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thepromptswhisperer · 2 months
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"I think they like you." Prompts
“I’m sorry. I know you liked them (too).”
“You should talk to them.” “No. I couldn’t. What would I even say?”
“Clearly they have good taste.”
“Shut up.”
“Please, please, tell me you’re not trying to play matchmaker again. (As much as I love you, you suck at it.)”
“Good. Otherwise, that relationship of ours would be a mistake.”
“Can we not? (I just want to spend the evening with you. No distractions.)”
“No, they don’t.”
“How— How do you figure that?”
“What gave it away? The compliments? The touching? The kiss?”
A freezes. They had hoped nobody would figure out – not yet anyway – that they are in a secret relationship with B. Look natural. Act natural, they tell themselves.
Sighs. “Yeah, I’ve noticed.”
“And you? Do you like me?”
"Not you too." "What?"
“What, you gathered that from a simple ‘Hi’?”
“Maybe.” “You’re not interested?” “They just seem like they are looking for a relationship, and I’m not… I’m not ready for that. Not yet.”
“You think? How can you tell?”
“Stop pulling my leg.”
“You don’t think so?” “… Why would they/someone like them be interested in me of all people? I’m just—”
“This your way of telling me to leave you so you can ‘go on the hunt’ yourself?”
“Too bad I’m interested in someone else.” “Oh?”
“Message received.” “What? What message?”
A asks B if they are interested in person C to see if maybe they themselves (still) have a chance with B/C.
“Are you dumb or are you just pretending to be?” “What?” “You really don’t know?”
“So? I already have everything I need right here.”
Snorts. “What? We’re friends. Just friends.” (“Do they know that?”/”Hm. Sure.”)
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novelbear · 1 year
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"if only you knew" - some cute and shy crush scenarios
prompt list by @novelbear
awkwardly laughing to try not to malfunction when they're given a compliment
smiling real hard when texting them
^ then realizing what they're doing and smiling even more because they just love this feeling
knowing the little things about them
praying that they don't notice their heart racing as they give them a hug
when they get a little too close and it's over
gazing at them from afar because they're just so...
"i think about you a lot." "aw, really?" [panicking] "no." "oh."
when they compliment something that they've been insecure about and it just breaks them
"you get flustered really easily...cute." "haha...thanks...i think. was that a compliment? why are you laughing."
being asked to take photos of them and of course they accept, but they can't seem to focus properly
unconsciously showing displays of affection (ex. playing with their hair, rubbing their hand with their thumb) because it comes natural when with them
^ but when they get called out for it, they scramble to find an excuse (and maybe give an unnecessary apology)
"would you like to hang out?" "of course! i mean, yeah, it would be nice..."
"you've been kinda obvious." "....what."
realizing that their crush likes them back and it's been clear as day.
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youneedsomeprompts · 4 months
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~ FORBIDDEN LOVE ~ PROMPTS about confessing a forbidden crush
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requested by: @thegirlnextdooor request: can you do prompts for the secretly crushing, a bit of forbidden love, just confessed and they go "You ruined me" or "Look how much of a fool you've made me" in the most endearing way and the other person just go straight up crazy at it... 🐻
Feel free to use and reblog!
"Please, don't kill me but I think... no, I know that I've fallen in love with you."
"Wait? But you never even liked me!"
"I didn't see it coming myself but I can't stop thinking about you."
"Alright, but we can't tell anyone."
"We can never act on those feelings."
"You've ruined me."
"Stop pretending this could work!"
"I think we should better end this before it seriously gets us into a mess."
"Whenever I'm with you my brain stops working."
"For my sanity, we should start dating."
"I never wanted you to find out." "Why?" "Because it's impossible. We're not made for each other."
"Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Would it be so crazy that someone would like me that way?"
"Do you know how long I've dreamt of this happening?
"Where is the hidden camera?"
"And you had feelings for me all that time?"
"I've never thought you'd feel the same."
"No one would believe us if we told them we were dating."
"So... can I kiss you?"
"You're joking, right?"
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urfriendlywriter · 1 year
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prompts for your characters having a crush:
(no because 9, 16, 20, 21-- I'D KILL FOR IT TO HAPPEN TO ME :') (feel free to usee and tag me when yall writeeee :) )
tries to deny it. tries to undo it.
"yo, you seem to like [name]?" "SHH, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT SO LOUDLY??"
they're having a crush on you and they offer to help you a lot!
"you know I'm always there for you, right? :)"
that 0.001 second of eye contact when they catch you staring at them. WHAT YOU DIDNT NOTICE WAS THEIR SMILE AFTER!!! (which means they've a crush on u too dumb bitc- CHILE ANYWAYSSS)
bumping into each other in the hallways
slightest of physical contact and it sends you reeling into another universe
them being so oblivious and continuing to do all the adorable things they do
OR they know what they're doing because they fell for you first. like leaning over you to hear you better, cupping your face to take a fallen eyelash!!! OR patting your head often :))
hugging and hearing their heart beat rise
thinking they have a contagious laugh
them trying to confess to you but you're so oblivious it hurts!!
"[name], what do you think of us?" "us?" "you and me, us, love."
avoiding them to stop your feelings from growing further
"you've been avoiding me." "someone's got a braincell."
"we're not like how we used to be, [name]." "my bad for catching feelings. don't worry I'll get rid of it-" and they get kissedddd "took you so long to confess, love :)"
craning your neck to see if they're there (bonus points if they're already looking at you)
having a good laugh together!
walking home together and your hands graze e/o's
^ and they slowly take YOUR HAND IN THEIRSSS W RIZZ FR
"he is sick so i spent the night in his.." ".... YOU ARE CRAZY WHAT DID YOU DO?? ARE YOU IN LOVE [NAME]??"
"you have pretty eyes." "oh? oh. i- thank you? °\\°"
feeling tingly around them.
using codenames when talking about them with your friends!
"hey, are you sure your crush on 'pineapple' is one sided?? they look at you with a twinkle in their eyes."
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Hi. I'm writing about a character who has a crush on another character, unbeknowest to them, their crush has a crush on them. But i'm trying to figure why does this person have a crush on the other person. Please help?
Hi :)
So, both have a crush on each other? And you want to figure out why they would have a crush on that other person?
To be honest: you can have a crush on someone for basically any reason. The sun just needs to hit them right, the radio plays the right song and boom - crush on the person who you made eye contact with in the cereal aisle.
Reasons for having a crush on someone:
they are a genuinely nice person
they are good-looking
they have an interesting weirdness about them
they let you go in front of them in the check-out line
they are a skilled handyman
they wait for you when you are slower than the rest of the group
they have a really cool style
they held a door open for you
they explained a joke to you that you didn't get
they scrunch up their nose when they think about something and it's really cute
they are the only other person your age around
they help you cheat in an exam
they like the same music
they stood up to a teacher or authority figure
they don't care about what anyone says
they send you funny memes
they look hot in the gym
they are really good with children
they are really good with animals
they smiled at you once
they are very attentive
they always make you the perfect cup of coffee
they ran across a field and looked like they are in a commercial
they wore your favourite colour today
they seem like a really cool person
they read a book to you
they love about your jokes
they care about the same injustices
they totally match your energy
they held eye contact with you across a room once
they are clumsy and simply adorable
they have the best comebacks
they played a song on their guitar
they always make sure to include you in stuff
And the list goes on and on...
Hope you have a crush on someone today :)
- Jana
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bunnyswritings · 1 year
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I just came across your page, but is it possible for you to do prompts where person a has a crush on person b but they’re best friends?
hello! sure!! but i'm not sure what context you would like the trope to be in, so i just came up with prompts based on the 'crush phase' of best friends to lovers, i hope that's okay! and sorry this is sooooo late 😅
having a crush on your best friend — some kickstarter prompts
Knowing each other's class schedules inside out and waiting for the other person to journey home together, and one day realising that this is exactly the reason why they want to spend the rest of their life with them
Not realising that they have just blurted the other person's coffee order without batting an eyelid because they got it all memorised
Being overly familiar and friendly with the other person's family because they've literally seen them grow up; half-jokingly saying that they will marry their child in the future because no one can put up with them like they can
Being so comfortable around each other that they don't hesitate to wipe a stain off the corner of the other person's lips in front of a group of friends, and both of them blushing when they get teased about it after
Confessing to their best friend only to be put on hold but waiting years for them anyway because life isn't the same without the other around, and then finally having that one-sided crush turn into a mutual one
Finding themselves in situations where they are in close physical proximity of each other, and those situations gradually becoming awkward because of the increasing awareness of their liking for the other
Having care packages with their favourite snacks, heat packs and cheer-up notes on standby for when the other is having a bad day (bonus: when feelings surface, they confess to the other through one of those notes in the package)
Always getting mistaken as the best friend when but one day get a a shock of their life when the other holds their hand in public, and whispers into their ear, "you mean we weren't dating all this time?"
Being awkward about sharing a room together on a trip because one has feelings for the other person, and volunteers to sleep on the floor instead. (bonus: they almost faint when they actually get invited to sleep in the same bed because the other person doesn't want them to wake up with a backache.)
Mustering up courage to gift the other with a valentines day gift (ready to pass it off as a friendship day gift if things go awry), and realising that the other person also has plans to ask them to be their valentine
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daintyduck99 · 1 year
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"is he cute? i bet he's cute let me see-" for Reggie and Alex, any pairing
It takes everything in Alex not to react when his phone dings.
Reggie notices, anyway, stopping in the middle of his ramble and pushing his plate of waffles away. He leans across the table.
"What was that?"
"Nothing," Alex says airily. Too airily, if the way his voice and Reggie's eyebrows climb are any indication.
"That's not nothing. You almost always have your notifications muted."
Alex slides back further into the booth, cradling his phone protectively as Reggie inches closer. He stabs his stack of pancakes and stuffs a bite of strawberry into his mouth in lieu of responding.
"Come on, 'Lex, tell me! Is it a guy?"
He chews slowly. "...I let important notifications through. That's not unusual, okay? This project makes up a lot of our grade—"
"I knew it!" Reggie crows, earning him a dirty look from a waitress. Not that he notices. "Our means that you care about their grade, and you care about them. It is a guy, isn't it? A really cool one that you can't stop thinking about."
Alex sighs. Reggie knows him too well.
"It might be…a guy. There's no point in voicing any sort of hopes about him because they're only bound to get crushed, which is why I didn't tell you. We're strictly project partners, Reg."
"What makes you think that?" Reggie asks, frowning. "You're awesome, Alex. Is he already dating someone or something?"
Alex pushes a few more strawberries listlessly around his plate.
"I think so? I mean, he's always going on about the guys at some club. It sounds like he has the time of his life there, with them, and I know you think I'm awesome, Reggie, but I'm not that…I don't know, wild? How could I ever keep up?"
Reggie’s face does that thing where it soothes out, except for his mouth, which scrunches into a little o. He brightens as he snaps out of it, eyes lighting on Alex's.
"But you don't know that they're together, right? Maybe they're just good friends! That's why Luke and Julie didn't ask me out for ages, remember? They'd assumed that you were my boyfriend."
"That's…true," Alex admits, smiling faintly in spite of himself as Reggie beams. "Okay, yeah, maybe I shouldn't be so quick to assume. The way I feel about this guy…it's just scary. I barely know him, Reg, but I like him so much. It’s going to hurt like hell if he rejects me."
Reggie takes his hand, netting them another glare from a different waitress. Alex glares back until she looks away. Reggie, meanwhile, has remained blissfully unaware, intently focused on Alex.
"I'll be there for you no matter what, buddy, but you shouldn't quit before you've even played the game. Alright? At least own your awesomeness for once! If this guy doesn't see it, someone will. Sometimes you've just gotta put yourself out there."
Alex swallows. He squeezes Reggie’s hand.
"Thanks, Reg. But also…if he says no, won't that make our whole project…awkward?"
Reggie shrugs. "That's college for you. Aren't most of the group projects shitty?"
He has to concede that point as well. He's more or less worn down, and he promises to at least think about asking him out.
Reggie almost lets it go after that, but when Alex's phone dings again, he gets a mischievous glint in his eye.
"You know, there's still so much you haven't told me about this guy. I know your type, but like, what's his name? What does he do? Is he cute?"
"His name is Willie. He's doing something with art, theater is his minor. And like, objectively speaking, he's…well…"
Reggie smirks. "'Lex, it's a simple question. Is he cute? Just say so."
Alex stammers as a hot flush sweeps over his skin. He can't help it; Willie's hard to describe. Or maybe he's so fucking attractive that it melts Alex's brain.
"I bet he's cute, let me see—"
Reggie lunges for Alex's phone, crowing again as he manages to pry it from his hand. He unlocks it and whistles.
"Damn Alex, forget cute. This guy is smoking hot."
He shows Alex the Whatsapp profile picture as if it's not burned into his brain.
Willie's grinning in it, long dark hair whipping in the wind as he balances on a skateboard on what looks like a precarious rail. Those jeans definitely do nothing to hide how…muscular his legs are, especially with the…artfully placed rips. The white hoodie softens it all somehow, but it only screams that he's also cuddly, which makes him even more attractive.
It's absolutely maddening.
And it pales in comparison to the real thing. Willie is possibly the most vivacious person Alex has ever met.
"Yeah," Alex manages to croak. "He is."
Reggie flips his phone back around with a little hum before Alex can protest.
"Alex! He's flirting with you!"
"Okay, but that doesn't have to mean—"
"Alex."
He throws his hands up, and thankfully not out, or he would've hit a waiter. They really need to leave before they get banned from the best diner near campus.
"Some people are just flirtatious! You flirt with me all of the time!"
Reggie just gives him a sunny grin and a wink. "There's a difference between flirting for fun and flirting with intent, babe. If he's not doing the latter, I'll eat my boot."
"You might have to, anyway," Alex mutters, huffing at Reggie’s oblivious little what.
They don't get banned, if only because Alex pays and drags him out at what Luke calls his runway speed, so there's that.
But if his anxiety is totally off about the other things…well, he's not exactly mad about it, although he does have to laugh when Willie asks to meet him at the diner for one of their first dates.
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hellbubu · 1 year
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"borrowing my favorite shirt? you're down this bad?" (Prompt meme)
Thanks for the ask!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Teasing Dialogue Over A Crush
No explicit ships
Suigetsu walked into his room to find Sasuke digging through his closet. Well, raiding might’ve been the better word. 
“What are you doing?”
“I have a study session,” Sasuke answered, not bothering to look at Suigetsu. He finally looked up, a black t-shirt in his hand.” Do you mind if I wear this?”
“Quick questions. One, don’t you have much nicer shirts?” Suigetsu crossed his arms and leaned against the doorway.” Two, really, borrowing my favorite shirt? Are you really down this bad?”
“It’s not like that.” 
Suigetsu smirked at Sasuke’s pink cheeks.” If it isn’t, why are you worried about how you’ll look for a study session? Will you be studying anatomy?”
“Mine make me look snobbish! And it is a study session.”
“I’m sure you’ll be studying the guy’s dick.”
“Shut up!” Sasuke walked out of the room, leaving a snickering Suigetsu behind. He emerged from his own room half an hour later.
“Mascara? That guy’s got you wrapped around his pinky.”
“Well, I can’t really afford to flunk my class, now can I?” Sasuke grabbed his jacket and slipped on his shoes.
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Don’t wait up for me.” Sasuke slammed the door.
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nerdpoe · 3 months
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Alfred is getting up there in age. It's time for him to go see the Ghost King, and uphold his end of their deal.
He tells Bruce that he needs to return to England for a bit, to meet up with some old friends.
Gets the Manor prepared for life without him.
And as he's standing in his room, luggage packed and ready to go, Bruce knocks on the door.
"You don't have any plane tickets purchased," Bruce starts, looking concerned.
"Indeed, I have not."
"There's no correspondence between you or your friends to indicate a visitation."
"I suppose I should have expected your insatiable curiosity would lead to that breach of privacy," Alfred sighs, resting a hand on his luggage.
"...Where are you really going?"
Alfred doesn't answer. Bruce has dug enough, and perhaps he deserves a little confusion.
What Alfred does do is snap a small, glowing crystal. One that looked like Kryptonite, but was not.
A portal opens before him, and before Bruce can reach him, Alfred calmly steps through.
The portal shuts behind him.
He turns to face the Ghost King.
"Ã̵͙̤̚͜r̶͓̓ȇ̵̢͝ ̸̝͂͠ẙ̶̘̳̿o̷͈̎͋̽u̵͈̔ ̸̖͉̔ṛ̸̅̀͆e̸͉̓̂͒a̴̻̓͝d̵̬̉̏̉ỳ̶̬͂̕?̴̼̈́͗̀"
Alfred nods.
The Ghost King's face breaks out into a wide smile.
"I believe I have put together a menu that will satisfy you, My King."
~~~~~~
Two months later sees Alfred being given another crystal, and a portal opened for him back to the Manor.
Alfred steps through, a bounce in his step and not a speck of grey in his hair, looking for all the world like he's twenty again.
Now, how is he going to explain this to the very sleep-deprived looking Master Tim sitting on his bedroom floor, staring at him with unfocused eyes?
Or: Alfred made a deal with the Ghost King when he was twenty and dying in the remains of his ship, just after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. If he can cook food the King has never tasted before, and keep it up for two months, the King will put forward his case to the God of Time and rewind him to the point in his life three days before he was grievously wounded. Basically, he gets to go back to being a 20 year old. He staves it off for as long as he can, often getting quite elderly, before breaking that crystal and serving two months of full courses to the King of the Dead. He hasn't told anyone this.
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ghostbsuter · 3 months
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"Date? Me?'
Tim nods, milkshake in hand, sitting outside of McDonald's with his study buddy, Danny.
The other teen looked flabbergasted with a firm blush building up.
Tim found him utterly adorable.
"I can't date anyone? I'm property of.the goverment."
Tim Drake-Wayne, aka Red Robin, has various questions to that statement.
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starry-bi-sky · 2 months
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There are two things that Damian knows that he knows Father doesn’t.
He has an older brother
He was dead
(And a secret third thing: Damian was glad he was dead. They did not get along.)
Well. No, correction, they were two things that Damian knew that Father didn't. Past tense. Strange magic swirled through the air and created a mirage before his eyes, and immediately a scowl forms across his face.
The mirage shifts and shimmers like the light hitting a slowly turning prism, and then it settles into a memory. One that Damian does not recall. Like looking into a tv screen, it shows, faintly, a room, with most of the magic going into the image of a crib.
His mother was standing on one side, and next to her, standing on his tiptoes was a small five year old boy looking up at her. With dark hair and skin that was only few shades lighter brown than Damian's, the little boy's resemblance to Damian was undeniable.
However, his eyes were blue. Not green. Damian's scowl deepens, and he sinks back. "Danyal." He mutters, and feels eyes turn on to him.
Danyal Al Ghul. Damian's older brother. A prodigal swordsman like Damian, and five years his senior. He'd be fifteen if he was still alive. His memory of the last time he saw his brother was still clear in his mind.
(A sword to Danyal's neck. Stars were glittering through his window. Damian was five, Danyal ten. He is not sure why Danyal had snuck into his room, all he remembers is hearing a sound and on instinct reaching for his sword.)
(His brother had intercepted easily. But had not shoved the sword away. Moonlight hit his blue eyes, and Damian remembers seeing the pupils shrink to let the light in. His eyes looked almost silver.)
(His brother bares his teeth at him. Damian wants to slice his neck more than anything, and he bares his teeth back. "Good." Danyal says, his voice low in a hiss, "Your reflexes are good, little brother.")
("Of course they are," Damian remembers snarling, and presses the sword closer. But it does not budge. "I am an Al Ghul.")
(Something unrecognizable passes through his brother's eyes, and his mouth twists into something like a smile. "I know." He says, and tilts his head downwards at him. "And you will be great.")
(His brother shoves the sword back, causing Damian to stumble. And like the wind, he is gone.)
(The next morning, he goes on a mission with mother and a few others. Mother is the only one to return with Danyal's sword, and a red-eyed look in her eyes. Damian does not mourn. Now there's only one of them.)
"Momma." The little Danyal-mirage speaks, a furrow between his childlike brows as mother lowers a bundle into the crib. His blue eyes watch her, and lifts onto his toes to peer into the crib as she sets the baby down. "Who is this?"
Their mother's hand comes to rest along his back. "This is Damian, my son." She murmurs, voice low. "He is your little brother. Protect him well."
Damian scoffs internally -- not likely. He remembers every spar he ever had with Danyal, every harsh word and insult. His pushing, pushing, pushing for Damian to get up. To try again. Do it again. The only kindness he ever showed him was when his fingers bled. And even that was harsh, firm. Rolling gauze around his wrist and scolding him, telling him how to wield his weapon better.
(It was the same as everyone else, but somehow it hurt worse coming from his own brother.)
But he watches his older brother's youngest self tilt his head to the side, and then reach his chubby hand through the crib's bars. He runs small, blunt fingers over the baby's arm, and the baby jerks. Through the crib's bars, Damian sees himself grab Danyal's fingers.
And he scowls even deeper.
And Danyal's eyes... widen. He lets out a little gasp, and a small smile Damian's never seen him wear tilts at the corner of his mouth as he looks up at their mother. "Mother," he whispers, "he grabbed me!"
Damian... his scowl falters, for a moment.
He doesn't wait for a response, he looks back to the baby with sparking eyes. His expression melts like sugar as he bounces the finger being gripped tight by the small hand. "Hello, little brother." His brother says, voice its of usual firmness, but there's more fondness underlying it than Damian's ever heard. "My name is Danyal."
The mirage shifts before Damian can comprehend his older brother's voice. It shows the crib again, appearing as if a few days had passed. There is night lilting through the nearby window, and a creek of the door. The baby doesn't stir.
Danyal sneaks in, still wearing his training clothes and a sword strapped to his side. Damian's scowl returns, watching him creep over to the crib. Of course -- the last night he saw his brother wasn't the only time he'd snuck into his room.
Would he go so low as to attack an infant? Damian wonders, watching his brother cross the room to his crib. But while his fingers rest against the hilt, they never curl to unsheathe.
His brother peers into the crib again, and there it is again, that smile wider in the corner of his mouth. It's not a full one, but its as uninhibited as it gets. Dripping honey-sweet with awe. "You are so tiny." Danyal whispers, and pokes a finger back through the crib. It wriggles, then pokes Damian's cheek gently. "Was I as small as you when mother gave birth to me?"
There is no response from the baby. Not a coherent one anyways, the little thing snuffles and turns his head, mouth open to latch. Danyal stills, his eyes grow ever wider again.
Danyal says nothing else, just rests his cheek against the crib and watches the baby sleep in silence. The affection never leaves his young face.
Damian feels unsettled. Off-foot. This Danyal is foreign to him... He wonders what happened to have changed his brother's mind on him.
There's a scuffle, quiet, but there. Danyal picks up on it just as Damian does, and his head pricks up like a deer, head already turning away from the crib. The affection leaves his face, falling away like water into something serious. His blade is already slightly unsheathed.
Two assassins, belonging to grandfather, burst out of the shadows. Their swords swinging into the air and ready to strike.
Danyal kills them both, his back to the crib. It's not without struggle, and when the two assassins lay dead on the floor, the baby is wailing at the top of his lungs. Danyal has a laceration cleaving down diagonal of his cheek. It's close to his eye, just barely missed blinding him.
Damian never knew how he got that scar. He does now. (He doesn't know how to feel about it.)
His brother clutches his bleeding face, sheathing his sword as tears well up onto his face. But he turns towards the crib, and hurries over. "You're okay, you're okay, you're okay." He hushes rapidly, the League-drilled seriousness fallen away to reveal a panic-stricken five year old. He sticks one hand into the crib, the one not clutching anything, and grabs little Damian's hand.
Their mother comes bursting in that moment, and Danyal turns his head towards her. "Mother." He says, his voice cracks un-wantingly. Their mother steps over the bodies of the assassins easily. "They tried to kill Damian."
"But they did not." Talias says, kneeling down next to the crib to inspect Danyal's face and Damian's well-being. When she finds nothing of concern beyond the injury, she continues. "You killed them before they could, Danyal. Well done."
The mirage of his brother nods, his eyes teary and red.
Damian... is discomfited. he never thought Danyal would kill assassins for him. He would have thought his brother would sooner look the other way. The mirage shifts again, and it quickly shows time passing.
Danyal sits in Damian's nursery every night, after that. He lays at the foot of the crib with his sword, a pillow and a blanket with him. Some nights there is nothing but peace -- or as close to peace as a baby could achieve -- and some days assassins break in.
Danyal kills each one.
The mirage shifts again, and it shows more memories of Danyal interacting with Damian during his youth too young for him to remember. His first steps, his first words.
"Danya." The small toddler of Damian says, arms reaching for Danyal.
A frown curls across Danyal's face, and pulls Damian into his lap. "No, no, little brother." He scolds, voice firm but.. softer. "It is Danyal, Damian. Danyal."
"Danya!"
Damian's brother sighs, but there is that same-small tilt at the corner of his mouth. A glimmer in his eyes. A glimmer... that Damian is finding he recognizes.
(He always thought his brother got that look in his eyes when he was mocking him. Was he wrong?)
The mirage shifts again, and this time it shows only mother and Danyal, alone. Danyal is older, taller. Seven, if Damian had to guess. Mother has a stern look on her face, her hands tight on his shoulders. "Damian will be starting training soon, my son."
Ah, then close to eight then. Training starts, always, at three years old. He watches Danyal nod, his expression mimicking their mother's. His arms are folded, always folded, behind his back, always neat.
"You can no longer have the relationship with your brother as you did before." Mother says.
Danyal's expression... falters. It shifts, it fluctuates. He looks surprised, thrown off. Like he isn't quite sure he heard what mother just said. His brows furrow. "What... do you mean, mother?"
"I mean what I said, Danyal." Mother says, stern, "Ra's will be keeping a closer eye on Damian now that he is of age to begin his training. He will not like if he sees you both getting along."
"I am sorry, my child. But your relationship with Damian ends here. You are rivals now, not brothers." In a cruel form a gentleness, mother raises her hand and tucks a stray curl out of Danyal's face.
Of course. Damian never had a relationship with his brother because of Grandfather. Of course. No, he's not feeling a little bitter. No. There's not an inner child that still, like a candleflame, wishes that he'd had a bond with his only flesh and blood.
Danyal is dead now. So it's not like it matters. He's happy about this.
Danyal frowns, and he steps back. He looks lost in thought. "We are still brothers, mother," he says, argues, and looks up to meet mother's eyes. "Let me train him, I will make sure he gets the skill he needs. If we must be rivals, then I will teach him how to defeat me. If he can defeat me, he can defeat anybody."
Their mother, and Damian, both blink in unison. Then mother smiles something sharp, calculated. She folds her hands behind her back. "Then do it. But you will make him hate you."
"...So be it."
Damian.... Damian is silent. His world axis has been tilted on its head. He is sliding, and sliding, and sliding down. Spinning. Many things click into place at once.
More memories from the mirage show. It shows Danyal training Damian. It shows their arguing, their bickering. It shows Danyal going to their mother to praise Damian and his skills, how fast he is picking up on the sword. How one day he will surpass even him.
It shows Danyal sitting outside Damian's bedroom door every night, listening in for anyone who dares to break in. His knees drawn to his chest, his sword at his side. Sometimes he sneaks in, sword drawn, when he hears a sound.
Some nights, Damian wakes up. He remembers those nights. Danyal standing over his bed with his sword unsheathed and tight at his side. He remembers the instant terror as he immediately reached for his own weapon.
His brother always scolded him for his lack of vigilance. That had he been anyone else, Damian would have had his neck cut. He would've been dead already. It only made Damian's hatred of him grow.
But he understands now. Because there were assassins in the room that Damian, four years old, three, did not notice. Not until later. He always assumed the attacks on him after Danyal's death had been because now there was a new heir to target.
It had been the only lesson he'd been even somewhat grateful for.
Then finally the mirage shimmers, and it shows Danyal, ten years old, in one of the training rooms, mid-spar with Mother. It's fast, sharp, impressive and like a blur. Damian is unsure if at ten which one of them was the better swordsman. Some of the assassins who have never met Danyal said Damian was, but the ones who had said it was Danyal. He'll never know.
In a lull in the fight, when their swords are crossed, mother speaks. "Ra's wants you and Damian to fight." She says, teeth grit into a deep scowl. The cross breaks and Danyal jumps back, he frowns.
"We have fought, mother." He says, and dives in first, swinging for mother's feet. Mother dodges, and slices at his arm. He swerves out of the way, twisting on his feet like a dance. "We are always fighting, doesn't he see our spars?"
"Not a spar like that, my son." Mother says, a snarl in her voice. She lunges, and Danyal blocks her blade. "A fight to the death. Father has grown tired of having two heirs."
That gets Danyal's attention -- or, more accurately, it distracts it. His eyes widen, and his sword lowers for a single moment. A mistake. "What?" Is all he gets out before mother has him on his back, her blade pressed to his throat.
He freezes. As does Damian. Danyal's brows furrow, then unfurrow, only to knot up again. "Mother, what do you mean a fight to the death?" He flips to his feet when mother removes the sword. She walks over to grab her water.
"Must I repeat myself, Danyal?" Mother snaps, rubbing her forehead before swigging from her canteen. "Father wants to find out which one of you is the stronger heir, and so you will fight to the death after your training in a few days."
Danyal's tan face loses a shade of color, he looks ashy. "There must be some mistake!" He exclaims, his arms gesturing out as he peers around mother. "There is a five year disparity between us, Damian has only just started training two years ago. It would be an unfair fight!"
"Do you think me unaware?" Mother whirls on him, and there is a grief-stricken look on her face. Like she is already mourning Damian's death. Damian feels ill. "Your skill is far beyond what Damian can accomplish right now, and there is nothing that I say that can convince Father otherwise."
Danyal wears an expression like he is scrambling for answers. A white knuckle grip on his weapon. There is a long silence, and his lower lip curls up. His throat bobs, he swallows. "Is there really nothing we can do?"
Mother makes a frustrated sound, pushing her loose hairs out of her face. "Not unless Father changes his mind, or I send one of you away. But Father would surely send someone to look for you or Damian."
"What if one of us faked our death?"
Mother stills. As does Damian. No, he thinks, stiff as a rod, no way. These mirages were lying, nothing but figments of an imagination. Of some quiet what-if that Damian had not yet stomped out.
Mother's expression shifts, and then turns contemplative. Danyal notices, and keeps pushing, he looks as hopeful as he could get beyond his usual unwavering, stone-like expression. "One of us could go to father--"
"No." Mother cuts off, voice sharp. Danyal wilts, confusion flittering across his face. Damian, from the corner of his eye, sees Father tense as stone. His white-slit eyes have not left the mirage. Nobody's has.
"Father will undoubtedly check there first, it would not be a good idea. You or Damian will have to go somewhere where he would not think to look. Someone unaffiliated with the League."
Danyal's face falls, shutters, and then closes up again into stone. Mother begins to pace, and Danyal's blue eyes follow her. "So a stranger?" He asks, and there is disgust lilting into his voice.
Mother nods, and she looks just as offput as Danyal.
The mirage of Damian's brother rolls his shoulders back. "Then I will do it, mother." He says, voice unwavering. There is a stubborn note behind it all, one that Damian recognizes. "I will fake my death, and Damian will stay here."
Mother's eyes turn sharp on him, and she stops in her spot. She pivots. "Are you sure?" She asks, eyebrow raising, "There is a chance you will never meet your Father if you leave. Nor will you see I or Damian again, if you do this."
Something like fear flickers across Danyal's face, eyes widening momentarily -- as if that very thought had not crossed his mind. But then it smooths over to sharp determination. He nods. "It would be the same for Damian if it was him instead. I will do it, Mother."
Damian feels ill again. Father has a strong set in his jaw, his teeth grinding.
Mother stares at Danyal, and then her expression softens. And like before, it is grieving. "In a few days time, I and another member of the League will be going on a mission to the American States. I will tell Father that you will accompany me, once there we will dispose of the other member and then orchestrate your death."
The American States. Danyal was here, in the country. He was out there somewhere -- but no this was fake. It had to be. Danyal was dead. A fool who got himself killed on a mission with mother and left the title of Heir to Damian.
Or maybe it had been his plan all along. His and mother's both.
...Was mother ever going to tell him?
The mirage of Danyal nods, sharp. Understanding. There is a gleam in his eyes that is not pride, it is tears. And when Mother leaves the room and leaves him alone, the stone-like expression on his face crumbles and falls.
His brother, ten years old, curls up his lip in an ugly way. It wobbles as the tears in his eyes do, and he brings up his hand to slam it over his mouth. And sinks to his knees, a yell-like sob muffled behind the skin.
His brother, ten years old, looks smaller than Damian remembers him being, and cries.
Damian has never seen Danyal cry. Not once in the mirage of memories, nor in his own.
The memory holds for a minute, and then disappears. And no new one shows up. The magic is gone, and it leaves a silence in its wake. Heavy, staticky, and full of revelations.
So there are two things that Damian knows that his Father now knows too.
He has an older brother
His older brother is alive.
(And a new secret third thing: Damian wasn't sure how to feel about it.)
#dpxdc#dp x dc#dp x dc crossover#danny fenton is not the ghost king#dp x dc prompt#dpxdc prompt#i promise this is a prompt#it just got very long#danyal al ghul au#my take on a danyal al ghul au#older brother danny#dpdc#dpxdc crossover#i know the usual gist is that danyal al ghul is a better knife thrower than he is a swordsman but hey#consider: phantom has a sword when he fights ghosts. how sick is that?#his ghost form having allusions to the LoA. its not obvious but its there#did i make danny brown skinned? yeah. because him being white or not is irrelevant to me and i wanted to make him darker skinned#thinking about the angst of bruce seeing his firstborn son going “i could stay with father!” and then said child being visibly crushed#when told no. and that he may never see his father ever. actually. if he fakes his death. and still doing it anyways for damian's sake#danny loves his little brother he just shows it in an unorthodox way. some of it is not his fault#also danny being an absolute grump in amity park is very funny to me. he's an arrogant little assassin child in AP who is only here for#his little brother's sake and safety. he loves his brother but that doesnt stop him from being an arrogant little brat#gremlin assassin child danny is so funny#i know this is very ironic for me to post after posting my thoughts on danyal al ghul aus and their missed potential#but actually this prompt is what spurred that post into creation in the first place actually.#because i was thinking about this au and then went “oh hey you know whats funny--” and then i#thought about it too much to the point where i had to make a post talking about it#tried to find a balance between danny being mature for his age and also still being a kid#like yeah he’s a trained assassin and has killed but also he’s a 10yo boy about to be separated - Assumingly permanently- from his family
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A Catfish??
All of the bat children are horrified when they found out the boy Damian has been talking online, someone they were expecting to be a 5’3 twig. Someone who Damian has been crushing on for years turned out to be a 6’3 muscle-bound fucker that makes Jason look small.
They are even more horrified when they realized they never gave Damian the internet talk and for some reason Bruce is not reacting like this is something of concern and what the fuck-?!
The reason Bruce is not freaking out like the rest of his kids is quite simple.
He can see the last of the baby fat clinging to Danny’s face, he notices how even though Danny is a walking tank of a being, he still glances at the doorways like they could not be trusted.
Like he wasn’t used to his height.
No Bruce is not concerned, because all signs and research just points to one fact.
Danny Fenton has came into a Fenton-sized growth spurt.
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novelbear · 1 year
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“first comes love, then comes marriage~”  - teasing dialogue over a crush
prompt list by @novelbear | requested: @soph1333
"seriously? [name]? that's who you've been crying about for weeks?"
"i invited them over." "shut up, you did not."
"don't look but they're right behind you- I SAID DON'T LOOK??"
"aww someone's finally got their first crush~"
"is he cute? i bet he's cute let me see-"
"well now you have no choice but to text them, oops!"
"your ears got so red, it was hilarious."
"none of what you said made any sense, i can't believe they have you this flustered."
"should i try to ask around? i think you might actually have a chance- what do you mean no??"
"borrowing my favorite shirt? you're down this bad?"
[mocking them] "'i guess you'll never know' why would you say something like that??"
"you stayed up...all night...for them. oh dude you're in love."
"what- i was NOT smiling like that i have no clue what you're talking about."
"please, you were smiling like the cheshire cat when he came over. be serious."
"if him coming over actually gets you to do the dishes then i might have to get his number myself, damn..."
"i better be the first one you invite to your wedding!"
"look at you. a blushing mess, stand up!"
"you think i didn't notice the voice change? you totally like them."
"so...are you finally going on that date or....?"
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youneedsomeprompts · 1 year
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~ A LOVE EPIPHANY ~ realising a crush PROMPTS
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requested by: @boomhauer & various anons
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needing someone else to point it out
wondering why they can't stop thinking about them
trying to find other explanations for their obsession
getting flustered around them
getting even more flustered when they realise the extent of their feelings
trying to 'undo' their crush
trying to rationalise it
being confused because they thought this couldn't happen to them
"But how?!"
imagining their future together
daydreaming about them
being intimated by the strength of their own feelings
always coming back to thinking about the perfection of their crush
needing to sit down as the realisation hits them
gasping when they realise it
"No, no, no, no, no! This can't be!"
finally having an explanation for the butterflies in their stomach
sudden bliss because love is the most beautiful thing
devastated because they know it won't be returned
being paralysed by the realisation
acting even more foolish around them than before
not wanting to confess their feelings because they're worrying it would ruin everything
trying to tone down their excitement when around them
being confused because they thought love would be something more tangible and concrete
unable to tackle life's tasks because they're lost in their feelings
everything they do brings them back to their crush
asking themselves why they haven't seen it coming
thinking it might have been inevitable
being relieved from all worries and stress when they see their crush smiling
dedicating themselves to their crush's wellbeing
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starwrighter · 10 months
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Dead serious prompt cuz I never do ship prompts.
Let's give it a shot!
Danny transfers to Damian's highschool, specifically he transfers into Damian's class. Damian's immediately smitten with him, head over heels love at first sight. Maybe Danny's done some animal rights protests and fundraisers with Sam? Maybe Danny just has good vibes.
Damian has no clue what to do with this feeling. He's emotionally constipated so Danny's first day ends with him getting a note in fancy lettering that reads
"Your eyes are like sapphires."
It's only one sentence (I can't write good poetry) But there's a beautiful Drawing of him below the writing. Danny smiles and puts this in his school binder. Damian sees this as an absolute win.
If we go with the Idea that Damian has the reputation of being cold and calculated it makes this prompt cuter.
Just Damian being a fully trained assassin and part-time vigilante but the moment Danny walks in he's googling
"How do you talk to cute boys?"
"What is a crush?"
" How to romance a guy as a guy?"
Just imagine being one of Damian's classmates, oh my God they must be so confused. The kid who usually talks like a dictionary and is as cold as block of ice is suddenly leaving romantic poetry in the transfer student's locker?!? He actively participates in class activities to talk with him? What kind of witchcraft is this??
Danny is doesn't know who his secret admirer is, but he kinda hopes it's Damian.
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silicon-puppy-pudding · 5 months
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Can Fright Knight x Batman be a thing? Is it already a thing? I just saw this post where Frighty is acting as Danny's dad and I just want something with Fredric Knight meeting Bruce like..
Bruce is happy Daimian is making friends. This new kid, Daniel "call me Danny" Knight, seems nice. Kid might be a meta or something, with the way his eyes reflect like a cats and how he seems to always be cold, but he doesn't seem to be a bad kid and his background seemed to check out.
Yesterday Damian had invited Danny over for a sleepover and Bruce was stoked. Dami is having a friend over! A civilian friend! This is so normal and great! Danny had said his father would be picking him up the next day and would show up on his motorcycle (which was apparently named Nightmare?)
Bruce is in the sitting room close to the entrance when Alfred goes to buzz the gate for Danny's father. After a few minutes, he can hear Alfred walking the man in and explaining that "young Master Damian will be down with young Daniel in a few minutes. Till then, maybe you'd like to speak with Master Bruce?"
Bruce almost falls out of his seat when this almost 7 foot tall hunk of a man walks in, with his long raven black hair with a streak of gray down the center, all pulled back into a low ponytail. His bright green eyes have that same, almost glowing, shine that Danny's have and he's got a neat bit of stubble on his sharp jaw. He holds himself tall and seems to scan the room before setting his gaze on Bruce, who is using all his will to not ogle at this gorgeous man in front of him.
He stands to greet him and, oh God, he may actually be 7ft. "You must be Danny's dad, right?" He offers his hand to shake, "Bruce Wayne. I'm happy to see my son making friends with such a nice kid."
The behemoth of a man stares at his hand for just a moment to long before he shakes it and introduces himself, "Fredric Knight. I'm also glad my son is making friends." He says with the hint of a smile, "He's been a bit reclusive since we came here and I don't believe that's been healthy for him."
The two fathers talk for a bit, Bruce doing his best to be Batman ever now and then to make sure this guy isn't a potential threat. After some time, Danny and Damien walk into the room with Danny's bags, "Hey Dad, hi Mr. Bruce. Sorry that took so long," he says as he walks over to Fred (Bruce was told he could call him that) and half hugs the man, "Dami has a snake and he let me feed her!" Fred looks down at his son and pats his head, "That sounds interesting, little prince. Was it a frightful creature?"
As father and son speak, Bruce notes how fond Fred seems of Danny. The 'little prince' name seemed cute and pretty fitting with the last name. He also notes how Fred seemed to relax just a bit the moment Danny walked into the room (the same way he would after his children returned from patrol safe and unharmed), huh.
They say their goodbyes and the father-son duo are escorted out. Bruce and Damien watch as they ride down the driveway, Danny doing his best to wave at them from between his father's arms.
"We should invite the both of them over for dinner." Bruce says with a hand on his son's shoulder, "Fred seems like an interesting character, don't you think?"
"Father,"
"Yes Damian?"
"Please do not seduce my friends father."
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