#c: Donovan

[cecils-dragons]

Didn't finish this last night as I wished, but some more Donovan and I am loving this man once again. He gets a fun little outfit as he deserves it, pathetic man.

[santiagoayala]

Location: Virgil's Hymn

The walk back to their apartment had been tense, quiet. The moment they got inside, however, Santiago turned on his bodyguard. "Dios, why were you such fucking pendejo to that fan? She was muy bonita, Don. And harmless. You saw that outfit. Where the fuck was she gonna keep a weapon? Huh?"

@strawberette

[void-botanist]

OCKiss 2025 Day 1: Naneb

OCs: Donovan Reid, his wife Emma, and their son Sid

Setting: locality space, specifically the island of Aephar on the planet Rade

Words: 415

Content warnings: minor mentions of blood/a wound

Notes: Sid is six here.

nä-ˈneb noun lit. stone a term of endearment used in the local language of Liepes, Rade. Similar to “honey” but most commonly used between adults and children.

The branch Donovan had just snipped from the courtyard’s kaesuri tree dropped to the ground right as he heard someone start crying. When he looked down, no one was in the midst of his pile of branches, so he turned back to the tree.

“Don,” Emma said in a half-warning tone behind him. He turned on his little stepladder and found her standing there with one hand on Sid’s shoulder and the other hovering in front of her mouth as she didn’t quite look at him. Sid’s face was streaked with tears and his knee was streaked with blood. Ah, that explained it. He stepped to the ground and locked his two-handed pruners shut, trading them to Emma in exchange for Sid, who he ushered back into the house.

In the bathroom, he washed his hands, then found Sid still standing there looking pitiful.

“Sit down,” Donovan said as he pulled a washrag from the rack next to the shower. After he wet it with some warm water in the sink, he turned around to Sid perched on the closed lid of the toilet.

Donovan knelt down, only realizing as he put his knee on the floor that he had tracked in a bunch of dirt, and ignored that to start wiping the half-dried blood off Sid’s knee. The scrape underneath was pretty gnarly-looking, but didn’t seem to be actively bleeding too much.

“You’ll need a big band-aid for this one,” he said. That only made Sid look more upset. “It looks worse than it is,” he added, “but we have to make sure the whole thing gets covered.”

He found an appropriately big band-aid in the box in the medicine cabinet, then got down on the floor again. Peeling the band-aid, he carefully angled it over the scrape so hopefully it wouldn’t stick to any of the painful edges.

“There you go, naneb,” he said, putting a gentle hand on the back of Sid’s head to bring him in for a kiss on the forehead. “Good as new.” He patted Sid on the back. “Go find your friends again.”

Sid scrubbed his hands over his eyes, then disappeared out the door. Oh, Sid’s shoes had been a mess, too. Donovan sighed. Was there any chance he could get rid of this dirt before Emma yelled at him…?

[teeth--king]

Probably the longest I've worked and a piece in a while, but I saw a few people do that color wheel character thingy, and I wanted to do one for some of my own characters as well! In order of pink to purple: Byron, Jasper, Bryte, Donovan(and Cyran), Rahal, Stag, Yzi, and Elliot.

[void-botanist]

To avoid writing an epic in the tags, here's the AOM crew:

Horatio: lies early and often, though not very seriously (he works in customer service). He doesn't like to lie but he can do it very easily.

Sid: doesn't lie often, but usually has lies mixed in with truths because what matters is that you believe it.

Celia: lies all the time but 99% for comedic purposes. She tends not to care too much if the truth hurts.

Allison: lies frequently but only because he keeps saying that he's fine when he's definitely not.

Marcus: compensates for the ongoing lies he has to tell about his past by being very honest everywhere else, even though he's not really lying about his past so much as just not talking about it.

Avis: lies sparingly, mostly to figures of authority and herself. She only feels guilty about it if she actually liked you in the first place.

Sorian: would always rather tell a half-truth than a lie, and the truth than only half of one. He was like this even before meeting Avis, let alone being exiled from her.

Donovan: lies all the time but generally believes those lies are truer than they are, sometimes to the point of believing they are the actual truth.

Emma: lies when it's convenient for her, almost always to Donovan.

Leon: lies on occasion for reasons of politeness and comedy.

Edith: lies sometimes, mostly to avoid difficult situations (pissing off family members, getting stuck with a salesperson, etc.).

How often does your OC lie?

[dextermrgans]

"Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is--" "Stop! That never helped anybody." Dexter, s01e01

[dragon-swords-prophecies]

Your mystery question is here! :)

Hug: What’s the most important relationship(s) in your character's life?

:D

i'll do this for ronald!

The most important relationship in his life is his relationship with Donovan. Donovan has been dead for twenty years and it is still the most important relationship in his life. It defines literally everything about him. Everything he does in Herald is, in some way, about Donovan being dead. Ronald's life can be divided into ''before Donovan'' and ''after Donovan'' (and a secret third group of ''after Donovan died''). They're so. I'm normal about them (no). behold a handy diagram that i spent way too much time on:

and it doesn't just go one way!! donovan's also this obsessed with ronald. his dying thoughts are about his wife and then about ronald. Ronald attempted to run away from his problems (orphan, sorta lost his siblings and doesn't know where they went, other misc emotional difficulty) by getting on a train going west and Donovan woke up in the middle of the night and followed him to the train station so he wouldn't loose him forever, even though it meant leaving his parents behind. He does not see his parents ever again. He does not regret following Ronald, either. He also ends up raising Ronald's daughter but that's a different post.

Donovan got drafted into WWI and Ronald went ''welp, guess I'm volunteering for the military'' and everyone went ah yes this is normal for these two. because they're insane in general but also specifically about each other.

I can go much more in depth but I need to go eat dinner so. But yeah most defining relationship in Ronald's life is his relationship with Donovan. Its like that for Mary (Donovan's wife, Ronald's... something, Alex & Amelia's mother) too. They're both defined by their relationship with a man who's been dead for twenty years and I'm so extremely normal about it.

[just-absolutely-super]

I wonder if at some point Loid and/or Anya are gonna find out getting an invitation to the Desmond estate may never happen because not only does Damian hardly ever go home but Donovan very rarely appears before his own family

[cecils-dragons]

No clue why, but this has been stuck in my mind so I had to put it to paper(digital paper I guess), but Donovan being a messy non elegant vampire <3 he is forever a disaster, forgot he had blood on his hands and wiped them on his clothes out of habit.

[santiagoayala]

Ever since the night in the kitchen, things were better between them. And yet, there was a lot that remained unsaid, unknown. The tension was gone, and yet Santiago still had no fucking idea how to talk to Don again. Were they back to just best friends? Or? He tried not to think too hard on the or.

Clearing his throat, Santiago leaned against his chair with a stretch and glanced at the other. "So uh, ya wanna drink? Or are you clocking hours? Cuz I mean, look at all the Spades and Knights here. One drink wouldn't hurt."

@strawberette

[cecils-dragons]

Donnie my beautiful boy!!!!

Been forgetting to post art, so I’m playing catch up!

Artfight attacks for @teeth--king, Gacek, @l00tl00t, and CoffeeMooonster

[void-botanist]

An AOM Hero Forge Post

@theskeletonprior @vacantgodling I'm doing it finally! I haven't stopped making heroforges (it's great to do while I'm in class on Zoom) but here's a collection of my combo poses for AOM. They're a bit challenging to do because I have no control over their lower body pose, so I'm building all of these from preexisting poses and upper body adjustments. Hero Forge is also generally better for vibes than details but I think these turned out pretty well.

Avis & Leon

or: "Captain!" "Yeah, yeah."

Avis & Sorian

Leon & Edith

Sid & Horatio

or: "Have you met my best friend, Brooding JoJo Character?"

Donovan & Sid

or: we don't talk anymore

Emma & Sid

or, as @kk7-rbs put it: yoink (morally questionable)

Donovan & Emma

or: scary wife jumpscare

[brooklynxcox]

Location: Donovans' place Status: Closed @moody-money

It was early morning when she finally snuck into Donovan's place. The last several hours were heartbreaking and she wasn't sure she was ready to face the decisions she made. "Donnie?" So called out as she worked her way to his room. Without a change of clothes and not wanting to show up to his house in another man t t-shirt - plus she needed to stop adding to her collection - she changed back into her costume that was covered in ludovica's and Jason's blood. the sight of it almost made her sick again. Once she finally set her eyes on him she felt a tear drop. "hi."

[bullet-prooflove]

🌹🌹🌹🌹

“Hi.” You say, your fingers threading through his damp hair as you press against him.

“God you feel good.” He whispers against your lips, your fingers wrap around his cock and he inhales sharply because the sensation of your hand working him over, it’s bliss.

“But this is better right?” You tease, your thumb tracing over the tip of his cock.

He moans into your mouth because you, you have magic hands. He’ll never get tired of the way you touch him, the light brush of your fingertips, the steady intense pressure of your palm.

[cecils-dragons]

Of course this belongs here as well! I love colors.

Probably the longest I've worked and a piece in a while, but I saw a few people do that color wheel character thingy, and I wanted to do one for some of my own characters as well! In order of pink to purple: Byron, Jasper, Bryte, Donovan(and Cyran), Rahal, Stag, Yzi, and Elliot.

[samsdecker]

where: decker ranch who: @nathaniel-donovan

Working hours at Decker Ranch weren't very regular for Sammy, only playing doctor to the Hellraisers when he was called in. After all, his services were reserved for only more serious matters -- gunshot wounds, deep cuts, stitches-- anything that would warrant a member wanting to avoid going to the hospital. After all, the security staff at the hospital tended to be on high alert whenever they saw that patch come through the doors, so the less eyes there were the better. That particular night he'd been quiet about his presence at the ranch, not wanting to alert anyone to the fact that he was around and all of a sudden have a free clinic on his hands, wanting to do some inventory and make sure he was stocked up for the time being However, that wishful thinking for some peace and quiet went out the door when heard footsteps behind him.

"If it's not life threatening then I'm not interested." Sammy called over his shoulder as he scribbled something down on his clipboard, not bothering to even see who was there. "And even then, the answer is still no."