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Judex, Judicum, Infantem - Chapter 9

(Eventual)Reader x Matt Murdock x Frank Castle

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summary: You and Frank have your first conversation since he left. Matt makes a huge mistake that has you questioning everything.

warnings: AFAB Reader. No use of Y/N. Pregnancy. Angst and arguing. Brief description of an IV.

w/c: 4,665

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The rise and fall of your chest was rhythmic as you slept, up and down. Every inhale expanded your body enough that Frank could see the subtle bump popping out from under the oversized sweatshirt on your body. He was so delirious from blood loss and the shock of seeing you last night, that he hadn’t caught it then. Now that he knew, it was impossible not to notice.

Twenty years ago when Maria told him she was pregnant, he was so happy. A young man who was full of hope for the future and the joyful accident with a woman he was so in love with. A start towards a life that was supposed to be the perfect dream. How foolish he was. As he leaned in the door frame and watched while you slumbered, he couldn’t help but think of how different things were. How different he was.

Now he was old. Weathered by time and tragedy and the war he continued to wage in response to his grief. How could he possibly have any redemption left in him to do this again? To love another woman and child and live everyday with the possibility of losing them? To have goodness in his life once more when he would only every be haunted by the ghosts of his past.

A life defined by tragedy and here he was subjecting you to his messed up world that would surely end in you hurt.

Oh and this time, there was also one more detail…

“Kirsten, today isn’t really a great—” Matt argued on his phone from the kitchen behind Frank, pacing back and forth with a stern expression

“I understand— Kirsten, I—” he sighed “Yeah, I’ll be there in ten.”

Matt tossed his phone onto the island and gripped the counter edge, hanging his head as he blew a frustrated breath through his nose. Frank took one last glance at you before turning towards Matt. He shuffled over to the kitchen, pulling out a stool to sit and taking a sip of his now third mug of coffee.

“Work troubles, counselor?”

“Yeah. We’ve got this client, he’s a real… piece of work. And he showed up at our office this morning expecting us to just make time for a meeting.”

“You tell him to fuck off?”

Matt’s brows scrunched below the rim of his crimson tinted glasses and an dry chuckle quickly sounded from deep within his chest.

“This may come as a surprise to you Frank, but I actually have a life. A job, a real one. That makes money so not only can I take care of her but also the baby.”

“Christ, she’s got a goddamn job too. Ain’t like she gotta let you just…” Frank mumbled under his breath

Ignoring Frank’s commentary, Matt rushed around, shoving his laptop in his brief case and setting his coffee in the sink. He managed to get into the bedroom and change into a suit and dress shirt without disturbing you.

“I’ll be back by lunch.” Matt said, sitting on the sofa to put his shoes on “And Frank?”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t go anywhere.”

Frank almost looked offended by the request, snorting through his nose and shaking his head at the lawyer’s tone.

“You tellin’ me what to do now, Red?”

“You already left her once. And I had to clean up the mess. Don’t do it again.”

“Or what?”

Tucking in his shirt, Matt stalked over to where Frank sat. He made no hesitation, making sure his face was nice and close so there wouldn’t be any mistaking the intention behind his words. Low and razor sharp, he kept his voice level but still laced with venom.

“The way I do things? The one you think is bullshit? You hurt her again and I might just do things your way this time. Might finish the job like you’ve always wanted me to, Frank.”

Not a hint of fear shined in Frank’s eyes as he responded, knowing Murdock wouldn’t ever dare. The taunting temperament that seeped from his gravely voice matched the way he squared up his shoulders, ignoring the pain that it brought throughout his body as he dared the devil to act.

“That right? You gonna put aside the Catholic bullshit and put me down, Red? You really think that’s gonna fix this shit? That gonna be what she wants?”

“Oh, suddenly what she wants matters to you?”

“Tell you what, you try that shit with me, you better not miss.”

“Don’t give me a reason to try then.”

Radiating heat settled between their bodies as the men remained in their silent stand off. Both stilled, rooted in their spots, nose to nose while wordlessly instigating the other. Matt finally spoke, hushed tone breaking the silence.

“I’ll be back in a few hours. I texted her boss to give her the day off. Let her rest.”

Frank gave a half nod as Matt finally stepped away and headed for the door.

“You get some too.” Matt shouted over his shoulder as he grabbed his keys from the entry table and exited the apartment.

Your body still felt heavy, exhausted not only from a lack of any real peaceful sleep, but also from the stress you could feel gripping onto your muscles and bones like a sticker on a windshield. Instinctively, your hand reached down to cup the bump of your stomach, checking up on baby girl. You squeezed your eyes shut, hoping that sleep would keep happening if you just tried hard enough. You knew it wouldn’t. Based on the general unwellness you were currently feeling, you also knew you probably hadn’t been asleep for more than a few hours despite how much you needed more.

With a small yawn, you rolled onto your back. There was heavy presence in the air as you laid there, as if you were being watched. Picking up your head a little, you saw the figure leaning against the door frame, looking weak and tired as he watched you slumber.

As the events of the evening rushed back to you, you sat bolt upright and practically leapt out of bed, crossing the room in just a few paces to where Frank stood. His eyes softened as they followed your path to him, chocolatey warmth bringing you back to the times when he looked at you like that before. In that moment, it didn’t feel like it had been months since you’d last seen him. It felt like it was only a moment; as though nothing had changed between the two of you and you could just pick up where you left off. But it had.

You stopped just in front of him, eyes trailing up and down his body. Frank had experienced plenty of pain before. He’d lost count of the number of times his body had been stabbed, beaten, and shot. But nothing compared to the burning ache he felt in that moment as he watched all the emotions settle over your face while you drank him in. Your brows furrowed at the exhaustion painted across his face. Your mouth set in a hard line at the way he winced when he swallowed. Your pupils grew wide, staring at the stitched up wound on his neck that was still jagged and red. A soft sigh unconsciously left your lips when you noticed the dried blood still crusted in his unkempt beard.

Overall, you could tell he was still weak. But he was here. And alive. No longer fading towards death.

“You should be resting.” you spoke softly, fearing that even adding volume to your voice might make him collapse once more

Frank’s face was pure kindness as he stared you down, mouth twitching up in an attempt at a smile at your concern.

“M’ alright.”

The raspy baritone of his voice sent a shiver down your spine. You’d missed it so much, laced with kindness and softness he reserved only for you. You wanted to reach out, to touch him and hold him, feel that he was still real and alive and in front of you. But there was an uneasiness in the atoms of air between you, both of you not acknowledging the things you wanted to say since you last saw him.

“Bullshit, Frank. You almost died last night.”

Frank shrugged, pursing his lips. He was clearly putting on a show for you, pushing aside his discomfort to play strong so you’d worry less. The way he leaned on the transom, body shaky and breath heavy, you knew he was still far from healed. Did he always have to be so damn stubborn?

“Frank, please? Go sit?” you asked sweetly, hoping a gentler tone would convince him

He conceded with a nod, ducking his head as he shuffled away from you and towards the living room. He sank into the couch with a grunt. You made your way beside him, sitting on the opposite end.

His stained vest still laid on the floor beside the sofa, exactly where you placed it after Curtis left. His boots were still lined up neatly in the corner after you’d removed them while he slept. Nothing else seemed out of place since you’d gone to bed. Except one thing.

“Where’s Matt?” you inquired

“Said something about a pain in the ass client.”

“Right. Madison case. He’s been busy with that a lot lately.”

You sighed, trying not to grow upset as you thought about Matt’s behavior towards you lately. Missing important things for work stuff, going out as Daredevil without considering your feelings, arguing with you about Frank. You should add this to the list of reasons to be pissed, him just taking off without saying goodbye. But right now you were actually relieved to have the alone time to talk to Frank.

“So. You and him?” Frank asked

“Yeah.”

“You moved on damn fast.”

There was a bite to his voice, leaving behind the gentleness you saw in his eyes to let out the hurt.

“You told me to.” you responded, recounting the conversation you had when you laid beside him in his shitty hideout

“Really though? Murdock?”

“Hey, look it started as just a fun thing, and then it turned into more. Okay? I didn’t expect for it to—”

“So you’re playing house with him while carrying my goddamn kid?”

“I don’t know if yours or hi— How did you know?”

You thought Matt’s sweatshirt was doing a decent enough job at hiding your state, not wanting Frank to see and jump to conclusions before you could have this discussion. But either Frank was just too damn observant for his own good or…

“Red told me.”

Of course he had. Add it to the fucking list.

“Matt had no right to tell you that. It was my—”

“You’re right. You shoulda been the one to tell me. And you shoulda told me weeks ago.”

“I tried. But you were gone, Frank!” you spat, not bothering to hide the sting in your voice “and Matt tried to find you so I could tell you and we couldn’t—”

“He did.”

“What?”

“Asshole came to my new hide out. Few weeks ago. He tracked me down and came askin’ about some bullet casing. Guess he didn’t want to tell me then, huh?”

You recalled every single conversation you and Matt had about Frank, making sure your pregnancy brain hadn’t accidentally gaslit you into forgetting such a crucial piece of information. Never once had he mentioned finding where Frank was. You were sure of it.

“Excuse me? When was this?” you asked, still not believing what you were hearing

“Right after those cops shot White Tiger.”

You did the math. Hector was killed shortly after you’d asked Matt to stop looking for Frank, around your 12 week mark.

“He stopped going out as Daredevil to look for you. I asked him to.”

“Didn’t come to me in the costume. Came as himself.”

Matt found Frank. A month ago. And he hid it from you.

It was like you were standing on a moving subway car then someone unexpectedly pulled the emergency cord, screeching your world to a violent halt while sending you toppling forward. Your heart clenched and began to race, and the air in the room felt thinner. Tears began to prick at your eyelids as you realized what Frank was saying.

“He… he lied to me. He knew where you were… Frank, I am so sorry. I didn’t know.”

If what you were feeling towards Matt before was regular old anger, this new information was white hot rage, filling you up with molten lava with such an inferno steam might come out of your head. Your hand came up to cover your mouth as a violent sob left your mouth, filling the room with an echo as the depth of Matt’s betrayal sunk in.

“Shh, c’mere sweetheart,” Frank comforted as pulled you against his chest, rocking you in his arms while your body shook with sobs. He kept his voice soft. “Ain’t nothin we can do about it now.”

Under different circumstances, you might have been able to find peace in finally feeling Frank’s embrace again. You’d be lying if you said you hadn’t craved it since he’d abandoned you. But the curveball of Matt’s secret was sending your brain into overdrive once again thinking of all the what ifs about the future, leaving you too distressed to realize how much you’d missed this.

“I’m here now.” Frank continued, running a hand up and down your back in soothing motions. “And I ain’t going anywhere.”

“Oh so you don’t have a problem leaving me and breaking my heart but you’ll stay out of whatever weird sense of duty you seem to think you have to a kid that might not even be yours.” you spat back, pushing off of Frank’s chest and wiping away the snot dripping from your nose.

It wasn’t fair that Frank was facing your hostility. Matthew not currently present to be punished for his sins in the form of a well-deserved outburst from you. But you couldn’t help it. They both let you down. They both let their issues get in the way and ruin what should be a joyous time in your life.

“Ain’t gonna stay cause I feel obligated to. Gonna do it cause I want to.”

“Kinda doesn’t feel like it though.” you replied, “Feels like you’re just repeating the past. Stuck with a kid in the kind of life you didn’t ever want to live again.”

“Who said I don’t want that again?”

“You did when you walked out on me. Walked out on whatever this could have been.”

Frank’s eyes softened, remorse flickering in his gentle whiskey-colored stare as he reached up to wipe a tear from your cheek.

“I know. Baby, I was an idiot. Still am. But I’m gonna make it up to you.”

“You want to be there for the baby, I get it.” you sighed

“And you.”

“Until it all gets to be too much. You get too happy and it scares you or you get bored with having a normal fucking life or some new gang shows up that you need to take care of or—”

“Hey.” he interjected “I ain’t leaving again. You hear me?”

“You know Matt said the same thing when I told him. Said he was there for me no matter what. Wanted us to be a family and do what was best for me. Look how that’s going.”

“Pffft.” Frank scoffed, shaking his head “Don’t know if you noticed sweetheart, but I ain’t him.”

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but you practically are. The two of you are way more alike than you want to admit. But okay.”

The way Frank’s eyebrow quirked up let you know he’d never considered it before and wasn’t a fan of the observation. He ran a hand through his tousled hair in frustration and you didn’t miss the subtle tapping of his finger against nothing, subconsciously pulling the trigger on the idea. Fortunately, your distressed state seemed to be enough to get him to back down from any objections he was inclined to voice on the subject.

“He been treating you right?” he asked

“Matt? Yeah, until last night he’s been a saint.”

“Christ, that’s one thing I know he ain’t.”

For the first time in over 24 hours, you felt yourself smile. A true and genuine smile that felt like stepping into the sun on an unusually warm February day— the kind where you know you’ve got way more winter to wade through, but you might as well enjoy the moment of warmth. You watched as the crinkles formed at the edges of his eyes and a toothy grin grew from behind his crusty beard as he saw the joy flicker within you. It was a moment of normalcy finally, a reminder of what drew you to Frank in the first place. Not all the blood and violence, but how easy and natural you felt when you were with him.

His hand reached out, all bruised and scratched from whatever he had been up to these days, delicately circling his thumb over your bump

“How far along?” he asked

“16 weeks.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.” you confirmed

“Everything healthy?”

“Yeah. You wanna see?”

If he was smiling before, he might as well have been the Cheshire Cat now, entire face lighting up at your offer.

“Yeah.”

You rushed off to the bedroom, returning a moment later with the latest ultrasound. Tilting his head to the side as he took the photo between his fingers, his warm cocoa eyes squinted slightly as he studied every detail.

“So, I don’t know if Matt told you but, it is a girl.”

“No, he didn’t. A little girl huh?”

You could see the touches of remorse and nostalgia swirling behind his gaze despite his generally cheery disposition. It made your chest ache when you thought of all the painful memories that must have been coming up for him. Was this what it felt like when Maria told him she was pregnant with Lisa so early into their relationship? Moving forward with such trauma and heartache weighing him down was going to be a challenge and you wondered if he would ever be able to love this child the way he loved Lisa and Frankie.

“Yeah. I’ll be honest with you, this is the first ultrasound they’ve given me where she actually has looked like anything to me.”

Frank balked, still not looking away from the black and white print out. He ran a finger over it as if he was stroking your baby’s face.

“You got a name picked yet?”

“No, God. Matt and I can not agree on anything, so I will take any suggestions you’ve got.”

“Always liked Francesca.” he said, shit eating grin letting you know he was only sort of joking.

You rolled your eyes so hard you swore they’d fall out and roll all the way to New Jersey.

“You have got to be kidding.”

As he chuckled heartily at your reaction, you sat back down beside him on the sofa. He bent forward to set the the photo on the coffee table before leaning back and throwing an arm on the back of the couch as he turned to face you. It was hard not to notice the way he grunted and winced as he moved, a reminder of all the healing he still had to do.

“You havin’ a lot of symptoms?” he asked

“Like you would not believe.”

Frank dropped his head slightly, staring at the ultrasound once more. Thoughts of Maria’s first pregnancy once again filled his thoughts. All the early milestones he remembered helping her through; holding her hair back when she had morning sickness, the excitement of each doctors appointment to find out how Lisa was growing, nesting in their crappy old apartment in Queens. There was a pang of guilt to his face, grimacing as he thought about you going through all that and him missing it all.

“M’ really sorry sweetheart. I shoulda been here. For all of it.”

Sensing whatever internal anguish he was going through, you reached out and took his hand gently in yours.

“Matt said he doesn’t want a paternity test, but if you’d rather—”

“I don’t either.” he cut you off “Don’t need one.”

“Frank—”

“Will you quit arguin’? Christ, you always gotta be so stubborn.”

“Oh, you wanna talk stubborn—” you retorted

“There’s that fuckin’ mouth again. Didn’t miss that.”

“You fucking liar.”

Despite his amused demeanor, there was still a sense of misery weighing on his broad shoulders that hovered in the dense silence that had fallen. His soft lips parted a few times, as if he was trying to think of the right things to say, but deciding against all of them. His eyes kept shifting from you, to your stomach, to the photo on the table. Obviously still lost in calculating the mix of emotions he was feeling. You were desperate to know what he was thinking and as he squeezed your hand once more, you decided it was time to pounce on the fleeting window of opportunity to finally get Frank to open up for a change.

“But you missed me?” you asked, your voice almost timid as you spoke, afraid that Frank might answer and confirm that he hadn’t been thinking of you at all while he was away.

“Yeah, I did.” he replied earnestly

“What did you—”

A knock on the door cut you off and nearly had you jumping out of your skin in shock. Any chance of getting Frank to be honest with you; about his past, or his current feelings, or anything really, had flown out the window like a vampire at sunrise.

Curtis had returned as promised, duffle bag of Frank’s essentials in one hand and a tote bag in the other filled with enough antibiotics to wipe out any infection that might even look Frank’s way. He was clearly dressed for work; crisp white dress shirt slightly strained against his large biceps and a navy tie hanging with a neat knot around his neck. If you hadn’t known about his history as a military medic, you’d have thought he looked more like an associate of Matt’s than someone who would consider themselves friends with the Punisher.

He gave Frank a look up and down when he got into the living room, dropping the duffle onto the couch.

“He lives!” he commented sarcastically, which earned him an eye-roll from Frank “Brought your stuff and parked your truck ‘round the block.”

“ ‘Preciate it Curt.” Frank replied

“How’s our patient doing?” Curtis asked, turning his attention to you standing beside him

“Well, they didn’t stab the attitude out of him, that’s for sure.”

Blowing a puff of air past his lips, Frank shook his head and began to go through his duffle. Meanwhile, Curtis didn’t even try to hide his laughter at your comment, letting his booming chuckle fill the room as he threw his head back.

“I’m Curtis, by the way,” he held out his large hand to shake yours “since we didn’t get to formally introduce ourselves last night.”

You shook his hand lightly, speaking your name.

“Wait. So, you’re…?” Curtis looked at Frank quizzicaly

So Frank had told him about you.

“Yeah, Curt. That’s her.”

Frank looked almost sheepish, clearly pretending to be distracted by the clothes he kept pulling and putting back in his bag, not able to hide the rosy tint spreading across the top of his beard. Curtis’ mouth turned down in an observant expression, looking between you and Frank.

“You said she worked for a non-profit,” Curtis said “didn’t know it was for taking charity cases like you.”

Oh, you and Curtis were going to get along swimmingly.

“Can I get you anything? Coffee?” you offered, making your way into the kitchen while Curtis sat down on the couch, beginning to take a look at all Frank’s injuries and pulling an IV bag from his tote.

“No, thank you.” Curtis responded “I’ve gotta get to work after this, don’t have time to stay and —”

You wondered what made him stop talking, spinning around from the cabinet with a mug in your hand.

Curtis’ eyes were locked on the ultrasound still sitting on the table.

“Is that yours?” he asked, questioning you with a raised brow

Telling the news to all yours and Matt’s friends had been relatively easy. With Frank gone, there was no need to let anyone in on the information that the baby had two potential fathers. Now that he was back and clearly wanted to stay, letting everyone know and speculate on the drama of it all was not something you were looking forward to. Still, Curtis was important to Frank and it seemed like a good first person to break the news to.

“Yeah. I’m pregnant.” you confirmed

“And are you…?” he turned to Frank

“Maybe.”

“What do you mean maybe?”

Frank just gestured to the room, implying the owner of the apartment. The surprise was apparent on Curtis’ face.

“No shit.”

You drummed your fingers nervously on the counter, eyes flickering over to Frank in a silent plea to him to take the lead on this and spare you the awkwardness.

“How do you feel about this?” Curtis asked him

Frank only shrugged, until he saw the way you were looking at him.

“Mind your business, Curt.”

“Yeah, that’s what you always tell me. Till your business becomes my business.” Curtis replied, shaking his head and proceeding with getting another line in Frank’s arm and getting the IV hooked up.

Once Frank was all set with the antibiotics and Curtis had changed the dressings on a few of the wounds hiding under Frank’s shirt, he rose from his spot and gathered his things.

“Well you need a babysitter, you know where to find me. I’m great with kids. Got two nephews who love me.” he said as he made his way down the hall towards the front door.

“ ‘Preciate it Curt.” Frank called out

And then Curtis was out the door and it was just you and Frank alone again.

There was probably something productive that you could have been doing in the moment to distract you from the anxious rage you were feeling about Matt. Not seeing any point in just sitting around and stewing on it, knowing that going over it again and again would only lead to a larger outburst once he got home. You needed distraction, but could not for the life of you decide on what exactly would do the trick, opting to just pace around the apartment mindlessly.

“Was a bullet by the way.” Frank finally spoke up “Not a knife. Inch to the side and it woulda got me.”

He gestured, demonstrating with his finger how the bullet must have flown by and nicked his neck.

“Oh, cause that makes it better…” you scoffed

“What do you need right now, sweetheart?”

You rubbed your hands against your face, inhaling sharply through your nose.

“A shower. A beer. You to be better. Matt to not be an asshole. About 87 hours sleep.”

Frank chuckled, staying put in the living room to let the medicine works it’s course. But the way his sits-bones were teetering on the edge of the couch indicated to you he was itching to get up and be beside you, always a man of action.

“Why don’t you start with the shower?”

“Oh no, I’m not taking my eyes off you again, Castle. How do I know if I take a shower for 10 minutes, you won’t vanish in a skull shaped puff of smoke?”

The muscle in his jaw twitched, regret at leaving you still etched in his stone set features.

“Ain’t a ghost sweetheart.”

“You promise you’ll stay?”

“Not goin’ anywhere.”

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In this section, you describe the gift you would like to receive.

Note: please make sure that if you are requesting something that you really would be happy to receive a gift for it. Don't try to pad out your signup by requesting something you would not enjoy. The goal is for everyone, creators and recipients, to have fun, after all!

The requests will be made publicly visible after matching is done, so that others will be able to create treats (additional gifts) based on them! So, please don't write anything in your optional details that you wouldn't want everyone to see.

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Character (remember this is really fanwork type) - you have to choose at least one tag.

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Optional Details - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect pingxie gift! You can include:

General Likes: your creator may, but doesn’t have to, include them. This isn’t a place for detailed prompts, just general themes you enjoy, like getting together or established relationship.

DNW (Do Not Wants): things that your creator must not include - squicks, triggers, things that you simply don’t like. Remember that you don’t owe anyone an explanation about why something is a DNW, and that DNWs are not meant to be taken personally. Just list the things you don’t like, “DNW: X, Y.”

Prompts/specific ideas: if you have any prompts, you can also put them here! You can be as general or as detailed as you’d like but remember that while your creator will try to make the best gift for you, filling a specific prompt is not obligatory. You can include a crossover prompt (with other DMBJ versions or other canons), but make sure it’s not the only prompt you have.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with. If you're interested in receiving a Buried Tree Devil - Book 3 Donghua gift, you can also mention it here.

Optional Tags: You may use the optional tags to share more about your preferences, if you like.

Offer

Note: please make sure that if you are offering something that you really would be happy to create for it. Don't try to pad out your signup by offering something you could not easily create a gift for. The goal is for everyone, creators and recipients, to have fun, after all!

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Character (remember this is really fanwork type) - you have to choose at least one tag.

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Optional Details - in this field, you can tell us more about the kind of works you like to create, for example if you really prefer established relationship, feel best with certain kinds of AUs, or like writing darkfic. You can also tell us if you have a preference of which type of gift you will create (fic or art). We’ll take all of these optional details into account when matching!

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with. If you're interested in creating a Buried Tree Devil - Book 3 Donghua gift, you can also mention it here.

In the optional details of your offer, you can also name one person you don’t want to be matched to, for example your regular beta, and we will do our best to avoid matching you!

Optional Tags: You may use the optional tags to share more about your preferences, if you like. The offers will only ever be visible to the mods; never to anyone else.

Your assignment

You will be matched to create a gift for someone who requested at least one of the fandoms that you offered and one of the fanwork types you offered, with as many similar genres/likes as possible. This exchange will be matched using the AO3 algorithm to generate the initial matches and then tweaked by hand, if necessary, based on the information provided in everyone's optional details.

If you have any issues when you receive your assignment (you have a question about it or think there’s an issue with it), contact the mods as soon as possible. Do not contact your recipient on your own.

You will have to create a gift for your recipient, fulfilling the minimum requirements, and avoiding any stated "do not wants". Filling exact prompts is optional but try to create something matching your recipient's likes that they will enjoy!

You will have to post your gift to the exchange AO3 collection before the due date (August 10th), using the "gift this work to" option to give it to your recipient. Your work will remain in the collection only visible to you and the mods until the reveals happen. Remember to tag your work appropriately, especially if any of the major archive warnings apply, or use the "choose not to warn" warning.

Treating

Treats are additional gifts for the participants! To allow for treating, the requests will be made visible when matching is done. You can create treats at any time until the creator reveals! There are no minimum requirements for treats, and in addition to the fanwork types allowed for gifts, manips are also allowed. As with assignments, you have to respect the recipient’s Do Not Want, and while the optional details are optional, try to create something fitting the listed likes. One treat can only be gifted to one person.

Please note: Now that AO3 has changed the way that gifting works on the archive, if you wish to be eligible for treats, you need to select the option “Allow anyone to gift me works” under the “Collections, Challenges and Gifts” section of your AO3 preferences. You must also indicate that you are open to treats in your exchange sign-up.

Pinch Hits

In case someone needs to drop out, we will look for a pinch hitter to complete their assignment. Pinch hits will be posted to the DreamWidth community and advertised on tumblr.

Extensions

If you think you can finish your assignment, but you need a day or two more, you can always ask the mods for an extension!

Other important information

Make sure to check the email you use on AO3 frequently during the exchange, as it will be the primary means of communication. We might contact you if there is an issue with your sign-up or if your gift creator has a question for you. If you’d rather we contact you on your twitter or tumblr, please leave your handle in the offer section of your sign-up. Follow us on DreamWidth and/or on tumblr to avoid missing an announcement or a deadline! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact the mods at [email protected], on DreamWidth (anonymous comments are allowed), or on tumblr.

A very large thank you to laireshi for writing the rules and guidelines being used for this exchange. They are presented here with minor changes.

#pingxie exchange #pingxie #dmbj #mod!post #wu xie #zhang qiling #dao mu bi ji #daomu biji #xiaoge #pingxie exchange 2025 #schedule #...ok setting that up went faster than i expected #ENJOY

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heihua-exchange · 3 months ago

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HEIHUA EXCHANGE 2025

Welcome to the Heihua Exchange, an an event dedicated to the pairing Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi from the 盗墓笔记 | Daomu Biji fandom. In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during a seven-week long creation period.

Heihua Exchange on x/twitter | AO3 Collection |

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons - books, movies, TV series, comics, donghua, etc. The gifts can be fic, art, video, podfic or some other form of creation you feel inspired to gift to your recipient, but all of it must be focused on the ship Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi. Since this exchange will take place on AO3, an AO3 account is required in order to participate – if you don’t have one, you can request an invitation code here. If there isn’t enough time, please contact the mods so we can send you an invitation.

The mods decided on the schedule of the exchange based on the results of a poll ran with this express purpose and we have done our best to ensure that the overlap with other DMBJ exchanges like the Pingxie Exchange and the Rarepair Exchange will be minimal, as much as that's possible.

Schedule

August 5: Sign-ups open

August 18: Sign-ups close

August 20: Assignments out

October 12: Assignments due

October 16: Work Reveals (and deadline for pinch-hits)

October 23: Creator Reveals (& deadline for treats)

Rules & Guidelines:

1. Your creation must focus on HeiHua. While background ships are fine (unless listed as a Do Not Want), HeiHua must be the primary focus. 2. You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specifying prompts is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy! 3. You must not include anything that your recipient has listed as a DNW (Do Not Want). 4. The minimum requirements for the gifts are 500 words for fic or one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital). 5. After the matching is done, all the requests will be made visible to everyone to allow for treating! There are no minimum requirements for treats. You can also create manips and fanvids for treats. 6. This is an anonymous exchange: please refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there will a period during which the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals. 7. If at any point you need to drop out, just click on the “default” button on your AO3 assignment page; we’ll find a pinch hitter to create a gift for your recipient instead. If you need an extension to finish your gift, please contact the mods before the deadline. 8. Make sure to leave a comment on your gift, within the first 24 hours if possible.

Sign-Up Information:

Sign-ups will take place on AO3, ending on August 18th. There, you can fill out details about your request and offer. You can edit your sign-up at any time until the sign-ups close on on August 18th.

When signing up, you can choose fandom and genre tags, as well as specify any additional details.

You will have to select the DMBJ canon you’re interested in creating and receiving a gift in. If a fandom you want is not there, you can specify that you request it in the description:

怒海潜沙&秦岭神树 | Explore with the Note & The Lost Tomb (TV)

沙海 | Tomb of the Sea (TV)

盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei

盗墓笔记2之云顶天宫 | The Lost Tomb 2: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds (TV 2021)

盗墓笔记重启 | The Lost Tomb Reboot (TV)

终极笔记 | Ultimate Note (TV)

This does not mean that you’re limited to requesting or creating a work during the canon timelines for those series/books. It’s just to mark which canons you’re familiar with to allow for easier matching: some participants might have a preference for a particular canon era, some might not be familiar with all the versions. You still have to choose your preferred canon eras even if you want to create or receive an AU.

You will also have to specify genres you’re interested in:

Action/Adventure

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Angst

Canon Compliant

Crack

Dark

Domesticity

Fluff

Humor

Hurt/Comfort

Porn With Plot

Porn Without Plot

You can include requests for other media forms if you have any, for example music genres you like or if you prefer a certain art style.

🍜 Requests

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Relationships: Relationships indicated with '/' are strictly romantic, while relationships indicated with '&' are strictly platonic. You must pick at least one and the tag 'Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi' is required for this field.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help your gifter know what you like and are comfortable with when they're coming up with ideas to fill your prompts.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you will receive a gift with warnings, but it just lets your gifter know if you are comfortable receiving a gift with warnings or not.

If you are not comfortable receiving a work with one of the AO3 warnings (Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death (MCD), Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex), please choose 'No Archive Warnings Apply'.

'Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings' is for when you are comfortable receiving a gift with any/all the archive warnings but you don't wish to specify which one.

Description - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect exchange gift! You can include:

General Likes: your gifter may, but doesn’t have to, include them. This isn’t a place for detailed prompts, just general themes you enjoy, like getting together or established relationship.

DNW (Do Not Wants): things that your creator must not include - squicks, triggers, characters or things that you simply don’t like. You don’t owe anyone an explanation about why something is a DNW, and DNW are not meant to be taken personally. Just list the things you don’t like, “DNW: X, Y.”

Please list if you have any audio or visual triggers (such as flashing lights). This could be in your DNW or could be separate. Please also list song/music DNWs (e.g. "please no lyrics that use the n-word" or "please no lyrics in [specific language]" or “please no [specific genre/s of music]”).

Prompts/specific ideas: if you have any prompts, you can also put them here! You can be as general or as detailed as you’d like, but remember that while your creator will try to make the best gift for you, filling a specific prompt is not obligatory. You can include a crossover prompt (with other DMBJ verse or other canons), but make sure it’s not the only prompt you have.

For vid prompts, please list things like genres/styles of music you like (or like in videos), vibes/tone/theme you’d like to see (e.g. “angsty amnesiac Xiaoge”, “Fuba crack”, etc.), and things like that.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

The requests will be made publicly visible after matching is done, so that others will be able to create treats (additional gifts) based on them!

🍜 Offers

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you can create works for any canon era, you can choose “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help matching what people are comfortable creating with what people are comfortable requesting.

Description: - in this field, you can tell us more about the kind of works you like to create, for example if you really prefer established relationship, feel best with certain kinds of AUs, or like writing darkfic. We’ll take it into account when matching! By the same token, if there’s something you really don’t want to write, let us know here as well.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

In the optional details of your offer, you can also name people you don’t want to be matched to, for example your regular beta, and we will do our best to avoid matching you!

The offers will only ever be visible to the mods; never to anyone else.

Your Assignment:

You will be matched to create a gift for someone who requested at least one of the fandoms that you offer, with as many similar genres/likes as possible. This exchange will be hand-matched, after using AO3’s matching algorithm to first generate the potential matches.

You will have to create a gift for your recipient, fulfilling the minimum requirements of fandom, genre, and ship, and avoiding any stated “do not wants”. Filling exact prompts is optional, but try to create something matching your recipient’s likes that they will enjoy!

You will have to post your gift to the exchange AO3 collection before the due date, using the “gift this work to” option to give it to your recipient. Your work will remain in the collection only visible to you and the mods until the reveals happen. Remember to tag your work appropriately or use the “chose not to warn” warning.

💚 Treating:

Treats are additional gifts for the participants! To allow for treating, the requests will be made visible when matching is done. You can create treats at any time until the creator reveals! There are no minimum requirements for treats, and every form of media is allowed in addition to fic, art, gifs, edits, vids, etc. As with assignments, you have to respect the recipient’s Do Not Wants, and while the optional details are optional, try to create something fitting the listed likes. One treat can only be gifted to one person. For the assignments fics, art or videos are allowed; for treats any form of media is acceptable. You can do anything you want if it isn't on a DNW list.

🖊️ Pinch Hits

In case someone needs to drop out, we will look for a pinch hitter to complete their assignment. Pinch hits will be posted to this tumblr or our twitter/x account. You do not need to be signed up for the exchange to claim a pinch hit, but an AO3 account is required.

🕑 Extensions

If you think you can finish your assignment, but you need a few days more, you can always ask for an extension. Please contact the mods (@tiesanjiaoshenanigans or @lunanoc) via tumblr or discord.

🗒️ Multi-Chapter Fics

If you are writing a multi-chapter fic for the exchange and don’t want to drop the entire fic at once, these are the posting guidelines for it:

Multi-chapter fics that are assignment fills must be fully written and at least the first chapter posted by the assignment deadline, ready for the fic reveals.

All chapters of the fic must be posted by the time of creator reveals and end of treating on October 23rd.

Multi-chapter fics that are treats can begin to be posted at any time, but must also be fully posted by October 23rd.

Other Important Information

There are no penalties for dropping out or failing to post a complete work, but finishing a multi-chapter fic or making sure to drop out timely are highly encouraged to make sure your giftee will receive a complete gift in this exchange and make sure everyone has a nice time with the exchange!

Follow this blog to avoid missing an announcement or a deadline!

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact the mods here on tumblr, discord, twitter/x or though email.

#dmbj #heihua #heihua exchange #盗墓笔记 #黑花

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ksadvent · 5 months ago

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✨ K/S Advent Masterlist! ✨2/2

Day 21: ForFucksSakeJim: Heaven Had Come So Near (fic, TOS) Day 21: ForFucksSakeJim: that’s when I love you (fic (short), AOS) Day 21: Phoenix_Rose: A Winter's Break (fic, TOS)

Day 22: ForFucksSakeJim: A Phase Change (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 22: ForFucksSakeJim: When Guards Are Lowered Free (poetry, AOS) Day 22: remylebae: Curation and Creation (fic, TOS)

Day 23: ForFucksSakeJim: devotions such as yours (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 23: ForFucksSakeJim: This Simple Feeling (fic, TOS) Day 23: IvanW: Uncle Jim's Makeover (or Joanna McCoy's Holiday Miracle) (fic, AOS)

Day 24: ForFucksSakeJim: All I want For Christmas Is You (fic, AOS) Day 24: ForFucksSakeJim: Winter’s Bounty (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 24: kayson: Duality Concordia (fic, TOS) Day 24: lorvee: Care for a room tour, Mr. Spock? (art, SNW)

Day 25: deliciousblizzardshark: Observance (fic (short), AOS) Day 25: ForFucksSakeJim: All My Flaws and All (poetry, AOS) Day 25: ForFucksSakeJim: I Just Want You For My Own (fic, AOS) Day 25: T'Lara: [manip] Happy Hanukkah! (art, TOS)

Day 26: ForFucksSakeJim: Of Gold and Blue (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 26: ForFucksSakeJim: To That Which We Exchange (fic, AOS) Day 26: Orabla: An Evening Cuddle (fic, TOS) Day 26: T'Lara: Bitter Cold (drabble, TOS)

Day 27: deliciousblizzardshark: This is not a tragedy (fic, AOS) Day 27: ForFucksSakeJim: luck nor fate (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 27: ForFucksSakeJim: Steeping Starlight (fic, AOS) Day 27: SButler: KS and McCoy By the Fireplace (art, TOS)

Day 28: ForFucksSakeJim: The Holiday on the Edge of Forever (fic, AOS) Day 28: ForFucksSakeJim: To Love and Be Loved (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 28: indeedcaptain: The Royal We (fic, AOS)

Day 29: ForFucksSakeJim: Early Spring Snow (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 29: ForFucksSakeJim: Our Minds Aglow (art, TOS) Day 29: ForFucksSakeJim: These Private Stars (fic, AOS) Day 29: ForFucksSakeJim: What We Orbit (fic, AOS) Day 29: mazarinememories: A Romantic Meal (fic, TOS)

Day 30: ForFucksSakeJim: Familiar Stars (fic (short), AOS) Day 30: ForFucksSakeJim: Frost and Found (fic, AOS) Day 30: ForFucksSakeJim: it might just have been you (fic, AOS) Day 30: ForFucksSakeJim: logic blind (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 30: ForFucksSakeJim: Revelry (poetry, SNW) Day 30: T'Lara: Of Gourds and Peaches, Sumptuous and Ripe (fic, TOS)

Day 31: ForFucksSakeJim: Delta-Snowflakes (crafts, TOS or AOS or SNW) Day 31: ForFucksSakeJim: Keeping Count (fic (short), AOS) Day 31: ForFucksSakeJim: melt me like snow (poetry, TOS or AOS) Day 31: ForFucksSakeJim: No Troubles as Tribbles (fic (short), TOS or AOS) Day 31: ForFucksSakeJim: T'hy'la: Friend, Brother, Lover (crafts, TOS or AOS or SNW) Day 31: ForFucksSakeJim: Trouble With Tribbles (fic (short), TOS) Day 31: lesbobaggins: Starburned and unkissed (fic, TOS) Day 31: Lupo (LupoLight): Happy Mew Year (fic, AOS) Day 31: spacedogfromspace: Better Than Drinking Alone (fic, AOS)

The 2024 collection is now closed for posting. The K/S Advent Calendar will return next year for a new round. If your prompt(s) did not get filled, you can submit them as new requests for Advent 2025, if you wish to. If you do not want to wait that long, you can also submit them to our sister event @ksspringfever which will go live in March 2025, a fest without any specific theme as long as the work is focused on Kirk and Spock, be it slash or gen/friendship. Sign-up has opened a few days ago!

If you are sure you submitted something to the collection, but don't see it in the collection or on the masterlist above, please do get in touch with the mod asap so that we can investigate what went wrong with the submission: [email protected]

We are also happy to hear your feedback: How did you experience this K/S Advent? Any wishes, suggestions, complaints? Anything you wish would've been different? Anything that was unclear or confusing and needs better explanation in our rules/FAQs?

You can submit feedback via email ([email protected]), message to kirkspockmod on Dreamwidth, comment on the DW masterlist post, or Ask/message here on Tumblr. Part 1 of the masterlist is here.

#spirk #kirk x spock #space husbands #ksadvent #kirk spock advent calendar #star trek #masterlist

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gallavichthings · 4 months ago

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Gallavich Gift Exchange 2025

It's tiiiiiiiiiime! The gift exchange is here!

Sign-ups are already open here. You'll receive an e-mail with your answers and a link to edit them if needed.

You have until March 8th to sign-up. Prompts will be up for grabs starting March 9th.

Please read the rules below before signing up.

General rules:

You’ll be asked for a prompt for the gift you want to receive. Please notice you will also be required to make a gift for someone else (hence the word exchange). Absolutely no use of gen-AI allowed! Having a Tumblr account is not mandatory, though it does make things a bit easier.

Once sign-ups close, I’ll be making a list of all the wanted prompts for you to choose what you want. This will be done in a first-come, first-served basis (if by any chance the prompts left are somehow not possible to be completed by the authors/artists left, the people who’ve requested them might be asked to make some changes).

If by any reason you think you won’t be able to finish your gift, let me know as soon as possible so I can find someone else to finish in your place. Please know that in this case it’s possible that the gift being done for you isn’t concluded either.

One last thing: you’re allowed to send anonymous messages to the person whose prompt you’re fulfilling to ask for more information (or just to be cute :) ), as long as you don’t disclose your identity, of course. If the person doesn’t have anonymous messages enabled or isn’t on Tumblr, let me know and I’ll send them the messages on your behalf.

As always, send me any questions you might have via askbox or chat.

Minimum requirements:

Fanfiction - 1,000

Fanart - lineart

Gifset/photoset - 6 gifs/pictures

Edits/manips: 4 small images OR 2 large images OR 1 large/detailed image

Videos: 30 seconds

Fanmix: 8 songs + cover

Podfics: 1 fic

Dates:

Sign-ups close: March 8th

Prompts will be announced: March 9th

Check-ups: April 3rd and April 17th

Posting: April 21st to April 27th

#GGE2025 #Gallavich #Ian x Mickey #Shameless US #Shameless #Gallavich Events #mod post

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dmbjexchange · 9 months ago

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DMBJ Rarepair Exchange 2024 Signups

It’s time for the Daomu Biji Rarepair Exchange, a fic, art and vid exchange for DMBJ ships where less than 3% of English-language authors have posted fics on AO3.

In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during an eight week creating period.

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons - if it’s DMBJ, then it’s eligible! It will take place on AO3, so you need an AO3 account to participate – if you don’t have one, you can request an invitation code here. If there isn’t enough time, no worries - contact the mods at here on Tumblr or on Discord and we can send you an invitation!

Please read this post carefully before signing up.

Schedule

September 9: Signups open September 15: Signups close September 23: Assignments out November 17: Assignments due November 18 - 24: Pinch-hit period November 25: Fic reveals December 2: Creator reveals & treats deadline

Allowed Ships

Any DMBJ ship which has had less than 3% of English-language authors post fics for it on AO3.

For this year's exchange, this means the following ships are NOT allowed:

Wu Xie/Zhang QIling

Hei Xiazi/Xie Yuchen

Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang QIling

Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie

Liu Sang/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling

Qi Tiezui/Zhang Rishan

Wang Pangzi/Zhang QIling

Kan Jian/Liu Sang

Qi Tiezui/Zhang Qishan

Liang Wan/Zhang Rishan

Liu Sang/Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang QIling

Er Yuehong/Zhang Qishan

Wu XIe/Xie Yuchen

Hei Xiazi/Liu Sang/Xie Yuchen

Hei Xiazi/Zhang Qiling

Hei Xiazi/Huo Xiuxiu/Xie Yuchen

Huo Daofu/Wu Xie

Rules

1. Your creation must focus on your recipient’s requested ship (or one of their requested ships, if they have nominated multiple ones). While unrequested background ships are fine (unless listed as a Do Not Want), the focused ship must only be one of the requested ones. 2. You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specifying prompts is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy! 3. You must not include anything that your recipient has listed as a DNW (Do Not Want). This goes for treats as well. 4. The minimum requirements for the gifts are 300 words for fic, one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital; no manips), or 30 seconds for a vid. 5. All the requests will be made visible to everyone to allow for treating! There are no minimum requirements for treats (but remember to mind your recipient’s do not wants!). You can also create manips for treats. 6. This is an anonymous exchange: refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there’ll be one week anon period when the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals. 7. If at any point you need to drop out, just click on the “default” button on your AO3 assignment page; we’ll find a pinch hitter to create a gift for your recipient instead. If you need an extension to finish your gift, contact the mods before the deadline. 8. After the reveals, comment on your gift in a timely manner. 9. Most importantly: be excellent to each other!

Sign-Up Information

Sign-ups will take place here on AO3, ending on September 15th. There, you can fill out details about your request and offer. You can edit your sign-up at any time until the sign-ups close on September 15th.

When signing up, you will be able to choose fandom and genre tags, as well as specify any additional details.

You will have to select the DMBJ canon you’re interested in creating and receiving a gift in:

Novels: Daomu Biji / The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles (including spinoffs, side stories, and extras)

TV: The Lost Tomb 1

TV: The Lost Tomb 2 Explore with the Note

TV: The Lost Tomb 2.5 Heavenly Palace on the Clouds

TV: Ultimate Note

TV: Sha Hai (and spin off movies)

TV: The Lost Tomb Reboot/The Sound of Providence (and spin offs)

TV: The Mystic Nine (and spin off movies)

TV: Zang Hai Hua/Tibetan Sea Flower/Adventures Behind the Bronze Door

Movie: Time Raiders

Movie: Reboot movies

Game: Time Raiders

This does not mean that you’re limited to requesting or creating a work during the canon timelines for those series/books/games. It’s just to mark which canons you’re familiar with to allow for easier matching: some participants might have a preference for a particular canon era, some might not be familiar with all the versions. You still have to choose your preferred canon eras even if you want to create or receive an AU.

You will also have to specify genres you’re interested in

Action/Adventure

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Angst

Canon Compliant

Crack

Dark

Domesticity

Fluff

Humor

Hurt/Comfort

Porn With Plot

PWP

Requests

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help your gifter know what you like and are comfortable with when they're coming up with ideas to fill your prompts.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you WILL receive a gift with warnings, it just lets your gifter know if you are comfortable receiving a gift with warnings or not.

Optional Details - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect exchange gift!

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walviemort · 1 year ago

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Expecting a Secret [2/3]

Summary: After the events of 3x19, Killian is at his lowest after being rejected by Emma. When Snow’s labor turns out to be a false alarm, Zelena offers Killian a deal: she’ll leave the Charmings alone…if he gives her the baby she needs for her spell instead. There’s just one hitch: he has to keep it a secret. At least it will only take 10 days, right? a/n: Here's the second part of my bday fic for @sancocnutclub !!! This is the full fic from the manip I posted last week. Last chapter should go up on Friday! rated T | AO3 | 3.8k | part 1 |

Based on what Killian was feeling and seeing, the next morning found him roughly at the 23-week mark (as expected, he’d spent most of the night studying his borrowed book—and was feeling thoroughly overwhelmed). His stomach looked yet larger, but his vest still had plenty of room, even if the laces on the side were let out a bit more.

He also found himself resting his hand on his belt to further hide the increasingly obvious curve of his midsection (at least, it appeared so to him, given all the decades that his form had remained unchanged). It seemed to work, thankfully, but he also made an effort to not be too social; he took lunch with Emma and Henry, at their request, but had to pass on their invite to dine at the loft that night. He cited his desire to avoid the extra burden on Snow—who it was implied could go into labor at any moment, though he had (good) reason to believe they had a bit more time, assuming Zelena’s implication that she had control over Snow’s pregnancy was true—but in reality, he knew his ravenous appetite would be nigh impossible to hide in such close quarters. (Granny was far less discerning, especially with with her approving comments about “putting some meat on his bones.”)

“We’ll miss you,” Henry told him as he and Emma left the diner that afternoon; Killian wasn’t sure if what he felt at that was his heart skipping a beat, or yet another kick from the little one, which were happening with increasing frequency and strength.

He tried his damnedest to swallow his emotions and looked up at Emma, who was giving him a similar gentle look. “I, uh, I’ll miss you too—lad,” he added quickly. “Until next time.”

He was glad he’d left things vague when he yet again felt immediate relief at unclasping his vest once back in his room. The odds of it fitting even later that day were slim to none, which would no doubt draw Emma’s attention. No, he’d do best to avoid her the next several days, until this whole thing was done.

That was something else he’d noticed—his conscious effort to put distance between him and this child, even if it obviously was more emotional than physical. His paternal side would find it far too easy to start considering names for the wee one, to caress his growing stomach and maybe even serenade the baby, to start preparing for the future. He wasn’t even sure the babe was his—but that had never stopped him before.

Until he knew how to keep them safe from Zelena’s clutches, though, he didn’t dare; that might only lead to heartbreak, and he’d known enough of that for a few lifetimes.

He did ask Emma, during a moment when Henry stepped away to the restroom, if any progress had been made regarding the witch problem, given that his attempt at research was fruitless.

“Nothing yet,” she sighed. “Unless we can somehow steal the items back before my mom goes into labor, our only hope is my magic.” Her eyes briefly darted to his lips; he leaned away from her.

“I’d say both are good plans,” he assured her. “Especially the second one.”

She rolled her eyes, but blushed. “I think you’re the only person confident in that.”

“Well, take some of mine, then. Remember: I have yet to see you fail,” he reminded her, and placed his hand over hers on the diner table.

The look she gave him was heavy; she still wasn’t used to people having that kind of faith in her, he knew. But if this was his only way of thwarting the witch—of keeping two infants safe—he’d give her as much support as he could.

The moment was simultaneously interrupted by Henry’s return, and a strong kick from his passenger—as if to remind him that at some point here (sooner than he’d care to admit), he’d have to go into hiding. He’d have to figure out a way to offer his support from afar.

But until there was a definite plan, he was going to keep things as impersonal as possible, merely trying to make sure he complied with Zelena’s rules and did whatever he needed to remain something resembling comfortable. The babe seemed to be growing just fine; his stomach was maybe a touch smaller than average, but that could be attributed to him also being taller than the typical expectant parent, as well as a life at sea demanding denser core muscles.

Hopefully, that remained the trend; he’d read the section about what happened after birth in more detail and…it wasn’t pretty. And he was still a rather vain man, with a woman to woo, if she’d still have him.

(He hadn’t given much thought as to how he might explain this to Emma after the fact, if at all; he hoped the simple fact that Zelena was no longer going after the Charmings would be enough that they wouldn’t even need to have the conversation. However, he wasn’t naive enough to count on it.)

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When he woke the next morning, his hand was instinctively resting atop the bare curve of his belly. (That didn’t bode well for his plans of detachment.)

He also found it difficult to sit up in his normal manner; after much rolling around and repositioning, he finally managed to get upright—only to see that his stomach had popped out a fair bit overnight. It most definitely resembled a bump now; after using the lavatory, he traced the curve of it in the mirror, equal parts astounded and horrified. He was also surprised at how firm it was—it wasn’t just softness; there was definitely something there. (Something that was repeatedly kicking at his liver, it felt like.)

His tunic was plenty roomy, but the vest would no longer clasp over his gravid form, no matter how much he let out the laces. He huffed as he cast it aside; he knew it was inevitable, but it was depressing all the same. At least his pants still fit, but barely—and likely not for much longer.

If no one looked closely, and he didn’t tuck in his shirt, it wasn’t all that noticeable. But there would be no hiding it from those even reasonably close to him. Now he understood why the upper-class women referred to this time as “confinement”—because in order to keep this hidden, he’d have to stay in his room.

Not for the first time, he wished he had his ship; it would have been far easier to hide out there, away from prying eyes. Or if only there were another inn in town, but it would likely draw more attention if he were to relocate.

While he still had a semblance of normalcy to his appearance, he decided he should seek out provisions to get him through the next several days. By his math, he’d only just crossed the halfway mark in the time frame Zelena gave him, but was more than halfway through the pregnancy—so it was likely slowing down in speed, meaning he’d be spending the bulk of it during the most uncomfortable parts. Not only would he need food, he’d need other supplies as well.

He’d jotted down a list and slipped it into the pocket of his greatcoat, next to the fair amount of gold he’d stashed before leaving the Jolly Roger. His jacket hung loose enough that it hid his belly, but only just.

Cautiously, he poked his head out in the hall before heading out; even if he was reasonably covered up, the more inconspicuous he could be, the better. The coast was clear, so he slipped out and locked up—but then he heard a similar sound from behind him.

“Oh, hey—I was just about to come over,” Emma said from across the way. “I’ve got a magic lesson this afternoon, but do you want to get lunch before it?”

He was still facing the door. Given the state of things, Emma was the last person he’d wanted to run into. Traitorously, the baby chose then to give him a sharp thump in the stomach, as if telling him to get a move on.

So he did his best to suck in a breath—to minimize his bump’s profile—before turning around. He plastered on his best flirtatious look and avoided the urge to place his hand on his belt. “Is that your way of asking me out on a date?” he teased, hoping the obvious come-on would prevent her from suspecting anything was awry.

As predicted, she rolled her eyes. “If I was asking you on a date, it wouldn’t be to Granny’s,” she countered.

“Duly noted,” he quipped back (and saved for future reference). “But unfortunately, I have to decline the invitation; I’m afraid I have some errands to run that I’ve been putting off too long.”

“Oh.” Her face fell, and he tried to make sure his heart didn’t follow it. “Well, I could go with you, if you wanted.”

He did—so much. But then how would he explain the copious amounts of food he was about to buy? “I appreciate the offer, but I don’t know how long it will take—and I know that Her Majesty can’t be kept waiting.”

Emma huffed, but he saw acceptance across her face. “Yeah, you’re right. But I’m absolutely not seeing her on an empty stomach.”

“Nor should you,” he agreed, smiling—though hopefully it didn’t look too pained, because his attempts at holding in his belly were beginning to strain. As such, he started to turn away to leave, but she wasn’t done.

“Hey, where’s your vest? Is that one of your errands?”

Dammit; should have known she’d notice. But her gaze seemed to be focused on his chest and not any lower; normally, he’d comment on her leering but he was just relieved. “Aye; damaged it with my hook last night, and the laces need repair.” (That part was true—some of them had gotten a bit stretched.)

“Darn; I thought maybe you were actually going to join the modern world and get some new clothes,” she teased.

“Not yet,” he countered, but it wasn’t a bad idea—not a total wardrobe change, but perhaps something a bit…roomier, or more forgiving. “I should get to it, though.”

Emma blinked and looked back up at him, having seemingly been lost in a daydream. (Perhaps buying modern clothes did need to be added to his docket at some point; just not today.) “Yeah, and I need to get moving. Have fun.”

“Thanks, and good luck,” he farewelled; Emma headed the opposite way down the hall with a casual wave.

He waited until she was out of sight and then relaxed with a sigh; he could feel his belly press against the laces of his trousers as soon as he did, and indulged in a brief massage of his lower abdominal muscles. At least the ruse had worked—but he was definitely seeking out pants with an elastic waist.

The supermarket was aptly named; it was indeed massive and overwhelming. But it had everything—fresh vegetables and meat, bulk rations, even perishables and fresh-baked goods. It was astounding. He was easily able to gather enough provisions (healthy ones at that) for the next several days. He also grabbed some items at random that simply sounded appealing—mostly sweets, but he’d learned that cravings were a customary part of the process and this little one certainly had a sweet tooth.

(Thankfully, he also found the section with flexible clothing with ease. He purchased a couple pairs of what were labeled “sweatpants” and a few long-sleeved tops in varying sizes and colors; he just hoped he’d selected ones big enough.)

Odds were he overpaid for the lot of goods, given that the lad working the checkout didn’t know the gold conversion rate offhand, but he didn’t rightly care if it also bought the boy’s discretion. Thankfully, he also had his enchanted tote bag with him—the one with the hidden expansion charm he’d picked up…gods, he couldn’t even remember where anymore, it’d been so long—so he wasn’t spotted carrying half a dozen overladen sacks into Granny’s.

He spent the rest of the afternoon unpacking his newfound treasures, grateful to finally have a use for the seemingly magical ice box in his room. He stashed the nonperishables on his small table, and his new clothing in a dresser drawer.

One last thing remained, and admittedly, he hadn’t paid for it: a tiny outfit intended for a baby, covered with illustrations of sailboats. He’d slipped it into a pocket before paying for everything else, not wanting to draw the raised eyebrows such a purchase would attract, even if he could have passed it off as being for the Charming’s infant.

He held it up with just his thumb and forefinger; the label on it suggested it was sized for a newborn, but it still seemed impossibly small. At least, until he laid it atop the steadily increasing curve of his belly; then he wondered if it would even be large enough (though the books told him the babe was only yet the size of an aubergine, which he had stared at in the produce section for an extended period of time).

Bloody hell, what was he doing? He couldn’t get attached; if he failed to help Emma and the others defeat Zelena, it would spell doom for this child. And given that he was increasingly running out of ideas, it seemed imminent. He’d already suffered two terrible heartbreaks in his life; he wasn’t sure he could survive another (which would undoubtedly be harsher).

He yanked open an empty drawer and threw the onesie inside, then shoved it shut. Best not to continue that train of thought; only if they actually managed to defeat the witch.

Sighing, he plopped down in the dining chair and tore (literally) into a package of something called Oreos. They were delicious, but did nothing to assuage his fears or guilt. For the umpteenth time, his hand instinctively drifted to his stomach, as if his touch alone could protect the babe.

Hopefully that, and his trust in the heroes, would be enough.

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Killian awoke the next day to something touching him. In his sleep-addled mind, he lashed out towards whatever it was, fully intending to let it (or them) get acquainted with the sharp end of his hook.

However, he’d taken his prosthesis off last night, lest he do anything to injure his ever-expanding midsection, so all he did was hit it away with his brace. An annoyed yelp followed his impact.

“Bloody hell, I was just checking on the baby,” Zelena scolded. He blinked a few times, urging the sleep away from his eyes, to see the witch standing over him, scowling.

“What the hell do you want?” he demanded as he tried (and failed) to sit up, eventually settling for propping himself on his elbows.

“I’m simply making sure that my investment is paying off. I’ve kept up my part of the deal—those sickly-sweet Charmings are just fine. But I’ve got to make sure everything is going well here, too; pregnancy is tricky business, you know.” She turned her gaze to his exposed belly; despite the shirt he’d worn to bed, it had ridden up overnight. “Oh, is that a stretch mark I see?” she declared, leaning back towards him.

He yanked the hem of his shirt down, both to cut off her view and at the wound to his vanity.

“You’re no fun,” she pouted. “I thought most expectant parents were basking in the glow of creating life, or whatever?”

“When it’s something they’ve wanted, aye; not when it’s been forced on them,” he spat. He hadn’t truly understood the concept of glowing until his time spent with Snow lately; however, he felt more washed out than anything incandescent.

But speaking of glowing—as she stood upright and folded her arms, light from the window glinted off the jewel at her neck. He remembered what the Charmings had been told about it being the source of her power, and without any further thought (moving faster than he thought he could), he lunged for the pendant, hoping that it might be just that simple to defeat her.

No sooner had his fingers brushed the surface of the gem than he was thrown back forcefully against the headboard; he groaned in pain. Bollocks.

“Ah-ah-ah,” she chastised. “Did you really think it’d be that easy? Especially when you’ve been touched not once, but twice by my own magic?”

“Had to try,” he panted out as he tried to catch his breath. His hand flew to his stomach as its inhabitant also protested the blow.

“You really ought to be more careful; a fall like that isn’t good for the little one,” she warned.

“Why do I give a shit what happens to your demon offspring?” he countered.

She scoffed. “Oh, it’s not mine. The spell would never work with my own blood. But,” she started, coming closer and leaning over him again. “It is yours.”

“What?” he gasped. He’d certainly wondered, but hadn’t expected that it was actually his child. How could she expect him to hand over his own flesh and blood? What he did to Bae all those years ago still haunted him; this would be even worse.

“Indeed. All the more reason for you to be careful, hm?” The way she caressed his bump again felt more like a threat than any sort of endearment. “If this child doesn’t survive, our deal is off. And maybe you should read the part of that book over there on just what that will do to you.”

(He swallowed, because he already had, of course; he couldn’t imagine anything more traumatic than carrying a child that didn’t survive—especially now knowing this one was truly his.)

“Then who’s the mum?” he asked, trying to distract himself. He needed to know that, too, especially if it wasn’t Zelena. “Is there one?” (Biologically, he knew there should be…but, biologically, she would be the one with child.)

“There is. Magic can’t circumvent that,” she confirmed as she set herself to rights. “But as for who…I’ll tell you when it’s all said and done.”

“You’re a bastard,” he growled.

“Something me and that baby will have in common,” she laughed.

She abruptly moved away and turned around, so he closed his eyes and took another deep breath to recover, at least physically, while she was distracted. He hadn’t realized how much the babe was pressing on his lungs until now.

“Oh, isn’t this sweet?” Zelena cooed. He opened his eyes to see her holding up the onesie. “Not my color scheme, but it certainly suits your aesthetic. Too bad they won’t get to wear it.”

Angrily, he stood from his bed to rush at her—he didn’t know why, exactly, just that he was suddenly filled with rage—but it was for nought, as she merely threw the garment at him before disappearing in her signature green smoke.

He caught it against his chest and sighed. He’d failed, hadn’t he? There was no way he could do anything to keep this child from Zelena’s clutches now, unless Emma managed to defeat her in the next few days. He sniffled, suddenly overcome by emotion—because wasn’t this so typical for him? To lose the things he loved?

(Because, much as he had tried not to, he did love the babe—even before he knew it was his; that was just his nature. But as with all things he loved, it was going to be taken from him—and their mum likely had no clue. Shit.)

His gaze was still on the outfit, vision blurring with tears, when a knock rapped at his door. He froze, hoping whoever it was would go away, but it sounded again. “Hook? Are you there?”

Of course it was Emma. Despite everything, he couldn’t say no to her. “Coming,” he called out, and quickly tossed the onesie aside, wiped his eyes, and strode to the door.

But then he glanced down; there was no hiding his belly, especially while wearing just the shirt and sweatpants he’d changed into (which, while exceedingly comfortable, did nothing to disguise the curve of his waistline). So he awkwardly angled himself, and opened the door just enough to peek his upper body around.

“Morning, Swan,” he greeted, though it was nowhere near as smooth as he usually was. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Her brow furrowed as she looked him over, then tried to look past him into his room. “I thought I heard something weird; is everything okay?”

“Right as rain,” he lied. “I did have a run-in with my bed frame, though,” he said, hoping she would believe him if he at least partially told the truth.

“What, stub your toe?” she teased.

“Aye, something like that,” he agreed.

She briefly narrowed her gaze, but seemed to accept his answer. “Well, do you want to get breakfast? Henry was asking if you wanted to spar again, too; I think he’s gunning to be your first mate.”

He had to smile at that, but it didn’t hold. “Ah, I’m dealing with a fair bit of fatigue at the moment; can I take a rain bill?”

Emma tilted her head. “You mean a rain check?”

“That, yes.”

“I suppose, but that’s only going to mean he’ll want more later.”

“I endeavor to make it up to him in full.”

She grinned, but hers too didn’t last. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

“I just haven’t been sleeping well,” he told her—which was true, given that the babe was treating his internal organs as playthings.

“Alright, well, rest up; you’ve been missed around here.” There was a steadiness in her gaze that suggested she was speaking personally rather than generally.

“I’ll try,” he said, though his voice was almost a whisper.

“See you,” she farewelled; he repeated it and shut the door, perhaps a bit too forcefully.

The next few days were going to be interminable, weren’t they?

The lone blessing was that Belle had lent him a few books from the library, so he had the means of entertainment, and obviously had bought more than enough food. (Those Pop-Tart pastries that Emma seemed to favor were indeed delicious.)

He felt like an arse when he had to feign sleep during Emma’s next attempt to drag him from his room, around dinner time. The woman was bloody stubborn. But, as he was being reminded by the insistent little foot digging into his ribs, there was truly nothing to be done until they were out. He’d extend his apologies then—once they’d defeated the witch.

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supergirlfemslashsecretsanta · 2 years ago

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Ho ho ho, merry October everyone. The winter season is approaching and you know what that means, Supergirl Secret Santa sign ups!

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ashheartrph · 2 months ago

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PREVIOUSLY. ASHHEARTHELPS, OFMIIDNIGHTSRESOURCES. OFWILTCDSUNFLOWERS. ASHYBUGHELPS. THORNSMANIPS. MAGICIANGIRLMANIPS.

"WITH THIS LITTLE COBWEB POTION, YOU'LL FALL INTO DARK DEVOTION. IF YOU EVER LOSE AFFECTION, I CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE DIRECTION." - THE HEX GIRLS, I'M A HEX GIRL.

Ashheartrph is a roleplay resources blog ran by Ash // Ashheart. I am 21+ and go by she / her pronouns. Re-established in April of 2025. On this blog I will share roleplay resources that I make for roleplayers. All content made on this blog is made in PHOTOPEA. I do not know how they will look in Photoshop or other editors.

WHY I REMADE :: My previous rph blog was terminated by tumblr staff out of the blue. I got no emails explaining why they did it. I also sent staff four support tickets and they still did nothing to reinstate my blog. So I remade my blog and the next day the blog could not receive private messages. Sent staff two support tickets and they did nothing about it. So here I am on a new blog! All content I uploaded onto my previous blog are still on my deviant art & payhip.

All of my content is free, donation based, or pay what you want. MY DEVIANT ART IS HERE. MY PAYHIP IS HERE. && MY KO-FI IS HERE. Please consider donating to my Ko-fi if you like what I do on this blog.

Do not steal my content. Please credit me if you use something I've made. You can do this in multiple ways. You can :: reblog the post where you got the content from, tag me in a post, or link to the content on your blog / card / google doc.

MY ASK BOX IS CURRENTLY OPEN!

WHAT I DO::

Roleplay Icons. :: I currently have requests for these open, but they will be capped at 3. I am highly selective with who I will make rp icons of and what sizes I will make them in. If I cannot find resources of the show, movie, manga, manhwa, you want icons for I will have to decline the request. I also will not make icons for anything horror based. 0/3.

Psd Colorings. :: Feel free to suggest characters, celebrities, shows, or movies for me to make psd colorings based off of.

Psd Recommendations. :: Need help finding a psd coloring for your muse? Or want to know how a certain psd will look on them? Hit up my inbox and I'll post a few psds for you to check out.

Templates. :: I make all kinds of templates :: Promo templates, character templates, dash icon templates, and rp icon border templates.

Master lists. :: Could be lists of anything. My favorite names, cat breeds, ect.

Pngs.

Headers.

Dash Icons.

Screencaps. :: I will not be taking requests on these, as I can only take screencaps from videos on youtube.

Gifs. :: I will not be taking requests on these. I'm still learning how to make gifs. Occasionally I might post a gif set or gif pack here though.

Manips. :: I will be highly selective when it comes to taking manip requests. If you ask for manips of people deemed highly problematic, I probably won't accept the request.

Promos. :: Requests for these are currently closed, but I might open them at some point.

Url Recommendations. :: Need help coming up with a url for your blog? Hit up my inbox and I can help you out with that.

Aesthetics & Moodboards.

Rp Memes.

TO DO LIST ::

Make gifs of Laura Spencer in Vanessa and Jan & The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

Make gifs of Grace Phipps / Gracie Gillam.

Make gifs of Molly Quinn.

Make gifs of Nicole Fujita.

Make gifs of Meghan Trainor in one of her music videos.

Repost my Yugioh! Masterlist post.

Make a Supernatural Masterlist post.

Make rp icons of Seju in What Does The Fox Say.

Make rp icons of Harley Quinn in Harley Quinn in Paradise.

Finish another gif pack. (I have multiple I'm working on for my own use.)

Post one psd coloring or template.

Make Rp Icons of Mandy Moore in Grey's Anatomy.

Make Rp Icons of Demi Lovato in Grey's Anatomy.

Make Rp Icons of Felicia Day in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

ROLEPLAY BLOG MASTERLISTS ::

Yugioh Roleplay Blog Masterlist.

Supernatural Roleplay Blog Masterlist.

Naruto Roleplay Blog Masterlist.

MY CURRENT MASCOTT IS MELISSA BENOIST.

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be-jargogled · 4 months ago

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2/2 Read below for more info and other character backstories

ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE LITERALLY SO MANY TWS HERE, SO SO SO MANY. THE DOVE IS DEADING. THE DOVE IS DECOMPOSING. THE DOVE TURNED INTO OIL.

Marius: From a young age Marius' parents pass due to an illness and he gets adopted by a rich family. He becomes especially close to one Victor Denathria and treats him like a brother. Each of them get private tutors, but they never teach about anything unsavory in the eyes of Lathander. This is especially unfortunate, because at the age of 16 Victor grows ill, and at his request Marius files for emancipation and leaves the household in search of a way to help him. Marius finds a job in catering for an elaborate company that doesn't even seem to care about his status, they barely ask for any identification when they let Marius onto their staff. It is during this time that Marius finds a woman who seems to really like him, but before he can ask for her proper name she hands him a drink and urges him to take a sip. So he does, he takes a sip, and another, and another, and then he's downed the bottle, and then suddenly everything goes fuzzy. He panics the next morning as he wakes up naked in the bed of a woman who only lets him calm her the Duchess. He doesn't like admitting how long he stayed with her until he finally got the courage to leave and continue on his search for someone to help his brother, he's trying to find a source when one Phillip Druskenvald reaches out to him.

Farryn: She lives in a closeted community in the middle of nowhere, a place where she is taught the old ways and is forced to learn only what she's given, unfortunately the old ways involved a lot of unsavory taboos like necrophilia. That is of course until she and Gwenna started to really get to know each other. Against the wishes of the community they grew closer and closer. It didn't matter to Farryn how many times they tried to beat her love out of her, because at the end of the day Gwenna and her always found each other. It started when they were twelve and still learning what these feelings were for each other. A puppy crush that they thought ended when they kissed. Then they grew older and were told that sex exists and is wrong to do outside of procreation or ascending rituals. When they were fourteen they explored each other's bodies. When they were fifteen they officially lost their virginity and started to learn how to properly have sex. It wasn't always the safest, but until Gwenna and Farryn were 19 they didn't want it any other way. Both girls now women had plans to run away, neither of them ever having participated in the "ascending" rituals, neither of them having committed necrophilia or killed more than animals. Then Gwenna died, and Farryn wasn't even allowed to go to her funeral. Farryn was beaten bloody and blue for sullying Gwenna's purity. Farryn wept, but knew that Gwenna's corpse would be left alone for two days after the funeral. Farryn snuck in, and was nearly willing to throw away her ideals just to feel Gwenna one more time. She didn't, she instead stole the scriptures and ran away in the middle of the night. She's halfway through interpreting Gorthos' words herself when she gets the letter.

Briggsy: Now, Captain Kratch was your average urchin boy, a skin disease wrecking havoc on his body and not a single bone in him that didn't urge him to survive. He committed simple crimes, snuck into bars, scammed people out of their money, and by the gods did crime ever get a rush out of him. The adrenaline was addicting, so he started to amp up what he did. He would properly hurt people. Properly break things. Eventually he got even deeper into it, started flitting through different gangs, he found he liked feeling in power very quickly, so he took a leap into the deepend and made a proposition to Mr. Crossroads himself. Crossroads was said to be the puppet master of the crime world, so when a young, easily manipulated, coward like Briggsy came up to him begging for power, he was quick to say yes. He began to do even bigger crimes, formed his own gang with people Crossroads sent him, his name was feared, but of course it all came at a price. Be it the trauma or stress of too many jobs, too much gunpowder, too much everything, Briggsy started to lose his sense of taste and smell. Some days his sense of touch also seemed so distant. It was proper torture, especially since Crossroads was starting to ignore his calls. Luckily, Briggsy got a letter that promised to solve all his problems should he go to this stupid camp.

#marius renathyr #edge of midnight #legends of avantris #eom #loa eom #farryn of the hartsblight #briggsy kratch #Camp Druskenvald #Camp Druskenvald au

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sunnydaleherald · 6 months ago

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, December 21

FRED: Are you okay? LORNE: I was feeling seasick when we were still on dry land. Do I look greener than usual? FRED: A little.

~~AtS 3x12 “Provider”~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Dead to Rights (Faith, Dexter, T) by Aadler

Role-Playing (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84

A Kiss to Build a Dream On (Buffy/Giles, M) by LonesomeSundown

Material Pleasures (Illyria/Wesley, E) by purple_mechanicalpencils

Chained Up for Christmas (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Maxine Eden, ClowniestLivEver

Gifts from the (Undead) Heart (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Grief Counseling

Uncommon Scenery (Buffy/Spike, T) by veronyxk84

[Chaptered Fiction]

The Greatest Gift: A Fuffy Christmas Carol, Chapter 1/4 (Buffy/Faith, G) by user1013

Return Of The Soulless Vampire, Chapters 1-50/50 (Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara, Xander/Anya, M) COMPLETE! by Hoomanbeans (Frednymph)

The Queen's daughter, Chapter 68/? (Buffy/Faith, Cordelia, OUAT xover, not rated) by Dragonprincess19961

I Love You (and The Horizon Hides You in Vain), Chapter 3/? (Buffy & Dawn, Buffy/Spike, canon ships, M) by ConcernedReader

A Slayer in the Senate, Chapter 11/12 (Buffy/Faith, Buffy/Tara, E) by storiwr

Half And Half Girl, Chapters 2-27/27 COMPLETE! (Angel/Cordelia, Fred/Wesley, M) by Hoomanbeans (Frednymph)

Where are you?, Chapter 2/16 (Buffy/Riley, Xander/Anya, T) by RotBlau

Whiplash, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Ninereeds

Open Your Heart & Close Your Eyes, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Rude Awakenings, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Take Me to Prom, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Spikelover4ever

Some You Lose, Chapter 22 (Buffy, Stargate xover, FR13) by lyapunov

Out of Time: 1942, Chapter 61 (Buffy/Tom Riddle, Harry Potter xover, FR18) by Jonayla

Agape, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Lilacsandorangeblossoms

The Science of Being Yours, Chapters 9-12 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Maxine Eden, ClowniestLivEver

Indecent Proposal, Chapter 27 (Buffy/William/Xander, Adults Only) by harrisxander2

[Images, Audio & Video]

Gifset: ANGEL THE SERIES | 1.19 “Sanctuary” requested by juanabaloo (Faith, Angel, worksafe) by elizadushkudaily

Artwork: Probably not gonna finish these in time so have a couple of festive Faith wips (worksafe) by sideartblog999

Artwork: [Drawings of Buffy Summers] (worksafe) by psicheanima

Gifset: Every Tara look: S5E13 Blood Ties (worksafe) by lovebvffys

Artwork: 5 Seconds (Buffy, Faith, worksafe) by takenabackbytuesdays

Gifset: - hymn to virgil hozier (Buffy/Spike with lyrics overlay, worksafe) by theveryunlikelywonderland

Artwork: Just Spuffy enjoying their winter weekend and trying not to catch another apocalypse (worksafe) by flyora

Gif: I don’t need a guy right now. I need me. I need to get comfortable being alone with… Buffy (worksafe) by buffysource, andremichaux

Manip: Hustler (Buffy/Spike, G) by honeygirl51885

Manips: Snapshots From My Idiot, Chapters 1-3 COMPLETE! (Buffy/Spike, G) by cd85

Manip: Chasing Away Insanity (Buffy/Spike, G) by honeygirl51885

Artwork: [FANART] Fuck, Marry, Kill, Trio Edition (Warren, Andrew, Jonathan, T) by GarsCrucible

[Reviews & Recaps]

PODCAST: Season 4 Recap by Investigating Angel

PODCAST: A Love Like Troy and Gabriela (S5E11) by It Stakes Two

[In Search Of]

ISO: Can anyone please link that great meta on the Buffy episode “Who Are You” that talks about the Faith and Buffy fight? requested by thewarlocknerd

[Fandom Discussions]

If ATS never happened… by annarowyn

Since I was little kid, I always imagine there’s spinoff about well adjusted Connor after Angel tv show by kingsaint

“Drive My Soul” by LIGHTS is so Spuffy coded by lilyginnyblackv2

doing a BTVS 3x10 Amends rewatch for the holidays. and damn if the (unintentional?) Fuffy isn’t hilarious by juanabaloo

The conversation between Buffy and Angel in Gingerbread always struck me as so poignant by initiumseries

[anon ask] Do you have any cents on the idea that the narrative let's angel get off easier than spike for his Angelus crimes and its a cop out that angel and Angelus are considered separate people? answered by firelxdykatara

sometimes I think about dawn being like. she IS it takes a village child by camellcat

we really do not talk enough about how just a TASTE of buffy’s blood snaps spike out of the first’s mind control by raisedbythetv89

Spike is so funny, it never even occurred to him to angst about being in a vampire/human relationship by messedupdoilies

The Conflicts of BTVS continued by hoponlilmama

If Liam's father saw Angel would he be proud of him? by The Whirlwind, multiple posters

Angel and Darla - Reprise by jogaforacont

Lack of Merch by Better-Mud2595

Buffy's Baby Bangs: A Christmas Essay by _ineffective_

Ever notice buffy wears white when she fight the big bad by Silver_Storm_1

Why didn’t the Watchers send someone to capture or kill Faith whilst she was in a coma? by Scopeburger

Christmas Buffy by TwistedLogic81

Holden is one of the best short lived characters by beans_the_fruit182

What's the difference between the Willow & Buffy dynamic and the Xander & Buffy dynamic (excluding his unrequited crush on her) by Cailly_Brard7

Why do you think a good portion of the audience struggles to connect with some of these Buffy characters? by PristineSituation498

Which are your favorite lines from the show....that you've actually used in your day-to-day life? by Jdobbs626

Buffy and D&D crossover by starbucksmetalhead

Catherine Madison (S1E3) was a really cool villain by TheSekretGarden

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

PODCAST-Interviews: An Oral History of Buffy's "Hush": A 25th Anniversary Special by Slayerfest 98

CONVENTION: James Marsters to Attend Comic Con France 12-13 April 2025 by dontkillspike

CONVENTION: James Marsters Upcoming Events by dontkillspike

PUBLICATION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 10 Most Insidious Villains, Ranked by CBR.com

Submit a link to be included in the newsletter!

Join the editor team :)

#btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #meta #fan fiction #fan art #angel the series #ats

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pingxie-exchange · 1 year ago

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A very large thank you to laireshi for writing the rules and guidelines being used for this exchange. They are presented here with minor changes.

Hello, everyone! Apologies for the short notice on this post going up, the month got away from me for a bit. OTZ

Pingxie Exchange 2024: Schedule and Guidelines Post

Hi and welcome to the Pingxie Exchange: a fic, art, and fanvid exchange about the Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling pairing.

(Updated) Schedule

Sign-ups open: June 9th Sign-ups end: June 22nd 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth (what time is it for me?) Matching: June 22nd Assignments out: no later than June 23rd Assignments due: August 10th 11:59 PM Anywhere On Earth (what time is it for me?) Gift reveals: August 17th Creator reveals and treats deadline: August 24th

Further information behind the cut...

Guidelines

You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specific prompt is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy!

You must not include anything stated as “do not want” in your recipient’s sign-up.

The minimum requirements for the gifts are 300 words for fic, one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital; no manips), or 30 seconds of video for fanvids.

This is an anonymous exchange: refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there will be a one week anon period when the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals. DO NOT post your creation anywhere but the AO3 collection (e.g., Tumblr, Twitter/X, Dreamwidth, etc.) before authors are revealed on the 24th. If you do this, you will not be allowed to participate next year.

After the reveals, comment on your gift.

Most importantly: be excellent to each other!

Sign-Up information

Sign-ups will take place on AO3 here, starting on June 9th. There, you can fill out details about your request and offer. You can edit your sign-up at any time until the sign-ups close.

You will have to select the DMBJ canon you’re interested in creating for and receiving a gift in:

Novels: The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles

TV: The Lost Tomb 1

TV: The Lost Tomb 2 - Explore with the Note

TV: The Lost Tomb 2.5 - Heavenly Palace on the Clouds

TV: Ultimate Note

TV: Tomb of the Sea/Sha Hai

TV: The Lost Tomb Reboot/Reunion: The Sound of Providence

Movies: Conjuring Curse (2023) & Misty Creed (2023) -- rare canon

Movies: Time Raiders -- rare canon

Video Games: Time Raiders (mobile game) -- rare canon

Note: If you choose a rare canon, then you must also choose at least one non-rare canon.

You will have to specify which "characters" you’re interested in:

Fanart

Fanfiction

Fanvid

(That's right, this isn't really a character selector; it was the only way I could include fanwork type preference in the matching.)

You will also have to specify genres you’re interested in:

Action/Adventure

Angst

Canon Compliant

Canon Divergent

Dark

Domesticity/Slice of Life

Fluff

Humour/Crack

Hurt/Comfort

PWP (only select this if you’re 18+)

Request

In this section, you describe the gift you would like to receive.

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Character (remember this is really fanwork type) - you have to choose at least one tag.

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Optional Details - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect pingxie gift! You can include:

General Likes: your creator may, but doesn’t have to, include them. This isn’t a place for detailed prompts, just general themes you enjoy, like getting together or established relationship.

Optional Tags: You may use the optional tags to share more about your preferences, if you like.

Offer

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Character (remember this is really fanwork type) - you have to choose at least one tag.

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

In the optional details of your offer, you can also name one person you don’t want to be matched to, for example your regular beta, and we will do our best to avoid matching you!

Optional Tags: You may use the optional tags to share more about your preferences, if you like. The offers will only ever be visible to the mods; never to anyone else.

Your assignment

Treating

Pinch Hits

In case someone needs to drop out, we will look for a pinch hitter to complete their assignment. Pinch hits will be posted to the DreamWidth community and advertised on tumblr.

Extensions

If you think you can finish your assignment, but you need a day or two more, you can always ask the mods for an extension!

Other important information

A very large thank you to laireshi for writing the rules and guidelines being used for this exchange. They are presented here with minor changes.

#dmbj #dao mu bi ji #pingxie #wu xie #zhang qiling #xiaoge #wu xie x zhang qiling #pingxie exchange 2024 #pingxie exchange #it's here it's here it's here!#go forth and sign up!#:D :D :D

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