#no idea the ship name they are barely hear anyway

[agent-jaselin]

ruby doesn't not look correct but oh well. Think its the face spacing XD

Anyway, drawing my clone/human experiment Ruby with @malacandrax 's Kidstarion au because every time I see mini-starion his fluffiness reminds me of Ruby's fluffiness.

Just imagining Astarion finding newly escaped from the Lab Ruby wandering around the woods and bringing him home like a stray pet. and than Gale and Halsin both getting a horror story in the form of hearing about the six year old's awful life up until then.

[hajihiko]

The polycules are falling apart

[sunnitheapollokid]

🎙️🌸┊ ༉‧₊˚✧ 𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐄, 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 ‘𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑!

↳ hoo boys x popstar princess headcanons <3

characters in this thread : percy jackson, leo valdez, jason grace, frank zhang. ೃ࿔₊•

☀️ sunni’s notes : THIS IDEA HAS BEEN ENGRAVED IN MY MIND FOR FOREVA! and i finally get to write about it because my writer’s block is slowly goin’ away 🫶 (barely) i haven’t checked my notifs because i’m tryna do a semi-break right now!! but i wanted to post something for y’all >0< ANYWAYYY obvi it’s sabrina inspired because i love her i’m a true carpenter amen amen. GO STREAM ESPRESSO. happy reading bebis!! sunkisses, — sunni!

𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 ♪ ˖ *

୨୧ your biggest supporter!!!

୨୧ has all your merch. the cap? yeah, he’s got it. the shirt. got it. the stickers? jacket? don’t even need to ask him, he’s got it.

୨୧ obviously adores your singing voice, he makes you sing every chance he gets.

୨୧ percy knows how to play the guitar, both electric and acoustic so he usually makes appearances during your shows.

୨୧ YOUR FANBASE LOVES HIM?? like sometimes it seems like they love him more than you do.

୨୧ so many edits, like CRAZY amount of ship edits.

୨୧ he likes to take a peek on what your outfits look like, but you tell him it has to be a surprise!!

୨୧ if you succeed in hiding your fits, his jaw is dropped at the first sight of you on stage.

୨୧ knows all of your songs, plays them in the car, even when you tell him not to.

୨୧ “WHAT’S THIS?? ESPRESSO?? BY WHAT?? WHO’S THIS SINGER?”

୨୧ “oh shut it.”

୨୧ his favorite color’s blue, so sometimes you wear blue accessories on stage.

୨୧ almost signifying that you’re bringing a part of him on stage.

୨୧ you wear blue bows, bracelets, maybe a few rings.

୨୧ percy absolutely melts when you do, because he knows exactly that you’re thinking of him.

୨୧ you even have a seperate blue mic just for him.

୨୧ during tours, he gets busy with college so he can’t really come to every show, but he tries to watch it live even during lessons.

୨୧ “mr. jackson, if you don’t tuck your phone away i’ll make it a point to fail you.”

୨୧ “just mad you don’t have a popstar as a girlfriend.”

୨୧ “what was that?” — “nothing!”

୨୧ and he picks you up from the airport whenever you come back, every. single. time.

୨୧ co-wrote some songs with you, but likes to have you take the credit since you’re the singer anyway.

୨୧ songs include : “miss america & the heartbreak prince.” — “snooze.” — “somebody to you.” — “the only exception.” — “style.”

𝐥𝐞𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐳 ♪ ˖ *

୨୧ calls you ‘princesa’ and ‘mi párajo cantor’ A LOTTT.

୨୧ and it still makes you flush everytime.

୨୧ leo valdez is the type to how do you say this??

୨୧ totally forget that you’re the ‘princess popstar’ sometimes.

୨୧ there was one time you two were on a date,

୨୧ leo watching you eat then he just goes,

୨୧ “.. YOU’RE A POPSTAR!!”

୨୧ and he shakes your shoulders like the world’s gonna end.

୨୧ “leo! leo! amor! quiet down!”

୨୧ always making sure he goes to ALL YOUR SHOWS.

୨୧ if your guitar / or any instrument ever breaks, he’s already there fixing it for you before you could tell him.

୨୧ likes to plan out your outfits, and almost all the time, THEY EAAAT!!

୨୧ “miss popstar princess!! who styled you today??”

୨୧ “oh! my boyfriend!”

୨୧ too, loves your singing voice. or your voice in general, he’s so whipped when he hears you say his name.

୨୧ WHEN HIS NAME IS IN YOUR SONGS??

୨୧ he’s gonna marry you.

୨୧ he has a t-shirt and in black bold letters it just says, “I LOVE MY POPSTAR GF.”

୨୧ the crowd loves seeing leo in the crowd hanging with your fans.

୨୧ he’s not much of a singer, but he’ll dance his heart out amongst your fans.

୨୧ flying kisses, so many flying kisses.

୨୧ he also likes doing your hair, and again, THEY EAAAT!!

୨୧ makes you think of how much of an amazing girl dad he would be.

୨୧ “guys do you see how cute my hair is?! leo did it!!”

୨୧ you give them a lil twirl, and the crowd goes wild.

୨୧ immedietly peppers you with kisses after a show backstage.

୨୧ he makes all your jewelry for you, since he’s good with metal anyhoo.

୨୧ you have a polaroid of you and him stuck to the back of your guitar.

୨୧ he has a polaroid of you on stage on his drum set.

୨୧ oh yeah, did i mention he’s drummer?

୨୧ some songs of yours don’t usually have drums in them, but when they do, you know who to call!!

୨୧ this man is defo sleep deprived.

୨୧ “mami? can you sing me to sleep?”

୨୧ he falls asleep to your voice in a snap, his arms wrapped around your waist like a glove.

୨୧ songs include : “that boy is mine.” — “this love.” — “espresso.” — “ready or not.” — “lover.” — “our song.”

𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 ♪ ˖ *

୨୧ jason loves the idea of you being a popstar!! but makes sure to let you know that even if you weren’t, he’d love you regardless.

୨୧ the man doesn’t dance, but he can sing pretty well.

୨୧ you’ll catch a glimpse of him humming and swaying to your songs in the crowd.

୨୧ OMG OMG. jason loves matching with you!!

୨୧ it’s sort of his way of saying ‘i love you and i’m here to support you all the way.’

୨୧ JSVAHGSBA

୨୧ sorry brain buffered there.

୨୧ his favorite outfits of you two were these blue and light purple coordinated oufits.

୨୧ the fans loved it. it was all over.

୨୧ you guys went trending a ton.

୨୧ #(name)andjason or your guys’ ship name on twitter went viral almost more than twenty times in the span of like— three months.

୨୧ jason doesn’t really care about the fame though.

୨୧ he still likes to go on those corny and normal fun dates with his girl.

୨୧ if the paparazzi comes to harass you, he genuinely but gently threatens them to leave you alone.

୨୧ can i just say,

୨୧ A GOD AT PHOTOGRAPHY.

୨୧ he knows all the good angles and poses.

୨୧ he’s your literal pocket camera.

୨୧ why hire a professional photographer when you had a boyfriend who can do it for you???

୨୧ “on your right baby— yeah, then turn there, that looks good.”

୨୧ “here jace? is my hair flat in the back?”

୨୧ “it’s never flat, you look great honey.”

୨୧ i just brain buffered again.

୨୧ OH OH!! jason plays the bass!! i think it would fit!

୨୧ he doesn’t like going on stage though, he’s super shy. and he has a hint of stage-fright on him.

୨୧ he’ll play some songs for you in private though! and you could hear some bass from him in a few of your songs.

୨୧ songs include : “daylight.” — “soulmate.” — “invisible string.” — “slut!” — “beautiful boy.” — “tattoed heart.”

𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐳𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 ♪ ˖ *

୨୧ HE’S SUCH A SWEETHEARTTT.

୨୧ he’s your breath of fresh air when the fame gets too overwhelming.

୨୧ “hard day sweetie?”

୨୧ he gives you the best hugs when you come back from a shooting, a show, whichever.

୨୧ makes sure to stocks up all your snacks backstage for you.

୨୧ he got you a locket for your anniversary, and you wear it on stage.

୨୧ he smiles to himself everytime he catches a glimpse of it around your neck.

୨୧ what’s inside the locket you may ask??

୨୧ literally just him.

୨୧ and amen to that!

୨୧ just like jason, he likes to reassure you that even without the popstar thing— he loves you. body and soul.

୨୧ spoils you!! 100%!!

୨୧ he knows exactly what you want, your eye is caught by something while shopping, he’s hopping his ass inside that store to get it for you.

୨୧ makes the calls for you when you really can’t take it to go do popstar duties.

୨୧ and he makes sure your day off is the best ever, with snuggles and cocoa kisses.

୨୧ but during shows, he’s actually super chill!!

୨୧ except the part where he sings his heart out to every song, because he defo knows ALL YOUR SONGS.

୨୧ the fans are shocked sometimes, but they love him.

୨୧ he’s so friendly to your fans too!! during meet and greets he makes appearances, and he gives them the biggest hug ever.

୨୧ he also thanks them for supporting you, and it makes your heart melt.

୨୧ when you’re on stage, he makes the half of those finger hearts for you to complete— and of course you complete it!!

୨୧ songs include : “pov.” — “you are in love.” — “urs.” — “bewitched.” — “every summertime.” — “like the movies.”

[princeoftheeternalbog]

Would op boys catch you if you fell? Lets find out next time on dragonball- no sorry it just reminded me of that narrator ANYWAYS.

I only did boys because i didnt have much inspi for Nami and Robin so i decided to wait until i do cos I don't wanna half arse stuff.

So anyways I feel like I saw someone do this idea already but it might've been just one character like a law x reader? I'm not sure but I would love to tag them so if you know please tell me ! I will also try to make sure mine is different :p.

Luffy

Depends. Like if he's fighting or eating then probably not but if he thinks you might get hurt then he will 100% attempt to catch you. Key word being attempt. Poor boy probably makes the fall 10x worse, like if you trip on one step you're suddenly falling down the entire flight of stairs with a weight on top of you. He will apologise though so at least there's that.

Zoro

He always catches you. Or prevents the fall in the first place. He tells himself it's so you're not unnecessarily out of commission for a fight but really he's a huge softie. Though he always catches you really ungracefully, llike there’s no princess carrying here, he's holding you upside down by the ankle with one hand fr. He scolds you every time too like- "Why do you never watch where you're going" or "Tie your shoes next time idiot", which you should hear as "I can't stand watching you get hurt". Cutie:(

Sanji

Oh you know he does. He lives for romance and what's more romantic than saving your beloved from certain doom (tripping on a rock). Oh he also does it in the most dramatic way possible, he'd rather throw himself to the ground underneath you then let you hit the floor, he's doing twirls, picking you up with one arm, occasionally will throw you in the air first so he can rearrange what he's holding. Menace tbh, like he's just obsessed with teasing you in any way possible.

Usopp

Another one who tries his best…tries🙁. He's always so dramatic about it too, he literally screams your name like you're in a horror movie and everyone is always like "WHAT'S WRONG?!" and Usopps just "Oh they tripped on a step". He either injures one of you in his attempt to catch you OR you both end up in the most compromising positions just as someone walks past . He goes so red trying to explain the situation while also trying to check if youre okay😭.

Franky

Oh every time and it’s smooth as hell every single time. Says super cheesy lines every time like “OWWWW GUESS YOU FELL FOR ME BABE”, and he gets sparkly eyed every time, he loves romance as a genre and finds it superrrrrrrr(😚) cute when something happens that matches a trope he's read. If he didn't catch you he'd probably panic and constantly apologise but just give him a kiss and he'll forget about it soon enough.

Brook

Catches you every time, really gently and really romantically. Instead of just full on catching you, he'll purposefully slow your momentum to minimise injuries in case his attempt at grabbing you fails because then you'd both fall and he'd rather not. Like if you trip into him then he'll pull you both into a delicate spin type of dancing and you're like huh??? He thinks its a really cute trait to be honest but it also makes him really worried about your safety so he likes to keep one hand on you at all times.

Jinbei

Catches you as often as he can, like he won't sprint across the ship to stop you from falling but as long as you're in his reach you will never hit the ground. And he always catches you really gently like you barely feel the impact so sometimes you won't even notice you've tripped until later when you see the scuff on your shoe or something. He really likes holding your hand to make sure you ‘keep your balance’.

Law

He doesn't want to look soft so he tries to force himself not to catch you for just harmless falls...yeah no that doesn't work. As soon as he sees you losing balance you hear that ever familiar room, shambles and then you're in his arms. If it's later in your relationship then he's a menace, he will use this to tease you, like "Oh. Looks like an angel fell into my arms" with this stupid ass smug smirk. He's just really obsessed with you.

Kidd

Catches you most of the time unless it's gonna be really funny. Also he catches you super awkwardly, like he's so obsessed with you but he never knows where to put his hands because hes not used to giving affection so it's like just in the most ungraceful ways. You are literally being held up by his arm around your thigh or something and you're like what the fuck and he's just stood there 🧍🏻‍♀️.

Killer

Prevents the tripping and catches you if necessary. But if you're too clumsy then he just starts getting huffy and hauls you up into his arms so there's no risk of you falling whatsover...and then you bang your head against the ceiling- He probably feels so bad if you get hurt because of him to be honest, he tries so hard to make you happy yk. Anyways at some point he just starts adding cushion to all the potentially harmful areas on the ship so even if you do fall it doesn't hurt.

[ryusuisloveinterest]

Hi! Could I request something please?

I loved your birthday party drabble!

So could I request some fluff please? For Ryusui, Tsukasa and Ukyo ( separately) please! Feel free to drop a character here if you want!

I was thinking about their reaction when crush offering their lap for them to rest ( idk, for whatever reason they are very tired XD). Bonus point if crush's feelings about the boys are mysterious.

Thank you ! If you don't feel like writting this, is ok too. Take your time!

Hi girlypop! Thank you so much for the request I got really excited writing these! I assumed you wanted a Drabble so that’s how I wrote them lol. Anyway I didn’t write all of them in the stone world so I specified next to the name. Let me know if it’s ok. Thank you and I hope you enjoy!

Ryusui, Tsukasa, Ukyo, laying on their crushes lap

Ryusui: pre-petrification or 4d science 

You’ve worked for the Nanami Conglomerate for a while, helping with basic tasks like cooking, cleaning, things like that. You first met Ryusui when Francois had to take a sick day, hearing you would get double the pay you took up the offer to be Ryusui’s personal maid/butler for a day or two. It’s safe to say Ryusui absolutely adores you! Even when Francois returned, Ryusui HAD to have you by his side, even if you weren’t “assisting” him. One day you were on your brake, sitting in a room for the servants to relax in (which Ryusui made such was super nice for you) when you hear a door slam from the other side. You close the book you were reading to see-you guessed it- Ryusui, looking more tired than he usually is. “Welcome home master Ryusui.” You smile at him. His face lights up, not looking nearly as tired as he was before. “(Y/n)! Thank God your beautiful face is here!” He says while walking over to you, his head placed on your shoulder. You blush only a little, getting used to Ryusui’s clingyness. “A long day sir?” You chuckle. “Yes! There were a bunch of boring meetings and I could barely work on my ships, no matter how much I desired to!” He says, huffing cutely. His arms start to tighten around your waist as he buries his head deeper into your shoulder. “Why don’t you get some rest?” You suggest to him. “I wanna stay with you…” Giggling ever so slightly, you propose an idea that makes his heart go crazy. “Then why don’t you rest your head on my lap for a while hm?” He looks you in the eye, so excited by your sudden suggestion. “I’d love that (y/n)! Now that’s something I desire!” Giggling once more you barley get to sit down before Ryusui practically tackles your lap. Your hand cups his cheek with a couple of fingers tangled in his hair. His smile fills up the room as his eyes flutter shut. Right before he falls asleep, you hear him whisper, “I love you (y/n)…” As the blush on your face darkens slightly, you can’t help but respond with what you’re heart tells you, “I love you too master Ryusui…”

Tsukasa: pre-petrification

Tsukasa just got done winning one of his fights. You walk into his locker room, about to congratulate him on his win when you notice him passed out on one of the benches. Sighing, you walk over to him, carefully picking up his head and placing it on your lap. “Moron. You have a press conference in an hour.” You pick up strands of his hair and begin braiding them together. It could have been your imagination, but you could swear he had some sort of smirk on his face. For about 40 minutes you sit there, watching his chest rise and fall, hearing his quiet snores and smelling the salt of his sweat. Not even thinking, you lean your face over his, only inches apart. As you slowly lean in, an alarm goes off, causing you to raise you head quickly. Tsukasa groans, slowly opening his eyes to his favorite sight. “(Y/n)..?” “Morning sleepyhead.” Tsukasa’s face reddens as he sits up from your lap. You didn’t know why he was so nervous, after all you’d let him lay on your lap when you were kids.“I-uh…I have to get ready for the conference….” He rushes up and walks towards the showering area. “Tsukasa!” You call out causing him to turn his head. “You did a great job today! I’ll be right here if you need anymore rest!” He turns his head away from you, his long hair covering his blushing face. “Thank you (y/n), that means the world to me….”

Ukyo: Kingdom of Science or Tsukasa Empire

After a long day of hunting Ukyo arrives back around 10 at night, making your worried self finally feel at ease. Some of the men help carry the fresh meat as Ukyo groggily walks to his quarters. To his surprise, you were there fixing his bed and cleaning up a bit. You look up at him and smile. “Welcome back Ukyo! The hunt go well?” You speak quietly, not trying to hurt his delicate ears. “Yeah, it went better than usual.” He yawns, rubbing his eyes. You smile at him as you sit in his bed. You pat you lap, “why don’t you get rest?” He’s embarrassed at the clear suggestion that he lay on your lap, but who is he kidding? He wants nothing more than to relax, and being able to sleep on YOUR lap is just a bonus. He walks over to you and gently lays his head down. “I’m not heavy am I?” He asks, making sure he’s not making you uncomfortable. “I’m fine, don’t worry about me. Just get some sleep ok?” I slightly nods, closing his eyes. You take off his hat and rub his head making him fall asleep faster. Letting out a soft sigh he sleeps soundly mumbling out one last goodnight. “Thank you (y/n), im glad you’re here with me…”

[chaosandmarigolds]

(Screaming) LEAVE ME ALONE YOU ARE NOT MY MOM YOU ARE NOT MY DAD-

Anyway! :D So I’ve been working nights, meaning I have too much free time on my hands (yet none at all, it’s weird)- and as far canon ships go, I am very much fall into the Ghoap (I laugh whenever I say it. It’s so funny, like?? There had to be a better option for a ship name) category and so, I know! This isn’t what I generally post and don’t worry I’m gonna stay to normal stuff HOWEVER I have to get this out of system or I may actually scream

Okay, so all yall. Just for shits and giggles (canon doesn’t exist in mind. MW3 did not happen don’t- no-no Soap is fine. He is fine) like hear me out- hear me out!!

-

“Do you like Taylor Swift?”

Ghost looked up from the tablet to the young person sitting cross from him on the carrier, no older than ten most likely. “The fuck you just ask me?”

“Taylor Swift- ta know like, ‘Our song is the slam screen door and tapping on your window-‘ do you like her?” A pause, “She also made that one gay song.”

He stares at them for a moment, confused on how a child he had quite literally picked up the wreckage of a village was so…nonchalant. “Why would I know-“

“Cause you’re gay.”

“…excuse me?”

-

Or!!!

“Alrighty, lass up we go,”

Simon just happens to walk in post op, with a limp, exhausted, just to see his boyfriend hoisting a small child up to get something he had hidden from him.

Johnny and the child, staring wide eyed at him.

“I-wha-nevermind, m gonna go to bed.”

“Smart idea, luv.”

—

Price, babysitting, “An your dads-“

(The child is Polish. Why? Cause I said so.) “no, papa and then Taty.”

Kyle barely awake, “The fuck you just call Ghost?”

“Taty.”

“Did you just call LT a tit?”

—

And yeah, I had to get that out of my system. Happy Pride!!! 🩷

[daytaker]

Only Human

Solomon thinks he deserves a little more credit.

Ship: Solomon x Reader (One-Sided) Word Count: 823 NightBringer Timeline Cross-Posted on AO3

Welcome home! What did you get up to today?

Ah… Uh-huh…

…What a headache.

Brothers, brothers, brothers. It’s always all about the brothers for you. It’s a little unfair, you know. Who’s there to protect you when things with “the brothers” go south? Hm? That’s right. But you just keep on charging after them as if they’re all that matters in the world. Never mind that I’m the one who literally followed you back in time. Never mind that I’m the only one who knows everything about your situation. Never mind that I’m the only one here who doesn’t have any agenda besides getting you home.

…Fair point. I suppose saying I don’t have any agenda isn’t completely honest. But who would I be if I didn’t sprinkle in some friendly, misleading comments with a big smile on my face?

I’ve become very attached to you. I’m not ashamed of that, and I’ve never tried to hide it. You’re a very charming person, and it’s only natural that if angels and demons are susceptible to that charm, I would be too. I’m only human, after all.

But please don’t forget this: you’re only a human too.

Allow me to reassure you that I’ll never become so resentful that I’d leave you behind. You’re far too precious for me to pull a stunt like that, and you’re far too unpredictable for me to even pretend I’d do it. For all I know, the minute I turn my back, you’ll somehow find yourself contractually obligated to serve as Vizier to the Acting Demon Lord for the next seven centuries, or be married to three or four of the brothers all at once. No, that isn’t how things work in the Devildom, but I still wouldn’t be surprised if you somehow pulled it off by sheer force of will.

Why don’t you just calm down and settle down with me instead?

Of course, I don’t suppose I plan on ever settling down. It would be awfully hypocritical of me to hold you to a different standard just because I felt a little jealous.

Yes, I feel jealous. You know I’m not ashamed of my feelings. That’s something I learned to get past after my first century or two of life. Being ashamed over your own feelings is a good way to make yourself miserable.

So I’ve come up with a great way to make myself less jealous and make you less attached to these past versions of the brothers. Are you ready to hear it? Why are you making that face? It’s a great idea, trust me!

We should become lovers.

What’s that look? You’re going to hurt my feelings. Anyway, there are plenty of practical reasons to follow this course of action; reasons that have no basis in emotion at all. For one thing, my reputation precedes me, so you would benefit from the respect and fear that attach themselves to my name. It’s also possible that strengthening our bond might make it easier for you to follow my trail of energy back into the future. And on a more immediate, practical note, it would cut down on heating expenses if we shared a bed.

Haha! I’m kidding, I’m kidding! You should have seen your face. And I thought Lucifer could be scary!

It seems like I haven’t convinced you yet. You’re awfully stubborn, you know? But I like that about you. I like almost everything about you.

Everything except that irritating fascination you have with those seven.

I guess I haven’t been too open about how I felt about that in the past (or in the future?). But I may as well lay my cards out on the table now. I would love to know how it feels to have you look at me the way you look at them. Maybe if you just had that sort of connection with just one of them, I could accept it, but it’s an entire family! It shouldn’t be that hard to squeeze an eighth person into the fold. But sometimes it feels like you barely spare me a second glance. Me! The greatest sorcerer to ever live; a human so enigmatic that angels and demons and reapers can barely understand me. 

Do you have a thing for demons in particular? Is it the tails? I suppose I’ll always come up short where tails are concerned. Dare I ask why you find tails so appealing? Surely it isn't...?

Hahaha! Oh, man, that face was even scarier than the last one!

It doesn’t really matter, I guess. Adore whoever you want to adore; I’ll always be the one who taught you magic. And no one can take that away from me. Not even you, my adorable apprentice.

Just so we’re on the same page, was that a ‘no’ to becoming lovers?

What about sharing a bed?

Sigh… You’re as cold as ice sometimes. I love that about you.

[bet-on-me-13]

Silent Chaos prompt

I don’t know if that is the actual ship name, but Dani Phantom usually has Chaos in her ship name and Cass is really sneaky so Silent? idk, anyways-

I have an idea for an angst story involving this ship

Dani and Cass have been friends for a while now, and recently started dating, but the rest of her family doesn’t really trust Dani. She doesn’t have any sort of backstory, she seems to be (badly) hiding Meta Abilities for unknown reasons, she constantly references a Brother somewhere in Illinois who doesn’t seem to exist, and she is nowhere to be seen some nights. So overall she seems very suspicious.

Cass feels slightly betrayed that her Family doesn’t trust her Girlfriend, even when she vouches for her. There’s too many red flags for them to ignore, so she can’t really argue with them, but she still feels like they should trust her judgement.

Dani meanwhile has a passive aggressive relationship with them at best. She kind of dislikes them because they have made their opinions on their relationship apparent, but she tries to be passive for Cass.

This all comes to a head one night when Dani is at her night job. She is a low level henchmen working for Penguin, cause she needs to pay the bills some way and she can’t exactly set up citizenship while being hunted by the GIW. Dani also hates the idea of mooching off of her girlfriend. She gets involved in a fight with the Bat Family, and she is managing to barely hold her own, even while still hiding her powers.

She is wearing a classic Goon mask, so they can’t recognize her as she fights them.

Orphan joins the fight, and during their scuffle they rip each others masks off. They are both shocked, and Cass freezes long enough to get shot in the back by a stray bullet.

Dani just falls to her knees as the battle ends, the other Goons retreating as she stays with Cass on the ground. The rest of the Bat Family rush up to her and push her away, trying to tend to Cass. Maybe Damian even says something along the lines of “I knew we couldn’t trust you!”

But Dani knows she needs to hurry. Cass was shot in the Spine, which is going to kill her soon, not even mentioning the blood loss. So she rushes in, phasing past the Bat Family members that try to stop her, and jumps into Cass’s Body to Overshadow her. While being overshadowed, Cass has all of her powers including her Regeneration, but it’s going to take a while to heal damage this intense.

She manages to at least stabilize her, and then uses her floating to get cass upright.

The Bat Family immediately try to restrain her, try to do anything to force her out of Cass’s body, anything to save their sister. But Dani refuses, and can’t get a word in to explain. They are being very aggressive, verbally not physically obviously, accusing her of a bunch of stuff while yelling at her to get out of their sister. 

Eventually, Dani can’t take it anymore and has to run away. Flying away at top speed, she manages to get away and hide in an abandoned apartment while she focuses on healing Cass’s body. She also leaves a letter in her pocket, explaining what happened and that she needed to leave after this, because the GIW would hear about this and try to capture her.

Meanwhile, the Bat Family is assuming the worst as per usual. They think Dani only became friends with Cass in the first place to get the chance to steal her body, or to blackmail them by using Cass as a hostage, or something equally horrible.

They eventually find a lead. Dani had the same powers as an Ectoplasmic Entity, meaning she is an imprint of a Human Consciousness which has absolutely no empathetic or emotional feelings whatsoever. This further solidifies their theory that Dani was just using Cass this entire time.

(If they had been in a more right state of mind, they would have found that the Dr’s who published that study later retracted it for misinformation)

They also find out that there is a Government Agency called the GIW who works to hunt these sort of creatures. Out of options (JLD is off world), they contact the GIW under their Civilian identities, claiming that a Ghost kidnapped Cass in the night and escaped.

The GIW appears, manages to trap Dani as she is getting for supplies to patch Cass’s body up, and delivers her to the Waynes so they can perform an “exorcism” (basically they just boot Dani out of Cass’s body using Blood Blossoms)

Cass is released from the Overshadowing, still very much injured but stable and healing thanks to Dani. The GIW capture Dani as she tries to escape, and take her away.

Cass is put in the Medical Wing, and when she wakes up, she asks where Dani is. Bruce tells her that Dani was arrested for kidnapping her, and she wouldn’t hurt her anymore. Cass is angry, she had some memory of being overshadowed, and she could hear Dani’s panicked thoughts the entire time.

She was desperate to save her, even risking using up all of her energy to heal her. She used up all of her emergency funds to buy medical supplies, even knowing she would need them soon because her Power Usage would attract “them”

She tells them to leave her alone. And when they try to stay, she nearly screams at them, before her muteness kicks in and she just signs ‘Leave’, throwing a piece of paper at them. They pick it up and leave as she starts crying to herself

 It is the letter from Dani, apologizing for having to Overshadow her and apologizing for not telling her about the Night Job. She explains that once she is healed, Dani is going to have to leave and never come back, because the GIW will find her if she stays. And she can’t risk being captured, because the might do what they did her brother to her.

They are confused, finally second guessing themselves, and leave her in peace as they go to do a more thorough investigation. Now that they are in their right minds, and have seen Dani’s Ghost Form, Tim feels like it’s kind of Familiar.

He looks it up, and lo and behold, he finds an Article about “Phantom and Phantasm”, the Ghost Fighting Heroes of Amity Park who mysteriously disappeared about 7 months ago.

Right after the “Anti-Ecto Acts” were passed in Congress.

Which, now that he’s looking them up and reading more thoroughly, seem extremely unethical. They gave the GIW permission to do anything they want with Ghosts, declaring them non-sentient and completely malicious.

The Anti-Ecto Acts, combined with the letter mentioning her brother, makes Tim realize what’s going on.

The GIW killed the Hero Phantom, and they just gave them the Hero Phantasm. 

And that is the perfect explanation for all of their suspicions about Dani. She has no backstory because she died years ago (presumably), she was hiding her powers because the GIW would find her is she used them, her brother doesn’t seem to exist because he’s dead, and she disappeared some nights because she can’t get a Legal job and unfortunately Goon Work is one of the better paying jobs in the city.

And she ran away because they were screaming at her in a rage, not because she wanted to kidnap their sister. She was terrified of them.

Looking back to the studies on Ectoplasmic Entities, They had been retracted years ago after the Dr’s who published it discovered that Ghosts were sentient after all, and not all of them were malicious. Since then they had been speaking out against the Anti-Ecto Acts, saying that the GIW had killed their son, which, looking at their collateral damage records, was not hard to believe.

They had fucked up. And both Cass and Dani were suffering for it.

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Wrapped in his arms - Dins Perspective

A/N: Woah so firstly I wanna say I am truely blown away and super grateful with the response Wrapped In His Arms has got! Thank you everyone who has interacted, commented and reblogged my little fic, I love you all🥰 Secondly, writers block really do be kicking my arse this past month. I was on a real roll there for a bit but now it’s like any progress I made has just *poof* vanished. I’ve had so many new ideas but actually righting them? Nope. So to try ease myself back in here’s Wrapped In His Arms but from Din’s perspective. Could it be better? Yes, most definitely, but words are hard right now and this is my way of pushing through, and anyway the edit button is there for a reason! Hope y’all enjoy!

Warnings: some violence at the beginning but brief, no use of Y/N, soft! Din, helmetless Din, no reader description, some swear words.

Word count: 777

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The Mandalorian dragged the dead weight of his bounty up the ramp of the Crest, his footfalls heavy with exhaustion after three days of tracking the wanted Trandoshan through dense, humid forests and watery marshland.

The body Din hauled into the ship was cold. The reptilian man had made sure to rid himself of the choice to board the crest warm or cold when he drew his blaster. A lucky shot had skimmed between the beskar plates protecting Dins body, grazing his thigh. A shallow cut, easily treated with the bacta spray you’d made sure he took with him.

The pain had ridded Din of his fatigue and reminded him of his need to finish the hunt, the need to be back on his ship, to be back with you.

He didn’t give his opponent another chance to shoot, firing a single shot the Trandoshan fell, a smoking hole left in his skull.

Din placed the body in the carbon chamber, and initiated the freezing process. Walking through the hull of the crest he began removing his armour, leaving a trail of beskar leading to his bunk.

Pressing the door release, his breath caught in his throat as his eyes land on your sleeping figure. You lay on your side facing the metal wall, mumbling something in your sleep.

He stood there, able to see you clearly in the dim lighting through his visor. He watched how you sighed in your sleep, how your eyelashes flittered against your cheeks in a dream, your hands clenched around the sheets.

The lights were dim enough that if you woke he would only be a silhouette. Din brought his hands up to the lip of his helmet that softly hissed as he released the mechanism, placing it on a storage crate next to the door.

Still he stood on the threshold, torn between taking that step of making himself vulnerable to you, or retreating as he has before. Surely it’s better to not know and leave his heart intact?

He sighed, deciding not to disturb you, and turned to head to the cockpit.

That was until you spoke in your sleep again, only one word, but this time louder.

“Din.”

His name falls from your lips in a sigh, one he would hear again and again if you’d let him. Unable to resist the gravitational pull of you he sits on the edge of the bed, his hip nudging your back.

You fling an arm out, attempting to ward off whatever disturbed your sleep and Din captures your hand in his, still bound in their gloves, causing you to let out a small cry.

“It’s me, Din” he says soothingly, rubbing small circles in the back of your hand with his thumb.

You say his name, voice groggy with sleep. “You’re back.”

He can hear the smile and warmth that flows into your voice at realising he’s there, making his heart clench. Do you know what you do to him? How easily you make him feel like he can be worthy of you.

You reach up, and Din sucking in a breath waiting for you to realise his face is bare to you. Your finger tips brush along his jaw before you’re retracting it too soon.

“Shit- Din, your helmet!”

He hears the worry in your voice- you were always so careful to not break his creed, something he felt you probably cared more for than he did these days. He needs this, he realises, too long has he denied himself the simplicities of touch.

“It’s okay.” He says, “You can’t see me and … I need… this.” He furrows his brow, squeezing his eyes shut wishing he said you. He needs you.

But as always you seem to know. He sees the shadow of your hand come back, and he leans into your caress, letting out a breath he didn’t realise he’d been holding.

He hears you move below, then you’re tugging him down to lay beside you. As soon as his body joins you on the small bedroll you burrow into his side, as if you need him as much as he needs you.

He wraps his arm around your body, pulling you close. Words had never been Dins strong point, and even now they failed, the ones that did come taste bland on his tongue. Not good enough, not enough to describe how you owned his heart.

He turns, lips brushing against your forehead in a soft kiss. A simple action he poured the unspoken words into instead. One day he would speak them, but for now this was enough. It had to be.

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Thanks for reading!💕

[luffysinterlude]

REMEMBER WHEN. . .

★ summary: the straw hat pirates reminisce on some fun memories while voyaging through the Grand Line.

★ warnings: chatroom au/comedic relief, mentions of pregnancy, cursing, takes place after water seven/pre thriller bark, ooc characters, use of yn + female reader in mind, flirty!yn + the crew teases yn a bit ><, zoro x reader…kinda..im biased im sorry 😞 + some things are NOT canon and i just made it up :p

★ an: hiii!! there is not enough one piece fanfic content on this app in my opinion (i feel like i’ve read almost every piece, all have been amazing), so here’s my attempt at making more!! also, i’m still pretty new to the op fandom, so some characters may be a little ooc. i’m still reading/watching thriller bark so pls bare with me! also this is a chatroom au because i don’t have access to social app anymore *cry*. anyway, please enjoy!

NOW ONLINE [9]. . .

yn: SIGHHHHHHHHHH

robin: is everything okay, yn?

chopper: yeah yn, is everything okay?

zoro: probably not

yn: just thinking

usopp: thinking about where we’ll be next? praying manifesting it isnt anywhere scary

chopper: everywhere we’ve been has been terrifying

nami: yeah usopp

nami: its like we goto hell, leave it, and then enter another part of it

nami: i think we should just start expecting the worst

zoro: maybe we should all just get a lil more stronger. starting with the blonde pervert we have as our cook

sanji: I DIDNT EVEN SAY ANYTHING YET

sanji: AND YOURE THE ONE TO TALK!

sanji: MUST I REMIND YOU THAT I LITERALLLLY JUST SAVED YOU AND USOPP AT THAT TOWER

luffy: oooooo thinking about what? tell me tell me tell me!

sanji: now, my dearest yn, please let me know if theres anyway i can assist you

zoro: she probably doesn’t want your help lmfao no offense

sanji: WHOOOO was even talking to you? I SAID YN’S NAME IN THE TEXT DAMMIT

nami: can you two idiots cut it out already? its like, i can hear your voices through my screen and i don’t like that

franky: yeah it’s actually kinda crazy i can hear you all…without actually being in your presence

chopper: soooo yn?

luffy: yeah yn what’s going on?

yn: just sitting here thinking about all of our fun adventures. like wow we actually did all of that and it was like…real life

yn: i feel like if i didnt know you guys and didn’t experience it then it wouldn’t sound real

yn: but like wow it was all real

robin: we’ve had some wild times, haven’t we?

luffy: LOL yeah that might’ve been on me

luffy: but we’ve survived this long

luffy: we’ll continue to survive because fate loves us!

nami: -.-

sanji: luffy’s right, surprisingly

sanji: sometimes i think about how fate brought us together…or atleast i think about how fate brought me nami yn and robin together

yn: watch it pretty boy

sanji: YES MA’AM

sanji: screenshotting

zoro: ignoring that dude. i think it’s amazing how we prevail every time. we get stronger without realizing

yn: i mean we did fly into the sky

yn: thats so crazy we actually like. flew. in the air. on a ship.

nami: yeah all thanks to me ;*

yn: thank u pretty i remember falling in love with you then and there

franky: WHAT THE HELL

franky: YOU GUYS FLEW IN THE AIR WITH MERRY?!

usopp: HELL YEAH MERRY FLEWWW

usopp: FRANKY YOU SHOULDVE SEEN IT

usopp: there was this gigantic whirlpool below us and everything

chopper: haha yeah that was crazy! and those giant monkeys

robin: oh! yes, the saruyama alliance. i could never forget the amount of fun i had during our time on Jaya Island

yn: robin i love u but FUNNNNNN???-?-?-!-? DID WE FORGET ABOUT THAT STUPID FOREST CRICKET HAD US GO INTO?!1? i still have nightmares of that stupid south bird and its stupid face and the way it made all those stupid bugs chase me

luffy: haha those south birds were really something else

nami: it’s funny because we had no idea what was coming next

zoro: that stupid “God” was next. what was his name again? emily? enemy….?

zoro: well shit i’ve forgot. it was somethin else though. his stupid lightning

franky: BROTHER WHAT

franky: YOU GUYS FOUGHT….A GOD?!?!1???!!!?

franky: was it like….you know…..THE GOD

chopper: not really sure what you mean but that guy enel really had some sort of crazy insane powers

chopper: him and his crazy insane priests were able to predict our moves!

robin: oh yeah. he electrocuted zoro, yn, and i.

yn: pls dont remind me TT

yn: he scares me because i feel like he somehow is still alive

yn: like what if hes reading our messages

nami: i never thought of it like that…

nami: enel if ur reading this please drop 1,000,000,000 berries down from the sky

luffy: i wish the skypeians and shandians rang the bell more often.

luffy: haha oh well! i know they’re doing just fine! :D

usopp: well thanks to yn now i’m reminscing TT

usopp: it feels like alabasta JUST happened

robin: well, we did just face the world government

robin: technically crocodile was apart of it

usopp: YEAH AND YOU WERE HIS ASSISTANT OR WHATEVER

robin: that’s the past. i had to do what i needed to do to survive. and i’m glad i was, considering i was able to find you all <3

yn: ROBINNNNNNN TT

nami: ROBINNNNN

sanji: robin i wouldve followed you to hades’ kingdom if i had to. i will always protect you (and nami and yn. the others can fend for themselves).

luffy: hahahaha i agree!! see, fate loves us

chopper: WE LOVE U ROBIN

franky: YEAH! WE LOVE SISTER ROBIN!

zoro: appreciate ya.

usopp: YEAAAA WE LOVE ROBIN!

yn: shoutout to us

yn: i love us

yn: i love being a strawhat

chopper: same!!! forever and always gonna be a strawhat!!

luffy: i love our little family!

luffy: without you all, i wouldn’t be as close as i am to reaching my dream! so thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

luffy: also sanji when is dinner gonna be ready so i know when to head back to the sunny

nami: same

nami: now i’m really reminiscing. do you guys remember when yn thought she was pregnant

usopp: i-

usopp: …

yn: NAMI

yn: alright well.

sanji: WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TT

sanji: also luffy dinner will be ready when its dinner time. its mid day. if you’re hungry i have snacks in the fridge or since you’re running around this island, find a food stand

sanji: BUT WHATTTTTT DID NAMI JUST SAY

chopper: HUUUUUUUUUUUUH

robin: what a naughty girl you are, nami. teasing yn about her “almost” pregnancy

nami: yk me! but i remember being soooooo worried only for the pregnancy test to come back negative

zoro: yn?

franky: LITTLE SIS YN…DOES THE DEED….BUT SHE LOOKS SO INNOCENT

luffy: oh wow cool sanji thanks!

luffy: also congrats yn? but where will the baby stay?

usopp: did you even read nami’s text

luffy: oh..right LOL that’s good! i can’t imagine yn having a baby. plus how are babies even made

chopper: :o

nami: …

robin: your innocence is apart of my will to live

yn: luffy TT

sanji: THROUGH LOVE! BABIES ARE MADE THROUGH LOVE!!!

luffy: oh sickkkkkk do you guys think we can make one?

yn: oh luffy TT

nami: well!

sanji: he’ll come around

luffy: LOL BRB

LUFFY has gone offline.

chopper: wonder what he’s up to

yn: probably found food like sanji told him to

zoro: yeah he kind of left the store we’re at and i have no desire to look for him right now

zoro: oh nevermind. he just went outside to buy meat from a vendor. he’s good, still in my eyesight

chopper: also

chopper: YN WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME

yn: chopper >< you were still fairly new to the crew then

yn: but this happened after we left chopper’s hometown

yn: i think i was just sick because of the crazy weather changes, plus nami has just recovered and didn’t want anyone to be worried sick :p

zoro: why didnt you tell me?

zoro: you’re apart of the crew too, ya know.

usopp: interesting

sanji: you stupid ass MOSSHEAD WHY WOULD SHE TELL YOU HER BUSINESS

nami: sigh

nami: its like the most obvious thing ever

robin: i’m afraid it just isn’t clicking for him.

yn: it’s not like i didn’t wanna tell you

zoro: okay so why didn’t you

sanji: WATCH HOW YOU SPEAK TO HER DUMBASS!

yn: LMFAOOO I REMEMBER WHY I DIDNT TELL YOU

yn: YOU GOT LOST AS SOON AS WE GOT TO ALABASTA

yn: and by time i found you, i had already forgotten that i thought i was pregnant because there was a whole warlord wanting us dead so

zoro: hmm. okay. well next time..

sanji: YOU DIDNT HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM YN YOURE BETTER THAN HIM IN EVERY WAY

zoro: if you ever need a safe space. you know.

yn: hehe yes i do. but i apologize for not telling you as soon as i felt…different. it’s just that we’ll always have bigger issues to worry about

franky: ummmm are we interrupting something

zoro: hm

zoro: nah. yn and i will talk later when we see each other.

zoro: for now i’m thinkin about that time luffy and i got beat up on jaya island. now i’m annoyed.

zoro: the principle of the matter was good but i really just had to sit there and take an ass beating when i could’ve handled the entire bar

zoro: ehhhh now i’m gonna go workout. if anyone needs me you know where to find me.

ZORO has gone offline.

yn: he left saying “you know where to find me” as if we’ll actually know

robin: i really hope he finds his way back to the sunny.

sanji: he can get lost for all i care

yn: it’s crazy that i really thought i was pregnant that one time

yn: even vivi thought so

nami: i was super worried

nami: so worried i was reading every book we had to find anything i could help you with

usopp: well i’m offended cause why didn’t you tell me i thought we were besties

yn: wellllllllll no offense but full offense, you have “i-can’t-seem-to-keep-my-mouth-shut” disease

yn: just yappin all day everyday

franky: so, sister yn, zoro huh?

sanji: DONT OFFEND HER LIKE THAT YOU IDIOT!

usopp: HEYYYYY!!!!! I WOULDVE KEPT A SECRET

sanji: yn my loveeeeee you know you could always tell me your secrets

yn: i cant lie i almost let it slip when i helped you with dinner that night

yn: but again, bigger fish to fry

sanji: screenshotted again

sanji: did you guys see that? shes flirting with me. might die

robin: hm not sure what part of that was flirting but whatever makes you happy.

nami: oooo franky’s quick

franky: it isn’t hard to tell

chopper: what’re you all talking about!!?

yn: nothing important you little cute doctor

chopper: >~< SHUT UP! >~< THAT DOESNT WORK ON ME!!

sanji: robin! nami! yn!!!! i will be going offline to go back to the sunny to make some snacks. would you ladies do me the pleasure of enjoying them? should they be ready before you all arrive?

robin: please do! surprise us this time :)

yn: hell yea sanji you know i’d never say no to you

nami: lol yes please! i’m kind of craving something sweet

sanji: OFF TO THE KITCHEN I GO!! GIVE ME AN HOUR!!

SANJI has gone offline.

yn: well now that those three are gone

yn: i worry about them a lot

yn: i feel like those three find trouble every where we go

chopper: same but we’re all like, insanely strong now!

chopper: and it’s not like we’re actively looking for trouble, sometimes we just want to chill

nami: yeah. but now, more than ever, i feel more secure

nami: like wow he’s really gonna be king of the pirates

yn: most definitely. we only ever get stronger

usopp: yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa obviously i’ve had my doubts but…

usopp: it’s never been because of luffy

robin: ever since i met you guys again on alabasta…

robin: i knew you all would give me a life worth living

yn: robin’s so sweet online it makes me want to cry

yn: well shes always sweet

franky: SISTER ROBIN TT

nami: robin, i’m curious. how did you find our ship?

robin: well it was just docked and i figured i’d finally take a rest somewhere. if you all hadn’t left alabasta by time i had woken up, then i wouldn’t have stayed. like luffy says, fate loves us.

franky: WHAAAAAT you just…..snuck on? O.O

chopper: oh yeah i remember!

chopper: i’m not gonna lie, i was a little intimidated by you at first

yn: OH HOW COULD I FORGETTTTTTTTT

yn: chopper wasn’t there when we first met robin!

nami: oh yeah!

yn: franky chopper omg like have i ever told the story of how i first fell in love with robin

usopp: OH YEAH she blew that guy’s ship up

usopp: i wonder how vivi’s doing

nami: VIVI TT i hope she’s okay

nami: but yeah i agree. i was scared shitless of robin but then she told me she got me treasure

franky: WOAH ROBIN BLEW SOMEONES SHIP UP?

robin: not entirely. he survived and thats what matters

franky: i mean i guess

franky: i was definitely intimidated by luffy when we first met. even though that was like three weeks ago

franky: i can’t lie he still sometimes intimidates me

yn: brother ur half machine

franky: YEAH BUT MOSTLY HUMAN!!!

franky: anyway sisters. you guys have to tell me more stories at dinner later i have to go refill the coke tanks, see ya!

FRANKY has gone offline.

usopp: well chat

usopp: i usually help him so i’ll be going back too

usopp: yn i’m expecting way more details later after dinner

usopp: or zoro. but preferably before you see zoro

chopper: i’ll help! girls if you need me for anything i’ll be with those two!!

yn: um…okay…? we’ll see u all later!!!

USOPP has gone offline.

CHOPPER has gone offline.

nami: and now it’s just us three

nami: sorry for bringing your pregnancy scare up

nami: i’m getting my nails done right now and i can’t really seem to remember our journeys

yn: its all good

yn: i kinda forgot about it

robin: we’ve been through so much our brains probably started to black out any unwanted memories. i’ve read that it happens

robin: and yn, i don’t blame you. i would’ve been worried sick if i was apart of the crew then. but since it’s just us…

yn: omg let us catch you up

yn: so basically..i had…with…and then…

nami: —.—

nami: she had sex with someone *cough* zoro *cough* and started puking the next morning

yn: NAMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

yn: TT

nami: i definitely thought it was pregnancy

robin: silly girls. you do realize pregnancy symptoms don’t happen overnight, right?

robin: also, yn. it’s obvious. i’ve seen the way you two are always the first ones missing during our celebrations

nami: well……..yeah but

nami: we can never be TOO safe

yn: mmm if you hadn’t caught on by now then i’d be surprised

yn: i was still scared

yn: i think it was more of a “wow me and zoro actually did that and it was real”

nami: it’s just….in a forest?!-?

nami: with…HIM!!!-?-?-?-??

nami: you can have any man or woman or creature you want and you stillllllllll………….

yn: i was running on adrenaline. that dude and his stupid ass candle wax drove me insane

yn: plus you both know i kinda have a little crush on the guy

yn: i can fix him

nami: okayyyyyy whatever you say.

nami: pfttt “little” and you guys are basically dating in my head

robin: i forgot his actual name but i’m assuming you guys are talking about mr. 3

robin: ah yes his wax is quite the problem. i wonder if hes alive still

nami: i was seriously stressed out

nami: but honestly, since we’re on the topic, i’m glad i joined luffy

nami: there was this one time, yn i’m sure you remember

nami: right before going to the baratie

yn: the day we went to the baratie TT

yn: but what happened before i kinda forgot

nami: WHY’RE YOU ALWAYS FORGETTING THINGS

nami: anyway when we ran into your crazy psycho ex

yn: OMG

yn: AND HE THREATENED LUFFY

yn: AND THEN LUFFY THREW HIM INTO THE OCEAN TT

robin: oh? tell me more about this ex of yours. i’m interested

yn: he kinda followed us after luffy saved me from HIM

yn: um so basically..you know my devil fruit powers…yeah he held them over my head and threatened to tell the marines about me and

nami: it was chaos. but it was the first time i’ve seen yn in combat and it was mind blowing

robin: luffy being our life saver and our little brother

robin: what would we do without him

yn: you’re right

yn: but i think at this point, we’re all strong enough to handle our own. if i ever see my ex again i’ll beat him so bad

nami: yeah me too! cause he had the crazy audacity to ask me out after i found out what he did to you!

nami: either way, i’m just happy we’re still all together. you know since we’ve been throwing the word fate around, i’m really starting to believe it. luffy has a really good sense of knowing who should join our crew

yn: he does :’)

yn: he gave me a family

robin: well we should probably go check on the boys now. i’ll meet you all at the sunny <3

robin: come back safely.

nami: yeah!! you too robin! yn, bring us some goodies! i’ll see you both later!!

yn: I LOVE YOU GUYS BE SAFE ILL SEE YOU SOON

yn: can’t wait to see u guys again

nami: ….you saw us this morning.

ROBIN has gone offline.

NAMI has gone offline.

YN has gone offline.

CHATROOM IS NOW CLOSED [0].

NOW ONLINE [1]. . .

LUFFY is now online.

luffy: HEY GUYSSSSSSS

luffy: IM BACK

luffy: i ate some meat and came back to the shop we were at but zoro isnt here anymore so i’m wondering if you guys happen to know where he is!

luffy: ….

luffy: oh the chatroom closed

luffy: well i guess i better get back to the sunny!

luffy: hopefully my friends make it back safely! we still have more adventures to take care of

luffy: wow these things are so cool i’m just talking to myself

luffy: i wonder if i can get one on the sunny…

luffy: OH WELL

LUFFY has gone offline.

CHATROOM IS NOW CLOSED [0].

★ an [2]: ahhh!! my first work is now done ☺️ honestly this was all self indulgent because i’ve been going through some personal things and right now the strawhats are my comfort zone. i decided to make it like a big groupchat because i don’t really have any friends irl or online so this makes me feel a lil better ☺️! i hope you all enjoyed.

its a lil messy because when i first started this i was about to began Thriller Bark but as I’m typing this I’m currently on the Sabaody Archipelago arc and things are getting more exciting like omg hello mr. Trafalgar Law I’ve been waiting for your debut….

if you enjoyed this please like and reblog! maybe i’ll start writing more drabbles idk. it used to be my thing when i was still using @/krazykento and jjk used to be my comfort zone. also, if you want to be friends please don’t be shy to say anything! i’d love to make new friends!!

[zombiezo]

“I Know You Want Me”

characters > zoro x afab!reader (no pronouns used)

cw > smut, mentions of reader smoking [🍃] , sex toy use, solo masturbation, creampie + no protection

total words > 2.7k

a/n > okay so i had this dream a little bit ago and it was lowkey perverted lmfao?? i’m honestly not too sure if the guy in it was zoro but i decided to write it about him anyways :p again, i don’t think i’m very good at writing nsfw but i tried anyways! the end might be a little rushed but i hope it’s good nonetheless. <3

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you like zoro. i mean of course you did! he's your best friend. however, recently, you've been catching yourself staring for a little too long. on the occasion he'd train outside you'll catch a glimpse or two. you can't help it. the way his torso is bare, the sweat dripping down his perfectly crafted muscles that look like they were crafted by the gods. you thought you were just admiring your friend, like you always have. but it got to a point where you'd feel flustered even standing next to him. the way he would call your name made the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. when he would place his hand on the small of your back to move by you or the small glances he would give you across the ship made your face tingle. it all made you feel funny.

one day you found yourself in your room, thinking about him again. you turned down his invitation to train on the deck. the heat pooling in your stomach had other plans for today. normally you'd be able to ignore the sensation but on the rare occasion, like this one, you aren't able to. you laid spread out on your bed taking long breaths from the joint sanji rolled for you. you hoped getting high was better than touching yourself to the thought of your best friend. however, all your thoughts were still clouded with him. what it would be like laying next to him, what it would feel like holding his hand, or even what he would look like while on top of you.

you sit up, taking one last hit before putting it out in your ashtray. you stand up and lock your bedroom door. everybody is doing their own thing today, you thought, so i shouldn't be interrupted. if you couldn't ignore or smoke the feeling away you might as well deal with it properly. you slide your fingers under the hem of your shirt and slip it off. you walked over to the bedside table and took hold of an all too familiar toy.

laying back down you closed your eyes and let your mind, as well as your hands, wander. you imagined your hands being replaced by his. you tugged your pants down and threw them to them on the floor along with your underwear. one hand cupped one of your tits while the other slowly brought the toy towards your dripping cunt. pitching at your hardened nub you let a quiet moan escape your lips.

your eyebrows furrowed as you rubbed the toy up and down your folds. right as it slipped past and made contact with your clit, you were drowning in ecstasy. you dragged the toy down and slowly slipped it into your aching core. your mind wandered more than ever and you didn't care if somebody else were to hear you. zoro's name slipped out of your mouth in breathy moans as your other hand glided down to start working circles on your clit.

what you didn't know was at that very moment, zoro was on his way to his own bedroom. before he reached your door he smelt something odd but recognized it immediately. he walked quietly as he approached your door, the smell getting more pungent. stopping in his tracks something caught his ear. his name. listening closer, he could hear everything. your moans, his name escaping your lips, and the breathless pleas you were babbling. he felt his pants get tighter. even though he couldn't see you, he had a pretty good idea as to what you looked like right now. all he wanted to do was open the door and tear you apart.

but he walked away. he had a better idea to get you to talk to him.

after your little session you made your way back up to everybody else. you definitely smelt like weed but at least you weren't needy. when you made it to the deck you were greeted with the smell of dinner being made. when you opened the door to the kitchen you saw everybody having their own individual conversations around the table. you looked around for zoro in hopes that you could sit next to him tonight but you didn't see him anywhere. you decide to sit between chopper and where sanji would sit.

you talk with chopper and luffy while sanji set the table. when he sat to eat, you switched to converse with him. "where's mosshead?" he asks in-between bites.

you shrug, "dunno, thought you would know." as the last word left your lips zoro walked into the kitchen. you waved at him but he had the same neutral expression he always has. you continue your conversation with sanji as zoro sits across from you. as your eyes flicker between your plate and sanji, you couldn't help but feel another pare of eyes on you. you glanced over to zoro, who was a little too focused on his food. normally he'd be making jokes towards you or listening to you talk but he was too quiet. "you alright zo?" you tilt your head slightly. the nickname made his insides churn. he felt the tips of his ears become warm with embarrassment.

"yeah, i'm fine." he quickly finished his food and made his way out. odd. you thought.

you stay with sanji as he cleans up. he lets you talk his ear off before you start yawning. he suggests you go get ready for bed. you nod and thank him for dinner before making your way back to your room. everybody had split off to either get ready for bed or to take care of some last minute chores around the ship. when you entered your room you quickly noticed your side table drawer was slightly open.

walking over to it and opening it, your stomach dropped slightly. the bag of weed as well as your toy were gone. you frantically searched your entire room for it. maybe i misplaced it! you repeated over and over in hopes that it was true.

unfortunately after tearing apart your room, you were unsuccessful. somebody took it. you thought. you ran out of your room and up to the kitchen. "sanji!" you bursted through the door. he jumps slightly, almost dropping the dish he was cleaning. "please tell me you were in my room earlier and took my stuff. i won't be mad i promise." he stared at you with a confused expression.

"what are you talking about? i never went into your room today." he turns the sink off and dries his hands.

you sighed in frustration, bringing your hands to your face. "what's missing?" he asks.

"the bag, and..something else." you mumble. "i think somebody took it. i'll be right back." before he has a moment to respond you turn around and head back to the living quarters. you knew you only had a short amount of time before everybody retreated into their rooms.

there's only two logical people that would steal something like that. you thought. brook and sanji. you quickly sneak around brook's room but you don't find anything. you made your way to sanji's room just in case he was lying. you searched and searched but again, you didn't find anything. you sigh and run your fingers through your hair.

i need help. you hesitantly walked over to zoro's bedroom door. he probably won't care but it's better than looking alone. you thought as you brought your hand up to knock on the door. you knocked once with no answer. you knocked again. no answer. you chew at your lip for a second, debating on going in or just leaving. "zoro?" you quietly called out. "i'm coming in." you open the door and peek inside.

he's lying on his back with his hands behind his head. you walk in and close the door behind you. "zoro." you whisper. "wake up!" you look around a little as you slowly make your way to the side of the bed. you glance down next to you at the bedside table. you swear your heart stopped beating right then and there. you reach down and pick up the all familiar baggie. no fucking way. you sigh. you don't even want to know if he had your toy or not. you didn't care at that point. it was embarrassing enough that he now knows you smoke with the cook he hates so dearly.

as you turn to leave, his eyes open. when you reach the door zoro clears his throat. you suck at your teeth slightly and turn around. he's propped up on his elbows, staring daggers into you. "why'd you take it?" you say quietly, holding up the baggie. he doesn't respond though. he smirks slightly and lays back down, closing his eyes.

you roll your eyes and turn around to leave once again. you placed your hand on the doorknob but froze once you heard his voice. "aren't you forgetting something?" you feel the heat start to rise in your face as your eyes grow wide. no no no no. no way. "you know, i don't even know why you use it."

you sigh and turn around. "why would you even touch it?"

he sits up and grins. "well, i'm gonna be inside you anyways so it doesn't really matter."

your mouth fell open and you felt your legs become weak. this is just a dream right? you thought. as he got off his bed, you couldn't move away. he stepped closer to you until your back hit the wall. the baggie fell out of your hands as his body boxed you in. with his hands on either side of your head, he dipped down to your level, his mouth close to your ear. "cmon y/n, i know you want me. i see you staring all the time." he says lowly, his breath tickling your ear. "plus, i heard you when you were having some alone time in your room."

you couldn't speak even if you wanted to. you were in shock and your jaw was on the floor. you felt his hand travel down the side of your torso and snake it's way to your lower back. his lips make contact with your neck, gently nipping and sucking at the sensitive skin. his hand travels down from your back to your ass, squeezing roughly. letting out a small whimper you push yourself against him, holding onto his arms. he smirks against your skin and pulls away to look at you. you stare up at him through your eyelashes and he takes a step back.

"strip." you slowly gripped the bottom of your shirt and pulled it over your head. glancing back up at him, you suddenly felt a wave of confidence wash over you. you maintained eye contact with him as you reach behind you to unclasp your bra. you let it fall to the floor as you take small steps in his direction. you slip your thumbs under your shorts and pull them down, kicking them to the side. he watches you with an amused expression, not once taking his eyes off you.

as you approach, you place your hand on his chest, slightly pushing him backwards to the bed. he walks backward and his back makes contact with the soft fabric. you crawl on top of him and put your hands under his shirt, slowly pulling it up. he tugs the rest over his head and throws it to the side. you lay against him, placing kisses all along his neck, shoulder blades, and chest. as you do this, you slowly grind your aching cunt along his clothed erection. he groans lowly and his hands find their way to your hips, trying to slow your movements. he wants control but he's curious as to how far you'll take this.

your mouth traveled up his neck, traced his jawline, and finally landed on his lips. your movements stopped as your lips danced eagerly. his grip on your hips tightened as he flipped you over and pinned you underneath him. he shoved his thigh in between your legs, dangerously close to your pussy. when you gasped, he let his tongue explore your mouth. you wrapped your arms around his neck desperately trying to get him closer to you. however, the tight grip he had on your hips made it almost impossible to grind against him. you whined as he pushed your hips into the bed. "so needy," he says against your lips, "you want me that bad?"

face flushed, you looked away. one of his hands travelled down the side of your thigh as his lips made contact with your neck. this time, his sucking and biting were rough, causing you to moan and shift under him. his lips traveled down your neck and made their way down your chest. he kissed down your breast before making contact with your hardened nub. your mouth fell open, letting quiet pleas escape your mouth while he nipped and sucked at your nipple. his hand made his way to the inside of your thigh, rubbing close to the place you want him the most. with your eyebrows furrowed, you whined and tugged at his hair slightly, causing a groan to escape the man on top of you.

his fingers slipped past your folds and grazed over your clit. “z-zoro,,ah!” you whined. he hummed in your ear, slowly rubbing at your sensitive nub. “zoro,,please,,” as the last word left your mouth he slid two digits into your aching core, making a loud moan ripple through your chest. his fingers curled inside of you, hitting your g-spot repeatedly. your hand shot to your mouth to muffle the moans you weren’t able to suppress. as you did this, the full feeling inside of you disappeared. “ah ah,” he grabbed your wrists and pinned them above your head, “i need to hear those pretty moans if you want my cock.” he said lowly.

zoro smashed his lips onto yours, roughly tasting you. his tongue swiped over your bottom lip and your tongues danced with each other. his free hand went to his pants, unbuttoning them and tugging them down. he drug his cock up and down your slick folds, making you even restless. he lined his tip up with your entrance and pulled away from your lips. “you’re okay with this right?” he breathlessly asks. you nod eagerly, “yes zoro please,,i need you.” he kept his eyes focused on your face as he slowly pushed his length down into you. your eyes squeezed shut and your back arched. you took him inch by inch until he completely bottomed out. it stung at first but it wasn’t until he started slamming into you that you started seeing stars. his hands let go of your wrists and went to your legs, pushing them flush against your chest.

he watched your tits bounce with his harsh thrusts. your hands gripped onto his forearms, nails digging into his skin, as you moan his name over and over. the sounds of skin slapping, grunts, and moans filled the room. at this point you didn’t care who heard you. you were his now and that’s all that mattered to you.

his thrusts became sloppy and you could tell he was almost at his limit. “zoro, ‘m gonna,,” you mange to get out.

“go ahead, cum for me baby.” your walls tightened around him as your orgasm rippled through your body. as your fluids coated his cock, he didn’t slow his thrusts, instead, fucking you through your high. his cock twitched inside you, his own cream coating your gummy walls.

he slowly pulled out of you, a whine erupting from your chest due to the sudden emptiness. he collapsed next to you, pulling your sweaty body towards him. with one hand on his chest, you peck his cheek. laying on his chest, you close your eyes, letting the exhaustion you felt before finally catch up to you. “you have no idea how long i’ve waited for that moment.” he says quietly.

you hum, “and this isn’t just a one time thing right?”

“of course not. you’re mine now, plus i’ve been hating how that shitty cook looks at you.” he says in retaliation. he kisses the top of your head lightly before laying down to let sleep overtake him as well.

[deltoidlover]

Looks like some shitty ship discussions have surfaced in hl fandom again, but I don't mean that here actually xd

I'd like to hear a little bit (or a lot) more about your fav kind of freehoun if you don't mind sharing! Maybe some pre & post rescas headcanons, idk any stuff you would like to tell, and if you want. No pressure

i'm actually really glad i got an ask like this, i have seen some shipping discourse bubbling back up and it's just. can we not? enjoy what you enjoy, at the end of the day none of this is canon unless valve says otherwise, no need for the infighting. anyway, prepare for a text wall with barely any grammar.

pre-rescas: -i like to think that gordon and barney met very soon after gordon was hired and they got along like a match to a flame (is that the saying?), like barney came along on gordon's first tour of the facility and maybe even got lunch with him. -since the majority of workers at black mesa are most likely 30+, barney was especially drawn to gordon (not only because he was kinda cute) since there was finally another young and seemingly down to earth guy around. -honestly my favourite trope is having barney pine after gordon and try to suppress his major crush on him. -it's kinda sad to say or really acknowledge, but back in the 2000's and early 90's, obv lgbtq+ matters were not as accepted, i mean being called 'gay' was like the worst insult imaginable at the time. because of this, i do think barney would be a little wary of his own gay thoughts, maybe even dislike himself a little because of it. eventually i'm sure he'd grow to accept that he is, in fact, gay. -when it comes to the two hooking up, i really, really like the idea of their relationship being kept hush hush. it's pretty hot ngl and i think it would be the most plausible for their situation. -personally i don't really think barney nor gordon would call eachother pet names, or really say 'i love you' without hesistance. i feel like they'd show their affection in different ways, for gordon he'd show his love through gift giving i think. like the occassional snack for a tired barney on the night shift, or a box of donuts if he's feeling generous. -gordon always makes up excuses for why barney has to visit his dorm room so often. one day it's a faulty tap in the bathroom, or the next a clogged airvent. people seem to believe him because his voice is so monotone.

post-rescase/hl2: -during the years where gordon is abscent, barney, for the most part, holds out on hope that he will come back. over time, as barney gets older and older and nothing seems to be changing but only getting worse, he grows more cynical. i think that maybe 5 or so years before gordon's return, barney had forced himself to settle on the idea that he was not coming back. -after taking gordon into his office, he doesn't outright hug him or ball his eyes out, but it's so so obvious that he's feeling a bunch of old bottled up emotions when gordon looks into his eyes. gordon probably does give him a hug though. -however on gordon's end, i feel like things at the start would be a little awkward. his feelings are as strong as they were back then, as it hasn't been 2 decades for him. -i like to think that around the time when gordon arrived at kleiner's lab, that's when gordon approaches barney about their past and they maybe rekindle things, just a little. like maybe a longing look or kiss on the cheek. -honestly there's not really much i can say about hl2 as barney's appearances are so brief. basically i just think that they'd use every moment they had whilst the other was around to get a little closer again, even if they're not outright smoochin' it up or anything. -HOWEVER, in my happy little half-life, barney arrives at white forest with a group of rebels and he spends a few days in bed all patched up and gordon frequently visits his room and maybe even sleeps there with him, it had been quite a while since they'd met up again, gordon honestly thought barney had been blown tf up after the citadel's explosion. -they basically just hang out A LOT in white forest and eventually one of them works up the courage to start their relationship up again. -i think the idea of them once again sneaking away from crowded areas of the WF base so they can have a little privacy together is pretty cute, like they did in black mesa. -and if we're gonna enter hl3 territory, i think gordon, eli and barney would all set out into the arctic to do combine project borealis mossman stuff, and then save alyx :) amazing writing.

i probably have a lot more ideas floating around in my head but i think this is more than enough lol thanks for the ask, this was fun to put together!

[jpitha]

Because You need it.

My entry for this weeks @flashfictionfridayofficial

I was sure this was the end.

We were on a cargo ship, doing a run to a starbase run by a local cartel - the captain knew it was a risky job, but we needed the money - when pirates had warped in, right next to us! Their guns shredded our defenses, but the captain made a run for it anyway. They fired a grapple and caught us before we could even think that we had gotten away.

When they boarded, they killed the captain and the command deck officers immediately. They stole all our cargo and captured us. "For ransom" their translator modules said with a mechanical laugh.

We were all lead aboard the pirate ship in chains.

Everyone was resigned to their fate, but when we took in at the next starbase, I thought there might be an opening. They had opened the door to give us our barely edible "food" and I saw the hall beyond. I ducked under out captor and ran as fast as I could.

Hearing their shouts, I didn't waste energy with a glance back.

I just ran.

I was on a strange starbase, with no idea where I was, let alone even a way to call anyone for help. Not paying attention to where I was going, I ran full into this being.

They were tall and dense and wore an armored pressure suit, polished to a glossy back. They must be from a world that doesn't have the same methane helium atmosphere we do, so they were trapped in their suit. Bipedal. Even though their suit I could see that they had surprisingly delicate fingers, made for high dexterity work.

They bent down, and as they did, their black helmet cleared, revealing a bilaterally symmetrical face with two eyes and long red fur on the top of their head, piled behind the helmet. As they bent down their translator module clicked.

"please speak so that the appropriate language family can be found and translated."

"Um" I said. "Help me? I don't know where I am, and people are after me. My ship was captured and we were all taken prisoner."

After a moment for the translator to work, the being's face went wide and they leaned back. I held up my arms, still shackled to reinforce my predicament.

Their translator was smooth and very natural sounding. I was surprised at how good it was. "Of course we'll help you. Let's go rescue your friends."

"What?" I said and before I could blink 5 more of the black suited individuals appeared, all carrying massive rifles. I lead them back the way I came and they appeared at the umbilical to the pirate's ship.

In a clear, melodious voice the black suited leader called out: "Surrender and you will survive. Resist and perish."

At that, the pirates fired a slug thrower at the figure. It caromed off their armor and they didn't even flinch! Once again, the leader bent down and spoke to me.

"Wait here a moment please."

"All 6 of them darkened their helmets and walked purposefully in. I stayed back, listening to the sounds of battle. Their rifles made a tremendous noise when they fired them, and soon the shouts and taunts from the pirates became screams and whimpers.

After not long at all, they came back out with all of my surviving crew behind them.

"There you go. They won't be bothering anyone anymore. Do you have a way to go home?"

I ruffled my frill no.

The leader bent down and made some gestures on the pad attached to their arm.

"Well, with the crew dead, and the ship captured as a legal spoil of battle - nice of them to fire first - I declare this ship to legally be yours now."

I stood dumbstruck. I opened my mouth and said "T-thank you."

"You're welcome. We're happy we could help." And as they stood back up to leave I shouted. "Wait! Who are you?"

They turned and cleared their helmet again. In their clear, musical voice the translator said "My Name is Miriam Elemii and these are-" she gestured "Miriam's Marauders. We're a Human mercenary group."

"Human?"

"Yup! Glad to meet you. Now, keep in touch, we'd love to hear how you're getting on, and if you ever need some help-" she handed him a card "Give us a call."

[scrollsfromarebornrealm]

Bad Blood: Trusted Individuals and Not-So-Very-Good-Ideas

Brucemont pushed himself up on his elbows, the sheets rustling around him.

“War from the New World?”  He asked.

“That’s what Wuk Lamat said told us.”  Sebastian finished tying the laces of his pants.  Spotting his slippers nearby, he wriggled his feet into them.  “None of us sensed that she was lying, especially Augustine.” 

“And she’s a princess of their people?”

“One of three siblings.  Don’t know if there are any others.”  Sebastian turned his head, watching Brucemont frown. 

“I imagine a scenario like this never came to mind?”

“The New World’s…come up as a possibility as a place where some of our ancestors may have fled to.”  The dragoon began, carefully choosing his words.  “But from what I’ve at least seen on the maps, it would be a difficult trip.  The dragon could fly without any problems.  Their knight on the other hand…would have to travel by boat.  And I have yet to hear back from Old Sharlayan regarding my request.”  Brucemont paused, thinking.  “And according to Clan Centro, the aetherical currents bring some of the New World’s creatures into Dravania during the summer.  Other than that…”  He shrugged.  “Church teachings, everything outside of Coerthas was nothing but godless heathenry.  An attitude that will have to be rectified if there is a threat.” 

“The hope is there won’t be one.”  Sebastian replied.  Brucemont sat up fully, crossing his legs under the bedsheets. 

“Do you plan on warning the Eorzean Alliance?”

“We’re…at loggerheads over that.”  Sebastian replied.  “A warning would probably be a good idea, but what if it turns out to be bluster?  Everyone’s getting along now, the city-states are still recovering from the Final Days…”  The gunbreaker shrugged helplessly.  “Pointing fingers, especially if it turns out to be nothing but tough talk, would make for an ugly political incident.” Brucemont hummed, feeling Bastion mull over the dilemma in the back of his mind.   

“You’re telling me, however.”  He pointed out.

 “The most we could agree to was letting Wuk’s warning be kept to what Scions are present and a few trusted individuals.”  Sebastian’s cheeks flamed red as Brucemont blinked in surprise.  Hurriedly, he pressed on.  “However, we figured the Alliance would find out anyway, and not from us.  The moment anyone from Eorzea spots us over in Tural…”

“Every adventurer and fortune-seeker will descend upon the area looking to make their own names.”  Brucemont finished.  “Is that the real reason you all agreed then?”  Sebastian flushed, rubbing the back of his neck.

“…Part of it.”  He began. “It’s also a new place to explore, and…”  Then he stopped as Brucemont pushed the covers to the side. The dragoon got out of the bed, padding over to him on bare feet.  Without hesitation he hooked two fingers in Sebastian’s pants, pulling the hyur over for a deep kiss.  After several moments, the dragoon pulled back, smiling as the gunbreaker blinked owlishly up at him.

“You don’t have to explain it to me.  We’re both wanderers in this relationship.”  A faint smile crossed Sebastian’s face.  He lifted a hand to rest it on Brucemont’s chest, spreading his fingers.

“We…won’t be leaving right away.”  He whispered.  “Wuk apparently came on the last ship before their storm-season hit.  And the contest itself doesn’t begin for some time.”  Brucemont reached up to cover Sebastian’s hand with his own, pressing a kiss to his fingers.

“Good news for us, then?”  He whispered back.  Sebastian smiled.

“If you want it to be.”  He invited; his voice warm.  A toothy smile was Brucemont’s response, and he squeezed Sebastian’s hand before letting go.  Turning back to the bed, he bent over to gather his clothing.

“Continuing on that cheerful note, you get time to prepare.”  He began, stepping into his pants and pulling up the fabric.  “But bad news…so do your opponents.  Especially if this princess had loose lips before her departure.”

“I don’t think so.”  Sebastian replied.  “I think—and Riven is of the same mind—that when Erenville told her about us, she made up her mind and left on that last ship.  But that could be wrong.”

“How are you planning on presenting yourselves over there?”  Brucemont turned around, tying off his own laces.

“We were just going to be the hired help.”  Sebastian blinked as the elezen stopped what he was doing to stare at him.  “What?”

“…The hired help.”  Brucemont repeated.

“Yes!  Just an average group of adventurers.”  Sebastian replied.  Brucemont kept staring at him with an incredulous expression on his face.  “What?  What’s wrong with that?”

<<You can pretend being an ‘average adventurer’ as well as I can pretend to be a mortal.>> Bastion was loud enough for Sebastian to hear. 

“Hey!” 

“That’s not a good idea.”  Brucemont was firmly on his dragon’s side.  “It’s not.  I cannot even begin to describe how you’re not going to be able to fool anyone into thinking you’re average.  And I’m only just discussing you!”

<<There is no way in your hells that Riven can pass herself off as that.  Or the Bishops.  Or Reinhardt.  You’re supposed to be smart, you’re Sharlayan, come up with a better plan than that!>>

“Bastion!!”

[simonlynch]

in your dreams

ship: bedbugs

word count: 1028

summary: reagan makes dinner...sort of.

“Fuck, it's cold in here.”

“Need me to warm you up?” the low growl in their ear doesn't necessarily frighten them, but the sudden feeling of burning that runs up their spine as claws rake up their backbone causes them to jerk away anyways.

“No thanks, lovebug. I’m thinking about weaning off of relying on you for things, actually.”

“Aw shucks, sweets,” he floats gently into Reagan’s peripheral view, digging at some kind of dirt underneath his nails, “You sayin’ you're addicted to me?”

“In your dreams, bugboy. Outta my way, my dinner is burning.”

“Actually, I think it's in your dreams.”

Reagan huffs, and turns annoyed to the demon. He grins in response, squeezing his eyes shut as razor fangs twist into an almost cartoonishly large smile. Any sense of danger they should have had seemed barely even the hint of an idea in the back of Reagan’s mind as they cross their arms.

“What are you talking about?”

He flicks the index finger he's picking at over their shoulder and they spin to follow, a thread at the back of their mind dragging their body willingly involuntarily, an easily breakable tether between them that Reagan so conveniently often forgets to snip; For an impossibly powerful being, it seems as though the demon never forgets to offer them an out, should it be needed.

“I’m talking about the fact you're dead asleep, doll.”

Reagan’s gaze moves in the direction it's pulled, an invisible hand tugging their chin the other way until they face the kitchen table, where their eyes lay upon themselves, head buried in the breadth of their forearms and shoulders rolling rhythmically with the rise and fall of their chest. Their lips part from where they stand, and before the gasp is even exhaled from their lungs, their head snaps upwards, and their legs push themselves to stand from the chair they'd fallen asleep in.

They whip around, hair stuck slick with sweat to their forehead as they rush over to the stove --

“Shit, shit, shit!”

“Not quite my name, but you know what? I love ya so much, I’ll take it anyways.”

“Fucking move!” 

Though they catch the saddened look on its face as they push through the looming figure -- and through it they go, sinking easily through swirling green and violet smoke. They grab at the pan that rests on the stove, the suffocating smell of burning causing them to sputter as they toss it into the sink and flick the water on. 

They then turn to flash of stripes, catching movement in the corner of their eye just as in their dream, but find the space next to them empty.

“Bee, come back.”

The silence that greets them causes their brow to furrow.

“Bug, come on.”

“No,” they hear the voice behind them, but know that if they were to turn they'd be met again with an empty expanse of room, “You were mean to me. And I was even trying to be nice, for once!”

“Bee, you know I didn't mean it like that. Come on, it's still cold in here -- I do need my cuddlebug to warm me up.”

“Nope, you didn't even call me properly.”

“Beetlejuice…” Reagan sighs, still feeling exhausted. They wipe their hair from where it sticks to their head finally, brushing it back and looking exasperated to the open area of the kitchen.

“Nope. Sorry, babes. My offer expired with your dinner.”

“Beetlejuice --”

“Nu-uh. Not gonna happen. Shoulda let you burn your kitchen down.”

“Beetlejuice!” 

As quickly Reagan can speak it, they find themselves being kissed, the ghost’s fingers pressing harshly against their cheeks, puffing out their face in a playful manner.

“You do care!” he yells excitedly, arms wrapping around the smaller human and lifting them, an action met with a startled scream of its own.

“Beej!”

When Reagan dares open their eyes again, their feet are firmly (and safely) back on the ground, much to their relief; Besides them, their demon sits atop the counter, head fallen back against the cabinets, feet kicking gleefully. Reagan can't help but chuckle at the stupid, silly grin he wears, and when he looks over and catches the way Reagan gloomily smiles, he gives an overly exaggerated wink.

Reagan doesn't miss the flickers of pink that tinge the furthest edges of his hair, either.

“Hey, you called me, babes. I gotta show up, it's kind of part of my contract. Legally binding and all.”

“Does the Neitherworld even have laws?”

“Nope,” without missing a beat, he slips from the counter and lands easily, taking a single step towards Reagan and, after meeting them halfway, pulls them in for slightly too tight a hug.

“Bee, can't breathe --”

“Ah, shit, see that's the thing with you breathers,” Reagan finds they're given ample room to at least crane their neck upwards, just as they feel the familiar invitation of their bed beneath them, “Always needing to…Breathe, ‘n shit.”

“Kinda comes with the territory, bug, don't you think?”

Beetlejuice leans his head back, one of the pillows cushioning the headboard for him to rest against as he pulls Reagan’s form closer. 

“Doesn’t make it any less annoying. You all are so needy.”

Reagan allows themselves to be draped across half of the ghost’s chest, a single arm coming to wrap around their torso, something not unlike the way a child would hold a beloved teddy bear close before bed. The generally cold touch of their lover melts away slowly, replaced with a comforting kind of warmth. Perks of dating a demon, they supposed.

“We're the needy ones, sure.”

“The hell does that mean?”

“Nothing, bug,” they nestle further into his chest, taking a keen interest in preening his tie of grime, of which there was never a shortage of across any inch of him, they believed.

“Thanks for waking me up, by the way.”

“Course. You know I’m always watchin’ out for you, babes.”

“All the time?”

“All the time.”

“Fucking pervert.”

“Well shit, I didn't mean like that, but if it's an invitation --”

“G’night, Bee.”

“Night, doll. Guess I love your stupid, needy ass.”

“Love you, too.”

Reagan smiles, feeling him warm up just a little more.

[snailor-bee]

fear of black and yellow

Gyutaro & GN!Reader / SFW / 2k

Summary: The night had started out so normally... run some errands with Warabihime and then you'd be back to doing your duties in just a few hours.

You had no idea it'd turn out like this: trapped in a small room with a demon of all things.

What would you do to survive? Warnings: No pronouns for reader, this is a weird one y'all. It's not really a 'ship' and although it's technically SFW it's VERY dark. Reader gets kidnapped and forced to be there through fear. Nothing happens to the reader but you know, general warnings for Gyutaro and Daki being... themselves.

Your heart thumps loudly in your ears, to the point that you almost can’t hear anything else.

Almost.

Panting, tears stain your vision as a laugh echoes in the room around you, the edge of it as cruel as a freshly sharpened knife.  

Warabihime stands above you, smiling, looking beautiful as ever. But that beauty is tinted by something. A sense of darkness, of something that would wrap around you and squeeze until there’s nothing left, and you shiver, hot tears running down your face.

“P-please…” you beg, though you’re not quite sure what you did wrong. Though you’d felt the eyes of the oiran on you over the past few days, you didn’t think anything of it. You’d heard the whispered stories about Warabihime, about her sharp tongue and her even sharper anger. You’d just forced your head down, not wanting to offend or bring about her irk.

It seems that somehow you managed to get her attention anyway, in the worst way possible.

She’d asked you to accompany her to some errands and when the two of you were far enough from the city center, grabbed you by the hair and pulled you into some small building, throwing you roughly to the ground.

You’re amazed by her strength though it frightens you just as much because she’s standing in front of the only door, and you know that you won’t be able to fight her to get out.

The moon reflects off the sides of her face, the only light in the room.

Warabihime laughs again. “Oooh, don’t start crying already! You don’t even have a reason to cry.” Her eyes flash, her smile widening, the white of her teeth flashing like fangs. “Yet.”

The sound of fabric shifting fills the small space as she squats down next to you. “Close your eyesss,” she coos, her voice suddenly soft. “It’ll be easier. My brother has taken a liking to you and so you’ll entertain him. You can do that, can’t you?” She tilts her head, eyes going wide with faux caring.

Entertain? Like… like how she ‘entertained’ men? You’re just a servant! You don’t service the customers like that…

Still, you can’t see any other way out of this situation. You’re stuck. Even if you refused and miraculously, she let you go without pressing the issue (or forcing you to do it anyway), you know Warabihime can ruin your life. No one in the red light district would give you a job if she blackened your name.

Lifting one of her hands, you flinch away from it, but Warabihime just pets your head gently, even as you close your eyes tight, whimpering.

“That’s it… Just relax! My brother is going to have some fun with you for a while. You can be good for him, right?”

She tightens her hand in your hair, pulling roughly and you let out a cry. Without opening your eyes, you give a little nod. “Keep them closed,” she whispers against your ear, and as her breath ghosts against the shell of it, you imagine this is how it feels when a snake’s tongue darts out, right before it strikes.

There’s more shifting of fabric but dutifully you keep your eyes closed. When will her brother arrive? Did they set up a specific time or—

Something in the air shifts, growing heavy, like there’s a pressure that’s pushing down on you and it feels like you can’t breathe. In surprise, your eyes shoot open and there’s a man looming above you, blocking out the feeble light.

Warabihime is nowhere to be seen, but that thought is barely more than a blip before everything else skitters away, to be replaced with cold, hard, fear.

He’s a monster, you think, your body shaking. Luckily, you’re already on your knees because you don’t think you’d be able to stay standing in the face of his sheer presence. He drops down to be almost at eye level with you, and you scramble back. He grins, his teeth rows of pointed daggers, and it looks like how a hungry predator might look right before it digs into its prey.

“Awww, is the little one scared? Poor thing!” he says. Despite his words, his tone is cheerful and bright, looking excited if nothing else. “Do you hate it? Hate me? I’m ugly, right? Are you disappointed?”

A hand whips out to wrap around your ankle and tugs you closer, and your body drags across the tatami floor, your fingernails digging in and trying to find purchase. He grabs both your hands and wraps one of his hands around both your wrists, squeezing tightly.

“I-I thought I was just going out with Warabihime-san to run some errands,” you attempt to explain, heart in your throat. From up close, you notice his eyes are actually marked with kanji. It’s unnatural. But so is he, from what little you can make out in the dark room. His skin is greyish, with dark marks almost like spilled ink across his face. “I wasn’t expecting to meet you, uh…” you trail off, unsure what to call him.

“Gyutaro,” he finishes, grinning.

“Gyutaro-san,” you parrot. “So, it’s not that I hate it, just that I’m surprised.” You pause. You have no idea what’s going on, but you’ve never felt closer to death than in this moment, all the hair on your body sticking up, your body screaming at you to flee.

But there’s nowhere to go. Just this—this room, with this monster, who you are positive could kill you with barely a thought.

The only way you’re getting out of this is if you please him, you think hysterically. You have no idea how to do that, but you’re going to try anyway.

“I’m too scared to think that you’re ugly,” you confess with a whisper. He blinks several times before he leans his head back and starts laughing, great heaving cackles, rough like he gargles with rocks. Gyutaro lets go of your wrists and you collapse back on the floor, barely catching yourself on your forearms.

“Oohh, I like you,” he says with glee, his eyes trailing over you. “We’re going to have so much fun!”

You swallow but slowly move onto your knees into a proper seiza. You place your hands together and bow towards him. “I’m at your service.”

A light suddenly brightens up the room as he turns on a lantern. You fight not to move, keeping your head bowed as you hear him shuffle around.

“Good, good!” he says, sounding pleased. “Head up!” he commands and you straighten to see him holding something out for you.

Confused, you take it and see a blank piece of paper on a thin wood surface, a box sitting on top. You’re an artist and you know what the long, skinny box likely holds, and you peer up at him as he collapses onto his ass in front of you, one knee up and leaning an elbow against it.

His face looks bored, looking over your shoulder, but you have a feeling he’s paying close attention to your reactions.

Opening the box confirms your suspicions, holding a few paintbrushes. You suck on your teeth.

“Would… you like a portrait, Gyutaro-san?” you ask.

He grins, but it looks forced. “Yep! Saw the one you made of my little sis, and I want one too.”

…Not exactly the kind of ‘entertainment’ you'd envisioned, but as you begin to set up, seeing how your hands are shaking, maybe it's a different kind of torture. If this goes badly, you don’t have any reason to think he’ll treat you better than Warabihime had.

Still, there’s nothing you can do about it now. Your eyes trail over him as you pull the paper closer to yourself, wondering where to begin.

As you start, your lines are shaky which in turn just stresses you out more, making your hands shake more, and the cycle keeps repeating itself.

Finally, in desperation, you decide to break the silence. “Can I ask… what are you exactly?”

“Hmm?” he says, digging a finger into his ear. Then he bares his teeth at you in a fake smile. “Would you believe me if I told you I was human?”

“No,” you say immediately. Maybe if he was wearing a shirt, he could convince you of having some sort of disease and filing his teeth, but you can see how his hips taper in and with the kanji on his eyes, there's no way.

He barks a laugh. “I’m a demon,” he answers. “Does that scare you?”

“You’ve already scared me more than enough, it doesn’t do anything but give me a name for what you are, Gyutaro-san.”

His eyes droop as the fake smile falls into something a little more bitter. “What I am, huh? What would you have called me before?”

You hesitate. Then decide to be honest, “A monster.”

The silence that blankets the two of you is strained, and you tense, expecting him to lash out. Then his shoulders drop.

“Yeah… guess that’s true. Maybe I’ll eat you after this.” He sticks out his tongue at you, winking, and you can’t tell if he’s being serious or attempting to joke. But it doesn’t matter, you knew the moment that you were trapped in this room that your life was in someone else’s hands.

“What’s an animal that you dislike?” you ask instead.

“…Hah?” Gyutaro wrinkles his nose and you smile slightly at his obvious confusion.

“I’m just making conversation,” you explain. He narrows his eyes at you suspiciously and you look back down at your drawing, saying nonchalantly, “It’s not like I can magically make it appear, I’m just curious.”

“…Hmph. I guess those flying squirrels??” he finally lands on.

Your brush pauses over the paper, and you look up with surprise. “The tiny ones? That can fit in your hand?”

“Yeah. My sis likes ‘em, but I think they’re creepy as hell.” He folds his arms, frowning slightly.

You try to hold back your snort, and you manage, but just barely. Instead, you give a stiff nod. Even if the atmosphere is a little calmer, you shouldn’t forget who you’re sitting with. This is still a dangerous situation to be in. “Alright, got it.”

Some time later you finally hand him your work, worry batting the sides of your stomach. You try not to fidget as he looks it over silently, his eyebrows flying up into his hairline.

Normally, you’d just draw a simple portrait and be done with it; however, you were too afraid to just leave it at that. With his first comments dancing around your head, you figured he didn’t like his appearance very much, but you weren’t brave enough to try to pretty him up in the drawing either. That felt like something he’d get angry about.

Instead, you did a portrait and then surrounding it: small little chibi’s of him with his sister, of him fighting a human-sized flying squirrel, and so on.

You bite your lip as his eyes find yours, the green and red piercing. He grins. “Not bad,” he praises and you almost crumble with sheer relief. Gyutaro looks back at the drawing, tilting his head back and forth. “Not bad at all! Say, can you do action poses?”

“I-I guess so?” you reply.

“You should draw me with my kama!!” He starts babbling with excitement, posing with invisible kama, leaving you to nod along. Finally, he finishes by saying, “I’ll tell my sis to bring you around again!”

 “Great,” you say, trying to force some enthusiasm into your voice. He scooches closer to you and you hunch your shoulders, trying to look smaller.

“Don’t be so glum!” he says cheerfully, patting your back roughly, “I’m sure we’ll get very close. Let’s enjoy working together!”

You swallow. “Thanks for having me,” you whisper. It's all you can manage with your throat choked with anxiety.

Originally, you had just been worried about getting through this encounter. You thought that maybe if you lived through it, that would be it. You could try to get out of the house you were working at, separate yourself from Warabihime, and forget this ever happened. But now you’re realizing, with dread pooling in your stomach, you have a lot more to worry about than you’d thought. How were you ever going to get out of this now? 

Gyutaro sends you a wide smile and you return it, though you clench your teeth together, fighting back a scream.