#and made the general one about a month ago

[kayesfanfics]

Hi can I request a femreader/ nightcrawler story where the reader is shy and anxious, while Kurt misunderstands this as her thinking he’s a monster?

But in truth she’s been trying to confess her feelings to him but she always backs out last minute in fear?

Thank you!

A/N: The way I’ve probably imagined this scenario at 12 years old laying in bed at night. I also made the reader friends with Rogue, Jean and Ororo since she’s closer to their ages

“Sugah, yer lookin’ more nervous than a long-tailed pussy cat in a room full o’ rockin’ chairs!” Rogue tapped your shoulder as she walked into the lounging area, where you were having morning coffee with Jean and Ororo. “What’s gotcha all riled up, huh?”

“Kurt’s playing basketball with the others outside...in shorts.” Jean quipped before taking a sip of coffee, a playful grin on her face. Ororo chuckled at the embarrassed face you made, as if someone just walked in on you changing.

“Jean!” You whined, face turning redder when Rogue started laughing.

“Oh, Y/N! We’re just teasing!” Jean giggled as you pouted at all of them finding your embarrassment amusing.

“I just don’t see why you haven’t told him about her feelings yet!”

They all knew you’ve had the biggest crush on the fuzzy blue X-Man, Nightcrawler, ever since he joined the team a few months ago. He was always so nice to everyone, including you, and he seemed to always say the right thing at the right time. He even made your morning coffee sometimes when you got up late, knowing everyone’s coffee order by heart by now.

The boys were outside playing basketball with Jubilee and Roberto, showing the younger ones how it was done. You watched out the window at the court, seeing Gambit and Wolverine battling for the ball before Kurt teleported between them and snatched the ball from them, tossing it into the basket and laughing when they both started yelling about the “no powers” rule. You smiled before realizing you were staring, clearing your throat and turning to Rogue.

“You know I get too nervous around your brother, I can’t even ask him to pass the salt at dinner!”

“Yer always nervous, that’s fine! But y’know, he totally likes you too. I can tell.”

“No he doesn’t.” You shook your head in denial.

“Yes he does.” All three women said at the same time, side eyeing you or rolling their eyes.

“My dear, Kurt is a very charismatic man, but he goes out of his way to make you smile every chance he gets.” Ororo set her hand atop of yours. “I even see a flash of disappointment when you flee from his advances.”

“Really?” You asked, feeling a bit guilty about making him feel bad. You were a generally nervous person, but your anxiety sky rocketed around him, your heart always felt like it would explode out of your chest when he got close to you or touched you. It was difficult to hold eye contact with him, your nerves getting the best of you and looking down at the floor while you spoke to him. You’d give him a scared smile when he handed you things, your blood running cold when his hand brushed up against yours during those exchanges. You often found your eyes wandering to him when he wasn’t focused on you, it was easier to look at him when you knew he wasn’t aware of you checking him out. You loved the way his tail squashed playfully as he joked around with Morph, how his ear would twitch like a cats when he heard someone new enter the room, how his fangs gleamed when he smiled or how his bright yellow eyes sparked with mischief during a fight.

“Okay…you know what? Todays the day, today I need to confess to him! If I don’t today, I never will cause I’m a baby and will back out.” You stood up confidently.

“Yeah! Go get em, tiger!” Rogue cheered as you walked away, then lowered her voice. “She ain’t gonna.”

“I think Y/N can do things she sets her mind to.” Storm defended you.

“Wanna put ten bucks on it?” Rogue raised an eyebrow and cheekily grinned.

“…you’re on.” Storm nodded, shaking her hand as Jean spoke up, saying she’d bet alongside Storm that you could do it.

“You know I can still hear you all?” You crossed your arms from the window, getting a closer look and watching Kurt dodge Roberto’s lunge. Your friends all laughed as you shook your head, trying to get ahold of your nerves.

How were you supposed to tell the most handsome, heroic, sweetest, most amazing person ever you were in love with them? Kurt was genuinely the kindest person you’d ever met, giving you butterflies when you watched him comfort a mutant child during a fight, or how he helped his teammates so gently when they were injured. You couldn’t fathom how people were afraid or disgusted by him, he was the most gorgeous man in the world. How you could see a tinge of indigo under his blue fur when he blushed or bruised, how sculpted and chiseled he was yet also was so soft to look at. When he wore sweatpants and a tank top after training one day, you swore you would have a heart attack right then and there seeing how attractive he looked in the outfit. You adored sneaking peeks of him working out alone, his muscles bulging when he did push ups or pull ups on a bar, how flexible and agile he was and how effortless he made it look. You’d stand outside the door until you felt you would get caught staring, not wanting to seem like a creep.

You were suddenly pulled out of your thoughts when the door opened, Wolverine carrying Jubilee, pretending to be limp and passed out in his arms.

“What happened?” Jean asked as the girls all stood up from their little coffee and gossip session.

“She tripped and scraped her knee trying to get the ball from Logan!” Morph snickered as they all filed inside.

“I’ve been attacked! He pushed me and now I’m severely wounded!” Jubilee whined dramatically as Logan set her down on the counter. You waited for Kurt while you listened to Jubilee and Wolverine bicker about the seriousness of her cut knee, feeling your heart skip a beat when he finally walked in, chatting with Hank.

“Um…hey, Kurt?” You spoke quietly, but Kurt’s ear twitched and picked up your shy voice.

“Yes, Miss Y/N?” He asked, stopping and letting Hank go ahead of him.

“I…um…could you find a first aid kit, please?”

You blushed when you heard your friends laugh behind you and Storm and Jean handed Rogue money, knowing Kurt was looking past you at them, wondering what they were doing. You felt like a dork backing out of confessing and asking him to do something you could easily do, but you changed your mind at the last second that you weren’t ready yet.

“Sure.” He smiled, before bamfing off. You turned and glared at your friends, before walking walked over to Jubilee, seeing blood dripping down her shin and gravel from the court embedded inside of it.

“Ouch, let me clean that for you.” You said and wet a paper towel, ignoring Logan saying how she was fine and it was part of growing up and being a kid. You kneeled down and patted down Jubilee’s injury, soaking up the blood and wiping out any gravel from the wound.

“Here you are, Y/N.” You heard a familiar sweet, velvety voice beside you. You looked over and saw Nightcrawler holding out a first aid kit from the nearest bathroom, a charming grin on his face.

“Oh, um, thank you Kurt.” You smiled at him shyly, before quickly turning your attention to Jubilee. You didn’t see the look of rejection in his yellow eyes as the irritated twitch of his tail at that, before he sighed and bamfed off again.

*a couple hours later*

“Mein Gott!” The mutant shouted in surprise, also not paying attention to where he was going before tumbling backwards at the collision. You were on your way to training, focusing on wrapping up your hands to look where you were going. Now, you knocked down the last person you wanted to. You felt bad seeing the gorgeous man on the floor because of you.

“Kurt! I’m so sorry! Here, let me help!” You held a hand out to him, but he got up himself.

“It is fine.” He said simply before walking past you, then suddenly pausing and turning to you. “May I ask you something?”

“Sure.” You fidgeted with your hands nervously, anxious for the question.

“Do you…have I offended you in some way?” He asked, his eyes flashing with a bit of sadness.

“What? No? Why would you think that?” You asked, worried your timid behavior had finally kicked you in the ass.

“You tend to just brush me off, I’ve noticed. Lately you don’t really look at me, you respond with few words to me. I just thought…maybe I did something to scare you? Disgust you? Perhaps I…you think I’m a monster?”

You stared at him in the hallway, shock freezing your thoughts for a moment. How could he ever think your awkwardness around him could be because you thought he was disgusting? That he thought you found him frightening? You hadn’t realized how not making eye contact or responding curtly would come across to him, a man who’s been persecuted and attacked his whole life for how he looked. He was the most admirable, amazing person you’d ever met and you made him feel like a monster.

“Kurt, no! Not at all! I just…I do like you, I do! You just…make me very nervous. More so than I usually am…”

“How? Do I intimidate you?” He tilted his head in confusion. “I do not mean to-“

“It’s not that, really. I uh…I just really admire you, I guess. You make me more nervous than the others because…because I really like you…a lot.” You looked down at the floor, shyly looking up into his eyes. His face relaxed when he finally understood what you meant.

“Oh…I apologize for thinking so little of your actions. You are understanding and non judge mental, I should never have assumed what I did about you. How about I take you out to apologize for my ignorance?” He flashed his fangs at you in a charming smile, slowly approaching you before he was close enough to hold out a hand to you.

“I-I…okay.” You took his hand and sheepishly smiled up at him, allowing him to guide you down the hall. “I’m really sorry I made you feel like I-“

“No apology necessary, Y/N, really. I’m just glad we’ve come to…an understanding.” He grinned, bringing your hand up to his lips to place a soft kiss on your knuckles. You blushed and giggled at the action

[chrollohearttags]

I said I wasn’t going to talk about kendrick vs drake anymore but if it’s two things this whole thing has taught me, it’s:

nothing holds weight within the black community until a man says it. Black girls and women have been calling out this nasty man for quite a while now but were all but told to shut up. Meg was told she took it too far calling him a pedo + saying he had a BBL. Nobody cared about or even acknowledged the fact that he’s bled the culture dry until ANOTHER man said it. The same ppl who were up in arms abt Cardi, Tyla, and any other lightskinned/mixed race woman in general are the same ones who worshipped Aubrey. Now that Kendrick calls it out, everybody wants to pretend they give a shit. The mob mentality is something else. Also, cue *that* Katt Williams interview. As somebody who really loves him and is a huge fan (maybe bc he’s the only comedian who’s actually funny and has never had to make blk women the brunt of his jokes), that Club Shay Shay thing was nothing more than a regurgitation of EVERYTHING Monique had already said years ago. From Tyler Perry and his tap dancing, Oprah, Steve Harvey, etc. To see a bunch of blk men who willingly made our women caricatures for the white gaze and profit, proclaiming that they were ‘forced’ is a fucking insult at best and a sickening ploy to avoid accountability at worst.

white people don’t give a damn abt activism until it’s time to be racist towards black people. Two rappers get in the news for a weekend after months of Palestine being at the forefront of everything (bc fuck Congo and Sudan, right?) and all of a sudden it’s ‘BiLLiOnAiReS arE StEaLinG thE sPoTLigHt—“ the same could be said for FlatBack Swift but every yt gay, Sarah and Brittany was bumping her shitty album and posting her with that bum of a football player like they were the new president or something. All of it is nothing more than a dog whistle for racism and shows just how vapid y’all’s concern for others humanity truly is. This coming from the same subset of ppl who couldn’t be vexed to do anything further than post a black fucking square when police brutality was at an all time high. Putting Hello Kitty stickers on serious terms and posing for Insta at riots like it’s a big goddamn game and of course, when it was no longer trendy or cute to have #BLM ✨🙏🏾😩 posted all over your profiles, y’all went right back to being anti black and making fun of us, WHILE sucking every part of our culture dry.

[livingformintyoongi]

Get to know the life of the members of Bring On The Night! The pop/rock band of the moment that has a whole generation addicted to their music, lyrics and performers.

| Kim Seokjin: The Bassist

You were Jin's childhood friend, the one who always went to all his bass practices, the one who went to all his mini concerts, the one who tested the songs before he played them live, you were even the first person he ran to tell the news that his band had been dominated to his first award.

The problem with this? You were always just that to Jin, the typical childhood friend he wouldn't give up for anything in the world, but would never see as anything more.

A few months ago Jin started dating yet another girl, a certain Yeji, whom he had met in college.

You were starting to feel how awful it was to be just another friend, and you wanted to give it your last try before giving up forever with Jin and moving on with your life.

| Min Yoongi: The Producer

You had been in a fully sexual relationship with Yoongi for over 5 years. Yes, you went out on the occasional date in secret, but nothing out of the ordinary, nothing that would make the public think you were a couple, or sex partners.

You had never had a problem with this, until little by little you noticed how you started to feel things for him that definitely had nothing to do with your fully sexual relationship, so you did what you did best.

You ran away.

| Jung Hoseok: The Composer

You met Hoseok in a dance class you had during your last years in college. The two of you hit it off perfectly and decided to stay in touch.

You talked to him when he won his first award, he talked to you when he heard you got a permanent contract at your current company. You called him when you found out he had landed a fairly well known girlfriend in the middle, he congratulated you on finding your fiancé.

Now, 2 years after that, you had no idea how to tell him that your husband and his fiancée were fucking in your bed.

| Kim Namjoon: The Drummer

You were Bring On The Night's manager since their debut. You had taken good care of them, always tried to give them a reasonable schedule, always talked to interviewers before interviews, always tried to keep them safe without asking for anything in return. That's exactly what made Namjoon fall at your feet.

From the beginning he always had eyes for you, he always drowned in his feelings thinking about how annoying it might be for you to stay on the job knowing that he had feelings for you.

However, this same attitude not only attracted to him, but to other guys who worked in the same industry. It was this very thing that made Namjoon decide to fight for you, even if it would destroy your working relationship and friendship.

| Park Jimin: The Keyboardist

You were Jimin's girlfriend during his pre-debut era. You would go to support him at practice, bring him food, water, sometimes even a change of clothes. You loved the way he loved his job, but love wasn't always enough to overcome the adversities that made life as a star. That was made clear to you by the Ceo of Bring on the night's discography.

You broke up with him shortly after his debut, you didn't give him any explanation, you simply told him that you didn't want to be with him anymore and you left.

Years later, in the present day, Jimin had become a world star, famous for his talent on the keyboard, and you, for your part, had achieved your goal of becoming a critically acclaimed actress.

What you never thought was that, as you were both on the same level, you would inevitably meet at events such as awards shows, and, to be honest, you didn't think you could ever say no to Jimin again.

| Kim Taehyung: The Guitarist

For the first time in your entire career as an artist you had gotten into a scandal, and one of the worst scandals there could have been. A rapper whose name you didn't even know had told hundreds of gossip channels that the two of you were in a solely sexual relationship.

Now, with no excuse to give because no one would believe you without proof, you and your manager decided to make a completely risky bet; talk to Kim Taehyung, the guitarist of BOTN and ask him to pretend to be your boyfriend. To your surprise, he didn't hesitate to accept.

The deal was clear: neither would have feelings for the other, neither would meddle in the other's relationships, and neither owed the other any explanations.

At first you thought it would be simple, just another performance, just like you did for your music videos.

How wrong you were.

| Jeon Jungkook: The Vocalist

Jungkook considered himself a very tolerant person. He tolerated Jin with his horrible jokes, he tolerated Namjoon breaking his stuff by accident from time to time, he even tolerated Jimin stealing his stuff, but there was one specific point where he would never tolerate any bullshit.

That point was you.

The day he found out the idiot you were dating, he almost broke his phone from how hard he smashed it against the wall. He believed you deserved better, no, he knew you deserved better, no doubt about it, and he was more than willing to show you what would be the minimum point you should accept in a man.

[self-spaghettification]

The Mystery of Aaravos The Banter Lodge

So, recently an account called "The Banter Lodge" has popped up. April 30th, to be precise. You've seen it. I've seen it. We've all seen it. On Twitter, posting various images in the TDP official style.

A few nights ago, it debuted on Tumblr as well. "Coming May 2024" all of the promotional images and the website itself say.

Who is this account? Is it fan made, is it official? It's May, when exactly in "May 2024" is it coming?

Well, me and a few friends took some time to try to piece the mystery together, and so -- while it may still be 'coming', only dropping hints, I am here to tell you what I know now!

History

Website Code ( I love computer programming so I took the time to dive into that!)

Purpose

A. History

Who's Running the Banter Lodge?

To know that, first we need to delve into the history of the Twitter account.

Despite these images and site debuting less than a month ago, the account itself was founded way back in 2022, and originally called @BantherLodge, with an H, as it is in the show.

@BantherLodge is no longer available, and while it initially did not seem to be connected to The Banter Lodge, there are several interactions linked to the current one, Banter Lodge without an H.

In fact, here is the same tweets linked to the current (banter) account version.

Now we've established that @'BantherLodge' and @'BanterLodge' the same account with a changed name and identity, here is the most important past interaction:

@‘bantherlodge’ is mentioned here, and they are on this call. that said, WHO IS REALLY BEHIND BANTER LODGE? well based off the tweet, it seems that it’s 6 members of the cast and then 2 guests, @‘thebantherlodge’ and @‘ladytheebug’. But don’t take my word for it. Here, more confirmation:

Another person in the call happened to tweet about it too, this time with labels.

Now let’s take a closer look at these two guests. Sara @‘ladytheebug’ seems to be the one on the right, and by process of elimination, on the left is ‘bantherlodge’. aka:

Max….

Max the Mystery! ‘Sara’ and ‘Max’ isn’t really enough information to know more along with no connection to other socials so it’s hard to pin down who they are or what connections to previous fandom projects or creative projects in general they might have. However, they are still connected.

Besides the partially deleted various back and forths between these two accounts, this tweet about the Bait screensaver in the background is additional confirmation that this is @‘bantherlodge’ and @‘ladytheebug’: (note use of word ‘our’)

FURTHERMORE:

Said TV embodies this duo: A person who loves Bait (evident from so many of their tweets) and a person who loves the Banther Lodge…

Reminds you of something, doesn’t it?

“but hold on, just because there’s all these coincidences doesn’t mean the account could be passed on to someone else to run this.” Ok, but one last thing. If that was the case, why would they still be following Sara? In fact, it’s the Only person that they’re following besides TDPO?

(and their following has even been recently updated within the last few days as before then it didn’t include Eugene and Boone.) So, in conclusion,

Max of @‘BantherLodge’, and possibly Sara, (with or without TDPO but I’ll get to that later) almost certainly are the people behind the curtain of this Banter Lodge mystery.

Now, about said mystery… what exactly is the trail building up to?

well, to find out more about that, let’s glean what we can from the website.

B. Website Secrets

The website itself is very simple- A background, the image of the Banter House, and some text saying "Coming May 2024." But, beneath the deceptively simple surface, there was more to be found.

On May 1st Caprinae got this from the page. She also tweeted about it, after which the site changed to remove much of the css, including the part about the episodes and subscribe button. I was pretty excited about this as someone with a few years of coding experience, I wanted to mess around in VSC and see what I could find out.

After formatting the code the most noticeable thing is this right?

And when I make an element for it to apply to (since all that code is just formatting for stuff on the page like the title, images, etc, in this case- an audio bar) + adding in an image and an audio file:

We get this

AUDIO and an image. It looks exactly like a podcast episode. It turns out there’s actually a bunch of code for formatting that’s not used in elements in the site (elements that exist: the title or image), but it’s there, so I made some elements it would apply to. technically, it’s supposed to have a parchment paper background too, but I just chose some colors that you could see the text on.

Doing so, we get this!

(Here’s a video version.)

Plus, Original Code and Modified Code if you’re curious

Anyway, so the site (at least at the stage the code was taken from) doesn’t appear to be finished and there was no Java script written (or at least, linked) but there is definitely the makings for a website for a podcast— some sort of nav bar with the episodes, on an episode page, the image and audio, and then a subscribe link at the bottom!

C. Purpose

Time to speculate on the real identity and purpose of the Banter Lodge. So far, we know it used to be called the Banther Lodge. We know it seems to be run by [insert here.] We know it is almost certainly a podcast of some sort. But what, and why?

Here are some possibilites:

1.Official Content to Tide Over Fans Til S6 As we know, to calm the frustration of fans at Netflix/TDP for the delay of S6, the creators have been putting out content every day for the fans to puzzle over and figure out the season six titles.

Based on the current schedule, it’s set to end on May 13.—although it could be ending either May 13 or May 14 (depending when they do the last hint) after these drop, there will likely be a lull in TDP content, which would be the perfect time for the Banter Lodge to launch.

+ The Banter Lodge teaser campaign has already been perfectly timed for when a bunch of fans would be online on Twitter checking in for clues to begin with.

If this is official content, it would doubly make sense—it’d be timed perfectly to tie the fans over until the actual season six campaign starts (ie, trailer). Considering these two fans also somehow got to have a private panel with the cast, it’s not impossible that they’d be working with TDP on this content, additionally the teaser images put out this far have been somewhat reminiscent of TDP official content—ie, Callum’s lodge notebook->Callum’s sketchbook, Refractions->Reflections, Dear Callum letter from Rayla, design style, etc.

However, there is one big reason I don’t think this is the case: it’s a little too sloppy. For example, if they wanted it to be completely anonymous and unclear what was happening, the tweet mentioning @‘BantherLodge’ in the panel would have been deleted and there wouldn’t have been any hints in the code. Of course, these could still just be honest mistakes. However, it also seems like it is building off of the current world in a more derivative, fan-content fashion, not necessarily adding new material the way TDP Official tends to. It’s copying the official style,—but almost too much if that makes sense.

Like altering a shot from the show for a teaser.

x

Don’t get me wrong. I love the way that they’re building off the world, I’m excited to see where it leads, but for whatever reason, to me, it just doesn’t seem official.

So assuming it’s made by fans, what kind of podcast is it? Second possibility—

2. Fan Made Talk Show

This seems like the most obvious conclusion, considering that The Banter House is a play on a location in TDP, and the word banter, which is synonymous with talking, but specifically back and forth, genial interactions.

Maybe it’s dedicated to analyzing the show or a particular aspect,—maybe centric to the lodge, crystals, Bait and Stella—maybe even interviewing cast/crew!

Well, to get a better idea of what niche it might be filling, let’s take a look at what TDP podcasts are already out there.

Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast [2019-2023] Hosted by Tamika "Kuno" Williams and Hailey from Cartoon Universe. This podcast [is] full of answering fan questions, interviews, theories and all kinds of discussions on everything Dragon Prince.

News from the Breach [2020-2024] Your hosts Ceilidh and Yana are watching The Dragon Prince from start to finish. Each season of the podcast covers one “Book” (or season) of the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. In each episode we discuss two chapters of the series, except for the season finales.

Calm Chaos Club [2023] Join Kevlar and Lou each week as they discuss topics about animation, design, and all things related to The Dragon Prince on Netflix! With special guests brought on for unique topics and insights into the creative process, these bite-sized episodes will ensure you can get your TDP fix in anywhere and anytime.

There’s no harm in another talk show but as there are a few out there already (and for other reasons) I personally think this is not necessarily the niche the banter Lodge is going to fill. I mean, I do think that it’s still possible I mean, it could be centric to particular aspect around the lodge as mentioned.

However, there’s a possibility that excites me a lot more, that I’m hoping for the most….

3.Fan Made Audio Drama in the Saga Setting I have personally always been a huge fan of audio drama podcasts (TMA,TPP,WTNV) and if there was a dragon Prince audio drama podcast, I think I would just die on the spot honestly from joy. I also think it’s most likely because all of the clues so far have been very story/worldbuilding oriented, as well as writings from familiar characters’ perspectives. It seems as though a story is being crafted here, and I am all for it.

Y’know what? While we’re here on the topic of storytelling podcasts, we might as well throw in D&D/TTRPG or even Tales of Xadia as a possibility because yeah sure. Why not? I mean, tabletop role-play games also involve a lot of talking so it would fit the banter theme. Who knows.

That's all! What do you think? Any other thoughts, additions or other speculation? Feel free to add on!

Thanks to @bycaprinae for Twitter screenshots, html, and general inspiration, and to @parroset for other help with the website part and general support!

[airas-story]

Can we have some daemon au?

A quiet scratching noise caught Stephen’s attention.

He looked up from his computer and the files that Doctor Marsh had sent him from Brooklyn General for a consultation. His office was small, cramped, and it didn’t take him long to spot the daemon curled in the corner next to the filing cabinet, paws scrabbling at the ground as it curled into a ball. He glanced behind him to see that he hadn’t shut the door completely. The daemon, a raccoon by the looks of it, had snuck in through the cracked door.

Cora perked up from where she’d been perched on the stand near the window at the noise. She hopped off the perch, extending her wings to soar to the ground and closer to the deamon that had invaded their office.

Stephen frowned, moving to the door. There was no one out in the hallway, and the only offices close enough for the daemon’s human to be in them both had closed doors and lights out.

Concern filled him. 

He stepped back into his office. Cora flew up to land on his shoulder. “Her human is overwhelmed,” Cora informed him. “Proxy said she needed to get away. Her human always finds her again. I told her she could stay.”

Stephen frowned. “Where is her human?” he asked.

Cora nudged at his cheek with her beak. “He’s with the director.”

Stephen froze. The director’s office was several floors above his and halfway across the hospital. That was far further than a human should be able to get from their daemon or a daemon from their human.

“You work,” Cora told him. “I’ll take care of Proxy until her human finds her.” She didn’t give him the opportunity to say anything, spreading her wings to soar back down to the raccoon—Proxy, Cora had called her. 

Stephen examined them for a moment, but then moved back to his computer and to the x-rays from Doctor Marsh. The x-rays were for a three-year-old girl who had epilepsy, all reports said she hadn’t responded to medication. It seemed a clear cut case for a hemispherectomy.

He looked back at the corner in the filing cabinet. Cora was preening Proxy’s fur with careful consideration. Stephen couldn’t hear her, but he was pretty sure that she was talking between each careful grooming movement.

Stephen watched them for a moment before trying to turn back to his computer to finish typing up his recommendation.

He finished quickly, glancing at the two daemons again before checking the door. He frowned for a moment, he could finish up for the day, but he didn’t feel comfortable just leaving the daemon with no one around. He pulled up the Journal of Neurosurgery and skimmed through this month’s articles. He chose the first one that looked interesting: Simultaneous bilateral stereotactic procedure for deep brain stimulation implants.

He’d made it halfway through the article when there was a knock on his still open door.

Stephen looked up as the door was pushed open. A man stood there, looking exhausted. “I don’t suppose you’ve—”

A moment later the raccoon daemon scurried across the floor and to the man’s side.

“That’d answer that.” The man stepped back as though about to leave.

“Wait.” Stephen stood. “Are you all right?” he checked. “You’ve been further from your daemon than is really suggested.” Much, much further. “Are you in pain? Dizzy? Otherwise—”

“I’m fine,” the man said quietly. “We’ve been further apart.”

Stephen stared at him, because he’d already been concerned about the distance, but if that wasn’t even the furthest they’d been… There was only one thing that made sense, but it only posed more questions. “You’ve experienced intercision.”

The man sighed. “Tony Stark.”

Stephen blinked. “What?”

“The newspapers had a field day on it about two years ago. The case of intercision that proved that Tony Stark—”

“—had a soul so damaged, that even breaking it wasn’t possible,” Stephen finished. He remembered the articles from back then. He hadn’t read most of them, but nowhere gossiped the way doctors and nurses in the hospital did. The rumors that Stark had been tortured during his three months of captivity had spread wide and far.

Stephen had never particularly wanted to know if those rumors were true or not. Separating a human and daemon from each other… It was monstrous. But it was clear that that was exactly what had happened with Stark and Proxy.

“It should have killed me and it didn’t,” the man—Tony Stark—said, tone one of quiet exhaustion. “I’m aware of what people think it means.”

What Stephen hadn’t heard himself, he could guess. Still, it didn’t do any good to continue with such separation. “You really shouldn’t—”

“I’m sorry if Proxy caused any problems,” Stark interrupted, either guessing what Stephen was going to say or simply deciding he didn’t care. He looked down at the raccoon that was staring up at him with green eyes. Stephen noted that it was far smaller than a female raccoon should be, despite the fact that it was fully mature. “Your director’s shepherd dog had her nervous.”

Cora landed on Stephen’s shoulder. “He’s sick,” Cora whispered. “Very sick. Proxy is, too. He won’t go for help, though. Proxy chose us, Stephen. We have to do something.”

Stephen took in Stark again. He looked tired, but that didn’t mean anything. ‘Sick’ could mean a lot of different things. It certainly didn’t narrow down the situation at all. “Proxy was fine,” Stephen told Stark. “She just chose a corner and stayed quiet.” He paused, considering Stark in front of him. He didn’t think Stark would react well to Stephen just outright stating that he knew that Stark was sick. 

Cora nipped at his ear. “Stephen. I think he’s dying.”

“Could I take you to dinner?” he asked, instead of saying anything directly.

Stark looked surprised, then confused, before finally turning suspicious. “Excuse me?”

Stephen turned on his most charming smile. “You. Me. Dinner.” It would buy him time to think of what to say, if he was going to say anything at all. Because Stark hadn’t come to him for help, and it wasn’t Stephen’s responsibility to make him get that help.

Stark was an adult who could make his own choices.

But… But Stephen was a doctor. And if Cora was right and Proxy was coming for help… well, daemons were just the part of the soul that humans couldn’t hide. If Proxy was going for help, then that meant something.

“Dinner,” Stark repeated. He sounded vaguely baffled. He stared at Stephen for a long moment. “I don’t do one night stands anymore, if that’s what you’re looking for.”

Stephen scoffed. “I have no interest in that,” he said honestly.

“Torture porn?” Stark asked, sounding resigned. “Want to hear all—”

“I’d really rather not, actually,” Stephen said. “You. Me. Dinner. That’s all. You’re an attractive, intelligent man, by all accounts. I enjoy intelligent conversation. Nothing more than that.” That was something of a lie, but Stephen thought he could be forgiven for that.

Stark pursed his lips, but then he nodded. “Intelligent conversation, huh. I suppose I can provide you with that.”

“Excellent. Let me grab my jacket.”

Stephen stepped back into his office. He turned off his computer and grabbed his jacket, keys, and wallet. “You’re sure about this?” he asked Cora quietly.

“Positive,” she told him.

He reached up and ran his fingers gently over the feathers on her back. “All right,” he agreed. “Let’s go see if we can get Mr. Stark over there to let us help him.”

[bnha-headcanonss]

Today got so, so much weirder

Bakugo one-shot. Super light. Hopefully sweet? Idk I don’t write this type of stuff. Apologies for any typos or confusing bits. It’s 4 am. I have not slept.

Slight swearing (expected)

Word count: 1875

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I woke up, sun shining into my eyes first thing. Basically blinded as soon as I wake up, on top of that, I’m going to be late, lovely start to the day!

I get up, get dressed in my uniform, and leave for school.

“Honey what about breakfast??” Mom calls out after me.

“I’m going to be late if I stay any longer! I’ll pick something up on the way, love you!” I yelled while speeding out the door.

I hear a faint “I love you too!” As I slam the door shut and make my way down the street.

“Stop walking so fast will you?!”

Bakugo and I haven’t always been close, he’s got an explosive personality, quite the temper on him. After both of us getting into UA and finding out we were in the same class, we grew closer. Originally it was banter back and forth and absolutely kicking each others ass in matches. Basically wiping the floor with each other.

He’s got this explosion quirk which goes hand-in-hand with his personality and I have a time shift quirk. I use it a lot to dodge others attacks and find way to make their attacks blow up in their own face, in his case, literally. And he hates it.

After our back and forth harsh banter that went on for months, it turned more playful. Eventually we just became each others closest friend. And I’d hate to admit it, it’s been kind of nice. Over time I developed a small crush for him. Nothing too major. But just underneath all the anger and aggression, and ego, he’s not half bad.

“My apologies your highness.” I did a stupid little curtsy and he attempted to push me down. I grabbed onto his arm so his attempt failed. Still funny though.

“What’re you doing out here so late? Usually you’re early.” I questioned. Being late or barely on time was my thing, not so much his.

“Somebody kept me up all night.” He gave me a dirty look.

“You were the one who didn’t want to go to sleep until you got a win. You just got to get better at the game.”

“I’ll blow your fucking face up, shut your mouth.” I burst out laughing. Bakugo sucks big time at Mortal Kombat. He wasn’t much for video games in general but he saw me watching an execution clip online and got interested, typical.

We reach the school and go on with our day. We don’t talk much in class, we sat and did our work. Lunch came and we ate together.

“Hey try this.” He proceeds to dump some green sauce on my food.

“What is it?” I questioned. Bakugo loves his spicy food, pretty on brand but I can’t stand it. I do not have the tastebuds strong enough for that like he does.

“It’s nothing too bad, it’s really good, I made it myself. Try it.” He demanded.

“If I burn myself, it’s on you.”

“Nah you’ll be fine. Go on.” He sits back. I already know how this is going to go, but he made it himself and I can’t say no to that.

As expected, it burned.

“Holy shit Bakugo, this burns so bad.” I’m up and looking for anything to drink but I finished my water a while ago and don’t have anything else. Meanwhile Bakugo is practically dying of laughter in his seat. I swear he’s got tears of joy forming and I’ve got tears related to death streaming down my face. Everything feels like it’s on fire.

“Here here, you’re causing a scene.” He hands me his water bottle and I start chugging.

“I don’t care.. if I cause anything.. that shit BURNS!” I manage between chugs of water. He breaks out into even more laughter.

He was right though, I am causing a scene. I sit back down and try to gain my composure.

“What is that stuff?”

He pulls out the unlabeled bottle and holds it up like an advertisement.

“Lord Explosion Murder hot sauce, available near you.” He’s got a giant grin on his face. You don’t see him smile much, even if it is artificial, it ties my stomach in a knot, that could also be the hot sauce.

“Oh my god you’re such a nerd.” I say with a stupid smile on my face, compensated by an eye roll.

“You find it funny so clearly you love this nerd. Wait- nevermind that sounded weird.”

“Yeah right, cool it hot shot.” I laugh and brush it off, I wouldn’t say love, but I think I definitely like that nerd? I have no idea.

He looked oddly vacant when I brushed it off though. There was no emotion, just stone faced. Completely changed the tone. Luckily the bell rang, we cleaned up and continued the rest of our school day.

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“Roof?” I approach his desk as the final bell for the day rings.

“Yeah let’s go.” He packs away his things and we make our way to the roof.

We’ve been coming up here a couple times a week since becoming friends, just to talk, watch the sun go down, watch a movie or something. It’s like a moment of peace for me. I think this is originally where I started developing feelings for him. It’s just us, there’s no playing an act or anything. We learned to be ourselves and I really like who he actually is.

“What’s it gonna be today?” He questions, pulling out his laptop and turning on his Apple TV application.

“Hmm. What’s on the list?”

We made a list of all the movies we think about but can’t watch at the moment.

“So far there’s 27 dresses, uh 13 going on 30, 10 things I hate about you, god what is up with all the romcoms? All girly shit.”

“You realize who you’re talking to dimwit? 10 things I hate about you.”

“Yeah yeah.” He rolls his eyes, turns on the movie and positions the laptop in front of us both. It’s a nice day. Not cold, no breeze, just nice, warm air. Quiet.

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I must’ve been more tired than I thought because I felt my eyes getting heavier and I’ve had to catch myself from falling forward once or twice. The movies only about half way done.

“Fucking loser.” He says.

“What?”

“You’re falling asleep.” Pointing out the obvious.

“No I’m not, I’m watching the movie.” Uh-huh..

“Right.” He pulls me towards him until my head hits his shoulder. This is different, Bakugo grew some balls or something. I don’t remember much else from there though.

I must’ve been really exhausted.

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I open my eyes to the night sky and Baby Driver playing on the laptop. I barely made it through 10 things I hate about you I guess. I’m still laying on his shoulder but I feel pressure on my head, it feels like his head. And I feel a hand on my waist. Is he asleep too?

“Hm.” I test.

“Finally, fucking nerd. You fell asleep.” He’s got that softer, sleepy voice. Maybe he was falling asleep. He lifts his head and moves his hand from my waist.

“Sorry, I guess today was not my day.” I laugh it off.

“Movie was good. Liked it. I put this on right after though and it’s almost over.”

“Baby Driver?”

“Yeah.” One of the first movies we watched up here. Only because he didn’t give me much of a choice, at all. It was good though, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would, I thought it was just a car movie at first.

“Let’s finish it then.” I offer.

“That was the plan. At least until you woke up.”

“Yeah yeah. Shut up and watch.”

“You’re one to talk.”

As the movie continued I could feel his arm snake around my waist again, right back to where it was before. We haven’t moved otherwise. I’m still really close to him, I can feel the heat radiating off of him, and it’s a lot. I can’t necessarily complain though. Realistically, who would?

The movie finished and we pack up to go home. It started getting colder as the time passed and neither of us had a jacket. The school issued skirt for my uniform was killing me at this point.

I let him rant on about the movie I picked the whole way home. It sounds like he liked it. He really liked the main character because she wasn’t like all the other main characters who are all boy crazy.

“She kind of reminds me of you.” He says. I take that as an absolute win. I love Kat so much. She’s the main reason I watched the movie in the first place.

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Despite the fact that I’ve never fallen asleep on him like that before, nothing was weird. Nothing felt weird. Today was a weird day, don’t get me wrong but that was the most normal feeling part, and it was the most not-normal. I’m confusing myself.

We reach my apartment complex which is a couple streets away from his house and we make our way up the stairs.

“Again tomorrow?” He suggests. Or demands? No clue at this point.

“Tomorrow? Theres no school tomorrow?”

“You come over to my place. We’ll rewatch your movie so you can finish it this time and we can pick another one from the stupid list. Yeah?”

Me go over to his place? Today got so much weirder in just 30 seconds.

“You know, that sounds nice. See you around 1?”

“Yup. Don’t be Late.”

“I’ll try not to,” I start to walk towards my door.

“I’ll kill you if you are!” He’s still just standing there, you can practically hear his smile. You know how you sound different when your lips are upturned, yeah, that.

“You won’t do shit.” I laugh and pull out my keys.

I feel a tug on my arm and I’m met face to face with Bakugo. He grabs my face with his hands and suddenly his lips meet mine.

His hands lay either side of my jaw, thumbs on my cheek, holding my head up towards him. His lips are soft, he’s gentle. I practically melt into the kiss.

He pulls away, we lock eyes for just a couple seconds before he turns around to leave. His face was red. I feel red. I feel hot, and confused. My stomach did flips.

He did shit- not the shit I was referring to, but holy shit, he did shit. What.

“1 pm, don’t, be late,” he emphasized the don’t.

“I won’t.” I say, in utter disbelief. I see a small smile creep up on his lips before he’s out of sight.

What the fuck just happened?

Today got so, so much weirder.

[sh4wty18]

for you, it's worth it.

pairing: jake webber x you

summary: you are dating one of jake's friends, ryan (a fictional person i made up for the sake of this fic), but jake is the one you really want.

cw: SMUT18+, language, cheating, angst, hickeys, fingering, unprotected sex, and overall general filth

!!warning!! i do NOT condone the questionable actions in this fic! this is all FAKE and for fun only!! do not cheat on your partners or have unprotected sex please!

word count: 4.3k + edited (super long one lol)

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You met Jake and your current boyfriend Ryan six months ago at a party. You had just gotten out of a relationship with your ex-girlfriend of three years, and all you wanted to do was get super fucked up and dance, so you did what any person grieving woman would do, and went to a club with your best friends.

It was that night when you had met Jake and Ryan. Jake was super chill and introduced himself, but he mostly kept to himself. Ryan on the other hand, was the exact opposite, he was all over you. He was tall and had shaggy blonde hair, blue eyes, and a full sleeve of patchwork tattoos on his right arm. You thought he was super hot at the time, and decided to dance with him. 

You fucked him that night. It was the best rebound sex you’d ever had. Ever since then, Ryan had just been around. It started off as just hooking up, but eventually, you realized he wanted more. When he asked you out two months ago, you thought, what the hell, he’s sweet, hot, and good in bed. So you said yes. You knew it was for the wrong reasons. You didn’t even really know the guy, you were just using him for what he was good for. But the idea of allowing yourself to be truly loved and in love again, was hard. Your last relationship had wrecked you, so you figured it’d be easier to date a guy you’re really not that into, than to willingly allow yourself to be vulnerable when the prospect of heartbreak was always looming. 

Jake was a whole different story. Jake. Fuck. Him. You knew that night in the club six months ago, that he was the one you’d really wanted. He was gorgeous, and the more time you spent with him, the more you knew he was an amazing person, too. Maybe that’s part of the reason you kept Ryan around, because you knew you’d be able to see Jake. Ever since you and Ryan started hanging out, he’d invite you to his house for get togethers with his friend group. Jake was always there.

Before you and Ryan had made things official, Jake was always super sweet to you. It was little things– holding the door for you, laughing at your jokes when no one else was paying attention to what you’d said, smiling at you for a second too long. He always complimented you, too. He’d say things like, “Hey beautiful!” or “well don’t you look pretty tonight!” whenever he saw you. He never did it when Ryan was around though. He’d just glance at you from across the room, watching as Ryan kissed you on the cheek, or squeezed your thigh. He probably thought you hadn’t noticed, but you did. You noticed everything about him. 

There had even been a couple times when Ryan had gotten too drunk, and Jake helped you put him to bed. After he was asleep, you and Jake would talk for hours, leaning back on the couch next to one another, smiling shyly, like you were both nervous about getting caught. One night, you swore he was going to kiss you. He had been complimenting you all night, and he might’ve drank a little more than usual, because he even did it in front of Ryan. Then, during your late night chat, he had trailed off, leaning toward your face. But he stopped right before your lips could touch. He giggled, “You look so pretty tonight.”

“Thanks, Jake,” you smiled back, feeling your cheeks flush. Your conversation continued after that, and you never spoke about that moment. Throughout those first four months, you and Jake had grown closer, though, which is why what happened once you’d started dating Ryan was so odd.

When Ryan had made things official, Jake changed. The compliments stopped, he never held the door for you or stared at you across the room when he thought no one was looking. At first, you thought it was just to be courteous to his friend, but then things got worse. Whenever your friend group hung out, he never even spoke to you. Sometimes he would avoid going out with you guys if he knew you were going to be there. If he did speak to you it was to give a smart-ass reply to something you said, like he was trying to get under your skin. To anyone else, it probably seemed like he was joking, but you could tell, you could just tell, he was being serious, or at least trying to be. You didn’t understand it, you guys had never been anything more than friends. You liked him, sure. But if he wanted to be more, he could’ve kissed you that night. He didn’t. He was the one person you could imagine letting your walls down for, in fact, you wanted to. You wanted to be vulnerable again, with him. Which is why it hurt so bad when he started avoiding you. 

This strange behavior had been happening for the past two months, ever since you started dating Ryan. You did feel awful about stringing him along, but you didn’t know how to break things off. He was so sweet, and you could tell he really liked you. Plus, you guys were friends too. If you broke his heart, there’s no way he’d still want to be friends with you. You didn’t want to be dating him, but you didn’t want to lose him either, and it was all getting really overwhelming. You made a promise to yourself that you would break up with him by the end of the month, once you figured out a good way to do it, so that you could hopefully retain the friendship.

Tonight though, you were going to the club with Ryan and some of his friends. You didn’t know if Jake would be there, although you secretly hoped he would be. You were riding in the back of an Uber with Ryan, wearing a black lacy tank top with a mini skirt and belt. As the car pulled up to the club, you glanced at your phone, and your heart practically jumped out of your chest at what you saw. It was a text from Jake:

J: you gonna be at the club tn?

Y/N: yeah

Y/N: why? lol

J: j wondering

J: i’ve missed you

I’ve missed you. The words played over and over again in your mind. What did he mean? The rift between you two had literally been caused by him. And now he had the audacity to say he missed you?! What the fuck? You were still slightly pissed off as you entered the club with Ryan, his hand wrapped around your lower back, leading you toward the bar. 

As you walked up you saw some of your other friends, already drinking, along with Jake and Tara. 

“Hey guys!” Ryan said cheerily.

“Heyyy wassup guys?? How’re my favorite peeps doing?” Jake replied, clearly already pretty drunk. 

You didn’t reply, still annoyed at Jake’s overall behavior throughout the last two months. Instead you hugged Tara, “You look amazing!” you beam. 

“Stoppp, you look so good too!! We’ve got to go shopping together soon!” Tara chirped in response.

“You ignoring me tonight, y/n?” Jake asked, with a smug look on his face.

“No,” you say, “I just wanted to compliment Tara, is that so wrong?” 

“No, no, don’t let me stop you,” Jake said, holding his hands up as if in surrender, and turned back to the bar to order another drink.

“Wanna go dance?” you ask Ryan and Tara.

“Fuck yeah, you wanna get a drink first?” Ryan asks.

“Sure!” you say, and Ryan orders you all a rum and coke, which you down in three gulps. 

“Can I get another, please?” you ask the bartender, and he quickly pours you up another drink, which you also down. “You know what, can I just get two more now? I don’t wanna have to keep asking,” you chuckle.

“No problem,” The bartender replies. 

You down them both within five minutes, and turn to Ryan and Tara, who both look slightly concerned at the amount of alcohol you’ve ingested in such a short amount of time, “Let’s go dance!!” 

You lead the way to the center of the dance floor, doing your best not to look at Jake, who is clearly sulking at the bar, watching you with a look of either annoyance or jealousy, you can’t tell. 

They start playing a song you love, and you begin dancing with Ryan, as Tara goes to dance with a hot guy she’s been eyeing all night. You’re grinding on Ryan, as he loops his hands around the front of your waist, pressing your ass against his body. He starts kissing your neck, sucking lightly, and you wrap your hand around the back of his neck. You look over at the bar, and Jake is watching. You turn towards Ryan and drag his body in front of yours, pulling him into a messy makeout. You open your eyes to make direct eye contact with Jake. He doesn’t stop watching. Instead he smirks, sipping on his drink slowly and readjusting himself on the bar stool to get a better look at the two of you.

Ryan breaks away, “I’m gonna run to the bathroom,��� he says, pecking you on the mouth.

“Alright, I’ll be here,” you smile, glancing back to where Jake was sitting before to see that he’s no longer in his seat.

You watch Ryan walk through the crowd, then turn back to face the bar, at the same time seeing Jake approach you.

“Hey,” he says, leaning down a bit to shout into your ear over the loud music and chatter.

“Hey,” you reply, looking anywhere but at him.

“Not looking at me now?” Jake asks sassily, “That’s funny, considering you were staring at me while kissing your boyfriend five minutes ago.”

“Shut up,” you respond, not in the mood for more of his confusion.

Jake leans forward even more, his lips brushing against your ear, “Make me.” He leans back, smirking at you.

The four rum and cokes you chugged must have been taking effect, because it was as if you lost all control. You grab Jake’s shirt, as he wraps his arm around your waist and yanks you closer to him. You wrap both your arms around Jake’s neck, pulling his head towards your face and immediately locking your lips with his. You feel his snakebites pressing into your lower lip as your makeout gets messier and more desperate. He tilts your chin up toward him to expose your neck.

“You’re mine,” he leans forward and whispers, before sucking hard on your neck, leaving a big, purple bruise below your ear. 

“Jake…” you groan out, “Ryan’s gonna be back soon.”

Jake breaks contact with your neck, covering the hickey with your hair, and then making eye contact with you as if nothing happened, says, “It’s good to see you, y/n". He gives you a small smile and saunters back to the bar, retaking his seat from before, this time, facing the bar. 

Ryan walks up behind you, grabbing your waist with both hands, and spinning you around to face him, “Miss me?” he asks flirtily. 

You are instantly filled with guilt. He doesn’t deserve this, you have to tell him. “Jake kissed me,” you say, I kissed him back. I’m so sorry.”

Ryan stares at you, the color draining from his face, “What?”

“Jake and I kissed while you were in the bathroom. I don’t know how it happened. He just came up to me and, and…” 

“No. It's okay,” Ryan says.

“What? I cheated on you? I’m an asshole. I’m so sorry, it meant nothing,” you lie, doing whatever it takes to preserve the friendship between you and Ryan.

“Yeah, and you suck for that, but… you think I haven’t noticed the looks he gives you? He’s totally into you. Part of the reason why I asked you out was because I was scared you were gonna be more into him than you are to me. I thought if I could lock things down with you, maybe you’d stop liking him… and I’d be yours. But even now… Jake’s been a total asshole to you for the last two months, and it’s still obvious you want him.”

“What?? No, it’s not like that. I don’t know why he’s being a dick, but that can’t be it! He could’ve had me months ago, but he never went for it!” you slap a hand against your mouth, “I shouldn’t have said that. I’m so sorry, Ryan.”

“No, I’m sorry. That I wasted so much time on you.” Ryan walks away through the crowd, leaving you alone. 

You feel hot tears forming in your eyes– you were such a fucking asshole. And Ryan was right, he wasted so much time on you. You should’ve never said yes to him, and now you might’ve lost your friendship forever. But you know deep down, you’ve only ever wanted Jake. 

You walked up to him, crying softly. “Fuck you,” you say, “You ruined everything!” 

Jake suddenly gets a very serious look, “Woah, woah what happened?” he asks, rubbing small circles into your back. 

“Ryan. I told him what happened and he broke up with me. Now we’ll probably never be friends again! Fuck you! You could’ve fucking had me!!” you shrug him off of you and walk out of the club, ordering an Uber. Jake tries to follow you through the crowd and respond, but the Uber arrives too soon, and you’re off before he gets the chance. 

You stumble into your apartment, definitely regretting the four back-to-back drinks now. You collapse into bed, seeing Jake’s name light up your screen, but you’re too tired to check what he’s said. You’re falling asleep before you can even touch your phone.

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The next morning you roll over in bed, head throbbing. You wonder why Ryan isn’t in bed next to you for a split second, before you remember the events of last night. You turn to grab your phone off the nightstand, slightly impressed that you even remembered to plug it in. You see several texts from Jake awaiting you, from between 1:32 and 4:26 am:

1:32 am

J: Y/N

J: Y/N PLS COME BACL

J: Y/N PLS IM SP SOERY

2:38 am

J: pls answwr me y/n

3:45 am

J: can we talk in the morning?

J: im so so sorry

4:26 am

J: please answer me so i know you’re ok. if anything happened to you i’ll never forgive myself.

You type out a quick reply:

Y/N: im fine j super hungover

Y/N: sorry i didnt reply i fell asleep as soon as i got home

Y/N: can i come over in like thirty mins?

J: yeah johnnie won't be here so it'll just be us 

You quickly run through your morning routine– washing your face, brushing your teeth, and applying some light makeup– before grabbing a granola bar, popping two tylenol, and getting into your car to drive to Jake’s. 

As you pull into his driveway, a wave of panic crashes over you. What if he’s going to tell you off, and never wants to speak again? What if he doesn’t even remember last night, and just wants to talk about something else?

You are giddy with nerves as you raise your fist to knock on the door, but you don’t even have to knock once before Jake opens it. 

“Hey,” he says, awkwardly flashing you a smile.

“Hey,” you respond, entering his house as he gestures for you to come in. 

You take a seat on his couch, and he plops down next to you. You both begin a sentence at the same time,

“So-”

“I wanted to-” he laughs, “You go first.”

“I mean, I was just gonna say ‘about last night…’ and hope that you continued my sentence,” you giggle awkwardly.

Jake chuckles, seemingly just as nervous as you. “Well… obviously we gotta clear the air. I’m sorry I kissed you. And I’m sorry I messed things up between you and Ryan. I should’ve never done that.”

Your smile fades, “You’re sorry?”

“I mean… yeah? I would have never chosen to hurt you.”

“What about Ryan? He’s your friend too,” you reply curtly.

“Yeah but… I care about you more,” Jake looks over at you, waiting for a response.

“Jake… you are such a fucking asshole,” you respond.

“Wait what?? I literally just apologized!”

“Yeah but you’ve been treating me like shit for the past two months. You think I haven’t noticed? You can’t even fucking look at me! Ever since I started dating Ryan you’ve been fucking avoidant as hell. And I don’t get why. Why did you have to wait until last night to start showing any interest in me again? I just don’t fucking get you, Jake.”

“What did you mean last night? When you said ‘you could’ve had me’?” Jake asked, completely ignoring what you’d just said.

“Are you fucking serious right now?? This isn’t a fucking joke, Jake!”

“What did you mean?!” Jake asked again, gripping your thigh with his palm.

You shut up, staring into his eyes. He was serious. “I meant. That night. Months ago. You almost kissed me. But you didn’t. I’ve thought about that night every day since. I wanted it to happen so badly that when you didn’t do it I just assumed you weren’t interested. That it was a drunken mistake.” 

“You’re the only person I’ve ever wanted this badly,” Jake said, rubbing your inner thigh and gazing into your eyes, “I was an asshole. But only because I didn’t wanna feel this way anymore. I wanted it to stop, for Ryan sure, but mostly for you. I thought you were happy with him. I didn’t wanna stand in your way. But last night, I finally worked up the courage to try and do something about it. I know it was wrong and fucked up. But I don’t care. For you, it’s worth it.”

“Jake…” you can’t stop the smile that spreads across your face, “It’s always been you, I was just scared. Scared to open up to someone. With Ryan, things were easy. I knew if I had you, it would be real. But being with Ryan didn’t stop the feeling. I’ve wanted you since the first time I saw you.” 

“That’s the only thing I’ve ever needed to hear,” he turns toward you and grabs your chin with one hand, pulling your head toward his, while he hungrily connects his lips with yours. He pulls you onto his lap and holds your ass in both hands while you wrap your arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. He breaks away to admire his work on your neck from last night, “How ‘bout I leave another?” he whispers into your ear.

“Whatever you want,” you breathe out. 

“Let’s go upstairs, in case Johnnie comes home,” he quickly says, allowing you to stand up. He grabs your hand, and leads the way to his bedroom. You’ve never been in it before. It was surprisingly clean, with a pristine gray bedspread covering his king-sized bed. He had a few posters hanging on the wall for different musicians he liked, and a PC set up in the corner.

Jake giggles, “What are you looking at?”

“Nothing… just wasn’t what I expected.”

“Well.. you could be in here a lot more often, if you wanted,” Jake says, wrapping his arms around your waist from behind and nuzzling his head into the crook of your neck.

“I think I’d like that,” you reply.

“Oh yeah?” Jake asks.

“Yeah… I think so,” you spin around to face him. “I want you so bad,” you whisper against his lips, begging him to close the gap.

“Do you?” Jake smirks, pulling his lips further away from yours, “Show me.” 

He falls backward gracefully onto his bed, leaning back on his elbows to watch you strip. You remove all of your clothes down to your underwear, leaving the rest of you exposed.

“Get over here,” Jake motions for you to sit on his lap, which you do. He spreads your legs over his crotch so you’re straddling him again. He kisses you hard on the mouth, and you feel his tongue slip between your teeth and brush against yours. He grabs a handful of your tit and squeezes it roughly, causing you to let out a quiet whimper, “Louder, baby.” he says, and takes your nipple into his mouth. You can feel it getting hard, and you moan louder at his touch. 

You reach under his t-shirt to pull it over his head, leaving his chest bare. He flips you over onto your back underneath him, and he pulls his pants off. He kneels on top of you in only his boxers, holding himself up with one elbow, the other hand fondling one of your tits, and you can feel his cock hardening against your skin. He kisses your lips first, then travels down to your neck, sucking hard enough to leave bruises in a few more spots, before moving on to your tits. He kisses them, while running his hand down your stomach, stopping at your underwear line, “Is this okay?” he asks. 

“Yes. F-fuck yes,” You reply. 

“Good. You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting to do this, baby.” Hearing Jake call you ‘baby’ was enough to make you arch into his hand that lingered over your underwear. He smirks and slips his hand into them, sliding his middle finger inside of you and slowly pumping it back and forth.

You raise your hips, wanting more, “Jake… please,” is all you can muster before he thrusts another finger inside of you, quickening his pace. He uses the pad of his thumb to rub circles into your clit. You gasp, arching further into his hand, desperately trying to get him deeper inside of you. 

“You’re so good for me,” Jake lets out, before leaning back down to take your tit into his mouth again, gently nibbling on your nipple. You moan and arch your back, feeling yourself clenching around his fingers. You start to feel the flame building in your lower stomach, and know you’re close. 

“‘M gonna come,” you mumble through strained breaths.

This only causes Jake to go faster, and the overstimulation was getting to be too much. You gasp in pleasure as Jake works you through your high. Not removing his fingers until your legs are shaking. 

“How was that, baby?” Jake asks, kissing your forehead softly, before licking any remnants of you off his fingers.

“So fucking good,” you say breathlessly. 

“You think you can take more for me?” he asks sheepishly, as if he doesn’t know exactly where this is going.

“I can do anything you want,” you reply, pushing a strand of his hair behind his ear, and pulling his neck down to kiss his lips. You can taste yourself on his mouth. 

“That’s my girl,” he says, sitting up on his knees in front of you to remove his boxers and throw them onto the floor. His dick was bigger than you’d imagined. Bigger than the guys you’d fucked before. You wanted it now. 

You yank your own underwear down as far as they’ll go, allowing Jake to pull them off and discard them as well. 

He spreads your thighs apart with his legs, “So fucking pretty,” he says, staring down at your wet cunt. 

He kneels back down– resting on his forearms– eager to be inside you. He gives his cock a few strokes for good measure, and guides it toward you, pressing the tip against your opening. You tilt your head forward to watch it disappear inside of you, slowly at first, and then all at once. Jake lets out a groan as he bottoms out, and you’re completely skin to skin. You wrap your legs around his lower back and ass, and grip his bicep with your hand. He looks down at you, his necklace dangling above your head. Your other hand reaches up to grab the necklace and pull him down into the most carnal kiss you’ve ever experienced. He thrusts deep inside you, as you wrap your arm around his neck to pull him down, bodies so close you can feel the heat radiating between you. 

You break the kiss to groan against his cheek, and Jake mutters, “You feel so good wrapped around my cock, mama,” between stifled sighs. 

He thrusts into you harder and faster, not letting up until you’re a moaning mess beneath him, back arching up to meet his chest, and he holds you there as he comes inside of you. 

You both collapse onto the bed with Jake laying on top of you, slowly pulling out as you hold each other, panting, bodies slick with sweat. He holds your face in his hand, and speaks softly, “I think I’m in love with you.”

You beam at him, “Well, duh.”

“No Y/N, like, it’s gonna be you forever. I’ve never felt like this about anyone before. You make me whole,” Jake continues.

“So then it’ll be us forever. I’m not going anywhere,” you kiss his forehead, then his nose, then land on his lips. “Also, you were amazing. I think that was the best sex I’ve ever had.”

“Right back at ya, baby,” he winks. “Now I’m gonna go shower, ‘cause I’m a little too sweaty right now!” He laughs as he rises off the bed and turns to face you, reaching out his hand. “You coming, beautiful?” 

You grab onto his hand and he pulls you to your feet, “I’d go anywhere with you, Jake.”

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this took me so long to write but i actually love how it came out! i hope you guys enjoyed :)

[foolish-edworm]

i need ace attorney tumblr to judge my playlists

[gobstoppr]

and btw im in my hater arc rn. as time goes on the more i find a lot of 'fandom' stuff insufferable (i like art n stuff. just the way that fandom refits every media to fit a single mold and set of boring archetypes is exhausting.)

i just get really easily annoyed lately. and have been unfollowing people on a whim a lot. its not personal i promise

[deus-ex-mona]

starting the year ✨wrong✨

[opalthea]

also, hello padisarah nonnie !! it's good to see you again :>

i decided to not answer your ask regarding the wholeeee stuff.. because i don't really care what they want to do anymore. i've done my part of speaking up about their behaviours and calling them out - which made a lot of people open their eyes for once instead of ignoring the warnings they got from me or other people. and i think that's all i want to do.

THIS WILL FORMALLY BE THE LAST POST ABOUT THEM. I will not answer any asks regarding it anymore, so if you want to make your own posts regarding those users, please use your own platforms, thank you.

as much as i encourage speaking up, i also don't want to give a flying duck about them anymore. y'know, like, i spoke up because i couldn't tolerate them and their behaviours anymore - couldn't just keep quiet when my mutuals are knowingly or unknowingly talking to shitty people like that. if they started a new blog, just let them. i don't really care anymore 😭 all i hope is that my mutuals and those that see this are more aware of internet safety and who you surround yourself with. it was already exhausting trying to warn others about them and not being listened to until i made this shit public — i'm not going to start becoming a blog that runs on discourse just so some can finally realise that this person was shitty and that person was the devil.

thanks for also caring abt me and informing me of their new url, i appreciate that a lot! it's on my blocklist now + the mutuals they've tagged on that post too 💀 if, however, i blocked you without a good reason why, or if i blocked you before you knew of this and had already cut ties with them, feel free to send me a message or ask on a different blog! i took precautionary blocks when it comes to having those kind of people as mutuals so .. yeah.

[raveartts]

I wanted to try my hand at comic drawing, but coming up with and scripting and posing a completely original idea was too daunting, so I tried just redrawing a scene. I abandoned CSP after making the panel layout even though my goal was to get familiar with the program

[machidielontheway]

[Image description : a filled template / chart labelled "Understand my ship in five minutes", with two characters sketchs and various infos in boxes, sliders, and silhouettes to fill, detailled in text under the cut. end ID]

[Link to the blank template]

✨ Understand my ship in 5 minutes : Ty and the Godkiller, early '23 edition ✨

Descriptions, additional details & explanations under the cut !

[Sketches] Ty is sketched in blue and all data about him is written / notched in blue. He has straight black hair nape-long, is wearing a fit open hoodie above a v-collared t-shirt, and has a smug and lightly condescending look looking at the viewer. The top of his head is touching the top of the square frame he's drawn in to indicate how tall he is. Sha'an is sketched in orange and all data about him is in orange. He has very short tousled hair, is wearing a too-big-for-him closed hoodie, and has a neutral-to-frowny expression as he looks downard and to the side.

[Data] Name : "Ty" (not actually his name) Height : Tall Age : around 21 (at the beginning of the story) Gender : Guy Sexuality : Bisexual Name : Sha'an Height : Short Age : around 19 (at the beginning of the story) Gender : Guy (gender apathetic) Sexuality : [citation needed]

Height difference : around one head, one head and a half Age difference : around three years

[Sliders] Big / little spoon : Ty likes to hug or have an arm over the shoulders of people's he's close with, so he's a strong big spoon contender. Sha'an has been touch-starved since he was a kid and has anxiety ; human warmth and weight surrounding him calms him and makes him sleep better => little spoon coded.

Lends / borrows clothes : Ty is voluntold as a lender of clothes, as Miya - Ty's adoptive sister / mentor - has clothed Sha'an in all his forgotten cast-offs and teenage garments. Sha'an accepts and wear whatever Miya gives him.

Use / doesn't use pet names : Sha'an doesn't even know what a pet name is, and would probably mistake the concept a little. Ty uses pet names to tease, play, or annoy, but wouldn't use any with the people he actually like. However he is partial to nicknames.

Introverted / extroverted * : (*meaning used here is "socially, what gives them energy or what use it) Ty needs his personal space at time to sort through things, as well as let his mask down and breath from the persona he uses at school or work or politic situations. But otherwise he likes and needs to be with his close ones around the clock, or he becomes quickly bored and restless. He would count as extroverted. For Sha'an, every social situation - no matter how many persons are present - is draining as he is constantly checking and reviewing input and calculating what is the "right" output. This ways he is introverted. However, alone time is not great for him either if he's not in nature, as he does not know how to relax and take care of himself. Quiet parallel play with Miya (and then with Ty as well, farther down in the story) is something he rather likes.

Affection through words / through actions : Ty uses both, but the depths of it will always be shown through actions. Words he uses for casual, friendly affection. Sha'an uses neither because he barely knows how to feel and recognise affection, let alone show it.

Confesses first / waits for confession : Easy one there : none of them ever confess ! at least, not in the sense of a "romantic confession" as we're used to. Screams about the bugs / squashes bugs with a shoe : They both squashes bugs with their shoes. Sha'an is technically a wild child who ran barefoot in the forest, and Ty a street urchin who slept in abandonned places. Bugs are not a problem.

Drives the car / can't drive lol : If they were in a world where cars exist, Ty would confidently road-trip with his friends or sister. Sha'an could be taught how to operate a car but would have zero knowledge of even the simplest roadsign and would be a danger to everybody himself included.

Can't cook for shit / makes dinner : Sha'an can't cook for shit as he never had to / never had a choice to learn or observe. He's fast at peeling and mincing though as it's a chore he did for a long time when he was a child / teen. Ty is reasonnably good at cooking, for his own sake because Miya is quite mediocre at it and generally do not care what she's eating as long as it's filling. Ty has taken upon himself to cook their meals whenever they're together since he learned how to in the House.

Dislikes PDA / loves PDA : Ty likes PDA because he loves doing whatever he wants wherever he wants. Skinship is one of his favourite ways to show his affection, as well as his possessiveness when he indulges in it. Sha'an, at the beginning of the story, doesn't register skin touch as conveyor of affection, and is left trying to infer the meaning each time, which doesn't help his anxiety. Way later in the story, he appreciates the touch but doesn't care about the public display part.

Overprotective / chill going : Ty is quite chill going, unless it comes to Miya and her hidden tendencies to carry out dangerous missions without what Ty deems as proper back-up. Ty has been banned from being "overprotective" of Miya until he can actually best Miya in hand-to-hand and armed combat, which hasn't stopped him griping even after he loses (which is every time). Sha'an is neither, because the idea that he could be in a position to say something about somebody's else choices is not a thing at the moment.

Has more relationship sexual experience / has NO relationship experience : Sha'an has the zeroest experience in sexual or relationship experience. [shrek "they don't even have dental" meme vibe :] He doesn't even know what friendship is ! Ty has a LOT of sexual experience, because he is a horny young adult and before that had been a horny teenager for a while. However he's not interested, at least for now, in romantic relantionships and is not pursuing them.

[Body silhouettes filled with colors (blue for Ty, orange for Sha'an)] Horny level : Ty filled in blue from toe to shoulders. This dude is HORNY horny. Sha'an silhouette is cut in two in a before / after way, and only his feet up to the knee is filled in orange in the 'after' half. I fucked up there cause it's actually much more than what he actually is, even wayyy down the line story wise. Sha'an has a long road ahead of him to reconnect with his body, and it's a good part of his arc. But even with that, he's just not that horny. Awkwardness level : Ty's feet are underlined in blue but that's all. This boy is very suave in social situations, have great physical grace, and just happens to not be perfect cause he's human and also still young. Sha'an's filled up to the knees : he's not actually awkward himself ; he juste makes situations or conversations awkward now that he's not evolving in the environnement he was raised for, where the etiquette, rules, and expected behaviours are completely different. Possessive level : Ty filled up to his hips. Ty is not particularly possessive about things, unless it's his. For actual things, it means his bed at the House and his room at Miya's, his daggers, and his necklace herited from Miya (who herself got it from her own mentor). For people it means Miya, and Sha'an after a long while. Sha'an filled up half of his feet. He is used to not own things for various reasons, and has learned to just let it go / to not see things as "his". He does however get the side possessiveness of 'this was given to me as a particular gift and by respect to this person i will not let it be taken back by anyone else not legitimate'.

And whoop whoop we're done ! As always with oc's, everything here is subject to changes, and also depends on when you are in the story ; but i'm still happy with this as of now :D (yes it says early '23 edition and was posted in december of 2023. i'm just that slow at doing creative things, but that's ok !)

[catboyfurina]

baizhu x diluc >:3

meow :3

[jonathanrook]

can i bitch for a second

[evilasiangenius]

fuck this anon specifically

I wrote an angry post because I was accused of using ai to write my big ambitious fic, the one that I have worked on every. single. day. for over three years.

This is the only bit that survives as Tumblr ate it:

Has it ever occurred to you, anon, that THE TRAINING DATA THE AI STOLE INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MY OWN WORDS THAT I HAVE WRITTEN OVER THE YEARS? If a pattern looks similar, likely IT'S BECAUSE THE AI STOLE MY SHIT.

I am really tired. I work really hard at this, and write every day. I spent years experimenting with style, structure, and voice. I learned how to edit. I spend hours proofreading my own work to the best of my ability. I do lots of research and share it so other people can use it too. It took me years to learn how to be a disciplined writer.

It's horrible getting accused of cheating when all of my work was stolen and folded into the training data.

Seriously what is the point of working so hard at being a good writer.

Update: anon is going around and spamming my works with accusations of being ai generated.

Update2 : Sorry, I have turned off anon comments for any works posted after November 2022 because of this anon. Which is horrid, because I have met some great friends through anon messages, but this will have to stay until this person leaves me alone.

Can't wait for them to accuse me of using an ai writing app for a work that predates ai writing apps. Hell, the big fic they are accusing me on started posting in 2021, most of it predating ai writing apps, and the writing style is consistent throughout. You wanna come after me for something I wrote 10 years ago, nonny? 15?

20???