#and for the haters: im not cross tagging

[msaw]

throwing blocks of cheese at the sanses to see how they react

[ellie-tarts]

georgie georgie georgie

because i absolutely cannot be stopped i've made a temeraire oc

born to aviator parents, georgie probably would've been slated for an egg if she'd been a boy, but she and her sister were girls, and while there aren't many women in the corps, there also aren't many dragons who absolutely require a female captain

but she loves being an aviator and loves dragons, and is on good track to be a lieutenant in some years

of course the dragon plague upends things, and there is a lot of reshuffling and many many aviators are grounded

she sneaks in to watch the egg hatching of an uncertain breed. and the dragon rejects all the potential captains offered to her and instead seeks out the teen girl hidden away, refusing everyone else

the dragonet hatched quite small, and despite a rapid growth period and everyone's best efforts, she ended up even smaller than the average winchester

and thus the two learned to be couriers

which is probably good. since her dragon mostly views other people on a range from disinterest to dislike. she would not have taken well to a crew

and this personality is juxtaposed with georgie's attempts to be confident and easy going due to her new duties, which are more public than she was trained up for

good luck out there you two

also if you got this far, the flowers in the middle are st john's wort, for her last name

x x

[etoilesbienne]

"#no youre so right#also any time you criticize these people or like try to politely inform they buckle down into extreme defensiveness#i say that because I Have Tried.#or they get 50 yesmen appearing and yelling about FUCK THE HATERS!!!!!! or whatever and its like :| ok......" (your tags on my post about blue bird)

hi grace it's cubitozinc i hope you don't mind this ask but. I just needed to come here and say. Holy shit the way you literally had a premonition cause this is Exactly What Happened. To That Post😭 (it got reposted to twt and 9 morbillion twitterinas blindly denied the misogyny + said i was misinterpreting the theory, or taking it too seriously, or went FUCK THE HATERS. or whatever.).... like oh my god you were speaking FROM EXPERIENCE if I've ever seen it. I'm so sorry.

SORRY TO BRING THIS NEGATIVITY OVER HERE, i hope that's alright!! i was just. So baffled. at how fucking right you were 😭😭 like the way we have suffered more than anyone else ever. We're like jesus on the cross

hi calli its okay im always fine with mocking misogynists im nothing if not a hater for these kinds of people.

but yeah its 100% from experience ToT mine was over seeing an artist i previously liked call mouse cellbit's daughter and i sent an ask like hey maybe you should like... not do this. or like think about why you perceive it this way. and then they got like 5 more asks in a row saying people were bitching about ableism just to be haters instead of actual legitimate criticism of the fandom.

it always kills me too because the same kind of people who do this shit are the same people who like go out of their way to like be obsessive over boundaries and do callouts over that and shit and its like. The Most Painfully Performative People Ever. like no consideration of reconciling their beliefs and why they believe them. its just following along with the pack. That's why i can't stand the twitter side of the fandom‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[solar-halos]

tag game: 15 questions for 15 friends

name of the game (aka the rules): Answer 15 questions, tag 15 friends!

thank you for the tag @thelettersfromnoone <3

Are you named after anyone?

my moms hs bestie lol

When was the last time you cried?

a couple hrs ago but that’s just cos i cry rlly easily

Do you have kids?

not yet

What sport do you play / have played?

basketball, softball, cross country, dance, cheer, soccer (soccer will remain my one true love)

Do you use sarcasm?

never (lol)

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

hair probably

What's your eye color?

brown

Scary movies or happy endings?

happy endings! <3

Any talents?

i’m a master hula hooper

Where were you born?

from my mother

What are your hobbies?

reading, crocheting, scrapbooking. i’ve been wanting to get into embroidery and knitting but that’s abt it. would love some hobby recs tho i’ve heard jewelry making is lit

Do you have any pets?

no </3

How tall are you?

haters will say not very

Favorite subject in school?

history

Dream job?

recently i’ve been thinking that it might be pretty cool to be edward cullen except that instead of repeating hs id just keep attending college and never have to worry abt money bc the volturi have me covered. but then again maybe i wouldn’t go to college maybe id just travel around in a van (that’s a fredo disco reference)

tagging: not to sound like a nerd but i don’t have 15 mutuals and most of the ones i do have already been tagged so likeee… that’s awkward. i suppose i could just tag the few that haven’t but im shy so if ur my mutual and u haven’t been tagged this ur tag

[saenora]

RULES / BYF !

-16 + ageless dni with me. no dni criteria for art interactions!

minors do not interact with my nsfw posts/ reblogs. BLOCK TAG: #SP.ICY

lgbtqia+phobe / islamophobe / racist / zionist / can't differentiate between fiction and reality / gatekeep characters / proshippers / hater etc dni!

i dont take art requests but i am open to suggestions!

nsfw/dc friendly.

not spoiler free. i tag my spoilers with the general tag so block it.

i am very patient and chill but you cross a limit i wont hesitate to press the block button! please dont come in my inbox asking why. its awkward.

also im super dramatic ie you’ll see wailing crying and dramatically exiting..

high chance.. i will tease your blorbo out of love.. feel free to tell me if youre not comfortable

pro aging up of charcters. all characters in selfship are aged upto 20+

i dont allow reposts. feel free to put as pfp/header/pinned w credits!

[lunelicmoone]

rest in peace technoblade <3 i will miss you forever.

hi! welcome to my blog!

i'm lunelic! (or lune, i dont mind either!)

[I DO NOT support or even remotely like dream or dteam itself. I will not argue with you on this, and I do not want you on my blog. Thanks.]

i consider myself to be a multi-fandom account! meaning i post/reblog things that span across different pieces of media! you may catch me mostly posting about/reblogging things from:

qsmp (lore & some content creators)

doki-doki literature club

the arcana (im a lucio hater)

danganronpa (all games, but mostly dr2)

the amazing digital circus

faith: the unholy trinity

the mandela catalogue

percy jackson & the olympians (will be reblogging tv spoilers)

the bear

stardew valley (i am in love with doctor harvey)

sleep deprived podcast & sdmp

criminal case (yes. the facebook mobile game.)

and although rarely:

your turn to die

my hero academia (anime & manga)

marvel cinematic universe

stanley parable

animal crossing (new horizons)

the office (us)

south park

the group chat podcast

telltale's the walking dead (#1 clouis defender)

ace attorney (trilogy)

detroit: become human

aphmau (mcd & mystreet usually)

superliminal

mortal kombat 1

spider-man adjacent media (itsv/atsv, insomniac games, etc)

(i also like to reblog a bunch of posts from specific medias like, the day that i actually get into them. for example, pride and prejudice 2005 and barbie 2023)

[I will absolutely be spreading awareness posts about the acts of genocide happening in the world. This includes what's going on in Palestine. Zionists are free to leave my blog.]

i do enjoy the occasional liveblog (especially for quackity and slimecicle streams, and i've recently done it more for big events such as the 2024 streamer awards), but i'll sometimes forget to tag them. if you notice me forget about the tag and you want to filter it or something, shoot an ask or message my way and i'll happily do it! 🙏

if you see me thirsting on main, mind your business, i'll get over it. /j

i make die/delete your blog jokes with some close mutuals, and i often joke about killing myself over minor inconviences a lot. if you want me to trigger tag those, i gladly will do so!

[do not interact with my blog if you are in 💐blr. i do not want you here, and i will block you.]

any extra personal information like my pronouns are in my blog description!

this is my ao3!

[i'll only really respond to any kind of anon hate if it's funny, so don't bother lol]

— as for tags, i only have a few custom ones:

• lune's drabbles - little drabbles of writting!

• lune's writing - full fics/one-shots!

• lune oc tag - things about my personal ocs!

• lune's random headcanons - random headcanons i have about dsmp characters!

• lune's mandela catalogue au - my tntduo mandela catalogue au!

• lune's snippets - snippets of fics im working on!

• lune's writing again - little shitposts i make about my fics!

• lune cc notices - self explanatory, but just something i made for myself!

[outer-edges]

20 questions for fic writers

thank u for the tag @freetobeyouandmichi-me

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

19

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

91k

wow didn’t realize id published so little. this is purely because i am a miserly old man who hoards fics. i have probably twenty finished lucifer fics sitting in my drive. and no one will ever get to see them 💙

3. What fandoms do you write for?

currently? really none. in the past? mainly miraculous ladybug, lucifer, carry on (simon snow) & the last of us

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

it’s how we show love - tlou

game? im not playing any games (unless you count the ones i play with beatrice) - lucifer

sharing is caring - tlou

we’re not dating - lucifer

a police consultant, a sandwich, a neatly sliced apple, and a cup of tea - lucifer

im linking all of those but be warned the lucifer ones are SOOOOOOOO teenage mattie cringe i was like a sophomore in high school when i wrote those.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

YES!!?!?!?!?!!!

i love comments. im actually kissing all of my commenters on the virtual mouth. mwah. if I’m normal in a comment reply just know I’m actually giggling and kicking my feet.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

EASILY gotta be someone better bc it’s just a canon compliant little drabble from lucifer 3x21 (iykyk)

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

honestly all of them pretty much have happy endings??? i think happiest is gotta be meet me at our spot because that’s overall the fluffiest fic I’ve ever posted

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i dont think I’ve received anything within driving distance of hate which i am very grateful for. but i also know it’s because my fics reach very little people so it’s a little hard to get hate if haters aren’t seeing ur fics

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i do not

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

that I’ve published?? no. have I EVER written a crossover? a million times yes. every fandom I’ve ever written for has been crossed over with each other in every permutation. favorite one has to be aos x lucifer. the craziest one is probs the harley quinn x icarly one i plotted out (it’s called iHarley and i started it for a writing even but never finished).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no because much like the hate thing it is a little hard to get hate when you’re unknown. there are perks to it

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no but omg I would LOVE to

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

dude this is too hard to choose from. either kastle or deckerstar

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

will i be shot if i say the time loop 🫣

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think it’s dialogue? i mean what does the audience say?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

ummmm. does finishing things count 💀

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I haven’t ever really tackled it before because I only speak english with a minimal command over spanish but i have included a couple words of spanish here or there in tlou fic! it is just very Daunting

19. First fandom you wrote for?

pretty little liars!!! i ran an instagram account with like 1000 followers where I posted fics in the comments at the ripe age of nine 💙

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

THIS IS SO HARD ITS LIKE ASKING ME TO CHOOSE A FAVORITE KID—

it’s the daisycoulson one

(honorable mention for the miller fam vacation 💙)

and honestly if u see this and want to do it consider urself tagged i am too lazy to tag people right now sorryyyyy

[deathsprofit]

@ ky why you unfollowed?

[*] please remember you can still send asks if you wish even if we are not mutuals as long as you're not minor not racist not pedo in both ooc & ic.

i don't have to explain to each one why I unfollowed but here's a list of possible reasons you pick what makes you happy:

[x] i changed my rules. i used to be fine when people tag some gross content but not anymore. due bad experience with some i'll just respectfully soft block so we both unfollow each other. if you still wanna follow my blog feel free it's just some content i'd like not to see on my dash n im tired following up with each blog gross list tags.

[x] i hate any type of including a minor/teen in a sexual content.. even if they are not in a sexual content i fukin' hate teen muses anyway. call me a hater i just don't wanna see them.

[x] im strongly against people writing characters that are racist pedophiles homophobes etc etc.. your character being a survivor of such stuff in their back story is fine.. but your character committing such shit in rp is nope for me.

[x] I lose interest in our interactions. When people lose interest to write with me I rather they unfollow me than force themselves to write with me just because we're old mutual. so when I feel that you or me lose the interest to interact i'll just respectfully unfollow or block/unblock. it's not your job to entertain me and it's not my job to entertain you so if one of us is not having fun it's not worth it.

[x] your replies are weird to me. honestly my writing is so simple it's even trash but at least i try to make my character's actions /words clear for you to interact with them. some people's replies are so unrelated to what my muse said or did like as if they're answering another thread. im not saying im a good writer nope the opposite i just don't understand your writing sometimes and i'll save us both the awkwardness if that is repeated in few threads i'll just unfollow.

[x] you don't give me much to work with. rp is like catch ball. you have to throw and receive. I cant keep throwing the ball at you every time and your character is too passive in their response. so unless it's an ending of a thread your character gotta do /say something for my character to react otherwise your character can stay in their own world and i'll unfollow lol.

[x] ooc drama/ demanding replies / crossing ooc boundaries / talkin' shit about another mun i rp with.. etc im not a good person im trash in both person and in my writing. i enjoy writing though and i wanna be respectful and chill with people but some people are not chill.. i wont keep up with that. I'll unfollow if I feel uncomfortable with you. (people who are allowed to personally harass me are tala and sila lolol) anyone else you have to respect some boundaries with me.

[x] Thoughts about quitting rp. instead of deleting the blog i decided to keep it for the sake of the very few people who i love writing with. but will keep inbox open for non-mutual asks if they want to.

that being said I hope you find your reasons within the list if you been so obsessed of knowing why. again i aint a good person im trash but i try to have fun.

After this post im starting a new page and leaving this topic behind me. don't come ask me again about it i wont hesitate to block.

please keep eye on my rules before interacting.

with all love and respect ky

[vndooms]

Hello, Is it ok if you would tag your fandom takes as fandom wank please ? Sorry I love your art but fandom discussions give me anxiety

im glad you like my art, but i'm sorry i don't want to have to do that, this blog includes fandom discussion as like a part of it on purpose as it is another way, like w my art, that i like to engage with fandom. and i don't want to have to be concerned with whether or not anything i post could be described as "fandom wank" before i post it, much less having to announce it to everyone. that would give me a lot of anxiety.

i cross post much of my art to instagram (same @) so that might be a better place for you to view it or you could go thru the reblogs on my art and see if there's a blog that jives better w/ u that tends to reblog my art.

i can also assure you, and everyone else, i don't consider fandom to be that serious in the least, i have no ill will towards anyone who engages in fandom in a different way than me, as dramatic as i may act ab it. and i encourage everyone to not take fandom seriously and let loose and be equal parts an avowed hater and a delusional fan and not care what others say.

[demadogs]

Everyone’s been talking about byler vs others shows lately and can I just say I can’t scroll for 2 seconds without seeing a post about “Heartstopper” or “The Summer I Turned Pretty” on any of my socials and I’m getting really annoyed? 😭 The cast of both shows seem so sweet but I don't care to hear about it! And I don’t want to be a hater but it feels to me like it's really hard to curate experiences anymore. Ik its the Internet so you’re going to see things you don’t want to see and both shows are pretty popular right now butttt post after post?…broooo those fucking cartoon leaves are going to haunt me atp but I'm glad to know I'm not completely alone.

And I know this might seem so stupid but I’m really tired of seeing heartstopper in particular discussed in the Byler tag. I don’t have a problem with people who enjoy that show trying to find other bylers who watch it or necessarily talking about moments on that show they want to happen with byler I mean ppl can do what they want but yeah. I prob come across miserable but this hiatus is just sucky and people will probably feel this way about Byler/ST when S5 comes out so 😂

lmaoo i recommend filtering your tags for what you dont wanna see. you can do that here and you can mute specific words on twitter. not sure if you can on instagram, and for tiktok if you see something just hold down and hit “not interested” or even block them if their whole page is edits for a show youre not into. i do this and i rarely see heartstopper stuff anymore and i never saw tsitp to begin with bc all my algorithms have figured out im gay and dont show me the super hetero shows lmao.

i understand about the cross tagging thing. if you do filter heartstopper you’ll be able to scroll past those without clicking on them but i think people treat the byler tag as more of a giant groupchat with things most of us would be interested in. like if im talking about lumax i usually tag byler bc so many bylers also love lumax but i dont tag lumax when im talking about byler bc those tag followers may only be interested in lumax you know what i mean? i dont think theres any stopping those kinda posts but again, filtering the tag will help.

[plainbageltoastedwithbutter]

autistic + adhd things i do cause why not

dimp orange lights i cannot stand any bright white lights i would go insane

would intentionally do embarrassing things as a kid cause i thought other kids did it

jean hater

my mom would constantly style my hair or put it in a ponytail in like kindergarten but i would always take it out by the end of the day cause i hated it

mimic other peoples expressions even on text if i see like a frown emoji i'll frown at my screen ]:

cannot pay attention to tv if i dont have subtitles, i just thought my attention span was short (which it can be) but i just cant pay attention to yt videos without subtitles unless i focus to

im not entirely sure if i have a special interest but i do get hyperfixations a lot, pinterest and spotify are my best friendssince i can just indulge with my fixations for a moment of peace

usually im pretty good when remembering to eat, drink etc but sometimes if i get too hyperfocused in something i'll sit and not move until im done which can take like hours lol

picky eater, not in the way where i wont eat veggies or "healthy food" but i just wont eat stuff that cross my boundaries (sensory wise) also dont force me to eat new food, 90% of the time i know that i wont like it

idk if this is an autism thing but one time i got rlly upset (almost a meltdown?) but yknow when your parents force you to hug or kiss your family members once you say hi or bye yeah well that day i decided i did not want to do that and refused to hug my grandpa bye. i lowkey feel bad now but it wasn't my moms job to force me. i also didnt talk to my mom the rest of the car ride cause im petty.

i'd force myself to cry at sad scenes in movies, like im very emotional but i dont cry often at the actual sad parts but i know im sad and that this is a sad scene then i'd make myself cry PFFT

but i'll start sobbing at how to train your dragon because the music was too much

feel mostly invalidated by autistics in media cause they only show one part of the spectrum. smart, very literal, brainy, likes science and math, struggles in love, unintentionally funny, did i say smart?

some characters (who i hc to be autistic) that i relate to more include rapunzel(omg im literally her), giselle from enchanted, luz (canon adhd), harley quinn, oswald cobblepot (gotham version)

i still cant ride a bike and i dont like swimming that much :/

anyways thats it i dont feel like adding tags

[shipping1addict]

(HEY. It's me from the end of this post! I realised it got a bit long and wanted to warn you. I'm on mobile and can't cut it away. Sorry!)

It's one thing to simply clarify that a ship won't be endgame. That it won't happen because of whatever reasons. But it's a totally different thing to act like the whole fandom consists of bullies and is delusional.

While I read a few things on Twitter, researched on the writers Twitter page etc. it really stood out to me, that there is a common misinformation(?) - if you can call it that - that we [sc] as a fandom just want the show to make changes solely because we want it to. But as we all know, that's not the case.

I could just list all the things we pointed out for years now, but I don't want to talk about that. I think if someone doesn't recognise their own work and what potential it beholds, what subtext (intentional or not) it has, it's safe to say, that they don't want to see it.

No. I'm talking about the fact, that with behaviour like that, they actively evaporate a whole bunch of the fandom by simply saying and supporting those things.

-

There was one tweet the writer "liked", that said something about how even queer women should be able to be friends without it turning into something more. And while the message and the base of this post is true, it means a whole 'nother thing when it comes to media.

We have a TV history full of tropes that makes a man and a woman only to be friends a rarity. But we have REAL history with people stating, that two women are "best friends" or "life long friends" when there is evidence, that they were in fact lovers.

When we say "a man and a woman should be able to be just friends" it's a different thing than "two women should be able to be just friends." And you can't compare these two statements with each other, because one trope is tiring and washed out and the other hasn't even began to grow.

- that said: we all know two queer women can be just friends. But the fact that there are only so many queer women on TV is sad and it's not unusual to ship these two, when we are used to only get max two LGBTs per show.

-

Holding an argument like that in our faces and acting like it's a criminal offense to want better representation - in quality and quantity - is not only damaging but feels also entitled on their behalf.

I've said it a bunch of times now but: supercorp started out as a funny thing. We saw the chemistry between two actresses, the plot fit perfectly for fanfics and imagination and it was all fun and games.

Until shit hit the fan. Since 2017 - when supercorp was publicly recognised at the SDCC it got worse. And in the last year even actors and writers got into arguments with fans.

Supercorp suddenly turned into more than just a ship. It went viral.

And what happens with viral things? They gain fans that are more problematic and those are the ones with the loudest voices. And since then, anti-sc held the whole fandom accountable for those toxic fans. And I think, that was a turning point that we cant recover from.

It's sad to say, but with the excitement for season 6 and the release of content (ex.g. deleted scenes) there is always backlash from others. And while I'm fairly certain, that I will indeed watch the show, it brings me everytime to the edge and I'm close to never enter the fanbase again.

Why has a fanship turned into a war?

Why do some people act, like the idea of supercorp is so absurd?

Why do we need to harass and insult each other?

And why the hell can noone communicate with each other?!

[aidaughter]

u all know im nice and not a hater but some stuff definitely crosses the line for me and posting t.hinspo in unrelated tags is one of them

[honeyeatsalot]

I really don't want to bring this up again and Im sure you all also are tired with this but this is too much, it had crossed the line.

Heads up that the following will include: mention of the word "ky$", possible slurs and harsh words. Stay safe, colony.

First thing first, haters. Why do I always mentioned them? Well, look at it yourself.

This is from my friend, Apples. Apples is a Georgebur writer on AO3 and Wattpad. You are able to find them very easily by typing "Apppples". Anyway, this is a message that they got by someone. I am genuinely upset that this had happened among my friends.

Here's another one.

Why? What have Maymae ever done wrong to you? We have never interact once with this ppl at all and they just come up to us, threaten us to.. delete our hard works and k*ll ourselves. Huh? What? Did I not mentioned them saying that? Pardon me. Here you go.

Im just gonna say, you can't force someone to be into something so suddenly, especially with that act of yours. Telling someone to just do no good is just messed up. We are not breaking boundaries, you are just breaking our patience level. Like I said, if some ppl were to break the boundaries, at least, say nicely "Sorry but I dont think **** is okay with this" instead of go crazy and ruin ppl's day.

Have some humanity.

Have some patience.

Have some understanding behaviour.

Have some kindness

And lastly, dont act out of your own feelings. Remember to learn the truth of one content before judging the cover.

And this is for my colony out there, do not take those words by heart. You are amazing and whatever you are doing is amazing. Do not break the boundaries and you are good to go! <3

Have a nice day everyone. Maybe share this to spread it everywhere.

I might also tag some tags that are not much relatable so that ppl can see this.

[blueathens]

hi! im thinking of starting writing on here , do you have any tips on how to grow or improve my writing?

to grow on here i suggest maybe interact with people and use your tags, using tags are very useful

to improve on writing i read a lot so i get loads of different skills from different authors, and as im someone who prefers writing with detail i always pretend that im in the scene im writing so i can add the right detail to make the readers actually picture it.

i suggest to find your style of writing (everyone has their own) and use it, find out what your good at and what your not so good at (can always improve on both) but the thing you find that your better at doing you find that you enjoy writing for it more

write to enjoy - this is important, never write for other people, always write for yourself. if you need a break, you take that break. dont listen to people moaning that you havent posted in a while, post when you can and want to - it is your blog and your writing so do it how you want and when you can - also dont listen to the haters!

make the writing interesting too - if you do this more people will love reading what you write and such! dont write like 'cat jumped the fence, crossed road, and ate chicken,' write in a more interesting way like what type of cat/colour cat, how did they jump, where was the fence etc... as readers we will only read things that interest us - but thats common sense!

your writing dont have to be perfect either, mistakes will be made as we dont have editors editing these for us XD

but yeah the most important thing is to do it for fun, dont do it for anyone else but yourself! cant wait to see what you write :)

[ayanna-wild]

A Place To Call Home

Word Count: 1557

Pairings: Lucifer Morningstar x Reader

Warnings: angst, possible trigger, fluff

A/N: Request from anonymous, And thank you all so much for being so supportive, screw the haters, you guys are amazing and I truly couldn't ask for better readers!

Tag list and Request are open!

Summary: He seldom came to this part of the city, where the people who resided would sooner rob him then help him. But he had a favor to collect on. While he waited to cross the street, he notices a small crowd of people and there you are at the center, torn clothes, dirty, and giving away all the money you had just collected from the crowd who had bought your art. He can't help but be curious and you soon find a persistent devil tailing after you. Wondering why you gave everything when it was clear you had nothing. 

..................................................................................

Lucifer sighed as he stood impatiently on the sidewalk. This light always seemed to take so long to change, with how old it looked he was surprised it even functioned at all anymore. He'd have crossed the street already, light be damned, if he didn't think someone might run him over. He wouldn't put it past anyone in this part of the city. Most watched him like greedy vultures, waiting for his demise, so they could swoop in and collect from his misery.

A small crowd of people gathered around someone who was sitting on a blanket. He didn't think much of it, they'd been there a while. He turned his attention back to the light, just in time to see it flicker before fizzing out all together. 

"Oh bloody hell." 

Lucifer glared at the wretched thing, looking both ways to see if he could safely cross. He wouldn't even be here if the Detective hadn't asked him to use one of his favors. He was beginning to regret agreeing. He'd been seconds from stepping off the broken concrete, and onto the street when he threw one last glance over his shoulder. The crowd had dispersed, and he saw the person at the center was now gathering their blanket. He watched you closely as you walked a few feet down, handing the cup of money in your hand to an elderly woman.

The two of you seemed to argue for a moment, but ultimately it seemed you won and you draped the worn blanket you carried over her shoulders. Lucifer watched you walk away curiously before changing his direction. He approached the older woman with a kind smile.

"Excuse me, do you know who that was?" He asked politely.

She regarded him closely for a moment, almost suspiciously.

"I do. What's it to you?" 

Lucifer smiled at the woman's attempt to be intimidating.

"I simply wish to ask her a few things is all."

He held his hands up, trying to show her he meant no harm to her or you.

"Her name is Y/N, she lives not far from here." 

"And does she do that often? Give her money away like that?" 

The woman shrugged, peering into the cup you'd given her.

"Yes, sometimes to me, sometimes to other people, I always tell that girl not to worry about me. She's worse off than I am. I've got my coat for the winter, but she insists on giving away her stuff. Her hard-earned money, she's talented, if her situation was different she'd have made a name for herself by now."

Lucifer was even more intrigued now, and he glanced down the street.

"There's a soup kitchen close by, poor funding but it provides at least three meals a week. Hardly anything, but it's enough to keep some skin on her bones."

Lucifer frowned a little at that, and the elderly lady began to gather her stuff.

"It's the alley by the old deli, you can't miss it, she's draped this old blue tarp over a few crates. Bit rough, but it gets the job done." 

Lucifer thanked the woman before going on his way. He looked around the area, searching for the place she had described. He found you, placing an unused trashed bag over a hole in your tarp. You didn't notice him lingering as you taped the bag down.

"Not exactly a five-star hotel is it?"

You jumped at the sound of his voice, turning to face him with unease. Lucifer took a step into the alley, making you take one back.

"Maybe not, but it does the trick."

He watched you shiver, saw the goosebumps on your skin as you stood there.

"I don't have any drawings left to sell if that's why you're here."

Lucifer looked around the place you called home.

"You don't have much of anything by the looks of it." He hummed.

Your unease was gone, replaced instead by annoyance and you crossed your arms. 

"It's better than what I had before... where I was before." 

Lucifer frowned, tilting his head.

"Anyway, if you're just here to comment on my living situation than kindly fuck off." 

Your words were bitter, a stark contrast to the actions you had displayed earlier. Lucifer walked closer to you, but you didn't seem as hesitant this time.

"I apologize that was rather rude of me, I assure you that isn't why I'm here."

"Then why are you?" You looked at him skeptically, like you didn't trust his words.

"I suppose your act of selflessness quipped my curiosity so, I've come to ask you why." 

You looked at him confused and a little lost, and he continued, further explaining himself.

"You gave that woman all the money you made, from those drawings I'm assuming you spent hours making. Then you gave her your blanket, which by the looks of things was your only source of warmth for the winter, despite how tattered the thin fabric was. I simply wish to know why that is. Why share everything when you have nothing to give?" 

You stared at him a moment, studying him as you tried to gauge if maybe he had ulterior motive beyond his question. However, it seemed he really was just curious.

"Her name is Edrsia, she's almost seventy-years-old. She's not on the streets by choice, her son took everything she had and pawned it off. Her husband passed years before, and she couldn't afford even a shoe box size apartment. She helped me, when I first started living on the streets. So, I give her what I can, whether I can spare it or not."

You expected him to be satisfied with your answer, maybe even leave you alone, but your response seemed to have the opposite effect.

"Yes but why? From what I can tell you're barely making it yourself. I simply cannot fathom why you'd give up what little you do have. Just because she helped you once, that hardly means you should risk your own well-being to return such a small act."

You smiled a little, offering a small shrug.

"I guess because it's just the human thing to do. I don't need a good reason to help someone, just a reason."

Lucifer pondered over your answer silently and you glanced back towards your makeshift tent.

"It's supposed to rain tonight, I really should-"

"Would you like a place to stay for a while?"

You almost tripped over yourself when you heard that.

"What?"

"Not for free of course, you see I rather like your art, and my bar could use a bit of...artistic flare."

You suspicion didn't go unnoticed by the handsome man, and he gave you a charming smile.

"The choice is yours, I'm merely offering you a warm place and a small job."

You mulled it over, he didn't come off as the type of person to play a joke this cruel. Yet, you suspected he had some underlining goal to this.

"What do you get out of this?"

Lucifer grinned, your question making him like you all the more.

"It's been my experience that humans can be rather selfish creatures, very few offer any real selflessness. If nothing else you can at least teach me a bit more about this side of humanity."

The deal seemed almost too good to be true, and a part of you wanted to refuse. But your shaking hands and the numbness in your limbs told you that you couldn't afford to be stubborn, not unless you wanted to freeze to death.

"Okay."

"Marvelous! Then if we have a deal-"

You shook your head, not moving to shake his outstretched hand.

"Not yet. I'm only agreeing if you help Edrsia, she doesn't have good health, she can't survive another year out here." 

Lucifer once again seemed surprised, but he nodded regardless.

"Consider it done, now do we have a deal?"

This time you did shake his hand, and let out a yelp when he tugged on your arm pulling you to his side. He wrapped an arm around your shoulders, leading you down the street.

"Goodness you're chilled to the bone darling, here take this."

Lucifer released you to remove his jacket, but you shook your head looking almost ashamed.

"I live on the streets, showers aren't a luxury I can afford."

He ignored your protest draping the material over your shoulders, despite your words you quickly pulled it tighter around you.

"I don't mind my dear, it's not your fault."

You looked up at him smiling a bit.

"Thank you... I never got your name."

"Oh dear how rude of me to skip introductions, my name is Lucifer Morningstar."

"It's nice to meet you Lucifer, I'm Y/N."

He raised an eyebrow, but the smile never left his lips.

"No last name?" He inquired.

"Does it matter?" 

He hummed a little at your answer but didn't pry.

"I suppose not, well come on love, let's get you out of the cold."

You didn't argue when he placed a hand on your back, and you fought back grateful tears. Lucifer watched you from the corner of his eye, a soft smile on his lips, his heart swelling at the hope in your eyes.

Maybe you could teach the devil a thing or two about the better side of humanity.

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