on the counter, not bothering to shut the door to the bedroom. Instead, he grips the bottom of his shirt and peels it upward and over his head, revealing all toned muscle and tan skin.Â
He momentarily distracts you. Seungcheol is a work of art, equal parts rippling muscle and soft skin. You slide your shorts down, distracted by the way he looks in the golden shroud of the candle light, sliding his sweatpants down his legs.Â
Sensing your eyes, he lifts his head as he kicks off his sweats, briefs slung low on his hips. âAdmiring me?âÂ
âShut up.âÂ
Looking away, you take off your shirt, feeling the heat flush from your cheeks down to your neck. He chuckles, peeling off his briefs before kicking them toward the sink and striding toward the shower. He stops to kiss you on the cheek as he pulls open the door.Â
âI donât mind,â he teases. âI like it.âÂ
Itâs true. Seungcheol has always had the easy confidence of someone who is comfortable in their skin. You admire that about him - and envy him a little. Seungcheol never seems to worry what others think of him, nor does he seem embarrassed or concerned about making the wrong move. Saying the wrong thing.Â
Steam hits you full on as you step into the shower. Seungcheol is already standing under the spray of water, his back turned toward you. For a moment you admire him again, watching the way the water sluices down his broad back and narrow waist.Â
Your eyes drift to the tattoo at his neck, the branches of the tree stretching toward his shoulders. Youâve traced that tree with the tips of your fingers and tongue over and over again, fascinated about the way the ink flexes when he moves.Â
A chill catches you, making you shiver and step toward the heat of the water. He senses your approach, turning his head to the side to look at you over his shoulder. He grins, reaching a hand back toward you to pull you close. You lace your fingers, letting him pull you into him as he turns.Â
Hot water hits your skin, immediately soothing. You sigh, leaning into the firmness of him, Seungcheolâs arms wrapping around you. He catches your mouth again, your eyes fluttering shut as he kisses you slowly, tongue lazy as he licks into your mouth.Â
Seungcheolâs hands spread across your back, fingers digging in a little as he starts to explore, one hand surging up and the other down. You moan into his mouth as the hand that drifts down grabs a handful of your ass, squeezing a little. His mouth curves into the kiss and you feel his teeth pull at your bottom lip, something he knows you love.
As always, youâre a goner. You donât stand a chance with him. Not that first night and not now when he kisses you like something more. Not when he slides his hand around to your front, pressed between your bodies to run his fingers up the wet folds of your pussy.Â
He groans into the kiss that has turned sloppy, hungry. âFucking wet.â
âWeâre in the shower.âÂ
He growls and pulls his mouth from you to attach to your neck, biting and sucking harshly. You let out a breathy sound, head tilting back heavily as you feel his tongue lick the water from your skin. âDonât take away my credit.âÂ
âThe only crime is pride.â
The pads of his fingers press into your clit, making your knees knock together and the breath leave your lungs. He smiles against your neck, humming. âWhich classic are you quoting at me today?âÂ
âAntigone by Sophocles.âÂ
âWhatâs that one about?âÂ
Finding words is nearly impossible. The heat of the shower has you flushed and distracted, the steam making it harder to breathe, thoughts sticky as Seungcheol continues to tease you, fingers dragging down to your clenching entrance to press his fingers in slightly before dragging them back up.
Your nails bite into the back of his neck, clinging to him for life as he holds you up, one arm looped around your back to press you to him while the other makes all your thoughts scattered.Â
âCome on,â he urges gently, bringing his face to yours. He brushes his nose against yours, nudging. âTell me.âÂ
âShe was a tragic character in a play written by Sophocles,â you sigh. âShe was the daughter of Oedipus.âÂ
âThe guy who fucked his mom?â
Your laughter bubbles out of you. He laughs too, his hold tightening. âYeah, Cheol. The guy who fucked his mom.â
âCraaazy family.âÂ
âDo you really want to talk about Greek tragedy incest right now?â
âNope,â he says happily. âI do want to eat this pussy though.âÂ
Seungcheol flips gears so quickly that itâs hard to keep up. He swings you toward the glass wall of the shower, pressing your chest against it. You moan loudly, startled by the cool glass against your hard nipples. The contrast of hot water and the cool glass feels good, your eyes fluttering shut as Seungcheol drops to his knees behind you. He gently presses the inside of your knees, urging you to spread your legs.Â
âJust like that,â he encourages, hands ghosting upward to squeeze your ass. He pulls your hips away from the glass and toward him, groaning as he comes face level to your cunt. âFuck.â
Your breath fogs the glass. Itâs cold when you press your palms against it, holding yourself up as Seungcheol dips forward, running the flat of his tongue down your slit. You let out a pathetic sound and he laughs, fingers squeezing your flesh.Â
Everything feels like an exposed nerve. You melt, knees shaking and unsteady as Seungcheols tongue leisurely explores your folds, dipping into your entrance before dragging up to circle your clit.Â
One of your hands leaves the glass to reach back, sinking into the wet strands of his hair and holding him to you. He grunts in pleasure, the buzz of his mouth adding to the simulation as he fastens his lips to you, sucking gently.Â
Seungcheolâs mouth is a weapon. You fall apart under the warmth of his lips, the softness of his tongue. He sucks at your core, greedy and pleased, fingers digging into you as he presses in further. He can never get enough, the wet sounds of his hunger making your toes curl.
âFeels so good,â you pant against the glass. Your nails scrape against his scalp and he moans loudly, muffled by your cunt. âYour fucking mouth.âÂ
âMmm. Love you like this.â His tongue flicks expertly across your clit and you feel your thighs clench, legs shaking as your orgasm spools inside of you. âGod this shower hurts my fucking knees though.â
âYou wanted to eat me out in the shower.â
A hand cracks across your ass cheek, making you arch against the glass. He chuckles, tongue diving back, words slurred as he mutters, âAnd Iâd do it again.â
Seungcheolâs mouth feels divine. You go quiet as he sucks at you, focused on the warmth spreading through you and the way your breath starts to stutter, limbs locking up.Â
When you come, you go boneless. Seungcheol holds you up, pressing you against the glass as he licks you through your orgasm. You twitch against him, nails dragging in his hair, your other hand sliding against the glass as you fight to grip anything to ground you.
Breathing raggedly, you sag when he pulls his face from you and stands. He groans and you grin, knowing his knees hurt from the tile of the shower. He doesnât care, though. He crowds you in, cock pressed against your backside as his arms loop around you.Â
âKiss me.â His voice is soft, needy.Â
Turning your face over your shoulder, you let him catch his mouth with yours, all tongue and cum and spit. You donât care, pushing into him. One of his hands slides down between your legs, making you whimper into his mouth as he slides his fingers through your sticky folds to press two of them into your entrance.Â
Seungcheol is a giver. It doesnât matter how many times youâve slept together or had brief, fast encounters, he always makes it a point to please you. To go out of his way to make you shake against him, like he needs it.Â
He keeps your mouth melded to his as his fingers fuck you slowly. You clench around his fingers, moaning his name as he presses them against the soft spot inside of you. You see stars, panting into his mouth as he strings you along, dragging you toward another orgasm.Â
Itâs slow. Intimate. His mouth is hot and wet, sucking at biting at your bottom lip. His other hand snakes up to your throat, not applying pressure but gripping you, holding you to him. If he didnât have you so tightly pressed to the glass, you think youâd collapse.
âYou wonât fall,â he breathes into your mouth, reading your mind. âIâve got you.â
âMy knees are fucking useless right now.â
âYouâre tough. Come on, I know you can give me more.âÂ
Youâll give him anything he asks. You feel your heart slamming in your chest as he works you up again, feel the ragged breathing until you momentarily stop, everything tense and suspended as you clench around his fingers, shuddering violently as you come.Â
âKnew it,â he murmurs. âGood girl.â
A whine leaves you at the praise, head shaking back and forth a little as the oversensitivity makes you squirm. He works you through it, mouth pressed to your ear, whispering to breathe, baby as he strokes you gently until youâre leaning against him heavily.Â
Seungcheol removes his hand but keeps holding you up, letting you catch your breath. He peppers innocent kisses along your shoulder, lips brushing your skin tenderly. When you stand up with more strength, he pats you on the hip, gentle.
âGood?â
âMhmm.â Craning over your shoulder, you catch his chin with your mouth, kissing softly. You press your ass into him, feeling his straining cock. âCome on.âÂ
âYeah?â
âAll good.â
âThank fuck. Thought I lost you.â
âIâve had worse,â you grin, a little tired.
He kisses you, patting you approvingly before he grinds the tip of his cock between your legs. He groans deep in his chest, grip on you tightening for a moment. You reach behind you, gripping the base of his cock firmly, stroking gently before lining him up with your entrance.Â
Seungcheol pushes in, both of you whining in harmony at the feeling. It feels good, your pussy throbbing around him as he presses in slowly, letting you feel the stretch. He clings to you, trying to keep it together as you flutter around him.Â
âYeah,â he whispers, more to himself than you. âShit.âÂ
Gently, Seungcheol starts to fuck you against the glass, strokes deep and slow. Itâs mind-numbingly good, your cheek cool and pressed against the shower wall, Seungcheolâs face buried in your neck, breath puffing against your skin.Â
He holds you reverently, both hands on your hips to keep you where he wants you. You reach one hand behind your head, holding the back of his neck, nails digging into his skin. He hums happily, always pleased when you bite and scratch him.
That had been a surprise. You always thought he wouldnât want you to mark him, that he wouldnât want evidence of your time spent together. Seungcheol is the opposite though, urging you to rake your nails across soft skin, to bite at him and bruise him.Â
Your feet slide apart a little as he strengthens his thrusts. You squeal, hand smacking the glass to hold yourself up. He lets out a loud laugh, pausing to let you fix your stance. He taps your thigh in question and you nod, lifting your leg a little to let him slide a hand under your thigh to press it against the shower wall for better grip.
When he rolls his hips into you this time, itâs deeper, making you tremble against the glass. A groan drips from Seungcheolâs mouth as he sets his pace, pinning you between him and the glass with nothing to do but to take what he gives you.Â
âCan you do another?â he asks, breath shaky. His fingers squeeze your thigh for emphasis, the snap of his hips getting stronger. You nod, unable to answer verbally. He huffs, half laughter, half something else. âYeah you can.âÂ
And you can. Seungcheol can pull pleasure out of you like thread from a loom, his skilled hands guiding you where he wants you to go. Itâs easy for him, the way he knows your body so acute and familiar that the thought alone makes you unravel a little, your whines muted by the glass.Â
He makes you come like that, stuck between his warmth and the cold, the two contrasts keeping you suspended as you seize up around him. He grunts at the feeling, hips sloppy, losing their rhythm until he clenches up, growling your name into your neck as he tips over the edge after you.Â
For a few moments, you remain melded together, panting in time. Seungcheol makes no rush of peeling himself away from you. Instead, heâs content to mouth at your shoulder and neck, running his nose along your throat. You squirm and laugh, ticklish.Â
Grinning, he does it again, nuzzling into you and making you laugh, sound echoing in the shower. âSeungcheol!â
âItâs cute.âÂ
âCome on,â you urge. âYou said youâd wash my hair.âÂ
He steals a kiss. âAlright, alright. Pass me the shampoo.âÂ
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DAY FIFTY SEVEN
âWho is that?â Seungcheol asks, jerking his head toward the bar. You turn and follow his gaze to see Seokmin standing at the bar, ordering drinks. âNever seen him before.â
âJealous?â You tease, leaning forward and batting your eyelashes at him. Seokmin is just a coworker, but it doesnât mean you canât poke Seungcheol a little. Except Seungcheol doesnât laugh, leveling you with a stare, lips turning downward. âWait, you actually are.â
âDonât push it. It was just a question.â
âWe work together,â you clarify, immediately turning off the charm when you recognize heâs not amused. âActually I think he sort of has a thing for Vin, which is why heâs here.âÂ
Seungcheol hums, sipping his beer and looking away from you. Licking your lips, you reach out a hand and touch his gently, bringing his dark eyes back to you. He looks serious - more serious than youâve ever seen him, face blank, eyes unreadable.Â
âI mean it.â You squeeze his hand, trying to comfort him. âWeâre just friends.âÂ
âAlright.âÂ
âI feel like youâre mad at me.â
âWhy would I be mad?âÂ
You shrug, struggling to articulate. He still has that expression you canât read, something stark and closed off. âJust seems like it.âÂ
He shakes his head again, but you donât think heâs telling the truth, watching the way his eyes shift to watch Seokmin approach. âJust tired, I think I might head out.âÂ
Panic grips you and you say the first thing you can think of, throwing caution to the wind. âWant to come over?âÂ
That gives him pause. He studies you. You feel a tightness in your throat under his scrutiny. His mouth twitches and he nods. âAlright,â he says softly. âIf you want me to.â
âI do.â You squeeze his hand again. âReally.â
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DAY SEVENTY EIGHT
âWant to do me a huge favor?âÂ
You look up from your spot on your couch. Seungcheol is in your kitchen, using his hip to close the door to the fridge. He lifts the lid on the package of grapes, plastic cracking loudly as he does. Leaning against the counter, he pops one into his mouth, crunching happily.Â
âBesides giving you my grapes?â you ask, deadpan. He grins around them shrugging happily as he eats another. You roll your eyes, turning back to the laptop carefully balanced on your knee. âWhatâs the favor?âÂ
âWe have this giant New Years Eve party at work in two weeks and I need a date.â
That gives you pause. You stare at the computer screen but you canât make out anything on the screen. You donât dare to turn and look at Seungcheol, fearful that the feelings his question brings out will be right on the surface of your expression.
Date. Itâs a scary word. You and Seungcheol sort of go on dates all the time, but theyâre not really dates. At least, not from your perspective. If you were to ask Jeonghan, he would launch into another lecture that you should just put a goddamn title on this thing. Vin happily agrees, both of them hammering you on calling the thing between you and Seuncheol what it is.
But itâs friends with benefits. Friends go out to eat meals together and go shopping together - they hangout. The benefits are the sex. Itâs the pressing you against your mattress as he maps your body with his mouth, itâs the way you sink to your knees for him after heâs had a bad day at work, taking him into the heat of your mouth to make him forget.Â
So yes, youâve gone places together alone and as a friend date. But somehow this feels different, and you donât think itâs supposed to.Â
Carefully, you ask, âYour date, huh?â
âMhmm. Free drinks and apps, and itâs at the top of that fancy new hotel. We can stay the night so we donât have to pay for an expensive as fuck UberâÂ
Not for the first time, you find yourself unsure where the line is with Seungcheol. Youâve agreed multiple times that this is just casual, a shared benefit between friends. And yet every time you feel confident in what you are, the line blurs.Â
Youâre as guilty as he is, you know. On more than one occasion youâre the one who has crossed the line, messing up the clear boundary the two of you have had in place for weeks. Somehow, you both manage to be utterly terrible at casual, but youâre too afraid to say something about it. Too afraid to ruin it.Â
âI suppose I can be convinced.âÂ
âOh? What can I do to convince you?âÂ
You look up as his tone turns to velvet, that voice he uses when heâs coaxing you into his lap, or when heâs-Â
âItâs really hard to be sexy when thereâs grape juice running down your chin, Cheol.âÂ
He pouts, grabbing a paper towel to wipe the lower half of his face as you laugh. Heâs cute, pink lips downturned and eyes round as he sulks. âDonât make fun of me. Just say yes to being my date.âÂ
âYeah, yeah. Iâll go.âÂ
His grin is burnished gold, the sun breaking for first light over the horizon. âThank you.âÂ
âMhmm.â He crunches into another grape and you scowl. âStop eating all my fucking grapes!âÂ
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DAY NINETY TWO
âHoly shit,â Seungcheol mutters when you step out of the hotel bedroom. He feels his heart start to pound in his chest from where he stands in the kitchenette, fingers squeezing the glass of whiskey he poured himself earlier. âYou look unreal.â
And you do. You always do. It was one of the first things he noticed about you when Jeonghan and Joshua introduced the two of you that first night at that shitty bar you like to go to on Fridays. The real kicker had been your personality, though. Warm, kind, quick wit. A bit of a history nerd, which is his favorite thing.Â
Honestly, he loves a lot of things about you. He knows that he has to do something about that. Knows that this stopped being casual a long time ago. Seungcheol has no problem with casual hookups and keeping people in a rotation, but when it comes to you⌠he just wants you.Â
Itâs like he has no idea how to keep his distance, how to keep his feelings out of it. He doesnât mind, but he needs to figure out how to tell you. How to take that next step and move you from friends to more - if thatâs what you want, anyway.Â
âYouâre not so bad yourself,â you say back neutrally. He can see the way your eyes linger on him though, your gaze betraying the calmness of your voice, as always.
You donât get it, though. Seungcheol cannot keep his eyes off you, dragging them from top to bottom. The black dress is snug on your frame, his eyes tracing the swells of your breasts, the dip of your hips, the curve of your ass and thighs.Â
Dragging his eyes back up, he meets your gaze. That is one of his favorite things. Your eyes, full of light and depth and thoughts that he always wants to fall into. There is so much simmering under the surface that you donât say and heâs never asked.
He wants to.Â
Knocking back the rest of his drink, Seungcheol leaves the glass on the counter and walks over to you. You shift from foot to foot, eyes darting up to examine the ceiling. He smirks, feeling the nerves radiating from you as he approaches.Â
When he reaches out, you donât step away from him. You let him skim his hands up your sides, going until heâs running them over your shoulders and on either side of your neck so he can cradle your face. He turns your gaze back to him and you stare up at him through your lashes.Â
He was a goner on day one. How ridiculous to think heâs not just made this real, told you how he doesnât want a single thing to be casual and superficial between you.Â
Instead of stealing a searing kiss and pushing you back into the bedroom like he wants to, Seungcheol presses a short kiss to the corner of your mouth. Heâs too afraid that if he starts something that you wonât make it downstairs.Â
Now isnât the time for that, though. Thereâs a party upstairs and free drinks and he wants to spend time with his friends. Spend time with you.
The Seungcheol that existed before you is a stranger to him. He barely remembers what it was like to have people he wasnât genuinely interested in, what it was like to show up alone at parties and take someone home. Hardly recalls pushing people away when they wanted too much.Â
All it took was meeting you.
âCome on,â he urges gently, leading you from the room and to the elevator.Â
Seungcheol slides his phone from his pocket in the elevator. You press close against him, your arm brushing against his as it fills up with people. He notes where Wonwoo tells him to meet and puts his phone back in his pocket, leaning into you a little.
You let him, making his mouth twitch upward. You always let him do what he wants, and when you donât, an easy pout gets his way. Heâs wrapped around your finger, too. He doesnât know if you realize it, but he would give you anything you wanted without a moment's hesitation.Â
When the elevator doors open, Seungcheol takes your hand. You let him pull you into the party teeming with people, the sound of music swelling over the dull roar of the crowd. You stick closer to him, fingers squeezing him tightly as the pair of you walk toward the check-in table.Â
âThis is beautiful,â you murmur to him.Â
His first instinct is to look at you because you are beautiful. Youâre not looking at him, your neck craned to sweep over the party. He smiles at you, watching the glow of your side profile, eyes wide with wonder.
Dragging his eyes from your face, he glances around the party. It is gorgeous, with views of the entire city glittering beneath the building like a bed of stars, shimmering decorations reflecting the golden lights, a giant clock to show the time, and massive flower arrangements.Â
âItâs nice,â he agrees, shuffling to the table where he gives his name. âChoi Seungcheol.â
âPerfect, thanks.â The person working the table peels two wristbands and gestures for you both to hold out your wrists. You let go of his hand to do so, letting the attendant wrap your arm in a blue band. âHave a great night, Mr. and Mrs. Choi.âÂ
Both of you blink in surprise. You open and close your mouth as if youâre unsure how to correct them and Seungcheol laughs, shrugging as he takes your hand and leads you out of the line and into the party proper this time.
âThis way, wifey.âÂ
You roll your eyes but grin anyway, looping your arm through his offered one and tugging him close. Heâs satisfied, leading you through the tight crowd of people toward the south bar that Wonwoo had said their friends were waiting at.
Joshua spots you and waves you both over, making room at the bar for you to join. Jeonghanâs eyes flick to where your arm is looped through Seungcheol to Seungcheol himself, raising a brow. Seungcheol glares at him, urging him to shut up and Jeonghan grins, turning to order drinks at the bar.Â
Wonwoo claps Seungcheol on the back in greeting before kissing you on both cheeks and letting you sit on the only barstool available. Seungcheol moves with you pressed to your back as he leans an elbow on the bar, keeping you close. You lean into him, earning a shy smile that he tries to hide behind the rim of the champagne glass that Jeonghan hands him.
He likes this. He likes being with his friends. He likes the way you laugh and lean back further into him when you do. He likes that his friends donât bother the two of you about being attached at the hip. And he likes the way your face lights up every time he jokingly calls you wifey.Â
Seungcheol wants this.Â
He doesnât recall the last time he wanted a relationship the way he wants with you. It doesnât matter anyway. Everything before you is gone and forgotten, and what matters now are the things that are post-meeting-you.Â
Plied with lots of champagne and your laughter, Seungcheol lets you drag him onto the dance floor, wrapping your arms around him as he spins you. He doesnât know what has him more drunk, the alcohol or you. He thinks it might be you.Â
The DJ announces that itâs one minute until midnight, making Seungcheol spin and look up at the clock. The partygoers cheer, clustering together to press toward the clock to count down. Seungcheol wraps an arm around your waist, keeping you close in the tight crowd.Â
His heart flutters as he watches the numbers countdown, realizing he gets to kiss you at midnight. Heâs kissed you over a hundred times by now, but the prospect makes him giddy. His heart races as the numbers drop and he looks at you from the corner of your eye.
Youâre watching the clock, uncontrolled happiness on your face as you yell with the rest of the crowd, counting each number as it passes by.Â
When the clock strikes midnight, you peer up at him, suddenly unsure. He canât believe you donât see it, that youâd doubt for one second that he wants you to be his first kiss of the year. His heart seizes, dipping down with a smile to press his lips to yours.
Your mouth is warm and champagne-sweet, making him groan in the back of his throat. Your fingers cling to his hip, holding him by the waist as he slips a hand up to the back of your neck to hold you in place, deepening the kiss.Â
When you pull your mouth away, he makes up his mind. Fuck everything he said about keeping it casual - he doesnât want to go another minute without you knowing what he wants.Â
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DAY NINETY THREE
âBe my girlfriend.â
The words that come from Seungcheolâs lips catch you off guard. A giggle bursts to your lips and you lean back, trying to examine him from a little farther away. You feel the glitter of champagne in your veins and the same buzz that comes with being near Seungcheol, wondering if maybe heâs had too much to drink.
âWhat?â you ask, examining his face. Heâs flushed, lips pink and smiling, but his eyes are dark and serious.
âBe my girlfriend,â he says again, this time quieter. He leans forward, pressing his forehead to yours. His breath fans your face, warm and sweetened by champagne. âI know we agreed to be casual so if you donât want more, thatâs fine. But there is nothing casual about the way I feel about you.â
Heart thundering, you laugh and cling to him a little tighter. He nudges you with his head, as though asking whatâs so funny. You donât know how to put into words that youâve wanted to be not casual for a long time, that you are dizzy with the prospect of being something more, that heâs just made the first minute of your year perfect.
Instead of trying to string together the words to tell him, you kiss him. His mouth turns upward, letting you press your palms to the sides of his face, holding him to your lips. Thereâs no one else but just the two of you, entirely in your own bubble on the rooftop.Â
Relief mixed with euphoria floods your system. Itâs a weight lifted off your shoulders, realizing that youâre not crazy, that nothing you feel about Seungcheol is casual and thatâs okay. That he feels it too.Â
Your fingers slide into the hair at the back of his neck, pulling slightly. He groans, separating your mouths to peer down at you, his lashes fanning when he blinks, dazed.Â
âDonât do that,â he whispers. âThis is a work party. Iâll fold right here.âÂ
âSo take me somewhere that isnât here and fold.â
His gummy smile is blinding, your heart soaring. âAlright, wifey.âÂ
âGonna need a ring pop at a minimum if youâre gonna keep saying that shit.â
He links your fingers together, stepping away from you. He tugs you after him and you follow. âDeal. What flavor?â
âStrawberry. I kind of want to suck something else right now, though.âÂ
Seungcheol groans and you laugh, loving the way he visibly struggles as your words land. He walks faster, a new pep in his step as you make your way toward the elevator. He shouts Wonwooâs name as he goes, waving his hand to tell him that youâre leaving.Â
Wonwooâs grin is all-knowing as he throws two thumbs up, cheering happily. You tingle with a little bit of embarrassment, scurrying toward the closing elevator door to catch it. It opens again and you both slip inside, alone and buzzing from the party and your newfound status.Â
The door closes and Seungcheol pushes in close. You press against the wall, looking up at his sharp grin, his nose nudging yours. His lips are almost on yours, the heat of them against your mouth making you dizzy and the heavy weight of his body against yours making your thoughts sticky.Â
âGonna suck something else, huh?âÂ
âUh huh.âÂ
âWanna do it right here in the elevator?âÂ
âHuh?âÂ
He bursts into laughter at your wide gaze, tapping the underside of your chin with his knuckle in jest. âIâm kidding. UnlessâŚâ
You shove him away and he starts laughing again, bending over with the force of it. You canât be annoyed by his teasing, loving the way his eyes crease at the corner and how he laughs with the full force of his body.Â
âYouâre so annoying.âÂ
âYou should have seen your face, though.âÂ
âI mean Iâll do it right now, if you want.â
His smile drops and he opens his mouth a little, shocked. âWait, really?â
âNo, but you should have seen your face.â
The elevator arriving at the appropriate floor saves him from answering. He scowls at you and you giggle, grabbing him and pushing him into the hall and toward your room. He turns on his heel, falling into step with you and fishing the room key out of his pocket.Â
Itâs cold in the room when you enter. Seungcheol had booked a one bedroom suite with a small living room and kitchenette. It was more than what you needed for the night, but it feels nice, like your own private getaway.Â
Taking you by the hand, he walks backward toward the bedroom, pulling you along. His smile is beautiful and you wear a matching one. A thrill shoots through you when you realize that Seungcheol is yours. Really yours.Â
Sitting on the bed, he pulls you into his lap. Your knees sink in the mattress on either side of his hips, ass resting on his thighs. Leaning over him, you link your hands behind the back of his neck, threading your fingers through the silky hair there.Â
Seungcheol tilts his face up toward you, eyes fluttering as you play with his hair. His arms loop around your waist, squeezing you.Â
âHi,â he breathes.Â
âHi.â
Leaning down, you slot your mouth against his. He tastes like champagne, mouth warm. Kissing him takes your breath away, thoughts guttering out as he licks into your mouth hungrily. You lose yourself in the feeling of him, feeling like youâre on fire.Â
Seungcheol falls backward on the bed. His lips are swollen and pink, eyes heavy-lidded as he stares up at you. He reaches for you but you give him a coy smile and slip from his lap, crouching to the floor and running your hands along his thighs, feeling them flex beneath your touch.Â
You love Seungcheolâs thighs. Your nails drag across the fabric and he lets out a breathy sound. His muscles twitch as you reach to brush your fingers over his zipper, making sure to press into his cock. His hips jerk upward at the barest hint of stimulation and you grin.
âItâs no elevator,â you tease. âBut will this do?âÂ
âFucking anywhere will do.âÂ
Seungcheol has always been sensitive. Heâs easy to rile, cock already firm by the time youâre undoing his belt and heâs helping you pull his dress pants down his thighs. You eye the dark patch in his briefs, proud that with just a little bit of kissing and some light touching heâs already leaking at the tip.
Sitting high on your knees, you lean forward, tongue pressing wetly to the tip of his cock through the fabric. A hand shoots to the back of your head, his fingers gripping you firmly as you laugh, tongue still pressed to him and soaking through his briefs.
âDonât you dare tease me tonight,â he warns, voice shaky. âThat is not wifey behavior.âÂ
You remove your tongue, pouting and moving to press a kiss to his thigh. âYou never let me tease you.âÂ
âIâm not patient.â Your teeth scrape the softness of his flesh and his legs twitch, knees knocking your shoulder. âBaby, I am so serious.â
Biting your bottom lip to hide a smile, you give in. You know with certainty heâd let you drag this out if you really wanted to. Seungcheol is impatient and greedy and demanding, but he also lets you do what you want when it comes down to it.Â
Instead of testing his grace, you peel his briefs down, freeing his cock. Your mouth waters at his thick length, your hand automatically reaching up to grab him. You swipe your thumb through the precum gathered, using it to slide down the full length of his shaft.
Seungcheolâs hips buck. You grip him properly, working him slowly as you shuffle closer on your knees. They already hurt, hotel carpet digging into them but you ignore it in favor of watching the way his fingers slowly undo the button of his shirt, needing to shuck the fabric off.Â
âYouâre pretty,â you note absently. His stomach flexes when he sits up to slide his shirt off of his shoulders. He looks down at you, pupils dilated. âVery, very pretty.âÂ
âYouâre a work of art yourself.â
Instead of laying back down flat, he leans back on his palms, letting his head fall back. Seungcheol shuts his eyes, face tilted up at the ceiling as though in prayer. âFeels good.â
Humming happily, you lean forward and slowly run the flat of your tongue up the base of his shaft. That draws a low moan out of him, his chest rising and falling as he pants. Youâre fascinated by his reactions, watching his face and body language carefully as you swirl your tongue around the crown of his cock.
Heâs responsive, fingers digging into the sheets in an effort not to grab your head and take control. Heâs testing his patience, letting you bring him into the wet heat of your mouth at your pace, sucking lazily.Â
âFuck,â he groans. You hum around him and he shakes his head, shivering. âYouâre gonna kill me.â
Good you think, setting a proper place as you swallow him down, letting your spit pool to help make the glide easier. Itâs messy and wet, just the way Seungcheol likes it, his moans backtracking the slick sounds coming from your mouth.
What you canât fit in your mouth properly, you cover with your hand, squeezing periodically as you stroke upward, meeting your stretched lips.Â
âGod,â Seungcheol whispers. âYou know how to suck cock.â
Pulling off of him with a wet pop, you grin, feeling the sting in your mouth from the stretch. Your lips are cum and spit-slicked, sticky as you continue to stroke him.Â
âThanks,â you laugh. âI heard Iâm wifey material.â
âFucking, shit, yeah a little bit. Fuckkkk, mouth please.âÂ
You comply, sucking him back into your mouth. Heâs putty underneath you, hips twitching off the bed a little as soft sounds drip from his mouth. You watch, totally hypnotized by the way he moved, the way his hairline gets a little sweaty as he nods, encouraging you.Â
Biting his lip, he lifts a hand from the bed to grab at you, pulling you off of him. âCome here,â he growls, opening his.Â
Seungcheol pulls you to him, not caring that your mouth is a mess. His tongue delves in, exploring the mixed taste of champagne and precum, hands pulling at your dress to peel it off of you.Â
âLet me sit against the headboard,â he pants, breaking the kiss to scoot backward. You peel your underwear off and toss them, following him across the mattress as he settles. He pats his lap and reaches for you. âCome here, baby.âÂ
You settle into his lap again, mouth melding to his. His hands explore you, gripping your ass, squeezing your waist, running up your front to pinch at your nipples. You moan into his mouth, carding your fingers in his hair and pulling at the stimulation, your head tilting back a little.
He takes the opportunity to attach his lips to your throat, biting sharply and soothing the sting with his tongue. Sinking a little lower, you feel your pussy brush against his cock and you sigh, gently rolling your hips to slide your sticky folds up his shaft.Â
Seungcheol groans against you, mouth feverish against your skin. He maps your throat, kissing and biting his way to your chest, where he steals a pert nipple into his mouth to give a harsh suck. You squeal and he grins, plucking at your sensitive bud with his teeth.Â
Holding onto him, you let him lavish attention to your tits the way he wants, hands squeezing, tongue flicking. It feels good. Aflame, you continue to roll your hips shallowly in his waist, just giving the barest of stimulation to you both.
A hand slides between your legs, his fingers finding your swelling clit, pressing against it. You whine loudly, fighting off a violent shiver. He grins where he has your breast in his mouth, sucking generously as he lazily circles your clit with his fingers.Â
âCheol,â you whisper-whine. âYou said no teasing.â
âI said no teasing me.â His fingers slide backward and dip into your entrance teasingly. You clench around nothing, aching for him to do something. âFlustered, huh?âÂ
âPlease give me something.â
He presses his lips against the side of your jaw, grinning. âFine.â He sinks a single finger into you and you sigh in immediate relief. It isnât enough but itâs something, your hips rocking to take him in deeper. âBetter?â
âI can take more.âÂ
âOf course you can.â He pushes in another finger, the stretch so good. âYouâre my girl. You can take what I give you.â
Dropping your head to his shoulder, you nod. You hide your face in his flushed skin, riding his fingers as he slowly slides them home, working you gently. They press against your sensitive spot and you curse, gripping him a little tighter.Â
Impatient and needing more, you grind yourself forward, fucking his hand properly. He laughs, letting you take what you need, cupping you fully so the heel of his palm grinds into your clit. Your movements are frenzied, driven by the desire for him, the feeling curling inside you.Â
âJust like that,â he encourages. âFuck yourself on my fingers just like that.âÂ
You do, thighs aching and body shaking. The sheets stick to your legs as you work yourself up, sweaty palms sliding against Seungcheolâs shoulders. He whispers in your ear, voice low and scratchy, adding to the building mania inside of you.Â
âShit,â you hiss, feeling the tightness in your stomach start to boil over.Â
âCome on, come around my fingers. You got it.âÂ
His gentle voice pushes you over all the way and you clench around his fingers, coming undone. Your hips stop moving and your legs squeeze around his as you seize up. Seungcheol is having none of it, taking the lead to drive his fingers up into you as you flutter around him.
âOh,â you gasp as he finer fucks you through the rest of your orgasm, sucking at a tender spot on your neck until youâre trembling and a mess. âOkay, okay, okay.âÂ
Seungcheol takes it easy on you, pulling his fingers from between your legs with a slick noise. You heave against him, catching your breath while he brings his fingers to his mouth and sucks obnoxiously.Â
âMmm.â
âReally?â
âYes.â He smacks your ass and you squeak. âRide my cock like that?âÂ
Huffing, you extend to your full height on your knees. He grabs the base of his shaft, eyes fixed on the mess between your legs as you sink down slowly. His tip breaches you, both of you letting out a sound as you keep going, holding your breath as he stretches you open.
Seungcheol taps your waist. âBreathe.âÂ
You do, inhaling a breath as you nestle in his lap, seated fully, clenching around him. âThanks.â
âMhmm.âÂ
Seungcheolâs hands move up your sides, his eyes drinking in every inch of you. This time, you know the look in his eye is real. His gaze is covetous, looking at you like youâre his because you are.Â
You catch his hands with yours, linking your finger and squeezing. He smiles, looking up at you with dark locks of hair in his face. You smile back, starting to roll your hips, using his hands to steady yourself.
Everything feels like an exposed nerve. The cool air of the hotel room brushes across your back, making you shiver. The mattress dips under your movement, your thighs flexing to keep your balance steady, Seungcheolâs grip on you helping.Â
âYouâre so perfect,â Seungcheol mutters, using your linked hands to pull you toward him. Your hands slip from him, going to the headboard to help lift you instead. His grip finds your waist, aiding in your movement while his mouth finds your breasts. âGod these tits.âÂ
An ache settles in your thighs but you ignore it, chasing an orgasm. You tremble in his hold, breath punching out of you as he mumbles your name, watching you with fucked out eyes and lips parted, like youâre giving him everything he ever wanted.
You kind of feel that way. The way he looks at you isnât that different from before, but now youâre confident in it, realizing that everything with Seungcheol felt too intimate because it was. Casual was never the right name for it, neither of you having any idea how to really be no strings attached.Â
âMy fucking legs hurt,â you admit, panting. âCan you take over?âÂ
âMhmm.â Seungcheol surges forward, knocking you backward onto the bed. You laugh, bouncing a little as he pulls out and helps maneuver you. âTurn around for me.âÂ
With shaking arms, you follow his instruction. The sheets cling to you as you roll, making you huff and swat at them. He chuckles, peeling them away from your sweaty skin while you settle on your stomach, arching your ass a little.Â
He palms your left cheek, groaning and dragging his blunt nails down the curve to your hip where he grabs you. âUnreal,â he whispers, to either you or himself.Â
You gasp when he thrusts pack in, punching the air from your lungs as he sets a sharp pace. You jostle on the bed, grabbing the sheets and knotting your hands in them to keep you in place, a stream of whimpers leaving you.Â
A hand slips up your spine, pressing flat between your shoulder blades, pushing you down further into the bed. You gasp and nod, Seungcheol taking it as a sign to put more weight into it, angling his hips so heâs fucking down into you.Â
Itâs hard to breathe, the dizziness taking over as your skin starts to turn to static, orgasm so close that you can feel the buzz between your legs. He keeps going like that, pinning you hard to the bed as his hips crash into yours.Â
His name leaves your mouth in a cry as you squeeze around him, letting loose. He curses, picking up his pace, ignoring the wet squelch as he does, palm pressing you harder into the bed as you come.Â
You think you might disintegrate, unable to do anything but make broken sounds as he chases his orgasm. Just when you think you might not get another breath, he comes, the pressure on your back lifting a little. You gasp for air, feeling the room tilt as his thrusts slow, becoming gentle.Â
Seungcheolâs hands are soothing on your back, fingers dancing up and down your spine, delicate. Heâs muttering something to you but you canât hear him, the pounding of your heart far too loud, pulse rattling in your ears.Â
When his hips are still, his hands keep moving. He leans over you, careful not to put his weight on you, mouth kissing across your shoulders. Your cheek is pressed flat against the sheet as you pant, coming down from a fever pitch.Â
âYou okay if I get up and get you water?â the question is whispered across your cheek, where Seungcheol presses a tender kiss. You nod and he kisses you again before peeling away from you.Â
Laying in the bed, you drift, listening to him shuffle around to the kitchen. Youâre sleepy but more aware now. When the bed dips again, you crack your eye open, watching as he navigates carefully on his knees, two glasses of water in hand.Â
âCan you sit up or do you need help?â You shake your head and muster the strength you have left to sit up. Your muscles spasm as you do, a groan leaving your mouth as the room spins from the change in perspective. âYou okay?â
âThirsty,â you rasp, reaching for the glass he offers. Gulping down the cool water, youâre aware of his eyes on you, watching you drain the glass as he sips his. âThank you.â
He takes the empty glass and kisses your lips. âMhmm. Need more?â
âNo, Iâm good. I just need to sleep for five hundred years, no big deal.âÂ
âDamn, five hundred goes crazy. Do you think weâll have flying cars by then?âÂ
Seungcheol puts both glasses on the nightstand and peels back the covers of the bed. He slips under them, patting the spot next to him. You crawl over, limbs heavy and uncoordinated. He laughs at you and you scowl, but manage to clamber in next to him, warm beneath the blankets and tucked into his chest.
âYes, definitely. And like giant sexy holograms advertising porn, probably.â
âThatâs the first thing you think of in the future? Porn?â
âListen,â you huff, laying your head against his chest and closing your eyes. âIâm still a little champagne buzzed and you just fucked me until I couldnât breathe for a while. Cut me slack.âÂ
âSure thing, wifey.âÂ
âUgh. Is that our thing now?âÂ
âMhmm. Everything pre-relationship has henceforth been replaced with the relationship-only era. Pretend you have amnesia.âÂ
A huff of laughter leaves you. âSure thing.âÂ
âI mean I feel like I have amnesia.â You give him a questioning look. Heâs contemplative, staring with unseeing eyes as he plays with your fingers. âI had an entire life and habits before you, and I swear itâs like sometimes my memory actually starts with that first night at the bar.âÂ
âReally?â
âYeah. Youâre just around a lot and I like to think itâs always been that way. And Iâm kind of sorry for taking so long to admit nothing about this was casual for me.âÂ
You smile. âWasnât for me either.âÂ
âGood.â He snuggles into you, settling in silence for a few moments. âThanks for letting me win pool that first night.âÂ
âI did not let you win that game, oh my god.âÂ
âJust admit it! You wanted to taste my goodies and you let me win.âÂ
âIâm gonna give you some damn amnesia,â you mutter, but grin as he hugs you tight.
âSure thing, wifey. Sure thing.âÂ

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â Old Man! Logan Howlett x fem! mutant! reader || WC: 5.4k
SYNOPSIS: Running out of options to save what was left of his family, Logan escapes to Canada and seeks refuge in a stranger's home. Once he arrives at your doorstep, beaten and bruised, he gets more than what he bargained for as your lives become intertwined.
CONTENT/WARNINGS: MDNI/18+. NSFW. ANGST/SMUTTY/FLUFFY. Fix-it fic. Found Family. Strangers to Lovers. Budding relationship. Emotionally constipated Logan. Yearning. Mutual pining. Flirting. Kissing. Mentions of smut. Mentions of marriage & pregnancy at the end. Valentine's Day mention. Reader is an empath/telepathic mutant/mind bender. Mentions of Laura & Charles Xavier. Canon-adjacent to Logan (2017). Logan doesn't die and gets a happy ending!
A/N: Hi! This is my entry for the Loveuary Challenge hosted by @lubdubology & @yxtkiwiyxt (yes a month late, Iâm sawry!) I was given Old Man Logan/Wolverine paired with the song Endless Love by Lionel Richie & Diana Ross, and this was what I came up with. I rewrote this like three times, so it was hard getting through it, but I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you to my twin @joelsdagger for the proofread, love you to bits. Reblogs, comments, and likes are always greatly appreciated! <3
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He remembers what it felt like. Loss. All-consuming loss. Heâs lived through it more times than he could count, escaping the narrow grip of death for all of his very long, undeserving life.
So much blood had spilled on his hands that his pale skin was permanently stained in crimson, losing track of whether it was his own or someone elseâs. The burdens of the world weighed heavily on his shoulders like the rest of him, dragging his feet through the Earth, searching for a safe haven, a home, a reason to keep going.
There was never enough time. No time to grieve. To beg for forgiveness. To find the light at the end of the tunnel. The suffering from the two centuries heâs lived through was imprinted on his psyche, doing reruns of the wars he fought in his sleep, the sound of cannon fire and dog tags dangling around his neck haunting him in his nightmares.
Logan was as much of a monster as people made him out to be despite his dwindling strength and delayed regenerative health saying otherwise. He was ready to throw in the towel as soon as Charlesâ seizures started; losing his loved ones in one fell swoop was enough to break whatever was left of his fading spirit.
Years spent scavenging, fighting, surviving off of scrapsâŚmending the broken pieces of the man he saw in the cracked mirror. The Wolverine, a fable tale like the rest of the mutants and the X-Men, lost to the ravages of time and the severed mind of their savior.
Of course, that all changed when they met Laura.
A feisty, angry, defiant young girl that flipped Loganâs life upside down. Really, he was initially putting up with her for some money to stretch over the next couple of months. He could get Charles his medicine, maybe get them out of New Mexico and into a house with steady walls, real plumbing, and a yard. It was a fantasy, dreaming of something other than the dust that polluted his sights so frequently, choking him up more often than the blood that clotted at the base of his throat.
Realizing she was his, his family, revived the dormant beating encased in his ribcage. From the scowl on her face to her nose scrunches, the furrow in her eyebrow when she was frustrated or in deep concentration, the way the side of her mouth curled upwards in a smirk. It was all irrevocably him; it couldnât be questioned, and he didnât think to do so.
Laura redefined what family meant to Logan, another chance at having the very thing he lost long ago.
They almost didnât make it to Canada; the dreaded journey to the other side of the border dragged on far longer than any of them anticipated. The irony that Logan would find himself in his âhomeâ country again after so long brought memories he couldâve sworn he had forgotten. Charles had told him before to prioritize getting there first, that everything else would work out on its own. That there were things Logan didnât yet understand, and that he didnât need to.
A second chance. A new life. Itâs all within his reach, his and Lauraâs. All he had to do was get there.
Logan had lost count of how many times the old man had been right, how Xavierâs wisdom wasnât entirely clouded by his terrorizing Alzheimerâs, still locked somewhere deep in that dying brain of his, guiding his loved onesâthe ones that remainedâto safety. He wouldnât allow the same mistake to repeat again; he couldnât bear losing any more people because of his shortcomings.
He just had to get them to Canada.Â
Apparently, the journey led them right to you.
You were already walking out of your home and onto the porch when Loganâs truck pulled in the driveway, eyeing him closely as the hairs on the back of your neck and arms rose. He stepped out first, guarding a younger girl standing behind his broad figure, and none other than Charles Xavier in the backseat.
You were waiting for them, distantly remembering years ago the professor had come to you in your dreams with a message, mentioning that he would need your help in the future, that youâd know when you were needed. He didnât tell you anything else, didnât say exactly who would be coming to you, just that you were to help them at all costs. Not one to disagree, you continued on with your life in Canada, assimilating into society despite the isolation you felt carrying a responsibility you didnât know what to do with. Until now.
As you observed the older, scarred man, it dawned on you exactly who you were dealing with. Youâve heard of him, of the Wolverine; this first impression of him is different than what you expected. He watched you, body stiff, riddled with anxiety and uncertainty, a protective hand over the little girlâs back, keeping her close.
Staying in place, you kept your stance relaxed, showing no sign of a threat to the three individuals before you.
âYou must be hungry.â
All sat at the dinner table, you didnât say anything as you offered some hearty tomato soup, warming your guests from the inside out. The young girl, Laura, whom youâve come to know, didnât hesitate to hold her empty bowl up and ask for more. With a smile, you served her twice without question, more than happy to give whatever they needed, Charles and Logan included.
The first night in the new space threw Logan off-kilter, saying goodnight to Charles after you administered his new meds, the stronger dosage knocking him right out with no additional assistance. You helped in settling Laura to bed without needing to be asked, guiding her to the bathroom for a shower, spare clothes at the ready, and your comforting presence at the door.
Tentatively, Laura roamed around the other spare bedroom you had in your home, plopping on the plush bedding prepared for her, already claiming the bunny plushie you figured she mightâve liked. She murmured a thank you, shutting her eyes, and you stood by the entryway as Logan placed a kiss on her forehead, switching off the light and closing the door behind him.
He didnât give you a chance to make any suggestions of where you wanted to put him, mumbling that he would take the couch in your living room. You figured he wasnât ready yet. Heâll keep the walls he had spent decades building, the ones that nurtured his fears and worries, the ones that kept him alive. There was no need to push him further, offering the shower if he wanted to wash off the dried blood from his undershirt, along with clothes you guessed would fit him, telling him youâd wash the rest in the morning.
You leave him standing in the living room with a curt smile and a promise of safety, that Logan didnât need to sleep with one eye open anymore. Surely, heâll come to understand that. Retreating back to your bedroom, he cleaned up and lay back on the pillows you gave him, his body shutting down before he could finish his next breath, eyes closing as he plunged into a deep sleep.
For the first time in years, he slept through the whole night without jolting awake. Actually, he slept well into the next day. Whether that was because of exhaustion or because he felt comfort for the first time, that was for him to figure out later.
He remembers what it felt like. What love wasâis.
His love towards his family, with Charles and the other X-Men, and now with Laura included; his daughter in more ways than he thought possible. He can faintly remember the traces of love he had towards Jean before she made her choice to stay with Scott, though he doesnât think his feelings for her ever went away, loving from a distance despite letting her go. Over the course of his 200 years, heâs had that âsparkâ more than once, many happening when he wasnât graying and knocking on deathâs door, some lost in the deep mess of his scattered memories. Though, Logan didnât anticipate feeling that same spark another time when coming to Canada, seeking refuge in your home.
It started off slowly, as it always did, through acts of kindness that came naturally to the both of you. He figured it was easier to make himself useful as a way to say thank you when he couldnât find the words. You were very hands-on with Charles; whatever medicine cocktail you had been giving him kept his seizures at bay, and frankly, heâs the calmest and happiest heâs ever been. Logan almost thinks he could see the old Charles come back, stopping by the foyer to listen to the professor share his memories with a toothy smile. He had never smiled so wide, not in a very long time.
Logan tried to keep himself busy around the new space, doing repairs as much as his body would allow, and really, you didnât need him to do anything. All you worried about was his health and well-being, which was easier said than done. He didnât let you fuss too much over him and told you to focus more on Laura and Charles, who were more than happy to occupy your time. Still, always one to care for strays, you could never really leave him alone.
He often watched you take care of Laura, how patient you were with her despite her little temper tantrums as she adjusted to her new surroundings. He did his best in raising her initially, doing what he figured was best, but he couldnât give her the softness he knew she needed at her age, the other half of what she didnât know was missing in this dynamic.
Laura liked your cooking, especially the pancakes youâd make for her in the mornings. She was also fond of bubble baths, the ones youâd set up for her after a long day of running around in your open yard. She really liked her room and the privacy it gave her, along with the toys you had gifted her. Sometimes when you both could, youâd read her to sleep, and heâd pass by the hallway to see Laura snuggled up against you, dozing off as you whispered fable tales sheâd carry into her dreams. She felt safe with you; happy; it was all Logan could ask for.
It was then that he first felt the familiar flutter in his chest.
With time, that internal pulse spread to the rest of his body as the both of you were given more opportunities to get to know each other. It wasnât easy for him to open up to you, and you didnât blame him for it. With everything he had been through, youâd be closed off too, and the last thing either of you wanted was more unnecessary tension.
Heâd often say how grateful he was for your attention towards Charles and Laura, and you shrugged it off as if it was no big deal, as if you hadnât saved their lives by taking them in. Logan didnât drag it out too long, but you knew he meant well even if he didnât say it as clearly as heâd like.
His hands, scarred and calloused, would graze yours when you handed him the bowl of freshly baked rolls at dinner, the faintest of sparks flying between you. You liked enjoying silent mornings with him while drinking coffee, staring out of the window, and basking in the sun. Similarly, youâd share the labor of doing the dishes when everyone was stuffed, switching positions between washing and drying every other night. On grocery runs into town, heâd always be behind you pushing the cart as Laura tugged you through the aisle, dumping anything she could find into the buggy, and all either of you could do was laugh with her.
Logan never complained. Never requested or asked anything from you. Yet you gave him everything without question.
By October, they had been a part of your life for 5 months, and it felt natural to be living under the same roof as a family unit. You all had claimed your relative spaces, Charles and Laura in their own bedrooms separated from yours. And Logan? Well, he still preferred the couch, still wanted to stand guard when you were all asleep. It worked in the newfound system that was your household, and you never questioned him on it. So long as he stayed here, thatâs all that mattered to you.
But the faint glances and moments of brief intimacy were beginning to drive Logan crazy. He kept it to himself as much as he could, refusing to look deeper into things and keeping the bond friendly to keep the peace. Eventually, it got to the point where he started purposefully looking for you in the mornings, admiring you from afar when you were doing anything. He liked the attention you gave him, the way you looked at him as just a man and not the monster he became. There was always a gleam in your eyes when your gaze was locked on his, the same quirky smile gracing your features when you flustered him just a bit.
He joked about whether or not you were a mutant one night over some beers once Laura and Charles had gone to bed, and in your tipsy confession, you may or may not have let it slip that you were a mind reader of sorts. In reality, your empathy was one aspect of what you could do; the other dealt with manipulating peopleâs thoughts and memories, what they chose to see or forget. Telling him you could get into his head was an easier way to say it.
How else would Charles have been able to contact you all those years ago? Logan thought you were bluffing, but at the touch of your hand wrapping around his wrist, his mind calmed instantly; the noise that kept him up at night was gone momentarily before you pulled your hand away. After that, he got a few tidbits about your origins, where you came from, how youâve had your âskillsâ since you were born, and theyâve only gotten stronger with every birthday.
Logan marveled at you; it was easy to sense it on him with how the corners of his eyes creased as he looked over at you, reading your face. You mimicked his expression, peacocking at him over the rim of your beer bottle and listening to the stories from his past as part of the X-Men. It was nice to be with him like this, just two people enjoying a drink and enjoying the moment without worrying about everything else. The time had flown by after your second bottle had run empty, calling it a night and tossing it in the bin. Turning to face the older man, he caught the flirtatious edge to your words when you stepped out of the kitchen, heading to your bedroom.
âDonât worry, I wonât read your mind unless you let me. Promise.â
By the holiday season, Logan had reached his limit; the back-and-forth teasing and banter had gone on for long enough. After the hearty feast you had cooked up for everyone, you both enjoyed some warmth by the fireplace. Snuggled up against his broad figure under a blanket, he had a strong arm wrapped around your shoulder, bringing you closer. Your head rested on his left pectoral, listening to the steady beating of his heart, a calm rhythm that soothed your cautious nerves, a reminder that he was still alive and kicking.
It was already quite late, the clock striking past twelve, and the festive punch you made in the fridge with the rest of the leftovers. Logan absentmindedly ran lines up and down your spine, eyes on the red embers that crackled every few seconds. Despite the comfort of the moment, the air was tense, coming directly from the man who held you.
âI can hear you thinking, you know?â You raised your head to glance at him, your hands on his shoulders in light caresses. âSomething on your mind?â
âItâs nothing.â Logan shrugged, but he knew what was plaguing him. It was you, your scent, your warmth, your touch. Everything about you conquered the empty space that was left in his head, mending the remaining pieces of his broken heart since he first stepped on your doorstep.
âYou want me to help?â You suggested, as if your sole purpose was to tend to his every wound, to take away his pain and share the burden of his existence alongside him.
Youâd think he wouldâve said no, told you that heâd be fine and eventually leave you alone for the rest of the night. To your surprise, he brought one of your hands to the side of his aged face, his bearded cheek nuzzled into your palm, seeking the security you offered out of the kindness of your heart.
âIf youâre really that curious to find out whatâs bothering me so much, go ahead, sweetheart.â
With trained practice, you search through the tormented chasms of his consciousness, looking over every nook and cranny for the thing that troubled him to such an extent. There were certain parts of his mind you refused to look into; Charles had given you the rundown a while back that there were parts of Logan you should avoid, too dark and extreme even for the professor to handle. Yet the last thing you felt was Loganâs despair. When he first arrived here, his stress would radiate over him and spill into any room he walked into; at least that was your first impression of him. But at the moment, all you felt was a giddy spirit, something that pulled you towards him and encouraged you to dig deeper.
Once you did, all you saw were images of yourself, memories of your budding companionship presenting before you. You never searched through Loganâs mind; you knew better than to do that or to question him on his intentions or emotions, and now you think you may have been oblivious to how he saw you the entire time. He may not be a man of many words, but you knew what he felt, how he felt about you in particular, and it ran through your body like an electrical current, shocking you to the core.
The moment ended when you moved your hand away from his face, or attempted to when he held on to your wrist with firm hands. Your pulse spiked; surely he had to be aware of that. All you could do was stare at him with raised eyebrows, eyeing him carefully.
âWhy didnât you tell me?â You kept his attention on you as you thumbed the scar on his cheekbone, the raised skin growing hot under your touch from his faint blushing.
âDidnât want to scare you off. Couldnât ruin one of the good things I had leftâŚâ he replied nervously, the shift in his demeanor bringing goosebumps to your skin. âYouâre too good for me. Always have been.â
In an attempt to prevent another self-deprecating speech, you shut him up with a kiss, softly meshing your mouth over his, your heart pounding from the brief contact. For once, you had stunned The Wolverine and taken him by surprise, and the pure look of disbelief on his face caused you to smile mischievously.
âYou couldnât scare me off even if you tried, Logan.â
He grinned at that, leaning to steal another kiss that led to his large hands roaming over your body, palming your chest and pinning your hips to his on the couch. Like young lovers, you recommended moving this to the bedroom, snuffing out the fire and muffling your giggles into his shoulder when he carried you to your room. Your clothes were tossed to the ground, passionate touches exchanged between you as you welcomed his body into yours for the first time.
Merging as one, your limbs entangled with his, nails digging into his back as he finally claimed you for himself, nipping at his neck to keep your sounds down to a minimum as he brought you to the edge over and over again. The sun threatened to peek over the horizon by the time you were done, leaving Logan to snore behind you with your bare body secured under his grip. You were able to rest easily for the few hours you had before Laura would wake up, granting yourself a late start to the morning for once.
That was the last night Logan slept on the couch.
The relationship change between you and Logan was not something unexpected; Charles was mentally placing bets on when it was going to happen. Safe to say, when the grumpy mutant came down from his prolonged nap to wrap his arms around you like it was within his nature, Charles wouldnât shut up about it for the rest of the day. To Laura, it was new seeing the two adults that cared for her together, and perhaps there will be a more serious conversation to be had in the future when the time is right.
For now, all that mattered was the four of you together, in this blended family that had found each other in the strangest of circumstances. It mightâve been fate, or your destiny, so to speak, to meet each other in this broken world. Had you known this was how you would be rewarded for taking them in, youâd have taken on the burden of Charlesâ prolific message much sooner.
February 14th. Valentineâs Day. Two years later.
A firm hand remained on the steering wheel of the car, rolling into the familiar driveway with practice. Logan sat in the driverâs seat for a moment longer, taking a second to exhale the breath he didnât know he was holding. He shouldnât be nervous; usually he never is, but he took one look at the calendar and realized he better not come home empty-handed.
Home. It was a funny concept, something Logan often didnât think he was deserving of after the countless times it had been painfully ripped away from him. Heâs lived so many lives, many of which heâll never get back, but he likes to think that the old versions of him will live on in the far traces of his memories, scattered across time and space. Maybe in another reality, he could share a slice of this heaven he had been blessed with after suffering for so long.
Mentally he never stopped thanking Charles for convincing him to make the trip to Canada a few years ago; he doesnât think they would have made it this far without your help and love. Logan owed him everything, from the life and family he was given with the X-Men to the one he has now, smaller but just as loving.
Taking the bouquet of flowers that was in the passenger seat, Logan stepped out of his car, clicking the lock and stepping to the front door. He noticed your car parked in the front when a familiar whirring filled his head, the one signal he knew meant you were expecting him on the other side of the door.
Twisting his key into the lock, his nostrils were hit with the accustomed scent of cranberries and citrus, something tart wafting through the lower level of your home, a sign you were probably busy in the kitchen. Dropping his key in the dish set by the foyer, he was careful to hold the flowers behind his back in case you spotted them first, going to the threshold of the living and dining room and turning the corner to see your figure whisking over a bowl.
Logan tries his hardest to be quiet in a sad attempt to surprise you, but you could sense him anywhere he went without trying. Still, you give him the benefit of the doubt, even if he knows with your sixth sense nothing slips by you so easily.
He was quick to curl an arm around your waist, planting a soft kiss on your shoulder and the side of your neck, satisfied at the light hum you released at his attention. Turning your head to view him, Logan didnât hesitate to give you a loving smooch, one that made your knees weak every time he stole your breath.
âYouâre home early,â you stated, a peaceful smile on your face, content now that he was here. âThought they were never going to let you go.â
âWe had a light day today on the site, said I had better places to be.â Logan answered with full confidence, a lighthearted chuckle slipping from you.
âAinât that right? You have a missus I donât know about?â you teased. Heâd never get over your quick wit, one of the many qualities he fell for over the past two years of living together.
âOnly one. A real pretty thing I snagged up, she keeps me young.â At that, you laughed, a deeper rumble Logan felt through your back.
âSounds like a keeper, that one,â you smirked at him, receiving a perky wink on his end.
âDefinitely is. Had to make sure she wouldnât run away from this old man.â That got him a playful slap to his chest, relishing in his frisky attitude way too much.
You enjoyed toying with him like this; the never-ending innuendos and flirtatious remarks were solidified by the golden band on your ring finger, the clear diamond sitting pretty on your digit to match with the rest of you. In the midst of your conversation, the bouquet of flowers hidden behind Logan was presented to you, and you lit up instantly at the tailored mix of roses, peonies, and lilies.
âHappy Valentineâs Day, darling.â He appeared almost sheepish when he spoke, and you leaned up to kiss him sweetly; nothing else needed to be said other thanâ
âI love them. And I love you.â Logan still remembers when you first said those three words to him, how they echoed in his mind for weeks after the fact. To this day, he never gets sick of you reminding him how much you cared for him and Laura, how you served as a healing balm to his weathered soul, and loved him as he was.
âI love you too, so much.â
You held the flowers in your arm while he cupped your cheek, his other free hand drifting down to palm your lower stomach carefully. It hadnât been that long since you surprised your husband with the news that youâd be having a new addition to your family, and to say Logan was both excited and terrified was an understatement. Though you think Laura is the one thatâs more ecstatic about getting a sibling.
âHowâs junior doing? Still being a pain in the ass?â he asked, curious as ever, caressing over your small bump protectively.
âUnfortunately. I think they want me to suffer; keeping me nauseous and having me piss so frequently is a sure way to do it.â Your hand joined Loganâs, growing quiet as you rubbed your thumb over his fingers. âHe wouldâve loved this, you know? Wouldnât have been able to keep his mouth shut until the end of time, probably trying to guess our odds of having a girl or a boy. God, I miss him.â
âI know, honey. I miss his nosy ass always in my head, miss hearing his voice. Iâm pretty sure with this heâd probably slip up and tell me before you had the chance to surprise me.â
Loganâs joke helped lighten the mood a bit despite your eyes watering at the notion. He wiped at the tear that streaked down your cheek, the moment of silence hanging heavy above your heads. You both knew Charles would end up passing eventually; his condition had stabilized significantly thanks to your care, but you all knew he was on borrowed time. The professor was able to enjoy the last few months of his life surrounded by the three of you, knowing he was loved and would be remembered regardless of where he thinks heâd end up in the afterlife.
In the eerie calmness of his bedroom with his impending death looming over him, Charles privately spoke to you of Loganâs origins, of the man he was and became once he had taken him in, much like how you had done. He finally confesses why he sought you out all those years ago, why he knew youâd be the one to save them and give Logan the life he deserved, the one he had always dreamed of when he thought nobody was listening. You held his words to your heart, holding onto his wrinkled hand, and like he had done before, he made you swear youâd take care of your newfound family with everything you had.
You didnât plan on breaking that promise anytime soon.
âWhereâs Laura? Thought sheâd be home by now.â Logan asked, wondering where your daughter had wandered off to.
âSheâs out with some friends from school having a Valentineâs Day get-together of sorts. Sheâll be back before dinner.â
Pacing around the kitchen to fill a vase with water, you submerged the fresh flowers in the narrow glass, arranging them to your liking. You place the bouquet on the round breakfast table towards the side of the room, stepping back to appreciate them with Logan coming to hold your hips, swaying you tenderly.
âMeans we have the house to ourselves for a whileâŚâ His voice dropped an octave, a hushed whisper beside your ear. Your body responded instantly, a pulse blooming between your thighs.
âAre you proposing something, Logan?â Pivoting to face him, your fingers toyed with the buttons of his shirt, undoing the first two to stroke along his collarbone.
âDepends. What are you in the mood for, hm?â He nipped at the side of your jaw, your scent overwhelming his senses, his mouth watering with the sweetness he could taste on his tongue thanks to your hormones changing.
âWell, I was kind of busy making the lemon loaf you like so much,â the cheeky glint in your eye couldnât be missed, gesturing over to the batter you started whisking before he came home. âBut Iâd really want you to show me why you like keeping me around, old man.â
Logan stares down at you with darkened eyes, a ball of heat twisting in his gut and simmering low under his belt. You were the only one that could get him this riled up so quickly, having him wrapped around your finger in more ways than you can imagine. A sharp canine sinks into his bottom lip, already imagining how he plans on having you later on, a sneaky hand reaching to greedily knead your ass. You didnât need to read his mind to know just how explicit he was envisioning you two together, as he usually did, and the confirmation of it only intensified the desire growing inside you.
âIf you wrap that up in the next five minutes, Iâll show you exactly why I slipped that ring on your finger.â
With a giggle and an affectionate swat to your behind, you were quick to cover your bowl with some saran wrap and clean up as best as you could before Logan grabbed your hand and dragged you towards your bedroom. You couldnât stop the laughter that poured out of you as the man practically tackled you into bed, leaving a trail of kisses down your neck and running his hands over your thighs that opened for him with ease.
This life you had built was far from where you imagined youâd be a few years ago. If you were told that you would safehouse a trio of mutant runaways, youâd laugh and think this is far from something youâd do. Yet these three strangers you welcomed into your life granted you with purpose and taught you how to love, showing you what it was like to finally find your village. They saved you like you saved them, and the life you carry and nurture inside is proof of this new beginning with your family.
This love I have inside
And I'll give it all to you
My love, my love, my love
My endless love
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Hello!! I see your requests for Homicipher are open and I got giddy :D (starving for more content) May I request fluff drabble for Mr Silviar? Maybe his s/o teaching him how to say "I love you" in human language? Thank you!
âą Those Three Words â° || Mr. Silvair X Reader
âââââââââââââââ⎠ Character(s): Mr. Silvair (Homicipher/ćĺĺĺ) Reader Type: Human (Gender-Neutral Pronouns) Warning(s): Spoilers for Homicipher (specifically Route End: Mr. Silver Hair 1), Canon-typical Mentions of Violence (and Horror-Elements), Cultural Barriers (Mr. Silvair Doesnât Fully Comprehend Certain Emotions). Anything spoken in the other worldâs language will be bolded. Genre: Drabble, Fluff, Slight Angst, Pre-Established Romantic Relationship (Itâs Complicated, honestly). Word Count: ~3,280 Request: âHello!! I see your requests for Homicipher are open and I got giddy :D (starving for more content) May I request fluff drabble for Mr Silviar? Maybe his s/o teaching him how to say "I love you" in human language? Thank you!â Authorâs Note: Mr. Silvair!!! Heâs genuinely so pretty, yâall â itâs not fair. đ I find his overall character to be quite fascinating, and a part of me is really hoping the game gets a DLC or something to further expand on each of the characterâs lore (and more moments with the MC, of course). Like game, what do you mean that some of the monsters may have been humans while others probably never were?? I desperately need more food⌠I headcanon that Mr. Silvair was either 1. never human, or 2. has been in the other world for a very long time, resulting in the loss of his memory as a human which could be why heâs so interested in researching them/maintaining the MCâs humanity. đ¤ But thatâs just a theory â a game theory! Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
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Even after everything that had happened between you and this worldâs resident human-enjoyer, you surprisingly still felt at ease with Mr. Silvair. That comfortability, though, made you think hard about your sanity. After all, it probably wasnât normal to be comfortable around someone who enjoyed taking you apart and watching your body put itself back together over and over again. Yet, you did, and you didnât mind your current arrangement as much as you probably would have in the past.Â
Mr. Silvairâs home was destroyed in a fiery explosion (courtesy of himself), so you had offered to help him find a new one. You managed to locate a large room, one that he deemed satisfactory enough to call his base, and you had been staying with him indefinitely since then. As long as you had a comfy bed to lay in and someone else to keep you company, you were happy.Â
Your other friends(?) frequently stopped by as well to say hello, the most common ones being Mr. Crawling and Mr. Chopped. While you were occasionally hit with a feeling of loneliness, it was hard to feel that way with so many friendly faces around. Well⌠maybe their faces werenât that friendly, but they were kind and gentle with you, and thatâs what truly mattered.Â
You hear the sound of Mr. Silvair moving around in the room adjacent to the one you typically stayed in, and you wonder to yourself what his plans for today are. The tall, long-haired man spent most of his time engaged in research. You didnât see him as frequently as one would expect despite the fact you two were practically roommates. All you could do was hope he wasnât messing around with and subsequently angering any more terrifying, violent ghosts. You enjoyed your current home, and going out to look for another one wasnât very high on your list of things to do.Â
The Rubikâs Cube in your hand was still as scattered as ever, and it seemed like, no matter how long you spent trying to solve it, you were only able to successfully complete one side. Mr. Masque was kind enough to give it to you (he apparently had a whole stash of the things somewhere), and his gift was something you were immensely grateful for. Attempting to figure out the puzzle helped you pass the time wherever you were alone (and it most likely helped you keep your head on straight).Â
Youâre currently lying flat on your back atop the plush bed in the relatively empty living space, looking up at the gray concrete ceiling with a blank stare. Once you decide youâve loafed around for long enough, you stand up slowly from the bed, placing the cube gently on the covers of the cot. You stretch your arms above your head, a strangled noise coming from your throat at the movement of your stiff muscles, and you begin to make your way to the other room where yourâŚÂ
What even was Mr. Silvair to you? While yes, you were fond of him â hell, youâd go as far as to say you loved him â you knew he didnât feel the same. You remember the moment he told you âI not understand likeâ, and that he didnât want to save you from your condition, no⌠he found you entertaining to keep around, and thatâs why he did what he did.Â
It was complicated, you thought, trying to have a relationship with a being who didnât grasp what the concept of love was. Deep down, though, you knew you wouldnât change it for the world. He enjoyed your presence, and that was all you could ask for.Â
You walk over to the metal door and knock, waiting for a response. After a moment, you hear Mr. Silvairâs voice echo, âEnter.â
The door opens with a slight creak as you twist the knob, peeking your head inside the somewhat grimy space. The room, still fairly new, didnât have as much blood or gore as his old one did. There were fresh stains on the floor and wall, you noted, and you couldnât help but wonder who or what they were from exactly. It didnât matter in the grand scheme of things, though, so you didnât bother asking.Â
You grin up at the taller man and give him a small wave, saying softly, âHello. I not bother?â
He returns your smile, placing the scalpel in his hand on the stainless steel tray that held a variety of medical tools. It looked like he was in the process of cleaning the many, typically blood-stained, pieces of equipment. Mr. Silvair turns to face you and replies gently, âHello. You not bother. Enter.â
Tilting his head to one side, his long, silver locks move when he does, cascading down his head and slipping off his shoulder at the movement. His smile drops slightly before he asks, âFeeling unwell? Injured? Need cure?â
âNo, no cure.â You quickly say, not quite in the mood to be dissected or taken apart right now (honestly, though, you never really were, even if you did understand why it needed to be done). You pause by the door before finally shutting it behind you, the both of you now alone in the private and secluded space.Â
Ugh â why was it so hard to say what was on your mind??
After taking a moment to build up your confidence, you tell Mr. Silvair while fidgeting with the rubber of the clear raincoat you wore, âI want see you. Communicate.â
He hums and smiles at your admission, walking over to you before placing a calloused hand on your face. Your eyes close on instinct, and your breathing shutters when he rubs his thumb across your cheek. A part of you wanted to be annoyed with him since he had to be aware of the effect he had on you, yet you didnât want to run the risk of him removing his cool palm from your skin, so you kept your mouth shut.Â
It had taken quite some time for Mr. Silvair to get to this point of physical affection with you (something he began doing more often after he saw how much you enjoyed getting head-pats from Mr. Crawling), so you didnât want to ruin any progress you two had made in your complicated and unconventional relationship.Â
âOkay,â Mr. Silvar starts, removing his hand from your face as he gestures to one of the two chairs in the room. He smiles down at you before saying, âSit. We communicate.â
You do as youâre told without speaking another word, your hands folded in your lap after you sit down, watching Mr. Silvair take a seat on the chair across from you. You talk with him for quite some time, doing your best to update him on your current progress with the puzzle since that was pretty much the only thing you had going on in your life. While it wasnât satisfying to speak in the other worldâs language because it tended to miss most of the nuances of speech, it was the only way the two of you could communicate.Â
Mr. Silvair seemed to pick up on your frustration, seeing you were growing annoyed at the lack of words in your arsenal â the term you were looking for wasn't coming to mind. In response, he tilts his head to the side and asks you, âYou upset. Why?â
âNot right words.â You reply, brows furrowed when you look up at him, your gaze landing on the bloody bandages wrapped around his eyes. You turn your head to look down at the floor, the somewhat fresh pool of blood perfectly matching the color of the Rubikâs Cube. You point to the puddle and turn to ask Mr. Silvair, âWhatâs this called in your language? Can you tell me how to say this color?â
âBlood.â Mr. Silvair responds, not understanding what you wanted him to explain.Â
âNo, no.â You quickly reply, shaking your head. You continue to glance between him and the blood, enunciating your words even though he didnât understand your language the same way you were able to understand his. You didnât back down or give up, though, saying again, âThe color â I want to know what color blood is.â
He pauses, one hand under his chin as he seemingly takes a moment to figure out what you are asking him. After a few beats, Mr. Silvair replies with a word you havenât heard anyone speak before, â???â
You visibly brighten at the new word, and the expression on your face causes Mr. Silvair to let out a light chuckle before he crosses one of his legs over the other. You take a breath before telling him, âOkay. Thank you.âÂ
After another pause, you continue to speak, âSo⌠One part object done, red part. Other parts hard â not finish.â
Mr. Silvair had been leaning forward in his chair, his elbow digging into his knee while his hand rested under his chin, holding his head up as he stared at you with an unwavering gaze. He always listened to you with rapt interest, and you would be lying if you said the constant attention didnât make your heart stutter in your chest. However, he suddenly speaks, pointing to the pool of blood you had been gesturing toward moments before, âWhat you call that?â
âHuh?â You ask, pausing your story to look at him. Mr. Silvair doesnât say anything else, though, giving you a moment to comprehend what he has asked you. You perk up when your brain finally registers what Mr. Silvair had said, replying to him happily, âOh, thatâs the color red. So, blood is typically red â blood red.âÂ
âR-ehd?â He echos, and the sound of his voice speaking a word that you were able to understand without having to flip through your mental dictionary had your breath hitching. It sounded so strange but so nice coming from his lips.Â
âYeah, red! Blood is red!â You say, sounding excited and oh-so happy. Mr. Silvair would be lying to himself if he said he didnât find the look on your face and the tone of your voice endearing. Then, your expression shifts slightly as you lean forward in your chair, saying enthusiastically, âOh my god â I just got an idea! Me teach you me language!â
â...You language?â Mr. Silvair asks after a moment, shifting in his seat slightly.Â
âYes! Me teach you!â You reply, gesturing to both him and you with your hands. Your mind remembers the way Mr. Silvair and Mr. Chopped helped you shortly after you first arrived, teaching you directions to walk, facial expressions, and more. They had helped you expand your knowledge of this worldâs language, and they were probably responsible for your survival in so many of those early interactions. So, you smile at him as you say, âWe same.â
He returns a smile, nodding his head and replying with a simple, âOkay.â
âAlright, so, let me think hereâŚâ You hum to yourself, leaning back in your chair and closing your eyes while you consider what you should start with. Body parts seemed to be the first thing that popped into your head, so thatâs eventually what you decided to start with. Sitting up in the chair, you point toward your hand with the other, tapping a finger to your palm as you speak, âOkay, so, this is my hand â hand. Can you say hand?â
It was kind of cute, strangely enough, seeing Mr. Slivair take the time to repeat the word you spoke over and over in his mind, trying to match the movement of your mouth with his own. Your languages were quite different in sounds, syllables, and the like, so he was practicing what to say before actually speaking. After a few moments of contemplation, he replies, â...H-ah-nd.â
âHey, that was pretty good! Not bad for your first try, Mr. Silvair, even if the pronunciation is a bit off.â You say with a wide smile, clapping your hands together as you applaud him on his efforts. He chuckles again, finding your way of teaching to be⌠sweet.Â
Then, you speak again, once again grabbing his attention. You tap the pad of your finger under the skin of your eye, asking him, âDo you remember what this is called? I think Iâve told you before.â
Mr. Silvair is quicker in his response this time, having heard you ask him about his own eyes before as he smoothly says, âEye.âÂ
âYes! Good job!â You praise once more, giving him a thumbs up in response. Then, he stands up from his seat, walking over to you while his once-white lab coat flows behind him. You crane your head back to look up at him from where you were still sitting, a simple and stupid, â...Huh?â leaving your mouth.Â
Mr. Silvair reaches a hand to your face, cupping your chin gently in his hand. You feel his thumb resting on your bottom lip, and he begins to move his finger back and forth along the slightly chapped flesh, tugging at it slightly. He tilts his head to the side, asking you seriously, âWhat this called?â
âOh, uhâŚâ You know your face is probably flushed beyond belief at this point if the heat cascading through your head is anything to go by, and your mind and heart are completely caught off-guard by his sudden touch and question. You avert your gaze to the side, swallowing harshly before you finally reply, âTheyâre my lips â theyâre, umm⌠similar to mouth. Lips, mouth, same.â
â...Lips?â Mr. Silvair asks again for clarification, his voice having an almost husky tone to it that has a shiver travel down your spine.Â
You nod in response, muttering a barely audible, âYesâŚâÂ
Mr. Silvair hums at your response, a small smile gracing his lips. He leans down, face so close to yours, before he inquires with an almost teasing tone to his voice, âYou want touch?â
âY-Yes.â You answer at an almost embarrassingly fast speed.Â
The man who you had grown so fond of chuckles at your enthusiasm before leaning forward, pressing his lips softly to yours while he holds your face between his palms. Kisses werenât a common thing between the two of you, and they were really only something Mr. Silvair initiated when he felt like it. You could feel the intensity at which your heart was beasting due to his sudden affections, and there was a part of you that was worried it would burst out of your chest right then and there.Â
Your eyes flutter shut and you tilt your head to the side, your hands coming up to rest atop his â his hands that were holding your cheeks so, so gently. It was almost sickening the way he was holding you like you could break at any moment.Â
Then, almost as quickly as it began, the kiss ended before you even realized it did. Mr. Silvairâs forehead was now pressed against yours, and he doesnât make any move to remove his hands from your face. Your lips were no longer touching, and yet he still lingered. Â
Mr. Silvair didnât play fair, you thought, yet you couldnât help but wonder why he wanted to kiss you so suddenly, so randomly. You close your eyes and your brows furrow at the tightening in your throat, an aching sensation slowly spreading throughout your chest like a disease before you whisper, â...I love you.â
Thereâs a silence, a stretch of nothingness before Mr. Silvair suddenly asks you, his voice just as soft as yours had been, âRepeat?â
â...No,â Your response is nearly immediate, and you shake your head before repeating once more, âNothing.â
â...I love you.â The sound of those three words leaving his lips nearly causes your mind to implode. It sounded so sweet, yet it also felt worse than any suffering you had experienced before. The searing and excruciating pain, the feeling of a blade digging itself into the flesh of your torso couldnât compare to the deep-seated torment you felt right now.
Mr. Silvair hums, tilting his head to the side as his thumbs continue to caress your cheeks, âWhat mean?â
You knew there was no point, no reason to try and explain your feelings again, but you do. You still do, even though you know itâs pointless to try. You canât bring yourself to look at him as you speak, finding the concrete floor more interesting, âMean⌠mean me like you. Lot like.â
Thereâs a pause, a moment of contemplation before Mr. Silvair says, â...Not understand.â
âI know.â You reply, nodding your head once in response.Â
âYou know?â He asks you, sounding somewhat confused, a tone you very rarely heard from the man. Had he forgotten that moment that you couldnât seem to forget, the memory that you continuously found replaying in your mind like a broken record? It wasnât fair, you thought, that only you were forced to hold onto such a painful memory.Â
âYou communicate before.â You clarify, finally willing yourself to look at his face. Mr. Silvairâs expression was tight, his lips drawn into a flat line.Â
You needed to get away, to just run from this moment in the hopes he would forget the whole exchange just as he apparently did the last one. You take your hands and grab his wrists, removing his palms from your face before you stand up from the chair. You refuse to look at him as you turn, heading to the door as you utter, â...Iâm going to go for a walk, so Iâll be back later. Goodbye.â
Then, you feel something tug at the sleeve of your raincoat. It wasnât strong, nothing that would actually stop you from moving, but your legs proceeded to hault at the small action. Mr. Silvair says, his tone not demanding in the slightest â if anything, it sounded like a plea as he speaks, âNo exit.â
You take a deep breath and turn around to face him, asking in such a small voice that it even caught yourself off-guard, â...Why?â
âI want you here.â Mr. Silvair responds quickly, so quickly it seems to have taken both of you by surprise. The two of you stare at each other for a moment before he asks, finally releasing the material of your jacket from in between his fingers, âStay⌠Will you stay?â
You once again find yourself wondering if Mr. Silvair was aware of the effect he had on you as a sigh leaves your mouth. You nod your head lightly and reply, âI will stay.â
âGood.â He says in response, a gentle smile on his face as he says for the second time, âI love you.â
You frown at him and shake your head, saying with a slight edge of frustration in your voice, âNo speak. Not true.âÂ
âTrue⌠Believe true.â He says quickly, reaching out to once again place a hand against your cheek. You donât move, donât flinch away from his touch â you still relish the way heâs holding you like a fragile piece of glass. Mr. Silvairâs brows are furrowed ever so slightly as he mutters, âConfused.â
âYouâre telling me⌠How do you think I feel?â You say with a huff, your hand holding into his as you find yourself nuzzling your nose into his palm. The painful feeling in your chest was still present, but it wasnât nearly as excruciating as it had been now. You find it in yourself to smile, gazing up at him as you speak, â...but weâll get through it together â we together. Right?â
âTo-geh-therâŚâ He repeats, leaning down to press his forehead to yours once more as he says softly, âYes.â
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i saw you opened your fluff requests so how about this: reid recieves an invitation to a high-school reunion back in Vegas but he doesn't want to go because of his bad childhood. but his best friend (who is completely in love with him) convinces him to go, and offers to be his fake girlfriend to hype him up and make him feel more comfortable. he agrees and ends up confessing his love on the same football field he was bullied on
please feel no pressure to write this, it's just an idea i thought was cute
Spencer Reid x Fem! Reader Trope: Friends to lovers; Fluff with a mix of pining wc: 2.1k A/N: Reader is not part of the BAU, but she just still work for the FBI. By far, this is my longest request written (it's a chapter length) and I don't know how it became so long but I hope you enjoy it still! Comments and reblogs are greatly appreciated đ Main masterlist
Rewriting History. // Spencer Reid
It was the heavy scent of books and wood that welcomed you home. Street lights reflecting off the emerald green walls, bathing the apartment space a warm golden hue. There was peace and stillness, your roommate of two years, Spencer Reid, nowhere to be seenâa usual occurrence that came with his and your job too, being FBI agents under the BAU and CACU, respectively.
You sluggishly made your way to your bedroom, adjacent Spencerâs closed door. Flipping open the switch, your worn body collapsed on the plush vanity chair as thoughts about the darkness of your job slip away and get replaced with melancholy on your connection with the boy genius. It was a relationship nurtured by grueling times in the academyâa connection forged out of convenience at first before becoming this convoluted and intimate bond all because you ended up falling for him.
It wasnât a conscious choice and Spencer didnât make it any easier. He was a closed off castle complete with a moat and a secret passwordâpainfully shy and awkward in nature. If it wasnât for required partnership in physical classes, you doubted youâd get as close as you were now.
A beep brought you out of your musings.
And as if he knew you were thinking of him, it was a text message from Spencer informing you of his return home in a few minutes.Â
With a sigh, you pushed yourself out of the chair and changed into a set of clothesâa faded Caltech tee, that you never returned, and a pair of black leggings
Padding across to the kitchen, you opened the refrigerator and silently thanked your past self for prepping dinner for two in advance. With how irregular both your schedules were and Spencerâs apparent lack of skill in cooking, it fell upon your shoulders to make sure he isnât living off of cold pizzas and Chinese takeouts.Â
As the second plate of food was heating up in the microwave, the chiming of keys softly echoed from outside the mahogany door.
âHey Spencer,â you called out from the kitchen counter.
A series of rustles and a soft hey answered back.
You tilted your head to the side in contemplation, something was wrong and as he turned the corner, shoulders curving in on itself and brows furrowed, something must definitely be wrong.Â
âTough case?â You asked, bringing both plates to the rounded dinner table.
âYeahââ Spencer shook his head. âActually no, not really but I got an email from Las Vegas.â
Your spoonful of soup hung midair, immediately concerned with the email contents. âIs it your mom? Is she okay?âÂ
Having visited Diana in numerous occasions with and without Spencer, youâve learned to love that woman fiercely too. She was a breath of fresh airâblunt during her lucid days and smart during her academic lectures.Â
âItâs from my high school, an invitation for the reunion.â
Ah. âAnd youâre not sure if you want to go?âÂ
He shrugged, chewing his slice of chicken before answering. âThereâs really no one I want to reconnect with, you know. No happy memories really.âÂ
âThatâs true,â you nodded along.Â
During the first few nights moving in the apartment, Spencer had shared the lows he had to go through just to get to where he was now at such a young ageâendlessly mocked for being a geek, no friend group or single confidant to watch his back, and the utter humiliation of being tied naked on a football post. You had an inkling that the genius had gone through bullying, it was a sad norm in all schools, especially in public, but hearing it first hand had brought home just how much of his closed off and shy personality was a product of his trials.
You tapped your fingers on the table. âI think you should go.âÂ
âWhat?âÂ
âYeah, yeah. To show all those mean bullies where you are now,â your back straightening from the idea. âTheyâll talk about you in passing anyway, whether youâre there or not so might as well be there to show them up and defend yourself plusââ you paused, taking a sip of water before barreling through. ââyouâve become quite handsome since then. Donât you think?â
His hazel eyes widened in surprise, further adding to his appeal. Spencer was so innocent that he didnât know the effect he had on womenâfirst evidence was yourself and the second was Lila Archer. âY-you think Iâve become handsome?â
With warmth spreading on your cheeks, you nodded. âYouâve always been handsome to me.â
Spencer started coughing, hand beating on his chest as the food threatened to go down the wrong tube.
Alarmed, you quickly stood up and started patting his back for assistance. How embarrassing was thisâthe first time you blatantly flirted with the man you formed intense attraction for ends up with him almost choking. Was this a sign maybe to not push your luck? Youâve done just about anything to nudge Spencerâs mind in acknowledging your feelings, from remembering all his little quirks (all were just so cute), actively listening to his tangents (all very informative and interesting), and even sometimes delivering a box of donuts to his team (all in the name of seeing his face brighten up) but none seemed to have worked. So, you opted to tell him in words and look what that did to him.
You gnawed on your lower lip. Maybe it was best to pull back, maybe it was best to throw inâ
He cleared his throat before his hand reached yours situated on his shoulder. There was a slight tremor before it closed around your all of a sudden clammy palm. âIâll go if you go with me.â
Filter off your brain. âAs a fake girlfriend type of thing?â
You shut your eyes closed, promising to yourself to stop reading those unrealistic romance novels that Penelope lends you.
âIfâif you want,â his voice shaky and soft as rustles could be heard in the background.
Opening your eyes, Spencer was now fully facing you. Eyes roaming your face and bodyâprofiling you.
A small smile graced your lips. âOkay.â
âââ
The second thing your brain thought of was how oddly fitting that the reunion was held at the school gym, located beside the football field. The first thought being how Spencer looked devastatingly handsome in his suit and tie.
His attire wasnât that different from his usual in the FBI but there was a hidden meaning behind his choices. The patterned brown blazer was a gift you had given to him for his first anniversary working at the FBI and his tie matched the color of your dress.Â
It made you feel warm even though a shiver went down your spine as a sudden gust of wind passed by.Â
Spencer slid closer towards you. âDo you want my coat?â
âIâm alright, thanks for asking Spence,â you looked up, smiling in reassurance. The fairy lights hung in rows emphasized how structured his face was. A high nose bridge, similar to his motherâs, and high cheekbones that made your fingers twitch in want to caress. He was stunning to look atâa view you feared youâd never get enough of.
âSpencer Reid!â A booming male voice shouted from across the gymnasium causing a few heads to swivel. Based on the other attendees reactionsâgiving them ample space as they passed and the stares tracking their every move, you knew who he was right away. A former bully.
âHow are you?â he reached out his hand for a handshake. One that Spencer stared at before bringing his hand up to a wave, lips in a tight lipped smile.
âHey Paul, nice to see you.â
âIs it?â He chuckled before turning his eyes on you. âI donât believe weâve met.â
You stated out your name, tone very similar when youâre on the fieldâcold and professional.
âLook at you, Spencer, having such a pretty girlfriend. Heard you work for the FBI now, is that how you two met?âÂ
A saccharine smile spread across your lips. Your boy genius had been stiff ever since Paul called out his name. Having have heard how Spencer once reacted to a case where the unsub was a high school victim, you knew where his mind was at the moment. Grappling with the hurt from the past and trying his best not to lash out from the scars it had left behind. âYeah, we met at the Academy and just clicked. He was such a gentleman that I couldnât say no when he asked me out for a date.â
âThatâs good to hear. Listen, man, is it alright if I talk to you for a second? Alone?â
You brushed the back of your hand with his, bringing his attention to you. There was a slight furrow in between his brows and his stature was taut, like a stretched out bow that needs to release itâs arrow. This was one of the few times, you could tell, that Spencer was unsure what to do. There was no malice behind Paulâs request and although you werenât a profiler yourself, the slight hunch on the former bullyâs shoulder silently communicated his remorse.Â
Spencerâs eyes trained on yours and as if he found the answer within the depths of your gaze, he slightly smiled, squeezing your hand in his before turning back and nodding to the interloper.Â
âIâll go get a refill,â you lifted your empty cup to excuse yourself.
In truth, you stood idly near the punch bowl and kept your eyes glued on the male duo. Paul was looking down, shuffling his feet, before taking a deep breath and looking straight at Spencer. He uttered a few words you couldnât make of and in turn, Spencerâs body relaxed and he nods once. With an offer for a handshake, one that Spencer shook, Paul walked away as you made your way back to your partnerâs side.
âGood talk?â you asked.
âHe apologized,â Spencer muttered, eyes studying you before grasping your hand back to his. âNo refill?â
You shrugged. âDidnât feel like it anymore. Say Spenceââ he titled his head as an answer. âWant to get out of here?â
He chuckled, eyes twinkling with relief. âThought youâd never ask.â
âââ
The cicadas were singing their tune as you and Spencer stepped out to the football field. The grass lush in color and the faint smell of wet earth wafted around. Grateful that you opted to wear sensible flats rather than the high heels Penelope was bartering you to wear, you held Spencerâs hand tight as he started recollecting the worst bullying that happened in the same place many years ago.
âThatââ he pointed at the goalpost on the far right. ââwas where I was left tied up. I remember feeling worried that I would catch hypothermia as the rain kept coming and going that day and I remember feeling sad when I got home and my mother didnât notice me missing.âÂ
Your voice caught in your throat.
He continued on. âThey say people forget events as they grow older and I wished I had the luxury of that.â
âBecause of your eidetic memory,â you sighed. It was a blessing and a curse to have.Â
âBut I was thinking, maybe I could rewrite it instead?â
There was a thick layer of hope behind his words causing you to turn, fully facing him this time.
âIâIâve been keeping a secret from you for 24 months and 182 days and I donât know if this would change our relationship or ruin it but youâre my person, my best friendââ he took a deep breath. ââand Iâm in love with you.â
People say there are moments in your life that would upend everything as you know it and tilt everything to an axis, you never understood what they meant by that, up until this moment. The twinkling night stars suddenly appeared brighter, the temperature warmer, and the force that tethered you to Earth was no longer gravity, it was now Spencer Reid.
You smiled, eyesight blurring from tears. His trembling fingers reached out to wipe the droplets making its path down your cheeks.
âIâm in love with you too, Spencer Reid, since the beginning.âÂ
And as if the world needed more proof, he smiledâhis bright, full teeth smile and you felt your heart halt before starting back up again.Â
It was proof that he owned the beating organ in your chest and all the emotion that came with it.Â
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Hi! I have a request if you accept.
George and the reader have been dating (sort of secretly) for a while now. The reader is someone who falls outside the typical, generic Slytherin image. She is kind and calm (well, mostly). Until some of her rude bully friends started messing with George, his family and this 'blood traitor' thing about the Weasley name. This is a definite turning point. The reader definitely proves to everyone that she is truly a Slytherin. She shows her scary and cruel side to those who deserve it. From now on, no one will mess with the ones she loves, she can do anything for the guy she loves. Possessive and protective. George's jaw drops... and after all this they may need to find some privacy.
Oo! I love this idea!!đ Thank you so much for sending it to me đLet me see what I can do. Sorry this took me a day to get to, love.
MDNI, NSFW, 18+.
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Pairing: George Weasley x F!Reader
Word Count: 2,959
Summary: Nobody in Slytherin could ever imagine being caught dead with someone from another house, let alone from Gryffindor. Nobody but you, at least. You've always kept to yourself, especially when it comes to your relationship with a certain Weasley twin. Everyone, including even your friends, wonders how you ended up in Slytherin. When those same friends go too far with their deplorable insults, you decide to show them exactly why you were sorted into Slytherin.
TW: Bullying, Name calling, Violence, Smut (P! in V! -You're on birth control), Oral (F! Receiving), Praise, Possessive!George, Protective!George, Spanking, Hair Pulling, Breeding adjacent?- Not sure about this last tw, lmk in the comments if that's what it is.
Song Inspo: Click here (River: Bishop Briggs)
"I'm just saying, this school has gone to the dogs," Pansy huffs. "I mean, seriously, how could Dumbledore think having a werewolf as a professor is a good idea?"
"It was last year, Pansy. Get over it," I mutter as I try to focus on my book. She's nice enough, but I swear to Merlin, she can never just sit in silence. And when she can't think of anything to talk about, she somehow finds a way to talk shit about someone else.
"Didn't peg you for a half-breed sympathizer," pansy quips, leaning back on her hands as we sit in the courtyard.
I roll my eyes, cursing myself for saying anything at all. Because now I'm sucked into a conversation I never wanted to be a part of. "I could say the same thing to you. Isn't your family currently harboring Greyback?" I ask with a raised brow over my book.
"Hush up about that, will you?" Pansy asks as she looks around the courtyard in a panic. "Nobody is supposed to know."
I do my best to ignore her, trying to go back to my book. But when I see George Weasley come into the courtyard with his twins and a band of Gryffindors, and a mix of the other two houses, I can't pull my eyes away.
I watch as he pulls something out of his pocket. It lights up like a sparkler, and he begins to toss it back and forth with Fred while the others around them 'oo' and 'ahh.' Probably the Whiz-Bangs he was telling me about in our last little rendezvous in the room of requirement, a new invention that they've been working on. His eyes meet mine and he smiles, biting the corner of his lower lip as he catches it again.
I smile back, wishing more than anything that I could just go up and be with him publicly. George has mentioned wanting to go public with our relationship, but being a Slytherin princess makes it a little more than difficult.
Going back generations, all of my family has been sorted into Slytherin. And although my parents are a little more progressive than most Slytherin alumni, they've made it clear how they feel about me dating outside of my house.
"Ugh, look them over there. Tossing around that garbage," Pansy huffs, annoyed.
Before I can say anything, she's already up and walking over with Daphne Greengrass. Shit. I stand up, too, and walk behind them as we approach the small circle that has started to form around Fred and George. "Hey!" Pansy shouts, shoving her way through.
Fred and George look between me and Pansy with confused looks and a knot of nerves forms deep in my stomach. "What do you want, Parkinson?" Fred bites back.
"Surprised you managed to slither your way out of the dungeon," George adds with a smirk.
Pansy crosses her arms over her chest with a huff. "How dare you talk to me like that," she spits at them with a venom-laced tone. "I'm just shocked you managed to actually make something. Aren't you failing nearly everything? What's up? Weasley's can't afford a tutor?" She quips.
My fists clench at my sides. It's not fair to blame the children for parents not making more money. Especially when they're the kindest people in the world. I watch George's jaw tick with annoyance. "Better than sucking dick to get a good grade. Or were you on your knees in front of Snape for another reason?" George fires back.
I purse my lips to keep myself from smiling. Nobody is supposed to know that except for me, but the look on Pansy's face makes it well worth telling George about.
Pansy's face turns bright red as everyone around us gasps and starts whispering among themselves. "Shut up," she seethes with anger. She turns to me, and I see her nostrils flare. She knows I had to be the one who told him. "How fucking dare you?" She spits at me. "You promised not to tell anyone. And you tell that filthy fucking blood traitor?!" She practically screams.
Something inside of me snaps, and I look over at George, who is already drawing his wand. I shake my head softly before turning back to Pansy. "Actually, he just guessed. You just outed yourself," I quip, taking a step closer to her. "And don't fucking talk about him like that," I snap at her.
"You're defending him?!" She gasps, pointing to George. "You're a Slytherin, for Merlin's sake. Have some fucking class," she says with disgust. "Talking with blood traitors," she shakes her head. "What would your parents say?"
Everyone around us falls silent. I've never talked this much. Most of these people have probably never heard me talk at all. "You're one to talk about class, Parkinson," I step closer to her. "Your family is so fucking inbred it's a miracle you're even able to write your name."
Pansy begins to shake with anger as she draws her wand, and I draw mine, too, holding it at my side. "You disgust me. The fact you can call yourself a Slytherin with that filthy mud-blood of a mother is beyond me," she snaps. "And defending a blood traitor to top it off?" She scoffs with disgust.
I grip my wand tight. "Say blood traitor one more time, and I'll remind you just how much of a Slytherin I am."
Pansy clenches her jaw before she opens her mouth. "Blood-"
"Flipendo!" I flick my wand, throwing Pansy back five feet and making her land on her ass. Everyone laughs, including Fred and George.
Pansy stands up in a hurry, brushing off her skit as she aims her wand at me. "Locomotor Wibbly!" she flicks her wand at me, casting the jelly-legs jinx.
George steps in front of me, dodging the jinx with a wave of his wand. "That's enough!" He yells, making everyone fall silent again. Fred and George don't yell in anger, so it catches everyone, myself included by surprise.
"I got it, Georgie," I say without looking at him as I move to stand in front of him. "Levicorpus!" I jinx Pansy, holding her up in the air by her ankles with a dangle of my wand. She screams, frantically trying to cover herself with her skirt. "Had enough?" I ask her with a bite in my tone.
"Let me down!" She screams as everyone points and laughs at her granny panties. Don't try to jinx someone on laundry day.
"That doesn't sound like an apology," I taunt with a smirk as I turn, waving my wand and Pansy over the fountain, holding her a few inches above the water.
"I'm sorry!" Pansy screams as I feel George put a hand possessively on my waist.
"Don't apologize to me," I taunt, leaning into George's touch. Fuck what anyone says.
Pansy looks at George and Fred, who moves to stand at George's side. "I'm sorry!" She cries with tears falling as she hangs upside down over the fountain.
I smirk and pull my wand back, breaking the invisible rope that holds her upside down and she falls into the fountain with a splash. I walk over to the fountain, leaning over the side. "Don't ever let me hear you say shit about any of them again. Got it?" I spit at her as she drips with water.
Pansy nods without a word, sniffling back her tears. I let out a deep breath and turn to see the large crowd that gathered as I dueled with Pansy. "Show's over," I tell them all as I walk up to George.
"Damn, didn't know you had that in you," Fred jokes, running a hand through his red hair.
I huff a laugh. "You know what they say about the quiet ones," I smirk. "I couldn't let her stand there and talk shit about you guys or your family," I tell them both before turning to look up at George. "Let alone my boyfriend," I say softly, admitting what we are aloud for the first time.
George smiles wide and pulls me into his chest. "Finally ready to admit it, huh?" He chuckles, the vibration of it reverberating against my chest as I wrap my arms around his waist.
"Maybe," I shrug and smile looking up into his eyes.
George bites his lip and leans down to my ear, his breath sending pleasurable shivers down my spine as he speaks softly in my ear. "As much as I would love to show you off right now, I need you."
My thighs clench at his words as he pulls back to look into my eyes. "Room of requirement?" I tease.
"That or I take you right here, show everyone who you belong to. But better decide quick, angel."
I chuckle and roll my eyes. "Room of requirement it is."
George leads me through the castle with his hand wrapped tightly around mine, and for the first time, I don't mind giving people a glimpse into my personal life. All of the whispers about George Weasley being with a Slytherin girl roll right off of my back. They don't matter. All that matters right now is getting to where we're going and George blowing my back out.
The door to the room of requirement opens and we walk inside to see the usual lay it that it knows we need.
A bed along the wall, with the silkiest sheets I have ever felt in my life, a small bathroom to clean up in, and a table with a chair. Not really sex up for sex. It appears to be for a student who needs their own room for the night. But it's perfect for what we need it for.
George kisses me as he walks me backward to the bed. The back of my knees hit the bed, and he lifts me up by my thighs without missing a beat. George lays me back on the bed, my head landing on the pillow as he kneels between my thighs.
I moan as George kisses down my jaw, trailing kisses to the sweet spot behind my ear and down my neck, nipping and sucking the tender skin as the blood beneath his lips rushes through my veins.
George props himself up with one arm as his free hand slides up my thigh, gripping it tightly right at the apex. "I've waited so long to make you mine," he groans as my hands work to unbutton his pants between us.
"I was already yours," I breathe as I get his pants undone.
George's fingers slide my panties to the side as he runs his fingers through my folds, landing on my clit and eliciting a moan to leave my lips. "But now everyone knows you belong to me," he moans softly as I pull his pants and boxers down just enough to free his cock and pump it in my hand.
"My parents are going to lose their fucking minds," I moan when he inserts two fingers inside of me as his thumb works my clit.
George smirks and leans down to press a kiss to my lips. "Then you can stay with me and mine," he says like a promise. "Let them lose it, I'll be your shield."
I flip us over so I'm straddling his hips, grinding myself down on him. "Careful, Georgie. Or else I might start to think you're in love with me," I tease as I unbutton my shirt and toss it aside.
George sits up, his chest flush with mine as I straddle him. He reaches around me, kissing my chest as he removes my bra. "Would that be such a bad thing, angel?" George teases as he takes one of my nipples in his mouth and starts to suck, nipping the sensitive peak with his teeth.
My head falls back as my fingers run through his hair, pulling him back, and he releases my nipple with a 'pop.' "Only if you don't mean it," I moan softly.
George groans with pleasure. He removes the rest of our clothes with a flick of his wand and impales me on his hard, waiting cock, making me gasp loudly. "Does it feel like I mean it?" He growls, his hand wrapping around to the back of my hair and pulling my head back.
I lift myself up and thrust back down on him, taking him deep inside of me. "Fuck, yes," I moan.
George grips my hip with a bruising force as he works me on top of him. "Then say it. Say you love me," he demands in a husky voice.
"I love you," I moan as he releases his grip on my hair just enough for me to meet his gaze. "Fuck, I love you, George."
George moans as his hand moves from my hair to the back of my neck, pulling me down with him as he lays back and thrusts his hips into mine. "God, I love you, too," he moans. "Such a good girl for me," he groans as his free hand lands on my ass with a hard smack.
I gasp and moan as the sting slowly melts into pleasure, and he does it again. "Yes, George," I pant as he thrusts up into me with a brutal pace.
George flips us, removing his cock from me and diving between my thighs. He throws my legs over his shoulders, and he holds my hips down, and his tongue lands on my clit. "Fuck!" I cry out as my hands grip his hair. "George!"
George uses his fingers to hold my folds apart, opening me up more for him, lapping at my clit with his whole tongue, and shaking his head, threatening to send me right over the edge. My legs clamp around his face, and he moans right onto my clit, adding vibration to top everything else off. The overstimulation is too much, and my fingers tug at his hair, desperate to be free and also not wanting him to stop what he's doing.
"G-G-George!" I cry out with a whimper as my legs start to shake around his head. "Please!"
George grips my thighs from underneath and pushes them up to my chest. "Don't interrupt my meal," he warns me with a dark gaze. "Now keep those fucking legs up."
I hold the metal bedframe above my head with a white-knuckled grip, and George keeps my legs pushed up to my chest. "You wanna cum, angel?" George teases me as he flicks my clit with an annoying soft touch with his tongue.
"Yes, George, please," I beg helplessly as my back arches.
"Then do it. Cum on my face like the good girl you are for me," he taunts before his tongue laps at my clit again. His words and his tongue send me over the edge. My toes curl, and my back and neck arch so far I'm scared they'll break, but I can't bring myself to care if they do.
After George rides me through my orgasm, he leans over me, lines himself up with my entrance, and thrusts into me harshly. "Fuck!" I moan loudly as he leans down to nip at my neck.
"You look so beautiful with my cock buried inside of you," he moans as he holds my thighs. "Think you can cum for me again, angel?"
I shake my head. "I- I can't," I moan pathetically, already feeling another one build. I grips his wrists as his hands hold my thighs up to my chest.
"Mm, I think you can," he teases. He knows I can. He does this every time. It's a game to us, I tell him I can't cum again, and he drags another one out of me. He punctuates with another hard thrust, and I swear I can feel him in my guts with the angle he's fucking me. "Hands on the bedframe," he demands.
I reach above my head, gripping the metal bedframe again. "Such a good girl for me," George moans as he pulls my legs up to rest on his shoulders and leans down, forcing me to take him deeper. "Want me to fill you up, angel?" He teases.
"Yes, fuck, yes!" I moan loudly as he fucks me hard.
"Beg for it," George says sternly, slowing his thrusts to a teasing pace.
I whimper underneath him, keeping my hands above my head. "Please, Georgie. Please fill me with your cum," I beg pathetically, the way he can make me.
"Fuck, I love hearing you beg," George moans as his thrusts quicken again, slamming into me harder.
The tether inside of me begins to fray, ready to snap once again. "George, I'm gonna cum again," I pant with a moan as my eyes roll back.
One of George's hands grips the back of my neck. "Me too, angel. Eyes up, baby," he demands as his thrusts begin to stagger.
My hands leave the bedframe, gripping his arms as he thrusts into me again, and our orgasms hit at the same time. The room a symphony of moans, pants, and a mix of each other's names. Once we ride out our highs, George lays down next to me on the bed, letting out a heavy breath as he pulls me to his side, my head resting on his shoulder. Fuck the last class of the day, and fuck whatever consequences that come from us not being careful as we snuck in here together.
And a big 'fuck you' to my parents if they have anything negative to say when they hear about my relationship. They can get fucked, because I know I will be.
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Muse: Four
Muse Three | Muse Masterlist | Muse Five
Summary: This is the one. The one where decisions are made. Words are said. The end or the beginning of you and Ari.
Pairing: Art Curator! Ari Levinson x Plus sized model! Reader
Word count: 3 K
A/N: Muse will be a series of one shots featuring Muse and Ari, and this the second one. Weâre gonna hear from them at least every week. đ . This AU is tangential to the Peach and Knock You Down verses. If this drabble makes you angry, let me know! I love reblogs, replies, asks and likes. Let me have it! :)
Warnings:Â 18+ Only, Minors DNI. SMUT! Read at your own risk; curate your own experience. Angst. Art Curator Ari. Plus sized model Reader, dating app life, casual sex, Dominant Ari, Missed connections, yearning, the green eyed monster, late night confessions, oral (f recieving), fingering, hint of breeding kink, size kink, nipple obsession, nipple play, protected sex, the 'L' word (finally).
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Two days later, you were shooting inside one of the most beautiful spaces youâd ever worked in. It was a gallery so beautiful it felt dangerous ot breathe. A curated reverence hung in the air, the kind that made you instinctively speak softer and move slower.
But you were on edge, because you hadnât known the shoot would be here.Â
No one had said Red Sea Gallery. The one owned by Ari Levinson. Just: White walls, natural light. Tribeca-adjacent. Minimal set.
When you put the address your agent sent you into your maps app and the name popped up, you were gobsmacked. You tried to prepare yourself in the two hours notice you had before the shoot, but you werenât.
There were the standard issue floor-to-ceiling windows, along with the scent of clean wood, old paint, and history. What was unexpected was the way the afternoon light struck a sculpture in the corner, a piece too raw to be just decoration or inventory.Â
It was too intimate not to notice.
You stared at it, knowing that he had chosen it, and how much more you understood about Ari because of it. There was something about the shape of the metal, the tension in the curve, the heat in the cold material. It was alive somehow.
It was you come undone.
Your stylist, Misty, snapped her fingers.Â
âHey. Earth to supermodel. Time to get into look number three.â
You nodded, throat dry. âRight. Sorry.â
But as you changed in the makeshift dressing area, pulling silk up over your hips, you couldnât stop staring at the sculpture.
Couldnât stop feeling him.
Ari had studied your face in the dark, and heâd whispered, âYou donât even know what you do to me.â
Yeah. Well, you fucking knew now.
You posed for the camera like everything was fine. Hip cocked, chin high, face set to neutral.
But inside, everything churned.
And then, you saw a flicker out of the corner of your eye. You turned your head just in time to catch a shadow slipping past the far end of the gallery. The figure was tall and broad with a confident stride.Â
Ari.
You didnât need to see his face.
Your heart rate spiked, your skin prickled, and your body betrayed you all over again. But by the time you crossed the floor barefoot and barely covered, the hallway was empty.
He was gone, just a ghost of cologne in the air.
The photographer called your name.
You turned back slowly, with one last glance at the metal sculpture, gazing at the raw emotion rendered in steel.
You hadnât spoken to Ari in days.
He hadnât texted. You hadnât called.
And still, the city kept folding you into each otherâs orbits.
Near.
But not enough.
â----
Ari hadnât meant to stay, it was going to just be a fifteen-minute walkthrough before tomorrowâs showing, nothing more. But the moment he heard the shutter snap and then heard your laugh, Ari stopped breathing.
He knew that you were here in his gallery and in his world. That world tilted a little bit.
His adrenaline spiked as he ducked into the shadows between exhibits, watching you from there. You were barefoot, bare-shouldered and bathed in golden light, wearing a gown that clung to your body like a second skin.
You were fucking good at your job, and Ari was witnessing first hand the work that went into producing those gorgeous pictures. You were professional and poised, but he knew the passion that lay underneath.
Ariâs fingers became fists at his sides because he had touched that fire, heâd tasted it. And now, all he could do was watch as he starved for you, every nerve stretched thin, every breath hard to take.
It had been days, not weeks or months, but he felt too long deprived of the sight of you. Even though heâd decided not to contact you again after that night that felt like war.
You turned slightly, your hips angled, one hand at your waist, and the light hit you just right. Like youâd been lit by God himself.
Those lips. That jaw. That hourglass silhouette that curved into him like a puzzle piece, you were amazing.
His hands had memorized every inch of that body, but at the moment he couldnât move to touch you, couldnât speak to you, couldnât even fucking blink your image out of his brain.
The photographer said something about âmore edge,â and you smirked, dropping your chin just enough to make mischief with your gaze.
It wasnât meant for Ari. But fuck, he felt it.Â
Ari stayed in the shadows just long enough to carve your image into his bloodstream.
Then he turned and left, silently bleeding for you.
â--
You werenât trying to be on your phone, but it buzzed three drinks deep at some rooftop party, where the music was loud and the faces were blurred by flash and too much champagne.Â
The second your screen lit up, you sensed it.
A DM. Then another. You tapped through. And there he was.
Ari Levinson. Black sweater. Cocky smile. Calm, cool, and collected.
A woman with mile-long legs and too much lip gloss draped herself over him, laughing into his shoulder in the boomerang video.
Made so you could watch it over and over again.
Ari didnât touch her; he barely looked at her. But he didnât move away either.Â
And that was enough.
You locked your phone, shoved it under your thigh, forcing your lips into a smile when your friend slid another drink your way.
âYou good?â
You lied. âPeachy.â
It wasnât rational. It wasnât fair. You didnât own him. You didnât even call him yours.
But all you could see was him, the man who once kissed you so hard you forgot your own name.
The man who made you feel.
And now he was somewhere else and you were losing your mind in an Uber home, crafting and deleting half a dozen texts youâd never send.
you looked good tonight
Delete.
was she worth it?
Delete.
i can't stop thinking about your mouth
Delete. Delete. Delete.
â--
Ari left that rooftop party ten minutes after that girl posted him.
He didnât even say goodbye because he hadnât wanted to be there. He hadnât wanted anyone but you. And when he saw your name light up his notifications, saw that youâd watched, well shit, it made him feel sick.
Because he knew what youâd think, and it wasnât the truth. The truth was you were already under his skin; you were already it for him.
He didn't know why that was so important to him, but it was.
You were.
â-
The knock came at 1:42 a.m.
You were scared, because you knew it was someone who could hurt you.
You knew it was Ari.
You padded barefoot to the door, one hand trembling against the wood as you peeked through the peephole. Ari was there in a Tribeca Festival hoodie, his hands deep in his pockets and his jaw tight.
You opened the door and didnât say a word. Neither did he. For a moment, the city noise poured in behind him and then you stepped back.
He walked in like he was home. And you let him.
â--
You didnât speak.
Just closed the door behind him and walked into the kitchen like he hadnât shown up at nearly two am with that whole brooding/penitent thing going on.
You opened the fridge, poured a glass of water and sipped. You should have been an actress.
Ari stayed where he was, near the door, hoodie pushed back, hands in his pockets, eyes never leaving you.
You didnât spare him a glance.
âThought you were busy tonight,â you said evenly.
He didnât answer right away.
âI was,â he said finally.
You set the glass down, still not looking at him.
âSaw the party,â you added. âLooked like fun.â
Nothing in your tone gave you away. Not the way your chest was tight, not the sting behind your eyes, not the taste of jealousy in your mouth.
"Didnât stay long," he said finally.
The laugh that escaped you was bitter and broken.
"Long enough."
You turned, and there he was, suddenly in front of you, so close you could feel his heat.
"You were watching," he said quietly.
You glared up at him.
"Is that why youâre here? Because I saw?"
"Iâm here because the second I saw your name on that story, I felt like I couldnât fucking breathe."
You stared at him and saw that he wasnât untouched. He wasnât fine. He was fucking wrecked.
"You think you know what Iâm feeling?" you said, voice cracking.
"I know exactly what youâre feeling," he said, "because itâs the same thing Iâm feeling."
The words landed because they were true. Because he was the one person who saw through all your practiced detachment and soft cruelty. Even after so little time.
It was lightning in the bottle, finding the one who looked at you, read your bullshit and still wanted more. On a dating app no less.
Fuck your life.
You walked past him toward the couch, brushing too close on purpose.Â
âYou think you know me,â you said, sitting down and crossing your legs slowly.
âBut I donât own you Ari. You're free to do what you want. And she looked like a good time.â
You shrugged.
âYou showing up somewhere with her is none of my business.â
Ari bristled.
âI didnât show up with her. I went alone. I left alone.â
You blinked as he crouched in front of you, his hands on the edge of the cushion, one knee brushing your thigh.
âAnd Iâm here now. With you. Because all I could think about was you sitting here, alone. Wondering what it meant. Wondering if I was fucking her. Wondering if Iâd moved on.â
Your lips parted, but no sound came out. He reached up, thumb brushing your jaw.
âI havenât. I canât. Youâre in my fucking bloodstream," Ari said.
"And I canât rip you out."
He bent and pressed his forehead to your knee and just breathed.
Your fingers hovered above his head for one breath. Then two. And then you gave in. They slid into the soft hair at the nape of his neck, and his whole body tensed, like he hadnât expected you to touch him, like he was braced for a shove instead of tenderness.
But he didnât move. Didnât breathe. And when your hand tightened, just slightly, he looked up.
Those eyes. God, those eyes. Those eyes gutted you the way they looked at you like you were the one who might disappear if he blinked.
You leaned in just enough to make him meet you halfway. And when his mouth met yours, it wasnât urgent. It wasnât greedy.
It was devastating. You couldn't pretend any more.
You broke the kiss only to whisper, âI hated seeing you with her.â
His head dropped, breath ragged against your knee.
âI didnât touch her,â he rasped. âI havenât touched anyone.â
You tilted his chin up. âWhy?â
His answer came without hesitation.Â
âBecause I canât get you out of my fucking head. When I look, I canât see anyone else but you. I don't want anyone else."
That was when you lost it. The dam broke. You grabbed his hair, dragging his mouth to yours.Â
The kiss wasn't sweet. It was needy. It was desperate. Your teeth, hands, and mouths were ferocious, and still, it wasnât enough; it would never be enough.
"Tell me you hate me," he whispered against your mouth.
You kissed him harder.
"Tell me you donât feel this."
You gasped, "I canât."
You kissed him again.
"I donât want to feel anything.âÂ
âI know.â
âAnd I still fucking do.â
âI know that too.â
Ari groaned against your lips, the sound low and primal, and it shot straight through you. His hand found the hem of your tank top and found the warm skin underneath.
You shuddered and gripped the front of his hoodie, yanking him closer and when the kiss broke and you gasped for air, he pressed his forehead to yours.
"You are so fucking stubborn," he whispered.
"I know," you rasped.
His hand slid up your ribcage and weighed your breast, thumb tracing your areola.
"Still want you," he said. "Even when it hurts."
He pinched your nipple to emphasize his point. You grabbed his jaw, palm dragging over his beard.
"Show me," you whispered.
Ari groaned and peeled your top over your head with shaking hands, tossing it somewhere neither of you cared about. You stripped his hoodie and t-shirt off too, tugging him closer by his broad shoulders, breathing him in, burying your face in his throat for one dizzying second.
Ari turned and sat on the couch, lifting you onto his lap. Your knees sunk into the cushions on beside his thighs and your bodies crashed together. He kissed down your throat, stopping at your pounding pulse to bite down gently. And when you felt the huge ridge of his cock through his jeans, you moaned helplessly.
"You drive me insane," he whispered into your skin.
âCanât fucking breathe without thinking about you."
You whimpered and arched into his touch while his thumbs circled your nipples until you were gasping in his lap.
"Ari," you moaned.
He kissed every inch of you he could reach.
"Iâm here," he said. "Iâm right here."
He carried you up to your bedroom, and the way he looked at you when he laid you on your bed made your heart ache. When he slid your panties down your legs, he kissed the inside of your ankle, then your calf, your knee, working his way up your body like he had all the time in the world.
You tangled your fingers in his hair and whimpered when he kissed between your thighs.
"Need to taste you," Ari stated. And then he did.
His tongue licked into you as his hands pinned your hips down when you tried to buck them up into his face, feeling like a desperate slut for him. Ari was an expert at making you feel good; his tongue was perfect on your clit and licking inside your folds, and his fingers fucked you open, lighting you up from the inside out, over and over, until you were a trembling, trembling, moaning mess under him.
You came hard, gasping his name, nails clawing at the sheets, and he didnât stop tasting you until you came down. Then, he kissed up your body, planting open-mouthed kisses along your stomach, your ribs, and your throat.
At this point you were beyond feral, and you yanked at his jeans, needing more, needing him. He stripped them off, pushed his boxers down, and there he was, thick, hard, beautiful, aching, and dripping for you.
"Condom," you panted.
"FuckâŚ. Okay, yeah."
He scrambled for his jeans, hands shaking, and you couldnât help but smile; wild and wrecked looked good on him. He rolled it on, kissed you again and then he guided the broad tip of his cock to your snug, slippery entrance and eased inside you.
You both gasped. He was so fucking big. Ari destroyed you so good.
It wasnât just physical. It was everything. All the denial. All the want. All the feelings. It all combined to have your cunt slowly pulsing around him already.
Once fully inside you, he stayed still, forehead pressed to yours, giving you, and himself, time.
"You good?" he whispered, his voice wavering as your cunt pulsed around him. He was so close already.
It had never been like this.
The question was strange. He'd never cared this much while he was fucking you. But this time, it wasnât just fucking.
You nodded, eyes burning.
"Move," you said.
And he rocked into you slowly at first, like he was savoring every second. You clung to him, nails dragging down his back, thighs tightening around his waist, making involuntary whimpers and ragged gasps.
His fingers glided over your clit and the pleasure exploded in a rich, crazy rush.
"Ari," you sobbed.
"I know, Baby," he panted against your neck. "I know. Feels so damn good."
He kissed your jaw, your temple, and your mouth like he couldnât get enough. You rode his thick cock as his fingers spun your climax higher and higher as you tipped over the precipice again, crying out, your cunt locking down around him.
He groaned and thrust harder, losing control. It was the quickest he would ever come with you.
"CanâtâŚfuckâŚcan't hold on..." he gasped.
You grabbed his face, made him look at you.
"Come inside me," you whispered. "Please."
This wasn't about the condom. It was the sentiment.
Ari's brain blanked, his whole body shuddered, and he buried his face against your throat and let go, hips jerking, mouth open in a silent cry.
You held him through it. And when it was over, he didnât move. Just stayed pressed against you, still inside you, breathing hard.
"Donât leave," you whispered into his hair.
He made a broken sound, half a laugh, half a sob.
"Iâm not going anywhere, Muse." he said.
"Not anymore."
â---
You woke tangled in Ari, your cheek pressed to his bare chest, his arm heavy across your waist, his breath steady against your hair. For a second, you just laid there, afraid to move. But then, his fingers moved up and down the curve of your spine.
You swallowed hard and shifted slightly, feeling him stir against you, realizing that he was hard again.
God, you were wrecked for him. Beyond reason. And beyond pride.
You tilted your head back to look at him, and saw that he was already awake, watching you. You opened your mouth to say something, something stupid. Something defensive.Â
To make a joke. To make it light. To pretend it didnât mean everything. But Ari beat you to it.Â
His voice was rough with warning.
âDonât run from me.â
It wasnât a question. It wasnât a plea. It was a command.
Your chest hurt because God, you wanted to run.
It would be safer. Easier. But you couldnât run from him anymore.
You dragged your hand up his chest, feeling the rough patch of hair and the steady thump of his heart.
âYou make it really fucking hard to breathe,â you whispered.
Ari smiled and kissed the corner of your mouth. Your cheekbone. Your eyelid.
And then he rolled onto his side, pulling you with him, keeping you locked against him as he wrapped his arms around you, pulling you even closer. You buried your face in the curve of his neck, breathing him instead of air.
And then he said it, the words that split the world wide open.
âIâm in love with you.â
Like it was simple. Like you could just say shit like that.
You froze.
But he didnât flinch, backpedal, or give you a single out. He just held you.
Like what heâd just said wasnât terrifying.
And now you were crying, hot rivulets of your tears running down his neck.
You pulled back just enough to see his beautiful, stubborn, stupid face, and you gave him the only thing you had left.
You whispered it back, trembling and scared.
âIâm in love with you too.â
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oh. my. god. wbu?
Muse Five
#ari levinson au#ari levinson#ari levison x reader#ari levinson x plus size!reader#ari levinson x model!reader#ari levinson smut#ari levinson x you#chris evans#ari levinson angst#chris evans characters
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as a kpop politics amateur researcher-yeah thats the interesting thing about hybe (katseyes label) they are so. So into the idea of being the coolest kid in school because of their major success story being Boys That Sing (i refuse to spell that in case it comes up on search) that they end up doing this weird game of neutrality/bragpop that ends up flat a lot.
For my money, I find that the factory-manufactured nature of K-pop is both its blessing and its curse. On the one hand, the visual spectacle of it is incredible in a way that no other cultural mainstream music genre can compete with, from the aesthetics to the sheer inhuman synchronisation from the dancing. Even sedentary shots of soloists in MVs can take on these breathtaking, otherworldly sorts of qualities. A while back I reblogged a side by side comparison gifset of Taeyeon's INVU and Key's Gasoline, and they look like gods of moon and sun. Aespa's got a whole bunch of slick, cyberpunk-type videos, like Drama. The sheer aesthetics. Your eyes want to drink them
But, on the flip side, the music itself is very often on a scale from vapid to completely meaningless. You might get an overall concept, like "I'm so great" or "I love my partner", but the execution is frequently sugary sweet or just plain hollow. That was one of the big criticisms of MEOVV's debut song, in fact - they went with this boastful "I'm so great" through line, but the lyrics had them boasting about how much money and fame and success they have, when they were (1) launching their first ever song and (2) literal children. You're right that Hybe does this a lot, but they aren't the only ones - Blackpink have a line in one of their songs that basically reads "My Lamborghini goes vroom vroom".
And, that's what happens with the 'churn them out of the factory' model. There's no time for artistry when you're making your artists record two albums a year, plus the dance training, plus the touring, plus the extreme diets, plus plus plus. Katseye's Gnarly is actually a great example of all of this. God, it is an empty song. But! Fuck me, it's a spectacle. The choreography is incredible. And, you know, we get treated to them describing Tesla as gnarly lol, though not in the 'clean version', where I note they're carefully avoiding hurting Elon's feelings.
I should say, of course, that a lot of these issues are lessened in groups that write/produce a lot of their own stuff. (G)-idle's Oh My God is an absolute masterpiece and is a song about a wlw awakening, something you frankly do not often get to see in the K-pop world; similarly, they produced Nxde as a critique of the sexual commodification of women AND as a way to make "nude girl idol" into a dead search term that perverts could no longer use to try to creep on young female idols, since you just get their stages and MV in the search results. IU's Love Wins All is a beautiful love song, with an MV that fucking shreds your heart. Similarly, artists who are sort of K-pop adjacent produce some amazing artistic stuff (Bibi, Jackson Wang, etc).
But, it's because they have time to dedicate to the artistry. And, frankly, to give roles to the members that play to their talents and let them actually shine. Companies are obsessed with forcing all members of a group to sing in the same pitch, and that pitch is "high" - regardless of whether or not a low-voiced idol will sound good in that register, or if it's even ruining their voices. They're all forced into a narrow box, so they can produce that same sugar sweet vocal colour, factory-made and ready. I think it's notable that the groups and artists who most often stand out in that arena are the ones that write for themselves - Stray Kids wouldn't be half the group they are if Felix wasn't allowed to let the bass notes roll, ditto (G)-idle with Yuqi's contralto.
Anyway. This got overlong. But you're right - bragpop fallen flat sums up a lot of it!
#asks#this makes me look like I'm way more into k-pop than I actually am lol#i am super picky about which k-pop songs I listen to#but I am with all music really
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pls write yan!boothill OMG WHO SAID THAT
ohoho....!! i must confess that im quite picky when it comes to yandere content, bc i don't particularly like the extreme end of the spectrum. physical violence and straight noncon in particular don't click for me (absolutely no shade to people who like that tho, you do you!!) buuuuuuut ..... i mean, im the one writing?? so i can do whatever i want??? so alright here you go :) also check my reblog for.. a lot of rambling lmao
may i present to you: my interpretation of boothill in love, but he has a few too many screws loose. warning for relatively vague descriptions of violence and, uh... yandere stuff. you know how it goes.


In all honesty, Boothill is not a "love at first sight" type. His attraction to you is a gradual, budding thing, built over many repeated encounters. He's emotionally isolated himself, after all - built a wall thick enough to muffle the whispers of his past, smothering it in a slurry of rage and sorrow. It'll take time for him to let down his guard for long enough to even register the feelings you conjure in him - a flutter in his chest every time you smile at him, a spark of joy every time he makes you laugh, a strike of fondness every time he looks at your pretty face when you aren't paying attention.
And beneath it all, a low, simmering greed, a hunger, a yearning; the urge to bite and devour and never let go.
The pressure builds with time, as the two of you grow closer. He visits often, though not so often that it would catch the IPC's attention. You laugh and joke and tease, playfully flirting with him yet keeping a healthy, platonic distance. (He very pointedly and stubbornly ignores the way his heart soars when you look at him like that - like you want to pull him into your bed and let him take you apart, piece by ruinous piece. It's just harmless fun, after all.)
(Right?)
Despite the yawning fractures in the wall he's created, despite the increasing complexity of his feelings for about you, he still hasn't untangled whatever complicated web of feelings that's arisen around you, content to leave himself oblivious for the time being - until you make a joke about him marrying you and sweeping you away on some bizarre galactic adventure, and he damn-near bluescreens.
(He hates, hates, hates that the first thing he feels is something adjacent to the feeling a cat gets when it finally corners a particularly unruly mouse, akin to the thrill he gets whenever an enemy exposes a weakness. A sick, twisted kind of satisfaction.)
His mind churns as the wall cracks, wavers-
...and crumbles.
He panics. He makes a flimsy excuse about getting a notification through his neurochip, about needing to help out a fellow ranger - and he feels even better worse when you believe him unhesitatingly, sending him off with a sweet little "Be safe!" just as you always do.
It's only after he leaves the planet that he thinks about how much you've grown to trust him, about how damn gullible you are, about how often you give him the benefit of the doubt, about how kindly you've always treated him in spite of (or perhaps because of) his dozens of strange quirks. Everything unravels, threads spilling from his fraying mind and spilling between his fingers, and when the tattered fabric settles-
He simply can't deny it. He's in love with you.
It takes some time for him to piece himself back together - weeks of complete silence from him, your texts going unanswered. Every time he sees a fresh notification from you, his heart twists with guilt - but he's not ready to face the music. Not yet.
He comes crawling back to you, sooner or later. He knocks on your door with the most sheepish, guilt-ridden look on his face that you've ever seen, a rich bouquet laden with yellow roses and purple hyacinths tucked timidly in his arms. He lies about why he left - says it was all because of a mission that got more complicated than it should have, and it wasn't safe to reply to your messages - but when he tells you that he's sorry, he means it genuinely.
He's a bit disturbed by the sensation in his gut - that foul, wicked satisfaction when you accept his apology with barely a slap on the wrist, cheerily inviting him inside to catch up. You tuck the flowers neatly into a vase, chatting easily with him as you carefully arrange them.
"It's alright!" you say, waving dismissively at him when he murmurs another apology. "I know you're busy. I can't be your biggest priority, obviously. You've got more important things going on."
(You don't have a clue how wrong you are.)
He integrates back into your life like he never left. When he has the time, he sneaks his way back onto your planet, knocking on your door or searching for you in your usual spots. You get impossibly closer; your playful flirting goes from blatantly humorous to something foggier, something more ambiguous, teasing the line between platonic and something heavier. He matches you step by step, returning your advances with just a little extra spice, his eyes a bit darker and his smile a bit wider.
He tries to be patient - god, does he try - but there's an itch that's bloomed beneath his metal, impossible to scratch, impossible to sate, made worse by every little joke you make about kissing him or touching him or marrying him or letting him spirit you away. The pressure builds further and further, the tension winding tighter and tighter, the anticipation bubbling higher and higher.
(He will never, ever admit that he truly contemplates stealing you away, crowding you onto a ship and carting you off so he can always keep an eye on you, can always guarantee your safety. His paranoia has been building since he recognized his feelings for you; it's taken every ounce of restraint in his body to stop himself from giving into the urge, from crowding you, from suffocating you, from locking you away like a fragile songbird in a cage.)
(He's torn between his protectiveness and his understanding that you deserve freedom. You deserve independence and a life that isn't tied directly to him. He doesn't even know if you return his feelings. But...)
(But there's that nagging feeling in the back of his head, that pestering little voice that grows louder by the day. You'll be safer with me, it says, dark and tempting, bursting behind his teeth. I can make you happy. I can keep you safe. I can show you pieces of the universe that you've never seen before. I can love you like no one else ever could. I can hold you and cherish you and consume you and-)
(He takes that little voice and wraps his hands tight around its throat, frantically trying to suffocate the noise, terrified by its allure. But it's always there, lingering, lurking - because the call is coming from inside the house.)
Something gives, eventually.
When he inevitably breaks, his lips crashing heatedly and messily into yours, there are two paths ahead - but the difference is ultimately moot, because they collide not long after.
Perhaps you reciprocate. Perhaps you melt against his lips, your arms coiling around his shoulders and drawing him further into you. Perhaps you whimper when his hands trail downward, squeezing at your hips. Perhaps you pull away with a gasp, your pupils blown wide, your heart pounding when you see the look in his eye - dark and hot and desperate and hungry. Perhaps you accept his quiet declaration of affection with open arms, returning it in full, your eyes sparkling with joy.
Or perhaps you reject him. Perhaps you freeze like a startled deer before pushing him away, your face slack with shock. Perhaps you apologize, stumbling over your words, your heart thundering in your chest when you see the look in his eye - dark and cold and empty and hungry. Perhaps you gently tell him that you don't feel that way about him - that you only see him as a friend.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter.
...Because Boothill - careful, meticulous Boothill - has slipped up, and the IPC finds you.
After he leaves next, whether that be with a broken heart or a giddy one, a trio of IPC employees pluck you up from the street in broad daylight, shoving you into a dark transport ship for "questioning." And once they bring you to an IPC space station, they do indeed question you - though it feels more like an interrogation, considering that you've been tied ankle-and-wrist to a chair like you're a dangerous serial killer and not a regular civilian.
"Suspected colluding with the criminal known as Boothill," your "interviewer" tells you flatly, idly thumbing at the knife in their hand. "Camera footage, reports from neighbors, records from his Synesthesia Beacon... All clearly show that he has made repeated visits to your planet and your home. We're in the business of knowing why."
Perhaps you keep your mouth shut and refuse to divulge anything, no matter how close that knife gets to your bare skin. Perhaps you break when it begins to slice into your flesh, drawing blood from your body and tears from your eyes and stuttered words from your lips. Perhaps you grit your teeth and bear it, unwilling to betray the man you've grown so fond of.
Or perhaps you cave immediately. Perhaps you sell him down the river the first chance you get, frantic explanations spilling from your lips. Perhaps you tell them that you had no idea he had such a massive bounty on his head. Perhaps you panic when they find the information insufficient and draw the knife on you anyway, deaf to your begging and pleading as they wet your skin with blood.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter.
...Because a distant explosion rocks the entire space station, and the flashing lights from the silent alarms interrupt your interrogation.
You're left alone when the IPC agent flees, locking the door behind them with a heavy clunk. Minutes pass as you fumble desperately with your restraints, your body pulsing with pain; a cacophony of gunshots and screaming penetrates the thick walls, growing louder and louder, your heart pounding faster and faster.
There's a noise just outside the door - a horrifically wet noise, like raw flesh on tile. You freeze like a rabbit that's just heard the panting of a starving wolf, far too close for comfort.
Silence. Your head aches from the flashing red lights.
Suddenly, steel fingers wedge into the gap between the locked door and the wall, single-handedly tearing it open and breaking the hydraulic lock with inhuman ease. Metal crunches and squeals, piercing the quiet - and there he stands, right in the doorway, a silhouette of black and red.
Never in your life have you seen him this manic.
His white hair drips with scarlet and his teeth are bared; his eyes are alight with rage, a shock of bright crimson among the dark smears of blood and viscera that coat him head to toe. In the light of the alarms, he looks like the perfect picture of a killer from a horror movie; violence and slaughter, just waiting to be unleashed. When his gaze locks onto you, there is a long moment of utter stillness; instinctual terror floods your entire body in a cold flash, because there isn't so much as a glimmer of humanity in those eyes - only pure, boiling, ravenous, frantic anger.
For a heartbeat, you're convinced he's going to rip you apart with his teeth.
Then, as if he finally registers who you are, the madness evaporates, replaced by a nearly manic sort of relief. He rushes to your side, looking you over; you don't miss the flash in his eyes - seething, smoking fire - when he spots your injuries. In the same breath, he snuffs it out, focusing instead on breaking your binds with his bare hands.
You're already crying when he takes you up into his arms, cradling you close to his chest and unwittingly smearing IPC blood onto you. "It's alright, sweetheart," he murmurs, soft and reassuring, a beacon of comfort in a sea of terror. "I'm right here. I've got ya. No one's ever gonna take ya from me again, okay?"
(Maybe if you weren't in shock, you'd be startled by his words. As it stands, though, they're like music to your ears, like a warm blanket settled over your shoulders, like a tight hug from someone you trust with your life.)
He encourages you to press your face into his shoulder - mercifully free of blood - as he carries you through the carnage he's left in his wake, the jangle of his spurs and your muffled sobs echoing through the silent halls. Your entire body shivers at the noise of him stepping into some unidentifiable slurry of viscera, and he thumbs at your back in an effort to soothe you, speaking quietly into your ear about everything and nothing.
Time passes in a blur of tears. He takes you to the ship he, uh... commandeered to get here, ducking into the bathroom and settling you gently - so very gently - onto the floor. Or, rather, he tries to - because your fingers are frozen stiff in his jacket, your grip unrelenting.
"You just wait here for a sec, alright?" he whispers softly, the chill of his hand settling lightly against your wrist; the blood there still feels warm to your delirious mind. "Gotta get the autopilot started, okay? I'll be right back."
You're both surprised when you shake your head insistently, your eyes wet and pleading. In an instant, he softens, his heart aching in his chest.
"Alright, sweetpea," he breathes, carefully picking you up again. "I've got ya."
He keeps you cradled to his chest as he walks to the cockpit, holding you easily with one arm as he gets the ship moving. Reinforcements are on the way, no doubt - but you'll both be long gone by the time they get here.
(Maybe the IPC will get the message when they find the scene he's left behind - when they view the camera footage and see the rampage he went on. Decapitation and disembowelment is a new one, even for him...)
(...but he needed to make it clear that no one, no one, touches what's his and gets away with it.)
When the engine is purring beneath his feet and the rumble of FTL travel is humming in the walls, he brings you back to the washroom and settles you to the tile again, gently untangling your grip from his jacket. You're in shock, he's sure, so he's careful to continue talking to you as he wets a towel with warm water, murmuring soft reassurances as he wipes the blood from your skin, handling you like you're glass.
Once you're clean, he messily towels himself off to get the worst of the mess off, then brings you to the captain's quarters, digging around in the closet to find something comfortable for you. Your shaking fingers cause you trouble, so he gently eases your ruined clothes off, his eyes respectfully averted as he helps you redress. He takes one look at the messy, used bedding and promptly decides to change the sheets. (Something within him stirs and snarls at the thought of you smelling like anyone else.)
Finally, when all is said and done, he eases you beneath the covers, brushing away the last remnants of your tears. His heart is torn between singing with joy and aching with pain when you reach up and take his hand in yours, your fingers wrapping tight around his.
"Gotta go wash up, honey," he murmurs, watching you closely as you sink into the protective huddle of the blankets, exhaustion painting your features. "That alright? I'll be fast."
(He tries very hard to ignore the flutter in his chest from the look in your eye - like you're genuinely considering whether or not you need to stay near him, like you aren't sure if you can bear the distance.)
(He also tries very hard to ignore the little pang of disappointment when you slowly nod, releasing his hand.)
He cleans himself up with record efficiency, resigning himself to wearing clothes that are a size or two too small until he can wash his usual outfit. The clothes are for your sake, really; it's not like he has any, uh... equipment to expose - not yet - but he's relatively sure that it would make you uncomfortable anyway.
By the time he steps lightly into the room again, you're asleep.
For a long, long moment, he's struck stupid by the sight of you, by the softness of your face in rest.
Fuck, you're beautiful. He knows it in his heart, feels it in his core, senses it in his chest - you're the prettiest little thing he's ever seen.
(And you're all his, now.)
His fists clench, and he swallows down the thought like bitter poison. (You deserve better than this - better than him. He's a broken man, he knows - a messy reconfiguration of a thousand corpses, glued together by hatred and grief. He could never love you the way you deserve. He could never-)
He's broken from his rapidly spiraling thoughts when you twitch, a tiny furrow appearing in your brow. A surge of emotion nearly bursts in his chest - the urge to comfort, to protect, to soothe - and he slowly circles to the other side of the bed, climbing into the empty space and settling beneath the blankets. Hesitantly, he wraps one arm lightly around your waist, drawing you against him with your back pressed tight to his chest.
His heart soars when he feels you instantly relax, the tension fleeing your body.
(It's fine. This is fine. He'll make everything better. No matter what he has to do, who he has to kill, he'll make everything better.)
A handful of days pass like that. When he stops by a market to get supplies for you, he gently tells you that it's best for you to stay in the ship for now; odds are that you actually have a bounty on your head as well, now.
(He's not wrong - but he also doesn't need to disable the button on the inside of the ship that opens the exit hatch. You don't need to know that; he doesn't need to acknowledge that.)
As time passes, he tries not to suffocate you, tries not to hover, wary of putting you under any more stress - but it's ultimately a useless task.
When you finally, tentatively ask him about going home, his brain goes numb, the world snapping into sharp focus. He turns his gaze to you, disturbingly absent of emotion.
"It ain't safe for ya there, now that those IPC dogs know to look for ya," he says, his voice far too even.
When tears begin to bud in your eyes, it finally sweeps up some sympathy in his chest, his entire face softening. He takes your shaking hands in his, tenderly grazing your knuckles with his thumbs.
"I'm sorry, sweetheart," he rasps, reaching up to wipe away your tears.
(He's barely sorry.)
"I don't like it either, but..."
(Yes, he does.)
"It's safest for ya to stick with me, alright?"
(Wishful thinking. He could find somewhere for you to stay - some quiet planet outside of the IPC's reach, where you could live without worry. He could send you credits regularly. He could make sure you were happy and secure, independent of him.)
(He could. He should.)
(He won't.)
#sal.txt#this one was a toughie but it was fun!! (and way longer than i thought... oops lol) hope my answer was satisfying haha#goddddd you just know he looks so hot when he's so furious that it consumes every drop of his reasoning. guard dog privilege and whatnot#also i had a dream a few nights ago where i got kidnapped by boothill#was that a cosmic coincidence or did you hex me#boothill x reader#boothill#x reader#reader insert#gn reader#yandere#hsr#honkai star rail#yandere hsr#angst
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Scholomance: A Series In Conversation With Harry Potter
(and often, that conversation is 'fuck you') So I've seen posts (and made some myself), talking about how Scholomance is a response to Harry Potter, perhaps the most recent being this addition to a reblog chain of alternatives to the HP-series in light of Rowling's raging bigotry. For folks who aren't familiar about the series, I think it's very possible you'll go "oh yeah because they're both in magic schools, sure". Or even "yeah all YA-adjacent fantasy in the last 20 years is influenced by Harry Potter, duh".
But no. I mean, specifically, the author Naomi Novik is a known fanfic writer who has spent years emersed in fandom, and I think she wrote the series in part as a response to critiques of the HP series. Some of this is more tongue-in-cheek playing with fandom specific tropes and ideas, but others I think are very insightful responses to how Rowling ended up creating a world based on British hegemony and replication of the status quo. Which isn't to say that the Scholomance series don't stand on their own-- I think they do!-- but if you were someone who grew up playing in that space, it'll have a whole other layer for you. So, whether you've read the series, or are curious and want a spoiler-minimal break down, here's my thesis, starting with:
Harry X Draco
The two leads, El and Orion, are designed to parallel and reflect common tropes given to Harry and Draco in the HP fandom, though not necessarily in a one to one. Beyond the rivals-to-lovers romantic pairing, we have⌠El: The protagonist, struggling against the perceptions of a prophecy, the social outcast, Angry and Scowly (Harry) Takes on the roll of the apparently-evil nascent dark wizard who secretly has a heart of gold (Draco) Orion: the golden boy, the hero (Harry) Latin name, Comes from a powerful and established family, parent is a major villain, silvery-blonde (Draco) Their relationship arc requires El to unpack that Orion's upbringing was not necessarily happy for all it was privileged, while Orion needs to recognise he had privilege in the first place, and other people had to struggle where he didn't-- which are common arcs in Draco/Harry fics.
HP Adults Are Useless
A constant (sometimes joking, sometimes serious) complaint of HP, was how the adults were functionally useless, requiring the kids to constantly save the day. Honestly, I think this is just one of the fundamental elements of the genre: YA fiction will have Young Adults do the plot stuff.
Nonetheless, Scholomance has an elegant solution to the accidental byproduct of making the adults seem idiots and/or negligentâthe adults canât help, because there are none in the school. Even once they graduate, itâs not so much that adults are useless per say; some are in fact quite helpful! But many of the most powerful have been co-opted by corrupt corporate systems, and those who havenât are struggling with intense trauma that makes them unwilling to rock the boat.
Man, The Way HP Treats Muggles-Born Is Kinda Whack
Sure is! Scholomance amps this up even more. Magical kids born of non-magical parents donât last long. This is because young wizards are basically yummy mana snacks for monsters. The one âmugglebornâ kid we hear about getting schlorped up by the Scholomance is said to have died painfully and messily due to any lack of knowledge, equipment, or allies. It encapsulates the failings of the current system.
Why Donât Wizards Help Muggles?
As an extension of the last point, wizards in HP consistently treat non-magical people with disdain at best. At worst, they actively hurt them, as evidenced by stuff like innocent civilians suffering brain damage due to repeated memory wipes. They certainly donât do anything like use their magic to help cure disease, duplicate and/or transport food, or provide clean energy, all of which seems easily within their power. The reasoning for this is pretty unexplored (bad blood from witch trials?) and seems kind of laughable given that the average witch or wizard should be able to easily overpower the average muggle. Again, Scholomance has an elegant solution here: magic just doesnât work around non-magical folks.
Rather, magic is powered, deep down, on the belief that itâll work. And deep, deep down, normal people donât believe magic is real. Monsters become weak in their presence; spells fizzle out. Indeed, a smart strategy for survival as a wizard is to hide yourself deep among non-magical crowds. Otherwise, mana is expensive. Even if you could cast a cure-cancer spell in a mundane hospital with confidence it wouldnât just fail, that would be prohibitively mana-hungry for all but the most secure Enclave wizards.
How Can There Be Any Material Poverty In The Wizarding World?
A lot of the HP books are obsessed with class. Like the Weasleys are poor. Really poor. They seem to struggle with basic expenses for food and clothes, let alone stuff like school supplies. How does that make any sense, when over the series, we see ability to near instantly repair items, replicate food, etc?
In Scholomance, poverty has nothing to do with material wealth over mundane things, like food and clothes. Indeed, it's explicitly said getting money is trivial. The currency is mana, which is what you need to cast any spells... Which is what you need to not get eaten by monsters.
HPâs Wizarding World Has So Few Jobs!
An oft-repeated critique of Rowlingâs worldbuilding is that there were like, five jobs (teacher, cop, merchant, healer, and government official).
Scholomanceâs worldbuilding focuses hugely on the wide variety of careers available in their world, with everyone very preoccupied with what job theyâre going to take, since it actively impacts their survival both in and out of high school. We hear about maintenance workers, water sanitation, food scientists, doctors, artificers, gardeners, and more. That said, everyone who graduates ends up being a skilled martial combatant, cuz if you arenât, monsters eat you. Ouch. ⌠this probably has an impact on why wizard society, at large, is so combative and dog-eat-dog.
Why Are HP Spells Only In Latin?
All the spells the students learn in Hogwarts are Latin. IIRC, we might see some French and Nordic spells when other schools visit in book 4, but we get pretty much no world building an explanation. Why Latin? Out of universe, of course, itâs because it has associations with sophistication and academia and lost knowledge. By why in-universe? Do spells simply not work in English? What about other contemporary languages? Why would that matter at all? Do languages become magic if they're old enough? What's the logic here? Scholomance answers all of these questions. Different languages have different schools and philosophies around spell crafting. While all contemporary languages have their own spells, anyone who wants to be competitive needs to learn spells from other languages, both modern and archaic. âThe Language Trackâ, which El is on, is necessary for those who want to become particularly flexible and skilled spell-crafters.
Actually, HPâs Global Worldbuilding In General Is Either Non-Existent Or Downright Shitty
Sure fucking was. As a refresher for those who never read the books or have just forgotten, the HP series is pretty disinterested in questions of what the so-called âwizarding worldâ looks like outside Europe, or even Britain. We get glimpses of French and Nordic wizards, as mentioned. We hear about dragons from a variety of countries; we know thereâs âcurse breakingâ on Egyptian pyramids. Thatâs about it. On the official HP extended lore site âPottermoreâ, Rowling began to write short stories and other material to fill in the gaps. These were bad. Really bad. Things like there being a single wizarding school for all of China. Or the Indigenous witches and wizards of the Americas apparently not being very good at magic, until European wizards came, taught them how to make wands, and set up the first school on the continent (which every kid, presumably including Indigenous ones, go to.) Wow. Again, Scholomance-- both the series and the titular school-- is designed to answer these critiques.
Why is there only one magical school? Because it was an incredibly complex and mana-hungry construction project. Why is it so British and American in its design? Because those were the main builders/funders, and they intended to keep it for themselves... Until they realised they needed to put more kids in there to up the chances for their own childrens' survival. But while Britain and America have an outsized impact on the school, they are not the only major players. International politics is a huge theme of the series, with Enclaves from all around the world fighting for power and influence. China in particular is becoming a rising star, and is pressuring for more seats in the school, or else they might break away and make one of their own. Everyone is bracing for an international wizard war that seems liable to start any moment. Our protagonist, El, is of both Welsh and Indian descent, notably both nations that were colonized by the British. As the series goes on, that colonization becomes a major theme, arguably the one that underpins the whole series. In order to counter this, El needs to cultivate friends and allies from all around the world. While I think it's telling that her first real friend ends up being a Desi-American girl, her core team ends up including folks from China, Germany, Malaysia, and more. All of these nations are shown to have their own cultural backgrounds and approaches to magic. Notably, the powerful ancient magical tome that holds the promise for potential peace, the Golden Sutras, are rooted in Indian culture, just like El.
Harry Potter Is Pretty Heteronormative, Huh?
Sure is. And while there were critiques of this even when the books were coming out, its failure there has become much more damning in hindsight given Rowling's descent into becoming perhaps the most politically active and powerful transphobe on the planet. Sadly, I don't believe Scholomance has any explicit trans representation (though let me know if I'm forgetting something). I will say, though, that on top of having some background queer rep, El is bisexual, who has an on-page sexual relationship with another young woman. (I adore that whole relationship so much frankly, but it's kinda out side the scope here, so I'll leave that aside for now).
Status Quo
And then, the crux of it. Harry Potter, for all the series presented itself as a counter-cultural rebellion against a fascist take over, ends right where it started. Voldemort is defeated, sure, but none of the systems that led to his creation and rise to power are dismantle. Harry grows up to become a wizard cop, marries his high school sweet heart, and has three kids. Without spoilers, Scholomance ends on a much more open note. There is no single villain to defeat. Fixing the system is a long, hard, slow process. The powers that be will try to block El and her allies at every turn. But she's still determined to try.
... PS
My Immortal
Galadriel Higgins is a goth who puts up her middle fingers at preps. The end.
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Even though I just reblogged @almostemptyâs very detailed and intricate post before this, I just wanted to say that I am generally getting tired of the brainrot when it comes to how people perceive Joel Miller & Pedro Pascal as a whole.
I already had a feeling that people were going to conflate Clint Flood with Joel, like it was doomed from the start. People see Pedroâs broad ass wearing plaid with a scar and having an inclination to violence, and instantly snap their fingers and say âTHATâS JOEL MILLER!â Believe me, I get the hyperfixation around him, I get that thereâs no changing of the popularity of TLOU and the fact that Pedro is without a doubt Joel Miller and that wonât change, nor would I want it to change. But just the way people have this obsessive nature when it comes to him and his other characters is so weird. I mean, I donât get why people canât just enjoy Pedroâs roles individually without automatically making them a Joel-adjacent, if that were the case he would just play Joel and he already is doing that. We have Joel Miller already, heâs done with that, we can have all of his other characters the way they are as intended and enjoy them on their own.
Obviously Iâm not trying to be messy cause on my end I barely interact with Joel Miller content anymore, I barely talk about him cause everything about the show is upsetting me, and everything is filtered so I barely see shit nowadays and Iâm having a lot of fun with The Pitt content in comparison to before because itâs so refreshing and new. But itâs really fucking frustrating when people just make everything synonymous with Joel Millerâs character archetype as if heâs the only male character to exist. People donât even acknowledge Game! Joel Miller sometimes when his writing and characterization is damn near perfect and the show doesnât do him justice (sorry), and thatâs fine to criticize because we have the source material to make that comparison. Itâs like people only have one setting when it comes to writing male characters: older, morally and physically grey, men who shoot with guns pew pew. Thereâs so much more that goes into both Joel & Clint, and trying to make every single character or role Pedro plays into a Joel Miller twin is a disservice to his range as an actor.
As someone who actually went out of their way to watch Freaky Tales in theaters and really loved Clint as a whole within the world we were introduced, Iâm just annoyed that heâs going to turn into another Joel lookalike on top not getting a proper release because TLOU premiered a week after the movie came out and we couldnât even enjoy that. Joel Miller is incredibly popular, that much is obvious and with Pedroâs popularity it just adds to it, and sometimes I wished that wasnât the case was all. But it is what it is, and idc how this sounds Iâm just mad about it.
Anyway, please actually watch Freaky Tales if youâre able to instead of just going off of appearances cause then youâll see how theyâre different characters. I love Clint Flood, if I write for him then Iâll let yâall know cause he really is fucking cool and interesting and I really do like him. Top 4 on the Pedro Pascal character list and he ainât #4.
#Iâm not saying this to be messy or hateful either#like people can do what they want thatâs fine#but I can also be a little annoyed that people see a new character and instantly try to make him into another version of Joel#if I wanted Joel Miller Iâd just engage with Joel Miller directly#not everything has to be about him Iâm sorry let us enjoy other characters without the forced assimilation#I guess Iâm experiencing some form of fatigue when it comes to this lmao#the tiktoks using Clintâs scenes talking about dbf Joel irk the fuck out of me idc#ppcu#cw discourse#idk I get more annoyed by people every day lmao#prob delete in the morning oops
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