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corsairspade · 10 months ago
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Halenthir scenario where they get married for tax benefits (in a platonic good friends sort of way) and fall in love long distance via sending each other letters with ideas on how to best leverage their marriage for tax evasion.
#Haleth has never paid taxes before moving to brethil#And is FUMING about the idea. So she sends a letter to Caranthir who mentioned something about *evading* taxes#In this setting I guess they part on good friendship terms#She visits him for a crash course in tax evading and they get drunk and someone mentions marriage giving you tax benefits#They wake up the next day and decide “you know what. Let’s actually get married for tax evasion purposes. It would be hilarious”#Up to you whether they get married in the elven way or just in the human way#Haleth fucks off back to brethil with a bunch of gifts from Caranthir like “bye bestie” and he’s like “👍. Bye bestie.”#And they strike up a proper correspondence#Because they’re married obviously#not because they’re having fun talking about loopholes in the tax code#That would be ridiculous. Obviously they are writing each other erotica.#All of Caranthir’s brothers find out because Caranthir ticks married on his tax return#Maglor voice: YOU GOT MARRIED? AND YOU DIDNT INVITE US?#Caranthir voice: It was pretty low-key. Now tell me. Did Fingolfin cry upon seeing how I leveraged my marriage for tax concessions.#Literally all his brothers: various sounds of sudden realisation this is a tax scheme#half of them don’t even believe haleth is a real person. She might have just been made up for tax reasons#Obviously this leads to a comedy of errors and classic finwean snooping#at one point Haleth hits one of Caranthir’s (half) cousins with a shovel for snooping#claims her name isn’t haleth (despite all her people calling her Haleth) and dares them to call her out on it#they can’t btw she is terrifying#silmarillion#the silmarillion#tolkien#caranthir#morifinwe#haleth of the haladin
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amogamarketing · 6 months ago
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Maximizing Efficiency: What Ops Leaders Should Look for in a Sales CRM
For sales operations leaders, choosing the right Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is essential for driving productivity, enhancing customer relationships, and ensuring smooth sales processes. A CRM serves as the central hub for managing customer interactions, tracking leads, and streamlining workflows. However, with numerous CRM options available, ops leaders must focus on specific features to maximize efficiency.
Here are the key aspects ops leaders should prioritize when selecting a sales CRM.
1. Automation Capabilities
A primary factor in boosting sales efficiency is automation. Repetitive tasks such as lead assignments, follow-up emails, and data entry can be time-consuming for sales teams. A CRM with automation features can reduce these burdens and free up sales reps to focus on more strategic activities.
For example, workflow automation allows actions like assigning leads to specific team members or triggering email follow-ups based on predefined conditions. By automating such tasks, the CRM ensures consistency, reduces manual errors, and accelerates the sales cycle.
2. Integration with Other Tools
In today’s sales environment, teams use a variety of tools for marketing, customer support, and analytics. A CRM that integrates seamlessly with these systems enhances operational efficiency by centralizing data. A strong integration ecosystem allows for smooth data flow between different platforms, eliminating the need for manual data entry.
Ops leaders should look for CRMs that integrate with tools like email marketing platforms, customer support software, and analytics dashboards. This will ensure that sales teams have access to comprehensive customer data, helping them make informed decisions and personalize their approach.
3. Data Analytics and Reporting
A CRM is only as effective as the insights it can generate. Ops leaders need robust data analytics and reporting features to monitor sales performance, track KPIs, and identify areas for improvement. A CRM should offer customizable dashboards and real-time reporting tools that allow sales teams to track metrics like conversion rates, win rates, and sales cycle length.
Advanced analytics features such as predictive forecasting and trend analysis can also help ops leaders make data-driven decisions, allocate resources more efficiently, and refine sales strategies.
4. User Experience and Adoption
For a CRM to be effective, it must be easy to use and adopted across the sales team. A user-friendly interface with intuitive navigation reduces the learning curve and encourages widespread adoption. Sales reps should be able to access customer data quickly, update records easily, and perform tasks with minimal friction.
A mobile-friendly CRM is also important, as it enables sales reps to access critical information while on the go. Additionally, the ability to customize the system to match team workflows ensures that the CRM aligns with the unique needs of the business.
5. Scalability and Customization
As your business grows, so do the complexities of sales operations. A CRM that can scale with your organization is essential for long-term success. Look for a CRM that offers flexible pricing, the ability to add more users, and features that grow with your team’s needs.
Customization is another important aspect. The CRM should allow you to tailor fields, reports, and workflows to meet the unique requirements of your business, ensuring that it remains a valuable tool as your sales processes evolve.One key trend in the CRM space is the rise of low-code CRMs, which offer a balance between customization and ease of use.
Conclusion
Selecting the right CRM is crucial for ops leaders who aim to maximize sales efficiency. By prioritizing automation, integrations, data analytics, user experience, and scalability, ops leaders can ensure that their sales teams have the tools they need to succeed. A well-chosen CRM will streamline operations, improve decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth.
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flutteragency · 11 months ago
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techtoio · 1 year ago
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Exploring the Latest Trends in Software Development
Introduction The software is something like an industry whose development is ever-evolving with new technologies and changing market needs as the drivers. To this end, developers must keep abreast with current trends in their fields of operation to remain competitive and relevant. Read to continue .....
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webomates · 1 year ago
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Benefits of Low-Code/ No-Code Test Automation
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Technology is the primary force behind any transformation. And the role of testing is changing, moving from being overlooked to becoming a value creator. In today’s world, it becomes extremely critical for enterprises to adapt to the fast-changing requirements and customer expectations.
Test Automation plays an important role in allowing businesses to boost productivity, develop new products rapidly, and enhance the development and testing process thereby leading to increased customer experience.
Many teams use Open-source platforms for their test automation. Although such platforms offer extensive customization, flexibility, and a broader community ecosystem, it’s essential to recognize the potential bottlenecks associated with them.
Bottlenecks of open source platforms:
Requires a higher degree of proficiency in programming languages and frameworks.
Creating and maintaining tests is time-consuming, especially for complex applications with frequent changes.
Flaky tests along with factors such as synchronization issues, dynamic content, or environmental variations can contribute to the instability of tests.
Open-source tools may require dedicated resources for script development, leading to higher costs.
Scaling test automation efforts with open source tools is challenging especially when the application’s functionalities increase, leading to increased complexity.
Test scripts in open-source tools may lack reusability.
Developers need a lot of hands-on experience with programming languages before they can be productive. 
Development of applications takes more time.
Shifting to low code/no code platforms can offer a more accessible and efficient testing process, especially for teams looking to enhance collaboration and accelerate testing cycles.
Transforming the testing landscape with LC/NC platforms
Low-Code platforms, also known as low-code application development platforms, minimize or eliminate the manual coding required to develop and deploy software applications. They have a panel of visual elements that enable development without programming.
No-Code platforms allow people with no knowledge or technical training in software development to create applications without programming a single line of code.
Teams can use Low-Code/No-Code (LCNC) technologies to radically change how work gets done. It can enable teams to automate more tedious, error-prone processes that can occasionally take attention away from more strategic, higher-level work that adds greater value to the company.
According to the Mckinsey report, there will be 70% growth in the market and adoption of new application development that will leverage low-code/no code by 2025 (vs <25% in 2020).
Benefits of Low-Code/ No-Code Platforms
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1. Shorter Time to Market
Less time is spent on development using such platforms. With code templates and pre-built features, you can significantly improve your application’s release time, resulting in a shorter time to market for new products. significantly
2. Reduced Learning Curve
It requires minimal coding experience and provides a visual interface and pre-built components making it easy to use. Using a component-based approach enables developers to develop applications without writing any code.
3. Accelerated Test Creation and Maintenance
Creating and maintaining tests is faster due to the drag-and-drop functionality and reusable components. This will ensure testing cycles are much faster compared to traditional test automation.
4. Authoring test scripts
Offers a visual interface and drag-and-drop functionality, reducing the time and effort required to author test cases.
5. Address issues related to Flaky Tests
The LC/NC platforms minimize the reliance on intricate coding and have features for handling dynamic elements and reducing the flaky tests. You can have AI-powered automation with self-healing capability to deal with synchronization issues or dynamic elements.
6. Enhanced Collaboration Between Teams
Quality increases when teams work together. These platforms encourage collaboration by allowing business analysts and testers to contribute to test automation efforts from very early stages, making the development and testing cycles more agile and focused on the end-user experience.
7. Reduced Costs
You can reduce the dependency of developers in creating UI tests. Testers can also contribute to automation, reducing the need for specialized development skills and associated costs of training.
8. Scale with Ease
These tools can handle complex test scenarios and also scale up or down according to the changing needs of the testing process.
9. Increased Productivity
Rather than spending hours coding, developers can be productive by focusing on more important business problems.
10. Reusability
These platforms emphasize on modular designs, allowing developers/testers to create reusable components. You can reuse the test flows across test plans. To know more about this blog : Benefits of low code test automation 
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squorttle-pox · 1 year ago
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Absolutely this. I've also added my thoughts below the cut
To clarify, I don't hate Steven or Shane or Ryan or anyone affiliated with Watcher. I still enjoy their content. I still love their wacky fun selves and I would pay the subscription if I could (of course, that we cannot pay it is the very nature of the problem).
I'm not full of rage or hatred, and I understand how difficult a strained financial situation can be (we're all/mostly adults here, right?). I do 100% blame them for this. But it doesn't ruin everything about them. They're people and people make mistakes, especially when under all the pressure that they are. It doesn't excuse the behaviour. It doesn't make anything better. But it means I'm not feeling ~violent/cruel/rude/nasty things~ towards them or anything.
What I am, is disappointed that they didn't properly think through this VERY Big VERY Important decision.
I am disappointed that they seem to have neglected to take into account who their main audience is (a bunch of mostly-young-adults who are about as far from rich and loaded and one can get).
I am disappointed that this is essentially the first we are hearing of this, that they have taken such a drastic move right away.
I wish they had been more transparent that they needed extra support. There is no shame in that, not when their fans adore them, and not when they're entrepreneur-ing this, and not ever. Life is hard, the economy is in shambles right now, struggle is inherent. T
I wish they took the time to fully consider the ramifications of this decision they've made.
I hope that they quickly understand the issues with this, frankly, godawful and infelicitous decision.
I hope that they are willing to apologize and propose some alternative solutions that will not be so detrimental to the fandom they are rEqUeStInG (see: forcing) this help from.
I hope that they won't double down out of fear or shame or defensiveness from the rightful backlash they are receiving. I hope they can be mature about this.
I hope that they remember that no matter what, we'll still support them as much as we can, but that what they're asking is impossible for many of us to accommodate.
I hope that all parties involved in this fiasco can be respectful and professional towards one another.
something about the current situation that feels so gross to me is the sudden vitriolic hatred towards steven lim??? yes, as the ceo he probably helped make the decision to start watcher tv. but before this whole dilemma, wasn't steven "super underappreciated" and hyped up constantly by the fandom??? weren't there hundreds of posts begging for more steven content??? wasn't there a lot of excitement about steven possibly getting his own show??? it just seems strange that people claimed to love him so much but are spewing some awful insults towards him now???
(note: this isn't talking about anyone criticizing steven or the company. this is talking about people blaming EXCLUSIVELY steven or excessively hate posting about him. critique and analysis are healthy ways to stimulate discussion and utilize critical thinking)
#i am also BEYOND FRUSTRATED that they clearly put quite some time into the watcher.tv website#have yall checked that place out yet?#it's very pompous-out-of-touch coded 🙃#as one yt comment stated#it's even worse that theyre locking up FAN CONTENT (i.e. tms and ays) behind the paywall#i implore you all to check out all the pages on their site#they astounded me. just. wow#this is a very very low place for them to stoop to#but we do have to remember the good times we have had because of these folks in the past#and we have to draw on our own experiences with financial hardship (even tho they are obviously rich as heck)#i just.#i like to give the benefit of the doubt#and throwing around insults and laying personal criticisms are not the proper way to respond to this situation#it is far from the fans' responsibility to fix this mess#but clearly if they went through all that planning and creating and transitioning and FILMED A WHOLE VIDEO to promote this bs#then they are incapable of understanding on their own just how out of touch they are here#so i feel as though it would be KIND (not necessary; not required; certainly not expected; but *kind*) of us to respond by#clearly communicating the issue with. everything. and to set some expections of how we want this remedied#they have lost the ability to relate to us cOmMoNeR people#so we need to show them how#anything you feel about this is 100% valid but#hatred and attacks are not the answer#as a community#can we please handle this responsibly#i know we can get through this and get through to them#let's have empathy for how they must be feeling about all this backlash#even if they dont deserve it#we are good enough people that we will still give it. we will still be kind and hopefully they will learn just how grateful they ought to be#watcher#watcher tv
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salem-s · 1 month ago
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11 ── PLAYING THE PART UNDER THE SICILIAN SUN ── RAFE CAMERON
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SYNOPSIS when your image-obsessed mother catches you and Rafe Cameron ─ your friends with benefits ─ in a compromising situation, you must lie and say you're dating. It spirals out of control when your mother invites him to your cousin's upcoming wedding in Italy, and spirals even further when he says yes. SERIES MASTERLIST | LAST PART
WARNINGS language, angst, fluff if you squint. 18+ mdni.
WORD COUNT 4.4k. i think this is my shortest one yet?
SONG OF THE CHAPTER japanese denim by daniel caesar
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The long run doesn’t feel so nice. 
It’s finals week, and its implications do nothing to aide the dull ache that’s weighing in your gut. The grueling hours spent studying and hunched over desks only pile onto your list of problems, and that’s only the physicality of your issues. Besides the permanent kink in your shoulder from your poor posture, your body is depleting due to the emotional stress that strains your heart.
Even though he’s right next door, you don't see or hear Rafe since his cold departure.
You want to believe it’s a good thing, it’s what you wanted, it’s quite literally what you asked for. But you can’t help but long for him, knowing he’s just on the other side of the wall, wondering if he’s feeling just as awful as you.
But there’s nothing.
You only heard him once while you were studying, and the second you heard another girl’s voice with him, you bolted out of the dorm and beelined to the library. 
So you don't study in your room anymore. 
Not that it changes much, because you don’t even spot him on campus or lounging on the quad with friends. There are no late night texts, no loud music blasting through the thin walls, no presence at Elliot’s house. Nothing. For such a tall person, you’re shocked at his ability to lay low.
Because you’re certain that he purposefully avoids you.
You know he knows your schedule since he used to coincidentally be walking home from class at the same time, even though he never had classes in the same building as you. He used to just happen to open his door at the same time as you with a backpack slung over his shoulder, simply stating he’s going to the library but the company on his walk would be nice. Once he even loitered outside your academic building after you had had a tough exam, claiming the grassy patch adjacent to the building is the best place to lay.
Now Rafe does none of that. He’s a ghost. 
The only time you caught a glimpse of him was at a nearby coffee shop. Seeing him nearly kills you.
You'd been stopping in to refuel to cram study for a final later that day, nearly spilling your espresso infused drink on his nice white shirt on your way out. Bumping into him sent a shiver down your spine, the physical contact a pure shock to both of you as you stood motionless in the crowded cafe, eyes only trained on each other.
It was hard to even find words at the sight of his pretty eyes, ones that looked tired despite the surprise look on his face.
But the shock came and went as Rafe had been cordial, offering a tight-lipped smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes and side-stepping out of your way without his usual Rafe-like banter. He was walking away from you before you could really say anything to him, the only word in the entire exchange being a meek, “Sorry,” on your end that was said too late, as he was already out of earshot by the time you found the words.
You weren’t sure what you were sorry for this time.
Almost spilling your drink on him. Accidentally elbowing him in the ribs. Shutting him out. Putting him through an emotional wringer. Pushing him away at every opportunity you can.
Needless to say, you've been spiraling. 
Especially when Lorenza gives you a call a few hours before your coding exam, mainly to check in and make sure your cut is healing alright (it's practically gone, but the reminder still stays). You converse as normal, lamenting about all the projects and finals you have going on and that you're seeing your friends later.
Lorenza asks if that includes Rafe.
And hearing his name makes you go quiet. And she takes that as the hint to continue talking about him, asking if you've talked to him since the day you got back. When you tell her that, no, you haven't had time to talk to him about anything, she hums over the phone, almost scolding you wordlessly for letting it get this far.
"Probabilmente anche sta soffrendo," Lorenza tells you, stating it like a fact.
You respond that, no, he's not hurting. That he's probably fine, and that you're fine too. You're both just busy with schoolwork and personal lives and everything on top of that.
"Hai parlato con lui?"
No, you tell her, you haven't talked to him.
"Allora come lo sapresti?"
You offer no response. Because you don't know how he is. You wouldn't know if he's hurt or not because you haven't talk to him, nor can you find the gall to do so.
Her incessant pestering makes your face flush and your heart slump to your gut, settling some uneasy feeling there for the remainder of the day. Because she's right: you know you need to talk to him, even if it's just to check in and see how he is, because he deserves, at the least, an apology for how you've treated him.
It's all you can think about during your exam.
Yet finally, after day and night of burying your head in textbooks and nearly crawling through your computer screen to figure out your codes, it's your last final, and it comes and goes regardless of how much you think about Rafe during it.
It's the last Thursday before everyone’s forced to leave for winter break, one of the last few days you'll get to see your friends before the New Year, so despite your aching shoulders and pounding headache, you accept the invitation to drink and party at Elliot’s off campus house. 
Lorenza's words echo in your head all afternoon. He's probably hurting, too. You hope that isn't true, you hope he's just been burying himself in schoolwork and being distracted in a good way to keep himself busy. You hope he doesn't have any sleepless nights. You hope he's seeing other people to get back to a sense of normalcy.
You think about the possibility of seeing him at Elliot's, since they're best friends and all. You think about all the things you could say to him, how many I'm sorrys you can utter before he'll believe it. But you know yourself, and you'd probably never get the words out at the sight of him. Part of you really doesn't want to do it tonight.
But the other part of you also hopes Rafe's there. Maybe force him into a room so you can apologize to him (that is, if you can find the words).
When you arrive, your friends embrace you endearingly. First come the congratulations for finishing all of your finals, then the drinks are immediately second.
Marianne doesn’t waste time pushing a cocktail in your hand and throwing an arm over your shoulder, guiding you deeper into the party where your closest friends (amongst a lot of others you don't care for) mingle and laugh and sing. 
Although your mind drifts for the better part of it. You can’t help but continuously scan the crowd in search of him, feeling that stupid nagging pull in your chest the longer the party goes by without him. The nagging eventually morphs into guilt.
Did he know you were coming and that’s why he’s not here? Are you driving a wedge between your friend group because of your blatant insecurities?
"Hey," Marianne whispers to you after an hour. “You’re goat-staring.”
“Hm?” You snaps out of your trance, unaware you've been staring at that same speck on the wall for ages. “Oh.”
Your friend doesn’t let the act go unnoticed, darting her gaze around you cautiously before leaning in close. “Are you sure you’re alright? I mean you’ve barely spoken about the–”
“I’m fine,” you reassure, giving it your all to fake a smile. “Honest. I don’t want to think about it tonight.”
I can't not think about it, you want to say. Especially because he's not here.
Marianne simply raises her eyebrows, wordlessly prompting you for more. 
But you don't give into her instigation. “I’ll tell you about it soon, I promise. Just…not tonight.”
That’s all it takes for now. 
Because no shit the whole Rafe situation has been a damper to your conscience ever since your last morning together, no debates there, but the thought of rehashing it from the start makes your head spin. You try and blink away flashes of him: his pained expression on the dance floor, the image of him and Yara in the closet, his pretty face inches from yours coaxed in sunlight. He’s a plague in your mind, infesting your every waking thought. It’s draining. It’s emotionally exhausting. You forget how to not let your mind drift back to him, him, him.
To make your head spin further, you attempt to rise from your zombie-like state and join the party. You take a shot, open another drink, dance with Marianne and catch up with your friends.
For the most part, it serves as a nice distraction, even if you can't really get drunk.
But there’s a big gaping hole in your heart: the guilt that he, Rafe, is nowhere to be seen.
It’s odd without him, the room feeling incomplete without his presence, his laughter, his jabby one liners. It’s rare for him to miss a party, let alone one this big and festive, and there’s a harsh pull in your chest, because you feel responsible for his absence. Maybe you being here made him uncomfortable, so he opted to stay back. 
“Hey, Bear.”
Elliot is suddenly at your side, beaming and using your inside-joke nickname (you debate the semantics of why Paddington's marmalade sandwiches don't seem to mold once), after finding yourself staring at another indent on the wall. Your eyes glance at your watch, frowning at the time passed.
Have you really been sitting and sulking and thinking about Rafe for that long?
“How’d your coding sesh go?”
You shake the sulking demeanor away and take a large sip of your drink. “I’m just happy it’s over.”
“Couldn’t have been that bad?”
You wince. It could’ve, and it was. Throughout the entirety of it, your thoughts kept lingering back to a certain someone. 
“Ah,” Elliot says, waving it off nonchalantly after you don't respond. “T’s all bullshit, anyway. Besides, it couldn’t have been worse than my statistics final. I think I left three questions blank.”
You quirk a brow. “Didn’t you say it was open note?”
Elliot simply shrugs, and you laugh, rolling your eyes at your friend. 
“I stand corrected, then.”
The two of you fall into easy conversation, Elliot being the friend you clicked with the best out of all of Rafe’s friends. He’s like the mayor, knowing everyone and being friends with everyone, making sure to chat with every single person who comes to his house even if he doesn’t know them. He’s a great guy to have in your corner, because despite being beloved by everyone, he’s especially protective and appreciative of his favorites. 
He makes time for you and Marianne despite the line of people out the door waiting to say hello to him. Elliot has his priorities set. For now. 
“So, what gives?”
The two of you sit on the stairs twenty minutes later, tucked away from the crowds but still immersed in the pounding bass and echoed laughter. Your backs rest on opposite walls, you sitting one step above him.
Partially, you came here in the first place to stand guard so randoms don’t walk upstairs (as that has happened once, where a guy in a frat down the street mistook this for his house and slept in Elliot's bed without anyone noticing him walk in). But the estrangement from the chaos is nice, and you rarely get to be with Elliot one on one without someone needing him for something, so you stay. 
Yet your conversation was going so well, lighthearted about something your other friend Sydney said to him the other day. But not anymore, as now he's looking to you expectantly for answers, answers you're not ready to give.
You frown. “What?”
Elliot gives you a pointed look. “Bear,” he deadpans as if it’s obvious, scoffing at your deflection.
All you can do is shrug, prompting him to say more.
“You go to Italy with my best friend for a week and neither of you are saying anything about it?” He throws his hand up. “What the hell happened?”
How much time does he have? Because there is a lot of ground to cover on the simplicity of what happened. What happened was you underestimated his best friend to the point where your real feelings clashed with your fake feelings and the concept of instigating something more made you experience symptoms of a heart attack.
Right. As if it’s easy.
So you settle for the safe response.
“Nothing…happened.”
“Yeah,” he snorts. “Try and convince me next time.”
You rolls your eyes and dismiss his comment by taking a sip of your drink. The tequila feels stronger than before, now that you have the partial liquid courage to spill the truth. 
To your knowledge, your friends don’t know about your arrangement, or at least you don't think they know. Sometimes you and Rafe wouldn’t be subtle with your lingering touches and glances at parties, sometimes disappearing together for about ten minutes and coming back as if nothing happened, sometimes your bickering banter would turn flirty with toothy grins and prolonged eye contact. 
It wouldn’t be the end of the world if they figured it out. But it’s not like it’s happening anymore. 
“Clearly something happened,” he sing-songs, taking a sip of his drink, almost instigating you. "You're sulking."
You're not falling for it. "Well, it already seems like you know."
He narrows his eyes. "I may know...some things." Then he adds quickly, "Why? What do you know?"
"Elliot."
"Bear. We can play this game all night."
You let out a sigh so gutturally deep that it elongates the silence between you.
Based on the faux quizzical brow and the slightly knowing gleam in his eye, Rafe must've told Elliot the bare minimum of the story, probably eager to hear your side of the coin and play his favorite role: therapist. This wouldn't be the first time you've lamented to him about your problems, and vice versa.
But this is different. This is his best friend. Rafe and Elliot. Elliot and Rafe. Conjoined at the hip since freshmen year when they were randomly assigned roommates. Under any circumstance, it feels wrong to essentially shit-talk that person's best friend, regardless if you need to get it off your chest or not.
You can't. Not right now.
So instead, you opt for a simple shake of your head, wordlessly pleading for him to drop it.
For a moment, Elliot secedes begrudgingly, but also with understanding. The two of you sit in your manual silence, quietly sipping your drinks and letting the attempt to story-tell sit idly in the air. Frankly, you'd love to get his input, but you already know what he'll say to you, what he'll suggest you do.
And right now, you're not sure you can stomach the thought of running back into Rafe's arms, not when you're absolutely sure he wants nothing to do with you anymore.
After a moment of silence, he bites. “He told me about you two.”
Your heart skips.
Well, that confirms your earlier suspicions.
He continues quietly, more direct. “Before you went on the trip. How you’d see each other sometimes.”
Sometimes doesn’t even cut it. There’d be times you'd see each other everyday, other times you'd go a week or two with nothing. It felt like everything and nothing all at once. 
You look down at your friend, unable to find words. 
But Elliot’s always been chatty, always knows how to fill a silence. “I don’t want to know…everything,” he grimaces at the insinuation. “But I just want you two to be alright. You’re both stubborn as fuck and your miscommunication tendencies drive me insane, but you guys will figure it out. Whatever it is.”
Your mouth reacts before your mind. “Doesn’t matter what it was. I fucked it up.”
“I doubt that.”
“I do,” you say softly, dejected. “All I do is push people away.”
Elliot shrugs. “Well, that might be true. But some people need a shove.”
You snort unattractively. “What? Like you and Sydney?”
The blush that rises to his face makes him nudge you with his knee, turning away as a sheepish grin rises on his lips.
“Stop trying to change the subject. I’m charging by the hour, so get it all out now.”
You find it in yourself to chuckle, “Shut up.”
But it quickly simmers into silence, a raw ache settling in your throat at the verity of it all. There's nothing to fix, nothing to heal, minimal things to mend. Well, if anyone's good at a pep talk, it would be Elliot, and frankly the tequila feels hot in your chest, hot enough for you to talk about it only for a little bit.
Playing with the loose hem on your shirt, you avoid his awaiting eyes, heart heavy with the burden of the last few weeks. It feels like it hasn't been light in forever, hasn't been full or bright. Whenever it gets soft enough, flashes of events that happened under the Sicilian sun come to your mind at the simplest reminders: the color lilac, any mentions of red wine, whiffs of cologne that smell like his.
Sometimes when you see the same shade of blue as his eyes, it makes your heart skip.
You blink away the image of Rafe in your mind.
“It wouldn’t have worked between us anyway. He’s already seeing new people and I can’t–”
“Woah,” Elliot sits up and looks up at you in disbelief. “Where’d you hear that?”
You frown at his sudden seriousness. “Uh, I heard him Monday night with a girl in his room. Not to mention he was letting this girl at the wedding cop a feel–”
“You mean Yara?”
The name makes your heart sink. 
Last week’s mishap flashes in your mind, and the thought of Elliot knowing makes your skin crawl.
Rafe really told Elliot about her? About it all? The image of them together in the closet burns fresh in your memory, and you hate the way your skin feels like it's on fire at the reminder.
Not trusting your words, you nod, both confused and hurt. 
But instead of confirming your worst fears and indulging the horrors of your conscience, Elliot simply scoffs with a chuckle and slaps a hand to his forehead, almost in disbelief and frustration at the same time, throwing his head back and staring at the ceiling. 
“My god, Bear,” he all but laughs in your face. “You’re a fucking idiot.”
Your face runs hot. “Excuse me?”
“You heard me."
Normally, you'd tell someone off if they blatantly called you an idiot, especially right to your face. But this is Elliot— who rarely ever bullshits anything and always speaks from the truth of his heart, no matter how brutal it may be. You know that he knows something you don't.
When you don't respond, he snorts again. "You’re an idiot. You really think he’s bumming around with other girls?”
The question makes your jaw slack. 
“Uh, yeah?”
Elliot’s mocking laugh only pisses you off further. 
You slap his leg. “What the fuck are you laughing at?”
It takes him a moment to come down, for his voice to return back to normal, and he even has the audacity to wipe a tear away from the corner of his eye, taking a long, calculated sip from his beer to prolong your impatience. 
A hand raises to slap him again and he quickly stops messing around. “Elliot.”
Elliot shakes his head again in disbelief and lets out a long breath. “Alright, alright, easy.”
“Tell me.”
“You’re awfully bossy for someone who was literally sulking two minutes ago.”
You raise a hand to slap his leg again, and Elliot wheezes a laugh.
“I yield,” he jests. “I can confirm the Monday girl was Adriana, she’s a good friend of mine. She’s in his photography class and was dropping off his prints he left in lecture by accident. I know because we talked about it literally yesterday. Apparently, she’s in the same dorm as you guys.”
You reel. Photography class? Prints? 
“A lesbian, by the way,” Elliot adds pointedly. 
You hate how considerably lighter your shoulders feel, but mask the relief with a scowl. “Whatever. He still was shacking up with Yara.”
Elliot rolls his eyes so hard you can see the whites of his eyes as his lashes flutter from the intensity of it. “He was looking for you.”
You freeze, but shake it off. 
Her hand on his tie, eyes peering up to him. His hand ghosting over her bicep as if about to touch her. The mere centimeters between their bodies.
Swallowing the image, you frown with a flicker of irritation. “They were in a closet together, so he wasn’t doing a very good job.”
“No, he wasn’t,” he admits gently. “But in his defense, she told him she knew where you were. Apparently he was desperate to follow.”
Your heart skips at the thought of Rafe running around trying to find you after rejecting his proposition. Perhaps if things went differently - as in, you didn't go into that bathroom and instead went somewhere where he could find you - you can't help but wonder what he would've said to you. If he would've apologized for alarming you, or telling you it was a prank, or whatever else he might've done.
But that's a fairytale. It isn't what happened.
"You didn't see them," you say quietly before you can take it back, hating how jealous it makes you seem. "They were-
“He pulled away the moment he could think straight. Said it felt wrong.”
That makes your chest pull. 
“What felt wrong?” You whisper brokenly. 
Elliot shrugs, as if he’s not saying the most heartwrenching antidote. “She wasn’t you.”
I want you.
The words echo in your head, the same words that have been playing on repeat on the back burner of your mind, words that have plagued you because you thought them to be deceitful. They only make your chest ache at the reminder of what happened right after, hearing the words while seeing the image of the two of them together in that closet. The two separate images contradicted each other so heavily, only made the sting of it all worse. 
Only you.
But now it’s different, hearing the side of his story from his closest friend makes all of the pain fade away.
Why would Rafe lie to his best friend?
“For Rafe, it’s different with you,” Elliot says, quieter but firm. “Before he told me you were fucking, he found ways to talk about you, like, all the time. Obviously it didn’t take long for me to put two and two together, but I figured I’d wait for him to tell me.” Then he grins up at you. “Believe me when I say all the time. It was actually infuriating. He even found a way to bring you up during Fortnite, once.”
You manage a ragged laugh. 
Because the anecdote nearly kills you.
You think back to all that time spent silently pining over him, waiting to express your blatant admiration for him until you were both under cotton sheets and able to indulge in vulnerability without any alarm bells ringing. You remember all of the parties you went to and spent a considerable amount of time stealing glances of him across the room, hoping your selfish looks weren’t too obvious. You think about all that time you spent thinking he’d never feel the same about you, about anyone, ever.
“But,” Elliot adds cautiously, more seriously, “we both know how he feels about you. So all that’s left is how you feel.”
Oh, how you want to punch him.
Leave it to Elliot to worm his way into the conversation to gradually get to the real juicy details. He does this: loosens you up, gets you laughing, then hits the million dollar question that, really, is unavoidable. He’s good. 
“I can’t,” is all you say. 
Obviously, Elliot doesn’t allow that. “You can’t what?”
There’s a million answers to that question. “I can’t be who he wants.”
“And what does he want?”
I want you.
You groan. 
Only you. 
There’s no way you can put that into words. “I’m not the kind of person people date, Elliot. I don’t turn heads or make jaws drop. I’m the person you fuck when you’re a little drunk and bored, that’s all. I can’t do more than that. That's all I know.”
“Well, I would argue not,” Elliot responds. “Dating doesn’t exist on this cookie-cutter template, which is what you’re making it out to seem like. Sure, chemistry in bed obviously helps, which you have, yuck–”
You roll your eyes.
“—but it coexists in everything else.” He takes a sip of his drink, calculating his next words. “Rafe told me you guys went on a date.”
Your cheeks flush at the memory, how nice it was, how easy the conversation felt despite dipping into personal territory, how handsome he looked in the moon and candle light, how perfect he was later in bed. It makes you flush.
You cover it with a cough.
“It was for show. It was my birthday and he wanted to impress my nonna.”
“Was your nonna there too?”
Words die in your throat. 
“Well, no–”
“So?” Elliot looks like he’s seconds away from crashing out. “What gives? You’ve been on dates, you hang out all the time–”
“—With other people—”
“Sure, but you’re still in the same room. You bicker like an old married couple and always have to play together in pong. You guys are friends... who like to fuck. Dating is all of that.” Elliot then smacks his lips. “Well, plus the exclusiveness. But everyone basically knows, anyway.”
You hate how easy he makes it sound, as if the days and weeks of doubt meant nothing.
Although as much as you want to keep arguing, keep defending your case, you're getting tired. Your heart fucking aches.
All you can think about when you go to bed nowadays is how much you miss being in his arms, miss his sweet praises and how his hands roam all over your body, practically owning it at this point. The singularity, the possessiveness, it makes you both ache and quiver, the feelings pushing and pulling like a phantom ache in your heart. 
“No one has ever wanted me like this.” Your voice wavers. “It scares the shit out of me.”
Elliot frowns. “If you felt nothing for him, it wouldn’t scare you.”
You straighten your posture. 
The urge to detach yourself from the situation is strong, but the compulsion to run to him is stronger now that you know the truth, the real truth, and can only hope that his offer still stands, can only hope that a meek apology will be enough for him to come out of his radio silent hole. 
Elliot senses your brain clicking its gears into place, a suppressed smile failing to be subtle. "You getting it now?"
You look to him, brows furrowed and eyes glossed with worry. "How can he even forgive me? I-I- He was nothing but nice to me and I..."
Trailing off, your heart pounds as your mind races. The whole trip, Rafe was more than accommodating to fit the role you needed him to fill, even going above and beyond to make sure you had what you needed in times where you were rendered speechless. He bought you a plethora of beautiful things that he absolutely didn't need to do. He checked in on you when you shut down and tried to shield you from the horror that is your family.
I want you.
And you pushed him away. You told him that you didn't feel the same, that you could never feel the same, hoping that would be enough to deter him. But, no, he came back time and time again, and helped you when you needed it the most. He didn't need to. He didn't have to. But he did.
Only you.
"I'm sure if you just talk to him," he says slowly, as if he's on the verge of crashing out, "everything will make sense."
“Is he coming tonight?” You try really hard not to sound desperate, heart pounding.
But Elliot sees right through you, grinning and shaking his head. “He’s in his room. I think he’s the only one on campus with an exam tomorrow morning.”
It doesn’t matter. He could be in another state and frankly you think you'd still find a way to see him. 
“Go.” 
Panic rises like bile in your throat. “But what if he doesn’t–”
“He does,” Elliot reassures gently. Then, he nods towards the door. “Go.”
That green light is more than convincing, rising to your feet on wobbly legs as you clumsily step over his body, barely hearing Elliot’s whoops behind you over the sound of your bass-thumping heart beat.
You have no plan. No onset motion of what you’re going to say to him besides an apology. No guarantee that he still feels the same way or would even want you anymore. No idea how the interaction will go.
But, for once, the excitement outweighs the fear. And for you, that’s more than enough reason to listen to your gut, to go get him.
Without hesitation, a glance to your friends, or your jacket, you race out of his house and into the cold.
Ready to make it right.
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notes next chapter is the last one LMFAO sorry for the blue balls.
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skzstarl0ver · 2 months ago
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˜”°•.˜”°• Rivals with benefits •°”˜.•°
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Lee know x reader / enemies to lovers / secret relationship / smut / emotional confession
**involves!!** cursing, tension, sex, praise kink, rough/soft dynamic, emotional tension, dirty talk
enjoy xx (open for request)
★.•☆•.★★.•☆•.★¸.•☆•.¸★ skzstarl0ver ★⡀.•☆•.★⡀.•☆•.★¸.•☆•.¸★
You and Lee Minho are like oil and fire.
Not water and fire—because water tries to calm. You? You burn.
From the second you joined the dance crew, it’s been war. If you nail a move, he pushes harder. If he shines in rehearsal, you double your effort. You challenge each other, mock each other, drive each other insane.
And yet… you’ve never looked away.
Especially not when he’s sweaty in rehearsal, shirt clinging to his body, lip caught in his teeth as he watches himself in the mirror with that impossible focus. Or when his voice dips low, sharp and smug, when he says something to rile you up.
You hate him.
You want him.
Which is why the first time it happens, it feels like a dam breaking.
It’s after practice. You’re both the last ones there. You argue. You get in each other’s space.
And then you’re kissing.
No—biting.
No—devouring.
He pins you to the wall like he’s waited months to do it.
You should stop. You don’t.
It becomes a thing.
You don’t talk about it. You don’t plan it.
It just happens—whenever you’re alone, and angry, and can’t stand how badly you want each other.
Your friends think you still hate each other. And during the day? You do. Or at least, that’s what you tell yourself.
But then there’s night.
And the way he looks at you like you’re his only focus.
The way he touches you like it’s more than release—like it’s a need.
His apartment. 11:47PM.
You shouldn’t be here. You said you wouldn’t come. But your body knows the code to his door.
You barely get two words out before he has you pressed against the wall, mouth hot on your neck.
“You couldn’t stay away,” he whispers, lips brushing your ear. “Missed me?”
“Shut up.”
He smirks. “Make me.”
You crash your mouth against his.
His hands are everywhere—hips, thighs, waist, under your hoodie. He picks you up like you weigh nothing and carries you to the couch.
He drops you onto the cushions, kneels between your thighs, and yanks off your shorts in one smooth motion. You gasp as the cool air hits your skin—then moan when his mouth follows immediately after.
“Minho—” your voice is already breathy.
“Keep saying my name like that,” he growls against your skin, licking a slow stripe over your inner thigh.
He slides two fingers through your folds, glancing up with that cocky, devastating smirk. “Dripping. Already?”
You hate how much power he has over you. You love how he uses it.
His mouth is hot, tongue skillful, fingers curling just right as he devours you like he’s starving.
Your head falls back. “Fuck—don’t stop—”
“Oh, I’m not going anywhere,” he says, voice muffled between your thighs.
You’re close embarrassingly fast. He knows it. Keeps the pace steady, relentless, until your hips jerk and you gasp his name like a confession.
And he doesn’t stop.
He keeps going until you’re shaking, overstimulated, tugging his hair with a breathless “Minho, please—”
He pulls back, mouth wet, pupils blown.
“Take your shirt off,” he says, voice low and dangerous.
You obey.
He strips, revealing skin and muscle and everything you try not to fantasize about when he’s pissing you off during practice.
He climbs on top of you, lining himself up, but pauses—just enough to look into your eyes.
“You want this?” he murmurs.
You nod.
He doesn’t move.
“I need to hear it.”
“I want you,” you breathe. “I always fucking want you.”
His lips crash into yours again, and he thrusts in, slow and deep, making your back arch and your fingers dig into his shoulders.
You cling to him, gasping, every stroke sending sparks through your whole body.
It’s rough, but not careless. Every snap of his hips is measured, deliberate, like he knows your body better than you do.
“You drive me insane,” he whispers, lips brushing yours. “But I can’t stop. Can’t stop thinking about you. Touching you. Wanting you.”
Your heart stutters.
He’s close. You are too. And when you come again, it hits harder than it ever has—your name breaking from his lips as he follows seconds after, collapsing on top of you with a shuddering breath.
You’re still sprawled across his couch, blanket barely covering you, Minho's arm draped over your waist, chest still rising fast against your back. The room is warm, filled with the scent of sex and sweat and something dangerously close to tenderness.
You’re about to speak—say something sarcastic, maybe ask if he has water—when there’s a sudden buzz at the door.
Minho groans softly, pressing his face into your neck. “Ignore it.”
But the buzz comes again.
And again.
You sit up. “It could be important.”
Minho grumbles but pulls on sweatpants and stalks to the door.
The second it opens—
“Y/N?!”
Your heart drops.
Your best friend, Jisoo, is standing in the hallway, holding the iced coffee you forgot you asked her to drop off earlier. She was supposed to leave it at the door.
Instead, she’s staring past Minho’s shoulder—right at you, wrapped in a blanket on his couch, flushed, messy, very much freshly wrecked.
Her eyes go wide.
You look at her.
She looks at you.
Then Minho.
Then back to you.
You swear time stops.
“I—uh—I forgot I gave her your address once,” you say quickly, voice cracking.
Jisoo slowly blinks. “You’re sleeping with Minho?”
Minho leans casually on the doorframe, smug and shirtless. “Sleeping with? Baby, be honest—we haven’t slept a single time.”
You throw a pillow at his head. “MINHO—”
Jisoo gasps. “Oh my god, I walked into a fucking fanfic.”
You panic. “It’s not serious, okay?! It’s just sex—”
Your voice is louder than you mean for it to be. Defensive. Sharp. Like you’re trying to cut through the heat still lingering in your skin.
Jisoo just blinks at you, wide-eyed in the hallway.
Behind you, Minho's expression shifts—something flickering behind his usual cool exterior.
He steps forward.
His voice, when he speaks, isn’t teasing. Isn’t smug.
It’s quiet. Certain.
“No, it’s not.”
You freeze.
The words hit you harder than they should.
“What?” you ask, even though you heard him.
Minho looks at you—really looks. No smirk, no bite, no mask. His face is open in a way you’ve never seen.
“I said it’s not just sex,” he repeats, more firmly this time. “At least not for me.”
Your heart stutters.
He glances at Jisoo—who, to her credit, is now pretending to look very interested in the floor tiles—and then back at you.
“I know we’ve been playing this game like it doesn’t mean anything,” he says, voice low. “But it does. To me.”
You open your mouth, then close it again.
He takes a step closer, like he’s afraid you might run.
“I care about you,” he says, softer now. “And I’m not gonna pretend I don’t just because someone else found out.”
You want to say something snarky. You want to laugh it off. You want to not feel this.
But the look in his eyes?
It guts you.
You feel Jisoo slowly back away, awkwardly muttering something about “text me later” before she disappears down the hallway, giving you space.
Minho doesn’t look away.
“I didn’t plan for this to happen,” he says, voice barely above a whisper. “I thought… maybe if I kept it casual, I could control it. Control how I felt about you.”
His gaze drops to the floor for a beat. Then back to you.
“But I can’t.”
You’re still holding your shirt in your hands. Still standing in his living room in the aftermath of what was supposed to be just another night.
And suddenly, it doesn’t feel casual at all.
_
You leave his apartment with your jacket half-zipped, heart pounding like it’s chasing something you’re still running from.
You didn’t say anything.
Couldn’t.
Not when he looked at you like that. Like he meant it. Like he was done hiding and wanted you to do the same.
You don’t text him.
You don’t sleep.
Instead, you sit on your bed, staring at the ceiling, haunted by his voice in your head.
“I care about you. And I’m not gonna pretend I don’t.”
And damn it, you feel it too.
You felt it in the way he touched you like you were something fragile under all the fire. You saw it in the way he looked at you after you came undone in his hands—like you weren’t just a body, but something he wanted to hold after.
You're not scared of sex.
You're scared of this.
Of how real it suddenly is.
But when your phone buzzes with one single message—
“If you come back, I’ll say it again. As many times as you need.”
—you’re out the door before you can change your mind.
You knock once.
He opens the door instantly—like he’d been waiting just behind it.
You don’t say anything. Neither does he.
Then you're moving—you drop your bag, step into him, crash your mouth to his.
This kiss is different.
It’s not angry. Not desperate.
It’s slow. Deep. Like you're tasting every inch of what you almost lost.
His hands come up to your face, thumbs brushing your jaw like you’re something delicate. Like he’s afraid you’ll disappear.
When he pulls back just slightly, your noses still touching, he whispers: “I missed you. Every day I didn’t have you—I missed you.”
Your eyes burn.
You lean into his touch, whispering back, “I was scared.”
“I know,” he murmurs, pressing a kiss to your forehead. “I was too.”
You look up at him, voice barely audible. “Do you still want me?”
His answer is immediate.
“I never stopped.”
He takes your hand, leads you to the bedroom—not like last time.
Not rushed. Not rough.
He strips you slowly, eyes roaming over every inch like he’s trying to memorize you.
“Lie back,” he whispers.
You do.
He hovers over you, kissing you everywhere but your mouth—throat, collarbone, stomach—each kiss a word he doesn’t say out loud.
His hands move softly over your body, teasing but not taunting. Reverent.
When his lips finally reach where you ache for him most, he doesn't rush. He takes his time.
Licks. Sucks. Worships.
You gasp his name like a prayer.
“That's it,” he whispers, fingers curling inside you perfectly. “Let me take care of you.”
You’re already trembling when he slides up your body, eyes searching yours.
“Tell me you want me.”
You pull him in, kiss him hard. “I want you.”
He enters you slowly this time—deep, smooth, like he’s trying to fit the words he can’t say into every stroke.
And it’s different now.
You feel everything.
Every roll of his hips. Every gasp. Every whispered name. It’s not about fucking anymore—it’s about being close. Being seen.
“You feel so good,” he groans into your neck. “Always do.”
You cling to him, nails digging into his back. “Minho…”
“Say it again.”
“Minho.”
He picks up the pace just a little, making you whimper.
“I’m yours,” you whisper, voice breaking. “I’ve been yours.”
That’s what undoes him.
He groans deep in his chest and moves faster, chasing your high as you spiral with him—both of you coming undone, this time not just with bodies but with hearts bared and burning.
After
You’re tangled together in his sheets, breath finally steadying.
He’s tracing patterns on your back, your head resting on his chest.
You look up at him. “You still care about me?”
He smirks, brushing your hair away. “I just made love to you for an hour. What do you think?”
You smile.
Then you kiss him again—slow, sweet, and soft.
No rivalry.
Just you and him.
Finally real.
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nerdygirlramblings · 4 months ago
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totally not at all inspired by a real life snowboarding injury, I present poly!141 x injured!reader
cw: hurt/comfort, accents attempted
You're sat in the hospital bed doing your best not to cry. You hold the tears at bay not because you're fine. Not because you're proud. Not because of the shock running through your system. No, you try hard not to cry because you don't know how your boyfriends will react if you're in tears when they show up.
The spill was the most ridiculous accident, comical in its cartoonish nature: ice on the steps. You were rushing to catch The Tube, desperate not to be late. You knew if any of your men were home, they would have chided your footwear. The pink heels were absolutely impractical, but they matched your pearl grey dress so perfectly. On a normal day, you would have worn something sensible and simply brought the cute shoes to wear around the office.
But today was not a normal day. Today was your anniversary, and you had lovely dinner plans with your men scheduled. You wouldn't be able to come home after work, so you needed to look perfect all day.
You were almost home free when the last step ruined everything. Your foot slid, your bag fell, and you put your hands out to stop your forward momentum. So many bad ideas all in a row.
You felt something pop, heard a snap, and knew immediately you were very injured. Pain radiated all the way up your arm, leaving fire in its wake. Signals weren't making their way from your brain to your hand; it flapped, unresponsive, in your lap.
Thankfully your neighbor, Mrs. Gillen, was on the curb, and while she couldn't help you when you fell, she called 999 for you. She asked if your men were upstairs, and when you shook your head, she called John. You knew she had everyone's number, but as she'd learned, a call to John usually got everyone.
As they loaded you into the ambulance, you heard Mrs. Gillen ask an EMT where they were taking you, only to relay that information into her mobile.
So now you wait in A&E, arm in a sling, hooked up to an IV of fluids and pain meds, to see just how bad things are. You hear your men before you see them, John's voice low, demanding information on you. You don't hear a response, but John's growled response means he didn't get what he wanted.
Next you hear Johnny, frantically shouting your name as A&E techs try to shush him for the benefit of other patients and their families. A nurse comes in, unease in his eyes, and says there are several people asking for you. He tells you they have a code they can call if you're not safe, if the people looking for you need to be directed elsewhere or handled by the authorities.
You roll your eyes and assure the nurse it's okay. You pass him your phone, open to a picture of the five of you on holiday in Majorca last summer. "They're mine," you tell him ruefully. "Best let them back if it isn't against protocol, otherwise you'll be dealing with a big ruckus."
He eyes you hesitantly, despite the evidence on your phone. "Really," you say. "We're together. They'll be harmless if they can see me."
He steps into the hall and you watch him talk with a doctor and a man in a security uniform. They all come in and you have to explain your unconventional relationship, all the while listening to Johnny's shouts grow more panicked and Simon's rumble join John's. The only one you don't hear is Kyle, but you sure it's because he's restraining Johnny, who would be running through the halls pulling open doors if he could.
Finally the nurse, doctor, and security guard leave. Within moments the door bangs open so hard it strains the hinges. The hall light is blocked by a mass in the door, breathing heavily.
"Hi, Simon," you say sheepishly. He steps into the room, strides eating up the distance to where you are. You watch his aborted attempt to hug you. You raise your uninjured arm and he quickly shuffles into the space, pressing his face to your hair and breathing deeply.
"Oh, darling," you hear John sigh, "what happened?"
You feel your face heat and won't meet his eye. His gaze tracks from your injury down your dress to your legs. And those pink heels. You see the realization hit. "Please tell me you did not leave the flat in those shoes." His voice is muffled by the hand he's dragged over his face.
"I wanted to look perfect for tonight," you reply. "And now I've ruined it all," you sniffle.
"Och, hen," comes Johnny's voice. "Ye didnae ruin anything," he coos, coming over, elbowing Simon out of the way to press kisses to your hair and cheek. "We were so worried when Mrs. Gillen called. We jus' wan' ye safe. Yer already perfect." He kisses you again and again.
"Ya mind if we wait with ya, love?" Kyle asks, sitting in the chair next to the bed.
You were nervous about being in A&E alone, scared of what damage you did to yourself. "I wouldn't want you anywhere else," you tell him.
They boys take up various positions around the room, Simon looming behind you, eyes crossed, watching the door; John in the chair near the door, looking at your chart; and Johnny on the bed with you, your uninjured hand in his.
When the attending finally comes in, she pulls up short at how full the room now is. She looks at your men, then at you, and says, "Do you want this medical information shared, or shall we ask everyone to wait outside?"
Suddenly the room feels smaller, the air stuffier. You know it isn't harder to breathe, but your men are expansive, and the idea they might not be welcome as the doctor tells you the extent of your injuries is too much.
"No, doctor," you say, trying to head off a confrontation. "They're with me. And it's best they hear whatever this is from you." You look at John and add, "I'm sure they'll have questions."
The doctor holds your eye for a long moment, and you see the moment she decides to trust you. She comes to the end of the bed and holds her tablet out, waiting for John and Kyle to come around and join Simon behind you.
She brings up the first scan of your forearm and you see it before she says anything, the glaring black line across the solid white bones. Combined fracture of the radius and ulna. She brings up a second scan of your shoulder where the injury is less obvious. There's no bone break, but the doctor points out where you tore the ligaments in your glenohumeral joint.
The more she talks the more the words blend together. You hear surgery. Physical therapy. Weeks of recovery. John's voice joins the doctor's. Then Simon's.
You tune them out, worrying about what this means for your job, for taking care of the house when your men are on deployment, for the burden this puts on the others.
You feel a warm weight on your thigh and glance down to see Johnny's hand, thumb rubbing soothingly back and forth. The sharp line of his jaw digs into your uninjured shoulder enough to get your attention. You turn your head to glance at him. He leans forward, breath warm against your cheek as he whispers, "Stop thinkin' so hard. Takin' care a ye isnae hardship. Hell, it's gunna mean ye cannae tell us tae stop."
You frown and whisper back, "I'm not supposed to be a burden," mouth twisted into a frown.
He scoffs. "Ah dare ye tae tell LT or the Cap'n yer a burden."
A throat clears, and you look away from Johnny. The doctor looks resolute; John's eyes are full of pity. They both seem to wait for your reaction, but to what? You were spiraling until Johnny drew you back to them, but what had John and the doctor said to make them look at you like that?
Your eyes dart between them, mouth opening and closing in your best imitation of a fish until the doctor saves you further embarrassment. "We can't do anything more today. The bones in your arm can't be set until the swelling goes down, so we can only put you in a temporary splint until a real cast goes on in about a week. And I don't want to schedule the surgery until the bone is in a cast, and preferably not until it's healed, but I need more imaging on the ligament to determine how quickly it needs surgery. I'm going to have to send you home with pain medication only. You're going to need quite a bit of help for a while."
At first, the most you manage is a small, "Oh." You clear your throat and try again. "Thank you, doctor. Er, when should I schedule the imaging for? And how should I do that? Oh, and where do I go for the actual cast?"
The doctor sighs and looks at John first before the others. "I gave your, er, friend all the contact information for the orthopedist and imaging specialists. He said they'd make sure you have your appointments set. I also gave him your script for pain medication to help you manage these first few days."
You thank the doctor again as your boys escort you home. You hold the tears at bay on the drive home, waiting quietly in the car when Kyle takes your prescription into the chemist. You make it up the stairs in Simon's arms, cradled against his chest like a fragile bird. It isn't until you're back in your flat that the tears come.
A torrent of pain snakes down your arm, stealing the breath from your lungs when you try to shrug your jacket off. Simon is only a step behind you, and he lunges forward, hands under you as you crumple, sobbing, to the floor.
A pair of warm, calloused hands gently cup your face. You can't see through the tears, but you smell sunshine when Kyle shushes you, telling you they're there.
"I don't want to be a burden," you cry between sobs. Your lungs are beginning to burn, everything throbbing in time to the ache in your arm. "Now I've messed everything up!"
You're picked up, gently, from the front hall. The smell of gunmetal tells you it's Simon. His soft steps thud along the floor. There're too many steps for you to be heading for the den, you think. The realization strikes that you must be going to the bedroom. The arms holding you deposit you in front of them on the bed.
Your hair is maneuvered over your uninjured shoulder and you hear the rasp of the zipper as it slowly descends. Simon carefully manipulates your good arm out of its sleeve while Johnny kneels to take your cute shoes off. Then Kyle and Simon work together to carefully, cautiously shift and support your arm to get your other sleeve off. You have a momentary flash - I'm glad A&E didn't cut my dress - before it's overwhelmed by the agony of getting your other sleeve down.
By the time the top of your dress has been slipped off, you're practically panting, teeth clenched tight to prevent the scream from clawing its way up your throat. The boys get you the rest of the way undressed and into your pajamas.
You look around and notice John isn't in the room. You look behind you to Simon, the one most likely to give you a straight answer, but when you ask about John, he pretends not to know him at all!
John walks in a moment later with some flowers you recognize from the vase in the kitchen. "I know you're disappointed, dove. We all are, but not because we think we're missing out if you're not there." John gets down onto one knee. "This isn't what we talked about. This isn't where we wan'ed to do it." He pulls a ring box out. "Was gonna do this at dinner, but I think you need ta remember, dove, you're our world."
You blink back more tears as Simon's voice vibrates your ribcage. His voice rumbles, " Wan' ya to be ours fully."
You look at Kyle and see the giant grin splitting his face.
You don't have to look to see Johnny's sitting, energy practically vibrating off him in waves, waiting as patiently as a kid on Christmas morning.
Your eyes land on John again, still kneeling. Silly man, putting himself through hurt for you. "Marry us, dove?"
Despite the unfounded hopelessness seeping into your bones. Despite the self-pity drowning you under waves of all you haven't done yet. Despite the agony rippling through your arm to the rest of you. Despite all that, you're answering before he fully finishes his question.
"Yes!"
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you can imagine whichever Reed you want ;)
reed richards x assistant!fem!reader
you're reed richards’ long-suffering lab assistant. brilliant in your own right, you handle everything from data entry to inter-dimensional rift control. you’ve been nursing a hopeless crush on him for months. the man can design a quantum field stabilizer in his sleep, but he’s absolutely blind to the way you touch his shoulder a beat too long or always bring him his favorite coffee without asking. how could someone so brilliant be so stupid when it came to people?
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The lab was quiet, except for the soft scribble of pen on paper and the low, constant hum of equipment Reed swore was essential, even if it sounded like white noise to everyone else. You sat perched at your workstation, chin resting in your palm, eyes drifting from your screen to the man pacing ten feet away—muttering under his breath, brow furrowed, fingers twitching.
You’d seen that look a hundred times.
It meant he was close to a breakthrough.
It also meant you could scream I want you in morse code and he wouldn’t register it.
You sighed, clicking your pen against your notebook. He didn’t glance up. Not even when you shifted in your seat and stretched in a way that was definitely for his benefit.
Ten months.
That’s how long you’d worked beside him—helping with calculations, organizing lab notes, fending off media inquiries, even stopping one of his machines from literally catching fire last Tuesday. You’d poured yourself into this job. You knew his schedule better than he did. You brought him his coffee the exact way he liked it. You wear that plum lipstick because he’d once said it was a “pleasing wavelength” for visual stimulation.
He hadn’t looked twice.
You weren’t just harboring a crush at this point. No, this had evolved into something much more volatile—an emotional chemical reaction waiting for a catalyst.
And Reed? Reed was… oblivious.
Gorgeous, brilliant, maddeningly unbothered Reed Richards. With his rolled-up sleeves and distracted glances, the way he chewed on pens when deep in thought, the offhand compliments he gave without realizing they were compliments—“Your spatial reasoning is exceptional,” he’d said once, looking at your notes. You’d practically melted.
Now he stood a few feet away, talking to himself like always. You watched the way his hands gestured mid-air, sketching invisible shapes.
“Frustrated with the equations?” you asked, keeping your tone light.
“No, no. Just… considering variable Y’s response under quantum fluctuation,” he murmured, barely registering your voice. “Though I suppose an extra set of eyes wouldn’t hurt.”
He handed you the clipboard and your fingers brushed. He didn’t even flinch. Your heart did.
You took it wordlessly, biting the inside of your cheek. How could someone so brilliant be so stupid when it came to people?
Maybe that was unfair. Reed wasn’t cruel, or cold. He was kind in his own absent-minded way. But he had tunnel vision—for science, for discovery. He didn’t notice the things that didn’t present themselves in a neat, testable format.
Like how you lingered in his orbit.
Or how your eyes followed him when he wasn't looking.
Or how sometimes, after long days, you fantasized about climbing into his lap right in that damn desk chair and making him pay attention.
Your pen scratched against the clipboard now, pretending to read the data while you watched him from the corner of your eye. He was back to pacing, lips moving silently. His sleeves were pushed up again, exposing strong forearms, veins prominent, hands twitching like he needed to do something with them.
God, you were losing it.
You placed the clipboard down. “You ever think maybe the problem isn’t quantum fluctuation, Reed? Maybe it’s just human error.”
He blinked and turned. “Are you suggesting I made a mistake?”
“I’m saying maybe if you took your head out of the wormhole generator long enough to eat or sleep or…” You paused. Look at me.
“…notice things, you’d think clearer.”
He looked like he might ask what “things” you meant. But instead, he turned back to his calculations, nodding. “Duly noted.”
You stared at his back, silent for a moment. And that’s when the thought struck you: He’s never going to see it unless you make him.
He would go the rest of his life chasing black holes and entropy and would never realize the way you burned for him—not unless you showed him.
Your pulse skipped.
Your patience is snapping.
You were going to be an anomaly he couldn’t ignore.
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It was a new day, but nothing had changed.
Reed was still buried in data, half-dressed in a rumpled button-down he probably hadn’t noticed had two buttons mismatched. His hair was slightly damp, like he'd showered ten minutes before walking into the lab and immediately got lost in thought again. You stood at your usual station, sipping lukewarm coffee and pretending not to glance over at him every thirty seconds.
You weren’t pretending very well.
This was your fourth twelve-hour day this week, and you’d long since passed the phase where your crush felt cute. It was heavier now—dense, loaded with tension you had nowhere to put. Not when he kept looking right through you, offering praise only when it was tied to data points or completed tasks.
Today, he barely looked up when you walked in, just said, “Morning,” like you were air and math and all the other constants in his life.
You sat your coffee down a little too hard.
“Sleep okay?” you asked, typing with one hand as you glanced toward him. His back was to you as he scribbled across the whiteboard.
“Didn’t,” he replied casually. “The formula’s been looping in my head since 2 a.m.”
Of course it had.
You nodded to yourself, refocusing on your notes—but your brain wasn't on line graphs. It was on how his voice sounded deeper in the mornings. Rough. Scraped thin. It was on how he'd rolled his sleeves again, unconsciously, like he was giving you just enough to fantasize about but never enough to touch. It was on how he’d leaned over your shoulder the day before, close enough to make you forget your own name, then pulled away without even noticing how stiffly you sat for five minutes after.
You were starting to feel stupid.
Or worse—transparent.
You tugged at the edge of your shirt, adjusting it subtly, then pushed your chair back.
“Reed,” you said after a moment, tone careful.
He glanced up.
You hesitated. You could say it. “Do you ever think about me when we’re not in this lab?” Or even just “Do you notice when I’m trying to get your attention?” But all that left your mouth was:
“…Do you want lunch?”
He blinked. “No, thanks.”
You smiled tightly and nodded. “Okay.”
A long beat passed before he added, “You should eat, though. Your concentration dips if you skip meals.”
That nearly made you laugh. He didn’t notice your new lipstick or the way you leaned closer when talking, but he noticed a dip in your concentration?
“Noted,” you muttered, turning away. Your heart was starting to feel like an overworked computer—on the verge of burnout.
Still, you stayed.
He asked you to help calibrate a device and you did, even though his hands grazed yours and he didn’t seem to feel it. You reorganized his notes for the hundredth time and he said, “I’d lose my head without you.” Your stomach flipped, and you cursed yourself for letting it.
Eventually, the day wore on. The lights buzzed overhead. He worked in silence. And you sat across from him, eyes on your computer screen but brain nowhere near it.
You weren’t going to say anything today. You weren’t ready. But you were closer.
You were watching him more intentionally now. Watching how he moved. Noticing when he forgot to eat, when his jaw clenched at a miscalculation, when he sighed like the weight of the universe had settled into his spine.
And more importantly… you were starting to plan.
Because if Reed Richards wasn’t going to notice you on his own, maybe it was time you made it impossible for him not to.
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You started small.
A hand on his shoulder when you passed behind him—just a light touch, fingers lingering a little longer than necessary. A compliment you slid in while reviewing his data aloud. Your tone didn’t change, but your eyes watched his face this time, looking for any flicker of reaction.
Still, nothing overt.
But you were a scientist too, in your own way. You knew not all reactions happened in the open.
So you adjusted variables.
Today, you wore something just a touch more fitted under your lab coat. Nothing flashy. Just subtle. Intentional. Your lips were glossed in a soft cherry sheen and you had your hair tucked behind one ear, leaving your neck bare when you leaned over your notes.
You didn’t say much when you came in. Just a soft, “Morning, Reed,” as you brushed past him to your desk. He looked up. Briefly. His eyes caught on your profile, then flicked back to his screen. But there was… a beat. Just long enough to file away.
You smirked, barely.
He worked for hours, absorbed as usual. But today, you noticed something.
His eyes flicked to you more than once.
Quick glances. Measured. Like he was calculating a change in the room’s atmosphere. Like he felt something different but hadn’t yet assigned it meaning.
When he handed you a tablet to review notes, your fingers touched—warm, steady. This time, he paused.
Just for a second.
Not long enough to be certain of anything. But long enough to make your heart thud against your ribs.
You gave him a slow smile. “Thanks.”
He blinked and muttered, “Of course,” then turned away like he needed to recalibrate.
You kept working. Quiet. Focused.
But later—when you reached for a beaker on the shelf above his head—he stood behind you, offering, “Let me.”
You turned, close enough that your chest brushed his arm as you stepped aside.
He stilled.
You looked up at him, wide-eyed, like it wasn’t completely on purpose. “Thanks.”
His gaze flicked down. A flicker of something behind those eyes. He handed you the beaker wordlessly, but his jaw was set. Not tight. Just… aware.
There it is.
It wasn’t much. A subtle shift in the lab’s atmosphere. But it was enough to keep your spine humming, your thoughts racing.
You’d pushed the threshold.
And Reed felt it.
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It happened again.
Reed forgot what he was saying mid-sentence. You were across the room, head bent over your tablet, pencil in your mouth, lab coat slipping slightly off your shoulder. His sentence just… stopped. Hung in the air unfinished.
And for once, he noticed you noticing.
You looked up slowly, eyebrows raised like well?
“I—” he cleared his throat, adjusting his collar. “Never mind.”
You bit back a smile.
Another day in the lab. Another carefully applied variable. You weren’t loud about it. Just present. Vivid. A little perfume on your wrist. Lip gloss again. A comment here and there, perfectly timed to stick in his head.
“Careful,” you murmured when he bumped into the desk beside you. Your voice was soft. A little amused. “You almost ran me over.”
He looked down at you, flustered. “Sorry. I didn’t see you there.”
Liar.
You knew he had near-total environmental awareness. Reed Richards didn’t miss anything. But lately, he missed a lot—because he was looking at you and then pretending he hadn’t.
You kept it casual. Calculated.
You’d brush past him with a hand on his back, stand just a little too close while looking at the same screen, ask questions in that tone you saved for only him.
He was unraveling slowly. Quietly.
You caught him watching once—when you walked away to grab a coffee. His gaze dropped to your hips and stayed for three full seconds before jerking back to the screen like he'd been slapped.
You pretended not to see. But your grin behind your coffee cup was downright smug.
Later that day, he dropped a tool and you crouched down to grab it first. When you stood and handed it back to him, your fingers touched. He held on a little too long.
You tilted your head, teasing. “Forget what you needed it for?”
He blinked down at your joined hands and pulled back sharply. “No. Sorry. I—”
He coughed. “I’m distracted.”
You didn’t say anything.
You didn’t need to.
By now, you knew the exact cadence of his footsteps when he was deep in thought. The slow, uneven rhythm that meant he was pacing without realizing it, caught in his own mental spiral.
You could hear them behind you now—soft thuds on the concrete floor of the lab. Reed Richards, brilliant, infuriating man, walking through formulas with half his shirt untucked and his fingers twitching at his sides. His muttering was barely audible over the hum of the machines, but you caught bits of it:
“Non-linear increase… No, that’s not right. Unless…”
You didn’t look up. Not yet.
Instead, you sat at your workstation, half-focused on the screen in front of you, legs crossed slowly under the table—exposed just enough to draw the eye if someone were finally looking.
And he was.
Reed had been distracted for days now. You saw it in the way his gaze lingered when you bent forward to check wiring. The way his voice wavered slightly when you spoke too close to his ear. The way he’d started pausing in his work like something had thrown off the trajectory of his thought process—and that something was you.
It was working.
He still hadn’t named the tension, but it was eating at him.
So today, you’d decided: no more hints. No more tests.
You were going to prove it to him in a way he couldn’t ignore.
You stood slowly, walked to the central console where he was now bent over a string of data projections, brows furrowed. He didn’t notice you at first—not until you placed a hand lightly on the edge of the table next to his.
His voice faltered. “The waveform collapse pattern could still—”
You leaned in just enough that your shoulder brushed his. “Still what?”
He straightened slightly, blinking at the screen like it had betrayed him.
Your voice was quieter this time. “You’ve been off lately, Reed.”
He turned his head, barely. “Off?”
You tilted your head. “Distracted.”
He opened his mouth, closed it. “I’ve had a lot on my mind.”
You hummed. “I know. But I’m starting to think the problem isn’t in your equations.”
That got his attention. His eyes flicked to yours, guarded. “What do you mean?”
You let the silence hang for a moment. Then:
“I think the thing disrupting your work… is me.”
Reed went still. His lips parted slightly, but no words came out. He was computing. Processing. Trying to refute it. But his body betrayed him—his hand clenched on the table, his gaze briefly darting to your mouth before jerking away.
“I’m not—” he started. “You’re not a disruption.”
You smiled softly. “Then why do you keep looking at me like you’re afraid of what happens if you do it too long?”
He looked stunned. Then—guilty.
You took a breath, slow and steady. This was it.
“I’ve tried everything,” you said. “The lipstick. The touching. Standing so close you could feel my breath.” You leaned in, lower now, voice like silk. “And still, nothing.”
Reed was frozen in place.
“I think,” you continued, “that you’re just waiting for someone to spell it out.”
You stepped back, slowly, and hopped up onto the edge of the table in front of him—knees parted, one leg brushing his thigh. You leaned back on your hands, tilting your head like a challenge.
“Well, Reed?” you asked softly. “Do you need a demonstration?”
His pupils were blown wide. His breath caught. And his hands—god, his hands—hovered like he didn’t know where to touch first.
“You…” he said hoarsely. “You’re serious.”
You nodded, lips curled into a smile. “You want to calculate the pattern? Fine. Let’s start with some field data.”
You reached forward and took his hand—placed it firmly on your thigh.
He made a strangled sound. His fingers flexed. “This is… highly inadvisable.”
“Why?” you whispered, leaning forward so your lips nearly brushed his. “Because you’ve thought about it?”
His jaw clenched. “Yes.”
Your breath hitched.
“Every day this week,” he rasped, voice low now, broken open. “I’ve tried to ignore it. Tried to focus. But I’m… I’m failing. Every time you walk by me. Every time you touch me. I—” He shook his head. “I can’t think when you’re near.”
You dragged his hand a little higher, slow, teasing. “Good. Don’t think.”
And that’s when Reed snapped.
He surged forward, kissing you hard, like he’d been starving for air and only just found it. His hands were everywhere—gripping your waist, sliding up your sides, tugging your lab coat open like it was a barrier to understanding.
You moaned against his mouth, arms around his shoulders, legs parting instinctively as he stepped between them. He kissed like a man undone—like every theory he’d ever held was shattering under your touch.
“You have no idea,” he breathed against your neck. “How long I’ve been holding back.”
“Show me,” you whispered. “All of it.”
He groaned, low and guttural, and then his hands turned curious. Focused. Scientific. One settled at your throat, not squeezing, just holding—fingers spread like he was feeling your pulse, measuring your response. The other slid under your skirt, over the curve of your thigh, then—
“Oh,” you gasped, spine arching.
“I need to know,” he murmured, almost to himself, “what makes you tremble like that.”
Another touch. Another gasp. “That’s a reaction. Fascinating…”
“Reed—”
“I’m cataloging,” he said, voice filthy and analytical. “You’re the most compelling data set I’ve ever encountered.”
And then his fingers stretched.
Not just in confidence. Literally.
You whimpered as two elongated fingers traced up your inner thigh while another hand—normal-sized—cupped your breast through your shirt, thumb teasing slowly. The other hand remained at your throat, grounding you, steadying you.
He was everywhere.
“Can you feel what you’re doing to me?” he whispered, pressing forward until you felt the thick, hard line of his cock against your core through layers of fabric. “You’ve disrupted every model. You’ve introduced chaos.”
You pulled him closer, panting. “Then let it consume you.”
“Consider this your field test,” he whispered against your lips.
And then he kissed you like he was sealing a pact—hands spanning your body, holding you like something he’d discovered and didn’t intend to release. His mouth was hot and searching, lips sliding down your jaw, teeth grazing your neck. You gasped, clutching his shirt, and that one sound made him groan hard, hips bucking against you without thinking.
“You make that noise again,” he muttered, “and I swear I’ll never let you leave this table.”
You did.
Just to see.
A breathy, needy gasp as he licked a slow stripe up your throat—and his hands tightened on your thighs, dragging you closer to the edge of the table until your hips tilted forward and your clothed core was flush against the bulge straining in his pants.
He cursed under his breath, forehead pressed to yours. “You have no idea what you’re doing to me.”
“Then study me,” you whispered, breath hitching. “Make sense of it.”
He did.
God, he did.
He dropped to his knees between your legs, hands spreading your thighs open as he looked up at you like you were divine—something to worship, something to break open and understand. His fingers pushed your skirt higher, until it was bunched around your hips. When he reached your panties, he paused.
“Wet already,” he murmured, almost to himself. “Stimuli, minimal. Response, immediate.”
You shivered.
Then—he pressed a kiss right to the center of the damp fabric. Slow. Gentle. Reverent.
Your hips jolted, and he smiled.
He peeled your underwear down your legs, lips brushing your inner thigh as he murmured, “I’ve never wanted anything this badly.”
Then he finally—finally—tasted you.
His tongue was hot and slow, dragging a firm, wet stripe from your entrance to your clit. You cried out, and he groaned like he could feel it in his bones.
And then the muttering started.
Low. Incoherent. So Reed.
“God—taste is sharper than expected… pressure response is increasing…” His tongue flicked faster, and your head fell back. “Sensitivity peak here—yes, that’s it, I knew it—”
“Reed,” you gasped, fingers burying in his hair. “You’re talking—”
“I’m studying,” he said against your clit, tongue relentlessly. “Don’t interrupt the process.”
You moaned.
He grinned. “Good girl.”
That made your whole body jolt.
Reed caught it instantly. “Huh. New variable: verbal praise. Noted.”
His tongue circled tighter, and then—another hand slid up your torso, not the one braced on your thigh. It was soft, gentle, and a little too synchronized.
You looked down.
Another finger. Stretching from the hand holding your hip. Long and curved and perfect.
“Multi-point stimulation,” he murmured between licks. “Let’s test your threshold.”
You whimpered as his tongue lapped at your clit while that second hand slipped beneath your shirt, under your bra, pinching your nipple softly. Another elongated finger curled between your legs, circling your entrance, teasing—but never pushing in.
“I need to see you come apart,” he said. “I need to feel it.”
And then he did it all at once.
Tongue flicking. Finger pressing deep inside you, curling like he knew. Fuck, was that another?—spanning your lower back to hold you down as you arched off the table.
“Oh my god—Reed—”
“Give it to me,” he whispered. “Let me feel what I’ve done to you.”
You shattered.
Your orgasm hit like a burst of static—crackling down your spine, clenching around his fingers, your legs trembling on either side of his head.
You cried out his name, again and again, and he ate it up, moaning like it was his reward.
When you came back to yourself, he was standing again—his hands all back where they belonged, his mouth slick and shining. He looked wrecked.
And then—his belt hit the floor.
“You think I’m done?” he rasped. “You think I’d stop at one data point?”
He pulled you forward—off the table, into his arms—and turned you around until your back hit the cool surface. His cock, thick and flushed, pressed against your slick entrance.
“I’m going to learn you,” he said, voice low, dangerous. “Every reaction. Every tremble. Every time you scream my name—I’ll know why.”
And then he pushed in.
All the way.
Slow and deep and perfect.
You sobbed into his shoulder as he bottomed out, his hips flush against yours, cock twitching inside you like even he was shocked how good it felt.
His breath hitched. “Oh… oh, fuck. You’re…”
He couldn’t even finish the sentence.
He started to move.
Slow strokes at first—grinding in, pulling out halfway, pushing deeper again. His hands explored every inch of you—mouth on your neck, chest, shoulder. He whispered your name like it was a formula. He muttered observations even as he fucked you harder.
“You clench when I say your name—tight around me, just like that—fuck—”
“Your back arches when I hit here—god, you’re perfect—”
“You feel like you want me to lose control—so I will.”
And he did.
He lost it.
His pace stuttered, then snapped—hips slamming into you with brutal precision, every thrust angle to hit that perfect spot. You clung to him, moaning shamelessly, barely coherent as he fucked you like he’d been waiting years.
You came again—harder this time—and he groaned so loud it echoed in the lab.
“Gonna come inside you,” he warned, wild-eyed. “You want it?”
“Yes, yes, Reed, please—”
He slammed deep and stilled, cock pulsing as he filled you, one last ragged cry falling from his lips as he buried his face in your neck.
You held him as he trembled through it, panting, hands tangled in your hair.
It took a full minute before either of you spoke.
Then, voice hoarse, he whispered:
“…I think I need to run a full repeat trial.”
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After.
The lab was quiet, heavy with the scent of sweat and sex. You were still sprawled across the console table, legs shaking, chest heaving. Reed leaned over you, both hands braced on either side of your hips. His head was bowed, forehead pressed to your shoulder, breath hot against your skin.
Neither of you moved.
Finally, he let out a shaky laugh.
“...I think I blacked out for a second.”
You let out a breathless huff. “Welcome back.”
He looked up. His hair was a mess—curling wildly at the edges, gray hairs damp with sweat. His eyes were wide and stunned and so soft, like he couldn’t believe you were real.
And then he leaned in again, slower this time, and kissed you like he meant it.
Not a theory. Not a test. Just feeling.
When he pulled back, he looked at the mess between your thighs and the growing stickiness on his abs. When did his shirt come off? His brows pulled together, equal parts concern and fascination.
“I, uh—there’s a shower down the hall. Private. It's not… state-of-the-art, but…” He trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’d like to take care of you.”
You nodded, still dazed. “Okay.”
He helped you up with this heartbreaking gentleness, hands steady at your waist like you might vanish if he let go too fast. He gathered your clothes in silence, cradled your hand in his, and led you barefoot down the corridor to a sealed side room.
The lab shower was built for function—stark white tiles, a metal bench, one glass wall—but it felt almost sacred now. Reed adjusted the water temp with clinical precision before motioning for you to step in first.
Then he joined you.
And just… looked at you.
Not with lust, not yet. With wonder.
His hands were slow as he lathered soap across your shoulders, over your back, down your arms. He was quiet now, like something had settled deep in him. His thumbs traced gentle circles into your hips, his forehead brushing yours beneath the spray.
“I didn’t mean for that to happen today,” he said quietly. “Not like that.”
You met his eyes, searching. “You regret it?”
“No,” he said instantly. Then, softer: “I regret how long I ignored it.”
You swallowed.
He washed your thighs carefully, then cupped between them—not to tease, just to clean you, slow and reverent. You bit your lip and let him.
He kissed your forehead, your jaw, the corner of your mouth.
Then you reached for him.
His cock was half-hard again—because of course it was—and when you wrapped your hand around him, his eyes fluttered. He leaned back against the wall, mouth parted, not stopping you.
“I want to try again,” he breathed. “When we’re not losing our minds.”
You smiled. “You want another trial?”
His head tipped back against the tile, a low groan leaving his chest. “God, yes. Multiple. Longitudinal.”
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dividers by @cyberbeat @cursed-carmine 🏷️ @zevrra @bleed-4-bey @littlemillersbaby @millersdoll @pandapetals @kellielovesmovies @rafeysgirl5 @dearstcupid @ivuravix @worhols @hoeforsirius @axshadows @aj0elap0l0gist @ladyshrike
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the-bar-sinister · 16 days ago
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Warning! Unit is hard coded to reduce functionality of unused systems. This includes core processes!
To ensure the maximum functionality and longevity of the unit, we recommend running certain core processes daily as part of routine maintenance. 
These functions are recommended for use:
Eating
Sleeping
Walking
Speaking
Additional functions which benefit from daily use:
Standing/sitting
Lifting
Reaching
Additionally, many functions are installed at a low level in base systems and require daily use to increase rage of operations, including:
Art
Dialogue
Reading
Puzzle solving
Cooking
Warning! Sleep mode functionality is an essential core process! 
Sleep Mode is used to ensure and maintain internal file structure and consistency and cannot be delayed indefinitely.
Delaying sleep mode will result in reduced system performance, with continued system degradation as a result of longer periods without utilizing sleep mode. Unit will enter sleep mode involuntarily after system degradation reaches internal limits. If sleep mode is manually denied, the unit system will become permanently inoperable. 
A note on cleaning:
Unit requires consistent cleaning scheduled at the convenience of the operator. Bleach and other harsh chemicals are not recommended and may damage the unit. Special care is recommended for the hair, nails and teeth of the unit.
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whitlovealways8 · 11 months ago
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Astrology Observations Pt 8.
Combination Placements Edition
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I know most people like to say "x" behavior is such a "y" sign trait. However, from my observation y=x is usually more true if "z" sign placement is also present too.
Cancer placements are real "charmers" especially if they have gemini placements. Its giving player on the low.
Combination of Sagittarius with Aquarius/Capricorn placmeents, gives heavy my word is law and I know it all vibes.
Scorpio & libra placements... are very discreet with their life.
Aquarius and virgo esp in big 3, very selfish [dettached] energies. They care about their own benefit first.
Capricorn and Sag placements are players. Yes, capricorns are more seen as the type to settle down but if Sag is involved, heavy flirts.
Capricorn and gemini placements are go getters. The capricorn placements give boss energy and the intellect, research and good communication skills sets them apart. Great placement combination for entreprenuers.
Leo & gemini placements give me catty vibes. Like they are the type of be messy to keep the spotlight on them.
Pisces with gemini placementd are like chameleons. Great at code switching and can have lots of acquaintances. People like to be around them.
Aries & taurus combo, hella stubborn. Thats all I gotta say.
Virgos with pisces placements is so interesting to me. On one hand virgos tend to be out for their own interest but on the other hand they tend up attract people who are also out for their own interest. In an unevolved way, what they do to the people they do not want, is done right back to them by the people they actually want.
Virgo and libra placements are well dressed.
Taurus and libra placements well dressed, but very laidback. They embody the empress energy of just wanting to receive.
Cancer & pisces placements so talented and creative. Drawn to the arts.
Leo and scorpio placements, wanted to hide but still being seen lol
Aquarius and scorpio placements.... I feel creates a healthy balance. Not too emotional.. not too dettached.
Gemini,virgo and capricorn placements does pay attention to their eating habits. Like even if they have a big cheat meal or two... they tend to reel it in back pretty quickly.
Thank you for reading <3 twitter @whitlovealways8
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flutteragency · 11 months ago
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FlutterFlow: The Right Platform to Embark Your Startup Journey
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In the cut-throat competitive landscape of businesses, time to market, technology used, and profits generated are the cornerstones of defining success. The capability to implement advanced technology to innovate your business application and execute it successfully gives you a competitive edge. Traditional app development, with its daunting coding requirements and long timelines, often poses challenges for startups with an extended time to market. 
Enters, low-code platforms that offer a simple solution to accelerate development without compromising on development quality. One of such platforms gaining popularity is, FlutterFlow. 
Let’s explore why FlutterFlow is loved by so many startups and what it brings to the table. Before we get into the nitty-gritty of FlutterFlow, let’s dig in a little deeper to understand low-code development.
What Is Low Code Development?
Low code development refers to software development environments that let developers build applications through graphical user interfaces rather than traditional codes. The platforms reduce the amount of manual coding, which results in faster development lifecycles and easier iterations.
Benefits Of Low-Code Platforms 
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Rapid development and deployment speed. 
Resource management with smaller development teams. 
Better solutions with less coding needs 
Easy to use by non-technical users, making it easier for them to contribute to the app development process. 
Much easier to make changes and updates.
Thus with the ease and accessibility to even non-technical users, Low Code development is helping startups create professional applications on a budget. Some of the popular low-code platforms are Appian, Creatio, Outsystems, FlutterFlow, etc.
FlutterFlow gets a lead over others as it is taking low code development to new heights. Let’s now explore what makes FlutterFlow a perfect platform for your startup.
What is FlutterFlow? 
FlutterFlow is built on Google’s Flutter framework, designed for developing cross-platform applications for Android, iOS, and the web. It offers a visual design interface, allowing users to plan app layouts effortlessly through simple drag-and-drop capability. FlutterFlow helps real-time collaboration, making it best for teams working together on a development project. 
With an easy-to-use interface, no technical skills, and a strong framework to back it, FlutterFlow has been gaining popularity since it was conceived. Whether you are a startup or a small-scale business, if you want to create a mobile application that resonates with your audience, then, choose the FlutterFlow platform and let things flow.
Why FlutterFlow Is Perfect for Startups?
FlutterFlow is taking low code development to new heights by offering a visual development environment where users can build the solutions they want without compromising on app feature quality.
FlutterFlow basically incorporates and promotes best practices for software development. The platform streamlines complex IDE tasks into an intuitive UI, making developer interactions easier. To use the platform one needs basic training, thus even non-developers get into the basics of core app development concepts.
FlutterFlow entered the market with a vision to go from low code development to visual development. Here’s how the team is planning to achieve their goals:
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App Architecture: The codes generated using FlutterFlow meet the standards set by Flutter and Dart. They abide by the standard app market, thus helping users with a credible app development solution.
Testing and Debugging: The developers can simply test and debug the applications by running, testing, and resolving issues. This allows startups to enter the market with a flawless and highly rewarding application.
Collaboration: With modular development, smart version controls, and comprehensive access management, users can collaborate easily for better results.  
User Experience: With an easy-to-explore interface, edit on clicks, ensure consistency, incorporate AI where possible, and users can switch between code and GUI.
FlutterFlow offers startups an environment where they can cross-operate, collaborate, and discuss their problems. The platform is conceived to make development easier, more convenient, and accessible for non-tech people also, who can easily make their contribution to the web now!
Some of the other advantages of the platform are:
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1. Quick Development With No Errors
The cheat code to making the best of your business is, to enter the market ASAP. 
One of the most significant benefits of FlutterFlow is the speed at which the projects may develop. The platform’s visual interface and pre-built elements allow for speedy prototyping and development. Startups can fast-build minimum viable products (MVPs) to check thoughts in the marketplace without making a heavy investment in development sources.
Thus, you can create a product faster, take it to the market, and get feedback easily. We understand not every product works well on the first go, but with FlutterFlow you get the ease of making iterations and offering your audience a solution they’d appreciate.
2. Cost-Effectiveness
Most startups run on budget constraints. FlutterFlow helps reduce investing in large teams of seasoned developers. The platform’s drag-and-drop capability and pre-built templates lessen the quantity of custom code required, which translates to lower support and maintenance fees. A developer with lesser experience and understanding of the development languages can also, easily create an app here making it easier for you to invest your funds in other business verticals too.
3. Cross-Platform Development
FlutterFlow’s foundation lies at the Flutter framework which guarantees that applications are cross-platform by default. Thus by picking FlutterFlow startups can create and deploy applications to iOS, Android, and net platforms simultaneously. This cross-platform functionality is crucial for startups looking to maximize their target audience and digital presence without incurring the expenses and complexities of keeping separate codebases for specific platforms.
4. Ease Of Use
FlutterFlow is designed to be user-friendly, making it accessible to both skilled app developers and those with limited coding exposure. This democratization of app development means that non-technical founders and team members can contribute to the development procedure. FlutterFlow also gives tremendous documentation and tutorials, further decreasing the barrier to entry​. 
Because it is easy to use, the startup founders can make changes to the product as they want.
5. Scalability And Flexibility
Despite being a low-code platform, FlutterFlow gives massive flexibility. Users can add custom code to increase the functionality of their programs, making sure that they are now not confined with the aid of the platform’s built-in features. FlutterFlow additionally integrates seamlessly with backend services like Firebase and Supabase, bearing in mind robust and scalable backend solutions.
6. Community And Support
Being part of the Flutter ecosystem, FlutterFlow advantages from an active and supportive community. This network affords a wealth of assets, tutorials, and discussions that could assist startups conquer challenges and make the most of the platform. Additionally, FlutterFlow is continually evolving, with new capabilities and improvements being brought often based on user comments.
New users can always connect with the community for any assistance and customization thus creating a growth-oriented and learning ecosystem.
These are some of the most popular reasons why FlutterFlow is one of the most prominent low-code platforms for startups. So, if you are aiming to start your entrepreneurial journey and aren’t sure how to start without investing much in development, FlutterFlow is your trusted development partner.
Addressing Common Concerns of Using FlutterFlow
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FlutterFlow may offer a great advantage for startups and businesses, but it does come with some limitations. Let’s explore the common concerns when working on the platform.
Customization Limits
The most common and often-faced concern with low-code platforms is the potential difficulty of customization. However, FlutterFlow mitigates this with the aid of custom code integration. This ensures that whilst you can enjoy the speed and efficiency of low-code development, you still have the flexibility to put into effect custom functions as wanted​.
Scalability
Another concern is scalability. FlutterFlow is designed to handle significant user load and great data volumes through its integration with a powerful backend. Startups can hopefully scale their packages as their customer base expands, knowing that the platform is designed and developed to meet their business needs.
Startups with a limited user base can use the capabilities of FlutterFlow for future preparedness.
Learning Curve
While FlutterFlow is user-friendly, there can still be a strong learning curve, specifically for those new to app development. However, the considerable assets available, together with documentation, tutorials, and network help, assist mitigate this challenge. 
Startups can always seek assistance from other development agencies experienced in FlutterFlow to boost learning and make sure first-class practices are followed​. With little time and dedication, one can excel in their skills and implement them to build innovative products for the future.
Conclusion
FlutterFlow represents a tremendous advancement in the realm of low-code development systems, particularly for startups. Its combination of speed, value-effectiveness, ease of use, and flexibility makes it a super choice for early-stage businesses seeking to deliver their thoughts to the marketplace. By leveraging FlutterFlow, startups can reduce development time and fees, build cross-platform applications, and remain agile in a competitive landscape.
For startups and small-scale organizations trying to maximize their assets and boost their development process, FlutterFlow offers a compelling solution that bridges the gap between rapid prototyping and strong, scalable app development. As the platform continues to evolve and improve, it’s far poised to end up a good extra effective device for startups aiming to innovate and be triumphant in the virtual age.
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felassan · 2 years ago
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Source: posted to Twitter just now by Jon Renish [link]
Transcript:
"Terminated BioWare Employees Sue for Better Severance On August 23 of this year, Edmonton video game studio BioWare ULC terminated 50 employees without cause. In most recent court cases of termination without cause, Alberta Courts have awarded at least one month of severance pay per year of service, with the full value of all benefits included; the severance that BioWare offered to these employees was significantly less than this amount. Several of those ex-employees attempted to negotiate with BioWare for adequate severance, but BioWare refused to increase its severance amounts. Seven employees, with an average of 14 years at BioWare, have refused to accept BioWare's low offers, and have filed a Statement of Claim with Alberta's Court of King's Bench, requesting fair severance pay and including a request for punitive damages for what they say is unreasonably poor treatment by BioWare. "In light of the numerous recent industry layoffs and the fact that BioWare's NDAs prevent us from showing any of our recent work on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in our portfolios, we are very concerned about the difficulty many of us will have finding work as the holiday season approaches," said one of the terminated employees, "While we remain supportive of the game we worked so hard on, and of our colleagues continuing that work, we are struggling to understand why BioWare is shortchanging us in this challenging time." R. Alex Kennedy, counsel for the seven employees, says that even in cases where BioWare has contracts that discuss termination, BioWare may have included illegal provisions: "There are many situations where employers include termination provisions that are not enforced by the Courts," he said, "and I think we see that in this case too. BioWare attempted to reduce its obligation to these employees well below what the courts typically award, including by eliminating benefits from its termination pay - that appears to be contrary to the Employment Standards Code." In Kennedy's opinion, these employees deserve generous severance pay: "These people are artists and creators who have worked very hard and for a very long time in a difficult industry, producing big profits for their employer. Their termination without cause en masse like this calls for a response. Employers here can terminate anyone at any time without cause, but with that right comes a responsibility to the people they put in that situation.""
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reiderwriter · 2 years ago
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✍️Introduction and Masterlist✍️
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About me: Hi! I'm Kacie, I'm 21, and I use she/her/any pronouns. I'm from the UK but I'm currently an English Teacher in South Korea (if you want to know more I'm totally open to conversations about it!) and this is my side blog, so I follow and respond to comments from @studykac
Writing: At this point in time. I only write for Spencer Reid. I will pass on any requests that focus on other characters because I don't currently write for them. A lot of my work is also NSFW. If you are under the age of 18, do NOT interact with any of my posts that are tagged #maturereiding - please block this tag!! When my requests are open you can request through the Ask box, or through DMs, but please keep in mind I do have a full time job, so I will do my best to get things out quickly. You can find my recommendations in the tag #reiderrecommends!
Other interests: kpop, especially Seventeen, SHINee, NCT and BTS, Criminal Minds (obv), NCIS, reading any genre of books (here's a link for my GoodReads page), Percy Jackson, languages (learning Korean currently!), English Literature, Jane Austen etc.
Requests are: CLOSED - find my request guidelines here!
Writing:
Spencer Reid x Reader NSFW
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Everyone Looks Better in a Sundress // 3.8k
Summary: The AC at the BAU decides to take a holiday during a summer heatwave, and when you decide the FBI’s dress code is merely a suggestion, you unwittingly catch Spencer’s eye.
Warnings: Dom!Spencer, sub!reader, semi-public sex, fingering, car sex, degradation, name-calling, edging, praise-kink, dumbification
Everyone Looks Better in a Sundress pt. 2 // 2.4K
Summary: After a hot encounter in your car, Spencer pulls you inside your apartment hoping to give you some more relief from the heat.
Warnings: Dom!Spencer, sub!Reader, soft Dom, oral (M receiving), pet names, degradation, face fucking, messy sex, creampie, breeding kink
Margaritas and Mistakes // Part 1 // Part 2
Summary: On a group night out, you get a little more drunk than you want to, and when Spencer shows up looking like the love of your life and not just your coworker, you realise that the margarita’s are having more of an effect than they should be.
Warnings: Suggestive language, dirty talk, heavy petting, hickeys, making out, mentions of arousal etc. (part one)
Show You What Devotion Is ❤️��🔥
Summary: After a lustful encounter on the jet, you and Spencer decide to try out a friends-with-benefits relationship. What you didn't expect was for his sex drive to be so high, and your need for him to overpower your ability to function properly.
Warnings: So many, check the post for details.
More Than Words 🫶 // 8k
Summary: After telling a white lie to your family about your relationship status, you're forced to ask your coworker Spencer to pretend to be your boyfriend for a weekend wedding.
Warnings: Mostly fluff, penetrative sex, creampie, mentions of Spencer's childhood.
The Us That Could've Been 💔 // 5.7k
Summary: They say to get over a man, you have to get under another. Spencer isn't sure why the idea of you doing just that makes him feel so bad.
Warnings: angst, unprotected sex, creampie, spoilers for season 8, mentions of Maeve, Spencer is emotionally illiterate etc.
Unhappy Holidays 👻🦃🎄🎆// 5k
Summary: You're unlucky enough to run into Spencer Reid at holiday celebrations four years in a row. In the New Year, you're resolving to rid him from your mind forever, but you never were one to stick to resolutions 👻🦃🎄🎆
Warnings: Enemies to lovers, low-key work rivals, semi-public sex, car sex, hate sex, fingering, thigh riding, creampie, unprotected sex (no condoms but contraceptive mentioned), slight spoilers for s4 of Criminal Minds (but not really).
Flirting with the FBI // 7.1k
Summary: To catch a killer, you have to first out him on the FBI's radar. By hacking their systems and flirting with Spencer Reid, of course.
Warnings: Rough sex, Dom Spencer, bimbofication, dacryphilia, unprotected sex, creampie, fingering, use of slut and good girl, more in the fic warnings.
Spencer Reid x Reader SFW
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The Lightbulb Moment // 4.8k
Summary: You want Spencer all to yourself for the first few months of your relationship and he's only too happy to comply. Unfortunately, you're two dumbasses who can't keep their hands off one another.
Just Hanging Out // 3k
Summary: To kick off your vacation, you find yourself at Rossi's mansion with your team for a big summer barbeque. A hammock in the garden catches your eye, and you enlist Reid to help you have some fun in the sun.
(Not smut but highly suggestive, read at your own discretion).
Isn't She Pretty, Daddy? // 2k
Summary: You're a teacher, and you have to call in one of your students' parents to talk about their recent troubling behaviour. It's more embarrassing than you thought when Spencer Reid shows up.
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That's What You Get // complete 💕
Summary: After three weeks on a case in Vegas and a particularly draining phone call from your mother, you decide to take Reid up on his offer to show you the sights of Las Vegas. When you wake up the next morning, you realise that one of the sights was a 24hour Wedding Parlor, and that you're now Mrs Reid.
Genres: Fluff, smut in later chapters, angst in later chapters, happy ending.
Playlist: Me and You in 2024
Summary: One song fic a week throughout 2024!
Genres: Various, check individual chapters for specific warnings!♡
Answered Requests
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(NSFW) Request inspired by Taylor Swift's False God 🙏// 2.2k
(NSFW) Request for a soft!Dom Spencer with cockwarming and breeding kink 💕 // 2k words
(NSFW) Request for Reader introducing vanilla!Spencer to a BDSM lifestyle ✨// 0.7k words
(SFW) Request for Reader kidnapped by unsub and saved by Spencer 💕 // 2.2k
(SFW) Request for pregnant Reader and Spencer who is an absolute fool for her 🌸 // 1.2k
(SFW) Request for shamelessly flirting with an oblivious Spencer 😊// 2k
(NSFW) Request for post-Maeve Spencer who uses sex as a coping mechanism 🫡//4.6k
(NSFW) Request for alt!sub!Reader meeting the team for the first time (and they totally think she's the Dom) 🤭// 1.5k
(NSFW) Request for CNC office sex with Spencer 🚫// 1k
(SFW) Request for Spencer finding out you knew Emily was alive 😿// 0.7k
(SFW) Request for training session with Spencer 🤼‍♀️// 1.8k
(SFW) Request for I Can See You inspired angst 🥺// 1.7k
(NSFW) Request for Spencer making the reader beg for it ❤️‍🔥// 1.6k
(NSFW) Request for CNC with soft!Dom Spencer - shower sex 💦// 1.3k
(NSFW) PROMPT REQUEST - Professor Reid doesn't know he's distracting the class 👓// 3k
(NSFW) Request for Sub!Spencer begging reader to dominate him 🫣// 1.7k
(NSFW) Request for Genophobic virgin!Reader ❤️‍🩹// 5k
(NSFW) Request for Professor Spencer with a jealous gf 🐺//2k
(SFW) Request for reader helping Spencer through recovery 🤕// 1k
(NSFW) Request for possessive Spencer reacting to your little black dress 💃// 2.5k
(NSFW) PROMPT REQUEST - Undercover with an "excited" Spencer 🕵‍♂️// 3.6k
(SFW) Request for playing video games with Spencer 🎮// 1k
(NSFW) PROMPT REQUEST - munch! Spencer is obsessed with you 👅// 2k
(SFW) Request for Spencer babying an oblivious reader 👶// 2k
(NSFW) PROMPT REQUEST - sharing a cold bed with Frenemy Spencer 🛌// 3.5k
(NSFW) Request for reader being distracted while Spencer is reading 📚// 1k
(NSFW) Request for Pillow fort sex with Spencer ⛺️// 2k
(NSFW) Request for car confession and oral with Spencer 🚗// 1.7k
(NSFW) Request for dancing the night away with Spencer 💃// 2.5k
(NSFW) Request for the morning after Spencer loses his V-Card 😶// 0.7k
(NSFW) Request for reader confessing to Spencer when he's in his anthrax shower 🚿// 0.7k
(NSFW) Request for Spencer finding readers unusual sensitive area 🤝// 3.5k
(NSFW) Request for Spencer and Hotch!Reader secret relationship 🤐// 6k
(SFW) Request for reader being jealous of Spencer and Lila 🤽‍♀️// 2.1k
(NSFW) Request for gun kink 🔫//3k
(SFW) Request for Shy! Spencer and Flirty!Reader 🫣 // 2.3k
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tinydefector · 9 months ago
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Starscream - Rut Cycle
Starscream x Human reader
Warnings: Smut, Porn, Giant/tiny, size difference, Mating cycles, Heat cycle, Oral, fingerings, penetration.
Word count: 2.7k
Wooooo finally got this piece done, I hope you all enjoy how snarky and pissy Starscream is but he's also not willing to ask anyone else for help with his issue.
Request are Open please read my pinned post for rules.
Masterlist and Rules
Rut cycle masterlist
Starscream Masterlist
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 Both factions tried their best to avoid each other as much as possible with the many cybertronians. But it's the little human from earlier which catches Starscream's attention. They are peacefully unaware of his burning gaze on them despite the sweet scent that came from their smaller frame, making him nearly snarl with want. Had it been any other time his optics wouldn't even flicker on their frame, but the cybertronian rut had him eager to find a way to let off charge and the organic responsible for igniting such foreign urges within his circuits during the meeting is what he has set his gaze upon.
According to his studies of indigenous species during past orbital observations, he knew rut pheromones held little effect on humans, but they had a constant scent which seemed to almost enhance. It stimulated his circuits, even had his processor strained to restrain. His joints clenched hotly fans blasting full force to try and cool his frame as  hot air blasted from his vents as he musings of folding those smaller limbs beneath his bulk. 
 It was a ridiculous notion, of course. Yet denying base coding risked compromising not only his system functions and level-headed trine, his trine were already on edge within these crowded quarters.
The mech released another steady exvent. Violence wasn't going to solve anything during their rut, as much as Starscream despised cooperation with the Autobots, this truce was meant to benefit all where interests aligned. The Red and blue seeker stalks behind the human waiting for the best opportunity to snatch them up. 
said human look up when they hear the loud steps echoing from behind them, eyes widening almost in horror as Starscream wraps a servo around them before whisking them off into one of the empty offices of the Ark. Their cry falls silent when Starscream shoots them a glare, wiggling in his hold, until they eventually give up.  
Starscream's engine rumbled ominously as his smouldering optics fell upon the lone organic within his grasp. According to his analysis, their frame is rather suited for  interfacing, yes it carried risk mainly to their much smaller frame but due to increasing heat building up in Starscream's system he lacked the time to care. He needed an outlet, and the sweet pheromones teased his nasal systems made a rumble emit from his cockpit. 
“Cease your writhing.” he Grumbles while dropping them on the desk in a corner. “Remain cooperative and no harm shall befall you,” his low voice assured. Optics scaling  down their body as he inspects and finds that they would do. 
They let out a yelp as they are dropped on the table, looking up at him, taking a moment to try and scurry away only for Starscream to grab their leg and drag them back. They shout in shock before their body is still just laying on the table looking up at him. "What screamer do you want? Screamer! " their voice is shaky before the anger seeps throught into their words as they glare up at the seeker. 
Starscream's optics glowed with sadistic amusement as they futilely struggled in his grip. This one had spirit, while limited by its primitive form, offered finer entertainment than most of its inferior kind. He had to admit their frame was rather to his liking, For a fleshling. 
Starscream doesn't even answer before his helm leans down very close to their frame, taking a deep intake of their scent, letting it filter through his systems, another deep rumble leaves him as his digits begin clawing at their clothing. 
They nearly squeal as he leans in closer. "Stop! I'll scream and every Autobot in the Ark will storm in here!" They stammer out, it makes Starscream pause for a moment. optics narrowing as the small creature issued its threat. drawing unnecessary confrontation while in Autobot territory wasn't something he needed less so when his coding was sending him into full rut. 
Removing his face from against their body, Starscream purred disdainfully, "Your posturing amuses me. But alerting your beloved autobot protectors benefits neither of us." His talons idly traced nonthreatening patterns as charged energy lingered in his field. 
Their jaw clenches as they glare up at him, heaving in breaths. "What, do you want Starscream?" They try to sound menacing but due to the size difference they look more like an angry petroabit. Starscream cycled several intakes of air, fans whirring as the organic's enticing pheromones teased his sensors.
Leaning in close once more, Starscream rumbled in a deceptively soft tone, "You know full well what I Need, you were in the meeting i doubt you weren't ears dropping " the two go silent just staring at each other before Starscream continued, "Remain still and silent, I need you frame to sate my needs. Struggle, however, and I make no promises of no injuries." 
They flail, trying to slap his plating, hissing at him. "Have you lost your mind, what makes you think I'd even let a fucking Con touch Me!, you'd likely squish me after!" They shout at him while trying to wiggle out of his hold. "TRACKS!, BLASTER!" They try yelling. 
Starscream snarled as they fruitlessly struggled in his grasp. "Cease your pointless writhing," he spat. While interfacing carried certain risks across their disparate biology, gentler care could satisfy both parties, he wasn't past trying to satisfy them if it meant he could stable his systems. Releasing a steady ventilation, Starscream stated, "Calm your little processor and listen. Perhaps we can find an arrangement... mutually satisfying."
 They go quiet as they lay there in Starscream's servos. Their heart pounding in their chest as they listen to the whirl and pulse from Starscream's frame. "What kind of Arrangement?" They ask, a slight stutter in their voice. Starscream cycled air slowly through his vents as his optics met the organic's gaze.
"One whereby both parties leave in a state of satisfaction, with dignity intact. I'd rather have a willing participant, as much as I dislike your kind I'd be caught dead before interfacing with an Autobot, you help me with my Issue, you leave satisfied and we never speak of this again" he rumbled softly, fans whining as his body shutters as heat pours through his lines, 
 “ Your pheromones are sending my systems haywire, I need release” he grumbles hating the fact that he had to resort to almost begging for a rut partner. They shutter lightly debating the offer. The whines, clangs and mechanism in his frame screech and grind against each other with need. "Fine, I'll help you with your issue" they grumble lightly. Nearly yelping when Starscream begins discarding their clothing. "Jesus! Desperate much!" They snap at him.
Starscream's optics roll as he ignores their grumbled words. Discarding the shredded garments with efficiency, Starscream purred down at its now-exposed form, his digits traced teasing patterns against sensitive flesh as primitive biological functions betrayed the organic's own rising arousal, he could basically taste them. 
 Starscream rumbled smugly, watching as they squirmed under him. A shiver runs through their body as Starscream traces a digit down their body, watching the way they shift under his touch, the goose bumps that prickle their skin. A soft whine leaves them as he moves further down their frame. "God you're so snobby and up yourself" the human huff in annoyance. 
"Your pathetic frame betrays your prudish words, flesh creature," Starscream sneered, tracing his claws around areas already blossoming with coloured lines. Leaning in until his ex-vents teased their naked body, Starscream purred silkily, "Cease your mewling protests." His own circuits buzzed with building need.  
The human shutter as Starscream's digits move down to their thighs, teasingly tracing against their sex, they let out a slight moan only to gasp as Starscream leans down and watches the way they squirm under his rather gentle touch. "prick" they huff. Starscream's crimson optics glinted with a mix of disdain and hunger as the human's teasing gestures. They go to make another snarky remark only to nearly squeal as his glossa presses against their skin, dipping down to press against their entrance. 
With a snarky smirk playing on his lips, Starscream leaned down, relishing the sight of the human squirming under his touch. "Prick, am I? Well, you're not exactly my ideal choice of company either," Starscream retorted, his voice dripping with sarcasm and a hint of arousal. A feral hunger surges through him as his glossa pressed into them,  slowly dragging along their walls. 
Their skin tastes sweet like the Energon wine with crystals he loved so much from before the war. It makes the mech groan out in delight and he pulls them flush against his intake, indulging their sweet taste. Small gasps and whimpers leave them, their protest falls silent as Starscream works them open on his glossa. Starscream's optics narrowed at the human's withering frame, a snarky smirk playing on his lips as he continued to indulge in their sweetness. He speaks against their thighs "Oh, the audacity of you. Don't act like you're not enjoying every astrosecond of this," Starscream retorted.
With a predatory gleam in his optics, Starscream worked them open on his glossa, relishing in the way they squirmed and gasped under his ministrations. Despite the human's initial protest, their body betrayed their true desires, succumbing to the intoxicating allure of the Decepticon's touch. The sweet sound of their moans has Starscream contemplating sharing them with his Trine once the rut cycle is over. hes rather sure that the other two would enjoy their tight body as much as he was. 
As the collection of moans fall from their lips, their hips arch up into his intake. They refuse to call out his name. Even as he presses his glossa deeper into them, a deep purr rumbling from his frame. A small whimper leaves them and it makes Starscream rather smug over the situation. With a haughty tilt of his helm, Starscream pressed his glossa deeper into them, relishing in the small whimper that escaped their lips. Their defiance only fueled his desire to dominate. 
A loud moan falls from their lips as they throw a hand over their mouth, but it was too late now, Starscream had heard the moan. Despite their feeble attempt to stifle their sounds of pleasure. "No need to be shy now,” he taunted, his voice dripping with arrogance and amusement.
"Shut up" they grumble. Everything about the human has his systems surged with old coding, a need to take and claim them. Starscream's optics flashed with a mix of irritation and amusement as the human grumbled and pushed him away, attempting to assert some form of control over the situation. "Oh, touchy, are we now?" he retorted, his tone snarky and laced with impatience.
His modesty panel slides away as his Spike pressurises. His movements became deliberate and calculated. Running a digit down their thigh, savouring the contrast between the cold steel of his touch and the warmth of their skin. The choked mew that escaped the human only fueled his desire further, a smirk playing on his lips as he slowly pressed his digit into their tight opening, relishing in the sensation.
 he picks up pace of his thrusting his digit into them, admiring the way their smaller body eagerly takes it. As the human's eyes fell closed in a mix of pleasure and surrender, Starscream's movements became more assertive and dominant. Each thrust was calculated to elicit a response, his actions a blend of pleasure and power. "You're enjoying this more than you'd like to admit, aren't you?" he taunted, his voice laced with snark and condescension.
The human's moans increased in intensity, a symphony of desire that only fueled Starscream's own satisfaction. As Starscream retracts his digits he makes himself comfortable between their thighs, enjoying the mess he had made of them so far. Despite their fight before they seemed much more manageable and cooperative now. A loud gasp escapes them as his spike lays against their skin. Horror and fear flashes before their eyes.
Starscream couldn't help but chuckle at the sight before him, the human's initial resistance now giving way to a more compliant state. A loud gasp escaped the human as his spike laid against their thigh, a playful glint in his optics as he leaned in closer. "Oh, what's the matter, little one? Scared of a spike?" he taunted, his voice dripping with mockery and condescension.
"That's not going to fit" they state breathlessly as he slowly grinds against them. A soft whine leaves them as Starscream slowly rocks against them. He enjoys every second of it, the sweet scent from the human, the way their body responds to him so eagerly despite how much of a fight they have put up.
"Oh, you underestimate me," he taunted, he dragged the tip of his spike down to their entrance, Starscream revealed in the anticipation and control of the moment. Starscream's voice dripped with smug satisfaction as a loud gasp escaped the human upon feeling him slowly pressing his spike into them. With a loud groan and the static of Cybertronian leaving him, he firmly grasped their hips, keeping them steady as he worked his spike inside them. A smirk played on his lips as he relished in the moment.
"What was that about not fitting?" Starscream's taunting words filled their tight body, Whimpers, whines and moans fell from their lips as Starscream began picking up pace, enjoying how tight they felt around his spike, he hadn't interfaced with anything like this. And he was starting to see the appeal of such a soft and plush body. 
"Such delightful little sounds," he murmured, his voice laced with a newfound appreciation for the human's form. His optics flicker down to watcha s his spike slides into their tight hole, enjoying the wait their body almost moulds around his spike, relishing in the tightness and the softness that enveloped him, savouring every moment. 
They cling to him with each thrust, a symphony of moans leaving them. He continued to move with purpose, Starscream relished in the sounds of their shared pleasure, his coding singing in delight as his Spike swells locking them in place as he hunches over them, digits digging into the metal table and he snarls loudly. 
Starscream's frame trembled as the human's fingers dug into his plating, sending a shudder up his struts that resonated through his core. The intensity of their touch, combined with the overwhelming pleasure of how tight they are around his spike pushed Starscream into a feral state, his instincts taking over. 
He ruts his spike deeper into their smaller body as he overloads and coats their insides in a vibrant hue of fluorescent pink that pours out of their smaller body onto the table around them. His optics flicker down to watch the fluid drip and leak from the human's smaller frame, his optics darkening with a primal hunger. The sight of the shimmering pink fluid only fueled his desire further, his fans and vents blast hot air as they try to cool his systems. He doesn't move from his position taking time for his frame to reset and cool down from interfacing. 
The human lay under him in a panting mess, eyes closed trying to catch their breath in the aftermath of their coupling. "You're quite the pathetic sight, struggling to even breathe properly," Starscream remarked, his tone laced with a mix of irritation and amusement. They shoot him a glare before flipping him off. “Go fuck yourself” the huff out, chest heaving as sweat sticks to their skin.  
"You're lucky to have experienced such a moment with me. Cherish it, for it may be the closest you'll ever come to true power," Starscream's words dripped with condescension, a hint of sadistic pleasure colouring his voice. “go suck a spike” they grumble out trying to get the last word in over their argument. “I'd much rather feast on you” he rumbled, slowly pulling out, another flood of transfluid gushes out of their smaller body which makes them gasp and shutter. 
A smug satisfaction washes over Starscream before he drops back down between their tights. Glossa runs over their abused sex as he pulls them back to his intake. 
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