#fic: thicker than water

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Thicker Than Water Chapter 16:

In another life

✨Summer beach town AU

✨Summer Romance

✨Star-crossed Nabrina

✨Disapproving parents

Nick returns to Greendale unexpectedly in the midst of tragedy.

Next chapter here

Aesthetic by: @wisteriaxx

[strangerqueerthings]

Working on a Mungrove Werewolf!AU bc @weird-an is a horrible enabler ♥

Working title (for now) is Thicker Than Water.

"The blood of the pack is thicker than the water of the womb"

Posting some brainstorming below the cut.

Plot:

Billy Hargrove knows he's different. His father treats him like a ticking time bomb, and after an odd instance where he had a collapse and what felt like a full body migraine after a particularly bad encounter with Neil, the entire family is dragged across the country.

Eddie and Wayne Munson are werewolves, and have established a loosely connected, unofficial pack with other werewolves in Hawkins and the surrounding area. They lie low, knowing there's families in Hawkins who are members of a known Anti-Werewolf hate group, but they have no idea that it's all about to get worse, because the Hawkins lab is experimenting with their kind, to create super soldiers for the US military- and that those experiments are going to create a lot of problems for humans and lycans alike.

It all gets worse when a new family moves in- not only does Eddie peg the new boy his age as another werewolf the instant he sees him, but he learns this new lycan doesn't even know what he is.

Now, Billy is going to have to accept the fact that he's not human in order to find the family- and possibly the partner- he's always wanted, as well as a purpose in life that doesn't make him feel like a walking disaster waiting to happen.

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Overview:

→Werewolves are a thing, but were nearly hunted to extinction by the early 1900's. A clandestine treaty between the remaining packs and heads of various governments established an addendum to the Geneva Convention that includes werewolves as a protected group.

→The United States, Romania, Brazil, Canada, parts of Russia and Serbia, South Africa, parts of India, and Australia are declared safe haven territories for werewolves- where killing them is considered the same as killing a human being.

→There are still hate groups underground that are devoted to eradicating werewolves, and though their existence is declared "urban legend," and "on par with the Illuminati" as far as proving their existence goes, they indeed exist, and they view werewolves as less than human, as well as a threat. (Many of them are also racist against non-whites and use the group as a front for their hate crimes- and their group members look the other way.)

→ The main hate group calls themselves "The Sons of Cain," referring to their twisted view of the biblical story of Cain and Abel, wherein Cain slew Abel because he was born with the curse of beast blood- and Eve thanked Cain for erasing the mistake she had borne, with Seth, her third son being a replacement for the aberration.

→ The Sons of Cain see themselves as modern day descendants of Cain, slaying descendants of Abel- which they call "The Spawn of Abel" so that the son of Cain and Seth may replace them.

→ A group of humans related to, or in close connection with werewolves who were killed or affected by the crimes of the Sons of Cain formed a group to protect them, called the Werewolf Liberation Front.

→ The WLF assists werewolves in legal matters, provides financial support, or assists werewolves in escaping areas that have become dangerous due to local government and/or law enforcement becoming embedded or overtaken by SOC.

→ Instead of MK-Ultra, the Hawkins Lab is experimenting with werewolves and their offspring to create telepathically linked super soldiers to fight Russia.

→ El is the penultimate result of these experiments.

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Werewolves:

Eddie Munson

Wayne Munson

Jim Hopper

Billy Hargrove

Gareth Hemming

Sue Sinclair

Erica Sinclair

Patrick McKinney

Robin Buckley

Argyle Ochoa

99% of the Bingham family*

Yuri Ismaylov

MK-Ultra Werewolves:‡

Henry/One

Jane/Eleven

Kali/Eight

Sons of Cain:

Phil Callahan

The Carver family

Larry Kline

The Harrington family**

Werewolf Liberation Front/Werewolf Allies

The Byers family

Bob Newby

Murray Bauman

Charles Sinclair

Lucas Sinclair

Sam Owens

Barbara Holland

Chrissy Cunningham

Jeff Armstrong

Dustin Henderson

Max Mayfield

Scott Clarke

Heather Holloway

Blissfully/Willfully Ignorant:

The Wheeler family***

Tommy Hagan

Carol Perkins

Tom Holloway

Janet Holloway

*The only non-werewolf in the Bingham family is Mr. Bingham- he does his best to control his pack of werewolf children while his wife is at work, but Eden and Suzie often do most of the heavy lifting, as he's woefully incompetent at getting his (nearly) feral children to listen to him as a human parent.

**Steve is not a Son of Cain, and while he struggles with actually taking a side in the "Sons of Cain vs the Spawn of Abel" debate because he risks being disowned, he can't get behind joining a literal hate group- but due to being raised by a Son of Cain... he needs helps unlearning his prejudice against werewolves.

***Once Nancy and Mike learn about werewolves, they want to support them. Karen, on the other hand, tries calling Billy a predator, and tries to rile up the entire town against him, saying he tried to seduce her, and is a danger to the children of Hawkins. Ted calls her out on her bullshit, asking why a 17/18 y/o boy would try to seduce a married woman, and asks why he's a threat if Holly- a notoriously skittish child- adores Billy as a swim teacher.

‡: These are the ones I am including as characters in the fic- the rest are included by default, but will be background characters, or mentioned in passing.

This fic is actually going to be a challenge to myself- I don't like Steve. (St/eddie fans have realllllly made me wary about him, and I have YET to be in a Mungrove related discussion/community etc where a Steve fan didn't try to make it about Steve or include him somewhere... so needless to say, he irritates the fuck out of me because I can't get away from him.) This is a challenge to me to write him having better character growth that the show doesn't really do well enough for me to like him- and hopefully grow to like him in at least ONE iteration. That being said- no, there won't be any ships involving Steve in this. Focusing on Mungrove ♥

[vellichorbindery]

Crimson Rivers—bound for a friend for personal use only.

I’m so in love with how these turned out and put my entire heart into them. Mistakes were made, screaming ensued, procrastination was a bitch but we did ittttt.

Thank you so so much to @alexsays-no @crownvus @aoarcturus for letting me use your gorgeous work for these binds 😭😭🫶🏼🥹😘🥰 I appreciate y’all so much!

And thank you to bizarrestars for writing one of my favorite stories that have stuck with me since I finished it months ago.

[shadeysprings]

Hey!! I was the anon that mentioned that I was religiously reading your Joel fics everyday! thank you so much for your writing them they are so good! 🫶 I was wondering if you can write dark joel Miller who is into Tommy’s girl (reader) 😳 you are so creative you can do whatever you want with the plot! Thank you so much xoxo

You ask and I deliver. I apologize if it's short but I hope you still enjoy! Also, thank you so much for indulging my Dark Joel fics. Your words have made my heart feel full❤️

Thicker than Water

—Joel Miller x F!Reader

Summary: You're Tommy's girl but Joel wants to make you his.

Warnings: noncon/dubcon, kinda cheating, fingers at play, threats & Joel being a meanie.

A/N: Wrote this on a whim so might be sloppy. It's hard to type while copy-pasting some data for work haha. I am hoping to make a one-shot with the same theme soon or would y'all want a series??

A drabble this may be, your feedback and reblogs are highly appreciated.❤️

“Joel—please,” You whimper as you grip his wrist, struggling hard to keep his hand from slipping past the band of Tommy’s boxers and into your panties. “Stop it or—or I’ll scream.” You wanted to sound threatening, but the tremble in your voice only gives away your fear.

“Go ahead then. Do it.” He taunts and your body shakes when you feel him lean closer, trapping you against the counter and blocking every means of escape. “Call Tommy for help, I dare you.” His hot breath fans against your cheek, tears slowly rolling down your face when he plants a kiss on your shoulder. “I can simply say that you seduced me and you’ll lose him and everything.”

“He—he would n-never believe you.” You groan, your grasp on his hand tightening when he finally slips it in, a reluctant moan leaving your lips when he cups your cunt and firmly presses his thumb on your clit.

“Wouldn’t he?” You hear him smirk, the tone of his voice making doubts circle in your head that Tommy, the man you love, would believe you. “You think he’d take the word of some slut he met just a few months ago over his own flesh and blood?”

“I—” You try to speak but his persistence stops the words from coming out. 

Another moan escapes you, your back pressing against Joel’s solid chest when he pulls you flush against him, and you push your thighs together to prevent him from going any further. But a sharp pain scatters through your skin when he pinches your flesh hard, your hand shooting up to cover your mouth and muffle any sound.

You don’t understand why he’s doing this, why he’s doing this to his brother. You never saw any signs of his desire, never once thought he would be capable of hurting you in this manner. It must have been hidden beneath his friendly smiles and helpful demeanor and you curse yourself for never seeing Joel for what he truly is, yet at the same time, befuddled at how he has easily masked the darkness he possesses.

“He won’t ever believe you, baby, so shut up and be still,” He snarls low against your ear and you stiffen against him when he slips a digit in your pussy, slowly fucking you in the middle of your kitchen. “Daddy’s busy.”

[busy-baker]

•Masterlist•

Long Fics

Thicker Than Water (Complete) Explicit - Tav and Astarion are settling into their new life, exploring each other and themselves while finally having the freedom to explore all the splendors of the world around them.

That is, until an unexpected circumstance veers their plans completely off path, sending them into their most difficult journey yet.

Parenthood.

But little do they know, the child of a vampire was the least of their worries.

There are much scarier things than monsters lurking in the night.

Hellbound and Heaven-Sent (Ongoing) - Juniper Ancunín and Calathor Dekarios are inseparable. They have navigated their days together since the evening their parents introduced them, sealing them together as best friends.

They would fight to the end of the world for one another if it meant the other remained safe.

But as fate would have it, time moves on and paths sometimes do not align the way we always hope they should.

Until one day, when those paths cross once again, twisting the threads of life and entwining the two lost friends on a road to discover their souls and each other’s.

Mini-Series

Darling Dhampir - Short stories featuring Astarion and Juniper as they navigate life, growing and learning from one another each day.

The Mess - Bloodweave x f!Tav series. Explicit

One Shots

House of Mirrors - f!Tav x Astarion - The fair has come to Baldur’s Gate for the week. Tav would love nothing more than to show her vampire the endless “luxuries” that the event can provide.

Astarion, on the other hand, contemplates if the blunt end of a stake would be less painful than that absolute torture.

Perfect Strangers - f!Tav x Gale, Explicit - Tav goes out for a night of fun with her gal pals and ends up catching the eye of one well known wizard.

[roselees]

🌿 Last Line Tag Game 🌿

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

Thank you for the tag @adhdprincess !

“No, you let me finish.” Tess insisted again, and Joel’s protests died on his lips, “You know how I know for sure? Because outta everything we taught her, the most important thing was that you don’t leave family behind. Ever. She knows we wouldn’t leave her there alone. She knows we ain’t gonna give them permission to prod her like some kinda labrat.. And if in some fucked up world we did approve, she knows we’d be right there with her. She knows that. She knows we love her too fucking much to let them take that kind of risk. She knows that no bullshit cure or promise of a better world is worth her life. Joel.. trust me when I say, it’s a non-issue. It ain’t even crossed her mind that we coulda left her behind because we never would. I guarantee you now, she knows we’re on the way. She knows we’ll fight for her come hell or fuckin’ highwater. She knows.”

Okay so I do NOT know this many people because the last line I wrote is an absolute unit 😭 that being said, here are a few: @consultingzoologist @liketherest @22thumbs.. anyone who sees this consider yourself tagged because we all share mutuals either way ❤️

[lightning-chicken]

Current Runs Thicker Than Water

congrats on the 300 followers, @sharksandjays!

this is my entry for the challenge - i thought i’d explore a headcanon that i often include in my fics without really realising it. 

(also tagging @giftofjay because you said you’d be interested!)

[finemeal]

Can't Help Myself

Clark feels overwhelming feelings bubble up in his chest. His love for Bruce is all-consuming, devouring his very soul. And Bruce doesn't help when he does the sweetest things for Clark as if it's second nature. The closest Clark can get to sharing how he feels about Bruce is through kissing him, with all the love he feels. It still doesn't feel like enough, but it's the closest he can get.

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Or: 5 times Clark kisses Bruce because of a sweet gesture Bruce does (even if he doesn’t know it) + 1 times Bruce kisses Clark because of a sweet gesture.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

thinking about how there's a window of time where Tim and Cass basically had the same haircut and like, I know I've mentioned the Concept™️ of them getting mistaken for biological siblings as civilians before but now I'm thinking about like.... what if various goons and villains thought they were bio siblings, but like, in-mask. obviously nobody puts together Black Bat/Orphan and Red Robin with Cassandra Wayne and Tim Drake-Wayne, but Red Robin and BB/Orphan have the same color and style hair, same slight, narrow build, and pretty similar combat styles — is it really a stretch to think that some people might think the two of them are related by more than just paperwork and a father's love?

[rain-bowxx]

crimson rivers (by bizarrestars) is changing my life and altering my personality again i also read that spin-off and i cried so hard i couldnt see. what year is it? where am i? what am i?

[thepoptartsavior]

New chapter is here!

[thoughtsaboutshows]

Thicker Than Water

Chapter 12: they don’t know about us

✨Summer beach town AU

✨Summer Romance

✨Star-crossed Nabrina

✨Disapproving parents

UPDATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER

Aesthetic image credits: the wonderful @wisteriaxx

[strangerqueerthings]

And another post for Thicker Than Water- wolf forms for some of my werewolf characters!

Billy (with blue/green eyes)

Speed: ♥♥♡♡♡

Stamina: ♥♥♥♥♡

Strengths: Large, bulky form, has impressive bite force, but Billy still doesn't know his own strength- only wolf bigger than him and able to keep him in check is Hopper.

Eddie

Speed: ♥♥♥♥♡

Stamina: ♥♥♥♡♡

Strengths: Excellent at scouting, very fast, with an incredible sense of smell, the only wolf faster than him is Gareth. Average sized, but very lanky- he dodges very easily.

Wayne

Speed: ♥♡♡♡♡

Stamina: ♥♥♥♡♡

Strengths: Survivor, knowledge of large swathes of land, good leadership, but most importantly, knows a LOT about lycan history, customs and lore.

Hopper

Speed: ♥♡♡♡♡

Stamina: ♥♥♥♥♥

Strengths: Hypervigilant, excellent tracking skills. Approachable, but no-nonsense, has a knack for keeping Loners in check- obey Pack law, or get run out by Hopper, who's the biggest wolf in the Hawkins pack.

Gareth

Speed: ♥♥♥♥♥

Stamina: ♥♡♡♡♡

Strengths: Best sentry the Hawkins pack has- he has the best hearing of any wolf in the pack, and is the fastest, also making him the best messenger.

Robin

Speed: ♥♡♡♡♡ Stamina: ♥♡♡♡♡ Strengths: Robin isn't very fast, and her stamina isn't great, either, but what she lacks, she makes up for with the fact that she looks more like a very low-content wolfdog- and she doesn't have the grace of a wolf, either. She can trot around Hawkins looking like a stray without attracting too much attention, making her the perfect scout for "in/around town" excursions.

[ericaxkobi]

Will Donald ever call Fenton “Uncle Fenton”?

Ahh, this is aimed at my Fenton/Scrooge pairing in Thicker Than Water?

The easy answer is: no.

His initial reaction to learning Uncle Scrooge was dating a much younger man never really fades: while he does begin to understand Fenton’s feelings for Scrooge are genuine and he respects him on some levels—he’ll never be able to go far enough as to refer to Fenton as “uncle.”

And Fenton wouldn’t be comfortable with it anyways. Fenton will just be Fenton. Technically his uncle, but never called that.

Thanks for asking!

[riverstardis]

blood is thicker than water:

getting up for this is going to single handedly fix my sleep schedule just in time for going back to uni lmao

that rapist’s brother looks like a weasel

ooh this is the episode where zoe is a porter for the day! aka the start of zax🥺

lmaoo rita being like “this is gonna hurt. a lot.” to that guy when they’re reducing his shoulder bc she knows he’s covering for his brother, go queen!

love how even lily’s getting in on treating zoe like a porter

the patient pointing out the sparks between zoe and max

zoe trying to call someone about the patient and lily being like “aren’t you meant to be a porter?” and zoe reluctantly handing the phone over to her snskdkdkjf

cal: “do you know, statistically, how many of these cases actually make it to court?”

rita: “she’s a person not a statistic!”

tell him rita!

man i miss jeff and dixie

[busy-baker]

Thicker Than Water Masterlist - Complete Fic

f!Tav x Astarion

Tav and Astarion are settling into their new life, exploring each other and themselves while finally having the freedom to explore all the splendors of the world around them.

That is, until an unexpected circumstance veers their plans completely off path, sending them into their most difficult journey yet.

Parenthood.

But little do they know, the child of a vampire was the least of their worries.

There are much scarier things than monsters lurking in the night.

Chapters highlighted in RED contain smut.

Chapter 1: A New Dawn

Chapter 2: The Ceremony

Chapter 3: In Sickness and In Health

Chapter 4: An Old Friend

Chapter 5: Mirror Image

Chapter 6: Lost Boy

Chapter 7: Wintry Welcome

Chapter 8: The Invite

Chapter 9: Old Flames

Chapter 10: The Devils in the Details

Chapter 11: I Need A Hero

Chapter 12: Acquired Taste

Chapter 13: The Shadows

Chapter 14: Adoration

Chapter 15: Tangerine Sky

Chapter 16: Monster

Chapter 17: The Duke’s Tale

Chapter 18: Faith, Trust, And…

Chapter 19: Checking Out

Chapter 20: Withering

Chapter 21: Search and Rescue

Chapter 22: Mousetrap

Chapter 23: No Place Like Home

Chapter 24: Life Anew

Chapter 25: Epilogue

Darling Dhampir: A Thicker Than Water Series

Short stories featuring Astarion and Juniper as they navigate life, growing and learning from one another each day.

First Light 1.4k - Astarion recounts his first morning as a new father and how he first felt about finding out he was having a child with Tav after only being married for two months. Follows events of Chapter 7: Wintry Welcome

Swatches 1.6k - Astarion is busy designing his family’s outfits for a celebration and takes on the task of putting Juniper down for her nap but his past comes back to haunt him. Follows events of Chapter 8: The Invite

Morning Rambles 1.1k - Astarion takes a walk around camp the morning after caring for Tav. He takes the time to think over his feelings and embraces his time with Juniper. Follows events of Chapter 13: The Shadows

Pixie Dust 1.9k - Juniper becomes ill and Astarion takes to caring for her. He comes across a way that may be able to help her but he is wary of the consequences. Follows events of Chapter 18: Faith, Trust, And…

Hidden Treasures 1.3k - Tav has gone to the Hells. Astarion is now alone with Juniper, trying to deal with his own feelings while still providing for her. Follows the events of Chapter 19: Checking Out

Celebration 1.5k - Juniper has a big day ahead of her and Astarion has went out of his way to plan it all, but he finds himself worrying more than being overjoyed by the occasion.

Divorce Court 1.9k - Silly little add in. Elera and Syllar Ancunín go to divorce court to settle their case before the formidable Judge Ancunín. Drama will ensue but it makes for wonderful television.