#LUCAS BACKSTORY!

[teamcomet-askblog]

Lucas, just recently started wondering before you met Midge, did you travel around a lot?

[uss-butterscotch]

Part 6! If you haven’t seen already i’m working on naming this fic so if you want to vote for your favorite option it should be just a few posts down on my blog :)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

(cw for vague reference to child abuse. It’s literally like one throwaway sentence but just in case!)

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“I keep having nightmares,” she started quietly, “I’m too late to stop Billy from hurting Steve, or the syringe is empty and it doesn’t work, and he kills Steve and then he kills Lucas, then Dustin, then Mike, and I’m yelling at him to stop, but he doesn’t. Because screaming didn’t stop him in real life.”

Eddie was reeling slightly from that alone, he didn’t have time to think of anything reassuring to say before she was talking again.

“Or, it’s the mall. And Billy doesn’t- he lets Jane die. And he laughs at me like I’m stupid for believing he could be better.” She looked back to Eddie then, “And that’s the worst part. Because that’s not what happened. He did do the right thing for once and it got him killed.

“And it all makes me hate him even more, because even after he’s dead, he won’t stop fucking with me!” And there. Finally something Eddie could work with.

Her hands were clenched hard, knuckles turning white. She finally seemed done with her train of thought, breathing slightly heavy, and glaring a hole through the windshield. Eddie nodded, but kept his eyes on the road ahead of him.

“That sucks, Red, I’m sorry.” He rapped his knuckles against the steering wheel lightly, “My dad was in and out of jail most of my life. On the occasion that he was out he was a mean drunk, to me and my mom, the supposed love of his life.”

He rolled his eyes at that. “If he had really cared about her, he would have tried harder to clean up his act when she got sick. But he didn’t, and we couldn’t afford her treatments, and she died. And I hated him so much.

“And then about a year later, he dropped me off with Wayne, said he had some business to take care of in Indy, but he’d see me soon.”

Eddie scoffed sarcastically, shaking his head. “Not too long after that, Wayne gets a lovely visit from the sheriff’s department with news that his brother’s dead, killed in some sort of deal gone wrong. They said from witness statements it sounded like he was trying to to get money back from someone who owed him or something, and to top it all off, his nephew, one Eddison Munson, seemed to be missing-“

“Your name is Eddison?” Max interrupted, a mocking smirk peeking through the panic from before.

“Yes,” Eddie said, rolling his eyes, “what’s yours? Maximillian?”

“Sure.” She said, crossing her arms and settling into her seat. “I would have guessed Edward. Or maybe Edwin.”

Eddie shrugged. “Eddison was like, my mom’s grandpa’s name or something. I never met the guy, but I guess he sort of raised my mom.”

Eddie waved a hand around wildly, needing to steer the subject away from that topic quickly. “Anyway! If I may continue,” he paused to give Max an opportunity to tell him to shut up. When she didn’t, he went on, “after the situation was sorted out, and it was declared I needed a new legal guardian because I was fresh out of parents, I started living with Wayne full time.”

The school was rapidly approaching, so Eddie tried to summarize his points as quickly as possible. “Point is, I was so confused and angry for years. I wondered if he knew how dangerous what he was doing would be, and he kept me away from it to keep me safe for once in his stupid life. I wondered what life might have been like if he had gotten whatever money he went there to get and used it to make things better for us. I had a million questions and a million theories. But none of those ideas fit with the asshole I knew he was, and then I was mad at myself for even thinking that highly of him. For thinking he could change. And worst of all, I would never know the truth.”

He parked the van and shut the engine off. “It took me a long time, and a lot of serious conversations with my uncle that he had to practically drag me kicking and screaming into having, to know what to do with that anger. To work on accepting life’s unknowns.”

Max looked at him, chewing on her cheek. He hoped he wasn’t imagining it, but something in her gaze looked a little softer.

As he opened his own door, he said, “You don’t have to talk about it now, and you don’t have to talk about it to me, but you should talk someone. Eventually.”

He got out, closed the door behind him. When he noticed she was still in her seat he walked around the van and opened her door. “Ideally, you do it before it makes you do something really stupid just to feel something else besides the anger and the grief.”

He stepped aside to give her space to exit the vehicle and she slid out of the seat. He made a show of taking his time to lock up the van to give her a head-start into the school. He watched as she made her way to the doors, and was surprised when, for the first time since they had been driving together, she veered off her path to meet someone. When he realized who it was, Eddie chuckled to himself. He made his own way to the school and gave a two fingered salute to Sinclair and Henderson, who were joined by Max (and smiling so wide their cheeks had to be burning).

He made his way into the school and to his first period class, pleased to be able to check this side quest off.

[wild-magic-oops]

I find the idea of Durge subverting expectations (both in looks and behavior) very interesting, and combined with the intelligence that is hinted in canon, and him inheriting Bhaal's love of money and that translating into having a thing of luxury as well, my take on a durgetash first meeting is that they met during a high society party that Durge killed and lied his way into and it was him who realized that Gortash was a banite while Gortash thought he'd just be getting his dick wet later by the flirty noble who spent the night making fun of fellow high society peers with Gortash.

Durge ofc had planned on killing Gortash near the end of the party, but he kept postponing getting him alone and doing that bc he was actually having fun talking to Gortash and now he doesn't feel like killing him anymore oops

[anniesocsandgeneralstore]

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[edupunkn00b]

Progression, Ch. 1: Ready to Play

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Day 1 of Dukeceit Week 2024: Sunflowers… totally not posted late

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The Muse lay sprawled in sun-warmed soil, bright yellow and orange sunflowers towering over him, blocking most of the sun. Tiny hairs grew out of the thick green stalks surrounding him and he reached out, feeling their soft prickle like he could read the stories they had to tell by touch alone.

Now wouldn’t that be interesting?

But the stalks kept their secrets.

His fingers closed around the nearest stalk and he squeezed, sticky, acrid juice from its xylem seeping between his fingers and running up his sleeve. He laughed, tight and sharp and just this side of hysterical. Papa Bear was gonna be so mad if he stained his shirt.

The Muse laughed again, rusted nails in his throat.

Tears pricked his eyes and he squeezed them shut until his ears roared and his cheeks and neck were wet. When he opened them again, the sunflowers were gone, the sticky sunflower residue gone from his hands. The carpet by the door was rough against his cheek, textured to collect any stray dust or debris any of his visitors might track in from the outside.

Lucas had left him laying in his bed but he didn’t want to waste a moment of his visit with Jannie, so the second that damned door had closed, The Muse had scurried over to wait.

Jannie was now getting the same treatment he had, Lucas’ hands splayed over his skin, pressing in calm and peace. Pulling away the ache and hurt and panic that could set him off. Again.

It had been three fucking days since he’d last seen Jannie, last heard his voice, last touched his hand. His scars—the latest ones—were almost totally healed up the last they’d been together and Lucas and Papa Bear had even left them alone for a whole hour. But three fucking days?

It had been even longer since he’d last seen Ro.

The Muse closed his eyes and saw the sunflowers again. And waited.

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“It is a temporary setback,” Janus murmured, relaxing against Lucas’ warm hands. He closed his eyes and let Lucas’ power buff away the edges of his disbelief.

But Luc couldn’t hide from him and his doubt rasped Janus’ mind. - “Temporary?”-

Janus covered Luc’a hands and nodded. “Yes,” he said aloud, wary of breaking his fragile concentration. He’d finished with Re and gone right to where Janus waited outside the twins’ wing. They only had four hours before Patton returned with the other two. That didn’t leave them much time. Especially if something went wrong.

“None of that now, love,” Luc murmured and a warmth washed over him, drawing away the worry and fear filling his lungs. “You’re right,” he said with more certainty than Janus heard in his thoughts. Janus clung to it anyway. “His last break was just a setback. This will work.”

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Wrapped in the wisps of Luc’s power, Janus barely jumped when Re’s door flung open.

“Jannie!” A ball of noise and heat barreled into him, Re’s skinny arms wrapped tightly around him. The wave of fear and need and relief stole his breath and he held Re just as close.

“Jannie, you’re here! You’re here, you’re here, you’re here!” Tears thickened Re’s voice and the room around them grew dark and warm. Technicolored sunflowers shot up around them, leaves reaching for them and dusting Janus with their pollen.

“I’m here, Re, right here,” he said with words and thoughts. Gradually, the flowers around them shrunk down to a soft carpet of honeysuckle and mint.

Re nodded against his shoulder, fists twisted in his shirt. “You just came from work,” he said instead of asking.

“I did.” Janus kept his voice low and let his thoughts flow freely. Re was so much more coherent this visit, and the control of his flowers had been… different from before. “Ro reached out to me.”

Dandelions sprouted around him, tendrils creeping over his ankles and up his legs. Re trembled in his arms, shaking his head. “It didn’t hurt! It didn’t hurt either of us, I promise! Ro stayed outside the room the whole time, we just talked and played music and—“ His words fell into a babble, leaving only the fear in his thoughts as the flowers tightened their grip on Janus’ legs.

-“Re, I know,”- Janus didn’t bother with words, not with Re so close to the edge. -“I know,”- he repeated, carding his fingers through Re’s hair. No-one wanted to keep the brothers from each other but when Patton and Luc had needed six hours to calm Ro enough to stitch up his wounds from Re’s thorns…

Separation between the brothers had become increasingly required.

“No-one’s in trouble,” Janus promised. “Everything’s alright.”

“Really?” Re’s eyes were impossibly big.

“Really,” he said, smoothing back his hair.

Re’s eyes slipped shut and the ground softened beneath their feet. “Wanna cuddle?” he asked, smiling when Janus nodded.

Janus blinked and he was on his back, Re curled over his chest. “We could actually lie down, if you like,” he chuckled. “Not just in my mind.”

“Everything’s in your mind, Jannie,” he laughed, rich bells ringing out. “We’re just skipping the middleman.”

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@imnotgrimimjustagrumpyreaper

[bluejaybytes]

I don't think I ever actually posted my fully finished SplatOC relationship chart so. woe, squits upon you ☝️

[jarrodsbowen]

tears in my eyes i love them

[teamcomet-askblog]

Hey Lucas… What is your opinion about fatherhood? Did you always imagine that one day you would be a father or were you initially intimidated by that possibility?

[ellenchain]

I know I sometimes portray him as a bit whiny, but he's actually quite badass

like, look at him totally bad guy, not cringe at all, likes to take revenge, other hobbies: weapons and explosives, being dramatic and 47

[new chapter of Vicarious btw]

[jewishcissiekj]

so funny how I've done my best to focus on Asajj's legends character and not think about tcw that I completely forgot about the Nightsisters' part in her story for a while. it's simply not important enough

[flash-from-the-past]

Sweet Valentine

[assfcrdays]

➹ - Max Thieriot

send me a ➹ and a fc ;; i'll create a character on the spot !!!

KIEFER MURRAY | 32 | PERSONAL TRAINER

former college athlete; was planning to go pro but an injury cut his career short

got depressed and addicted to painkillers after the injury, but is clean now

dabbled in some gay porn when he was in his personal crisis, but has completely withdrawn from the industry and focuses on his day job

[team-mavericks]

Why is Morgan interested in Lucas?

"What an insulting question. As if Lucas wasn't a pure delight of a person. How dare you."

There's a long pause before Morgan sighed and dropped her shoulders.

"But... That is the right word to use. I don't love him, at least not yet. We're not that kind of close. But I want to be."

"My first partner was a party person like me, so I thought we were a good match. But when I didn't put out for him when he asked, he got aggressive. I noped out of that one pretty hard. My second, she was very handsy and had a habit of talking over me when I tried talking about the things that I like. That didn't last too long. And the third one... He lied about everything. From his interests to his home, he just wanted someone pretty to look at. I found out he was cheating on his actual girlfriend for me way too late, her and I fought out the gate until I knew why she wanted to fight me. Then the fight turned on him, and I consoled her after. We didn't stay connected, she thought I was hot enough to end up stealing her man again if I was too close... As if that was something I wanted to do."

"I'm 0 for 3 in the dating scene. And it hurts sometimes to think about. But Lucas is... Different from the others. Physically, he is beautiful, and I am absolutely attracted to him sexually. But he doesn't want me for my body, in fact I've been trying to make him look but he gets flustered and looks away. It's cute. And makes me want to explore us being an option. He's so gentle, but he can be tough when he needs to. And after what I learned about him while vacationing in Sinnoh..."

"I'm hoping we can date before finding out it's love. Not that I mind waiting, but the last thing we need is another Pine Forest. But if we wait, and I deeply fall for him, and I confess... I really hope he says yes."

[swearomerta]

some background on Dom and straight sex ™ (under a read more just in case but nothing really explicit haha, + minor spoilers for Dom's side of things I suppose!)

he is good at it. he's had his whole life to practise it, and there weren't really any options that he could see but to be and get good at it (deeply, deeply in denial and repressed).

however his interactions with women in a sexual setting are highly different from his interactions with Adrian, which is not because Adrian is unique as a person but because Adrian is a man and as a gay man Dom feels very differently when he is with him.

with women, Dom tends to be more focused on their pleasure than his - because there is nothing from them that he Needs or Wants as such. sex isn't exactly boring to him, but kind of another way for him to posture and be convincing. so to make it interesting for himself, he's intrigued in finding what makes the woman of the week tick. he'll talk to her, see if she responds to dirty talk or not, what kind of touch sets her off, focus on these things, really hone in on what she seems to be into. he's good with his hands and his mouth and he'll make sure she comes two or three times before he lets her worry about him ... because that's definitely the less interesting part to him. and yes he's totally fine if she doesn't want to do penetrative sex, it doesn't matter to him haha. she can do anything she wants if she insists on reciprocating.

he gets off just fine with women, but it's not something he feels is exciting or feels any particular fulfillment from in the grand scheme of things. it's physically pleasurable, sure, but his mind isn't in it (and certainly not his heart haha). he thinks it is more exciting to see how fast or how hard or how anything he can make her come, because that becomes another social kind of game, another skill he knows he can kind of utilize for his own reputation and social status - and it affirms his masculinity (and as such makes him feel like a Good Strong Straight Man) that he can pleasure women that well. and when he's done that, he feels kind of done with the point of it all, honestly.

so basically, in order to find a loophole for himself to be kind of into it, he views it like a game or a sport rather than something intimate or something that he's meant to have a stake in.

which is why he's a bit ... out of control with Adrian. because it's the first time he really feels himself and lets himself take something, want something, need something. it's also part of why it can be so one-sided; because subconsciously, being in service to someone else's pleasure has felt very different. not insincere or boring, but just different and, oddly - more manipulative. in a way, his raw desire for Adrian, including taking from him what he wants and not really reciprocating at all, is him being a lot more honest.

(though of course the primary reason is cause That's Gay, so it's Not Accepted. he's jumping through a lot of ridiculous hoops. sure he can kiss Adrian on the shoulder and tell him to get off but HE didn't touch any dick, so he's fine.)

[sexysilverstrider]

HES SO PRETTY

[shinrascomputer]

Shinra's #1 Hacker

Name: Lucas Leon Hojo (Lucas Valentine after CC Era)

Age:  16-22 (CC Era), 23+ (OG era)

Pronouns: He/Him (primary), anything

Occupation:

Pre CC era: Hojo's son, no occupation, spends most of his time in the labs under constant watch.

Crisis Core era: Becomes a Turk after Nibelheim, after hacking into Shinra files to find out what happened to Sephiroth.

FFVII era: Stays with Reno, Rude, Tseng, and Elena. Works as their information source, not as often in the field as they are but backing them up from behind the scenes.

Advent Children era: Stayed with Rufus and the others. Was mostly taking care of Rufus during this time as they both had the stigma.

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 126lbs

Gender: Cis Male

Sexuality/Romantic Orientation: Biromantic Homosexual. Lucas is open to a casual fling, but isn't one to date. He's been with both women and men, before realizing that while he doesn't mind having a romantic relationship with women, he prefers men.

Pronouns: He/Him, but could care less what people use

Hair: Black

Eyes: Red, mako enhanced (originally brown)

Personality: Snarky and willing to fight. Lucas doesn't often filter his words when he thinks something isn't right, no matter who he's speaking up against. Despite his constant attitude he's loyal to a fault, and will defend those he trusts to the bitter end, even if it causes problems for him.

Weapons and Abilities:

Lucas carries two pistols with him. Both of them are standard issue

Learned combat mostly from Reno, so has a similar fighting style

Uses speed over strength, he'll wear his opponent down in a fight before attacking

Mostly skilled in espionage, and guns

Thanks to the mako in his system, Lucas has good eyesight and very good aim

Favourite Food: Chocobo Nuggets

Favourite Drink: Any energy drink or black coffee

Notable Talents and Quirks:

He can find almost anything in a single search. Even the most obscure thing, Lucas can locate it online.

Still lives with Hojo, despite being given a home as a Turk. Lucas won't move, comfortable staying with Hojo.

A very, very picky eater.

He cannot dance at all, but is surprisingly very graceful in a fight

Do NOT touch his shoulders

Sharp canine teeth, will joke they're fangs