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The Ascent™ 42 gas fireplace features a premium Split Oak Log set with a traditional look and feel.
It is a clean-faced fireplace that maximizes the viewing area so the realistic flames can be enjoyed to their fullest.
No power? No problem! The electronic ignition system ensures that the fireplace functions, even when the power goes out, keeping your family safe and warm.
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sillybubbies · 1 year
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Living Room in Grand Rapids Example of a large, open-concept transitional living room with a medium-tone wood floor and brown walls, a stone fireplace, a media wall, and a standard fireplace.
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thetrustydwarf · 2 years
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Patio Concrete Slab Huge trendy front yard concrete patio photo with a fire pit and no cover
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empirearchives · 1 year
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It’s cute how Napoleon wrote letters to Talleyrand telling him how much he loved warming up by the fireplace at night. I hope he was very toasty
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aultreneveulxestre · 1 year
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Lookout in Toronto
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Inspiration for a large transitional look-out vinyl floor and brown floor basement remodel with gray walls, a hanging fireplace and a concrete fireplace
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besthousereview · 2 years
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10 Best Electric Fireplace Logs - Top Rated and Buying Tips
If you recently purchased an electric fireplace, you should buy electric fireplace logs that perfectly set the ambiance of the room.
The information below will help you choose the best electric fireplace logs to refer to.
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khaleesiofalicante · 2 months
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Thank you so much for the lovely response to the interlude and storming of the palace chapters! Here are some research photos for you from my trip(s) to Versailles!
Let's look at Versailles first.
This is the outside of the Palace (Versailles). This place is important for the coming chapters.
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Chapelle Royale - The chapel where David's investiture happened.
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The Apollo Room - The King's room - Albert's room. Hope one of those big paintings fall on his head and he dies :)
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One of the many chambers of the royals - I pictured David's room (in Versailles) to look like this. (It's ugly ngl)
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The Gallery of Great Battles. This is the biggest room in Versailles (and also my favourite room). It depicts nearly 15 centuries of French military successes, from Clovis to Napoleon, through 30 or so gigantic paintings. One of my favourite scenes happens here. I think you will like it too.
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Hall of Mirrors - where cakegate happened and everything began.
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The Grand Canal of Versailles - the one Max swam through to get into the Palace unnoticed. Fun fact: I sat by this canal and wrote some of the scenes. It's so long btw. Only Max could swim this in a single stretch.
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Now. Moving into the Trianon Estate and David's current place of living.
I genuinely thought Petit Trianon was so much more beautiful than the Palace of Versailles and immediately decided David would live there instead of the Palace.
The green bench where we see David sit and read fanfiction.
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The private chapel within the chateau that he visits in the morning (sometimes with Jackson).
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The portrait of Marie Antoinette Max touches.
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The forget-me -nots ceramics we see David using because he is a drama queen.
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The iconic fireplace in front of which they have their fight ahhhh.
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The room where David eats/has breakfast with Jackson/Max.
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David's (Barbie) bedroom. They smashed on that bed hehe. It looks red, now, but with the right lighting, this place looks pink. Arthur would love it here.
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This room, which is called the 'war room' is Jackson's office now. You can see his 'strategy' table. I love how it kinda resembles King Arthur's roundtable with the knights.
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Jackson's cottage/home in Queen's Hamlet. The biggest one there.
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Martin's cottage/home in Queen's Hamlet.
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Some of the places Mavid goes through during their walk in Queen's Hamlet in the latest chapter:
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And finally, The Temple of Love (Le Temple de l'Amour) - which is David's favourite place in Versailles and the place where Max gives him the necklace again (they got married in a temple bye)
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End of tour.
This is genuinely one of my favourite places in the world and I am so grateful that I got the opportunity to visit it - and then write about it too. I sat in the temple and wrote some of the scenes from David's interlude while listening to some of David's favourite songs - including My Tears Richochet. If you ever find yourself in Paris/Versailles, I'd definitely recommend visiting the Trianon Estate.
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joachimnapoleon · 9 months
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Coming out in a few months:
Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle.
Bonaparte’s love of the written word, birthed in childhood and nurtured as an adolescent and young adult, never left him. He was a lover of literature for its own sake – often swooning over melodramatic love stories – but he also understood the value of books as instruments of power. Before his campaigns, he poured over dozens of texts relating to the relevant theatres’ geography, population, trade, and history. When contemplating grave decisions, such as his divorce to Empress Josephine, he consulted the historical record for useful precedents to justify and inform his actions. To bolster his troop’s morale during challenging times, he constantly referenced history in his proclamations, making his contemporaries feel as if they were actively shaping history. They were.
The library of an individual is the key to his mind. Behind the grandiose paintings of the victorious conqueror and the constructions of the propagandist, stands the reader. This book is an attempt to glimpse Napoleon’s character without the veneer of imperial glory.
What was he like, alone at night by his fireplace? What thoughts percolated in the mind of the ambitious 20-year-old, isolated in a little room while theorizing about man’s happiness? Who are the literary and historical figures which can claim to have had impacted his life? Who were his favourite authors?
Through this book the reader will embark on a literary promenade with the great general and statemen. In these pages are found the emperor’s favourite authors. And with them, the key to understanding his mind.
Publication Date: May 30, 2024
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justabigoldnerd · 3 months
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"January Embers"
By JustABigOldNerd on Ao3
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Pre-Relationship, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Dungeons & Dragons, Fireplaces, Anti-Tiefling Racism (Dungeons & Dragons), Food as a Metaphor for Love, Worried Napoleon Solo, Illya Kuryakin is Bad at Feelings, Gaby Teller Is a Little Shit, Drabble, Humor, Fluff, Light Angst, POV Napoleon Solo
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Illya Kuryakin, Napoleon Solo, Gaby Teller
Word Count:
2,840
Summary:
Fireplaces are NOT beds. For most people. Illya is not most people.
Excerpt:
“Then, please, enlighten me. Define a tiefling,” Solo threw open his arms, acutely aware that all other voices had ceased and that the attention was solely on them. “Horned beasts, cold-blooded, with pointed tails and a penchant for stealin’ things.” A few patrons raised their voices in agreement, and the barkeep grinned smugly at him. “Well that clears everything up,” he purred venomously, then twirled around to face the gathered townsfolk. Solo gestured to himself, plucked a mug of ale out of the closest hand, and took a swig of it before announcing, “Behold! A tiefling!”
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woodstoves-fireplaces · 5 months
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Natural Gas Fireplace | Napoleon Fireplace
Vented Gas-fired Napoleon Fireplaces
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Napoleon fireplaces or natural gas fireplaces have enabled far greater flexibility in the placement of home heating units because they don't need access to a masonry chimney or a freestanding flue above the roof-line.
Prefabricated from metal, they use zero-clearance technology and have a glass door that securely seals the combustion area from interior rooms.
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anime-severler · 10 months
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Fanfic
"I sometimes feel like my life is fanfic" *sebastian says while doing chores*
"Whats fanfic" dazai appears suddenly
"Its fan fiction. Fans write about their ships or fantasies" sebastian trying to explain
"Ship?" *dazai asks
"Relationship. Routing for 2 characters that goes along. Sometimes enemies like that"
"I can write a fanfiction" dazai smirks and leaves
*2days later*
"Oh Arthur what are you writing?" dazai starts to annoy Arthur
"A fanfiction. Trying to change genres" Arthur says smiling
"Same" dazai says impressed
"What? Sebastian told you about fanfics?" Arthur is suprised looking to Dazai
"Yeah I am writing fanfiction about my ship" dazai says
"You have ship too? Who are you shipping? Wait lets say together" Arthur says
"Marie x Napoleon" they both say
"I never thought our likes would be same. Whats the topic? Mine is enemies to lovers" Arthur says
"Too classical Sebastian told me to do marie x napoleon human au" dazai looks proud
"Enemies to lovers troupe always best" Arthur says
"No au's are best. Lets ask to sebastian" dazai says
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"Sebastian marie x napoleon human au or enemies to lovers?" dazai asks
"Hmm enemies to lovers is a classic but au's good too...I cant decide....how about others residents reads too?"
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"Enemies to lovers definitely" Theo says
"But human au sounds interesting too" Vincent says
"Au is good but enemies to lovers has different feelings" Isaac says
"I would say enemies to lovers. Tension is so different" Leo says
Mozart sighs looks disappointed "Why you guys are shipping my best friend with Napoleon? Do Napoleon and Marie knows about this?"
"No" both dazai and Arthur says
"Its the charm of fanfic. Couple doesnt know the ship" sebastian says
"So enemies to lovers win" Leo says but they continue chatting
"Marie x Napoleon ship huh" they realize Comte is sitting and reading the fanfictions
"So what do you think about.." before Leo contuines to speak, Comte throws two fanfics to fireplace
Silence in the room becomes so loud
Shakespeare chuckles corner of the room and murmurs to himself "everyone knows marie x comte end game"
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lahilden · 5 months
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The Palace of Versailles
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The Palace of Versailles is located in Versailles, France. The royal château served as the seat of French political power. The palace was originally built as a hunting lodge for King Louis XIII and enlarged into a royal palace by Louis XIV. The château went through many expansion phases. The second phase in 1678-1715 saw two enormous wings added. Although the cost was extraordinary, it was decided the château should serve as a showcase for France. All the materials that went into construction and décor were manufactured in France. One of the most costly elements was the silver furniture and silver balustrade used by King Louis XIV for the grand apartments. The palace has a long history, with the royal family forced to leave Paris during the French Revolution. When the monarchy fell, Versailles Palace fell into ruin, and most of the furniture was sold. In 1810, Napoleon began restoration work, which continued under Louis XVIII in 1820, but it wasn’t until King Louis-Philippe that true efforts began. The Fifth Republic made further restorations in the 1950s and promoted the château as a museum. In 2003, a new restoration initiative began. The palace boasts 700 rooms, 67 staircases, and 1,250 fireplaces. The original façade, red brick with cut stone embellishments, has been preserved. The eastern side of the palace has a U-shaped layout with secondary wings and a black and white marble courtyard. Throughout its history, there have been five chapels on the site, the current one built in the Baroque style by King Louis XVI. The castle is also known for its Hall of Mirrors. This gallery is 230 feet long and holds 17 arcaded mirrors, while the ceiling is painted with 30 scenes from Louis XIV’s reign. The Royal Opera was completed in 1770. The castle has many opulent apartments, from the king’s private rooms to the staterooms. The palace gardens boast water fountains and an orangery. #PalaceOfVersailles #castles #palaces #museum #France #Versailles #history
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raccoon-eyed-rebel · 11 months
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Part 29 - The switch
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Masterlist
Series Masterlist
Part 28 -- Part30
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Pairing: Marshall x Lexi | August x Anjelica | Mike x Dani | Sherlock x Elena (In that - recurring - order)
Summary: Some of the Crescent Street boys - and their girlfriends/ situationships/ let's face it at this point Marshall and Lex are just a 'situation', not even a 'ship' - go on a ski trip...
Warnings: SMUT, NSFW, 18+, MINORS DNI, (mention of) oral (f receiving, vaginal, anal), p-in-v, some interesting miscommunications, mention of sexual trauma, mentions of illegal activity...
Word count: 7.8k
A/N: Alright, so instead of writing this chapter 4 times, like I did with the NYE chapters, I decided to switch POV's a bunch (Which always goes in the same order: ML, AA, MD, SE.) Apparently stuff like that ends up being nearly 8k. I'd say I was sorry, if I was actually sorry, which I'm really fucking not, honestly.
I like this chapter, I hope y'all will, too! (There's some uncharacteristically sweet August and Ange, and there's a very confused Sherlock, and a very adorable Mikey, and.... The good news is @deandoesthingstome gets her M+L Shower Scene, but it's probably not the hot, steamy event you hoped for, sorry girl...)
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@deandoesthingstome @summersong69 @livisss @sillyrabbit81 @ellethespaceunicorn @ylva-syverson @poledancingdinos @geralts-yenn
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“I’m off,” August said, a hand already on the door handle.
Marshall raised an eyebrow. “Off to where?”
“Ange,” August answered indifferently.
“Isn’t she sharing a room with Dani?” Marshall asked, not catching on.
“Dani will be with Mike,” August said, fighting to keep the annoyance out of his voice. Every second he wasted standing here was a second closer to the whole plan collapsing. Ange wouldn’t be happy, then. And neither would he. Or Mike, or Sherlock, or either of their girls, for that matter.
“Mike, who’s sharing a room with Sherlock?” Fuck. He didn’t have a complete grasp on the scheme yet, but enough to know something was up. Pun not intended.
“Yes. Sherlock will stay with Elena,” August said, opening the door so he could make a break for it if he had to. And he had to.
“Elena is sharing a room with…” Marshall tried, but August smiled and quickly stepped out. “Walker! Son of a bitch!”
He had no choice but to let himself fall back against his pillows and wait for the soft knock on the door. Actually, he did. But it would ruin the night for six people, and… maybe there was a part of him that didn't want to murder his friends for this obvious setup.
He opened the door with trembling hands. Why were they doing this? They’d been right to keep him out of this; he’d never have agreed to it!
“Hi,” Lexi said as soon as he opened the door. She pushed him aside and walked into the room. “We need to talk.”
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“These bathtubs look just about big enough for the both of us,” Anjelica said, sliding her hands into August’s shirt.
“That's been a while,” August hummed in return, his lips brushing the skin of her neck softly, while memories of that evening alone at Anjelica's parents' house made their way to the forefront of his brain.
“Hm,” Anjelica moaned at the attention August was giving her, “that was a fantastic night.” Her fingers made quick work of the rest of the buttons of his shirt, and impatiently pushed it off his shoulders. She was right, it had been absolutely amazing – her father's presence had been needed at some fundraiser, and they'd had plenty of time to fully explore the luxuries of the main bathroom…
“It was… You know, when I saw that fireplace downstairs I was afraid we’d spend our whole evening there,” he admitted, moaning as her fingernails gently travelled down his back. He loved the feeling – she knew that.
“I wouldn't have hated curling up in front of that with a good book,” she replied, pulling him closer – which made August chuckle. Napoleon and Charles – and occasionally Mike, Sy and Sherlock, although the latter could be excused, still, simply because of his lack of experience – liked to complain that women were so incredibly difficult to figure out, but August couldn't agree. He'd always found Anjelica extremely easy to read: She'd pull him close when she wanted him close, and pushed him away when she needed him there. That's pretty much all there was to it. Right now, she was trying to trick him into thinking she wanted, rather than needed, him with her – like there was any sort of real choice involved in that.
“Why don't you curl up in bed for a moment,” he said, wiping a rogue curl out of her face, “I'll take care of the bath.”
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“Yay, sleepover!” Mike immediately wrapped his arms around Dani, picked her up and tossed her on his bed. He'd taken the liberty of pushing the two singles together, so they'd have plenty of space for whatever it was that he had planned. Alright, it was Mike, so the plans probably didn't go a whole lot beyond ‘cuddle and fuck', but still. It was nice. And there was plenty of space to do it. Dani laughed when he jumped on the bed too and crawled over to her. “Hi!” He touched the tip of his nose to hers, before kissing her fiercely and then quickly moving on to her neck.
“Mikey!” she shrieked before pushing his face off her. “No hickeys!”
“It's freezing and we're on a ski trip, Sweetcheeks! You'll be covered head to toe. Let me… No! Lemme!” He wrestled her for it – and let her win, because there was no way she could take a guy like Mike on her best days… “You break my heart, Sweetcheeks,” he said dramatically, pouting like a sad little puppy. “Oh, how you wound me! What did I do to deserve this?”
“Mike, cut the drama,” she laughed, climbing on top of him and straddling his hips as he threw himself on his back with a theatricality that wouldn't have looked out of place in an off-off-off-off-Broadway production of whatever Shakespeare play you could think of. “I know the perfect way to make it up to you.”
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“I'm beginning to see why you love this part,” Sherlock chuckled as Elena pushed him against the door as soon as he'd shut it behind him.
“I've been waiting for this all day,” Elena whined softly, peppering Sherlock's jaw and throat with kisses. There was no denying it. Even on the bus ride over to the hotel they were staying in for the weekend, she'd curled up next to him, her hands wandering places they probably shouldn't have been exploring in public – even if it was under the blanket she (and all the other girls) had miraculously thought to bring.
“I know,” he laughed, “but could we slow down a bit?”
“We can slow down after we get naked,” Elena replied, impatiently working the buttons of his shirt. It seemed a fair compromise, and he gladly helped her achieve her goal. She kept her promise; as soon as all clothes were off, she slowed down, diving into his arms under the covers as she teasingly slowly moved her hands all over his upper body, her head resting on his shoulder.
“Is it strange that I like spending time with you like this?” Sherlock asked softly, a smile playing at his lips.
“Not at all,” Elena answered, “I like it, too.”
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“There's not a whole lot I can say.” Marshall shrugged, looking everywhere in the room except at the girl in front of him.
Lexi put her hands on her hips and scowled at him. “Wrong, Walter. There's a whole fucking lot you can say. Starting with…” She'd planned on making him apologize, but now that she was standing in front of him, her plans changed quickly. Why did he have to be so hot?
“I'm sorry,” Marshall said, the sincerity of his words obvious in his eyes, which he finally lifted to look at Alexandra. That was what she'd been wanting to hear, right? Then why did those words not make it better? Why did they make her feel absolutely overcome with rage?
“Wow, I really thought that would at least begin to fix something,” she sighed, slumping down on the edge of one of the beds in the room. Marshall sat down on the one opposite her.
“I, eh… Get mad,” he said, much to Lexi's surprise.
“What? Why? So you can feel better about what you've done once I've been screaming at you like crazy for a while?” God, why did he have to get his wish, even if she didn't want to grant him the satisfaction? Why was he winning this fight?
“Because I think I don't even know half of what I should be apologizing for.” Oh. Well. If he put it like that…
“Well buckle in, buddy, because it's a long ass fucking list.”
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“I thought you hated the scent of lavender?” Anjelica leaned back against August's chest, running a hand up his thigh.
“I do,” he said. It was quite the understatement; he absolutely despised the stuff. And yet…
“Then why, pray tell, are we taking a bath in your worst nightmare right now?” A valid question.
“Because it helps you relax,” he answered, “and you need that. You practically singlehandedly organized this trip, Angel.” It was the truth – she knew that, although she'd never admit just how close her efforts came to being nothing short of completely supernatural.
“Sometimes I wish I could hide from you,” she chuckled softly. It was so difficult for her to give up control, to surrender the illusion that she had everything covered at all times… Sometimes, August staring straight into her soul was something she wished she could opt out of – but it would involve breaking up with him, and she could never.
“And I would let you,” August said to her surprise, “if there was even the smallest part of me that was convinced you'd take care of yourself if I wasn't doing it for you.” Of course he was right. Not that Anjelica couldn't take care of herself – of course she could! In fact, August was convinced she could pretty much do anything. The reality was, however, that she simply wouldn't.
“I know, but…” 
He didn't let her finish that sentence. “Princess treatment for you tonight, my Angel.”
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“Eek!” Dani crawled deeper under the covers, grabbed Mike, and pulled his shark Squishmallow closer. “Mike! I hate this movie.” Lies. They weren't half bad when watched while snuggled up to Mike – especially when she got to confiscate Jacques. Yes, the Squishmallow had a name.
“Jacques will protect you,” Mike vowed. See? Squishmallow had a name. And a ridiculous one at that, for a stuffed shark, at least – which was exactly why Mike had chosen the name.
“I want you to protect me,” Dani said, snuggling closer to Mike. “Hold on, is Jacques a way of not having to make any promises to…”
“Yeah, sure,” Mike cut her off bluntly, sarcasm clear in his voice. “Sweetcheeks, no girl I've hooked up with has ever even seen Jacques. He disappeared into the bottom of the closet for… a bit…”
“Oh no! How could you! Look at this sweet, squishy, little face!” She screamed when she looked at the screen of Mike's laptop again at exactly the wrong time. “Okay, turn this off! I'm scared-scared now, not horny-scared.”
“Shit,” Mike deadpanned, tickling Dani's side. “That's the wrong kind of scared.”
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‘Slowing down' was out the window. Gone. Long forgotten. All that existed now were the sweet moans Sherlock heard as he kissed his way up the inside of Elena’s thigh. He buried his face between her legs with unprecedented enthusiasm, causing Elena to chuckle, which made him look up, an eyebrow raised inquisitively. Not that there was any way for her to answer his unspoken question, as she was far too occupied with the delightful feeling of his tongue, lapping hungrily at her apex, and the pleasure it brought her far too quickly.
“I don't like how good you are at that already,” she joked as he made his way up her body again, the kisses he pressed to her skin leaving a blazing hot trail. Every part of her wanted to jump him, he knew that. It wasn't particularly hard to figure such things out – she was quite vocal, and her fingers dug into his skin more and more greedily as she became more worked up. Right now, he was convinced they would be leaving marks on his upper arm.
“You're easy to read,” he confessed before kissing her gently.
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“You hurt me, Marshall,” she whispered softly. “Let me recap this for you and see if you can spot the mistakes. We get drunk together and you fuck me - don't… I know I was on the other end of that and you didn't do anything I didn't want you to do. I know, okay? I know. Then you tell me you regret that you even liked it because you should have regretted it, which gave me a headache, for starters, and also was just generally kind of rude. Then you fucking ghost me! And I show up at your party at New Years Eve and I see you run off to your room with some fucking puck bunny that's been through half of your team?!” By the end of her speech, she was screaming – maybe mostly because, save for a complete communicative failure, Marshall hadn't actually done anything wrong. Although Alexandra wasn't quite ready to admit that. It was as Elena had said; the big crime she was accusing him of was rebounding. Alright, attempting to. Alright, the ghosting was bad.
“I’m sorry I hurt you,” Marshall said. He meant it – how could he not? Lex had been one of his best friends for a really long time, and seeing her hurt was just about the last thing he wanted.
“I need to know, Walter…” Her voice was a whisper again. “Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why sleep with me? Why ghost me? Why her?”
“Let's get the Veronique-thing out of the way first… I was trying to forget about you, Lexi. And I couldn't. Because… things wouldn't… I didn't… It… I… Eh…”
“Your dick refused service,” Lexi said without thinking, a sweet smile on her lips. She realized her mistake too late, and hoped her slip-up wouldn’t make things worse.
“Of course she told… Well. Yeah. I ghosted you for the same lame reason. I tried to forget about you because… Because I thought we could never be together. You're my best friend's sister…” He looked at his hands; a feeble attempt to keep his voice from breaking.
“Why'd you sleep with me in the first place?” It's not that she had expected him to confess his love to her when she'd done it. As far as she was concerned, that had been a stupid, drunken mistake. But at least she'd hoped that he'd feel it didn't have to be. That he'd…
“Because I love you.”
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The massage had started with a ‘Is this necessary?’ from Ange, who'd then proceeded to attempt to stall and evade August so much that he'd seen no other option than to tie her to the bedframe using the belt of her bathrobe. Relaxation was mandatory, and that was the end of it. Ange had laughed. Now, she was on her knees, still tied to the headboard, with her ass high in the air and August’s eager face between her thighs. The position wasn't ideal – at least; it would have been suboptimal had the objective been to make her cum. It wasn’t.
“You like doing that a little too much,” Anjelica groaned into her pillow. It didn't make August stop, but it did make him chuckle, and soon his fingers took over while his mouth moved up a little, carefully gauging Angie’s reaction. It was something he – much like practically every other man on the planet – had always wanted to try, but they'd never talked about whether or not she was into some ‘backdoor experimenting'. “Fuck!” Aright, that sounded promising… “Three years in… I thought I was going to have to bring it up myself.”
Wait? She was up for it, and he didn't even have to ask? “Yeah,” she laughed, subtly cluing him in that he'd actually said that out loud. “Can you untie me? I really want to cuddle.”
“I'm impressed,” August said – but not before sinking his teeth into her ass once for good measure. “And I'm really happy you asked, Angel.”
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“Still scared?” Mike asked. The question was surplus; Dani had good and well forgotten what she'd been scared of in the first place.
“No, definitely just horny now,” she laughed, “you're really getting the hang of eating pussy, babe.” Mike looked a little too proud when she said it, flashing her that insufferable grin before he threw himself face-first between her boobs. She wanted to get mad at him for motorboating her, she really did, but the puppy-eyes prevented her from feeling anything but ‘aww’.
Soon, he climbed up, though, focusing his attention on her neck, and finally capturing her lips in a searing kiss. It was unfocused – which wasn’t unusual for Mikey, but today was something special.
“What are you thinking, babe?” Dani muttered against his lips, because he wouldn’t break the kiss.
“Hmm,” he hummed before finally moving away, “I can’t decide what position I want you in and it’s driving me nuts.”
She laughed. What else could she possibly do? He said it so matter-of-factly that all possible awkwardness – and there was enough of that to go around – disappeared immediately, and she just laughed.
“Missionary?” She suggested, still trying to catch her breath.
“Boring,” Mike said. It was only slightly offensive. “And doggy sounds boring.”
“That’s your favorite!” she said, quasi-shocked.
“I know, that’s what’s driving me nuts!” he grumbled, burying his face in her neck. “I wanna try something new, if you’re okay with that?” And with another dose of those puppy-eyes… how could she say ‘no’?
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“God, yes! Fuck me, please,” Elena cried out as Sherlock sank into her with a smooth thrust. The desperation in her request, paired with the sultry determination in her eyes raised heat and color to his cheeks. Elena grinned. Making Sherlock blush was easier and far more satisfying than she’d ever dared to dream. She reached for his neck, pulling his face to hers and kissing him fiercely before bringing her lips to his ear. “Go on, then, you know I love your cock.”
With shame clouding his cheeks and coloring his ears, he began to move. Slowly, at first, but soon encouraged by her words, increasing his pace until she yelped loudly. “Fuck! Just like that.” Upon hearing her words, the corners of Sherlock’s mouth twitched up into a gentle smile that didn’t go unnoticed by his lover. He couldn’t deny that he enjoyed receiving her praise at least as much as she enjoyed showering him with it. Even more than that, however, he appreciated her instructions. They were clear and concise and allowed him to please her better than he would have been able to without them, and he thanked her silently for them.
It wasn’t too long before he felt the increasing difficulty to keep his steady rhythm reach its peak. Through gritted teeth he let out a pained grunt. “I’m…” He didn’t make it past the first word of his sentence before his grip on her tightened involuntarily and he came, swearing softly under his breath. “I’m sorry,” he muttered shamefully as he retreated.
“What on earth for?” she said with a gentle chuckle.
“My… lacking stamina.”
“Give it some time, Sherlock. Besides, that was lovely, either way.” She wrapped her arms around him for a moment. “You know, a shower together wasn’t quite your thing, which I understand, though I do pity myself… but the bathtubs look quite nice…”
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“What?” He… What?
“I love you,” he repeated quietly. So she’d heard correctly… “I’ve always loved you. As a friend, when we were little… Then as a little sister during the few years I talked myself into believing I was so much more mature than you – never was, of course—” he laughed awkwardly “— and then… Oh, God. You started bringing boys home on occasion and guys started to ask you out and whatever, and Peter would always complain about it. ‘What do they even see in her? She’s just my stupid little sister.’ And all I could think about was how pretty you were… It took me nearly two years to realize that…”
“That what, Marshall?” she whispered softly as she got up from where she was sitting and sat down next to Marshall instead.
“That I didn’t want to punch all those guys in the dick because I was protecting a sister.” He flashed an apologetic grin at her, while she barely managed to hold back a snort.
“I’ve had a crush on you for… years,” she admitted plainly, not daring to look him in the eye. “Ever since the summer I turned sixteen…”
“You avoided me for most of that vacation!” He laughed — the familiar sound she loved and that always reminded her of the fun the three of them used to have. “I was so confused, and our moms took me apart and told me that you were a little eh… ‘sweet on me’, I believe is the term mom used, and I laughed it off… didn’t believe a word of it.”
“No, they were right. I’d missed you and Peter so much when you were off to college, and our hockey games had been so much fun, and I’d been looking forward to seeing you again… and then you got out of the car the morning you got back, and it hit me like a ton of bricks.”
“What did?” he asked, clearly somewhat confused.
“You. And I didn’t even admit to myself it was a crush until about three days later, when you saved me from the collapsing chair. I was so shocked that I wasn’t disgusted by your chest hair anymore…” She couldn’t finish her sentence, because next to her, Marshall cracked up — and it took him a while and a half to be able to speak again.
“I’m sorry,” he chuckled, “don’t let me and my disgusting chest hair keep you from finishing your story.”
“Like I said: it suddenly wasn’t disgusting anymore,” she laughed as she pushed against his shoulder. “God, remember the last night?”
“What, the teen disco thing?” He snorted, a dirty grin spreading across his face. “Yeah I remember… Shit! Oh, fuck, Lex, did that upset you?”
“That you went outside with the girl I thought was my friend? Nah, why would you think that?” She could joke about it now, right?
“If it helps: she was a horrible kisser,” he said as he leaned over to her, “unlike you.”
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“That’s not cuddling, August,” Anjelica said with a smile when she felt the tip of August’s cock at her entrance.
“We can do both,” he replied with determination. It was true, they could – although they hardly ever did, unless it was something one of them, or in this case both of them, really needed.
“I love you,” she whispered when he pushed into her with a grunt that would have to suffice as his answer. She pulled him along as she rolled onto her back, wrapping a leg around his waist.
“My beautiful angel,” he muttered softly against the skin of her neck as he pushed deeper, drawing a whimper from her lips. She moved her hips in time with his, rolling them into his movements as he gently rocked into her. “Good?”
“Mmhmm,” she hummed, a content smile on her lips.
His hand moved to her hip, grasping her tightly as he tried to keep his slow rhythm. It could be challenging; her tight walls clenching around him felt so good it always kept him on the verge of losing his ability to think straight, and there was the ever-present urge for him to make her cry out his name — in pain, in pleasure or both.
At the same time, he relished the thought that he could go for hours like this — if she’d let him, and from the sound of it, she would.
“I missed you,” she whispered suddenly, making August’s brows draw together in surprise. They were together more often than not… “I was so caught up in what I needed from you that I forgot to just want to spend time with you,” she admitted as she gently let her fingers trail the side of his face, tracing his jaw.
“Well then,” August started, bringing his lips to her ear, and snaking his arms tighter around her before he continued, punctuating his words with deep, lazy thrusts that made Ange squeal: “Let’s make sure we reconnect.”
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“Shit, babe, this is ah—” Mike’s greedy hands dug roughly into the flesh of Dani’s ass. “Pretty fucking amazing, holy shit… Keep— damn!”
Dani couldn’t do much other than laugh at Mike’s all-over-the-place rambling and mumbling about how much he liked what was going on. Well, that and keep moving, bouncing up and down Mike’s cock while he barely even tried to keep quiet. He loved it, there was no doubt in her mind, but Dani herself? She mostly wondered if she looked as weird as she felt about this. And it was a whole fucking thigh workout…
Mike whined when she climbed off of him. “No, babe, don’t… Hey? What’s wrong?” He reached for Dani with a sweet smile — but the pleading puppy eyes didn’t go anywhere.
Reluctantly, Dani let herself be pulled into his arms. “I felt silly,” she muttered, hiding her face in his neck.
“You didn’t look silly,” Mike replied, littering her face and everywhere else he could reach with kisses, “you looked fucking hot. This ass” — he grabbed it for good measure — “jiggles like crazy and it’s literally so fucking good!”
“Mike!” The last thing Dani wanted to hear was that she jiggled in any kind of way. Even a good one.
“Babe,” Mike sighed, clearly exasperated. “What do you want me to say? What do you want to do? Turn off the lights, get under the covers and — ow! What? Don’t use Jacques to hit me!”
Then, he attacked her, tickling her until she begged for mercy.
“Not until you tell me you’re pretty!” he threatened, pressing a soft kiss to the tip of her nose that she tried to avoid — unsuccessfully.
“Never!” she laughed, and her stubbornness made him smile. Of course, it was easy for him to enjoy this: he wasn’t the one gasping for air as she struggled to keep his hands away from her body. “Okay! Fine! I’m pretty!”
“Yes, you are.” He ceased his attack immediately and wrapped her up in a big hug. “Now, remember that or I’ll have to punish you again,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
“Oh no! I’ll be good, daddy, I promise!” Dani tried really hard to keep her face in check, but Mike’s reaction was so funny that she didn’t manage.
“Tell me you were joking!” he said, looking absolutely terrified, even when Dani finally failed to hold back her laughter. “Oh, good! That was…” He shuddered. “Don’t… Don’t call me that. Literally ever!”
“Looks like we found your weakness,” she laughed, poking at his side.
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“This is preferable to the shower, but I’m still convinced you’re trying to boil me,” Sherlock sighed — a sound that was part annoyance and part pain — while Elena snuggled into his chest.
“Sorry, I didn’t exactly make the water more accommodating for you,” she chuckled, “I’m very cold.”
“Anything for you, darling,” he sighed, feigning a smile.
“You really are a quick study,” Elena laughed, trailing her fingers over his chest and abs. His muscles twitched under her touch, and she even felt his cock come alive against her hip.
“I have a great teacher,” he grunted as she continued her ministrations. The water temperature suddenly became a lot more tolerable — how strange.
The kiss that followed was gentle, and lasted just long enough to make Sherlock whine softly when she pulled back, his eyes begging her to keep going.
“I don’t mean to start something we can’t finish right now,” she whispered as she settled against his chest again.
A thoroughly sarcastic chuckle escaped him. “It’s a little late for that.” He didn’t mean to sound irritated — but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
“I beg your pardon, Holmes?” She looked up at him, raising an eyebrow. “Are you suggesting we just… risk it?”
He opened his mouth to reply to her utterly ridiculous proposal, but his words got stuck somewhere between his brain and his mouth.
“What? Nothing smart to say?” Elena moved away from Sherlock as best she could, and looked at him, her eyes clearly posing a challenge she knew Sherlock and his rather limited experience with women were going to accept — except it looked like he still had absolutely nothing to say.
“I think I’ll just go,” he muttered quietly as he got up. Elena seemed less than inclined to come after him, and he prepared to escape the bathroom slightly flustered.
“Perfect,” she snapped at him as he walked back into the bedroom, “you were ruining my bath.”
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He kissed her. Gently but decisively, and she gladly subjected herself to his treatment, not hesitating for a second. She’d missed him so much…
“We shouldn’t.” How someone could say that while pushing her back onto the mattress, she had absolutely no clue — but it annoyed her.
“Why not?” Lexi said, pushing Marshall off her and glaring at him. “Why can’t you just be with me unapologetically? Why is that so hard?”
“Lexi,” Marshall sighed, moving closer to her again. “We can’t just… hook up. We’ve never even been on a date.”
“Hockey game in two weeks,” she said with a devious smile. “There’s your date. Now, please kiss me?”
She didn’t have to tell him twice; before the words were good and well out of her mouth, he leaned in and pressed his lips to hers, making it abundantly clear that he planned on doing a lot more than just kissing her. Lexi’s arms immediately wrapped around Marshall’s neck, pulling him closer, and he was more than happy to oblige. Lips parted and tongues eagerly tangled, moans escaped both of them, hands slipped underneath sweaters and before long, most clothes had come off and fingers were wandering everywhere.
Lexi shivered when her fingers brushed past Marshall’s hardened length – no equipment failures tonight, or so it would seem. It seemed bigger than she remembered…
“Shh,” he whispered softly, “you know I’ll take good care of you.”
“I know,” she muttered. “It’s just… intimidating.” Her remark earned her a low chuckle.
“It’s a curse,” he replied with a wink.
She rolled her eyes. “I’m sure they all saw it that way,” she huffed, a hard to miss edge of annoyance to her voice.
“Six,” he said.
“What?”
“There have been six. Not including you. You are number seven.”
“And if we’re counting hand jobs and oral?”
“Eh… The number doubles,” he admitted. “You’re not the only one who’s been…”
“Intimidated, right?” Lexi stroked the side of his face, her fingers lingering briefly in his beard. She knew she had no right to be upset she wasn’t his first. He wasn’t exactly hers, either, but it stung, nonetheless.
“Lexi, please,” Marshall sighed, leaning his forehead against hers.
“I know, I know… Why did you even tell me?” Right. Like it was his fault…
“You were going to ask,” he sighed. He was right – which irked her. “Why do girls ask that question and then get mad about the answer?”
“Oh, I’m definitely picking this fight, just so I won’t have to deal with your scarily massive dick,” she joked. Okay, fine, half-joked.
“Hey, listen,” Marshal said, picking up on the serious edge to her voice, “if you don’t want to do this, we’re obviously not doing this. But I do want to keep making out, if you’re okay with that.” His eyes were kind, as was his smile, and the kiss he pressed to her neck was gentle and encouraging.
“Oh, I’m more than okay with that.”
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She was in his lap now, slowly grinding her hips against his, while both of them moaned loudly with every move. August’s hands rested on her thighs, occasionally sliding up or down, but ultimately mostly leaving her to it. Ange had a hand between her legs and a blissfully fucked-out look on her face – that August was sad he couldn’t see, because Anjelica was riding him with her back towards him. Her slow tempo and sultry moans made him impatient, but he refrained from taking charge.
She was close — he could tell from the way her breath quickened, and with it, her pace.
“Fuck.” The sound was barely audible, as was the name that followed. A name that wasn’t August’s. And, unfortunately, he heard her — but he didn’t let her know. With an insidious little smirk on his handsome face, he let her do her thing, until she finally exploded around him. Then, as she slumped back against his chest, limp and worn out from what had sounded like an amazing orgasm.
August’s hand traveled briefly up her stomach and chest, lingering at her neck for a moment before he decided against his instinctive approach. Instead, he turned her on her knees and entered her from behind, not holding back for so much as a single moment. Within seconds, Ange was squealing into the pillows and grabbing the sheets while August pounded into her from behind. It took him one small adjustment to their position…
“Fucking hell,” she cried out, and he chuckled softly. She’d cum from this — and it wouldn’t take long.
He was right — of course he was. Barely a minute later, she came hard, her walls squeezing his cock so hard he couldn’t stave off his own release any longer.
“Dammit, August, what was that?” she panted, trying to catch her breath as she rolled over in bed.
“Oh,” he chuckled darkly, “so you do remember my name?” As soon as the words left his mouth, Anjelica’s eyes went wide.
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“I still can’t believe you called me ‘daddy’,” Mike said, pouting and shuddering while clinging to Jacques.
“Babe, seriously,” Dani sighed, leaning over him. “It was a joke. Can we get back to what we were doing before?”
“Sweetcheeks, I honestly don’t think I’m going to be able to get it up tonight,” Mike groaned dramatically. It was a blatant lie, which Dani didn’t hesitate to point out.
“Uhuh,” she nodded, “nice semi, Mike.”
Mike curled up and glared at Dani, still clutching Jacques to his chest — making his girl laugh in the process. She curled up behind him and pulled the covers over them.
“Wow,” Mike muttered quietly into Jacques. “This is fucking nice.”
Dani chuckled as she pulled Mike closer. “Never been the small spoon before?”
He shook his head and made a ‘nu-uh’ kind of sound. “This is awesome. Do you get to feel like this all the time?”
“About half the time from here on out, I suppose,” she joked.
Mike turned around in her arms, still holding Jacques. “I’m not trying for your spot, babe. It’s just… nice, every once in a while, I guess.” He let out a deep sigh and settled into her side with his head on her chest.
“How did you get Jacques?” she asked after a while.
“Impulsive acquisition in high school. Remember the disaster-divorce?” Dani nodded in response to his question. “I was angry at the whole world for obvious reasons, and I walked past him on my way home from school. He made me smile, so I took him home.”
“And by ‘took him home’ you mean ‘bought’, right?” Dani gave Mike a meaningful look — or rather, tried to, because he wouldn’t meet her eye.
“Ehm… No, I mean ‘stole’.”
“Shoplifting, Mike, really?”  
“Yeah, I wasn’t in a great place, Sweetcheeks. My parents were fighting all the time, and…”
“Failing your classes didn’t get their attention, so you figured ‘juvenile delinquent’ might?” she asked semi-sarcastically — and, much to her surprise, Mike nodded.
“Pretty much. Started small. Nail polishes for whoever I was seeing that week—”
“Mike! Don’t…”
“Sweetcheeks, trust me, it all meant nothing, and I sure as fuck never closed, so… either way; nail polish, lighters… Jewelry, make-up. God, I was desperate.” He laughed.
“Lighters?” Dani asked. It felt like one of those primary school assignments: ‘Which word does not belong with the others?’
”Ehm… Yeah, me and my friends might have set a trash can or two on fire,” he smiled apologetically. “Like I said; not in a good place.”
“And Jacques?”
“Like I said; I saw him, and he made me smile. Reminded me of something from when I was younger, so I took him home.” He absentmindedly stroked Jacques’ head. Or… he was a Squishmallow, they’re all head…
“Never got caught?” Dani asked, curiosity finally fully taking over.
“Once. They let me off with a warning because they thought it was painfully obvious I did it to impress a girl. Needless to say, she was not impressed.”
“Go figure,” Dani teased while running her hands through his curls. “Were you doing it to impress her?”
“Duh,” he snorted. “Sweetcheeks, you may not have noticed this, but I’m not exactly smooth or anything.”
“Oh. No, I’ve noticed,” Dani deadpanned, leaving Mike glaring up at her.
“Thanks.” He rolled his eyes.
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Sherlock ran through the conversation-turned-argument in his head a dozen times in a feeble attempt to uncover his mistakes, until the sound of Elena’s voice distracted him. The sounds coming from the bathroom left little to the imagination with regard to what was going on, and the realization made his cock twitch in his pants. Shame reddened his cheeks as he silently cursed at his body’s reaction, and he fought the urge to take matters into his own hands, so to speak.
Focusing on his reading proved impossible, so instead, he folded his hands on his stomach and waited until Elena finally emerged from the bathroom, hoping she would be in a better mood.
“Are you ready to apologize?” she snapped when she came into the bedroom.
Sherlock’s eyes went wide. “Apologize? What about you? You were being completely unreasonable!” Of course, he didn’t realize his mistake until it was too late.
“Get out of my bed,” Elena replied, her voice at least as cold as her eyes. “Now.”
“Where am I supposed to—”
“Lexi’s bed. The floor. I really don’t care, Sherlock.”
“Elena, I—” “Sherlock, fuck off,” she snarled. Bewildered, he got up and sat down on the other bed, watching Elena as she got into bed and turned off the lights.
For a while, he didn’t speak while he wracked his brain in another attempt to figure out where exactly things had gone wrong. “Elena,” he whispered softly, his voice drenched with utter despair, “can we please talk?”
“I have nothing to say to you,” she huffed, turning her back to him.
“Elena, I know you’re upset with me, and I’m very sorry that I did something to upset you,” he said as he quietly got up and walked over, putting a hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off. “Please help me understand this situation so I can make things right.” This time, she let him put his hand down, and he sighed in relief — albeit carefully.
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“Trust you, relax, tell you if it hurts,” Lexi repeated before taking a deep breath. Theoretically, she was plenty prepared to take him, but in reality? She wasn’t drunk this time, which made it a lot more difficult to relax when Marshall slowly pushed into her. Her face scrunched up when she felt the sharp pain she was familiar with.
“Lex—” Marshall started, but she shook her head.
“It’s okay, it’ll pass, just…” A hand on his lower back pulled at him, guiding him deeper.
 “N-no,” he stammered.
“Marshall, it’s fine,” she said with a warped smile.
“The fuck it is! Lexi, no.” He pulled out and dropped down on the mattress, next to her. “I’m not okay with this. I won’t hurt you.”
“Marshall, really, it’s no big deal,” she groaned. Why was he being so difficult?
“It is to me, Lexi! How can I have a good time when I’m hurting you? I don’t know how to make this clearer… I explicitly do not consent to hurting you.” There was something strange to his voice and about the way he punctuated every word of his last sentence very clearly and deliberately, and Lex I found herself quite occupied with trying to figure out what was bothering him when he announced he was going to take a shower.
“Can I join you?” she asked carefully when she figured he’d had enough time to cool off – and so had she. He growled a ‘yes’, but didn’t turn around when she stepped into the cabin. “Marshall, what happened to you?”
“Do we have—” A wet sounding slap against his shoulder interrupted him.
“Yes, Marshall,” Lexi said as she stepped around him and wormed her way into his arms. “We have to.”
“Alright,” he said reluctantly. “The first girl I ever slept with… Gina David, senior year. She said she was fine, but there were tears in her eyes, she was bleeding. I wanted to stop, but she insisted it was just… that it was just because it was her first time, too. She told me to keep going, I shouldn’t have, but she kept pushing me… and I—” His voice trailed off.
“You felt guilty,” Lexi filled in, and when she looked up, she was surprised to be met with Marshall, shaking his head.
“Not just that,” he said softly, “I felt violated.” He cleared his throat before speaking again: “I don’t care if we never do anything other than hand jobs and oral, Lexi. But I refuse to hurt you, and you can’t make me.”
“Marshall, I’m really sorry that happened to you. And I’m sorry for pushing you back there,” Lexis said softly.
Marshall shrugged and tucked a wet strand of hair behind her ear. “It’s alright, you didn’t know. I’m sorry that pain has always been so normal for you.”
She nodded, and then her face slowly began to show a smile. “Is it always that difficult?”
“No,” Marshall admitted, a small smile breaking through the sadness on his face, but his eyes weren’t playing along just yet. “You saw what happened when you relaxed, right?” He shrugged.
“We’ll get there,” she sighed as she leaned her head against his chest.
“Yeah, we will.”
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“August, I didn’t… I’m so sorry! I can—” She covered her face with her hands, but August pulled them away again. Anjelica looked at him in shock. Was he smiling?
“Angel, it’s okay. I won’t mind the explanation, but there’s no need to get this worked up about it.” He was, indeed, smiling — after all, this had nothing to do with him. He knew Anjelica, he knew their relationship, and they were solid. “Why him?”
Despite his unbelievably relaxed attitude, Anjelica was less than excited about answering the question. “Well, eh…” She took a deep breath, while August pulled her into his arms. “I had this conversation with Sol a while ago. And being on this trip reminded me of… That thing that happened that one time…”
“Mike called it ‘the great fuck-off’,” August sighed.
“Mike knows?” Anjelica shrieked, looking at August in sheer terror.
“Oh, like you didn’t tell everyone at your little ‘girls night’,” he sneered, rolling his eyes. “It’s not like we were planning to tell them—”
“’Them’, as in ‘they all know’?” she sighed.
“Angel, please,” August snapped. “Like I said: It’s not like we set out to tell them, but we were drunk, the others were offering up some stories, they caught our mutual death-stares at each other, Mike and Sy came up with some theories that were all way worse than what had actually happened, so we told them the truth. I think they were fairly disappointed.” August shot a sideways glance at Ange. “Especially after the revelation that Dani isn’t as exclusively attached to Mike as we thought.”
“Oh, I think that was—” Anjelica started, but August raised a hand to… well, to shut her up.
“Ange, I honest to God don’t need to know. Back to your little Geralt-mishap from before.” “There’s really not that much more to tell. Are you upset?”
Her question prompted August to laugh. “Not really. I trust you, and I know nothing happened between the two of you. In part because I suspect Sol would have murdered you by now.”
“What makes you think she’d ever find out?”
“She’s you, but tall.” August deadpanned, and Anjelica couldn’t argue against his solid logic.  
“Do you ever…” Ange started, but August shook his head.
“Nice try, Angel. I wasn’t the one caught red-handed, I’m not incriminating myself.”
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Mike snuggled closer to Dani and looked up at her. God, he was adorable.
“What’s wrong, babe?” she asked, stroking a curl away from his face.
“Dani, what are we?” On the list of all the things she thought he might say or ask her, that question was firmly at the bottom. In fact, she wasn’t even sure it was on that list. What she was sure of, though, was that she’d expected to have to ask him that herself — bit she hadn’t planned on doing that for another few weeks.
Confused, she looked at him. “You want to DTR?” It didn’t even seem like his style…
“Yeah,” he said, clearly uneasy — possibly because of her lack of an answer. “I mean… We’ve been going out, and I really like that. I really like you. And I’ve been calling you my girlfriend, but we never really talked about it and…” He looked away shyly. “I can’t even really tell you how I feel about you without saying something that’s just way too much, way too soon, but… yeah.” He shrugged — which was fairly difficult, because he was still lying on his side, snuggled up to Dani.
“Mike, I’d be super stoked to officially be your girlfriend,” she said, her smile stretching from ear to ear.
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“You didn’t have to snap at me when all I tried to do was stop you from feeling uncomfortable,” she muttered.
“You’re right,” he admitted, “I didn’t mean to sound annoyed. I wasn’t annoyed. I’m sorry I made you feel that I was.”
Now, it was Elena who had nothing to say.
“Would you care to confirm my theory that telling you I thought you were being unreasonable really didn’t—”
“Oh, that was probably the dumbest fucking thing you’ve ever said,” she interrupted with a slight chuckle to her voice. “You were right, of course.”
“I’ve been told it’s not always wise to point that out,” Sherlock replied. “Are we… okay?”
Suddenly, Elena laughed, although Sherlock could have sworn he heard something of a sob in her voice as she did. “If you can accept my apology,” she said softly. “I—” She hesitated. “Oh god, alright. I’m afraid I’m a few days away from my period and my stomach hurts and I’m just… really sorry. It’s no excuse.”
“But it is an explanation,” Sherlock said as he pushed at her shoulder until she moved over, giving him enough room to climb into bed with her. “And a reasonable explanation at that. Come here.”
“I can’t believe our first fight happened because of my PMS,” she groaned as she snuggled into Sherlock’s side.
“Oh, I’m having no trouble believing it at all,” Sherlock chuckled in reply.
Immediately, Elena slammed a hand into his shoulder. “Sherlock Holmes, I swear I will make you sleep on the floor!”
“Easy, darling, I was only joking.”
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cheemscakecat · 8 months
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For my MIA fanfic, I decided to gather some pictures of Spy’s smoking room. Here’s what I got.
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There’s a window near the entrance. There’s something like an umbrella holder by the bookshelves to the right of the fireplace. That fruit painting is crooked.
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The entrance is closest to the bookshelf and window side of the room. There’s a lot of wood. I think this is a different chair than Spy’s reading taunt.
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I have no idea what the article above that small sofa is. But there’s a ticket attached to it? Must not be private if it’s on display. All this seating gives me the vibe that other teammates are meant to hang out here, not just BLU mom. Chairs might be leather, or velvet. Both can be red.
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The painting by the window is the jungle pygmies with all the faces painted to look like Spy. The other is him and the Czar with Heavy’s face. There’s carpet. Not sure where the markers on the globe are, or why they’re placed in the ocean.
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Ok, for some reason the frame of the fruit picture is not a perfect rectangle. Not gonna lie, I’m gonna change it if I draw scenes in here, because I don’t like the wonky asymmetry.
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Again, there’s more seating and he’s got all this wine and scotch? where anyone could grab it. I’m convinced this is meant to be a hang out room for the other mercenaries to come by or get some alcohol or borrow a book, maybe play chess. That altered Napoleon painting is also in color, and uses the wonky frame. It’s interesting that he’s have the announcement microphone in here, I wonder what he usually announces with it.
Now the real question is, are there secret passages in these wooden panels or bookshelves?
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pwlanier · 11 months
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Napoleon III alabaster fireplace clock,
Spring line pendulum, weekly passage, half-hour stroke, enamel dial, blued steel hands, white alabaster housing with brass trim strips, feet and vase attachment, 29 cm, France around 1880, signs of age and use, no guarantee for accuracy, 1 pendulum, 1 key.
Dorotheum
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