#i think it'd be fun to collab

[heatheniousmaterials]

A retired mech jockey would make a great washed-up old former crew member for a sci-fi heist movie

After they left the army, they got all their promised benefits & medical care cut because "I'm sorry, but we found your amphetamine addiction & ocular feedback to not be service-related"

Nobody will hire them because they never got any job training after they dropped out of high school to join the military & their disability makes them too expensive to employ

& they need to keep taking amphetamines to feel normal, but they're still restricted drugs & they can't get a prescription without their veteran's insurance (which refuses to cover it), so literally their only choice is to buy it illegally

So they're 40, homeless, never having worked a legal job since getting discharged from the army at 24 (signed up at 16) & is now too disabled to even really commit crime (except an occasional mugging & of course buying their fix), when they're approached by their old crew for one last big score, enough to retire on...

[baked-hylian]

oh for the Pokemon Ravensburger puzzles to do type themed collages and an impossible puzzle with the different types of pokeballs all over it

[solrin]

not my two favorite indies collaborating with some of THOSE people again

[what-aboutno]

Chiluc actors au oughh

[mysteryshoptls]

Cater Diamond Shared Lines

Tutorial: Let's have some fun together.

Level Up 1: Yay! Watch me get even stronger ♪

Level Up 2: Feelin' like #Cay-kunsAtTheTopOfHisGame♪

Level Up 3 / Buddy Level Up: Let's keep on truckin' together ♪

Level Max: I always thought it'd be fine so long as I was having fun, but I guess it's not bad to get serious from time to time. ...Plus, I gotta look cool for anything I upload to Magicam ♪

Vignette Level Up:  What, you and me are buddy-buddy? Wow, really～? ...What's with that look? It's not like I said I didn't like it, right? It's more like I don't really know how to respond to hearing something so straightforward.

Spell Level Up: Hmm, so you're the type to do this kinda stuff, huh. Thanks ♪

Friendship Level Up: Thanks for the great time! If you ever want to invite me back over, I’ll definitely come. I’m sure the guest room will look even more amazing next time I come, right?

Friendship Level Max: Maybe I’ll try making some furniture with you next time. The style you got going right now’s pretty rockin’, but we do a collab, maybe you’ll end up even more attached to Cay-kun. What if, right? ♪

Uncapped: I've still got potential for growth, huh? Ahahah. 'Kay then, try and keep up!

Groovification: Ain't I the coolest I've ever been? This rocks ♪

Lesson Select 1: We should totally study together. I guess as your upperclassman, I should probably show you how it's done, right? ♪

Lesson Select 2: You're really the type to focus up hard, huh. You hear that a lot? ...Uh-huuuh, I totally thought so!

Lesson Select 3: Hey, now, relax a bit. It's not worth getting that tense just for class.

Lesson Start: 'Kay, let's get this done quick 'n easy.

Lesson Finish: It's finally over～ Time to check Magicam between classes.

Battle Start: Make sure to post and share my cool side ♪

Battle Won: You’ve had more than enough now, right? Bye-bye ♪

Trouble 1: Sorry, sorry! I just got too heated up. That wasn’t like me at all.

Trouble 2: Eeeh～? I wasn’t really angry or anything. We were just chatting ♪

GIFT CALENDAR 2023: “How will you be spending the day?” Maybe I’ll surf Magicam for some ‘cammable spots that’re only available in the winter. Stuff like diamond dust, or hotels made from ice… Knowin’ they’re only limited to the season really gets me psyched up!

Birthday Login Message 1: You remembered my birthday? Thanksー! You’re so nice to come out of your way to celebrate it with me. I’m so happy that I think I’ll upload a picture to Magicam. Alright look over here～!

Birthday Login Message 2: Thanks for coming to celebrate my birthday! I’m super stoked! You’re gonna give me whatever I want for my birthday? Well, if you say that… it might make me want to ask for something huge. I’m kidding, don’t worry! How about we go skateboarding together? We can do some sweet tricks and post some pictures online!

Birthday Login Message 3: Heyo, [Yuu]-chan! Ooh… Did you come to wish me a happy birthday? Oho, then maybe I’ll use my Unique Magic and ask for a gift for each one of me～ Eh, you’re still cool with that? I was just kidding, though. Well, Cay-kun here is just tickled to death that you’d go that far to celebrate my birthday! Thanks ♪

Birthday Login Message 4: A little quiz for you, [Yuu]-chan! What do you think is Cay-kun’s lucky charm for today? The answer is… a present! The more I get, the happier I’ll be, my horoscope says～ That’s why I’m on the lookout for people who might have presents for me. Are you that someone, [Yuu]-chan～?

Birthday Login Message 5: Thanks for the birthday wishes! I got a thing with the Pop Music Club after this, but you wanna come with me, [Yuu]? I mean, it’s not really like we’re going to be doing anything special. We’ll probably just be snacking and chatting, like usual. Ah, I just had a good idea. One sec, let me reach out to Lilia-chan and Kalim-kun. …Niice～ Looks like they’re both on board. “'Kay, then we’ll go with the plan I just sent you guys” …And send. So basically, we’re gonna throw an impromptu Cay-kun Birthday Performance. Come and enjoy the celebration!

Requested by Anonymous.

[brittlepeggy]

days 1-7 of daily stanley pines!!!

(trying something new everyday to get better (???) in drawing)

day 1 - andrew 8-ball alcatraz

day 2 - collab with @/orange_yogurt02 (twitter)

day 3 - kid stan

day 4 - alien stan (just a concept maybe new au... i hate the colours though)

day 5 - bunny stan by @/goldsixer on twitter (tried tweening and oh my god its hard but fun!!)

day 6 - redraw (i think i drew the second one in january??ł

day 7 - where did stan got his ears pierced? there! (tried doing the gravity falls atyle cause i thought it'd be more funny)

and this summs up the first week of daily stan!! they arent the best works i did but it surely was fun! (also i tend to draw more when im stressed and final exams are knocking on my door...)

[elliespectacular]

Farcette was cool and all but in a perfect world it would have been a big ol' collab. Imagine each Arzette cutscene edited by a different, skilled YTPer. It'd be a real celebration of the community, and each inclusion could be a fun surprise. You'd get a big variety of styles and since the work is all divvied up each editor can go hog wild. Not to disparage my own work, I am proud of what Farcette is in its current form, but I think a collab would be perfect for a retread of that kind of project. I'm a little mad I didn't have this idea much sooner.

[slut4celebs]

French Kiss

Reneé Rapp x French!Reader

Word Count: 1,006

Trigger Warning: suggestive comments, poor ending

Requests: “Renee x reader fanfic where reader is French and the guitarist in a famous rock band and Renee is just melting?” In which Reneé Rapp has fallen for a French girl and there’s no way out of it.

Fuck Duolingo. Reneé found herself at an afterparty for the VMAs, surrounded by her favorite band (and one of her best friends), Rated R. Of course, anyone would find this to be a plus. After all, Rated R were chart toppers, their music bringing a good mix of French and English to the rock world. An edgier, group version of Celine Dion, if you will. The only problem was, that Reneé was not able to retain a word they were saying, despite her many late-night dates with the green owl of doom on her phone. She wanted so desperately to understand what they were saying that it was silently killing her.

(Y/n) looked over to Reneé, having just laughed at something her bandmate had said. They had become best friends over their shared time in the music industry. Though, it always felt like their friendship was just a bit more than friendly. After all, the amount of flirting the two of them partook in sometimes blurred the lines, despite both of them being very flirty people in general. Gently. she nudged Reneé in hopes of getting the pout on the girl's lips to drop. "Come on, let's go get a drink." She offered her hand, which Reneé gently took, their fingers instinctively intertwining.

It was easy to see when Reneé was upset or wasn't having fun. She was such a ball of light and excitement that it wasn't hard to tell. "I think sometimes we forget that you aren't French, and I'm sorry for that. In our defense, your name is Reneé, which is very French." (Y/n) teased, earning a small laugh from the blonde, and (Y/n) could tell that she was cheering her up. "I can talk to them if you want. Remind them to speak a bit more English." (Y/n) handed over a drink, smiling a bit at Reneé.

"It's not that," Reneé thanked her for the drink, taking a sip. "I just wish I could figure it out. I want to learn how to speak French. For them, of course, but mainly for you. You always say these things that sound a bit flirty, but I… I can never respond because I don't know what you're saying. But I want to! Duolingo is just taking forever." She rambled, finishing her sentence with a soft groan coming from her lips. (Y/n) couldn't help but glance away, always in love with the way Reneé would go off on a bit of a tangent.

A playful smirk fell on her lips as she held up her drink to clink with Reneé's, an action immediately reciprocated. "Mainly for me, huh? Well, I will tell you what… I'll teach you French. Duolingo is… great, but… It doesn't beat having actual practice. You know, conversationally. There are many words, phrases, and slang that you've taught me that Duolingo never could." (Y/n) said softly with a wink Reneé's way. (Y/n)'s words seemed to effectively light up her face as she nodded at the plan.

She was grateful to have (Y/n) in her life. It was moments like these, though, where she had to restrain herself from kissing the girl before her. "I could never tell you how grateful I am… Hey, I had this thought. You know how I always do a little show with my guitarists when I sing Tummy Hurts? Any chance you'd want to come on stage for it, at least once? Maybe you could teach me some lines of it in French for me to sing up there with you. It'd be the collab of the century." Reneé reasoned, hoping (Y/n) wouldn't notice the pink continuing to spread and darken on her cheeks. Mainly, she was hoping she wasn't being too obvious in her feelings. Honestly, given their flirty behaviors, it was hard to tell if this was all a game or real life for each other.

A snort came from (Y/n) as she eyed Reneé. Taking another sip from her drink, she leaned on the wall. "You mean the famous Tummy Hurts performance where you're flirting with your guitarist? I couldn't turn that down, mon chéri." She said, leaning in slightly, their faces close together. "Maybe I'll finally get a kiss from you after the show then, hm?" She winked before pulling away slightly. Her teasing is successful, as shown by how red Reneé's face has gotten.

There was a pleasant feeling of surprise when Reneé had pulled her back in. Their faces were once again so close that (Y/n) could feel the blonde's breath fan against her lips. "Do you want to wait for the show? Or… I could just kiss you right now, if you want." A clear ask for consent that (Y/n) gave as their lips collided. It was a passionate but hungry kiss, both girls gripping at each other as if scared to let go. (Y/n)'s hands found themselves holding onto Reneé's waist, pulling her closer by the hips, and Reneé's hands held her cheeks before finding their way to the back of (Y/n)'s neck.

They needed to be reminded of where they were, and (either unfortunately or) fortunately, Aurélie, one of (Y/n)'s bandmates with a slightly thicker accent than her, cleared her throat. "We were just looking for you two. (Y/n) we're headed to get some fast food on the way to the hotel. Reneé, do you want to join us?" She asked with a wink over at the two.

"Come on," (Y/n) said softly, leading Reneé away with her other bandmates. Both girl's lips were slightly swollen from their kisses but neither was regretful. "You can stay in my room tonight and we can figure out all of this. If you want." (Y/n) said softly, squeezing Reneé's hand gently. "Yeah, I do want that." Reneé agreed happily as she got in the car with the band. She was sure her heart was beating faster than her thoughts were in her mind, not that she cared. She was excited and happy for whatever was going to happen next between them.

[festiveferret]

Wipdate!

Well. It's been like three years since I've done one of these, hahaha, but I've been missing fandom life so I thought it'd be fun to share an update of where I'm sitting. Toddlers manage to take like 140% of your time and energy, even though they sleep a lot, so I've mostly just been parenting, but I've been getting the writing bug lately, so there's very slow progress, but progress nonetheless.

Basically, I have a list of fics I want to make sure I finish. They're the ones it would break my heart to look back on twenty years from now and realize I put all that time and those words into something that never got shared. I haven't been having new ideas very much, so I'm putting all my creative energy into things I've either promised to other people or to myself.

I'm not going to list everything I've posted since my last wipdate, since that was a looong time ago and you can always sort my works page chronologically! But here's the latest ones...

Posted:

Do Not Reply  - Tony replies to a Do Not Reply email address thinking he's shouting into the void. Spoiler alert: he's not. Runaway Train - Preserum Steve and Prince Tony meet cute. Entwined - The aftermath of Ults Stony being magically soulbound and then separated. Lost and Found - Winteriron - Bucky finds a lost dog. Vacation Days - SHIELD needs Steve to take his PTO Sanguinary Revelations - Tony and Steve go on a date with a twist Kindly Calm Me Down - Ults Steve knows how to calm his Tony down after a mission First Christmas - Stony's first xmas as parents Even of My Secret Soul - Secret soulmates

Updating:

Second Chance Summer - Stony with a 20yr age gap. Pre-written and posting on Saturdays. Up to chapter eight. A Good Thing - Comic collab with Askafroa - Alpha!Tony and Omega!Therapist!Steve - almost done! Yet I Will Try the Last - Truck Stop Hooker AU with hooker!Steve and flashy billionaire, Tony Stark. Up to chapter four! (I swear I haven't given up on this) Held Remix - A rewrite of Held with Tony as the sub and Steve as the Dom. Up to chapter twenty-nine. Ashy and I are making a point of getting our chaptered version of Held edited and posted, and then we're cracking on with Remix. We may or may not do both seasons, but we're at least going to finish out S1.

Beta Queue:

Bro Code -  This is one of my 2023 MTH fics Rented Family - I started this one in like 2019 and finally finished it. It's a no-powers Ults AU where Tony is dying of his (canon!) brain cancer and Steve is a security specialist/bodyguard who Tony hires to be around while he dies. Yay for finishing old wips!

Wips:

This wiplist is basically just going to be my list of "I'll be sad if I never finish them" fics I mentioned above. I have no plans to stop writing fic entirely, but I'm definitely slowing down, and I want to focus on the stuff that will feel really good to have done so I don't ever leave myself or you guys hanging!

1) Held edit (the chaptered repost) and Held Remix (at least S1). @ashes0909 and I are picking away at it, but between three kids, two jobs, and two timezones, it's slow af. But we'll get there.

2) My other 2023 MTH fic, older professor Tony and young flirty student Steve for @sabrecmc pod bid. It's maybe a third done.

3) My contribution to the Stony Dating Sim game from MTH 2024 (I'm doing Ults Tony as a love interest. If you want to know more, check out @stevetonydatingsim).

4) My Stony Twilight AU. I posted a snippet of it here a long time ago and I've been picking at it ever since. It's at 33k and probably about halfway done.

5) Fangbait 3. My Fangbait series was always intended to have three parts. Two are up already. The third was on hiatus for a long time, but I just abruptly wrote 80% of it last night, so once I get the sex scenes (and a title oh no) done, she'll be good to go!

6) Yet I Will Try the Last has been waiting for waaay too long for an update and I feel really bad about it. It was the one time I experimented with posting an unfinished WIP (mostly because it started as a oneshot and then I started adding to it) and I regretti spaghetti every day that I did that lol. I. Have. Not. Given. Up. I have the outline for the rest, I know what I want to do, I just need to do it.

7) Brooklyn is a canon divergence from right after Avengers 2012 where Stony travels on a modified quinjet together, cleaning up the chitauri weapon's market. It's maybe a third to a half done? Another one I started a loooong time ago and never got my steam back with, but I would really like to. I really like that one.

8) A Venom/Eddie fic from right after the first movie. It's not too long and it's probably also about halfway done, so I believe in myself. It's called Parasite.

9) A collab started a few years ago that I'm not going to out here in case my collab partner doesn't want to do it anymore, but we did a fair bit of it so I'd love to get it done.

Writing comes in little spurts, but I have to pick and choose between my hobbies now, so I just have less time and energy to spend on one thing. I've been trying to read more to fuel the words! I also have OG stuff I'm working on, but that's just as slow as the other stuff lol. I miss you guys! Hope y'all are doing well. (Happy Easter if you celebrate!)

Thanks as always for reading! <3

[starlightshore]

How funny would it be if I said 1 for the ask game

Jk I’m curious about 6 tho, what would you tell your doppelgänger?

(i already answered 1) sorrryyyy. wait i mean)

6) You accidentally make loop’s wish! What do you tell to your doppelgänger?

having played the game i'd probably be more understanding, if it was before i played and didn't have context i'd probably. Not Be Doing Great going in blind cause its fucked up! its so fucked! there's another me and who knows what happend to my OG universe? wtf! and also i'm a star???? wtffff

but regardless since i'm not like, trying to kill a king and save my family etc. i'm just Some Guy i think we'd try to pull a tag in / tag out situation in the sense like, the other me would get to work our job while i'd be on my computer working on our stories. we'd collab and share our chores at home. it'd be a major nonissue i think. i'd have to be kept secret because, well, Star Person and all. but i think it'd be very gender and fun otherwise

idk in all honesty aside from the horror of the situation we'd make it work. rip loop but i'd keep my family without issues kiss kiss

like honestly how funny would it be to have 2 of yourself in a discord call? imagine the frickin. among us gameplay you could pull off. the shinagins are endless

[cerastes]

If Arknights ever managed to land the fabled FromSoft collab somehow, we could get some pretty good alt skins for characters, I think! Such as:

Mudrock -> Havel the Rock skin, complete with Dragon Tooth for extra heavy bonking.

Hellagur -> The Owl skin, they are both Old Men With Massive Odachi, it writes itself.

Kirin R Yato -> Lady Butterfly skin, and also it'd be hilarious to grab what's basically an outfit crossover character and give it another outfit altogether.

Specter/Laurentina -> Valtr, Master of the League skin, to bring things back full circle since Specter is literally a reference to Valtr in the first place.

Gladiia -> Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower skin, same as Specter.

Gravel -> Dancer of the Boreal Valley skin, because you know she'd rock that outfit and the dual blades.

Kirin R Yato -> Skeleton Wheel skin, for that S3.

Reed the Flame Shadow -> Firekeeper skin. But this Firekeeper keeps the fire in people's burning corpses.

Ch'en -> Gaping Dragon skin. Self-explanatory.

Ifrit -> Ceaseless Discharge skin, but it's hilariously shoddily made and it looks cute, clearly made by Ifrit with her own hands and some duct tape.

Kazemaru -> Flexile Sentry skin, the puppet is literally her just turning around and letting her "other body" face to the front.

Typhon -> Starscourge Radahn skin, what with the greatbow mastery and techniques such as shooting multiple greatarrows at once and shooting a rain of pinpoint orbital greatarrows on enemies.

Rosa -> Greatbow Silver Knight skin. You know exactly which one. That one. Yeah.

Gummy -> Aldritch, Devourer of Gods skin. Self-explanatory.

FrostNova -> Ashen One skin. Self-explanatory.

Amiya -> Solaire of Astora skin. Because she's our friend and gives us hope! But watch out. On S3 activation, she gets the Sunlight Parasite.

W -> Unbreakable Patches skin. Because you know she'd rock that leather armor and have fun kicking people right into loot.

Ling -> Rom the Vacuous Spider skin, but also adorably shitty. Ifrit made it with spare materials, including little spiderling fits for Ling's dragons. She finds it funny and cute so she wears it.

[saltydkdan]

Hey salty I’ve heard some talk about an animated friendlocke collab

1 did you do it

2 where can I find it when it’s made

It's nearly completed actually! Will probably go up later this month on my main channel (with no monetization enabled obviously). I've been mostly quiet about it because I thought it'd make for a fun surprise!

It was started by Chrissy, I just helped out with moderation and editing of everything together.

It's been in development since around Friendlocke Season 2 so it mainly focuses on Season 1 and 2, but it's so insanely crazy good I think people will love the work everyone who contributed put in!

[stupidhany]

Old drawing collab me and Mars did cause we thought it'd be fun lol

It's based on a mc toy I think

He did the lineart and coloring

I did the sketch and editing :]

My BF doesn't have tumblr so you can find him under @Marzofthestarzzz on insta :] he draws fun stuff!

[ovobawrites]

𝒢𝒾𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝐻𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 - 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝓎 𝓍 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇

I decided to publish this oneshot cuz i still like it! I wrote it a year ago for a oneshot collab book.

This contains jealousy, hurt/comfort, christmas and a gender neutral reader. I got the dividers from @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more over here on tumblr!

The smell of strawberry shortcake wafted through the air, the three-tiered cake resting on the counter top while Trey started preparing the icing. You watched him wistfully, his strong arms beating the air into the cream without even breaking a sweat. Winter was just on the horizon and soon it'd be...

Well for you it'd be Christmas, for the others it was just an exam week and the long-awaited holidays. Still, you wanted to celebrate somehow. Which led you to where you were now, watching your dear boyfriend ready the confectioneries for the upcoming unbirthday party. Might as well ask him while he was already baking, right?

"Hey Trey..." You swung your legs to and fro from atop the counter. Your boyfriend hummed distractedly in reply. "Do you think we could make a gingerbread house or something together?"

Trey halted his whisking, shoulders tensing ever so slightly. You already knew what he was going to say. Still, you waited with a glimmer of hope.

"Winter exams are just around the corner, dear, and with Riddle being so adamant on our dorm scoring high on the leader-board..." He trailed off.

"You'll be busy studying, I know. I just wanted to check if you had the time to." You plastered on a smile he'd never see, his back to you. "That reminds me, are we still having that study date tonight?"

A pause.

Ah. Again.

Trey turned around to face you with an apologetic look on his face. "Sorry, Riddle's-"

"It's fine, don't worry about it!" You had guessed. "We can always reschedule for later. You're a third-year and all! A busy old man!" Too many jokes for it to be genuine.

Still Trey chuckled obligingly, kissed you on the cheek, and went back to his baking. You sighed quietly to yourself.

At least you'd have Grim with you for Christmas.

"What's Christmas?" Grim asked you as you lied in bed, resting on your stomach while you told him about your plans for the holidays.

"It's a holiday in my world, a celebration." You explained softly, longing in your voice. "There's a lot of boring history behind it but essentially we give each other gifts on December 25th. The whole month's a holiday, really. My family and I would make gingerbread houses, decorate a pine tree together..." You trailed off.

"Sounds fun," Grim muttered, half asleep. "the Great Grim wants tuna as a present... a whole pile of it..." He snored softly.

You smiled, melancholic and wistful. "A Christmas with just you and me..." How lonely. It was stupid of you to hope like that.

You drifted off to sleep, unaware of Grim peering at you with worried eyes, a frown on his face.

The library was practically empty. Most NRC students would never study during a weekend, after all. Might as well get used to being alone for the winter break now. Grim was asleep on your lap once again, the cold weather making him more drowsy than usual. You sighed, leaning your head against your hand, absent-mindedly flipping pages in your (borrowed) history textbook. Hopefully you could convince Crowley to give you all that tuna he promised, otherwise you'd be spending your lunch money on tuna for the next few weeks.

The creak of the library door opening made you raise your head, curious to who had entered. No one you recognised. A couple, by the looks of things. Chatting quietly to each other, smiles on their faces as they walked to a table at the back of the room. You sighed again. Back to taking notes from the textbook then.

 And as you took the notes, a black knot started to furl up in your chest.

'Policies in the Queendom of Roses during 1635'

...

'Public reaction to Policies'

...

'Red Rose Uprising'

Flip the page of your notebook, blink and close your dry eyes for a moment.

'Establishment of a Democratic System'

...

'Reinstatement of the Monarchy'

...

'Reign of the Queen of Hearts'

...

You blinked slowly, feeling the tell tale signs of an impromptu nap creeping up on you. What would happen if you slept for a little while? You'd be woken up by the bell, and it's not like you had any plans before lunch anyways.

Close the textbook, pack away your stationary and put your stuff in your bag. Then you took off your blazer and bunched it on the table, resting your head on it.

(The soft feeling of a familiar coat being draped over you didn't register. Still, some subconscious part of you smiled in your sleep.)

You woke up when Grim shook you frantically. The bell had just rung to signal that it was time for lunch. You went to pick up your bag, but halted in your steps. Someone's NRC uniform jacket rested on your shoulders. A quick glance at the label told you what you already knew. It was Trey's.

You brushed your hands over the jacket, and your cheeks flushed ever so slightly.

"Ughhh, hurry up, (Y/N)! The Great Grim needs to eat!" The not-cat batted at you with his paws. "Come on! Let's eat! Now!"

"Right, sorry."

You quickly gathered your belongings and left the library, Grim curled around your neck and chattering away. You remained quiet, thoughts turbulent. Should you give Trey his coat back now? Or should you wait until he asks you for it? You wanted to see him but he was probably busy. Still. Maybe you should go to the Heartslabyul dorm after Grim has his fill of food...

"Yeah, yeah. You go talk to Trey and I'll do something else, like find those two bozos." Grim waved a paw dismissively before he brightened up. "Or I could go take some food from the-!"

"No." You pet his head lightly. "You know Riddle will just collar you again if he catches you stealing food, right?"

"Please, he's mellowed out! And I barely got to eat my lunch!" Grim turned pleading eyes towards you, fully aware that you saw him eat three times his body weight in carbonara.

"I'll only be talking to Trey for a bit anyways." You smiled bitterly. "He's busy studying with Riddle, or whatever."

Grim slumped over, and you caught a flash of something in his eyes. Pity? "Fine, but you owe me three cans of tuna, got that?!"

"Deal." You shook his 'hand' before you hurried off to find Trey.

You just wanted to go back to your dorm and study. As much as you loathed to admit it, you were still raw and open from yesterday's conversation. You didn't want to feel so vulnerable, but Trey had a way of making you feel such stupid things. Now where would you find your busy boyfriend...

Knowing Riddle, the two of them are probably studying together in the garden. You strided over, Trey's jacket carefully folded in your arms, held tightly to your chest.

A laugh you knew all too well. Looks like your first guess was right!

Still, better check in case you were just experiencing a brief auditory hallucination.

You peered around a rose bush, silent as a mouse and completely unnoticed. Trey and Riddle were laughing together, holding tea cups and carrying a light, inaudible conversation. There were no books on the garden table. Riddle said something, and Trey burst out into peals of laughter, face flushing in delight. You've never been able to get him to laugh like that. And with how the two were seated next to each other, barely any space between them, it looked an awful lot like they were on a...

A date.

Ah. So that's what's been twisting your guts this whole time. You're jealous. Of Riddle.

Another loud laugh from Trey, who looked at Riddle with such soft and loving eyes and-

You couldn't bear to see any more of this.

You left just as quietly as you came, Trey's jacket still tucked tightly in your arms. You immediately went to find Grim, you couldn't- you didn't want to-

You just wanted to go home. But you can't. So Ramshackle's the next best thing you've got.

You stared at the ground, hurrying to the Heartslabyul dorm's main building, not paying any attention to who was in front of you. So it really shouldn't have shocked you when you crashed into someone's chest.

"Oi, be careful- (Y/N)?" Deuce immediately switched gears, looking upon you with gentle concern.

"Sorry for bumping into you, Deuce." You said, "I was distracted."

"Hey, it's fine, don't worry about it-"

"Oh? What's this? Is Deucey bullying the poor, helpless Prefect?" Ace came over smoothly, a wicked grin on his face. "What would Riddle say if he saw you?"

"Shut up Ace!" Deuce sighed, then looked at you. Really looked at you. It felt like he was gazing into your soul.

You squirmed, feeling a little uncomfortable. "Um... do you want to say something?"

Deuce jolted. "No I-"

Ace sidled over to Deuce, throwing an arm over his shoulder. "Yeah, did you Deuce? 'Cause you were staring at (Y/N) for an awfully long amount of time. Trying to steal Trey's datemate?"

That's when Grim spoke up, jumping onto your neck in one quick pounce. "You better not be trying to mess with my henchman, Deuce... or else..."

"I wasn't!" Deuce cried out, looking awfully persecuted. "I just got lost in thought, you know?"

"Don't think too hard, Deucey~" Ace chuckled. "You might blow up the only two braincells you got left!"

"Like you have many braincells of your own, Ace." You shot back. "Grim, are you ready to go?"

He peered at you, pausing in licking his paw. "I was always ready to leave. I don't wanna catch these two's stupidity!"

"As if you aren't just as stupid as us!" Ace and Deuce yelled, the two grappling at each other in another fight that would undoubtedly get them in trouble.

"I'll see you guys in class on Monday!" You smiled and waved at the two as you walked back to the mirror. "Don't get into too much trouble this time, 'kay?"

"No promises!" Ace said, trapped in Deuce's headlock. "Ow- ow, that hurts you idiot!"

"They're gonna get collared by Riddle again." Grim said flatly as the two of you walked far away enough to no longer hear the boys' hissed insults and swears. "And were you not able to find Trey?"

"Why do you ask that?"

"You still have his jacket." Grim pointed out.

You looked down, a little shocked to see it in your arms still. "Oh, right. I forgot." You stepped through the mirror before continuing your conversation with Grim. "And yeah, I couldn't. Maybe he's in the library?"

"Do you wanna go there now?"

You sighed. "Not really, I'm a little too tired for that..."

"Well, you better have enough energy to cook me a bunch of tuna for dinner!"

"You got it, boss."

Soon enough, you were too busy to even think about Trey and Riddle and the horrible things you felt. Your hands were full from your three idiots making some dumb deal with Azul. Then there was staying at Savanaclaw for a few days, and you weren't even able to see Trey at that point. Instead, you told the boys to tell him at the dorms that you needed to cancel the few dates the two of you had planned.

And now you were stuck in the infirmary for a checkup after Azul's overblot, the ghostly nurse fussing over the whole lot of you after that whole ordeal. Luckily, no one was really injured, but you were forced into staying in the school infirmary for the night, again.

"Why does this always happen to me." You groaned, staring at the ceiling, Grim curled up on your lap. "I should have never gotten involved in this... I was so stupid..."

"Hey, at least Leona was able to get rid of Azul's dirt on hi- Mmph!" Ruggie writhed under Leona's hand, struggling to get free while laughing at the look on his face.

"We. Agreed. Not. To. Talk. About. That." He growled out, removing his hand from Ruggie's mouth.

Ruggie smiled innocently. "Did we? I might need a little something as a reminder-"

He was cut off once again. This time by the door slamming open. Trey burst into the infirmary, hair a mess and glasses askew.

He looked around the room frantically. "Is (Y/N) okay? I heard she was-" He looked at you.

"Hi." You croaked out, voice a little sore from yelling out commands to Grim.

He rushed over to you, nearly tripping over in the process. "Hey." He smiled, eyes worried. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, my throat just hurts a little from shouting so much." Your stomach fluttered as Trey grabbed your hand with such care, thumb brushing over the back of it, rubbing gentle, soothing circles into your skin.

"There are... other people here... you know." Azul said, voice barely above a whisper. "I'd like to leave... the third wheeling to... Grim..." He coughed.

Ace and Deuce burst into laughter at that, Floyd and Jade following shortly after.

"It's so true!" Ace wheezed out. "Everytime they're on a study date... Grim's-" He took a deep breath, barely able to get his words out. "Grim's always there-" He laughed even harder, nearly falling off his bed.

Deuce managed to push past the laughter to speak. "He always says he's chaperoning- like he could stop Trey!"

"Nooo, really?" Leona smirked. "That's actually tragic. What does he think will happen?"

Even you laughed a little, throat hurting a little too much to actually laugh that loud. They were so lucky Grim was a deep sleeper. Trey just continued smiling and grasped your hand a little tighter, settling into the chair by your bedside.

"Do you want to bake something together, tomorrow?" He whispered, voice barely audible above the boys' laughter.

You perked up slightly. "A gingerbread house?"

He leant down to kiss you on the forehead. "Anything you want."

"Can't you guys cut out the PDA? Just this once?" Ace whined, sticking his tongue out in disgust.

You looked at Trey, knew he would indulge anything you asked of him, and decided you might as well cause a little more chaos while you were stuck here. "Can I have a real kiss?"

Trey sighed reluctantly, a glimmer of amusement in his eyes. "I guess..."

The shouts of disgust from everyone in the room only made you laugh harder.

You gasped as you took in the magnificent sight before you, "That's so many sweets!" You turned to Trey, who looked awfully proud for someone who claimed to care about dental health. "How did you get all of these?"

"I had a little bit of help." He smiled, before turning to the ingredients he had set out on the kitchen counter. "We should start making the dough first, put the cookies in the oven, and then plan out the decorations." Trey rolled his sleeves up. "How about you start with combining the wet ingredients, while I work on the dry ones?"

"Sure!" You took one look longingly at the rows of candy packets in front of you. "And I can definitely snack on the candies a little while we wait for the gingerbread to bake, right?"

A chuckle. "Okay, but you'll have to brush your teeth with extra care tonight."

"When have I not? It's Grim you have to be worried about..." You lightly kissed Trey on the cheek and went to wash your hands. "Time to bake!"

Trey sat on the chair next to you, automatically wrapping an arm around you to tuck you in close. "So were you thinking to make a traditionally-styled gingerbread house, or did you want to go for something more..."

"I thought it might be a little fun if we used the left over dough to make little gingerbread versions of our friends!" You said, leaning into your boyfriend's warmth. "I bet Ace would bite cookie Deuce's head off in a heartbeat."

The soft rumble of Trey's laughter. "Cater would love it, he'd keep gingerbread-him alive for as long as he could. He'd probably spam his magicam feed with the amount of photos he'd take."

You giggled in turn, basking in the comfort Trey brought you. A lull in the conversation. Before.

"Have you been avoiding me?" Trey asked, eyes staring at the wall.

You paused. "It wasn't intentional." Both of you knew there was a reason for it.

Trey remained silent, an indication that he wasn't going to pressure you into talking about this. But he'd like to know.

You twisted your hands in your lap, not sure what to say. 'I've been jealous about you being close with your childhood friend?' like that'd go over well. "It's just me being stupid, that's all." You kept your eyes fixed to your hands.

Trey held you tighter. "If it bothers you, it's not stupid."

Even now your face flushed. "I..." Butterflies flooded your stomach. "Promise you won't get upset?"

"I promise."

"It's- I'm- The thing is I-" You sighed in frustration, stumbling over your words like a child. "I saw you and Riddle that day and it-" You started to pick at the skin around your nails. "I felt... jealous, okay?" Tears pricked at the corner of your eyes. You didn't know why you felt so upset, but your eyes burned nonetheless and the pit in your chest grew larger.

A beat of silence. Another.

Trey removed his arm from around your shoulder and you automatically flinched, shutting your eyes out of fear. You didn't want to see the look of disgust on his face.

Trey grasped your hands in his, stopping you from trying to make your fingers bleed. "I'm not sure why you feel jealous, but it's not something silly. I promised I wouldn't get mad at you, and I'm not." You opened your eyes, and he let go of your hands for just a moment to brush away your tears. "You know..." Trey looked away, the tips of his ears turning red. "I get jealous too, sometimes."

You squirmed your fingers in his grip. "Really?" Wait. "Of who?"

"Of Leona, and of Floyd, and-" Trey cut himself off. "A lot of guys. It's irrational, but it's something I can't help feeling." He snorted, and turned to fully face you. "That's one of the reasons why I kissed you in the infirmary, you know. I just wanted to make sure everyone could see that we're dating."

Ah. "Me too." You said in a hushed voice, cheeks feeling a bit warm. "I guess we were both being a little stupid, huh."

"At least we can be stupid together." Trey smiled, kissing your hands gently.

You couldn't hold back the peals of laughter. "That's- that's so cheesy." You wheezed, nearly falling over.

Trey joined in, pulling you up into his arms and pressed his forehead against yours. And for the first time since you arrived in this Twisted Wonderland, you felt at home.

[fitztragedy]

Ranking my own fics

I've had writers block for almost a year now so I decided to go down memory lane and re read all my Rivusa fics to see if I should go back to writing them or if the mood is officially dead. And then list/rank/rec them here in case any of you are interested in my thoughts of my own writing.

I decided to keep this list to just shippy rivusa fics that are over 6k words because otherwise it'd be a huge post.

Gonna be a long post so it's all under the cut! I'm curious to see what you guys think of them or if you agree with my order. And if you think I should go back to writing those two.

1st place: TEMPTING FATE (collab with @septemberrie)

I feel like this one is obvious. It's by far the most popular of my fics and one that I never get tired of re-reading. It was so fun to write and make the arts for and I loved working with Skye on it. I still get butterflies when I read all the comments, it truly warms my heart to know so many people loved it. We still get the odd comment here and there of people re-reading or reading for the first time and it makes my day whenever I see those. This fic not only holds a dear place in my heart because of all of this but it truly is, for me, the best written out of the list. I'm not very good with descriptions and since english is not my first language I feel like sometimes my dialogue comes across a bit stiff, but since this was a collab with Skye, she filled in where my weaknesses were lacking and the result was a masterpiece.

2nd place: THIN WALLS (collab with @theperfectrose)

It started as my first attempt at a multichap fic written by myself and soon I realised I did need help so I brought Iva in and I'm so glad! The result was something I'm super proud of and I also love re-reading it. It has around the same wordcount as Tempting Fate, and it's also a rom-com type fic, but it only has half the hits, kudos and comments, so if you liked TF and don't know this one I'd say maybe give it a shot and let me know what you think?

3rd place: TIRED OF PRETENDING (collab with @gossipqueen2000)

In all honesty I had forgotten this existed until I re-read it and I'm so shocked I forgot about it because it's so good! The start of the fic is probably the best start of any of my fics. Mo was the first stranger-I-met-online I collabed with and it was such a nice experience, she brings such a depth of emotions in the descriptions and you can really feel it reading her fics (and collabs). I'll definitely not make the mistake of forgetting about this fic again. And I'll never be fixing that one very obvious editing mistake contained in it.

4th place: TOLERABLE

I consider this to be the most underated of my fics, because I think it's super good but it has very few hits/comments/kudos comparing to others that I don't love as much. Not only I wrote it all by myself but I really loved how it turned out, the dialogue and the descriptions, the worldbuilding and setting of the story, the way Riven and Musa slowly fall for eachother in a arranged marriage situation. I meant it when I said in the notes that I poured my heart and soul into this and I am proud of it and actually finishing it and posting. I keep thinking of coming back to it, add another chapter or another fic in this same universe because I love the premise of it, but because of the lack of feedback I'm not sure if people would actually read it or what they'd be interested in reading about. So if you do read it pls lemme know!

5th place: TAKING IT SLOW

This is me, dipping my toes in whump and going out of my comfort zone and I'm so proud of myself for doing so. I loved how this came out. I know I keep saying I'm proud of myself for the fics I've written but I really am. I'm very self concious and I'm always comparing myself to others, thinking what I do isn't as good or thinking I shouldn't keep doing something because others do it better. Even if I tell myself that I shouldn't write for others and I should do it for myself and not mind if a fic gets few comments or kudos a part of me will always look for validation. But re reading this fic made me feel so good about my own writing, genuinely proud that I did it. I love this fic so much.

(Here is where I realise my top 5 fics' titles all start with T for some reason??)

6th place: AN INNOCENT TRUST EXERCISE

I always think this is a lil' one shot that I wrote and an okay one but then I realise it's over 10k and really good? lol I guess I have a habit of forgetting my own fics. It's the first "big" fic that I wrote by myself and I remember being so happy about this fact. Re reading it I feel like it could be better, the pacing is a bit off and the ending doesn't really match the tone of the fic, the smut feels like it came out of nowhere and some bits are cringy to read. But I still love it. Maybe one day I'll go over it again and make some edits.

7th place: SHARK WEEK (collab with @gossipqueen2000)

I love this fic and I know a lot of people adore this too but I feel like it isn't as good as the others, maybe because it's been so long since I wrote it. I do still re-read it from time to time (maybe sometimes during that time of the month for me).

8th place: ANY WAY YOU WANT IT

This is more like a collection of one shots than an actual fic but I do like it a lot. Is it self-indulgent? yes, a lot. It is a collection of smut after all. I feel like my specialty is writing funny smut and I have a blast writing it, inserting comedy and fluff into sexy situations even being an ace person in real life, lol. I have a couple more wips for the next chapters but writers block is a bitch.

9th place: THE LAST RESORT (Colab with @septemberrie)

I'm only putting this this far down on the list because we just posted 1 chapter but I still love it. This was mine and Skye's second attempt at a rom-com type multichap fic after the success of Tempting Fate and I feel like it could have turned out amazing too, but life got in the way and we haven't managed to get back into it. If you think we should give this another try let us know!

10th place: I CAN FEEL YOU

I really like this one, but I'm putting it here in the list because it isn't just Rivusa. It's Rivusa + Sky, PWP. More focused on Sky than Rivusa. But I do really like the emotion I managed to write in this and I am proud of stepping a bit our of my comfort zone with this.

11th place: WHY NOT

I feel like this one is too basic, bland, not a lot of effort or emotion was put into it. I mean not all fics need to be deep and whatever and this one is basically just PWP, which is fine too. But idk it feels unfinished, like a first draft. The first half has too many characters and I feel like I get overwhelmed when I have to write that many voices at once so it's basically just dialogue with no description. And then it switches gears to just Riven and Musa and smut. Feels like 2 different fics glued together.

Honorable Mentions (Rivusa fics listed on my AO3 that fit the +6k words criteria I set for this post but that don't quite fit my ranking list):

EN GARDE: I don't really consider this my fic because @septemberrie wrote the majority of it, I just came in as a final push at the end, but I absolutely love it and I'm so happy she let me dip my little fingers on it and write a bit. Definitelly a must if you love period/medieval AUs.

A LADY'S GUIDE TO FOOLS AND FORTUNES: Another one I don't consider my fic but had a part in the making. It was written by the forever-amazing @septemberrie with art/gifs I made for the Reverse Big Bang event. I adore it and am so SO proud of the gifs I made. One of my best ones for sure.

REASSURANCE and JUST FOR YOU (both collabs with @gossipqueen2000 and AmandaLovegood): Both of these were witten back in 2021 when Fate had just come out. Feels like ages ago. I'm putting them here because I feel like they have more Mo and Amanda than Val to be honest, I don't really remember writing them or the process of it but I really like them a lot. Again Mo has this way of writing emotion and feelings and you can just tell it was her. It feels real and raw and so good to read, whump in the best way.

[daily-genshin-rarepairs]

Technically not a Ship I personally ship but one I can see: Chiori x Scaramouche. How did I even think of this? It was a brief misunderstanding between a friend and I when Chiscara (Childe x Scaramouche) was discussed in a group chat.

And honestly... Why not. The absolutely sassy power couple that says what they think regardless of whether it's seen as rude. I can also see Chiori being mildly fascinated by his hat and getting inspiration from it. All the funnier with the Scaramouche fashion collab from a while ago. Also I feel like Scaramouche would respect her honesty and directness and they could bond over both being from Inazuma originally. And even if not seen in a romantic way, as sassy gossip buddies it'd still be kinda fun.

Today’s rarepair is Chiori x Wanderer, or Scariori!

Thank you for submitting!