#oc tag

[roseandgold137]

*shows you my super oc (Lora, Superstar) and skitters away*

[kingslayerstew]

phone drawings i got carried away with

[cakeinthevoid]

Hello :D

🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

hello!!

🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?

I’ll answer this for a few of my OCs if you don’t mind ;))

Lora: Her LOOOREEEEE!!! I just love her so much mainly bc she was one of my first concrete OCs <33 More specifically I like how much she changes over the course of her story :)

Ash: the fact that they are so big brother coded. I like that he’s fun but they will kick your ass if you hurt Lora.

Auretta: I quite like her superpower and how intelligent she is, in the sense that she know how to manipulate her power to give her even MORE cool powers.

Deyana: I like that she is still searching for love despite all the pain she’s been through <3 a real one for real <3

Carrie: I like how practical they are. They are there to help patients heal and that’s it!! No rebellious thoughts at all. …..

Willow: I like how strong they are, and how they are a musician :)

I’ll cut off the OC list here haha

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

I choose Lora!! I think top contender for worst memory is her first moments after her forced transformation into a skeleton monster. Body dysmorphia to the MAX!!! The sheer horror of being able to put your hand into your rib cage! Because there’s nothing there! The horror of being trapped alone in a room for it all and barely remembering what had happened! This is one of THE SCENES in her story that I NEEEEEED to get just right or else I’ll explode.

thank you so much for the asks <333

[ruinconstellation]

🎬 for the ask game please

🎬 If a movie or show were based on your fic, which fic would you choose and who would you fancast?

*gasp* oh no, not knowing actors' faces is my only weakness

hmm... and who shall choose this last sacrifice is a short fic I wrote that's inspired by @lorata's District Two stories, so casting lorata's OC Emory would be fun because she’s got such interesting motivations that really contrast well against everyone else. A suggestion they've gotten is Milla Jovovich, which I can definitely see. 

[void-kissed]

⭐️ :3

Hi friend!!! Thank you very much for sending this - I hope things have been going okay for you recently!!

(source: this post by sennamybeloved)

send me a “⭐️” and i’ll use a random thing picker to choose one of my F/Os, and i’ll reply to the ask with a small infodump about my selfship with them! - ..Ah, I'm getting to this one after starting on the previous two, so I'll need to set up the randomisation selection again. This time around, it ended up picking.. Lora! Why is it selecting all my XC2 selfships! I am not complaining but also that's three in a row and I only have four to begin with from that game specifically out of twenty-one in total!!

Lora is a Driver from the Kingdom of Torna who was alive during the Aegis War, 500 years before the main game of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Her first Blade was Jin, before she later also awakened Haze; both of these Blades are some of the most powerful of all, due to Jin's incredible speed and Haze's powerful ability to restrict other Blades' actions respectively. Lora herself fights alongside them both in combat using battle braids - she was originally a mercenary before accompanying Addam and company to try and defeat Malos, eventually being made a knight of Torna. To selfship with Lora, I use Aline, who is another of my self-inserts for XC2! Or, well, specifically for TTGC. She is a shy young Gormotti woman who originally lived in Torigoth Village, but now travels alongside Lora and the others during the events of TTGC. She's also a Driver, with her main Blade being my OC, Avalon - in my version of events, she resonates with Ursula as well later in the story. As a fun fact, she is also an ancestor of Sapphire!

Lora meets Aline near the start of the game, when she and the rest of the party are exploring the remains of Torigoth Village after it was razed by bandits. Lora and Haze find Aline hiding in the rain nearby and introduce themselves to her, before Avalon also finds her (the two had been separated by the chaos going on), only for things to then be interrupted by the fight against Gort and his group. Aline and Avalon help Lora and the others in this fight, prompting the rest of the group to recognise Avalon's strength and ask the pair to come with them. Avalon accepts because they want to help out, while Aline is much more hesitant - but her desire to support her Blade as well as get to know Lora better prompts her to also join, as does the fact she has nowhere to go anymore. From there, "Team Aline" becomes another playable part of the party as the group continue their journey across both Gormott and Torna. Both Aline and Lora spend a lot of time together getting to know one another, as it takes Aline a bit longer to open up to everyone else by comparison due to her shyness and feeling like she doesn't fit in with the rest of the group very well. We both end up with romantic feelings for each other rather early on, but.. well, due to the overarching circumstances among other things, everyone else ends up figuring out that we're both in love with each other quite a while before either of us realises the other shares her feelings (and can work up the courage to confess those feelings!). Something, something, sapphic disasters, I don't know. It does happen eventually though!! And when we do finally become a couple, I like to think everyone else in the party is really happy about us finally getting together ^-^

I hope that all of that was alright!! Thank you very much again for sending in the star, friend~

[that-one-cat-meow]

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Welcome to My AU blog

My AU is a Bendy AU made by me few years ago. After long time I am finally deciding to put this AU on this blog, because I want to finały reveal all the lore into the world.

Rules on the blog (please read all if you don't want to be confused):

My name (creator) is Sophie and I write like this. No color change or anything. Post with this writing have nothing to do with AU. THIS is a writing my main OC Meow will have and these posts will have something to do with the AU. Both posts will be tagged as #meow talks again

Asks will be answered with art, UNLESS it's ask for me (the ✨creator✨ or Sophie or Soph, as you like)

You can except asks to be answered with: digital art, paper art, no art (if it's ask for my OCs I will explain why there is no art. I might be busy or have problems with computer/no paper or anything else, please be understanding). You can't write in asks that 'Can you answer with digital art', because I'm choosing how I want to draw. I won't block you - just please don't do that

I do take requests! But please wait patiently

Of course no wierd asks, no NSFW, no flirting blah blah blah

You CAN ship my characters, but please note that this 97% won't get canon and some of the characters are already in relationship

Feel free to dm me by the way!!

Please remember - some arts might NOT be from AU. If you see that there is no tag #My AU - THIS ONE WAS MADE FOR FUN!!!

❗❗ WARNINGS!! ❗❗

This blog may have:

swearing

blood/gore

alcohol/drug use

physical and mental violence

gambling

creators mental breakdowns- I mean what-

Preferred age for this blog: 12+

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

ALL of my OCs and canon characters are free to ask!

Please meet them (art will come soon):

(💛 - my OC 💚 - lives in 'Outside world'

💜 - canon 💙 - lives in studio)

Meow (main OC)💛💚

Ink💜💙

Bendy💜💙

Sammy💜💙

Ink's and Sammy's kids (Lora, Sally, Dan, Raila, Marshmallow, Bingo)💛💙

Time💛💙

Bubbletea💛💙

Coral💛💙

Voice💛💙

Flower💛💙

Space💛💙

Snuggler/Howl💛💙

Ice💛💚

Ink Demon💜💙

Sugar💛💙

Sam💛💙

Alice💜💙

Boris💜💙

Allison💜💚

Tom💜💚

Henry💜💚

Linda💜💚

Audrey💜💚

Relationships 👭👬👫

Ink x Sammy (tagged as samdy or Bendy x Sammy) - they are married

Henry x Linda - married

Time x Voice - boyfriend and girlfriend (but Time plans something (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠))

Meow x Ice - boyfriend and girlfriend

Yeah... I think that's all. If not then I'll remake it

Okay, enjoy the blog!!

(also visit my other blogs

@meow-writer-cat @batcm @bendyandinkblog (this one is un-used) @inkdemondraws @nightmare-bendy23

My X: Meow-pls-kys70

My AO3: Meow70

Pinterest: $MEOW70$

Deviantart (don't really use): XxMeow70xX

Roblox (feel free to ask to play with me): Love_Bendy123

Wattpad: Inky_Sky69)

[straightuppotato-art]

HEY HEY HEY. we should attack each other <3

I made new art fight refs AND added two new beloveds!! Luckstel and Hina are my dungeon meshi ocs!! they're in a party with @feedgarf and @kauzeri 's ocs hehe get tagged nerds

And ofc, my three weed smoking girlfriends, Yukie Pookie, Dora Lora, and Yazzy Jazzy

[kingsroad]

i was tagged by @chuckhansen to make some of my ocs in this picrew! thanks, sweetheart! 💕 i'm gonna tag: @faeriemilf, @draupnirspear, @nokstella, @necroticpetals, @indorilnerevarine, @shadowglens, @risingsh0t, @leviiackrman, and whoever else wants to participate!

🔪 jack vago ( cyberpunk 2077 ) | 🌹 ivy ventura ( cyberpunk 2077 ) 🌟 lora daraay ( star wars ) | 🌿 alyse barren ( house of the dragon )

[bizarrenacle]

Seeing a lot of discourse wondering why people have an issue with fem!Lucerys x Aemond. I’m firmly in the camp of “write what you want,” but I do think there’s genuinely stuff to talk about here.��

1. For the most part, it’s self-insert tagged as lucemond, and therefore not lucemond. Luke isn’t even Luke at that point, but becomes an OC with (often) an entirely different name (Aemma, Visenya) and personality. This is honestly my main issue with this. Write your OC by all means, but tagging it as Luke/Aemond comes off as (at best) inaccurate and (at worst) disingenuous.  

2. There’s never an excuse for hurling abuse at writers who do this. It’s immature, and creates more problems than it solves. However, I do think the resulting frustration reflects a deeper issue. Intentional or no, het!Lucemond inevitably comes off as trying to bend a gay ship into a heterosexual one for the sake of normativity. I’ve seen comments like “it’s easier for me to write hetero dynamics.” Then...write a pairing that has them. 

3. lucemond gets a lot of homophobic flak presented as outrage over the (4 year) age difference, when the same critics ship Daemyra or Sandor/Sansa. I’ve been a part of the asoiaf fandom for a long time. Gay pairings exist, but they’re a lot less common. 

4. This is an issue for another day, but a major part of lucemond’s popularity stems from the complexity of its characters. A lot of mainstream writers and showrunners seem to shy away from making lgbt characters complex or problematic, probably to avoid criticism. George R.R. Martin is a brilliant writer, but his gay characters aren’t all that deep (Renly and Loras). Laenor and Joffrey are also, in my opinion, the blandest characters in the show. 

5. By contrast, Lucemond is a ship with two deeply flawed, dynamic and tragic characters (especially Aemond) and I really think lgbt writers and artists in particular hunger to explore that kind of complexity. We don’t see it that much. Moreover, Aemond is, in my view, a pretty gay-coded character (leather, a sapphire eye, consuming obsession and sexual repression? Come on). I don’t think it was intentional on the show’s part, but the fact that so many people picked up on it is hilarious to me considering how heteronormative asoiaf generally is. 

Also, I should clarify: lesbian!lucemond is the shit. Gay angst is what we’re here for. Just trying to imperfectly explain why a lot of gay asoiaf shippers kind of have table scraps to work with (in-canon), so we’ve got to make our own thing. Seeing it turned into a het!self-insert is...bizarre...at times. Y’all have like a hundred ships to work with. 

[renlyslittlerose]

I was tagged by @ragnarlothcat @palfriendpatine66 and @thegrimshapeofyoursmile ❤

1.) How many works do you have on ao3?

108! I went over the 100 works mark during kinktober, but I was in such a fuge at that point that I didn't even realize. Woops! Anyways, that is over the course of twelve years, with some blank spots from 2019 to 2022.

2.) What's your ao3 word count?

1,308,673. That's.... that's a lot of words lol.

3.) What fandoms do you write for?

Currently Star Wars, but I used to write for Mass Effect and A Song of Ice and Fire. I also wrote Resident Evil and FFVII but we won't talk about that.

4.) What are your top five fics by kudos?

Downtown Eastside - By far my most popular fic of any fandom I've written for on AO3. Still can't believe how much traction this fic got, but endlessly pleased and grateful for it.

Cactus Flowers - An A Song of Ice and Fire Cowboy AU haha. I don't even remember writing this, but it still seems to engage readers now and again!

Three Aspects to Loras Tyrell - Another ASOIAF fic. It was just pure smut lol

Soldier's Heart - Another Mass Effect fanfic, exploring my Shepard's struggles upon his survival at the end of ME3. It was a series of therapy sessions between my Shepard and an OC I had created specifically for the story. Lots of themes explored like survivor's guilt and combat PTSD. Still really proud of this one.

Gold in the Air of Summer - And again, an ASOIAF fic from way back in the day. Modern AU, exploring Renly and Loras' relationship during university.

5.) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do! Or, I try to! I think some get lost in the shuffle because I typically wait a few weeks before I respond. I like to collect a tidy sum and then go through and reply all afternoon 😊

6.) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably one of the FFVII fics we won't be discussing, but I wrote it in response to losing my Canadian grandparents. They passed away one after the other over the course of a few weeks, so I started writing fanfic as a way to cope with the loss and sort through my feelings. But the ending has a major character death so. Not the happiest.

But also, Sacred to the Gods, which was my first Star Wars fanfic I wrote. Has a canon ending with Obi-Wan debating if it'd have been better for him to have killed Anakin and then himself before any of the agony could have happened. Big yikes lol

7.) What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

A lot of them! Right now I'm thinking about the ending to my obikin fic Ain't No Mountain! Can't get much happier than an obikin proposal~

8.) Do you get hate on fics?

Back when I posted on FFnet I did, but that was back in 2007-2011 when the fandom culture had a lot less unspoken rules and niceties. Whenever people say they wish fandom could be like it was in the ~old days, I'm like 'were you guys not on any major website?' Because the hate could get pretty extreme then, too.

9.) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Yeah, a lot of it 😂 I write whatever sort of smut floats my boat, but I think I'm best known for writing emotional and plot-heavy smut? Like, I want the sex to say something, even if it's just a quick one-shot. Whether it's a character introspection, or looks into the dynamic between the two, or says something about the society they're in or the circumstances surrounding them.

I also like to get a little poetic even if it's just about Obi-Wan licking Anakin's asshole~

10.) Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I guess my current fic Of Good Men and Monsters is kiiiiind of a crossover, in that it's set in a Buffy-type universe, with Watchers and Slayers, etc. But it's not a proper crossover as there are no Buffy characters present, nor references to the universe beyond borrowing a few concepts.

11.) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yep! But again, back in FFnet days.

12.) Have you ever had a fic translated?

A few, yes! Some of my A Song of Ice and Fire fics were translated into Chinese 🥰

13.) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

I have not! But I soon will be... 👀

14.) What's your all time favorite ship?

Spuffy, but that doesn't count because I haven't written for it. I am tempted to say obikin only because I am currently obsessed with it, but the other ships I've written for will always hold a special place in my heart.

15.) What's a WIP you'd like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Deine Toten Werden Leben. Another ASOIAF AU. But I don't doubt I'll never finish it - I know I never will. Sorry for those who liked it, but it is the one and only fic thus far I have abandoned.

16.) What are your writing strengths?

Evoking strong imagery, I think? Like, dragging the reader into the setting through descriptions of scents, sounds, textures, lighting, etc. I try and keep it to a minimum, though, as I don't want to bog the reader down.

I also think I'm pretty good at writing emotional scenes between characters

17.) What are your writing weaknesses?

Action scenes, for sure. Also, regarding what I am good at, I can also get bogged down in the details at times. Like we don't need multiple descriptions of how Obi-Wan's tummy doesn't feel good because he's anxious. One mention is good enough lol

18.) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

My German grammar is not good enough lol

19.) First fandom you wrote for?

FFVII. I was a big Cloud/Zack fan back in 2006~

20.) Favorite fic you've ever written?

Persimmons and Sandalwood. An obikin fic that just came together without a lot of angst or editing afterwards. I'm still pleased with it and don't mind re-reading it. Close second and third is Moonlight Serenade and Soldier's Heart

I tag whoever hasn't been tagged yet! ❤❤❤

[teamdilf]

Get to know your fanfic writer!

Tagged by @commander-krios - thanks!

When did you post your first ever fanfic?

2005 - it was for the Lost fandom and was a silly little one shot about Vincent the dog.

First Character(s) you wrote?

Captain Jack Sparrow, in a fanfic I wrote as a young teenager in a notebook I still have hidden away somewhere.

Main Character(s) you’re currently writing?

Astarion, Karlach and Petra (my Tav) from Baldur’s Gate 3.

Adrien Victus, Castis Vakarian, Urdnot Wrex, Alec Ryder and Lora Shepard from Mass Effect.

Character(s) you haven’t written about before but plan to write about soon?

He’s an OC, but Jan, who is Petra’s youngest brother! He’s a sweet bean of a person and I’m not sure if he’ll show up in Lost Souls Like Us or if he’ll make his first major appearance in whatever the sequel is, but he’s a lot more like Petra than her other siblings, and knows the pain of not fitting in with the rest of the family, as Petra does. He’s a lot younger than her (23 years younger!), so she’s very protective of him.

Fandom(s) you’re currently writing?

Baldur’s Gate 3, Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

Platonic pairing(s) you’re currently writing?

Castis Vakarian & Lora Shepard

Adrien Victus & Aurelia Victus

Castis Vakarian & Urdnot Wrex & Adrien Victus & Alec Ryder

Romantic pairing(s) you’re currently writing?

Karlach/Petra

Astarion/Petra

Castis Vakarian/Cecilia Vakarian

Adrien Victus/Tullia Victus

Your top AO3 tags?

Hurt/Comfort

Angst

Comedy

Current platform you use for posting?

AO3

Snippet of the WIP you are currently working on?

From an as yet untitled Baldur’s Gate 3 WIP:

“Be realistic. Don’t send your youngest son away,” she pleads, but Father gives her a sharp look and when he speaks it's stern; more like Grandfather instead of Father’s own gentle tone.

“You do not contribute more than the bare minimum to the household, therefore you do not get a say in how I raise my son.”

There it is: because she makes magic on stage instead of shoes, she’s not good enough to have an opinion on how her youngest brother spends Mother’s final days.

“Does Jan not get a say in how he lives his life?”

“He’s 14,” Father says, deflating. The carriage arrives to take Jan away and he weeps, wiping his eyes on the velvet sleeves of his black suit. Father told him to wear his nicest outfit for the journey to the academy. A dragon must make a good first impression.

Tagging @westernlarch, @thetrashbagswasteland, @outpost51 and @sparatus

[meirimerens]

may I ask about your oc, i’m curious about zoichik and her relationship to the rest of the crew? unless it’s secret info ;)) in that case nevermind and carry on. they are beautifully drawn

YOU ALWAYS MAY. ask about my ocs. twirls my mane kicks my hooves etc etc. OK! so you might've seen i tagged the zoichik art as "implied death/" & the next post about her as "drowning /" so know those two are part of the #story but i'm not sure as i type this ^ in how much detail i'll go into that.

zoichik :) and crew.

zoichik was part of a 6-people crew (as depicted in the art) on a small fishing boat, the B. [name withheld] that operated within an arctic sea, something like this

none of the people of the crew (or, mostly, of the village, for that matters) are related to each other, and many have come to the village under generally shady or secretive circumstances (not all, but many). as Her Crew, she was pretty close to most of them at least in a purely professional matter, and then some people she was closer than others. her bonds with the crew went as follow:

Eve, the oldest woman, was the captain. she was generally a recluse and really enjoyed the general air of mystery the village allows her to live in, and only really brightened up at sea, which made it a bit hard to bond with her because when at sea She Was Focused. zoichik very much looked up to her, and she was like a substitute mother to zozo (who also came to the village in generally Shady circumstances + with the explicit purpose of remaking her life away from her previous life), even tho that bond was Naht reciprocated like eve did not see her as a daughter figure, but she was kind enough in her outwardly gruffness.

Maksim, the oldest man and eldest of the crew at all, was second-in-command and engineer aboard the B. he was kind of the opposite of Eve, in that he was lively and social and playful on shores but was stricter and sterner aboard the ship, which is kinda for the best since he was in charge of making sure that damned boat like. Went. on the boat, zoichik (and the rest of the crew) had to actively obey him, but them all went about it in a very "sir yes sir :saluting emoji:" like goofy way, while still very much actually doing what he asked, because they all knew that once back on the ground they go eat and smoke with him and hear his same jokes for the 20th time. he was zoichik's buddy.

Valermiye was the youngest of the crew and while he was kind and nice and a little childish and whimsical, everyone could kinda see he didn't want people in his business/was purposefully evasive about what his life before was like, so nobody pushed. zoichik was neither particularly close nor particularly distant from him, and appreciated his company, he was like someone's younger brother, just not hers ykwim.

Lora was kind of the same, as in reclusive and not wanting people in her business, but she was Not nice and kind and whimsical. she was nervous, secretive, and really disliked socializing, which was not out of the mold for people of the village so it was just kinda accepted that it was how it was for her. everyone, most people had towards her a "hey if you want to talk about anything you can hit me up" type of attitude, including zoichik.

Mimik oh mimik was zoichik's favorite. they were close, not as close as zoichik wanted it to, but she was kind of too shoy to push for more. Mimik was very social, lively and brisk and impetuous, a ray of sunshine through the arctic winters if the sun was a ardent and impulsive and a bit brash. she and zoichik had the kind of "extravert adopting an introvert" type of friendship. zoichik loved her. like 👉👈 Loved her. she'd accompany her on trips to the big town south, they were both deckhands then the double trouble of experienced deckhands + boatswains at once, and general at shore they'd spend time with each other rather than others. mimik had big plans and big ambitions but none of them involved leaving the village or life at sea, which made zoichik believe they could stick together for a long, long time, and she would daydream about like. a life together.

the B. capsized and sank in fall of 2004 from dramatic ice accumulation on the deck combined with an unpredictable storm coming onto her, and zoichik was the only survivor. 3 bodies were recovred, and the two still lost at sea are the ones of the two women zoichik felt the closest to, Eve and Mimik. the fact that they are not legally classified as Dead but are under a "presumption of death" haunts zoichik. it's a way of saying "their chances of having survived are close to zero..... but are not zero per se" and it drives zoichik mad and makes the grief even harder to cope with. she is still, 5 years after the sinking, beating herself up over not having told mimik how she felt. until the hauntings change shapes. :~3

[shadowqueen402]

The Novel Descriptions Of The Ocs

These are novel descriptions that I would give each of the Balan Wonderworld ocs! I will be sure tag those that own the respected oc!

🍰 Sugar Dreamer 🍬

Her stage consists of a beautiful city filled with bakeries and sweets shoppes, the air always smelling of baked goods. This mellow teen even brought out cupcakes to Streetbeat and the others when they came to visit.

🩰Prima Ballerina 🦢

A young lady can be seen spinning gracefully across the marble floors of her stage to classical music. She warmly welcomes Streetbeat, Pensive Pierrot, and Clocktower Kid, immediately treating them as though they were her best friends.

🫣 Ghost 🏡

This extremely shy girl hides in the likeness of her stage, which resembles a quiet neighborhood with no other people to be seen. Once she opens up to the others, she shows a kinder and compassionate side to them.

⏳Timekeeper 🚫

Streetbeat and the others accidentally come across a lonely stage that was filled with drawings and time differences. In the distance, they encounter a young bespectacled girl who would rather be left alone. However, she becomes rather hostile when asked about the visions.

💍 Maiden of the Twilight Moon 🪦

During their journey, The Grinning Man In A Top Hat leads the group to a secluded stage where the full moon always shines. In the center of the park, they found a solitary figure standing by the fountain. For some reason, she's the only resident in Wonderworld that doesn't trust Lance.

Nina Hendricks belongs to: @vanillacometdreamer

Selene belongs to: @dreamiiiiie

Lora Jade belongs to: @alex-frostwalker

Timekeeper belongs to: @empressofthesix

Aria Montgomery belongs to me.

Let me know what you guys think!

[backburnerdio]

OC Kiss Week – Day 2 Food

WIP: Time Borrowed Pairing: Beau & Garnet cw: Language, romance Words: 2357 Tag List: @irnalia, @waysofink, @ashen-crest, @spacetimewraithwrites,@dustylovelyrun, @idreamonpaper, @abalonetea, @jaimistoryteller, @kaiusvnoir, @writeouswriter, @reininginthefirewriting, @concealeddarkness13, @winterandwords (Used the Time Borrowed taglist, please let me know if you’d like to be added or removed from this event or the main taglist)

It had been a week since Garnet’s suspension and Beau found himself oddly excited to see him again. He didn’t know why. He kept fidgeting with the safety belt in Valetta’s hatchback, idly watching traffic as they zipped across town.

“You know, Beau, if you don’t wanna go over to Garnet’s, I don’t mind keeping you another week.” Valetta offered, lowering the music.

“I’m okay,” he nodded, turning his attention to her.

“You sure? You look kinda nervous.”

“No, I’m okay. I want to see him.”

“Yeah?” She grinned going strangely quiet before slowing them into the turning lane. “You know what he’d probably like? Some Pączki.”

Beau took a moment to identify what that was. “Donuts?”

“Ooh, yeah, no.” Valetta grimaced as they pulled into the bakery parking lot. “Cops eat donuts, Garnet eats Pączki. But between you and me, they’re the same thing. Just kinda like donuts on steroids.” She pulled them around to the drive-thru and was asked to wait to place her order. Valetta’s car was small, perfect for the way she zipped around traffic, but she was even smaller. She half pulled herself up into the window to be able to see out, drumming fingers on the door.

“Valetta?”

“Yep?” She twisted around to look at him, bottom lip pouting as she played with one of her piercings.

“How long have you known Garnet?”

“Ooy, uh, lemme think,” she sat back in her seat, staring out the windshield in thought. “Shit, I guess twelve years now. Couldn’t stand him at first. Kinda became friends out of sheerly trying to piss each other off.”

“Can I take your order?” A voice from a speaker asked, whipping her back around. It wasn’t the answer he expected. Of course, he knew Garnet was exclusively friendly. Valetta, Ryker, and Nebraska were the only ones Beau had only ever seen him kind towards. But it made him smile.

There’s a chance.

“I tell him all the time he’s too damn mean, but eventually he’ll give it up and be nice. You just gotta give it back to him. Don’t let him scare you.”

“He doesn’t scare me.”

“Tough guy now, huh?” Valetta playfully punched his shoulder, rolling them up to the window to be handed a paper sack. She bumped her wristband to their terminal before driving away. “Here, you hold these. But listen, for real, if at any point he annoys you and you need a ride or a place to stay, just let me know. I got you.”

“Thank you, Valetta.” He stopped playing with the safety belt, focusing on keeping the Pączki warm instead. It wasn't long before Valetta pulled them up to the curb of the apartments to park.

“Want me to go up with you?”

“No, no, I should be fine. I know which one it is.” He was careful not to drop the bag, getting out to get his bookbag from the back seat. “Thanks again for the ride.”

“Don’t mention it,” she leaned over, offering a fist. Beau reached in, gently bumping it with his own. “And, hey, don’t tell Garnet I bought those. He’ll be mad at me for spending money.”

“Are you not supposed to spend money?” Beau frowned.

“No, no, just Garnet thinks I shouldn’t spend money on him. Because, you know, I have a tattoo and piercing habit. Just, yeah, do me a favor and don’t mention it was me.”

“Okay,” Beau agreed, beginning to step away when he remembered something, “Oh! Lora really wants to go see that new murder mystery movie, but she’s too scared to go by herself. She says movies like that make her feel like she’s going to get killed in the parking lot. You should ask her out.” Valetta stared at him, brown cheeks catching a red tint as she gaped. “Okay, goodnight!” Beau hurried to the stairs, making it all the way up to Garnet’s floor before he saw Valetta’s car pull away from the curb.

He hoped she would take her.

The excitement he’d had in the car became something acidic without explanation. But it wasn’t fear. He wasn’t afraid of Garnet– had never been. Beau just kept thinking why Garnet wasn’t at work, that it had been over what happened with Bryant –because of Beau. When Garnet had brought him back after the scuffle and taken him to his SoulMedic appointment, Beau had hoped they really were friends.

But after being suspended, he wondered if Garnet regretted it now.

He paused outside the apartment door, cradling the Pączki, listening to the thrum of music coming from inside the apartment. What if Garnet hadn’t been serious about still having him over? What if it had been some type of sarcasm Beau didn’t get?

Well, I can’t eat these, and they can’t go to waste. He stared down at the bag and knocked on the door. After a while, when there was no answer, he figured Garnet couldn’t hear over the music and started to knock again when the gate was pulled open.

Garnet stood there in sweatpants, his usual defensive scowl easing into surprise as he scanned Beau over. “Oh, hey,” he answered, leaning out to check the hallway. Beau was momentarily distracted by the strange markings on Garnet’s skin, black segments running down his middle, designs covering one shoulder that spread to the elbow, his other arm wrapped in solid bands.

Garnet has tattoos too.

“I didn’t know you were gonna be here this early,” Garnet cut himself off as he checked his wristband, cursing lowly, “Oh, wait, I didn’t realize what time it was.”

“Should I come back later?” Beau offered.

“No, uh, no. It’s fine, I just…” He shifted his weight in the doorway, slightly pulling the door to behind him. Beau had never seen him fidget, drumming fingers on the trim as he glanced at the ground. It made it difficult for Beau not to smile.

He’s nervous too.

“Okay, I’m just gonna be honest with you, I, uh, I have no idea what I’m doing. Okay?”

“Okay.” Beau agreed.

“So, I was gonna…” he paused again, scowling before waving him in, “You know what? Fuck it. Lemme just show you.” Bumping the door open he led Beau inside, locking the door and hurrying past him. “I don’t know if you’ve ever tried reading an instruction manual, but you can’t judge me. This is a judge-free zone, and criticism isn’t allowed.” He paused at the end of the foyer, scratching at the side of his head.

Beau followed him in and stopped, thankful his gyroscopic systems acted as a safety net. Along the windowed walls that made up the back of the den, a tiered tower of shelves stood, complete with an overhead lamp. Some of the shelves weren’t attached, still on the floor spread around Garnet’s work area. But Beau didn’t miss the potted plant sitting on the top shelf.

“Okay, so, listen,” Garnet’s voice came through, having stepped into the kitchen to turn off the music. He hurried over, scrambling to explain himself. “Okay, no, don’t freak out. Nothing’s wrong with it. Okay? I’ve just never really had plants, you know? And I know, with how the rotation works, you spend more time elsewhere than you do here. That’s like, what? Five weeks gone compared to one week here. So, I was doing some research, and it’s winter, so I know it’s not getting enough sunlight, so I got a light for it.

“And then I needed something to put the light on, and it looked stupid on the coffee table –and I got to thinking, what if you end up with your own place? You’ll need something for it, right? So, I found this stand, and figured if you ever wanted, you’d have room for more plants.” Garnet stood by it, turning on the light to display. He made a little ‘ta-da’ motion before stepping aside. There was a moment his hands shuffled about awkwardly, fumbling to find he didn’t have pockets and instead hooked them on his hips.

Beau could only stare. Even from where he stood, he could see the flowering plant was already sprouting new growth since the last time he’d been there.

Garnet has been taking care of it.

“Oh, fuck,” Garnet hissed, dodging around the couch as he hurried over. “I’m sorry, Beau. It’s okay. Look, if you don’t like it, that’s fine. I can use it for like… I dunno, something. You don’t have to like it.”

“I like it,” he got himself to say, still staring.

“You’re a shit liar. Okay? I can see those lines on your face. I know you don’t like it.”

“I do like it.” He defended, reaching up to absently feel his cheek. The stress lines were back.

“Seriously, you’re not gonna hurt my feelings or anything. I didn’t even ask your opinion of it. I can take it back—”

Beau acted before he could finish, reaching for the nape of Garnet’s neck to pull him down for their lips to meet. Garnet tensed, exhaling as if he’d been punched in the gut, grabbing at Beau’s sleeve. It was approximately .29 seconds after the fact Beau realized what he’d done. He instantly wanted to collapse in on himself and disappear.

Only Garnet didn’t pull away. His other hand pressed to the side of Beau’s neck, sliding beneath the collar of his racer jacket and further to thread fingertips into his hair. The hand on his sleeve fisted the material, his turn to pull Beau closer. It caused Beau’s processes to kick into overdrive, trying to keep up with all the sensations and define what was happening.

He blinked rapidly when Garnet leaned back, hands staying in place. Beau’s HUD made him aware of the way Garnet’s pupils were dilated, mouth slightly open from his increased rate of breath.

“I like it,” Beau said without thinking, drawing Garnet’s gaze up from his mouth. “I like the plant stand. Please don’t get rid of it.” The hand in his hair loosened as Garnet leaned back, the sensors in Beau’s fingertips documenting the topography of scars, muscle, and bone as his hand slid around the side of his neck and down to Garnet’s chest when he returned to his full height.

Weight was missing from his free hand and he looked down.

“Oh no!” he stepped back, panic surging. The paper bag he’d been carrying was now on the floor, crinkled and abandoned. He quickly reached down to get it, carefully opening the crumpled top, hoping he hadn’t ruined the treats. “Are they okay? I didn’t mean to drop them. I didn’t ruin them, did I?”

“Wh-what?” Garnet blinked as if dazed before catching up to speed. He tilted closer, peering down into the bag when it was offered.

“Are they broken?” Beau scrambled for what he would do if they were. He could call for a delivery order. But what if they didn’t travel this far? Maybe he could take the tram back. But what if they were closed already?

“You got Pączki?” Garnet looked up at him, eyes wide.

“Did I ruin them? I didn’t mean to drop them.” It was a swirl of emotion that pulled heat into his chest, wanting to laugh and cry at the same time. He wasn’t sure which was appropriate and chose to keep both at bay.

“They’re fine. They’re okay.” Garnet chuckled softly, patting his back, “Jeez-o, they’re not like eggs. They’re probably rougher than that at the store.” Beau nodded, passing the bag to him in fear he may end up crushing them. “You, uh, you got these for me?”

“Valetta said you liked them.” As Garnet took the bag Beau noticed the redness starting in his face.

The realization of what they’d done came crashing down.

Beau couldn’t look at him, instead, he crossed the room to the shelving. The top shelf was almost at eye level, pulling his potted plant off the shelf surprised to find one or two of the tiny forget-me-not blooms.

“You shouldn’t be spending money buying me food,” Garnet chuckled nervously.

“And you shouldn’t be spending money buying me furniture,” Beau said without thinking, turning to assess the damage when there wasn’t a response. Garnet laughed, soft and airy, idly rubbing his mouth as he looked down at the bag.

“Fair enough,” he quietly said. And paused, “So, what do you wanna do tonight? It’s supposed to rain later, but we could still go out if you wanted.”

“Can I help you finish putting this together?” Beau cradled the pot to his stomach, schooling how tightly he held it to not crack the ceramic.

“C’mon,” Garnet snickered, turning to place the Pączki on the counter of the bar. “You don’t have to pretend. Alright? Serious talk, do you actually like it?”

“I told you I did!”

“Yeah, but are you just saying that to be nice?”

“I’m saying it because I like it. I’ve never had… things like this before. Things that don’t fit into a bag.” Things that make a home. His vocals couldn’t manage that, having to mute them at the strange whine they made instead. To distract himself, he looked down at the pot, only finding the sight of the flowers and new growth nearly made him cry.

“Okay,” Garnet whispered, close enough now to touch Beau’s shoulder, neck, the side of his face. “Hey, it’s yours. You can do whatever you like with it, I just don’t want you to feel like you have to keep it.”

“I want to keep it,” Beau said defiantly. “Are you not listening or do I need to kiss you again?” It caught Garnet by surprise, bursting with a chuckle.

“I mean, I’m not against it,” he grinned shyly, glancing away. “We’re gonna have to decide on one of those things because I don’t think that’s something I can multitask.” It made Beau smile as well.

“Let’s start with putting this together.” Beau decided to place the pot on the coffee table.

“Start,” Garnet echoed with a laugh. “Okay, you got jokes. But I gotta warn you, the instructions don’t make any sense."

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Relationship status: bodily im& single romantic wise, but we're& queerplatonic partner / plush systems w/ the cathedral system / leli who we& love v much !! our& familial sibling systems are andrew / the morcialists & anderson/kafka / the narcos system who we& adore v much & hope they're okay. im& also in an polyamorous romantic insys relationship w/ eren& & mello& & in familial & platonic relationships w/ others in my& system & ngl i'm& in an eternal state of Yearning TM :V

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