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#just to unwind and get back into a more writing headspace
pushingdaisies1 · 2 years
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𝘞𝘪𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵!!
Hi hello! This is gonna be part of a request I’m doing that has been sitting in my inbox. One of them that I’ve been spending a lot of my time on. Though the headcannons list will have more characters included.
Thankfully , I have been getting more things under control with deadlines. So I’ll be starting to post things I have planned and fixing up a couple other parts of my account. Wish me luck yall that nothing else annoying comes up. On to the work in progress!!  ➜
⇢ ˗ˏˋ ᴄᴀʟᴇʙ ᴡɪᴅᴏɢᴀꜱᴛ ࿐ྂ ・ That night originally was so peaceful , staring out at the moon lit sky with some of your other friends. Though as you conversed , you never expected to have everything get turned upside down. It  was all so fast , not being able to call for the others happily asleep tore you apart. ・ Trying to fight off your captors was a struggle , you thinking the four of you could easily get away. But no , you overstepped and it ended in the bunch of you getting taken away. Not without some battering in the process. ・ You didnt know where you were , trying so hard to break free from the manacles that trapped you. Never stopping to find a way out. Your fighting senses were not very much welcomed by your captors. They picked right through you and your friends. ・ Sadly you got dealt the short end of the stick with Yasha. Spending a majority of your time being captured , getting your absolute shit rocked. All of it was a blur , only remembering the beating that came to you. ・ The coldness of the stone under you welcomed you into sleep. Staying unconscious with Yasha as well due to the Shepherds. If you WERE conscious , you would have known of the entrance of your friend plus a couple newbies coming in to save you and the others. ・ After they dealt with everything , and were able to open up Jester and Fjords cell they found you and Yasha’s. The others decided to have a search around the Iron Shepherd’s base , Caleb decided to sit that out. Instead staying behind with the “out like a light” you and Yasha. ・ Seeing you , so hurt and bruised sent something through him. With how much he’s known you (I imagine the same as much as he’s known Nott) , it sent a feeling of urgency through him. It wasn't like he was scared shitless before , but that made him feel that pit plummet, ・Laying there as the others went to go search around , he couldn't stop looking over at you. Those embers grew more and more , becoming a fire in his chest. What was this? , he hadn't really felt it in a while. What was this urgency? You were another one of his companions , why was he feeling all warm on the inside? ・Just like with Astrid and Eadwolf before , that fire enclosed in his torso blazed to high heaven. This stood out to him , and the repeating's of “no no no no…” trailed along in his avoidant mind. He could bare to rid you with the burden of him being in-love with you. A lot had happen in only a couple days , which led him to lie to himself. ・He halted his flooding in paranoia to a stop. Taking a breath in , he can think about this later and let it tare him apart. Now he just has to wait for the others to come back. He went on to clear his mind , rattling on now to the unconscious Yasha next to him. It could all be solved with time.
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nalyra-dreaming · 5 months
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Holy shit?!
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“Louis is still fighting to get to something, to unlock the memories that have curiously evaded him. "The pursuit of memory and truth is the driving force this season. It motivates Louis to get to where we're going to get to by the end of it," said Zaman. "Season 1 proved that his memory's completely shot in lots of ways, but who, or what, did that — that's the question I think we're going to have to answer."…
“It all begins with Louis, a textbook unreliable narrator, though Jones and Anderson both bristle a bit at the term. "One self delusion knits itself to the rest of your life," Jones said. He argued that Louis' memory might be "80-90 percent" correct, though it only takes one mistaken detail to muddle a timeline and cancel someone out entirely. "To unwind that, you call into question all this stuff. It doesn't mean that all this stuff isn't right. It's just this thing has altered it a little bit."
To Anderson, Louis' unreliability matters less than the vivid reality of his feelings. "It's not necessarily that Louis is a quote-unquote unreliable narrator," he said. "He is, because what he's saying is completely subjective. But I think it has just as much to do with how something felt, the feeling of a person or the feeling of an experience, than it is him actively trying to deceive anybody." That comes out most strongly in Dubai, particularly in the second season. "He's really, genuinely trying to find the closest thing to an objective recalling of events that he possibly can."…
“I like writing for Sam Reid, and I think in terms of how this thing is structured and what's going on in this headspace, it wasn't a big leap to go, 'Oh, he's haunting. He's inside Louis,'" Jones said. When we see Lestat at the beginning of the season, he manifests as what Anderson and Reid referred to as "dream Lestat" — not quite himself, not quite a ghost, not quite a memory, but some blend of all three, filtered through Louis' guilt and grief.
"Who is Louis remembering, and how is Louis remembering [Lestat] is always on my mind," said Reid when we first spoke at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in February. "I'm always thinking about it, and I'm always talking about it, much to the chagrin of pretty much everyone." (From across the table we were crowded around, Anderson heckled, "I can vouch for that.") Later, when we met one on one over Zoom, Reid elaborated, "Louis is speaking to himself, so he speaks like Louis. But he's also speaking to Lestat, and he's choosing to speak to Lestat when he's speaking to himself." The first time we see Lestat in Season 2, he materializes before Louis as a gory vision during a moment of mental deterioration, vengeful and overbearingly loving all at once. What was already a blurry line between the ex-lovers has now become indistinguishable.“…
“With dream Lestat assuming a number of dispositions, all dictated by Louis' headspace, separating dream Lestat from the real Lestat was crucial to Reid. "It's clear that Louis is putting the words into his mouth," Reid said. "Who's the guy that he's forced to see looking back at him, saying the words that he thinks he should be saying?" The presence of dream Lestat means that the state of the real Lestat is unclear when the season opens, but becoming this slightly unreal version of his character built on the groundwork Reid had already been laying. Going back to the first season, he often rejected Anderson's impulse to play their scenes together as if they were true. "I know this is not how this happened," he said of Louis' version of events, "which allowed me to kind of lean into the more sow's ear version of Lestat in specific moments, because I knew that we might be revisiting them."…
“For Claudia, Lestat's influence will always linger. "That's his daughter," Hayles said simply. "He doesn't need to be a ghost. He's in her." Louis and Claudia know each other inside and out, and Louis' love for Claudia is all-encompassing, but she sees the writing on the wall the moment he meets Armand: What happened with Lestat will happen again as Louis chooses another man over her.“
(much more behind the link!!)
UPDATE: link to the author’s tweet, Allison Picurro
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infinity-state · 2 months
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Weekly Q&A Session: Your Mental Health Questions Answered
Welcome to our weekly Q&A session on Infinity State! 🌟
This week, we’re diving into some of the most frequently asked questions about mental health and self-care. Our goal is to provide you with insightful answers and practical advice to help you navigate life's challenges and support your mental well-being. Feel free to share your thoughts, ask more questions, or offer your own tips in the comments. Let's learn and grow together!
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Q1: How can I start practicing mindfulness if I've never done it before?
Answer: Starting a mindfulness practice can be simple and doesn't require a lot of time. Begin with just a few minutes each day, focusing on your breath. Find a quiet space, sit comfortably, and close your eyes. Take slow, deep breaths, paying attention to the sensation of the air entering and leaving your body. If your mind wanders, gently bring your focus back to your breath without judgment. You can also use guided meditation apps like Headspace or Calm to help you get started. Over time, gradually increase the duration of your practice as you become more comfortable with it.
Q2: What are some effective ways to cope with anxiety in everyday life?
Answer: Coping with anxiety involves a combination of strategies that work best for you. Here are a few techniques to consider:
Grounding Techniques: Use grounding exercises to bring your focus back to the present moment. This could be as simple as naming five things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste.
Exercise Regularly: Physical activity is a powerful anxiety reducer. Activities like walking, jogging, or yoga can help release tension and improve mood.
Limit Caffeine and Sugar: These can exacerbate anxiety symptoms. Opt for herbal teas and a balanced diet to stabilize your energy and mood.
Create a Routine: Establishing a daily routine can provide a sense of structure and predictability, which can be calming for anxiety-prone individuals.
Talk to Someone: Sharing your feelings with a trusted friend, family member, or therapist can provide relief and perspective.
Q4: What are some self-care practices that can help with stress relief?
Answer: Self-care is essential for managing stress and maintaining mental well-being. Here are some effective self-care practices:
Create a Relaxation Routine: Dedicate time each day to relax and unwind. This could be through meditation, a warm bath, or reading a book.
Engage in Creative Activities: Art, music, writing, or any form of creative expression can be a therapeutic way to release stress and channel emotions.
Prioritize Sleep: Ensure you're getting enough rest each night. A consistent sleep schedule can improve your mood and resilience to stress.
Practice Gratitude: Reflect on things you’re grateful for each day. Gratitude can shift your focus from stressors to positive aspects of your life.
Disconnect from Technology: Take breaks from screens and social media to recharge. Spend time in nature or engage in activities that don't involve technology.
Q5: How can I support a friend who is struggling with their mental health?
Answer: Supporting a friend with mental health challenges requires empathy, patience, and understanding. Here are some ways you can help:
Listen Actively: Be present and listen to your friend without interrupting or offering immediate solutions. Sometimes, just being heard can be incredibly healing.
Offer Support: Let them know you’re there for them and willing to help in any way you can, whether it's accompanying them to appointments or just being a shoulder to lean on.
Encourage Professional Help: Gently suggest seeking help from a therapist or counselor if they haven’t already. Offer to help them find resources or accompany them if they're nervous.
Check-In Regularly: Consistent check-ins show that you care and are thinking about them. A simple message or call can make a big difference.
Be Patient: Understand that recovery is a journey, and there may be ups and downs. Offer your support without pressure or judgment.
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tapucocoafgc · 8 months
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Update since my last post: birthday went okay. Had a friend over and we played games and I got to eat some good sushi, plus another friend made me an apple pie and brought it over for us, so that was fun. I've gotten over being mad re: Frostys, and now I just feel kinda bleh. Just about the time I think I've killed my competitive side it comes back with a vengeance and I hate it. I want my ego to stop getting in the way of things but it's hard. Somewhat as a result, I resolved to try cognitive reframing earlier this week, but that's also really hard, as it turns out. It's basically unwinding literal decades of the muscle memory of: insult yourself, you're stupid, you can't do anything right. So that's been rough, but it's also only been a few days so maybe it'll get easier.
I haven't been writing too much due to horrendeous depressive spiral. But I did a little bit this morning which felt good. In addition, I've gotten back on the journaling "grind" so to speak. At this point I'm leaning so hard on the little things to make myself feel better.
I've also been thinking and in light of the fact that the local is fucking dead + we can't really attend majors that much anymore (see: no mask requirement, also CEO? Really, Devcord friends? Why do y'all want to go to an event in fucking Florida we literally cannot go there because reasons), I'm considering trying out... ugh... netplay brackets again. I know Pokken netcode is utter dogshit but god it'd be so easy to just. Get sets with people? Idk. Again, if I could push my ego aside it'd be a simple decision. Play game, get experience, profit. Gonna think on it more in the coming days. There's a tourney on Friday night so I might use that as a test drive if I feel up to it.
This whole thing was rambly af but in light of how fucking depressed my last couple posts have been I wanted to kind of update where my headspace is at rn
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miabebe · 17 days
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miaaa😔
i have a lot on my plate these days. being a junior in college sucks. i was like “is college really this hard? it’s messing up my career plans”.😭😭 universe knows how much i hate it when unplanned things happen. that is why i barely got time to check in.
also, my head hurts reading the lectures i need to review, i cannot take any more information right now so i decided to unwind. i made this wheel of names kinda thing but with your fics, and the grand winner that i’ll be re-reading is when you’re convenient series. i love that trope, perfect for a few mins break in between studying. i also read other reader’s asks and i feel proud coz of the praises they send your way. i feel like a mother having her child win an award.
btw as a writer, how do you deal with writer’s block? because there are times my brain completely shuts down when i have to write a paper for school and such. i hate it when it happens, especially if i got the time and energy, but not the idea. and it is for academic writing. how about you, as a creative writer? what do you do? coz i know creative writing is harder than academic writing. you have to capture the right emotions and sensory images that you want your reader to see, hear, feel. plus the pressure of wanting to create a better masterpiece. i really wanna know your take on this, but the decision to answer this or not is up to you, no pressure.
i yapped a lot today because i missed you (and my freedom). as always, i hope you are taking care of yourself. lovelots mia🫶
Hi Zen, how are you my love <3
I'm so sorry to hear that university is being so hard on you - it's totally okay that you're not here more frequently, you should be taking the time off for yourself! Ooh the When You're Convenient series - that is a personal favourite genre of mine too! If my fics can give you a little solace and distraction, nothing makes me happier <3
hahahah yesss people who read my stories have been really nice and generous with their reviews over the past few months - I spent a lot of the initial months here putting out fics in the void so to hear some feedback has made me really really happy and motivated to write moreeee
If I'm being really honest, I think academic writing is a lot harder than creative writing particularly because there's a deadline? When it comes to creative writing that pressure isn't there for me so I can allow myself to take a break when I am not feeling creatively driven?
Writer's block generally hits me when my personal or professional life aren't going too well so first I take some time off to deal with that properly before I invest time again in writing. Coming back to writing after that break tends to be hard too - then I usually re-read my own work to get familiar with my voice again. Just closing my eyes and visualising the scenes or listening to music I associate with the fic also really helps me to get into the headspace to write!
The biggest roadblock comes when I have to write parts that are necessary fillers for the plot but I don't feel particularly interested in writing? I'm still figuring out how to navigate around that tbh - usually one day I find myself having a little more patience and energy and just push myself to get it done haha. I can't really give any suggestions on how to overcome this :(
But if I have to give any advice for academic writing I'd say good planning and research always helps! Even though its extremely exhausting and time taking, I tend to spend longer on the planning than the actual writing - reading a lot of related material helps with flow of words and ideas. (For creative writing I tend to do the opposite - I don't read much because I get so influenced by other's writing style, I tend to lose touch on my own one?) I just tend to dump all my ideas in one document and work my way through it but of course, this is how it's been beneficial to me - everyone has their own style and way of doing things so you should try to find a way that works for you Zen <3
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A/N: If there’s anything I learned from doing this, it’s that vampirerry is an utter WHORE. Good for him!!!! As for myself, I’m done with the semester and my term projects and finals left my singular brain cell fried, so this was a nice way to get back into writing again. I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Thank you to the anon that suggested it, this was super fun to do! :D
read you’re someone i just want around here
word count: 6k
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A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)
Harry is very attentive when it comes to aftercare with Y/N. The sex they have is often rough and includes toys, degradation, and multiple rounds, so he believes aftercare is non-negotiable. Rough sex can be fun, but if it’s not followed by a lot of communication and post-performance support, it can take a hard emotional toll on a person. Even when intimacy isn’t meant to be inherently sentimental, there has to be a certain level of connection and etiquette surrounding it, or it could end badly for both parties involved. He always checks on her immediately after they finish, simply to gauge her headspace and how her body is responding, and after he’s made sure she’s alright, he goes into his usual routine of skin-to-skin contact and gentle coddling. Reassurance and praise is just as important afterwards as it is during, because it’s good to let a partner know that your appreciation runs deeper than just the physical need felt in the heat of the moment; everyone deserves to feel valued beyond their body. 
Harry proceeds to clean Y/N up after every session, because it’s the least he can do since she’s usually the one getting the brunt of the work. He’ll fetch a clean towel dampened under warm water to wipe her clean, or he’ll offer to help give her a bath or a shower— whichever route she prefers. Harry dresses her, and changes the sheets if need be, and tucks her into bed to ensure she’s nice and comfortable. If it’s been a particularly intense session, he’ll go the kitchen and bring back a snack and a drink— a granola bar and a Gatorade, or some chips and her favorite juice, or if she’s feeling especially hungry, he’ll happily go out of his way to prepare her an actual meal— and he insists on feeding it to her bit by bit until she’s come to enough to handle it on her own. If she’s not hungry, he at least brings her a glass of water and urges her to drink it; better to be safe than sorry. After that, more cuddling is the status quo, which normally ends in Y/N falling asleep in his arms, and Harry has absolutely no problem with that at all.  
B = Body Part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)
Harry’s favorite body part of Y/N’s is probably her chest. Yes, he likes it for sexual reasons— obviously— but there are innocent reasons for his fascination, as well. He likes how responsive she gets when he touches her there— how he can get her going just by groping her the way she likes it, or by using his mouth to tongue across her nipples until she’s writhing in pleasure and whining for more. He loves leaving hickies all over her tits, probably more than she likes receiving them. It’s just so fucking hot seeing himself marked all over her, especially when she’s putting on a bra and he can see all of the dark bruises scattered across the cleavage spilling from the undergarment. Filth aside, he also enjoys loving all over her chest. Absentmindedly cupping them while they’re snuggling, nuzzling his head between them while they’re watching television, massaging them under her shirt with his large palms as she sits back against his chest, sipping a glass of wine and chatting away, unwinding after a long day. It’s a form of intimacy; it provides a type of closeness nothing else can. 
As for his own favorite body part, it’s a tie between two different areas. He loves his thighs— they’re one of his most prominent features. They’re thick and meaty and sensitive, so they’re the perfect sweet spot to touch when he wants to get riled up. Given his previous response, it can be easily deduced that he likes to get hickies there, as well. The marks look great peeking out from under his briefs (for the short amount of time they last, anyways) and they make a great accessory to the large tigerhead tattoo along his left thigh. It’s artwork, really; a proper Picasso. 
His other favorite body part...well, take a lucky guess. It’s likely not that far off— literally, considering it hangs right between his thighs. 
C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)
Harry’s personal preference is cumming inside. He adores feeling the way Y/N tightens around him when he finally orgasms (she’s just so warm and soft and unbelievably tight; it’s like she was made for him), almost as much as he loves seeing her reaction. Her body will immediately start to wriggle and her back will arch as she releases broken little whimpers, clinging to his shoulders with her nails and begging him to fill her until he’s milked his worth. Hearing her ragged breathing and feeling her sweaty chest stutter against his is enough to do him in, but when she goes as far as to gnaw on his ear and whine a soft little, “Want it all, baby. Want you dripping out of me when we’re done.” Well, that’s enough to kill him all over again. 
Of course, there are times when Harry likes seeing himself all over her, too. On her outstretched tongue, or smeared across her pretty face and plush lips (she looks particularly cute when it ends up all over her eyelashes), or streaked over the valley of her tits, or pooled at the center of her tummy. If he’d been taking her from behind, then he likes seeing it run down the backs of her thighs, or splattered across the dip of her spine. And if she’d been giving him a handjob, then seeing himself dribbling down her fingers is just as good. Why? Because those fingers usually end up in her mouth, which means he ends up all over her tongue, and so the cycle comes full circle. How poetic. 
D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)
Did Harry suggest wearing a matching set of a vibrating cock ring and buzzing bullet to do grocery shopping once? Yes. Did he drop three glass jars of peach preserves by accident as a result, causing them to have to book it out of the bread aisle while trying to look as unsuspicious as possible, which failed horribly because they were literally hobbling like a crippled elderly couple? Also yes. Did they end up fucking in a Target fitting room? Definitely. 
E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)
A lot of experience. Tons. Immense amounts. Insane amounts. Two hundred years of the same seven continents just means two hundred years worth of sex across every single one. And it gives you plenty of time to find the clitoris, as well as giving you a chance to learn the female anatomy like the back of your hand. That being said, Harry doesn’t doubt he could make Y/N cum with his wrists tied behind his back and a blindfold strapped to his face. In fact, he’s made her cum just by using his thigh, so that in itself is enough credibility to last him several more lifetimes. The toy chest in his closet and the fact that he’s well-endowed are bonuses— he knows more than enough tricks to keep her satisfied with just his tongue. Not to mention his fingers— they’re long for a reason.
F = Favorite position  
Funny enough, Harry doesn’t have one. He’s spent so many decades cycling through every possible position in existence, it’s gotten to where he can’t pin-point a preference; all positions are unique, and they each have their own appeal. Reverse cowgirl is nice because he likes watching the way he stretches Y/N open with every plunge of her hips, and it also gives him the luxury of marking his rings across her ass in the process. Regular cowgirl is nice, too— having her chest bouncing in his face is nothing short of a divine miracle, in his opinion. Doggy style is a staple, and there’s always different add-ons he can apply to spice it up; for example, taking her from behind with her wrists tied to her ankles, or bending her over the kitchen counter with her face pressed into the marble, or fucking her against his glass wall with her hands and chest flushed to the cool surface as their breaths fog the floor-to-ceiling window. 
Missionary is a tried and true option, and just like it’s prior counterpart, it can be enhanced with a variety of extra tricks. Bondage is a good condiment, against the wall is always a nice touch, spread-eagle never goes wrong, and just having her legs wrapped around his lower back is more than enough. However, he does have two favorite variations of the position. The first is when he mounts her legs onto his shoulders or along the inside of his elbows to open her up more, and then just ramming his hips down at a very specific angle that hits her g-spot just right, pounding her into the bed so hard she tears the sheets off the mattress. The second is a cowgirl-missionary hybrid: he sits back on his heels and uses the steep downward slope created by his thighs as elevation, pulling her ass onto his tilted lap and swinging her legs over either side of his hips. He gropes her waist with his palms and yanks her forward, bouncing her against his cock and watching her completely dismantle as he nudges all the right places with as much speed and force as she deems fit. 
And then there’s fucking from the side, but that’s a whole other extensive conversation he doesn’t have time for. 
Actually, maybe Harry will entertain it for a minute or so. He usually throws one of Y/N’s legs over his neck to get a deeper range, manhandling her roughly onto her side and yanking her closer to his body by her waist, grasping it with stern vigor and holding her down against the mattress, grunting out a gravelly, strict command along the lines of, “Stay fucking still.” He’ll drill into her at a brutal, consistent pace, staining his fingerprints along the curves of her torso and sponging damp kisses onto her ankle, smirking into her skin as he watches her fist at the duvet in a futile attempt at maintaining her bearings. It’s pretty evident that she can’t, though; the way her eyes lull around their sockets from his harsh stride does a terrible job at hiding her lack of self-control, alongside the fragmented curses she gasps out whenever he nudges her g-spot with the head of his cock. 
“Oh, that was such a pretty noise. Did I hit that little spot you like?”
Her response will be begrudging, as always, which he thinks is ridiculously useless considering he can see her burying her face into the pillow to hide how her jaw drops open in sheer rapture. “No.”
“No?” The vampire leans forward, stretching her leg towards the headboard and preening at the garbled squeak that escapes her gritted teeth, plunging deeper as he lowers himself to her level. He knots her hair around his knuckles, tugging sharply until her face is tilted back enough to meet his fiery gaze. “Then why are you starting to shake?
G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)
It depends on the mood, honestly. There are definitely serious moments, but Harry enjoys the humorous ones just as much. He already adores making Y/N laugh and smile on a regular basis, and that desire only grows when he’s buried between her thighs, simply because she just looks so fucking cute laughing with her hair splayed around the pillows in a messy halo, her sounds of glee stuttering due to how sharply she’s jolting against the bed. He loves feeling her giggle into his mouth as he cracks sarcastic jokes and makes stupid witty comments that break the intensity in the air, especially because she’s usually clever enough to return them with some of her own. Then they both end up snickering like idiots as he tries to keep a solid pace, which eventually tapers to a messy, haphazard stride as their laughter drowns out their goal to the point where he has to take a genuine break to collect himself. There’s tons of examples— how could there not be? Sex is hardly ever perfect, so awkward moments are not only expected, but guaranteed. What better way to handle them than with a bit of humor?
There was an incident once where Harry accidentally knocked their foreheads together so hard, they both bruised (which he responded to with, “I’m pretty sure this isn’t what Cosmopolitan meant when they suggested matching couples tattoos.”). Another time, he got so into the moment he didn’t realize he was jack-hammering the top of her head into the backboard until she brought it to his attention (and made a comment saying it sounded like a sped up version of the beat to We Will Rock You). A bad case of the hiccups. Y/N burping right in his face halfway through his orgasm. A random leg cramp that made him think he was going to need amputation to survive. Accidentally rolling off the bed or couch onto the ground and nearly dislocating both of their spines in the process, getting his cross earring tangled in her hair and nearly ripping off his ear trying to get it out, and the unfortunate collapse of a pillow fort he’d spent over an hour building. He even sneezed in her face once, and when she instinctively went to shove him back, she wound up slamming her palm into his nose so hard he nearly passed out. Nose bleeds aren’t necessarily sexy, per se, but he just dug blindly through her nightstand until he found two new tampons somewhere in that black hole she calls a drawer, shoved them in his nostrils, and kept going. No one can ever accuse him of being unresourceful. 
Queefing. Lots and lots of queefing, which he usually starts mimicking with his mouth, and then she responds to that by whining and telling him to cut it out, and then he takes to mocking her whining instead. It normally finishes with them laughing so hard that Harry’s cheeks hurt from smiling so big, but it’s a good type of pain. The best type of pain. 
H = Hair (how do they groom?)
Harry likes keeping himself neat and orderly, but he doesn’t enjoy going bare, so trimming is his grooming preference. There’s just something so unappealing about a completely smooth dick— it looks like raw chicken and it’s fucking disgusting. He doesn’t have anything against a good bush, but it tends to get unruly and he’d rather not have to overcomplicate his shower routine. And honestly, he can’t trust himself because last time he had a full front yard going, he got shitfaced and tried to braid it on a dare. Keeping the hedges trimmed is the ideal landscaping option, and it just looks way hotter— a uniform dusting of hair is a good accessory and it just makes everything look more cohesive, given that he also fancies keeping his happy trail thick. It’s all about aesthetics, isn’t it? 
I = Intimacy (the romantic aspect)
It’s no secret that Harry’s been somewhat detached from intimacy for the last two hundred years or so. Intimacy is reserved for genuine romance, and that’s something he hadn’t entertained since before the lightbulb was invented. But now that he has Y/N, intimacy has crawled its way back out from the deepest recesses of his subconscious, where it had been shoved into a bottomless pit with the rest of his trauma. He likes it— he likes opening up to her in any way he can, because sharing those obsolete parts of himself with someone again is more fulfilling than he ever imagined. He likes kissing her randomly when she’s halfway through a sentence, just to feel her words die off abruptly in her throat as she gives into his gentle gesture, a delicate smile spreading across her satin lips. He likes whispering sweet phrases of encouragement into her hair when they’re tangled amidst sweaty limbs and rumpled sheets, reminding her of how much he cares for her and how beautiful she looks when she’s so far gone and how she makes him feel like his entire body has been set alight. He likes sponging soft pecks across the stretch marks along her thighs and across the dimples on her belly, her skin candy and velvet on his tongue as she releases a watery sigh that lets him know he’s doing all the right things in all the right places. He just likes letting her know she's special to him, in any and every way he can. 
Intimacy forges timeless bonds, and he reckons that assumption is unarguable, considering he knows a thing or two about eternity. 
J = Jack Off (masturbation headcanon)
Harry likes to jack off, obviously. Who doesn’t? It’s why he has an entire section of his toy chest dedicated to self-pleasuring tools. Vibrating cock rings, an array of lubes that range from temperature-changing to sensation sensitivity, and a few pocket vags that get the job done whenever Y/N is out of commission (usually because of work). His favorite one is an electronic sleek black model that is made of a premium silicone material and has a variety of massage settings, suction strengths, and internal textures. It’s designed to make the session feel more real, and yes, it was expensive, but self-love is always worth the splurge. 
The beauty of living on his own is that he can get off wherever and whenever he wants, without having to stress about someone interrupting an important step in his pampering routine. He usually does it in his room and on his bed, simply because Y/N’s pillow is close by and the experience is heightened when her scent is swimming around his hazy, bliss-drunken mind. If Harry is feeling particularly needy, he’ll ditch the toy all together and just hump one out against the mattress or cushion. If it’s a particularly restless day, he’ll take a toy downstairs and lazily play within himself on the couch while browsing through Netflix. Those instances usually average a few tamer orgasms rather than a single large one, but he’s not complaining; his stamina comes in unapologetic waves that stem from a never-ending supply, and he certainly has the time to kill. If Harry gets the sudden urge in the shower or while he’s relaxing in his jacuzzi, he won’t bother fetching a trinket; he’ll just stroke one out with his hand, using the cool metal of his trusty lionhead ring to tease the tip until he brings himself to orgasm. It turns out daylight crystals have more than one use. 
There is one common factor amongst all these different choices, though: Y/N is present in every fantasy. And if the vampire is feeling especially bold, he’ll grab his phone and take a video of whatever he’s doing to himself, and then she’ll have a nice little gift waiting for her once she gets out of the café for the day. That usually leads to him receiving a present in return later that evening, and then he’s dialing her contact before the clip is even done playing, and then what he does during his alone time doesn’t require him being so alone anymore. 
K = Kinks 
Harry has tons— in fact, he has so many, he can’t really keep track. And he also has the sneaking suspicion that if he were to ever jot all of them down, he’d end up locked in some type of sex addict rehabilitation center. Bondage is a big one, so he’ll start there. He’s great with ropes, given that he learned his way around them ages ago. Chains are nice, but they can be a pain to set up without the right equipment; he’s thinking of getting a reinforced metal hook installed into his ceiling, like the one in his storage closet, which he uses to keep his punching bag secure. Handcuffs, obviously— velvet-lined, straight metal, fuzzy coverings, he’s got it all. Dominance, degradation, Daddy, Sir, choking, brat-taming, spanking, flogging, slapping— impact play in general, to be honest— spitting, wax, praise, begging, masochism, branding (mild stuff, no molten metal shit), collaring, discipline, dirty talk, edging, exhibitionism, face-fucking, face-sitting (with him on the receiving end), giving oral (is that a kink? It is now.) gagging (both the action and using the actual object itself), breeding (he hates that term but that’s the official name, unfortunately), teasing, voyeurism, role play, and… he thinks that’s it. Oh, and blood, but that doesn’t really count for apparent reasons. 
L = Location (favorite places to do the do)
Y/N’s couch is sacred, at this point. Their entire relationship started on that lumpy, worn excuse of a sofa, and it’s seen them through their progression from strangers to friends with benefits to lovers to more. It’s comfortable enough, the dark color hides any explicit stains, and the cushions always smell of her signature mixture of honey and lavender combined with Snuggle fabric softener. It’s finicky, but irreplaceable. His kitchen counter is a close second. It’s provided a lot, taken a lot, been through a lot— through a lot of Lysol wipes, to be specific. If it wasn’t marble, it likely would have been reduced to chunks and rubble by now, courtesy of his enhanced strength gripping the edges as he slams her against the smooth surface. The backseat of his Cadillac is consecrated, as well; there’s just so much erotic appeal to fucking in a car with rock music blaring in the background, muffling the obscene sounds of bodies connecting and a mixture of fever-pitch moans. The couch, the counter, and the Cadillac— the Unholy Trinity. 
The jacuzzi is nice, too, but for the sake of his clever little “c” alliteration, he’ll leave that one as an implied token. 
M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)
As much as Harry claims he likes full submission in bed, he can’t deny that he loves being challenged. Delivering punishment and coaxing out an orgasm is so much more satisfying when he has to fight for it; it’s so fucking hot watching his girlfriend try to best him in a power struggle, especially when she finally— and undeniably, since he always wins— caves under his will and winds up begging him for what he otherwise would have gifted her freely. That’s where the brat-taming kink comes into play. He likes it when she mouths off and makes snarky digs, and he enjoys it even more when he tries to set her in place and she amps her disobedience as a result. There’s nothing more attractive than a battle of wits with someone who is a perfect match in every way. And when she channels her attitude into physical gestures, it riles him up beyond compare. For example, when she smirks and rolls her eyes, despite the fact that there’s trails of tears staining her cheeks and mascara smeared all over her waterline? Christ, he could go feral. 
N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)
No feet, no feces, no beastiality. There’s probably more, but those are the ones off the top of his head.
O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)
Receiving oral is great— he highly recommends it, solid ten out of ten— but giving it is so much better. Harry’s always been a giver, even when he was young and barely knew his way around a woman’s undergarments. The stereotypical expectation for a person who is beginning to explore their sexuality is that everything they do, they do for their own gain. It’s a selfish realization, yes, but it’s a primal type of selfishness that no one can truly be blamed for. It’s a simple concept: when you start having sex, you want as much personal benefit as possible. It’s only natural. But from the second Harry became sexually active, he came to find that providing release to his partner outweighed the bliss he could get from letting them pleasure him instead. It’s not direct pleasure, but rather cognitive, which more often than not translates itself physically. And when it comes to Y/N, that euphoria manifests tenfold. 
Nothing compares to having his face buried between her legs as she tugs and yanks at his hair desperately, her chest heaving and jaw falling open as he uses his tongue to unravel her from the inside out. Spitting sloppily onto her folds and hearing the raw gasp of aroused shock that escapes her sore throat, which causes his swollen lips to spread into a dirty grin as he latches onto the sensitive bud at the thick of her core, fiddling with it until her legs are trembling uncontrollably around his sturdy shoulders. Watching her features go slack as he bobs his neck fervently between her thighs, swiping the bridge of his nose across her clit over and over until the entire bottom half of his face is drenched in her excitement. Fucking his tongue into her and feeling her buck against his jaw as she holds him in place with her fingers tangled in his curls, whimpering his name repeatedly in a voice so shattered, he could probably build a mosaic with the fractures. Feeling her drip down his chin and into the collar of his shirt, savoring how sweet she tastes as he pins her hips down against the bed and groans feverishly into her cunt, his ego idolizing the image of her so disheveled under his influence. 
A measly blowjob is hardly any competition to that. Harry could very well cum just from eating Y/N out. In fact, he has, and that in itself is all the proof he needs. 
P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)
This is one of those other factors that depends on the mood. If Harry has been waiting all day for it, his impatience bleeds into his rhythm, which means he settles for fast and hard. It means he settles for bending her over the back of his couch with one palm around her throat and his other fingers in her mouth, pounding into her with so much force, the sofa starts shifting across the ground. If Y/N has been teasing him endlessly for a decent amount of time, it’ll be rough and deep, but not fast; he’ll drag it out for as long as possible, just to make her regret acting like such a spoiled brat. That’s when he brings out the paddle, or the crop, or just manhandles her across his lap and spanks her until she’s apologizing profusely through her whines. If he’s in a soft, romantic headspace, it’ll be slow and sensual, with lots of gentle caresses, giggly kisses dusted across eager lips and droopy eyelids, and penetrating strokes that make his toes curl and tummy clench. 
Pace is relative, but the message behind it is all the same: I want you more than anything, and I’m going to show you just how deeply I mean it. 
Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)
Quickies are fun, Harry will admit. They’re filthy and messy, and they show just how far gone two people are for each other to the point where they can’t wait to feel one another at a later time; that they need to be together now, or they’ll go absolutely insane. Quickies are saved for when the urge strikes at random times. For when he’s out with Y/N at a park, sitting under the shade with his head in her lap as she combs his curls out of his eyes and thumbs over his chin affectionately, and the sun filters through the tree canopy just right to where it illuminates her lashes and the suppleness of her cheeks in a manner he deems ethereal. For when they’re at the mall, walking hand in hand and licking at ice cream cones as they survey the shops, and she reaches over to wipe a bit of Rocky Road off the corner of his mouth, replacing the stain with a soft stipple of her lips instead. For when they’re out eating dinner and playing footsie under the table like immature teenagers, and she’s trying to steal a French fry from his plate but he keeps fighting her off with his fork because, “I told you to order your own, but you wanted those disgusting potato skins instead!” And she’s laughing so brightly and unapologetically, giving him a look that so obviously tells him she can’t wait to get him alone, and nothing seems quite as flawless as that fraction in time, then and there and nowhere else.
These simple but memorable moments cause him to get love boners, which he jokingly refers to as “sniffy stiffies,” where “sniffy” has to do with being sentimental, and “stiffy”...well, that one is pretty self-explanatory, no? It always ends with them shagging in the car, or in the family bathroom of a diner, and in the case of the park, in an obscure area of the forest that lines the jogging trail. 
Quickies are just that— fast, but meaningful nonetheless, because they come from a place of genuine emotion. They’re fleeting, but unforgettable. Sniffy stiffy quickies, if you will. 
R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)
Taking risks is the norm in Harry’s life, especially when it comes to his sex habits. He’s proven time and time again that he has no problem riding along the seams of a dare and just barely making it out unscathed, so experimenting outside of the bedroom is just another day in the life. Fingering Y/N in a music room in an antique shop, getting road head during a two hour drive back to Los Angeles, ripping his girlfriend’s panties out from beneath her dress at one of California’s most prestigious restaurants— the list is endless, really. Harry likes to think he has a gift for coming up with inspirational quotes on the spot, so he’ll lend his expertise here and now: “A life without risks is a life that isn’t worth shit.” It even rhymes, so he knows sorority pledges will have a ball putting it in their Instagram bios. A bit of charity work for the bird-brained. 
S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)
Endless stamina. Literally. Vampires don’t stay tired for long, so he could be ready to go again within seconds. And he can last long, as well; his stubbornness and pride depend on it, and he likes making his partner cum first as an ego boost. He can go as many rounds as Y/N can and more, though he won’t push it. He doesn’t want her to end up in the ER with a bruised cervix. 
T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)
Harry could run a sex shop from his closet; Y/N doesn’t take the piss by calling him “Fifty Shades” for no reason. He uses them on himself, he uses them on her, and he got high once and tried to sword fight Y/N with a dildo, so it’s safe to say he definitely uses them quite a bit. If his Lovesense Lush 3 vibrator could talk, he’d be drawn and quartered for excessive debauchery. 
U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)
Harry loves teasing, that’s no mystery. Winding people up is one of his most practiced skills, so of course that would channel into his intimate life. He’s mastered it, though it’s not like it’s hard. A drawn out blink here, or a feathery touch there. An inch of space between his and Y/N’s lips to establish some tension, or squeezing her inner thigh with his palm hard enough to draw a tiny squeak from her chest. Touching her through her clothes, or leaving a trail of wet kisses down her throat and stopping right at her cleavage. Biting the sensitive skin along the inside of her knee, or dragging the tip of his cold nose down the center of her twitching tummy. Lapping slowly at her nipples until they perk up, or sinking a single long digit inside her and keeping it there just to feel her clench around it needily. And once he gets a pattern going, teasing molds into edging, edging molds into begging, begging molds into praise, and before he knows it, he’s hit four of his kinks with one roll of the dice. 
V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)
Harry is very vocal in bed, and he’s not ashamed of it. He knows for a fact that Y/N loves it, and if him being loud gets her worked up, then he’ll let his throat go out in the process. He’s noticed that in different situations, he has an arsenal of sounds for each. If he’s being rough and dominant, he tends to groan, grunt, and growl. If he’s being desperate and needy, he turns to whines and whimpers to communicate how he feels. If he’s too zoned into the moment to distinguish all his emotions, broken moans and stuttered mewls are his default. No matter the circumstance, they all take the same route: they start low and soft, and escalate in volume proportional to the intensity of the moment. So what if half the building is hearing him orgasm for the third time as he mocks his girlfriends sobbing pleads and calls her his “dirty fucking whore”? Let’s be honest, it’s probably the highlight of their week. He has a great voice— a sultry, deep baritone that compliments his English accent nicely— and anyone would be lucky to hear it spew the filth it does. He’s yet to get many complaints, so he doesn’t intend on stopping. 
W = Wildcard (random headcanon)
An honesty hour moment seems interesting, so he’ll confess a few tales from his past. The first time Harry ever went down on a girl, it was against a tree in a garden and he nearly asphyxiated under all the layers of her gown. A couple of years later, he ended up getting oral from a reverend’s daughter against a tree, too, for the morbid irony and associated religious revenge. And to drive the point home, oral was only the beginning of what she gave him. His first decade as a vampire was definitely his pettiest. 
X = X-Ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)
It’s not uncommon knowledge that Harry’s well-endowed. He remembers how insecure he was the first time he had sex— a shocker, he knows; he was insecure?— and how he knew barely anything regarding sizing and how to use his assets accordingly. But it’s been ages since then, and now he definitely knows his way around his own body (let alone his partner’s), and he most certainly knows that he’s above average not only as a person in general, but when it comes to what’s in his trousers, as well. Harry won’t specify inches— he loves how speculation drives others mad— but it was big enough to give Y/N a decent pause the first time she pulled down his pants, and it’s big enough to leave her absolutely fucked every single time, without a single miss. If that’s not credibility at its finest, then he doesn’t know what is.
Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)
Harry’s sex drive is insatiable, to say the least. His vampirism combined with his narcissistic tendencies makes the ideal cocktail— cocktail— for the constant fuse that’s always burning under his skin. He’s ready to go at all times; Y/N just has to say the word and he’s pulling on a pair of sweatpants as he grabs his keys, hopping down his complex’s corridor toward the elevator on one foot as he tries to get his last shoe on the other. Lazy morning sex is probably his favorite; he’s come to find it’s when he’s most pent up, usually after a sleepless night of feeling Y/N’s body heat radiating through all of his cold limbs. It also sets a great tone for the rest of the day, and he just loves seeing Y/N wake up to him lying on his side with his temple resting on his fist, his elbow propped against the mattress as he poses the other on his hip in a theatrical diva stance. He’ll smile at her giddily with all his pearly teeth, dimples twitching as his lashes flutter dramatically, dirty intentions written clear all over his face (“Good morning, hon—” “Wanna have sex?” “Harry, it’s ten in the morning.” “Is that a yes? Because it’s not a no.” “I haven’t even brushed my teeth!” “That’s fine, I’m gonna stick my dick in there anyways.”) 
All in all, his libido is insane, and he’s lucky that Y/N’s is up to par or else he would have worked her into an exhaustion-induced coma by now. 
Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)
Harry just...doesn't. Maybe once every few weeks, but definitely more often now than before he had his girlfriend. Sleeping just comes way easier when he has someone he cares about resting beside him, their inherent warmth thawing the stiffness from his muscles and putting his racing mind at ease. He feels safe enough around Y/N to let his guard down— both literally and metaphorically— and that seems to help with his supernatural insomnia; it sedates that nocturnal hyper-instinct in his brain that demands he be aware at all times, muffling the animalistic part of him that has been manning the reins for the better half of the last two hundred years. He doesn’t need to be so on edge anymore when everything he needs is just an arm-length away. Especially when she’s usually willing to lend her chest as a pillow, and who is he to neglect her wishes.   
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omg I loved the viktor x thicc s/o headcanons so much 😩💗 as someone who has always been on the thicker side, it made me so happy! I know you were looking for more headcanon requests soooo maybe you can write some more headcanons about viktor and his thicc s/o!
maybe some angsty ones lmao
ooh I had this idea of viktor being super protective over his s/o when someone looks at them funny or makes a passive aggressive comment toward them bc he knows how it feels to be insecure about physical appearance (not that he should bc WHEW HE COULD GET IT)
like maybe jayce makes a comment about how funny it is to see viktor dating someone who could quite literally crush him and viktor immediately goes into defense mode,, like we know jayce loves to speak before he thinks and although he might not mean it in a malicious way, it hurts to hear yknow?
viktor seems like such a sweetheart and I just know he would be the best boyfie when it came to being there for you.. (I was dealing with some body image issues earlier so it helped to imagine viktor comforting me..)
-🌸 (hehe I gave myself an emoji bc I will be living in your ask box forever <3)
Hello then, my flower! Happy to have you around! Don't mind the cobwebs here! Lol
Before I get into body issue angst though, please remember to read only if you are in a good headspace and remember that you a a beautiful god/dess 💕
Here are some angsty headcannons fresh out of the oven:
Jayce might be a bit of an egomaniac, but Mel is straight up a bitch. She knows it. Jayce knows it. And now Viktor knows it due to a very unfortunate double date that ended with his very dear s/o leaving in tears. Viktor was absolutely stunned at first about how to react when Mel commented on his s/O's order. She was a large source of their funding, after all. But when he saw how his s/o crumbled from the thoughtless comment his heart wrenched and he took off after them to the best of his ability - leaving Mel behind asking "What? I didn't say anything untrue." While Jayce rubbed his temples, knowing full well that Viktor would likely be chewing him out later.
While Viktor isn't one to make a scene, he would not hesitate to approach (Mel/Jayce/whomever made a hurtful comment that day) individually. In the case above, I could see him finding Mel leaving the lab after meeting with Jayce:
"Excuse me, counselor." He stopped her dead in her tracks with a casually outstretched cane.
"I hope this is important, I have a meeting to get to." He scowled at her retort, but nodded anyhow.
"It could not be more so." He straightened his cane to properly support himself, ignoring the pain in his own leg. "I do believe you owe y/n an apology."
"I beg your pardon? I thought you were a man of reason." She glowered back, "I don't have time for this."
Viktor didn't stop her when she brushed passed, the sound of her heels angrily colliding with the polished tiles of the hall echoing in his ears.
"And yet you have time to distribute children's toys among the counsel?" He chuckled lowly.
"How did you-" she cut herself off when she turned to see his confident smirk and an embarrassed Jayce peaking his head out from the lab door. Mel rolled her eyes and waved the men off. "Consider it done. Nope if you'll excuse me. I do believe I'm successfully running late." She eyed Jayce suspiciously as he bashfully tucked his head back into the lab. Viktor never did tell you of this encounter, in hopes that you would believe the apology to be sincere.
Comfort:
Even if your reaction is disproportional, Viktor will table his agenda for you and be supportive.
Whatever you need he will support it: need to turn yourself into a burrito for a day? He's on it. Need space? Say no more. Just want to quietly be in the same vicinity and just vibe? He can work from home.
Viktor will sometimes invent little gadgets to cheer you up. Say like, a small Hextech powered music box with a flower inside that projects images of stars on the wall as it unwinds.
Viktor will respect your boundaries. The man is a gentleman. If you let him he will give you soft kisses on the forehead or hand and remind you how lovely you are and how endlessly he adores you.
Viktor is also a great listener. He would be very open and encouraging if his S/o needed to discuss their insecurities but would automatically stop you if you started to state negative thoughts about yourself as fact and would openly communicate all the little things he lives about you - from your smallest mannerisms to the twinkle in your eye.
Let me know if you want more 🌸! I'm so happy to have you around! 🍻
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devildomimagines · 3 years
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MC Has a Terrible Day
Sooo I had a series of bad days. This is for anyone else in the same boat, have some comforting demons. 😙~✨
Thank you for your patience to anyone who has requested something recently. I’ll get to requests again shortly, I just wasn’t in a great headspace. 
It all started in the morning. You heard loud banging so you rolled over to look at the door.
“We’re leaving in five minutes MC!” Mammon called and you could hear him walking down the hall.
“Five minutes, huh?” You rolled to your back and blinked. “FIVE MINUTES?!” Without thinking, you jumped up and started stripping your pajamas off. You ran into the bathroom to quickly clean your face, apply deodorant, and begin brushing your teeth. 
You went back out to your room with your toothbrush still in your mouth. While buttoning up your school shirt, you went over to check your phone. You leaned down to press the home button with your nose, no response. You tried again and nothing. Once you had finished buttoning your shirt, with one hand brushing your teeth, the other tried to turn on your phone. No response again meant it was dead. 
“Of course,” you rolled your eyes, no power, no alarm. You threw the phone and charger in your backpack, maybe during lunch you could find an outlet to charge it.
You went back to the bathroom to spit out the toothpaste. Most likely four of the five minutes had passed already so you grabbed your tie and draped it around your neck to tie later. You snatched your uniform jacket and backpack as you slipped on your shoes and ran out the door.
~
Although the brothers gave you some odd looks, Lucifer was the only one to speak on your state of dress. “I’ll be sure to look decent by the time we arrive at school,” you were pushing out Asmo and Mammon who were your chaperones for the morning commute today. Once through the door you sighed and Asmo giggled.
“What happened, love?”
“I overslept.” You bit the handle of your backpack while you put on your jacket. Then you threw on your backpack to start with your tie. It wasn’t the easiest without a mirror but you thought you had it pretty close from muscle memory.
“Oi,” Mammon snickered, “I don’t know how, but you tied it upside down.”
With a groan you undid it. You decided to take a second to run your fingers through your hair to fix it and get it out of your face.
“Let me, MC,” Asmo offered. He popped your collar and walking backwards, he deftly tied the knot.
“Thanks Asmo,” You folded down the collar and began with the buttons and belt on your jacket. These uniforms are a nightmare on their own. You felt a tug backwards and looked over your left shoulder.
Mammon blushed, “Your half cape was twisted up.”
“Thanks guys,” you sighed, “hopefully the rest of the day goes better than this morning.”
~
It did not.
The only good thing seemed to be that you passed Lucifer’s uniform check when he passed you in the hall. He nodded and continued on with Diavolo.
Your first class was reviewing homework but when you opened your backpack, you couldn’t find your folder. You groaned internally, picturing your folder exactly where you left it on your desk in your room and began writing down the answers to review later. 
In the next class, there was an assignment due to be handed in but it was also in your folder at home. When the teacher got to you, all you could do was shake your head no and it killed you knowing it was done, just not here.
Unfortunately with over sleeping, you didn’t have time for breakfast in the morning so as lunch time approached, you were getting hungrier and more distracted.
Lunch finally came and you were starving. The menu had something that you were familiar with and you were looking forward to a warm meal. You opened your backpack to look for your wallet with your prepaid cafeteria card. Once you shuffled your books around and still didn’t find it, you sighed. Of course, you left your wallet at home. Dejectedly, you moved to a table against a wall where you knew an outlet would be. You plugged your phone in and put your head down on the table.
“MC~!” The sing-song call of your name made you sit up. Simeon smiled at catching your eye. The rest of Purgatory Hall was in tow and they all took seats around you at the table; Luke sat next to you, Simeon across from you and Solomon across from Luke.
“Hello,” you offered the group.
“Were you napping?” Luke asked. 
“Ah, no. Just recharging a bit,” You ruffled his hair with a smile.
“We can watch your stuff if you want to go up and get your lunch,” Solomon offered.
“I actually forgot my card at home and I don’t have any Grimm on me.”
“So you’re not going to eat?” Simeon looked surprised.
“If I don’t have any money, what can I do besides wait until after school to eat at HOL?”
“Don’t we have that Student Council meeting today?” Luke asked to confirm with the group.
Solomon nodded his head, “Yes, the exchange students have to be there as reps to approve new motions.”
“Ugh,” you buried your face in your backpack, “I completely forgot.” That meeting could be a couple hours depending on how many motions to be reviewed. Your stomach growled just thinking about how long it would be until you could eat.
“Here,” Simeon spoke first and you looked up to him pushing his tray towards you.
“Oh it’s ok Simeon, I’ll be fine, thank you but you shouldn’t have to go without.”
“I insist!” Simeon clearly wasn’t going to take no for an answer.
“How about we split it?”
He blushed and nodded, “Ok! I’ll get you a set of silverware.”
Once he was walking away, Luke offered, “Here MC,” he pushed some candy into your hand, “for later since you’ll probably be hungry before the meeting with eating only half a lunch.”
“Thank you, Luke.” 
“MC,” Solomon asked for your attention, “You can have my drink. This one came with the lunch set but I’m not fond of the flavor.”
Simeon came back and handed the fresh silverware to you with a smile.
“Thank you for looking out for me,” you looked around the table.
“Of course! Us exchange students have to stick together!” Luke accepted for all of them.
The rest of you smiled and laughed. Simeon split the bread in half and you two shared the plate. You left a little more for him before claiming you were full so he could finish it off.
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Your last classes were fine except for the amount of homework they assigned. Each teacher gave at least an hour’s worth of work on top of the long term assignments they already had going.
Last on your agenda was this Student Council meeting. Luke was right and you were hungry so you popped a candy in your mouth while you waited for the members to assemble. When he entered, you waved at Luke and brought the candy to the front of your mouth to hold with your front teeth in a smile. He snickered as he took his seat. 
There were only three things to review so the meeting was relatively short. Even so, you were exhausted, it felt like you were running on empty. Getting off on the wrong foot at the beginning of the day made you feel like you were trying to play catch up. You still had the walk home and homework to deal with too. 
Beel and Belphie were your walk home companions but they ended up walking next to each other leaving you to follow behind. You trudged your way home, the weight of the day slowing you down. Passing through the entrance of HOL felt like a relief to at least be home. You waved to Beel and Belphie and made a straight shot to your room. Once inside you dropped your backpack, rolled your eyes at the books and folder on your desk that should have gone to school with you and fell face first on your bed. You needed some time to just unwind before even beginning to think about your homework.
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Through some herculean effort you managed to finish your homework before dinner. You were tired but content as you ate. The brothers were as lively as ever so you didn’t need to provide much to the conversation. 
While everyone was clearing the table, you sought out your favorite demon.
Belphegor
He had already gone to the attic so you climbed the stairs and knocked on the door.
Belphie opened the door and at first he just stared at you.
You stared back, not really sure what to say to him.
He shrugged and stepped aside to let you into the room.
Without a word, you walked in and collapsed into his bed. You took a deep breath thankful to be finally done with the day.
Belphie chuckled and copied you, when he collapsed on the bed, it made you bounce a bit.
“You know I’d never question a good cuddle session.” He wrapped his arms around you and you scooted closer to him, but he left the question unsaid allowing you to choose if you wanted to share why you were seeking him out.
You confessed as you held him tighter, “I had a bad day.”
After, you described the terrible highlights from beginning to end, Belphie listening and humming acknowledgements. You were surprised you hadn’t lost him to sleep half way through.
“It doesn’t sound all bad,” Belphie offered.
You backed up and gave him a questioning look.
“Well you didn’t get in trouble with Lucifer, he would have definitely strung us up for something like that.”
“I guess.”
“Even the scummiest of my brothers helped you start the day.”
“Yeah, though they aren’t scummy.”
“Right, right.” Belphie laughed, “The other exchange students were looking out for you too.”
“That’s true… where is all this positivity coming from?” You gave his side a pinch, “Who are you and what did you do with my Avatar of Sloth?”
“I don’t know, some human has been rubbing off on me I guess,” Belphie yawned.
“Sounds like some kind of good influence or something,” You giggled as you snuggled back into him, ready to end the day by his side.
Beelzebub
You took your plate into the kitchen where you knew he would be.
“Are you still hungry?”
The question threw you for a loop. You had just finished dinner. “No, I had enough.” You laughed while patting your stomach and putting your plate in the sink.
He was rummaging in the fridge for a post-dinner snack himself.
You jumped to sit on the counter, just watching him had a calming effect, Beel was gonna be Beel.
He noticed you staring, “Are you sure? You didn’t eat much for dinner.”
“I’m alright, thanks though.”
Beel paused, he didn’t seem satisfied with the way you answered and nodded to himself. He changed gears and opened a cabinet instead.
You were curious what he decided on eating until you recognized the box. “Are those-”
“Mhmm, they’re chocolates from the Human Realm, the ones you had mentioned last time we took a trip.” 
“Beelzebub, the Avatar of Gluttony, was hiding food?” You smirked.
He offered the box to you shyly, “I almost ate them once in a frenzy but reminded myself I got them for you. Afterwards I asked Lucifer to put a spell on it so only you could open them.”
You reached out to accept the box and he pulled it away. Shocked, you looked up at him.
“But if you’ve had enough to eat…”
“There’s always room for chocolate!” You defended.
Beel chuckled as he surrendered the package. He joined you to sit on the counter as you went to open them, excited to see the contents himself.
“Why are you giving these to me now?”
He shrugged, “I got them for you, I thought I would save them for a special occasion, but you looked like you needed it today.”
You leaned your head on his shoulder, “I did, thanks.” You popped a chocolate in your mouth and it melted just like your stress from the day. Then you laughed at the loud gulp to your side, “Do you want a piece?”
Beel nodded enthusiastically and opened his mouth for you to feed him.
Asmodeus
Asmo always welcomed an after-dinner visit to his room. You didn’t typically take him up on the offer so he was interested in what changed today.
“MC!” He grabbed your wrist and pulled you into his room and shut the door, “What’s the special occasion that brings you by?”
You smiled but it didn’t quite make it to your eyes, Asmo noted. “I just wanted to bask in your beauty,” you joked.
“Ha ha,” Asmo rolled his eyes, “but for real, what’s up?”
You looked away debating on how to answer, you had thought that maybe Asmo would be just the distraction you would need to forget the day you had.
With a sigh, you admitted, “I had a really bad today…  but you always seem to know how to make me feel better, so I guess…”
“Aw MC!” Asmo gathered you into a hug. Softer, he added, “I’m sorry you had a bad day.”
You hugged him back, already feeling some of your energy being restored. “Thanks, I know everyone has bad days… it just sucks.”
“It does, and just because everyone has them, doesn’t minimize your bad day to be insignificant. Do you want to talk about it?”
“Sure,” you released him and pulled him to sit down on the end of his bed.
You reviewed everything after oversleeping.
“You were really going to skip lunch?” Asmo asked with a squeeze of your hand.
“Well yeah, I didn’t have any way to pay for a meal and I’m certainly not sneaky enough to dine and dash in the cafeteria.”
“You should have called me! Or one of my brothers! I bet you could even get Mammon, the cheapskate, to pay for your lunch if you asked. You shouldn’t go without a meal, it’s not good for your health,” he whined as he now played with your hand.
“It’s alright, it worked out somehow.”
“I’m kind of jealous of you and Simeon splitting a meal though,” Asmo puffed out his cheeks.
“Who are you jealous of exactly?” You teased and poked his puffed cheek.
He giggled, “I’ll never tell!”
It was your turn to laugh, “I’m gonna tell Simeon!” you got up and pulled out your phone.
“Wait, no! Don’t!” He chased you to try to snatch your phone away, both laughing.
Satan
You knocked on his door lightly. He was either here or in the HOL��s library. If he wasn’t in then you’d just go to bed.
The door cracked open and you could hear Satan call from further inside, “Come in!”
You were careful with opening the door so as to not hit any piles of books that may be behind. “I’m sorry for bothering you!” You called back to him, wherever he may be.
With a pop of magic, he appeared behind you, “You’d never bother me.” He snickered at your shock.
You lightly hit his chest but smiled seeing his enjoyment. Your hand lingered on him and focused on playing with the fabric to avoid his gaze.
“Something wrong?” He raised his hand to hold the back of yours.
“It’s…” you were going to say nothing but you couldn’t bring yourself to lie. You leaned forward so your forehead rested on his clavicle. “It’s been a long day.”
The fact that you almost never admitted to your more negative feelings was not lost on him, especially since he is guilty of the same. “Oh? Do you want to talk about it?”
“It’s alright,” with a shake of your head you sighed and started preparing yourself to push Satan away, “it was just a regular old bad day.”
And although you hadn’t really stepped back yet, Satan felt you move to be at an arm’s length. You started back physically and he knew a window was closing. Without another thought he pulled you in close.
You giggled but returned the hug, “Satan?”
“I’m sorry you had a bad day.” He gave you a squeeze, “do you want to stay the night?”
Maybe today wasn’t all bad. With a content sigh you nodded, “If that’s ok with you?”
“You’re always welcome.”
He picked up that you were looking to be physically close so he set himself up on the bed and you crawled in after him. You settled your head on his chest and his hand came up to stroke your hair absentmindedly. With his free hand he held a book.
“Can you read to me?”
“It’s not exactly a bedtime story,” he laughed and you relished the way it sounded through his chest.
“That’s alright, I just want to hear your voice, it’s very calming.”
Well that’s a first, the Avatar of Wrath, calming? He laughed and you smiled.
Leviathan
You had caught him in the hallway on the way back to his room.
He hadn’t seen you yet and he had his headphones on watching something on his phone.
Feeling mischievous, you snuck up behind him and pat his back. Levi jumped, yanked his headphones off, and turned quickly to see you smiling at him, proud of your little spook.
“Geez MC!” His hand went to his chest, “You gave me a heart attack!”
“Sorry,” you giggled, walking beside him. “What were you watching?”
He launched into an in-depth review, usually you’d listen more closely to provide some kind of unique perspective but today all you could manage was nodding and some sounds of acknowledgement. After the day you had, it was comforting seeing Levi in his element so you let his enjoyment radiate to you.
“Hello? MC?” Levi waved a hand in front of your face. “Are you listening?”
“Ah sorry, I zoned out there. Your face when you were talking was really cute.” You figured it would fluster him to distract him and you were right.
His face blushed deep red as he stuttered your name.
You smiled, Levi will always be Levi. You walked in front of him, leading him to his room.
“H-hey!” Levi called, you half-turned to look at him, “Is something the matter?”
You were actually a little surprised he had picked that up and it made your smile falter.
He looked down with disgust, “Is it because I was going on about gross otaku shit?”
“No,” You answered. He wasn’t looking at you so you stepped back toward him and headbutted his chest. 
He tensed up but didn’t withdraw completely.
With a sigh you admitted, “I had a rough day at school, I’m sorry I made you feel like it was because of you.”
Levi shifted and you thought he was going to move away but instead he wrapped an arm around your back and started rubbing a circle.
You looked up at him and he was back to being a blushy mess.
Mammon
You actually didn’t have to search him out since he was already walking you back to your room.
Mammon was recapping his day and he actually had a pretty good one. He got a good fill of breakfast before Beel cleaned them out, he got a passing grade on a test he was dreading and avoided Lucifer’s ire the entire afternoon. He was positively glowing.
If you hadn’t been worn down by the day you had, you would be over the moon for him as well but it still brought a smile to your face, his happiness was infectious. “That’s amazing Mammon, I’m really proud of you.”
He blushed at the praise but became serious, “You feeling ok?”
“Mhmm,” you nodded and turned to open your door.
“Are you sure?” Mammon confirmed.
“I’m just tired is all,” the day was finally over, besides entertaining Mammon. You rubbed your face to try and wipe some of the weariness away.
“Rough day?”
“I guess yeah, but it’s alright,” You offered a smile.
Mammon reached out and instinctively you leaned into his touch. You felt the warmth of his palm radiate through your cheek, complimented by the smooth feel of his rings. You hummed a sigh and closed your eyes to savor the tender moment.
“You know,” he started and you peeked your eyes open, “if someone’s giving you a hard time, I could take care of them.”
You laughed, “Even if it was Lucifer?”
He gulped, “Is it?”
“No, just wanted to see what you would do,” you teased and stuck out your tongue.
“I’d handle it, even if it was Lucifer!” Mammon pinched your cheek.
“Ow,” you said more out of habit than actual pain, “too bad you can’t beat up a bad day.”
“I could try!” He puffed out his chest.
Shaking your head, you giggled and leaned your head onto his puffed chest. “Thanks Mammon.”
He tugged you into a tight hug, “I’d do anything to keep hearing your laugh.”
Lucifer
His office door was closed. You knew that meant he was busy with something serious.
If it wasn’t serious then he usually left the door ajar, a silent invitation that guests were welcome.
You walked up to the door and seriously debated knocking. 
He did say if you ever needed anything you could always come to him but one bad day didn’t feel like it stacked up to the duties that Lucifer could possibly be working on at that moment.
While leaning your forehead on the cool door you pretended it was his chest. You took an exaggerated breath in, gathering up your strength and hoping to pick up some of Lucifer’s strength too, and turned to head back to your room for the night.
“MC?” Lucifer called, you hadn’t heard the door open, “I thought I heard footsteps.”
“Oh, hi, I was just passing by,” you lied, “Busy night?”
“Yes,” Lucifer sighed and shook his head, “Diavolo wants to move up the next event which means contacting all the vendors to reschedule and refiling all the permits with the new dates.”
“Sounds rough,” you were somewhat pleased you had guessed correctly earlier but hated to see his frustration, against the protest of every cell in your body you asked, “Is there anything I can do to help you?”
He thought for a moment, “Yes actually, come here?” He extended his hand.
You took it and sighed; more work wasn’t exactly how you wanted to end this terrible day but if you could help relieve some of Lucifer’s unhappiness then maybe it wouldn’t be too bad.
Lucifer first pulled you into the room and then pulled you into a hug.
“What-”
“You looked like you needed a hug.” He admitted with a light blush tinting his ears.
“Well, thank you,” you melted into his hold, it was firm and warm and felt like sunshine after a storm.
“Is everything ok?” Lucifer looked slightly concerned, “You were pretty quiet at dinner too.”
“I feel better now,” you tighten your grip on him trying to stop him from pulling away.
He still did slightly, “You know I’m always here for you, right?”
“Of course,” you confirmed with a smile, “it was just a bad day, it sounds like you’re having one of those too. Let’s get to that paperwork.”
Lucifer chuckled, “To be honest, the help I wanted from you was the hug. I’m glad it could make both of us feel better,” and he embraced you once more.
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That Warm Feeling (Agatha Harkness x Drunk!Reader)
Request: hi i saw u opened your agatha x reader requests, can i request for agatha x drunk!fem-reader where at like a party or something reader gets drunk and agatha has to take care of her? Just some fluff. (anon)
Summary: Agatha takes you home after you have a little too much to drink (AU)
Contents: drinking, drunk reader
A/N: I did in fact drink to get in Y/N’s headspace for this one. Call it method writing if you will 😌
Tag List: @nyx-aira @thelanawinterrs @crystalline-possession @sarahp-stan @clxwnnyy @lilibeth-tate @highgaytohell @philippaharkness @amethyst-bitch @paulawand @shinkomiii @alexajbitar @agnessharknes-1 @academiagaymess @nctxrejects @midnight-lestrange
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“One more round!” Nat yelled, downing her drink.
Tony was throwing a party at the compound for..something that you couldn’t quite remember at the moment. Truth be told, you didn’t really care. The party just meant a moment to finally unwind and forget about work stress. You and Nat were doing rounds of shots, though you weren’t totally sure how many drinks you’d had so far this evening.
As you stood up to follow the Russian to the bar, you felt your head swim. You chose to ignore it; sure you were feeling tipsy but you were in no way done having fun tonight.
Joining Nat at the bar, you threw back the drink she presented in front of you. “Alright Y/N!” She cheered. “Maybe you’re not as much of a lightweight as I thought.”
“L-lightweight? Me? Never.” Keeping your speech fluent was becoming a bit of a difficult task.
Suddenly the assassin leaned in close, a mischievous glint in her eye. Unlike you, she didn’t seem to be affected by the liquor at all. “So, you and Harkness huh? You’ve got to tell me everything,” she smirked.
“Agatha? She’s amazing,” you couldn’t help the grin that formed on your face thinking of your girlfriend. “She’s so caring, and hot, and powerful, and hot, and smart, and hot,” you giggled.
“Don’t forget the fact that she’s hot,” Nat snorted.
“Did you know we met when I was in Westview?” You nodded at the surprised look on the assassin’s face. “Yup. And I thought she was so hot and I guess she thought the same about me because she took me home and we had super hot amazing-”
“Y/N!” You were interrupted by your girlfriend wrapping an arm around your waist. “There you are!” Agatha looked down at you with an amused look on her face.
“Aggs!” You exclaimed, giving her a kiss on the cheek. “I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve been about 10 feet away darling. Is it possible you maybe had a bit too much to drink?”
You smirked at Nat while pointing your thumb at Agatha. “See, I told you she’s caring.”
The Russian chuckled before turning to Agatha. “Y/N’s been trying to keep up with me, so yes, I think she has had a little too much to drink.”
“Alright doll,” the witch said, helping you to your feet. You felt yourself stumble a little but Agatha held on tight. “Let’s get you home, hm?”
You let out an exaggerated sigh. “Fine,” you said, waving bye to Nat.
Agatha’s magic enveloped both of you, making you feel warm. Suddenly, the two of you were in your apartment’s bedroom. You turned and wrapped your arms around Agatha’s neck. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking,” you giggled.
“I’m thinking,” Agatha said, gently pushing you onto the bed. “That my girlfriend tried to drink like a Russian and is now facing the consequences.”
Before you could protest, Agatha magicked away your clothes and tucked you under the covers. You didn’t want to admit it, but your eyes were starting to get droopy.
Sitting next to you, Agatha procured an aspirin and a glass of water. “Drink up sweetheart,” she said, offering you the glass.
“But I like being buzzed,” you frowned. “It makes me feel warm.”
“I know you do,” Agatha laughed. “But this is for tomorrow’s Y/N, who’s going to have one hell of a hangover. And besides, I can make you feel warm too.”
Disgruntled, you took the water and aspirin. “Good girl,” Agatha smiled, pressing a kiss into your hair. Setting the glass aside she slipped under the covers next to you.
You snuggled into her side, nuzzling your face into crook of her neck. “I love you,” you whispered sleepily.
“I love you too angel,” she whispered back, holding you tight until you fell asleep in her arms.
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drabbles-mc · 3 years
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PSA: My requests are officially closed for the time being.
Usually even when I'm taking a break altogether, or slowing down my writing, I don't take the time to officially close my requests because I figure I can always get to stuff later, but I find that it's been weighing on me mentally in a way thats not at all good for me.
I still plan to write. I want to keep plugging away at my multichaps and other ideas I have in my head. But I want to do it at my own pace without feeling pressured by an influx of stuff. I adore the requests you guys have sent in so far, but right now I just can't take any more on.
If you've previously sent stuff in, I'll get to it when I get to it. I don't mean that disrespectfully, I'm just trying to be honest. I'm not rushing to get to stuff, and I'm trying not to put deadlines on myself.
I love writing but lately it's felt more like a job or an obligation than something that I do for fun to unwind and get out of my own head. Fanfiction has always been an escape for me and I don't want to cost myself that.
I'll open them up again eventually. And, like I said, I still plan to be writing. But I have a lot to contend with in my personal life that comes way before being a writer. And I just want to focus on things that I really wanna write for a bit and get back into my own headspace.
Thank you all for the support so far and when things change you'll be the first to know. Love y'all
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sxfterhearts · 4 years
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42. [7:35 pm]
➳ pairing: youngjae x reader ft. amateur chef!jaebeom
➳ genre/warnings: fluff, just fluff, mildly suggestive towards the end (I haven’t written in ages so I guess that’s also a warning??)
➳ word count: 1,190 words
➳ summary: “Is this okay?”
➳ author's note: see below!!
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“Speak up, hyung!” Youngjae breathed heavily into the microphone of his earphones. “I can’t hear anything you’re saying!”
“Young– Give me a sec,” He heard Jaebeom draw a deep breath before bellowing out an ear-piercing “Keep it down, Bam, or I’ll whoop your ass!”
Youngjae flinched, his sweaty palm nearly losing its grip on the rubber spatula.
It was an early Friday night in. He had purposely rushed back to your shared apartment the moment the clock hands struck five. Not that this wasn’t a regular occurrence, but he wanted to be extra early tonight in order to execute his plan. Youngjae thought of the perfect way to spend your first Friday after starting a new job at a well-known company in the city. Your boyfriend, being the attentive and caring person he was, intended to treat you to a bubble bath while he prepared a wholesome three course meal for you. Or at least, he was trying to.
“Sorry, Bambam’s just… being Bambam. You know how it is. Now, where was I?” Jaebeom paused, musing over his thoughts like an old man suffering from short-term memory loss.
Youngjae grit his teeth in frustration and stress as he watched the concoction of dark chocolate chips and butter melt before his very eyes. Who would’ve thought baking brownies could’ve been this stressful? “The chocolate. I melted the chocolate chips with the butter over the stove. What’s next?”
“I’m pretty sure you have to crack the eggs into the bowl. Oh wait, no, no. You have to add the vanilla extract first. Just a tiny bit, though. We don’t want it to overpower the chocolatey taste.”
“How much? Two tablespoons?”
“Are you crazy? This is a chocolate brownie, not a vanilla cupcake. A teaspoon should be fine, I think. Or was it a quarter? Shit…”
The man closed his eyes to contain his anger and heaved a large sigh. “If you just wrote down the recipe we wouldn’t be in this position, hyung…”
The elder completely dismissed his comment. “Try a teaspoon. I’m like, ninety-nine percent sure I’m right.”
Youngjae had no other choice but to oblige. After all, everyone knew, including you and the boys, that he could not bake to save his life.
And yet, here he was, trying his hands at baking your favourite dessert – brownies. He even bought the premium vanilla ice cream that you liked to quenelle on top of it later (thankfully it was on sale). Youngjae really wanted to pamper you tonight.
“It’s not that difficult, right, Youngjae? This recipe is foolproof. My cousin tried it last month and he’s only twelve.”
Youngjae wasn’t too sure about that. Sceptical, he cracked three room-temperature eggs into the gooey, fragrant chocolate mixture. “Won’t the eggs cook in the chocolate ‘cos it’s boiling hot?”
Silence.
“Hyung?”
“Listen, Youngjae, I’m not a baking god. I don’t know the answer to every single question you have. Just do as I say and pray really hard that your brownies will turn out well.” Jaebeom snapped. “Have you mixed the eggs? You have to make sure the mixture is incorporated well and as shiny as Jackson’s forehead on a hot day.”
A commotion broke out on the other end of the line. Youngjae assumed it was due to Jaebeom’s offhanded comment about the state of Jackson’s skin.
“The last thing you have to do is just mix in the flour and cocoa powder, then you can pour it into the baking pan. It has to be a square one, nine by nine inches and lined with baking paper. Oh, and you need to grease the bottom of the pan first.”
Youngjae’s mouth hung open in disbelief. “You could’ve told me this earlier! I don’t– What is nine by nine inches? Why are you even using inches, we’re in Korea!” He huffed exasperatedly.
“Twenty-three centimetres, you doofus. Find one, hurry! Otherwise the mixture will harden.”
After rummaging through your stash of baking supplies for a good five minutes, he finally found the all-important baking pan. With Jaebeom’s uniquely reassuring words, Youngjae eventually managed to pour the batter in and placed the pan into the oven with trembling hands. The boy was nervous – he just wanted everything to be perfect tonight.
Somewhere between the fifteen-minute mark and an endless string of ridiculously cute puppy videos, the door’s keypad beeped. Standing up straight, Youngjae pulled off his chocolate-stained apron and jogged towards the door in anticipation.
“Youngjae, guess what! Oh,” You paused mid-sentence, your head poking curiously into the apartment as the brownie’s fragrant aroma tickled your senses. “What smells so good? Did you bake?”
“Hey baby!” Youngjae greeted like his usual bright self, your previous bursts of stress long forgotten. He reached for your handbag and laptop bag, gently ushering you into the comforts of your home. “I did. You’re in for a relaxing night, my darling. I’ve already ran you a bath, and you can use one of your sparkly pink bath bombs.” You couldn’t take off your shoes fast enough the moment you heard the word ‘relax’.
Your mouth fell slightly agape as you held Youngjae’s buttery hands in yours, eyes filled to the brim with fascination and gratitude. “You did?”
“Yes, baby. Go! Take off your clothes and get soaking. Dinner will be ready in another half an hour.” Youngjae guided you towards the ensuite, where he ran the waters and tested the temperature just moments earlier.
You gladly welcomed his suggestion. After all, the best way to unwind after a long day of work was to soak in glittery rose-scented water and allow the knots upon knots of worries to melt away.
Your mind solely focussed on the motions of shucking off your pencil skirt and unbuttoning your blouse once you released the bath bomb. The sweet aroma overtook your senses and overpowered your stress.
A sigh involuntarily left your lips as you sank into the warm, perfumed water. Picking up the book Youngjae thoughtfully left on the edge of the bathtub, you repositioned yourself into a comfortable position. The distant humming coming from Youngjae in the kitchen, the gentle sloshing of water as you flipped the pages and the wonderful feeling of soaking your sore muscles… Nothing could get better than this.
Youngjae appeared twenty pages later to feed you a slice of his freshly baked brownies. Crouching down by your side, he inspected your facial features for any reaction with complete earnest.
“I hope that it’s okay. Is this okay?” He breathed.
“It’s more than okay, it’s everything that I need…” You paused, tongue running repeatedly over the edges of your lips in search of brownie remnants. “What did you put in these brownies, babe?”
“I… Is it… Bad? Does it taste funny? I–”
“No, not at all!” You giggled. “It’s so, so, so good! I could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Speaking of dinner…”
“The entrée is still cooking on the stove.” Youngjae admitted sheepishly.
“Hmm… That’s a shame. I’m hungry for a different type of dinner.”
“Wh… What do you mean?”
“I meant, I’d love to have you for dinner. Come, join me.”
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➳ author's note: woah ok!! I started this towards the end of my last internship and finally mustered up the courage, strength, mental capacity etc etc to finish it off. I’m sorry if its lacklustre (which im sure it is) but just really really wanted to post this!!! (im busting with excitement omgomg) I’ve been busy with internships and having existential crises and also (ngl) procrastinated with my writing and this blog which is why I’ve been sosososoo absent. I don’t want to make empty promises but yeah, I hope to get back into tumblr again! Honestly was in such a good headspace when I was active on here, I miss it sm, I miss interacting with you guys omg okay I will stop rambling. Good night I love you ALL!!!
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sitp-recs · 4 years
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Begin As You Mean To Go On by @doubleappled
Harry/Draco (2018, Explicit, 2.8k)
The first time, it was an accident. The second time, Harry’s going to have to ask.
His black hair was unkempt and shaggy as ever, long enough that he could tie it back if he ever cared to, which he didn’t. And his voice didn’t work properly anymore, somehow —it didn’t do what he wanted, and something else he liked about being with Malfoy was that he never had to use it.
Some days you’re so exhausted you just need a nice and quick PWP to unwind. It’s the perfect choice when you don’t want to think, just feel; more often than not, these fics don’t stay with you for any other reason than being exceptional smut (and even then - if you’re like me, at some point you’ll just get them all mixed up in your head and won’t be able to list your fave blow job fics if your life depended on it 😂). I’ve been a big fan of this author since reading the brilliant Poor Unfortunate Souls and well, hair pulling happens to be one of my favorite kinks so I had no doubts this would be right up my alley. But I wasn’t expecting such a beautiful and poignant tale, the kind that steals your breath away and stays with you afterwards. This fic is not about the kink, it’s not even about the sex; it’s about trust and intimacy, about two broken men finding each other, seeing each other, learning each other until they feel safe enough to be vulnerable together. I found that quite moving, and the clubbing setting and evocative writing only made this story more atmospheric. This is such a lovely and interesting take on Harry. His headspace is fascinating to read and I wanna know everything about his life before Draco, about his issues and coping mechanisms. The author captured perfectly the anxiety and fear of opening up and asking for something, and the delicious pleasure of indulging and being indulged. The imagery of Draco reading Harry’s body like a revelation is breathtaking and I love how the fic explores their silent communication. It’s hard to believe this is only a little under 3k, so don’t waste another second and go read it!
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jojothembo · 4 years
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Hello!!! I really love your writing 🥺 can we get some Formaggio and Prosciutto petplay HCs? ;0 thank you so much in advance!! 💖💖
thank you so much!!❤️❤️ and also um GOD FUCKING YESS!  am so on board with this idea🙃
NSFW under the cut
TW: degradation, humiliation, mention of toys, pet play, (aftercare included),
Prosciutto 
💛Prosciutto is kind of a kink purist, he going to take all precautions to make sure it all goes off without a hitch
💛detailed discussions about contracts and safewords, he’s very cautious and concise with negotiations (god know negotiations are necessary with him) 
💛First of all, Prosciutto is a RELENTLESS top. He’s very stern and very dominant in his everyday life. And it translates in the bedroom 
💛be prepared to be his pretty little bunny
💛oh and he says it all the time, leans into your ear and calls you “my little bunny” just to fluster you.
💛He gets you a gold “P”  monogram necklace that he insists you wear at all times
💛he’s not the best at PDA but he does enjoy flustering you in public with the name 
💛he's not opposed to calling you by your pet name in public, you guys will be out shopping and he’ll ask “you see something you like bunny?” With his hand on the small of your back
💛he is more than willing to drop some money on your bedroom activities, leather restraints in your favorite color, matching toys, expensive lingerie
💛He’s a hard Dom and he has expectations 
💛he expects you to be waiting for him on the couch when he gets home, perched on your hands and knees ears on, tail plug in
💛he’ll greet you with a kiss on the forehead and head-pats
💛he asks you to serve him a drink as he unwinds after work having you by his side while he relaxes, just petting your hair checking in on his sweet before using your mouth as an ashtray 
💛“Just like that bunny, your so good to me~”
💛His tone of voice is almost chilled when he sees you get into headspace 
💛he’s very into impact play, bending you over his knee and spanking your ass beet red making you count until he’s satisfied 
💛“I’m sure you remember how to count bunny, don’t make me start over~”
💛EDGING he will not let you have it until you are crying for release!!
💛“Not a word from those pretty lips, you can cum when I think your good and ready.”
💛He has a Light degradation kink more into humiliation 
💛“Does my little bunny like to be fucked like a slut?”
💛“You take me so well bunny~”
💛loves to watch you on top of him, guides your hips as you ride him, watching you jump a little every time his hand strikes your ass 
💛Aftercare is extensive!!!! He draws you a bath, sets some comfy clothes on the bed for you, he makes sure that you take care of yourself after, no matter the intensity of the scene 
Formaggio 
 ❤️ Formaggio is totally game for pet play he’s definitely not as intense as Prosciutto more of a “nudge nudge” “ wink wink” kinda guy
❤️Your gonna have to walk him through some of the ins and outs of negotiation but he’s super attentive he wants to learn
❤️He’s gonna go for a kitty 
❤️He’s gonna HEAD OVER HEELS fall for it. It’s like a switch in his brain was hit and now he loves everything about it
❤️He ends up splurging on cat ears tails and toys(like sends you the amazon purchase receipt exited) 
❤️Gets you a cheeky collar with his name on it
❤️He might start using kitty as a staple pet name(but I think he’s already pretty liberal with pet names) 
❤️you might come home one day and find a pair of cat ears and a matching tail plug 
❤️“That’s a good kitty.”
❤️He loves to hear the bell jingle on your play collar when you give him head
❤️“Such a cute little thing aren’t you?”
❤️Likes to see you look up at him while you gag on his cock
❤️He loves to go down on you with your tail in, watching you squirm as he looks up at you
❤️“Aww does kitty wanna cum? Kitty’s gonna have to beg a little louder huh~”
❤️He wants to see everything! So a mating press while watching you in your little cat ears get pounded into the bedsheets drives him crazy
❤️”Cum on this cock kitty~ I know you wanna cum for honey.”
❤️Loves to pull your tail plug while he has you on all fours watching your ass bounce on his cock
❤️Aftercare usually looks like cuddles and junk food (he’s the type to fuck till he’s hungry)
❤️He usually  joins you in the shower after a scene and ends the night in bed cuddled up together with a rom-com
#lasquadraxreader #jjbaxreader #Prosciuttoxreader # Formaggioxreader
#formaggioisalazytop #lasquadra 
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sanutopia · 4 years
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Fever Dream [M]
park jinyoung (got7) x fem!dom
Request:  I was interested in a reading where jinyoung would be a hard business man and he would go to a dominatrix play session to unwind
A/N: I was originally going to write this as y/n being the dom but the more I wrote, the more I liked the third person POV? I didn’t use any names so if you want to imagine it as being you, go ahead! hehe but I hope that’s okay with you guys and I hope you like it :) xo
word count: 2,641
[fem!dom, sub!jinyoung, swearing, use of restraints, edging-ish, slight pain kink??? (jinyoung receiving), begging, spitting, cum eating, handjob, use of a cock ring, a smidge of degradation (if u squint)]
He can’t ever remember a time he wasn’t this tense. Jinyoung had worked hard the past five years to excel at his position as an executive secretary to one of the biggest CEO’s in the area. Yeah, the guy was sort of an asshole but Jinyoung was one of the only one’s tough enough to endure it. Everyone in the building knew Jinyoung had a hard persona - stoic, serious...cold, almost. He fit in well with the higher up’s. For the past three months, he’d exchanged multiple calls with other executives from Hong Kong, Tokyo, and New York City to set up a business conference in which he would pitch what the company has to offer and why international investments would be beneficial. This was important to him and his job, and his stress was building up by the day.
This day, in particular, hadn’t gotten off to a good start. He got a ticket on the way to work (which he was almost late for), the coffee machine is broken, and now the phone call he’s in the middle of does not seem like it’s going to end well. To his dismay, he’s right. One of the companies he had reached out to withdrew their interest in investing.
Luckily for him, sharing the news with the CEO didn’t get him fired. He did get yelled at, yes, but at least he was still employed. This day added up with the past few months was enough to make Jinyoung realize he’d had it with work. He needed a getaway.
When he got home that night, he took what felt like a boiling hot shower and had a drink. The drink gave him the courage to do something he hadn’t done in a while. He picked up the phone and called an old friend.
“I didn’t think I’d hear from you again.. what can I do for you?” her voice sends chills down his spine. It sounds deeper through the phone, almost like she knew he was going to call. The last time he heard her voice, he was begging her to cum. He never forgot the last night he spent with her, and his dick certainly didn’t forget it either.
He skips straight to the point. “I need your help. Please tell me you’re not busy tonight.”
She chuckles into the speaker, “Come on over youngie, I’ll take care of you.”
He hangs up and downs the rest of his drink, grabbing his keys and wallet and heading out the door. He has the entire cab ride to get in the right headspace and prepare himself for what’s to come, and he doesn’t get more than halfway without getting a raging hard on. He gets to the street’s corner and tells the cab driver to stop there, thinking he could use the fresh air before getting to her house. She lives in a peaceful neighborhood in a cute, innocent looking house, which he thinks is ironic considering her basement is a soundproof sex dungeon like something out of a movie. His legs are becoming shaky now, both out of nerves and excitement, both of which he feels again walking up the steps to her front door. He knocks lightly, and five seconds doesn’t pass before the door opens. She opens the door and smiles gently at him, “Come in, angel. How have you been?”
She’s changed since the last time he saw her; her hair is a little longer and darker, she has a couple more tattoos, and her olive skin looks soft as ever. Jinyoung takes a deep breath, just mentioning how tough and draining work has been and also apologizing for being out of touch for the past few months.
“You don’t have to apologize, Jinyoung. You can make it up to me in a little while.” He gulps lightly with that statement, watching her reach a manicured hand up to the doorframe, where she retrieves a gold key. She unlocks the basement door and opens it, motioning for Jinyoung to go down first.
Nothing has changed down here, the walls are still the color of red wine, different toys being used to decorate the walls, complete with whips, riding crops (his favorite), strap on’s (her favorite), and multiple chests, where she stashed away everything else. In the middle of the hardwood floor is a white wooden chair, which is where she directs Jinyoung to sit after watching him get completely undressed. His aching cock is already standing against his lower abs as he sits there, looking up at her as she smirks down at him, starting to strap his hands to the armrests of the chair along with another strap that comes from the back of the chair around his chest.  
“Do you still remember our safe word?” He nods. “Purple.”
“Good. I was hoping you didn’t forget.”
“Let’s see if you can still last as long as you could a few months ago.” She pulls out a black cock ring and kneels down to meet his gaze. She slides the ring down his shaft and he sucks in a breath watching her, her nails coming down to scrape fairly hard up and down his thighs when shes done. She pulls a remote out of the satin robe she’s wearing and presses the top button without remorse. The ring starts vibrating at the base of his dick, and he’s half tempted to bust his load right then and there. She stands back up slightly and looks him in the eye, “I’m gonna go finish getting ready. I’ll take as long as I want and if I come back down here and see that you came, you’ll get punished. Do you understand?”
He couldn’t answer quick enough. “Yes mistress.”
She hums and he hears her steps getting distant from him until she slams the door to the basement. He lets out a heavy breath, nails white from clenching the armrests. His hips twitch every other second, and the vibrating ring isn’t going to let up anytime soon. In fact, he swears after a few minutes, the vibrations intensify. His hips are rutting as much as he can considering his upper body is mostly restricted and there’s already a thin film of sweat starting to coat his forehead and chest. The pearl of precum runs down the head of his cock and he only ruts his hips harder, the legs of the chair scooting against the floor until he’s almost up against a wooden pillar that stands in the middle of the room. He’s so close to cumming he can almost taste it, and he wants it so bad. He knows he shouldn’t do this, but it’s been so long. He’s so entranced in the vibrations he doesn’t hear her come down the stairs, grabbing two more sets of straps from the table against the wall.
She drops the straps and comes behind him, slapping both of her hands on his thighs, his flesh feeling her sharp nails and rings on almost every one of her fingers. He jolts in his seat as much as he can move, cock twitching for what felt like the eightieth time that night. As she’s kneading his thigh with one hand, the other hand comes up to grab his hair, yanking his head to the side.
“Bunny... look what you’ve done..”
He always loved when she called him that when he entered subspace. He lets a small whine slip through his lips. She was nurturing but torturous, which is what he needed right now.
“Mistress I’m sorry I-”
“I was gonna let it slide seeing as it’s been a while, but we both know you love it when I punish you anyway, don’t we?”
“Yes, mistress.”
She grabs the straps again and walks around to face him. She bends down and starts strapping each of his ankles to the chair legs, and then adds one coming from under the chair over the tops of his thighs, keeping his hips from thrusting.
“If you keep thrusting your hips, I’ll keep tightening the straps. See how that works?”
He looks up at her and she tilts her head, waiting for him to speak his understanding, but all he can mumble is, “I missed this, missed you..”
She lets out a low chuckle while turning around, searching for a blindfold in the drawer. “Oh, bunny. You’re going to regret saying that later.”
She blindfolds him and ensures he can’t see anything and pulls out the sleek remote once more, putting it on the highest setting. He moans so loud it scratches the back of his throat. She grabs the riding crop off of the wall where it hangs and walks over to Jinyoung, running the leather end of the crop up his shin, watching as a trail of goosebumps marks it’s path on his skin. He whines and tries one more time to grind his hips upwards, that leading to him getting a hard whip on his thigh. He throws his head back, cock twitching and leaking even more than before.
“P-please..” he asks shakily, “Do that again, please, mistress”
“You want it harder?”
“Yes, please.”
She runs the crop even further up his thigh and when she raises and lowers it again to smack him with it, it’s not his thigh she hits. She lands the smack right on the head of his cock, causing his whole body to convulse, chair creaking as his body jerks with all it’s might. A moan rips its way out of him, almost sounding choked. He’s sweating profusely now and his aching dick is so red it looks like it could explode (and honestly it might).
While running the crop up his stomach this time she taunts him even further. “Wouldn’t it be funny if all of your colleagues could see you right now? They’re intimidated by you, scared even! Peel back that hard exterior and you’re nothing more than a horny little bitch who’s about to cum when I haven’t even touched him yet.” She lifts the crop once more and lashes it against his thigh this time, just missing his cock.
Seeing his reaction, she proceeds to whip his thighs six more times, three times on each thigh. After the last hit, he can no longer stand it. He’s panting, thrashing around in the chair (or at least trying to), and clawing at the armrests so hard they might just break.
“Please let me cum, please- I’ll do anything if you please just let me cum- please, it hurts”
She sighs aloud, “You wanna cum so bad you’re begging for it, bunny?”
He furiously nods his head and moans once again when she shuts off the cock ring. She reaches over and slowly drags the cock ring off of his shaft, watching him shutter and hiss as she does so. She removes the blindfold too, and then gets on her knees to remove the straps around his chest and thighs. He looks down at her with his chest heaving, silently thanking her for giving him his vision back. She reaches a hand out to stroke his sweating face and taps her nail against his cheek.
“Spit, baby.”
He does exactly that, garnering as much spit as he can and lowering his head so he can slowly drop the spit into her palm. “Good boy. Now keep your eyes on me or I stop.”
“Yes, mistress.”
She starts at the head and he sucks in a sharp breath. All he needs is thirty seconds. Thirty seconds of her touch and he’ll blow his load. She wraps her whole hand around it and slowly jerks him, his whines getting louder with every stroke. He starts to fidget in his seat once more, not taking his eyes off of her. His heavy breathing starts back up, and within ten strokes of her touch, he’s begging again.
“Ask me.”
“Can I cum please?”
“You can do better than that, bunny. Ask me.”
“Mistress, can I cum please? I c-can’t hold it, please let me cum please!”
She tells him to let go and almost instantly, long strings of cum coat her hands, her chest, and the leather corset she was wearing. Jinyoung’s hair is curling along his hairline from the amount of sweat, and his forehead is scrunched while his mouth is in the shape of an O. He can’t hold his moans or curses in. He’s thrashing around in the seat, trying to use her hand to milk the rest of his orgasm. He’s panting and sweating and his mind is reeling but as he’s coming down from it, he notes that as the best orgasm he’s ever had.
She gets up and straddles him the best she can and scrapes some of the cum off of the leather corset with her nail. She puts the finger in her mouth and swirls her tongue around it, mixing the cum with her spit. She takes her index finger and her thumb and squeezes Jinyoung’s cheeks. He knows what she wants. He opens his mouth and she raises above him, spitting the cum-laced saliva onto his tongue. He closes his mouth and swallows just as she expected.
“You’re always so good at helping me clean up, so clean up the mess you made.”
“Yes, mistress.”
She sits fully on him again and cradles his head in her hands before lightly pushing him against her chest, his tongue coming out to lick the cum out of the valley of her breasts. She guides him with her ring-clad fingers in his hair. He laps at her cum covered chest like a thirsty puppy. Her favorite Jinyoung is post-orgasm Jinyoung. He’s so eager to praise her and thank her for what she’s given him, even if tonight it was basically just a handjob. He needed the release.
After he’s finished and fully soft, she releases him from the restraints. He rubs his wrists until they have feeling again and grabs her hand as she begins to turn around to put them back in the drawer.
“Thank you for doing this. I know we usually make appointments and it was late notice-”
“You don’t have to thank me, Jinyoung. You said you needed help and that’s what I’m here for. Did you think I was going to let you suffer?”
Before he had come here, she had a whole list of things she’d planned to do to him, and she had planned to cum too, but seeing how drained he looked and how much he was thanking her for one orgasm (which wasn’t the normal routine), she decided she could wait. She really stood by being a selfless dominant. She smiles down on him and he smiles back at her, his pupils still blown out.
He kisses the back of her hand he’s holding and stands up, regaining feeling in his legs and feet before he tries to put his underwear and dress pants back on. The material drags against his red, scratched up, still stinging thighs, making him hiss rather loudly.
“Make sure to put some aloe or something on those. You remember how it goes.” She says while shuffling around, putting things back to the way they were and cleaning up some more.
“Thank you for everything...again.”
He leaves her house with that, the fresh air from outside making him take a deep breath, seeing as it felt he had been holding one in all this time. He almost falls asleep in the cab on the way back to his place. He’s worn out- although it was only one orgasm, it had the power of ten. When he gets home that night and he’s lying in bed with his eyes drifting closed, he can’t help but to believe that tonight was just a fever dream.
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Ahhh!! I loved writing this a lot and I really hope you guys liked it !! This was my first request so thank you to the person who requested and if you guys want some more stuff like this PLEASE request it!
Also who’s excited for Got7′s comeback? What song are you looking forward to hearing the most?
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cyanoscarlet · 4 years
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2020 writing review
Thanks for the tag, @gladiowrites​! (I know it’s not a tag, but this is fun to do lol)
I.. honestly wrote a lot this 2020. No kidding. Quarantine productivity was real, but so is residency languishing by the wayside while everyone was busy surviving and adjusting. I highly doubt 2021 will be the same, but I’ll always cherish 2020 just because of the writing and nothing else.
This is gonna be long.
FIRST CREATION + MOST RECENT CREATION OF 2020
8:15 am  - Final Fantasy XV. Lunafreya. February 2020. - First piece ever written for the year. - Intended to be a Luna-centric AU, in which the Nox Fleurets were deposed and she’s now a regular teacher. Never managed to write anything beyond that, though, because residency. (Back then, I didn’t know it was gonna be the beginning of the end, so I had hopes. Oh well.)
irresistible!, or the summer ramblings of nene yashiro and everything that followed - Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun. Nene, Hanako. March 2020. - First one published on AO3 for 2020 (yes, there’s a distinction). - If you think the title sounds familiar, you’re right.
versus
first yuletide - Final Fantasy XV. Nyx. December 2020. - Written for the FFXV Secret Santa event on Twitter. - Before y’all object and say what unwinding is, that’s an old fic uploaded late.
ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE CREATIONS FROM 2020
Do I seriously have to choose? Omg.
take heart - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai/Chuuya. Gods/Humans AU. - Discovered so much about myself writing this. Also (hopefully) I managed to get into Dazai’s headspace correctly. He’s an extremely difficult character to write, so finishing this brought so much gratification.
you don’t raise heroes, you raise sons - Final Fantasy VIII. Laguna, Squall. Post-canon. - Probably my most heartfelt work of the year- scratch that, ever. Also happy with how I just let myself go writing this and didn’t need to think twice.
A CREATION YOU’RE REALLY PROUD OF
oneiric moments (or, five nights with you) - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai/Chuuya. - Written for the SKK Fic Exchange for Summer 2020. - Five interconnected fics. 18,985 words. - Might not be a big deal for others, but this was taxing because I don’t usually write long, multichaptered stuff. I got carried away, though. It ain’t as well-polished as my more recent stuff, but I’m proud of myself for pulling this off.
A NEW STYLE YOU TRIED THIS YEAR & A FIC THAT USES IT
I... don’t think I have tried anything of the sort. My repertoire is sorely limited compared to others, I’m afraid. I’d probably have an answer for “explored new themes,” but again, I’ve a limited arsenal, too, in that regard.
A CREATION THAT TOOK YOU FOREVER
all in a day’s work - Bungou Stray Dogs. Atsushi, Akutagawa. Cells at Work AU. - It’s still being written, with a lot of side stories planned but never drafted. - I fell out of love with BSD, recovered from that, then got busy with residency.
YOUR CREATION FROM 2020 THAT RECEIVED THE MOST NOTES KUDOS
Also take heart. While I am proud of it, I guess it hit the right spot for mainstream shippers, too, somewhat? My feelings about mainstream things have changed a lot because of things, but I am still happy.
A CREATION YOU THINK DESERVED MORE NOTES KUDOS
amīcitia - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai, Chuuya. Final Fantasy XV AU. - Petty indignancy for my self-indulgent baby aside, I’m also proud of how I wrote Dazai in this one, similar to take heart.  the fun they had - Bungou Stray Dogs. Kajii, Port Mafia Ensemble. - ... Guys. Please notice genfics.
A NEW FANDOM YOU JOINED AND A CREATION YOU MADE FOR IT
Everything I wrote for Bungou Stray Dogs. (I kid you not.)
If you want a single answer anyway:
on the flaming mountains - act-age. Chiyoko, Kei. Princess Iron Fan Arc. - arc words: “what shall i do with this ire?” - I wouldn’t really say I “left” the fandom, more like it fizzled out after Matsuki-sensei got arrested.
A CREATION YOU MADE THAT BREAKS YOUR HEART
a cycle of; - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai/Chuuya. Medico-legal AU. - Written out of much anger and frustration over things. Also because this in itself was frustrating to write.
Also  you don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. Because no matter how much I hate my family at so many points in my life, I know I can’t truly hate them from the bottom of my heart. This fic is a reminder of that.
A SIMPLE CREATION THAT YOU REALLY LOVE
express delivery for love - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai/Chuuya. Real World Quarantine AU. - It’s funny. It’s orthodox. It’s sweet. I don’t think it can get any better than that.
A CREATION THAT WAS INSPIRED BY ANOTHER ONE
rather be - Bungou Stray Dogs. Yosano. Pre-canon. - Inspired by yesterday is another world by @wctercress​ - The whole of primum non nocere, actually, but specifically this one, and the rest followed. - This is also my first BSD fic. Ever.
A FAVORITE CREATION CREATED BY SOMEONE ELSE
... You sure? There’s a lot, and this is just on the surface. (unleashes the proverbial waterfall)
The aforementioned yesterday is another world by @wctercress​
silencer and snow white days by EKmisao - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai, Chuuya. Dead Apple canon-divergent. - The aftermath of Dead Apple, in which one of two goes wrong. - They’re unrelated, I know. But they’re both sisters! Just trust me on this. - The proper entry for this would be silencer, but I can’t very well mention one without the other, so have both anyway. I read both only this year, after all. Waiting for Godot by @eternal-aegis​ - Bungou Stray Dogs. Dazai, Fyodor, Chuuya. Canon-divergent. - Amazing theme, amazing philosophy, amazing writing. It makes you think. It makes you analyze and explore. This writer definitely knows her stuff, and it shows. Catharsis by @gladiowrites​ - Final Fantasy VIII. Rinoa, Gen. Caraway. Post-canon. - The denouement to the Caraway family drama we all deserve. I love how Rinoa is presented in this fic. She’s a normal person who makes mistakes and learns her lessons. So is Fury. Burned bridges don’t always have to stay down, and this fic illustrates that wonderfully.
Culmination by @gladiowrites​ - Final Fantasy VIII. Squall, Rinoa. Post-canon. - We can’t all have happy endings. This fic also illustrates that very well. While I, a Squinoa fan, personally ascribe to the happy ending Squall and Rinoa must have had after the events of FF8, this fic is so compelling and grounded and reflective and I totally buy this. 
Here Without You by @muselover1901​ - Akagami no Shirayuki-hime. Zen/Shirayuki. Real world quarantine AU. - One of the sweetest stories I’ve ever read this year. I can definitely relate to a lot of things in this fic. I’ve been rereading all of Muse’s ANS stuff whenever I feel down, and they all hit the spot.
Savor The Moment by @joeys-piano​ - Bungou Stray Dogs. Oda. Pre-canon. - Yes, yes, YES. One of the best stories I’ve ever read this year, ever. (And I mean stories, not fanfics.) Great character study about a man named Oda and a day in his life and a page (or three) out of his book of relationships. The love poured into this is simply overflowing and precious. I’ve been following Joey since this fic was being written, and I’m so proud of him.
False Equivalences by @slowquotesquill - Dai Gyakuten Saiban. Asougi, Ryuunosuke. Fullmetal Alchemist AU. - This fic also! Oh, My Heart. The cynicism of a state alchemist and the optimism of a foreign doctor. It perfectly hits the spot for everything FMA, and we all know that SQQ’s Asouryuu fics are always to die for. It’s the ultimate combo.
The whole Promptober Leo/Will/Despair series by @eternal-aegis - Kekkai Sensen. Various themes, many of which are dark/mature. - I’ve said this with Waiting for Godot, and I’ll say it again: Aegis knows her stuff. This is her exploring further in that direction, and you can feel the improvement with every fic in the series. I really love how adventurous these stories are, and how much depth you can go with every one. Her characterization is layered and exquisite, and the underlying lore is well-thought-out. - tl;dr: B3 Goddess.
Predestined by Galkimasera - Final Fantasy VIII. Rinoa, Squall. Reverse/Fateswap AU. - A very well-written reverse AU! The circumstances of Squall and Rinoa in this ‘verse fit so well and are so well thought out. I love this AU so much, you don’t even know. It also fills my nostalgic shipper’s heart with much joy at seeing quality content in this Year of our Lord 2020.
For auld lang syne, my dear by @by-nina - Fullmetal Alchemist. Roy, Riza. Canon-compliant + post-canon. - Holiday feels, snapshots through time, and all over showing Roy and Riza’s budding relationship over the years. And it does remind me of a lot of the SKK fics I’ve written (thematic-wise). This was such a treat to read and to follow. All her FMA fics are. She does Royai so much justice. Am not yet finished reading smoke without fire, but I’ll get to that, too!
SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE CONTENT CREATORS FROM THIS YEAR
Everyone in the answer above. There’s honestly a whole boatload of more, but this is getting too long already lololol
(might edit this when I feel like it, tho!)
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Closer, Chapter Two: Aware - Bonus Features
(I'm sorry about the chapter titles, lolsob. They are, in fact, "Risk", "Aware", "Consensual", and "Kink", plus a surprise title for the fifth chapter.)
((Okay, fine, I'm not nearly as sorry as I should be.))
Chapter two of Closer, the first installment in Somewhere in Canada (the Terror kink AU)... is now up! What is wordcount! (Apparently shit to me, since this chapter is three times the length of chapter one!)
Same deal as last week--technical notes first, story notes after, line notes to finish it all up. (Although I still blame Edward, a number of this week's line notes are Jopson's fault, and he's a lying liar on a number of occasions, the terrible sweetheart.)
Alright, here we go.
Technical Considerations:
Chapter Length: So, this story was intended to be much shorter than it is. Initially, the fic was a one-off. After all, it's only taking place over a weekend, how long can it be? (lolsob--sixty k, as it turns out, and that's with a significant number of hard cuts. I cringe for the future Fitzier, because the winter conference is longer than the summer one.)
Initially, I'd followed the same chapter structure I used in one of my earlier fics--one day = one chapter. Obviously, that worked fine for Friday, but didn't work for Saturday or Sunday, both of which I've split into two chapters. I still feel like the chapter length is a bit obnoxious--I prefer a 7k chapter, and chapter two is 15k, but it's the best place to make the cut, I think. I considered a cut after Edward's talk got derailed by Hickey--but that would have left Edward in a really ugly headspace for a week while everybody waited for the next chapter, and I didn't want to let him chill there knowing that Jopson is gonna make him feel better, like, immediately.
Hard Cuts: One thing I really like about the source material for The Terror is that it uses hard cuts liberally, and something about that feels like it frees me up to do the same in my own work? So I cut the things that don't matter to the story, even when they're things that I care about. (That rope suspension scene with Sophia and Gore and Dundy was real good, but Edward did not give one single shit about it, and thus, it is not on the page.  Similarly, we didn't get dragged through any of the other panels, etc, that were happening throughout the day, and the one panel we actually did attend, Edward is giving by rote, without thinking about anything he's saying, because Jopson! is! there! oh! god!)
Story Considerations:
Goodsir: Like, of course Goodsir moved to Canada. I don't think it was for Silna, necessarily--and she would have been super unimpressed with that if it had been--but it wouldn't have been not for Silna either. I just think he really loved it here on his first visit, and that was it for him--he came home, he missed Canada, he went back, and he stayed. I'm sure he's in the process of getting his citizenship, and in the meantime, he's going out for hikes and taking pictures of elk and going ice-fishing and organizing kink conventions and generally just having a wonderful time living his best life, and I love that for him.
(And if he's on the receiving end of Silna's strap in increasingly regular frequency, I love that for him too.)
The Tozer-Little Experience: So, outside of the joplittle, which was my primary reason for writing the fic--I also have, like, the world's biggest soft spot for Solomon Tozer. And the dynamic that I ended up developing for Tozer and Little in this fic is a hell of a lot of fun, because it's deeply intimate, and steeped in years and years of shared experiences, but it's platonic at the same point--or, at least, what constitutes as platonic for them, which is more intimate and open than you would see for a lot of male friendships. (I'm putting a pin in the discussion of feelings as feelings relate to their friendship, but we'll come back to it in a few more chapters.) If you asked either of them to describe an ideal partner for the other person, they could both do it, and they've got all kinds of stories about each other, which Tozer shares easily and at length, and Edward keeps his goddamn mouth shut about.
That easy camaraderie between them is, I think, why the takedown panel goes so wrong so quickly.  Tozer has no reason to suspect anything is different than it has been any other time, and Edward isn't admitting how much he's obsessing over Jopson, so he's also just stubbornly pretending things are fine. I don't think that Tozer had any intention of letting Edward win, no matter how good Edward thinks his chances are, because it's Tozer's panel, and goddamn it, if Sol's going to all the effort to give a talk, he's gonna try to get his dick sucked as part of the aftermath, am I right, lads?
(Conferences that I've been to are hyper-careful about bodily fluids, and for good reason--so if blood is a possibility, everything should be tarped off and proper protective gear should be used, and Edward visibly bleeding all over everything would have been a Very Bad Look. Thankfully, it wasn't as bad as it could have been.)
((Also, just as a side-note, can we talk about Tozer's quick transitions between "shit, fuck, Little--", "and that is a takedown!", and "do not bleed in here, don't fuck this up for me, I don't know what the fuck your dumb ass was doing"? Because I love that Tozer's first reaction is "holy FUCK are you OKAY" and then he immediately takes control of the room to finish his talk, and then leans in to threaten Nedward. As though the threat is gonna take away the part where your first reaction was being horrified that you clocked him in the face, Sol.))
The Jopson-Little Meet Cute: Okay, fine, I guess it's not really a meet cute when one of you is bleeding into a sink, and the other one of you snuck into a takedown panel late in the hopes of seeing your crush and gets the bonus experience of watching your crush totally get hit in the face. But, whatever. They'll work with it.
One of the things I love about this scene is that the balance of power is exactly the opposite of where it would normally be--Jopson is the one controlling the scene here, through service, and Edward is the one that's following Jopson's lead. Jopson is, in canon, a caretaker, primarily, and I set this scene up so that he would shine, and I think he does that effectively here. Edward is the kind of guy that gets easily rattled when things don't go the way he expects them to, and it's indicative of their compatibility that he unwinds so easily for Jopson.
Also, I appreciate the hell out of Jopson gently bullying the topic of conversation around to giving talks, so that he could just slide his own talk under the door to gauge Edward's reaction. After all, if one is a trans man, and one's crush is a transphobe, better to find out before this goes any further. Between us, Jopson was reasonably sure things would be fine--after all, as Blanky notes later, he's had his face in Edward's blog*, and I'm pretty sure Edward went through his blog a while back and edited all his posts for gender- and trans-inclusive language, and left a footnote indicating he'd done so--but it was important for Jopson to make sure everything was on the table, and Edward's meandering discussion of the requirements for giving presentations was as good an in as any.
*Jopson clearly didn't know who Edward was by name on Saturday morning, but knows by Saturday afternoon. There's any number of ways he might have found out Edward's name, but I suspect he talked to someone** who had attended the power play panel he was on with Tozer earlier that day.
**I have a candidate in mind for this, but we'll get back to it later.
The Rough Physical Play Panel: Well, when that went wrong, it went real wrong, huh?
I think one of the things I'm enjoying so much about writing a modern Terror AU is that it lets me explore Hickey in more detail, because canon!Hickey just makes me so goddamn furious (the motherfucking BOOTS, he took James' BOOTS, and then EVERYTHING ELSE, and I CAN'T) that I can't even delve into him right now without wanting to throw things. But I can dig into him here, because I have the protection of this, you know, not being canon.
One of the things I really love about Hickey is that I think, one hundred percent, that he's exactly the kind of person that pays attention to the things you're interested in, and that makes it easy to start a friendship with him. I can guarantee that he knows every single item Tozer has ever stocked in his booth, and how well each of those items sells. I also know for sure that he's read every single post on Edward's blog, and can talk intelligently about any of them. However, Hickey is also exactly the kind of "friend" that will use that information against you at the drop of a hat if it benefits him in any way--and I can guarantee that the temptation was irresistible for Hickey here, because not only is it an excuse to deliberately trigger Edward's anxiety in front of a room full of people right immediately before those people leave the room, thus guaranteeing it's the last thing on their minds--but it's an opportunity to do so in front of the guy that Edward has been interested in all weekend. From Hickey's perspective, it's for Edward's own good--any idiot can see that Jopson is way out of Edward's league, and the sooner Edward stops making an ass of himself, the better it'll be for everyone involved. (I would also argue that  if any of their friend group "deserve" to have more status in the community, Hickey feels that's him, so any attempt by Edward to "rise above" by, say, associating with someone linked to Crozier, is going to be viciously stamped out.)
The miscalculation here, of course, is that Hickey has misread Jopson just the same as everyone else has misread Jopson. We'll come back to why this mistake is important next week, I think.
(It's unfortunate we didn't get the good version of the panel, with the demo, because it's very good--Edward picks a random audience member, demonstrates the consent negotiation in front of everyone, and then walks through an entire gamut of activities, the intensity of which varies depending on how the person he's chosen is enjoying it. This is the way that I had my first exposure to this type of play, and watching the talk was a goddamn delight--and there's nothing that makes someone look competent more than them just improvising an entire talk on the spot.)
Dungeon Setup: So, again, because Canada, every dungeon I've ever been in has separated the drinking section from the fun section for safety reasons. Usually they're in separate rooms, though I've been in a couple dungeons where the drinking section runs along one wall of the fun section. Because this is my fic, and I'll improve it if I want, I went full bore on this and created that second-floor lounge that's open to the dungeon below, so you can stand up there and drink and watch the dungeon from above (or you can sit up there and drink with Hickey, but yuck).
The showcase performance thing isn't something I've seen at a kink conference before--I borrowed that from burlesque conventions I've been to because I needed it for the upcoming Fitzier fic. I kinda wish Edward had paid attention, I feel like that was a really good rope suspension scene. But, he was standing too close to Jopson, and thus, nothing else mattered.
Also, is it really a dungeon if it doesn't heavily rely on Enigma's music? I don't think I've been in a dungeon once without hearing Return to Innocence or Sadeness, and at this point, if I hear either of those pieces outside of the context of a dungeon, I get really nostalgic for dungeons.
(I guess while we're talking about setup, I'll also confirm that pretty much everybody* is staying on-site here--the hotel has a bunch of space set aside for the kink conference, and as long as people booked their rooms quickly, their hotel rooms are also in the same venue, so there's no need for transport, or going outside, or anything like that. Poor Nedward can have his meltdown about collars without needing to call a cab once.)
*I know a certain repressed somebody who has opted not to stay at a hotel full of perverts, but, uh. I mean, it's a Choice, but maybe sit with yourself a second, John.
Line Notes:
“Dude,” Tozer says, swinging his duffel bag off his shoulder and booting it under the table. “I had the most repressed guy in my talk this morning, it was fucking brilliant.”
Hi, Irving.
Edward can’t quite tell what Jopson is talking about, they’re too far apart for him to be able to eavesdrop. He wishes he was over there, though. Listening.
They're talking about you, Edward. Jopson knows who you are by this point, and he is three hundred percent telling Blanky about your blog right now.
He hasn’t paid attention to the specifics, because it’s not his talk, and it doesn’t matter.
Except it does matter, Edward, because one of those times the door opened and Jopson came in.
Jopson takes another step forward, his hands down at his sides, palms facing Edward. “I saw what happened,” he says. His voice is gentle, low. Hypnotic.
I appreciate Jopson approaching Edward like Edward is a wild animal that's going to spook at any moment, because Edward is, in fact, a wild animal that's going to spook at any moment.
“One of the better quality sessions I’ve seen this weekend,” Jopson says.
Thomas Jopson, you are a lying liar. It is the first day of the convention, and this is the first instance in which you've left your booth for any significant length of time.
“—you must see there are gaps. I was thinking, maybe, there’s another conference in six months...”
I can guarantee that this is a conversation that has been had with Francis in slowly increasing levels of volume, and I can also guarantee that Francis has been very supportive of Jopson wanting to fix those gaps. I would also side-eye the length of time (none) it took Jopson to pull up his fully-completed notes for a talk that Edward notes later is ready to go, and doesn't need any alterations. (Anyone taking bets on whether or not Goodsir has seen this? Yeah, I wouldn't bet against it either.)
It’s only after Jopson’s left that Edward realizes his black handkerchief is still on the edge of the sink.
Remember that conversation we had last week about the hanky code? Good, because Edward doesn't.
“Don’t wanna have a discussion about feelings if we don’t have to,” Tozer says gruffly.
Translation: if your eyes are wet because I smoked you in the face, then we'll have that conversation, but for fuck's sake please provide me with literally any other explanation--oh, thank fuck, I forgot about your septum piercing, perfect, good, onwards.
(I'd argue that Edward's probably all up in his feelings from Jopson's talk, BUT both of them are talking around everything in this scene, so I guess we'll just let them have that.)
They’re walking down the hall, and literally anyone could walk past Edward right now—fucking James Fitzjames could walk past Edward right now—and there is no way in hell he would notice, because Jopson is right there...
James Fitzjames, "that online guy" and most recognizable kink celebrity, would be So Offended by this, and it would be good for him.
They’re walking side-by-side, Jopson just a fraction behind Edward, and Edward can’t tell if it’s on purpose.
Jopson knows how to sub--it's on purpose, Nedward.
(I should note that this isn't at all a requirement for subbing--but it's part of how Jopson, in particular, submits, and since that's how he wants to interact with Edward, that's how he's behaving now.)
—not a blog post from five years ago that he’d kept up because there’s hardly any information out there and he wanted to make sure that people were aware of the risks and safety concerns, and—
And, I mean, also because you like to do this, Edward. Let's not beat around the bush here, you're not writing entire blog posts about things you have an academic interest in for safety reasons, although it would be totally valid if you did. But you aren't. You wrote an entire post about how to safely fit your fist into someone's ass because you did a lot of research as to how to do it safely and then subsequently did it on multiple occasions.
“It’s right there on the blog post,” Jopson continues, fingers clenched on his notebook. “The exact same blog post you’re citing has the answers to the questions you’re asking, and it’s disingenuous of you to…to purposefully derail his panel and pretend that the answers aren’t right there.”
If Edward was thinking critically about any of this instead of just bluescreening, he'd realize that it's Significant that Jopson knows this without consulting his cellphone, which he hasn't needed to do here, because his hands are still on his notebook, which means that Jopson either a) sought out this post specifically, b) made it multiple years back in Edward's blog archives, or c) both AND remembers it in detail.
But, he's Edward, and he's not thinking about shit right now except possibly how nice it would be if the building just randomly caved in on top of him. Not everybody else. Just him.
Jopson’s posture relaxes slightly as he exhales. “I was wondering about aftercare,” he says. “What you would normally recommend.”
Translation: Reassure me that you know what the fuck to do with me after we've just done everything that you've been talking about, because I AM DOWN TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW.
“Fucking peckerhead,” Tozer says, straightening up and rolling his shoulders, his eyes flashing. “I needed him to do some goddamn work.”
Yeah, well, Hickey’s got no fucking work ethic, so I dunno what the fuck you were thinking, Tozer. Duty owed, indeed.
It’s the guy that was watching Tozer. His eyes are burning with fanaticism. “It’s not too late,” he repeats. “Your crisis is an opportunity to repair yourself.”
Irving, sweetheart, buddy. You are at a fetish convention. Nobody here is interested in repairing themselves, and neither are you or you would not be here.
“Penny for your thoughts,” Jopson says. He’s still behind his booth, which is entirely too far away from Edward. “And Blanky’s due back any minute, so unless you want an interrogation over what you’re planning to do with the collar, you might want to come over to my side and look at books instead, I promise I won’t give you the third degree about anything.”
JOPSON, you are a LIAR. You fully intend to give him the third degree about everything, you just want him physically closer to you while you do it.
He’s not quite close enough to hear the conversation, but he is close enough to watch the way Jopson’s hands move in front of his body as he speaks, realizes after a moment that he’s signing. Realizes a few moments later that the words he’s saying aren’t English—and only then because it’s a different rhythm than Jopson usually speaks in, a little more halting, less fluid.
Francis' crash course in Netsilik went alright, apparently! I'm sure Jopson is disappointed in himself for not being fluent, but Silna will confirm to Francis that Jopson tried hard.
“We’re acquainted,” Jopson says carefully. Then adds, “It’s been a bit since I’ve spoken to her.”
LIAR, Jopson, you were literally in a deep conversation with her YESTERDAY. Edward, of course, does not notice this, even though he observed said conversation. (*cough*himbo*cough*)
Jopson shrugs, the motion a little self-deprecating. “That’s it. I’ll be finished then.” He sets his jaw, looks away. “I imagine we’d need to be more concerned about your availability than mine.”
Bold of you to assume that Edward "anxiety" Little actually checked his Fetlife messages and sorted out any play dates with anybody in advance.
Blanky grins at him. “That’s more like it. If you’ve got a couple minutes to wait, I’ll cut back the extra leather on the straps here for you.”
A number of people who make collars leave extra length on the straps in case it's needed. In this case, Blanky knows it won't be, so it can get trimmed back before Edward even leaves the booth. (Also, the Edward Little energy of Edward dropping a bunch of money on collars for Jopson, and then immediately freaking out and sticking them back in his hotel room?)
As an aside, considering Blanky is #teamjoplittle, I would give so much to see the content of the inevitable groupchats that are happening right now.
Phew. That's it for this week! Chapter three, Consensual, goes up next Friday! See you then! And if you have questions or anything in the meantime, you can always drop me an ask on tumblr or Curious Cat. I know I didn't cover everything, even in this long-ass entry, cuz there's a fuck of a lot of stuff going on in the foreground, much less the background. I honestly don't mind if you ask, it's totally cool. :)
See you next week!
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