#((I hope this is okay!!))

[taleswritten]

@bearlydruid from here

Friends. Is that what they all are? One big happy family? The truth of the matter is that Astarion is only with this group out of survival. Sure, they're good people. A bunch of weirdos but still, good people, and he enjoys Halsin's company. Karlach's too. Lae'zel is a little too stab happy for his taste and the others he just doesn't quite know well enough.

But, if he were to die in his quest to kill Cazador, would it even matter to any of these people? Maybe they're only sticking with him out of survival, too.

Thoughts he tries to dismiss, he does not want the facade coming down and for Halsin to see through it. Though, the druid is wise, he may see through it already.

"Don't I, though?" Astarion suddenly speaks up, "Friends or no, they can not possibly understand what happened with Cazador. The things he did to me, the things I had to do - I am alone, darling, and I'm quite fine with that." No, no he's not, but he's kept the facade up this long, why would he let it down now?

[axnewxera]

@escortingsecrets

"Wait... is that Rufus Shinra??"

It was typically common courtesy to respect the privacy of other patrons at the Honeybee Inn. What happens at Honeybee, stays at Honeybee. But when the recently-appointed ruler of the world shows up... well, it's hard to ignore. Even if his father was also a regular there.

Rufus had kept his cool, silently wondering if his father had gotten the incessant gawking every time he walked through those doors. But he kept his head held high, and before he knew it, Rufus Shinra, king of the world, was in a private room awaiting his assigned Honeybee.

The host had sat him down, asking all sorts of questions about his tastes and what sort of Honeybee he wanted. Judging by the amount of time he'd been waiting since then, he imagined the staff were frantically trying to find the perfect one for him, the highest of VIPs.

It was a fairly open secret that the great President Shinra inhabited this place fairly often. In truth, Rufus found it extremely distasteful, and he hated how public it all felt. Any peon with a camera could make his presence there global news in a matter of seconds. Rufus silently started to wonder if this might have been a bad idea. Too late now to take it back.

The door started to open, no doubt his Honeybee entering the room. Rufus rose to his feet, ready to shake their hand in greeting. "I'd say 'fashionably late', but the slutty bee look is more tacky than fashionable," he said with a smirk.

[eritvita]

continued from x ;

@straycatherine

The sugared drinks of mixed rum burns pleasantly within Roland's blood, and his blush is vibrant, peaking, riddled up onto his ears, and his beam is wide and bashful, happy to be seen.

"Hello, Catherine," purrs he, hugged her lithe form by the waist. "How goes by thee?"

[canines-crown]

love your mood boards! they’re really pretty! was wondering if we could get a mood board with a penguin and a crocodile (obscure af, i know but a headmate and i are just kinda like that lmao) and some themes of royalty and unlikey friendship? other pictures can be anything you think would look nice! ty in advance! (-orange🏵️)

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Penguin and crocodile moodboard for @rainbowlemonslices!

[blindspct]

closed starter for @cherrysugcr ft. dino

the man didn't normally mix business with pleasure but he couldn't stop himself from looking at the woman when they had their one on one sessions together. "what did i tell you? you're getting better with each lesson." he commented and while normally he would be looking at his client in the face, he couldn't help but allow his eyes to scan over her body. "and your form? amazing." he breathed out, as if he were trying to play it off.

[keithkoganevltrn]

@haus-der-mysterionmusen

Dark circles under his eyes were a fashion statement to the cadet. He was in a perpetual state of exhaustion, no amount of sleep seemed to change that. He trudged forward, frown deepening at the weight of his own legs. Maybe it was time for a power nap or something.

"C'mon, Red," the large lion mech leaned down, opening it's mouth with what could easily be taken as a purr. "Let's head back to the castle."

His attention, however, was caught by a shine of metal in the distance. "Who's out this far?" The paladin muttered to his lion, walking up the ramp slowly, far too focused on the shimmering thing in the distance.

[epiclamer]

@save-the-villainous-cat I miss you, Princess.<3

Missing You

Everything played out like a regular day, cars drove past, people walked by, dogs barked and birds chirped. To anyone else this day was the same-old, same-old. Except, to Villain it wasn’t that at all.

Today was the first time Villain had seen Hero in months. Opening their door at the bright and early hour of six am, just to find their missing nemesis standing with a bouquet of flowers on their front steps.

Oddly enough, the first thing that Villain did was slam the door on their face. It was early, they must’ve been seeing things. Hero hadn’t been seen for almost a whole year, and here they were? Standing completely unannounced with flowers?

It didn’t make any sense.

But when the familiar three raps at the door rang out once more, Villain was starting to believe that what they were seeing wasn’t just a mind game. They opened the door once more, their lifelong enemy swaying slightly side to side as they awaited Villains second—and hopefully kinder—response.

Hero was in luck. After a solid three more seconds of shocked disbelief from Villain, they rushed forwards and wrapped the hero in a hug. The unsuspected pressure causing Hero to stumble back and almost lose balance on their shaky legs, but Villain caught them against the entrance wall at the very last second. Holding them both steady as Villain poured every last emotion they had left into Hero’s shoulder.

“Well, I didn’t think you’d miss me that much.” Hero joked, but it rang flat. Villain clutched, knuckles white and hands shaking, at Hero’s torn suit. It had dried blood and countless lashes across it. It hung loose on Hero’s frame, if it could even be considered clothing at this point.

It was definitely not suitable for the increasingly colder weather and most definitely not suitable for a well-renown hero to be sporting.

Villain finally pulled back but they didn’t let go. They didn’t think they could. It all seemed like a dream and the last thing Villain wanted to do was let them go.

Not again. They couldn’t handle the hero leaving again.

“Where the hell have you been.” Villain shouted, any decency towards their neighbours was completely forgotten. They were still crying and between their steadying breaths they let their eyes scan over their nemesis.

Hero huffed, they were probably going for a laugh, but they strained too hard and it caused them obvious pain. “Remember when I told you I was onto something big? All those months ago?”

The villain didn’t have the capacity to go filing through all their past encounters with Hero, especially not the ones where Hero had said they were “onto something big”. Considering that it seemed to be every other week that the hero would make a big breakthrough in some new top secret case.

However, Villain nodded anyways, they just wanted the story, they didn’t need details. Hero had enough cuts and scars on their body to write a trilogy of details if they needed to. Right now, the villain was too high strung to deal with that.

“Well, turns out this time, I was actually onto something big. “Something big” being that my boss and your boss have been conspiring together for years.”

“Let me guess.” Villain didn’t even need to hear what happened next, the sinking pit in their stomach and the bile in their throat proved they already knew. “Superhero gifted you over to Supervillain for a fun little vacation.”

“Pfft, obviously Superhero came to visit and bring me refills on my piña coladas too. They team worked pampering me and assuring I had the most comfortable stay.” The strained wink and smile at the end of their sentence shattered the villains heart even more.

Hero had been at the mercy of the two most powerful beings on earth for months and Villain had no idea. Making up constant excuses to fill the void of their missing hero instead of going out to search for them.

It felt cowardly. It felt stupid. Villain felt useless.

“Hey.” Hero’s voice pulled Villain from the depth of their thoughts. “It’s not your fault. You didn’t do anything wrong. I’m okay now! We’re both okay now!”

The hero smiled and it tugged one across Villains lips as well, they couldn’t help it. Hero always managed to cheer them up, even if just a little.

“I didn’t even know… I thought… Maybe you just, didn’t want… Maybe I was too—”

“Villain.”

The one in question lifted their eyes meekly to meet Hero’s soft gaze. Hero looked tired, they looked exhausted, but they also looked peaceful, happy. Even after everything they had just been through.

“I know we ended on… strange terms last time we talked. I just, I wasn’t ready. I was worried. I was worried that something was going to happen to one of us and that it would never work out because of our jobs.”

Hero held out the flowers, they were Villains favourites, a beautiful soft blue and white bouquet with a gorgeous lavender stem wrapped in forget-me-nots. Both of their favourites strung together to create a lovely display.

“But when I was… gone… I realized that it was foolish of me to flee after you poured your heart out to me. And that no matter how bad the torture got, I only ever wanted you by my side. You kept me going.”

The hero leaned back a little further against the wall as they took in a deep breath that caused them to wince and whine slightly, but they pressed on. Using one hand to cup the villain’s gently and the other to press the flowers to Villains chest.

“I love you too, Villain.”

In that moment, the villain’s whole world collapsed. They embraced the hero without any further thought, releasing their crushing pressure when the hero let out a guttural noise from the feeling against their open wounds.

Both of them were crying, not from pain anymore, but from being reunited after so long and finally being together.

Villain didn’t waste anymore time in dragging the hero inside to scold them lightly and care for their wounds. Something they had done many times before, but this time it had never been so intimate. They could fight off Superhero and Supervillain after Hero got better.

For now, Hero was confined to sleeping on Villains chest and in their bed for the next century—or at least for as long as Villain could keep them off their feet.

[lucidrims]

˖ ࣪ . ࿐ ♡ ˚ . wonjoo coming thru for @accendios

            " you're a terrible flirt, you know that ? good thing you're cute. " wonjoo comments in an amused tone, staring at the other with a sheepish grin, " is that your usual go-to line ? "

[tearfest]

ㅤㅤ" it's hardly appropriate for you to show up at my office— especially during business hours. what, are you here to try and audition for a role? " she put on a good front as she ushered her assistant out from her office, reiterating that she could handle this by herself — only having hired them to lessen her paper-based workload. she closed, and locked, the door behind them before circling misoo and resting back against the front of her desk with one leg crossed over the other. " sorry— i need to keep up the act or they start slacking off on me. so, what brings you here? i haven't seen you since your engagement. " and despite nearly thirty years of award-winning acting, she still couldn't sound genuinely happy for her. " i think i owe you my congratulations. "

closed starter for @gcholdtrops. plot in source.

[macchinablue-archive]

starter call 2.0

@resplendentdare said: for an angsty starter (for Gavin)

"Seriously? You're friends with that guy?" The question comes as he notes that city guy that recently moved to Hawkins parts ways with Saskia. Normally he'd see them walking off together, but today, Connor seemed to need to head straight home. He hadn't caught the specifics. Didn't care. "Isn't he.. you know - kind of a dork?" His own question brings himself to snort a bit in mild amusement though the sound is almost inaudible.

"Or are you just desperate because none of these other jackasses give you the time of day?" Yeah, he said it. Made it pretty clear he didn't like much of anyone that attended their school and he wasn't afraid of putting that out there either. Most people knew that already. Gavin is known for being pretty vocal about his opinions; Clearly having a difficulty with keeping his mouth shut. Especially when his mouth got him into trouble a lot of the time. No trouble he hasn't managed to get out of though, of course.

Maybe the reason why he's speaking up here is due to the fact that yeah, he's kind of jealous. Connor suddenly coming into town and getting on the good side of the girl he likes? Yeah, that's no good. Though this doesn't exactly help him out either. Running his mouth. Not as much as he typically does, at least.

[daceystvrk]

closed starter for @lucius-rivers setting: on her way back to the north from king's landing, dacey stops in the riverlands and meets with her cousin.

dacey travelled slowly, if she travelled at all. she had left the north to make it to king's landing, her first time away from the lands of her own family, and expected to arrive home after the rest. it wasn't ideal, but having never been so far from home before, she didn't want to wear herself out, but did want to ensure she was making the most of her trip.

lucius rivers was not a man she knew well, but he was blood. that was what mattered to dacey. her mother's kin was a subject of curiosity for her, but she had always cared for them from afar. it made her a little nervous to be here.

swallowing her trepidation, dacey tried to still her hands, which were twisting together in her lap, and offered a tentative, but sincere smile.

"i'm sorry i didn't get to spend time with you in king's landing," she began. "i think this is better, though. i didn't care much for the city, but the riverlands is beautiful. you are lucky to call it your home."

[tag-if]

Hello! Could you describe each ro's route, please?

ohhh okay, i can give it a try! i will keep them short, though, to avoid spoilers :)

A. Bellefleur; a bit forbidden love-ish (obvs they're your target, but they're also your employer), and then almost like the love you expect from a host club (very gentlemanly)

K. Valiev; puppy-love, or maybe boy next door ish? K. is the sweetest of all of them honestly

A. Caras; difficult, and quite slowburn (i can't really think of anything else, sorry)

T. Bellefleur; frustrating and a little hot/cold, they'll give you mixed signals until you're in an established relationship

M. Serrel; thrilling, almost charged? they're very...tempting (obvs if you want to play ace that's totally fine too, they'll tone it down, that will be an option)

[ofdamnation]

muse(s)  :  danica šarić , 25 , bisexual . plot  :  this post . possible  connections  : m / f / nb  .

' they're not getting away with it this time , i have a plan and hear me out before you start your shit . ' pauses briefly , smirk tugging at edges . ' we date and make them jealous . ' / @tripzon3 liked for a starter!

[popcultr]

CLOSED STARTER FOR @angelsdvsts

MUSE: nadia chopra / 28 / celeb manager / pansexual

based on this plot HERE

nadia sits across from the other, arms folded and feeling annoyed. she'd been hired to basically babysit the other, due to their bad reputation, which she wasn't happy with, that wasn't her job. she sighed, looking at them, "if it helps, i don't wanna be here either".

[riordanness]

omg hi congrats on 800 again!!!! for ur event i have to go w i can fix him no really i can 😫 ok so the basics r i’m a cabin 4 ravenclaw infj taurus (i always start w these soz LOL) and also the ambivert final boss like genuinely i don’t lean towards introversion or extroversion and if the mbti had an a for ambivert i’d def be an anfj 🙏🏼 im a HUGE perfectionist it’s so bad actually i cannot function if something is imperfect i’ll lose my mind 😭 (i also have ocd so 🙁) when i asked one of my friends what the pros and cons of dating me are she said my perfectionism may cause problems LMAO😣😣😣 i get told im kind a lot so i like to believe thats true 🙏🏼 im super soft spoken which is a struggle cz im always having to repeat myself 🙁 (did a french speaking exam this year where i was recorded n when i say i was YELLING the entire time so that the recording device thing could pick up my voice….) im super super stubborn and persist in things until they go the way i want them to LMAO (this might be my fatal flaw) i refuse to settle for less in all aspects of life it’s either up to my standards or i’m not claiming it 😬 i LOVE LOVE LOVE reading and music those 2 r the most consistent things in my life !!!! for my type in men this may be a shocker but jason grace is an anomaly because irl + in other forms of media i tend to go for the dark haired sassy sarcastic funny guys (idk if you’ve read better than the movies but if you have wes bennett is a very good example of my type) some characters i’ve been compared to (because for some reason i get compared to a LOTTT of characters) are hermione granger, annabeth chase, rory gilmore (pre uni DUH), amy santiago, caroline?? from tvd? (idk her but my friend said i’m very similar to her so!) ummmm idk what else to include… i’m a HUGE germaphobe and get grossed out super easily LOL would rather die than go hiking or camping or anything like that soz demeter kid but not one w nature i just like flowers and gardens 🫣 i’m also super sensitive and have been told i’m emotionally intuitive!!!! i cry often about everything LOL soz if this is too long love u SOOO much 😚 also would like a pjo guy pls !!!

CYNTHIA HII (also idk why i always tag your other acc and not this one i legit always forget this url idk why 😭) anyways tyy soso much you’re actually the best fr

so. i put like way too much thought into this cause i didn’t want to just, like, stick you w jason bc that’s the easy answer yk?? BUT on that note, based on what you’ve said, i actually pair you with him?? like… if y’all were my friends irl i would ship you so bad fr.

you’re both perfectionists, tho probably in different ways yk, you bc of mental stuff and him bc he was raised by camp jupiter and literal wolves. so that would make it good for you both bc there’s nothing worse than being a perfectionist and living with someone who makes chronic messes (i can attest)

you’d both have really intuitive kindness and understanding of each other and others and that would bond you together soso well. also jason wouldn’t be a loud talker. like at all, so he’d be totally fine hearing you perfectly bc he’s used to quiet talking

neutral and very faded colour palettes for you both, light light blues and pinks and white and cream and gold everywhere (if you moved in together🤭)

jason would love to listen to you speak french btw

he does NOT strike me as a very outdoors person (in the hiking and camping and dirt way) he’d much rather sit on a porch with you and read than do any of that stuff (also he’s roman. they’re famous for their baths he would love being clean no germs here)

would totally understand your ocd and be soso nice about it like. this man would be so careful not aggravate you with unnecessarily untidy or uneven things like that.

music and book dates >>>

anyways y’all are cute i ship it so bad

[ssvperboy]

closed starter for @thefvrious (prince adams)

"What is it about me," he stands close to the other, eyeing them carefully, " that make you want to pretend you hate me? You can't possibly think I'm that insufferable." There's a small hint of a grin on his face. Truth is, Prince certainly isn't easy to get along with but he doesn't care much for what anyone else thinks—he cares about success and that's all. "Why do you... keep looking at me like that?"