#benjamin barba

[letters2fiction]

Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday March 21st, 2024

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro NEW!

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson/Crane

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward NEW!

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

NEW! Once Upon A Time

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

NEW! The Vampire Diaries / The Originals

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

[brooklynislandgirl]

10 Fandoms / 10 Characters / 10 Tags

Tagged By: my loves @kylo-wrecked and @tangleweave Tagging: Anyone who feels like they need one more Sunday this weekend.

~*~*~*~

I. Marvel: Beta-Ray Bill, Eddie Brock/Venom, Doctor Strange, Phil Coulson, Vision, Groot, Spider-Man {Peter Parker}, Gambit, Doctor Morbius, Bucky Barnes. M'Baku {Hate the moniker of 'Man-Ape'}. Magneto. Loki. Night Crawler. Frank "Punisher" Castle. Colossus. Danny "Iron Fist" Rand. Foggy Nelson. Ghost Rider {Both Johnny Blaze and Robbie Reyes, "Caretaker" Carter Slade}. I know that's more than 10. Whatever, I do what I want. >.> II. DC: Lex Luthor, Nanaue {King Shark}, Martian Man Hunter, John Constantine, The Joker, Jonathan Crane, Morpheus {Dream of the Endless}, Death of the Endless, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Bane, Swamp Thing, Green Lantern. Cisco Ramon. Hunter Zoloman.

I absolutely blame @nightmarefuele for at least two of these.

III. Star Wars: Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Admiral Piett. Kylo Ren. Wedge Antilles. Kit Fisto. Han Solo. Chewbacca. Jocasta Nu. Darth Rivan {not to be confused with Darth Revan}. Jos Vondar. Jango and Boba Fett, and of course, all my 10,000,000,000 Clone children. No I will not be taking questions.

IV. Star Trek: Worf, Martok, Gowron, Chancellor Gorkon, Kurn, Dr McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, Chekhov, Chris Pike, Ortegas, Nurse Chapel, Geordie La Forge, Riker, Data, Lore, Chief O'Brien, Q, Benjamin Cisco, Garak, Gul Dukat, Quark. V. Firefly: Mal Reynolds, Jayne Cobb, Hobun Washburne, Zoe Washburne, Shepherd Book, Kaylee Frye, YoSafBridge, Adalai Niska, Badger, Jubal Early Take my life, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I don't care 'cause I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me. {{My coat has always been a little...brownish.}

VI. The Walking Dead: Shane Walsh, Daryl and Merle Dixon, Michonne Hawthorne, Abraham Ford, Glenn Rhee, The Governor, Bob Stookey, Ezekiel, Dwight, Aaron, Morgan Jones. VII. Justified: Raylan, Boyd, Ava, Art, Rachel, Tim, Dewey Crowe, Johnny Crowder, Loretta McCready, Robert Quarles, Ellstin Limehouse, Mags Bennett, Devil, Jean Baptiste, Boon, Willa, Carolyn, Sweety... oh so many. VIII. Yellowstone: John, Jamie, Beth, Kayce Dutton, Rip Wheeler, Jimmy Hurdstrom, Thomas Rainwater, Mo Brings Plenty, Lloyd, Colby, Teeter, Jake, Ethan, Angela Blue Thunder, Malcolm Beck. IX. Law & Order- Alphabet Soup: Captain Cragen, Lenny Briscoe, Mike Logan, Anita Van Buren, Jack McCoy. Rey Curtis, Ed Green, Arthur Branch, Cyrus Lupo, Kevin Bernard, Frank Cosgrove, Jalen Shaw. Elliot Stabler, Olivia Benson, Odafin Tutuola, John Munch, Chester Lake, Melinda Warner, Amanda Rollins, Rafael Barba, Dominick Carisi, Peter Stone, Bobby Goran. I have seen literally every episode of the American Law & Order franchise Original, SVU, CI, OC, etc...with the first three watched multiple times. While I often wouldn't call it my most favourite show...it's probably my most favourite shows.

X. The Lord of the Rings: Boromir and Faramir, Éomer and Éowyn, Theoden King, Theodred, Gimli, Pippin, Sam, Meriadoc, Fangorn {Treebeard}, Beorn, Celebrimbor, Bard the Bowman, Dwalin, Celeborn, Denethor, Gil-Galad king, Fingolfin, The Watcher in the Water, Maedhros, Finwe, Manwe...and I could go on for years. My first true fandom as we know it {probably Arthurian Legend was my first and truest fictional love}, and one I have been faithful to for over 25 years. Honestly never please talk to me about it, because I have rabid opinions about literally everything. And lastly, I only included tv/movies here because books and rpgs would require an entire three or four Long Ass Posts all of their own. Much Love.

[adarafaelbarba]

Who do I write for?

Law and Order SVU and other Law and Order shows

Sonny Carisi

Rafael Barba

Mike Dodds

Nick Amaro

Kat Tamin

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Grace Muncy

Rita Calhoun

Toni Churlish

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Nolan Price

Frank Cosgrove

Jet Slootmaekers

Samantha Maroun

Terry Bruno

~~~

Raúl Esparza Characters

Frederick Chilton

Bryan Kneef

Nevada Ramirez

Jackson Neill

Jonas Nightingale

~~~

Chicago PD

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

~~~

Chicago Fire

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

~~~

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Literally any of the Avengers

~~~

Mayans MC

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

~~~

A Discovery of Witches

Matthew

Diana

Baldwin (specify if you want old or new Baldwin)

Gallowglass

Marcus

Phoebe

Miriam

Dominico

Ransome

Geraldine

Philippe

Ysabeau

Louis

Louisa

Verin

Freyja

Stasia

Hugh

Godfrey

Sarah

Em

Peter

Gerbert

Benjamin

Father Hubbard

~~~

Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

~~~

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry

Whiskey

Eggsy

Roxy

Lancelot/James Spencer

Percival/Alastair

~~~

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

~~~

911 / 911 lone star:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

[halsteadssneakylink]

character list

everything is x f!reader unless specified otherwise

if you want gn! or m!reader be sure mention it when you ask

the age of the characters determine the age of the reader (i won’t write anything with an illegal age gap)

the boys

frenchie

mothers milk

billy butcher

starlight (annie january)

kimiko

bridgerton

simon basset

anthony bridgerton

benedict bridgerton

kathani sharma

chicago fire

kelly severide

stella kidd

matt casey

sylvie brett

brian “otis” zvonecek

leslie shay

peter mills

chicago med

connor rhodes

will halstead

ethan choi

maggie lockwood

april sexton

chicago pd

jay halstead

erin lindsay

hailey upton

kevin atwater

adam ruzek

antonio dawson

eternals

thena

ikarus

ajak

kingo

gilgamesh

full house

jesse katsopolis

greys anatomy

meredith grey

christina yang

jackson avery

derek shepherd

addison montgomery

mark sloane

lexi grey

callie torres

hawaii five-0

steve mcgarrett

danny williams

chin ho kelly

kono kalakaua

adam noshimuri

kickin it

jack brewer

jerry martinez

kim crawford

mcu

steve rogers

tony stark

natasha romanoff

bruce banner

bucky barnes

sam wilson

wanda maximoff

stephen strange

t’challa

loki

yelena belova

carol danvers (pre & post powers)

mission impossible

ethan hunt

ilsa faust

benji dunn

august walker

narnia

peter pevensie

susan pevensie

edmund pevensie

caspian

outer banks

john b

jj

pope

sarah cameron

topper

rafe

the punisher

frank castle

billy russo

dinah madani

scandal

olivia pope

fitzgerald grant

abby whelan

harrison wright

shadow and bone

alina starkov

aleksander morozova (general kirigan/the darkling)

kaz brekker

nina zenik

jesper fahey

inej gafa

matthias

genya

star trek (aos)

james tiberius “jim” kirk

leonard “bones” mccoy

s’chn t’gai spock

nyota uhura

montgomery scott

hikaru sulu

supernatural

dean winchester

sam winchester

castiel

dad!bobby singer x child!reader

demon!dean

soulless!sam

svu

olivia benson

rafael barba

nick amaro

dominick “sonny” carisi

to all the boys

lara jean

john ambrose

peter kavinsky

margot

christine

trevor

top gun

pete “maverick” mitchell

nick “goose” bradshaw

tom “iceman” kazansky

charlotte blackwood

penny benjamin

bradley “rooster” bradshaw

jake “hangman” seresin

javy “coyote” machado

natasha “phoenix” trace

robert “bob” floyd

the witcher

geralt of rivia

yennefer of vengerberg

jaskier

rpf

ben barnes

chris evans

glen powell

jared padalecki

jensen ackles

karl urban

leo howard

noah centineo

oscar issac

scarlett johansson

sebastian stan

sophia bush

[adiosalasrosas]

"El vínculo entre enigma y odio fue patente en la Antigüedad griega. Los enigmas de la Esfinge son el producto de su crueldad, de su potencia destructiva. Apolo, el dios «que hiere de lejos», expresaba su perversidad y su ferocidad diferida a través del oráculo de Delfos. El enigma se vincula a una divinidad que se presenta oculta e incierta pero sobre todo hostil. Implica un obstáculo, un desafío que plantea una rivalidad e invita por lo tanto a la lucha.

El enigma es una proyección de quien desea interpretar, saber. En definitiva, una proyección del odio que habita la curiosidad, pasión erótica y destructiva, como lo muestran numerosas figuras (Eva, Pandora, Psique, la mujer de Barba Azul, etc.). En palabras de Benjamin, «la verdad no es bella en sí misma, sino para quien la busca». No hay más enigma que el que proyecta quien se asombra: ni el cielo estrellado ni la fuerza terrible de la naturaleza son en sí mismos ningún misterio (Kant llamaba subrepción a aquella operación que atribuye al objeto una sublimidad que pertenece en realidad al sujeto).

Si el enigma está vinculado al odio, proyectar sobre la mujer la idea de un misterio conlleva la misoginia. Detrás de la idealización que sugiere la idea de un misterio femenino, se esconde el odio envidioso, el odio de quien cree que le es negado el acceso a algún placer. Quien envidia idealiza, imagina que el envidiado ha encontrado su objeto, que ha satisfecho plenamente su deseo, que posee el secreto. Así, el goce de la mujer es concebido como lo absoluto, y la satisfacción misógina consiste en infligir el placer (sádicamente). No es otra la escena dominante de la pornografía contemporánea."

—Florencia Abadi, Misterio femenino y misoginia

[evita-shelby]

Of Gods and Witches

Chapter 3

Taglist: @v3d3rl1cht

Gif by: @zouitens

“I shouldn’t keep you up so late.” He laughs quietly when she yawned.

It was late, she could stay up for days before, but now she isn’t sure she will be able to make it past three in the morning.

“Does it matter anymore? I have only four or five days left to live.” She can’t look at him, he will look at her with pity and she hates pity the most.

“For someone who can see the future, you are very pessimistic.” He points out and she can’t count all the times someone has said that to her.

Diosdado , her first ever boyfriend, had said that when they first met, when she told him he’d get his ass handed back to him on the raid he was doing.

And Diosado had laughed when he woke up to her flicking his forehead calling him a baboso for thinking the americans wouldn't have bigger guns.

“I can’t see death, only that of people who are not close to me and if I do see it, it means it won’t happen.” Eva tried her best to explain how her abilities work.

The only sorcerers they’ve found are based in New York, and she can’t go because of all the shit she did while serving with Pancho Villa.

So what if she charmed a horny Irishman with a drinking problem into bombing the wrong city? So what if she killed American soldiers and policemen by the dozen during the bandit wars?

It was war and sure she hates America with a passion of a thousand burning suns, but they should get over it and grant her asylum like they did with her uncles. They didn’t seem to care that Eva’s own grandfather was a San Patricio ---and not just any San Patricio, the nephew of Captain John Riley who led the battalion as they defected to Mexico’s side--- when her uncles showed up there.

“So how do you know you are dying?” he asked, his voice is softer now, as if hoping Eva is wrong.

“Because I did not see it. The woman who trained me in the art of espionage and murder found the letter written by President Carranza’s own hand. Four or Five days is a generous estimate.” Her hands begin to shake and she knows that there won’t be stopping it now. No tricks left in her book, no last-minute hero to save her.

“I could be murdered later today for all I know.” She sighed hugging herself tightly and resting her head on top of her knees.

She won’t live to see twenty-three. Once upon a time she joked about never seeing eighteen and now she will die at twenty-two and a half.

Eva is so caught up in the horrid realization that these could be her last hours she doesn’t notice him move until his very warm hand is gently squeezing her shoulder to comfort her.

His fingers trail down slightly to push the thin silky strap back onto it and her breath catches slightly from the way it feels and because the universe decides right now is the perfect time for a vision.

“El niño sin amor.” The witch hears a priest say as he uses his last breath to curse him.

Eva recognizes the Hacienda, she’s been there before. Her Tio Benjamin had bought it and died there when something startled his horse and he broke his neck in the fall.

K’uk’ulkan is twelve, with his armed escort and kin watching their people being beaten and enslaved by a catholic priest. Same priest that haunts the chapel of the Hacienda.

But the curse isn’t real. It never was.

Eva comes to on her back, a worried Kukulkan hovering over her as he gently shook her awake.

“Chʼaʼa a wiik.” Breathe. He guides her as she tries to regain her senses, but she can’t do anything except breathe in and out as she observes every minute detail of him as he gradually sat her up.

The jade septum piercing fogs up slightly when he breathes, reminds her of a bull which she finds endearing. She likes the cut of his barba de chivo, makes him look dignified.

And she likes his eyes the most. Brown like hers, yet so expressive and hardened. Such intensity that never goes away.

If she could paint like Gabriel had once done, she would immortalize this god of a man and treasure it like the Francisco de Goya painting she loves so much.

He is rubbing her arms and saying soothing words she can barely understand as she comes back to herself.

Visions like this one always leave her like this, worse than her fainting spells or the hungover feeling she gets when she has prophetic night terrors.

Nice to know Kukulkan is the type of man who doesn’t just leave her for dead and go back the same way he came from.

Spirits know lesser men have bolted the moment her eyes rolled back into her head.

“You’re not cursed.” She says the moment she regains use of her voice; it comes out like a hoarse whisper, and he looks at her with disbelief.

“How did you know?” he searches her for an answer, feels her head for signs of a concussion or fever, assuming she is not thinking straight.

He holds her face in his hands and she can’t escape the intensity of his eyes.

“I am a seer, sometimes I see things of the past instead of the future. The Franciscan priest you killed had no real power. If you were truly cursed, I would be able to feel it.” She answered feeling warm and vulnerable, especially because he holds her face like a lover would.

Eva feels like she might collapse again with the lightheadedness she gets from these things, love and lust could feel so similar to her.

Of course, this is not love, this is lust that makes her skin feel hot, her heart beat to the thrum of hummingbird wings and an ache that says her fingers will be insufficient tonight and forevermore.

“And how do curses feel, wàay?” he doesn’t move away, the panic of the last minute forgotten as he leans forward and looks at her lips just as she looks at his.

“Cold, colder than ice.” Her voice is breathy, not from the force of the vision, but because of her body being weak when faces with this man who stokes such a fire inside her. And she doesn’t care if she burns in whatever hell for the rest of eternity.

Eva desires him, just as he desires her.

“And how do I feel, Eva?” his breath is hot against her lips and the witch decides to toss caution to the wind by initiating this kiss she will carry on her heart like a tattoo.

[allatonceness]

100 Conferences

Belém Lima 

Luisa Penha 

Rui Neto 

Bartolomeu costa Cabral 

João Paulo rapagão 

Cristina Guedes 

Carlos Castanheira

Jean Pierre Porcher 

Troy Howie 

João Pedro Serôdio

Gil PitA Penumbra 

Carlos Lobo 

João Mendes Ribeiro 

MVCC

Alexandre Alves Costa 

Francisco Providência 

Zalraa zawcwi 

Nuno Senos 

Arquitectos anónimos 

Eduardo Aires 

Andre Tavares 

Go Hasegawa 

Jean phillipe Vassal 

Manuel Graça Dias 

ESM 

Nadia Tolonikva 

Sou Fujimoto 

Frances Kéré 

Maurizio Lanzarato 

Santiago Cirugeda 

Eva Franch 

Ali cherri 

Pankay Mishra 

Hans Ulrich Obrist

Kazuo Sejima

Guido Beltrami 

Josep Quetglas 

Inês Lobo 

Nuno Brandão Costa 

Made in 

Nieto Sobrejano 

Dominique Perrault 

ESM 

Camilo Rebelo 

Tony Fretton 

Roger Diener 

Go hasengawa + Office KGDVS 

 SAMI

Pascal Flammmer 

De Vylder 

Arq. G 

Barbas lopes 

Nuno Brandão Costa 

Norland 

E2A

Arno Brandhuber 

Valerio Olgiati

Pascal Flammmer 

Norland 

E2A

Arno Brandhuber 

Valerio Olgiati 

Humberto Napolitano 

Rui Furtado + Ricardo Bak Gordon 

Job Floris 

Charllote Von Moos 

Stephen Taylor 

Barão Hunter + Girão Lima 

Madelon Von Vriesendrop 

Alvaro Siza 

Francesca Torzo

Manuel Mendes 

Madelon Von Vriensendrop 

Richard Wentworth 

Thomas Thaites 

Assemble 

Benjamin Seroussi 

Iris Rogoff

Olivier Marboeuf 

Aires Mateus + Fernanda Fragaterio 

Alejandro Aravena

Peter Markli 

Nuno grande + Adriana Calcanhoto 

Sergison Bates 

Eric lapierre 

Thomas Daniel 

Tim Benton 

Paul Owen 

Rick Joy 

Juhami Pallasmaa 

João Luis Carrilho da Graça 

ESM+ NBC+ Luis Ferreira Alves 

Bernando pinto de almeida + JM + Nuno Lacerda Lopes 

Eduardo Souto Moura

SPBR Arq+ NBC 

Morrettin arq. + Mapa arq.+ Cristina Guedes 

Arq associados + Laboratório de projectos da FAUUSP

Metro arq. + MMBB + ÁLVARO Puntoni 

Vijitha Basmayaka + Guilherme Wisnik 

Camilo rebelo + João Mendes Ribeiro + Alexandre Dias 

Ricardo Carvalho + NBC

101.Marina Tabassum + Inês lobo

Steven Holl 

Ruy Nishizawa

Joan Oackman 

Joan Oackman 

Tom Avermaete 

[gi-maeve-rose]

“What about her?”

“That’s what we’re for,” Fin told her, sitting on the other side of her. “She takes care of you, we take care of her. Just like we did ten years ago.” But now it was personal. Valeria was part of their little precinct family now, and SVU protected their own no matter what.

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Saturday, September 3rd, 11:57AM

“Thank you, Lieutenant Benson, Mr. Barba. I couldn’t eat or sleep because of all the anxiety from having to testify.” A soft spoken young blonde woman was lead out of Olivia’s office, Olivia and Rafael shortly behind her. They’d gotten lucky with this case. The marital rape ones were always the hardest ones to bring to a jury. The wives were either too scared to testify or the jury still held the archaic mindset that a wife was a man’s property.

It always gave Olivia some kind of fulfillment when it went in the victim’s favor. Even more so when the perp plead guilty. “Well, now you won’t have to,” she assured with a proud smile. “He’ll get fifteen years. That’s more than enough time for you to finally start a new life.”

“Just take it one day at a time,” Rafael added. He wasn’t often one for words of affirmation and encouragement, but having worked with Olivia for so long, she was rubbing off on him, changing him for the better. Even his smile was warm as he waved off the woman.

Olivia let out a gentle sigh as the woman left before looking back to Barba. “Coffee before you go?”

“Always.” As a caffeine addict, having gone as long as he did without a cup of coffee was a sin. He’d woken up late, not having a chance to get his morning fix.

As they passed the desks toward the coffee station, Rafael did a double take toward Valeria’s desk. Instead of her, he saw a much younger brunette girl, her hair tied into a single, thick French braid that laid over her shoulder. She had her nose buried in a book, what he could only assume was algebra by the number of formulas. His brows furrowed as he stopped and stared, stopping Olivia as well. “Is it just me or do you have a Benjamin Button case on your hands?”

The girl looked up to face Rafael. “If you’re talking about the movie, then I hope you know that it’s pure fiction,” she said. “Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome makes itself visible at latest around two years after birth, and it’s rare that anyone with it lives to be my age.”

Olivia laughed when Rafael’s brows shot up in evident astonishment. “Rafa, this is Valeria’s little sister, Isabella,” she explained.

“I forgot my apartment keys in my locker at school,” Isabella explained further.

Rafael’s brows furrowed. “It’s Saturday.”

“I’m on the debate team. We meet on Saturday mornings. I’m gonna be a lawyer.”

He could see the resemblance between her and Valeria in the way Isabella spoke. Assertive, bold, confident. He smiled. “An ADA in the making,” he mused. “Let your sister know I have connections to help get you there.”

“The day that happens is the day hell freezes over,” Valeria expressed as she came back from the break room with snacks and a soda for her sister. She set them down and tapped Isabella’s shoulder. “Tell him why, chica.”

Isabella sat up straighter. “Because Castillo women don’t give anyone the opportunity to say we wouldn’t have it if it wasn’t for them.” She looked up at her sister who was smiling at Rafael, vainglorious. She gave a small shrug. “But a little help wouldn’t hurt,” she added.

Valeria’s head whipped down to Isabella, wide-eyed and mouth agape. She scoffed, looking between her and Rafael, her boastful smile stolen and worn by him now. Eyes narrowed and Valeria groaned, rolling her eyes. “Fine,” she relented. “Just not from him.” Valeria gave a sardonic smile to Rafael as she went back to the break room.

But he saw right through it. The first time she smiled at Rafael that way was filled with disdain. It was written all over; in her eyes, in her body language. Now, three or four months after having been around each other more often, there was never anymore malice or spitefulness. But because she was so prideful, Valeria wouldn’t act any different. The banter was all too fun at this point. Rafael’s smile never dropped as he watched her walk away. “Glad she’s doing well,” he said to Olivia, taking a cup of coffee she’d poured for him.

She chuckled quietly, nodding. “Yeah. Considering, you know?”

“Are you talking about Connor Davis?” Isabella interrupted. When the lieutenant and ADA looked at her with stunned expressions and near pale faces, she felt only a little embarrassed and out of place. Then she noticed the other detectives looking her way. She shrank in on herself a little, fidgeting with her pencil. “It… It’s public record,” she explained, answering their unspoken question. “I looked it up after I overheard her talking on the phone with Fin about it. She said she barely sleeps anymore or sleeps in shifts. She checks in on me every night. Sometimes I pretend I’m asleep.” She looked around at the detectives. “She’s really scared.”

Olivia nodded gently, pulling a chair up to sit next to Isabella. “Yeah. Yeah, I’m sure she is,” she concurred gently. She set her coffee down next to her soda and took Isabella’s hand. “But she’s also really brave. And I know she would never let anything happen to you.”

“What about her?”

“That’s what we’re for,” Fin told her, sitting on the other side of her. “She takes care of you, we take care of her. Just like we did ten years ago.” But now it was personal. Valeria was part of their little precinct family now, and SVU protected their own no matter what.

Knowing this gave Isabella a small sense of security. She glanced toward the break room, lowering her voice to above a whisper. “Val doesn’t know that I know. Please don’t tell her.”

Fin furrowed his brows. “Tell her what? We’ve just been helping you with your homework. That’s all.” A slow and knowing smile, matched by Isabella. Things would be okay. Even if they weren’t now, or felt like they wouldn’t be, they would be.

But for sure, things felt completely haywire. Rafael could feel the array of chaotic emotions all the way from the break room. It twisted his stomach into knots. It wasn’t an unfamiliar feeling, but every so often, he would let himself be concerned enough to check well-beings himself. He made his way to the break room, pushing through the door to find Valeria at the counter, dipping a teabag in and out of a mug full of hot water. “Valeria? You okay?” He let the door swing shut behind him, but he kept his distance.

Valeria shook her head, heaving a sigh. “I know she knows,” she rumbled, bringing up the topic herself after seeing everyone gather around her baby sister. “About Davis, about the case, about… all of it. She’s a smart kid. Can’t keep anything from her.” Not a damn thing, as much as she wished she could shield Isabella from this.

Rafael nodded slowly, taking a couple steps forward and setting his briefcase on the table. “So… why not talk to her about it?”

“Yeah, that sounds like the logical thing to do, right? But…” She shook her head again, turning to finally face him. “Do you have kids, Rafael? Any kids in your family? Nieces or nephews?” He shook his head and Valeria gave a weak half smile. “Isabella was a preemie. She was born two months early, addicted to meth and crack. The doctors said there was a slim chance she would make it. While our mom was in rehab, I was at the hospital every day after school, reading her stories and singing to her until visiting hours were over. Then I’d go home, clean, cook for myself, do my home work until two in the morning, then I’d go to sleep for a few hours, wake up to get to the hospital and see Isabella again for an hour or so until I had to leave for school. I did that for a little under a year until I was able to take her home.

“Our mom came home not long after that, and things were great for a while. She was attentive, involved. I was able to be a teenager for a little bit. But then it started again. The irritability, the weight loss, the episodes. I was sick of it by that point and I snapped. We got into it and she kicked me out. I was seventeen, about to turn eighteen, so it didn’t matter a whole lot what happened to me, so I went to live with my boyfriend at the time while I figured out how to help Isabella.”

“And the boyfriend was Connor Davis,” Rafael assumed.

Valeria nodded with a guilty and self-disgusted smile. “We argued a lot, but it wasn’t a big deal. Until I moved in. That’s when it got worse. It started with throwing things at walls, then it escalated to throwing things at me. Then hitting me. Choking me. Then…” She tensed, taking a deep breath to push back the nightmares. Not here. Not in public. She swallowed past the lump in her throat before continuing. “And because I was just trying to stay alive, I lost track of trying to help Isabella. I forgot about her. I only got up off my ass after I saw my mom and Isabella on the news. Mom had was arrested after going on a three day bender and my three-year-old baby sister home, alone, scared, and hungry.”

The hatred she felt for her mother that she’d repressed for so long, the agony of the guilt that killed her inside threatened to peek its ugly head through the cracks of the walls she’d built around her heart. Hot tears stung the back of her eyes. “After everything here, I went home with Isabella as her legal guardian. I had to be the strong one, had to take care of her. I never let her see me struggle, never let her see me cry. And I never will.” Valeria smiled, shaking her head softly in some attempt to keep the tears rimming her eyes in place. “I know she knows what happened. But she doesn’t need to know how terrified I am.”

But what if she already knew? But Rafael didn’t ask it out loud. Holy shit. This was the realest he’d ever seen her. No witty humor, no deflection. It wasn’t all of her, but it was honest. He could see the tears, the emotion swirling in her eyes, but it was still hard to read just how much was there. Even worse, it seemed like Valeria didn’t have anyone to let this all out to. She held onto this for over ten years, and still continues to hold onto it, as if she’d lose herself if she let go. For the first time in God knows how long, Rafael was speechless. In all his years, he’d never heard a story like this and seen the victim stand so tenaciously. Admittedly, Rafael was in awe. Through everything she’d dealt with, her only concern was her sister.

It must not have registered that way to Valeria. She wasn’t scantily clad by any means, but she still pulled her leather jacket closed, realizing only then just how much she had exposed herself to him, the guy she only gave the time of day to whenever her mean bone needed to be put to use. “Sorry,” she apologized, turning back to the cup of tea on the counter. “That was a whole trauma dump on you, you didn’t want to hear all that, you don’t care to—“

“Stop, don’t—“ He cut her off, carefully, but firmly. He stepped closer, right next to her at the counter. “Don’t do that. Don’t tell me I don’t care, okay? I do care. I wouldn’t have offered my help if I didn’t.” Truthfully, he offered a lot of people help. Mainly clients. And while he meant it, he especially meant it when it came to the detectives at SVU, especially now. Rafael gripped her elbow gently. “Hey. Look at me.” He looked her directly in the eye, making sure she saw the truth in his eyes. “I mean it. I want to help. We all do.”

Valeria wanted to talk back, make some sort of witty comment that would break the tension. The only tension broken was in her body when he touched her, shoulders relaxing. Before she knew it, she told him what she said she would keep to herself. “Connor came to my apartment last month.”

Rafael’s brows furrowed again, eyes wide, body tense. “He did what?” Amanda’s voice boomed, pulling the words right out of Rafael’s mouth. His and Valeria’s head snapped toward the door, seeing Amanda rush toward them while Sonny stared dumbfounded and called in Fin and Olivia. What great timing to check in on the two.

Panic. Valeria was a goddamn idiot, letting her guard drop, now this was about to be a whole thing. “Amanda, please—“

“What happened? What’s going on?” Fin demanded as he rushed in with Olivia.

“Valeria just told Barba that Connor Davis paid her a visit at her apartment last month,” Sonny explained with mild frustration and panic, not giving a single damn that Valeria was shrinking in on herself in culpability.

Olivia blinked, bewildered, moving toward Valeria. “What happened?”

“Please, Olivia,” Valeria implored, holding her hands up. “I had it covered, everything’s fine, I—“

“What. Happened.” Explanation was not a request.

Well… She was bound to be in the doghouse with Olivia at some point. Valeria slumped, relenting. “He… came over late one night. Isabella was already in bed,” she explained quietly. “He knocked on the door, I opened the door, but kept the chain lock locked. He…” Fuck, she really didn’t want to deal with this.

But Olivia was having none of it. “Valeria.”

“He said he he never stopped thinking about me and was happy to see I was doing well, alright?” She knew it was bullshit, she knew what he meant. “I told him to get lost before I called you guys and slammed the door in his face.” And she didn’t sleep a wink for the next few days, but no one else needed to know that.

“You should’ve called us anyway, Val,” Amanda retorted. “I mean, the guy knows where you live, for God sakes.”

“I’m fine, you guys. I can handle this.”

“Yeah, we’re sure you can,” Fin agreed sarcastically. Even if she could, there was no way they’d let her. He started toward the door. “I’m gonna make some calls, see if we can get some Unis to keep an eye on Davis.”

Amanda followed after. “And on Isabella’s school.” If he knew where they lived, he knew where the girl went to school. As a mother, there was no way she was going to let the sick son of a bitch have the potential to get close to her.

Valeria panicked even more, racing after them. “Guys, wait, no, please—“

Sonny stopped Valeria, holding her by her shoulders. “Val, listen,” he directed. “This guy, whether convicted or not, is guilty of killing his two ex girlfriends that tried to leave him and report the abuse he did to them. You’re the one who got away with it and lived to tell the tale, and guys like Connor Davis? They don’t just let that go. You know that. This man is a killer, and he holds a grudge. You and Isabella are not safe.”

Carisi was right. Valeria was stubborn, but she wasn’t stupid. At least not totally. She held her fear down, morphed it into frustration. “Okay, well, what then?” she wondered aloud sharply. “What do we do? You heard Amanda, he knows where Isabella and I live.”

“My landlord put a couple apartments up on the market just last week,” Rafael spoke up, looking between the three for unanimity. “I think I can sweet talk her into letting them move in as early as tomorrow.”

Valeria balked. “I-I-I can’t afford to do that!”

He held up a hand as he grabbed his briefcase from the table. “Don’t worry about that. I’ll give you guys a call when we’re set.” Rafael sped out before Valeria could protest again.

“Perfect,” Olivia consolidated. “Carisi, go get some Unis on Valeria’s current apartment, then you and Rollins take her home. Fin and I can hold down the fort here. And you.” She looked to Valeria. “Go home, pack, do whatever it is you need to do. I don’t want to see you back here until you’re in the new place.”

There was no arguing, but that didn’t mean Valeria wasn’t going to complain. “What do I tell Isabella?”

Olivia only gave a shrug. “Whatever you have to.” It was as simple as that. At least on her end. Her job was to make sure her detectives and civilians were safe. She left the break room to do just that.

Valeria watched Carisi and Olivia leave, standing there dumbfounded. It had all happened so fast, moving at a hundred miles an hour. She exhaled heavily, pushing her hands through her hair as she tried to ground herself in the silence. She hated running. She didn’t run, she faced her problems. Valeria had been through so much and it all made her stronger. Why was this any different? She shook her head, heading for the door when she paused and saw her sister through the glass. It clicked then.

That’s what made the difference. Isabella. Valeria couldn’t face her problems like she use to. It wasn’t just her anymore. She had Isabella to think about now. If Valeria faced this head on and something went wrong, Isabella would be alone. No. That wasn’t going to happen. Valeria was gonna do anything and everything to protect the only thing that gave her purpose in life. “Te tengo,” she said quietly, but as if talking to Isabella. “No te dejaré.”

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List of Fandoms/Characters I write for...

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List of Fandom's and characters I'm willing to write for...

House of the Dragon ❀Criston Cole ❀Aemond Targaryen ❀Aegon II Targaryen ❀Harwin Strong

Game of Thrones ❀Sandor Clegane ❀ Tormund Giantsbane ❀Podrick Payne ❀Jon Snow ❀Robb Stark ❀Theon Grejoy ❀Jorah Mormont ❀Samwell Tarly ❀Gendry Waters ❀Tyrion Lannister ❀Jaime Lannister ❀Oberyn Martell ❀Ramsay Bolton ❀Viserys Targaryen ❀Khal Drago ❀Daario Naharis ❀Dickon Tarly ❀Koner

The Walking Dead ❀Rick Grimes ❀Shane Walsh ❀Merle Dixon ❀Daryl Dixon ❀Glenn Rhee ❀Jerry ❀Negan ❀Milton Mamet ❀Ceasar Martinez ❀Siddiq ❀Abraham Ford ❀Eugene Porter ❀Noah ❀Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas ❀Beta ❀Alden ❀Simon ❀Benjamin ❀Phillip "The Governor' Blake ❀Dante

Fear the Walking Dead ❀Troy Otto ❀Jake Otto ❀John Dorie ❀Nick Clark

Mayans MC ❀Ezekiel Reyes ❀Angel Reyes ❀Neron "Creeper" Vargas ❀Johnny "Coco" Cruz ❀Nestor Oceteva ❀Hank Loza ❀Gilberto "Gilly" Lopez ❀Bishop Losa ❀Che "Taza" Romero

Sons of Anarchy ❀Jax Teller ❀Harry "Opie" Winston ❀Juan "Juice" Ortiz ❀Alexander "Tig" Tragger ❀David Hale ❀Chibs Telford ❀Bobby Muson ❀Happy Lowman ❀Herman Kozik

Marvel ❀Steve Rogers ❀Bucky Barnes ❀Sam Wilson ❀Joaquin Torres ❀Baron Helmut Zemo ❀Tony Stark ❀Bruce Banner ❀Clint Barton ❀Thor ❀Loki ❀Pietro Maximoff ❀James "Rhodey" Rhodes ❀John Walker ❀Eddie Brock ❀Erik Killmonger ❀Charlies Xavier ❀Druig ❀Ikaris ❀Hank Mccoy ❀Frank Castle ❀Billy Russo ❀Danny Rand ❀Matthew Murdock ❀Kraven the Hunter ❀Dane Whitman ❀Wade Wilson ❀Pior "Colussus" Rasputin

DC ❀Adrian Chase ❀Clark Kent ❀Arthur Curry ❀Hank Hall ❀Leonard Snart ❀The Joker (Heath Ledgeer) ❀Victor Zsasz (Gotham) ❀Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) ❀Edward Nygma (Gotham) ❀Harvey Bullock ❀Christopher "Peacemaker" Smith ❀Jerome Valeska ❀Mick Rory ❀George "Digger"Harkness ❀Ciso Ramon ❀Ray Palmer ❀Bruce Wayne ❀Chato Santanna ❀Rick Flag ❀Alfred Pennyworth

Stranger things ❀Eddie Munson ❀Steve Harrington ❀Jim Hopper ❀Dr Alexie

Vikings ❀Ivar the boneless ❀Rollo ❀Ragnar Lothbrok ❀Ubbe ❀Sigurd ❀Bjorn Ironside ❀Halfdan the black ❀Harald Finehair ❀Aethelred ❀Aethelstan ❀Alfred

Bridgerton ❀Prince Fredrich ❀Anthony Bridgerton ❀Benedict Bridgerton ❀Colin Bridgerton

The Witcher ❀Jaskier ❀Eskel ❀Geralt of Rivia ❀Lambert

Top Gun ❀Robert "Bob" Floyd ❀Jake "Hangman" Seresin ❀Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

Shadow Hunters ❀Raphael Santiago ❀Simon Lewis

Fast and Furious ❀Deckard Shaw ❀Han Lue ❀Jakob Toretto ❀Dante Reyes ❀Aimes ❀Owen Shaw

Zoo ❀Mitch Morgan ❀Jackon Oz

Twilight ❀Carlise Cullen ❀Charlie Swan ❀Sam Uley ❀Garrett

Ewan Mitchell Characters ❀Tom Bennett ❀Micheal Gavey ❀Billy Washington

Joseph Quinn Characters ❀Tom Grant ❀Billy Knight

Henry Cavil Characters ❀Napleon Solo ❀Captain Syverson ❀Charles Brandon ❀Walter Marshall ❀Gus March Phillips ❀Sherlock Holmes

Chris Evans Characters ❀Ari Levinson ❀Hugh Ransom Drysdale ❀Loyd Hansen ❀Andy Barber

Primeval ❀Connor Temple

Law and Order - SVU ❀Rafael Barba

Criminal Minds ❀Spencer Reid ❀Derek Morgan ❀Luke Alverez

9-1-1 ❀Evan "Buck" Buckley ❀Eddie Diaz ❀Albert Han ❀Howard "Chimney" Han

Station 19 ❀Dean Miller ❀Jack Gibson

Chicago PD ❀Kevin Atwater

Call of Duty ❀Simon "Ghost" Riley ❀Captain John Price ❀Alex Keller ❀John "Soap" McTavish ❀Koing ❀Phillip Graves ❀Nikolai ❀Kyle "Gaz Garrick ❀Alejandro Vargas ❀Rudolfo "Rudy" Parra ❀Vladimir Makarov

Grimm ❀Nick Burkhadt ❀Monroe ❀Captain Sean Renard

Beauty and the Beast ❀The Beast ❀Gaston

Shameless ❀Lip Gallagher ❀Kevin Ball

Black Sails ❀Long John Silver ❀Charles Vane ❀Jack Rackham ❀Captain James flint

The Night Agent ❀Peter Sutherland

Harry Potter; ❀Remus Lupin ❀Sirius Black ❀James Potter ❀Oliver Wood ❀Percy Weasley ❀Charlie Weasley ❀Fred Weasley ❀George Weasley ❀Bill Weasley ❀Viktor Krum ❀Neville Longbottom ❀Cedric Diggory ❀Severus Snape ❀Cormac Mclaggen

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them ❀Thesus Scamander ❀Newt Scamander

Vampire Diaries ❀Damon Salvatore ❀Stefan Salvatore ❀Enzo St John

The Originals ❀Niklaus Mikealson ❀Elijah Mikealson ❀Kol Mikealson

Maze Runner ❀Gally

Greys Anatomy ❀George O'Malley

The Mummy ❀Rick O'Connell ❀Ardeth Bay

Once Upon a time ❀Killian Jones ❀David Nolan ❀August Wayne Booth ❀Neal "Bealfire" Cassidy ❀Rumplestiltskin ❀Sheriff Graham Humbert ❀Jefferson

The Musketeers (BBC) ❀Porthos ❀Aramis ❀Athos ❀D'Artagnan

The Last Of Us ❀ Tommy Miller ❀Joel Miller

Fargo ❀Gator Tillman

Sebastian Stan Characters ❀Nick Fowler ❀Lee Bodecker ❀Mickey

Lewis Pullman Characters ❀Rhett Abbott

American Gods ❀Mad Sweeney

Scream ❀Dewey Riley ❀Billy Loomis ❀Stu Matcher

Shadow and Bone ❀Matthias Helvar ❀Kaz Brekker ❀Jesper Fahey ❀Nikolai Lantsov

Reacher ❀Jack Reacher

Bullet Train ❀Tangerine

Percy Jackson ❀Poseidon ❀Hepheastus ❀Aries ❀Hades

The Last Kingdom ❀Osferth ❀Finnan ❀Sihtric ❀Ulthred

AEW ❀Maxwell Jacob Friendman ❀Wardlow ❀Eddie Kingston ❀Orange Cassidy ❀Chuck Taylor ❀Trent Berretta ❀Cash Wheeler ❀Luchasarus ❀Hook ❀Kenny Omega ❀Daniel Garcia ❀Will Osprey

WWE ❀Damien Priest ❀Grayson Waller ❀Sheamus ❀Otis

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Live Brief with Playground Games

Developing Concepts #6

Exterior II

While the work on the interior was underway, I returned to the exterior to add more information to the exterior scene I had set up iin Maya. By Edwin's request, I started by showing the placement of lanterns, trees and statues in my 3D file, which I passed on to Edwin. The lantern was a quick sculpt by me and the cats and trees are from the content browser. I focused on conceptualising just the entrance as this would be the only part that would be visible in our 3 seconds of game-play at the start.

I made a quick render using Arnold and then began photo-bashing a more detailed concept art piece for Edwin to use as reference.

I also sent Edwin a more detailed shot of the pillar design so he could model it. In the end I took that over as I needed it to match the door concept I had been working on.

I researched ancient Japanese castles for this work, but was also able to create some AI refs and photo textures on MidJourney which I bashed together. It was really convenient creating bespoke textures using AI.

I loved the look of the glowing pink shoji screens in one of the images, and I was able to use part of the roof peak from the image on the right which I edited to better match the aesthetic.

I used royalty free images from Unsplash for the rest of the photo textures, and also used the mixer brush to create quick frame work details on the roof.

Resource References:

Barba, A. (2019). pagoda house at the edge of the cliff. [Photograph]. [Online]. Unsplash. Available at: https://unsplash.com/photos/pagoda-house-at-the-edge-of-the-cliff-hdejPTC8I80 [Accessed 19 March 2024].

Benjamin, A. (2019). two people on stairs going up pagoda on side of hill. [Photograph]. [Online]. Unsplash. Available at: https://unsplash.com/photos/two-people-on-stairs-going-up-pagoda-on-side-of-hill-bcmShk4NCPk [Accessed 19 March 2024].

JaTor_Leksam. (2020). Lion Dog - Foo Dog. [3D Asset]. [Online]. Sketchfab. Available at: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/lion-dog-foo-dog-01d708b1cedb497b96b209c727d703d4 [Accessed 19 March 2024].

Jr Korpa. (2018). pink and brown cherry blossom tree during nighttime. [Photograph]. [Online]. Unsplash. Available at: https://unsplash.com/photos/pink-and-brown-cherry-blossom-tree-during-nighttime-yhWkR8yF0tk [Accessed 19 March 2024].

Mounzer. (2017). two beige rock formations on body of water. [Photograph]. [Online]. Unsplash. Available at: https://unsplash.com/photos/two-beige-rock-formations-on-body-of-water-3CKBffSYRbk [Accessed 19 March 2024].

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what are your favorite MG books? I'd like to start reading books in Polish, but I'm not quite sure I'm ready for YA yet and I haven't read as many MG as YA (even tho that's a shame, because lately I've read better MG! there's a lot of good MG out there).

anyway, anyone have any MG book recs for me? I love magical realism, fantasy, sci-fi, etc.--and the books I've really liked so far have been

Moomin by Tove Jansson

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

I also just enjoyed The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

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Minha franquia preferida

Game Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Pra mim, o melhor .

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O mais completo mundo de Assassin’s Creed já feito. Viva entre piratas lendários como Barba Negra, Calico Jack e Benjamin Hornigold, enquanto estabelece a república sem lei nas Bahamas e reviva os eventos verdadeiramente explosivos que definiram a Era de Ouro dos Piratas. De Kingston a Nassau, explore 50 locais únicos onde você pode viver a vida de um pirata. Controle e personalize sua própria embarcação, procure tesouros perdidos, cace animais raros e saqueie náufragos.

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Historia de las historias de fantasmas

¿Qué es un fantasma? Desde la antigüedad, las historias de fantasmas (cuentos de espíritus que regresan de entre los muertos para frecuentar los lugares que dejaron atrás) han ocupado un lugar destacado en el folclore de muchas culturas de todo el mundo. Un rico subconjunto de estos cuentos involucra figuras históricas que van desde reinas y políticos hasta escritores y gánsteres, muchos de los cuales murieron temprano, de forma violenta o misteriosa. ¿Qué es un fantasma? El concepto de fantasma, también conocido como espectro, se basa en la antigua idea de que el espíritu de una persona existe por separado de su cuerpo y puede continuar existiendo después de que esa persona muere. Debido a esta idea, muchas sociedades comenzaron a utilizar los rituales funerarios como una forma de asegurarse de que el espíritu de la persona muerta no volviera a "perseguir" a los vivos. ¿Sabías? Según los informes, el notorio mafioso Al Capone se apareció a los visitantes irrespetuosos en su parcela funeraria en un cementerio de Illinois. Supuestamente se ha escuchado música espectral de banjo proveniente del interior de la antigua celda de Capone en Alcatraz, donde fue uno de los primeros reclusos.

Por lo general, se cree que los lugares embrujados están asociados con algún acontecimiento o emoción en el pasado del fantasma; a menudo son una antigua casa o el lugar donde murió. Aparte de las apariciones fantasmales reales, los signos tradicionales de fantasmas van desde ruidos extraños, luces, olores o brisas hasta el desplazamiento de objetos, campanas que suenan espontáneamente o instrumentos musicales que parecen tocar solos. En el siglo I d. C., el gran autor y estadista romano Plinio el Joven registró una de las primeras historias notables de fantasmas en sus cartas, que se hicieron famosas por su vívido relato de la vida durante el apogeo del Imperio Romano. Plinio informó que el espectro de un anciano con una larga barba, haciendo sonar cadenas, acechaba su casa en Atenas. El escritor griego Luciano y el compañero romano Plauto de Plinio también escribieron memorables historias de fantasmas. Siglos más tarde, en el año 856 d. C., el primer poltergeist, un fantasma que causa perturbaciones físicas como ruidos fuertes u objetos que caen o son arrojados, fue reportado en una granja en Alemania.

El poltergeist atormentaba a la familia que vivía allí tirando piedras y provocando incendios, entre otras cosas. Uno de los avistamientos de fantasmas más frecuentes en Inglaterra se remonta al siglo XVI. Ana Bolena, la segunda esposa del rey Enrique VIII y madre de la reina Isabel I, fue ejecutada en la Torre de Londres en mayo de 1536 tras ser acusada de brujería, traición, incesto y adulterio. Se han informado avistamientos del fantasma de Bolena en la torre, así como en varios otros lugares, incluida la casa de su infancia, el castillo de Hever, en Kent. La rica tradición estadounidense de fantasmas históricos comienza con uno de sus padres fundadores más ilustres: Benjamin Franklin. A partir de fines del siglo XIX, el fantasma de Franklin fue visto cerca de la biblioteca de la Sociedad Filosófica Estadounidense en Filadelfia, Pensilvania; algunos informes sostienen que la estatua de Franklin frente a la sociedad cobra vida y baila en las calles.

Aunque se han informado muchos avistamientos de fantasmas en la Casa Blanca en Washington, DC, a lo largo de los años, tal vez ninguna figura política haya aparecido con tanta frecuencia en el más allá como Abraham Lincoln, el 16º presidente de la nación, quien fue asesinado por una bala asesina en Abril de 1865. Se dice que Lincoln, ex abogado y congresista de Illinois, fue visto deambulando cerca del antiguo edificio del capitolio de Springfield, así como de sus oficinas de abogados cercanas. En la Casa Blanca, todos, desde primeras damas hasta reinas y primeros ministros, informaron haber visto el fantasma o sentir la presencia de Honest Abe, particularmente durante la administración de Franklin D. Roosevelt, otro presidente que guió al país durante una época de gran agitación y guerra. Algunos lugares simplemente parecen prestarse a apariciones, tal vez debido a los eventos dramáticos o espeluznantes que ocurrieron allí en el pasado. A lo largo de los siglos, se han informado avistamientos de ejércitos espectrales en famosos campos de batalla de todo el mundo, incluidos importantes sitios de batalla de la Guerra Civil Inglesa en el siglo XVII, el sangriento campo de batalla de la Guerra Civil de Gettsyburg y los sitios de la Primera Guerra Mundial de Gallipoli (cerca de Turquía). ) y el Somme (norte de Francia).

Otro centro particularmente activo de actividad paranormal es el HMS Queen Mary, un crucero construido en 1936 para la Cunard-White Star Line. Después de servir en la Marina Real Británica en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el barco de 81.000 toneladas se retiró en Long Beach, California en 1967; el plan era convertirlo en un hotel y resort flotante de lujo. Desde entonces, el Queen Mary se ha hecho famoso por sus presencias espectrales, con más de 50 fantasmas reportados a lo largo de los años. El último jefe de máquinas del barco, John Smith, informó que escuchó sonidos y voces inexplicables del área cerca de la proa del barco, casi en el mismo lugar donde un crucero de aviones británico condenado, el Coracoa, había perforado un agujero cuando se hundió después de un accidente de guerra accidental. que mató a más de 300 marineros a bordo. Smith también afirmó haberse encontrado con el fantasma de Winston Churchill, o al menos con su espectral humo de cigarro, en el antiguo camarote del primer ministro a bordo del barco.

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Un ultimo cumpleaños

Abril 09 un día muy especial diferente

Cumpleaños de la mujer más bella

Cálida, chispeante y trasparente

Aquella que posee en su ser

Toda la ternura, la calidez y la belleza

la intensidad de su mirar

es como una tarde de otoño en calma

te marca su mirada a fuego lento en el alma.

¿Cómo escribirte un poema?

para alguien que nunca podré ver

Sin que me traicione el corazón

Y me maten los recuerdos

Para aquella que nunca podré conocer.

“Como escribirte un poema”

que nunca lo has de leer

jamás de su existencia has de saber

Quedarán escritos mis poemas en el viento

se perderán en la inmensidad del cielo

Como un suspiro o un profundo lamento.

“Como escribirte un poema”

Pensando en la suavidad de tu piel

Mordiendo en mi boca tu nombre

Grita su dolor desesperado mi corazón

Ya no tiene una razón porque vivir

Una fantasía o una pequeña ilusión

Se diluye en el tiempo para morir en su propia pasión.

El Mendigo y poeta dueño de la pluma

Del silencio la nostalgia y la inspiración

Del ánfora de los recuerdos perdidos

llena su copa para brindar por ti

y al elevarla al cielo sin palabra alguna

se refleja en el borde de la copa

la cálida luz de la hermosa luna

trata de dominar la emoción

en su mano tiembla la vieja pluma

para escribirte un poema desde su corazón

que nunca llegará hasta el altar de tus manos

Maldigo mi suerte o quizás la vida tenga razón.

El Mendigo se marcha por las solitarias calles

arrastrando penas y soledades gastando vida

en la mesa ha quedado la copa vacía

junto a ella el poema escrito

Por el Mendigo y poeta firmado

Del añejo candelabro de hierro forjado

caen restos de una vela sobre el poema

¡¡¡Se está quemando!!! Solo cenizas van quedando

Pero en el humo, el poema escrito ha quedado

Viajará en el viento por desiertos y mares cruzando

Soñando con llegar hasta tu habitación

sobre tu almohada junto a tus cabellos

el duende de mi alma dominando su emoción

susurrará en tu oído el poema que tanto ha viajado

que humildemente hoy el Mendigo te ha dedicado.

Ha quedado la copa vacía sobre la mesa en soledad

Corre una lágrima por el frío cristal

Llora la copa vacía en el silencio de la noche

Es la misma que sin brindar se ha quedado

No tuvo otra copa para brindar por tu felicidad

En el silencio comienza a escucharse en la soledad

Desde la pared asomado en el balcón de un ladrillo

De blanca y larga barba con su antiguo violín

Entonando una triste melodía un viejo grillo

Que acompaña al Mendigo hasta su fin.

Otra noche del Mendigo, un nuevo sueño perdido

Camina por las calles tristes y mal herido

Patético óleo doliente acuarela de sombras

De tristes tonos de negros con matices de olvido

Retumba el poema en el alma del Mendigo

Y el eco como un ardiente látigo desgarra su corazón

Dejándole una sangrante herida y profunda grieta

En el alma del Mendigo y poeta.

09/04/21 Final

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“Santa Surprise” Part of the Hostage Series

A little holiday story featuring my Barba family for @thefanficfaerie​‘s Christmas OTP challenge. There’s domestic fluffiness mixed with a hint of smut. ❤️

Prompt 16: Santa

Slightly NSFW (Santa kink, anyone??)

Rafael finished wiping down the counters after dinner when something odd struck him. It was quiet—too quiet. You offered to host the SVU holiday party and were currently out shopping with Liv, leaving Rafael alone with a five year old and two toddlers. Creeping into the living room where his children were, he expected total chaos, but instead was greeted with a picture perfect moment.

There was Mila sitting in front of the fireplace flanked by her two siblings while she showed them her pop-up book of The Night Before Christmas. “On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus comes down the chimney and then he leaves you presents under the tree,” she explained, pointing to the fat, jolly man dressed in red. “But if you’re bad, then you get coal.”

“No one is going to get coal this year,” Rafael said. “Santa just texted me and he said you all have been very good.”

Mila gasped and looked up at her father in awe. “Papi, you know Santa!”

“Of course I do,” he replied and picked up Rory and Ben, kissing them both on the cheek. “Ok, my little reindeer. Bath and bedtime."

Ben giggled and pointed to Rafael. “Santa!”

Rafael shook his head. “No, I’m not Santa. I’m Papi.”

“No, you Santa,” Ben replied.

“Santa!” Rory chimed in, grabbing at her father’s beard.

Rafael let out an exasperated sigh. Ever since he had decided to grow a beard that winter, the twins had taken to calling him Santa. It was beginning to get old. He walked up the stairs, balancing the twins in his arms with Mila following close behind.

“Papi, is Santa going to be at the Christmas party?” Mila asked while Rafael was wrangling Rory and Ben into the bathtub.

“Maybe, but remember muñequita, Santa is very busy this time of year. He may not be able to make it,” Rafael replied. Just then Rory escaped from the bathtub and ran down the hall, screaming and leaving a soapy trail.

“Oh God, we have a runaway. Rory, come back!” Rafael got up and chased after the naked toddler.

Mila grabbed the rubber ducky from the sink and handed it to her little brother. “Looks like someone is getting coal in their stocking,” she said in a sing-song voice, making Ben laugh.

*****

Rafael was utterly exhausted by the time you came home. After getting Rory back in the tub, Ben decided to make a run for it, escaping down the hallway. Once the twins were finally bathed and put to bed, Rafael then had to negotiate bedtime with Mila. He sang. He danced. He read stories. He was beginning to feel like a one man show on Broadway.

Staring at his reflection in the bathroom mirror, Rafael tilted his head from side to side, noticing the grey that streaked his hair and beard before looking down at his soft belly. No wonder the twins kept calling him Santa.

With a sigh, he shut off the bathroom lights and walked into the bedroom where you were waiting. Taking one look at your poor husband, you held out your arms to him. Rafael collapsed onto the bed and into your warm embrace.

“Rough night?” You asked.

“Mmhmm.” He nodded, his head practically buried in your chest.

You softly laughed, having experienced bedtime with Mila and the twins when Rafael was working late. “Thanks for watching them. I really appreciate it. There was no way I could’ve gone shopping with those three running around the store.”

“Anytime,” Rafael replied, his voice muffled against your skin.

You ran your fingers through his hair, massaging his scalp. A groan escaped Rafael’s lips as his body began to relax. He nuzzled against your chest making you giggle and squirm. “Your beard tickles.”

Rafael raised his head and saw the red mark he had made on your sensitive skin. “Sorry,” he sheepishly said.

“Don’t be. I love it,” you purred.

“You do?”

You smirked and stroked his scuff. “You look so sexy with a beard. It drives me crazy.”

Rafael wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. “Good to know,” he whispered and pushed up your flimsy silk nightgown, exposing more of your bare flesh. He lay open-mouth kisses on your stomach, dragging his tongue across your skin while spreading your thighs with his large hands.

You bit back a moan and tried to focus, knowing that if he kept this up you would forget all about what you had planned to ask him all evening. “So Liv and I were talking,” you abruptly said.

“Uh-oh, never a good sign,” Rafael murmured against you.

“And we were thinking what if you dressed up as Santa for the holiday party?”

Rafael stopped and met your gaze. “Santa? Really? I don’t know,” he groaned. “The squad would never let me live it down. I already dress up for Halloween, now I gotta be Santa too?”

“Everyone would love it! Besides don’t pretend you don’t love dressing up for Halloween every year.” You sat up and playfully narrowed your eyes. “I see how excited you get when we pick our family costumes.”

You had him there. Over the years, Rafael had grown to love Halloween. Being married to you, it was hard not to be. This past Halloween you were characters from Alice in Wonderland. You dressed up as the Red Queen. Rafael was the White Rabbit. Mila was Alice, and Rory and Ben were Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. It was becoming a sweet family tradition.

“Fine, I’ll think about it,” he said and gently pushed you back down onto the bed before going back to his previous task of leaving a trail of kisses down your body.

“Liv and I found a really nice Santa suit,” you said.

“Mmmhmm,” Rafael mumbled while nibbling on your inner thigh. You gasped and arched your hips towards him.

Rafael was playing dirty, trying to distract you from your mission. But your husband underestimated you. You were determined to get him to play Santa. “The guy at the store is keeping it on hold for us. I have to let him know tomorrow if we’re going to take it,” you continued. “We thought you could dress up and pass out treats to the kids.”

Rafael huffed out a breath. “Mi amor, can we talk about this later. I’m a little preoccupied at the moment,” he said, gesturing to your open legs.

“I just think it would add such a great touch to our party and the kids are so excited for Santa this year. Mila even made him an invitation.” You scrambled out from under Rafael and grabbed Mila’s invitation from the top of the dresser, handing it over to him.

The invitation was a picture Mila had drawn of herself and the twins with Santa. The little five year old even signed her name along with a few scribbles in red and green crayon which he suspected were Rory and Ben’s signatures. The drawing tugged at his heart strings. He felt like the Grinch whose heart grew three sizes. If he could be a Lewis Carroll character for his family, he could certainly be good ol’ Saint Nick.

“You promise it’s not some cheesy polyester suit?” Rafael asked.

“Actually I think it’s a cotton-poly blend. A light breathable fabric.”

Rafael gave you a warning look. “Y/N.”

“I’m just kidding. It’s a nice suit. Way better than any Santa costume you’d find at the mall.”

“Alright,” he conceded and set Mila’s invitation on the nightstand. “I’ll be Santa.”

You squealed with excitement and wrapped your arms around Rafael. “You are the most incredible husband and father. Have I ever told you that?”

“You have, but it doesn’t hurt to say it again,” he teased and planted a searing hot kiss to your lips. “Now that we got all that sorted,” he purred, kissing down the gentle slope of your neck. “May I please—” His mouth moved lower, kissing the swells of your breasts. “Continue what I was doing earlier.” He pulled your nightgown off and kissed a path from your right hip to your left hip.

You softly moaned, your eyes slipping close. “Whatever you say, Santa,” you breathed with a hint of a smile on your lips.

Rafael’s eyes darkened. In an instant, he had you flipped onto your back. “Oh you’re asking for it now, cariño.”

*****

It was the night of the party. Rafael and Sonny stood outside on the front stoop. When you stopped by the store to pick up the Santa outfit, you spied a beautiful lime green and red elf costume. It even came with pointy shoes. You rented the outfit and miraculously had managed to talk Sonny into being an elf. “I still don’t see why you get to be Santa,” he grumbled. “Whoever heard of a 6 foot elf.”

Rafael rolled his eyes. He was beginning to sweat within the red jumpsuit. His face itched and he silently cursed himself for not shaving before placing the fake white beard on top of his real beard. “For the last time, it’s my house and Y/N asked me to be Santa.”

“I’m just sayin’ I’m always Santa at the Carisi house.”

Rafael gave Sonny a dead-pan stare before knocking on the door.

“I got it,” he heard Fin say. Fin opened the door to see Rafael and Sonny dressed in their Christmas regalia and took out his phone to snap a picture. “I got my Christmas gift right here,” he laughed.

Rafael and Sonny walked past a still laughing Fin and into the house. “Hey everyone! Look who’s here,” you announced when you saw your husband and partner.

“Santa!” All the kids exclaimed and ran towards Rafael and Sonny. Rafael smiled and said hello to everyone in his best booming Santa voice. He had to admit seeing the children’s faces light up with joy made it worth dressing up in a ridiculous costume.

“Ok, kids. Santa is going to sit by the Christmas tree. You can each go see him and get a treat from his elf.” You looked back and winked at Rafael and Sonny.

Rafael sat down in a big armchair while the kids lined up. Fin’s grandson, Jaden, was first. He wanted Transformers.

When Noah asked for a puppy. Rafael glanced up to see Liv vehemently shaking her head at her son’s request. “Uhhh….you may need to ask the Easter Bunny for that one,” he told the little boy.

As soon as Amanda place Billie and Jesse on Rafael’s lap, they screamed and cried. Amanda laughed and took a few pictures. “They’ll love these pics when they’re older,” she teased.

It was Mila’s turn after that. With a shy smile, she hopped up on Rafael, then the inquisition started. The little girl was relentless, asking question after question.

“Santa, did you bring Rudolph with you tonight?” She sweetly asked.

Just as Rafael was about to answer Sonny interjected. “He’s back at the North Pole,” he said with a mouthful of cookies. “Santa only takes Rudolph with him when the weather is bad.”

“Oh, ok. What about the fireplace? What do kids do when they don’t have fireplaces. Do you still give them gifts?” Mila looked up at Rafael with big green innocent eyes.

“Well….I…you know fireplaces…” Rafael’s voice trailed off, trying to come up with a plausible answer.

“I know what Santa does. He uses Christmas magic,” Sonny answered before chugging a glass of milk.

“Actually my elves also freelance as chimney contractors,” Rafael replied, not wanting Sonny to outshine him. After all, he was Santa.

Sonny snorted a laugh. “Really, Santa? Chimney contractors.”

Rafael glared at Sonny and flicked a bell dangling from his hat. “Why don’t you go and pass out the candy to the kids.”

“Tough gig,” Sonny mumbled and went to pass out treats.

You watched Mila’s interaction with Rafael and had to bite your lip to keep from laughing. She was definitely her father’s daughter. “Baby, why don’t you tell Santa what you want for Christmas,” you said, deciding to save your husband from Mila’s line of questioning.

When Mila was finished, you brought over the twins. Rory and Ben held hands and warily eyed the man in red. “This must be Rory and Ben.” Rafael picked up the twins and set them on his lap. “What would you two like for Christmas?”

Rory smiled and pointed at him. “Papi!”

“No, Rory. I’m Santa,” Rafael said with a nervous laugh. “Unbelievable,” he thought to himself. The first time in weeks the twins call him Papi and its when he’s in a Santa costume.

Ben shook his head and giggled. “No, you Papi!” The tiny toddler yanked off Rafael’s fake white beard in front of everyone.

There was a collective gasp in the living room. You and Rafael locked eyes. His panic-stricken expression matched your own. “Papi? You’re Santa?!” Mila exclaimed.

All the children began to cry, asking their parents if Santa was real. It was amazing how in the blink of an eye, your party turned into a total disaster.

“Remind me again why we decided to do this?” Rafael shouted to you above the pandemonium.

It took a while, but the adults were finally able to calm everyone down and tell the children that there was indeed a real Santa. With some quick thinking on your part, you explained that Santa and Rafael were friends and Santa sometimes asked Rafael to help out when he couldn’t attend parties due to prior engagements. Rafael agreed, saying it was a little job he had on the side during the holidays.

The older children were a little skeptical of your story, but after bribing them with a few more chocolates and some additional questions from Mila, they seemed to be appeased and the party went off without a hitch.

*****

Later on that evening, you checked on Mila and the twins. They had passed out as soon as the party was over. You walked back to your bedroom, expecting Rafael to be fast asleep only to find him sitting in a chair in your bedroom with a mischievous grin on his face. He was shirtless, wearing only the red pants and suspenders along with the Santa hat, having forgone the fake white beard and red jacket.

A tingle shot straight to your core. You never had a Santa kink...until now. “Santa, what are you still doing in here?”

“Well, I was about to leave, but then I realized I never asked you what you wanted for Christmas,” Rafael said.

“Give me one second.” You held up your finger and ran to your dresser.

Rafael spied a flash of red when you pulled something out of your drawer before you made a beeline to the bathroom. He twiddled his thumbs and whistled a Christmas song while patiently waiting for you.

Just then he heard a crash coming from the bathroom. “Ow, fuck!” You muttered.

“Everything ok in there?”

“Yep,” you called out, slightly out of breath. “Be right out.” A minute later, you opened the door dressed in a sheer red lace baby doll teddy lined with white faux fur and a matching red lace thong.

Rafael audibly gulped, drinking you in from head to toe, all the blood in his body pooling in his groin.

“Well, what do you think.” You blushed and slowly twirled to show off the lingerie before sauntering over to Rafael.

“I love it, he softly groaned and ran his large hands up your thighs and around to your backside, giving your ass a firm squeeze. “Wait, you didn’t get this while out shopping with Liv, did you?”

“No,” you giggled. “I picked this up a while ago. Finally thought of an opportunity to use it.”

Rafael looked up at you, his green eyes half-hooded with lust. “Why don’t you come sit on Santa’s lap,” he purred and patted his knee.

You straddled his lap and ran your fingers through the smattering of hair across his chest, playfully snapping one of his red suspender straps. “I have to tell you, Santa. I’ve been really naughty this year,” you softly said, grinding against his growing erection.

“Well let’s see what we can do about getting you back on the nice list,” Rafael growled, kissing down the slope of your neck. You gasped and dug your nails into his biceps, feeling his scruff scratch against your soft skin. Rafael smirked, nibbling and sucking until a bruise formed right above your clavicle. Inhaling deeply, he could smell the Christmas cookie body spray you had spritzed on earlier. You smelled good enough to eat.

It may have been a crazy chaotic evening, but one thing was for sure—playing Santa certainly had its perks.

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