#[ when it comes to mysterious buttons...... MAN he just wants to press them xD ]

[scnkei]

He has more self-control than any man, but one thing that is really testing him is having a button to press. Must. Not. Press. But --- He really, really, really wants to!

[harmonytre]

Comic Plans

Current Projects:

Prismtale (Mondays): An Undertale AU involving NPCs and multiverse travelling. Multi-chapter comic and ongoing.

Mistbreak (Tuesdays): A Steven Universe AU with about 5 pages left of the comic. Then it will become an ask/drabble/design blog.

Flicker of a Neon Soul (Wednesdays): An Undertale AU where monsters have colored soul traits and humans have white soul traits. 10+ chaptered comic with many plans and plot.

Taffy and Steven (Thursdays): A Steven Universe where Steven and his gem are split into different people and Taffy is a wholesome boyo. One page left of the comic, then will become an ask/edit blog with occasional comics.

Future Fandom Projects:

Pokemon Nuzlocke Comics: Multiple regions and an overarching plot. I need to finish playing and writing the first arc before starting the comic. (long term)

Who I Am: A Pokemon comic where James from Team Rocket is a were-pokemon. I need to rewrite it first. About 7 to 8 chapters. (medium length)

Other Undertale AUs: Certain AUs will be revealed in Prismtale and turn into side blogs, and others will be one time comics. (varies)

Future Original Projects:

(One of these I want to make extremely interactive. Like the audience makes choices for the characters.)

Phantulfurs: A comic about teens with powers to see creatures no one else can. I’ve rewritten the first chapter multiple times, but I need to really write it out before starting the comic. About ten arcs. (long term)

Skryculars: A sequel to the above story. (medium length)

The Journeyers: A multi-book series with my cousin. About ten books. Involves animals, powers, and romance. Won’t give information beyond that. (long term)

Unnamed Animated Series: Still need to design the two main characters, but they’ll travel through many worlds from my dream world. (long term youtube series)

Unnamed Wings Story: Decided many many characters for a high school story with wings. Lots of diversity and LGBTQ. Problem is I don’t like writing high school stories and have no plot. ;^; (medium? short?)

Unnamed Long Term Comic: A story about a space girl with wings, a nonbinary person that can shapeshift and communicate with animals, twins with water and plant powers, and an angsty wholesome skeleton bean. No plot yet. (long term)

Short Term (below the cut, any catch your interest?)

(keep in mind many of these I wrote the descriptions for years ago or based off of dreams.)

“Orphan Dog” and “Martha’s Pack” An orphan finds out she can talk to dogs and realizes they are the key to finding her missing parents. (Wrote when I was 8, rewrote partially when I was 13. So very cheezy. Would be even cheezier if I didn’t rewrite it, but still drew quality serious art XD.)

“The Agency” A girl named Jill has secrets. Major secrets. For one, she can turn into any animal at will including extinct, Fantasy, or hybrids. Don’t forget that she can also turn invisible and do telepathy. (Not to mention she runs an entire secret animal spy community…) When her best friend and spy ally, Izabella the opossum, goes missing, she must find what it means to be a true friend and showing that it’s what’s inside that counts. (Actually liked this one too. Even if it’s also cheezy.)

1. “Moos” A boy is adopted by cows and is granted the power to understand animals and turn into a cow.

2. “Moos: Vile Meat” Hoover is back and he must defeat the evil Haystack, a human entrapping calfs in little domes for eternity.

3. “Moos: Cold Cuts” Hoover finds a new ally, one who creates...snow?

4. “Moos: Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey” Haystack is back and Hoover and his friends must defeat him before he turns all pigs into stone. (Cheezy series?)

“Extraordinaries” Emma, her friend, Millie, her brother, Clark, and her dog, Charlie, have to travel to a faraway land to save Emma’s mother, who has been poisoned. Along the way Emma and the team must find how to deal with their newfound powers of Imagination. (This one was also pretty good! A story from Nanowrimo a few years ago.)

“The Hummingbird Did It” A hummingbird turns a lazy boy into a dog. The boy must venture across country to find the cure. (Was kinda boring and just me having fun with google maps lol.)

“Sunshine and Rainbows” A girl is taken to another world by rainbow dust and must find her way back to Earth. (Can’t actually remember this one.)

“Nature’s Lifeforce” A boy and girl are given the power to turn into any woodland creature and talk to trees. (Also can’t remember, but sounds cool.)

“Ravens” A girl named Hannah, a boy named Billy, a boy named Cameron, a girl named Lyla, and a boy named Clark, among other students, have their wishes come true. This creates a problem as Cameron becomes a dog, Lyla becomes a cat and Hannah and Billy become ravens. They fix the problem for everyone except Hannah and Billy, but embark on an adventure to find the scientist who can help them. (Based on a dream, I think.)

“Dragon wings” Hiccup and Toothless accidentally sit down someplace weird. They switch bodies and Toothless claims to have heard someone press a button. (ASDFGHJKL WHAT?! HTTYD short story)

“Melody Dreambubble” A weird new pony arrives in Ponyville. Twilight is curious to find that she has no Cutie Mark, was raised by wolves, and bears mysterious powers. (My Little Pony, kinda self insert, short story)

“Eyes of Gold/The Tower” A Fan Fiction based on The Ever Afters series and two stories rolled into one. Rory finds that her two best friends have been poisoned by a new dragon species/As Rory is about to enter a tower to save Chase a random girl shows up out of nowhere and has a weird habit of annoying Adelaide. (Was my first ever self insert? And based on a book series unlike the rest? Cool! Oh I even wrote ten whole pages! Neat. Featuring a girl chasing a dragon with a bedpan!)

“Roadkill” A man purposely runs over a deer on a freeway. The deer’s best friend curses the man, later to regret it because he has to undo the curse himself. (Lol, this was interesting.)

“Melissa and Steven Started a Food Fight” A completely random book that takes the characters through an adventure of explosions, unicorns, and talking squirrels. (Used a random prompt generator. Very random. And funny.)

“Before it’s Gone” A snooty teen crashes in her car and finds a surprise when she wakes up. (Oh yeah, another old story. She turned into a dog and none of the other dogs believed her.)

“The Unicorn Killer” A short story about poachers and Julia. (Yep. Short story.)

1. “Feathers of Gold” A logical young bird griffin, Gabriel, wants to find a way to stop to war between bird and lion in his land, Genetica.

2. “Scales of Emerald” A shy young dragon, Emmie, tries to keep her land, Reptilia, from destruction.

3. “Hair of Crystal” A brave young unicorn, Crystal, tries to find a way to join together the leaders of the land of Equinsta.

4. “Flames of Ruby” A vain young phoenix, Flaxter, tries to capture the eyes of girls. Taken place in the land of Flamia.

5. “Gems Unite” Gabriel, Emmie, Crystal, and Flaxter find out they are The Gems, the only ones who can save their world, Animagicia, from the beings, called Humurns, that are trying to destroy it. They must come together and find who they truly are. (Might have fun with this series. I’ve always loved mythical animals.)

“The Distance from Sam” An 8 year-old St. Bernard named Barry, a 3 year-old Golden Retriever named Mick, and a 1 year-old Sheltie named Sandy set off to return to their owner Sam, after being kidnapped and sent across country. (Kinda like Homeward Bound. Came in mind when I saw these three dogs alone by a street, no humans around.)

“The Skilled” Andy and Ashley(both fifteen) and their eight year-old siblings, twins Alex and Alexa, gain powers from the sewers. All: understand animals and fly, Andy: talk to toys, Ashley: speak to plants, Alex and Alexa: psychic powers. “I used to think my toys would come to life when I was gone. I guess I was right.”-Andy. Based on a dream. (Too many “A” names, oof. Also, toy Story much?)

“The Moon’s Eye” A teenage girl named April gets trapped under a snow drift and wakes up to be a wolf. A nearby wolf pack needs her aid and calls her The Mooneye, a changeling. (Cool. Cool.)

“Unusual Forces of Omnipotence” A woman and her horse are supposedly crushed by a U.F.O. When Tanaya wakes up she finds out she has super strong senses and can run as fast as her horse. Pluto the alien knows he’s going to be in trouble if his planet finds out he crash landed and accidentally gave a human the powers of her horse. He tries to fix it. Told from Tanaya, Sunray (the horse), and Pluto’s point of view. Based on a dream. (Sounds interesting! Title came from before I knew UFO was an acronym lol.)

“The Lawn” Unknown to humans, a yard full of statues come alive at night. There is an elk, two bears, four buffalo, a wolf, an eagle, three horses, a small boy, a moose, a bighorn sheep, and a rabbit. (Based on a real lawn I’d see on the way to school.)

“Dragon Eyes” Max has an ordinary life, until his family, him, and his three friends, Alice, Peter, and Samuel, are transported to another world. His parents are then kidnapped and they have to fight against an evil Mother Nature. Based on a dream. (Interesting. The dream was freaky.)

“Sweet Treat” Emily’s dad works at a candy factory, and one day she visits him and realizes his work is not all it seems… Based on a dream. (What? I don’t remember what was different about his work???)

“The Flight of the Supernatural” Randy thinks he is mostly a normal kid. Sure, he and his dad live inside a mountain, and sure, some flying species of human killed his mother, that doesn’t mean he can’t live normal life homeschooling and watching TV. But unfortunately, Randy’s life turns around when he finds out he can fly. Is his father telling the truth? Did his own species kill his mother? Based on a dream. (Actually REALLY loved this story.)

“Whispering Willow” A girl named Willow helps 20 wolf cubs escape a pet store and then is recruited by a zoo. Pretty soon all of the animals know her as Whisper. Based on a dream. (Cool. another animal whisperer.)

“The Invasion of Our Minds” Little black aliens invade Earth and only one person can stop them: Julia. Based on a dream. (Oh RIGHT! Yeah I remember that.)

“The Marble Island(Possibly a short story?)” Julia goes on a trip to a new marble island only to find the owner turns people into stone figurines. Based on a dream. (Links to the previous story, I think.)

“Have some candy!” Violet, an expert on strange occurrences, needs to help a group of people who mysteriously turned into animals after attempting to grab candy bars from a bin in a local store. Based on a dream. (More animal transformation.)

“The Guide to Mythical Creatures I Made Up” A guide to everything from the Mystic Melody to the Gollan. (I don’t remember either of their designs! :P )

“Trying to Get Back to Mom” Michael and Annabelle meet new friends, while they frantically try to reunite with their mother. (Don’t remember.)

“Surprise of the Future” Pearl travels to the future and has to fight her now-evil brother in his stone mansion. (Not Pearl from SU. Based on a dream.)

“All for You” A man has to overcome many obstacles, such as mermaids, yellow smoke wolves, and magic maps, to save the world and his girl. (Oh yeah, this was a cool one. Based on a song, but I can’t remember which one.)

“The Stranger at the Door” Keith and Amber have lived with their grandmother for many years, but now they live alone and nobody knows. Then a strange girl arrives at the door. She claims they will have to leave town within 2 hours or risk being stuck in a quarantine zone. There will be traffic jams and other hindrances, so it's best to leave right now without taking anything with you. Unsure about everything, including this strange girl, the teenage boy disagrees to the proposal, if all this turns out to be true, this choice will seem foolish. His younger sister does agree. But what if this strange girl can't be trusted. Or what if all this is an elaborate trap. How could an ordinary teenage girl and boy end up in a situation like this. Time to find out. (Oh, a quarantine story? How long ago was this? 2017 I think.)

“The Beginning of the Hybrid Brothers” A backstory that shines a light on how Ralph the Rat-Man and Dr. Discord came to be evil. (YES, MY TWO VILLAINS NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT BUT ARE STILL DEAR TO MY HEART HNNNNNNNG.)

“Unnamed but same as the blank” A girl named, _____, lives in a family of nine. She and her mother are the only ones who aren’t “Morhumals”, or people who can turn into one animal. After the twins mess-up and send a “Morhumals” hunter after them, it is up to ___ and her sister, ____ to rescue them.

“Song of the Siren” ____ is back after her fourteenth birthday. She finally has received her animal and must follow her family to the mythed Siren hideout.

[nightglider124]

A Present For Dar - 2020 <3

Eyyyyy so in a way, time zones are like sorta working with me for once. Technically, in your zone, your day of birth has passed but in my zone, tis still going so... I’m counting it as on time ahsbsafadlg...

Anywho... HAPPY BIRTHDAY @dar-draws - ONE OF MY BESTEST PALS AND FAVOURITE LIL GREMLINS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD! I hope you had a truly kickass day because you deserve it, you perfectly perfect gardening tool. I have been basically dead for a while now, I know. But I wanted to resurrect to ensure I gifted you with some wholesome famjam fluff from our favourite pair of disgusting individuals. 

I hope you like it and forgive me; it is not properly edited yet but ima do it. XD

I love you gurl and a very hip hop happy birthday <3 <3 <3

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Sunshine

The glass of the apartment windows rattled under the sheer force of wind that spiked outside, throwing all of its weight against the sides of the building, as if trying to break through. It squirmed and thrashed, almost like it was being restrained from wreaking the havoc and damage it was truly capable of. 

It howled and whined as it whistled between the clusters of charcoal clouds that still clung to the bleak night sky which formed the Earth’s backdrop, just until the break of dawn made itself known as it did with every new morning that came. 

Rain drops continued to splatter against the window panes, without a single sign of stopping any time soon. The heavens had well and truly opened as the downpour covered the sidewalks in water, rippling puddles lining the paths for those who dared to still be out in the storm that raged on through the night. 

The pitter-patter sound of the rain as it impacted the glass was deafening, a truly frightening level of volume as the city continued to endure one of the worst storms it had had in a long time. 

A clap of thunder had been faintly heard in the distance not so long ago and it was now a burning curiosity for anyone still awake at such a ghastly hour, to know just when the lightning would be accompanying its natural companion. 

And yet, despite the violent performance from Mother Nature, there was one particular man who had voluntarily gone out into it, just as he always did. It was his duty; a vow to the city he lived within, made many years ago that he would protect it, wherever possible.

Such a vow could not be broken, even when the wind and rain tried so desperately to hold him back from what he silently promised the citizens of Bludhaven. 

It made his job more difficult at times and of course, he was putting himself in harm’s way more. He knew that he could slip and fall from an outrageous height when the weather was like this; he knew he could be hurled into dangerous territory by the powerful winds but, he also knew that if he skipped a night of watching the city like a mysterious guardian, it could mean an innocent’s death at the hands of a criminal.

He decided that fact alone meant he would face obscene weather patterns, no matter the danger, each and every time if he had to. 

There was, however, an upside to the state of the elements when it worsened like it had. Criminals and levels of crime in general tended to decrease, especially when it finally reached 3am. 

Nightwing stifled a yawn as he swung through the gaps between tall buildings, being careful to maintain his grip on the handle of his grappling hook. He propelled himself forward, glimpsing at the few stars painted across the sky, ever so slightly hidden by the rain tinted veil beyond his mask. 

He aligned his arms to collect speed and momentum as he tumbled towards the empty streets below, his soaked ebony locks whipping around his face, only serving to get his skin wetter than before. 

The colors and lights of nearby structures passed his line of sight in a hazy blur as he hurtled towards the ground, smirking and opening his eyes just in time.

He shot his hook upwards, an audible zipping sound coming from the device as it locked onto the stone railing of a nearby pizza parlor. He swept over the ground, narrowly missing its touch by a single breath. 

Flying through the air, he felt alive; his heart buzzing and soaring like he was. He had felt flight in many ways and despite the love he had for his own way, he preferred another’s much more.

He envisioned her; the carefree way she spun and dove through the clouds, her scarlet hair coming to him in bright flashes and the way her emerald eyes sparkled as if basking in a secret shared that only the two of them knew about. 

He smiled and finally saw the location he desired; suddenly clamoring over rooftops and railings to reach it in haste. 

Once his final leap was complete and he was glued to the side of the building, he fiddled with the latch of one of the windows, attempting to ignore the way the rain beat down on him and trickled down the back of his neck and beneath his uniform. 

He clenched his jaw, unable to wait for the satisfying warmth that would soon cocoon him. 

When the window opened, he slid inside without delay and closed it again, locking it tight behind him. Nightwing released the breath he had been holding inside his chest and strolled towards one of the closest apartments in the hallway, disregarding all the other doors that lined the corridor of the floor he was on. 

There was only one that was on his mind and he felt his fluttering in his stomach beginning to stir at the thought of being inside. 

As he approached the dark stained entrance, he peered at the silver reflection of the door number before reaching into one of the back compartments of his belt and fishing out his keys. 

Slotting it into the groove of the lock, he gave it a few gentle twists as to not alert nor wake anyone within. Biting his lip, he grasped the handle and opened the door.

He pulled the key back and paused, noticing that the lights were all on from where he was stood, all the way into the lounge area. His dark brows furrowed in confusion but he avoided calling out any names, just in case. 

It was only after depositing his set of keys in the ceramic bowl that sat atop the oak console table, just to the right of the front door, did he hear it.

His interest and curiosity piqued with the faint sound of music, drifting from the living room and calling to him around the edge of the hallway. 

Slipping his mask from his face and stashing it on the table top, Dick silently crept along the border of the corridor, practically plastering himself to the wall as to not be detected.

He ran his gloved fingers against the peach stained walls, a warmth blossoming inside of him as he neared closer to the source of the upbeat music that filled his ears.

It was light and happy, a familiar tune that he heard often playing from the record player but it couldn’t be. She wouldn’t still be up at this hour, surely. 

Just as he drew close to the end of the hallway, more noises carried themselves through the air. 

Dick could hear the honey laced humming that was so akin to vocal ambrosia and so very familiar to his senses. It was such a relaxing sound that he melted against the wall for a long moment, simply becoming lost in the depth of her tone. 

He could hear gentle movement, back and forth and across the floor. Her feet were brushing against the carpet and what weight she owned shifted from floorboard to floorboard.

Dick’s grin only grew wider as he remained rooted to the spot, a hand pressed to the wall as he reveled in the homely sound of her voice. 

His brows hit his hairline when he heard a tiny giggle bubble up from another just beyond the bend of the wall. He knew that flourish of laughter as well; all too well. 

Unable to resist taking a peek, Dick moved a little more so that he could watch the scene before him. His heart constricted and he sucked in a breath, powerless to stop the serene smile that formed upon his lips. His cerulean gaze became a half lidded one as he soon started to lose himself in the trance of what stood before him.

Her long hair swayed around her hips like a waterfall of rubies, following the line of her body however she moved; a soft ribbon alive with the melodic tune that was coming from the turntable in the far corner of the living room. 

Her back was facing him before she spun and twirled around, her toes just about touching the floor as she danced to the music. Her golden skin was glowing in the dim light but her face was one of calm and peace, green eyes hidden for the time being as she enveloped herself in this moment, truly absorbing it like she would never have another.

She had yet to notice him but he could tell she was in her own little world as she continued to hum along to the song echoing and ricocheting off the walls. 

His smile grew at the little one in her arms; their first child of love and bundle of joy. Her disheveled locks of fluffy black hair framed her chubby face as she stared up at Kory with a glazed expression, her big jade orbs focused on nothing else besides her mother; almost as if nothing else even existed beside her beacon of light.

Her lips were upturned into an almost vacant smile; a few giggles escaping her whenever Kory leaned down and absently brushed her nose against her daughter’s button one. 

Dick leaned against the corner, his arms crossed over his chest as he simply watched them, his heart threatening to explode out of pure love and adoration for the woman and little girl in front of him. 

It was impossible to look away from them; his emotions catching in his throat at how at ease he felt, knowing this was his family. Despite the things he would see on patrol or the things he would have to fight out there, it was always a comfort to know this is what he would be coming back to.

When the day was over and the work was done, this little household was what held him together; no matter what kind of stress life threw in his direction. Everything was worth it because he had this. It was the only constant in his life and god, he wouldn’t swap it for anything else in the entire world. 

“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine… you make me happy when skies are grey…” Kory whispered to her daughter, who was now pressing her tiny fingers to the soft skin of her mother’s cheek,

Dick felt his heart flip at how much love was injected into the quiet singing of his wife; a known fact that Mar’i was everything to her and to him, but it made him shiver to hear the way she sang to their child. He’d always known she would suit motherhood like no other on this Earth.

“You'll never know dear, how much I love you…” Kory paused and rested her forehead against her baby’s, “Please don’t take my sunshine away…”

Her tone was hushed and there was something so gentle in the air that Dick was petrified he would shatter by making his presence known.

“I love you, mama…” Mar’i whispered, her little arms gripping ever tighter around her mother’s neck. 

Kory smiled and exhaled quietly, pressing several kisses to her face, earning an uproar of laughter as she shifted her around in her arms, attacking her with affection whilst Mar’i continued to squeal with joy. 

Dick must have only moved a centimeter but it was enough to earn his wife’s attention. Her head turned towards his direction and her eyes snapped open, softening immensely when she saw who it was.

He smirked and gave her a muted wave in greeting.

Kory sighed in what appeared to be relief before she twisted Mar’i in her arms so she could also see who was home for the night, “Mar’i… look…”

His daughter’s reaction made his knees buckle a fraction and his heart melted from the thousand watt smile that lit up her entire face,

“Daddy!” She squealed, immediately squirming to get to him. 

Kory laughed and released her, watching as she padded across the space between in her purple, star covered pajamas, arms outstretched and desperate for cuddles from her father.

Dick was just as fast, scooping her straight up and lifting her high above his head before he pulled her close and cuddle her to his chest, pressing several kisses to her mess of dark hair. 

“Hi there, Starshine…” He murmured, stroking her back.

Mar’i pulled back with a frown, “Daddy is all wet!” 

He chuckled and leaned in, rubbing his damp cheek against hers, eliciting a loud bubble of laughter from the tiny toddler. She shook her head and wriggled away, all the while, a smile on her face.

“We can blame all the rain for that, honey.” 

Mar’i pouted and turned her nose upwards, “Bad rain!” 

Kory shook her head and drifted closer to the two of them, retrieving Mar’i back from him to ensure she didn’t get soaked through her warm pajamas, “Greetings, my love…”

Dick failed to stop the dopey grin that lit up his expression as he touched her waist and leaned close, “Hey…”

He captured her lips with his own, the frozen bite of his becoming soothed and rectified by the heat emanating from his beloved wife. Her skin was like fire; a calming heat amidst the treacherous weather outside. He always felt so much better within proximity of her, her surge of warmth lighting a room better than any kind of other device. 

She made a small sound at the back of her throat when he slipped his tongue against her bottom lip as he sought permission to deepen their gesture of love. Kory was about to oblige him before they were split apart by the dramatic retching sound of their 2 year old daughter.

When they pulled away, they both glanced at her as she pulled multiple expressions of disgust, 

“Blech!” She droned, grinning when they both issued her with a raised brow,

“I have a question for you, Starshine. What are you doing up? It’s way past your bedtime, isn’t it?”

Mar’i shrank a little against Kory’s shoulder, idly playing with the strands of her mother’s ember filled locks, 

“Mama said it was okay…” She mumbled, not wanting to get into trouble,

Dick blinked and turned his gaze to his wife who was passively staring back at him before she rubbed Mar’i’s back, “She couldn’t sleep… she was worried about daddy being out in the storm all alone.”

He visibly softened and smiled sympathetically at their child; a very deep thinker despite her youth, “So… I said we would wait up for you together.”

Kory tilted her head at him and waited for him to speak and when he did, it was nothing short of what she imagined him saying,

“Now that I’m home, Mar’i… how about I read you a bedtime story? Hm?” He murmured, tucking some of her black curls behind her ear,

Mar’i sat up straight and beamed at her father, “Story!” 

Dick chuckled and gave her cheek a kiss, “That’s right. Story with daddy and then sleepy byes, okay?”

She rapidly nodded, excited for the offer of a story before succumbing to slumber, as most children desired. 

Kory ran her fingers through her baby’s hair, marveling at the thickness of it all, “Do you want to pick out the story daddy reads to you?”

“Uh huh!” Mar’i approved, steeling herself as Kory lowered her to the floor. Mar’i shuffled along the carpet, her little legs carrying her as she scurried towards her bedroom, decorated with stars and splashes of violet and plum.

“Pick a good one, Mar’i and I’ll be there in a minute…” Dick called, already sensing his wife’s touch as her fingertips grazed his chest,

He turned back towards her, grinning at how close she was now, “Hello again, Kor…” 

She leaned towards him, barely whispering, “Hello…” before she pressed her cupid bow lips against his, her fingers sliding up from the front of his uniform to the line of his jaw, cupping his handsome face to hold him still as she snuck in some kisses.

Dick’s eyes closed on their own accord, falling deeper into the bliss that was his wonderful wife. He could feel the metal of her wedding ring against the skin of his cheek and he felt electric shoot through him; a reminder that she was his and he was hers, now and forever.

Sometimes, he found himself dwelling on just how lucky he’d been to have found her and how utterly thankful he was to have her in his life; to have her as his wife and to have her as the mother of his child. 

He could think of no better person to stand at his side for eternity and as he slipped his cold hands beneath the old t-shirt of his that clung to her torso, he smirked.

She gasped and pulled back, breathless, “That was not very nice.”

He brushed his nose against hers, his breath full of husk, “If I let you kiss me any longer, then we’d probably be on the floor and scarring Mar’i for life.”

Kory rolled her forest green eyes at him and gently smacked his arm, “You make it sound as if I have no self control around you.”

“Honey, I don’t think you do… that’s how we ended up with our little baby in there.” He replied, jerking his head in the direction of Mar’i’s room,

His Princess snorted and folded her arms over her chest, “Oh? I seem to forget… please… remind me who started talk about having a child?”

Dick chuckled and squeezed her hips, “Alright, ya got me…” 

Kory matched the serene smile that appeared on his face and ran her feathery touch along his chin, staring into his ocean eyes, “I am glad you are safe… I worry when you are patrolling in weather like this…”

His smile faltered a little, “I know… sorry I took longer… I ran into a drug deal going south and… I had to deal with it. They had someone hostage if this group didn’t deliver.”

Kory pecked the corner of his mouth, “I know… it is okay. All that matters is that you are home.” She paused, “Are you hungry?”

Dick grinned, “Famished…”

“Cereal or… leftover pizza?” 

“Hm… decisions, decisions.” 

She giggled and shook her head, opening her mouth to respond when they heard the rapidly approaching sound of tiny feet on wooden flooring,

“Daddy! Ready!” Mar’i squeaked, holding the picture book she wanted read to her, high above her head,

Dick glanced over his shoulder and lifted an eyebrow, “The Gruffalo, again?” 

Mar’i pouted, “It’s my favorite!”

He laughed and gently let go of his wife, “Alright, alright, c’mon. Get snuggled under the covers, then.”

Their daughter beamed at him before she spun and headed back into her room to do just that.

Dick smiled and looked back at Kory, “Duty calls… I’ll be back soon.” 

Kory sighed in content as he pressed a quick kiss to the palm of her hand before letting it go entirely. 

“Hurry… or I may just eat both of your snacking options.” She murmured, turning and wandering into the kitchen, winking at him over her shoulder.

Dick smirked and shook his head as he ambled towards Mar’i’s room, grateful to have all of this; always ready and always waiting for him after the longest of nights.

[lorewytch]

Scene from Fragments

Hey there everyone! I haven’t gotten anything else really new lately sadly. I’m not feeling good today so I may be taking a few sick days if this continues. :( However I did want to post this. I had this lying around and I sadly haven’t done much more on this fanfic yet. But, this is another fanfic I will work on, its just not a priority right now. Also, I love this opening scene I wrote for the characters XD It’s one of the first scenes I wrote when I branched off from the Consumed by Shadows series into other one-shots and such and I really enjoyed writing the kids older. If no one really remembers, here’s the summary for Fragments:

Fragments- At 16, the triplets and Webby have formed tight bonds. Louie is slowly earning his first million from Louie Inc, Webby has become a part time spy with SHUSH and part time explorer. Dewey has his pilot’s license and is often seen going on adventures and spy missions with Webby, and Huey is busy developing new technology to help his family in any way he can as well as the world. But when Louie is offered a cool deal for a new kind of fuel that may help Duckburg and the world, he seeks the help of Webby, Lena and his brothers. All five go this mysterious island that only appears once every 500 years, keeping this a secret from their guardians of course! But this island becomes much more than even they can handle. Split up and quickly running out of time, each group has to rely on their strengths to face the trials the island throws at them. But the clock is ticking and they must escape this island, even at the cost of one of their own. So, this is in fact probably the opening scene I’d be introducing the story with. Anyways, thought I’d give you guys a sneak peek. This probably would be roughly in the middle of the projects I currently have going on since this one is one of the stories I have the least amount of written material on at this time. Anyways though: Enjoy!!

Webbigail Vanderquack dodged an incoming blast from an energy cannon. Smirking, she slid easily under the blast, pulling forth her grappling hook and launching the pronged end into the air. Catching the nearby tree, she swung easily behind her target. Black Heron let out an infuriated yell as Webby threw the capsule to the ground. Exploding in a sticky web, it surrounded the villain and trapped her within it in seconds.

Laughing, she jumped fearlessly to the ground, just as Dewey crashed next to her, rubbing a sore spot on his head. Glancing up, he winked. “Hey Webs!” His long legs kicked the next goon that approached the duo, sending said unnamed man through the foliage. Once he stood up, his back pressed against hers as they surveyed their surroundings for more enemies.

“I thought you said you could handle those 20 enemies?” Webby teased with a chuckle and pulled out a few more capsules.

Dewey rolled his eyes at his partner and gave her a dashing grin. “Well, I did get 19 of them.”

Shaking her head at her best friend, Webby attacked. Throwing several capsules at the foliage, several explosions of color erupted from the trees and suddenly four enemies dropped to the ground, captured in various ways due to those capsules.

“Did I ever tell you that those things are really cool?” Dewey commented in awe.

“You should know more about these things than me. Your brothers helped create them.” Webby shrugged her shoulders and a sudden beeping from her watch alerted her to an incoming message from…Huey?

Making sure there were no more enemies nearby, Webby pressed a button and a hologram of a sixteen-year-old Huey with his arms crossed appeared before them. Dewey brushed a hand through his already messed up hair and grinned at his older brother by three seconds.

“You do realize those capsules only come in finite quantities, right?” Huey asked with a dry tone.

“Yeah and how crazy expensive they are!” Yelled a voice from nearby offscreen. Huey rolled his eyes.

“Louie? What’s Louie doing there?” Dewey asked, confused. “I thought he was at his office.”

The green clad triplet appeared within the hologram, wearing a gold necklace and dark green tinted suit with black lining. “I was when I happened by something I think we all could get behind. One of my contacts brought a business proposition…”

“Couldn’t this wait until we got back?” Dewey asked.

An enemy crept up from behind the duo, but Webby pulled out a frying pan from nowhere and slammed it hard against the assailants’ face.

All three triplets watched the poor enemy hit the dirt. Louie even winced.

“It’s sort of a time crunch deal.” Louie continued once their attention was back on him.  “Y’see the place we need to go to is….remote and the window of opportunity for this only lasts a couple days. But the payoff would be massive! Enough to fund those capsules galore I might add.” Louie wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

Huey, who had his arms crossed rolled his eyes and sighed. “Anyways its up to you two since you’d be doing most of the hard work.”

“Hard work?” Webby inquired, spinning and drop kicking another approaching enemy.

Louie laughed nervously. “Well, it is on an island with an active volcano…”

Webby and Dewey shared a look.

“Anything else you are failing to tell us?” Dewey asked, his arms were crossed and eyeing his brother skeptically.

“And well it might be guarded by a few monsters and highly elaborate medieval traps…” Louie rushed.

“And there it is..” Dewey sighed and glanced at his partner, who turned to him with a raise eyebrow. “What do you think Webs?”

Webby thought a second. “What’s our cut?”

Louie seemed to have hope shining in his eyes. “Were splitting it even through and through! Whatever we get you guys will get an equal cut.”

“25 percent huh?” Webby thought about it. She shrugged. “Fine as long as it doesn’t interrupt my spy duties or on Friday.”

“What’s on Friday?” Dewey suddenly asked and Webby grinned mischievously.

“Wouldn’t you like to know..”

“Yes, I would actually!” Dewey seemed more curious now.

Rolling her own eyes she glanced back at the holograms.

“Now I’m curious as well.” Huey commented.

“Dewey are you in too?” Louie asked.

“Huh? What? Oh yeah I’ll go too.” Dewey was still eyeing Webby though as if distracted. “C’mon Webbs tell meee..” he draped himself over her shoulders with a dramatic sigh and Webby was trying to keep a straight face.

“Great, I’ll see you all on Saturday then. Well leave first thing in the morning. Also, don’t tell Uncle Donald, Scrooge or Beakley.” Louie frowned a bit. “I’m sure Scrooge would want a cut and I’m pretty sure Beakley and Uncle Donald would try to stop us.”

“True that.” The others replied.

“Okay we’ll keep it from them for now. But we have to have a cover story which will fool Granny.” Webby commented.

“True, I don’t think the ‘over at a friends house’ lie will work with this.” Louie hummed.

“Not that it worked before.” The bow clad female duck smirked.

Raising a hand, Louie opened his mouth to speak, then closed it. “Touché.”

Sounds of rustling intensified behind the duo and instantly Dewey spun around to face ten more enemies surrounding them.

“Whoops got to go!” Webby spun and punched an approaching enemy from the right. “Call you as soon as were done here! Byeeeeee!” Webby smiled brightly and waved before pressing a button on her wrist and pulling out her nunchucks.

“You have nunchucks?!” That comment was supplied by Dewey as Webby launched into the battle.

[hnrywinchester]

Top Shelf

Pairing: Gabriel x Allie (name only mentioned once since it’s a challenge, so I’m tagging gabriel x reader too)

Words: 1733

Warnings: Swearing, some spice

For @idabbleincrazy’s 30th Birthday Challenge

I hope it’s what you had in mind girl! XD

Prompt: “I just want to know my life hasn’t been completely pointless!”

There were some moments in time that just, stood still. Some were good, some were bad, others somewhere in-between, but all of them memorable. Maybe it’s your first kiss, or your wedding day, or perhaps watching someone you love slowly slip from this realm to the next. Then sometimes they raced by without so much as an opportunity to truly experience them them. Gabriel had had many of these moments throughout his millennia, some stood out more than others, some he’d like to forget all together. However, there were others he wished to relive, just one more time. He wanted to appreciate the moment more, etch every facet of each millisecond into his brain, recall the way things felt against his finger tips, the tastes and smells, all of it.

Throughout his years on Earth, he’d had his fun. Lots of it. One might argue too much. Drink, sex, drugs, gambling, to name just a few of his favorite past times, had all occupied his time, wasted it away, but he had a lot to spare. Sure, he’d been mixed up with the wrong sorts of people all the time, he was immortal, only one of his own could kill him and well, they were no where to be found. What did he have to lose? Nothing, he thought.

One cold, January night he found himself at a bar in Northeast America, one of his favorite spots. He was enjoying some solitude and whiskey, two of his lesser appreciated favorite things, when she walked in. There was nothing particularly unique about her, but he’d be lying if he claimed his heart didn’t stop the moment his eyes met hers. She took up the seat beside him, her nearness already setting off an army of butterflies into his stomach. Damn if it hadn’t been a long time since he felt those.

“What’s a girl like you doin’ in a place like this?” he asked, noticing the way her hair shined in the dim, cheap lighting.

“Celebrating my thirtieth birthday,” she responded curtly, smiling at the bartender as he passed her a beer.

“Alone?”

“Looks that way.”

How on Earth was a girl like this ever alone? It didn’t make any sense to him. Did the rest of the world not see the allure?

“New to the area?” he continued his questioning, determined to learn the answers of this mystery woman.

“Nope,” she responded, “Never seen you around here before though.”

“I pass through every now and again.”

Finally she turned her head to look at him, again slamming his heart against his ribs as her eyes met his. There was so much dancing behind them, he felt he’d need a lifetime just to uncover their secrets. Her hard gaze softened as she kept it locked on him but it never wavered, this girl was nothing like he’d ever seen before.

“What’s your name?” Gabriel asked, being sure to return her intent stare.

“Allie,” she responded, “Yours?”

“Gabriel.”

“Like from the Bible?”

“The very one.”

A breathy, skeptical laugh escaped from her nose, the corner of her mouth ticking into a smile he couldn’t help but mirror. She had smile lines around her eyes, the small little creases capturing his attention as he seared her face into his memory. He didn’t want to forget this one. He’d mastered self control long ago, one might say it was one of his redeeming qualities, but he felt it faltering now as the smell of her perfume wafted into his nose. What was it about this woman?

“Can I buy you a drink?” he asked, finishing off his own tumbler.

“Sure, angel boy,” she responded, oh she had no idea, “I’ll have what you’re having. You look like a top shelf kinda guy.”

“Oh? What makes you say that?”

“Just a hunch.”

“No evidence to support your claim?”

“Nope.”

Gabriel’s smile grew, crinkling into his eyes. Fuck, she was intoxicating. Who knew after all these years, all the beings and gods and goddesses, that it would be a thirty year old human in a seedy bar on the side of the road that finally enraptured him completely. When he held his fingers up, requesting their drinks from the man behind the bar, he still didn’t pull his eyes away. Neither did she. With a quick flick of his power he could have read her mind, but that was cheating, that was ruining the fun, but it did tempt him. Was she thinking of the same things he was? Probably not. His thoughts had drifted to how she’d feel pressed between the wall and his body, the feeling of her skin on his, the taste of her lips. It’d been awhile since he had any form of release, he was trying to be good. She was making that very difficult.

“I was right. Top shelf,” she concluded after she’d sipped from her glass, licking the burn of the liquor from her lips.

“Hmm. Guess you’ve got me all figured out then?” he retorted, shooting his entire glass back in one swig.

“Never said that.”

“Didn’t have to.”

Her response was nothing more than a raised brow, that smirk from before spreading a little further up her cheeks, those creases around her eyes deepening further. It was the kind of smile it’d be a travesty not to kiss. She hadn’t turned him away yet, perhaps she was enjoying this just as much as he was.

“So, I find it hard to believe that someone like you would celebrate a birthday alone from anything but her own free will,” he hypothesized, turning his body towards her on his stool.

“Maybe I just wanted something new,” she observed, pulling her gaze from him, “I bore easily.”

An absence filled him when her eyes left his, she was a drug and he needed more.

“Well, at the risk of sounding arrogant, I’m new,” he remarked, “complete with a few tricks up my sleeve.”

“Tricks huh? What kind of tricks?” she inquired, her eyes still locked on the wall in front of her as she emptied her glass.

“Sorry honey, I’m hashtag no spoilers. That’s something you’ll have to find out for yourself.”

“Tempting.”

What happened next flew by in a blur. More drinks, more banter and before he could even comprehend his actions he was in the back of her car, hovering over her heaving chest as his hair hung messily into his face. Her fingers swiftly worked the buttons of his shirt, subjecting his torso to the cool night air. The trails of fire her skin left on his as she raked over his newly exposed body making him forget it was winter at all. He needed to slow down. This wasn’t a moment he wanted to glaze over.

He sat back on his heels, peeling his button down off his shoulders as her eyes watched intently, soaking in every inch of him.

“What’s fair is fair, sugar. Your turn,” he instructed, his fingers coming to graze under the hem of her sweater, the softness of her skin was pure heaven.

Obeying his wish, she ripped her sweater over her head, propping herself back onto her elbows as he marveled at the sight before him. He was right, she was perfect. Her face was strong, there was no question in her expression, but still he had to be sure. Surely nothing this perfect would want him.

“Are you sure?” he whispered, wrapping his hands around her waist, pulling her body up to his.

“Such a gentleman,” she cooed, locking a hand into the hair on the back of his head, “I’m sure. Are you?”

“Oh I don’t think I’ve ever been more sure of anything in my entire life.”

Finally, she laughed. It was genuine, and perfect, and beautiful. All the horns and harps of heaven didn’t hold a candle to it. Her eyes sparkled in the glow of the street lamps as she lowered her lips back to his. The fervor was gone, replaced with intent movements and slow, lingering kisses. He could taste the whiskey on her tongue as their mouths synchronized, for a first kiss they sure had found a rhythm quickly. There was no battle for dominance, no rush, no hint of regret, it was just… them.

Shockingly, he found this alone to satisfy him completely. Neither pressed the other for anything more, in fact they relaxed into their current activity, content and blissed.

“At the risk of… missing out,” he began as she pulled away for air.

“I get it,” she interjected, “thought you were just passing through?”

“Never said for how long.”

Her smile reached her eyes for the first time that evening as she pressed her forehead to his, her hands gently cupping either side of his face. He hadn’t felt like this in a long time, carefree, no strings attached happy. Although he wouldn’t mind a string or two with this one. He had a lot to learn about her, but some piece of him knew he wasn’t going to be disappointed with what he uncovered.

“You’re… you’re something else Gabriel,” she laughed, the sound of his name falling from her lips sweeter than honey, “I have to admit, I came out tonight just wanting to know my life hasn’t been completely pointless. That these thirty years haven’t been wasted trying to be what everyone else wanted me to be.”

“And what did you discover?” he asked, brushing her hair from her eyes.

“These thirty years have been wasted trying to be what everyone else wanted me to be.”

The confession brought a frown to his face, but a happy little grin sat upon hers. Without another word her lips fell back to his, picking up right where they had left off moments before, but Gabriel’s mind now filled with even more questions. He submitted to her ministrations, wanting to take everything she was willing to give him.

“You gonna tell me what that means?” he sighed as her mouth traveled lazily to his neck, hands running down his arms to wind her fingers with his.

“Nah. I think you like the mystery,” she hinted, “I’m hashtag no spoilers.”

“So, do I get to see you again then, Madam Mystery?”

“Guess so, fly boy. You still need to show me those tricks you promised.”

“Oh sweetheart, you have no idea what you’re in for.”

[kanasmusings]

[Translation] SOARA Drama Vol. 3 - Ano Hi, Bokura wa - Track 2

Here’s the second track! Wakatsuki Hinata makes an appearance in this track. He’s SOARA’s manager~ You can read more about him here on @moonlit-manifesto‘s blog ^^

SOARA Drama CD Vol. 3 [Ano hi, Bokura wa] (That day, we were…) Track 2

Under the cut, enjoy~

SOARA Drama CD Vol. 3 Track 2

  (automatic doors open)

REN: In the end, we left our senpais behind. Will they be okay?

NOZOMU: I think it’d be fine if Mori-senpai and Soshi-senpai are there.

REN: Well… I guess you’re right… But, I wonder what they were doing.

NOZOMU: I heard they accompanied Sora with drinking before his deadline.

NOZOMU: But then they were so tired from their singing and dance lessons that they couldn’t drink much and then fell asleep it seems.

REN: Heh~ I expected that from Sora-senpai but to think that Soshi-senpai and Morihito-senpai would, too. It’s rare for them to fall asleep in another person’s room, huh?

REN: In the first place, I don’t think I’ve ever seen those two get drunk from drinking alcohol ever.

REN: It’s not obvious but I bet they’re strong against alcohol.

NOZOMU: Right~ I bet their faces only get red and they act quieter than usual, huh?

NOZOMU: By the way, Ren.

REN: Hm?

NOZOMU: I feel like the number of times you’ve said “Sou-nii” has lessened!

REN: A-ah… (laughs nervously) Did you notice?

NOZOMU: Well, yeah. Since I’m your partner who’s always with you~

REN: We got a lot more work after the TsukiPro live, didn’t we?

NOZOMU: Hmmm… Now that you mention it, yeah, we did.

REN: You’re so carefree, huh, Nozomu. Well, it’s true.

REN: It didn’t just increase. Usually when the group’s been getting jobs, it’s only Sora-senpai or Morihito-senpai who handle it, right? Lately it’s been different.

REN: There’s also been a lot of times when we were called, too, right?

REN: I just thought that calling him “Sou-nii” after I’ve turned 20 is a little embarrassing so…

NOZOMU: Eh?! It’s like a nickname so it should be fine, dontcha think?

REN: In private, yeah. But during work I guess… I should draw the line somewhere I think…

REN: Anyway, I’ve thought of practicing calling him “Soshi-senpai” so I don’t accidentally call him “Sou-nii” during work.

NOZOMU: Is that so? I think that’ll make Sou-senpai sad.

REN: No, it won’t. Sou-nii is—ah, wrong. Soshi-senpai always grins when I call him like that.

REN: (imitating Soshi’s voice) “I can tell what you’re thinking,” he says. It kinda irritates me a little.

NOZOMU: (laughs) Good luck, Ren.

REN: Um… The meeting room we were supposed to go to is…

NOZOMU: Today it’s on… Room 706 on the 7th floor, they said.

NOZOMU: Push~ (he presses the elevator button)

NOZOMU: Even so, I wonder what we’re gonna talk about today. Isn’t it a little rare for the agency to tell all five of us to gather together?

REN: It seems like there’s one more thing they need to tell us that they didn’t put on the instruction letter.

REN: Morihito-senpai said he didn’t know much in detail, too.

NOZOMU: Hmmm… It’s a mysterious invitation.

NOZOMU: Before, when we were all called together it was about the TsukiPro Live, right?

NOZOMU: I hope it’s great news like that, too~

REN: (chuckles) I wish that, too.

(elevator dings)

REN: Ah, the elevator’s here.

(they get inside and Ren pushes the button)

HINATA: (running) Ah, please hold that elevator! Please wait!

NOZOMU: Woah, there…!

HINATA: Ah, thank you!

NOZOMU: Ah, no problem.

REN: What floor?

HINATA: Seventh floor, please.

NOZOMU: Got it~

HINATA: Um… I feel like I’ve seen you two before.

HINATA: You’re kids from our TsukiPro, aren’t you?

NOZOMU: Eh…? Ah, could you be a senpai?

NOZOMU: A-ah, good afternoon! I’m Nanase Nozomu from SOARA.

REN: Good afternoon. I’m Munakata Ren, also from SOARA. It’s nice to meet you.

HINATA: Heya to you, too. I guess I’m more of a friend from the same agency rather than a senpai.

HINATA: I’m called Wakatsuki Hinata. It’s nice to meet you.

REN: Wakatsuki-san is um…

HINATA: I worked as an actor for some time.

NOZOMU: Oh~! An actor?!

REN: W-we’re so sorry! We weren’t aware.

HINATA: Ah, nah, I don’t mind. Don’t worry ‘bout it. TsukiPro’s a big place after all.

HINATA: There’s so many talents and staff that I’m not surprised that you wouldn’t know.

HINATA: I’m sorry that I’m a little unaware about the idols in the agency, too.

REN: Ah, please don’t! We only just debuted and are barely starting our second year.

HINATA: Is that so?

(elevator dings)

HINATA: Oh, we’re already here.

(they get off the elevator)

HINATA: You still don’t have that much experience, right? And yet I feel like I’ve seen your faces before…

HINATA: Ah, that’s right! I remember now. SOARA’s the band that appeared in last month’s TsukiPro live!

NOZOMU: Woah! That’s right! That’s exactly right! Bingo~!

NOZOMU: I’m that band’s charismatic bassist in the making, Nanase Nozomu-kun and—

REN: I’m the one in charge of the keyboard, Munakata Ren.

HINATA: I see, I see! I was right. You guys were in TsukiLive~

HINATA: Aren’t you quite the popular dudes~

HINATA: Wah, I’m really sorry. I wonder why I didn’t remember earlier.

HINATA: I’ve been super out of it lately and I just got back here this month.

HINATA: But, I’m so hopeless. I’ll repent.

REN: Ah, no, please don’t worry about it! We don’t mind, really.

REN: S-so you were abroad until this month, weren’t you? You were so busy, I suppose.

HINATA: That’s not true~ Is what I wanna say but… in reality, the President just tapped my shoulder one day and before I knew it, I was already boarding a plane.

NOZOMU: On an business trip?

HINATA: Yep. I was in America for 3 months, y’know?

REN: That’s quite a long time…

HINATA: It was for a movie filming, see? I wasn’t really supposed to be the one going there but the young guy they were originally supposed to send had problems with his passport so I found myself on the plane in his stead.

HINATA: I guess you could call me out of luck that I carry my passport with me a lot because of business trips.

REN NOZOMU: Out of luck…

HINATA: (imitating the President’s voice) A member that could go in his place? Ah, you saved me, Wakatsuki-kun. You’ll go to America for a while to help your troubled kohai, won’t you? (sparkles)

HINATA: That’s what he said to me while smiling so big.

NOZOMU: Uwah… That’s such a red flag…

REN: H-hey, Nozomu…!

HINATA: But, he’s right.

HINATA: I actually went with just the clothes on my back. And then a lotta things happened here and there and I couldn’t return after three months.

HINATA: Man, I spent the end of the year and New Year’s there. I was so troubled~

REN: I think it’s quite amazing that you think that’s troubling, Wakatsuki-san.

REN: TsukiPro is so frightening.

NOZOMU: It’s what they call broadening your horizons, right? So cool~ It’d be cool if we did some work together, too, right?

HINATA: Totally~ I’ll be in your care when that time comes. Well, I’ll be going here so…

NOZOMU: Ah, we’re also going to room 706 so it’s right around here.

REN: Oh? Wait, Nozomu. This room is 706.

NOZOMU: Eh?

HINATA: Huh?

ALL: What?

(door opens)

SORA: (panting) We barely made it…! Ah, great work today!

MORI: We’re sorry for almost being late. Thank you for your hard work.

SOSHI: Thank you for your hard work.

REN: Ah, senpai!

NOZOMU: We were waiting for you~

HINATA: That’s right! We were waiting~

SORA: Sorry~ We planned on arriving earlier but the trains were running a little late a— Hm?

NOZOMU: Huh?

HINATA: Hm?

SORA: (with an English accent) He is who?**

NOZOMU: Ah! (laughs) I forgot!

NOZOMU: Ta-da~ This person is Wakatsuki Hinata-san~!

HINATA: Hello, nice to meet you! I’m Wakatsuki Hinata~

HINATA: (in English) My name is Wakatsuki!

HINATA: Wakatsuki-san, Wakatsuki-kun, or Hinata-kun. Call me however you like~

HINATA: Would it be ‘kay if I called you by your first names?

HINATA: Sora and Mori, Soshi, Nozomu, and then Ren!

HINATA: Hm~ It feels so SOARA-ish~

SOSHI: That’s ‘cause we’re SOARA…

SORA: Ohoho, he’s so mysteriously friendly. Really though, who is he?

REN: Ah, that’s…

HINATA: Oh, what a shock~! It looks like starting today I have become your exclusive manager~!

HINATA: Alright, applause~

SORA: Eh?

REN/ NOZOMU: EH!?

SOSHI: For real?

HINATA: Yep, for real~ I’m really your manager~ In short, your MajiMane~ Just kidding~! (sparkles)

SOSHI: I want a change.

HINATA: Ohoh~ Soshi-kun’s so cool!

MORI: Could it be… The reason we were called here today was…

HINATA: Looks like it, yeah. They wanted us to meet.

HINATA: I just got back to Japan three days ago and I heard about it from the sub-manager that was here a while ago.

HINATA: After this, the President will explain it in detail himself.

SORA: A-a-an exclusive manager for SOARA…?

HINATA: Are ya surprised?

SORA: W-well, of course…

HINATA: You’re a band who’s performed in Budoukan, ya know? It’s obvious that you’d have one. More like, I think it’s a little late that you got a manager.

SOSHI: I guess we’d think so, too.

MORI: Yeah…

HINATA: I see. That’s right. People who’re used to the spotlight might not know how dazzling they are.

MORI: Spotlight…

HINATA: I really like talents who are fresh and energetic so I feel like this will go well!

HINATA: It’d be my first time managing a band so I’ll do my best. I’m looking forward to what sort of feelings you can show next time!

HINATA: Once again, I’ll be in your care.

REN: A-ah, yes! Please take good care of us, too!

NOZOMU: We’re in your care~!

(someone knocks on the door)

HINATA: Woah~ I wonder if that’s the President.

HINATA: Let’s talk more next time, ‘kay guys?

(door opens and the President walks inside)

 ==END==

Translator’s Notes:

** Sora actually goes “He is 誰？/He is dare?” He combines English with the Japanese word for “who” so I translated it to “he is who?” even though it doesn’t sound grammatically correct XD

  ※ Please don’t re-post these translations without permission.

[allofthisnonsenseplease]

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 superheroes??

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 Yus. -'u'- Who's got what sorts of powers? Do we wanna make Jack your standard super strength, super speed, flight, lego hair type? or something more tailored to his personality? also, if option A, should he have a secret power as well which he doesn't like using for some reason? and for Gabe, Reaper-esque powers? Or flip it to something that still reference that, but goes in a different direction?

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 LEGO HAIR LMAO

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 or maybe even have him be more like Batman? Where he's got skills and gadgets, but isn't super human or enhanced? SUperman has fucking lego hair.

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 ooo i like the batman-esque thing for gabe !!

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 you could pop it right off his head.

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 LOL jack is just edgy captain america

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 oh, yeah, him too. like a lego man. i feel like it clicks into place too neat.

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 XDDDDDD i want him to secretly be a mutant or something and yeah like you said earlier has some secret ability bc of it that he doesn't use

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 honest to god, my first thought as i'm sitting here considering what Jack's secret power ought to be was 'can give opponents instant boners' SO. setting that aside XD

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 AHAHAHAHAHA

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 next thought was that he has some sort of mind control thing he can do--like, he can make an opponent so enamored of him that they'll follow any order he gives. but i kinda want his power to be integrated with the other things he can do

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 ooooo i actually like the mind control thing... like he's really uncomfortable w leadership bc he doesn't like making people do things

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 yupyup

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 which informs his whole loner schtick refuses to join any superhero organization

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 and he hates using it bc of ethical reasons, but he WILL if lives are at stake

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 yeah QoQ but he always feels gross after

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 yup. and he tries so hard to avoid it so that he doesn't start to depend on it. plus, part of the reason he feels gross is bc it does give him sort of a power rush, and there is a slight temptation to use it to nudge events in his favor when he's just out, like, barhopping or whatever.

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 yepppppp especially to get people in bed w him

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 exactly but that is All Sorts of Wrong and he knows it so he doesn't ever ever do it, and he hates himself for even thinking that it's a possibility. which, to be fair, it technically is. just a repugnant one. anyways, is this sort of a tiger & bunny thing where there's lots of heroes, and they have like, one special quirk, but sometimes someone with the proper tech can go be a hero too? and everybody just kinda thinks that Jack is one of the latter?

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 yeah!! definitely and gabe actually is a batmany type

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 Angela developed the nanite swarm, and Gabe uses it for his hero stuff, and he's got, like, ninja/magician/illusionist tricks to make it seem like he's actually vanishing in a cloud of nanites & other junk. He's the opposite of Jack--a normal dude masquerading as a superpowered super hero

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 gabe of course designs all the aesthetics himself LOL

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 ABSOLUTELY theater kid with a minor in special effects

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 so gabe thinks jack is a lame version of him being a self made super

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 lol that's mean Gabe. He's trying. A for effort, Jack. are they rival heroes then? also, does Gabe work as a lone wolf to help disguise his lack of powers?

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 yeah! so whenever they both end up at the same crime scene they get snippy w each other gabe's flashy dramatics grate on jack's nerves

SuspiciousPopsicle - 10/31/2017 XD jack firing off a round of something non-lethal into the disappating swarm of nanites after one of their fiercer arguments

firesonic152 - 10/31/2017 LOL gabe gets pissed bc it makes a rip in his cloak so is gabe like... mad rich and jack is more spiderman-y, way less resources but kinda smart enough to make it work

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 wealthy gabe. w a big mansion. lots of varied, classy, beautifully arranged places for the two of them to fuck. XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 >:3c they're both like. so angrily attracted to each other lol it's one of those gabe is determined to figure out jack's secret identity jack would rather not know anything about gabe. he doesn't want to get invested.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 oh. =( jack's just there for the sex and violence? lol

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 yepp ooo we need to get into origin stories is gabe just... batman all the way dead parents when he was eight and shit except he likes guns

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 lol mmm... well, where does his money come from? inheritance? earned through his own efforts? lottery?

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 shady mafia parents?

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD that might be good, tho--using the mone they made in the illegal trade that eventually got them killed to combat crime paying the community back in his own way

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 yep !! what's jack's origin story something to do w mutant discrimination

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he was spat out of a cornfield fully grown and hitchhiked to the big city

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LMAOO or we could have him figure out his powers in some traumatic way as a child

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 what if his parents tried to send him to a camp to pray the abnormality away when his powers first presented and there was abuse and what not going on, so even after he went home, his relationship with his parents was strained. he didn't stay long, and they didn't look too hard for him when he ran away. He was fourteen or fifteen, and looked a little bit older than he was, but he was in over his head and had to use his power a few times just to get a meal or sometimes a job so that he wouldn't starve to death. he made his way slowly across the country, hitchhiking, mostly. anyone that wanted something more from him than he was comfortable giving as payment for the lift suddenly decided that what they really wanted was to pull over and let this wonderful boy out. Disgusted with himself, wondering if sucking cock wasn't actually a more honest way to get as far from where he'd been born as possible, Jack kept going out of sheer determination. Prolly did a few minor acts of heroism along the way, which gave him a taste for it.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 AW GEEZ QOQ THAT'S UPSETTING AOJCNAECJN i love it lmao he wants to save people to redeem himself!! he never quite recovered from the feeling of self-disgust he got from his parents

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 ta-dah lol

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 lmao jack can tell from all of gabe's fancy gadgets and shit that he's rich as hell and is like super resentful assumes gabe's had a mad easy life and is just doing this for the thrill of it gabe meanwhile can tell jack is pretty angry and reclusive and is curious they always have fun banter in which gabe is overdramatic and jack is overly snarky

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 oooh, a mystery. let's poke it! :D

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 yep! jack accidentally slips up in his snark one day and comments on gabe's sexy ass like "what tf kind of money did you spend on those stupid pants that they cling to your ass like they're painted on" or something and gabe is like lmao you been looking? ;3

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 omg jack

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 jack's been spending a lot of time examining gabe's crotch lately wondering about that D

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 jaaaaaaaaaaaack

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 he's very curious about all gabe's gadgets and their alternate uses

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 jack pls you're supposed to be fighting crime

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 jack gets himself into trouble and gabe saves his ass. gabe insists afterward that jack have some kind of homing beacon in case he ever gets in trouble

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 well, that's sweet of him. Gabe, you big softie. Saying that since Jack doesn't have any powers, it's only right Gabe look after him a bit. He doesn't understand the flash of bitterness on Jack's face, and mistakes it for envy.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 oh geez gabe you are pressing buttons you didn't even realize were there jack hates how much he wants to fuck gabe despite him being annoying as hell

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 lol they're both caught. XD stubborn fucks.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 gabe keeps wanting to like mother jack and jack hates it lmao does jack like have a job irl to make money he's gotta

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 yeah. i think he'd need one lol what if he ends up as Gabe's chauffer or something?

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LOL YES he gets fired from his previous job of something classically superhero like working for a newspaper and he somehow stumbles into becoming gabe's driver it definitely helps that gabe is wildly attracted to him for some unknown reason

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD oh, hey--what if something bad goes down while he's out driving with Gabe one day, and Gabe is all about rushing in to help save the day and Jack, not realizing who his boss is and being afraid that he's going to get himself killed, uses his power to make Gabe drive to safety while he stays to deal w the bad guys

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 AHHH and gabe doesn't know who jack is either once he gets to safety he's like WHAT THE FUCK I JUST LEFT MY DRIVER IN DANGER he quickly gets into costume but by the time he gets there, jack is gone that soldier 76 guy is standing over all the bad guys who are completely beaten to hell

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Gabe is as serious as Jack's ever seen him when he comes dashing up demanding to know what happened to...Jack. XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LOL jack is like what the fuck why does reaper care about. real me.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 oh shit! XD i forgot he was all reaper-y! X''''D fuck, dude, i think i need to turn in. i am Not With It tonight.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 awwwww

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 oh SHIT. yah. it's after 1. i DEFINITELY need to turn in.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 hugs

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 ^^;;;;;;;;;;;;; hugshugs will ttyl <3<3<3

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 sleep well!!!

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 you too.  =) night night

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 so reaper shows up to the crime thing but 76 has already taken care of it. reaper anxiously asks after the collateral damage and 76 gruffly assures him there were no innocent victims

reaper doesn't bother sticking around for banter, he's worried about his (handsome) driver. he rushes back home and changes back into gabriel and calls jack up

jack has to dash into a random alleyway and take off his mask to answer his cell phone XD

gabriel is all worried and asking if jack's hurt, says it's okay if he doesn't want to come into work tomorrow, apologizes for just driving off he's not sure what came over him

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 omg and Gabe feels soooooooooo bad about it, honestly, and every word of apology is another stab of guilt for Jack

!! Gabe taking just a little advantage of the situation to use it as an excuse to offer to treat Jack to lunch. Jack starts to decline (bc of course he feels he shouldn't benefit in any way from what he did) but Gabe insists

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 ahhhhhh gabe treats him and jack is once again a little annoyed at gabe's sheer wealth. internally grumbles about these damn rich people

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LOL YEP ahh they start talking and it's a little too east to banter jack has to keep reminding himself that gabe is his employer

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 meanwhile, Gabe sees him forgetting that and isn't about to throw out any reminders XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 hahahaha god gabe wants to sleep w him so bad LOL gabe has a crush on jack and jack has a crush on reaper

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD this feels like that ladybug show

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 YEP gabe tries to apologize again for leaving jack in danger and jack snaps at him to stop with that ahh accidentally "ordering" gabe to stop doing that. and gabe does.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 oooh. so, what if there's, like, a time limit to his powers? 24 hours or so? during which, the infatuation reamins high and people will still do what he says. that way, Jack can accidentally order him to stop (and get a LOVELY little reminder that he's still in charge of gabe) without him being unable to control that power he hates so much.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 AHH jack gets all freaked out and mumbles that he has to go

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 bc obvs, the "date" was only due to his powers

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 oh jaaack he hurries home and kicks a chair over

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 ;; Gabe gives it a couple days to let him have some space, and when things aren't unbearably awkward (somehow???) on the job and Jack doesn't quit, he asks him out to dinner. And Jack kinda shor circuits for a minute as he tries to remember if he mindfucked Gabe again and forgot about it.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 QoQ jack can't deny though. he has a thing for reaper and... gabe kinda reminds him of that....

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 lol jack. listen to that intuition of yours.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack being a bit nervous when he shows up for this date, trying to get past it by making a joke & asking if this is just for fun, or if he ought to look for another job. Gabe actually looks distressed over the idea.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 AWWW gabe gets kinda flustered and says no, no he really... wants to get to know jack better jack bluntly asks if he's looking to sleep together

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Gabe chokes on the sip he was taking.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LOL THE ANSWER IS YES but instead he kinda splutters what?? jack shrugs and looks at him through his eyelashes

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Gabe tries to be both cautious--bc Jack IS his employee--and suave, and fails at both.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 awwww just kinda blurts out that jack is unfairly attractive and he'd really like to... know him better jack smirks which is REALLY UNFAIR and says "in the biblical sense, i assume"

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE??

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDDDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Gabe feels his control of the situation slipping away. he had planned this, had meant to charm Jack and put him at ease and invite him home after dinner for drinks and maybe something more, but Jack went and threw off his game and now he can't seem to catch up.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 awwww w gabe ahhhh but then something superhero related happens

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack internally cursing up a blue streak, Gabe seriously annoyed but also thankful in a way that he'll have a chance to try again on solid footing

lol what if one found out who the other was bc they got food poisoning which set in during the superheroing, and left them kinda fucked up the next day? what a lame way to expose your secret identity

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDDDDD i feel like i want gabe to be found out first bc he literally has a superhero lair.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 lol Reaper doubling over and raising a hand to his face, being so freaked out by the thought that if he doesn't get away fast enough he's going ot puke in his mask. XD and 76 offers to help out of actual concern and is waved off as Reaper lets slip it was probably something he ate. Then the next day, Jack hears from Gabe that some food poisoning fucked him up.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LMAO jack puts together... rich... food poisoning... similar banter... the whole aesthetic... HOLY SHIT when he comes in to work he starts snooping and finds the lair

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he'd be pissed if he wasn't really turned on his hot (potential) boyfriend is his arrogant rival

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 >:3c he's pretty psyched that the guy he wants to bone turns out to be the guy who wants to bone him soo why does he keep his own identity secret at this point bc he gotta

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 lol question! does Jack fine enough on his snooping to realize that Gabe doesn't actually have any powers?

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 oooooo yeah like finds all the gadgets and stuff

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 lol what if the nanites are semi intelligent, and he activates the swarm and they recognize him and sort of go into a harmless standby mode...and suddenly he's being followed around by Reaperbeans.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 YESS they cling to his ankles and chirp adorably

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he's not a registered user, so he can't give hem any commands, but they spend so long patched into Gabe that his interest in Jack imprinted on them XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDDDDD gabe realizes someone's broken into his lair and runs in w a pistol at the ready but finds jack surrounded by beans

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack, with a cheeky wave: Hey, boss. Can I get a raise?

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LOL

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack now thinks he has a perfect excuse to get away from Gabe when stuff goes down--bc of course Gabe is gonna want Jack to go someplace safe--and Jack figures he can just drive a little ways away and put on his hero costume. That plan is thwarted the first time such a situation comes up. Gabe actually comes around to the driver's side door & when Jack rolls down the window, Gabe grabs him by the tie and pulls him in for a kiss, then winks and makes some crack about keep ing the meter running and they'll pick up when he gets back.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 AHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH jack kinda gapes as gabe goes off to fight evil fuck. how bad of an idea is it to fight bad guys with a boner.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 .... not that it would be the first time lbr

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he's SO FRUSTRATED bc he can't think straight enough to plan a good excuse for what to say if Gabe makes it back to the car before him, so he's STUCK

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 skcjnseckjn he decides it's..... probably fine if 76 doesn't show up this One Time....... gabe can take care of himself for one fight right? omg jack looking around at the tinted windows, then shamefully sinking lower in his seat and thinking about that kiss as he palms at his groin

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD sorry out of context, that seems slightly not the right reaction

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 but i'd been thinking along the same lines--Jack getting himself even more worked up, so that when gabe comes back, he can't even comfortably drive elsewhere until they deal with his situation

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 YAY they clamber into the backseat and jack is for once REALLY glad gabe is rich bc the windows are impossible to see through from the outside

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack telling Gabe between breathless kisses 'don't you ever fucking leave me like that again' and Gabe is touched, 'cause awww, jack was concerned for his safety! <3 but really Jack just doesn't wanna miss out on the ass-kicking sort of action, either. XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDDDDDD he gives gabe a frequently interrupted lecture on making an exit like that and how it's NOT FAIR don't DO that JESUS and gabe is just kinda laughing and murmuring "well if it's gonna get this kinda reaction...." omg jack has to wear a driver's uniform right like a nice dark suit

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 PLEASE

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 ahhhhhh gabe gets it all messy and disheveled

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 with the cap

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 YES

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 and white gloves or is it black gloves? prolly black driving gloves.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 kajncsskjnc gabe gets him the absolute minimum undressed won't even let him take off the gloves jack is like YOU MADE ME WEAR THIS SHIT ON PURPOSE DIDN'T YOU. YOU LECHEROUS FUCK.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 THE GLOVES STAY lol for some reason, i really like the aesthetic of built dudes in tight black tees and gloves.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 me tooooo so does gabe apparently

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he's got good taste in certain things, at least

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 XDD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 pfft. Gabe makes Jack a custom uniform for the job. Something like this, but with nothing until about the third button. XD It's just a frame for his tits.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 AHAHAHA YES jack is like ARE YOU KIDDING ME I CAN'T BE SEEN LIKE THIS and gabe is like you. you already put it on without me even asking

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD Jack's like, well, yeah, now follow me to that stupid cliche room you have with the fireplace and the bearskin rug

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 LOL gabe commenting casually one day that it's been awhile since he saw his rival 76

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack freezes up briefly but obviously and hopes Gabe didn't notice.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 ahaha gabe thinks it's jealousy or something >:3c hip checks jack and teases him about it

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 ooh...what if Jack, like, starts jokingly trash-talking 76 to kind of sound out Gabe's opinion of him? maybe even suggests that he's hiding a super power?

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 oooooooo

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Gabe's wondering where that idea came from, and Jack tries to shrug it off with something like 'well, you hear stuff' and he suggests that, if that was the case, it would have to be something pretty bad for him to hide it. He isn't prepared for Gabe to defend 76 and argue that even if he does have a superpower, maybe he just doesn't know how to utilize it for crime fighting.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 awwwwwww gabe's jokes that maybe it's something like the ability to make really yummy food or know how the plot of anything is going to end

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 XD Jack kinda basks in it and laughs along as Gabe makes up more and more ridiculous things bc he likes seeing Jack smile. Really, though, Jack is just enjoying these harmless hypotheticals. He's extra affectionate when they have sex later, kissing all along Gabe's jaw and neck, down his arms to his wrists where he turns Gabe's hand to kiss the inside of his wrist and the hollow of his palm. He goes slower than normal, enough that Gabe notices, and reaches out to cup Jack's face and ask him, with a hesitant smile and eyes that show he's trying not to think that something might be wrong, if Jack's okay. And Jack smiles for him, lips stretching wide and tight, eyes crinkling up and it's so strange how that expression almost makes him look like he's about to cry. But he just catches Gabe's hand and pulls it to his mouth for another soft kiss and murmurs into his palm that he's fine, everything is good.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 QOQ AHHHHHHH I'M EMOTIONAL

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 <3

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 gabe keeps asking jack to move in with him but jack can't have that bc when he goes home is the only time he has to be 76 also he wouldn't be able to bring all his hero stuff with him to gabe's house and still expect to keep it secret

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he can see that it hurts Gabe a bit every time he refuses, but he isn't ready to explain. the best he can do is just claim that he needs his space (Gabe's counter to that is that Jack can have a whole floor to himself if he wants), or joke weakly that at least this should prove he isn't after Gabe's money.

one night, as they're curled up and Gabe is dozing off, arms around Jack and lips against the top of his head, Jack asks quietly: '...what would you do if I had a superpower?'

Gabe stirrs and hugs him a bit tighter. 'somethin' you need t tell me, Jackie?'

He's so close to saying it. In that moment, with Gabe's warm arms holding him close, he feels safe. But the old fear comes back, and the knowledge that he's been lying by omission, and suddenly, this place he's found for himself seems terrifyingly fragile. 'Just a hypothetical,' he lies, pressing his face against Gabe's chest.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 JAKXNASKJCNASC AHHHHHHH okay now what we need is reaper and 76 fighting a bad guy together and reaper is in danger and soldier has no choice but to use his power

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 He tries to make it as subtle as possible, substituting 'put down your weapon' or 'surrender' with taunts. something like 'looking for a challenge? come get me.' and then running off so that he can manage where Reaper won't see.

but it's still a REALLY strange thing for the bad guy to do, and gabe didn't miss the change in his demeanor.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 dcjkasncbk gabe goes after him but 76 snaps at him to stay back and gabe finds himself just... doing it

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 he would do anything for 76. and once 76 is gone, and Gabe has a moment for his head to clear a bit, he realizes that he felt that way once before...with Jack.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 KJSNCESCNJKAEKCHK

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 oh lord. what if, once Gabe knows about Jack's power, he starts to question how much of his feelings are real or if Jack's power caused him to feel that way.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 NOOOO first he sets out on investigating if jack is 76

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 if he looks into Jack's past, one of the last things he'll find before Jack appeared in the city is gonna be the camp.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 qoq

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 maybe Jack was among the last before it was shut down surrounded by scandal. there's a newspaper article where a parent of one of the kids who requested to remain anonymous claims that their child could control people's minds. they ask what they were supposed to do? how could anyone raise a child like that? Once Gabe's ready to confront Jack, he's also angry enough about being manipulated to lead with that. He tosses a copy of that article down in front of Jack with the anonymous quote highlighted, and just says: 'that's you, isn't it?'

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 OH GOD GABE THAT'S JUST GONNA TRIGGER JACK TO HELL AND BACK

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 okay. Jack TOOK CONTROL OF GABE'S MIND TWICE. Gabe isn't being particularly sensitive to Jack's feelings here, but I think he does have cause to be upset. XD

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 true XD but this will not be a fun time for jack's mental health he just kinda freezes and suddenly all the horrible memories from his childhood come rushing back

his face goes white and he nods distantly, staring at the picture of the camp in the newspaper

gabe doesn't know what to do at first. he'd expected jack to put up a fight. he'd thought he'd have to argue.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 Jack shakily trying to speak in a voice that comes out as a whisper, insisting that he didn't use it, that he didn't use it unless he had no choice. He claps a hand over his mouth at one point, looking like he's about to be sick. Gabe is Concerned.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 barely containing his anger, gabe asks jack why he never told him. jack shakes his head and retreats in on himself

gabe tries a different tactic. "you're... soldier 76, right?"

jack just keeps mumbling that he never used it, not unless he had to, he didn't mean to...

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 and at this point, Gabe is getting a bit scared, bc he's never seen Jack like this before.

He kneels and looks up into Jack's face, but whatever Jack's seeing, it isn't there in the room with him. Gabe's anger is shredded away as he thinks guiltily about the glossed-over mentions of abuse in the article about the camp. He hadn't looked any further into that, and he's starting to think that he compounded that initial mistake.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 hhhhhhhh gabe moves to touch jack's face but jack slaps his hand away violently. he looks small and scared.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 jeezus, what if they used to gag Jack so that he couldn't speak and use his power?

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 oh god DDD: what if his voice is all rough bc most of his childhood was spent silent

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 hey, that means we can knock a kink off his list for this one! :D

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 qoq yeah gabe keeps trying to get him to say something but jack's mouth can't seem to form words

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 first job is now to talk him down. after that will be time to rip him a new one. and possibly break up with him.

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 except as soon as jack snaps out of it, he beats gabe to it and shakily tells him he's leaving.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 gabe, you've lost the upper hand once again. Gabe tells him oh no the fuck he isn't, he's going to stay there and explain himself and Gabe is gonna let him have it. Gabe actually physically gets between Jack and the door, and Jack is visibly shaking. Desperate, he tells Gabe that he can make him move, but Gabe calls his bluff. 'Do it, then. I'll call you to account for that, too.'

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 "you wanna break up, right?" jack says, trying to sound angry and intimidating but failing miserably. "then we're done. let me out. i'll never bother you again."

sure, that might end up being the end game for them, but gabe doesn't like how jack is rushing to get there

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 'I don't know yet if that's what I want. You fucked up, Jack. No getting around it. And don't think I'm not fucking pissed at you over it. But I'm still willing to hear your side before throwing you out.'

'I can save you the trouble.'

firesonic152 - 11/01/2017 qOq

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/01/2017 'If you're so dead set on leaving, then why am I still standing in your way?'

He watches Jack crumple, and has to keep a rein on his pity. Just because Jack isn't taking advantage right now doesn't mean he was right to in the past.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 'Why, Jack?' He's a bit surprised that the question is the first thing that comes out, but Jack answers.

'He was going to kill you.'

'But once the immediate danger was past, you stopped me.'

He shrugs, looking like a man condemned. 'Once I'm using it, it's hard to focus the effects. It only lasts a day, and it begins to wear off when I'm not around.'

He isn't making excuses, and Gabe presses. 'What about the first time?'

'I didn't know you were Reaper. I didn't want you to get hurt.'

'Have there been any other times you've done it to me?'

'No. I swear.'

ughhh. i think i need to turn in.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 QoQ I'M SO UPSET

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 it could prolly be worse. we can re-work this bit to make it worse tomorrow, if you want.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 oh god. thanks XDDD this one is your fault btw

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 how tf is this MY fault???

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 you made it angsty lmao

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 i did no such thing. my thought for big plot point was to have one of the directors of the camp show up in town w more research and tech and a program promising to remove superpowers--sort of like a reverse SEP. and Jack recognizes the dude immediately and gets super aggressive and angry about him.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 LOL well we can still do that

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 lol tomorrow. also, don't let me forget about Jack being tempted to use the serum or whatevs on himself

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 OH GOD hugs go to bed XD

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 hugs night night =u= <3

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 jack takes an offensive stance and says, "gabriel. i'm not going to order you. but i'm leaving and if that means i have to fight you, i will."

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! What if Jack, like, for serious leaves? Leaves Gabe's house, leaves the whole city. Goes on the move doing his 76 thing. Gabe had let him go thinking they could both take some time, then talk things out and figure out what it meant for them, but Jack just completely disappears on him.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 omg QoQ he tries to visit Jack's house only to find someone else moved in there. Jack won't pick up the phone. He next hears about 76 being sighted across the country

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 Now the quandary is: use ridiculous wealth to chase down exboyfriend who can mind control him (but who Gabe really misses) or not?

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 Isn't that always the question XDD At first he's kinda pissed at Jack for just up and bolting but the more he lets it stew, the more he gets worried and lonely can Gabe get kidnapped or something and Jack comes back for him ??

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 lol one the local chapters of the gang 76 has been tormenting is all: 'hey, remember when Reaper & 76 used to hang around a lot? Let's grab Reaper & use him as bait.'

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 LOL ahh what if there's a group that like figured out 76's ability and wants to use it for themselves coughs// talon doomfist is v smart after all

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 lol

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 doomfist like straight up overpowers reaper and holds him hostage

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 jack's gonna be soooooooooo pissed

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 yeppp

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 he tried SO HARD

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 and doomfist like takes measures to make sure 76 can't use his power against them like special noise canceling ear plugs and pre-recorded messages and shit so yeah jack shows up kinda vaguely aware that this is 100% a trap but not really caring he puts up a fight and takes out all the grunts without too much trouble but doomfist is another story lmao and doomfist was kind enough to allow gabe to watch this entire thing. gabe is Dying.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 of embarrasment for having been turned into the bait? did one of hte grunts hang a sign around his neck that read bait?

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 LMAO he's like beaten tf up and his pride is in shambles and now jack's fucking taking the bait like an idiot doomfist beats jack up and keeps taunting jack about how he's wasting his powers

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 .......... what if jack like after the blow up with gabe he can't get rid of his powers but someone could get rid of him

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 QOQ he just wants to make sure that gabe can get out and then...

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 so he just lets Doomfist do what he's doing and kick the crap out of him. lol what if one of the Reaperbeans followed him? And Jack figures it can get Gabe out while he creates a diversion (read: gets himself beaten to death)

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 qOq gabe hates seeing jack get the shit kicked out of him but he manages to escape with the help of the reap bean and figures now they can get out together but. jack doesn't follow.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 in true dramatic fashion, is there a bomb somewhere, or are we skipping that cliche? XD

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 LOL like just as he gets out there's an explosion and he thinks jack is dead kind of cliche??

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 maybe even Jack brings the bomb and he's gonna take out Talon's leader (& himself, no biggie)

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 jkdnskcnxmvs HOW DOES JACK SURVIVE

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 the reaperbeans flock to his stupid ass. Gabe has to dig him out of the rubble and get him home.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 skajdnakf jack is all fucked up and unconscious. gabe drags him home and jack is PISSED when he wakes up ((pissed at the fact that he did wake up mostly))

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 XD

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 gabe greets him with a "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING." jack just glares at him and rolls over, unwilling to say anything to him

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 'It's what you thought, too, isn't it?' Jack grumbles. 'That a power like mine shouldn't exist? Couldn't agree more.' He curls tighter into a ball, unwelcoming of anger or concern.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 gabe finally realizes that nobody could hate jack's power more than jack himself ? |D

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 it suddenly hits him that jack set the bomb he thought it was talon even though it didn't really make much sense

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 Gabe feels like someone just knocked the wind out of him. 'Jesus, Jack,' he breathes. He wants so badly to reach out, but this is they first time they've been together since Jack picked up and left town. He isn't sure what's allowed. Hesitantly, expecting Jack to lash out or bolt, he runs his fingers lightly down Jack's arm. When he gets no mor response than a shiver, he sets his palm against Jack's shoulder and strokes soothingly up and down.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 qoq

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 knee jerk reaction was to finally have Jack break down into tears & Gabe climbs into bed behind him to hold him thorugh it. but. dunno if that really fits

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 i want him to accidentally tell gabe to back off with his Command Voice and then collapses even more in on himself

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 y u do this?

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 like as soon as he says it and gabe moves back, jack's like "NO no fuck no i didn't mean...."

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 if Jack can't control it, then it's going to be an on going problem, though. Like, what's gonna happen when they fuck? Gabe would do him a mischief if he couldn't keep from obeying Jack shouting out deeper-harder-faster

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 hhhhhhhhh now there's a thought * w *

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 oh my god

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 jack just losing it while gabe fucks him and all his pleading driving gabe insane, something thrilling about the fact that he'd obey anyway but he can't refuse asdjsjbvh

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 you are gonna do him a mischief Gabe goes so hard he snaps Jack's spine lol

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 jesussss i feel like half the problem though is that he just denies his powers altogether so he has no idea how to stop them either HE NEEDS TO FACE HIS FEARS AND ALL THAT

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 pls imagine gabe laughing so hard he can't breathe bc jack yells at his avatar in mario cart to go faster as if that will actually work

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 LMAO AHAHAH

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 anyways. Jack can't control his powers. Gabe has seen how much Jack hates his power, and he loves him and is going ot trust that Jack won't turn it against him on purpose, or continue using it once he has--but they DEFINITELY need to have a talk. ((haha remember the one we did where gabe was a useless demon and almost burned down his kitchen trying to make soup for jack and also he had no bowls to put the soup in?))

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 LMAO THAT ONE WAS FUN and yes they need to talk Okay so Jack and gabe need to talk about his powers and they're finally getting somewhere maybe and then the scientist guy shows up w ideas on how to get rid of someone's power

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 AND OFF JACK GOES!

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 He hates the concept but. In his case it really would make his life way easier. so he secretly makes an appointment with the guy

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 AND IT'S ONE OF THE ASSHOLES FROM THE CAMP

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 YEP oh god the guy like recognizes him too and is super polite and nice and being like "ah child I'm so glad we can finally help you" and shit and all those old feelings of wanting to be anyone but himself come bubbling up to the surface for Jack

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 ; ;

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 he keeps it together for the consultation but afterwards he starts thinking about his parents and falls apart a little

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 TT^TT goes out and gets drunk off his ass.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 Hhhh Gabe gets a call from the bar to come pick him up

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 he keeps asking what set thi off, bc usually Jack can at least cut himself off and make it home (they live together now!!), but Jack refuses to say

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 HHHH Jack's primary defense mechanism in this one is to shut up. It's what he's used to.

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 you're killin me dude

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 qwq Gabe just wants Jack to talk to him about things. He doesn't know why Jack shuts down and won't say anything He understands Jack's whole self-loathing deal but this particular defense mechanism is such a break from how Jack usually is

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 so how does he get Jack to talk? Or does he hear about the supposed cure and seek out the guy offering it when he realizes that the name was one of the ones he came across while looking into Jack's past?

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 Maybe the guy calls the house to follow up on the consultation and gabe is like WTF

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 oooh. that one. so, are we playing this guy as honestly regretful of the way that camp was handled but still thinking powers are impure and best to be avoided/elliminated? or is he manipulative and a bit evil?

just curious about whether he would tell Gabe a little bit about what happened to Jack when he was younger.

Jack needs fukkin therapy, dude.

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 he does lmao I think this guy is evil/manipulative but genuinely believes he's doing right ya know

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/02/2017 lays it on thick with 'Jack's case was severely mishandled when he was younger, but from our talk earlier, it was obvious that he's in the right mindset. We're here to work with him now, not silence him.'

firesonic152 - 11/02/2017 GABE HAS SO MANY QUESTIONS Like "silence him?" What's with that specific wording...

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/03/2017 ugh that specific wording is proof that i'm no longer ay good with braining today. maybe he assumed that Gabe knew about what happened to Jack and he was trying to convince him that this is what Jack wants. i'mma go ahead and turn in night night <3<3<3

firesonic152 - 11/03/2017 Yeah exactly !! That wording tips Gabe off Ahhhhh good night <33

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/03/2017 :sparkling_heart:

firesonic152 - 11/03/2017 gggghh i was thinking again about jack like being forcibly silent as a kid and like. depending on how early it started he could have had so many developmental delays regarding speech skjfnesfkj

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/03/2017 something to check out when i've got a bit more time later today, sort of find a quick reference about how that might affect someone. in the maentime, him being so rude all the time (and preferring texts) might stem from odd speech patterns--if he's mean, people won't want to talk to him so much, and it just became a habit over the years.

firesonic152 - 11/03/2017 QoQ also just. general lack of good social skills ^^;; sometimes he just pronounces words wrong and tends to overreact to being corrected

SuspiciousPopsicle - 11/03/2017 well, yeah. XD like, it just started out as being defensive over his speech, and got worse with time as being rude got him what he wanted: less expectations that he talk to people. aww...poor isolated Jack. ;;

firesonic152 - 11/03/2017 q-q hhh this is the shit I'm studying I'm excited about this LOL Not this specific kind of case obviously but I am taking a class on language disorders and shit

[thecrazyanimegirl]

Can you write a (Bad Medicine/Lost Alice) Red Huber x Reader scenario where Shido's cousin, Reader, is playing the very beginning of Red Huber's otome route... when she suddenly pulled into the game and becomes the new 'Alice'? 1st POV?

I really didn’t know how to fit Shido in here xD I hope this is ok ^^

Nooo. Reluctantly, I stretch out my arm to silence the alarm on my phone.

Morning already, huh?

But as soon as I turn off the dreaded sound

off and turn on the internet, my eyes grow wide as the notifications come pouring

in.

Ahhh,

Red is finally out! I can’t wait to find out what he’s like! I readjusted the phone in my hands, staring at the handsome man on

the screen. I immediately begin the route, interested to see where the story

will go. I don’t need to get up right

now, right?

„Not in Wonderland anymore, huh?“ I

mumbled, completely losing myself in the game. „Damn, he is so handsome! And

Hansel too! He seems a bit mysterious, I want his route too. But look at Red,

that outfit is so hot, I love the cape and guns.“

I stopped and looked up from the phone. „I

should worry because I’m kidnapped, right?“ I thought about it for a moment. „Nah.“

I should get up right about now. I know

Shido will be mad at me if I don’t appear for breakfast soon. He was kind

enough to allow me to stay at his place while I finish school, so I should

behave.

Well. Just

one more ticket! I press the button and the story

goes on, pulling me far away from the real world. And one episode turns into more. I

have a lot of tickets saved up, at least.

„I really should stop, I already reached

the end of chapter one“, I mumble. „But! Let’s just see what the premium route

will bring me, I want a steamy moment!“

Well, she was on top of him and just got up

without doing anything, damn. I guess she wouldn’t be Alice without her resolve

and courage. Still a cute scene, though.

„Getting taken to a far away world… And

the first thing you see is a parade of hot men, then you end up lying on top of

one… Not bad…“ I feel my consciousness drifting away, but I can’t stop

myself.

„I fell asleep?“ I stretch lazily before

realizing that I’ll be very very very late. Shit.

„You seem like you like it there, will you stay on top of Red?“ I hear a

voice from above.

What? Looking up I’m face to face with a

handsome man with silver and blue hair. Hansel? What?

„Ummm“, another voice coughed awkwardly. Then

I notice something soft below me. Don’t tell me… Red?

I need to get up. I need to… My legs

don’t listen to me.

Why?

How am I here?

A light shade of red cover his cheeks while

he turns his eyes from my stare.

Damn,

he is cute.

Get a hold of yourself! What would Alice

do?

I jolt up, removing myself from Red and

dusting my clothes off.

„…You’re not going to run away?“ Hansel

actually sounded amused. „You should be able to move by now. Aren’t you afraid

of standing next to the man who shot and kidnapped you?“

„I…“ My brain allows me to only say that

much. What is going on? Why am I here? I need to answer him. „It’s not like I could

escape anyway, right?“ Okay, that sounded about right.

Red just nodded, agreeing.

And wait… „And Red bandaged my wound.“ I

touch the bandage softly. I should probably say more, but I just look up from

bandage to Red. Stockholm much? It’s not my fault. This is an otome!

„It doesn’t mean that they can’t kill me though?“ A whisper escaped my lips.

„We don’t plan to kill you… We’re taking

you to King Grimm“, Red explained, obviously noticing my panic.

King Grimm? Why didn’t I finish the route first?

He is a new character, how should I know if he’s good or bad?

„You don’t plan to escape, do you?“ Hansel

tilted his head, looking at me.

„Me? No, I’ll follow you peacefully.

There’s no way I could run away fast enough anyway. And there is nowhere where

I could run to.“ I sigh.

Suddenly, a sense of lonliness absorbs me and it crushes

me. Is this a dream? It doesn’t feel like it. I guess I should follow them for

now at least. And probably figure out how to get home.

„Then let’s continue“, Hansel led the way

deeper into the woods. A small bird flew around his head, chirping happily. He

looks like an angel.

„Oh, I’m sorry“, I apologized when I

noticed Red waiting for me. Deep breaths, deep breaths… I catch up to him and

struggle to keep up the pace.

He has such long legs. I look up to his

face, his profile serious and gorgeous. Do I really want to return to my world?

If this is a game, do I get a happy end?

But wait… He likes Alice. And I’m not Alice. I’m not as near as smart and levelheaded

as her.

Suddenly, I lose my balance, tripping over

some roots. „Whoa!“ Aren’t I typical?

And I’m falling. Straight on my face

probably.

But the impact with the dirt doesn’t

happen. Instead, I’m surrounded by pleasant warmth. A pair of strong arms hold

me. „Ah, thank you!“

„Watch where you’re going…“ He coughs and

lets go quickly, turning his face away.

Was that a blush?

„Thank you, Red“, I find myself smiling. „Sorry

for spacing out.“

He doesn’t answer, but urges me to continue

walking, still looking away. Something about that blush makes me want to find

out more about him.

I’m not Alice. Nor the Alice they want me

to be, nor the MC Alice, but I want to survive and know more about Red. Any maybe

find a way back to my world. Travelling though mirrors isn’t strange here after

all.

I step forward, matching my steps with

Reds, making sure not to trip.

I want to make my own path from here. And I

want to find out if my path is to walk by his side. I want to get to know him. And decide on my own.

[voltronbutheadcanons]

May I humbly ask a scenario where the reader reuniting with Shiro. Give me all the feels. Pls (Im real lost right now fam this season messed me up, I haven't slept well in days and I'm losing it XD)

I lowkey added the theories from our conspirators on Tumblr about Kuron and the logic behind this mysterious clone. Also, it may not be what you wanted, but I did give you dem feels :’) ~Mod Saffron

Up, down. Up, down. Slap. Up, down. Up, down. Sl-

“Hey, (Name)?” a voice suddenly called you out from behind your quarter doors. You caught the slimy putty that Pidge accidentally created in your palm and warily glanced towards the sliding doors from your pillow. You blinked owlishly and swallowed, saliva burning your dry throat.

“Yeah?” Shit, that came out raspier than you thought. You really needed water, but surprisingly, you weren’t feeling thirsty.

“Can….can I come in?” It was hard to register whose voice it belonged to, but whoever they were, they sounded a bit cautious. You detected a hint of nervousness within the request, but you sighed heavily and ignored it.

“Yeah, go for it,” you called out rather gloomily.

As you mixed the multi-colored slime between your fingers, you heard the sliding doors hiss open to reveal Hunk standing in the doorway. He took a step inside as the doors closed behind him and he proceeded to stand awkwardly near your bed, where you lounged lazily over the mussed sheets.

Dropping the slime beside you, you allowed your hands to fall flat on your stomach as you accommodated your guest. “Hey,” you greeted while your eyes scanned him up and down for any food.

His eyes were painted with sadness and pity. “Hi.”

You blinked once before the tense silence was broken between you two. “So, what’s up? Any recipes?”

Sighing heavily, Hunk crossed his muscular arms with tight fists. “No. Not yet. I’m trying to work on this new tech with Pidge that will allow us to find Lotor’s new ship.”

“He has another one?” You questioned with slight panic racing through your veins.

Hunk’s arms hastily unfolded to open, placating palms, as he waved them around anxiously. “No, no, no, no, no, no, no! I meant the ship that he made out of the same thing Voltron’s made of! You know, the one from the comet we got from that alternate reality?”

You slumped gently back onto your pillow, suddenly feeling drained. “Oh, right. That one.”

You waved your arm to the area near your feets on your bed. “Make yourself comfortable.”

“Oh, no, it’s fine.” Hunk chuckled a little before clearing his throat. “I just came to see how you were doing. You know, since…”

“Shiro?” You finished with a scoff. “Yeah, I know. It’s not him.”

That statement made Hunk pause to stare at you incredulously. “Wait, what?”

You exhaled a bit exasperatedly and sat up with a hoarse groan. “Look. I’ve been really suspicious about this…‘Shiro’ we’ve been having around for the past few days.”

Hunk finally took this as an invitation to sink down onto the bed, never breaking his confused gaze from your eyes. “But, he’s like your boyfriend! Your man, your “the one” guy! I thought you’d be happier now that he’s back!”

“That’s the thing, Hunk.” You pursed your dry lips, licking them briskly before continuing. “When Shiro disappeared, it was only a matter of time before he came back to us. He returned? Great. No one seems to care about the fact that he had super long hair upon his arrival to Voltron.”

Hunk scratched the back of his neck, thinking. “Yeah, well, he was gone for who-knows-how-long.”

You glared at the mechanic-gourmand, the bags under your eyes creating the impression of an evil woman. “Hunk, you and I both know that you’re a smart guy.”

A tint of rose suddenly slapped his round cheeks. “Well…”

“Think, man.” You interrupted. “We calculated every quintant–”

“Whoa, whoa whoa. Hold up. What’s that again?” asked Hunk sheepishly.

“Days.”

“Got it. Carry on.”

“We counted every quintant that Shiro was missing for Voltron’s formation strategies. It was roughly about four-and-a-half quintants before this mysterious person who claims to be Shiro arrives in a Galra pod.

“Strangely enough,” Your voice began to clear as you spoke more heatedly about your theory to the bewildered Hunk. “This person survived seven freaking days without food or water, and might I add on low oxygen level, and somehow didn’t even need a healing pod for his stomach to recuperate!”

Your gasp of breath allowed an opportunity for Hunk to hum his thoughts. “Yeah…now that I think about it, it all does seem a bit…”

“And that’s not even it!” You jumped at his agreement. “When I ran to hug him, he tensed up for two whole ticks before hesitatingly hugging me back. That’s crazy! The real Shiro wouldn’t even waste half a moment to embrace me! And what’s up with his new haircut, anyways? He looks like a janitor at a drug-infested school! I raised my boyfriend better than that, you know! He never kissed me since and I feel like he’s being so cold to me! Even Keith senses something’s up! I know how his ugly a-”

“Whoa there! Hey, settle down there, girl!” Hunk laughed nervously while grasping your shoulders with a gentle clutch. He pushed you back down onto the bed with a slight ‘bump’ on the foam mattress. You sighed yet again and shut your lids in embarrassment, your mind raging endlessly on more theories you spent nights awake for.

He scooted closer to your torso, cocking his head lazily to gaze at your closed ones. Hunk’s fingers reached out to stroke your dry hair and you sank into his touch. “Look, I know you really miss him. Even if that’s not really him.”

You squeezed your eyes tighter, brows furrowing as tears threatened to spill. “Yeah.”

His palm was warm when it grazed your cheek. “I may not be as caught up on this “clone” version of Shiro as you are, but what I do know is that you have not left your room in a long, long time.”

Hunk’s voice sounded like gravel against concrete when he chuckled under his breath. “And don’t ask me to tell you how long in Altean measurements.”

When you opened your stinging eyes, the first few drops of your sorrow slid slowly down your cheek, only to be wiped away by Hunk’s thumb. You strained to sit up, your empty stomach groaning loudly, as you moved to wrap your arms around Hunk’s plump torso.

You laid your cheek on one of his taut pecs as you silently sobbed into his shirt. It had the wonderful aroma of burnt herbs with a hint of sautéed mushrooms in the mix. The scent reminded you of home, where Shiro used to cook breakfast in nothing but a silly apron early in the mornings, his sheepish smile piercing your heart when he reminded you that he could not cook. You still loved him anyways.

Caught up in nostalgic thoughts, you didn’t notice Hunk tugging your frame against his body as he rocked you back and forth comfortingly. You stayed in his arms until you felt sleepier than before, your eyes brimming with redness. It stung to blink and your throat was drier from the lack of liquid in your body.

“Hey,” Hunk gently called to you once more, pulling back from your tight hold onto him. “Why don’t you get into the bath while I whip something up for you? I know you haven’t eaten in hours and you look like you could use some nourishment.”

You eyed him weakly with puffed lids and swollen lips, nodding in defeat. Hunk murmured a few words of comfort before scratching your scalp one last time and getting up from your bed, mattress creaking form his weight. He pulled you with him and carefully led your heavy feet to the Castle’s giant restroom.

Your footsteps were padded as they sounded through the empty corridors, leaving you with nothing but thoughtless images of people in your head. Keith, Lance, Allura, and the others popped up, all smiles and laughter. 

Shiro’s visage did not show, however, and you weren’t sure if you were grateful for this. Several pangs hit your heart whenever his name rang through your mind. 

Stop, you told yourself. This isn’t like you. Grow up.

You didn’t realize how much time passed since you arrived in front of the restroom, yet you did remember collapsing in Hunk’s arms, exhausted from movement. The sensation of his strong limbs hauling up into a cradle nearly rendered you to sleep, but your senses reawakened when your bare feet fell silently against cold tiles.

“I’ll be back in a few hours,” Hunk’s gravel voice alerted you, despite its softness. “Just take some time to relax, clear your head, and take care of yourself. ‘Kay?”

“Mm-hm,” you hummed back.

When he took his leave, the doors instantly locked behind his figure, insuring your privacy. You sighed and began to strip your clothing piece by piece, each article piling higher in a heap of dirty laundry.

 As you got closer to your hot skin, it became increasingly difficult to unbutton the layers of garb that you had slipped on and kept for the past few days. The room became warmer, but you didn’t bother wiping the beads of sweat from your brow.

Your aching arm reached out to press a few buttons in the round bathtub, hot water springing to life from the spout and slowly filling up the marble bath. You grabbed a few pearls, apparently known for being the best Altean bath bombs, and tossed them into rising water. Within a few ticks, the clear water had become a bubble-filled paradise.

Once the water reached a certain marker in the rings of the tub, the spout clicked shut and water flow ended almost immediately. You hadn’t noticed you’d been standing naked until the sound of rushing water was gone.

 You cautiously lowered a foot into the water for a touch test and once the steamy bubbles sent tingles though your toes, you sank down into the water completely, ignoring the burn on your skin. You hissed slightly through your teeth as your body adapted to the boiling heat of the bubbly water.

Several ticks passed as you sat in silence, the water sloshing every few moments you adjusted yourself. Your thoughts turned up empty when you attempted to think of something other than your missing beloved. The old sky of Earth, the sweet scent of grass, the ocean. Nothing. Every thought reverted back to a connection with Shiro.

You lazily brought a hand up to scrub at your forearm, trailing towards your shoulder. Your pruned fingers traced the dead skin there, mimicking the way Shiro used to when you took baths with him on bad days. 

He would scrap his nails as gently as he could across your skin, giving you the nice sensation of chills and sinking you into a state of relaxation.

You rubbed your eye with a soap-free hand, suddenly feeling the weight above your eyelids. You were being pushed into slumber due to your inconsistent sleeping schedule from the past few days. You took another deep breath and exhaled though your mouth, stretching your arms in front of you.

Well, maybe you could take a small nap. As long as you didn’t slip underwater and die. Then, again, that might not be the worst idea.

Shaking your depressing thoughts away, you reached back to hoist yourself onto a bulging seat in the marble bath and fluffed the bubbles around your breasts until they were hidden from sight.

As you leaned your head against your palm, you momentarily took a moment to close your heavy eyes and simply relax. The soft sounds of the Altean bubbles popping and the rippling waves of the tub allowed you to receive a clear mind.

The harsh lights of the bathroom didn’t ease your lead-like lids any further than they were and soon, you found your head slowly lowering until it settled upon the wet rim of the tub.

Takashi....you thought sadly as you slipped into darkness.

“(Name)?”

Your eyes snapped open at the echo of the voice. Still groggy from your nap, you hastily rose to accommodate your visitor. Your head whipped around and you realized with a few rubs of the eye that you were not in your bath as thought you were.

You were in a dark plain, the night sky glittered with countless stars. Lavender nebulae danced across your upper vision but if you stared directly at them, they would vanish from sight. An eerie glow illuminated the scenery, giving you a serene feeling.

Quickly glancing down, you saw that you were clothed in ivory garments of some sort, wide and airy. You spun your head around your lower body and noticed that the dress you wore accommodated the style of a loose wedding gown.

Almost immediately, numerous questions filled your poor mind. Where were you? Who dressed you like this? Who called out to you? Why weren’t you in your bath, naked and trembling with tears?

“(Name)?”

Your heart skipped several beats, each one more painful than the next. You didn’t realize you began to perspire until a few loose beads slipped down your brow, you hand coming up to hastily wipe them away. You twirled this way and that, nearly tripping over your gown in search of the voice.

Then, you saw.

It was him.

In all his glorious wounds and battle scars, Shiro stood in the middle of the plain meadow, the high grass waving around him as he trudged forward in search of you. His armor was still adorned from his last skirmish with Zarkon.

You stared for a few moments, your eyes drinking in the sight of the real Shiro, Takashi, walking around like a lame child. Your brain received no response as you forced yourself to call out, run, something! You just stood with your mouth agape.

Then, he saw.

In all your glorious beauty and waving garments, you stood at the edge of the dead meadow, the low grass blades cutting into your ankles as you made tiny steps towards his figure. Your clothes seemed different than what remembered you last in, pale robes distinguishing you as a bride.

Then, you both ran. Sound was lost as the wind waved in your ears, pants barely heard, tears falling faster than a waterfall when you both crashed into each other’s arms. Broken sobs and hiccups echoed as your hearing was restored. Color returned to your eyes as your arms desperately wound themselves tighter around your beloved Takashi.

He, for one, could not understand how this was happening, nor could he pinpoint where he was. All he wanted to know was if you were okay.

Sloppy kisses were exchanged, and so did the breathless questions in between.

“Where-smooch-have you been-smooch-all this-smooch-time?” you asked as you sucked on his plush lips.

“I-smooch-can’t say,” he panted. “For sure.”

When you finally pulled back to study his face, your lungs were burning for air and your fingers have found their way around his chin, stroking it softly as you placed a few pecks around his face.

Shiro closed his eyes, still breathing harshly, and pulled you into his lap. Girdling his hips with your limbs, you slumped against his chest, still kissing his cheeks and stroking his sideburns with your free thumbs.

You gasped when he tugged the front of your collar lower than appropriate and began to suck on the valley between your orbs “Stay.”

“I will,” Shiro mouthed over your skin.

“I know you’re lying,” you responded softly, curling your fingers into his buzzcut.

You felt his smile against your breast. “It’s alright.”

When you opened you eyes again, you found your arms folded across your torso in a tight self-embrace. You pried your lips cautiously from your forearm, where you could see your lipstains all over your skin.

Oh.

Releasing your arms in defeat, you allowed your eyes to finally let loose and rain down into the tub water, which had cooled sufficiently since your nap. Your skin had pruned severely from the ends of your body and your locks of hair damp and cold.

“It’s not alright,” you whispered to no one. “Lying is a sin.”

[fanficsandfluff]

Supernatural: What Lore Says Goes

This was a collab I did with the ever-wonderful @fluffyfics and we had some disagreements about it XD so it wound up that I wrote most of this and she lovingly gave me space to do so. I want to dedicate this Sastiel fic to her because she’s the one who’s so passionate about writing and everything I’ve gotten basically bored with by now. The idea was completely hers, so thank her for this beauty. 

The part she wrote I marked off in the fic with an indent. I have to give credit to the proper writer, of course. Everything else is mine. 

Premise: The hunt for a mysterious monster has Sam stressed over lore books not giving him anything. When Castiel figures out the culprit, he uses his newfound knowledge to his advantage in getting Sam to smile. He loves him, of course.

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It was midnight and Sam Winchester still had no idea what they were hunting. It was killing stealthily supposedly. All the victims died in their beds. But that wasn’t the creepy part. They’d all died with smiles on their faces, and marks that looked like lashes across their abdomens and legs. Lots of bruising. Sam and Dean had never seen anything like it. And neither had Castiel, for one, since he tagged along with them for the hunt.

Dean had been snoring on one of the beds in the shared motel room, an open laptop lying on his chest.

Sam hadn’t taken his eyes off the old lore book they brought along, and the words were all starting to blur together in his sleepy daze. The Winchester sighed and leaned back in his chair, rubbing his tired eyes.

Castiel, ever observant, stood from the second bed and walked up behind Sam’s chair, pressing into him. He wrapped his arms around Sam’s neck and massaged his shoulders, “You should rest.”

Sam sighed and he rolled his head back to look up at his angel, “I can’t. Not knowing what we’re up against is eating at me. I never heard of anything like this. We debunked witches since there were no hex bags, no ghosts or poltergeists... it looks like such a dead end.”

Cas nodded, not stopping his deep massage, “We all need a clear mind to confront this creature. Why don’t you rest and I continue looking--”

“No, Cas,” Sam shook his head, laying his hand atop one of Castiel’s.

Cas sighed and he leaned down, kissing Sam’s forehead, which made the younger Winchester smile softly.

“What if we both continue the search?” Castiel suggested. Sam heard a loud snore coming from Dean and he smirked.

“Sohounds good to me,” he stood out of the chair and gently removed the laptop from Dean’s chest, bringing it back to the motel table. Cas sat next to him. The angel had slid the lore book towards himself to flip through.

The two sat in silence, one reading a tome and the other typing away on a laptop.

After thirty minutes trudged by, Castiel let out a noise somewhere between a hum and a grunt. Sam turned his head towards the noise.

“What is it?”

“Well, this is interesting. Monstrum Titillationem,” Castiel pointed to an old drawn image in the lore book, showing it to Sam.

Sam knew the Latin of those words and instantly a blush appeared on his cheeks, “Cahas... that’s just a game people play with each other. It’s not a real... creature,” he swallowed nervously.

Castiel rose a brow and he checked again in the book, “Then how can you explain why a tickle monster is in this lore book?”

Just hearing the word made Sam flinch. Castiel noted this and he continued reading, “They often are portrayed as what look like large octopuses it seems. They have tendrils that can change texture easily depending on the kind of tickling they would prefer to inflict. Sometimes they’re soft and feathery, and other times they’re slippery and firm. Tickle monsters feed off of laughter,” he read on.

What the angel wasn’t noticing as he was reading was how red Sam was, all the way to the tips of his ears. And he squirmed in his seat, just hearing the methods of these damn supposedly real creatures.

And so Cas continued with his own observations, “It says they tickle their victims to death to continue living. And the bodies we saw were all smiling, and they had markings on them that could be linked to tendrils. Sam, this sounds like--- Sam? Are you alright?” he noticed the uncomfortable demeanor and red face Sam had suddenly shown.

“These things... they aren’t real, Cas. I’m trying to tell you,” Sam resumed, scratching the back of his neck nervously.

Castiel rose a brow, “Well, what else could it be? Sam, it’s very unlike you to doubt the existence of a monster with this much proof. Why are tickle monsters drawing the line?”

“W-Would you stop saying that?”

The innocent angel merely tilted his head in question, “Saying what? Tickle monster?”

Sam flinched and nodded, biting his lip.

Castiel smiled slightly, “Does the word bother you? Bring up memories, even? Oh, Sam...” he knew Sam needed a break from the moment he saw his head nearly smash into the book on the table. This was the perfect way to tire him out for good, not needing to do more research since he clearly found the monster.

“Are you ticklish?” Castiel asked, leaning forward into the other man beside him, “I believe you and the tickle monster might need to be reacquainted.”

Sam’s eyes widened, and he was practically frozen where he sat. He could barely think straight, let alone come up with ways to get himself out of this situation. He tried the only plea he felt would possibly hold any leverage, “Dean’s sleeping!”

The angel wasn’t persuaded, and simply grinned, “You better not wake him up then.”

Sam knew it was over, but he wasn’t going down without a fight. He jumped out of the chair, but tripped and face planted into the carpet. Okay, maybe he was going down without a fight.

“Cahas, no! Don’t you dare touch me!” He squeaked, scooting himself backwards. He saw a thick lore book protruding from Dean’s bag and seized it, holding it up as protection.

“As you wish.” Cas said with a predatory smile. Sam didn’t have time to react before he felt a swirling sensation on sides, making him squeal. He threw the book of lore at the angel, who caught it without even having to think.

Castiel feigned a gasp. “Sam, don’t go throwing things around! Wouldn’t want to wake up your brother, now would we?” He tsked, advancing on his boyfriend. “After all, I think Dean would love to take part in this, don’t you?”

Sam whimpered in response, memories flooding his mind. He had been much smaller than Dean for the majority of their childhood, making him very easy to overpower. Dean was always a very observant big brother, as he still is today. Whenever he saw a frown on his little brother’s face, he made fixing it his top priority. His methods mainly consisted of tickling Sammy until he forgot what it was that had been bumming him out. But over the years he changed, and Sam wasn’t even sure that his brother remembered he was ticklish. And for that he was grateful, not because he didn’t enjoy the tickling, but more or less because he was embarrassed about it. He couldn’t risk Dean figuring it out again.

He was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of his own high pitched giggles, the grace now moving to his abdomen. “Cahahas!” He chuckled, squeezing his arms around his torso. “Thahahat’s chehehating!”

Castiel smiled sweetly, “You’re the one who said not to touch you,” and the grace continued to swirl and squiggle on Sam’s tummy. Sam was squirming around as much as he could on the floor, a steady stream of giggles spilling from his lips.

“C-Cahahas, dohohon’t!” he snorted when a curious strand of grace poked him inside his belly button.

“It’s not me, Sam... It’s the tickle monster!” Castiel exclaimed in a whisper and an accompanying chuckle.

Sam shook his head back and forth, still laughing under the teasing touches of Cas’s grace. And god, the way Cas kept mentioning the word tickle made him all the more squirmy.

Castiel contorted his grace so it spread out across Sam’s ribs and dug in, squeezing and pulsating. Waves of laughter flowed from the long-haired Winchester, and he arched his back, arms pressing into his sides. But nothing alleviated that tickly pressure.

There was a sudden squeaking coming from one of the beds, and a low groan. Dean had woken from Sam’s laughter and was rubbing his sleepy green eyes. Castiel slowed his grace to only being occasional flicks up and down Sam’s sides. This brought sudden jolts and squeaks from Sam whenever he felt them.

“My apologies, Dean, did we wake you?” Castiel, the ever-concerned angel, asked.

Dean sat up in the bed without a word, grabbed a pillow from his bed and stood up, walking to the door. He groggily said, “I dunno what the hell you two are doin’, but imma let you do it,” he yawned and stepped outside the motel door, shutting it behind him. He was off to sleep inside Baby for the night.

Sam breathed a sigh of relief, glad that at least Dean was too tired to be helping out his good buddy Cas in tickling him to tears.

“Hm,” Cas smiled and he leaned down, looming over Sam. His grace had stopped moving and now he gently circled his fingers in a firm grip around Sam’s wrists. With a sultry slide, he pulled Sam’s arms above his head, never breaking eye contact with the blushing and slightly breathless hunter.

“You know, to get to know this monster better, it might help if we studied its methods,” Castiel tried holding back a smirk, but the tone of his voice already revealed the enjoyment he got out of this.

“I-I swehear, Cas... don’t do this, come on. It’s real! Okay? Are you happy?” Sam begged, his arms (unfortunately for him) still being pinned.

“I’ve been happy ever since we’ve been together, Sam,” Cas took the cheesy way out of those questions, and Sam blushed again, a new smile of flattery gracing his features.

The blue-eyed angel bent down to kiss Sam, the two humming as sparks went off all around them. Sam’s eyes fluttered shut as he moaned into the kiss. It felt like eons since he and Cas last kissed like this, and Sam was suckered in hook, line, and sinker. It was only when he felt a steady massage into the divots of his hip bones that he broke from the kiss and belted out a laugh.

“Aha! Nahahaha!” Sam proceeded to giggle into oblivion.

Castiel smiled, “This is perhaps one of the simpler methods of the famed tickle monster,” he whispered the last words right into Sam’s ear, making the man squeak and blush, “Kneading or massaging are good for attacking one’s ribs and/or hips. I’ve heard the thighs and knees are also greatly affected by this method.”

“C-Cahahas noho! Dohohon’t you dahahahare!”

But Castiel had all the plans for daring as he reached behind him and used to precise fingers to form a pincer and wreck Sam’s kneecap.

Sam shrieked and fell into deeper, booming laughter. His desperation became clear in his squirming and violent kicking.

“Ah, I see this is a good spot,” Cas grinned, not stopping his continued sharp squeezes.

“NO-NOHOHO MORE! ACK! PLEHEHEHEHEASE!” Sam pleaded through his laughs.

The angel tsked, “Sam, I cannot finish yet. There are so many other techniques the lore book teaches about the ways of the tickle monster.”

Sam whimpered again at the word, panting when he got a break. However, this break was short lived. Because, true to his word, the devious angel tried out a whole slew of tickling techniques on Sam’s poor defenseless body. He clawed into his belly with his fingertips, vibrating and scritching; he spidered fingers all over Sam’s abdomen and up into his armpits, drawing the most infectious giggles; he sent grace that felt like soft, buzzing feathers to swirl into Sam’s navel and the hollows of his armpits; with the stiffness of metal, Cas conjured up a grace spike and dragged it torturously up and down Sam’s vast sole, sending Sam into further hysterics. That was coupled by more grace floating and weaving in and out of his slender toes.

After all the mayhem, Castiel finally ceased his torment, “I think the tickle monster is well-fed,” he hummed happily.

Sam, a sweaty, red-faced, panting mess, merely smiled tiredly. His eyes were closed, obvious signs that the tickling completely knocked him out.

Castiel chortled softly and he stood up, lifting Sam into his arms, and he laid him down in bed. They’d all get rest and kill the deadly Monstrum Titillationem the next day. Carefully tucking Sam into bed first, turning off all the lights, Cas crawled in after his lover. He was so beautiful when he laughed. His face lit up and dimples stole the show.

“Mm love you,” Sam mumbled, cuddling into his angel.

Castiel nuzzled his cheek into Sam’s as he replied sweetly, “The tickle monster loves you, too.” He was rewarded with an unmistakable smile and a gentle squeeze from the larger man. Not all tickle monsters were villainous.

[blaperile]

Hiveswap Episode 1 Reaction Part 10: Battery combinations everywhere + Living room Exploration Part 2

Okay, day 10 of playing! Starting at 8:45 PM today. We were exploring the living room and then suddenly found these E-cell batteries in the universal remote. Let's see if this gives any unique item combinations in Joey's room or if it will be the same bits of narration like with the other type of batteries. If not, we'll go look at the item combinations in the other parts of the house!

So okay, it indeed gives the same bits of narration for the things in Joey's room. In that case, let's start with the item combinations just outside the attic and work our way down from there! Batteries && Slinky ==> Wait... do slinkies really need batteries to operate? I never knew that. E-Cell Batteries && Flashlight ==> Oh man, the struggle is real. I've had this issue lots of times in my life, where I think a particular type of battery fits and it turns out it doesn't. xD Batteries && Caterpillar ==> Uh... 6 pairs of eyes? Where are the other 5 pairs then? :mspa: Also, she mentions them sensing the light, so for a second I thought the caterpillar's eyes might have looked differently in the dark now than they were in the light, but I don't immediately notice a difference. Batteries && Golden globe thingy ==> Pfff, another combination that prompts her to spin it. This time no Joey animation though, sadly. :( Batteries && Sufferer doll ==> Oh boy, can we not? xD "He looks like he might enjoy it" ... ... LET'S CARRY ON. 0_0 Batteries && Statue ==> "voice modulator that makes you sound like a skeleton" If that actually exists, dear god, point me to it because now you've made me curious. xD Batteries && Lite Brite ==> Haha, so there's an outlet right behind it! Actually, have we even seen any other outlets in this house yet? ...Oh, plainWonder's right, there were outlets beneath Joey's gaming television, I forgot about those. Anyway, this reminds me of what I was wondering yesterday after the power went out, about whether or not the lite brite worked on electricity or on batteries and thus if it would still be on or not after the power went out, haha. Batteries && Jude's door ==> I highly doubt these batteries would even be small enough to slip them under the door in the first place. :P Batteries && Universal Remote ==> Eeeesh, some more frustration towards Grandpa there. Interestingly, this implies that Joey and Jude don't use the remote, and the tv for that matter, very often? Anyway, that's it! We've done all the possible item combinations so far featuring the batteries, so let's move on to examine some new items! Batteries && Beanbag chair ==> Yep, (un?)fortunately, the beanbag chair isn't a massage chair that runs on batteries. :mspa: Pogs && Beanbag chair ==> Can't possibly get more 1994 than this, am I right? :P Cherub Key && Beanbag chair ==> Shocking revelation! You decide not to have a mental breakdown about it though. :mspa: Ballet slippers && Beanbag chair ==> Beanbag chair rises up on their echeladder to the highly-touted rank of BALLET BLOCKER. xD Ooooh, so that's a cassette player over there, not a walkman! And this seems to be one of the few things in this house that Joey and Jude actually share with each other. Huh, we can "salvage" it. Oh god, are we getting another pair of batteries here? xD Cherub Key && Cassette player ==> Oh boy, insert spooky music here! Because of the key's presence, music comes out of a cassette player that isn't turned on and has dead batteries... Yikes! Just like how it seemed to have some mysterious effects on the slinky as well... Jeez, what the hell is that key even made of? xD I'm also suddenly getting Revolution (the tv series) vibes, what with a magical trinket that activates devices that have become powerless. Tap shoes && Cassette player ==> Pfff, when she started talking about tapes I first thought she was going to make a tape/tapping pun, haha. Also, I don't think I've ever heard of Enya before, but I just looked her up on Wikipedia and it seems she's pretty famous in any case! Ireland's most succesful solo artist, that is pretty impressive. And yes, it wouldn't work to listen to that music with those dead batteries... unless you've got a mysterious Cherub Key nearby, of course! :mspa: Ballet slippers && Cassette player ==> I assume a rose in an iceberg is a reference to Enya? xD Hahaha, okay, so scavenging the cassette player doesn't actually make Joey put those batteries in her inventory. Aww, but I wanted to see a battery + battery item combination! :P Hey look, there's a gameboy! Which we can apparently ALSO scrounge for batteries, haha. So, this confirms that Joey isn't the only gamer here, Jude does like playing videogames as well! Batteries && Gameboy ==> Pfffff, I hadn't even caught it until plainWonder pointed it out to me, but "lil' hombre" is probably meant to refer to "boy" as in Gameboy. xD Ahahaha, I just love the lengths to which they're going to avoid literal namedrops. Pet treats && Gameboy ==> A third option would be to press it against your screen and try to feed a virtual animal on it, like a Tamagotchi or something. :mspa: Ha, "the illusion of choice"! Oh man, that is giving me so many Homestuck character select screen flashbacks. Tap shoes && Gameboy ==> Wait, Tatanga? Who's that? *looks it up* Oh, it's a Super Mario villain! From a few really old games. I've played quite a few different Mario games, but none of those coincidentally. :P Alright, looks like we're finished in this part of the room! I thought there was only one way to progress further (by clicking somewhere further in the background to move there), but plainWonder spotted very nicely that we could also click near the piano! And oooooh, that makes us look at the room in an entirely different perspective!!!! So apparently the front door of the house is right there! I bet we probably can't/won't exit? I wonder what it looks like outside on that part of the house, though. And there's a coat rack over there! Some pretty colorful clothing over there! I wonder who it belongs to. Dear god that's one giant trophy hanging right above the front door. 0_0 And it looks like there's even a picture hanging on the wall of when Grandpa killed it. :/ Hehehe, "Pet Vet - The doctor is out"! That immediately reminds me of Aranea's "the sylph is out" silly business in Openbound. That stuffed wolf though... that doesn't look too good. One of Grandpa's earlier experiments with taxidermy? :/ I really like that we're now getting a much closer look at the universal remote. That is indeed a preposterous amount of buttons! :o Also, that stuffed bear right next to the door reminds me of the bear behind the clock on the other side of the room. (I am also conveniently going to ignore that deer bear monstrosity on the other side of the front door) What's with all that dirt right in front of the doors though? Examining the bear trophy now... Yeah, Grandpa sure does like leaving a lot of useless/terrifying crap around everywhere, doesn't he? :/ Of course, opening the door doesn't actually work. Wait, Joey's scared of running into weirdos both outside and inside her home. I wonder who she classifies as weirdo, considering other than the monster there's nobody else inside and only Jude outside. Are Jude and his pet the weirdos? :mspa: Oh yeah, almost forgot to do the item combinations here! Batteries && Bear trophy ==> ...It's indeed a good thing that this bear can't be activated to actually move around. 0_0 Pogs && Bear trophy ==> 10 points for coming up with amazing puns on the spot go to Joey! Pet treats && Bear trophy ==> ...I think it's the latter, Joey. xD Cherub Key && Bear trophy ==> THE PUNS. THEY DON'T STOP. Tap shoes && Bear trophy ==> JOEY. STOP. YOU'RE KILLING ME WITH YOUR PUNS. XD Pet treats && Front door ==> Hahaha, "guardians"! ...Actually, there's the deer trophy, which of course reminds me of Dammek. For a second I was entertaining the thought that these 3 were all refereencing actual Guardians, but eh, probably not because what would those other two even reference? And anyway, what is it even with all these deer motifs throughout the house? Is that just to get hilarious/sad reactions out of Dammek in Hauntswitch? xD Cherub Key && Front door ==> Wait, there's not even any lock on this door, like, at all??? That's really weird... and also unsafe. Maybe Grandpa just always loses his keys and decided it would be handier if none of his doors would need keys at all? Honestly, I wouldn't even be surprised if that was his reasoning. Batteries && Deer trophy ==> ...Yes, let's also file that idea under "can we not"? xD Ballet slippers && Deer trophy ==> Oh deer (yes) god, I hadn't even realized yet how Grandpa and Joey both have stuffed animals, though in a totally different way. Eeeeesh. Alright, that's enough for today. It's already 10 PM, and I'm kinda feeling the tiredness settling in. Tomorrow we sadly won't be continuing our playthrough, because of certain IRL stuff, but hopefully we should be capable of playing some more on Wednesday!