#muse: aventurine.

[illiaccrest]

Based on what the subtle dialog in his backstory implies about what the slave masters used him for...I can't bring myself to imagine Aventurine as being totally normal about intimacy...😩

[yuzuuu4]

jackpot

[kimeoshi]

[tragedy-of-commons]

"You don't have to be gentle with me," Aventurine, who has mastered the polite and serviceable laugh, almost snorts. Your cautious arms that cage him in your embrace have his heart stuttering a dangerous staccato that's akin to the rush before a big gamble. "You treat me as if I'm made of glass."

You are unamused by this, responding by tightening your grip into a vengeful squeeze (that still does not hurt). "Do you truly see that as a bad thing?"

His blond hair standing to attention on the nape of his neck relaxes whenever he feels you press your face there. Aventurine takes a shallow breath so that vomit doesn't come up. "Yes, darling," you pointedly ignore how he lets the pet name slip too easily, "if I have to take anymore pity from you, I just might shatter."

"Pity implies that I feel bad for you," you chastise, ever genteel, "which I don't. The only time I pity you is when you go out stinking like a department store. Besides, I want to be gentle. Relaxation is a good look on you."

The fact that you can out-coy him - in the privacy of his own quarters, no less - is astounding. Layers of meaning coating each word until you can't be sure what they mean anymore; Aventurine isn't sure he wants to fully understand them. Let it be. Let it fester until it swallows him whole, if it means this sensation remains.

Relaxation, outwardly, is a good look on him - because he is for your viewing pleasure. The lazy flutter of his eyelashes is not to fool himself. Aventurine knows when he is in too deep.

(And he, too, knows that he will be dredged up from the depths against his will.)

[therollingriceball]

I feel like. If you called him by his real name Kakavasha during sex Aventurine wouldn't let you go for the rest of the night.

[harmonysanreads]

Just thinking about making pillow fortresses with Aventurine or doing a little pillow fighting session with him, doing a little bit of everything he missed as a child.

[solacium]

presence // aventurine

he'll never outrightly ask you what it is, not at the outset.

he might find you curled on the couch, quiet, trying to breathe out the something in your chest that writhes and constricts, or in tears, but he won't ask, only sit quietly with you, lean against you, the weight of him enough to reassure you of his presence. maybe you reach for him, curl into the hollow of his body, and he'll let you, hold you until the tears stop, or you can feel your hands again, or you fall asleep, to the steady rhythm of his heart.

you'll wake, or look at him, and he'll speak, then, maybe look back at you with those iridescent eyes that you love, as he asks, softly, if you're feeling better, if you want to talk about it.

he'll keep you company, either way, listening. there is a steadiness in the weight of his arms around you, in the even beat of his heart against your back. you'll have to move, eventually, one of your legs falling asleep under you, and you'll both laugh, and shift. he gently disentangles himself from you, to get you something to drink. you settle back down, curled around each other, talk quietly until the sunlight changes.

[vitaecryptid]

When I think about how Ratio shows affection, I think it's quiet. There are no grand gestures or sappy, traditional signs of affection. While Veritas Ratio won't necessarily buy someone roses, he will do a thousand small things for them. For instance, when inviting a partner over, he would take their coat and hang it up for them. He would adjust the temperature of they needed. As they talked about, he would be attentive. Perhaps he would run them a hot bath or make them food if they're hungry. When this meets Aventurine, I feel like it is the same, however some things need to be more obvious. Gentle kisses to his knuckles, a warm, reassuring hand on the back of his neck, a palm on his lower back. Veritas Ratio is private, but within his privacy he is gentle, attentive, and provides affection in his own, quiet ways.

[mothtral]

if i’m remembering right, topaz said aventurine’s other form is unique to him as a cornerstone power. the ten stonehearts all have their own ability, and aventurine’s manifested as a monster. i wonder if that’s how aventurine sees himself sometimes, after everything he’s done to claw himself out of the hole he was forced into as a child.

[acheronidae]

I don't think Dr. Ratio betraying Aventurine was actually planned.

It honestly came across to me as Aventurine trying to convince himself that it was the plan in order to feel like he had more control over the situation than he actually did (and to convince others of that, playing off the moments of vulnerability like they were just an act so no one tried to examine what was really going on with him phycologically).

His anger and fear seemed far too genuine to have been fake.

And on Dr. Ratio's end: if he had also planned this from the start, what use would his message of advice have had? If there were no hard feelings involved between them, why would he have said something so emotionally charged, to be read only when Aventurine really needed those words?

It seemed like Dr. Ratio's way of apologizing for what he did and making it clear to Aventurine (without explicitly saying it, of course) that he genuinely cares about him.

Tl;dr: I think Aventurine was pretending that Dr. Ratio's betrayal was planned to cope with his lack of control. Also, these two are gay for each other.

[serendipminie]

After so much plotting and deliberation...

It may just be time for me to start writing my Aventio secret agent AU.

In that case!

[playingwithstarsabove]

If Yusuke were to ever step foot into Penacony, he would find LOADS of art inspiration in dream stuff like walking billboards and talking soda bottles, spouting art stuff so often people would look at him funny. He would be so entranced by Aventurine's Coin Armageddon that he'll compare it to something Babylonian and become so obsessed with drawing both it and Acheron's Nihility Sword Slash right. And if Aventurine sees the painting? He'll go "Oh that is a beautiful painting." and buy it on the spot

[pinkrose05]

Am I the only one who doesn't vibe with the Gaiathra Triclops = Ena the Order theory?

[mitsvriii]

me watching my wips pile up

poll utc to help me decide which one (or most written one) to finish first 🤞

sry for taking up tags 😓

[tragedy-of-commons]

fuck it we ball. hsr prom date hcs because i am on something different tonight. based on my very limited experience.

dan heng

he's painfully awkward. like you expected it when you asked him to be your date but it's even worse than you predicted...

he DID pick you up and he WAS almost an hour early, causing you to rush down the stairs and almost trip (not very magical-teen-coming-of-age-moment-like of you). that kind of lightened the mood though.

also painfully sweet! upon your arrival he gives you a boutonniere/corsage that matches your outfit which he had managed to keep hidden. his sweaty palms were not just because he was nervous, then...

march helped him pick it out, he admits with red-tipped ears. that makes sense, because she was suspiciously interested in what you were wearing to the function.

but he did also forget to pick out one for him. oops.

during the slow dance bit, his hands are sweaty. you don't care because your eyes lock and there's the fuzziness curling in your gut that plagues you whenever you're with dan heng.

overall, a good experience! polite and always willing to humor your whims, even if he's a little stiff.

and if you peck him on the cheek after he walks you back to your doorstep, well, that's alright with him. more than alright.

black swan

life of the party. not in a screaming-getting-way-too-into-the-music kinda way, but in the way that everyone wants a sliver of her attention. she's always relaxed, interesting to talk to, and dreamy to boot! it wouldn't be any different at prom.

but black swan, above all else, wants to just... spend time with you. anyone that wants to chat can wait until later, when she's not watching you stuff snacks into your pockets with a fond look in her faraway eyes.

to commemorate the occasion, you're cajoled into the photobooth where you both hold up props and make funny faces for the camera. you know black swan doesn't cherish much above memories, even if they're immortalized in a gag reel where you're clad in silly-straw glasses and her in a purple mustache.

but in the last photo, right before the camera flashes, she sneaks a kiss on your cheek. your eyes are blown wide in surprise in the picture and that's her favorite part!

surprisingly adept at dancing. depending on your taste, she will either dip you dramatically and take the lead, or fall into your steps and try to make you feel more comfortable if you're nervous.

cherishes any memento from the event. she does the teasing, though, so don't get any ideas about poking fun at her for being sappy.

a great date, i dare say.

aventurine

it's a given that both of you look the best. dressed to the nines.

the whole thing is a bit sensationalized, though. mostly because he's used to everything being treated like a spectacle, aventurine tries his best (while looking like he isn't trying at all) to give you a good time.

his saving grace is that... he's here with you. everything is more enjoyable this way, even the distastefully loud music matches the pulse in his ears when he looks at y💥💥

his favorite part of the event, surprisingly, is when you ask him to ditch with you early. makes a little joke like "wow, are you having that bad of a time with me?" but there's a bit of weight behind it that you can sense. anyway, you answer by rolling your eyes and pulling him outside.

away from the noise, pretenses drop and You Hold His Hand, telling him that any time with him is a good time. but this is infinitely better, even if you're both just stood in the parking lot.

you both decide to stay a little longer. at the end of the night, the principal gets into one of those dunking booths for the children to throw balls at to get them dunked in water. aventurine bets you a date that he'll hit the target.

you know he'll win (his luck kind of scares you), so of course you take him up on that wager, very excited to lose. it's very sweet.

lol he does hit the target

you both are prom celebrities for the rest of the night with another date set in stone a week from now!

kafka

imo she would make the best date out of everyone on this list.

mostly because any outing with kafka is almost cataclysmic in its impact... starting when she pops over at your place to help you get ready! surprise!

zips you up/adjusts your lapels/make sure your makeup looks good/whatever is part of this whole routine for you. she does so while humming a dulcet tune. she wants to be involved with every aspect of your pivotal prom experience tbh. keen on making memories like black swan is, but the effort is unconscious.

also. since blade has his driver's license, she basically bribed him into being your chauffeur for the night. i think that'd be a fun detail.

if you suck at dancing, never fear, because she also isn't very good (or so she says, but she's kafka, so of course she makes it work).

is not opposed to silly photobooth pics but she'd rather have someone take a candid of you both together by persuading them nicely - more her speed.

her eyes are ENCHANTING in that dim lighting... i just know... you get so distracted that you trip over her feet. silver wolf, the resident DJ that the school hired, sees and laughs.

has that tattered jacket thrown over whatever she decides to wear. she drapes it over you if you get cold due to the weather or temperature inside of the building.

[therollingriceball]

This blog owner's Aven headcanon is particularly bisexual, but also kinda demi because he always kind of used sex as his bargaining chip no matter who's he's at that he never really considered it as something romantic outside the deal until he did find someone he adored that way that he'll protect with all his life.

But anyway, he tend to prefer topping as being bottom'd no matter with who, because bottoming kind of makes him feel like he's not in power anymore and gives bad memories. Unless you're really close to him.