#ian bruce x reader

[kimhargreeves]

Concert Confessions-Ian Bruce x Reader (The Correspondents)

Summary: You've been long time friends with the boys from The Correspondents, the mutual pining between you and Bruce is making your friend Tim desperate for you both to just date. You decide to do the impossible before their concert at night.

(This is based on the English band The Correspondents. I was about to write a fic soon, but saw someone asking for someone to write so I volunteered! So this one shot is for the person who accepted in me writing it. @atomicbug Hope you enjoyed it!!)

It's been many years since I've known Bruce and Chucks known as Tim also but his closest friends call him that. I've been with them from the very beginning, meeting both of them when we were still studying. I used to see them always hanging around with each other until eventually I met Bruce in art class, i was enamored with his work from the very start.

We started with small conversations until it started with hanging out at classes and spending almost everyday together. I still remember the same day easily getting along with Chucks like we had been friends for years.

It took a while until they finally started a band together and started touring and meeting fans with their unique music and still continuing to be themselves. I absolutely loved their music style and how artistic they are

I started working alongside with them as well, thinking and worrying that I wouldn't be able to see them often, well sometimes I would work with them whenever I was free since I started working alongside with a company in making music as well.

Today is one of those days where I would be hanging out with them and finally being able to see Bruce. Often they would insist on me working with them on a song, or sing on stage but I was afraid of what their fans might say if they were to see a female with them, clearly having feelings for the bands singer.

"(Y/N)!" I heard voices calling out to me. I turned around as I stood in line at a cafe, many people weren't around anyways so I turned around and shrieked when I saw my best friends.

"Guys!! You're finally here!" I exclaim running over to them and hugging them tightly, they hugged me back until we parted and we smiled.

Chucks almost hasn't changed a bit, and Bruce continues to look the same as ever with his glasses and neatly styled hair. Both of them were wearing jackets because of the cold weather.

"We're happy to know you accepted the invite." Bruce said looking down at me since I was shorter than him since he's tall.

"You know we'll I'd never say no to you." I smile as I blush looking up at him.

I hear a hum and I glanced and saw Chucks smiling at us both but said nothing. I knew well what that smile meant.

"It's nice to know that, you've always been our number one fan after all." He said as he reached down and patted my head.

The three of us stood in line ordering whatever we wanted to eat, I blushed when Bruce would get close to me. I could feel my heart beating faster whenever I am next to him, these feelings for him hasn't faded a bit at all.

"Why don't you both head back and grab a table? I'll be there with our food." Chucks said to us both, before I could follow Bruce I felt Chucks grab my arm.

"The tension is killing me here, (Y/N). Please just confess your feelings to the lad, you've both been pining each other for years now. I'm getting old here, woman. I want to be an uncle soon!"

He joked but that only made me only more embarrassed. "Shhh I'm getting to it!" I said making sure no one listened what we had said.

I composed myself and quickly followed Bruce until we sat down on a table with him sitting in front of me. "It's really nice to be able to see you again." was the first thing he said when we sat down.

My face must've looked like a tomato due to how hot I felt. "It's n-nice to see you again! I really missed having you around."

"I also noticed that you dyed and cut your hair." He said reaching up and touching my hair. "It suits you. I think you look even more pretty than before."

How am I supposed to answer to that? I felt like passing out. I smiled at him still blushing as I tried my best to hide my face, "You're way too kind, Mr. Bruce." I say making him chuckle as he adjusted his glasses.

"Tell me, (Y/N). How's life been treating you lately? Any news going on?" He excitedly asked getting himself comfortable in his seat.

I chuckled and shook my head. "Nothing much has changed, same work, same schedules, my parents visited me last week and I took them around my working place, I will say things have been a bit weird."

"Hmm? How come?"

"There's been a guy around who hasn't stopped asking me for lunch at work..hmm? Everything alright, Ian?"

"Everything's fine!" He exclaimed and made an odd look. I shook my head and took my his hands in mine.

"There's nothing to worry about, I declined his offer since I've been too busy, besides he isn't my type."

Bruce sighed loudly and seemed relieved at my answer. "It might sound selfish but I'm glad you declined. Who would be there to protect you if something were to happen to you."

I looked at him and noticed he was blushing as well, still not letting go of my hands for a second. "Thing's haven't been easy on tour lately, there's something that's been stuck on my mind ever since you left a year ago."

It had been a long while since I had seen the boys. I wonder what he's been hiding from me. I will say seeing him again makes me want to have him all to myself and not leave.

"I'm back!" We quickly let go of each other and looked at Chucks surprised. "Here's everything we ordered, dig up fellas."

We nodded and began to each at the many desserts we ordered and noticed Bruce has ordered my favorite dessert, he still remembers that I used to order it almost everyday before heading to classes.

"You know tour has been very fun, but there's just one girl who hasn't stopped trying to call this guy." Chucks said almost too loud for the building to listen.

I've known him for being dramatic so I don't know wether to believe in him, but I decided to play along. "Oh really?"

"Has that woman tried calling me? I haven't noticed." Bruce said drinking his coffee. "Besides no woman can be as equally charming as I am."

"Hmm that's true. You are too flamboyant." I said making Bruce almost choke on his coffee. Chucks and I laughed. "I'm just joking..I actually really love how weird, quirky and how artsy you are. You're just my type." I smiled.

Chucks took a sip of his tea and looked at us, "Just date already you lovebirds."

The lights to the stage were dimly lit with the crowd of people calling out the bands name. People all around us were making the final adjustments for the show tonight. Everyone was too busy to stop for a second to speak, wires were being brought up on the stage, microphone stand was adjusted along with keyboard's were being placed in it's correct spot.

I stood aside so people wouldn't run into me or each other, leaving them to do their job. The stage was nearly done.

"(Y/N)." I looked to the side and noticed Bruce now dressed at his finest, in a black suit with matching tie. He looked very handsome. I look to the side to shy to look at him, seeing him dressed like this always stirred something in me.

"You're almost ready for the night?" I asked leaning against the wall and Bruce did the same, crossing his arms and looking at me.

"Almost ready. There's just one thing missing. Come on." I was taken back when he reached down and grabbed my hand pulling me close to him as I followed him.

We made it to the other side of the stage without being seen and stood behind a black curtain, we were all alone. Bruce stood behind me and leaned down to rest his head on my shoulder. I could feel my heart beating faster, could he hear it as well?

"See those people out there." He pouted without moving from me. "They're all here because of you. If it weren't for your support we never would've made it. This is all for you, (Y/N)."

Bruce now began to hug me from behind and I reached up and held him. "I haven't been myself for a year, you're the only person I've been thinking of whenever I have to travel."

I looked up at him and now stood in front of him when he stopped hugging me. He reached his hand and held my face, "I love you, (Y/N). I always get upset when I have to see you leave, won't you stay here and make me the happiest man alive?"

I began to shake and tears began to fall down my face, making Bruce panic when he saw me crying. "Did I say something to upset you?!" You asked concerned.

Quickly I shook my head not wanting him to get upset thinking he had said something we shouldn't have said. "It's nothing like that!" I assured wiping my tears and looking back up at him through his glasses.

"It's just… I've always secretly liked you from the start and I didn't want to get your career involved is all."

"You should never feel like that. All the time you were away, I kept on drawing and making paintings of you, as cheesy as it sounds it made me cope with you bro being around."

That's too sweet. "Ian Bruce… I've always loved you too. I'll make sure to not leave you then." I blushed and took a step closer and I wrapped my arms around him and leaned up and pressed my lips against his.

I felt him hugging me back and deepening the kiss, I had my hand tightly held onto his suit and felt his hand behind my head. Slowly we parted and before we could exchange words someone ran into us and hugged us.

"About time you both confessed. It was dragging on for far too long." Chucks hugged us both and seemed like a proud parent. "I love you both, but he was driving me crazy with always talking about you while on tour. He even said he's writing a song about-"

"That's enough." Bruce said trying for Chucks to not comment on the topic.

"Well, I can't wait to hear my boyfriend's new song then." I smiled looking at them both.

Bruce seemed to blush at the mention of the word 'boyfriend'. "Boyfriend..I love the sound of you saying it." He came over again and kissed the top of my head and hugged me.

"How about after the show we all head out for drinks? My treat for you both." Chucks said winking making us blush again.

Before we could go on talking, they were being called on stage, now ready for the big concert. I wished them both luck when they ran on stage and I stayed behind with the rest of the team behind, ready to enjoy their big night.

[kadentherabbit]

Hi guys!!!! Soo this is my master list, it will be updated as I write more fanfics in the future, I currently write for ahs/evan peters characters, DC characters and possibly Donnie Darko in the near future! Make a request to be on my tag list!

A little more about me I suppose: gay and trans! Please only refer to me with he/him pronouns. I enjoy gory movies or movies with Evan Peter’s in them :3. You can refer to me as Kaden! I love writing, one of my favorite hobbies but it takes me a while to have any motivation so keep that in mind!

Most of my fics will be about men, and in a gender neutral fashion unless I’m requested specifically male reader or female reader! Keep reading for more!!

I will not write fics that include:

Any bodily fluids that aren’t spit, cum or blood.

Age gaps that include one party being under the age of 18 and another party being over the age of 18. (Aka any sort of pedophilia)

Fics that involve childbirth/pregnancy (may change in future).

Incest or stepcest. Platonic family relationships only.

Threesomes or any smut that includes more than 2 people (may change in future)

Smut for any female or AFAB character.

Characters I currently feel comfortable writing for! ⬇️

Peter Maximoff, Tate Langdon, Richard Grayson, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Most DC villains, Carl Gallagher, Kai Anderson (May be ooc)

Characters I need more time with ⬇️

Kit Walker, Kyle Spencer, James Patrick March, Jimmy Darling, Lip Gallagher, Ian Gallagher, Donnie Darko, Luke Cooper, Colin Zabel, Stan Bowes.

(you may suggest these characters! I may just need a little more time to write the fic!)

smut = 𝜗𝜚. fluff = ✿. angst = ꩜.

AHS

Tate Langdon NSFW Alphabet 𝜗𝜚

Your fear is my pleasure - Kai Anderson 𝜗𝜚

X-MEN

Peter Maximoff NSFW Alphabet 𝜗𝜚

Stuffed like a Twinkie - Peter Maximoff 𝜗𝜚/✿ (req)

DC

Dick Grayson/Nightwing Blabz ✿

Arkham Knight! Jason Todd Blabz ✿ (Fem! Robin reader!)

OTHERS

Ryan Gosling! Ken Blabz ✿

Rodrick Heffley Blabz ✿

Jack Hughes Blabz ✿/𝜗𝜚

Five Hargreeves Blabz ✿

[theaawalker]

Fandoms I'll Write For

Marvel (not Iron Man, Starlord, Loki, Thor, Doctor Strange, or Hawkeye, Drax, Victor Creed, Antman, Adam Warlocke, AG's Spiderman, or Cyclops)

DCEU (not Peacemaker, Killer Croc, JL's Joker, RP's Batman, or anyone from Gotham except Jerome/Jeremiah Valeska)

Scream Queens (not Chad Radwell or Pete Martinez)

American Horror Story (only Murder House, 1984, Freakshow, and Cult)

Hunger Games (not Gale, Maymitch, President Snow, or Cato)

The Maze Runner (not Ava Paige, Jorge, or Janson)

My Little Pony

Once Upon A Time (not Hook, David, Rumple, Neal, Peter Pan, or Zelena)

Pacific Rim (not the sequel)

Twilight (not Seth, Edward, Carlyle, or Jasper)

Stranger Things (not Will Byers, Billy Hargrove, or Jim Hopper)

IT (2017, 2019, and tv series) (not Henry Bowers or Pennywise)

Jurassic Park/World (not Owen Grady or Ian Malcolm)

Jumanji (1997 & 2017)

Zathura (not the dad or robot)

Stand By Me (not Ace Merrill)

Girl, Interrupted (not Jared Leto's character)

The Black Phone (not the Grabber or Mr. Blake)

Teen Wolf (the film & series)

Equestria Girls

Teen Wolf (not Peter, Jackson, Theo, or Derek)

The Office (not Jim, Ryan, or Dwight)

Now You See Me (not Dylan Rhodes or Merritt McKinney)

Descendants (not Chad, Harry, Ben, Jay, or Carlos)

Sky High (not Zach or Speed)

Percy Jackson films (not Luke Castellan)

The Umbrella Academy (not Five)

TMNT (live action ver. only)

Dance Moms (not the final season)

Ender's Game

Wednesday (not Xavier, Tyler, or the Dean)

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (not Mentor Peter Parker)

Unbreakable (not Hedwig or Dennis)

Big Hero 6

The Black Mirror

Dynasty (not Culhane, Adam, or Blake)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Spy Kids

Sharkboy & Lavagirl

Clue, Knives Out, & Glass Onion

Back to the Future (not Biff), Breakfast Club (not Bender), Sandlot, Stand By Me (not Ace Merrill), Mighty Ducks, The Outsiders (not Dally, Two-Bit, Randy, Bob, Steve, or Darry)

I’m willing to write imagines for underage characters so long as there's no romance (examples: hang out with the Losers Club at the barrens; go shopping with Eleven and Max; play baseball with Finney and Bruce). I’m allowed to deny any request and the longest I should take ever to write one is about 2 weeks. I’ll write smut, fluff, angst, poly relationships, LGBTQ+, etc. Generally most of my x readers are female unless stated otherwise.

What I won’t write-

I won’t write anything to do with rape, bestiality, necrophilia, incest, romance with anyone younger than 18, gun play, anything about poo(sexually), anything about urine(squirting is fine considering it’s not technically urine), age gaps. See guidelines for more details.

Thanks for reading❤️

A.A. Walker

[lex-drinks-blood]

What Will I Write?

I write exclusively for male and masculine nonbinary readers. My content is targeted for the masculine queer audience that seems overlooked in much of the fanfiction community (yes!! this includes trans readers, as I am also trans). I will not write x fem reader !!

arthur havisham (dickensian)

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

ian gallagher

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

mickey milkovich

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

eddie munson (stranger things)

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

steve harrington (stranger things)

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

jonathan byers (stranger things)

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

dustin henderson (stranger things)

- fluff, siblings, best friends

kurt kunkle (spree)

- fluff, sensual, romance, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

bruce wayne (the batman)

- fluff, sensual, romance, angst, smut

edward cullen (twilight)

- fluff, romance, siblings, angst, best friends

jacob black (twilight)

- fluff, romance, siblings, angst, best friends

oswald cobblepot (gotham)

- fluff, sensual, romance, angst, friends with benefits, smut

simpbur (various wilbur soot mvs)

-fluff, sensual, romance, smut

tyler galpin (wednesday)

- fluff, sensual, romance, siblings, angst, friends with benefits, best friends, smut

it is very likely that I update this list as I continue to consume content and remember more characters I love, but for now this is all I can think of. Feel free to comment requests or send them in asks, as I'd love to work off of some prompts from you guys!! also, feel free to request fics for characters that arent listed, I definitely forgot some characters that I like!! I will only write for characters I am familiar with tho, so there is a chance that I may not be able to write for your favorite character :(

stick around if you want, or dont. it's your life. :P

[smashbros2023]

Hey guys! I'm writing fanfiction (mainly male or non-binary reader), so if you wanna send in a request you can. Here's a few fandoms I write for.

Star Wars

Obi-Wan Kenobi:

How Sweet it is to be Adored by You

Anakin Skywalker

(May add more)

My Chemical Romance

Gerard Way

Mikey Way

Frank Iero

Ray Toro

Fall Out Boy

Pete Wentz

Gotham:

Edward Nygma

Oswald Cobblepot

Jerome Valeska

Jeremiah Valeska

Jervis Tetch

Victor Zsasz

Jim Gordon

Bruce Wayne

Shameless (US)

Ian Gallagher

Mickey Milkovich

Lip Gallagher

Carl Gallagher

Marvel:

Tony Stark

Bruce Banner

Steve Rogers

Thor Odinson

Loki Laufeyson

Sam Wilson

Pietro Maximoff

Vision

Helmut Zemo

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Frank N Furter

Riff Raff

Magenta

Columbia

Brad Majors

Janet Weiss

Eddie

[imaginethatneathuh]

Brother P2: Shadow Moon - American Gods

Platonic relationship, male!reader, gn!reader, TB being himself.

CW: Smoking and swearing. Mentions of death, spirits, and betrayal.

Word count:  2,719

I’m still learning how to do this, please be patient.

“Masterlist”

•

“Well, hello there,” the person said. “Who the fuck are you?”

You looked at him, blankly, and groaned, regretting everything.

Losing your voice, you pulled out your pen and paper and wrote. “An idiot. And you’re a god. What about it?”

The boy scoffed and his tongue ran across his top teeth.

“Okay, motherfucker, first off, how do you know that?” He asked. “And second, you aren’t supposed to be here.”

Pressing his mouth around the tip of his weird looking vape, the boy took a drag.

You wrote your response as quickly as you could.

“First, it’s not that hard to figure, and, second, I’m not even supposed to be alive.” You mocked the way he asked his question. He didn’t seem to notice.

He choked on the smoke in his throat and coughed. Because of his pale skin, he turned slightly red. The boy coughs, beating his chest slightly.

You didn’t know why people did that. It’s not like it would help. Would it?

Clearing his throat, he said, “What I meant was, Shadow Moon was supposed to be here not, whoever the fuck you are.” He gestured with his, what you assumed to be, vape.

“Y/N = name,” you wrote.

He nodded, keeping his gaze fixated on the ground. “Pretty.”

“Yours?”

You watched him deliberate before he spoke.

“Technical Boy,” he said. “But you can call me Tech.” Pausing, he thought about what he said. “Or TB, if it’s easier to write.”

You nodded, thankful you didn’t have to write all that out.

“Who are you, exactly?” He asked.

You twisted the pen in your fingers, trying to figure out what would be most concise and would reveal the least.

“Friend of Shadow’s.”

Technical Boy read the paper and leant back in his seat. He looked thoughtful, as if he was analyzing the situation. Maybe he was. Maybe that’s how he worked. You didn’t know enough about this god to say for sure.

You had your own thoughts to contend with anyway.

Whoever this god was, he was dangerous. Maybe not like Wednesday, but he there was this underlying intimidation to him. Like all gods really. But this was different. He was different. Thinking is dangerous and Technical Boy was sure as hell taking his fucking time thinking about something.

Even if it wasn’t that, he still gave you the ‘don’t fuck with me’ kinda vibes. They weren’t Wednesday’s ‘don’t fuck with me vibes’. No, they were different. More in your face; just like everything else about this guy.

Which was nice. You knew where he was; his intentions practically seeped from his pores.

Unlike with Wednesday, who had too much mystery about him for you to trust with even a penny of your money.

“Your friend, does he know what he’s gotten himself into?”

You shook your head.

“He doesn’t even know who Wednesday is,” you wrote.

Technical Boy slowly nodded, thinking. He took another drag from his vape.

You could swear the thing in the sphere-like pod blinked at you.

The god followed your gaze to his vape.

“Synthetic toad skins,” he said. “Wanna hit?”

You shook your head. You didn’t need your mind fogged up by anything right now.

He shrugged, taking another hit and blowing out O’s.

You coughed as the smoke hit you. Now, that’s a dick move.

Guess you didn’t have a choice. Either take a hit directly, or get one from second-hand smoke.

Shadow probably would have snapped at him by now.

“How do you know about us?” He asked. “Gods, I mean.”

You raised an eyebrow, silently questioning his question.

“How does anyone know anything?” You asked him, writing it down on your pad.

He quietly chuckled and pointed at you.

“I like you,” he said. “Confident. Smart. Good qualities to have.”

“Point?”

“Straight-forward is also a good quality and a rare one. Wonder how you got it.”

Ouch. 

Technical Boy leant forward, studying you. “My, I suppose you could call him, boss, wants to know what Wednesday is up to.”

“A spy?”

Technical Boy nodded. “If you want to call it that, sure,” he said. “You can be our inside man.”

He was offering you a job.

Made sense.

The weather had been strange as of late. Then Wednesday shows up, offering Shadow one in a weird fucking way. When you had consulted the future (which is always vague) and the spirits (which are even more vague), they gave interesting answers. Everything seemed to be pointing toward something big happening and soon by the looks of it.

“Do I have a choice?”

Technical Boy nodded and said, “Sure. Death is always another option.” He quickly noticed your uneasy movements. “That was a joke, I swear. I didn’t actually mean that. I was just trying to be a dick.”

You leant back, breathing a little easier.

“Why should I?” You wrote. “Work for you instead of Wednesday. What are the benefits, cause the downside is that I’ll be hurting a friend and likely have to sneak around behind their backs.”

“Is money a good incentive? How about a steady job? You ever had either of those? Or maybe, all expenses paid for?” Technical Boy took another drag and blew out the smoke. “Also, the best tech you could ask for and whatever you need to get the job done.”

“I don’t give a shit about that.” The god seemed shocked by that, narrowing his eyes at you and leaning back like he was trying to see the big picture of you. Never gonna happen. “What I want to know is, why should I hurt my friend for someone I don’t know and for a cause I know nothing about?”

Technical Boy nodded, understanding the question. Barely, but he got there.

“Wednesday is in the past; we are the future. The Old Gods are fading, crumbling in America. They are nothing. Especially compared to us,” he said. “Don’t you want to be part of the winning side for once?”

His arrogance was definitely his worst trait.

“The Old Gods will always be there. They are a part of our culture,” you wrote. “Try as you might, the US will always be the melting pot of the world. There are too many cultures here to make it any different.”

Technical Boy smirked.

“Like I said, smart.” The god thought for a moment before countering. “That may be true, but those cultures are melting together and can’t stay apart for long. They will become one giant culture and that will be of the good ole U.S. of A. You can’t stop that. No one can.”

“Maybe. Why are you trying to convince me to work for you?”

Technical Boy shrugged.

“My mission was to find out what Wednesday has planned. You are, currently, the best way of doing that. Besides, maybe you can convince Shadow to join us too. He seems to be important to the old man, so why not?” The god gestured with his vape before taking a drag. “Just to fuck with him, ya know?” He blew out the smoke through his nose.

“Can I think about it?”

He nodded.

“Sure, take your time. Just not too long. We don’t have forever.”

“How would I get in contact with you?”

A smartphone materialized in your lap. It’s black, sleek case and the screen shined.

“Call me,” he said before cringing. “Text me, I mean. My number’s already in there.”

You nodded.

Technical Boy reached for a strangely shaped thing on his left. It looked like one of those plumbob things from The Sims but cut in half and with some sort of box sticking out of it. That's what it looked like from your perspective anyway. His hand hovered over the middle of the box before he pressed down on whatever it was. You could have sworn it turned red, but you couldn’t tell; it was too far away now.

“See ya on the flip side,” he said.

A piece of the roof gave way, opening like a box lid.

You were pulled from your seat and, in a way, floated out. It was strange. You didn’t feel like you left the whatever it was but you could see you had. It was like you were going upward while everything else was going down. It made your stomach hurt. You knew what direction you were going and what way was up just by looking, but none of it felt real. Nothing from the last few minutes felt real. Not the god, not the phone that burned in your pocket, not the offer the god had made, and certainly not the room, or whatever it was, you had been in.

What did feel real was Shadow holding you and calling your name.

By the gods, you did hate the gods.

“Y/N?” Shadow said. “Y/N, are you okay? What happened? Y/N?”

He kept calling your name, shaking you slightly, but you couldn’t respond. Not with your pad and pen and definitely not verbally.

Your mind was racing to catch up with everything as your body had.

Finally, you managed to sit up, Shadow holding you to help stabilize you. You weren’t built for this. Not in any way, shape, or form. Someone like Shadow? Probably. But you? No, not in the slightest. Maybe you shouldn’t have gotten in the way, but it was too late for that.

Everything hit you like a train as you watched the face-hugger-like contraption fold in on itself and disappear. Like it just blinked out of existence.

But that was the gods for you; always covering up their tracks. Some even pretending like they had nothing to do with how humans acted or what happened to humans. It’s sickening really, the way they act. But what can you do?

Some could hold their own under the gods’ onslaught; but you were too much like your parents, not strong enough to handle it.

Shadow kept his arms around you as you leant into his chest.

Technical Boy likely had no idea how that would have affected you so you couldn’t blame him; he was, afterall, looking for Shadow, not you. The two of you had entirely different genetic makeup.

You looked at Shadow as he looked fearfully at you.

“Y/N, are you okay?” He asked.

You nodded and breathed heavily.

“We have to get away,” you said. “Whatever is going on is dangerous.”

Every word hurt to say.

Though you wanted to tell him everything, you knew he wouldn’t believe you. He was that sort of guy.

“I made a deal with Wednesday,” he said.

You sighed, your gaze falling to the now muddy ground.

“I can’t break that. But you can leave, if you want.” Shadow let you go and stood up, offering his hand. “It’s okay if you do. I’d understand.”

You scoffed and took his hand. “And what? Let you get yourself killed? Not happening.”

Shadow smiled, pulling you up.

You were brothers; you couldn’t just walk away from each other like that.

•

You know that feeling that people get when they think they’re being watched? Well, that was the feeling you got as you and Shadow climbed back to the street. It felt like someone was spying on you from the bushes or something, but you pushed the feeling aside.

The both of you would need a shower after this. That and clean clothes.

•

You both found your separate rooms at the motel. They were right next to each other, like your cells had been the first time you met.

Collapsing on your bed, mud caking your shoes and clothes, you stared at the ceiling and considered your options: join these New Gods and betray your friend, deny their offer and side with the Old Gods, or skip town and never interact again.

The third choice was your favourite.

Joining the New Gods was a no-brainer really. They, as Technical Boy said, were the future. But is that a future you really want to be a part of? One where minorities were attacked, locked up, and killed for no reason. One where the planet was being poisoned by large corporations. A future where people’s entire future’s and live’s depended on one election. Is that something you really wanted? There was also the whole moral thing of betraying someone you trusted whole-heartedly. You couldn’t give less of a shit about Wednesday and whatever he was doing. But you did care about Shadow and, like he said, he did make a deal. He always keeps his deals.

On the other hand, there were the Old Gods. They were obviously going to lose. They weren’t powerful enough. It’d be great for whoever they fight in the name of (Wednesday) but they’d still lose. The only plus side was Shadow. Keeping him safe was all that enticed you to consider this course.

But you could still keep him safe with the New Gods.

The last option was taking Shadow and getting out. But you knew he wouldn’t go with you. He needed the money and had already sealed the deal.

You sat up and stared at the carpet before flopping back down on the bed.

You knew what you had to do, what the smartest choice was and would all but guarantee Shadow’ safety.

You had to play all sides.

It was obvious when you thought about it.

You would agree to spy for the New Gods, so long as Technical Boy would be your “handler”, help Wednesday with whatever (while supplying that information to Technical Boy), but your main goal would be convincing Shadow to leave with you. You knew a small town in Wisconsin that would be perfect to hide away in. Your family had hid there before. It may not have done you any good back then, but things change.

Yes, this would require a level of deception that you hadn’t used in years, but it wasn’t the hardest plan you’d ever come up with. Plus, people always had a habit of underestimating the quiet one. That was often their fatal mistake.

With that plan in mind, you pulled out the phone Technical Boy had given you and turned it on.

Technical Boy must have known you did because a text came through.

‘Decided?’ It read.

‘Yes,’ you texted back. ‘I’ll work for you, but only you.’

‘Good.’ A new line of text appeared. ‘Text if Wednesday reveals anything or you find out anything useful.’ Another line popped up. ‘I’ll set up meeting places. Don’t text unless you need me or have information.’

‘Got it.’

You tossed the phone onto the bed and covered your face with your hands.

What had you just done?

Something stupid, that’s what.

If he found out what you were really doing, you’d end up dead for sure. Or worse yet, Shadow would.

You pushed the thought away. You couldn’t afford to think like that, not now. Not when you had to focus on manipulating and lying to people, one of which you would do anything for.

•

Wednesday walked over to you as Shadow helped the moving men load stuff into the truck.

You leant against Betty, as he called her. Pulling a package of gum out of your pocket, you plucked one out and took off the wrapper. Quickly stuffing the piece in your mouth, you put the package away and crumpled the wrapper up, putting it in your pocket.

“So,” the older man said. “Shadow and I talked last night.” You said nothing, just nodding along. “He said that you pushed him out of the way of some sort of device. That the thing was stuck on your face for a while. That you were shaken when you came out.” You just nodded. “What did he say to you?” Wednesday asked. “What did he promise you if you helped him?”

You looked over at him and rolled your eyes before pulling out your pad of paper and your red crayon.

“Don’t worry, I told him to take a hike,” you wrote. “Odin.”

Wednesday stepped away from you, surprised.

“I weighed the risks. Shadow is more likely to get hurt with them than you.”

The Old God nodded and realized where your loyalties lie; with Shadow and Shadow alone.

[castielli]

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Fandoms I write for under the cut!

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CALL OF DUTY (MW/WWII)

John Price

Soap MacTavish

Ghost Riley

Gaz Garrick

Alex Keller

Alejandro Vargas

Phillip Graves

Vladimir Makarov

Rudy Parra

Red Daniels

William Pierson

Joseph Turner

Robert Zussman

Frank Aiello

Drew Stiles

CRIMINAL MINDS

Luke Alvez

Penelope Garcia (platonic🫶)

Spencer Reid

MARVEL (Avengers/X-men)

Wanda Maximoff

Tony Stark

Bruce Banner

Thor Odinson

Loki Laufeyson

Steve Rogers

Stephen Strange

Peter Parker (Tom/Andrew/Tobey)

Clint Barton

Deadpool

Bucky Barnes

Sam Wilson

Peter Quill

Quentin Beck/Mysterio

Eddie Brock

Druig

Wolverine

Bobby Drake

Erik Lehnsherr

Peter Maximoff

Hank McCoy

Scott Lang

Scott Summers

Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockey

Mobius M. Mobius

Pietro Maximoff

Matt Murdock

Alex Summers

Shang-chi

Phil Coulson

Ikaris

Charles Xavier

NCIS

Timothy McGee

Jimmy Palmer

Nicholas Torres

NOW YOU SEE ME

Jack Wilder

J. Daniel Atlas

Merritt McKinney

Dylan Rhodes

Chase McKinney

SHAMELESS

Ian Gallagher

Carl Gallagher

Lip Gallagher

Mickey Milkovich

Kevin Ball

STRANGER THINGS

Steve Harrington

Billy Hargrove

Robin Buckley (platonic)

Eddie Munson

Jim Hopper

Jonathan Byers

Jason Carver

Dimitri

SUPERNATURAL

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

Castiel

Crowley

Bobby (platonic)

Chuck

THE BOYS

Billy Butcher

Hughie Campbell

Frenchie

MM

Homelander

Soldier Boy

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (I still need to finish the last season😊)

Viktor Hargreeves

Klaus Hargreeves

Diego Hargreeves

Number Five

Luther Hargreeves

Ben Hargreeves

THE WALKING DEAD (+TELLTALE GAME)

Rick Grimes

Daryl Dixon

Glenn Rhee

Negan Smith

Shane Walsh

Aaron Raleigh

Paul Jesus Rovia

Simon

The Governor

Abraham Ford

Eugene Porter

Morgan Jones

Spencer Monroe

Dwight

Lee Everett

Kenny

Doug

Mark

STAR WARS

Anakin Skywalker

Luke Skywalker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Kylo Ren

Poe Dameron

Finn

TEEN WOLF

Stiles Stilinski

Scott McCall

Derek Hale

Isaac Lahey

Jackson Whittemore

Peter Hale

Theo Raeken

Liam Dunbar

Jordan Parrish

Mason Hewitt

Danny Mahealani

Aiden Steiner

Ethan Steiner

Corey Bryant

THE BOYS IN THE BAND

Bernard

Harold

Hank

Donald

Cowboy

Alan McCarthy

Michael

Larry

Emory

WHITE COLLAR

Neal Caffrey

Peter Burke

Mozzie (platonic)

Clinton Jones

DIVERGENT

Peter

Caleb Prior

Four

HARRY POTTER

Neville Longbottom

Sirius Black

Cedric Diggory

Seamus Finnigan

Viktor Krum

Remus Lupin

Draco Malfoy

Tom Riddle

Charlie Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Percy Weasley

Ron Weasley

Oliver Wood

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen)

Newt Scamander

Credence Barebone

Theseus Scamander

Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law)

HUNGER GAMES

Peeta Mellark

Coriolanus Snow

Sejanus Plinth

MAZE RUNNER

Newt

Thomas

Gally

Minho

911 (and LONE STAR)

Evan Buckley (Buck)

Howie Han (Chimney)

Bobby Nash

Eddie Diaz

TK Strand

Carlos Reyes

Paul Strickland

Owen Strand

Jud Ryder

Mateo Chavez

RIVERDALE

Jughead Jones

FP Jones

Archie Andrews

Hiram Lodge

Sweet Pea

Fangs

Kevin Keller

Reggie Mantle

Chic

Moose Mason

BROOKLYN99

Jake Peralta

Terry Jeffords

All the others (platonic only)

CHRISTIAN BALE

Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

PEDRO PASCAL

Joel Miller (TLOU)

Din Djarin (The Mandalorian)

Javi Gutierrez (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent)

Javier Peña (Narcos)

Oberyn Martell (Game of Thrones)

Agent Whiskey (Kingsman)

Silva (Strange Way of Life)

Francisco Morales (Triple Frontier)

Marcus Moreno (We Can Be Heroes)

Dieter Bravo (The Bubble)

DETROIT BECOME HUMAN

Connor

RK900

Hank

Markus

Luther

Simon

Gavin

Josh

BARBIE

Ken (Ryan)

Ken (Simu)

Allan

SHERLOCK

Sherlock Holmes

John Watson

Jim Moriarty

Mycroft Holmes

FNAF (movie)

Mike Schmidt

Steve Raglan

SUITS

Harvey Specter

Mike Ross

LA CASA DE PAPEL

El Profesor

Berlín

Palermo

Denver

Río

I WON’T WRITE:

-Smut (for anyone)

-R*pe

-Female readers/GN readers

-Suic*de

-inc*st

-Crossdressing

-Romantic/Suggestive stories for underage characters (only platonic, basically)

If the character you wanted to request is not on the list, you can try and ask me anyways.

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CHARCTER MASTERPOST

enjoy :) hope you like this free food

i will link each character’s masterlist in this post

MOVIE MASTERLIST

STAR WARS UNIVERSE

han solo

princess leia

luke skywalker

padme amidala

anakin skywalker

obi wan kenobi

kylo ren

general hux

poe dameron

rose tico

finn

boba fett 

fennec shand

din djarin

paz vizsla

cobb vanth

HARRY POTTER & FANTASTIC BEASTS

harry potter

hermione granger

ron weasley

ginny weasley

george weasley

fred weasley

charlie weasley

bill weasley

neville longbottom

oliver wood

seamus finnegan

dean thomas

cedric diggory

luna lovegood

cho chang

fleur delacour

pansy parkinson

viktor krum

voldemort/tom riddle

bellatrix lestrange

fenrir greyback

lucius malfoy

narcissa malfoy

igor karkaroff

barty crouch sr

barty crouch jr

professor severus snape

alastor moody

sirius black

remus lupin

nymphador tonks

newt scamander

theseus scamander

MARVEL & X-MEN

black widow / natasha romanov

yelena belova

hulk / bruce banner

antman / scott lang

tasm!spiderman / peter parker

hawkeye / clint barton

hawkeye / kate bishop

echo / maya lopez

kazi

nebula

daredevil / matt murdock

mobius m. mobius

deadpool / wade wilson

negasonic teenage warhead / ellie phimister

cable / nathan summers

domino / neena thurman

storm / ororo munroe

mystique / raven darkholm

wolverine / james howlett / logan

rogue / anna marie

phoenix / jean grey

cyclops / scott summers

havok / alex summers

jubilee / jubilation lee

banshee / sean cassidy

quicksilver / pietro maximoff

angel / warren worthington

x-23 / laura kinney

magik / illyana rasputina

wolfsbane / rahne sinclair

mirage / dani moonstar

nightcrawler / kurt wagner

magneto / erik lensher

please let me know which version of the x-men characters you would like me to write for when requesting

BIRDS OF PREY

harley quinn

huntress

black canary

renee montoya

victor zsasz

THE SUICIDE SQUAD (1&2)

harley quinn

rick flag

captain boomerang

polka-dot man

ratcatcher 2

bloodsport

peacemaker

LORD OF THE RINGS

merry brandybuck

pippin took

aragorn

legolas

gimli

arwen

boromir

faramir

elrond

eomer

eowyn

haldir

THE HOBBIT

bilbo baggins

thorin oakenshield

kili

fili

dwalin

THE LOST BOYS

david

marko

paul

dwayne

star

michael emerson

STAND BY ME

ace merill

denny lachance

eyeball chambers

billy tessio

TWILIGHT

carlisle cullen

esme cullen

alice cullen

jasper hale

rosalie hale

emmett cullen

edward cullen

bella swan

charlie swan

billy black

jacob black

seth clearwater

leah clearwater

paul lahote

sam uley

TELEVISION SHOW MASTERLIST

THE MAGICIANS

eliot waugh

quentin coldwater

julia wicker

alice quinn

margo hansen

penny adiyodi

kady orloff-diaz

mariana andrieski

henry fogg

fen

PENNY DREADFUL

vanessa ives

ethan chandler

dorian gray

brona croft

victor frankenstein

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

vanya hargreeves

klaus hargreeves

luther hargreeves

allison hargreeves

diego hargreeves

ben hargreeves

lila pitts

CHARMED (1998)

piper halliwell

pheobe halliwell

prue halliwell

paige halliwell

leo wyatt

cole turner

CHARMED (2018)

macy vaughn

mel vera

maggie vera

harry greenwood

abigael cain

niko hamada

PEAKY BLINDERS

tommy shelby

john shelby

arthur shelby

ada shelby

finn shelby

polly gray

alfie solomons

luca changretta

aberama gold

bonnie gold

johnny dogs

STRANGER THINGS

jim hopper

joyce byers

dr alexei

robin buckley

steve harrington

billy hargrove

max mayfield

NETFLIX’S DRACULA

dracula

SHAMELESS (US)

fiona gallagher

ian gallagher 

carl gallagher

debbie gallagher

lip gallagher

mickey milkovich 

kevin ball

veronica fisher

male!reader platonic &/or smut & fem!platonic!reader only for ian & mickey

CRIMINAL MINDS

spencer reid

penelope garcia

luke alvez

aaron hotchner

elle greenway

kate callahan

CARNIVAL ROW

rhycroft philostrate

vignette stonemass

tourmaline

GRIMM

nick burkhardt

hank griffin

captain sean renard

seargent wu

monroe

rosalee calvert

adalind schade

trubel

N0S4A2

vic mcqueen

maggie leigh

tabitha hutter

DOCTOR WHO & TORCHWOOD

9th doctor

10th doctor

11th doctor

12th doctor

13th doctor

simm!master

missy / gomez!master

dhawan!master

rose tyler

yazmin khan

river song

bill potts

nardole

captain jack harkness

toshiko sato

owen harper

MISCELLANIOUS

PEDRO PASCAL

the mandalorian / din djarin

javier pena

maxwell lord

whiskey / jack daniels

dave york

fransisco ‘catfish’ morales

marcus moreno

OSCAR ISAAC

poe dameron

nathan (ex machina)

apocalypse / en sabah nur

kane (annihilation)

gomez addams ; platonic!reader or familial!reader only

JOEL KINNAMAN

rick flag

takeshi kovacs

pete koslow

erik heller

stephen holder

ed baldwin

ANDREW GARFIELD

tasm!spiderman / peter parker

[maniac4marvel-fluff-addition]

See! Told You I'm Funny!

Peter x stark!reader (gender-neutral) - platonic besties

Summary: People say humor is subjective. So what happens when Y/N is subjected to Peter's pun-ishingly bad sense of humor for a pretty ridiculous bet. Well, every joke needs a punchline and Y/N just so happen to have perfect comedic timing. (Peter and the reader are about the same age. I envisioned them both as older teens so 17/18.)

Word Count: ~3780

CWs: Puns (try to find them all), this is SFW

You loved spending time with your adopted family whenever you could. Although it can be pretty challenging at times due to school, training, and everyone’s hectic mission schedules. You’ve gotten into the habit of doing your homework in various places around the compound to maximize the time you have with everyone. You normally rotated between the common room, kitchen, library, gym, and lab, depending on what subject you were currently trying to get done.

Today you are stationed in one of the many labs at the Avengers' Compound with your (adopted) dad Tony and Bruce, who you’ve grown to see as an uncle. Though you love spending time with your family the lab was one of your favorite places to be. It lacked the noise of the other Avengers and had two geniuses that were at your beck and call for help.

You sat across from your dad focusing on your math homework, while Tony worked on some blueprints for one of his newest suits. On the far side of the room near the back sat Bruce typing away on one of the lab computers. The only sounds filling the room were Tony’s music of choice playing at a low volume and the buzz of the various scientific equipment. You felt at peace as you made your way through your homework.

The lab doors whooshed open, though you weren't sure who entered since your back was facing the door. You instantly recognized the new visitor as he made his presence known. Peter, one of your closest friends in the Compound. He hadn’t been part of the Avengers for very long, but you found yourself sticking close by him whenever he came to the Compound, and in between classes at school. It was nice to have another superhero close to your age on the team.

"Hey Dr. Banner, can you help me with some chemistry homework? It's giving me alkynes of trouble!" Peter chuckled at his joke as he crossed the room over towards Bruce. You let out a loud groan followed by a soft chuckle from Tony and Bruce. Bruce turned to face Peter and gave him a quick smile. "Sure Peter, I can help you in a few minutes. I just need to finish putting in some data."

Peter had been spouting out puns left and right for the last few weeks whenever he saw you in the room, and you hated it. You couldn’t be too sure, but you had a feeling it was payback for being cheeky to him when he asked you for help on his math homework. The question he was stuck on called for him to find X on a triangle. Instead of helping you pointed at the X on the paper and joked, “Wow Pete you need help with this? It’s right here.” You thought he’d quit with the puns after a few days. But it's just your luck that a few of the Avengers found Peter's puns funny and kept encouraging him. Or at the very least they just liked seeing Peter annoy you with each new pun he came up with. If it was anyone else making the puns you would have told them off by now, but he was your best friend.

Once Peter finished chatting with Bruce, he made his way over to you and Tony’s table. As you looked up from your work to say hi, Peter gave you the biggest grin. “Hey Y/N/N. Have you met the new kids at our school yet? Polly, Ethel, and Ian.”

You thought to yourself for a moment trying to remember if you had run into any new kids in your class. “There’s new kids? No, I -”, before you could finish, he cut you off.

“They’re recycling triplets.” Peter bit his lip trying not to laugh at his own joke. You let out a heavy sigh as you rolled your eyes at another one of his awful puns. You mumbled under your breath, "Awful Peter, worse than dad jokes."

Tony chuckles and shoots Peter a quick wink before calling to Bruce across the room. "Hey Banner, do you know any jokes about sodium?"

Bruce's eyes quickly flicked over to you before he turned to smirk at Tony. "Na. But do you want to hear a Potassium joke, Tony?”

A huge smile spreads across Tony's face, “K.”

You throw down your pencil with a loud groan as Tony, Bruce, and Peter laugh at your displeasure. You narrowed your eyes at Tony and Bruce, “Ugh not you two. Don’t you have any better jokes? You of all people should, Dad.”

Tony shrugged his shoulders and gave you an apologetic smile, “Sorry Y/N, all the good chemistry jokes Argon, Spiderling took them all.”

You dramatically push yourself away from the table, “That’s it I’m leaving!” Before you could finish gathering your stuff and marching out of the lab Peter blocked you. “Come on Y/N! You know these puns are good. I bet I can get you to laugh at one of my puns by the end of this weekend.”

You huffed out a laugh, “Ha, now that’s the funniest joke you’ve made in weeks. Good luck with that Parker.”

"I'm serious! How about if I win, you'll have to do my chores for the next two weeks." Peter extended his hand for you to shake. "Deal.", as you shook hands with Peter you added, "But when I win, you'll have to wear that Hello Kitty tourist outfit Tony got you to school. Good luck Webs, you'll need it."

As you walked out Peter called after you, "I'll get you to laugh at my jokes, Y/N! They're PUN-ny!"

Tony shook his head at Peter, "Underoos, you are so screwed."

Over the next few days, Peter tried extra hard to get you to laugh at his puns. His first attempt came later that evening. You were sitting in the kitchen with Steve enjoying a sandwich when Peter walked in. "Hey guys," Peter paused as his eyebrows knitted together.

Steve looked at Peter concerned, "Is there something wrong Peter?"

"Yeah, I heard a funny joke about a boomerang earlier that I wanted to share, but I can't remember it." Peter shot you a smirk.

Steve gave Peter a confused nod, "Oh ok Peter well let me know when you remember it. Do you have any other jokes?"

You and Peter both responded to Steve's question. Peter gave Steve a very animated yes completely ignoring your adamant no. "Cap, do you know what cakes and baseball have in common?"

Steve tapped his chin in contemplation, "Nope can't say I know. What do they have in common?"

"They both need a BATTER!" Peter threw his hands in the air as he exclaimed the pun, throwing a quick glance in your direction to gauge your reaction. You glared at Peter and booed him.

Steve shook his head at Peter and let out a chuckle, "That was pretty good."

You scoffed, "What? No, it wasn't! Don't you encourage him."

Peter filled Steve in on the bet you two had going on. Steve shook his head and smiled as he wished Peter good luck. "He's gonna need it. Better yet you should cut your losses now. I haven't laughed at your dumb puns before and I'm never in the future, Parker!" You stuck your tongue out at Peter as you made a quick exit before he could make another pun.

Peter's next attempt at making you laugh came during morning training. Natasha had just finished leading warm-up stretches when Peter walked up to her. "Hey Ms. Romanoff, have I ever told you that you're really easy to talk to." He made sure you could hear his voice from where you were drinking your water.

"No. When do we ever talk?" Nat responded flatly. You chuckled under your breath, giving him your full attention. You did not want to miss his train wreck of a pun delivery.

Peter began to get fidgety as he continued to speak to her. "Well, it is. Do you want to know why?"

"No." she responded her tone unchanging.

"Well ok." Peter gulped deciding to commit since you were giving him your full attention now. "But it's um cause you're a ballet dancer. And you know they always get the point." Natasha gave Peter an ice-cold stare. She knew about you and Peter's bet, the whole team knew at this point, and she had found the whole idea ridiculously amusing. Though it was far too early for her to be roped into helping Peter. As Nat continued to stare at Peter as he bounced on his heels. Peter cleared his throat, "Ok I'm just going to run laps now." As you caught up with Peter you made a whistling sound mimicking something falling followed by a mock explosion sound. Peter groaned before speeding up and passing you.

After that morning's rough pun attempt, Peter did some research on different puns he could tell you. Once he felt confident he went to find you. You were currently chatting with Wanda and Vision about what had happened in the tv show you guys were currently watching together and what would happen next after the commercials played. Well, you and Wanda were doing most of the chatting, Vision only spoke up when he was confused by a character's odd actions. He wasn't allowed to make guesses since he always figured out the plotline minutes into watching and accidentally spoiled things.

Peter sauntered into the common room parking himself directly in front of the tv, "Hey guys can I ask you a question?"

Wanda and Vision both greeted Peter, while you rolled your eyes at him knowing exactly what was coming. Vision nodded for Peter to continue, "Of course Peter, we'll try our best to answer."

A bright smile formed on Peter's face, "Awesome, ok so do know why robots never get afraid?"

"They have nerves of steel." Vision responded.

"Oh," Peter paused to look at Vision, "you've heard this one before?"

Vision nodded, "Yes, I am connected to the internet. I believe that pun is from kidadl.com."

Wanda rested her hand on Vision's shoulder as she turned to face him. "Oh Vis you could have let him finish the joke." Wanda gave Peter an apologetic smile, "It was a good pun, Peter."

You clicked your tongue and shook your head at Peter, "Wow even with the help of Google you can't find a good pun. Times running out Petey."

Peter narrowed his eye at you. "I still have time, just you wait."

"Yeah sure, now shh our show is back on." You waved Peter away with a cheeky smirk as he stormed out of the room.

Sundays were team meeting days; they were normally short 20 to 30-minute meetings unless there was a mission before or after the meeting. Plans for the week had been discussed so everyone was going around the table and discussing their week. You and Peter normally shared talking about your week since the two of you went to the same school and had a lot of the same classes together. You two would trade-off when talking about your own personal activities. Peter was currently talking about a club you weren't a part of. "I can't believe I almost forgot to mention! There was a kidnapping, it happened Thursday after school."

Steve's eyes widen, "What? Where you able to handle it?"

"Yeah, but don't worry, he woke up. Mr. Harrington is really upset since competitions are coming up, he wants everyone sharp." The team relaxed once Peter revealed his statement was just another pun.

Thor gave a roaring laugh as he patted Peter on the back causing him to lurch forward. "You had us there Man of Spiders!"

You shook your head at Thor's response, "Why must you encourage him. It's bad enough that he's telling puns."

Tony reached over and pinched your cheek, "Aww come on Scrooge, you wouldn't be so grumpy if you'd just appreciate one of Underoos jokes."

"Yeah Y/N/N, why don’t you give me a chuckle?" Peter gave you a gentle smile.

"I'll laugh when you do something funny." You gave Peter a fake smile.

After the meeting, Peter made a few more attempts at making you laugh at one of his puns. And not a single landed. Not even a single chuckled, ne'er a smile. Over the past two days, he tried cheesy ones, extra clever ones, and exaggerated his body language to get you to laugh at his delivery. Not a single one worked. He knew you didn't like puns, but he had managed to get everyone else in the Compound to chuckle at least at one of his puns.

It was drawing closer to the end of the weekend. Peter had maybe a few hours left to make you laugh. He did not want to wear that awful outfit to school. MJ and Ned would never let him hear the end of it, and he didn't even want to begin to think how Flash would react. If he couldn't make you laugh maybe he could get you to call off the bet.

Peter went to the common room to find you. "Hey Y/N, I have a hypothetical situation for you."

You groan expecting a pun. You were growing far too weary from all the puns Peter was making and had half the mind to say for him to call everything off, or at least hide out in your room… again. The first time didn’t go so well as Sam dragged you out of your room smiling ear to ear, claiming that it's cheating to hide. Sadly, you signed yourself up for this mess so you had to tough it out for the next few hours. "Um ok? What do you need?"

Peter rubbed the back of his neck as his eye flicked from looking at you and the ground, "So like hypothetically speaking what would it take for me to get you to call off the bet. Hypothetically speaking of course."

A small smirk formed on your lips, "Nothing. Sorry Petey, don’t be a sore loser." You thought to yourself, looks like you're not the only one who's getting exhausted from the puns.

"Come on Y/N, you don't mean that. Coooome oooooon. I don't want to wear that outfit to school. Flash is going to be a dick to me."

"If you want me to be nice you can just wear it whenever MJ and Ned come over. Ooo you know I think it would be the perfect outfit to wear on a date? When's yours and MJ's next date again?"

Peter scrunched up his face, "Now that's just evil!"

"Well, you should have quit while your ahead Webs!"

"Coooome oooooon. Please Y/N pleeeaasssse."

"Whining is not going to help you. I've put up with your awful puns for weeks! I've learned to tune you out."

"Please. Please. Please. Pretty please." Each please Peter gave you was accompanied by a random poke. You were able to ignore him until one of his pokes landed on the side of your stomach. Since you weren't paying attention you couldn’t brace yourself. A small giggle escaped as you swatted his hand away. "Ok cut it out! I'll think about it."

A small smirk formed on his face, "Oh? What was that? Did you just giggle?"

You crossed your arms trying to appear annoyed while subtly protecting your sides. "No. That was me just, you know, groaning at how annoying your voice is. I've had to hear it too much this weekend. Now go away." You raised your arm slightly to wave him off. Big mistake. Peter took the opportunity to give your side a quick pinch causing you to let out a muffled laugh.

"I wasn't talking that time." Peter gave you a knowing look.

With wide eyes, you jump off the couch in hopes of locking yourself in your room for the rest of the day. The moment your feet hit the floor Peter wrestled you to the ground.

"Noooo!" You ended up face down on the floor with Peter sitting on your upper back. Your arms were extended keeping you propped up. A playful tone laced Peter's voice as he questioned you, "Do you want to reconsider my hypothetical?"

"But Peter I think MJ would love your outfit. It's so- AH Peeeteeer!" Your snarky comment died at your lips as Peter swiped his fingers across the back of your neck.

"Wrong answer." Peter's hands dove between your arms. He scribbles into the hollows of your underarms. A loud bubbly laughter came pouring out of your mouth. Soon your arms gave out in favor of trying to block Peter's fingers from wiggling further into your sensitive skin.

"How did I never know you were ticklish! So, are you going to change your mind now?" Peter slowed his fingers for you to respond. You caught your breath between the few giggles caused by Peter's light pokes. "I'm going to enjoy seeing you Monday at school, Hello Kitty!"

Peter withdrew his hands from between your arms and scooted further down on your back. "Hey Y/N, how would you describe a pun about a pun?" You let out a groan before he could finish. "It's PUN-ishingly bad!" Peter grabbed your wrist and pinned them to your back. He used his free hand to tap up and down the back of your ribs, bouncing between both sides. "Peheeter! Noaht here!" Your feet drummed on the floor as Peter walked his fingers higher up your ribs.

Peter ignored your plea, "Wow! Listen to your laughter! I knew you'd like that one seeing as you’re a glutton for punishment." Peter switched to raking his fingers between each of your ribs on the right side of your back. His hand moved from the back of your ribs not blocked by your arm to the ends that touched the floor. "Why else would you put up with my puns for so long?"

You shook your head and tagged on your arms, "P-PleEhase Peeter!"

"I gave you an ultimatum." Peter's hand moved to your left side. He repeated the action at a faster pace causing your laughter to pitch up an octave. "Plus this is way more fun than telling you pun!" he raised his voice over your laughter.

Peter took notice that your breathing started to become uneven as he continued to wiggle his across your ribs. He stopped his attack and released your wrist. You took in deep breaths as you felt Peter's weight leave you back. Thinking Peter had enough of attacking you, you extend your arms to push you off the floor. In one swift motion, Peter hooked his arm around your waist and flipped you on your back. He repositioned himself on your waist and tucked your arms under his knees.

"Come oooon Peter", you tried to form a pout but the silliness of the situation got the better of you. It wasn't the worst thing in the world to currently be stuck in a one-sided tickle fight with your best friend. The constant puns were starting to get on your nerves, but this playful fight was definitely lifting your spirits.

"How you feeling Giggles? Ready to admit I won?" Peter smiled down at you.

You tugged at your arms once more. Still stuck, stupid super strength. "Why would I do that, you CHEATER!"

Before Peter could make a move Tony poked his head into the room. "Oh there you are, Spiderling. Question, do you know how many tickles it takes to make an octopus laugh?” You shoot your dad a pleading look. "Don't you dare."

Peter and Tony ignored you. Peter raised his hands over your stomach. His fingers wiggled as he slowly lowered them while he continued to talk to Tony. “No, Mr. Stark I don’t think I know. How many does it take?” Nervous giggles escaped your lips as you squired in anticipation.

Tony responded, “Ten tickles”, as he turned to leave you to suffer your ticklish faith.

Peter's hand landed on your stomach causing you to shriek. He poked and pinched at random places. “Ten tickles! Wow, did you hear that Y/N only ten tickles!" One of his hands formed into a claw that shook over the center of your belly. While the other continued to pinch along your side. "Though it takes way less to get you to laugh. Your way more ticklish than an octopus, aren’t you?”

Tears began to form in the corner of your eyes. Your laughter flowed freely as you squeaked out a response, “S-SHUT UP P-PETER! AH!” Your weak comeback was met with a chuckle from Peter. His hands traveled up to your ribs again, this time he showed no signs of stopping as he drilled his fingers into your lowest rib on both of your sides.

You couldn't take the ticklish shock waves anymore. You caved, "OKHAY! You Win!"

Peter's hands stilled, "Really?" You nodded your head too tired too from words.

Peter got off your waist and yelled to FRIDAY to announce that he had won and that he was done with puns, for now. You lay on the ground catching your breath, giggles sporadically left you as you came down for your ticklish high. Who knew your best friend could be so ruthless?

After a few minutes of resting, you heard Steve enter the room.

He looked down at where you and Peter sat, "Did I hear correctly? You won?"

Still a bit out of breath, you exclaimed, "Yeah but he cheated!"

Steve shook his head and smiled, "Are you two done in here, I want to use the tv?"

Peter nodded his head, "Yeah. But wait! You remember how I said I wanted to tell you a joke about boomerangs." Steve nodded for Peter to continue as he sat on the couch. "Well it just came back to me", Peter smiled proudly as you and Steve stared at him bewildered.

Your eyes widened as you shot upright from the floor, "Did you really wait 2 days to finish that stupid boomerang joke!"

Peter's grin grew as he turned to face you, "Ah so you did remember my first pun. Come on that one was funny! Plus, the extra layer of setup!" You playfully shoved Peter as he laughed at his own joke. Steve smiled down at both of you as he turned on the tv and took a sip of his coffee. None of Peter's puns ended up making you laugh on their own technically. Although some of them you found clever, but you'd never admit to his face.

[adarafaelbarba]

So as mentioned in my previous post about this bingo, my birthday is next month. And for that occasion I wanted to host another bingo! Like my last bingo in October 2021, this one will have moodboards to the squares. You don’t have to use them, but they’re there for inspiration, and can also be used in your fics as a “cover” if you’d like 🥰 I’m gonna have the moodboards up before the bingo starts on Monday 17th of January 😅

here are some rules:

1. It’ll start on January 17th and ends on February 17th at Midnight (Norwegian time)

2. Write one, ten or all of the fics. But don’t feel like you have to write them, this is a fun little writing exercise

3. You can write a head canon, ficlet, multi-chapter (one moodboard/square per fic) or a one shot. But please, if it’s longer than 500 words, put it under read more.

4. The fics can be fluff, smut, angst, etc if you feel like they would fit with the aesthetic of the moodboard you write for. Please remember to tag the fics with the right warnings before posting it.

5. Tag me when you post it, so I can keep tracks of the fics that are posted for this challenge and use the hashtag: #adarafaelbarbabirthdaybingo

6. Characters allowed (reader insert, oc, ships)

SVU:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Mike Dodds

Nick Amaro

Peter Stone

Odafin “Fin” Tutuola

Alex Cabot

Casey Novak

Olivia Benson

Amanda Rollins

Rita Calhoun

Kat Tamin

Elizabeth Donnelly

Other Raúl Esparza Characters:

Jackson Neill

Nevada Ramirez

Jonas Nightingale

Bryan Kneef

Frederick Chilton

Paul Mendelsohn

911 / 911 Lone Star:

Evan Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Maddie Buckley

Chimney

Hen Wilson

Bobby Nash

Athena Grant

Owen Strand

T.K. Strand

Grace Ryder

Judd Ryder

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Carlos Reyes

Tommy Vega

Mayans MC:

Miguel Galindo

Angel Reyes

Ez Reyes

Bishop Losa

Emily Thomas

Coco Cruz

One Chicago:

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Brian «Otis» Zvonecek

Joe Cruz

Stella Kidd

Gabby Dawson

Violet Mikami

Sylvie Brett

Emily Foster

Jessica Chilton

Gianna Mackey

Evan Hawkins

Jay Halstead

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Kevin Atwater

Erin Lindsay

Hailey Upton

Vanessa Rojas

Sean Roman

Kim Burgess

Connor Rhodes

Ethan Choi

Will Halstead

April Sexton

Crockett Marcel

Jeff Clarke

A Discovery of Witches:

Baldwin Montclair (Trystan and Peter’s version, but specify it 😅)

Matthew de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Diana Bishop

Miriam Shepard

Domenico

Sophie Norman

Nathaniel Wilson

Gallowglass

Satu Järvinen

Juliette Durand

Phoebe Taylor

Hamish Osborn

Chris Roberts

Ransome Fayrweather

Outlander:

Ian Murray

Frank Randall

Jamie Fraser

Clair Fraser

Briana Fraser Randall

Roger Mackenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser

Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts:

Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

James Potter

Newt Scamander

Young Dumbledore

Kingsman:

Eggsy Unwin

Roxy Morton

Harry Hart

Merlin

Charlie Hesketh

Percival

Lancelot / James Spencer

Ginger

Whiskey

Tequila

Characters from the King’s Men

MCU:

Thor Odinson

Steve Rogers / Captain America

Tony Stark / Iron Man

Dr. Bruce Banner / Hulk

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow

Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America

Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

Dr. Stephen Strange / Dr. Strange

T’Challa / Black panther (rip Chadwick 🥺)

Shaun / Shang-Chi

Xialing

Wenwu

Wong

Peter Parker / Spiderman (Tom, Toby or Andrew. But specify it 😅)

Clint Barton / Hawkeye

Wade Wilson / Deadpool

Scott Lang (Ant-Man)

Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel

Baron Helmut Zemo

Yelena Belova

Monica Rambeau

Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch

Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver

Charles Xavier / Professor X

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Druig

Makkari

Dane

Thena

Sersi

Ikaris

Ajak

Gilgamesh

Kingo

Phastos

Note: If there’s a character/fadom not listed, feel free to DM me.

7. No RPF/real person fic. No underage character (includes reader/ocs)

8. Please signal boost this post, regardless if you participate or not

9. Most important! Have fun! 🥰 Feel free to dm me with any questions or concerns

[spiderman-4]

Requests!!!

I typically write characters x male or non-binary reader but I’m open to writing x fr reader but they will usually be platonic. (Someone highlighted in green mean I will write them strictly platonic)

I do both nsfw and sfw stories and feel free to request either or both. 😁😁😁

I also usually write a top!reader or dom!reader so if you would like a sub or bottom reader please specify that in your request.

Rules for requesting:

Ships I write for

Theo x Liam (teen wolf)

Scott x Issac (teen wolf)

Nolan x Brett (teen wolf)

Mason x Corey (teen wolf)

Dean x Castiel (supernatural)

Tony x Steve (marvel)

Thor x Bruce (marvel)

Newt x Thomas (the maze runner)

Ian x Mickey (shameless)

Draco x Harry (Harry Potter)

Serius x Remus (Harry Potter)

Eddie x Steve (Stranger Things)

Will x Mike (Stranger Things)

Characters I will write x reader

Teen Wolf

Theo Reaken

Liam Dunbar

Scott McCall

Stiles Stilinski

Corey Bryant

Mason Hewitt

Jordan Parish

Aiden

Ethan

Derek Hale

Allison Argent

Lydia Martin

Malia Tate/Hale

Kira Yukimur

Marvel

Tony Stark

Steve Rogers

Peter Parker

Ned Leeds

MJ Jones

Bruce Banner

Theo Odinson

Loki Laufeyson

Pietro Maximoff

Wanda Maximoff

Clint Barton

Vision

T’Challa

Natasha Romenoff

Gamora

The Maze Runner

Thomas

Newt

Minho

Fypan

Winston

Galley

Shameless

Ian Gallagher

Mickey Milkivitch

Lip Gallagher

Carl Gallagher

Jimmy Steve

Kevin Ball

Liam Gallagher (PLATONIC ONLY)

Fiona Gallagher

Debbie Gallagher

Veronica

Supernatural

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

Castiel

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Hermione Granger

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Bill Weasley

Charlie Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Draco Malfoy

Neville Longbottom

Pansy Parkinson

Blaise Zabini

Stranger Things

Eddie Munson

Steve Harrington

Will Buyers

Mile Wheeler

Eleven “Jane” Hopper

Dustin Henderson

Lucas Sinclair

Max Mayfeild

Jonathan Buyers

Robin Buckley

[dangerousstrawberryshark]

Upcoming Projects

(There won't be specific days on when they will be posted. But Kinktober will be exempt.)

«⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕*⁕»

Sweet Pea x Male reader

Sebastian Stan x Male reader

Archie Andrews x Bullied Male reader

Reggie Mantle x Male reader

Yandere Superman x Male reader

Chris Evans x Trans male reader

Yandere Castiel x MR

Eddie/Venom x MR

Scott Lang x MR

Bruce Banner x MR

Geralt of Rivia x male reader

Ian x Mickey x Male reader

Jasper Hale x Vampire Male reader

Thor x Male reader

Karl Heisenberg x Male reader

Yandere Stefan Salvatore x Male reader

Jeremy Gilbert x Male reader

Scott Mccall x Male reader

Yandere Alpha Andy Barber x Omega Male reader

Alpha Peter Hale x Omega Male reader

Alpha Thor x Omega MR

Pietro maximoff x male reader?

Bucky Barnes x male reader

Hawks x male reader

Aoi Todo x dom male reader

Sub! Top Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers x Dom! Bottom Male reader

Loki x Dom! Bottom Male reader

Steve Rogers (before the serum) x male reader

Bakugo x Dom! bottom Male reader

Yandere Tom Holland x Male reader

Bruce Wayne x Son reader

Tony Stark x Husband reader

Eddie/Venom x male reader

Chris Redfield x male reader

Rick Grimes X Male Reader

Hulk x male reader

Carlisle Cullen x male reader

Sub! Top Henry Cavill x Power bottom male reader

Tom Hiddleston x male reader

Thor x male reader

Alfred x male reader

Chris Evans x male reader

Dom Bottom male reader x Sub top Chris Evans

Levi x M/R

Pyramid Head x male reader

Mark x male reader

Loki x male reader

Misha Collins x male reader (x Jensen Ackles?)

dominant and possessive tom holland x male reader

Peter x male reader

Dick Grayson x male reader

stepdad andy barber x male stepson reader

Chris Evans x Thicc male reader

Chris Evans x male reader

RDJ x Male reader

Kol Mikaleson x Male! reader

Mikaelson Brothers x Male Reader smut

Tim Drake x Male Reader

Steve and Bucky x male reader

Chris evans x Middle Eastern male reader

yandere Bucky Barnes x male reader

Scott Eastwood x male reader.

Chris Evan's x single! dad reader

Best Friend's dad! Dean Winchester x male reader

Alpha Ryan Reynolds x Omega husband reader

Isaac Lahey x male reader

Zac Efron x male reader

alpha Chris Evans x pregnant omega Male Reader

Stepdad Chris Evans x Stepson male reader

Steve Rogers x Muted Male Reader?

Alpha Robert Downey jr x Omega Male reader

Alpha Tom Hiddleston x omega male reader.

Alpha Ryan Reynolds x omega Husband reader

alpha Sebastian stan x omega male reader

ANDREW! SPIDERMAN X M! PREG MALE READER

Alpha Bucky Barnes x omega male reader

alpha Andrew Garfield x omega male reader

God! Andrew Garfield x chubby male reader

Jefferson x male reader

Lance Tucker x Male Reader

Peter B Parker x male reader

Stepdad!Henry Cavill x stepson reader

alpha Ben Barnes x omega male reader

Oscar x Trans male reader

Ari Levinson x assistant male reader

Alpha bucky x omega male reader

Dom Top Chris Evans x sub-bottom male reader

Chris Evans x middle eastern reader

Jock! Jack Andrich, Jock! Tom Holland, Jock! Shawn Mendes, Jock! Andrew Garfield and Jock! KJ Apa x Chubby male reader

King!Jack Andrich x male chubby reader

King! Ari x Prince Male reader

Chris Hemsworth x femboy male reader

Jock! Jack Andrich x manager! male reader

God! Jack x chubby male reader

JJ Maybank x Male Reader

Matt Murdock x male reader

Rafe Cameron x male reader

Matt Murdock x Steve Rogers x Male Reader

top! harry x bottom! male reader

John Krasinski x male reader

Beefy!bucky Barnes x male reader

Eternals!Reader x Ikaris

Stepbrother Dean Winchester x Stepbrother male reader

stepdad!ari levinson x reader

Derek morgan x ftm reader

Jonas Brothers x Young singer Male reader

[kilibaggins]

what i'll write

anything on this can be written as platonic

crossed out shows/pairings/characters means requests are closed for those specific things!

bold & italics means i am in the mood to write them!

⋆characters⋆

supernatural: castiel, charlie bradbury, crowley, dean winchester, sam winchester

marvel: bruce banner, bucky barnes, clint barton, drax, gamora, loki, mantis, natasha romanoff, nebula, nick fury, peter quill, sam wilson, steve rogers, thor odinson, tony stark, yondu udonta

the umbrella academy: luther hargreeves, diego hargreeves, allison hargreeves (s1 & s2 + au only), klaus hargreeves

misfits: nathan young, simon bellamy

the hobbit: ALL OF THORINS COMPANY !!!

jurassic park/world: ian malcolm, owen grady

the walking dead: daryl dixon, eugene porter, gabriel stokes, michonne hawthorne, rick grimes

⋆ships⋆

supernatural: castiel x dean winchester , crowley x dean winchester

marvel: sam wilson x bucky barnes , thor x bruce banner , thor x peter quill, steve rogers x bucky barnes , steve rogers x tony stark , and more! just ask! i love to mix and match random ships! even if i dont write x reader for a character i might write them with another character

the breakfast club: all ships within the club including poly ships

the umbrella academy: klaus hargreeves x dave katz , diego hargreeves x eudora patch

misfits: nathan young x simon bellamy

the hobbit: bilbo baggins x thorin oakenshield, bilbo baggins x kíli , bilbo baggins x bofur, and honestly any of the dwarves separately wth bilbo baggins

the walking dead: daryl dixon x rick grimes, eugene porter x abraham ford, daryl dixon x paul "jesus" monroe, michonne hawthorne x rick grimes, rosita espinosa x eugene porter, rosita espinosa x eugene porter x gabriel stokes, glenn rhee x maggie rhee, mercer x princess (and probably more just ask!!)

[theaawalker]

Quick query do you have a list of who and what you write for?

Fandoms I'll Write For

Marvel (not Iron Man, Starlord, Loki, Thor, Doctor Strange, or Hawkeye, Drax, Victor Creed, Antman, Adam Warlocke, AG's Spiderman, or Cyclops)

DCEU (not Peacemaker, Killer Croc, JL's Joker, RP's Batman, or anyone from Gotham except Jerome/Jeremiah Valeska)

Scream Queens (not Chad Radwell or Pete Martinez)

American Horror Story (only Murder House, 1984, Freakshow, and Cult)

Hunger Games (not Gale, Maymitch, President Snow, or Cato)

The Maze Runner (not Ava Paige, Jorge, or Janson)

My Little Pony

Once Upon A Time (not Hook, David, Rumple, Neal, Peter Pan, or Zelena)

Pacific Rim (not the sequel)

Twilight (not Seth, Edward, Carlyle, or Jasper)

Stranger Things (not Will Byers, Billy Hargrove, or Jim Hopper)

IT (2017, 2019, and tv series) (not Henry Bowers or Pennywise)

Jurassic Park/World (not Owen Grady or Ian Malcolm)

Jumanji (1997 & 2017)

Zathura (not the dad or robot)

Stand By Me (not Ace Merrill)

Girl, Interrupted (not Jared Leto's character)

The Black Phone (not the Grabber or Mr. Blake)

Teen Wolf (the film & series)

Equestria Girls

Teen Wolf (not Peter, Jackson, Theo, or Derek)

The Office (not Jim, Ryan, or Dwight)

Now You See Me (not Dylan Rhodes or Merritt McKinney)

Descendants (not Chad, Harry, Ben, Jay, or Carlos)

Sky High (not Zach or Speed)

Percy Jackson films (not Luke Castellan)

The Umbrella Academy (not Five)

TMNT (live action ver. only)

Dance Moms (not the final season)

Ender's Game

Wednesday (not Xavier, Tyler, or the Dean)

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse (not Mentor Peter Parker)

Unbreakable (not Hedwig or Dennis)

Big Hero 6

The Black Mirror

Dynasty (not Culhane, Adam, or Blake)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Spy Kids

Sharkboy & Lavagirl

Clue, Knives Out, & Glass Onion

Back to the Future (not Biff), Breakfast Club (not Bender), Sandlot, Stand By Me (not Ace Merrill), Mighty Ducks, The Outsiders (not Dally, Two-Bit, Randy, Bob, Steve, or Darry)

I’m willing to write imagines for underage characters so long as there's no romance (examples: hang out with the Losers Club at the barrens; go shopping with Eleven and Max; play baseball with Finney and Bruce). I’m allowed to deny any request and the longest I should take ever to write one is about 2 weeks. I’ll write smut, fluff, angst, poly relationships, LGBTQ+, etc. Generally most of my x readers are female unless stated otherwise.

What I won’t write-

I won’t write anything to do with rape, bestiality, necrophilia, incest, romance with anyone younger than 18, gun play, anything about poo(sexually), anything about urine(squirting is fine considering it’s not technically urine), age gaps. See guidelines for more details.

Thanks for reading❤️

-A.A. Walker

[redhoodssweetheart]

Redhoodssweetheart’s 1.7K Writing Challenge!

Hello everyone!  I reached 1.7K last night and then this morning I was back down to 1698.  But I thought “what the hell?” so I’m posting it anyway.  I’ve been wanting to host a writing challenge for a few months now and I was going to wait but when I hit 1.7K I thought what better excuse than to celebrate!

So here are the rules:

Three people per prompt, and you can choose up to three prompts to write for.  Please tell me what characters you will be writing for as well. 

Please make sure you check the list before requesting to make sure it’s still not full or already taken for a character you wish to write for.

You may do smut but please tag appropriately. No incest, rape, homophobia, racism, pedophilia.

A few of the songs are listed as Explicit.  They are meant for 18+ writers only.  Please don’t write anything 18+ if you yourself are not 18+.  

You do not have to be following me to enter.

This is also optional but please reblog so more people can see and possibly enter the challenge!

You can do multiple parts and please tag me in at least the first chapter.  And please use the hashtag: Redhoodssweethearts1.7KWritingChallenge.

You can send me an ask or a private message to request your prompt(s), but please don’t comment on this post to request.

It starts today (July 2nd) and you have until August 31st to post your story.  If for some reason you can’t complete it (I understand life can sometimes smack you upside the head unexpectedly) please let me know.  If you would like an extension I will grant it, but please let me know how long you need.

You can write for either MARVEL or DC, and the stories don’t need to be reader inserts, you could write about Dick x Kory or Natasha x Steve.  Or they can be purely platonic.

If you have questions please send me an ask and I will clarify anything you need me too.

Have fun!

PROMPTS:

AUs:

High School: batarella (Tim Drake)

College: internalsealpanic (Damian Wayne)

Alpha/Beta/Omega

Fairytale: howlingwolfqueen (Bruce Wayne), sailorsophiee (Bruce Wayne)

Mythology: jia-ren7 (Dick Grayson)

Coffee Shop: internalsealpanic (Dick Grayson)

Flower Shop: sailorsophiee (Bruce Wayne)

Tattoo Shop 

Soulmate

Historical: littleredwing89 (Slade Wilson and Jason Todd)

Hanahaki: butterysalt (Steve Rogers)

Supernatural/Paranormal 

Neighbors: unmotivatedwrit3r (Jason Todd)

Scenarios: 

Enemies to lovers: brightjimini (Jason Todd)

Friends to lovers: magicalbeanie (Duke Thomas)

Lovers to enemies

Accidental love confession: foenixphire (Jason Todd)

Fake Dating: pricetagofficial (Duke Thomas)

Masquerade ball: brightjimini (Jason Todd)

Secret lovers 

Opposites attract 

Dating App

Character A dying in Character B’s arms

Prank War: pricetagoffical (Kon)

Phone Swap

Quotes:

“Behave.”  “*Innocently* I always behave.”: internalsealpanic (Clark Kent) 

“I’m only doing that when Hell freezes over.”

“Go to hell!”  “Already been, it was too hot.”

“Make me.” 

“Get in the blanket fort *insert character here*!  We’re reliving our childhood tonight.”: foenixphire (Jason Todd)

“Did you kill someone?!”  “Not intentionally....”: bamboozled-corvid (Damian Wayne)

“Give me five minutes to come up with a good excuse to get us out of this.”

“You’re going to give me grey hair if you keep this up.”

“I swear to all that is good and pure in this world if you wake me up this early again they will never find your body.”

“It’s just a little bullet wound.” “Little bullet wound?! You’re bleeding out on my couch!”: pricetagofficial (Roy Harper)

“Give me one good reason why I should trust you?”  “Because I have never lied to you.”: butterysalt (Bucky Barnes)

“I’m in love with an idiot.”: jia-ren7 (Dick Grayson)

Songs:

Mayores ~ Becky G (Explicit, 18+)

Butter ~ BTS

OHMAMI ~ Chase Atlantic (Explicit, 18+)

La Vie En Rose ~ Edith Piaf: bamboozled-corvid (Damian Wayne)

Unthinkable ~ Cloudy June (Explicit 18+)

What a Man Gotta Do? ~ Jonas Brothers

Middle of the Night ~ Monsta X

Never Enough ~ Loren Allred

Float ~ Eric Nam

Nerves ~ DPR Ian

Voulez Vous ~ Mamma Mia! Cast Version

We Belong ~ Dove Cameron (Explicit 18+)

[ebaeschnbliah]

SHERLOCK’S  WEBSITE

‘Reading the document is the same as seeing the author’

This says a Chinese proverb (X). What does it mean then, when John tells Sherlock in A Scandal in Belgravia: ‘nobody is reading your website’?

SHERLOCK: I have a website. JOHN: In which you enumerate two hundred and forty different types of tobacco ash. Nobody’s reading your website.

Some more musings about Sherlock’s website ‘The Science of Deduction’ and its content below the cut ...

Just a little while later in the same episode - while he writes aboout the unsolved plane crash case in Düsseldorf ... ‘Sherlock Holmes baffled’ - John describes his own blog as Sherlock’s ‘living’.

JOHN: Look at that. One thousand, eight hundred and ninety-five. SHERLOCK: Sorry, what? JOHN: I re-set that counter last night. This blog has had nearly two thousand hits in the last eight hours. This is your living, Sherlock – not two hundred and forty different types of tobacco ash. SHERLOCK: Two hundred and forty-three.

‘This is your living’ is basically the same as ‘this is your life’. This is YOU. The way John describes Sherlock on his own blog, shapes how the public eye views the great detective. The same way as Dr Watson did in canon in his stories for The Strand. This fact becomes even more clear during the greenhouse scene in TAB. Although Dr Watson is aware that he doesn’t tell the truth about Holmes, he doesn’t change his stories about him either. 

HOLMES: .... as I have often explained before, all emotion is abhorrent to me. It is the grit in a sensitive instrument ... the crack in the lens. WATSON: Yes. HOLMES: Well, there you are, you see? I’ve said it all before. WATSON: No, I wrote all that. You’re quoting yourself from The Strand Magazine. HOLMES: Well, exactly. WATSON: No, those are my words, not yours! That is the version of you that I present to the public: the brain without a heart; the calculating machine. I write all of that, Holmes, and the readers lap it up, but I do not believe it.

If John’s statement ‘my blog is your living’ can be translated into ‘my blog is your life’ - my blog is YOU - what then can be said about John’s other comment, regarding Sherlock’s website ‘The Science of Deduction’, when he tells Sherlock: ‘nobody’s reading your website’? If the document, the blog, the website reflects the personality of the writer, the author and when nobody is reading Sherlock’s website because nobody is interested in its content ... doesn’t this translate into:  'nobody’s interested in who you really are’?  I assume one can indeed read it that way, because the plot confirms such a translation as well.

Oh, don’t worry. I know who you really are. I’m never off your website.  (THOB,  Dr Frankland)

If Dr Frankland knows who Sherlock really is, just by looking at his website - at Sherlock, the author -  maybe it would be a good idea to take a look as well. ... the same way Sherlock advices Kitty Riley in TRF: ‘Well, look at ME and tell me what you see ... you can just read what you need’. 

First of all, I’m not going to use the external internet website created for Sherlock BBC in this post. @possiblyimbiassed did already a detailed and very interesting analysis of it in ‘The Science of Reduction’. In the comments of that post I tried to exlpain the reasons for my doubts as to whether those external informations - as fascinating and tempting as they are - could lead to a solution for the story told on TV. Anyway, in this post I’m going to look at Sherlock’s website just as it is presented on screen. But what can be deduced about The Sciene of Deduction by using solely informations from TV? There’s not much to go on, one might say ... and as I’m no Sherlock Holmes either, I will most likely ‘miss almost everything of importance’, like John did with Carl’s shoes. But looking at Sherlock, the author, is definitely worth a try  ... :)))) 

The Science of Deduction

Sherlock’s website ‘The Science of Deduction’ can be seen already in the Unaired PILOT when he is about to answer requests from various people. The very first message he is just writing, is directed at his brother Mycroft who apparently contacted him in a somewhat ... ‘impossible situation’. Sherlock’s answer is a quote from canon, probably the most well known and often used statement of the great detective ... in canon as well as in many adaptations:

Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.  (The Sign of the Four)

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?  (The Sign of the Four)

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.  (The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet)

We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.  (Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans)

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. (Adventure of the Blanched Soldier)

Five more requests wait for Sherlock’s attention. His Inbox is indeed well filled ... at least six possible cases ...

Sherlock answers Gregson’s request about a ‘Church bell theft’. This done, he is clearly pleased about DI Lestrade’s not very informative message ‘Please call me’. When he is about to answer Jones request about ‘Samson and Del’, Mike Stamford and John Watson enter the room and Sherlock stops working through his Inbox. 

The next day Sherlock and John meet for the first time at Baker Street 221b. John mentions that he’d found Sherlock’s website the night prior but contrary to Sherlock’s big expectations, John isn’t much impressed (unlike Jeff Hope who thinks Sherlock’s Science of Deduction is brilliant). This scene happens in both versions - PILOT and ASIP - almost identically.

JOHN: Oh, I, um, looked you up on the internet last night. SHERLOCK: Anything interesting? JOHN: Found your website, The Science of Deduction. SHERLOCK: What did you think? JOHN: Quite amusing, I suppose. SHERLOCK: “Amusing”? JOHN: You said you could identify a software designer by his tie and – what was it? – a retired plumber by his left hand. SHERLOCK: Yes; and I can read your military career by your face and your leg, and your brother’s drinking habits by your mobile phone. JOHN: How? SHERLOCK: You read the article. JOHN: The article was absurd. SHERLOCK: But I know about his drinking habits. I even know that he left his wife.

Sherlock BBC, PILOT

One of the small and also strange differences between the two versions is the ‘identification’ text line from Sherlock’s website, quoted by John. In PILOT Sherlock refers to a plumber and his left hand and in ASIP to an airline pilot and his left thumb. “It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles” tells Holmes in The Man with the Twisted Lip and “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important” in A Case of Identity. A lot of such little, seemingly unnecessary modifications and inconsistencies can be found throughout this adaptation. Maybe they are indeed there for a reason?

JOHN: I looked you up on the internet last night. SHERLOCK: Anything interesting? JOHN: Found your website, The Science of Deduction. SHERLOCK: What did you think? JOHN: You said you could identify a software designer by his tie and an airline pilot by his left thumb. SHERLOCK: Yes; and I can read your military career in your face and your leg, and your brother’s drinking habits in your mobile phone. JOHN: How?

Sherlock BBC, ASIP

Why had the profession to be changed from plumber to airline pilot and the body part from hand to thumb, one wonders? Unless it’s because plumbers have to do with water and work down to earth or even underground. They install pipes/tubes or mend broken ones. By the way, in german language the phrase ‘install a pipe’ (ein Rohr verlegen) has the same meaning as the english ‘put up shelves’. Airline pilots on the other hand often tend to be situated high up above the clouds. Well, this sort of topic runs like a red thread throuout the whole story. And that strange change of profession isn’t the only ‘small’ modification from PILOT to ASIP either. 

(Strange little changes   Plumber musings)

Also interesting ... there are no visuals of Sherlock’s website in the official episodes ASIP and TBB. Only in the following episode, TGG, the viewer is able to take a first ‘official’ look at The Science of Deductions, when Sherlock writes his messages to the bomber. The look of his website has changed completely.

The Great Game: the first entry in the Forum is about Carl Powers shoes and botulinum toxin ... that’s the reason for food poisoning.  (Under the microscope)

Next time the website can be seen, is after Sherlock solved the second case and sends his congratulations regarding Ian Monford’s relocation to Columbia ...

And a third time when Sherlock has solved the murder of Conny Prince ...

There is no picture of Sherlock’s website connected to the fake Vermeer painting because this time Sherlock sends the solution not on his laptop but uses the pink phone dublicate instead (Yes, besides 2 Johns, 2 Faiths, 2 Charles, 2 serial killers, 2 empty houses, 2 flights of the dead, various pairs, doubles, twins ... etc, etc ... there are also 2 pink phones present in Sherlock BBC). Anyway, the Science of Deduction can be seen again when Sherlock suggests a meeting with the bomber at the same pool, where once little Carl died, to hand over the stolen missile defence plans ...

There’s no picture of Sherlock’s website in ASIB. The Science of Deduction turns up only in the two short but very interesting pieces of dialogue between John and Sherlock with which I started this post.

John utters the opinion that their clients come to Baker Street just because of his blog. Sherlock reminds him that he too has a website. John then mockingly mentions Sherlock’s analysis of 240 different types of tobacco ash on said website and adds ‘nobody is reading your website’. Sherlock is clearly offended and corrects the number of tobacco ashes from 240 to 243. Some time later John raises the tobacco-ash topic once more, proudly refers to his own blog - and the 1895 hits on it - and tells Sherlock ‘this is your living’.

The next visual presentation of the website can be seen in THOB, when Sherlock shows John the Inbox message of little Kirsty about her vanished, luminous rabbit Bluebell ...

In the same episode Sherlock tells Mrs Hudson that a ‘little blog on the identification of perfumes’ can be found on his website. It turns out that Sherlock hasn’t only extensive knowledge regarding ash, he also knows a lot about perfumes.  (Perfumes in Sherlock BBC by @gosherlocked ) 

The HOUND-episode is also the one in which Dr Frankland tells Sherlock: ’I know who you really are. I’m never off your website’. The Baskerville scientist knows John’s blog as well and is a bit confused that Sherlock isn’t wearing the deerstalker hat, as shown there.

The Science of Deductions turns up next in TRF, in an newspaper article about the recovery of Turner’s masterpiece, the ‘Falls of the Reichenbach’, that Sherlock was able to recover (last line on the left column).

Sherlock’s website is mentioned a last time in TSOT. Not on Sherlock’s laptop but on John’s phone. Mary suggests that John should go on a case with Sherlock. John opens The Science of Deduction on his own phone and asks Sherlock to pick a case from his already ‘bursting Inbox’. Sherlock chooses The Bloody Guardsman. Sadly it’s impossible to get a clear shot of the small mobile-screen. (John’s blog stops at TSOT by @gosherlocked)

THE LOOK

Blue is the main colour Sherlock has chosen for his website ... shades of different blue ... a dark midnight blue and the skyline of a city by night can be dimly seen in the background and - a little bit clearer - on both sides. 

As Sherlock Holmes is one of London’s most popular characters, it’s easy to assume that the skyline used for his website is that of GBs capital. With this in mind, the water in the bottom right corner, that can be seen rather good on the first pic above, should be the Thames and the shallow arch above it, most likely one of its many bridges. On the opposite site, in the upper left corner, next to the small, pale tower and right behind the ‘The’ of the website’s headline, the vast vault of Saint Paul’s Cathedral can be dimly seen (the view is better on a TV screen). 

If one connects the images of river and bridge on the left with St Paul’s on the right, I guess the background of Sherlock’s website could be a panorama photo similar to the one below. That’s a view from the Southbank of the Thames with Blackfriars Bridge in the foreground. And this location does play a role in the story ....

Blackfriars Bridge is located between Southwark Bridge and Waterloo Bridge. The name derives from Black Freres ... the French 'frère' meaning 'brother'. This referes to the black habits of the Dominican monks. A monk is also called a brother, a nun is also called a sister and the opposite of a ‘black brother’ would be a (ghostly) ‘white sister’. Just saying. :) 

(The Roads we walk   Vatican Cameos   A Christmas Tale)

As mentioned above, this particular cityscape plays a role in Sherlock BBC. It’s a crime scene from TGG. 

SHERLOCK: View of the Thames. South Bank – somewhere between Southwark Bridge and Waterloo.

At this place, Alex Woodbridge was found, the security guard and hobby stargazer, killed by the Golem, in the Vermeer case ... the same case which doesn’t turn up in the messages on Sherlock’s website because he uses the pink phone and conveys the solution verbally. Viewed metaphorically ... he speaks through the heart.

Blue is the colour of the sky ... high up, where the aeroplanes fly. Blue is also the colour of the water, deep down below ... where powerful emotions run freely and London is Sherlock’s city. The country, the city, the houses, even cars are closely linked to the famous detective. They seem to represent his ‘body’. 

Just put me back in London. I need to get to know the place again, breathe it in – feel every quiver of its beating heart.  (Sherlock, TEH)

Brother Mycroft IS government and ‘queen’ at the same time. There are all kinds of networks above and below ground and steam trains run behind fake facades. Saint Paul’s Cathedral and the river Thames are often special eye-catcher. The coat of arms ... with dragon, lion and Saint George’s cross ... make their appearance as well as the great fire of London in 1666, the Isle of Dogs and the Greenwich pips. ‘Transport’ goes from standstill to movement ....

666-The number of the beast   Every quiver of his beating heart   Saint Paul’s Cathedral   Still at the centre of the web   From standstill to movement 

WEBSITE ... A SITE FOR THE WEB

Sherlock has a website .... John has a blog. Why the difference? Both men, Sherlock and John, are given strongly internet-related nicknames ... Hat-man and Robin:The web detectives ... Sherlock & John: Blogger Detectives. Sherlock is also called ‘Net Tec’ and ‘net phenomenon’. What’s the difference between Blog and Website:

BLOG:  The word ‘blog’ is short for ‘weblog’ (web=net + log=logbook), jokingly broken into the phrase ‘we blog’. A blog is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries. Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page. 'Blog' and 'blogging' are now loosely used for content creation and sharing on social media, especially when the content is long-form and one creates and shares content on regular basis. (X)

WEBSITE:   The word website consists of web=net + site=place. Literally web-site means ‘a place in the net’. A website can be used in various fashions: a personal website, a corporate website for a company, a government website, an organization website, etc. Websites can be the work of an individual, a business or other organization, and are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web. (X)

Of course, the word ‘web’ immediately reminds me of Jim Moriarty. The spider at the centre of a criminal web, woven with thousands of threads and Jim knows precisely how each and every single one of them dances. Sherlock is going to monitor the underworld in order to notice every quiver of that web, so he will notice when the spider makes his move. 

As mentioned above, all kinds of networks - above and below ground - play a major role in Sherlock BBC. There are Mycroft’s people, his agents and spies. There are terrorists who threaten London with a massive attack. General Shan has a vast network with thousands of operatives and Sherlock calls it ‘a cult’. A surveillance web is closing in on Baker Street, their attention focussed on Sherlock. An Underground network as well as an underground network runs below the surface of the big city. A secret cult of revenging birdes meets in the crypt of a desanctified church. Sherlock is convinced that the ‘world is woven from billions of lives, every strand crossing every other. What we call premonition is just movement of the web. If you could attenuate to every strand of quivering data, the future would be entirely calculable, as inevitable as mathematics’. So many threads - linked and interwoven - they create a web, a net .... a web-net. Basically, that’s exactly how brains work as well. Every brain is a very vast and highly functional biological network ... and Sherlock’s is faster than most ‘... still catching up with my brain. It’s terribly fast’.

Recent models in modern neuroscience treat the brain as a biological computer, very different in mechanism from an electronic computer, but similar in the sense that it acquires information from the surrounding world, stores it, and processes it in a variety of ways. Neurons typically communicate with one another by means of long fibers, which carry trains of signal pulses to distant parts of the brain or body. (X)

And then there's also Sherlock’s ‘own’ network ... the ‘homeless network’ it is called. According to Sherlock, it is ‘indispensible and faster than the police’. Those group of people is based on the Baker Street Irregulars from canon. There, in Victorian London, they are street boys, sometimes employed by Holmes to run errands for him. Holmes speaks of them as ‘division of the detecitve police force’. Dr Watson describes them as ‘little scoundrels’ and ‘half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on’. 

While the idea of homeless people who sometimes assist Sherlock in his cases is taken from canon, the name - homeless network - is not. Names are always important in this story. So basically, what is a homless network? It is a network that has no home. At times it is usefull for Sherlock and he pays them for their help. In a way this reminds me of Eurus. She says abut herself: 'to remember everything one just needs a big enough hard drive’. Her intellectual abilities are also of occasional use for the government. In return she requires treats. Similar to Sherlock’s homeless network, Eurus has no home either. She lost it long ago in her childhood days. Sherlock has a website ... a site, a place in the web ... but only very few people are interested in it. Actually just Jeff Hope and Dr Frankland as it seems. Sherlock has a homless network ... a network without a home. 

The women of the ‘cult’ from TAB first gave me the idea that all those dangerous groups ... agents, spies, terrorists and the various networks ... could actually be metaphors for something that happens inside Sherlock’s mind. That all those groups represent the awakening of emotional stirrings ... desires, fears, impulses ... that haunt the great detective. There seem to be aspects of Sherlock’s personality which he views as rightous criminal and puts them behind padded walls or elephant glass. Others are just annoying and distracting. Some he ignores most of the time because he considers them to be irrelevant for his system. Some have no home, although they turn out to be usefull now and then. Then something unexpected happens ... something new is coming ... and this marks the beginning of a change of perception in Sherlock Holmes, maybe a revolution.

The reptile in 221b   Underground networks    AGRA-Under the sign of four   Eurus, the emotional memory & The cold war by @raggedyblue

FOUR MESSAGES and a GAP 

Four messages can be read on Sherlock’s website. All of them are from TGG, related to four of the five cases, written by Sherlock and directed at ‘the bomber’. As it turns out at the end of the episode, this person is none other than Jim Moriarty, the spider in the centre of the web. 

FOUND. Pair of trainers belonging to Carl Powers (1978-1989). Botulinum toxin still present. Apply 221b Baker St.

Congratulations to Ian Monkford on his relocation to Columbia.

Raoul de Santos, the house-boy, botox.

xxx

Found. The Bruce-Partington plans. Please collect. The Pool. Midnight.

Only one of the cold cases is not mentioned on Sherlock’s website, because Sherlock uses the pink phone duplicate, sent to him by the bomber in a strong box at the beginning of the ‘great game’, to submit his message. Sometimes it is useful to ‘mind the gap’ as Sherlock says. Sometimes that, what is left out, is just as important as that, what is there. The ‘gap-case’ is the one about the fake Vermeer painting, whose forgery was first noticed by security guard and hobby stargazer Alex Woodbridge, murdered because of it by the Golem. His body was found at the Southbank of the Thames near Blackfriars Bridge ... the same location Sherlock uses as background for his website. Sherlock discovers and proves the truth due to the display of an impossible supernova on the painting. 

A picture pretends to show a scene from the past, but the massive explosion painted on it reveals, that the picture has actually been created much more recently. That massive explosion had never happened in the past.

The bomber’s hostage in the Vermeer case is a kid who is never shown on screen. The little boy transmittes a countdown from 10 to 1, that mirrors Sherlock’s own countdown in TFP (Countdown) while the boy’s plea for help mirrors that of the girl on the plane and also that of Victor Trevor, the boy in the well near Musgrave Hall. Victor Trevor and Musgrave Hall represent two canon stories -  The Adventure of the Gloria Scott and The Musgrave Ritual - both set in Sherlock Holmes’ university time, long before he met Dr Watson. Both cases lead back to a time ‘where Sherlock began’.

(Why Victor Trevor was turned into a child by @sagestreet)

THE HOUND & THE GUARDSMEN

Little Kirsty Stapleton’s cry for help in THOB to ‘please, please, please’ find Bluebell, her vanished, luminous rabbit, marks the beginning of the HOUND case. Chemistry, triggered by the pressure of feet, fills the air and drives everyone exposed to it, crazy. Love is in the air .... At the end Jim Moriarty (Mr Sex) walks free, released from his cell by Mycroft Holmes himself ... 

Private Stephen Bainbridge’s request in TSOT, regarding a mysterious stalker, marks the beginning of the GUARDSMEN case. Jonathan Small (literally: Jonny Little), a brilliant, ruthless monomaniac (who strongly reminds me of Jim Moriarty), stabbs guardians/facades with a ‘meat dagger’. At the end Mary Watson is pregnant ... ‘stabbed’ by ‘Johnny boy’ (Hamish=James) Watson ... the HOUND hidden behind the facade of the facade .... Matroshka ‘poppets’ indeed.

“Mary – lots of love ... poppet ... oodles of love and heaps of good wishes from CAM.”  (Telegram from Magnussen, keeper of the deepest and darkest secrets and scandals,TSOT)

THE BLUEBELL COMPANIONS

Alongside little Kirsty’s message about Bluebell there appear two more requests on the Inbox page of Sherlock’s website (they can be easily read on TV screen). In films neiter images and certainly not texts appear on screen out of coincidence. Pictures are there for certain reasons, even if it’s just for the purpose of a fitting decoration. Texts on the other hand are much more specific. Someone must have had the idea to put it there and someone had to create the image. Especially the makers of Sherlock BBC have repeatedly mentioned that everything that appears on screen has its meaning. With this in mind, what can be deduced about those two earlier requests in Sherlock’s Inbox?

1- Please help victims of China earthquake. It costs just 5p. 

China - right from the beginning a certain ‘easterly’ theme appears and runs from there throughout the whole story like a red ribbon until the moment the Eastwind finally approaches in the shape of Eurus. In a metaphorical reading I connect the East to emotions and memory. 

An earthquake is a sudden outburst of held back and bottled-up energie. When the pressure gets too high it results in a violent release of that energy. Explosions .... rocks crack, the earth shakes. Earthquakes can trigger landslides, volcanic activity or cause a tsunami. Major changes are also often referred to as ‘earthquakes’.

Costs of 5p ... A penny (p) is a coin and a unit of the britisch pound (£), the official currency in the UK (a currency Sherlock doesn’t know how to spend?). 5p is money. The saying goes that time is money. A minute is a unit of time. Viewing it in reversed order ... money is time = 5 penny are 5 minutes. ‘It took her (Eurus) just five minutes to do all of this to us.’

Reading it that way, a possible translation of the first request in Sherlock’s Inbox could be:  “Please help victims of emotional upheaval. It takes just 5 minutes.”  :)

2- Re. Mudchute Query

Mudchute is a railway station situated in the Millwall area on the Isle of Dogs. The name Millwall has its source in the large number of windmills built on the river wall in the 19th century. They were needed to ground corn and wheat into flour that was brought along the Thames. The original station was located on an old Victorian railway line that had been disused for many years. An elevated station opened 1987. When the line was extended under the Thames, the station was rebuilt close to the tunnel entrance. It opened 1999 and was finally completed 2009. The station was originally intended to be named Millwall Park but then renamed in Mudchute, refering to the engineering overspill when Millwall Dock was being created in the 1840s. (X)

Basically ... the second request in Sherlock’s Inbox is about a query regarding a railway station, built in the Victorian area at a place linked to mills (♪ Remember the maid ... the maid of the mill ...♪, TAB), disused for years, rebuilt and elevated, named, renamed ... until it was completed in 2009, the same year the Unaired Pilot was created. Well .... that sounds a bit ... familiar?

PERFUME AND TOBACCO ASHES

Appart from Sherlock’s cold case messages addressed to Jim Moriarty and two requests from - Kirsty Stapleton and Stephen Bainbridge - there are only two other entries on The Science of Deduction ... Sherlock’s own analysis about perfumes and tobacco ashes. Basically that’s about ... scent/smell and fire residues.

SCENT:  From Kasbah Nights to Claire de la Lune, perfumes play a significant role in this story and Sherlock is a true expert in smellig and recognizing the different brands. The first thing that comes to mind, related to the word ‘scent’ is a dog - more precisely a scent dog. One of the most prominent representatives of that breed is the Bloodhound. And it is well known that Sherlock Holmes is indeed compared to a blood hound in ACDs The Sign of Four. That same quote has been adopted in TEH (Sherlock the Bloodhound), it appears on John’s Blog and is read by Mary. But in Sherlock BBC the bloodhound isn’t only linked to Sherlock himself. The HOUND is also connected to John Watson, Jim Moriarty, Victor Trevor, Eurus and Redbeard the Irish Setter, also a scent dog.  

(The dogs in Sherlock’s mind palace  The bloodhound in his hands   Transformation of Redbeard  and the ‘Follow the dog’ series by @sagestreet​)

FIRE RESIDUES:  Sherlock has an extensive knowledge regarding tobacco ashes. This characteristic has also been taken from canon.

I have made a special study of cigar ashes—in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject. I flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand, either of cigar or of tobacco.  (ACD, A Study in Scarlet)

In TSOT drunken Sherlock proclaims loudly ‘Ash! I know ash!’  Almost the same words (‘I know human ash’) uses the guy from ASIB, whose aunt had been among the plane crash victims in Düsseldorf (’Sherlock Holmes baffled’). In the same episode Sherlock steals an ashtray from Buckingham Palace. In TEH Sherlock’s return from hiatus is underlined with at least half a dozen scetches of phoenixes, rising from the ashes, at the walls of the Landmark Restaurant. Another bird that has great resemblance with a phoenix can be found on Brenda’s gravestone at Musgrave Hall  (Among the funny gravestones).

Ash is the residue of a fire damage. Fire and burning is one of the main themes in Sherlock BBC. From Jim’s threat to burn Sherlock’s heart out to the gingerbread man burned to a crisp, from John’s Guy Fawkes bonfire to Sherlock’s admission ‘I’m burning up’, from the Baker Street living room in flames to the great fire at Musgrave Hall ... not to mention all the exploding or not quite expoding bombs throughout the show ... fire anf burning is never far away in this story.  

(Love is a burning thing   A case ablaze   Set this house on fire by @gosherlocked)

TOBACCO ASHES ... CHEMISTRY BURNED

Tobacco s the common name for plants belonging to the Nicotiana family. It contains the highly addictive stimulant nicotine. The dried leaves of the plant are mainly used for smoking in cigars, cigarettes, pipes, etc ... Nicotine is a widely used legal drug. The burning of tobacco results in smoke and the residue left behind is ash. Sherlock knows ash. Interestingly and unlike to canon, in this modern adaptation Sherlock doesn’t simply know ‘any known brand of cigar or tobacco ash’, he has analysed exactly 243 different types of those ashes and he explicitly corrects the number 240, cited by John. Is this seemingly unimportant correction just there to emphasise Sherlock’s annoyance over John’s mockery or is maybe another meaning hidden behind that corrected number?

243 ... ‘This is your living, Sherlock – not two hundred and forty different types of tobacco ash’ - ‘243!′

243 different types of tobacco ash are not Sherlock’s living. 243 different, tobacco products - burnt to ashes - are not Sherlock’s life.

As mentioned above, tobacco contains nicotine and nicotine is a drug. Viewing Sherlock BBC on a metaphorical level ... all drugs are chemistry and chemistry is love. The chemistry of love, burnt to ashes ... 243 times over. Hmmmm ....  Then an idea hit me and I asked Google a question:

This answer is from January 2020. The first official series of Sherlock BBC aired 2010 and the Unaired Pilot has been produced in 2009. I seem to recall that the first and the second series have been accepted by the BBC at the same time and since 2009 several more Sherlock Holmes adaptations have seen the light of day (Guy Ritchie Holmes, Elementary, New Russian Holmes, Miss Sherlock, Mr Holmes, Sherlock Gnomes, Holmes&Watson, Enola Holmes ... to name just a few). 

Could it be that the number of different tobacco ashes, analysed by Sherlock, mirrors the number of different adaptations about the famous detective? Sherlock Holmes ... reborn again and again with each adaptation, like a phoenix from the ashes, and yet he was never able to live a full life ... including emotions, love and sex?

‘All lives end. All hearts are broken’, that’s what Mycroft tells Sherlock in ASIB. Chemistry burned to ashes in an endless row. ‘So many days not lived, so many words unsaid’ ... says Eurus in TFP and referes to the coffin whose lid is adorned with a brass plate, I LOVE YOU, written on it  (A coffin for love). You are absolutely right  @loveismyrevolution with your idea of Sherlock standing between two ‘angels’ in that scene, although I would rather call them ‘choices’. Because this scene has great resemblance with the three solutions/choices Sherlock has to choose from after the event on Barth’s roof  (Solutions or choices). 

At that time Sherlock is confronted with two elemental forces ... love and sex. The one is represented by Molly (mirror for John) and the other one by Jim Moriarty, Mr Sex. Sherlock chooses neither one of the two. He backs away and walks a third path. He decides to live a celibate life - married to work - solely dedicated to reason and intellect, represented by Mycroft. That’s why he needs to create a strong facade to hide his true feelings for John. But then, unexpected and without noticing it at first (delayed action stabbing), even this facade gets ‘penetrated’ by John. Love (Rosie) is conceived and this changes everything. (Changing of the guard)

After the first shock (shot), Sherlock starts to go deeper into himself than ever before. He repeats the investigations about himself (the pink case) from a different perspective. Everything that happens in S4 reflects, in one way or another, occurances from S1-S3 ... arranged differently and some new actors are added. For example: the morgue-scene in TLD is a mirror of Sherlock’s fall in TRF ... it’s another Reichenbach. Eurus’ five tasks of Sherrinford seem to be a sort of ‘final distillate’ of Sherlock’s repeated analysis. In the coffin-scene Sherlock is once more confronted with a choice. This time though SEX is excluded. Sherlock has to choose between LOVE or BRAIN. And just as he did after the ‘first’ Reichenbach, Sherlock tries again to back away. At that stage though Eurus doesn’t let him. Sherlock’s emotions force him to go back to the very beginning, to find the truth. What that truth is and what consequences will come from it .... is still untold in this story, as I read it. There’s a final distillation but not a final solution at the end of S4.

“This is your living, Sherlock ... not 243 different types of tobacco ash” 

... says John, refering to his own Blog. But is this really the truth? The counter on John’s Blog stops at 1895 in ASIB and the text entry, read by Mary in TEH, is a quote from canon. Already in the first series, in TBB, Sherlock asks John - his blogger/biographer - to pass him the pen and near the end of S4, in TLD, John’s Blog has ‘gone a bit downhill’ and people actually think it's Sherlock’s Blog. This leaves the question: is Sherlock taking over the narrative of his own story now? What kind of story will it be? How will it end? Will Sherlock have to make a third choice in the future? A choice between Dr Watson, the ‘fixed point in a changing age’ and John Watson, who could be so much more than just an ‘eternal’ friend? After all, there are two Faiths in the story, two serial killers and Hamish (Jim, Mr Sex) hides right in the middle of John (H) Watson ... at the very centre of the web, one might say. 

Two times John    Pairs-Twins-DoubleOHs   Double OH seven Bond Air is go   The big question   and an excellent explanation of the idea about ‘Two-John’s’ in the comments on this post by @lukessense

Will Sherlock BBC turn out to be one more adaptation that ends as a ‘missed oportunity’ ... one more chemistry burned to ashes .... another sample of tobacco ash for Sherlock to analyse and add to his list? Or will it be different this time? Something new ... something big? Will it be the story about the emotional and sexual awakening of the literary character Sherlock Holmes? 

Only the future will tell ....

Thanks for reading and thanks @callie-ariane for the scripts.

February, 2021