#also this is not all of their games i just chose random away dates to make a tour route lol

[causenessus]

Dating Them. | Haikyuu

inc. akaashi, bokuto, oikawa, iwaizumi, sugawara, kageyama, kuroo

written in 2nd pov (female reader implied)

song recc: i got carried away and gave them all a song but i can't help myself so if u want another one, loverboy by a-wall

word count: 3105 words

summary: "what does dating them look like?"

i love them all sm <3 hopefully these all make sense!! tysm to @luvring for sending me down a deep retrograde with rex orange county whom i almost chose to link a song to for everyone but then narrowed it down to just oikawa <3 also almost put in we & us for akaashi but freaked out 💃 pls check out this post by her that inspired me!! it was so sweet

akaashi

even if my heart stops beating you're the only thing i need with me even if the earth starts shaking you're the only thing worth taking even if the sky's on fire got you here, it's alright

looks like little gifts and notes left for each other everywhere

lunches made for the other left in lockers and on desks with little love notes <3

tell me he wouldn’t end every note to you with a little " ♡ ᵕ̈ " i dare you

you both handwrite the notes because texts are for losers

unless ofc one of you is out of town and you’re separated

then there are good morning and goodnight and i miss you texts

ending with ୧⍤⃝💐 and ᴖ̈ emojis

you both are very busy people so you just try to make sure the other is taken care of and knows they’re loved until you guys see each other again <3

dates are always lovely with him but the best part of them is when you guys get to go home

when it’s late at night and one of you is between the legs of the other, laying against their chest as you both do your individual things or something together

since life is so hectic it’s nice to just have these quiet moments in each other's presence <3 all he needs is to be around you and he doesn’t need anything else

there's definitely so many intimate and domestic moments with him

getting home from games used to be one of the worst parts of playing volleyball but you’ve made him look forward to it 

he loves to call or text you on the way home <3

if you’re able to stay at his house and be there when he gets home even better !!

you’re always taking care of him, making him something to eat or cleaning him up <3

how you guys started getting interested in each other?

I think at first sight you were curious about each other but one specific interaction sealed the deal <3

akaashi for sure knows so many random facts and how things work and most of the time when bokuto says something, it’s incorrect and akaashi will correct him <3

one afternoon when you three were together, bokuto was rambling about something he thought was impossible and threw a look towards akaashi, “and i don’t want to hear a ‘well, actually’ from you, there’s no way i'm wrong. if we're building things on earth that means more stuff on it and so it's getting heavier.”

akaashi only smiled, looking at his fingers as he played with them, “yes, but everything we're making those buildings out of already existed on the earth prior to–”

bokuto groaned, hands in his hair as he bent over, “no way! you know too much akaashi, I don’t even know if that’s a good thing or not” 

you let out a small laugh at the exchange. you wanted to add something but your chest tightened with anxiety, fearing that it would reveal how you truly felt. however, it slipped from your mouth before you could stop it, “i actually like it, i think it’s really cool that you know so much, akaashi-san. i admire it.”

bokuto, still bent with his arms on his legs immediately turned his head towards you with sharp eyes and brows raised, a teasing smile on his face

akaashi, on the other hand, had turned slightly red, his lips stuck between wanting to smile and trying to play off the compliment as if it hadn’t made his heart stop for a second

you’re cheeks had also warmed, realizing that if bokuto immediately got it through his thick skull (with love ♡) there was no way akaashi hadn’t

since he’s quiet by nature, the sweetest thing for him is someone who will really listen to what he has to say and the fact that you found it interesting just topped it all off <3

bokuto

sweet talk everything you say it sounds like  sweet talk to my ears

looks like seeing each other in the halls and he brightens up, the world literally getting brighter as he sees you and he can’t stop the wide smile that spreads across his face <3

i think what he really needs is someone that matches his energy. you might be a little calmer than him due to the fact that you’re not jumping up and down but you’re just as happy, a smile wide on your face, eyes wide and you’re pushing through the crowd to get to him as well

if you are able to, you always come to his matches and it makes a difference in his playing <3

ofc before dating he was just as amazing as a player but now that he gets to see you while doing what he loves, there’s so much energy and happiness that wells up in him he ends up jumping higher and being more vocal

without a doubt he’s always looking up to you in the stands before every rally

it makes your heart stir, too, whenever he makes eye contact with you and you can’t help but smile and cheer with all the love in the world whenever you both meet eyes

whenever he’s home from a match, you bet that he’s heading to you as soon as possible if you allow him to

loves to collapse on you, strong arms wrapped around your waist and he rests his head on your stomach, body between your legs

will fall asleep so fast if you run your hands through his hair, loves it if you just comb through it from the front, pushing it back as they slide to the back of his head and then move back to the front to run through the strands again

even better if you talk to him as you love on him while he’s resting on you

hugs you tighter when you praise him, letting out a small sigh as he relaxes

“you did so well today, kou. ‘m so proud of you,” you hum.

“you mean it, baby?” he mumbles, face still buried into your shirt.

“i mean it. i would never miss any of your games if i can help it for the world, love.”

the last thing he can get out is an “i love you so much" before his eyes fall shut

oikawa

girl, if you want it there’s no good reason not to love if you want it

looks like keeping him company even when it’s three in the morning <3

he’ll hold you close or have you on his lap, arms wrapped around you when he’s up at night watching other team’s volleyball matches

loves to talk you through the plays as well if you have any questions

will take the time to pause the video and point out anything <3

“see what they did here? they purposely left an opening in the block for the libero to cover. it corners the spiker either way,” he spoke softly, a small smile on his face as he explains the tactic to you.

“i think i understand. you guys have done that before too, right?” you nod, eyes focused on the screen as you lean to the side, resting your head on his shoulder

he wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you close to him, “we have, pretty. i didn’t think you paid so much attention.”

“of course i do!” you pouted, tilting your head to look slightly on him. 

he met your eyes with a teasing smile, “i’m only joking, princess. i see how hard you focus, you look super cute when you do, after all.”

you buried your face into his shoulder, too red to keep looking at him

you’re definitely a part of his squad (iwa, makki, matsu) even if you’re a grade below them

if you didn't already know them, he also definitely introduced you to the group as “his girl”

from then on out, you had four scary guard dogs should you ever need them <3

he’s glad to have someone so close to him that also gets along with his friends, so he’s happy as can be when you’re all hanging out

ofc also enjoys one on one time with u as seen above

after matches, you’re always loving on him, whether he won or lost

if he won, similar to bokuto, you’re praising him the whole way, pressing kisses to his forehead as he lays on you, completely content as he rests

if he lost, there’s no words exchanged between you two until he’s ready. it’s not that words will lead to anything bad, but you know what will help him. you know that for him, he’ll recover with time. after he’s thought about it, he’ll express all his feelings and emotions to you, so you only need to wait for him to be ready. in the meantime, you’ll love on him and make sure he takes care of himself. you’ll stay with him so that he knows he’s not alone and when he’s ready, you caress his face, softly wiping his eyes whenever they tear up and listen to anything he wants to say <3

iwaizumi

my baby here on earth showed me what my heart was worth so when it comes to be my turn could you shine it down here for her?

looks like giving you gifts everytime he sees you

probably actually started with you giving him gifts all the time first <3

def friends to lovers i can see it

when you started giving him gifts, it stirred something inside of him and his friends kept telling him that you definitely liked him back

he was still unsure tho bc we’re talking a man with a whole fan club and two other men who have nothing better to do but tease other people so how trustworthy is their advice really

but he wanted to be hopeful so he started getting you things too (credit to makki & matsu, best wingmen)

because your relationship with iwa was 100% friends to lovers, said wingmen + whatever oikawa is definitely supported you both and were trying to play cupid

makki and matsu helped iwa find out what you liked without making it obvious and since he was too nervous to ask you on his own

also tried to inconspicuously ask if you were interested in anyone in which you immediately turned red and hid your face

the two boys turned to each other with a smirk because they knew they were definitely right

they probably got you to plan a confession to iwa, swearing on their lives that iwa liked you back

(makki and co. also definitely found a way to listen to it all go down and probably even recorded it)

as soon as you guys start dating he’s all over you <3 probably beats you to buying something most of the time but you still try to buy him things as often as you can

i think he’d adore flowers from you <3 they’re some of the sweetest things you can get them

mad dog respects you as an extent of his respect of iwa

definitely lots of words of affirmation in your relationship too

after the spring high semifinals you were in his lap, letting him hide his face in the crook of your neck as his whole body shook

you rubbed the back of his head with one hand, the other placed on one of his arms which were wrapped around you,

“i just want you to know how proud i am of you, hajime. i could hear you everytime you brought up your team. you did so well. you taught them so much. you’re so observant, you’re so strong. i couldn’t be more proud of you, love.”

he tightened his hold on you, and you felt his tears on your neck. “i know. i know it hurts a lot, baby. i’m here for you,” you whispered, pressing a kiss to his head.

sugawara

she said i dressed in your favorite  i bought two bottles of red unless you made reservations oh look, you thought all ahead

looks like mothering his flock of children with him and taking care of him after he has taken care of the rest <3

lots of resting on each other’s shoulders throughout the day bc you both are so tired

whenever you guys are on dates, his favorite parts are always the train ride back home, he loves the gentle rocking of the train that lulls you both to sleep as you lay on each other, there’s just something so safe and intimate about it

ofc he loves doing things with you and you both try to spoil each other rotten, surprising each other with gifts and dates

some of your favorite dates to go on are just walks around outside

you guys take turns finding different locations to travel to just so that you guys can admire the beauty together

can u imagine? two pretty people walking around in pretty nature?? it’s too much <3

he loves walking in the winter at night because most of the time you guys will get to see pretty lights too!!

and if u get cold he gets to give u his jacket so two birds w/ one stone

if he’s feeling generous he’ll invite one of the children to walk with you guys while looking at christmas lights

it’s different every time

one night it was hinata, bundled warm in jackets and bouncing around between you and suga

another night it was kageyama, as calm and collected as ever but he enjoyed looking at the lights with you guys

you definitely bought him hot chocolate bc you couldn’t handle the parental love bubbling in your heart for the boy

(mama y papa?--)

but you both were def alone on christmas night when he took you out to walk in the middle of the city, where pretty lights shined at every angle and in every direction <3

he can’t help but kiss you a lot whenever he sees your pretty lips

and you love to kiss his little beauty mark below his eye <3

whenever he’s playing in games, you’re always cheering the loudest

afterwards you’re always flooding him with compliments too once you’re both home or through text message if he’s on the bus ride back

“u always notice so much during matches!! whenever u get in you always have something to tell everyone it’s so cool :000”

“and when you spiked, love, you did so good. we were all freaking out in the stands bc you had just been shut down before and you still went through with it completely!!!”

he'll smile at your energetic messages before replying with his own,

“thank u thank u <3 i can only do so well because i have my own personal cheerleader”

“I’ll see you soon, ok? we’re almost back to school, i love you so much, angel”

if his teammates hadn't drilled it into his head already how much he meant to them, your messages alone would make it worth it <3

kageyama

i wonder if you look both ways when you cross my mind... can i get a kiss? and can you make it last forever?

looks like dates to the milk vending machine and walking together around school <3

he’s already waiting outside your class during breaks and when lunch starts

you step through the door and jump when you see him

“tobio? how are you already here? class just ended?”

“...do you wanna go to the vending machines with me?”

“did you leave early?”

he averts his eyes immediately, trying to think of an excuse but you just sigh to yourself and start to walk, “what am i going to do with you? let’s go before class starts.”

“i wanted to see you,” he mumbles, eyes lowered to the floor and his cheeks dusted pink as he follows after you

your eyes widen at the response and you almost trip over your feet before you smile and lean closer to him, pressing a kiss to his cheek

“i love you too, tobio.”

he’s another boy you’re constantly fighting with to pay for things

sometimes you’re racing to the machine because you’re so desperate to buy him something but there’s no way you’re winning against him even if he gives you a headstart

you work hard to take care of him, though, and you have your ways of getting back at him even if he ends up paying at the vending machine

he’s so horrible at taking care of himself, especially with the amount of times he stays late to practice with hinata

you started to sneak milk cartons and eventually meals into his bags so that he’ll at least be fed

definitely lots of study dates between you both as well, you’re singlehandedly carrying his grades rn

but it’s worth it when you see him on the court <3

he tends to look at you before every serve, and you can feel your heart buzz whenever he makes eye contact with you

seeing him work so hard in volleyball and have so much fun, you can’t help but fall in love with him all over again, and you’ll do anything you can to help him and make sure he can achieve his dreams <3

kuroo

you wanna go out, i wanna finish living you wanna get up, when i could just lay all day, with you

looks like showing up at your door whenever he feels like it either to take you out or to be at home with you <3

after the first time he insisted that he walk you home and you let him, he started visiting you more often

ofc you let him in everytime, you were glad he was the one making moves because you wanted to be around him more, you just didn’t know what to say

when you both started officially dating, you also obviously put in more effort to show that you appreciate him and love to be with him

but he’s always more than happy to be the one to come to you as long as he knows you enjoy it as much as he does

speaking of which he’d really do anything for you

if he’s not already there, you could ask him to at two in the morning and he’d be there as soon as he could <3

especially if you text him something like “i had a nightmare” or “i can’t sleep” he’s over there in a blink of an eye

“alright, princess. are we staying up or should i tire you out?”

🧍

😳

anyway

he’s making any excuse to be close to you

he’s probably helped you in a few subjects if you were struggling with the material

ofc in exchange for kisses <3

he’s surprised when you come to his games, i feel like he’s probably not used to having a lot of people come to cheer him on and he doesn’t want to bother you about having to come to gymnasiums to watch him

but you come of your own free will and it makes him smile, he’s more than ready to crush his opponents to show off for you <3

after games, you’re throwing yourself into his arms as soon as you get to him and he’ll catch you with just as much adrenaline and excitement running through his veins at the sight of you <3

[ofstarsandvibranium]

Hurts Like Heaven

Fandom: Ted Lasso

Pairing: Jamie Tartt x F!Reader

Summary: You and Jamie were nothing more than friends with benefits…then Jamie realizes that the way he feels for you is more than friends.

A/N: inspired by the song I Think I Like You by The Band Camino

You and Jamie had been friends for a few years. You met through Keeley and he'd tried to get into your pants after they'd broken up. But girl code meant you don't sleep with your friend's ex unless they say it's okay.

Years later, he and Keeley still aren't together. It originally saddened Jamie, however, he learned that he valued her highly as a friend and he eventually lost feelings for her.

That's when you came in.

Jamie didn't feel ready to get back into serious dating, but he also didn't feel like going back to random hook ups like his early days. That's when you suggested a friends with benefits relationship.

The suggestion surprised Jamie, especially since you rejected him a few years ago.

You rolled your eyes at him, "Yes, but I've gotten Keeley's permission to sleep with you if I chose to do so."

His brows rose, "I'm sorry, what? When did this happen?"

You shrugged like it was no big deal, "Like a year ago."

"So you're telling me we could've been fucking for a year now?"

You snorted, "I didn't think you'd still be interested."

He grinned at you, "Oh, I'm still very interested."

It was nice. He thought the arrangement would change things but it didn't. He still texted you about the things Jan Maas said or a new song that Dani introduced him to. You two would facetime for hours while he was at away games until you both fell asleep. He used to be a man of not many words, but he found himself never shutting up in your presence.

You grabbed lunch or dinner when you could and instead of going your separate ways, either one of you followed the other to your respective homes and you had sex.

Some days, you didn't have sex at all. He'd come over with take out and you two would watch a movie. Or he'd help you cook dinner while you're both singing Harry Styles' lyrics at the top your lungs. He felt so happy and at peace with you.

It was great. It was nice...until you told Jamie that someone had asked you on a date.

"It's fine. We're not dating or nothing, so why would it matter?" he asked you when you broke the news.

You shrugged, "I dunno. Guess I-nevermind. I'm going to cancel our movie night on Friday then."

"What? Why?"

"That's when my date is. Unless...I cancel it?" You looked at Jamie like you were hoping for...something. What you were hoping for he didn't know, but he shook his head, "No, no. It's fine. Could probably go to the pub with the lads or something." He then pointed a finger at you, "But you let me know if he does something that makes you uncomfortable. I'll pick you up. Just say the word."

You nodded and give him a smile, "I know. Thanks, Jame."

________________

It's the night of the date. Jamie has been on edge the entire day and he's not exactly sure why. You'd sent him your outfit for the date and you...you looked beautiful, sexy, gorgeous. There was a pit in stomach when he realized that you'd never dressed up for him like that. Why would you? You two are only friends who also sleep together. Nothing that would warrant you to put much that effort...but Jamie wanted it.

Fuck, did he want you to dress that way only for him, to take you on dates and call you his girl.

Holy fuck, why did he have to realize this all too late?

Even when he went to a club with the lads, he couldn't stop thinking about you. He kept checking his phone every five minutes to see if you'd messaged him. The last thing you sent was you telling him the restaurant you were at and he'd sent you a thumbs up.

He stood at one of the standing tables, nursing a beer and just watching the crowd. His teammates were drinking and dancing with women, except for Colin who was dancing with his boyfriend, Michael.

Getting a bit anxious, he pulls his phone out again, looking at the thread of texts between you and him.

"Are you alright, Jamie?" Sam asks above the club's music.

Jamie sighs and pockets his phone, "I'm gonna step out for a bit!" he shouts back and Sam responds, "I'll come with you!"

They take their beers and head out to the back patio of the club. The music is still loud but not as much.

Jamie lets out a deep breath, letting the cool air encompass him. Sam nudges him, "What's going on?"

Jamie chuckles to himself, "Think I'm in love, Sam," and then winces.

Sam cocks a brow in confusion, "Why do you look so pained then?"

Jamie sighs and runs a hand through his now brunette hair, "It's complicated."

"Is it Y/N?"

Jamie's head whipped to Sam's direction, "How the fuck did you know that?"

Sam can't help but laugh, "You don't hide it very well when you're with her. You're...happier with her."

He scoffs, "'M not so happy now, am I? She's on a date right now."

"Why?"

"Some bloke from the IT department asked her and she asked me how I felt about it and I said it was fine. That her going on that date doesn't matter 'cause we're not exclusive or nothin' and now I fuckin' regret it 'cause I fuckin' love her!" after his mini rant he looks back as a smug looking Sam, "What?"

"I think the solution to your problem is very simple, Jamie."

"Yeah? And what's that."

"Tell her."

He's immediately shaking his head, "No. No. I can't. I can't. It'll ruin everything."

"I don't think it will."

"How do you know?"

"I don't, but I have a strong feeling it'll be okay."

Suddenly, his phone is buzzing and your contact photo is staring up at him. He looks up at Sam and his teammate is grinning at him, "Tell her," he says before patting Jamie on the back and heading back inside.

Jamie nods and answers your call, "Hey, you alright?"

"He was a complete prick! He yelled at our server because his pasta wasn't al dente and complained about me eating too much bread."

"Pft. You love bread."

"I love bread so much!" you sigh, "I'm having uber me drop off because there was no way in hell I was getting in the car with him again."

Jamie frowns to himself, "You should've told me. I could've picked you up."

"I texted you ten minutes ago and you didn't respond!"

Jamie curses and pulls back his phone going to the text thread to see you had texted him, "Shit. Sorry, love."

"It's fine. You can come over after your night with the boys."

"I'm leaving right now. Wasn't very exciting anyway. Want me to grab some food?"

You groan, "Yes, please. That meal wasn't satisfying enough."

Jamie finds himself smiling, "Alright. I'll be over in a bit. Get comfy for me."

"Waaaay ahead of ya. Tossing the dress in the hamper as we speak and pulling out my comfy clothes. Shall I pull yours out as well?"

"Please."

"Got it. See you in a bit, Jame."

"Right. Bye." After he ends the call, he heads inside to say his good-byes to his mates. Sam is giving him a knowing look and a "Good luck" as he walks out of the club.

___________________

Half an hour later, Jamie is letting himself into your place with the spare key that you gave him. He places the takeout on the coffee table in front of you.

"Go eat. I'm gonna change."

"Thank you!" you holler as he walks down the hallway to your room and where you've laid out a pair of joggers and a t-shirt for him. He quickly changes and heads back to your living room where he sees you shoveling your face with the food he's brought.

He's smiling wide as he sits beside you, "Good?"

You nod, "Soooo good!"

He grabs your remote and plays the movie you picked, "Guess we ended up having our movie night after all."

You snort, "Shout out to Liam for IT for being a prick, I guess."

Jamie stills. His brows furrow and you see he's thinking hard about something. You set your food down, pause the movie, and turn to completely face him on the couch.

"What's going on?"

"I realized something."

"Okay...is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Depends on how you take it, I suppose," he turns to face you as well, "I...I think I like you more than I should."

"Meaning..."

"I'm in love with you. I think I have been for a while now but it just didn't hit me until you were out with that prick-"

"Liam-"

"and all I could think about tonight was losing you. I hate that you looked absolutely gorgeous for someone else. I hate that it was him taking you on a date and not me. And I hate the thought of someone else being where I should be."

You chuckle, looking away and shaking your head, "Jamie Tartt," and this is when Jamie prepares to be rejected by you, "took you long enough."

Oh. Oh. That's not something he expected.

"So, uh, so you-"

You lean in pressing your lips against his and when you pull away you're smiling, "I love you too."

"Oh. Great. Cool. That's-That's good."

You laugh, "Did I break you?"

"Maybe?"

You laugh more and he's smiling again. Your laugh is music to his ears and it's filling him up with so much warmth and love.

You pat his knee, "Alright, loverboy, let's continue this movie night , yeah?" you press play and you grab your food. You curl up into Jamie's side and he relishes in your warmth while you feed him some of your food.

A day later, Jamie posts a picture of you sitting across from him at the same restaurant you went to with Liam, with the caption: Dinner with me girl <3.

His comments littered with applause and congratulations from his teammates and fans. They all love you, but Jamie loves you the most.

[hangmans-girl]

Pushing His Buttons (Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x Reader)

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x Maverick's Daughter!Reader

Summary: After playing mindless games to figure him out, it turns out you only needed one key to making him crack.

Warnings: Swearing, age gap (5 years, the reader is 25), flirting, mentions of violence, angst, happy ending, and fluff.

Words: 3,476

Author's Note: This turned out differently than what I had in mind and I wish I had a better ending for this, but this is fine. I hope you enjoy it!

"I like you, Bradley."

Once you confessed, you anticipated either a rejection or an acceptance, but you hoped for the latter. Bradley didn't look surprised, at all. He shook his head as he bowed down before he looked at you.

"See, you can't...You can't like me, (Y/N). You're like a sister to me." He replied.

You shook your head as you frowned. "But I'm not."

"I'm sorry, (Y/N). I just don't feel the same way. Let's keep things the way it is between us, okay?" He says as he tries to reach for your arm, making you step back.

He looks at you for a while, probably wondering why you dodged him, but he reaches for you again as you slapped his hand away. "Come on, (Y/N). I'll take you home--"

"When will you stop treating me like a child, Bradley? I'm 25 years old!" You snapped at him.

He sighed as he ran his hand on his hair. "I'm just trying to look out for you--"

"Well, it's not your job to look after me, you're not my brother!" You yelled before you walked away from him.

"I practically am, (Y/N). You can't stop me from doing that."

"Well, watch me!"

You got into your car and drove away from The Hard Deck as fast as you could, leaving Bradley dumbfounded.

After that encounter, you chose to ignore Bradley for months. You went out with different boys every week to see if you could turn your feelings upside down, but you couldn't. Within that time frame, you also saw Bradley flirt with different women whenever he had a chance to.

Since you still can't get over the anger and humiliation you got after you confessed to him, you tried to one-up him at this game. You flirted with different guys and the catch was that they were all of the same age as Bradley. Thankfully, you were attractive enough to pull off this little stunt of yours and that guys like those were literally up for grabs.

Occasionally, you'd see him stare at you from afar as you'd touch a random man's arm, laughing at their joke like it was the funniest thing you've ever heard. It made you a bit happy, knowing that your plan was probably working, but the staring eventually stopped. It seemed as though he saw through your little act.

But it didn't stop you, though. You kept flirting with them since it was keeping you entertained even though you knew that you weren't going to milk any reaction from him. They were a good laugh, too. Somehow, they made you forget about your lingering feelings for Bradley for a moment.

Despite your confession and the little fit you threw months before you ignored him, Bradley stood by what he said and protected you in any way that he can. Since he physically can't do anything about your dating spree, he'd stare at you and your man of the week, hoping that the dunce beside you would get the message to leave you alone, but they don't.

It didn't help at all when he found out that those men you were flirting with were of his age. Since he couldn't bring himself to confront you because he didn't want to add fuel to the fire he started within you, he did what any loyal godson would do.

"I know you're old enough to handle your own business, but this has got to stop. You can't date around different guys you see, (Y/N)."Maverick says as he points a finger at you.

"I'm not dating around, dad. Flirting doesn't count as dating." You said with a factual tone.

"Bradley saw you, young lady--" You scoffed at the revelation.

"Right, of course, Bradley. He told on me, didn't he?"

"It doesn't matter--"

"Of course it matters, Dad! What I have to do whether it's about my personal life or my dating life is none of his business. He doesn't have to look after me anymore, I'm a grown woman. I don't need someone to act as my brother because I. don't. need. one!"

"Exactly! You're a grown woman and you should act like one. Bradley cares about you and he only wants what's best for you---"

"Unbelievable. Both of you are unbelievable." You shook your head in disbelief as you ran to your room, slamming the door shut.

Bradley had seen this coming. You, making your way towards him with fire in your eyes after he just told on you to Maverick. "Well, aren't you a snitch, Bradshaw?"

He placed his cold beer on the counter as he crossed his arms on his chest. "I did what I had to do."

"You had no right."

"Yes, I do."

"On what grounds?"

He ought to speak but you cut him off with a clap, accompanied by a fake smile. "Oh, right, that you just wanted to protect me like a brother would, is that it?"

His jaw clenched at your response. "I only want what's best for you--"

"Bullshit," You cut him off, "I don't care about what you think is best for me, Bradley. I can think on my own and I think it's best that you finally start minding your own business." You said before you turned around to leave, but he grabbed your arm.

"You can't tell me what to do, (Y/N)." He says, looking straight and serious in your eyes.

You scoffed as you rolled your eyes. "Right, because you're older than me. You know what? You do have a point. Since we're still at it, why don't you let go of my arm, bro? You wouldn't want your sister to get hurt, would you?"You pouted at him before you forcefully got out of his grip before you left him speechless beside the bar counter.

Whenever he came over to your house, you started acting all nice and warm to him. You'd give him snacks while showing him the sweetest smile you could wear. Even Maverick was surprised at the sudden change of heart.

"It's nice to see you both get along with each other, "Maverick says as sips on his cup of coffee, leaning on his leather chair in satisfaction. You smiled sweetly in reply before putting a hand on Bradley's shoulder.

"Of course, dad. I wouldn't want to waste such a loyal brother like him."With your emphasis on brother, Bradley sighed in exasperation. This act was going on for months now and it was annoying him so much already.

Bradley kept telling you to knock it off, but you kept the act going like you were getting paid for doing it.

"Knock it off, (Y/N)."

"Why? Is there something wrong, bro?" You knitted your brows in confusion as you tilted your head innocently as if you didn't have any idea what he was talking about.

"Stop calling me that. I'm not your brother."

"Well then, stop acting like one."

Bradley groaned in frustration. He can't do that, he made a promise to Maverick that he'd protect you like he would his own sister and even if he didn't make any promise, he didn't know any other way to be that close to you.

In respect for Maverick, who practically became his surrogate father after his parents died, he tried to waive his feelings for you even if it meant you hating him in the process. To him, you didn't need to know any of that. Even if you saw him as a nuisance, he'd still be there to catch a bullet for you and do everything in your bidding.

After you confessed to him on that faithful day, he couldn't help but feel anxious and ecstatic at the same time. He couldn't tell you what he truly felt about you because he didn't want to betray Maverick and himself for not being true to his own promise. Plus, he knew that the risks in a relationship might ruin what both of you had established for years. Since he was too conflicted, he had to do the right thing and reject your feelings.

It hurt him, too, but he knew that it would be much more painful if Maverick found out about his feelings for you and decides to keep you away from him. He'd rather die than let that happen.

But since there was literally nothing he could do to stop you, Bradley decided to ignore you for a few days as he stopped coming over to your house for a while to sort his own thoughts.

At that moment, Bradley knew that he needed to figure out what he wanted.

When you noticed that he stopped coming over, you assumed that you won the game that he started. You started to go out and flirt around again, now with men who'd willingly come your way. After all, you had no one to stand in your way now.

Although it made you a little lonely since you were used to his presence, you had to suck it up and tell yourself that you didn't need him anyway. Despite provoking him and getting upset at him for months, you still couldn't ignore what you truly felt about him.

5-year-old feelings can be hard to get rid of, they say, and it certainly became harder to get rid of since it was Bradley Fucking Bradshaw that you had feelings for.

It's not like you were trying to get rid of it, though.

All you needed at the moment was a distraction so you wouldn't sulk so much at the thought that the man you loved for years just couldn't love you back and the bar was like a target-rich environment, and man how you loved to have choices.

As you sip on your martini, a blonde, handsome man sat on an empty stool beside you. You looked at him and saw that he was in a similar service uniform you once saw Bradley in when he was in TOP GUN.

He flashed you a million-dollar smile. "You look lonely," He says, briefly sipping on the beer bottle in his hand.

"Mind if I sit here?"He adds.

"Do I still have a choice when you're sitting there already?"

He laughs casually at your response. "Ooh, feisty. I like that in a girl."

You chuckled in response. "What brings you here?"

"I saw that you were alone, so I took the chance."

You leaned your head on your palm. "Took the chance to?"

He winks at you. "Getting to know the prettiest girl I've seen in this bar so far."

You laughed as you shook your head. "I don't even know your name, cowboy."

"I go by Hangman, but you can call me Jake."

As far as the conversation went, Jake pretty much told you stories about his exploits as a fighter pilot. Although Jake gave you a good laugh and a charming conversation, you couldn't help but be reminded of Bradley and the stories he brought home every time he came back from a mission.

You immediately shook your head at the thought as you decided to talk to Jake more through the night.

When Bradley finally had enough of thinking as you technically messed with his head for days, he decides to go out for a beer to clear his thoughts. Even after days of reflecting and thinking about what he should do, he still hasn't figured out what to do yet.

As he walked into the bar, he immediately saw you laughing with a man whom he thought had a familiar back. He decided to look closer only to realize that you were talking to Hangman.

Of all people, you had to be talking to Hangman.

He sat on the nearest chair he could find as he observed both of you closely. He frowned when he saw you twirl your hair around your fingers as you laugh at something the blonde idiot said. At that point, he was boiling inside already.

But when he saw Hangman's hand on your thigh, Bradley saw red. That's when he knew that he wasn't going to just sit around anymore.

He squeezed himself through the crowd as he made his way to you and swatted Hangman's hand from your thigh. "Why don't you put that hand back where it belongs, Hangman?"

Hangman stands up from his seat. "Is this your boyfriend, honey?" He asks you, still looking at Bradley with a smug grin.

You grabbed Bradley's arm, but he was barely budging, still glaring furiously at Jake. "He's not my boyfriend," you trailed, "Stop it, Bradley. Don't make a scene here--'

"I don't care what you're on about, Hangman. Do that to her again and I'll break your fucking wrist." Bradley warns him as he pushes at Jake's chest with force, causing him to stumble back slightly.

Jake smirks at him. "I'd like to see you try, Bradshaw."

Bradley was ready to pounce on him, but you grabbed his arm tighter. "Bradley, stop!"

He faced you with a furious expression, grabbing you by the arm as he dragged you out of The Hard Deck. "What the hell was that?" You asked, desperately trying to get off of his iron grip. You gasped as he swiftly pinned you on the wall.

His face was close to yours as you could feel his erratic breathing. Both of his eyes were closed as he tried to calm himself down before speaking. "Why do you always do this to me, (Y/N)?"

"Do what? I'm not doing anything to you. I'm out there living my life but you're always all over what I do like it's any of your business."

He took a deep breath as he loosened the space between the two of you, his hands still pinned beside your head. "I'm gonna talk to your Dad."

"Yeah, just like you always do--"

"I'll tell him that I don't want to stand around like this anymore. That his daughter keeps messing with my head and it's driving me nuts and that I have to find another way keep my promise to him," He trails as he kept his head down, refusing to meet your confused gaze.

"Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to keep my feelings to myself? All these years I had to play a part in your life where I could only be there to protect you and not hold you close to me?" He adds, leaning his forehead into yours.

"Bradley, I--"

"How long do you want to keep this going, (Y/N)? Just for how long do you want to keep torturing me?"He whispers, feeling his breath on your lips.

"Are you saying--"

"I love you, okay?"

You bowed your head down and sighed, completely overwhelmed with his confession that it made you tear up a bit. Finally. "Took you long enough."

He apologizes as he gave you a sweet kiss, a long-awaited one for the both of you.

The next morning, you and Bradley decided to talk to Maverick about your relationship. You knew he wasn't going to take it well, so you called Penny for backup just in case something goes wrong like your dad going mental over what you two are about to tell him.

You and Bradley made your way to the garage where Maverick was fixing something in his plane. You called him out as he stopped working for a while. "Hey, do you both need something?" He asks. You and Bradley looked at each other as you fiddled with your fingers anxiously.

"Uh, Dad...Bradley and I have something to tell you." You said, observing your dad's face as he frowned in confusion. He sat on his leather chair before pointing at the available seats in front of him.

"Sure, what is it?"

Bradley cleared his throat. "(Y/N) and I are in a relationship."

Maverick looks at the both of you before hanging his head low. You and Bradley looked at each other again, wondering what your dad was thinking at the moment. "Get out, (Y/N)."Your dad says, making you rise from your seat.

"But dad--"

"I said, get out. I want to talk to Bradley alone."Maverick stands up from his seat as he grabbed his wrench before turning his back from you to let you know that he wasn't going to take a 'no' for an answer.

You looked at Bradley with worry as you squeezed his hand gently. He tapped your cheeks lovingly as he nodded at you, letting you know that he was going to be fine. As you headed out of the garage, you started to hope that your dad doesn't beat him up.

"How long has this been going on, Bradley?" Maverick asks, still turned away from him.

"Just yesterday. I figured I have to tell you first since I didn't want to give out a bad impression."

Maverick places both of his hands on his sides before turning to look at Bradley. "Don't tell me you two have---"

"No, I would--we would never, Mav. You know me---"

"Yeah, well right now, it seems like I actually don't, "Maverick says as he leans his hand on the nose of his plane.

"When did you start liking her?"He adds.

"5 years ago, when you introduced her to me."

Maverick frowns at the response. "So you made a promise to me just because you had a hidden agenda on my daughter?"

Bradley then stood up from his seat. "No, Mav. I made a promise to you because I sincerely wanted to protect her and it's the least I could do to repay you for everything that you had done for me after my parents died."

Maverick sighs in frustration as he bows his head down once again. He took a minute or two before speaking. "You didn't have to make it up to me, I did what I had to do, "He replies as he slowly makes his way to what he was repairing earlier.

Maverick sighed again. "Well, I guess it's better that it's you and not just a stranger she's dating."

"We weren't really asking, Mav. I just wanted you to know--"

"Hurt my daughter in any way and I'll shove this wrench up your ass," Maverick warns as he points at Bradley with a wrench, making him laugh a bit.

"I'm serious, Bradshaw. You better get your act right."

"Yes, sir."

"Now, get out. I don't want to see you right now." Maverick says as Bradley makes his way out of the garage with a grin on his face.

You, on the other hand, were starting to get worried since you weren't hearing anything from the inside of the garage. Penny tapped your back. "They'll be fine, (Y/N)," she says, "Oh, there he is." Penny points at Bradley from afar as he just got out of the garage.

You ran to him to see if he had any scratches or bruises, but he didn't. Thank god. "So, how did it go?" You asked.

Bradley smiled. "We're fine," he then tucks in a lone strand of hair behind your ear before holding your hand. "Do you want to walk around the beach?"

Penny clears her throat, catching both of your attention. "Okay, lovebirds. I'll have to go and comfort Pete."

As you bid goodbye, both of you went to the beach and walked around the shore. You walked ahead of Bradley since you were busy planting on more footsteps when you suddenly remembered something. "So, Hangman, huh?"

Bradley stops walking as he frowned again at the mention of Hangman's name. "What do you mean?"

You walked closer to him. "I've always wondered what it would take to make you crack, I flirted around with guys your age but it turns out I only needed Hangman to tick the bomb. Man, I should've known that earlier."

"Don't pull that little stunt on me again."

You pouted playfully at him as you hugged his waist, looking up at him while you smiled. "Poor guy only wiped some sauce off of my thigh. You didn't have to blow up on him,''

"But now that I know better, I guess I'd be putting Hangman into some good use in the future." You added as you grinned mischievously, making him grunt in response.

"Don't you dare."

You broke the hug as you giggled. "I won't, but that depends."

Bradley rolled his eyes as he pulled you close to him again. "Damn it, woman. You're lucky that I love you."

You giggled in response and ran away from him as he ran to chase you. As the sun started to vanish, both of you realized that this was all you ever needed after years of pining for each other.

[he4rtsforjoao]

Maybe fluff or smut for Rafael leão where he finally asks the reader out??

Distance- R.L

Pairings: Rafael Leão x F! Reader

Warnings: non just fluff

Summary: after being just friends with Rafael for months he finally decides to not hold back and ask you out.

Author note: I skipped like 20 events in this story 😹

From the moment you first encountered Rafael Leão through a mutual connection to the Portuguese players, he exuded an endearing charm that made him an absolute sweetheart. Despite not being officially together, he showered you with affection, even going as far as asking you out for dinner.

One of the reasons he refrained from pursuing a romantic relationship, despite six months of friendship, was his fear of squandering the connection you had built. Constantly traveling for various games, he worried about whether you would still be there waiting for him after each match, or if you would feel neglected due to his demanding schedule.

Even his friends grew tired of his constant deliberation about whether to ask you out or to remain friends. Despite their advice to pursue you before you grew tired of How much he was stalling he never listened to them.

But that changed when he finally mustered the courage to ask you out. He had realized he’d known you long enough to understand that you would never feel neglected due to his demanding career, and that you would definitely understand.

Around 4pm, Rafael anxiously awaited your response to his text as you ventured out to the small grocery shop a few minutes away from your home. He sat on his couch, his fingers crossed in anticipation, hoping that you would soon see his message.

“Hey y/n sorry for the random text, but I’ve been meaning to know if maybe you wanted to go out for dinner (on me) and catch up like we used to”

As you eagerly read Rafael's text, a surge of excitement and anticipation washed over you, causing your heart to flutter inside your chest. It had been far too long since you both had the opportunity to spend quality time together, going out for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. With a sense of urgency, you hurriedly typed.

“Hey I would for sure love to catch up with you like we used to, just let me know when and where💗”

Startled by the sound of Rafael's phone alert, he swiftly diverted his attention from the tv and snatched his phone. Upon seeing you agree to his invitation, a surge of elation coursed through him. Pausing for a brief moment, he pondered on the ideal time and day for your “date”. Today, in particular, he longed for your company, and with a vacant schedule, he fervently wished for the best, hoping that you would also be available to meet.

“Maybe today? Around 8? I’ll pick you up if you’d like”

“And if it’s too late or you’re busy today we can definitely reschedule”

You finally made your way back home from the grocery run, your mind occupied with thoughts of dinner plans with Rafael. As you entered your house, you quickly checked your phone and saw Rafael's text. A smile spread across your face as you read his message.

“8 sounds good! I’ll wait for you here then:))”

Without any hesitation, you stepped into the shower and quickly went through your usual cleansing regimen. After drying off, you rummaged through your wardrobe, uncertain of what to wear. Hesitantly, you decided to opt for a fancier look. You chose a light blue silky dress that hugged your curves in all the right places. You completed the look with a few swipes of mascara and a down hairstyle. Although the clock had already struck 8:20, and Rafael was running late, you were in no hurry. You couldn't deny the feelings of admiration towards him, as he had been so kind and gentle to you, unlike any other man you had ever known.

As you snapped back to reality, the sound of your phone's notification broke through the haze. It was a message from Rafael, letting you know that he had arrived. Trying to catch your breath, you hastily grabbed your purse, ensuring that your door was securely locked before descending down the stairs. There, you found Rafael patiently waiting outside his car, his gaze fixed on you. As you approached him, a wave of embarrassment washed over you, causing your cheeks to flush a deep shade of red. “I’m sorry for how I dressed. I hope I didn't go overboard," you admitted, feeling self-conscious. Rafael's eyes scanned your appearance, and he reassured you with a soft smile, "No need to worry, you look absolutely perfect." His words sent a surge of warmth through your veins, intensifying the blush on your cheeks.

As you settled into your seats at the restaurant Rafael had chosen, a sense of shyness still lingered between the two of you, despite the fact that you had known each other for six months. There were these occasional stretches of time when you both resorted to texting, which inevitably led to slightly awkward reunions like this.

Attempting to break the ice, you mustered the courage to engage in small talk. "So, how's your football career been going?" you inquired, expressing your gratitude to the server who placed your drinks before you.

Rafael leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on you as he contemplated his response. "It's been incredible, to be honest. Nothing but great," he replied, his voice filled with pride. He then turned the conversation towards you, referencing a mutual friend. "Speaking of which, Y/f/n mentioned that you've started focusing on modeling again. How's that been going for you?"

A flicker of excitement danced in your eyes as you responded, "Yeah, actually. I just needed a few months of break, but now it feels like the perfect time to jump back into it." Rafael nodded, his gaze locked on you, his lips curling into a subtle smile. He emitted a soft hum, acknowledging your words, which conveyed his support and encouragement.

As the night came to an end, Rafael drove you back to your apartment. You both stood outside, each of you seemingly lost in thought. Eventually, you let out a soft sigh. "Thank you for inviting me to dinner, Rafael. It was really nice seeing you again," you said, a faint smile gracing your lips. He nodded in response, a small smile tugging at the corners of his lips as he opened his mouth to speak.

"Actually, I have been meaning to ask you something," he began, his heart pounding as the words left his lips. His gaze never left yours, and you could feel the intensity radiating off of him.

"I know we don't really see each other like we used to, but just know that if your answer is yes, I'll make the best effort to be with you no matter what," he continued, your mind spinning as you tried to decipher what he was asking. Then, it clicked.

"Wait, are you joking?" you asked, disbelief evident in your voice. Rafael shook his head in response, reaching out to take your hands in his. "I'm being serious, y/n. Since the first day they introduced me to you, I wanted nothing more than to be with you, so will you be my girlfriend?" he confessed, his unwavering gaze giving you the courage to take a leap of faith. You embraced him tightly before pulling away and looking up into his eyes.

"Yes, I'll be your girlfriend," you said, a brilliant smile adorning your face. Rafael smiled in response, his gaze softening. "Can I?" he asked, voice barely above a whisper. You nodded, a silent response that led to a passionate kiss between the two of you.

[navstuffs]

Headcannons or one-shot for dating modern!ezio? :>

dating ezio headacanons - modern!au version

Pairing: Ezio x GN!Reader

Warnings: VERY VERY FLUFFY, comfort, lovey-dovey, warm feelings, ezio is in all fours for you, tooth-rooting headcanons in an affectionate way, no description of reader

Author's Note: heeey! thank you so much for ordering modern!au (one of my favorite tropes). i made this super sweet, argh, i want ezio for me lol i hope you don't mind i chose gn!reader. i hope you enjoy!

First of all, Ezio is a very passionate man. He loves you intensely and wants you to always know your importance to him.

How does he do it? In the form of gifts. A surprise bar of chocolate hidden in your things, your favorite food for "no reason" in the middle of the week, some random sticky notes wishing you a good day, how beautiful you were looking. A sudden text in your phone with a silly meme he knows will make you laugh.

Because Ezio loves to make you laugh. It always eventually made him laugh, which made you laugh even more.

He might be a little jealous lol I don't see him directly confronting anyone hitting on you, but more like staying around if he notices someone flirting.

He touches your back and arm, as if not paying attention, and makes sure that person knows you belong to him. If the person still hits on you, he will become very passive-aggressive.

"Don't you know you have a huge lettuce between your teeth?" or "Have you been sleeping well? Are you sick? You don't look so good" would embarrass anyone and make them run away. When Ezio notices you staring at him, he innocently smiles, "Che, amore?"

He is very active, period. Hike, run, camp, etc. He practices parkour. Ezio has an account on Instagram, and if you are afraid of heights, you don't even dare to look at those videos of him on top of buildings. If you are more daring, I am sure you will accompany him in taking pics. Or, if you are even more daring, you are also in parkour (you are fearless, let me tell ya!)

He is an excellent swimmer. If you want to learn to swim, Ezio will go out of his way to teach you. You know what that means, right? Ezio wearing swimwear. You will be able to check his toned body and get a skill that might save your life—a win-win.

(you get distracted a lot, and most classes end up with you two making out, but who cares? you will eventually learn)

Now if you can swim already, you two jokingly compete over who is the fastest. Ezio always loses, distracted by your body and your form, but he never admits it.

You and Ezio looooove lazy days as well. What's better than spending the whole doing nothing after a stressful week? He notices when you are not feeling much for everything, which means LAZY DAY!

You two cuddle, watch tv shows, cartoons, and movies, or play games. Sometimes you are resting on his chest, and sometimes Ezio is like a cat, all curled up on you.

EZIO IS AFFECTIONATE! Did I say that already? well, he is. And he is warm. So during winter time, prepare to have a furnace around you. Cuddling, holding, rubbing your body, massaging.

Ezio gives the best massages, by the way. He pressures in all the right places, with just enough pressure which always makes your toes curl.

For him, spending a day with you is the best thing ever, even if doing nothing. He plans the best dates, like when you two went out stargazing, and Ezio pointed out all constellations (Leonardo helped him with that one, he confessed later)

He loves to be surprised. On his birthday, you planned a surprise getaway, only the two of you, somewhere romantic Ezio always wanted. He loves exploring and discovering new places, food, and people.

Especially with you as his travel partner

Visiting his family? Be prepared to be asked when it is the marriage/where are my grandkids? You will eat well, watching his siblings never miss the chance to tease him about how in love he looks.

Also, his whole family adores you. Giovanni and Maria couldn't be happier, Claudia wonders how you fell in love with her stupid brother every time. Federico would tease, too, joking your vision wasn't doing well since you started dating Ezio.

Now, can we talk about protective Ezio? For example, if there is one thing he can't bear is the thought of you hurt. Emotionally or physically.

So, if you are having a hard time or have mental health issues, Ezio makes you his top priority. He makes sure you are okay with his presence and does everything you ask for. Ezio is there for you in the way you need him the most.

Even if it is to lay on the floor, you burrito'ed in a blanket he put you earlier, holding hands,

Even if it is to talk about crazy, random things.

And although it breaks his heart, he holds you while you cry. He wants to make it stop, he whispers and kisses the top of your head, assuring everything will be okay, and even hums to calm you. He would mix English and Italian because he knows when he speaks Italian instantly soothes you.

"Breathe with me, amore mio, in and out. You are doing so well. You are so brave."

NOW, if someone decides to harass you. Well, consider this person done.

If you are feeling unsafe somewhere, he will immediately drop everything to come for you. Or send Federico even.

But now, if someone harasses you in front of him, there will be violence. If someone calls you a bad name or insults you, Ezio will personally confront this person and make sure they apologize to you.

If he knows you don't like confrontation or fights in general, you will likely see his body go tense, ready for a fight, so you will have to whisper in his ears, asking to leave, and he won't discuss. He needs some time to calm down, though.

But he will be with you at his side.

Ezio is loud. He is loud about pretty much everything except when he is sad. You always notice that he gets quieter when he isn't having a good day.

You always try to cheer him up. When Ezio feels blue, you respect his boundaries, but his best therapy is to have his face hiding on your neck, holding you tightly. You calm him. 

He shares his feelings, his sadness, his whole soul with you. He knows you are the love of his life, and he plans to ask you to marry him. He will respect your decisions and be patient if you don't want it now.

But when you finally said yes to marriage, Ezio cried. Not in front of you, no, he hid his face on your body so you didn't see him shedding some tears.

During the wedding, he will cry. He will cry when he sees you walking in, his heart exploding with happiness, the biggest smile you ever saw from him. 

(Federico will say it was a sudden rain of eyelashes on his eyes, that's why he was sniffling)

But you are so happy you don't control yourself and kiss him, his tears, his smile, all of him. Ezio kisses you back, and you can hear the guests murmur, "Aaawwwwwnnn"

"Please, can we keep this for the honeymoon?" Petruccio groans, getting some giggles.

"Not thinking about running away, are you?" 

You joke simply because you know he would never. Ezio brings your hands to his mouth, kissing them with love.

"No. I am yours, and you are mine, tesoro."

MASTERLIST | EZIO'S MASTERLIST

[palettesofrenaissance]

A random Fleur de Louve (SarahBucky) nsfw prompt: oral under the table

NSFW; AU or canon or whatever your heart desires. Just please tag me so I can read it

Of course my thoughts go to Sarah first

It could be at: a resteraunt with dim lights. Probably at night. It's at a place that uses long table cloths of course. Anyways, Sarah is unsuspecting at first. Perhaps Bucky left hints that this is a 'treat' he had in kind for her but she didn't take him seriously, or it was sprung by spontaneous surprise. Either way, when he disappears, Sarah is surprised to suddenly feel him, so surprised that she jumps, causing the silverware to clatter, but she grins and makes the excuse that she thought she saw a bug (or something). Next thing she knows, she feels her panties being moved and fiddled with as he's spreading her legs wide and kissing up her thighs. She feels his hot breath across her skin and it raises goosebumps. She can't focus on anything, and is desperately trying her hardest to pay attention to her surroundings as to not get caught. When she feels him slide her forward, causing her to slump a bit in her chair, Sarah knows. She knows this isn't going to be easy. And so she bites her bottom lip hard while smoothly covering her mouth as she leans onto her hand by her elbow propped on the table. Bucky also does his best in eating her out as quietly as possible, even as she becomes increasingly wet, but also push her over the edge. Or, at least get her close there. During it all, Sarah can't move. He has his nose buried in her folds, hot breath panting in her coarse curls, and his hands pinning her legs. At one point, she puts a hand under the table to cart through his hair. At one point she fists his hair in a tight grip that would be painful on a regular man. At one point, her eyes roll back. And, he becomes so aroused himself that he can't help to palm at himself but also thinks of a plan to exit without drawing attention

You decide how it should go, but I imagine the end being like: when he comes up from under the table (it could be while there's some kind of distraction outside, like a police chase passing by) he casually wipes his mouth clean, retains eye contain with a very blushing Sarah, and coolly asks her about the food -- if she's still hungry, or if she wants more food, or whatever. Sarah replies that she isn't hungry anymore, or as hungry for food. While chuckling about her, he agrees that they'd leave. (Ignoring the unfulfilled woman across the room watching them enviously, then scolding her date to be more like them. Or, the man not far from Bucky watching his calm performance with an intrigued gleam in his eyes because his wife is currently too shy to be as adventurous and risque.)

Then there's the side where Sarah reciprocated the favor: I don't know where. It could be while he's on a Zoom Video call, it could be while he's playing a card game/virtual card game, or whatever have you that you chose. But either way, Sarah gets her payback. She could have been sweet-talking him all day to the point where she distracts him more than usual, but he has this thing he needs to focus on so he's trying to dodge her. He fails of course when she gets to her knees and begins massaging his crotch. He could try to gently push her away, but then she grabs him and he shuts up, his dick having already begun to harden. And he knows how determined Sarah can be but he's also selfish and wants this so he doesn't fight her anymore, perhaps. Anyway, Sarah takes her time. She builds up the anticipation, teases him, murmurs things at a volume she knows only he can hear to rile him up. It gets so bad that by the time he's completely hard and she's gliding her moist lips down his dick, he's barely even focuses on his task or competition at hand. If it's a card game, he could soon be trying to play it off by leaning his forehead into his tensed hand, trying to hide his face and/or focus. His face would turn red -- "Your face is turning red, Buck. Are you okay?" -- and him feigning frustration and/or confusion. Sarah doesn't stop; she uses her hands, sucks him off, squeezes his balls. She smirks while doing it, and he groans about it -- whether from frustration or arousal or both or whatever else, you choose. At one point he could put a hand on her hair, perhaps gripping it as something to hold on to, probably when he slowly urges his hips forward too. He knows how Sarah is about the way he fills her mouth. Her fingernails dig into his inner thighs. He's barely paying attention to whatever he's doing. (If it's a video call, he could space out. If it's a card game he could be so far in the gutter there's no way he'd win, so they're laughing at him to just quit now.)

However this ends, you decide :)

[hyperfigations]

ahem,, how about some first date hc’s with the counsellors?? you can chose which ones you’d like to include !!

AHHHH YES I LOVE! (Gender Neutral Reader)

These HCs will take place after that night.

So! Here's what I think first dates with some of the Hacketteers would be like! (Excluding Max and Laura because they are perfect together and I can't bring myself to separate them.)

Dylan:

-Dylan was never really hush hush about his crush on you. -In fact, he flirted with you at every possible moment. -You did not mind though. -The day came when you finally decided to ask him out. -AND BOY DID HIS TUNE CHANGE. -His face flushed, he was stumbling after every other syllable. -But eventually, he agreed to go out with you. -You had suggested a fun bowling night. -Dylan chuckled slightly and raised in non existing hand. -"We haha... I don't think that idea is very um..." -"OH SHIT! IM SO SORRY!" -You both agreed that a night in, watching shitty B movies and making fun of every little aspect of em. -HE WAS SO NERVOUS. -Blasé Dylan was no where to be seen. -He would try to make a joke but fumble over them. -"I-I'm sorry. I'm just like- a little nervous I guess? I mean after everything that we've gone through, I guess I didn't really think that we would ever... haha... do this? But here we are and it's great but god... Is it hot in here? Are you hot? I mean, of course you're hot but I mean hot hot. Not like hot. Because you're very hot and-" -Dylan would go on rambling rants about random things. -But when you gently took his hand, and laid your head on his shoulder, he realized he had no reason to be worried. -He finally relaxed, and slowly went back to being Dylan Dylan. Not rambling, nervous-wreck Dylan.

Jacob:

-Jacob always acted different around you. -Side glances and soft smiles. -Both of you having butterflies fluttering in your stomachs. -The boy was silly, but god, if he wasn't the sweetest thing. -Jacob was a hopeless romantic, and loved cliches. -He would pick you stray wild flowers, and try to find any reason to be near you. -"You're so cheesy, Jacob." -"Yeah, but I love cheese." -An idiot, but your idiot. -Jacob was a little afraid about asking you out. -Boy is a bit scared of rejection. -So, he didn't. -He didn't ask you out. -Instead he tried to be a little sneaky about it. -"Oh um, do you wanna grab lunch with me?" -You had agreed. You and him have had lunch together before so you didn't think twice about it. -It wasn't until Jacob and you were standing in a cute little park, a soft blanket covering the green grass and all the snacks imaginable. -You finally realized that this wasn't like your guys' usual hangouts. -"Um, Jake?" -"uh... yeah (Y/N)?" -"This is a date, isn't it?" -"Wwwhhaaaat, no- Okay, yeah. It is."

Kaitlyn:

-Kaitlyn isn't someone to beat around the bush. -She knows exactly what she wants and she's not gonna play games. -Kaitlyn teases you but in a very loving away. -You know she doesn't mean any harm. -Kaitlyn also LOVES showing off to you. She thinks the more she shows you how capable she is, the more you would reciprocate her feelings. -She asks you straight and direct. -"So, you wanna go that axe throwing place this Friday?" -"NOO! I'm gonna be so terrible at that, Kaitlyn!" -"Commmmee on (Y/N), most bullseyes has to buy dinner?" -You both didn't specify but you guys knew it was a date. -You were right by the way. You sucked in comparison to Kaitlyn. -Every single time it was her turn to throw, it was a bullseye. -bullseye... -bullseye. -And another bullseye. -"Kaitlyn, I already lost. At this point you're just rubbing salt in an open wound." -You were pouting. -Kaitlyn giggled lightly, and grabbed your hand. "You have the potential, (Y/N). You just need the guidance." -Your heart skipped a beat as she was teaching you how to throw the axe from behind. -She was guiding your every move. -Finally, she let you try on your own. -BOOM! BULLSEYE! -You excitedly jumped up and down, doing a dorky little celebration dance. -"You're a dork," Kaitlyn laughed at you.

[sanaserena]

“Will you stay still! I still need to turn you into mashed potato!” Aurora snarled.

But of course, that was too much to ask.  It was like telling hot chilli not to be hot!  Or pretending that a green charleston chili didn’t have the potential to be spicy.  Anyone who knew their foods, knew that never say never was more likely!

“So, out of curiosity,” Kid said, grinning widely, grabbing a random person nearby as a shield.  “Who got more drunk?”

Aurora’s rock hit Kid square in the face.  

She heard a “ Fuck!” and launched herself at him, shoving the innocent bystander away, and sat on Kid, fisting his shirt once again.  It was such a long way away from the first time they met, and it had been Kid who had been shaking her.  Well payback was a bitch.

“Drake did!” She shook him once.

Kid blinked, his grin died.  “What really?”

“Yes damn it.”  She dragged his face close to hers. “Because every time I said something, he chose to drink instead of answering.”

“Seriously?  What kind of game were you both playing?” he asked, confused, for one second forgetting that Aurora was straddled over him, furious.

“The let’s-see-if-I-could-make-him-regret-it game.  That whole day was the worst date I’ve ever been on, you miserable, limp, over boiled spinach!”  

Kid frowned. “Wait, wait, wait…If he was blushing, what the hell did you ask?”  

Aurora just blinked at him.  “That’s all you can focus on?”

“Was redhead there?”

“On my date with Drake?” She looked at him pointedly. 

“Well she seems like the type to make a guy red in the face.”

“Is your head in the gutter?” Aurora crossed her arms over her chest. 

“Yeah, but seriously, what would make that lizard man blush?”

“She asked if I wanted to play a strip drinking game,” said a much too familiar voice behind Aurora, surprisingly calm.  “And whether I’d prefer to see her naked or Joy, whether I preferred a girl to take her bra off under her shirt or shirt off but bra on, whether I preferred shirt off or pants off underwear still on, what my favourite sex position is, and what positions I liked best, and many, many other questions I now understand were meant to scare me off.  Oh, and she told me that she recently enjoyed your oh-so-expensive rum while playing a strip game with a former Admiral.”

Kid looked stunned.

Aurora jerked around, blushing badly.  What the hell was Drake doing here?  And how the hell did he say all that so calmly? 

Drake was standing there, arms also folded over his chest, looking resolved, despite the furious blush at his neck.  Aurora hadn’t expected to see him again!

“You—” Kid growled, spotting Drake.  “Get your little girlfriend off me!”

“I’m not his girlfriend!” Aurora said.  

“Oh that’s right, because you’re a food obsessed little monster!  You need to get off me!  I can't believe you used my rum on a stripping game.  Thought you of all people would have appreciated it!”

"Actually it was the drinking game not the strip game," Aurora said looking at both Kid and Drake pointedly. "And don't be a baby, we sold the rest if that makes you feel better!"

Kid gaped.  "Are you fucking kidding me, you little monster!"

Aurora ignored him. “Why are you here?” she asked Drake.

“I’m coming with you.”

“What?” Aurora and Kid said at the same time, one in surprise, and the other in horror.

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"Aurora throws rocks at Kid in interrogation, Drake appears scene" from Ch 54 of my collab semi-canon divergent fic with @legacyofafox, Two Devils and the Toughest Pirates on the Seas: A How-to Guide on Teasing over on AO3 (X Drake x OC pairing (Aurora, my character for the fic); Eustass Kid and Aurora are frenemies at best)

[astridthevalkyrie]

A Scene Popped Into My Head But Instead Of Writing A Whole AU I’m Just Going To Write That One Scene <3

—> Scene Capture Fics Masterlist

—> Today’s Feature: Assistant Petra!

—> a/n: yes, i AM posting a scene capture fic after a long time and yes i am doing it for petra and not levi. if you want to know, please read the first line in this post &lt;3

"Good morning," you offer coyly to the shirtless man next to you, who doesn't offer you anything more than a grunt in response as he types away at his laptop.

Yes, this is just a wonderful thing to wake up to.

"Are we dating now?" You stretch as you wake up fully, sitting up and pushing aside the strays of your hair from your face carelessly. Levi doesn't even grace that one with a sound, just a clear grimace. You smirk, not that he sees you. "Fine. You were good, though."

"I know that," he says dismissively, still not looking away from his Tetris game or whatever else must be so interesting on the screen.

Always a delight with him. Yawning, you toss on your bra and panties before stepping out of the bedroom, greeted by the too-bright light streaming through the window of the kitchen. If you weren't so high up, you'd be slightly concerned about someone seeing you.

Although, it looks like you don't have to worry, since someone who's already inside is doing all the seeing anyways.

A pretty redhead in a pencil skirt and adorable blouse takes you in, blinking in surprise a few times before she clears her throat. "Um. Let me escort you out, ma'am."

"Excuse me?" You raise a brow at her as you grab a plum from the bowl of fruits that Levi never eats but always keeps freshly stocked. "Who are you?"

She stands up straight, like she thinks you're appraising her—you're really not, you just wanted to know why some random lady was in Levi's apartment.

"I'm Petra Ral, ma'am. Mr. Ackerman's assistant. I organize his schedules, accompany him during all his meetings, and escort his...guests, off the premises."

You snort. "So you what, take out the trash? Not very feminist of you."

Petra flushes scarlet. Easily embarrassed, clearly. Levi sure knows how to pick them, this is the cutest assistant he's had in a while. You wonder if they...nah, Levi's too much of a dork to try anything with someone who works for him. "That's not what I meant to say, you put words in my mouth."

You could put something else in her mouth, something pink that you keep at home in your second drawer, to the left.

"Wasn't my intention, Ms. Ral," you mimic her formal tone back, "but you also don't need to worry. I'm not hanging around due to clinginess, I'm just hungry." With that, you take a large bite of the plum, taking care to swallow and lick the juice off your lips before speaking again (to your delight, Petra watches every motion). "Levi won't get pissy with you, don't worry. We're old friends."

Friends might be stretching it, but you've clearly made the cute girl awkward enough already, so you don't need to go further by saying you and Levi liked each purely for the sex.

"I...see. In that case, can I get you something, ma'am?"

"No," you offer cheekily, leaning on the counter, aware that you're only in your undergarments and that she's doing her best to pretend she's not trying to look at your chest. "Just your company is plenty this morning, Ms. Ral."

Once more, she blushes.

Holy shit, you chose the right night to hook up with Levi.

Still, you suppose he's not the only one with important affairs to attend to, so you really should get going. It's too bad, you really wanted to stay and flirt with this pretty girl, but duty calls. You finish your pear and give her a wink before heading back to Levi's room to change.

"Hey, darling?"

"Don't call me that," comes Levi's immediate response. Just another nickname to add the blacklist, then. "What?"

"I'm gonna hook up with your assistant. Just a heads up," you offer casually, before turning on your heel to head out.

"Fucking hell," you hear him mutter under his breath, "not again."

[pinkfey]

woe charity be upon ye

ummmm char fax bc i can't keep the cringe at bay !!

i thought it would be fun to make her eyes brown since the whole game is like oughhhh iladrin ouwahhh glowy eyes so <3 brown eyes the most specialest eyes duh !! <33

um everything that’s on their tab on the oc page !! hunter-born, circle-trained, enchantment-favorer. they're v good at fucking around with the mind and they're even better at bewitching ppl and getting them to like her <33 she’s a bit of a siren of sorts?? she’s beautiful and enigmatic and she knows it (to a degree) so she excels at manipulating that strength to her advantage

but they’re also just naturally good with people!! they bleed compassion and they put people at ease—it’s easy to be soft with her, like how caine instantly latched onto her. she’s even convinced blade to let her cut his hair 🤯

she is. so fucking short. u would think having hunter heritage would gain them a few inches but alas.. watch out the 5’1” commander-legate of the shepherds is on her way and she is pissed 😤

(yes they are teased mercilessly for this)

(she does wear heeled boots to compensate and no she doesn't care that it’s impractical!!)

they and red did date bc i’m a sucker for the one-was-in-love-and-the-other-thought-it-was-amicably-casual dynamic <3 and i love DRAMA <3

she’s gone through quite a few character shifts to turn her into the person she is now. as a kid she was quiet and sort of a brat!! compassion was her earliest lesson, one she scorned until she lost everyone. survivors guilt is crazy. she became determined to be all the things she was supposed to be: kind, generous, brave, determined to live up to her namesake. but she was so scared. at the circle, she crumpled in on herself, reserved, tentative, always observing. the friendships she built there (plus her newfound love of academics!!) helped her get to a healthier place. she still chose her words wisely, still loved her alone time, but she was comfortable with curveballs, with people, with playfulness. she adapted a very positive attitude and work ethic!! she never gave up on any pursuit!! she thought she was very ready for the real world when she left

she was wrong <3 lmao. the world is cruel and it tore her down and she spent years on the edge of disappearance, years wondering if this is all there is. she got tattoos, pierced her ears, battled some substances, fell in with the few bad crowds, but nothing satisfied and nihilism was beginning to wear her softness to the bone. her village long gone and shame preventing her from returning to the circle, haven was supposed to have what she’d been longing for since childhood: community. acceptance. lucky her !!

she loves rlly feminine things!! makeup and intricate hairstyles and laced boots and the like. she cannot be trusted to spend money responsibly when she sees a pretty trinket

they love children and want some of their own one day so badly. does this have to do with her incessant ache for family and the ghost of thirteen year old zori haunting their brain at all times.. yes 😔

she also loves FREAKS ❤️ mekduk, mirmir, blade—she practically collects strays

her tattoos are a bit random and nonsensical. they’re just.. things she loves!! things she wants to be defined by!! marigolds because she was born in spring, an apple because the smell reminds them of maj, an eye with a heart-shaped pupil indicative of their gift, a sparkly book because she and red shared their best memories tucked away in the library, et cetera et cetera!!

their besties are briony, chase, red and lavinet in that order. briony is an instant friend they’re such goons together, she and chase have a strange back-and-forth and she’s more comfortable telling him certain secrets than she is red (surprisingly), and she and red (after overcoming a certain hurdle) are able to fall back into their easy affectionate dynamic from when they were kids !! lavinet adored her from the get go and their shared interests just made them click 👯‍♀️

in this universe everyone is at least a little bit in love with them because they deserve a little obsession!! as a treat!! most in love to least in love: blade > briony > ayla > red > trouble > shery > tallys > chase > lavinet > halek. riel excluded but he loves her in his own way. yeah the three initial shepherds all catch varying degrees of feelings at the same time. that’s just the way it is.

they and chase actually.. contemplated fwb but decided it would never work, which is (shockingly) what brought them closer together as friends and why she prefers going to him for certain issues. there's a unique understanding between them that she doesn't have with anyone else. to the two of them, secrets are their love language

her whole theme is compassion as a chest wound !! literally the motto i created them around. but their two other biggest traits are her liveliness and will. like they’re kind of a cringefail loser at times but despite that she never ever ever gives up. a bit stubborn? sure. but wholly earnest bc tbh that’s the most endearing trait a hero can have 🤧 she’ll push through anything and everything

i eventually want them to cut their hair into a bob. why?? bc it would be cute w their streaks of white. lich rally no other reason. how cute would she be?? so cute.

also charity is probably (???) not her real name !! it’s like a tiefling virtue name <33

if u read any of this ilysm bc i don’t know what i wrote i’m just talking 💕

[rosapexa]

Welcome to my blog!

Hi!

I'm Rosa. I'm in my late 30s, married and and a Virtual Photographer.

Here i share only my Cyberpunk 2077 (Edit May 29th 2023: And Jurassic World Evolution 2 atm because i love Dinosaurs!) VP and everything what is on my mind about my OCs. And i have quite a few.

Some of them have whole personalities and background stories, other's are lucky, that they got a name. I simply enjoy creating and taking pictures of them.

And i love shipping my OCs, because they deserve love.

Sometimes i post (mild) NSFT stuff. So if you're underage or don't want to see things like this, please don't follow me.

I reblog everything that i find interesting, which means for reblogs mostly but not only Cyberpunk 2077 stuff.

Anyway let me introduce you to my OCs:

Tags: Rosa's OCs: Vala ; Character Inspiration: Vala

Ship: Vala and River ; Ship Inspiration: Vala and River

Tags: Rosa's OCs: Lexa ; Character Inspiration: Lexa ; Lexa's Story ; Rosa's OCs: Lexa (but she's V this time)

Ship: Lexa and Johnny ; Ship Inspiration: Lexa and Johnny ; Lexa and Johnny 2.0

Tags: Rosa's OCs: Scarlet

Ship: Scarlet and Dum Dum

Tags: Rosa's OCs: Ivy

Ship: Ivy and Placide

Other Tags: OC Ask Game ; Ship Questions ; Rosa's Dinosaurs ; Rosa makes Mods

More OCs will follow over time...

Some background infos about my babies below:

Vala:

Vala is the only one of my OCs who is actually V. Cyberpunk's story is her story, allthough i changed some things. The most important change is probably that Vala and Johnny both survived Mikoshi. They managed to get him out of her body and into his own again. Also they both raided along with Rogue, Crispin Weyland and Maelstrom the Arasaka tower. Rogue survived thanks to Lexa.

Despite the fact, that the Relic was succesfully removed, Vala has some health issues left which will get worse over the years. On some days, she can't even get out of bed. Vala hast to take medication and constantly adjust her Cyberware for the rest of her life and allthough she has quite some years left, she will eventually die because of it. But she made her peace with that fact.

She is a Netrunner/ Techie and besides knowing how to use a gun, she has basically no fighting skills and relies completely on her Quickhack skills. Vala avoids killing people and only does it in self defence as a last resort. She broke that rule only twice though and both times Johnny was already in her head.

She is quite shy, a total nerd, a little goofy but basically nice to everyone. Vala is an excellent judge of character and learned to listen to her gut feeling, allthough she never judges someone by the very first impression. She collects plushies and has tons of them at her apartment. Vala loves flowers. She can't get enough of them. Sunflowers, roses and tulips are her favorites. She's the worst coffee addict.

Since 2077 she is in a relationship with River Ward and they are married since 2082.

But soon after Mikoshi she broke up with him for about three months. Not because she didn't love him anymore, but she though he deserved someone better. Someone healthy and someone who also wants children someday. He tried to fight for her but she rejected him over and over again until he couldn't anymore.

After three months and a lot of harsh words from Panam and Johnny (suprising, i know) she took all her courage, threw her remaining pride away and begged him for forgiveness. He was hurt and they didn't just continue but started everything over by slowly dating again.

And they fell completely in love with each other again.

He is the third man she has ever been with and he is also the last one. She considers River her soulmate by choice. And he is the first man, where she feels she can truly be herself. They can be completely idiots together and constantly laugh about the most random stuff. Allthough River wanted to have a family, he always knew Vala doesn't. And he is totally ok with that fact now, because he chose her over everythig else.

River also actively enables her plushie addiction.

Vala is a cat mom to Nibbles and of course loves him dearly and Nibbles completely rules the household. She is one of those cat moms who will tell you everything about her cat and show you tons of phhotos, if you want or not. Besides River, the most important people in her life are still Johnny and Panam Palmer, who she considers her sister.

Before Vala lived in Night City she was part of the Bakker Clan and she loved the Nomad life. Her parents died both in an accident in 2074, which hit her hard, cause she had a loving and close relationship with them. But she didn't feel completely alone at least, thanks to her Nomad family. Leaving them was one of the toughest decision for her, but she didn't feel she had a choice, when they merged with Snake Nation. Vala was lucky she met Jackie. Not only did she find her best friend but she probably wouldn't know how to get along in Night City. His death almost broke her completely.

Vala joined later the Aldecaldos and finally had a family again. Her heart belongs absolutely to the Nomad life but she also fell in love with that terrible place Night City. She just can't live there permantly, so Vala splits her time between living in Night City together with River and with the Aldecaldos in the Badlands, where River joins her as much as possible.

Vala is 38 years old in 2083.

Lexa:

Lexa (Alexandra Miranda Shaw back then) was born and raised into Militech. Her family is well know and accepted in the Militech corpo world. She has an older brother as well as an older sister.

From an early age she was trained as an assassin and was exceptional at what she did. And she also loved it. She always loved fighting and killing. Alex saw her body always as a weapon and wanted it to be the best and most efficient weapon.

She always felt a certain fascination towards Maelstrom. She admired how they didn't care about what's supposed to be possible and what not. How they always pushed their bodies over the limits. And she felt drawn to the raw brutality and cruelty. In her free time she eventually started to spend time at the Totentanz

Alex also always had a problem with authority. She was rebellious and if her father, Joseph Shaw, wasn't a hight ranking Militech employee she probably would have been kicked out a long time ago.

And when her defiance and joy in killing and cruelty became too much of a problem Militech got rid of her.

After getting kicked out of Militech, she immediately joined Maelstrom thanks to Royce who brought her into the gang. Alexandra was gone and Lexa was born. Very few people still know her old name today and they know better than to use it.

She became Maesltrom's Ghost. She's hunting and taking out the gang's enemies. Actually she almost does the same things she did at Militech. Only completely free and unhinged now. No one tells her how to handle things and her brutality and cruelty is not something bad anymore but absolutey desired and even among Maelstrom admired.

When Royce took over Maelstrom she supported him 100% allthough she made sure, Brick was kept alive. Along with Dum Dum she became Royce's right hand.

Lexa and Maelstrom joined Vala, Johnny, Rogue and Crispin Weyland at raiding the Arasaka tower, because Lexa felt Vala deserved help, after she fought along with Dum Dum against Militech at All Foods. But more importantly a war against Arasaka sounded kinda fun.

Lexa is most of the time a very calm person, which is very dangerous, cause you never know, when you crossed a line with her. Most people consider her cold and feel uncomfortable in her presence. She doesn't let many people close to her and almost no one out of Maelstrom, cause she only trust them. Shortly after joining Maelstrom she adopted a stray cat... Actually he adopted her and she named him Salem. She loves him dearly and spoils him rotten.

In 2079 Lexa and Johnny Silverhand started a relationship. They knew each other since Mikoshi and already spent time hunting down corpos, but it took them and especially Lexa quite a while to admit their feelings. Johnny is also Lexa's first relationship. Before him she never wanted or needed one and only had casual acquaintances to satisfy her physical needs. Lexa and Johnny are deeply and truly in love and within their realtionship are the softest people, which she never thought would be possible for her. But they are also both extremely stubborn, which can result in screaming and throwing things after each other.

In 2083 Lexa is 36 years old.

Scarlet:

Originally was Scarlet a rogue AI behind the Blackwall, but she escaped from there during the events of Mikoshi. While finally free and roaming the net she met a young and inexperienced Maelstrom Netrunner, called Violet. The AI was kinda fascinated and decided to take over Violet's body.

It didn't really go as planned and insted of taking over her body she merged with Violet into the personality, which is Scarlet today.

Because of this she is very unstable and unpredictable. She is capable of emotions but struggles a lot and doesn't often understand them. This frustrates her and often results in violent outbursts.

She stayed with Maelstrom, because she couldn't fit somewhere else. Scarlet is an absolute brutal and insane Netrunner.

She has a very unhealthy obsession with fire. She is incredibly fascinated of fire and what it does to human flesh.

Since 2080 Dum Dum and her are a couple. Dum Dum loves her sincerely but Scarlet is actually not sure, if she truly understand the concept of love, which he knows.

But she cares about Dum Dum, feels most comfortable around him and misses him a lot, when he's not with her. He's the only one, she would never harm, even when she has one of her outbursts. Dum Dum is also the only one, who can calm her down, which he mostly doesn't, because he loves the sight of his raging girlfriend.

In 2083 Scarlet is 30 years old. That's at least her physical age.

Ivy:

Like most members of the Voodoo Boys Ivy is a talented Netrunner. She also works often outside of Pacifica as a Merc and is very capable of defending herself. Because of that she is not as hostile towards outsiders as most of her community. Allthough she still prefers to be among her people and doesn't let outsiders too close to her.

Since 2076 Ivy is in a realtionship with Placide and they got married in 2080. In comparison to Placide Ivy can be a little sunshine, so she makes often fun of him being way too grumpy. He would never admit it, but he loves that little teasing. Also because of Ivy he sees some things more relaxed and isn't always as serious as he used to be. On the other hand Ivy acts a little less thoughtless thanks to Placide.

Ivy is 33 years old in 2083.

[thewapolls]

bundling a few sparse ones together here just to save space...

SEXTON appears to be referring to the Sexton Beetle, aka Burying Beetle. The game chose some weird coloration for it though. They're so named because they will detect the corpse of a small animal from over a mile away, seek it out and wait for a viable mate to also arrive, defeating any mating rivals in the process, and then after laying eggs in the corpse will cooperatively bury it to keep it safe from predators.

KEFA, I think was supposed to be the phonetics for KAFER? As in the German for "Beetle"? But that's just so generic... I have no idea what else it would've been though... It sure is a beetle.

PREDATOR BEETLE is exactly what it says on the tin. I'm assuming it refers to the Anthia sexmaculata, aka Egyptian Predator Beetle, as that's the specific species that shows up when googling the japanese name. These three really are just regular bugs...

STEALTH STALKER this appears to be just a literal description as best as I can tell. No references to anything. Kinda shocked there was never an Invisible Man variant.

EM BEING, as in "ElectroMagnetic Being" is a neat one. Like I mentioned with GASNOID, it's probably a reference to the movie Densou Ningen[電送人間]: "The ElectronicTransmission Humanbeing" aka Secret of the Telegian. (Telegian would have been a cool monster name.)

ASSASSIN FORCE like STEALTH STALKER I think its just the obvious words thrown together. Oddly I wanted to point to the Microman toyline because they do actually have an Assassin Force line that includes weird unpainted transparent models, but the release date for those seems to be after or nearly concurrent with the release of Wild Arms 5 in which the enemy first appears...

GIGMANTIS classic WA boss briefly turned random encounter for WA2 before turning back into a boss monster. Still no idea wtf is going on with that name. It's not "Giga-" as previous mentioned during the boss tournament entries. But I have no idea what it's referring to...

BERSERKER just a random recolor for the WA2 GIGMANTIS. The idea of a BERSERKER is pretty standard to swords and sorcery and D&D derivative settings and all that, but I have no idea why it's a mantis. Only kind of sort of related to BELSELK/BERSERK as they're both written approximating the same root English.

[grimecrow]

That Moment When Picard Season Three Had Me Remember

So if you haven’t watched Picard Season 3 yet and want to stay spoiler free I suggest that you skip this post as there will be a spoiler I will be discussing. This has been your warning.

Growing up Star Trek was always in my life from watching old TOS episodes, to TNG all the way through till the end of Voyager. I remember when my step-mother knew how excited I was about watching the premiere of Deep Space Nine and how she sent me to my step-grandparents for the day saying how ‘random’ the timing was of me having to go over. She also said that it was a shame that it was something my step-grandmother would never sit through so even if I had the time to watch it there I’d still miss out. She was shocked and rather unhappy when she found out that I had mentioned to my step-grandmother about how I had been excited about watching the show but it was okay I’d just try to watch it at some other time and the response had been to have me do chores till the show came on, watch the show, then finish chores while my step-grandmother had tea in the dining room.  I’ll give her credit, she knew pretty much all of my step-mother’s games and did her best to thwart them whenever she could... Anyhow I should get back on track and talk about Picard season 3 and the moment in episode nine when this happened. 

Now I have a lot of issues with the Picard series and its writing; even season 3 despite how much everyone else has loved it. Not to say I didn’t enjoy it there were just issues that stick out to me as is the case with all trek.  It’s one of the main reasons I drifted away from trek honestly. When it was good it was amazing and when it was bad it was unwatchable. My love for Star Trek is not absolute but then again my love for any media is not absolute.  That being said when I saw the crew step back onto the Enterprise D’s bridge I had to have watched that clip at least fifty times and I cried. Seeing that old bridge brought back the memories of what this crew in specific meant to a young me.  When my father took me Christmas shopping and had me pick out the one thing I wanted above anything else I chose Super Mario 3 for the NES. We went home and he had me wrap it so he could give it to the teenage kid of the woman he was dating at the time because he wanted the kid to also like him. He then left me home alone for the night on my own (I was a latchkey kid) coming back in the morning a couple of days before Christmas. It was TNG I watched to try to forget the hurt I felt. And no I didn’t get Super Mario 3 for Christmas. When my mother had once again gambled away so much of our money that were going to be evicted, when I had no idea where I would be living in the next couple of days it would be Star Trek TNG that I watched to escape that fear for a while.  I’d lose myself in TNG when my hands would shake due to the damage my father did to them and my arm that night. Or any of the other numerous times he and my step-mother hurt me, threw me into walls or whatever. So I started remembering all those times when TNG helped me escape pretty horrible things. 

But then I also started to remember some actual genuinely amazing moments that TNG gave me. Not when it was simply a balm for my wounds, or an escape from fear but actual genuine amazing moments. During the Best of Both Worlds cliffhanger I wrote a little bit of fanfiction and my elementary teacher talked to me about my ideas for the story. I won’t lie at that age my ideas had to be rather bad; I honestly don’t remember them all. I also know that my fanfiction was rather bleak in places and my teacher still encouraged me. Asking me why I thought certain things would happen and questioning my logic when it was way off but encouraging me for being able to defend my story choices even if they weren’t ones that she would make herself.  She also told me that it was okay to use writing, even fanfiction to work through feelings that were dark or that we felt we couldn’t talk about. It was okay to write a fanfiction where sometimes the good guys don’t get the easy win, and maybe there is a cost. That really pushed me on a fanfiction writing path I’m still on today using it not only to enjoy things I love, but press the boundaries of my understanding of the source material, extrapolating ideas, and yes sometimes using it to work through things I can’t find any other way to work through.  Also I can remember the TNG series finale. It was a huge event in my community and I went with my mother and we got to watch it on the big screen with a lot of other people. It was an incredible experience and still an incredibly fond memory that I have though I had forgotten it. It is probably the best memory I have with my mother.  Picard Season 3 reminded me and I cried.

I don’t think I will be buying much trek on bluray at this point but I will be buying Picard season 3 because of what TNG meant to me and what it reminded me of. I won’t lie as I write this the Picard season 3 soundtrack has been released on Spotify and I’ve been listening to the track from that moment on a loop. It’s track number 32 ‘Make It So’ for those that are curious.  I have also decided to collect the core Star Trek Adventure books like those pictured above that I got today. I am not a huge sci-fi guy so I don’t know if I will be able to pull off telling Star Trek stories but I want to try.  Maybe in a roundabout way TNG through that moment in Picard season 3 will end up having me create even more memories with friends and found family in the years to come. 

[marleybone-dreaming]

Meet my Death wiz, Marissa Nightshade!

Marissa is my highest level Wizard at 56 and the first one I created (that I ended up keeping... RIP Roslyn Wintergarden and Anna)

The pictures of her with the coat and red boots are her main outfit, while the pictures of her with the dress are of the last outfit she had before that and the one I chose to give her as her main game-based outfit.

In my drawings, like with Genevieve, I also gave her 2 outfits: A main one based off of what she's wearing in-game, and another one based off of an outfit I put together in The Sims.

Character info and origin story below the cut.

Marissa is 21 right now and is bi, and she loves all things creepy and dark- but don't let her edgy, cold exterior fool you, she's actually really sweet.

Marissa, originally from Wysteria, started attending Ravenwood at the latest age she could be accepted, as prior to this she had gone to a traditional school and was actually training to be a veterinarian- but when she had to help the vet whose office she was working at get the medicine to put a pegasus down she realized she'd have to do that too and she couldn't bear the thought of seeing the animals in that much pain or dying. On her way out after quitting her job at the vet clinic she saw a group of Pigswick Academy students playing around with spells and she thought it looked really cool. She applied for Pigswick right away, but their admission criteria required her to have taken certain classes in her regular studies- which she didn't, but luckily Ravenwood didn't have those same requirements, so she applied and was accepted there. She liked it here better anyway, as she adored the look of the Haunted Cave and Nightside. Death Magic came naturally to her, but her secondary classes didn't really come as easily. She happened to come in one day on the weekend to make up an exam for Storm class and she met Genevieve there, practicing with Professor Balestrom. The two hit it off and soon became friends, and they stayed friends even when Genevieve moved to Marleybone- where Marissa would often visit her once Headmaster Ambrose sent her to Marleybone to assist with problems there. She was so happy for her when she met Bentley- and she's scheduled to be the maid of honor at their wedding.

Because Marissa liked spending so much time in the Haunted Cave, practicing her Death magic here because the vibes just felt right to her, she met Nosferabbit. They connected over their admiration of the macabre and gothic aesthetics, and Marissa especially thought being friends with a vampire was awesome.

When Marissa was tasked to deal with Dr. Jackall she wandered into a random room and met Billy the Cutter. She thought he was beautiful- she managed to talk him out of fighting her, but after dealing with Dr. Jackall, Marissa started going back again and again so she'd have an excuse to see Billy. He didn't really get why but he didn't mind the company- finally, someone wanted to talk to him who wasn't either just trying to suck up to him or order him around!

But eventually when they became close enough, Billy would drop a bombshell that Marissa wasn't expecting: he came out to her as gay. Marissa was stunned, and was glad that he felt comfortable enough around her to tell her a secret he'd been keeping, but was still kind of disappointed because she wanted to date him. But then she remembered something else... Nosferabbit was openly gay, and so she decided to set the two up. They would, of course, hit it off and start dating.

[ghostbeam]

Could we please gush over lovesick Tomura? 🥺 I’m sorry, I read your random headcanons for him and it’s got me by the throat. Especially that last bullet point omg

Don’t be sorry bby!!! I’d love to talk abt lovesick tomura!!! Lovesick characters only!!!

He is so so so lovesick!!! He loves u so much he can’t believe u chose him!!!! I think tomu is super clingy like likes to hang off u and like bother u for attention. Bun talks abt it a lot but like him hanging on u like a ragdoll just draped over u is so cute to meeeee. Ummmm I think he’s really sentimental like keeps little tokens from ur relationship, like a movie ticket or like receipts from a date. He likes having pieces of u you know??

He’s also not one to shy away from pda I don’t think like he has no issue like kissing u in public or sitting u on his lap or things like that. He just likes to have u around at all times ur attached at the hip!! He’s always nuzzling your neck and holding his arms around u he holds u so tightttt like you’ll slip away🥺

I also think he gets like excited to share things with u like showing u a video game or a song or a movie he likes. He’s just really interested in what ur reaction will be good or bad and I think he’d also be curious abt ur interests too. I just think he’s someone who just likes to hear u speak and ramble forever so if u wanted to talk to him about ur favorite album for hours he would just sit and listen cause it’s YOU!!!!

But yeah<33 lovesick tomu our beloved!!!!

[minkymeatshop]

1, 3 and 7 from the s/i ask game for mary :)

OOOHO OKAY OKAY OKAY

1. What is your s/i’s name and pronouns?

their name is mary! they’re the esper of achlys and they use they/them prns

3. Does your s/i have a full backstory yet? Can we see it?

oh gosh i haven’t written all of this out yet but i do have a basic idea

prior to being blessed by the miracle, mary was an overworked paramedic. they’d started working in the medical field because of some vague, nebulous idea of wanting to help people, but over time, they saw so many horrible things and went through so much emotional pain that they started to get numb. it made them better at their job, but it wore away at their empathy. their work was pretty much all-consuming, so they didn’t have a lot of time for social life... achlys chose to bless them because of their high tolerance for pain already. (or, well, they don’t see it as a blessing. it’s a curse to mary.) the first thing they remember is unimaginable pain. the second thing they remember is unimaginable power. achlys had imbued them with incredibly potent abilities, but at a high price--a constant pain, eating at their chest, and a thing that lapped at the bottom of their heart, whispering to eviscerate. mary quickly realized that the only way to get rid of their suffering was to inflict pain upon others. they didn’t know how they knew to do this, but they touched the hard knot on their chest that had become embedded there, and pulled out a sword, fizzling blood-red. their body had become a toxic vessel to bring pain upon others. [i still haven’t figured out how they join the esper union and start dating drew/celine, but just know that drew & celine meet at the same time as they do in canon and mary entered the picture later on.]  it... scares them, how morality barely binds them. all they know is the thrumming in their chest, hurt, maim, eviscerate, let them feel what you feel. their curse doesn’t care who it is. shadow decree, esper union, wanderer, all the same. all just another body for mary to strike down. they’ll lie in bed curled on their side, staring out, ignoring the sleeping bodies around them--what if they had never joined the union? what if the shadow decree found them first? the people they work with, love with, now--in some other reality, would mary have killed them?

(celine would tell them not to think in what-ifs. they’re present and lovely, now, darling, she would say, lighting a cigarette, so stop worrying.)

(drew would tell them, with his hands gripping their thighs, don’t say things like that, mx. mary, you’re worth it, you can change, i love you.) 

... mary keeps going, because maybe someday they’ll figure out how to make themself believe that.

7. Give us 3 random facts about your s/i!

- their favorite flavor is artificial strawberry . specifically artificial they dont want stuff to taste like strawberry they want it to taste pink. they dont even like real strawberries

- they’re a goth! :) they really love the more ethereal-sounding music, big fan of cocteau twins, also they listen to shoegaze as well

- if they were really in the game they’d have an ability that involves their attacks getting much, much stronger every time they lose hp.

- ... i know it says three but it must be said that they collect and customize furbies and drew has been the one to text them “river of styx in our fucking kitchen”