#from darling...to yandere?
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ozzgin · 11 months ago
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Why is it so hard to start writing these messages? I swear, I spend so much time every time thinking about how to start and greet ;(( So, what I decided to write for: we already have a yandere who entered Darling Academy to find a darling, so what about a darling who enters a yandere school undercover? (I apologize if something like this has already been done, but it is unlikely that I could have missed even one post on this topic, considering how many times I reread each one-shot). Maybe because they want to find the perfect yandere themselves, maybe one of the yandere students killed/hurted their loved one, so they are entering because they want to find out who the killer is. In general, there can be a huge number of reasons, I would really like to read such a concept in your performance! But of course, you do not have to write something full-scale and detailed, I will be glad to just read your thoughts on this matter!! Have a nice day ^^
I feel like we've already covered the case of an undercover Darling who is adored by the entire school - even if it happened unwillingly. So I went for a different approach; no idea if it works or not.
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Undercover!Darling Reader applied to Yandere School in hopes of finding their very own yandere. To their great dismay, what they received was utter indifference. The classmates are nice, but cordial. They are mainly focused on succeeding, not building intimacy with their peers.
An unbearable situation. Reader is stuck listening to the daydreams and hopes of the fellow students while having to remain silent. "I wish I could find a Darling one day", someone laments during break. Reader is beyond themselves. They wish they could scream at the top of their lungs that they're a Darling, right there, right then, ready to be claimed. Yet, that would expose them and potentially land them in trouble. All they can do is smile and not empathetically.
Perhaps as a way to rub salt into the wound, fate has brought another challenge: Reader has been asked to participate in an exchange program with Darling Academy. They agree to it monotonously.
Thus, Reader is now walking down the Darling halls with a defeated expression. Maybe they shouldn't have gotten so greedy. Maybe they should've applied here instead. What was the point of forfeiting their future? None of the yandere students seem to realize they have a Darling right under their nose. Sigh.
Reader is so engulfed in despair that they don't even notice the ardent stares coming from the Darling students. They're scattered in clusters, eyeing you cheekily and whispering among themselves.
"Did you place it? The love letter, I mean", one student inquires.
"I couldn't", their classmate responds, deflated. "(Y/N)'s locker seems to be stuffed to the brim with love letters already. Three of them flew out when I tried to put mine in."
In an unexpected turn of events, Reader has gotten the entire Darling Academy crushing on them. Does that...does that count for something?
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meo-eiru · 4 months ago
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Visiting dreams (read from right to left)
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Was watching a comedy show and one of the episodes were about a wife buying glasses like that to enter her husband's dreams and see if he's cheating on her and I was like "that's the most Elias thing ever" so I drew my own version of it
Let me know if you guys want a part 2
Part 2 here
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diz-eaze · 5 months ago
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"yan tendency": (yandere! character: skully)
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skully "breaks into your shared dorm (delusion), specifically, your room to sniff whatever fabrics there are to find" j graves.
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never trust him around your laundry !!
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Next character for "yan tendency": leona
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finallychaoticeffigy · 11 days ago
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Yandere murderer x reader
Liking the idea of a 6'6 man holding an axe who is obsessed with you chasing you down the forest
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You barely have no memory of meeting him. You just remembered him dropping something and being the nice person you are, you helped him. You could make out the image of the huge man blushing like a tomato as he stuttered the word 'thank you'. You smiled and continued on walking.
Then it all began, the killings. Strange things start happening around you. You lived a pretty normal life in your 19 years of living. So the sequence of events clearly startled you. Your college classmate who insulted you, died. Your aunt who said mean things about you, dead, and many many more people who did you dirty was strangely murdered in some gruesome ways. The police who investigated things told everyone that it was done by the same person.
The rumor about the murders quickly spread like wildfire. Everyone was afraid. Some people don't even want to go out anymore. Everyone...except your friends who probably have nine lives suggested that you all camp in the middle of nowhere.
"What ! Are you crazy!! Boy didn't you all hear about the murders going around?" your friend Sam pointed out
"Pfff... Come on , we're gonna be fine.... It will be a fun experience i promise " Fin said as he dropped an arm around her shoulder as she blushed, clearly flustered
"yeah I'll come too" Alex said nonchalantly clearly unbotherd as he played with his phone
"O-ok fine... Only if Y/n will come" she said and removed Fin's arm around her. Those two clearly liked each other,,, everyone can see with their eyes closed except themselves.
I mentally slapped myself. "Fine" i sigh "But if we felt like something was wrong we'll immediately get the hell out "
"Good... It's settled " Fin again declared as he clapped.
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It's now evening... You all gathered around the fireplace as you talked about random stuff. It's pretty fun, you admitted.
" Having a great time?" Alex asked as he sat besides you
You nodded and gave him a small smile
"There's only two tents... Two people will obviously have to share " he explained
"It's getting late... Maybe we should all call it a night?" You stood up
"Sam let's share the ten-"
You cut Fin off "Hey... Sam will share it with me, were both girls "
She glared at you "I'll share a tent with Fin , Y/n go share yours with alex ... It's not like it's anything new"
"What does that supposed to mean?"
"Oh come on you're a slut...... It's not like it's a secret" she casually said and took Fin's hand.
You gasped at her words... How dare she? You're a freaking virgin for gods sake. You never even held a guys hand romantically before.
You were about to throw those words out when a man appeared behind them. A very tall man standing about 6'6 raised an axe hitting her neck.
You all froze as her head rolled to the ground. Blood spurted out spraying Fin. Her headless body dropped. He didn't stop. He began to hit her body multiple times .
"HOW .....hit .....DARE... hit ....YOU! " He shouted angrily.
Fin suddenly lunged at him with a metal chair. "YOU ASSHOLE" he hit him but he didn't even budge.
His attention turned to him. He raised the bloody axe he was holding and hit him.
You finally let out a scream . You felt Alex's hands pulling you away as you both ran for your lives.
"W-what was that" you shakingly mumbled, branches hitting you as you ran fast.
"Y/n it is exactly what we saw. Now we need to go to the place where we parked the car and get the hell out of here. "
"Y/n ! Baby come here ! Come back !" You felt shivers as you both turned around and saw him chasing you both.
"Run fast !" Alex said panicking
"No ! Don't touch the hands of my Y/n ! She's mine ! " he growled and you screamed .
"I'll kill you! You bastard! I'll fucking murder you just like your useless friends! "
He suddenly disappeared and you sigh in relief thinking you had lost him.
You both hid under a large tree catching your breath. "Fuck" Alex cursed, you looked at his hands still holding yours, shaking.
"Is it still far? The car? "
"Unfortunately Y/n I don't know anymore... It's too dark . I think we're lost" he said as he pants
You suddenly shrieked as the same axe that had killed your friends flew at Alex hitting him at his chest.
You got up and began running again crying. You're feeling very scared, tired and out of breath. But you don't stop , if you did he'll catch you.
It's too dark and quiet. You suddenly bumped into something. Please let it be a tree. Please. You prayed quietly. Don't let it be him please.
His arms wrapped tightly around you like a snake. You felt him sniff your neck and proceeded to lick you. You can't see his face but you can feel him smiling.
"My Darling Y/n. You're finally mine, Let's live together and forever now....Hmm?" He cooed and licked your face.
He picks you up and begins telling you how much he loves you and adores every little thing about you.
You're tired and you're feeling dizzy. You felt yourself slowly passing out because of exhaustion and at the touch of this monster holding you.
"I love you so much Y/n . You're only mine"
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yanderedrabbles · 6 months ago
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The North Wind & His Bride
The North Wind was the coldest and cruelest of winds. So when a man came to your father's door claiming to be him and asking for your hand, your father was quick to turn him away.
"My daughter is too bright and too kind to be wasted on the worst of the winds. Come back once you learn to carry spring on your breath instead of snow."
And all that night the wind whispered down your chimney. You dreamt strange dreams - of the colours found only at the edge of the world, of snow flurries and seas black as night.
The man returned the next day. And your father once again refused him. "Come back when you can grant succor to the poor and the pitiful and not freeze them where they sleep."
That night, the wind keened even higher and rattled the window shutters. You dreamt of a wedding dress with frost for lace and a ring the gold of sunrise on snow. When you woke, your ring finger was cold as ice.
The man did not come again that day and you huddled close to the fire, rubbing warmth back into your bones. Your father paced his study and tried to scheme a way of avoiding the wind.
That night, the air laid still as in a coffin and you slept the black sleep of the drowned. You woke in time to see the first snow of the year, two months too early.
Your father's crops froze in the ground or rotted with the thaw. He paced his study and tried to scheme a way of avoiding the creditors.
When next your suitor came, your father's good manners had been worn down by debt collectors and bank notes. He snapped at the wind like a thing cornered. "Come back when you can guide ships safe to port and not wreck them on icy shores."
That night, a blizzard blew in from the north and any creature not crouched by the fire or huddled indoors was found frozen solid. You dreamt again, of a man with cold hands and even colder eyes who danced with you under foreign stars.
Your suitor did not come again but terrible news did. Your brother's ship was wrecked by a storm high on the winter coast. All souls were lost.
Through your grief, a terrible anger began to grow.
When next your suitor came, you greeted him at the door. He had a face as finely chiseled as an ice sculpture and eyes the deep black of the hinterland sea.
"If you would have me as your bride, then I will have a dowry from you."
He took your hand in his and his touch chilled you worse than a corpse's would. He looked at you with a hunger born out of winter and scarcity and cold.
"Anything. Ask anything of me and you can have it."
All through your brother's funeral you thought of ways to avenge him. And now you asked the North Wind for the one thing you thought he could never obtain.
"In a kingdom far south of here, where the snow never falls and the winter never comes, there is a jewel carved from the sun God's bones. Bring me that as a wedding band and I will be your bride."
You thought he would flinch or ask you to reconsider. Instead he bowed and kissed your hand and said he would soon return.
You felt your hope slipping, but he did not return the next day. Or the day after that. The end of autumn came without snow or gales or the return of your suitor. Slowly, you began to breathe again. Began to heal from your brother's death. Began to dream of summer and love and fresh fruit bursting between your teeth.
The winter equinox dawned with clear skies. There was to be feasting that night, and dancing. You dressed your hair with silver chains and sweetened your lips with winter berries. When the music started, one young man after another swept you into his arms and spun you around the bonfire. You tilted your head back and laughed and flirted and forgot all about your suitor.
Near midnight, the wind started to blow. The fire hissed as snowflakes drifted down from suddenly cloudy skies. Your dance partner caught one on his glove and offered it to you. Daring and high on the thrill of dancing, you licked it off his finger. "Tastes of winter in storm," you teased and when he took you for another dance, you wondered if you'd caught yourself a husband.
He spun you around but the arms that caught you were icy cold even through the fine velvet of the wearer's suit.
Midnight tolled and you looked up into the eyes of the North Wind.
He pulled your hand to his mouth and pressed his lips against your skin. At his touch, even the bonfire at your back seemed to lose its warmth.
"The journey south was wrecked with danger and the sun almost melted me clean away, but I have brought your dowry."
Before you could pull away, he slipped a ring onto your finger. It was the gold of fire and sunset and desert sand, and it's warmth spread through you.
The snow turned into a blizzard but you didn't notice it. The wind outside the safety of his arms was sharp as stinging nettles and the townsfolk called to each other in panic, barely able to keep their torches from blowing out.
The North Wind kissed your cheek, eyes glimmering with triumph.
"You're mine now. My spring bride, my dearest love."
All your dreams of a sweet summer love melted. When the snow finally settled, you were no longer in the town square but in a throne room at the edge of the world. Green and blue lights danced in the sky and shone through the palace ceiling, bathed your new husband in all the colours of his kingdom.
He leaned forward and claimed his first kiss.
When you pulled away and tried to step out of his embrace, he tightened his grip and his smile both.
"You are my wife now," he explained in a voice as comforting as frostbite, "And a wife cannot refuse her husband's love."
Your sun ring was the only spot of warmth on your body and you clung desperately to the anchor it offered.
"I would not refuse you, husband of mine. But I am the daughter and the sister of common men and there are traditions to uphold before I can climb into your wedding bed."
"What more must I do to have you?"
What would he be unable to do, here at the end of the world?
"Build me a fire that burns all day and all night on one stick of wood and you can have me as promised."
"These are strange traditions you have, wife of mine. But I have come this far to have you, and I will go further yet."
He left you with a flurry of snow and the hissing shriek of a gale. When he was gone, you paced the throne room from one end to the other and could not find a door. Everything about the room was as stark and cold as he.
Exhausted and chilled, you sat at the foot of his throne. What terrible thing did you do to earn the love of the North Wind? You wiped away your tears and then jumped at the hissing sound they made when they touched your ring. Like water spilled on coals.
"You've melted his heart," your ring hissed. "And he cannot afford to let you go."
You stared at your hand. Eventually you found your voice and the strength to ask, "How do I escape him?"
"Trick him. His heart holds all his power. If you have it, you can ride the wind far from here. He was once a man and still might be tempted into a deal."
The ring was silent after that and you waited for your husband's return with bated breath. It was dawn when he came to you, a branch slung over his shoulder. It was of a dry, white wood that you didn't recognise.
There were no fireplaces in the North Wind's palace and so he laid the branch at your feet before he lit it. It caught with a harsh crackle and fire spread across it in a greenish haze. You stretched your fingers out to feel the heat and even the meagre warmth of it was a comfort.
But that comfort turned to a slow dawning horror when you realised the branch wasn't turning to ash. The fire ate at it but the wood refused to darken.
"It's a branch from Death's own orchard," your husband said proudly. "It can burn for eternity and never go out."
"Well done," you said, even though your lips were numb from panic. "But we must watch it burn for the full day and night or else our marriage cannot be consummated."
He sat down beside you and curled his arm around your waist. "It is an easy task to watch this fire, wife of mine. When I grow tired, I need only think of the reward that awaits me."
For a whole day and night, the North Wind held you his arms and watched the fire burn. When Dawn's light touched his palace again, he kissed your shoulder and then your neck and then your lips. He sighed with a deep contentment.
"At last I will have you."
With each kiss, you felt yourself grow colder. With each caress, the binding ties of marriage grew tighter. All night you thought of a trade to offer him and now you said it aloud.
"Husband of mine, I will come willingly to your bed and serve willingly as your wife. But I would ask you first for a boon."
"Ask, wife of mine. If it is mine to grant, then I shall grant it."
You slipped off his lap and turned to look at him.
"I would have your heart."
The North Wind sighed and miles away, a gale began to form. "You already have it."
"So have said countless suitors over countless years to countless girls. And still they were unfaithful, unkind. If your love ever turns away from me, I will be stuck here at the end of world with naught but sea bears and ice hounds to comfort me."
The North Wind sat on his throne and regarded you with eyes old as the mountains. In his own hall, in his own country, he did not seem like a man who could easily be tricked. Still, you tried. You let your hands drift across his cheeks and up his thighs, let his skin bask in the warmth of your touch.
"Grant me this, husband. And I will be yours for eternity."
Was it lust or love that made him hand you a knife and bid you cut out his heart? He guided your hand to the tender spot between his ribs and the bare skin of his chest almost made your reconsider.
The blade was carved out of whalebone and moonlight and he was bleeding before you even pressed down. You thought of your brother, drowned in the ice so far from home and found the strength to slice into him.
The blood that welled up from his chest was thick and black as oil. Where it touched your skin, hoatfrost bloomed.
He didn't seem to feel any pain - he only pulled you higher up his lap and watched the guilt and horror flicker across your face.
When the cut was deep enough, you pushed your hand into his chest and felt for his heart. His organs were colder even than his skin and it felt like you'd sunk your hands into snow.
The beating of his heart mirrored yours and when you finally grabbed it, the thrumming of his blood sounded just like your own.
You held the North Wind's heart in your hand and pulled it from his chest.
All at once, in all the countless winter kingdoms, the wind stopped howling and the snow grew still.
His heart was the size of your palm and oozed icy blood over your fingers. It was so cold that at first you didn't realise the numbness in your hand was spreading. It crawled up your arm like a burning frost and locked your bones in place.
You couldn't drop his heart even if you tried.
The North Wind looked at you with an indulgent, amused smile. And when the ice reached your heart he leaned up and kissed you.
He kissed you and for once his lips felt warm, felt human. Dimly, you realised it wasn't him who was getting warmer, it was you who was freezing over. Becoming a thing of ice and hunger as he was.
"Now you need never fear I will abandon you." The North Wind ran his hands up your sides and warmth bloomed in his wake.
"Now you can control the wind as I do and ride it to the furthest reaches of the world. You can swim with the sea bears and dance with the witches."
You looked down and realised his heart was almost gone, melted into your bones and blood.
He kissed you again. "My love, you are as free as the wind."
It wasn't until then that you realised the cost of freedom. The cost of having the North Wind's heart. And when he drew you up in his arms and lead you to your wedding bed, you were too cold to turn him away.
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tsuutarr · 8 months ago
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Yandere!Hero (Chosen One) x Saint!Reader
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Being the Hero – the Chosen One – means that the world’s fate is on Elias’ shoulders. He’s long since forgotten how to live for himself, his life belonging to everyone but him. He’s merely a puppet that’s being strung along by the world for the sole purpose of saving it.
At first, he was honored to be chosen as the Hero – it’s a privilege most don’t get. But everyone expects too much – everything – from him. His life is carefully shaped into what others want of him, people only looking at his role and not him as a person.
Now, he fights and saves people due to duty, not desire. There is no sparkle of pride when he helps villagers. Instead, all that is left is another thing checked off of his mental checklist. Now, he just wants to rest. He just wants things to be over.
So that’s why he despised the idea that some Saint from the Church would be his “helper.” Traveling with someone else is only going to slow him down. Not to mention the fact that he doubts the Saint has ever seen bloodshed and disease like he has.
But when he actually meets and travels with you, the Saint, he realizes that you’re actually not that bad. You’re actually kind of nice. He’d expected you to turn your nose at the commoner population, refusing to heal them, but you actively seek them out to help. You’re kind and gentle, but headstrong. Even when you’re visibly exhausted, you do your best to keep going. 
It’s… kind of impressive, actually. He had misjudged you, perhaps.
Even now, you’re helping the knights that were attacked by bandits (which Elias had vanquished), healing not only their bodies but their souls, too. He can’t help but look at you, a raw beacon of kindness that he hasn’t seen before in his travels. 
Once you’re done healing the knights, you look up at him, before a gasp escapes your lips. “Elias!”
He blinks at you, curiously.
“You’re bleeding!”
“Ah.” Elias looks down at his hand, blood dripping down his fingers. He had instinctively grabbed a knife by the blade earlier because he wouldn’t have been able to dodge it in time. “This is nothing.”
“Oh, shush!” you say, approaching him. You push him towards a tree stump, forcing him to sit, which he allows. Carefully, you take his hand in yours, frown deep set on your mouth. Your hand is so warm that it makes his heart burn.
“You’re tired,” he states, bluntly. He doesn’t tug his hand out of yours. “You’ve healed too many people.”
“I can–”
“No.” He shakes his head. “Rest for now, Saint. I am fine.” And he’s right – he’s the Hero, after all. His wounds heal much faster and better than a normal human being. He doesn’t necessarily need your healing.
“Still,” you murmur, looking up at him. “Can I at least clean and bandage it?”
It’s pointless, really, but Elias says, “Do what you want.”
So you do. You disinfect and clean his wound, before carefully wrapping his hand with bandages. For some reason, his heart squeezes painfully as he watches you tend to him so gently. He doesn’t remember if anyone’s ever treated him this kindly.
“There.” You look proud of yourself. It’s kind of cute.
“You didn’t have to,” he mutters without really thinking about it.
You give him a smile that makes his brain stop. “I wanted to. I want to support you.”
For some reason, your words almost make him want to cry. He’s not sure why – he’s seen so much death and destruction to the point that his emotions have become numb. Yet, you bring flickers of his feelings back to him – happiness, sadness, anger, love. 
You make him feel like he has an existence beyond just being the Hero. You make him feel human.
So, how can he let you go? He can’t – and he’ll do everything he can to make you his. Even if it means he has to destroy the world.
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bluublu-blub · 11 months ago
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yan! bf
as a sort of sorry for the lack of activity this week, here's another yandere drabble for you guys. i currently have some fixation over these kinds of troupe.
yandere bf who will bend down on his knees to stare at you while you are preoccupied doing your work. He likes to look at your face and basically cemented your features into his brain. It made you shy a lot of times but you have gotten used to his unending staring. 
Your hand twitches as you hear your door shut, footsteps slowly making its way to you as your boyfriend kneels and lays down on your lap. He's at the floor, head at your lap, as you paid him with a glance. It's the sixth time for this day alone and he never seems to get over at staring. 
Before, it used to bother you. He is just so intense and he will be so content in just staring and letting him bask in your presence. 
Sometimes, it feels like you have a cat.
He made a slight movement in your lap which made you ruffle his hair. 
Definitely like a cat.
You sighed. 
You always wonder if he likes doing this simply because he distracted you. He won't speak at all but his presence in the room is enough to make your head turn towards him. 
"You have to stop barging in." 
Eyes still staring at your face, he answered. "But, what am I supposed to do?"
"Your hobbies."
He let out a disbelieving sound. "I have you."
"Find something to do." You said. "I can't always be here with you."
Seemingly, his eyes narrowed at your statement. "You'll always be with me." He said it with a tone that leaves no argument. As if you are never leaving his side at all. "Don't ever think like that."
"Oh," you chuckled. "But, we have jobs." 
"Quit it then." He grumbled. "We have enough to live a lifetime."
That's... cute. 
"You don't need a job."
Suddenly, the air between you shifted into something more serious. A foreboding feeling in your gut as he continues to speak at you. It felt as if he was not joking at all.
"I keep telling you that all you need is to be with me and do whatever you want."
You let your smile drop as you stare back at his haunting eyes. You pursue your lips together, feeling them quite dry from your sudden nervousness at his change. Your hands slowly become wet as the dread sinks into you, thousands of thoughts swirling in your mind. 
This happened in seconds.
Then, you blink.
And smile. 
Like you weren't caught as a prey of a predator.
"Isn't that what I am doing, Liam?" You pouted at him. Still, real yet a little more tense. You gave him a little illusion of your obliviousness as you played with the strands of his hair. 
"I supposed." He closed his eyes. 
For a moment, you found yourself breathing at ease.
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kupidachillea · 10 months ago
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Olympians x You (hcs or imagines)
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Author note: Geez, it’s been awhile. Sorry, I’ve been in bit of a funk, got both writers block and art block but I just want to drop this. I still have a few things in my drafts, but for now I’ll feed you guys this.
TW (trigger warning):This may have a few Yandere themes in it. And while the Olympians themselves aren’t really yanderes- they do share similar tendencies considering their myths. Please note that this isn’t completely accurate to their mythology- but it’s just a bit of fun so please take no offence and be nice in the comments.
CW (content warning)⚠️: readers either 17-18+ (to read this I mean), light mentions of nudity, molesting and sexual harassment, toxic behaviour. General (hinted) Yandere behaviour. Reader’s discretion is advised.
🏺- You weren’t sure how you got here but somehow you ended up on mount Olympus of all places.
🪡- Your brain was fuzzy and you hadn’t yet registered the 12 + looming faces above you. When you did notice, they were bickering in a language you didn’t understand (or at the very least, understood a little). It was jarring and you were still trying to get your bearings.
-🏺 You noticed one of them, a woman, dressed in garments fit for royalty (in ancient times at least) and had somewhat of a peacock aesthetic to it, yelling and pointing accusingly at a man, presumably her husband. She didn’t seem happy. Hera. Queen of the Olympians..that means the other must’ve been Zeus..oh boy
🪡- Zeus looked as if he was trying to quell his wife’s anger before things got more out of hand. There were a few others in the back that looked bored of the situation- as if a similar thing has happened before, while others looked mildly amused.
🏺- Despite all that- the argument seemed to have turned completely to you. Hera turning her rage towards you. “You! Where did you come from, how did you arrive here!?” She’d ask in anger, it was evident she had very little patience if any at all, thankfully though she was now speaking a language you could understand. You scrambled to answer her, your body trembling slightly at how her voice shook the marble floor you were sat on.
🪡- You tried to explain to her that you didn’t know how you got here. Your brain still fuzzy with images that didn’t clear up or make sense. This obviously didn’t help the Queen’s anger and you could see her patience slipping. She would scoff and turn back towards the other gods, them discussing what they should do with you.
🏺 - Some suggestions were thrown around, some you weren’t so fond of. Multiple times did they suggest either killing you or throwing you off the mountain (which would kill you anyway). However those ideas were shut down immediately by more ‘kindhearted’ gods. This hasn’t happened in centuries- a human spawning on top of their mountain out of the blue..they aren’t really prepared for this.
🪡- They were almost all out of ideas, until one golden haired music deity bent down to your height and took a closer look at you. His eyes shining as he took in your appearance before a smile started to work its way on his lips. “How about we keep them..?” He suddenly asked, his gaze still set on the little (little to them anyway) human in front of him.
🏺- This made everyone pause and even you were shocked by the suggestion. You found it ridiculous and you argued that despite how flattering it was- you didn’t want to stay with them and you wanted to be returned back to your home. The gods only seemed to ignore you, as if you were a child having an unreasonable temper tantrum. They were all considering keeping you here!
🪡- “Well…” Hermes started. You could tell since he was a bit shorter than the others and he had his signature winged sandals. “It has been quite awhile since the gods have had a plaything..” he would mutter reluctantly. He wasn’t entirely sold on the idea, despite how his father and brothers (most anyway) were grinning like idiots. You, obviously , did not appreciate being referred to as a plaything.
🏺- “Then it is settled..this little one shall be our new plaything!” Zeus grinned, a little too happy for both yours and Hera’s taste. You were about to give them a piece of your mind but was swiftly silenced by a threatening gaze from Hera..to your surprise. And thus began your horrible life with the Olympians..
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🪡- You were stripped of your modern clothing and given a chiton to wear instead. “It’s too modern for our liking..” Aphrodite would say as she felt up your body in ways that made you shiver in discomfort. “We’re use to our people…how should I say this? Showing a little more skin…” the goddess of love would chuckle sweetly, while you would stare at her in embarrassment and maybe even a hint of disgust. While you could understand where she was coming from- it still didn’t stop you personally from being uncomfortable with they way she was touching you.
🏺-You’d also be dressed up in fine jewellery, much to your surprise..anklets of gold, bangles made of bronze, necklaces etc. sweet smelling oil perfumes covering your body- anything to make seem more ‘appealing’ to the gods and goddess. You were their plaything after all, so it made sense for them to dress you how they liked..no matter how much you disliked it.
🪡- They’d occasionally have you pour them wine at banquets or sit on their laps to just sit there and look pretty. The main gods that did this were of course Zeus, Apollo, Poseidon, definitely Dionysus and at some point Hermes. You didn’t really appreciate this, but rejecting their request would result in a ‘punishment’ for you.
🏺- To your surprise..Ares rarely touched you without your permission, but he was a little mean here and there. He along with Athena and Demeter weren’t as…’touchy’ as the others. And Artemis …you appreciated that..though just because they didn’t touch you in inappropriate ways doesn’t mean they weren’t as ‘crazy’ as the rest.
🪡- For example, while Artemis wasn’t big on being a pest in terms of touching you, she did take you out on hunts..which..wasn’t so bad in your opinion. It was much better than being up on the mountain most days..she thought a little more rationally- but of course- her twin, Apollo, would see you hanging out with his sister and get a little possessive about it. Which you didn’t understand- you weren’t any of their lovers (even if they thought so), but even so..most hunting trips were cut short because of him.
🏺- When you finally got moments to breathe away from the gods..you’d spend it out in the garden..hidden away from everyone and thing..it was your quiet time up until one of the gods summoned you. You found out that you weren’t the first human to be in this position (and probably not the last)..according to one of the lesser known gods (maybe Hebe) you were told that centuries before, a young lad was taken into the heavens to serve Zeus but had been placed into the stars as the constellation known as Aquarius.
🪡- You shivered at the thought..you didn’t want that to happen to you. To be placed in the stars? Doomed to forever look down on earth and watch your family and friends grow? It may have been an honour back then but to you it was almost like a death sentence.
🏺- Either way, life with the Olympians got harder to cope with. Your privacy was always compromised and you were forced to many things you didn’t like. Sometimes the gods would be as bold to sneak up on you while you were bathing and either join you in the pool or touching up your nude body.
🪡-Often giving excuses for why they would do so, or simply ignoring your protest. It wasn’t hard to manhandle you after all..they were gods, and you were a puny human. Why should they care about your thoughts and feelings. It progressively got worse with them kissing your neck or cheek without your permission too- Apollo was the main culprit of that..
🏺- Sometimes you found yourself crying in a corner by yourself at the situation you were in. The only person willing to comfort you being Hestia. She obviously didn’t approve of this but she couldn’t do much besides being a safe space for you to turn to, which you appreciated.
🪡- But no matter how you protest, run, hide, or try to defy them; you are still theirs. That how they see it anyway, and they won’t change their mind..
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lustlovehart · 1 month ago
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Warnings: Biting, Possession, Death (Indirect Murder?)
Yandere Tweel spirit guides?!?! Maybe you’re a fortune teller, determined to help people find a good future for themselves! You’re not too famous, but enough people know you, and that’s all you need really.
Until… You finally meet your guides. It’s only when they look you straight in the eyes do they realize, they don’t have to tell you the truth about your fortunes, do they? Well… it’s a widespread occurrence for those you’ve helped to come back, attempting to ask you out… It wouldn’t hurt to give them a little scare yeah?
… You won’t lie, the two are an extremely suspicious pair, but if they’re the ones helping you… maybe they’re not all that bad?
While you’re holding hands with the first poor unfortunate soul to their discovery, Floyd brushes your cheek, his thumb rolling over your bottom lip. You try your best to conceal any reaction lest you scare the man in front of you, but you can feel Jade's fingers crawl up your spine as they take hold of your shoulders.
“Hmm… He will live a long, prosperous life. He shall suffer no misfortunes. Isn’t that right, Floyd?” You can hear his smile in his words, but you don’t push him any further.
“Yeahhh… Long and whatever— Go on an’ tell 'em Shrimpy, he’s got a good life to live yeah?”… You can sense something is amiss, but they’ve been with you long enough, that not trusting them would just feel… wrong. With a deep inhale, you can feel both of them lean into you, Floyd's cheek smooshed against your right, as Jade’s face places itself on your left shoulder.
“You… You’ll live long. And… and everything will come to you in good fortune.” You muster a soft smile, the guy in front of you visibly brightening at the news. He leans over the table, thanking you for your services.
It’s only when the light hits him just right do you realize… He’s the guy you had some childish crush on in high school.
You can tell the twins must have some way to read minds because the moment you connect the dots the two of them are staring at the way your eyes practically form hearts. When he realizes how excited he seemingly became, he awkwardly sinks back into the chair, doing everything to avoid looking you in the eyes.
“Honestly… I didn’t even come for the fortune… I just heard you were here and wanted to see you.” The two of them are forced to watch you on a mini date, having small talk with some rando… No matter how many times they pinch, poke, or even bite you, the two of you just can’t seem to stop.
When he finally leaves through the door, you finally react to their ministrations, yelping when Floyd bites you hard on the base of your neck as Jade pokes your rib.
“Ohh, so we only matter to Shrimpy now huh? At this point, you should just let him be your guide…” Is… is he sulking…? When you turn around you can hear the sound of Jade sniffling burying his head on your shoulder.
“You’re so cruel… After we’ve spent so much of our time helping you…” Jade finally peaks up, that sadness he displayed completely unfound as he smiles. You know what they’re getting at here… They’re not too secretive with their motives. With a sigh, you let them drag you out of your chair and into your office.
Though, all you can think about is the date you have tomorrow… Unknowing to the lie you told the poor guy. The two of them can only smile as they internally laugh at the fact he won’t take any precautions against the impending doom that comes for him tomorrow.
You can only stare absentmindedly at the sea of flames in front of you, Jade and Floyd’s spirit discreetly shielding you from any stray fires. As well as covering your view from the hand that reaches out for you.
Long and prosperous. That was the fortune you told him. No…
That was the fortune they told you.
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qep0ermint · 1 year ago
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Good day to everyone. I'm going to take the exam tomorrow, they'll check my website, I'm worried ><
I didn't have much time for creativity, sometimes I make small sketches in a sketchbook. I made Wally's plate last month, I forgot to show it here. It's a little cracked, but that's okay
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There are also sketches and a small figure of Wally made of airy plasticine
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lan90 · 9 months ago
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(Yandere! OC) Benji
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Don’t worry! It’s just an empty threat. Benji wouldn’t actually hurt you but if you tip his sanity by an inch, he wouldn’t be against making your last sight him.
Finally trying out a more unhinged yandere than my usual soft boyfriend.
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rexhya · 21 days ago
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Hello i am in love with your prince yandere. If it's up your alley could you make one of us taking off/running away with a hidden lover who isn't anything like Anul and what he would do when finally finding us with the said hidden lover
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note — NOT BETA READ
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yandere!prince who's main goal for around 2 weeks is to locate you, he's completely enthralled by your presence and it kills him (literally kills, im serious) every second he's away from you, his immune system has slightly shut down with every passing moment and he's about to lose hope before he could find you.
Anul is glad he hadnt gave up, he's currently on an island, completely secluded from the mainland asking people around if they've seen a woman, h/c hair who reaches up to about his chest. a local shopkeeper points him in the direction of a small cottage home, something quaint and modest. so like you.
he knocks on the door without a second, his heart leaping when he hears your all to familiar voice, "just a moment!"
you open the door without a second thought and your stomach drops. "Anul, w-what are you doing here."
Anul looks at you in confusion, "You've been missing a long time, shouldn't I be asking you that question?"
you don't get a chance to answer before another voice is heard from the inside of the room, asking politely who was at the door, Anul couldnt see the man but he'd heard the deep rumble of his voice, felt the weight of his body.
you flinch, glancing at Anul nervously. he's already begun moving inside by the time your eyes reach him.
pale violet eyes meet icy blue ones, blonde hair and massive shoulders. "who are you?" the man asks suddenly on gaurd when you come stumbling in, anxiety etched on your face.
you stand between the two men as they begin a stare down to each other.
"I'm the Prince of Senttion, who are you."
"Im Jacob, her lover." Anul physically recoils.
"Her what." he spits, inching closer to you and the man you'd been living with for the past few days, despite the man being much larger than you and a hell of a lot more strong you didn't know what your vicious prince would do. and right now he was unpredictable.
"how about we all have some tea!" you interject, praying the both if them would listen, and luckily enough they did.
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your explanation and green tea hadn't made things much better, they were nearly about to kill each other before you called things done. it was final, anul had no other choice but to return home and find someone else for sutible for his tastes, and at first he does. to hurt and emotional unstable to think kf doing abtthing else, but then he comes back, stubborn as ever and ready to make him love you.
step one was to change his appearance, jacob was completely different from him, he had the girthy strength of a bull but the hair of a baby chick, along with and obvious differences in eye color. he hadnt even been aware of the fact that maybe he just wasn't your type, but that was easy, all he had to do was become your type.
easier said than done, he dyes his hair, cut's it short, trains like a dog and wear contacts before showing up at your doorstep to which you are horrified.
"Anul, what..what did you do?"
Anul smiles but it doesn't look the way it's supposed to. to bright, to cheery.
"I changed", he says simply.
"yeah..alot.." you mumble in disbelief, not only was he here but he was drastically different and not in a good way.
Anul frowns, "what, you don't like it?"
"I..." you didn't know what to say. "how about you come inside for a moment, have a drink."
Anul immediately begins looking around in suspicion, "is Jacob here?" he asks bitterly.
you sigh, "no my prince, jacob is out rught now, so if you want to speak with me, do it now or forever hold your peace." anul softened at your words, flicking his eyes over your body in obvious pain.
he stepped inside and as soon as you shut the door wrapped his arms around your waist, breathing into your neck. "Gods, i've missed you [Name], how long has it been since i've held you like this?"
you patted his ahoulder awkwardly, trying to pry him off of you, but it was no use, he was just as strong, if not stronger since the last time you'd seen him.
"Anul please..I, this is inappropriate."
Anul scowled, "why because of james."
"yes because of jocob, i dont think he's appreciate seeing you holding me like this."
anul didn't let go, "god why do you care about him so much anyway, what's he got that i dont! i know sure as hell it isn't the money, and so i thought it was the looks. didn't know you were into blondes by the way. so what is it, he's got some secret talent hidden...or don't tell me..did you have sex with him already! it can't have been good if you did, tell me is wasnt."
you flushed violently and made wild gestures into the general direction of the prince, "dont be so crude! it's just...just..."
anul craddled your face again, tilting his head to try and find your eyes, "just what? you can tell me, i would never judge you..."
but before you could get a chance to answer a switch and click came through the door, there was jacob standing...pieces of wood and grass in his hair, watching another man hold his woman in a rather suspicious position.
"h-how could you..." he speaks, dropping the wood in less than ten seconds flat.
oh no, nonononono! this was completely wrong, it looked, completely wrong.
"jacob wait!" but he was already gone, you pushed anul away in desperation but you didn't run after him, not while the problem was behind you.
"why did you come here...to ruin this? to ruin my life.." you wondered a loud.
anul snuck his hands around you, a grin invisible to you spread acorss his face. "i didn't come here to ruin you or your life, i came hete to ruin what was getting between us, and out life. and right now, i'd say this ia a job well done. "
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yanderedrabbles · 4 months ago
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The Fisherman and The Starwife
There was a sea at the edge of the world. And a fisherman who tried to catch moonlight. And a bride who was plucked right out of the sky. Do you care to hear their story?
It started on a cold night at the edge of the world. Nights were almost always cold in that place where the land falls away forever, but this was a freezing night even by those standards. The sea churned with shards of ice and the waves chimed like rolling glass.
A fisherman was getting ready to cast his lines. And though most fisherman in most parts of the world are busiest at dawn and dusk, this particular man did all his work in the very dead of night.
The nets he cast weren't like any a normal sailor would know. They were woven out of glass - each string made up of hundreds, thousands of clear beads. For this fisherman wasn't concerned with salmon or roe but with another sort of quarry entirely.
This fisherman was fishing for moonlight.
Moonlight was perhaps the most elusive thing to catch. It poured over the land but couldn't be speared or hooked or trapped. Just one pearl of moonlight was considered a king's ransom. Five pearls was enough to buy a man a kingdom. Ten would keep his children and his children's children fed and wealthy for centuries.
But fishing for moonlight was dangerous too. The only place it could be caught was at the very edge of the world, where the sea and sky were so close they almost touched. And the sea here was rough, not just with waves that grew wilder every hour, but with sea bears and moon hounds that could flip a warship with just a flick of their tails.
The fisherman knew all this. He'd seen countless men come and die in their attempts to catch moonlight. Their bodies swallowed by the ice sea, faces blue and bloodless as they sunk below the waves.
The fisherman knew the dangers, but he still went out every night in his tar bottomed boat. For the fisherman had a secret. A way to calm the waves and the water beasts alike.
(And oh, it was a secret costly bought. He'd traded ten years of his life to a sea hag for it and considered it a fair deal).
The fisherman knew the tune of the sea. Each night he would recline in his boat after casting his lines, and unwrap his pan flute from its oilskin. He would play the notes as the sea hag taught him - soft and sweet like the tide crawling out, sharp like the crack of lightning on the waves, mournful as the open ocean.
The sea would listen, and finally calm. The sea bears would dive deep and dream of arctic caves. The wind would cease its mourning. When the fisherman played his flute, all the beasts in the sea silenced their queer voices to hear it.
On this night, the moon was full and bright. Her daughters, the stars, reflected their icy beauty off the water. His music drifted far in the quiet and tonight even more so.
In the spreading canvas of the night sky, one star leaned down to better hear the music.
It was like nothing you'd ever heard before. It wasn't the subtle, tinkling music of the night sky. It wasn't the sweet song of the moon. It was mournful and wild, and you were so focused on it that you didn't feel yourself slipping until it was too late.
A scream. And a spash. And in the span of a breath, a star fell straight out of the sky and into the sea.
The fisherman sat up with a start, and without thinking, reached into the water and hauled you onto his boat.
At first he didn't know what he was looking at. Your hair was soaked and the beads in your hair shone so bright they hurt his eyes. He couldn't understand it - not even with all the strange things he'd seen. How could a girl suddenly appear in place so lonely and remote? Did you fall from the sky?
You sat shivering at the bottom of his boat, too stunned by your fall to realise where you were. And oh, you were the most beautiful creature he'd ever laid eyes on.
In that moment, the fisherman had a choice.
You were dazed and soaking wet. Anything he did to you, you wouldn't be able to fight back. He still had his nets and ropes; he could grab you and take to shore, could force you to be his wife. He was handsome, but strange in his ways and dreams. He didn't have a wife or a lover or even the memory of one. No one would be surprised if he caved to his loneliness and stole whatever good fortune came his way.
For a long, painful moment he was tempted. It would be so lovely to have a warm bed and a warm body waiting for him after a cold, dangerous night. He worked so hard for so little - didn't he deserve a reward?
Instead, he pulled off his oilskin and draped it around your shoulders.
"Be still," he said softly. "Breathe deeply. I will take us back to shore and build you a fire. You won't be cold for long."
You looked up at him, eyes all wide and wet. "Th-thank you."
When he reached the shore, you stumbled and fell to your knees, teeth chattering. You were a creature of starlight and shadow - your feet were never meant to touch the ground.
Carefully, for you looked to him so frail in the thin light of the moon, he picked you up. You smelled like salt and sea, but underneath it was the burning ozone smell of a fallen star. Perhaps that was when he first started to suspect what you were. That what he held in his arms wasn't built of blood and bone.
He brought you to his house and put you down on the hearth. True to his word, he stoked the fire until it roared. You put your palms out to it cautiously, for although your uncle Sun was said to be fire all the way through, you'd never actually seen something burning. Your fingers were so cold they ached and the warmth was a welcome relief.
"Here." He wrapped a blanket around you and set a mug of mulled wine in your hand. "Warm up a little. And then dry yourself off. The sea chill gets in your bones if you aren't careful."
"Wh-where am I?"
He looked at the fire and sighed. "On the shore of the hinterland sea, at the very edge of the world. I fear you're very far from home, wherever it may be."
The wine was warm and sweet, spiced with the last of his cloves and ginger. You drank and finally your teeth stopped chattering.
"Who are you?"
"I'm a fisherman."
You set the cup down carefully, still unsteady. "What is a fisherman?"
He raised his brows but answered you all the same. "Someone who catches fish. Either to sell or to eat. Often both."
You considered this. Stars lived off ether and cloud dust. You had no idea why anyone would want to eat fish of all things.
"What fish do you catch?"
"Ah, that's a difficult question." There was a gleam of amusement in his storm grey eyes. "I'm not like other fisherman. I fish for moonlight instead of animals."
"Moonlight?" That confused you. How could someone catch something so intangible? Did they eat it as well?
"Yes. If you're careful and clever, you can catch moonlight when it reaches down and touches the sea. It's a fortune made to catch even a little."
He looked at you carefully. In the firelight, it was clear you were no ordinary human. Perhaps you weren't mortal at all. As your hair dried, it took on a sheen like starlight dancing on water. Your teeth were small and sharp when you smiled, your pupils shaped like stars in the centre of your irises. It was his turn to ask a question, though he thought he already knew the answer.
"Where do you come from?"
You tilted your head liked he asked the most obvious thing in the world. "From the sky of course. Usually I'm between my sisters Astra and Vena."
He smiled and reached down to throw a log on the fire as though the third brightest star in the night sky wasn't shivering on his hearth.
"Would you like to change into some dry clothes? I haven't any dresses for you to wear, but anything is better than the wet and the cold."
"Oh, yes please."
He brought you the softest, finest shirt he owned.
"I'll wait outside until you're done."
You tilted your head again in that sharp, bird like way. "Why do you have to wait outside?"
He almost choked on his tongue before he could answer. "Because I'm a man and you're... not. It wouldn't be proper."
"But it's cold outside."
You were already dropping the blanket and the oilskin he borrowed you. Underneath it, you wore a silvery white robe that was still wet enough to be see-through. He hurriedly turned away from you, jaw clenched tight.
"It's fine. I'd rather..."
He could hear the whisper of your robe as it fell. He froze, mind racing.
"Rather what?"
Rather not be thinking of you naked in front of my fire.
"... Nevermind. It's nothing."
"You can turn around and stop clenching your hands now," you said, amused.
You were wearing his shirt, the collar gaping at your collarbones. You rubbed the hem between your fingers. "What material is this?"
"Just homespun."
He gathered your still damp robes and marvelled at the almost silk feel of them - woven so light that if it weren't for the water he'd barely feel their weight.
"I like it," you said. "It's warm."
He hung your clothes to dry on the back of a chair. "You can sleep in my bed tonight. I'll sleep by the hearth."
"Oh." You thought about it. "Is it 'not proper' to sleep together?"
Gods in Heaven have mercy.
"No," he said, carefully avoiding your eyes. "It's not proper. That's the sort of thing only a husband and wife can do."
"My mother is married to the Tide. Did you know that? He's not a very nice man."
The fisherman didn't need you to tell him how unpredictable and cruel the tide could be. He made his living by its whims.
"Have you met him?" he asked.
"Once or twice." You came to stand behind him and watched as he made the bed comfortable for you. Fluffing his meagre pillow and dusting out the blanket.
"You have very nice hands," you said. The fisherman stilled. His hands were rough from the salt and hooks and lines of his trade. They ached on bad nights. Were nicked with scars upon scars, a strata of hurts.
You reached forward and took hold of his fingers, drew them towards you. Your hands were soft as only ones untouched by labour could be. 
"You say you are a man, and that we're different. How so?"
He sighed and let you pull him towards you.
"You are from the heavens. You know nothing of cruelty or greed or love. Mankind, earth - it's not the same." He paused. "If I were another, you might be in danger around me."
You looked in his eyes - oh, you creature of starlight, one of a kind, too pure and rare for his common touch.
"My sister once fell to the earth. When she returned, she told me of love. And of lovers. Do you...have a lover?"
He smiled, rueful. "No. This is a cold, remote place. And it's a cold, remote life I've chosen for myself."
"Do you want one?"
You were still holding his hand, and he was all too aware of it. How would your hands feel, touching other parts of him?
"It doesn't matter," he finally managed to answer. "I have nothing to offer. No wealth, no great learning, no family honour."
"Oh, but you are kind. You are gentle. You saved my life and invited me into your home, asking for no thanks in return. Is the world of Man so evil, that these things mean nothing?"
"They mean less than you seem to think."
You held his palm to your cheek, tilted your head into his touch. His hands were rough as only ones knowing hard labour could be. What would they feel like, touching other parts of you?
"My mother told me a boon granted is one that must be repaid. Tell me fisherman at the end of the world, what would you have in exchange for saving my life?"
You. I would have you, girl too beautiful for even my dreams.
Instead he said, "Nought. My mother told me a kindness given should not expect to be repaid in kind. All I would have is that you recover, and return to the place you belong."
You sighed and dropped his hand. "As you will, so shall it be."
That night, you slept on a thin mattress and dreamt of the dark sea outside the door. And he slept not at all.
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You were awake at the first sign of morning light. You were firmer on your feet and you made it to the door without stumbling.
The fisherman heard you and fought the urge to stand. If you wished to leave before the dawn, he wouldn't stop you. Already he'd met a creature few thought existed. He would be greedy to hope for more of you.
You didn't leave. You stood on his threshold and watched the sun rise at the edge of the world. For though you knew your uncle through stories and messages, you'd never seen him.
"Hello uncle," you said to the pink and orange sky.
"Hello niece. What are you doing upon the earth, so far from your place in heaven?"
"I grew distracted with music and fell into the sea. But a man rescued me and now here I stand."
"I would caution you, niece of mine. I rise and set each day. And each day I see Mankind's cruelty to one another. Murder and imprisonment and awful acts of lust. Linger not too long in this place, lest your man think to do what so many others before him have done."
"Oh uncle, he is not like the stories I have heard. Not like the monsters you warn me against. The earth might indeed be filled with danger, but here I think myself to be safe."
Your uncle sighed and clouds parted in great gusts. "Niece, things are never as clear as they seem. Not when you stand upon the earth. Take my advice and return to your sisters as soon as the night arrives. Your mother has seen even more than I the awful lechery of Man."
You smiled at your uncle, proud and burning creature that he was. "Thank you uncle. But this place is filled with strange and wondrous things. I can not return until I've satisfied my curiosity."
"As you say, blood of mine. But know that regardless of how we love you, neither your mother nor I can protect you when you're out of our reach. Anything that happens, you must fend off on your own."
You glanced back into the cottage, and at the fisherman sprawled on the hearth. "I am not so alone as you fear, uncle."
The fisherman could understand little of your conversation. He could not hear the sun's voice. When he heard your footsteps whispering towards him, he forced himself to hold still. Was this it? A final whispered goodbye?
You knelt at his side and brushed your knuckles against his cheekbone. "Will you wake, saviour of mine? The new day comes."
He opened his eyes. "You're still here."
"Does that displease you?"
"No!" He sat up in a hurry, eyes locked on yours. "Never. Please, stay as long you'd like."
You smiled, secretly pleased. "What do you do in the day?"
He thought for a moment. "I work at night, and the day is spent mending my nets. But you're here now. I think I'd rather show you the secrets and wonders of this place."
"You said few people come to the edge of the world. What secrets could there be?"
"Oh, plenty. All the more secret for having seldom been found."
He turned away from you and built up the fire. "It will be cold today, and the wind will be sharp. Still, would you like to see what I wish to show?"
You watched the firelight flicker across his face - lined at the eyes like he smiled too often, tanned and ruddy from the sea.
"Yes," you said, "I'd like that."
He borrowed you thick furs to wear and wrapped a scarf around your neck. Your robes had dried overnight but one glance at them was enough to know they weren't nearly warm enough.
He packed a small pack with food and wine. At the door, he held your hand while you got used to having the fine pebbles of the beach under your feet.
A cold wind was blowing from the north and stirring the patchy snow on the ground.You could almost hear a voice in it, coldly amused.
"A star so far from heaven?"
And another, softer. Pitying almost.
"Run back to your sisters, little star. The hearts of men have no room for mercy, or for you."
When the wind disappeared, so too did the voices. You leaned closer against your fisherman and let him lead you down the beach. The still rising sun painted the water orange, and the stones reflected it as a bright gold.
Oh, how many colours in this new world. How wonderful the gold, the silver, the thousand shades in between.
"Do you walk the beach often?" you asked.
"No." He sounded amused. "At least, certainly not with company."
He lead you towards a high embankment, and a narrow path crawling up it's side. He kept hold of you as you climbed, his arm steady and strong around you. The loose stones of the beach hardened to shale that crumbled if you stepped too heavily, the path growing steeper as the embankment curved around the cliffside.
The sun was well above the water when you reached the top. But oh, was it worth the effort. The view from the cliff dwarfed anything you'd seen before. The ocean stretched from one end of the horizon to the other, the water black near the shore and then lightening to a dark greenish-blue. The sun caught on the peaks of the waves, turning them aquamarine and gold.
The fisherman set out his bundle of food on a rock. Fresh bread, a thick hunk of cheese, raisins. You ate breakfast with the sea spread at your feet and the warm south wind tugging at your hair.
You pressed the cheese and raisins between two slices of bread and held it to his lips. "Try it like this. It's incredible."
He raised a skeptical brow but leaned down to eat from your hand.
"Sweet," he said, eyes crinkling with his smile.
You thought the cliff and its view was his secret, but that was far from it. After you ate, he led you to a small, hidden path carved into the cliffside. You wavered - the drop down was beyond treacherous.
He held both your hands in his and showed you how to walk down the carved steps.
"I won't let you fall. I promise."
You believed him.
The path led to a cave, its entrance little more than a gash in the cliffside. You squeezed through, not sure what to expect.
What you saw made you gasp. Your fisherman hadn't brought you to a cave at all, but to the last remains of a castle. You stood in a great hall, it's pillars carved out of the stalactites. Moss had grown over the walls and the ceiling, and the whole room glowed a deep blue.
"What is this place?"
"The barrow of a long dead king. Killed before his time, killed in vain."
Flowers were pushing up through the cracked floor tiles. Strange blue flowers that only grew in the dark. Their pollen rose in golden clouds when you passed them by.
"Oh, no place so strange and wondrous exists in the sky."
You twirled in place, your eyes on the ceiling and its strange, twisting patterns. The fisherman watched you, his heart pulling him in two different directions. Would it be so wrong to keep you? To ask you stay with him for the rest of your days?
Yes, some fierce part of him whispered back. You cannot keep a star from the sky. You think you could love her. But what sort of love is captivity?
You grabbed his hands and pulled him from his thoughts.
"Will you dance with me? My sister says palaces are filled with dancing, with music. This dead king must feel awfully lonely, with a hall so cold and quiet."
He followed you, hands slipping to your waist.
"I must warn you. I'm no king's man, to dance gracefully."
You laughed and let him twirl you in his arms.
"I don't want a king's man, nor a knight, nor a prince," you told him, "I only want you."
He caught you again, dropping you in a slow, graceful dip.
"Don't be cruel, little star," he whispered. "To give me dreams I can never have."
The night flower pollen hung in the air, dancing in patterns from your movement. The room was a mosaic of midnight blue and gold. You reached up and brushed your fingers across his lips.
"I am never cruel. I offer what I willingly give."
It would have been so easy to kiss you then. To have, even for just a moment, a love so far out of reach.
"No," he said quietly. "You're too good for me. I will not pull a star from the sky for my own satisfaction."
He put you back on your feet and let you go.
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The walk home was quiet. He held you when he needed to, but his touch was light. Afraid almost.
He stoked the fire and showed you how to feed it. Showed you where the food was kept and how to slice the bread. And then he left you.
He claimed to be going fishing, but his nets and lines stayed in the corner of the room.
You watched him from the door until he was out of sight. And then you curled up on the narrow windowsill and waited for his return.
In your chest, your heart ached in a way you couldn't explain.
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You asked him to take you with him that night. He hesitated, his glass nets slung over his shoulder.
"It's dangerous."
"Perhaps so, but I want to hear your music again. The sound I fell from heaven for. Will you not let me hear it once more?"
He gave in and told you to sit as still as you could, for the waves were rougher than usual. The night was clear, and as he rowed you out to sea, you sisters' voices chimed in your head.
"Little sister, why do you stay upon the earth? Your place in heaven is cold and empty."
"Little sister, does the man do you harm? Does he hold you prisoner?"
"Little sister, mother worries for you. Will you speak to her?"
"Little sister, will you not come home?"
"Soon," you promised them. "Soon."
The fisherman cast his nets and began to play his tune. And all thoughts of your sisters and your home vanished. To watch him at sea was to witness a creature in its element. Calm and careful, slow and thoughtful.
You didn't leave that night. Or the one after that. Your mother moved through her phases and still you chose to stay on the earth.
You learned how to light and keep a fire, how to mend the fisherman's lines and snares, how to bake bread and mull wine. You learned to sleep with the moon and rise with the sun.
"Oh niece," you uncle sighed, "I fear this love will be your undoing."
"Love? Is that what I feel? This aching in my heart?"
"Love indeed. Why else would a star choose to be a fishwife?"
At first, your fisherman tried to keep his distance. But you were persistent in your questions, in your conversation, in following him wherever he went.
Finally he caved. Started speaking to you without holding himself back, started taking his meals with you. He was careful not to touch you, and perhaps even more careful not to let you touch him. It was friendship, companionship - but always tinged with longing. You would sometimes catch him watching you, eyes sad as the sea.
Each night your fisherman would tell you a story. Both of you sitting on the hearth rug, his hands carving the tale out of the air, his eyes twinkling. Stories of love, of bravery, of treachery.
He told you of a queen carved from the sea foam, of a wolf who shed its skin to find a bride, of cities so bright and sprawling that to see them from above was to think earth and heaven had switched places.
You would dream of his stories, and of his hands. Skimming down your back, warm and strong.
A full month after your fall, your mother frowned down at you and demanded to know when you would be done with your adventure. You wavered, for your mother wasn't the type to accept a flimsy answer.
"When our story is all told," you finally replied.
She kept her frown, but your man was returning from the sea and you were too distracted by him to notice it.
You would happily have stayed just as you were. Sleeping in his bed and sharing his clothes, waking to see him already in front of the fire. But your luck changed - yours for the worse and his for the better.
For the fisherman finally caught moonlight.
You were with him when he reeled his nets in, and you both saw the silver gleam break the water at the same time. He stilled, eyes wide.
"I can't believe it."
He plucked the pearl from its string and let it sit on his palm. It cast its glow all the way across the boat and still beyond. There was no doubt now as to why moonlight was so valuable. Looking into it, you could see what your mother saw. Could see the ocean spread at your feet, could see the stars dancing, could see the breadth of heaven and earth.
"Here." He dropped it into your palm and closed your fingers around it. "Hold onto it."
You looked at him, eyes wide. "You trust me with it?"
He smiled his crooked half smile. "I trust you with more than your know, little star."
As he rowed back to shore, you wondered at how your life might change. Hadn't he once said that the only goal of a fisherman at the edge of the world was to catch moonlight? That even a little was a fortune made?
Would he leave the sea? Would he leave you?
When you were back in the cottage and out of sight of your mother, you felt brave enough to ask.
"Oh, never. I'll never leave you, little star. Not for as long as you'll have me."
You looked at the pearl in your palm. A fortune made... What did that really mean?
"What now?"
He came to stand behind you, reaching out to carefully run his fingertip across the shimmering surface.
"Now I will head away. To civilisation. To find a way to sell it without getting my heart cut out first."
"Why would anyone do that?"
He sighed. "Because of its value. Some men will do terrible things to possess a single beautiful thing."
That worried you.
"I want to come with you," you said.
You could hear the smile in his voice when he answered. "I would have it no other way."
The preparations took almost two weeks. Food to be dried, smoked and packed. Water to be stored. Clothes to be mended and altered for travelling. The boat to be tarred and dragged ashore.
The fisherman was in no hurry. He still told you stories at night, the moon pearl sitting in a box between you and lending its strange silver light to the tellings.
If you'd known what was to come, you would have thrown that cursed thing back into the sea. But though you were many things, you were not an oracle. You couldn't guess the misery it would bring.
On the day before you and your fisherman planned to leave, three men came to visit.
They wore the deep black of thieves and killers, and the knives at their belts spoke plenty of their profession.
They found you both on the beach at sunset, wrapping canvas around the boat. Their shadows stretched long in the fading light, so you weren't sure what you were seeing until they were too close to avoid.
Your fisherman stood to greet them, though from his eyes you could tell he wasn't pleased.
"An unpleasant place, this," said the first of the three.
"Cold and miserable," said the second.
"Though we suppose it does have its charms," said the third.
The fisherman considered them for a long while before replying.
"An unpleasant place, aye. The work is dangerous and the reward an impossible dream. Still, some of us are suited to places like these."
The first of the killers looked at you, ran his eyes over your body.
"For you perhaps. But what of your woman? Surely she would like somewhere warmer."
The fisherman tensed. Just the tiniest tightening of his shoulders, but you noticed it all the same.
"I keep her as warm as she needs," he said.
That made the men smirk. Made them eye each other like the joke was oh so funny. The sun was almost gone now and the brightest of your sisters were peaking out of the purple sky. You could feel their worry at the back of your mind.
"Hurry and come away, little sister. I like not the look of these men."
"Quickly. Before they play any tricks."
You didn't like the look of the strangers either, but you refused to leave the fisherman on his own. Whatever this was, perhaps it might still end well.
The leader rolled his shoulders, sighed like this was as mildly unpleasant as a persistent itch. And then he pulled a moon pearl out of his pocket.
It was much smaller than the one your fisherman caught, but it had a strange red tint to it that made you shiver. If you looked closely, you could see yourself in it. Not a reflection, but a view from on high. Whoever these strangers were, they'd been watching you.
"Enchanted to find others like it. Thought it wasn't worth the money at first. Never bloody did anything," the first one said.
"Not until a few week ago at least," another continued.
You felt yourself going cold. They knew.
Your fisherman must have realised the same thing, because his eyes slipped to you and the pearl hidden on a tether under your shirt.
"That's all you want?"
They looked at each other again, and whatever passed between them was only for them and the wind to know.
"Aye," said the third, "That's all - the bounty of the night sky. Give us that and we'll leave you be."
Your fisherman shrugged like they weren't demanding a king's ransom and then some. He turned to you and carefully pulled the pearl free of its cord. You grabbed his hands and held them.
"Why?" you whispered.
He looked in your eyes and there wasn't any regret there. No grief or anger over losing the thing he'd spent years fishing for.
"I worry of losing something far more precious than a stone."
He pulled away from you before you could stop him and tossed the pearl to the leader. He caught it easily and held it to his eye.
"A finer thing I've never held," the thief said.
"Aye, and a finer thing I've never seen," said the other.
"But that's not all you have, is it fisherman?" said the third.
The fisherman rolled his shoulders and anyone could see the threat in it.
"That's the only thing of value here. The only thing you can take. So have joy of it, and be gone from this place."
"Daughter."
Your mother's voice was sharp. "Come away. Now. These men mean you harm worse than you realise."
"Not yet," you murmured, "Not while my love stays."
The thieves smiled at each other. Nasty grins filled with blades.
"Oh, but you have another thing worth perhaps even more than moonlight. Tell me, fisherman at the edge of the world, how did you rip a star from the sky?"
The fisherman snarled, all quiet calm forgotten.
"Come now, don't be so hostile," the thief mocked. "You promised us the bounty of the night sky. That was our deal."
"The star is not mine to keep nor give."
The thieves laughed. "She wears your clothes and helps in your labour and whispers her secrets to you. How can you claim that she isn't yours?"
The fisherman kept his hands loose at his sides but it wasn't only you who noticed his eyes dart to his knife, stuck into the roll of canvas you were working with.
You reached out and grabbed at his hand. It was dawning on you now what your mother meant. These men were worse than you first assumed, and to stay in their presence was to invite death to your door.
A star leaping back to heaven is an easy thing. Your bones are light and your magic is strong. But to take a human with you? That was another matter entirely. Their feet were rooted to the earth, their bones weighed down by the nature of their birth. You pulled with all the magic you had, but you couldn't move him. Your heart was a fluttering, panicked thing in your chest.
"Mother, please."
"I cannot," your mother said, her voice torn with grief. "He is of the earth. I cannot lift him to heaven no matter my strength."
The fisherman and the thieves didn't seem to notice your efforts. Their eyes were on each other, hackles raised.
The thieves moved first. Drew their knives and rushed your man all at once.
But the fisherman didn't survive on the hinterland sea by being slow or cautious. He pushed you behind him and in one graceful step, pulled his knife loose from the canvas. He slashed at the closest man, his blade a silvery arc that turned the night red with misted blood. The man fell away, clutching his eyes and screaming.
The fisherman was too slow to dodge the oncoming strike, so he threw his arm up and let the leader's blade carve a long furrow down his forearm. Blood welled at his elbow and fell onto the black pebbles of the beach.
He kept you behind him as he retreated, his eyes darting between the two standing thieves.
You were frozen. Eyes glued on the fallen man and the blood welling up between his fingers.
So this is what you meant. That Mankind will do terrible things to each other without a second thought. Oh uncle, I'm sorry I doubted you.
Your mind raced. How to escape with your man alive and in one piece?
The two thieves were spreading out, flanking him as wolves would. The blood from his arm had soaked his side and you could tell he was growing pale.
You needed to fight. You needed to kill. But how?
Stars are no great terror. You aren't like the moon, who can wreck cities with her pull on the sea. Not like the sun, who can turn crops to dust and cities to deserts. You had no weapon, no strength, no great magic.
But I must have something.
Oh. Oh. You did indeed have something. A little magic of your own. There was a reason people wished on the brightest stars. There was a reason a falling star was considered lucky. And you, well, you were one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
No great magic, but maybe you didn't need to move mountains or spilt the sea in half.
Your fisherman once showed you how to use a needle and thread, told you that sometimes injuries were sewn up just like a ripped shirt. You focused on that now. Thread in, thread out. You pulled your fingers through the air like you were sewing a sail.
The fisherman flinched but kept his injured arm raised. There was a faint glow from under his sleeve and the blood slowed it's dripping. His steps grew steadier.
As though sensing the change, the thieves pounced. Coming at him from two sides at once. He wouldn't be able to fend them both off.
You acted without thinking. Earth magic and sky magic didn't mix well, but you were beyond caring. You pulled at the ground with your magic and one of the thieves fell, their leg thigh deep in a narrow sinkhole. The fisherman took the opportunity he'd been given. He stabbed his knife into the man's throat, all the way up to the handle. There was an awful, wet choking sound when he ripped it out.
You looked away, sick. And that's when the final thief stabbed your man in the back. The blade sunk deep into his shoulder and he roared, whirling around. Too late, too late. The attacker had a second blade ready and when the fisherman turned, he plunged it straight between his ribs.
You screamed.
The fisherman fell to his knees, blood not just trickling but pouring down his chest.
You caught him before he fell entirely, his head falling back against your collarbone. When they said the dead had no light in their eyes, you finally understood what they meant. You could see it fading.
You poured your magic into him, not caring about technique or luck or skill. That little bit of brightness that makes a star glow, you gave it all to him. Your hands were glowing silver, burning like the coldest night.
And still the blood came. Still his life bled out of him.
"Please," you begged. "Please."
What more could you do? You were light headed, cold.
"Stop!"
Your mother's voice was a frantic shout.
"You'll kill yourself giving him that. Stop it daughter. Stop now!"
Kill yourself? Hope bloomed in your heart. The world needed balance. Death was meticulous with his scales. If you burnt yourself out, wasn't that one life gone? Didn't that mean another could stay?
If you gave your life for his, would he live?
You didn't hear your mother scream. Didn't hear your sisters' horror echo through the night. You dug for that last glimmer inside of you, the last breath of the brightest star.
You gave it to the man you loved.
Kindness need not be repaid in kind, he'd said. But he saved your life. He showed you tenderness, care. You loved him. And if only his body was left, you owed him.
You kissed his hair. Pressed your cheek against him. You felt so cold. Colder even than the night you fell into the sea. I'm dying, you realised. There wasn't fear there. Only regret.
Was it ever so hard to breathe? Your lungs stuttered. You barely cared. All you needed was to know he would live.
The last thief standing watched you for a long while. Saw your glow fading. What use was a dying star to him? He picked up the moon pearls, skirted the injured man who was still rolling on the ground and left. If there was honour amount thieves, he didn't have any.
You were beginning to think it all for nought. He was a limp, heavy weight against you.
"Please," you whispered. "Please."
He stirred. Drew in a breath thick with blood, like the first gasp of a drowning man. When he opened his eyes, his pupils were shaped like stars.
"Love," he whispered. He reached up and cupped your cheek in his palm. "Oh, love."
You kissed him. His lips were rough, but not in an unpleasant way. There was blood on your mouth when you pulled away.
"All those nights with you just across the room, all I ever wanted was to feel your lips on mine."
You sighed, pressed his palm closer against your cheek. "Oh, love. That we could have had more time."
He was still drowsy, still reeling from blood loss. But at your words his eyes sharpened.
"We have time."
He sat up slowly, his hand still on your cheek, his knees in the dirt.
"We do. Don't we?"
Whatever he saw on your face was answer enough.
"No."
"Yes." It wasn't you who answered, and perhaps it was the nature of the speaker that only you heard him.
You looked beyond your lover's shoulder. Standing in his shroud, Death waited.
"A fair trade?" you asked.
The fisherman turned to follow your eyes, but all he saw was the open sea.
"Better than fair."
Death shook his head, long nails click clacking on the handle of his staff.
"It is rare indeed that I claim one of your kind."
There was no triumph in his voice, no sorrow. He truly was implacable as the grave.
"Who do you see?" The fisherman asked you, hands gripping your shoulders, frantic.
You thought he already knew. He was not so long out of the underworld that he could forget the feeling of Death's footsteps passing by. He pulled you into his chest, one hand cradling the back of your head.
"No, no. Reverse whatever you've done. My time has come and passed." His voice was raw, flayed by the salt of blood and tears. "Please."
You grabbed a handful of his shirt, felt the heart beating strong and true in his chest. "I cannot. I will not."
Above you, the moon and the stars wept.
"Daughter. Oh, my poor daughter."
"Little sister, gone, gone, gone where we cannot follow."
Death brushed his hand across your brow and you shuddered. The fisherman pulled you closer, spoke to the air where Death stood.
"Take me instead. It's me you came for, it's me you want. You won't be cheated by a fisherman, will you? So do as you came to do."
"Fair is fair, fisherman at the edge of the world," Death said in a voice like bones rattling.
"A life must be taken. The scales must balance. Even the stars in heaven die at my hand."
The fisherman paled. Very few heard the voice of Death while they still lived, and fewer still kept their minds together after. It was the sound of the tomb, the grave, the earth thudding on the coffin top. When he spoke, his voice was wretched with grief.
"I'm begging you. Let her live."
"We beseech you, let our sister go," the stars chorused after him.
"Please," said the moon. "Please have mercy, Lord of the end."
Death stood at the edge of the world and all of heaven begged him to be kind. Just once. Just for a moment.
"No."
You felt his hand on your heart. And then you felt nothing at all.
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The fisherman knew the second it happened. Your body sagged against him, your fingers dropped from his shirt.
He cradled your body and wept his terrible grief into your faded dress.
Death held your soul between his fingers. The size of a moon pearl, but ten thousand times as bright. Few things in his collection were quite as fine.
"I will not be cheated. Not by the innocent nor the wicked."
The wind and the sea sighed. They knew all too well how inflexible he could be. To all the witnesses, this should have been the end. Lovers were not spared by Death. Why would he make an exception now?
And to all who knew the moon, in her timed phases and careful rotation, this too should have been the end. But the thing they most often seemed to forget was this; the moon was still a mother. And though you were dead and on the earth, you were still her blood.
"A link!" your mother whispered to herself. "He lives with a part of her inside him, creature of the earth that he is."
Death didn't notice when the moon reached down for your body. Why would he? The soul was what mattered to him. But she wasn't called the wise woman for nothing. He was about to leave, about to step from one world to the other, when your mother snatched your soul straight out of his hand.
Too late, too late he whirled to catch it, to curse at the moon's trickery. Already she was gone, your body and the fisherman gone with her.
Death cursed, gathered his shroud to pursue, when the Tide finally spoke. The moon's husband was quick to anger and slow to forgive, but he loved his wife. Hated to see her grieve.
"Still yourself, bone lord. I ask you not for mercy or for kindness. I ask you simply to trade."
"What could you have, sea beast? Drowned men are a dime a dozen. What can you offer for a star's soul?"
The Tide sighed, for he knew that Death measured by a metric none living or dead fully understood.
"I can give you a mermaid's heart, still beating with the pull of the waves. I can give you a fishwife, still young and in love. I can give you the most beautiful of my pets, to forever keep as own."
Death laughed, as terrible and grating as a tomb opening.
"No deal at all, sea beast. Life for life must willingly be given."
"I thought so," said the Tide. "But if you are as quick and wise as they say, you would look to the heavens and realise whatever soul you wanted is beyond your reach."
In the sky, twin stars burned. The third brightest in the sky.
Death laughed again. "Oh, the moon is a tricky one indeed. Two stars, sharing a soul."
You might have expected him to be angry, might have expected cursing and rage. Thought he would reach up and pull you both from the sky. But few understood the whims and wiles of Death.
He gathered his shroud and smiled and winked away. He would have you eventually. No one could escape him forever. But a star lives a long time and when it came down to it, he didn't mind waiting.
Death of all people could appreciate a good trick.
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You pulled in a breath that rasped and burned. When you opened your eyes, the fisherman was kneeling at your side, your head in his lap.
"My love, how do I live?" You sat up slowly, afraid that he somehow undid the magic you cast.
"You've done a dangerous thing, daughter of mine."
Your mother stood waiting for you, her robes silver and red and the dusty gold of a full moon hanging low in the sky.
"Mother!"
"Don't stand. You're still weak." She frowned at you, and at the fisherman at your side.
"I did not think to ever have a son-in-law. And I did not think to ever watch my daughter die."
You looked her in her eyes, pale silver from end to end. "I'm sorry to have done that to you mother. But I'm not sorry for my choice."
She sighed, harsh from trying to hide her grief.
"You have him now, daughter of mine. The man you gave your own life for. I hope he was worth the sacrifice."
"He was. He is."
The fisherman's arms tightened around you and his head dropped to your shoulder. He was crying, but only you knew, only you could feel his hot tears soaking into your dress.
"Very well. Have your moment with your man. And then come and take your place."
She left you. For a second between the moment she opened and closed the door, you could see the faces of your sisters. Still worried, still pale.
The hall of your mother's palace was quiet. The fisherman kept his forehead pressed against your shoulder, breathing hard.
"I never should have kept you," he said finally. "I should have sent you back to the sky the second you landed in my arms. Oh love, how could I be so selfish?"
"Don't you dare say that. All you did was show me kindness. It was I who chose to stay. And even now, my only regret is that I bought you to such grief."
You intertwined your hands with his.
"I love you. I loved you the moment I heard your music and fell from the sky to hear it better."
He brought your knuckles to his lips and pressed a kiss against your fingers.
"I loved you the moment I pulled you from the sea." Another kiss pressed against your hands. "I loved you the moment you spoke to me, the moment you smiled."
You hesitated, suddenly unsure. "I've made you give up your dream of catching moonlight."
He laughed, eyes crinkling at the corners. "Oh, I've caught myself something much better than moonlight tonight."
I've caught myself a bride. And oh, I'm never letting her go.
If you look to the sky at dawn and dusk, you'll see twin stars. They always rise together, always move across the heavens in tandem, always set hand in hand. Lovers wish on them, pray that Death is as kind to them as he once was at the edge of the world. Fishermen sail by them, trust the steadiness of their light to bring their boats safely home. And stories are told of them. Of the fisherman who tried to catch moonlight. And the bride who was plucked straight out of the sea.
The third brightest stars in the the night sky - the Fisherman and the Starwife.
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yandereunsolved · 2 months ago
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tim the eldritch creature fucker because everyone thinks he's trying to woo a being beyond their comprehension that is actually real world darling and he does it over reblogging their shitty headcanons or liking their art or kudos on their fanfics meanwhile everyone thinks he's doing some satanic shit to interact with darling although he just uses a too powerful laptop no doubt. damian has been less snappy after jason commented tim could sacrifice them to his eldritch so
Thinking of the Batfam wondering if he needs to be exorcized. Tim is just in the corner with his giant ass computer giggling and kicking his feet.
He is commenting on every. single. one. of darling's posts. He is liking them all. He will reblog them all. He'll even make multiple accounts just so he is able to do it all over again.
He has a fan account dedicated solely to his darling.
He will lose his mind if you write about him or draw fanart of him. He may just pass out. He'll scream into a pillow and then run around the manor to try to calm himself.
Bruce is totally not contemplating putting Tim in therapy so Tim stops calling you his 'special interest monster'.
Tim wants to hit it so bad. It's almost pathetic.
Tim and his eldritch s/o (that doesn't know they are his s/o) are an undefeatable duo. 💪
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Bad End: Happy Wife
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Thirteen servants were dead; Two estates on fire.
I never even made it to the gates.
The smell of smoke lingered in the air. Clung to his hair and skin, even after bathing. Because no amount of scented oils, scrubbing, could erase his sin. The scent of iron and cooking flesh. Cruel scents of ancient houses ablaze. Innocent people being slaughtered. For... for the crime of trying to help me.
It was all my fault.
Last time, I had escaped alone. Or... more laughably, he had let me escape.
So he could hunt me through the forest like a brightly colored deer. Some pretty prey to stalk and torment. Letting me exhaust myself. Run and run until I could no longer, before casually strolling up to come collect me. As though letting me get it out of my system. A man, merely humoring his wife's tantrums and overly dramatic, willful ways.
I never should have accepted help. No matter have lonely I was. How desperate my despair. Because... because-!
"I'll get you new ones. Don't be upset, Love." The monster that was my husband, said idly. His voice a low rumble like thunder, his so called 'sweet' tone. "Servants that can't obey their lord, can't be trusted. Shouldn't be kept. They were scum. I'll get you better ones."
Ha ha... more like, servants that obeyed him. Feared him. Had no shred of mercy or honor, left in their bones. Gods... I... I had condemned thirteen good souls. All for trying to help me. Save me. Just for trying to get me out of this hell and away from this man.
I would never forgive this life's sperm donor, for handing me over. Because... because after a betray like that? After I had begged? Begged and screamed, rioted and tried to run? And STILL he handed me over? He was no kin of mine. I had no family.
Not in this life.
My family may not have been perfect. May have been flawed. But they would never have handed me over to a psychopath. Sold me to the highest bidder, like chattle. And... and honestly? I would take them at their worst, over these bastards at their best.
I never should have read that STUPID book. Yeah, maybe, it had nothing to do with anything. Maybe, all it would have done is left me ignorant on top of being stranded. But? I had to blame something. Or I'd go insane. So it was the fucking book's fault.
Recommend by an internet friend. Historical fiction. Lots of complex characters and some spicy yandere. How FUN. Court intrigues! Poisonings! Bastards and hidden births! Great to read... literal hell to live through. Everyone wanted everyone fucking dead, and all I wanted? Was to marry far, FAR into the countryside. Live a boring ass life.
But apparently I blinked funny. Or was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wore the wrong fucking dress (well, not dress, but you get the idea). Because next thing I knew? Yandere Sr., of Yandere and Yandere, is looking at me! And not in that "oh, what an interesting bug" sort of way! Look looking!
I didn't know shit about him! Yes, his son. But him? Nothing!
Well... aside from the fact he was a VERY convenient Widower. Like... the SECOND he got a kid out of his arranged wife. It was all very "everyone suspected but no one could prove shit" Sort of thing.
And? Said son? Becomes a major antagonist in the book. Until he "embarrasses" his Father by going too far. Implied gruesome end to follow. Plot moves on. Which? Is all well and good FOR THEM. But what about me?! I had nothing to go on! Aside from "Aaah ha ha ha! Run." Which? Didn't fucking help, in the end! Still... s-still ended up married.
Though, my new "son" ended up dead, in relatively short order. Apparently wasn't too pleased to have a step-mom. Tried to do something about it. Disappeared between one day and the next. And now no one is allowed to so much as talk about him. But hey! It's apparently fine! Because at some point? We're gonna make a better one!
"Your thoughts are far away, Love. Should I help you concentrate?" Husband muses, from the edge of the bed. I jerk back as I jolt violently to the present, focusing on the threat. He looks pleased. "Better~, this wife should focus only on her Lord. And yet... once again she's wandered. Tried to run. This lord wonders what he should do, hmm?"
Scrunched up in a ball on the bed, I hoped the answer was fucking "nothing". Or maybe, perhaps, "leave". Inching backwards, like the hunted animal I felt like, I wasn't fast enough to avoid the hand that shot out. Capturing my ankle in shackle strong grip.
It wasn't crushing. Left no bruises. Yet the touch felt scalding, as his hand imprisoned yet cradled my ankle. Dragged my leg free of my curled up little ball of self. I froze, as I felt his other hand gentle running the tips of his fingers up and down my shin. Up and down, up and down. As though just feeling my skin.
"Should he make sure his wife can not run?" This grip tightened, nearly bruising. His other gripping farther up my leg. As though casually preparing to snap bones. "Or perhaps, he should chain you away? Hmm? This Lords wife is a troublesome girl. Causing trouble as she does... ah~, what to do with her..."
Terrified, sat froze. Mind numb. Please. Gods. Please, please, please! D-Don't. I was shaking. Could feel tears starting to build. Watched, helplessly, as he examined me. Something pleased, satisfied even, creeped into his expression. And without breaking eye contact, he lifted my leg towards his face, to gently kiss the skin right above my ankle bone. It could have been tender... if it didn't feel like a threat.
"This wife is so very lucky, that this Lord loves her so. That he would never."
It was almost mocking, in how sweet the words curled. As though suggesting that because this one thing was too far, he was a good man. As though suggesting that he would do far worse to others, in my place. But don't worry. You won't be hurt. See how benevolent he is?
"But come, let us not discuss your punishments tonight, hmm?"
Like a predator, stalking his prey, he crawled up onto the bed. Closer and closer. There was no where to run. Was this it? W-was this the day he... he-? Looming, on his knees, above my curled up ball of fear, he effortlessly worked his arm in and around my waist. Dragging me closer. All but into his lap.
"You are tired. Upset. Have made such messes for this husband to clean." He murmured, face pressed close. Breathe ghosting against my neck, my ear. All I could smell was rich soaps and smoke. "We can deal with this tomorrow. For now, it's time for bed. So go ahead, rest sweetly in my arms, Love.
"It's where you belong."
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kupidachillea · 1 year ago
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What Yandere I think Ancient Greek mythology boys would be.
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TW⚠️ General Yandere behaviour, biting, manipulative behaviour, clingy behaviour…mentions of self harm (not reader). Read at your own risk⚠️
Achilles:
🏺- I feel like if Achilles was a yandere he’d be more akin to the typical yandere. Jealous, possessive…almost like a land mine
🏺- He’s protective of you and wants your attention…only your attention. I think that speaks for itself about how this relationship would go.
🏺- He’s not overly touchy, but in public.,he has this weird thing about ‘laying claim’ to what’s his and making everyone know it..even if it embarrasses you…he’ll caress you thigh openly in public among other…things… he also tends to squeeze you into his chest and he has a thing for biting- and boy does it hurt..if you don’t stop him at times..you’ll be bleeding by the end of it
🏺- If you’re at home- he wants you in his arms. You’re sitting on the sofa? He’ll put you in his lap. You’re lying in bed? He’ll jump on top of you. And he’s heavy- so good luck getting him off of you.
🏺- despite his concerning behaviour..he truly does care about you..in his mind..you’re the only one that matters. He wants you to be with him for as long as possible..and don’t even think about trying to break up with him..he’ll find you.
Patroclus:
🌿- Patroclus would be one of those yanderes that aren’t openly a yandere..he’s more docile and less explosive. Though- he still has those red flags.
🌿- He’s a manipulator. Especially if you’re a sensitive and emotional individual- he’ll exploit that. Gaslighting you at times and telling you “I know what’s best for you, darling”. Yeah..not really the best part of this relationship.
🌿- He’s more touchy than Achilles. He loves to have his face nuzzled into your neck whenever he can..breathing in your scent as he holds you in his arms. Letting out a content sigh as he kisses your lips tenderly..but don’t let that tenderness fool you..he’s still got a few screws loose.
🌿- He’s the type of yandere to act calm whenever someone is trying to hit on you in public..usually it’s when you’re not around is when he finds that person and either beats them half to death or worse..he use to be a medic and warrior..he knows more than one way to put people through pain. Though It’d have to be very bad for him to immediately clock to that mode.
🌿- He knows you’ll never leave him..how pathetic of you to try.,you keep running back to his arms anyway even if you do. He’ll break you as many times as he needs to have you in his arms..he’s patient.. and once you do come back..either in tears for just looking like a sad puppy..he’ll pamper you and stroke your hair as he kisses you lips and whispers how much he loves you.
Perseus:
🛡️- This is a bit tricky..He’s like…an enthusiastic yandere..that’s how I describe it. He has limits on how far he’ll go..but that doesn’t mean he won’t do certain things.
🛡️- He’s not explosive like Achilles and he’s not a big manipulator like Patroclus. He’s a bit chill. He’s the one that is similar to being docile but at the same time his yandere tendencies will seep out.
🛡️- He actually warns you what will happen if you do A, B, and C. Because he doesn’t want to hurt you in any way..he just wants to have a loving relationship with you without any casualties. Occasionally he’ll get mad..but he’ll never take it out on you..never. Though..a few chains here and there can’t hurt..right?
🛡️- He loves to be with you..he’ll check on you at work.. on the street at home..any time really. He’s just trying to look out for you and makes his hit list anyway
🛡️- So far you’ve never had a problem with him..he’s not very overbearing..he’s smart in how he does things..you’ll never know what he does when you’re asleep..you’ve never considered leaving him..and he’d like to keep it that way..he wants to shower you with words of praise and devotion,
Orpheus:
🎼- Orpheus is what I’d call a clingy yandere. When he first met you..it took him awhile to fall for you but when he did and you both got together it was a done deal for him.
🎼- He’s so clingy..he doesn’t like to be anywhere without some physical touch involved. After losing his first love- he won’t lose you. He’ll never lose you..he’ll make sure of it.
🎼- He peppers your face with kisses in public that it makes even married couples jealous..dear lord. His words are sweet and filled with honey.
🎼- Sometimes he wishes he had the power to hypnotise you with his voice..so he could make sure that you’d stay with him forever..but I guess locking you inside will have to do..trapping you under his body as he cuddles you will have to be enough.. chaining you to the bed as you both sleep together is what he has to settle for…such effort.
🎼- Once when you tried to leave him, he literally got down on his knees and begged you to the point of tears to not leave him..he said how he couldn’t live without out you and how he’ll harm himself if you do leave him…you fell for his trap and stayed with him..having pity on this poor man. Perfect..he likes it when you break and ignore your better judgement for him.
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