#* adonis & danny !

[boysappetit]

Danny Griffin

[2-dsimp]

The boys reactions to darling calling their pecs titties?? Cause we all know Nokka doesn’t like it so what about the others?

Absolute no-go: Nokka, Covu, Bjorn, Zebad, Koji, Rivius, Fredrico

They’re the type to put you in your place for even suggesting that they had titties to begin with.

Wouldn’t mind/tease you: Adonis, Xavier, Quio, Vincent, Yujin, Lynx, Soma

They’re the type to just carry on like usual as if accepting that they’ve got tiddys or just laugh it off and tease you about it, calling you a pervert for staring at their so called titty’s so boldly.

Just plain confused: Evon, Ossian, Moros, Danny, Icha, Uriel, Temothy

They’re the type to nod their head and just go along with it. While not having a single clue as to why you’re saying that they’ve got tits when they’re certain that they don’t.

[readyforthegarden]

IM (S)CREAMING

[kakejiszkas]

when he— then he— and then he—

👁️👄👁️

(original pic by @mybussyinchrist , obnoxious zooming by me)

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

[hyzenthlayroseart]

So with my Circus Story, I have the beginning and the end in my head but still haven't got the middle (just one of the many pains of having lots of stories, I end up neglecting some while focusing on others). Anyway, I decided to draw the ending.

So to recap, the story starts in 1910 with Steven and his pet monkey Rambo, two poor penniless friends making a living on the streets as peanut vendors. One day when the circus comes to town, Steven gets hired to travel with the circus to continue being a peanut vendor at shows. While in the circus he falls in love with the trapeze artist Dolores, the sad, abused niece of the cruel and greedy ringmaster James. 

Among the other performers he meets are:

Sydney and Carolina, the conjoined twin daughters of Dolores

Adonis, the lovable strongman who is a big brother type figure to Dolores and becomes one to Steven

Norman, a legless man and Adonis's closest friend

Helga, a warm and loving bearded lady who is an adoptive mother to Dolores

Madame Eugenia, a fortune teller with a pet monkey of her own named Esmerelda

Charlotte, an albino African-American woman who is a sister figure to Dolores

Lydia, a snarky, chain-smoking tattooed lady who is Charlotte's girlfriend and best friend to Dolores

Mina and Harold, a married dwarf couple

And Danny, a hyper and friendly 10 year old boy with hypertrichosis 

At some point in the story when Steven and Dolores fall in love, Dolores confesses to Steven that she has a fantasy of one day stealing all of her uncle's money and running away to retire in a big house with all of the other performers to live in together. Well sometime after that there's a climatic uprising against James which ends with James and Steven fighting each other which leads to James dying in a way I haven't thought of yet (I do know I want it to be a "Disney Villain Death" as Tv Tropes calls it (tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php…) because I can't imagine Steven as a murderer).

Anyway, the story ends with Dolores's fantasy coming true as everyone buys a big house to live in, Steven and Dolores get married and he becomes Sydney and Carolina's adopted father, and the two of them even have a son together named Benjamin.

Oh, and Rambo and Esmerelda end up falling in love and having three babies, Bobo, Bozo and Mimi (yes I reused previous drawings of Rambo and Esmerelda, I was tired once I got to them, sue me).

[emacrow]

Danny stuck in justice league dimension, where he can see and hear ghosts in his deages form. A couple persistent ghosts kept trying to bribe him to get adopted by a fruitloop.

"But your majesty.." a hoarsed female whispering of the ghosts who were floating behind Danny trailing along side him..

"Batman mean well, you didn't had to kick him so hard in the shin.." said a stern male voice whom sounded disappointed but amused.

"Batman is a fruitloop and I know he have a underground lair with how many similar robins he got!" Danny grumbled after he stole some purple clown's cash wallet.

"You have to admit Thomas deary, he did just jump out of nowhere and scared the poor boy half to death. He gets that from you." Said another female ghost.

"Oh, when he act all creepy, he get it from me but when he all suave and so Adonis like, then he is your son." Grumbled a male ghost who kicks can only going through muttering every now and then.

"Well you did say yes when I proposed to you, my love~." Purred the female ghost looking all smugged inching over to the male ghost.

"Ew, go be gross somewhere else." Danny pretending to fake gag after he peek back to the ghosts whom were literally fighting one moment and acting all ooey gooey like.

Danny should've took those lesson from Wulf to learn how to make a portal through dimension..

[lovelytsunoda]

the right temperature to be keeping you warm // daniel ricciardo (kinktober day 6!)

summary: she’s not used to october being as warm as it is when she joins daniel in perth for thanksgiving. the heat is unbearable, and daniel has a fun way to cool her down.

prompt: temperature play

pairing: daniel ricciardo x reader

warnings: ice play, lots of giggling and laughter, daniel is incapable of taking anything seriously.

"jesus, danny, it's just at hot inside as it was on the patio! at least in here there's a bit of a breeze from the fan!" she groaned, falling back against the sofa, sweat-marred tank top plastered to her skin.

she considered herself lucky she was wearing pumpkin orange and not white, otherwise everybody in a ten mile radius could probably see her bra.

danny laughed, taking the shopping bags into the kitchen. "is it not usually this hot in october back in canada?"

"uh, no? there was one year it snowed in october. like, on halloween. canadian weather doesn't make sense, usually our octobers are just wall-to-wall rain."

"sorry, sugar. i can't control the weather, unfortunately." danny hummed, opening the freezer to grab two mr. freeze ice lollys.

his lover was still lying on the couch, arm thrown over her closed eyes while she used her free hand to dan her face. with a devilish grin on his face, danny sat next to her on the couch, eyes trained on where her shirt had ridden up to show off her midriff.

holding the freezie carefully, he pressed the wrapper against her stomach, the thin layer of ice melting almost as soon as it touched her belly. she shrieked, jumping slightly. daniel laughed, moving to pull the freezie away before she gripped his wrist, pulling the coldness back to her skin.

she rolled her eyes at the aussie, shuffling so her crossed feet rested on her boyfriend's lap. "i'm annoyed at you for making a joke out of this, but it feels nice. refreshing. it's cooling me down."

danny raised an eyebrow. she looked up at him through her eyelashes, blinking slightly before she realized that daniel had the look.

and god help anyone who got between daniel and his love when he had the look.

danny pulled away from her, taking the mr.. freeze with him as he went back to the open kitchen, large windows letting in the light and illuminating his silhouette like some kind of greek god or adonis.

"babe, what are you doing?"

"close the blinds and take off you clothes!" danny shouted back. "just trust me on this! leave your bra and panties on, though!"

she rolled her eyes, forcing herself to get up from her position of rest on the couch. she was glad to get out of her sweat-stained clothes anyways, flipping the white blinds closed in one twist of the plastic tab before she began to undress.

danny came back into the living room with a tray of ice cubes in his hand and a devious look on his face. because he had an idea. a very good, definitely not sexual idea. read: the idea was almost entirely sexual.

he beckoned y/n back over the couch, instructing her to lay down and get comfortable. out of the corner of her eyes, she kept trying to give danny a questioning look, hoping he would tell her literally anything at all.

"patience, pretty girl." he grinned, popping an ice cube out of the silicone tray. "good things come to those who wait. literally."

she playfully stuck her tongue out as daniel settled in next to her, placing the ice cube on her burning skin, gently pushing it over her belly button. he was attentive, watching the way goosebumps rose on her skin, the small trail of water that the ice cube left behind as he chauffeured it around on the edge of his finger.

the way she sucked in a breath, biting her lip to stop from whining.

he smiled roguishly, bringing his head down towards her stomach and sucking the ice cube into his mouth. at the feeling of his warm lips contrasting with the icy cold of the ice cube on her stomach, she gasped, arching into danny. he smiled against her, using his tongue to push the cube around her skin.

she moaned at the sensation, an honest to god moan. “oh, danny.” she breathed, tangling her hands in his hair, and giving one of his curls a tug.

daniel moaned, the ice cube slipping out of his mouth and sliding right off her skin and onto the couch. they both laughed as daniel reached for another one.

“is this making it better, pretty girl?”

“much.” she hummed, running her thumb over his cheekbones. “but I need more. I need you to eat me out.”

daniel laughed before softly kissing her thigh, running his cold tongue over her skin, watching her lips curve upwards in a smile.

"my pretty girl." he mumbled, snaking his chilled fingers underneath her cotton panties, slowly teasing them down her legs. "such a good fucking girl for me."

he drew back, making a show out of dramatically placing the ice cube into his mouth before leaning back in, running the ice cube gently over the skin around her entrance.

"fuck, danny."

"the condensation from the ice cube was mixing with the evidence of her arousal, making it almost impossible for daniel to keep a grip on it. the ice cube slipped out of his mouth a few times before he gave up, allowing it to fall to the couch cushions.

"so worked up for me, sugar. yeah, you're so wet for me that i can't even hold the ice cube against you. slips right outta my mouth."

he couldn;t wait any longer, pressing his tongue up against where she ached for him most. she let out a strangled moan, thighs threatening to close around his head.

daniel smiled against her, ready to immediately shower her with all the praise she could need.

and there would be lots and lots of praise, because it was going to be a very long afternoon spent tucked between the thinnest sheets in his linen closet and showing her all the ways in which he loved her and her sexy body.

TAGS:

@magnummagnussen @libraryofloveletters @diorleclerc @mignonricciardo @oconso @monzabee @thatsdemko @userlando @httpiastri @love4lando

[teruel-a-witch]

love this promo pic it looks like Danny wanted his personal Adonis of a boyfriend to walk right into his arms after he emerged from the ocean wet and glistening like Aphrodite from the sea foam (Danny enjoyed the show thankyouverymuch) but his dog got jealous and got in between them. Steve is very amused by this Eddies Interruptus.

[eliaswoodt]

The Name List

Organized from A-Z (yes I will add more names whenever I find more I like, probably in reblogs)

I currently have 1035 names (and that’s only including the first names. I have a list of last names, too.)

Angel, Atticus, Atlas, Apollo, Ares, Athena, Achilles, Artemis, Adonis, Avery, Aubrey, Aubry, Aceline, Ashlynn, Aislinn, Anjanette, Arthur, Archer, Addison, Arrietty, Amity, Autumn, Alastor, Alastair, Alasdair, Alistair, Alison, Arren, Arin, Astra, Aoife, Adalyn, Adeleine, Astoria, Agnes, Angus, Abigail, Ann, Anne, Ambrose, Adeline, Avarsel, Agatha, Ari, Azariah, Aniyah, Armani, Anastasia, Annabelle, Adah, Adelaide, Avis, Amelia, August, Axel, Adelina, Amir, Amin, Ayala, Arne, Averett, Adil, Astro, Ava, Anti, Ailun, Akemi, Asahi, Akari, Asako, Atsuko, Azumi, Aka, Aren, Akko

Blossom, Bambi, Babs, Bo, Bella, Blair, Bea, Bonnabel, Badeea, Betty, Bailey, Boris, Bee, Bugs, Blaise, Benjamin, Bog, Buford, Beatrice, Bryce, Bryan, Bazil, Brutus, Bellamy, Brigitte, Bailee, Bailey, Bao, Belladona, Belladonna, Bell, Bill, Bishop, Bones, Boneothy, Benno, Behemoth, Barry, Bellynn, Bowie, Bunki

Clover, Canyon, Cleo, Cameron, Celestial, Celestino, Ciro, Camilo, Cain, Charlotte, Clara, Corey, Cin, Charlie, Cassidy, Chiara, Callista, Cisco, Cynthia, Casper Clinton, Celestina, Clement, Christopher, Cornelius, Clifford, Claudius, Carey, Carrie, Coatl, Cyrus, Cyril, Cecil, Caisus, Castiel, Calla, Cosmos, Cherry, Cheryl, Crowley, Crow, Cassius, Cliodna, Clíodhna, Cliona, Conan, Cordelia, Calypso, Cas, Cillian, Chiyo, Chiaki, Chihiro, Calcifer

Danny, Darlene, Dex, Dot, Diana, Daphne, Demeter, Daedalus, Daeddel, Darphel, Dawn, Derrick, Derek, Dravan, Dravid, Drae, Dallas, Dimas, Dominic, Damien, Drew, Delilah, Dakota, Darian, Darius, Darwin, Devan, Darla, Dagmar, Daelyn, Dale, Dae, Dacey, Desmond, Dabria, Daniel, Daniela, Danialla, David, Davis, Donnel, Dennis, Demitrius, Delaney, Daiki, Daiyu

Everest, Emery, Ember, Elliott, Elliot, Earlana, Eliseo, Ezequiel, Emie, Evan, Eloise, Eric, Emmet, Elizabeth, Eugene, Ethan, Eret, Ester, Elias, Eos, Ellis, Edwin, Ebony, Elijah, Eliza, Enzo, Elissa, Edward, Eddalyn, Esther, Eda, Edalyn, Edalynn, Edison, Eddison, Estervan, Emma, Eden, Erfan, Eun-hae, Erytheia, Egan, Errol, Eiichi, Eiji, Eriko, Etsu, Etsuko, Eiichiro, Ezume

Flint, Finn, Fae, Fred, Fritz, Fang, Frankie, Frank, Fermin, Freddie, Freddy, Finley, Freya, Fai, Felix, Freda, Faolan, Frey, Feylynn, Faelynn, Failynn, Felipa, Febby, Febbie, Febie, Feby, Flynn, Fuji, Feiyu, Fukiko, Fumitaka, Fumito, Fuyuko

Griffin, Garnet, Gothi, Gertrude, Gabe, Grant, Giovanni, George, Gage, Gregory, Gabriel, Gabrielle, Guy, Gilbert, Guadalupe, Gerry, Grey, Gray, Gia, Grace, Gracian, Gracis, Gracie, Gretel, Gideon, Griffilow, Ghost, Ghazaleh, Gavin, Gryphon, Griffith, Goliath, Grayson, Greyson

Harmony, Hannah, Harlei, Harlie, Haritha, Haris, Harry, Harlan, Harvey, Hadrian, Harley, Hari, Harlow, Howl, Hank, Harper, Herbert, Humphrey, Hestia, Helios, Hephaestus, Hollis, Hunter, Hero, Henry, Helda, Hajar, Hasta, Hadis, Howard, Howie, Hannan, Haoyu, Hisako, Hachi, Hiroto, Hoshiko, Honoka, Hiroshi, Hiro, Haitao, Hamako, Haruhi, Harue, Hayate, Hide, Hideyo, Hidetaka, Hisaye, Hisayo, Heiji, Higari

Ivy, Ivey, Ivo, Ida, Iris, Ilyssa, Illy, Irene, Iren, Isaiah, Ira, Idelle, Ivan, Illaoi, Isabel, Isabell, Isabelle, Isobell, Isabella, Ismelda, Io, Ismael, Isolt, Icarus, izuru, Isamu, Itona, Ichiro, Ichiko, Ichigo, Isoko, Ishiko, Isaye, Inari, Ikuko, Itsuki, Itsuko, Inosuke

Juniper, Jupiter, Jinx, Jamie, Javier, Josiah, Joan, Jake, Julia, Jamil, Jamila, Jesse, Jessie, Jess, Jasper, Janus, Jordan, Joshua, Julian, Juilliard, Julius, Juliana, Jeremiah, Jace, June, Junebug, Jazzy, Jackson, Jackie, Jackalynn, Jodie, Johnnie, Jan, Jaime, Jason, Jorge, Justin, Justice, John, Jay, Janelle, James, Jennifer, Jillion, Jill, Jana, Jonah, Jaycee, Jaxen, Junpei, Jona, Jun, Jin

Kenneth, Kat, Kas, Kris, Keith, Kingston, Kaeton, Kingsley, Kent, Katherine, Kyle, Knox, Kristen, Kristin, Kristeen, Kylie, Kaylee, Kamila, Kehlani, Kendall, Kerry, Kry, Kenny, Kath, Kathleen, Krow, Kix, Kedrick, Kennon, Klaus, Killian, Korallia, Krank, Kaz, Kaede, Kirara, Katsuhiko, Keisuke, Kanako, Kenji, Kaemon, Kamin, Katsu, Kaki, Kazane, Kazuyuki, Kazushige, Kenta, Kei, Kimi, Kin, Kohako, Koichi, Kota, Koji, Koharu, Kosuke, Kuma, Kumi, Kuniko, Kuniyuki, Kideko, Kazuko

Lullaby, Lotte, Lapin, Lorelei, Loralai, Lorelai, Luna, Lily, Lucy, Lee, Liana, Lola, Lethe, Lance, Laurence, Luther, Luca, Lennon, Logan, Lennox, Ilias, Liu, Lui, Luis, Lefu, Liam, Lyall, Lowell, Luella, Leona, Leonie, Leon, Lev, Lincoln, Lin, Link, Laverna, Lazarus, Lewis, Louis, Louise, Levi, Leslie, Lesley, Leilana

Marley, Marlai, Mei, May, Mae, Marceline, Marshall, Marshalee, Millie, Mallorie, Marcela, Melanie, Maddison, Mary, Mirabel, Marsh, Murphy, Montgomery, Mildred, Memphis, Molly, Maverick, Maurice, Muiris, Morgen, Max, Moses, Marion, Merrill, Monroe, Melanthios, Maxwell, Matias, Melissa, Maëlle, Marlene, Meredith, Maybelle, Margaret, Maeve, Moss, Mara, Maria, Myrtle, Mona, Mark, Markus, Michael, Micheal, Michelle, Mahsa, Minoo, Mehdi, Mohammad, Matin, Morpheus, Marlowe, Monica, Marilia, Magnus, Malachi, Malachy, Maggie, Makoto, Megumi, Mio, Maemo, Maemi, Masa, Masaaki, Masashi, Michi, Midori, Michinori, Momo, Motoko

Natasha, Noelle, Noni, Neville, Nixon, Neda, Natalio, Ned, Nausicaä, Noxis, Nova, Nathen, Newt, Noah, Nash, Nox, Nathara, Nathaira, Nathair, Nyoka, Nagisa, Nathan, Nate, Nik, Nick, Naohiro, Naoko, Nara, Natsu, Naoya, Nishi, Nobuko, Nori

Olindo, Ollie, Oliver, Ophelia, Odysseus, Orion, Osono, Oxen, Onyx, Otto, Ottoline, Otitile, Ottavia, Octavio, Olivia-Marie, Oakley, Omar, Olivia, Oscar, Octavian, Octavia, Oz, Octavius, Otta, Oisin, Orson, Orlos, Osiris, Owen, Odalis, Odell, Ozuru

Penelope, Patton, Paddy, Percy, Paulie, Page, Pazu, Phoebe, Phebe, Prairie, Porter, Parlay, Pally, Piper, Parker, Payton, Phil, Paul, Philip, Pyre, Piers, Phylis, Patricia, Payne, Payneton, Pip

Quinn, Quincy, Quil, Quinley, Quinstin, Quinlan, Quillen, Quavon, Quaylon, Quensley, Qing, Qrow, Quilla, Quianna, Quita, Qiao, Quinella, Queenie, Qaylah, Qailah, Qitarah, Quenby, Qadira, Qudsiyah, Quan, Qian, Quinby, Quella

Roseline, Raul, Rahul, Rafael, Roque, Rogelio, Remmy, Rei, Rey, Ray, Robin, Ro, Reika, Rowen, Rowan, Rose, Rosie, Ralsei, Riley, Remus, Rosalyn, Rosalin, Rosaline, Renata, Ron, Rat, Ratt, Reef, Roxy, River, Reed, Rufus, Robbie, Renee, Rivia, Ross, Rex, Ruth, Rosemary, Rosabe, Rosabee, Rosabell, Rosabelle, Rosabel, Rai, Rain, Rosella, Rosalie, Rhody, Robert, Raelinn, Rebane, Ren, Rollin, Ralph, Roxanne, Rox, Roderick, Reginald, Reggie, Rio, Ryu, Ryo, Ryoji, Rinmaru

Sage, Sam, Syd, Selkie, Storig, Sal, Sirius, Summer, Susie, Scott, Sunni, Sosuke, Sophie, Satsuki, Sheeta, San, Sulley, Sully, Savannah, Sappho, Selene, Shaw, Sean, Seán, Shaun, Sawyer, Sabrina, Sebastian, Shane, Stan, Socks, Snom, Stolas, Spencer, Sammie, Stevie, Samus, Sarff, Sullivan, Seth, Susiebell, Susiebelle, Sadreddin, Shellaine, Sverre, Saoirse, Sylvania, Sanae, Silas, Sumi, Shiori, Shinzu, Sile

Toby, Tobias, Teddy, Ted, Tomas, Thomas, Tomothy, Tyche, Taiga, Tundra, Tracy, Timothy, Troy, Tatum, Tommie, Tommy, Theia, Tae, Trix, Trixy, Thanathos, Tod, Todd, Toddy, Tora, Torie, Theodore, Theo, Theophania, Talos, Thanatos, Teddy, Tomohito, Tazu, Tanjirou, Touya

Ulysses, Urijah, Uriyah, Urina, Ukiah, Ulnar, Ursula, Ulric

Virgil, Vanessa, Vito, Venacio, Vylad, Veronica, Valentina, Violet, Velma, Venus, Verna, Veld, Victoria, Victorie, Vinyl, Vincent, Vasuki, Vex, Valor, Valentine, Valerie, Valeria, Valerius, Vitoria, Vic, Victor, Vik, Vikktor, Viktor, Vick, Vicky, Vicke, Vickie, Vidya

Wynn, Willow, Warren, Wilbur, Wylie, Will, Walle, Whisp, Wade, Wendell, Wendy, Willard, Wes, Wallace, Wilber, Wyatt, Wybie, Wynnie, Wennie, Winnie, Wynnston, Wynston, Wynsten, Wiles

Xenophon, Xuan, Xio, Xori, Xanthos, Xander, Xavier

Yen, Yukio, Yae, Yoko, Yume, Yaeko, Yui, Yuzuki

Zane, Zana, Zion, Zachary, Zach, Zachariah, Zander, Ziana, Zoe, Zula, Zenix, Zenith, Zaharia, Zaria, Zack, Zakaeia, Zara, Zakaria, Zev, Zaira, Zanata

[boysappetit]

Danny Griffin

[2-dsimp]

Would any of the characters be okay if we broke up with them? Or at the very least, politely and cutely rejected them?

Nope, absolutely none of them will be okay.

In fact it’s bold of you to think that’d they’d ever let you break up with them to begin with.

ψ(｀∇´)ψ

They are Yandere’s after all so here’s but a few categories of how they’d react.

1. They’d rather die (fall into depression and off themselves),

2. If they can’t have you no one will (they’d kill you),

3. They’d hold you captive (Stockholm syndrome),

4. They’d break your mind just to build you back up again (mind break),

5. They’d make you dependent on them (cripple you), 👀

Some reactions will vary from tame, moderate, or extreme in any case their darling ever brings up such blasphemy. Ultimately, It all depends on said yandere boi.

[readyforthegarden]

SHIRTLESS JAKE?!?!! FOR FREE?!??!

[firstpersonnarrator]

More shots of Withnail and I coming out of The Birmingham Rep

This time we even get a glimpse of Uncle Monty. Source: @theatre_weekly on IG

All the shots already released in prev post (X)

The cast:

“Robert Sheehan plays Withnail, Adonis Siddique plays Marwood and Malcolm Sinclair plays Uncle Monty. The cast is completed by Adam Young (Danny), Israel J Fredericks (Presuming Ed), Morgan Philpott (Wanker/Jake the Poacher), Matt Devitt (Farmer/Colonel & Band), Adam Sopp (Geezer/Policeman, Band & Musical Director), Sooz Kempner (Miss Blenehassitt/Policewoman & Band).” Source (X)

[hyzenthlayroseart]

So a few weeks ago I went to a circus (don't worry, it was animal-free. Just amazing acrobats, amazing juggling, contortionists and great comedy) and it got me thinking about my Circus Story characters (if you forgot who they are, and I don't blame you if you did because I haven't drawn anything with them in a while, then go to the Circus Story tag and refresh your memory. Also "Circus Story" was just supposed to be a working title but meh, I've never come up with anything else so I guess that's the official title).

Anyway, here's the circus family after working hours enjoying a nice campfire together (this is before Steven and Rambo join the story). I even added two new characters: Norman the Legless Man and Madame Eugenia the Fortune Teller. I was gonna add some of the clowns chilling in the background but I forgot until the drawing was finished. Oh well. 

[twoidiotwriters1]

The Curse of Oenone (Leo Valdez xFem!Oc)

A/N: This gif is the perfect visual for the chapter I love it. And also happy birthday Nico ig -Danny Words: 2,237 Series' Masterlist Previous Chapter // Next Chapter Listen to: '305' -by Shawn Mendes

VII: I'm Gonna Wing It (Famous Lasts Words)

Ara is keeping an eye on the nymphs while Leo gets a makeover from Hazel and Echo. Ara's considering slashing her way through the crowd, which is far easier and faster than what Leo wants to do, when he comes out fully changed.

"We're ready."

"Alright—" Ara covers her mouth to stop herself from laughing. She looks at Leo wide-eyed, unable to play it cool.

"I know," the boy puts welding goggles on, sounding as uncomfortable as he looks. "Would you still love me if I looked like this all the time?"

Ara's voice is muffled by her hand. "I'd have to think about it."

"Awesome," he grumbles. "C'mon..." 

Once they reach the pond, Leo starts shouting. 

"Leo is the coolest!"

"Leo is the coolest!" Echo repeats.

"Yeah, baby, check me out!"

Ara clears her throat. "Y-Yeah, he's... so cute!"

"Get it together!" Leo whispers grumpily.

"He's so awesome!" She tries again, struggling to keep a straight face. "Look at him!"

"Look at him!" Echo cheers.

"Make way for the king!" Two minutes ago he was acting like he loathed the idea, but right now he doesn't seem to hate it much. "Narcissus is weak!"

"Weak!"

"Leo is the twentieth-century Adonis!" Ara claims.

"No autographs, girls. I know you want some Leo time, but I'm way too cool," he disperses the crowd. "You better just hang around that ugly dweeb Narcissus. He's lame!"

"Lame!" Echo clamors.

"He's sooo boring," Ara sighs.

"What are you talking about?" A nymph scowls.

"You're lame!" Yells another one.

"You know how ugly Narcissus is?" Leo continues. "He's so ugly, when he was born his mama thought he was a backward centaur—with a horse butt for a face."

The group of nymphs gasps in horror. Ara's starting to have fun with the skit, and if there's something invariant about her, is that she loves putting on a show.

"You know why his bow has cobwebs?" Leo counts. "He uses it to hunt for dates, but he can't find one!"

"Leo's the real catch, ladies!" Ara adds a telemarketer tone to her charmspeak, which tends to make it more efficient. "This is your one chance to get him!"

The nymphs start to get antsy, they don't wanna miss out. 

"Who are you?" Narcissus frowns, though he's still staring at himself.

"I'm the Super-sized McShizzle, man! I'm Leo Valdez, bad boy supreme. And the ladies love a bad boy."

"Love a bad boy!" Echo squeals.

"Narcissus is a loser! He's so weak, he can't bench-press a Kleenex. He's so lame, when you look up lame on Wikipedia, it's got a picture of Narcissus—only the picture's so ugly, no one ever checks it out."

"What are you talking about?" Narcissus looks up frowning. "I am amazing. Everyone knows this."

"Amazing at pure suck," Leo taunts him. "If I was as suck as you, I'd drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that."

Ara laughs, it's so contagious that the nymphs feel compelled to join her. The whole group of girls giggles and Narcissus looks a little less cool and collected. Ara spent so much time with the nymphs when she was little, that she knows exactly how to turn them against him.

"Narcissus's such a dull guy! Leo is an adventurer, he has a thousand stories to entertain you forever!" There's a choir of ah's, and oh's at this, and she keeps going like reciting a fairytale. "He has a ship the size of this island! Leo knows everything and can build anything! He's a genius!"

Leo's delighted with Ara's description of him, he stares at the girl with a lovesick gaze—though Ara can't see it through his goggles—and forgets he's supposed to be distracting Narcissus too.

"He's the funniest guy you'll ever meet!" Ara continues. "And when he laughs, it's really cute too!"

"Really cute," Echo agrees dreamily, Ara's words getting to her as well.

"He's not great with words, but he's sincere and..." She stares at him, her skin glowing. "He loves with his whole heart. Even if sometimes you're mean for no reason."

"Don't say that," Leo replies in a soft-spoken tone. "You're good."

They lock eyes for a moment, and then she gives a start, remembering they were in the middle of a heist. "So, yeah!" She turns to the nymphs. "Did I mention he has a bronze dragon?"

Leo snaps out of it too. "Wow, honestly, I am so awesome!"

"So awesome!" Echo claps excitedly.

"He is funny," a nymph agrees, touched by Ara's monologue. "And he is interesting."

"And cute, in a scrawny way," another one adds.

"Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot. And I GOT the scrawny. Narcissus? He's such a loser even the Underworld didn't want him. He couldn't get the ghost girls to date him."

"Eww," a nymph wrinkles her nose.

"Eww!" Echo repeats enthusiastically.

"Stop!" Narcissus gets up. "This is not right! This person is obviously not awesome, so he must be... He must be tricking us." He looks back to the water. "The bronze mirror is gone! My reflection! Give me back to me!"

"Team Leo!" A nymph shouts randomly.

"I'm the beautiful one!" Narcissus states. "He's stolen my mirror, and I'm going to leave unless we get it back!"

"There!" One fangirl points to Hazel, running as fast as she can while carrying the big chunk of metal.

"Go!" Ara hurries to seize Leo.

"Get it back!" A nymph squeals.

"Yes! The first one who gets that bronze, I will like you almost as much as I like me. I might even kiss you, right after I kiss my reflection!"

The nymphs lost it at that.

"Leo, run!" Ara pushes him forward.

"Kill those demigods!" Narcissus orders. "They are not as cool as me!"

Ara insults him in ancient Greek, gesturing something so rude that some nymphs clutch their imaginary pearls. "Stand back or I'll slash your signed posters!" She threatens them.

Leo and her reach Hazel, and the boy picks up a side of the celestial bronze so they run faster. Ara draws out Almighty and presses on the alpha twice, turning it into a spear that keeps the nymphs at a proper distance.

Arion is nowhere to be seen yet. Hazel hands Leo the chunk of metal and stands next to Ara with her sword in hand, Echo opens her arms protectively in front of Leo, she's got no weapons but looks determined to protect him.

"Echo?" Leo speaks in a voice full of esteem. "You're one brave nymph."

"Brave nymph?" She looks at him over her shoulder.

"I'm proud to have you on Team Leo," the boy tells her. "If we survive this, you should forget Narcissus."

"Forget Narcissus?" She hesitates.

"You're way too good for him."

Ara can't believe Leo is giving a nymph self-love advice. He's not the same boy he was six months ago when she had to constantly hype him up after every little mistake. Maybe that's why he thought Narcissus could change, even after all these centuries. Perhaps that applies to her too.

Arion comes out of nowhere and lifts a cloud of lime around Narcissus and his group of fans, giving them enough time to escape. Ara helps Hazel to get on the horse and then she goes up. Leo pushes the celestial bronze up so the girls can hold it in place. 

"I love this horse!" He laughs.

The nymphs collapse, coughing and gagging. Narcissus stumbles around, swinging his bow like trying to hit a piñata. Ara tries to pick up Leo, but he steps back.

"We can't leave Echo!"

"Leave Echo," the nymph replies.

Leo turns to her in disbelief. "Why? You don't think you can still save Narcissus..."

"Save Narcissus," she stated confidently.

Leo tries to argue, but Echo kisses his cheek and then pushes him closer to the horse. Maybe Ara isn't the jealous type after all, 'cause that interaction doesn't bother her in the slightest. Forget the bad boys, Leo is the kind of boy no one takes seriously, but if you give him a chance, he never lets you down, that's what girls truly love.

Maybe that's the reason why they're a good team, because Ara is a troublemaker, and Leo is a troubleshooter.

"Leo, come on!" Hazel urges him.

"Yeah," he swallows, struggling to tear his eyes away from Echo. "Yeah, okay."

Ara pulls him up and he holds onto her waist. She holds the Celestial bronze with one arm while holding onto Hazel with the other, and Arion takes them away.

Leo slips off the horse and Ara jumps off right after. As he struggles to steady the sheet of bronze, the girl grabs his face and plants a kiss on his lips.

"I'd love you even if you looked like this every day," she grins. "I don't think you'd ever have to worry about your looks as long as you keep doing good things like what you tried to do for Echo and Narcissus."

Leo's body lights up like a match and the celestial bronze slips off his grip, but Ara catches it before it slams on the ground. Hazel helps them take the chunk of metal below decks, and they try not to make noise near Jason's room, but as they walk past, they discover he's awake.

"Hi, Ken!" Ara beams. "So happy you're back. You've been in a coma for—"

"Gods of Olympus!" Piper makes a face when she sees Leo. "What happened to you?"

"Long story," he takes off the goggles. "Others back?"

"Not yet."

"Dammit," Leo looks at Jason and smiles. "Hey, man! Glad you're better. I'll be in the engine room."

"Tell the others to take the stuff there once they're back!" Ara tells them, following Leo out of the hall.

They place the sheet of bronze on a table, and unbeknownst to Leo, she stares at him with glossy loving doe-eyes while he starts working. Annabeth and Frank show up soon after looking even messier than them.

"I thought we'd gotten the worst deal," Ara smirks. "Glad to see I was wrong."

"I'll take care of the engine, Ara, see what you can do to fix the shell," Leo focuses on the task, but his tone is warm when he speaks to her.

"Alright," Ara leans closer to kiss his cheek, then notices the lipstick stain Echo left there and moves away smirking. She doesn't wipe it off. "See you in a bit!" She kisses his temple instead.

Ara inspects the deck: the foresail is clearly the priority, so she grabs a tool belt—not as cool as Leo's but still gets the job done—a pair of safety gloves, and pulls down the heavy fabric to fix it.

A few feet away from her, Percy is directing the waters so the nymphs can't get any closer. She knows he'll try to talk to her again, but she's in a better mood now, so she's willing to listen. After half an hour, her brother approaches. 

"Need help?"

"Pull that side?" Percy obliges, but Ara can feel him staring. "If you've got something to say, now's the time, Nemo."

"I want to know how it happened..." He says right away. "You and Leo."

Ara glances at him, trying to decode what he means by that. "Like it always happens, I guess. Two people meet, they catch feelings, and date."

"I know how that works," he frowns. "But I don't get it. You weren't interested in dating for so long and then—"

Ara snorts. "I never sworn out of love, you know? I didn't have a reason to be interested in it until now. It's that simple."

"So Leo showed up and that was enough to change your mind?"

"Yeah?" Ara raises a brow. "I fell in love, Percy. It was bound to happen one day. You were all expecting it. In fact, I think some of you were eager to see it happen."

"Not really," he frowns. "I was okay with how things were."

Ara looks away flustered. It's alright when she talks about it with her friends, but to admit her feelings in front of Percy is a whole different thing. She's embarrassed, perhaps even a little humiliated, though she doesn't know why.

"You're sure you're in love?" Percy asks worryingly. "You barely know him—"

"I've been dating him for six months," she scowls, focusing on sewing the fabric. "You and Annabeth dated four months before you went missing, and you never said I love you to each other?"

Percy's body lights up red, but he's blushing a lot. Ara stops what she's doing to look at him.

"You never..." she starts with genuine shock. "Wow. You guys are milking it down for all its worth, huh?"

"That's not the point," Percy dismisses it. "I'd known Annabeth for years, and I have reasons not to trust Leo—"

"Are you kidding me?" Ara finishes the patching up and stands. "You don't even know half of what he's done for me! You, out of all people, should be grateful that he's got my back. But why would you, right? You want me to fail so you can say 'I told you so.'"

Percy makes a face. "You don't know what you're saying."

"Really?" She continues heatedly. "The way you call me 'General' like it's a game, and how I have to ask you more than once to do things because you don't listen to me. Bringing you along, it's only making things harder for me."

"What?" He asks, looking stunned. "No—"

"Just be honest," Ara looks at her brother with frustration. "Do you think I'm weaker than you?"

Percy's speechless. "I... I know you've grown, but you're still—"

"We grew up together, Percy. I got older at the same time as you did, and you keep forgetting that. You also forget that it's been half a year since you last saw me," she starts setting the foresail back in its place. "Don't question my decisions ever again, or I'll make sure you don't forget who's in charge."

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