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Java Runtime Efficiency: Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Compilation with Project Leyden OpenJdk
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Introduction: The Cold Start Problem in Modern Java Java has long been celebrated for its runtime performance thanks to Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation. However, in the era of containerization, serverless functions, and microservices, slow startup and warm-up times have become significant drawbacks. In response, the Java community is increasingly adoptingā¦
#Ahead of Time Cache#Ahead of Time Compilation#Ahead of Time Computation#Ahead-of-Time compilation in Java#AOT#AOT Java#GraalVM native image#insidejava#Java#java 24#java 25#Java performance optimization#java runtime efficiency#java24#java25#jdk24#jdk25#openjdk#project leyden#runtime efficiency
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things we learn about scully in s1
she has a godson (and she told his mother that she thinks mulder is cute)
she did her residency in forensic medicine
she's good with dogs and is naturally drawn to all kinds of animals (even evil-looking monkeys)
she wants to keep her christmas tree up all year because her father always made her take it down as soon as the holiday was over
(and she was never positive that her father, who was in the navy and involved in the cuban blockade, was truly proud of her, because she joined the FBI instead of becoming a full-time doctor like he had wanted)
((and he didn't say "i love you" the last time he spoke to her. ouch))
when she was 14, she stole one of her mother's cigarettes, which she thought was disgusting, but she wanted to do something Forbidden for once
she once forgot her own birthday (which is february 23rd) when she was studying for her exams
she has a little cat sign on her apartment door <3
when challenged by the preacher's kid, she refused to deny the power of God; she was raised catholic, and remembers that "God never lets the devil steal the show"
(she's almost always wearing a cross necklace, even while declaring that she considers science sacred)
((and yes, her favorite movie is the exorcist))
she took some biology courses on bugs and is now going to tell you some bug facts
she has two brothers, one younger and one older
her dad- with whom she did not have the greatest of relationships- nicknamed her "starbuck"
(he called her this after the steady and rational first mate character from moby dick; all the more cruel when you consider he pushed her aside for joining the FBI rather than doing the "logical" thing, becoming a doctor. to cast her in a role of the dutiful daughter without her permission and then create a conditional sense of love is just. so mean. it's a miracle she didn't turn out as emotionally repressed as he did)
#i TOLD you i store all of these facts in a little spot in my brain! and compile them for ease of access when needed!#we didn't get as much scully lore in s1 as we did mulder lore but i'll make that post another time. perhaps tomorrow.#she also seems to need a constant IV drip of caffeine which i think is endearing#nicknaming her after the guy from the whale book who was supposed to be even tempered and level headed is lowkey evil#i'll get back to that another day but like. to reject her when she fails to do the ālogicalā thing and become a doctor?#ugh just says so much about how she grew up. and maybe we'll learn more later so i shouldn't jump too far ahead.#anyway! love to observe tiny things about characters that help formulate their worldview <3#and i look forward to learning much more!#the x files#txf#dana scully
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Kagami Yasumiko (Eternal Yesterday) x Katori (Takara-kun and Amagi-kun) AU
#not real pairings#not real subs#suzuki kosuke#otomo karen#eternal yesterday#takara kun to amagi kun#drama compilation#japanese drama#manydramagifs#i have not stopped thinking about this crackship since i watched these shows#their characters specifically (i adore them both)#but i also think that they both have very similar vibes as actors#so i'm warning everyone ahead of time that this isn't the only set of these two that you'll be seeing
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#I GOOFED. but i compiled a bunch ahead of this one before i realized my mistake#so. i'm just gonna leave it. doesn't affect the polls and certainly not my first time bungling this up#we are still in 1961#lt#looney tunes#mel yell#polls#tumblr polls#mckimson#jones
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Okay, soliciting info from everyone on here. After this roommate situation is resolved and I feel like Iām allowed in my kitchen again, I want to be better about cooking. Both because I need to legitimately learn but also because Iām so tired of takeout lol
So if anyone has any good resources for finding recipes, or just some recipes they really like, if you feel like sharing, I would be very grateful!
#Iām not picky and Iāll try anything#Iām trying to compile options ahead of time so I donāt feel overwhelmed trying to find recipes when suddenly I need to cook#kaz rambles
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this year im gonna remember to post all the Leap Day William stuff i always want to
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any gif requests?
#i can't do compilations rn (unless you give me videos of where you want the compilations)#bc my brain power is not working at full capacity but gifs of just one video or timestamps i can do!#i made already 2 days ahead of my minbinchanmas so i have a little of time for other gifs#i should start also on my gift for secret santa i'm waiting for some inspo to hit me
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Here is the child free friendly doctors list. the people on this list are compiled by other childfree people who do not want children. people submit doctors who did their sterilization regardless of age, children, or marital status.
here is a breakdown of how the ACA (affordable care act) works, and how it applies to sterilization. this is only for AFAB people however. vasectomies do not count. You cannot be charged for this surgery. No coinsurance, no deductible, nothing. my hospital originally wanted $4k from me. I told them to bill me and I'll discuss with my insurance. they might be pushy, and try to get you to pay for it ahead of time, but refuse and have them bill it.
If you are getting a bilateral salpingectomy (shortened: bisalp) (COMPLETE TUBAL REMOVAL not 'tubes tied', which is where they snip the tubes and tie them with clips [called a 'tubal ligation']) there is no possible way you can become pregnant. and it does not effect your hormones at all. im being so fr, do not let people say it effects your hormones, because theres no hormones in your tubes. those are carried in ur ovaries.
If you have a family history of reproductive cancer, a bisalp greatly reduces your risks of getting those cancers. insurance codes are CPT codes of either 58661 or 58670 and the ICD-10 code of Z30.2 you might have to plug both in and talk to insurance. if someone on the phone is an asshole to you, just hang up and try again with someone else. On the other side, I've been on plenty of birth control options. for 6 years I had a copper IUD. it does make your periods heavier, and crampier if you can stand that, but it has no hormones in it and it lasts 12 years.
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Laios Backstory
I've been wanting to compile the comics that talk about Laios backstory for a while, especially after reading the "Laios and Family" extra from the new Adventurer's Bible that re-contextualizes it from Falin's POV.
So I'll be posting and discussing parts from the manga and extras that talk about/show his and Falin's Backstory. Spoilers Ahead.
First, here are their timelines from world guide, its a nice way to situate whats happening and how old they are.
Starting with chapter 52 - Bacon and Eggs, Laios tells his and Falin's story to his party for the first time, after being asked by Senshi why they came to the island.
Laios left the village a year before Falin did. Falin was 9 and Laios was 12, they only met again 9 years later when Laios deserted the army.
"That's why I decided that I would never leave Falin behind again. At least until she finds somebody new that she wants to be with."
Then there's the "Laios and Family" extra from the new adventurer's bible:





I really enjoy the recontextualization from Falin's POV. Especially since we get to understand their parents better.
And Laios finally explains that he left so he could build a better life for them where Falin wouldn't be treated badly. Only to fail and realize she was doing better without him.
They both want what's best for each other but they're too silly.
"I thought if we parted ways at that point, I'd probably never see him again. So I went with him, without thinking about where it would lead."
Going back to Chapter 42 - Nightmare with this context.
You can really tell how he feels like a failure.
Rereading those helped me appreciate the Caravan Extra and Arrival on the island from daydream hour better.
This poor guy failed at everything he had set out to do at this point. And when Falin says "Long time no see, big brother!" she really means it, she hasnt seen a well groomed Laios in almost 10 years.
#dungeon meshi#dungeon meshi spoilers#dungeon meshi manga#daydream hour#backstories#for referencing#adventurers bible#Laios Touden#Falin Touden#touden siblings#Laios Backstory
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stereo hearts (s. mg)

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summary: mingiās had a crush on you since his freshman year. youāre a year older than him, infinitely cooler, and you share a love for music. one night, you end up making out in the storage closet of the campus radio station you both work at, and you end up getting closer. ā
pairing: mingi x f!reader ā
genre: smut (mdni!!), college ā
word count: 5.6k ā
tags/warnings: radio station dj!mingi and reader, reader is a year older than mingi, mingi is a computer science major LOL, reader is described as shorter than mingi, alcohol consumption, weed consumption, mentions of nicotine vape, frat party, american college setting, kinda sub-y mingi, kinda dom-y reader, slight dumbification?, reader is just a little mean to mingi, oral sex (f receiving), vaginal fingering, penetrative piv sex (with a condom!), minor super background seongjoong ā
notes: this one was written as a gift for @starhwas-bunny huhu, my bestie beta <3 ftr i have never dj-ed for a university radio station so hopefully this isnāt a super inaccurate representation of that experience. ā
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in the three years since mingi started volunteering as a dj at the university radio station, the little room they broadcast out of has become something like a second home to him.
three out of four of the walls are covered floor to ceiling with shelves that sag from the amount of vinyls, cassette tapes, and cds crammed onto them. tucked into one corner is a mini fridge that was found abandoned after move-out day years ago, and sitting on top is a weak little keurig gifted by the previous faculty sponsor. thereās a musty old leather couch shoved against the singular non-shelved wall, and in the middle of the whole room is the desk, overloaded with several monitors, a keyboard, and the sound board. the whole room smells faintly like sour coffee and old grandpa, but mingi has learned to love it all the same.
tonight, though, mingi would rather be anywhere else than here. grumpily, he blinks at the red numbers of the digital clock on the corner of the desk. 02:13 AM, it reads. he wishes he could go back in time and take a different shift, but the mingi from a month ago never couldāve anticipated all the developments that have happened over the last few weeks.
first, his compilers assignment is kicking his ass. heās been working tirelessly on it for three weeks now, but his results are still a little off and the due date is fast approaching at the end of the week. he doesnāt even have any classmates to fall back on for help, since heās taking the course a semester ahead of his other friends, and he hasnāt had enough time to make new ones yet.
second, his best-friend-roommate yunho just got a new girlfriend, which means heās been spending less time hanging out with mingi. mingi likes to think that heās not too clingy or needy, but he misses the routine of waking up to the smell of yunho burning breakfast and then getting in a game of valorant together before going to bed. instead, heās had to play nice with yunhoās new girlfriend whenever she invades their apartment with her neverending peppiness, and sleep with noise-canceling earbuds because he and yunho share a wall.
heās sleep-deprived and stressed and lonely and really wants a goddamn hug from literally anyone.
but heās forced to toil away in the tiny campus radio station studio, where the playlist heād painstakingly arranged last week to blend seamlessly between songs does nothing to soothe his anxieties.
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thereās still half an hour left of mingiās shift, but heās already queued up all the music and timed out the ads, so heās mostly just focused on chipping away at his assignment. the adrenaline from the celsius he crushed when he first arrived is already started to fade, and mingi is seriously thinking about digging out the elfbar from the bottom of his backpack (that he promised yunho heād throw away) to extend the last fumes of his focus.
this train of thought is thankfully interrupted by the door of the studio being thrown open unceremoniously.
āshit!ā
even on a good day, mingi is a jumpy person, and having the blinding light of the hallway enter the dark studio with no warning makes his heart skip several beats. his knee jerks up on instinct, and it whacks painfully against the bottom of the desk.
āah, oops. sorry!ā
standing in the doorway, haloed in fluorescent light, and appearing practically angelic, is none other than you. you have enough wherewithal to at least look apologetic, but mingi doesnāt care either way because itās you.
youāre a seniorāone year above mingiāand the one who trained him to be a dj when he was a freshman. back then, heād been starstruck by how outgoing you are, the way youād tease him with the familiarity of a close friend even though you were practically strangers. you have this eclectic but broad taste in music, and he likes that you challenge him to listen to new artists and genres.
and of courseāyouāre fucking hot. youāve always been beautiful, with shining eyes and a big wide smile. but over the years, youāve changed your hair style, dyed the ends, gotten a couple of piercings and tattoos, and itās been game over for mingi ever since.Ā
so yeah, heās had a crippling crush on you thatās only gotten worse with time.
āhi,ā mingi says dumbly, massaging his knee where the pain has already mysteriously disappeared.
āhey!ā you say breezily, beaming because itās clear now that he wonāt yell at you for scaring him.
ādo you have the next shift?ā mingi asks, using all his brainpower to compose a coherent sentence. heās usually able to act relatively normal around you, but heās all out of sorts right now, and itās nearly 2:30 fucking am.
āoh, no,ā you say. āi just really needed a caffeine fix, and this is the only place i could think of thatās still open on campus for me to get some.ā
you both glance over at the sad excuse of a coffee station the studio has, and mingi lets out an undignified snort.
āit is what it is,ā you sigh.
while mingi tries to think of a conversation starter, he turns back to his laptop so heās not just staring at you like some lovesick puppy.Ā
your normally styled hair is thrown into an afterthought of a bun, but mingi likes that he can see the elegant line of your neck and the line of silver hoops stacked along your ears. youāre also wearing those rimless bayonetta glasses that he loves, and he always gets distracted by the little sparkle charm you added that dangles from the hinge.
āaw man,ā you say. āthere arenāt any pods left.ā
mingi glances up briefly from his laptop to see you pouting down at the little box where they usually keep the coffee pods.Ā
cute, he thinks.
āhongjoong ordered more last week,ā mingi says, waving towards the storage closet behind him. ābut he hid them so people donāt try to steal them in bulk.ā
at his words, you perk up and scamper towards the closet after dumping your backpack onto the couch.
with you out of sight, some of the nervous tension in mingiās muscles finally bleeds out. mingi throws his glasses down onto the table and rubs at his weary eyes until he sees fireworks against the backs of his eyelids. he wishes he had even an ounce of the charisma that yunho has, but heās so fucking tired right now that he canāt think of anything even remotely charming to talk to you about. eventually, he slams his forehead down onto the table and entertains the thought of knocking himself out. before he can let his imagination run too wild, he hears the sound of something heavy falling and a whispered āfuck!ā
concerned, mingi straightens and rolls his chair closer to the threshold of the storage closet.
āyou good?ā he asks.
he forgot to put his glasses back on, so youāre really more of a blurry blob of a person, but somehow your sheepish smile still manages to come through.
āi found the pods!ā you say brightly, pointing at a large cardboard box on the top shelf. ābut, i canāt reach them.ā
mingi huffs out a laugh and stands up. finally, it feels like something is going right for him tonight. you are short and need help, and mingi is tall and can help you.
heās so hyper-focused on his task that he doesnāt think twice about crowding up behind you. doesnāt think twice about bracing one hand against your back to keep himself steady as he reaches with his other hand for the box. doesnāt think twice about leaning around your smaller frame to present you with the thing.Ā
āhere,ā he says, except it comes out breathy and rough because heās just stretched his body for the first time in what feels like ages.
he doesnāt realize how close your faces are until you utter a soft thank you, and the words ghost along his cheekbone. he shudders at the sensation, and all at once the rest of his brain and body come online to recognize the position youāre arranged in.
itās cramped in the closet, and mingiās a big guy. his entire front is pressed up against your back, and the hand heād used to balance himself has somehow slipped down to your waist, and youāve turned your head slightly so that you can look up at him.
mingi stares down at you, and youāre seriously so close that he doesnāt need his glasses to see the way your lips part, the way your eyebrows furrow.Ā
āum,ā he says intelligently.
oh-so-slowly, you push your glasses up onto your head and turn around to fully face him. like always, that stupid sparkle charm entrances mingi.
and then suddenly, heās pulled down by the front of his shirt, and you surge up to meet him. your lips collide together with so much force that your teeth clack, but mingi doesnāt care because jesus fucking christ. he shoves the pods onto the nearest shelf to get his other hand onto your waist too. god, itās been a while since the last time heās made out with someone like this. while his mouth works furiously to remember how to kiss well, he fumbles his palms over the curves of your body. meanwhile, your fingers dance confidently along his chest and collarbones, finally curling into the hair at the nape of his neck. when you tug lightly, mingi actually whimpers.
he pulls back, embarrassed, but you look delighted.
āoh,ā you breathe, grinning. āoh, fuckāmake that noise again.ā
mingi stares at you, uncomprehending and breathing like heās just run a race. you tug again. mingi keens.
ācute,ā you murmur. ācāmere.ā
you donāt give mingi the chance to second-guess anything as you pull him back down. your chapstick tastes like peaches, and your tongue is doing things that mingiās never felt before. you touch him everywhereārun your hands along his chest, his stomach, his back, his arms. mingi is putty in your arms, and he stops trying to hold back the sounds that you tease out of him.
you make out sloppily for what seems like hours. itās so nice and mindless that mingi doesnāt even realize that heās half-hard in his jeans until you finally take a step back.Ā
like the fucking touch-starved idiot he is, he unconsciously leans forward to chase after you. in response, you grin and press a single finger against his chest to hold him off.
āitās almost the next shift,ā you say quietly. āwe should probably get out of here.ā
āoh,ā mingi croaks, as reality settles back in. āoh. yeah.ā
you peck the underside of his jaw, and then leave the storage closet.
mingi stays for a second longer, collecting himself. finally, he grabs the box of coffee pods and follows you back into the studio.
he canāt get a read on you as you wordlessly retrieve your backpack. he mirrors your movement, albeit more lethargically. he feels like heās drunk or high or both, body moving sluggishly, and heās so so confused.
jongho, whoās taking the 3 am shift, shows up in the middle of your silence as a much needed buffer. it takes mingi five minutes to hand over control, and when heās done, heās disappointed to see that you arenāt in the room anymore. dejected, he says goodbye to jongho and leaves the studio, only to find you waiting in the hallway.
you look up when he stops in front of you and smile at him.
āwalk me to my car?ā you say.
mingi smiles shyly back at you. āyeah. okay.ā
you start down the hallway, but mingi halts abruptly. ādidnāt you- um- your coffee?ā mingi stutters. jesus, he really needs to pull himself together.
you quirk your head to one side and then takes a step into mingiās space. your gaze darkens, and your smile stretches into a smirk.
ānah,ā you whisper, reaching to drag your thumb along his bottom lip. āi got my fix.āĀ
oh, mingi thinks giddily. she means me!
ācāmon,ā you say, your face softening and your hand finding mingiās. āitās late.ā
āyeah,ā mingi says dreamily, trailing after you.
āāā
in the days following, mingi doesnāt see you at all.
this isnāt uncommonāyouāre different years and majors, after all. but mingi is still bummed about it. he has your number, but heās never texted you besides to talk about campus radio logistics. sometimes, youāll send each other a new song or artist to nerd out over, but mingi feels like itās a little too transparent if he texts you now when the last time you exchanged messages was weeks ago.
every night, though, mingi replays what happened in his head over and over again. how you had been the one to initiate, to guide and control the entire encounterāhow that had turned him on in ways heād never imagined. he tries vainly not to think about you when he jerks off, but right as heās about to cum, his thoughts always stray to the way youād tugged at his hair and cooed at his embarrassing noises.
in the aftermath, heāll try to think instead of the way you held his hand while they walked to your car. the walk had been short but sweet. youād been the one to intertwine your fingers, and mingi hadnāt been able to hide the stupid smile on his face as your hands swung between the two of you.
youād given him one last kiss on the cheek before saying good night.
the rest of the night was a haze: walking to his car, driving home, falling asleep the moment his head hit his pillow without even changing out of his clothes.
āāā
itās friday night, and mingi has managed to finish his godforsaken compilers assignment, so heās planning on getting wasted.
mingi is still largely undecided on how he feels about yunhoās new girlfriend, but the one thing going in her favor is the fact that sheās the delta gamma social chair andābecause of some bylaw somewhereāhas automatic entry to every relevant frat party. she can even bring other people with her, as long as itās not an egregious amount.
and thatās how mingi finds himself in the middle of an SAE party, just the right side of tipsy. heās nursing a sweating can of beer and watching yunho and wooyoung absolutely destroy a couple of pledges at beer pong. when they win, mingi pounces on them, but ends up empty-handed as theyāre each pulled into congratulatory embraces by their respective significant others.
suddenly, despite being surrounded by people, mingi feels incredibly lonely. itās like heās been doused in ice water, the way his head clears and his heart sinks. he knows itās a passing feeling, knows that in two seconds his friends will turn their attention back to him, but the shots and beers from earlier tonight no longer sit right in his bloodstream.
under the guise of getting another drink, mingi ducks away from his friends and looks for someplace with a little more space and air. he wanders towards the yard, where thereās far fewer people. all of the lawn chairs available are already occupied, so mingi leans up against the wall and pulls out his phone. heās two scrolls into his instagram feed when something collides into his side hard enough to make him let out a soft oof.
he thinks it must be some random drunk, but instead itāsā
you.
āmingi!ā you shriek.
your arms wrap around his middle, and you gaze up at him with glazed over eyes. youāre wearing this tight black shirt with a big square neckline, and youāre all squished up against him so mingi gets an eyeful of your cleavage.
he swallows painfully.
āy/n!ā he says, trying to match your energy without being as loud.
you peer around him, almost like youāre looking for someone else. āare you here by yourself?ā you ask.
āno,ā mingi says. āmy friends are inside. i just wanted to get some air.ā
āah.ā you nod sagely. ādo you smoke? likeāget high?ā
mingi shrugs, and you bounce with glee. you drag him by the wrist over to a small cluster of people sitting around one of the few lawn tables available.
āsit sit sit!ā you say, pushing him into the one empty chair before unceremoniously plopping yourself down in his lap. dumbstruck, mingi just sits there with his hands lying limply against the armrests as you shuffle around in his fucking lap to find a comfortable position. every ounce of his energy is going towards not popping a boner right now.
instead, he focuses on trying to recognize the people sitting around the table. thereās kim hongjoong, the president of your campus radio org, and his boyfriend park seonghwa. beside them is chaewon, your best friend, also sitting in the lap of some guy who mingi assumes is her boyfriend.
shitāwhat are these people assuming about him, then?Ā
āhere,ā you say, thrusting a small object like a usb towards his lips. ātake a hit of penelope.ā
āpenelope?ā mingiās like, still reeling from everything thatās happened in the last five minutes.
you giggle. āmy pen. here.ā
obediently, mingi leans towards and fits his lips around the tiny weed pen. itās been a while since he last got highāyunho and wooyoung both run cross-country and donāt like messing around with drugs while theyāre in season. he tries to take a shallow hit, but doesnāt end up getting anything, so he throws all caution to the wind and inhales deeply. the tangy sour smoke hits the back of his throat harder than the smooth mintyness of his elfbar, so of courseā
he ends up coughing.
little puffs of smoke leave his mouth and nose as he splutters. thankfully, everyone barely laughs at him. in fact, hongjoong hands him a bottle of water which he chugs gratefully.
āsorry, been a while,ā mingi rasps, when he finally manages to take a normal breath.
you hum and brush some of mingiās hair behind his ear. ācute.ā
this nearly sends mingi into another coughing fit, but he manages to just laugh breathlessly instead. clutching the water bottle to him like a lifeline, he sinks back into his chair so that maybe he can be less in the spotlight.
āāanyway,ā chaewon says, and mingi lets out a sigh of relief at the turn of attention, āsannie, tell them about all the shit they made you do when you were a pledge.ā
sanāthe one guy mingi didnāt knowāsighs and pinches chaewonās thigh.
ābabe, you canāt just make me tell this story to everyone. trade secrets, and whatever.ā
hongjoong snorts. āso they got you pretty good, huh?ā
āgoddamnit,ā san is like.
so san regails them with the harrowing tale of him pledging SAE, and mingi finally lets himself relax. san has this soft, earnest voice, and itās nice to listen to. at some point, you press penelope into his hand, and even later, mingi works up the courage to take another hit. this one is much more successful than the last, and gradually, mingi works up a nice buzz. it spurs him to tug you deeper into his lap, fit his hands around your waistājesus, have you always been this small compared to him?
mingi has no idea how long he spends there, vibing with you and your friends. heās halfway to asleep when suddenly he feels something trail along his jawline. he feels the telltale graze of lips against his skin, and his pulse jumps.
suddenly, he is incredibly awake.
you nose at his neck, leave the lightest of kisses. mingi becomes hyper aware of his surroundings, and finally realizes that conversationās been dead for a while. chaewon is fully straddling san in his chair, and hongjoong and seonghwa have disappeared.
āyou wanna get out of here?ā you murmur.
āyeah. yeah.ā
āāā
mingi is aware enough to shoot a text off to his group chat with yunho and wooyoung letting them know that heās going home with someone. he feels an odd rush of validation from the subsequent onslaught of vulgar texts and emojis he gets in response.
your place isnāt far from greek row, so you walk there. once again, you have threaded your fingers together, and mingi is noticing for the first time just how small your hand is compared to his. with your other hand, you scroll through your spotify playlists, trying to find one that āfits the ambianceā of the walk before settling for one titled vaporwave vibes.
mingi is just happy to be involved.
youāre a giggly mess as you stumble-walk-run into your apartment.
āroommateā?ā mingi asks, as two of you toe off your shoes, and you turn up the volume of your music.
āchaewonās shacking up at the SAE house tonight,ā you say, grinning. you lean in close to mingi and poke his nose. āso you can be as loud as you wanna be, baby.ā
baby?!
you lead mingi to your bedroom, where you spare a few seconds to turn on a lamp that casts the room into a soft pink hue and plug your phone into a speaker. you choose a different playlistāone with soft r&b and lofi.
then, you crawl onto your bed, swaying your hips as you do. mingi just stares at you, suddenly very out of his depth. this feels infinitely different from making out in a storage closet. this is your apartment, your room, your bed.
youāre leaned back against your pillows now, head cocked and eyes half-lidded.
you spread you legs and beckon mingi to come closer.
ācāmon, baby. letās have some fun, hm?ā
like a man possessed, mingi steps forward until he hits the edge of the mattress, and then he falls onto his knees, shuffling forward until heās hovering between your thighs.
ācute.ā
mingi waits for you to make the first move, because thatās what heās used to, and you do. you hook your hands around his neck and pull him down, presses your lips together chastely. mingiās eyes flutter close, and he lets instinct take over.
you must be wearing something like lipgloss tonight, because your lips are tackier than last time, and they taste like cherry. mingiās intoxicated by it. he deepens the kiss, adds some tongue. his hands run along your thighs, your hips, your waist.
you do that thing with his hair again, and he whimpers. he feels you smile. you move his hands over your chest, inviting him to really touch, and he moans involuntarily when he realizes that youāre not wearing a bra under your shirt.Ā
ātake it off,ā you breathe, and mingi obeys immediately.
āfuckk,ā he whines when he sees your tits. āfuckāyouāre soāā
he surges forward and fits his mouth over one of your nipples and sucks. this time, itās you who moans, and the sense of triumph rushes straight to mingiās dick. after only a few minutes of worshipping your tits, mingi is already so hard he could cut through glass.
āyou, too,ā you say, trying to pull off mingiās shirt. ātake this offātake it all off.ā
so he strips. first his shirt, then his jeans. he curses as he struggles with the button and the zipāwhen choosing his outfit earlier, heād only been thinking about how this pair are a little tight so they make his ass look good. now, heās straining to get them off without looking like an idiot.
finally, he manages to tug the jeans down to mid-thigh, which means you get a better view of the outline of his cock in his briefs. at least he wore dark underwear so you canāt see the frankly embarrassing wet patch that mingi knows is there. heās always leaked like a faucet.
"god, i knew you'd be big," you sigh as mingi finishes shucking off his pants ungracefully.
he freezes, feeling a little exposed but also a little bold.
"you- have you thought about me- this before?" he asks.
"of course," you smirk. "big shy boy like you? that's my favorite."
you sit up onto your elbows and reach forward with one hand to cup his bulge. you squeeze, and mingi keens. it takes every drop of mingi's self-control to not cum on the spot. instead he falls onto his forearms and buries his face into your neck.
āfuck,ā he squeaks.
you continue to work his dick through his briefs, but with such a light, teasing touch that mingi starts rutting helplessly into your hand to get more friction. itās been a while since someone else has gotten him off, and the weed is making him so so sensitive.
"wanna- wanna make you feel good," he pants, but he canāt stop grinding down against you like some stupid fucking dog.Ā
"yeah?ā you goad. āyou wanna fuck me with your big dumb cock? do you even know how to use that thing?"
mingi whimpers. āyes, yesāplease. let me- let me show you. please.ā
āokay, big boy,ā you whisper into his ear, finally letting him go. āshow me.ā
mingi doesnāt waste any time after that. he pulls off your pants and your underwear in one go. heās practically drooling at the sight of your cunt and canāt help himself from running a finger reverently through your folds.
youāre wet.
because of him.
he drops down in front of your pussy and licks a line from your entrance to your clit. you fucking moan.Ā
āyeah?ā you say, all dominant like always but a little breathless. āyou gonna prep me first? gonna prep me for your huge dick?ā
in response, mingi attaches his mouth to your clit and buries a finger into your hole.
āahāfuck!ā
one finger turns into two into three quickly, as mingi works you open, all while lapping at your clit. he has limited experience with this so heās not super confident in his ability, but youāre making these high-pitched noises that must mean heās doing something right. and then you tug at his hair, forcing his head back.
āthought you were gonna fuck me?ā you say.
āyes, yeah, sorry.ā
mingi has enough wherewithal to ask about condoms and lube, and while he tugs off his underwear, you retrieve the stuff from your nightstand. heās so keyed up that he fumbles the condom, canāt get a good grip to tear it open, and finally resorts to biting one corner with his teeth to rip off an edge. it works, and he spits out the little piece of foil somewhere onto the bed beside them.
āoh, fuck.ā he hears, and itās the first semblance of a whine from you.
with renewed vigor, mingi rolls the condom onto his dick, hissing at finally getting some stimulation after being hard and untouched for so long.
ācāmon, cāmon,ā you say, throwing the lube at him. āhurry up.ā
he squeezes some of the lube onto his handāthereās a light red sheen to it and a faint scent of cherry. feverishly, he thinks the smell of cherries is going to be ruined for him forever as he spreads the lube over the condom.
and then he presses just the tip into your entrance, and already he knows heās not going to last long. youāre just too warm, too wet, too tight.
ājesus,ā he whimpers, as he presses deeper into your cunt. āyouāre fucking perfect.ā
āfuck,ā you groan. āyouāre so fucking big.ā
āgonna- gonna make you feel good,ā mingi promises. āgonna fuck you so good.ā
when heās finally bottomed out, he takes a second. he hopes it looks like heās just being considerate of his size, but really itās mostly for himself, to make sure heās not a one thrust wonder. and then you clench around him.
āfuck!ā
it startles him into movingāwith a strong grip on your thighs, he thrusts into you with so much force that the bed frame groans.Ā
āah- yeah, baby. just like that. fuck, so good. so good, so bigāso full. fuck!ā
you babble nonsense into his ear, but every syllable fuels mingiās determination. he snaps his hips against yours until his thighs burn, and then some more. but even in spite of his sheer will, mingi is just a guy finally fucking the girl of his dreams, and so his orgasm sneaks up on him entirely too fast.
āoh, fuck. oh, fuck. iām sorry, iām sorryāiām gonna cum, iām gonnaāā
he collapses onto you as he spills into the condom, his entire body twitching with pleasure from the sensation. seconds later, shame and guilt wash over him. he pulls out and crawls down your body to shove his face into your cunt.
he fingers you while he eats you out again, this time quirking his fingers for your g-spot. heās delirious and desperateāneeds to prove that heās not just some guy who cums without getting off his partner. needs you to enjoy this as much as he isāneeds you to want more.
āyeah, yeah, thatās a good boy,ā you praise as he laps at your cunt like itās his job. āso good, baby boy. so good. yeah, just like thatāgonna cum. gonnaāā
mingi canāt help himself. he pulls back when you climax so that he can watch. he finger-fucks you through it, but his focus is on the way your face scrunches up with euphoria, the way your back arches off the bed in pleasure.
finally, you shove his hand away.
āās too much,ā you mumble, burying your face into your pillows.
mingi collapses down beside you, completely spent.
he comes to a few minutes later, when he feels the bed shift as you sit up. he must make some kind of noise, because you duck down close, brush the sweaty hair off of his forehead and kiss his temple.
āshh,ā you soothe. āitās okay. you can rest, baby. iāll clean us up.ā
āwaitālet me help,ā he slurs, starting to sit up.
āno no,ā you coo, pushing him back down. ādonāt worry, baby. i got it.ā
mingi hums, too tired and spent anyway to argue. itās nice, for once, to be the one being taken care of. he snuggles contently deeper into the bed.
it smells like sex and sweat, but also something kinda sweet. oh, rightācherries.
he drifts off to sleep soon after.
āāā
the next morning, mingi wakes up disoriented, pleasantly sore, but incredibly well-rested. the weed helped offset the alcohol, and the only grossness he feels is from not showering or brushing his teeth before falling asleep.
the bed is unfortunately empty, but the smell of fresh coffee in the air keeps mingi from spiraling too much about it. he lopes around the room, searching for his clothes. he locates those godforsaken tight jeans (which take him far too much effort to stuff himself back into), but doesnāt manage to find his shirt, so he sheepishly wanders into the kitchen shirtless like a moron.
the mystery of his shirt is solved immediately when he sees that you are wearing it. the hem falls right below your ass, and when you move a certain way, mingi can see the bottoms of your cheeks and the hint of black panties.
jesus, even after having the orgasm of his life last night, heās still so easy.
āmorning!ā you chirp, when you notice his presence.
āmorning,ā mingi rasps. ācan i- uh- can i help with anything?ā
you pause to shoot him a big smile. āno, donāt worry, baby. just sit down. thereās coffee in that mug over there. milk in the fridge.ā
mildly stunned at the revelation that your pet names arenāt exclusive to sexy time, mingi follows your instructions. he retrieves a carton of oat milk from the fridge and adds it to his coffee before hopping on a barstool at the kitchen island. he positively inhales the coffee, which must be some kind of special blend because itās especially fragrant, and watches you bustle around the kitchen with efficiency.
the two of you settle into a comfortable silence, and itās strangely intimateādomesticābut mingi doesnāt let that part of his imagination run too wild. for his own sanity, itās probably best if he just takes whatever this is with you one day at a time.
soon, you slide a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, and buttered toast in front of him. you prance into the barstool beside him, nudging it closer so that your knees touch under the countertop.
it smells heavenly, reminds him of weekend breakfasts with his own family, and before he can stop himself, he says,
āthanks, mommy.ā
itās the kind of shithead joke he pulls with yunho and wooyoung often, but with you, it drips with subtext. over the rim of your coffee cup, you raise an eyebrow at him, and he feels his entire face heat up with embarrassment.
āi mean- umāā
ādidnāt know you were into that kinda stuff,ā you coo. āguess iāll have to remember that for next time.ā
mingi digs into his eggs so that he doesnāt have to look you in the eye while he processes that. next time?!
the rest of breakfast passes uneventfully. you take the reins of the conversation, yapping about your thoughts on chaewonās frat bro boyfriend. mingi gives all the appropriate reactions at the appropriate times and just basks in the joy of eating a home-cooked breakfast the morning after having sex with his long-time crush.
later, mingi will rinse off your dishes and load them into the dishwasher, and you will return his shirt to him before sending him off with another chaste kiss to the cheek. mingi decides to walk back to his own apartment even though itās nearly a mile away. but the sun is shining and the birds are chirping and his phoneābarely hanging on with 10% batteryābuzzes in his pocket with a single text:
y/n l/n has invited you to collaborate on a playlist: mommy issues ;)
#mingi#mingi x reader#song mingi#mingi smut#ateez x reader#ateez mingi#ateez smut#ateez images#[sunsh writes]#sunshineyuyu fic
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DATV Spoilers - The Story We Lost
Posted earlier that I was compiling a list of lore/story threads that have been dropped with DATV's handling of Southern Thedas. The sheer number of things means that I've made this into two parts - this one focusing on all the story threads that have been effectively dropped.
Spoilers for the game ahead, of course.
If you've played the game then you'll know that Southern Thedas - everything from the past three games - was basically swept away by the blight.
A double blight should have catastrophic consequences for the entirety of Thedas, I donāt deny that, itās nothing short of a mass extinction event ā the absolute worst case scenario for all of Thedas.
However, waving away the fact that Southern Thedas - specifically every area you ever traveled to and interacted with in previous games ā is gone, devastated by the blight, in a codex entry and line of dialogue makes it abundantly clear that BioWare is attempting to clean the slate so that they can move forwards with the game series with no ties to the previous ones.
The Warden, Hawke, and the Inquisitor effectively accomplished nothing.
As I put it in another post: I never expected them to consider every decision in game outside of the three options they gave us, but I certainly didnāt expect them to go scorched earth on the possibility of ever seeing the results of those decisions either.
How the lore has been handled in this game, summarized to āthe elves did itā and āthereās been a shadowy organization in the shadows pulling the strings on everythingā is absolutely devastating to the franchise.
The lack of care with which this was treated just bleeds, āThere, weāve answered all questions and finished with this era of Thedas. Moving on now.ā At the same time, this destruction absolutely obliterated whatever story threads remained from the first three games.
Could BioWare bring these threads back? Yes, I suppose. But it doesn't change that it was so carelessly thrown aside in the first place.
If they didn't want people to care about their decisions and the impact they made on the world, perhaps they shouldn't have made that a feature of all the previous games.
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Story Threads/ Plot Points that were dropped:
Limited my points to what was in the Dragon Age Keep and what points were brought up frequently in codex entries, conversations, etc...
Edit: I never expected all of these points to be answered in DATV - this is just a list of what was effectively brushed to the side through very bad handling of lore and story.
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Dragon Age: Origins
What is the line of succession in Ferelden?
Things are looking very grim for Ferelden's succession and the Theirin/MacTir line if nothing is done. And nothing was done. The entire plot of DAO literally culminated in resolving this issue, yet no one seems to have learnt a thing from it?
- Anora ruling alone is unmarried with no heir - Alistair ruling alone is unmarried with no heir - Ruling together they have no heir - Alistair and a Cousland Queen have no heir - Anora and a Cousland King-Consort have no heir
The only potential candidate that can fit into several of those world states is Kieran.
Fergus Cousland, according to lore, is the second closest to the throne that is confirmed to be alive in DAI - potentially the brother in-law to the King/Queen of Ferelden.
Ferelden's succession with Alistair as King hinges on whether or not the Warden was able to cure the blight. Alternatively, it is hinted that he may be more resistant since he has dragon blood in him from Calenhad.
The potential implications of Kieran being the bastard son of the King of Ferelden.
Kieran being used as a political pawn to depose Anora using the Theirin bloodline.
DAI took away whatever destiny Kieran had with the Old God soul ā that didnāt mean that BioWare had to take away everything else too. Regardless, it doesn't matter. Denerim and Redcliffe have fallen to the Blight - it's unlikely that any of this will ever be brought up again.
2. Did the Warden find a cure?
Unknown. Irrelevant.
Ferelden ended up blighted. Denerim fell. If Ferelden rises from the ashes, it will be without any sign of their influence. Any mention of them will likely be their title alone - no mention of their accomplishments.
3. General Questions about the Landsmeet
What happened to Anora if Alistair is named King? Who rules the teyrnir of Gwaren following the blight?
What happens to Alistair if he's exiled? We know Teagan finds him in DA2 but what happens after?
If Leliana becomes divine does that mean that Connor Guerrin is potentially an heir to Redcliffe?
4. Companion Plot Threads
Morrigan's sisters - the many daughters of Flemeth.
Shale's quest to reverse the process of becoming a golem.
Whatever the hell Nathaniel Howe was going on about when you run into him in DA2 in the blighted thaig.
What, if anything, Avernus leaned from spending a literal age or two studying blighted blood.
5. Zevran's Crusade against the Crows
RIP Zevran's one-man crusade against the Crows and their child slavery ring.
DATV messed up immensely by portraying the Crows as more of a āfound familyā rather than the horrifically abusive organization it was set up to be.
The very same organization that preys on the weak and disenfranchised - honing them to be tools for the nobles/powerful of Thedas - are now the heroic freedom fighters of Antiva.
The literal decade he spent hunting down the Crows and their leaders is up in flames. No mention in DATV whatsoever.
Wasted a perfectly good opportunity to have a schism in the Crows, with Zevran at the helm of kicking out the antaam, taking in Crows who are are sick of what's happening.
6. The Dwarves of Orzammar
The impact of Bhelen/Harrowmont's reign - ruthless progression verses strict traditionalism
The rumours of an uprising of the casteless dwarves in DAI
Will we ever hear of noble House Brosca or Queen/Lady Rica? Nope.
Will we ever hear of the son that Aeducan can have with Mardy? Nope. (RIP Duncan Jnr - I still love you)
The Anvil of the Void and potential links it may have to the Titans.
If Branka lives what happened to her?
No more fine goods direct from Orzammar
The entire caste system has been simplified by Harding in DATV to effectively be: 'surface dwarves' and 'deep roads' dwarves.
7. The Magisters Sidereal / Awakened Darkspawn
According to a codex in the Descent: one went mad, consumed another, and the final magister fled into the Deep Roads.
Corypheous + Codex Magister + the Architect (most likely) = 4/5 magisters remaining? Possibly?
Reminder that it's hinted that there's an eighth Old God that was struck from the records of Tevinter.
The Architect and his Awakened Darkspawn.
No, it was all the elves. They're all dead now anyway. Thanks BioWare.
8. The Guardian and the Urn of Sacred Ashes
"Where did you come from, where did you go? Nobody in Thedas will ever knowwwww."
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Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age 2 was pretty self-contained, with most things being tied up in Trespasser or DAI. The worst of the plot points abandoned relate to the companions in the game and the lack of closure/answers about them.
General Questions:
Kirkwalls, apparently, endless line of 'provisional' viscounts and constant political instability since Varric ran off to go after Solas.
According to DA: Absolution the Red Templars are still in Kirkwall...yet the show is set after Trespasser - when Varric is viscount? When he mentions that they threw a parade when getting Meredith out of the Gallows?
Aveline, Varric, Merrill and whoever remains of the Kirkwall crew apparently just allowing red templars take over the Gallows?
What happened to Petrice if she lived?
What happened to Feynriel if he went to Tevinter?
If Hawke lives following DAI - where are they?
I have a whole list of lore that's also been brushed over: the Sundermount, Corypheous, the Band of Three etc... I decided to put them in Part 2 since I feel they fit in more with 'lore obliterated' rather than 'abandoned plot points'.
2. Companions
Merrill's Eluvian:
Merrill spent years fixing an eluvian with a piece of string, a potato, and some gum - managing to actually do it.
And it meant nothing.
Eluvians are now a fast travel hub - all mysticism and awe at this marvel of magic are completely gone. Whatever sacrifices Merrill went through to save her sliver of elven history is meaningless.
Imagine if Merrill's eluvian aided in the fight against Solas - if having it intact gave you an advantage against him. Imagine Merrill weeping as Bellara fixes every other single eluvian in ten seconds with her magical omnitool.
Fenris and Slavery in Tevinter:
DATV utterly trivializing slavery in Tevinter is abominable.
Disregarding everything Fenris went through, everything he ever fought for, and making it something barely touched upon in DATV is insanity.
You wouldn't know there was slavery in Tevinter if the Shadow Dragons didn't drop a line or two about it.
Fenris' entire story of going to help free the slaves is diminished because no one wanted to show the ugly, dark side of Tevinter in DATV.
DATV has retroactively made this choice for him to be so unfulfilling.
Where is Anders?
What happened with Sebastian's crusade against Anders? Was he ever captured? Was he executed? Are you telling me that no templars ever pursued this man fanatically after what happened in Kirkwall?
Does his fate vary if Hawke was friends/romanced him?
Varric appointing a new Viscountās Keep healer called āBandersā who just happens to sleep in the same room as Hawke and their children call him ādaddyā lmao
Does his fate vary according to who is Divine? Vivienne hunts him down, Cassandra puts him on trial, while Leliana pardons him?
How does he react to Leliana abolishing the Circles? How much does he weep when the rebellion fails and the mages are destroyed? This man instigated the starting event for DAI and drove most of DA2's major plot and he's just...gone.
The Hawke Siblings:
From DAI we know that Warden Bethany/Carver are safe, but what happened to them if they're in the Circle?
Give us Knight-Commander Carver and First Enchanter Bethany Hawke, you cowards! Have them dismantle the Gallows and be the shining examples of human decency we know they are.
What happens to them after DAI and the Mage/Templar War is concluded? In a world that can embrace or reject them - how do they find their place?
Varric
Trespasser gave him a satisfying conclusion - he's viscount, he's in his shit hole of a city, he's surrounded by the people that he loves and cares about. He has the chance to truly build up Kirkwall after all the shit its gone through.
It just feels so bitter, so meaningless, that they gave him the end that they did in DATV. Varric should never have been the one to go after Solas - the only reason it was him was because he's a popular character in the franchise and was used to draw interest.
Why not Cole?! Who was literally mentioned in Trespasser as being on hand to help his friends - who has the ability to get through to Solas in a way no one else could?
No proper send off - no acknowledgement from those who loved him as to his fate...Varric was reduced to a marketing gimmick to draw people in who wanted to see if he died or not.
Isabela
Isabela's story was brought to a close in DAI - she became an admiral, got a fancy hat, helped the Inquisition, and kept in contact with those she loved/Hawke if defended from the arishok.
Imagine bringing her back in a terrible outfit, having the most sex/gender positive character misgender another person, and making her part of the group that steals cultural artifacts from others.
The tomb of Koslun and Aveline would like a word with you?!
The entire Lords of Fortune group is also extremely bland? No commentary on the ethics/effects of colonialism/cultural appropriation - because confrontational topics/ideas are not allowed in this game. Just like topics of slavery/indoctrination.
Her entire character just seems to have regressed from DA2. Why bother having her cameo in the game if she's not going to meaningfully contribute/comment on whats happening?
Edit - Thanks to bunnyiscthulhu for reminding me that Isabela's mother sold her into marriage...yet she does nothing when Taash's mother is outright forcing them into a life they don't want. Isabela, who believed that everybody should be free - that no one should be forced into a life they don't want, just...lets it happen to another person?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition
What's going to happen to the Red Lyrium that's popped up across all of Thedas?
Ferelden, Orlais, Kirkwall - all areas are reported to have red lyrium on the surface.
What happens to the Red Lyrium in Suledin?
DAI speaks about how they can never stop the spread of red lyrium, only slow it ā animals, insects, organisms - whatever life is in the ground is all susceptible to becoming blighted by red lyrium. Suledin Keep in particular was utterly devastated by the Red Templars - what happens to life there?
2. What happened to Corypheous' Inner Circle?
What happened to Samson? How long did he live *if* heās given the chance to help Cullen? Can something good come from his cooperation?
What happened to Calpernia?
Looking at previous concept art for DATV she was a companion - freeing slaves, gossiping about Samson & Corypheous. Just...what a waste. Any potential insight we could have gotten into Corypheous is gone.
3. The Mage / Templar War:
How does the world vary if you conscripted vs allied with either?
How do the remnants of what faction was not chosen fit into this new world?
How does the world deal with abominations and weird magic shit now? Is an alternative to the Order made if it's wiped out in DAI?
How is Cullen's templar clinic doing? If the templars still exist, how is Divine Victoria changing/adapting the Order to better support mages/templars?
4. Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts:
How do Orlesian politics reflect who was made ruler?
Is Gaspard looking to expand into Ferelden once more? Are the elves being brutalized under his rule like they were by his chevaliers? Does he do away with the grand game like he threatened in DAI?
How does this differ if Briala has collared him? How do his supporters feel that Briala has his balls in a vice?
Do Celene and Briala stay together? Do things improve for the elves and for the culture of Orlais at large?
Do improvements for the elves mean that Solas' arguments to his elven agents are less persuasive?
If Florianne is alive what the hell is going to happen to her? How quickly does she fall on her blade after being forced to wear flat shoes for the rest of her life?
How quickly does shit fall apart if you get all three to cooperate lmao
Friendly reminder that DATV sets up that all of Orlais, except for the Winter Palace has been overrun by the Blight - and that a coup from the Venatori is inevitable, likely resulting in any ruler dying.
5. What is the line of succession in Orlais?!
Why does every noble family in Thedas have no contingency plans for if their head of government dies?!
Part of why we needed to resolve the leadership problem in DAI was because there was no clear, direct heir if Celene died!
Celene has no heir Gaspard has no heir
Florianne planned to frame Gaspard, murdering Celene herself, leaving no clear heir to the throne - Orlais was already in a civil war, the council of heralds/nobles would have all campaigned in their own interests...that was why this was so important!
Orlais shortsightedness and pride in their nation being the greatest in Thedas led to them almost falling in a single night!
6. Here Lies the Abyss:
What are the ramifications of having the Warden's exiled verses remaining in the south?
Trespasser literally states that there's a schism in the Order because some Warden's believe they should touch grass more often and not listen to some bloke up in Weisshaupt for what they do down in the south.
Perfect opportunity to have the wardens remaining in the south mean something! Greater numbers in the south means that there's a greater chance of holding against the blight - while greater numbers in the north can effect if Antiva/Tevinter end up blighted in the first attack!
How does public perception towards the Wardens/King of Ferelden change when they learn they were exiled for committing human sacrifice to demons?!
Give us a warden coup and First Warden Alistair / Blackwall, you cowards!
7. The Well of Sorrows:
What was the point of drinking Mythal's bathwater?!
It's been set up as something that changes you. Bound to Mythal forever?!
Retroactively, Solas feels like he's going mental about nothing! One of the few times he ever breaks - he begs you not to - and...for what? Nothing.
DATV does not acknowledge that in the slightest. Such a waste and disappointment of what was made out to be an impactful decision in DAI.
Imagine if the Inquisitor drinking from the well made us forced to fight against them during the fight with Solas - imagine if Solas, in a world state who hated the Inquisitor, used them as a puppet! Just like the envy demon in DAI - and no one notices until its too late. Imagine Mythal herself, wanting Solas to go through with his plan - (or one of the other evanuris) using an Inquisitor/Lavellan he loved as a puppet - imagine the horror he feels as another one of his friends is reduced to nothing more than a mindless slave of the evanuris once more. Imagine the devastation as he watches Lavellan lose all sense of self - perhaps swaying him to, maybe, not go through with his plan?! Imagine having Cole come back to help save the Inquisitor - or Solas begging Rook to save them.
8. DLC Implications:
What happens if Hakkon is not slain? What happens to Southern Ferelden and the Avaar?
How does the rest of Thedas react to the truth of what happened at Red Crossing and the Dales? How do they react to learning that Inquisitor Ameridan - First Inquisitor and leader of the Seekers - was a dalish, elven mage?
What happens if you do not save the mines in the Descent DLC? How badly is Orzammars economy crippled? There are already rumours of riots occurring within Orzammar - it this enough to push the caste system over the edge?
9. Elven Uprising and the War with the Qun:
The elven uprising that was implied to be occuring all over Thedas as a result of years of oppression, systematic abuse, and Solasā influence? What happened to it?
Where are the agents of fen'harel?!
It was set up that Solas was planning to use this rebellion as a smokescreen for his plans - the elves, all rebelling for good reason, rallying to his cause while Solas planned to restore the world that once was. The rest of Thedas would only see an elven uprising, not knowing the true face behind it until it was too late!
The war between Tevinter and the Qun?!
Everyone conveniently forgetting that the Qun literally attempted to assassinate every noble family in Thedas? Why was there no exalted march because of this? This should have destroyed any accord between the chantry and the qun. There would absolutely be blood for this ā Tevinter could have attacked the Qun and all of Southern Thedas would have applauded - no one would have differentiated between extremist qunari and the normal qun, especially not after Kirkwall.
The implication at the end of Trespasser that we could convince Solas to abandon his plans? Him saying that he welcomed giving us the chance?!
The difference that the Inquisitors friendship, love, or hatred could have in either convincing Solas to take another path or damning him to go ahaead with his plan, no matter the cost?
Have our decisions in previous games matter! How we treated the elves - if we worked to better their lives or 'put them in their place' - can be used to convince him that the world can change! Have the ripple effects of these decisions be seen when the elven gods return, blighted - does the world turn against the elves, hardening Solas, or does the world defend the elves from those who would blame them?
Why was Sandal in the Crossroads?! Where is Bodahn?!
10. Divine Victoria!
How does the world of Thedas change with Leliana, Cassandra, or Vivienne at the head of the chantry?
How does Tevinter react to having a mage divine?!
Do relations change between both nations because of this?
Leliana allowing elves, dwarves, and even qunari to join the Chantry! Leliana also allowing members of the chantry to get married if she's romanced by the warden.
What happened to the Seekers? Are they being rebuilt?
Does the chantry inform the masses, the rest of the mages, that they can CURE tranquility?!
If either Leliana or Cassandra was romanced - what are the implications that may have on the chantry?
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No wonder the writers insisted that none of the past choices would have an impact on Veilguard - they literally went scorched earth on everything we ever did.
Ferelden is blighted - any legacy of the warden is gone.
Kirkwall is destroyed - any impact Hawke had is gone.
The hard won peace/order of the Inquisition was rendered meaningless since every single place that you went to and helped is now destroyed by the blight.
Orlais' ruler will likely be assassinated by the venatori who are plotting a coup with the nobles - making whomever you chose obsolete.
AND IT WAS ALL THE WORK OF THE MAGICAL ILLUMINATI FROM ACROSS THE SEA???
#bioware critical#dragon age#datv spoilers#datv critical#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age spoilers#Never forget that bioware destroyed the last three games in a codex entry and line of dialogue#I absolutely adore Dragon Age#seeing it come to this is unbelievable#Duncan didn't die for this#rip kirkwall#rip ferelden#rip orlais#datv#what a disaster of a game#it comes across as genuinely spiteful how much the game seems to hate the fans of the previous entries#dragon age veilguard#maker take the wheel#edits to make it more clear and remove some of my rambling lol.#edit 2 to add in sandal!#edit 3 to add in more points I forgot about Divine Victoria#edit 4 to add in Varric and Isabela rip#edit 5 to make the title grammatically correct - grammer isn't my strong suit lol#veilguard critical
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Some random thoughts about Gothamites and scenarios Iāve come up with.
Metropolis citizen: Yeah so my exams were cancelled bc some villain took over the city the week leading up to them so the school said not to worry about it.
Gothamite: Fr? Last time a villain took over our city he killed anyone who wasnāt smart and had us take extra exams.
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Random Gotham kid: Hey teach, can I get an extension on my essay, my neighborhood was fear toxin-ed a few days ago and Iām just getting out of the hospital.
Standard Gotham High School Teacher: ohhh yeahā¦. Nooooo⦠sorry Jimmy but you know you had a week to do the assignment soo⦠you shouldāve planned ahead.
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Health/PE teacher: Yeah so I donāt really wanna teach yāall today so weāre gonna watch this top ten video of Riddlerās shittiest riddles.
Student: after can we watch this compilation I found of the murder Robin interacting with stray cats?
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A Wayne kid just walking down the street
Gothamite: Can you give your dad this?
Wayne child: ??? This is a phone number.
Gothamite: Yeah, maybe you could talk me up too?
Wayne child: Youāre MY age
Gothamite: Why does that matter?
Wayne Child: evident disgust
Gothamite: OH no, I want him to adopt me.
Gothamite: heās our dad now.
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Gothamite: Did you hear that bizarre theory about the Robins being clones of each other? I mean wasnāt one of them a girl? How would that even work??
Bernard Dowd (made said theory for shits and giggles, also knows itās complete bullshit): Maybe that clone was trans! Are you being transphobic right now? God I canāt believe you-
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Reporter: Video feed shows the infamous Red Hood standing bewildered next to his motorcycle at four am this morning, having apparently found it missing his tires. Eyewitnesses to the scene report Bludhaven Vigilante laughing outside of camera view.
#dc comics#batman#dc robin#batfamily#jason todd#red hood#dick grayson#nightwing#batfam#bruce wayne#bernard dowd#gotham#gothamites#gotham city
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SUMMARYć::ćwhere a fan made an 8-minute video with a compilation of Matt and Y/N being in love.
FEATURINGćMatt Sturniolo x readerćREQUESTED?ćyes.
WARNINGSć::ćnone.
AUTHOR'S NOTEć::ćthat is my work, I DON'T authorize any form of plagiarism; copy, "inspiration" or translation! | english isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if there's any grammar error.
8 minutes of cute moments between Matt Sturniolo and his girlfriend, Y/N.
1st minute - "Trying Japanese snacks with our parents!!!":
The triplets were recording a video where they tried different snacks from Japan, and their parents were participating of it as guests, just like Y/N - which was nothing new, since the girl made at least a small appearance in every video from the triplets channel.
The six of them were around one side of the kitchen table, and all the snacks that would be used in the video rested on it. Y/N stood next to Mary Lou with her head resting on her shoulder, while the woman's left arm wrapped around her waist affectionately.
Matt was explaining to the camera about the snack they were going to eat next, when the girl raised her head slightly, pointing with her left hand at the only glass of water on the table, which was in front of Mary Lou.
"It's yours, right? Can I have a sip, please?" The girl asked her mother-in-law, receiving a big smile and a nod in response.
"Of course, go ahead!"
Y/N smiled back, picking the glass and taking a generous sip. Before she could take another one, Chris suddenly interrupted her, cutting off Matt's sentence.
"Someone's invisalign is in that water." Chris pointed to the glass, raising his eyebrows in surprise when he saw his sister-in-law drinking the water from there.
Y/N stopped her hand holding the glass in the air, her eyes widening comically as her cheeks puffed out in embarrassment.
"What?" Her voice came out high-pitched, her eyes going from Chris to the glass repeatedly.
"Oh my God, babe, it was mine!" Matt pointed out, a laugh escaping his mouth, followed by Mary Lou, who curved her spine slightly as she laughed, trying to apologize.
"Ew, ew, ew." Y/N mumbled repeatedly, dropping the glass on the table with a loud clinck. She began her steps towards the sink, ready to give her mouth a thorough rinse.
Her steps were interrupted by Matt, who lightly pulled her into his arms, hugging her from behind. His arms wrapped around her waist as he rested his chin on her head, an amused look still in his eyes.
Y/N let out a groan, trying to free herself from Matt's arms, wanting to clean her mouth.
"No need for all that, baby. You've had worse in your mouth." Matt threw, his voice loud enough for everyone there to hear.
Nick let out a dramatic scream, covering his ears with his hands quickly, a look of fear taking over his features. Chris's eyes widened momentarily before laughter escaped his mouth, followed by Jimmy, who patted Matt's shoulder. Mary Lou raised her eyebrows at the couple, shaking her head playfully.
Y/N opened her mouth in surprise, her eyes widening as she stopped fighting against his hold. She felt her face burn with embarrassment, her mind still processing what her boyfriend had just blurted out in front of his parents, siblings, and camera.
"Matt!"
"I'm kidding, baby. I'm sorry." Matt said, his tone full of amusement, showing that he wasn't sorry at all for what he said.
The brunette lowered his face, resting his right cheek on Y/N's right shoulder with his face toward her neck, sealing her jaw repeatedly, exhaling the natural scent of her skin as he tightened his arms around her, throwing a playful wink towards the camera.
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2nd minute - Silent treatment:
The triplets and Y/N were at Target buying the drinks that the boys would use in the channel's next video. Nick had his vlog camera in hand, recording bits of their little trip, just like they used to do.
The four of them had decided to split up to optimize their time, as Y/N needed to get some things that had run out at their house. With that, Y/N and Matt went one way, while Nick and Chris went the other.
At some point, Y/N approached Chris and Nick with a giant pout on her lips and arms crossed, her heavy steps against the floor drawing their attention.
"Uh oh, what happened?" Nick asked upon noticing her upset expression, focusing the camera lens on her face while frowning in confusion.
"Matt is ignoring me." Her pout deepened, her eyes dropping to the floor momentarily. "I just wanted to get a Diet Coke, but he said we would get that later and that the focus now was on the video stuff." She explained in a defeated tone. "But I said I felt like it, and he told me to stay quiet and just do what you said, and then he started ignoring me and giving me the silent treatment-"
The sound of approaching footsteps interrupted her, her eyes quickly looking up to the source of it, seeing Matt approaching with a basket with 10 cans of assorted drinks, and at least 15 cans of Diet Coke.
Y/N's eyes filled with tears when she saw him and what he had picked, lowering her crossed arms and watching him with hopeful eyes.
"Matt! What did we talk about giving the silent treatment when you're mad?" Chris raised his eyebrows, resting his hands on his waist in a playfully confrontational gesture.
The brunette rolled his eyes, completely ignoring him and approaching his girlfriend.
"I'm sorry, babe. It was childish of me to ignore you. But look, I got you a bunch of Diet Coke." Matt asked, lifting the basket with the cans before looking into Y/N's eyes, frowning in concern when he saw them teary. "Oh no, don't cry, pretty girl. I'm sorry."
Matt's tone was desperate, his hands dropping the basket onto the floor before wrapping around Y/N, pulling her into a tight hug. He pressed her head against his chest, lowering his own and sealing her temple for long seconds, whispering "I love you" repeatedly, pressing several kisses to the same spot.
"Ugh, how can you two be so disgusting even when you're fighting?" Nick's voice sounded from behind the camera, the lens shaking as he suddenly turned around, leaving that aisle and pulling Chris with him.
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3rd minute - Y/N's birthday:
It was Y/N's birthday, and at her own request, the celebration was being something small, just a little thing with her closest friends, at her house - which she shared with the triplets, one of them being her beloved boyfriend -, without alcoholic drinks, but with several different snacks and sweets, as well as a pink cake, heart shaped and covered in glitter.
It was time to sing the happy birthday song and Nick quickly fished his phone out of the back pocket of his baggy jeans, opening the camera and setting it to record, wanting to keep the memory forever.
"Baby, can you stay by my side?" Y/N asked in a low tone, her eyes focused on her boyfriend, Matt, as she was already standing behind the table in their kitchen.
The cake was in the center with two pink candles filled with pearls in the shape of her new age on top, surrounded by sweets and snacks, as well as several drinks filled with edible glitter and dishes in different shades of pink.
Matt smiled at her request, his cheeks taking on a reddish color in shyness and love, walking over to his girlfriend and positioning himself next to her, his arm wrapping around her waist automatically.
"Wait, let me light it." The brunette interrupted Y/N's next movements, who was ready to light the candles.
Matt quickly did so before straightening up, nodding as he heard everyone start singing the "Happy birthday" song, while clapping and smiling at the couple.
The boy tightened his arm around Y/N, lowering his head so that his lips approached the side of her forehead, sealing her skin for a long time while humming the song along with everyone.
"Happy birthday, pretty girl."
It was Y/N's birthday, but it was Matt who was getting an amazing gift for the fifth year in a row.
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4th minute - Guess the triplets by zoom in pics:
The triplets were finishing the video where they had limited time rounds to guess who it was in the photos shown, just by a small part of their body or face.
"Before we finish, we want to do something different. We'll call Y/N so she can play a round alone. But the trick is: we'll tell her that these are random photos of the three of us, but actually, we'll just show photos of me." Matt explained in a low tone, his face closer to the camera so that the lens captured his words, an eager smile decorating his face.
While the brunette talked to the lens, Chris did the job of calling Y/N and explaining what she would have to do, taking her into the frame after Matt finished speaking.
Y/N smiled slightly at the camera, waving quickly before sitting down in one of the two chairs set up behind the table, keeping her arms on the wooden surface and looking at the triplets expectantly.
"Okay, Y/N, are you ready?" Nick began, scrolling his thumb through the separate photos in a folder in his phone's gallery, before clicking on one. He zoomed in on an almost unrecognizable area, turning the device towards Y/N, showing her the screen. "Who's-"
"Matt." Y/N interrupted Nick abruptly, slamming her hand on the table right after, momentarily forgetting that she needed to tap there before saying the answer.
Chris raised his eyebrows from behind the camera, approaching Nick and looking at the photo quickly over his right shoulder, before taking the device from his hand and searching for the next picture, looking for one that was just as difficult.
"Okay, you got it right, but that one was too easy. Let's see something different." Chris smiled sideways, covering the phone screen with his free hand so that no one but himself could see what he was doing.
Matt rolled his eyes, smirking as his eyes met Y/N's, watching her cheeks take on a red hue under his intense gaze.
A few seconds later, Chris finally chose the photo, zooming in on the area most unlikely to be recognized before doing the same process as Nick, showing it to Y/N.
The girl looked at it for a few milliseconds before slamming the same hand on the table.
"Matt. Again." She smiled smugly, lifting her chin in the air in pride.
Matt let out a loud laugh, clapping his hands momentarily, entering the camera frame, and walking up to his girlfriend's back.
He leaned forward slightly, wrapping his arms around her shoulders and laying his head in the crook of her neck, before repeatedly kissing her cheek.
Y/N smiled in shyness at his loving gestures, feeling confused by the sudden actions.
"I said my girlfriend knew me as well as I knew myself." Matt spoke to his brothers behind the camera, smiling into the lens in excitement.
"Wait, was that a prank?"
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5th minute - "We bought the zoo for a day":
The triplets and Y/N were at the zoo for 24 hours, a way of thanking the fans of the Sturniolo Triplets channel for making them reach 6 million subscribers.
Y/N felt over the moon, having grown up with a huge passion for all types of animals, made her enthusiasm triple every time her eyes met a different animal, dangerous or not.
The four were in the zoo's tour car, accompanied by their guide, who stopped in front of certain groups of animals from time to time and briefly explained their species and main characteristics.
Nick and Chris, who were sitting in the seats behind the front ones, listened intently to the guide as they recorded themselves and their surroundings, often focusing the lens on the couple in the seats behind them, Y/N and Matt.
Matt nodded his head every few minutes, wanting to show the guide through the rearview mirror that he was listening to him and understanding his explanation, while his eyes fixed on each of the animals shown.
A huge smile decorated his face, accompanied by his pupils that seemed to shine bright. Y/N's right arm was around his waist, keeping him close.
Her hand caressed his covered skin lightly, gently squeezing it every time she felt him jump in place excitedly, or when he simply waved at the animals, whispering "hi" or "bye's".
God, how she loved him.
The camera, focused on Nick at the moment, captured the image of the two in the background, recording the cuteness of the couple, who seemed to be in candy land.
Y/N leaned into Matt's side from time to time, her pupils dilating as they ran over his excited, awe-like features. She sealed her lips over his cheeks and jaw every minute, whispering against his skin how much she loved him and adored seeing him that happy.
The girl also laid her head on Matt's right shoulder sometimes, squeezing her arm around him and pulling him closer - if that was even possible.
That only intensified Matt's happiness, who smiled so big that his eyes closed, shrugging his shoulders in shyness and enthusiasm.
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6th minute - Disgustingly cute:
Nick and Chris were in the living room as they spoke to the camera, explaining what they would do in that vlog, which would be posted next Wednesday.
Chris remembered that they had to call for Matt, commenting that the boy was still in his room and that they had been calling for him for over 20 minutes already.
Nick rolled his eyes, muttering something like "I don't know what I did to deserve this shit" in an ironic tone, walking quickly to Matt's bedroom door, turning the camera so that the lens captured the environment inside.
His free hand worked on turning the handle, pushing it quickly, hoping to give Matt a scare.
He just didn't expect to see Y/N still lying in bed - which left him confused, as he imagined that the girl would already be at the market, since there were some things that had run out on their house and she told him that she would get new ones while they were filming.
The girl was dressed in the clothes she would wear to go out, her makeup and hair done, and her face carrying a defeated expression. Meanwhile, Matt was lying on top of her, all of his weight against Y/N's body.
His face was buried in the crook of her neck, only the sight of curly brown hair apparent. His back rose and fell slowly, on the rhythm of his calm breath.
Matt's body was covered by the sweatshirt set he would be wearing for the video, and Nick quickly understood that they were ready for the day, Y/N about to leave, when Matt interrupted her for a lovey dovey session.
Y/N had her eyes closed and a smile resting on her face, seeming to dive into the moment. Her right hand was in Matt's hair, and her fingers threaded through his curls, massaging his scalp. While her left hand was on his back, traveling from his shoulders down to the small of his back, and back up again.
Every second, it was possible to see Matt moving his head slightly, and a sound of lips sealing against skin sounded throughout the room, making it clear that he was kissing Y/N's cheek or neck.
Whispers of "I love you" and sweet nothings were occasionally released from their lips.
"Matt, I'm going to fire you if you don't get up now and do your job." Nick's voice sounded like thunder between the four walls, scaring the couple.
Matt quickly sat down between Y/N's legs, turning towards the door with wide eyes, while Y/N opened her own eyes abruptly, her right hand flying to her chest, feeling her heart racing under her skin.
"You are crazy." Matt shook his head, moving to get up from the bed, casting a sad glance at Y/N, longing to return to her arms.
"And you guys are disgusting." Chris added, smiling roguishly, letting it know that it was a joke. "Y/N makes Matt a softie. She has him on a leash, I swear."
"Shut up, Chris."
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7th minute - Gamer boyfriend:
Y/N felt her shoulders heavy from the extremely busy day at work. All the tasks placed on her duty made her almost go completely insane, and all her body asked for was her bed and her boyfriend's arms.
So when she got home, the first thing she did was go up the stairs and enter her shared room with Matt, her movements almost robotic and automatic.
The sound of voices echoed low from one of the corners of the room, and Y/N quickly noticed that Matt was sitting in his gaming chair, his arms resting on the computer desk as he played one of his addictive games.
His eyes were fixed on his computer screen, his ears covered by the headphones from which the voices were coming from.
Y/N smiled slightly, feeling her heart warm by finally seeing her boyfriend. She quickly grabbed a set of the boy's sweatshirts and left the room, going to the bathroom, where she took a shower faster than usual - just wanting to be able to sleep as soon as possible - and got dressed.
As soon as the girl entered their bedroom again, she noticed Matt talking into the microphone of his headphones, and she quickly understood that he was streaming, probably with his brothers and on Twitch.
Y/N walked slowly towards her boyfriend, touching his right shoulder lightly, alerting him to her presence.
Without the two noticing, the chat went crazy from the moment the girl appeared in the frame. Miscellaneous comments about her or the two of them as a couple were sent so quickly that if Matt were watching them, he wouldn't be able to read any.
Matt lifted his head quickly, lowering the headphones so that it would hang around his neck, a big, bright smile appearing on his face as his pupils instantly dilated.
"Hi baby! I didn't notice you coming." The brunette's voice came out in a low tone, his eyes taking note of his girlfriend's tired expression and tense shoulders, his eyebrows almost automatically furrowing in concern.
"I arrived just now, I just came in to get some clothes so I could take a shower." Y/N whispered in response.
Matt smiled as he saw his own clothes covering his girl's body. The boy lifted his arms, encircling her waist and pulling her closer, sealing his lips lightly over her covered waist.
"Do you want to go to sleep?" The brunette asked, tilting his head back so he could see her face, ready to just turn off his streaming if she said yes.
"I do, but I want to be with you more." Y/N spoke, raising her right hand quickly, interrupting Matt before he could even consider stopping his streaming. "I don't want you to stop it... Can I just sit on your lap while you play?" Her tone was vulnerable, her tired eyes looking into Matt's expectantly.
"Of course, my love. Always." Matt quickly responded, nodding his head as he moved slightly away from the table with the help of the soles of his feet against the floor, opening his arms, waiting for his girlfriend to fit between them.
Y/N smiled in gratitude, positioning herself between his thighs before sitting on his lap. She wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms hooking around his shoulders, getting comfortable.
She sealed her lips against his right cheek in a lingering kiss, stroking the soft skin with the tip of her nose, before laying her head in the crook of his neck, breathing heavily and finally closing her eyes.
Matt kissed the top of her head for some seconds, arranging his headphones against his own ears again, giving a shy smile to the camera.
His right hand traveled to the mouse, pressing play on the game again, while his left hand caressed Y/N's back, helping her get into dream land.
He felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment as he watched the chat go as fast as he thought it be possible, keeping his focus on the game.
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8th minute - "Trying and guessing 21 different drinks":
The triplets were recording the video that would be posted that Wednesday, where they had to try 21 different drinks - some that they are used to drinking every day, others that they have never even tasted - and guess what which one was.
Y/N was participating in the video as a special guest. She had a feeling she would do poorly at the task, since she wasn't used to drinking anything other than Diet Coke.
Nick had decided to leave her for last, telling her to rearrange the positions of all the drinks in each of the boys' rounds.
Soon, it was her turn. She cast a quick glance at Matt, concern and nervousness present in her expressions. The brunette just returned it with a quick wink, waving his hand as if to say "you can go", waiting for her to leave the kitchen so he could rearrange the drinks.
Before calling her back, Matt surreptitiously took a photo of the position of the drinks, quickly putting away his phone, finally calling for his girlfriend.
Y/N returned to the kitchen with a tense smile, stopping in front of the table and behind the drinks, looking at the triplets, waiting for them to give the go-ahead.
Given the start, the girl bent down to take a sip of the first drink, her expression brightening and her eyes instantly widening as she tasted her favorite drink.
"Diet Coke!" She quickly said after rising from her slightly bent position, pulling out the paper with the image of the soda.
"Okay..." Chris muttered, nodding his head in confirmation. They knew she'd get that one right since her obsession with the drink was as strong as Chris's obsession with Pepsi.
The girl bent down again to take a sip of the second drink, momentarily catching her throat before she could swallow the liquid, the horrible taste flooding her mouth.
She stood up abruptly, swallowing the contents roughly, looking at the brothers with a frown, receiving laughter in response. The girl stopped in front of the images for a few seconds, internally analyzing which one it could be.
Her fingers worked on pushing away the images of the drinks she had already drank before and was sure that wasn't the horrible thing she had just drank, staring firmly at the ones that she didn't know.
When her finger went towards one of them, the image of Matt moving his arm around caught her attention. She looked up and saw her boyfriend behind his brothers, trying to get her attention.
Matt, realizing that she noticed him calling out to her, discreetly pointed to the right image with his free hand, his other hand occupied by his phone, which was displaying the photo he took of the correct order of the drinks minutes before.
Y/N smirked, dodging the path her hand was going, picking up the right image and placing it in front of the corresponding straw.
That cycle remained throughout the process. Chris and Nick were in shock, even thinking about the possibility that Y/N had some kind of superpower..
While Matt had a discreet smile on his face, biting his bottom lip to stop the laugh from escaping every time he saw his brothers reaction or the way his girlfriend smiled like a mad woman.
Upon finishing her round, the girl stood in front of the table with her arms crossed, a convinced expression taking over her features as she waited for Nick to confirm how many she got right, even though she already knew the result.
"Look, I don't know what kind of witchcraft you did, but you got everything right." Nick said, his face with an expression of annoyance.
An excited scream escaped Y/N's lips. She ran towards Matt, hugging him tightly while jumping in place.
Matt laughed at her reaction, pulling her closer, kissing the side of her head repeatedly, jumping with her.
"Ugh, I hate you guys."
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Headcanon that the Bats must be the most infuriating members of the justice league. And it's got nothing to do with what they do or don't know or even their general skills and egos. Everyone is very used to Batman and the expectation that him and any of his spawn are somehow going to be three steps ahead of any issue they bring to the table ever.
No no, the infuriating bit? The stalking.
Listen, this is a family of freaks and weirdos. They work so well together because none of them were normal to start with and then they ended up traumatized. It's practically common practice in that family to accept that nothing is what it seems at face value and that all of your siblings are attempting to pry into your private life and cases at any given moment. I think for them it's honestly weirder if you take what they say at face value. They speak a language holy separate from any normally socialized person and it is a language of lies and half-truths that relies on the assumption that all parties are aware of that.
They're the most infuriating bitches around.
They'll tell someone something and appear to do the opposite and when confronted will have the most convoluted but sound reasoning of why they actually did exactly as they promised too.
They regularly pick people's pockets and hack into personal information because for them? That's practically a love language. They're obnoxious and they aren't even aware of it. Someone asks them to just tell the truth and they react like they've been shot. They're probably offended when they realize that someone hasn't been at least attempting to dig into them back, like come on man. I thought we were friends but you didn't even Google how long Nightwings been around? We've already put the bar on the floor for you guys? My siblings already have a full dossier ready on you because they caught us on camera in your home city during that 2 minute conversation we had 3 months ago. They sent it to me a few hours later. I think they got Oracle to help cause usually it takes them at least 12 hours.
You think they're being nice and friendly and then you realize that they have a nice little file compiled of everything you've done in the last five years, where you went to school and every note your teachers ever made about your behavior a decade ago when you were still a high schooler and fairly normal. If asked they'd probably be willing to bring out the family tree they built for you. They know what you did last summer better than you know what you did last summer. They have pictures, pictures that should be impossible because there's no way they were stalking you then and those sure don't look like security camera footage.
In reality Bats and Superman get along so well because that man is an investigative journalist and when they first met he could not leave it alone. Bruce was charmed the first time Clark Kent started doggedly attempting to ask him if he knew anything about Gothams new cryptid. It was cute how off base he was. But he was trying!!!! Bruce was sold for life! He dropped an dossier on lexcorp off in Clarks apartment a few days later. As a gift.
#listen Bruce probably made it a training exercise#whoever can name the most heroes by the end of the week#(first and last)#gets bragging rights and a joy ride in the batmobile#batman#dc#bruce wayne#batfamily#clark kent#superman#justice league#robin#tim drake#dick grayson#nightwing#red robin#damian wayne#spoiler#stephanie brown#duke thomas#signal
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Ėāā°āā MINES



GAY and SECRETIVE BEST-FRIENDS ā
Ėāā°āā āŖyt videoā« ļ½” lee hyeri x f!r ā . fluff āā disclaimers: bestfriends au, hyeri being a in love puppy, pining, secret relationship .į.į inspired by @sillymommy6969

HYERI AND YN BEING BESTFRIENDS FOR 15 MINUTE GAY
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Ė. įµįµ Clip 1: [YT VIDEO] āYouāre Obsessed with Meā (05:12)
The video opens with a scene from HyeMiLeeYeChaepa. The cast is outside, huddled in jackets as they wait for their next game to start. Hyeri shifts closer to Y/N, subtly leaning her head against Y/Nās shoulder.
Y/N glances at her, unimpressed. āAre you good?ā
Hyeri hums, her eyes half-lidded as she stays in place. āMmm. Youāre warm.ā
āHyeri, what is personal space?ā
The clip jump-cuts to later in the day. The cast is eating inside when Y/N reaches for the kimchi at the exact moment Hyeri does. Their hands brush, and Hyeri dramatically gasps, placing a hand over her heart.
āOh, so youāre obsessed with me,ā Hyeri declares, eyes twinkling.
Y/N blinks at her, confused. āI was literally grabbing food?ā
Hyeri shakes her head. āNo, no, out of all the side dishes, you reached for the one I was reaching for. Just admit it.ā
Y/N sighs and turns to Yena. āCan you switch seats with me?ā
Cut to Hyeri fake-gasping in betrayal. The screen zooms in on her expression, adding dramatic black-and-white filters as sad violin music plays.
āY/N running from her problems (Hyeri).ā
Y/N is walking ahead of the group, and Hyeri jogs up to her, throwing an arm over her shoulder. Y/N doesnāt push her off, just exhales as if sheās accepted her fate.]
āShe loves it here actually.ā
Ė. įµįµ Clip 2: [YT VIDEO] Hyeri & Y/N - Hyeriās Weakness? (04:37)
The video starts with an interview segment. The host asks Hyeri, āWhich HyeMiLeeYeChaepa cast member do you think could make you laugh the easiest?ā
Hyeri, without hesitation: āY/N.ā
Cut to a compilation proving her point.
The cast is sitting in a circle. Y/N, completely expressionless, stares at Hyeri. Hyeri meets her gaze for about three seconds before bursting into laughter, falling against the person next to her.
Y/N, blinking: āI didnāt even say anything.ā
Y/N is struggling to carry a giant box, wobbling as she walks. Hyeri is in the background, laughing so hard sheās doubled over.
āThe way she laughs at everything Y/N does pls.ā
Y/N is sitting next to Hyeri, casually drinking water. Hyeri is staring at her, eyes soft, an obvious smile creeping onto her lips.
Y/N side-eyes her. āWhat?ā
Hyeri immediately shakes her head, smiling wider. āNothing.ā
The screen pauses dramatically on Hyeriās face.
āYeah, sure, ānothing.āā
Ė. įµįµ Clip 3: [YT VIDEO] - āThe Staring Problemā (04:15)
The video starts with a slow-motion zoom-in of Y/N sipping on her iced coffee, looking off to the side. The camera then cuts to Hyeri, staring directly at her, completely oblivious to the conversation happening around her.
āGirl. Be so serious.ā
Cut to another clipāthis time, the cast is playing a game. The camera catches Hyeri watching Y/N again instead of paying attention to the discussion. The moment Y/N glances in her direction, Hyeri quickly looks away, pretending she wasnāt caught.
The clip rewinds in slow motion, circling Hyeriās guilty expression.
āYouāre actually so obvious LMAO.ā
Another clip plays. The cast is gathered in the living room. Y/N, relaxed, is scrolling on her phone. Hyeri is next to her, watching her with an unreadable expression before resting her chin on Y/Nās shoulder.
Y/N blinks but doesnāt react. āCan I help you?ā
Hyeri sighs dramatically. āJust looking.ā
The video pauses.
āSheās so gone. Pack it up.ā
Ė. įµįµ Clip 5: [YT VIDEO] Hyeri & Y/N - Clingy Bestie Era (05:10)
The video opens backstage at a music show. Y/N is adjusting her mic pack in the mirror when Hyeri appears behind her, looping her arms around Y/Nās waist and resting her chin on Y/Nās shoulder.
Y/N barely reacts. āYouāre clingy today.ā
Hyeri hums. āI just like you.ā
Cut to another clip. Y/N is sitting on a couch, scrolling on her phone. Hyeri walks up andāwithout hesitationāflops onto Y/Nās lap, stretching across her like a lazy cat.
The video pauses.
āShe really said āI live here now.āā
Next clip: Y/N is trying to leave the dressing room, but Hyeri is standing in front of the door, arms spread out dramatically.
Y/N crosses her arms. āWhat are you doing.ā
Hyeri grins. āYou canāt leave me.ā
Y/N stares at her for a second before sighing and walking past her. Hyeri immediately turns to follow.
āSheās a Y/N magnet atp.ā
Ė. įµįµ Clip 6: [YT VIDEO] Hyeri & Y/N - Mafia Night Disaster (05:45)
The video starts with a HyeMiLeeYeChaepa clip. The cast is seated in a circle, the tension thick as they try to figure out who the mafia is.
Y/N narrows her eyes at Hyeri. āItās you.ā
Hyeri gasps, offended. āME? Thatās so unfair! Why would you say that?ā
āBecause youāre being weird.ā
āI always act like this?ā
Y/N nods. āExactly.ā
āHyeri might as well wear a sign atp.ā
Hyeri, having just been voted out, flops onto the floor dramatically.
āYouāre all gonna regret this,ā she says. āEspecially you, Y/N.ā
Y/N smirks. āSee? Thatās exactly why I voted for you.ā
āSheās never been wrong.ā

Ė. įµįµ Clip 7: [YT VIDEO] Hyeri & Y/N - Just Bestie Things (04:38)
The video opens with airport footage, clearly taken by a fan from a distance. Hyeri and Y/N walk side by side, masks covering their faces, but their body language is relaxed. Suddenly, Hyeri reaches for Y/Nās hand, intertwining their fingers like itās second nature.
Y/N glances at their hands before subtly looking around.
āCasually holding hands in public? Oh okay.ā
@fanaccount: āBesties? Besties who hold hands like this? Okay.ā
Cut to an interview where a host asks Y/N about the moment.
Y/N lets out a nervous laugh. āUh⦠it was crowded?ā
Cut to Hyeri in another interview, grinning.
Hyeri laughs āShe mightāve gotten lost without me.ā
Y/N, unimpressed āWe were walking in a straight line.ā
āJUST BESTIE THINGS.ā

Pt. 2
#lee hyeri#x reader#hyeri#girls day#friendly rivalry#lee hyeri x f!reader#hyeri girls day#hyer!yn#hyeri imagines#lee hyeri imagines#gxg imagine#gxg#wlw post#wlw#wlw love
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Summary: Astarion feeds from you the first time and finds himself aroused. What he doesn't know is if you feel the same.
warnings: porn with plot and A LOT of feelings, blood drinking during sex, vampire feeding, grinding, needy, touch starved astarion, piv sex, multiple orgasms, creampie, bj, oral (r!receiving), fingering
a/n: listen. i couldāve made this nice and short but you all know me. can never be normal about This Guy ever. so have fun chowing down on the absolute meal of a fic iāve cooked up for you all. enjoy mwah (also big big kiss on the forehead to my lovely moots @clericblood n @tillysketch n @bodythieves for all their pre reading n helpful editing they did. i love u <3 )
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A vampire feeding from oneās neck is intimate.
It becomes a degree hotter when itās Astarion doing so.
ā
Cold.
For many years, all Astarion had felt was an absence. One that could never be filled.
But warmth⦠that was something heād longed for.
Beams of light from the sun, an embrace, a fire crackling before him. All these aspects of life he imagined would never be within his grasp again. Replication of any such gratification was far fetched. A myth, something he would never truly see again.
Then, the tadpoles, the mind flayer ship, and you.
Since the abduction, heād been in a state less desirable and more disoriented than ever. Weakened from lack of bloodā or the deprivation of it. For the first time in two centuries, he had a chance to find something different.Ā
Astarion has since lost track of the last time heās had the sun on his skin and been able to freely roam under its blessing light. Vampiric ways of undead life never granted him such a thing.
Once he met you, everything changed.
The many fights that stood ahead of him along with a merry band of companions compiled by fate itself meant that kobolds and boars would no longer suffice. Thus came the shame of wanting to taste that crimson liquid running hot right under your skin.
Catching him staring at your neck was the first hint of his vampirism, the red eyes and fangs moreso a quite literal dead giveaway. He thought himself clever trying to keep that part of himself hidden. But you knew better.Ā
The first time he fed on you was very special, not only for him, but you as well. To even have the trust in him after you caught the elf trying to steal a nip from your neck while you slept opened his eyes to what kind person you truly were.
Willing to share a part of your life force so he could become stronger, that did a number on him drastically. It warmed his heart the same way it was physically; a spark in the dark, a flickering that soon burned to a roar.
Astarion is lucky in more ways than one to have someone willing to give him blood for no reason other than you wanted to. To find him- a vampire- worthy of something so personal, built an undeserving ache in his chest.Ā
You couldāve mistaken him for a cougar that hadnāt eaten in days by the way he was zoning out. His eyes dropped to the rapid pulsing of your jugular, so lidded he was almost drooling at the sight.Ā
Thanks to you, Astarionās sanguine hunger had been satisfied for the first time in two centuries. Not only that, but the warmth it granted him, down his throat and in the tips of his fingers was so gratifying it had almost made him cry.Ā
At first surge over his tongue, it traveled through his system faster than light. Eventually coating his teeth, dripping down the sides of his mouth, transiting through every vein to warm his frigid body.Ā
Tasting it ā mortal blood for the first time brought a tear to his eye the second it spread selfishly across his tongue. Each time it soared over his taste buds filled him more than the last, all his strength devoted to reining in the hunger most of all.
He had no words for how consuming it became, only satiating to the selfish desire of getting lost in it. For a split second he was there, floating in an ever so perfect ecstasy, falling deeper and deeper into its embrace.Ā
Your blood fulfills what heās tried to do for years with animals. To be his first⦠he canāt believe youāve offered yourself to him in such a way.
Heās buzzing as your blood ā as you course through him.
Succulent, warm and thick, he forces himself to back off before getting lost in your taste.
āAh! That- that was amazing.ā His words are breathless from the taste of you, almost slurring against the warm slide down his throat.Ā
You watch as he stands, the sound he makes swallowing a depraved one. He almost looks about ready to lean in for another drink, eyes widening for a moment before focusing on you again.Ā
āMy mind is finally clear. I feel strong. I feel⦠happy.āĀ
Happy he was, the blood going straight to his head⦠and other parts of him.Ā
One drop hadnāt made it past his lips, swiping it away on his finger. You stare up at him while he stands, weakened from the loss of blood and open wounds on your neck. Afraid the image of him savoring your blood would make your knees falter, you remain sat.Ā
Even with his pale complexion, he was beamingā glowing in the moonlight. An exceptionally good look on him.
āI look forward to seeing you fight, Astarion.āĀ
āWith you by my side, it shouldn't take long at all.ā he says with a wink, curtsying as he continues, āNow if youāll excuse me, youāre invigorating, but I need something more filling.āĀ
As he turns toward the outskirts of camp, he pauses and turns back, sincerity filling his wine colored eyes when he speaks again.
āThis is a gift you know, I wonāt forget it.ā
ā
Immediately after draining a small animal, heād noticed the lack of what mortal blood gave him; a rush so intoxicating. How long heād survived in this world while missing out on such a thing, he would never know.Ā
Astarion gets overwhelmingly drunk off it all, a sensation heās never gotten the privilege of exploring. To put it lightly, the man was overly sensitive and even the slightest touch across his chest sent his cock throbbing.
Heās not sure the last time heās felt this type of arousal, not even sure of the last time heās welcomed it. But he is aware of how much he wants to run his hands all over your body with his fangs in your neck. It makes him feel dirty, thinking of you in that way when all youād done was give him a drink from your vein.Ā
He dotes on the image of you squirming under his touch a bit too long. Perhaps it was the blood talking, but accepting the image of you with your hands on his waist or anywhere else on his body makes a shiver run through him. For the first time itās not out of frigidness, but one so invigorating he finds his eyes closed in sheer enjoyment.Ā
Astarion is warm all over, moreso from your blood heās drank rather than the animals that helped satiate his hunger for the night. Thinking about the red liquid dripping from your neck when he pulled awayā gods, the image was enough to make his vision hazy. He wasnāt aware of the raging hard on heād gained from drinking something as luscious as your essence. It had never happened before when feeding on animals, but clearly this type was different.Ā
Was all mortal blood this potent? Would Astarion find the same hypnotisable taste in any of his other companions? Or was it you that was already affecting him in more ways than one that drinking your blood magnified?Ā
Either way, there was no containing it for the moment. What was he to do otherwise, walk into camp with a raging hard on? No, the embarrassment if someoneā if you sawā might literally kill him. Better to sort it out in privacy while he still had some.Ā
Astarion freed his erection, dumbfounded at its warmth in his hand. Granted, he had not indulged in this sort of pleasure since⦠forever, it seems. The first full stroke down his length, he almost moaned too loudly, fingers gripping at the ruffles of his shirt, bottom lip caught between his pearlescent teeth.Ā
He was a sight, if you couldāve seen him then. Beads of sweat on his forehead, fangs glowing in the moonlight, cheeks pinked up just the slightest with how much heās yearned for this sensation again. The elfās high peaks quite fast, breath quickening as he attempted to stay quiet.Ā
Though he tries to picture anything else, the only image floating around behind his eyes is one of you. Your natural scent of sweetness, that pulsing jugular of yours, the kind hand you outreach towards all who need it. An inch further, just imagining your lips on his, is what brings him over the edge.Ā
Ā Heās not sure whether to feel relief or guilt when he spills over in his hand with a shudder. Once he steadies himself and cleans up, heās quick to walk off as if nothing had occurred. How his mind and body ached upon his walk back into camp, observing you all tucked away in your separate corners of camp for the night.Ā
Astarion would just have to push down his guilt and hope to the gods it wouldnāt bother him in the days to come.Ā
ā
Most nights afterwards were spent getting a control on the high your blood put him on. His first time thoughā had his body tingling in every possible way. Mortals truly underestimate the power that crimson liquid has over his kind. Astarion did not choose to spend two centuries draining animals. When the opportunity presented itself to him, truth be told he was a little nervous as to how heād react.Ā
Your blood ran through his veins like lightning. Warming. Shockingly filling for once in his life. Itās up in his gums, behind his eyes, in the very essence of his being.
That night he realized how lucky he is for fate to have brought you to him. For you to trust him not to kill you upon his first taste of it. Heās elated, relieved, and knows for the first time, that he truly has someone who trusts him for the person he is. Not the vampire he happens to be.
Heās quite doting when he checks on you the next morningā a gesture that warms not only your heart, but your cheeks as well. Youāve never heard of his kind to be so concerned towards where their source of blood came from. A regular vampire would have taken what they wanted without care.Ā
But then again, he wasnāt so regular, was he?
āGood morning. How do you feel?ā
Astarionās eyes seemed to dart across your entire figure, looking for any sign of your current state.Ā
āIām fine, I just feel a little woozy.ā
āItāll pass. Iām so glad last night didnāt end badly. I canāt say I didnāt enjoy it, though. Your blood was⦠so filling.ā
āEnd badly? Wait⦠have you never fed on a human before?"
āWell, yes⦠We neednāt get into the gritty details as to why right now. Iāve had this condition for two centuries, but truth be told? You were my first.ā
The vampire almost presented bashful when admitting this to you, as if it were a secret heād never spoken aloud.Ā
āWow, Iām not sure whether to be surprised or impressed to still be standing.āĀ
"I fed on animals for the better part of two centuries. Rats, cats, boars, kobolds... anything and everything except mortals. Since drinking from you, I feel at my best for the first time in my life. Apologies again, I should have told you about what I am.ā
āIf you needed blood, all you had to do was ask.āĀ
āI- Really?āĀ
You nodded.Ā
āIāll let you have my blood. But only if I come to you first. Alright?ā
āOf course, you neednāt say any more. Thank you.ā
āLike you said, blood makes you strong. Weāre going to need that on the road ahead, wherever it takes us. Have you got my back?ā
āAlways, my dear. Lead on.āĀ
ā
It took an enormous amount of strength for him to resist his bloodlust turning to a feeding frenzy, even when he was consuming animals. But the ecstasy that came with mortal blood, especially for the first time, was more overtaking than he thought.
Apparently it had awoken another feral part of him. Heād savor your taste, reminisce about it whilst alone at night. Not only did it go to his head, but it focused him like nothing else. So much so that he canāt think of anything except you. Any attempt to keep his eyes off your jugular resulted in something much too overwhelming entering his system. Thus, when he wasnāt out on the road with you, his nose was stuffed in a book to keep his mind focused on the task at hand.Ā
Many more nights passed with you suffering a woozy morning as if youād drank one too many glasses of wine. Luckily, a certain druid had joined your party with just the spell to cure you of the disadvantages your bloodlessness came with.Ā
Astarion noted the way you immediately trailed over to Halsinās tent in camp the mornings after he fed, almost letting jealousy creep over his shoulder. Once he found you were only doing so to keep a level head on the road, that pinch of guilt became harder to push away. Not just its surge as if he was taking advantage of you, but the notion of something more stirring inside him when he tasted your blood.Ā
Was it only that you deserved more than what he was asking of you? Or perhaps the appreciation that at least one person in his life cared about how he was doing after so long of being disregarded in that manner?Ā
When a particularly rough battle left you all drenched in blood and limping back to camp, Astarion was hesitant to reply enthusiastically about feeding on you that night. Heād done so for the better part of all the past nights since his first time.Ā
You only stared at him, reluctantly confused that he said no.Ā
āI donāt want you to think Iām using you just for your blood. Youāve been kind to give me anything thus far. Iām grateful for it but⦠you donāt deserve me taking something so personal as that without anything in return.āĀ
āSo, you donāt want to feed from me anymore?āĀ
If it werenāt for him being so godsdamned caring and sweet towards you right now, he wouldāve picked up the hint of disappointment in your voice.Ā
āNoā gods, no. I wouldnāt be here today without your generosity,ā Astarion places his hand on your shoulder, āIāve just⦠grown fond of you, and it would be wrong for me to continue taking advantage of how kind you are for my personal benefit. I want you to know I mean that and, well, you deserve something more for what you do for me.āĀ
His hand leaves your shoulder, the warmth of your body already infecting his ability to think straight while his gaze averts to your neck.Ā
āAstarion⦠I wouldnāt be giving you my blood if you didnāt need it. It makes me glad to have you by my side through all of this. If I have to bug Halsin every morning to cure me with a spell, then thatās a sacrifice Iāll make for you. Besidesā¦ā You trail off, noticing his eyes have left your face and are now locked on your neck. āAstarion!āĀ
āWh-What? Iām sorry⦠It's been such a long day. What were you saying?ā His hand scratches the back of his head nervously.Ā
āI was saying that what I do for you isnāt because I pity you or some other reason you may have thought up. Youāre not forcing me to do anything I donāt want. But, if youāre sure about this, I wonāt stop you from hunting for animals tonight. If thatās what you really want.āĀ
āWell, I donāt want to drink from animals. Their fur gets stuck in my teeth and it tastes awful. Your blood is much more filling,ā he states, ignoring the way his chest heats up, āBut today has beaten all of us down a peg and I think your neck could use the break. Wouldnāt want a bruise to tarnish your skin. Gods forbid. Iād never forgive myself. What Iām saying is I donāt have to feed from you every night, even though you generously offer it to me.āĀ
āIf you insist⦠you know where to find me if you change your mind.ā You replied, sighing lightly.Ā
āIndeed I do, darling. See you in the morning.ā He bids you farewell with a wave and stalks off into the forest, the usual swagger in his walk making it even harder for your eyes to turn away. The way his tongue curls around the words he speaks throws your mind into a frenzy, wondering what it would be like with his tongue curled around something of yours.Ā
Astarion had been lucky enough to drink from you the past couple weeks on the road, dissatisfied at how much more hungry he felt after two small creatures.Ā
Gods, how much more is it going to take to be full again?ā
About three animals for him to have the same fullness when drinking from you, but nothing compared to the warmth of your body. That was something he knew could never be replicated, you radiating a forgeās level of heat below him. Though perhaps it was only because heād been deprived of such for so long.Ā
Resting against the log of a tree, he took a moment to catch his breath before the blood he'd ingested traveled south. Even when he wasnāt drinking from your neck, his mind went to you nonstop. Innocent thoughts like ones by your side during battle turned to reminiscing about how your body reacted to him when his mouth was against your neck.Ā
He wasnāt aware of it at first, too caught up in the less than satisfying taste spreading across his tongue. As the nights continued with him feeding from you, Astarion became more aware of your heartbeat pounding significantly faster whenever he neared you in proximity, how your breath shuddered upon his fangs in your neck. Of course you were nervous, what else was he to expect? To welcome some red eyed, pale skinned creature jamming its fangs into your jugular nearly every night without dismay?
Astarion tried his best not to ponder how your blood tasted, rich and succulent when flowing across his tongue, on his lips, down his throat. Unfortunately for him, the more he tried to push those thoughts away, the more youād wriggle your way into his brain. He had missed his nightly taste of it, how much more full he became after a few sips rather than having to kill a few helpless small animals to even get close to how you made him feel.Ā
Your scent, your blood, you.Ā
Once again growing hard under his trousers to the point of frustration, pulling himself out in the cool air. Itās so unsatisfying to feel warmth under his skin that wasnāt from you. Not in the one simple way that got him high faster than light. Especially not when your blood shot through him, lingering at best and he couldnāt take how less buzzed he felt without it.Ā
Was he an addict for your blood, or just obsessed with you?
It all combined in his frenzy of getting himself off, hoping and praying he wouldnāt moan too loudly when he came.Ā
Vision hazy and body growing warmer, he stroked himself at a slow pace, relishing in every moment of the electrifying thrill. Every pass down his length makes him grow harder and much more inclined to indulge in thoughts heād been pushing away. Swallowing the thought of you on your knees for him, his cock in your mouth. He wonders just how warm you are, whether itās your tongue along the veins of his shaft or your heat sucking him in.Ā
Godsā he shudders at the vision apparating in his mind.Ā
Astarionās hips stutter relentlessly as he comes in his hand, cleaning the warm liquid off with a rag before heading back into camp for the night. His gaze caught your figure before he shut his eyes, relishing in the luck of your presence.Ā
He woke the next morning drenched in guilt at remembering what heād done the night before. Taking your blood, selfish as it was, for his own benefit. Then to run off to the woods of all places and deal with the complicated feelings arising because of it?
How fucked was that, he thought.Ā
How dare he get aroused at the thought of you squirming under his touch with his lips pressed against your neck. Fangs under your skin, sucking out the very liquid that kept you alive.Ā
That thick, rich, liquid. Running along your veins and pumping through your heart, keeping you standing before him. Quite literally your lifeās essence, and he was the only individual out of all the others in your life to have a taste for it.Ā
It was foreign to him, this pull towards you traveling over his entire body. A thing he wouldnāt have given a second thought to before this whole mess. Now with the control over his own actions, things were much different. He felt if he was ever going to do something right for once, it would be with you.Ā
Time passed whilst keeping up your little routine; he would only feed from you when you told him so, attempting to rein in his obsession with how you tasted. He was sure the fangs in your neck was a less than desirable experience, which had him shuffling off awkwardly afterwards most times. Truth be told, he didnāt want you to see how floaty and giggly your blood made him, better to keep up his stoic vampire appearance than let you see how drunk he got off your blood, to keep that mask of his up than let himself catch feelings.Ā
That same mask was becoming heavier with each moment he lingered too long on you inside his head. The only question was, would its slipping result in something catastrophic? Or life changing?Ā
ā
On the road ahead with that certain vampire at your side proved plentiful, finding yourself walking near him more often than not. Astarion became the first person you turned to when in need of a second opinion, reassurance, or for when you just wanted to be in his presence until your eyes couldnāt stay open any longer. You find comfort in his voice softening when youāre troubled, talking his pointed ears off about your past and if youāre truly capable of leading this group.Ā
āYour self doubts⦠Theyāre nothing to what youāve gotten us through so far. You can do it, even if you think you canāt. And Iāll be here to make sure you get through.āĀ
Heād pushed your hair out of your eyes and made sure you were thoroughly hydrated after crying so much into his shoulder about it all. You thanked him with the promise to wash your tears out of his shirt the next morning, overly fatigued from all your sobbing. He shushed you while stroking your hair, only telling you to let yourself rest for the night.Ā
Upon waking the following morning, your head ached from the lack of hydration, finding yourself curled up into his chest, softly breathing as he slept. To avoid any awkward conversations, you managed to slip away before he woke.Ā
From the darker moments to the happier ones, Astarion was there for all of them. Finding the nicest wine for the celebrations you rarely had at camp, saving the best bottle for him as a gift. For his endless support of your endeavors, having your back in all the fights, and stealing you things without anyone noticing.Ā
All the softer times in passing, glancing towards him when he wasnāt looking, were when your eyes lingered. Beyond just his physical attributes, which were distracting enough, you felt a warmth in your chest getting up every day, knowing heād be by your side. How you ached to see him smile or laugh as often as he was using those daggers heās quite skilled with. His true beauty, the moments of happiness he found with you. Something about him looking as if heād taken the place of the sun with the way he beamed.Ā
ā
Choosing you to feed from rather than any of your other companions was special. It meant a great deal to you that it was your blood he was drinking- not Wyllās or Galeās- yours.Ā
His protective nature became much too obvious, as heād place himself in front of you whenever someone stepped too close or became hostile towards you. Growling a threat towards said person always had your mind going someplace different, along with being thankful he stepped in to de-escalate the situation.Ā
Meanwhile everything Astarion does for you is out of his own growing affections. Ones heās kept pushing further into himself. He wants to worship the ground you walk on for everything youāve done for him. Not only do you make all the hard decisions and bond with others around you as easy as breathing, but to do so with your head held high, taking all the hits whether physical or mental. He adores you with all his being.Ā
From feeding him to supporting his endeavors with a smile, itās the mental gymnastics heās doing to keep himself sane that have been a pain in his ass. Getting off in the woods every night without fail has made the resentment of guilt a lump in the back of his throat. The filth that washes over him as heās realized the desire to have you doesnāt just extend to your blood. Astarion wants to take in every inch of your body, its warmth with his fangs in your neck, how intimately his lips press to your skin while he sucks.
To extend your bloodās warmth to him, understanding how your body responds when he puts his hands in the right place. On your waist, between your legs, down your torso, around the lengths of your hair. Holding you softly while he drinks, the little death being shared between you two. His dreams are filled with his imagining of how youād sound squirming and whimpering below him, waking up from how vivid they become at times.Ā
Soon as heās come with you on his mind again, itās back to keeping his feelings undercover.Ā
That is until one night, observing Gale let you taste the camp stew he was in the process of whipping up one night. An aching ball forming in his stomach at the sight of you indulging the wizard. Your batting eyelashes when you looked up at him as your lips dragged over the spoon. Sickness filled him, unlike anything heād felt before. It made the bile in his stomach begin to churn, slowly shoving its way up his throat with distaste.Ā
Your actions were innocent on the surface, but he knew Gale had been in relations with a goddess.Ā
Seriously, the wizard? Who couldnāt shut up for more than five minutes even if his life depended on it? He probably doesnāt know how to be with a mortal after so long. Too caught up on that astral plane nonsense. At least I donāt need to project and want to be a god to get off.
He couldnāt be the object of your affections, surelyā¦Ā
Whatever his intentions were with you, innocent or not, they would have to stop before he got too confident. Before you slipped right through his dexterous fingers to that fool. Of all the things heās failed to stop from happening, he had to make sure this didnāt happen the most. All Astarion knew was that he was desperate to be close to you more than ever.Ā
His voice grinds the vampireās gears from across camp, like nails on a chalkboard. Why was his laugh so boisterous? Ever heard of subtlety, Gale?Ā
He doesnāt deserve your kindness, doesn't deserve your opinion on his fucking stew.Ā
But himself? The gentle vampire who has only ever been by your side, stepped in front of you when people got a bit too threatening? Much better than a human who couldnāt even go five minutes without talking about properties of the weave or something along those lines. Astarion always tuned those tangents out for his own sanity. Heād much rather laser focus on something like your sweet voice.Ā
Perhaps it was irrational to think he was the only one deserving of your time, but there was nothing else consuming his mind. To even think about someone as talkative as that wizard was trying to insert himself into your close circle when heās been there from the beginning? He had to stifle the laugh in the back of his throat.Ā
Just give me a reason, wizard.Ā
Astarion huffed to himself and walked away from the sight before he did something unsavory he wouldnāt forgive himself for.Ā
Camp had settled down for the evening, everyone quietly going about their nightly activities. Peeking his head out of the red clothed tent, Astarion glanced over to see that Gale had retreated into his and wasnāt coming out until the next morning.Ā
Perfect timing for him to visit you for his nightly feed, but the nudging concern of the plethora of words he wanted to get out to you tonight wasnāt fit for the confines of your tent.Ā
The heat that flushed through his chest upon nearing your tent made him take a deep breath, to which he regretted the moment it was too loud for his liking.Ā
āAstarion? Is that you?āĀ
Your sweet, muffled voice sounded out from inside, and before he could even reach out to open the flap, youād stepped out into the night to greet him.Ā
āWell, good evening to you too.ā he answered, āEager for my arrival? Or were you expecting someone else?āĀ
He grinned cheekily, making you smile in return. Who else would you be expecting this routinely?
āWeāve been traveling together for how long now? I always know to expect you over anyone else. If it wasnāt you, Iād be worried.ā You move to the side to grant him entry to your tent, but he stands still.Ā
āActually, would you mind taking a walk with me? Iāve got to get out of this camp for a while.āĀ
You agree, letting Astarion lead you down a path to quite a lovely view, one heās frequented as a moment of peace before heading back to camp from his hunts.Ā
He stops short and from how closely you were walking behind him you bumped into his back, breathing in his scent of bergamot and brandy for a moment before backing away. When he turns towards you, a soft chuckle left his chest.
āI⦠have something to tell you, and I wanted to not be in camp when I said it.āĀ
āIs something wrong?āĀ
āWrong? No, Iāā he sighs, āThereās just something I need to get off my chest.āĀ
You looked up at him with those kind eyes, already feeling the heat in his stomach, churning his insides into goop. He took your silence as his cue.Ā
āYour blood, which youāve been kind enough to grant me, helps me focus, yes. But you have an entirely more powerful effect on me. Youāre selfless, kind and generous to those around you. Even to me, when I might not have deserved it.ā
āOh, Astarionā¦āĀ
He puts his hand up to stop you, so much more he has to say.
āYouāre, well, everything to me.āĀ
The vampireās voice breathily skirts over the word, as if itās the first time heās admitted it to himself.Ā
āYou⦠youāre a vision. Everyoneās favorite, clearly. The one they all run to when thereās problems they canāt solve on their own. I⦠adore you for it. For being resilient even when the world may not have been so kind to you in return. You deserve every good thing thatās happened so far.āĀ
āNo, I⦠Iām just doing what anyone else would have.āĀ
āDo you really think that? That me orā gods forbid, Laeāzel wouldāve made the same choices?āĀ
āI⦠donāt know.āĀ
āFor a fact, we wouldnāt. I donāt say things like this if they arenāt true, darling. Iām not a man of many words⦠unlike someone we both know. But thatās not the point. What is, is this. Iām fond of you in more ways than one, and Iām tired of keeping it bottled up. Itās become suffocating ever since this routine became regular for us. Iāve not been sure how to go about telling you all of it, but if I didnāt sooner or later, someone else would take the places I desire to be in. All I know is that whenever youāre not around, I worry, and I think about you constantly.āĀ
He looks relieved upon letting his words settle in the air, wringing his hands together nervously. Youāre silent before you take a step closer to him, brushing a curl behind his ear and cupping his cheek.Ā
The stoic, unbothered vampire persona heād been putting on had slowly worn away upon spending more time with you. It warmed his heart to see you not turn a blind eye to those in need of help, after heād done so many a time. From reluctantly going along with whatever you said, to taking pride in being part of the ones who brought joy to less fortunate people, he found himself for the first time in two centuries, glad he had found such a soul.Ā
āYouāre soā¦ā you sigh, āIāve been thinking about you too. So much.. I wish you had said something sooner. Then I wouldnāt have spent so many nights wondering if you felt the same. Worrying that I served no other purpose to you. But nowā¦ā you trail off, his rubies catching the light, as if they were filled with stars. The rest of your words escaped you, except, āOh, just kiss me, you damn fool.āĀ
Astarionās eyelashes fluttered, softening at your words, immediately feeling welcome to step closer. His cold palm cups your cheek as youāve done to his, bringing you in close to touch your lips with his. One kiss sets him on fire, then another, and heās pressing further against your mouth. It was almost as if heād been waiting twice as long to do this with you, as youāve been eager to do it with him. Your arms wrap around his waist, pulling him into your chest; his natural coolness fills the air between you.Ā
His hands, anxious as they are, softly place themselves onto your waist for the first time. Your lips are warm against his, your everything is warm against him. Intimately and gentle over all.
You pull back from him breathlessly, gods are his lips ever so addicting. Some of his saliva is left on your bottom lip as you do, but itās not unwelcome. Nothing about him is.Ā
Your foreheads rest against each other, both of you grinning in the moonlight. Thereās a light pink tinge to the tips of his ears, Astarion feels weightless in the grasp of your arms.Ā
āSomehow youāve managed your way into my heart. I wouldnāt want anyone else intertwined so deep. Iām so lucky to have you in my life, Astarion. You mean the world to me.ā Your words coat his skin like honey, sticking to him as they echo in his mind.Ā
āYouāre such a gift. One of the things in this world I treasure more than anything. Above any gold or trinket I could ever steal.ā His thumb caresses the apple of your cheek, your skin tingling under his touch. Astarion could feel the heat in your cheeks from his simple but sweet contact.Ā
āGods, youāve always been good with words. Not like anyone Iāve ever met before.āĀ
āNone of your past lovers have had such great hair either, I knowā¦ā He turns to the side, showing off his profile and the silvery curls adorning his head.Ā
You giggle. Of course he would take a sincere moment to talk about how pretty he was. āWell yes, that, and none have been at my side as diligently as you without second thought.āĀ
āYou donāt have to. You make it so easy to show up for you and be by your side⦠that I donāt even have to try.āĀ
āMy sweet star,ā you cupped his face now with your palm, āNo one as loyal has ever been in my life before. Iām so grateful to have you.āĀ
Astarionās pearlescent fangs glistened in the moonlight as he grinned, pulling you in for another kiss. You could feel the vibration of his groan on your mouth as he leaned in further, a firm grip on your waist now. He was almost in disbelief of the luck heād come about, yet here he is, combining his lips with yours and getting to relish in the warmth of your mouth for the first time without that lump in the back of his throat.Ā
You pull back, breathlessly, a string of saliva connecting the two of you before you speak again.
āWait, do youā¦ā you swallow his taste down, āstill want to feed from me tonight?āĀ
āHow could I say noā¦ā he replies, āYour blood is so very tasteful. Decadent.. Almost as good as my favorite wine.āĀ
āYou donāt need to flatter me, you already own my heart.ā You roll your eyes dramatically, but your cheeks reddening just proves how much it actually meant to you.Ā
āEven better in that case, now I can watch you blush without worrying if you feel the same.āĀ
Leading him with your hand in his, the two of you made your way back to camp, taking your sweet time giggling and kissing him while you walked. As you laid down in your tent, Astarionās hands trailed up your torso, sensitive ears tuned in to your heart rate picking up its pace. The canvas of your neck was too pretty not to kiss, which he took liberty in doing now shamelessly. Each press of his lips against the flow of your blood under your skin only made his hunger grow, but he hadnāt wanted to bite you yet. No, heād take his time, painting his way across softly.Ā
Upon his third kiss, you began to giggle again, such perfect music to his ears. Not knowing what came over him, his lips attached to your neck again, desperately. Kissing and sucking and nipping ever so lightly with his teeth, that you whined.Ā
āAstarion⦠you whispered, āYou need to feed.āĀ
āI know, my love. But, everyone needs to know youāre mine.ā He purred, the tone in his voice making it clear he was not above marking you up.Ā
You giggled again, āOkay, well when youāre done, itās my turn.āĀ
āDonāt tempt me with a good timeā¦ā he flirted, eyes lidded as he looked down upon you.Ā
So you let him continue, marking your neck up with several bruises, before pulling back and gazing at his masterpiece.Ā
āGods, I tried to be gentle⦠but I might have gotten carried away a bit. You know how I get around you.āĀ
āOh, shut it and come here.ā As if the two of you couldnāt get closer in proximity, Astarion leaned down to give you access to his neck. You decided on leaving the area with his scars alone, but wrapped your hands around his nape for even more contact. When his body reacted to your soft kisses, his thumbs pressed circles into your waist, breathing became heavier. His forehead dropped onto your shoulder as you continued, sucking and laving on his skin with your tongue, almost rasping with how his hunger surged. He could smell your hot blood just beneath the surface, singing in your veins. His mouth opened, scraping the tops of his fangs against your skin with a light scratch.Ā
āDo itā¦ā you whispered, hearing the growl in his breathing. Without another word, Astarion sunk his fangs into the spot they frequented. What surged over his tongue was decadent, sweet, so thick and familiar that it danced across his tongue with every swallow.Ā
āThatās a good vampireā¦ā One of your hands reached up to stroke the back of his hair, its soft curls sliding through your fingers with ease. A very prominent whine vibrated through the skin of your neck.Ā
Meanwhile the hands on your waist never stopped their soft rubbing up and down as he fed. Within his palms stirred a warmth, something he had been itching to do upon his first feed, it became so overwhelming. That sea of ecstasy he wanted to set adrift in seemed so much nearer now. With you, it would never cease.Ā
He released your neck with a gasp, blood dripping down his lips. Before he could clean himself up, your other hand reached up to swipe it away and let him lick it off your thumb. As he did so, you couldāve sworn his eyes glowed for a second.Ā
āThank you, my love. For always feeding me so diligently.ā Astarion drops a kiss on your cheek, moving himself to lay next to you.
āHow else are you supposed to be big and strong for our battles, hm?āĀ
āCertainly not without your beloved blood, thatās what I know. Now, letās get some rest. Todayās been long enough, no use in making it longer. Although I could stare at you foreverā¦āĀ
āOh, shush. Goodnight, Astarion.āĀ
āGoodnight, love.āĀ
He pulled you in close to his chest, so youād fall asleep in his arms, listening to every heartbeat.Ā
Morning came with warm coffee and fresh bread that Gale had picked up before anyone woke. He offered you some along with a nice jam spread heād made. Before he started along another spiel of talking his head off just to be near you, you moved your hair to the side, exposing your neck littered with red splotches from the night before. The wizard, rendered speechless, was even more surprised when Astarion made his way over and slinked his arm around your waist with a kiss to your temple. He then rushed off, almost dropping his own cup and getting to whatever business heād be up to in camp.Ā
Across the many days that passed, from the goblin camp, eventually to Baldurās Gate, your relationship with Astarion became so much more. He was devoted and kind, everything you expected him to be, not just spitting flirtations at you without care. The man knew which names you preferred to be called, ones he knew would have you bending to his every whim.Ā
You didnāt have enough gold to purchase a new knife for him? There he was, whispering into your ear, Darling, the store manager is slowly going over all the different potions with another customer. She wonāt even notice its disappearance.Ā
So when you slipped the knife into your pack, he knew heād gotten what he wanted. Perhaps not the best use of your time, but he took a little joy in corrupting your usual honest self. As a treat to lighten your conscience though, heād had a necklace engraved from the same shop with his initials. It looked so delicate around your neck, the shine of its metal mirroring the glimmer in your eye.Ā
The soft mattresses of Elfsong Tavern were a blessing; not only did Astarion persuade the barkeep to give you the rooms for free, but the top floor was also all private. Everyone finally got their own space, save for the ones who decided to pair up together.Ā
He would feed from you almost nightly again, save for a few days here and there. Taking his time to kiss your neck, helping clean you up afterwards after he was done. Always using his lithe fingers to rub a healing salve into where heād bitten. Though it became a guilty pleasure for him to see your eyes closed when he did so, ending up indulging in each otherās lips more often than not. Along the way, your desire for him simmered under your skin, desperate hands traveling across the expanses of his back, across the ridges of his scars ever so gently.Ā
One night you quite literally began grinding up against him, his thigh pressed under yours for a little tease. It was even before he started to feed, that you couldnāt resist him any longer. Your kissing quickly became more feverish, dotting your lips across his face and his neck with wild abandon. It was when you flipped Astarion over to straddle his lap that he caught the ravenous look in your eye.Ā
āWhatās gotten into you?ā He inquired, hands finding their place on your waist.Ā
āAstarion, has it occurred to you that we havenāt had sex?ā You asked in reply, hastily moving your hair out of your face.Ā
āWell, of course it has. I just never wanted you to feel obligated to, if that wasnāt something you were ready for.āĀ
āI wasnāt⦠not at first. But I trust you much more now than I ever did, and⦠I donāt think I can hold back anymore. I want to do this with you.ā
āYou do?āĀ
āI dream every night about how it would be to feel you in that way. To cry your name in pleasure as Iā¦ā You trailed off, already recognizing the growing arousal for him stirring.Ā
āOh⦠I see my love. This is something youāve thought about for a while, isnāt it?āĀ
Astarionās voice borders on genuine concern and his purr-like tone, almost as if heād been thinking about it as well.
āIāve thought about it and thought about it to the point where I canāt take the fantasies anymore. I have to have youā¦ā Your voice dripped with desperation, as he noted your scent pricked with desire.Ā
His eyes go lidded, wrecking the image of that sweet vampire persona youāve come to know and love in a secondās time.Ā
āIād love nothing more. But if you get uncomfortable, we can stop whenever youād like. Promise.āĀ
āI promise. I love you, Astarion.āĀ
āAnd I love you, too. My precious darling.āĀ
Your lips attached to his again, ever fervent than before. You so proudly moaned into his mouth, tasting his tongue swirling around yours. His breathing became heavier, growling into your mouth as his hands slid down to the soft padding of your ass and gripped firmly. The wet sounds of your lips moving together so perfectly sparked the filthiest of desires in his brain.Ā
Pulling apart from him with a gasp, you swallowed before thinking again.Ā
āWait, thereās one more thing I have to tell you.āĀ
āWhat is it, pet?āĀ
āThat night when you fed on me, it⦠did something to me. Something I didnāt understand at first, but now I do. It turned me on⦠and I liked it.ā Astarion noted the scent of your lust as you spoke, and the way your heartbeat jumped.Ā
āOh, you filthy devil. And I thought you were nervous about me feeding from you⦠When really it was turning you on⦠making you crave me, hm?āĀ
āI... yes.āĀ
Astarion bit his lip, dragging his eyes down your torso slowly before meeting your eye again.Ā
āAndā¦?āĀ
āAnd⦠I would love nothing more than to honor you with my blood once more while we make love.āĀ
Astarionās fangs make an appearance when he smiles oh so wide, eyes glowing with how much he is relishing in this moment.Ā
āYouāre serious?āĀ
āAstarion, take whatever you want from me. take my love, my blood, my body. I trust you. Wholly.ā
"You have no idea how much those words mean to me, thank you.āĀ
He pressed his lips to yours passionately, before pulling away to speak again.Ā
āMay I confess something, this time, love?āĀ
āOf course.āĀ
āI felt the same when I fed from you.ā
āYouā¦āĀ
āWell darling, I canāt lie, I watch your blood slide along your veins whenever Iām close to you. Itās just part of my vampiric nature, but I canāt help it. Not when youāre this addicting,āĀ
āTell me moreā¦ā your hands cupped his cheeks, playing with the stray curls that threatened to fall in front of his face.Ā
āFrom the first bite⦠it was such an aphrodisiac, and I couldnāt resist what power it had over me. It felt so wrong at the time, when we werenāt together. To think of you like that, I mean. The blood⦠took on a life of its own inside me. But now that weāre together⦠it seems right to tell you.āĀ
āThatās⦠gods. I donāt blame you at all. I wouldāve done the same if I were in your place.ā Immediately after your admittance, your cheeks pinked up right quick.Ā
āOh, really?āĀ
āYouāve got me there, it seems.ā
His hips grinded up onto you from below, noting each time his breath hitched between kisses. A hand scraped through his hair, sensation heightening what arousal was already beginning to simmer throughout his body.Ā
āYou know⦠not once did I think you were too rough with your bites. You never even left a bruise⦠When you were close enough to breathe in my scent, you always made sure it never hurt. And I guess that⦠along with so many other things⦠is what made me fall for you. I enjoyed being close to you, I always will.āĀ
āI had to. I couldnāt take something so precious from you without care. I wouldāve hated myself if that happened.āĀ
āI admire the strength you had⦠even for your first time drinking from a human. What an honor.āĀ
āThe fact that you continue to bless me with your blood is just another testament to our bond. Thank you for trusting me.ā One of his hands slinked its way down and interlocked with yours, thumb rubbing the top of your hand delicately.Ā
āI always will,ā you replied, bringing his hand up to your lips and pressing a soft kiss to it.Ā
āMay I ask for just a little taste before we⦠dive head first into each other? A petite one, at that.āĀ
You smiled. As if heād ever have to go hungry again with you.Ā
āAnything you want, my star.āĀ
āPerfectā¦ā
His eyes closed in bliss at the sneaky idea heād just thought up. āTurn around for me, I want to try something.āĀ
You sat with your legs sprawled out, with Astarion out of your view.Ā
Ā āClose your eyes, darling.āĀ
You did as you were told, awaiting his first move. Astarionās contact began with one of his hands running up your back triggering a flurry of goosebumps to rise across your skin. You exhaled shakily, intrigued by what he had in mind, but also the aching need for him continued to grow.Ā
That same hand moved to the right side of your neck, resting his fingers over your pulse point to take in how fast it was pumping that rich blood through your system.Ā
But he wouldnāt bite you just yet.Ā
His second hand wrapped around your waist, doing the same motion of small circles after slipping his hand under your shirt. You felt his breath turn to a low snarl against your neck, running his left hand across your stomach to your midriff and down the cloth of your pants.Ā
That hand rubbed over your crotch as he finally sunk his fangs in, leaning into his chest. Sharp coldness of said bite turned to pleasurable and warm quicker than you could expect.Ā
Your whole body warmed under his touch, the same heat filling you as it did on the night of his first bite. Except there was no shame or reason to hide it this time. So you welcomed it, along with the filthy desires that followed.Ā
Your bottom lip caught between your teeth, moaning low in his ear as he drank, with your head tilted to the side. His cold hand on the cloth of your mound only made matters worse, lifting your hips up for more friction. Gripped firmly under his hands, you could tell Astarion was smiling by the way his lips moved over where he had bitten.Ā
He lets up quickly after a few gulps, satisfied with his little drink.Ā
When your head falls back onto his shoulder, glancing upwards to the red lipped vampire, he catches the glimmer of your hazed eyes.Ā
āOh, thereās the spark.āĀ
āAstarionā¦ā you whined, unwilling to keep your desire for him under wraps. There was no point in doing so, he had you right where he wanted you.Ā
āAh, you donāt have to say another word. I already know, darling.āĀ
His lips, stained with the crimson of your blood, press against yours again, moving his left hand to the waistband of your pants.Ā
The other thatās cradling your neck travels downwards, fingertips sliding over your shirt to grasp at your breast, nipple hardening under his light touch. All he has to do is rub over it once, before it made an appearance through the cloth.Ā
You arenāt wearing anything else under your shirt. Cheeky, he thought.Ā
āYour whole bodyās been waiting for me to take you since that first day, hm?ā A soft, massaging grip from his hand continued on the plush of your breast.Ā
āMmnh⦠yes,ā you whisper, āPleaseā¦āĀ
āShh, sh sh sh. Itās alright. Iāve got you right where I want you.āĀ
You look to him, buzzing with eagerness in your eyes and plead again silently for him to touch you. The eager hand at your navel slips into your underwear, inching towards where you truly need him. To find you completely soaked wasnāt much of a surprise.Ā
Two of his fingers part your drenched folds apart, licking his lips at the knowledge of how much slick is gushing from you. With his fingertips, he ghosts over your aching clit once before traveling downwards again and pressing into your wet entrance ever so slowly. Not only do they slip inside almost immediately, but the sound that leaves you is incomprehensible compared to the ones you were making before.Ā
His digits are welcomed with no resistance, as if he couldnāt tell how alight your body became under his touch. Even through your clothes, the squish as they drag against your walls is enough to make him groan appreciatively. You gasp, the intrusion of such a different temperature compared to your own, noting the undeniable pleasure when he finally manages to find that sweet spot inside you.
Letting them rest against it for a moment before curling to his leisure stretches you out so nicely for him. Any upper body strength holding you up faded faster than light, falling against his broad chest with ease.Ā
You moan his name without a single thought, the apples of his cheeks pinking up from your glorious sounds that no one else was lucky enough to experience. It was music to his ears. How desperately he let the electricity form, tingling its way around on his skin. Slowly letting his own enjoyment build out of dragging his fingers in and out of you, he attuned to the hammering of your heart against his chest.Ā
Astarion took pride in every whine you let out upon the motion of his fingers, letting his thumb rub circles into your clit while he did so.Ā
āGods, I want to undress you with my teeth⦠take my time with you⦠forever if I could.ā he purred in your ear, earning him another breathy moan from you.Ā
āI can hardly resist you. Donāt make meāāĀ
āBeg? Oh, but that would be such a nice look on youā¦āĀ
āAstarionā¦āĀ
āRelax, darling.āĀ
You melt under his touch at the command, eliciting a proud smile from him from the knowledge that youāre wrapped around his finger. Itās not surprising how you already feel your arousal peaking from his simple touches, his heavy breath in your ear only urging you on further. Already eager to feel you clench around his fingers as you come undone.Ā
āYouāre so close already, pet. Want to come on my fingers so bad, hm?āĀ
āYes,ā you whisper, āPleaseā¦āĀ
āThen come for me.āĀ
The next circle over your clit sends you soaring over the edge, breathing heavily and whining with a blinding release. Astarionās lips peck and lick softly over your neck as you do so, relishing in the scent of pure ecstasy you emit. Heās already itching to be inside your walls, but desires to savor your taste on his tongue beforehand, as if he could be sustained from only that.Ā
He knows the way you write underneath his hands is only because of him, which only makes him grow harder tenfold. As his fingers pull out of your underwear, the sheen of your slick is such a sight to his eyes. Astarion is quick to bring your fingers to his mouth, letting your aroma fill his nose before indulging himself with you on his tongue. His eyes close upon your taste, almost as good as your blood, but nonetheless, one that takes hold of his mind so strongly, he canāt think of much else.Ā
āYour taste is like nothing elseā¦āĀ
He crawls around you to your front, pushing you back onto the pillow behind him.Ā
āI must have more of youā¦āĀ
āTake whatever you want from me.āĀ
Astarionās nifty hands pull both your pants and underwear down in one motion, not before noting how soaked your garments were and discarding them behind him. Between your legs was such a mess, one he undoubtedly caused; seeing you like this though, in the shallow wake of your high coursing through you, was where he found himself entranced.Ā
As if that wasnāt enough of an image to sear into his brain, you discarded your shirt off to the side, tired of the confining layers that kept him from seeing all of you.Ā
āI knew you were a vision, but this⦠not even the gods could find enough time to worship at your altar. Youāre perfect.ā His last compliment is admitted almost breathlessly, as if heād walked in on a painter sculpting their muse.Ā
āStop with the flattery and get up here.āĀ
Astarion compiled, meeting your lips with his while his hand grazed down your chest, fingertips like drops of cool water in between the sensitive skin of your cleavage. The stark difference in his body temperature made a chill run up your spine, turning on the most sensitive parts of you so easily.
Your lips intertwined moan after moan with his, while the touch of his hand traveled to your nipple. Another trails feather light across the expanse of your thigh. One flick of his thumb against it, and you were rutting up towards his body again.Ā
āDo you like that?ā he murmured, too entranced with how you look below him.Ā
āMhm⦠do it again.āĀ
He needs no further encouragement, diligently placing each way you like to be touched into a perfect little spot in his mind. Your mind is empty of anything else other than his hands on your body, exploring every inch. The echo of your voice in his ears does more than enough to spur him on. His subtle flick over your hardened bud is like a switch, setting your whole body off.Ā
You grip at the hair atop his head, pushing him down towards the apex of your legs. What you donāt expect is his lips to travel with the movement, pressing a path from your jawline down your neck, not before stopping to kiss and lick once or twice over each hardened peak and soft skin surrounding them. It then follows down your stomach to your navel before his tongue comes into play, laving over them the slightest bit through each kiss.Ā
When he comes face to face with your core, Astarion canāt control the way he begins to salivate at the sight. Heās breathing so heavily still, your scent of lust and sweat wafting around his head. He leans down, expecting to feel his tongue on you, but instead he kisses your pubic mound with appreciation, hooking his arm over your thigh.Ā
āAstarionā¦āĀ
He knows what you want, what you need from him, and heās quick to indulge. He leans further down to your sensitive parts, and canāt help but run two fingers through you again to see how you shine. That ecstasy he took from licking you off his fingers would be nothing compared to diving in head first to your joyous arousal. When his eyelashes flutter and go hooded, itās no surprise that he finally leans in, tongue first starting from your dripping entrance and all the way up to right over your sensitive button. His tongue laps at your opening, swirling and darting around to collect and devour every drop of your sweetness.Ā
The tip of his nose prods at your clit just enough to make you clench, each of the rogueās movements calculated and determined to relish in how you spread across his tongue. When he swallows, a moan of content vibrates through you and your head falls back in gratification. It made his nose against your clit much more hypersensitive and your hips almost began stuttering upwards for more.Ā
Astarionās multi talented tongue threatened to send you over the edge once more, but you nudged him a certain way and he let up.Ā
āYou taste so good, I canāt get enough of you. My loveā¦ā His hand stroked your inner thigh softly, an action of comfort that only sent another jolt through you.Ā
āYouāve already made me come once and I havenāt even gotten the chance to touch you yetā¦ā you whined, knowing all this pleasure taken should be given in return. Especially for a man such as himself. Your mouth watered thinking about it.Ā
āOh, darling,ā he laid a kiss on your heat, āYou donāt have to do a thing for me.āĀ
āYouāre very sweet, but if I donāt get to have you as youāve had me, I will lose my mind. Nowā¦āĀ
The assertiveness you commanded over him did nothing but command him to obey, unwrapping himself from your thighs before sitting up. Your eyes immediately traveled down to his crotch, where his pants did very little to obscure his tenting beneath the fabric. Without another thought, you push him back onto the bed to straddle him, grinding your bare cunt against his cock. The friction is incomprehensible, but you must stay focused; this was about him now.Ā
Your hands lock around the nape of his neck, only letting one of your wrists trail over his lips. His first instinct is to kiss it, but then he remembers why you both are here. Your blood continues to pump loudly in his ears, its aroma still prominent in his mind.Ā
āGo ahead, I know you want toā¦ā you spoke in a low voice, goading him on to sink his fangs in. His head lowers, red eyes lidded and locked on yours. He abides, the quiet squelch into your wrist paired with the sting of his teethās sharpness a minor pain at this point for you.Ā
The slow pulls he takes immediately pink his cheeks and tips of his ears up so much so, you thought he mightāve been feverish if he wasnāt of vampiric nature. Out of curiosity, you ran your fingertip over the pinkness in his ear to find it warmā hot, even. Astarion released your wrist with a whine, gasping at your sudden contact.Ā
āSorry, did that hurt?āĀ
āN-No⦠do it again, pleaseā¦ā He whispers his last word, the alluring persona washing away with every small rub, whining even louder this time. Within your teasing, Astarion takes liberty to heal your wrist and kiss it once the puncture marks faded away.Ā
His head falls back in bliss, feeling the warmth of his blood travel down his throat with your hand. It lightly trails down his jaw, your thumb lightly ghosting over his adams apple as he swallows down the rest. Astarion whimpers something pathetic, the weight of you over his cock making it throb unnecessarily harder than it already was.Ā
āDid my blood just⦠do that?ā You glanced downwards at the erection you straddled.Ā
āI think so,ā he replied breathlessly, passionately connecting your lips with his.Ā
āLetās get these off you. That does not look comfortable and⦠I want to make you feel so goodā¦āĀ
āThat sounds delectable, pet.ā Astarion replies, letting your greedy little hands find their way to the bottom of his shirt to discard it.Ā
You paused a moment before going any further, taking in the picture of him below you. What a vast expanse of his chest that has your eyes glowing, as his rubies look upward to you. You kiss him once more, peppering kisses down his sharp jawline to the sensitive skin between his pecs and flitting your tongue across his nipples in the same nature that heād done to you.Ā
āHah-ā you hear him gasp, knowing youāre doing something right. He intently listens to your heart rate and how fast your blood is pumping through your body while you travel down his own. Kissing your way to his navel and licking softly, pulling the cutest little moans from him. The strong ridges of his torso are next for your lips, letting your tongue drag across it from time to time. Your hands tug his pants down over the length of his prominent bulge.Ā
You discard them ever so quickly, his cock springing up eagerly, as pretty as the rest of him. His pink tip throbs in the cooler air, finally freed from his tight clothing.Ā
āGods damnā¦ā You muttered in disbelief. Of course such a pretty man would have a pretty cock to go along with the rest of him.Ā
āLook at what you do to meā¦ā Astarion whines, biting his lip and tossing his head back. He doesnāt have to say anything else before youāre lowering your mouth and kissing his tip, lightly dragging your tongue over his slit, desperate to please. His cock twitches, standing even more upright against his toned stomach.Ā
āYouāre perfect⦠in every way.ā You comment, looking up at him before wrapping a warm hand around his base. Itās as if you could feel all of the blood heās consumed pumping through him while in your hand. You inch up his shaft, letting your palm cover his tip completely to hear him whimper again.Ā
āAhāāĀ
What makes him grow even harder is the gaze in your eyes as you continue to fist him, the way your lips are parted and your tongue threatening to escape again. Astarion doesnāt expect your other hand to massage his balls, only earning you an even higher pitched moan from him.Ā
Before he knows, youāre bending down again, flitting your tongue over his slit to taste the salty precome. Your soft lips roam down his length, leaving the sweetest of kisses as you continue. His chest heaves, whole body firing up in response. When your hands are replaced by the warmth of your mouth and your tongue down the side of his cock, he almost cums right then and there.Ā
But he indulges you, letting your movements continue and swallows down what noisy sounds he wouldāve made. The moment he does, you lift off him with a knowing look.Ā
āLet me hear you, please,ā you ask, your vampire nodding before raking one of his hands through your hair. Your warm mouth continues, before his hips begin stuttering and his curses switch to unintelligible whining again. After all the teasing and pushing all the right buttons on his body, youāre seemingly about to send him barreling towards his release with the consistency of your mouth on him. Licking the side of his cock as you move up and down, lips red and swollen from the friction. You look a perfect mess with your saliva covering him and doing so willingly on him like this.Ā
āGods, Iām going toāāĀ
āComeā¦ā you plead, āfor meā¦āĀ
Thatās all Astarion needs to hear, hips stuttering as he bucks into your mouth, spilling down your throat with a groan that tapers off into a content whimper of your name. You swallow every drop of his spend and ease him down from the peak of his high. Chest heaving, you release him with a pop, cock twitching in the open air, dripping and still half hard. A sheen of sweat covers his forehead, glistening in the light of the room.Ā
āThank you, my darling.ā Astarion leans down, cupping your cheek with his hand and kissing you, tasting himself on your lips.Ā
āYou look so pretty when you comeā¦ā you reply, wiping the extra saliva off your mouth.Ā
āNot as pretty as Iām going to look when I fuck you.ā His voice lowers to a purr, immediately bringing you closer to him with his strength. āYou'll take every inch, wonāt you?ā
āMhm,ā You whimper in reply as Astarion crawls over you, dragging his fingers ever so lightly over your torso.Ā
āNow tell me, did you touch yourself while thinking about me?ā Your face is too quick to give you away to deny it, feeling your cheeks heat up. Thatās enough of an answer for him.Ā
āYou did, didnāt you? Donāt be shy. I want to hear that dirty little mouth admit it.āĀ
āYes, I did. I⦠fucked myself with my fingers wishing it was you. I got off on the high your bite gave me. Godsā¦ā You cover your face in embarrassment, but there was no admitting that to him with a straight face.Ā
āItās alright, little love. No need to be embarrassed. I did too. My mind said no, but my body, filled with your blood, might I add, said yes. I dreamed of you laid out like this for me, so many damn times before I ever thought about it being real.ā His hand pulls yours away from covering how much your cheeks are pinked up at the admittance of such a thing.Ā
āMy tongue still remembers the way your blood tastes, you know. I canāt wait to fuck into you and taste you again.āĀ
āPlease⦠please, pleaseā¦ā you whimper, finally at the crux of your fantasy where it becomes reality. All the nights you spent forcing yourself to be quiet, coming with a whisper of his name, were your real life now.Ā
āPlease, what?āĀ
With the way he hovers over you now, his cock rests just over your navel, almost perfectly lining up with how itāll fit inside you.Ā
āBite meā drink my blood as you put your cock inside⦠I want to feel it grow.ā You mewl, and when he growls with that all knowing smile, you know heāll give you what you want.Ā
Your lips smash together this time, ever so hungrily, almost bordering on needy. Astarion pulls back for a moment, before letting his eyes drop to the pulsing point on your neck to lean down and meet it with a kiss.Ā
Thereās nothing like the cold sharp sting of his fangs that soon melts into the purest form of euphoria as he slowly drinks, tongue greedily sweeping over the marks heās made. The way he murmurs little strings of praise upon his approval against your throat, with blood covered lips.Ā
His tip prods at your entrance, pushing in slowly but with no resistance to the hilt before heās consumed too much. Between the pulls he takes from your neck, heās groaning with each swallow. Your blood sings inside him, truly feeling the aphrodisiac that is your essence of life. It consumes him, taking over the vast inches of his pale skin. Astarionās grip on your body becomes the thing he clings to, letting his hands find your waist and back of your neck again. He pulls you closer to him, attempting to override the high heās been put on, but he falls short just the slightest bit.Ā
From this point you were overjoyed to finally feel the drag of his cock against your walls, going from filled to the hilt to somehow even deeper, your blood filling him as he has filled you. It was poetic in a sense, erotic, and if you werenāt so lost in the high his bite was giving you, you could have cried at this ever so perfect moment.Ā
Finally he releases your neck with a gasp, apples of his cheeks pinked up, and eyes shimmering. Astarion is grinning ear to ear as he looks down on you, triggering a blissed out smile from your own lips.Ā
āHow do I look?ā you ask, slurring your words a little.Ā
āBeautiful. Like you always do.ā When he asks, āDid you feel it?ā in a low voice, you know heās growing so impatient.Ā
āMhm⦠fuck me⦠fuck me so good, the way you know how, Astarion.āĀ
Your moan again as his lips collide with yours, the first few thrusts of his cock slow and methodical. He angles his hips in such a way to hit that spongy sweet spot inside of you without trying, relishing in the friction of your walls.Ā
āSo ready for me, and still so tight. Fuck, you were made for me, werenāt you? HahāāĀ
His voice drips with lavishness, a devoted tone and desperate to please.Ā
āAstarion⦠faster, pleaseā¦āĀ
He says no more, only growling in agreement as his hips pick up the pace. He smiles blissfully while his thrusts find a steady pace inside you. Itās even harder to not lose himself like he has in your neck several times before, soaked in happiness as his pace evens out. What a mistake he makes as he looks down at your neck, becoming so much more difficult not to lose all control and rut into you like a cat in heat.Ā
You moan out his name, every thrust a commitment to giving you his all each and every day heās with you.Ā
āAgain,ā he says through gritted teeth.Ā
āAstarion.ā his mouth is on you again, eager for another taste, snagging your lip with his fang.Ā
āAgain.āĀ
He commands in a tone that leaves no room for second thought. The friction of his cock against your walls, swallowing him in repeatedly, as if it were what your body was made for, brings you barreling towards your release. Itās when he reaches down where the two of you meet in the most intimate way, that you lose all train of thought. Your mind goes fuzzy as his fingers swirl at your clit, your combined fluids doing enough to lubricate the way he circles over your clit.Ā
āIām going toā¦āĀ
āCome for me⦠Please darling, gods, pleaseā¦āĀ
The ruthless pace he keeps up in order to come with you will definitely leave you sore in the morning, along with bloodlessness and at much too many disadvantages. But in this moment, you just donāt careā sharing this pure hot bliss and pleasure with Astarion has tied your souls together for eternity.Ā
So when his hips stutter again, holding himself inside you as he paints your walls with his warm cum, is when you know heās yours forever. You shatter around him, clenching uncontrollably that he almost comes a second time. Both your movements slow to a halt, catching your breath as your heartbeats continue to pound in your ears.Ā
āI love you, thank youā¦ā Your voice is hoarse, but appreciative, as you speak
āI love you, infinitely moreā¦ā He returns your sweet words.Ā
When Astarion lays down next to you, he canāt quite help the throb of his heart in an endless river of warmth. Youāve put him there, not just physically, but spiritually and mentally. Within his heart he knows he can love and trust you like this till the end of his days.Ā
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