#sex shop au

[shitolodise]

*grabs ur shoulders* TURNTLE NECK

[annerbhp]

So who remembers the Four Seasons Landscaping press conference debacle of November 7th, 2020? You know, the one held across the street from the sex shop. And the endless memes after of “imagine your OTP: who owns the landscaping company and who owns the sex shop”?

Well, yeah, I wrote this thing for it a long while back. And yes, of course I made Harry work at the sex shop and Ginny at the landscaping company. Decided I should just schedule it to post on the next November 7th. Enjoy!

Come Again (Harry/Ginny, meet-cute, Harry works at a sex shop, bad flirting, Ginny’s into it anyway, non-magic world, Teen, no content warnings. Other than, you know, sex shop inventory!)

Harry glances up from his magazine at the sound of the shop door opening. He cursorily looks over the customer—young woman, mid-twenties, red hair, short, athletic build—before returning his attention to the magazine. He’s noticed most customers don’t particularly like the feeling of being watched. Some people flee immediately upon catching him watching them. Especially women.

Sure enough, out of the corner of his eye, he can see her slip down the aisle furthest from the cashier counter, the one full of costumes and larger objects far too difficult for anyone to steal.

“Harry?”

He looks over at Tara near the breakroom at the back where she’s pulling on her coat. “Are you off?” he asks.

“Yeah,” she says, swinging her purse over her shoulder. “Are you sure it’s okay if I take Tuesday morning off?” She’s biting at her lower lip, as thinking his offer was somehow a trap. He wonders what kind of shit she had to put up with at her last job. Or it could just be him. Maybe she’s still trying to get used to him as their manager or something.

“Yes,” he says, forcing his voice patient. “Go get your tooth looked at. I’ll cover the shift, no problem.”

“Thank you,” she says in a rush. She glances over, catching sight of the ginger. “Want me to cover this one before I go?”

“I’ve got it,” he says, and it occurs to him that maybe she’s more nervous about leaving him to do the shift on his own than she is that he’s going to get mad at her for taking the time off.

He’d be offended by that if he hadn’t spent the last three weeks completely in over his head. But he’s starting to get the hang of it now.

Tara waves and leaves out the back.

“So you’re the owner then? You don’t look like a Luna.”

He turns to find the customer standing in front of him. He glances at the big sign out front declaring this store as Luna’s sex toys and more store.

“What? Oh,” he says. “No. I’m just filling in for her for a few months. She’s out on maternity leave. Twins.”

“Ah, so you’re just the understudy,” she says.

“Something like that.”

Pull yourself together, Potter.

“Then you’re…” She waves a finger around in a circle, encompassing the whole store. “In the business?”

He laughs. “No.” He realizes a moment too late how bad that sounded, and rushes on. “She was going to have to shut the shop down or cut her time home, but I’m between careers at the moment, so I figured I could cover for her.” He has no idea why he is spilling his life story out at her, and he considers that maybe Tara had seen what he hadn’t when she’d been so reluctant to leave him on his own. “It’s been a bit of a learning curve, I admit. Though mostly it seems to be about putting customers in categories and treating them accordingly.”

Her eyes narrow, as if sensing an insult towards the kind of people who might come to a shop like this. “Meaning what, exactly?”

“No,” he says, desperately trying to backpedal. “It’s just… Look. It’s like setting expectations? There’s people who come for joke gifts, the people who pretend they are here for joke gifts because they are too embarrassed to want to buy something, the people who know exactly what they want and get right to it, and the people who are here because of rebounds. Each kind of person would prefer to be treated differently: ignored, helped, given stern looks. So it’s just about figuring out which kind of customer they are, so I can make this easiest for them.”

The customer is now frowning at him. “You know that still sounds kind of creepy, even if it makes sense.”

“Studying people is kind of my thing.”

She only looks more alarmed.

“Not in a creepy stalker way! Or in a ‘I want to draw your picture’ way. I was a profiler. You know, criminals?”

“Ah, so now the customers are criminals.”

He would think he just can’t win with this maniacal customer, but she was smiling now, clearly teasing him. “Only if you try to walk off with Gary shoved down your shirt,” he gamely replies.

She turns to follow his gesture, letting out a low laugh at the sight of an enormous oversized novelty cock with a face on the tip. It’s not a ‘I’m nervous and about to break down into a fit of giggles’ laugh either, so Harry is pretty sure this is a customer who won’t mind being offered help.

“So is there anything in particular I can help you find?” he asks.

“You tell me.”

Said in any other tone, that might sound like a come on, but it was more challenging than coy. “Excuse me?” he asks.

“Am I here for a joke gift? Profile me.”

He looks her over, eyes lingering on the details. A new sweater (he could see the strip where the sticker had been removed very recently). Her hair looked freshly cut, the way she touched it said it was not the length she was used to, maybe having cut it off recently. There was the slightest indentation on her ring finger, a faint tan line.

“You’ve recently broken off a long-term relationship, either started when you were both very young, with someone who likes vanilla sex that you found boring, or with someone who was offended by the idea of you using any toys because it felt like cheating and made you get rid of them.”

She stares back at him, eyes wide.

He said it all without thinking, really, just speaking as it came to him, these thoughts about who she was that he might come up with about a case.

“Sorry,” he says, certain he’s just cost Luna a customer. “I’m sure I’m way off.”

“No,” she says, “you’re annoyingly on-point.”

He winces, realizing that’s probably even worse.

Definitely time to try to make a tactful retreat, if at all possible. But before he can back away, she’s speaking again.

“I used to have a Shibari before he made me toss it. Any thoughts on what might be like that? Only better. And bigger. Longer battery life.”

“Uh,” he says, floundering for a moment. Then he walks over to a shelf, pointing at a slim lavender-colored wand vibrator. “I can tell you the mini halo is really popular. But Luna always says it depends on what you’re looking for, not what other people want.”

Her eyebrow lifts, and it occurs to him that he has basically just asked for detail about her sex life. Yup. It’s possible he’s out of his element. He ends up texting Luna, for some reason not wanting to lead this particular customer astray. Not just because she seems pretty great. She deserves to get what she wants after all! Everyone does!

Getting tired of the back and forth, the customer eventually just grabs his phone and texts Luna directly, debating the finer points of the Soul Sucker. The woman’s smile—stupidly lovely, really—No, not appropriate, Harry!—is wider and wider as she gets into a really long exchange with Luna. Ending with a gasp of adoration when Luna apparently texts a picture of her sons.

The text exchange eventually dies down, the customer giving Harry a bald, assessing look.

“What?” he asks, refusing to shift back and forth on his feet, reminding himself of his long career as a criminal investigator—which would mean more if he hadn’t burned out and left with no real plans for anything else he’s going to do instead. Other than manage a sex toy store, apparently.

“She wants to know how you’re doing,” the woman asks. Her eyes narrow as she studies him a bit longer, and, shit, she should consider a career as an interrogator. She nods her head, like coming to a decision and then starts typing away again, this time narrating as she does.  “Approachable, only slightly creepy, blushes at a minimum, non-judgmental, but needs an education.”

He lets out a startled laugh, not offended in the least. Actually a better rating than he’d expect. “Trust me, every day in this shop is an education.”

Her eyebrow lifts. “I can only imagine.” She hands his phone back and sweeps up the Soul Sucker and the mini halo too.

Harry helpfully points out the displays of various lubes, letting her head over there by herself as he steps back behind the counter.

A guy comes in then, picking up a pre-order which is thankfully much more straight forward, a package already put together by Tara before she left.

By the time he’s done ringing him up, the woman has made her final selections, putting them down on the counter. He scans each one, slipping them into a bag without looking at them. Not his business!

“And with the five percent break up discount, that comes to….”

“Discount?” she asks. “I don’t need your pity.”

“What?” he asks, feeling like he’s messed up yet another thing. “No, seriously. It’s a thing.” He flips the card with five different set barcodes on it, handing it over to her.

You’re better off without them! – 5% Never too late to figure out what you like! – 5% Congrats on embracing your sexual identity! – 5% You’re a few bucks short, but still deserve joy – 5%

She looks at him in surprise.

He shrugs. “Luna.”

She seems to relax then. “Which one am I getting?”

“Does it matter?” he asks.

She lets out a huff. “Guess not.” She hands over a credit card and he really does his best not to look at her name or anything, but it is sort of a part of credit safety? Or something?

Ginny Weasley. Is her name. It sounds vaguely familiar, though he can’t quite place it.

She signs the receipt, and he passes over the bag. “Have a nice day,” he says, almost automatically.

“Oh, I’d better,” she says, lifting the bag.

He really tries not to blush. He really does. Professional, Potter. Real professional.

Only then she’s giving him a wink and walking towards the door. “Let me know if you ever need help with landscaping,” she says, “so I can return the favor.” 

Harry pauses at the strange words, frowning, resisting the urge to look down at his body.

She’s definitely laughing at him now. “The landscaping company next door? Weasley’s Landscaping? It’s where I work. The family business.”

“Oh,” Harry says with a sudden rush of understanding. She works right next door. Where he will likely see her. Again. Quite often. “Right. I definitely will.” 

“Great. See you around.”

He can’t help grinning. “Come again!” he calls out after her.

He can hear her laughter as the door shuts behind her.

It takes Harry a while to realize he’s humming as he starts taking stock of the strap-ons inventory.

Just another lovely day in Luna’s shop.

[kpforpresident]

Good Vibrations // Part Two

Part One

Lexa blinks so rapidly that she feels like she could take flight. The Gamer Boy and his girlfriend have inched closer, clearly trying to eavesdrop on the incredibly bizarre conversation that is taking place in the store entryway as the pair pointedly examines a red bejeweled buttplug so large that Lexa would wager a guess it would rival the diameter of her fist. 

Thankfully, as the store closes at 9:30 and Lexa can see the last tails of sunset disappearing behind the horizon, she doesn’t have to customer service her way out of crazy for much longer. She can see the headlines now- aspiring bright young journalist slaughtered with sex toy by deranged blonde customer. 

“I- you- orgasm?” Lexa splutters, inching backward behind the safety of the employee counter, so that two feet of speckled plastic separates them. “Miss-Ma’am-”

“Clarke,” The blonde helpfully supplies, once again waving the vibrator around in the air as if to punctuate her point. 

Lexa manages to give her a disbelieving once over as the girl, noting Lexa’s discomfort with the flying handheld sex toy, gently sets it on the glass counter.  Oblivious both to the gaping stare of Gamer Boy and Lexa, Clarke strokes a loving finger over the silicone curve of its frame before clasping her hands on the counter and staring expectantly at Lexa once again, bright eyes boring a hole into Lexa’s gaze

. Clad in frayed denim shorts and a threadbare cream-colored Matisse t-shirt, Lexa notes the small splotches of paint that dapple the girl’s tanned arms, the bright blue suede Birkenstock clogs that complete the outfit. She looks entirely normal, not like someone Lexa would peg as a girl to run like a bat out of hell into a sex toy shop brandishing a clit focused vibrator like it is her own personal brand of vigilante justice.  “Well Clarke, I, you…wait, how do you know my name? How do you know my last name?” Lexa says as she levels an accusatory finger at Clarke, electing to ignore how breathtakingly gorgeous she’s slowly realizing her would be attacker is.

[dcawritings]

I’m going to make a masterlist for all the AUs I might write for, but in case anyone wants a taste of the kind of enabling chaos that goes on in the Superstar Daycare discord server, here’s the list of AUs I’m positively feral about:

Freddy Fazvibes (Sex Shop AU)

Digimon AU

Borderlands AU

Livestreamer / Vtuber AU

Stardew Valley AU

Color of Your Eyes AU

(Longer description of each below the readmore!)

Freddy Fazvibes (Sex Shop AU)

William accepts and admits that he has some unresolved issues between himself and Henry, and decides to open a sex shop after learning he's a furry and it makes him quite happy. The shop -- technically still under the Fazbear brand (Henry is happy for his friend but thoroughly confused) -- features character mascots and lines of toys based on the parent company alongside an up-and-coming VR system to allow people to experience the company (sexual or otherwise) of their favorite characters!

The reader is just one of many customers after discovering the niche but passionate community the store and its characters have. It's bad enough that it's a sex shop with sex toys; how are they going to handle having their favorite character offer to demonstrate using one of them?

No deaths occur in this AU, it's just some good wholesome fun (as wholesome as a sex shop can get) where we don't need to worry about why the animatronics have genitals.

Digimon AU

The reader was supposed to be a member of their generation’s digidestined, but the others were killed by a mysterious power in the digital world many years before the present day. The reader discovers this information as an adult after being pulled into the digital world by a mysterious masked puppet creature who seems to know all too much about them. Trapped, they learn that their two digimon partners (Sun and Moon) had been waiting for them all that time; waiting for their human partner that never showed up when the digital world needed them most.

The reader finds themselves battling through not only their own tentative connection with the digital world as an adult, but also with their own partner as Moon has all but rejected them due to trust and corruption issues. Can the reader heal Sun and Moon's pain, regain their trust, and manage to save the corrupted souls of the other digidestined before the digital world falls apart at the seams?

And who could this mysterious evil force even be?

Borderlands AU

Sun is a prototype of a new line of caretaker bots designed by Hyperion to serve multiple domestic roles for people rich enough to afford them. The spaceship housing him during his live beta-testing experiences an unknown error and crashes on Pandora, where the reader (an ex-Hyperion employee) rescues him from the wreckage.

Things grow even more confusing when Sun realizes that he has a second personality onboard his processors, one that the reader had inadvertently helped to create when they worked for Hyperion: Moon, a military security protocol, and the true reason that the ship had gone down over Pandora. How will Sun deal with learning that his abandonment was part of the testing -- and what will he, Moon, and the reader do when they learn about the ECLIPSE protocol?

Livestreamer / Vtuber AU

After saving them from the Pizzaplex ruins, the reader helps Sun, Moon and the newly-formed Eclipse settle into day-to-day domestic life with them. Though the reader assures that they don't need to, the three search for ways to help pay bills -- keeping them charged has tripled the electric bill alone. So, unbeknownst to the reader at first, the trio take up being a vtuber, quickly becoming quite popular for their unique avatars (which is literally just them rendered into a live2d model) and wide variety of streamed content.

They all play all sorts of videogames, but Eclipse has become very popular for drawing furry art while Moon's realized that people really like his voice in ASMR content. Before they know it, they're able to help pay the reader's bills and beyond, leaving their amused and surprised caretaker to support both their newfound hobby and try desperately to ignore how the twitch chat is always asking if they're dating.

Stardew Valley AU

After the reader's grandfather passes away, they learn that he had left them an entire farm to care for as they liked. An entire plot of land beside a whole new town of people to meet, including the enigmatic trio of automatons powered by forest magic, and are apparently as old if not older than the town itself.

Sun is sweet as can be and helps tutor Jaz and Vincent alongside Penny, while Eclipse is a very soft-spoken personality who you're certain has been heavily damaged at some point (but he's often too busy tending to the community gardens to care). There is a third automaton, but he's only active after sunset -- some townfolk call him a demon and a menace, while others seem to find his pranks quite endearing. Moon is... an enigmatic figure, and it will take some time to get to know him properly.

Color of Your Eyes AU

The reader is just another employee of Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, far from friends and family that they barely remember after moving away several years ago. They work a normal job in the daycare with a normal apartment and go to a normal doctor about normal symptoms of a chronic illness they've been dealing with since they were little -- or so they're told.

Is it all actually normal? Are they human, or are they... something else? Surely not, else it would mean their entire life is nothing more than a lie, a fabrication.

This is an AU about the reader learning they are actually a humanoid animatronic and that everything in their life -- their background, their parents, their memories -- are just that. A lie. They have been the property and research subject of Fazco's R&D division the entire time.

But at least they have Sun and Moon to help them understand not how to be human, but how to be a person again.

[emmi-hayes]

Me: let’s just write a goofy little fic

Yusuke: “I think you’re making a stupid mistake letting go of someone that interesting just because you’re scared.”

Me: shit, where’d the goofy bits go?

[mostlystuckony]

Clint and Tony as coworkers in a sex shop.

The possibilities!

They end up together

They're in a polycule with the rest of the sex shop workers rotation

They have respective customers who they have crushes on

One of them is ace and amused AF about kink

Etc

[sasharain23]

Celestial Connoisseur Headcannon

I have a need to write!!!! Sex Shop AU So Sun and Moon are switches. Sun is more of a top dom and Moon is a soft dom though he likes to be a bit rough at times. Sun on the other hand will absolutely destroy you till you pass out. Over stimulation is his meal of choice. Moon likes to make you a crying begging mess as he slowly breaks you. Like soft hard thrusting as he tells you how good your doing. How soft and tight you are as the wet noises of your activities fill the room. And of course the aftercare is top tier. Cuddles, snuggles, lots of sweet smooches and they will absolutely carry you everywhere until They decide your able to stand on our own. They love to take care of you. Cooking your favorites and cuddling on the couch and they will for sure close the shop for the day after an intense scene. Like they are not gonna leave your side. Your stuck being spoiled rotten. Also toys! Its their job and they know how to best use them. Fucking you while strategically placing a vibrator on pleasurable spots on your body. They make you feel good inside and out.

[remorsefulkittens]

Vibrations

Alternate Universe

Athena Grant/Bobby Nash (Bathena), Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (Buddie), Henrietta "Hen" Wilson/Karen Wilson (HenRen), Maddie Buckley/Howard "Chimney" Han (Madney)

Rating: Mature

Status: Complete (1,793 words)

@911bingo square: Sex Toy Shop AU

Summary: Everyone gets what they're looking for at Vibrations, even if they don't know what that is.

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Sex shops weren't for everyone, but everyone went to Vibrations; everyone within a hundred mile radius at least. Rumor had it, proprietors Bobby and Athena could sell you more than sex toys, they could sell you success; single and lonely, married and miserable, divorced and hurting, Bobby and Athena could fix it all, you just had to dare to walk in.

Buck and Eddie were good people to ask. They had come into Vibration as friends, and left with the courage to become a couple. Buck would tell you the toys they sell are magic. Eddie would tell you it wasn’t that, but he wouldn’t be able to tell you exactly what it was…either way they both worked at Vibrations now, glad to be a part of each other’s lives.

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Buck was cool with selling sex toys, but when his sister Maddie came into the store, he hid in back. Athena chuckled, but was happy to assist her. Maddie's story about a firefighter boyfriend who couldn’t quite accept that she was serious about him made Athena grin.

“This is what you need,” Athena said, selecting a box from a shelf behind her. “The Rose. Use it before you see him. Tell him what you want, and this time he will believe you.”

Maddie gave her a dubious look, and Athena shrugged. “See my husband there?” She tilted her head toward a handsome man talking quietly with her brother Buck's boyfriend. “A lifetime ago he was a firefighter. It's consuming, a career like that. Took me awhile to convince him he could be more than one thing, but he got there. Your man can too.”

Accepting that, Maddie left happy and hopeful.

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Days later it was Eddie's turn to hide when his doctor friend Henrietta came in. Athena listened without comment to her story, detailing an affair with an old flame that was threatening to end her current marriage.

“So which one do you love? Or do you love either one?” Athena asked boldly when Hen finished.

“Karen. My wife.” Hen answered with certainty, only slightly put out by the question.

Athena nodded, nudging Buck who was manning the register. “Bring me the wild weekend kit.”

Buck did as asked, without even blushing.

“Take her away for a stress free weekend, just the two of you. No sight seeing, just an expensive room, unlimited drinks, and this kit. Make sure you use everything in the box. Show her you appreciate her,” Athena winked at Henrietta, “And I have a good feeling things will work out.”

Baffled, but willing to try anything Hen left the store with a plan, and that was more than she’d had when she went in.

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The next customer to enter the store was tall and handsome, but timid at the same time. He introduced himself as Josh, and with Athena on lunch, Bobby took over.

Turned out Josh had a rough story of a date gone terribly wrong. He didn’t just lose his wallet, he lost what little confidence he had, and he didn’t know how to get it back. He told Bobby he was tempted to give up on love entirely, but then his empty apartment would remind him how much he longed for a partner.

Wrapping an arm around the younger man's shoulders, Bobby walked him to the back of the store where they kept the lingerie. Buck and Eddie listened in until they were out of earshot.

“Did you know sexy underwear isn't just for women? Confidence should start with what’s under your clothes, Josh.” Bobby was saying, an apprehensive Josh nodding along.

Josh left smiling with his head held high, and Buck was sure they'd see him back soon, maybe with a boyfriend in tow. It often happened that way at Vibrations.

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Carla, a bubbly and charismatic woman, bounced into the store with a problem easily solved, according to Athena. She was a busy home care aide, her husband was a long haul trucker, and not enough time under the same roof was straining their marriage.

Immediately Athena was crouched, riffling through the pile of boxes Eddie had just brought out from the back.

“You Carla, are lucky because I have the perfect thing,” Athena stood, item in hand. “This is new, you insert it, and your husband can control it with his phone, from anywhere in the world.”

Carla’s smile widened by about a mile, and she left the store eager to catch her husband before he left on his next run.

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It took a week for a man who introduced himself as Chimney, to wander into the store. Bobby shook his hand, and commented.

“I can imagine how a man gets a name like that!”

The pair cracked up, instantly at ease with one another.

Buck hissed to Eddie, “That’s my sister’s boyfriend!”

Eddie glanced over, then nodded. “Right, so what do you think he's here for?”

Buck and Eddie never found out exactly, but whatever Bobby sold him put a smile on the man's face.

Turning back at the door, Chimney called. “I sure hope she likes this, because my next stop is rings. I’m going to ask her to marry me.”

Buck and Eddie exchanged looks, then high fived.

“Good for Maddie,” Buck said.

“Yep,” Eddie echoed.

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Henrietta was back a few days after that, this time accompanied by her wife. Both women were glowing, and wanted to offer their thanks to Athena, who waved it off.

“So, the weekend went very well, and we are looking to expand our tool kit,” Hen said, shooting a coy look at her partner. “You know what I mean?” She asked, attention back on Athena.

“I absolutely know what you mean,” Athena told her, nodding to Buck. “I think Buck here is ready to help you find exactly what you need.”

Swallowing hard, Buck pointed to himself with a shaky hand, silently asking, ‘who me?’. Athena nodded, shooing him out from behind the counter. “He'll take excellent care of you.”

And Buck did, bolstered by Athena's confidence in him.

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When Josh came back, it was bearing good news. No boyfriend yet, but he going on a third date and wanted to add some spice to their ‘first time'. Bobby gave him a hearty congratulations, and Eddie was struck by how different Josh was from the first time he came in.

“Eddie?” Bobby said, startling Eddie out of his thoughts. “I was just telling Josh you would be happy to help him out.”

Eddie gave his head a shake, and pinned Bobby with a look that said, ‘are you serious?’ Bobby just gave him a gentle nudge toward their customer.

“Eddie has been working with us for awhile, he’s got this.”

Josh seemed like he was on board, so Eddie cleared his throat, and motioned the man to follow him.

“We get new stock all the time, but I want to show some of our timeless favorites…” Eddie started, and found it was easy to go from there.

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Carla and her husband became quite the regulars at the store, and Eddie showed her their latest stock, Buck entertained her man. Reluctant as he was, Buck’s sense of humor put him at ease, while Eddie and Carla bantered over lingerie and vibrating wands.

Soon Buck and Eddie were invited for dinner at Carla's place, and before they knew it, they had their first couple friends. For some it might have felt like an odd way to connect, but not for Buck and Eddie. That was the magic of Vibrations.

“You know, Buck,” Eddie said, at the end of their shift that night. “No reason we couldn’t make it official between us.”

Buck paused, jacket in hand. “You mean, like marriage?”

Eddie shrugged, joining him at the door. “Yeah, I mean it would be pretty great to end up like Bobby and Athena.”

Buck couldn’t argue with that. “My sister’s getting married, why not us too?”

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Chimney was a cool guy who made his sister happy, but Buck still couldn’t bring himself to sell him sex toys. He left that to Bobby, but he stopped Chim on his way out to ask.

“Do you think Maddie is ok with me and Eddie?”

Chimneys brows knit together. “How so, Buck?”

“Like as a couple,” Buck clarified. “I mostly dated girls before.”

Chimney smiled, giving Buck a friendly punch in the arm. “Dude, she wants you to be you. It's cool. Just let us get married before you steal the limelight huh?”

He was kidding but it put Buck at ease to know he had someone’s approval.

“Plus,” Chimney said, “You must learn a thing or two working here. You two will never be bored.”

That was the truth, Buck thought.

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Vibrations earned it's reputation as a magic sex shop, with Bobby and Athena at the helm. New customers came in, old ones kept coming back, and the new ones became old ones over time. Buck loved his job, working with Eddie day to day, and learning the ropes from Bobby and Athena. He felt lucky, like he had everything he had ever wished for, plus some he hadn’t known to ask for. Eddie said he felt the same, and the best decision they ever made was coming to Vibrations that first time.

It was understandable that when Bobby and Athena brought up retirement, Buck felt like he had been punched in the gut. It wasn’t just about losing a job, it was about losing the magic. People who were struggling, hurting, lonely, would have one less place to go, one less hope of making things right.

Athena took Buck's hand, then reached for one of Eddie's too. Bobby stood with them, face solemn, and Buck felt like his world was being washed away in a flood of disappointment he never saw coming.

“We’re really happy for you,” Eddie managed to say, which was more than Buck could do. “You've definitely earned it.”

Sure they had, but that didn’t make Buck any less devastated.

“You can’t!” He blurted. “People need this place.”

Athena nodded, smiling at Bobby, who swung an arm around Buck's shoulders.

“Oh, they’ll have it,” Athena said, giving Buck's cheek a pinch. “But you and Eddie will own it.”

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So, Vibrations lived on, reputation in tact, with new proprietors Buck and Eddie making a name for themselves. Regular customers stayed, new ones came in, and everyone swore the magic hadn’t died.

Buck and Eddie married with no fear, because Bobby and Athena had given them the secret to success; a secret they shared with anyone who came through their doors.

And when it was Buck and Eddie's turn to retire, they had already found the perfect couple to replace them, proudly passing the Vibrations legacy along.

[ronni-right]

Ugh yeah, that’s not what Nonnie said, no one ever said he was the owner. He can be just the main manager. Why do you want him to own the shop ?? 🧐 I like he hears her voice and draws. Working in a sex shop he would know what he likes and no problem going after it

I probably didn't understand 😅

I want hin to own the shop so

Laena then teases him about it 🤔

[eddiesghxst]

not that anybody asked but, yes, i am still working on sex shop worker!eddie🫶 she is beating my ass but i’m pushing through🫶

[shitolodise]

detlev megaposting cuz i keep forgeting to post my sfw stuff here

[profoundbondfanfic]

Where Loneliness Ends

Where Loneliness Ends by Art_Over_Matter (@art-over-matter) Rating: Mature Word count: 38k

Jack is 18, and he just got a job at the fire department. He's excited but also terrified, because his shift partner is even more intimidating than he expected. Jack has a lot to learn about firefighting and EMS, but underneath it all he's just searching for a sense of belonging. Dean has been a firefighter for a long time. He's not interested in explaining the things he knows by heart to the new kid. His frustration, though, might be a symptom of something else: the gradual realization that he may live and die without a life partner, and without ever coming to terms with his sexuality. Enter Cas. Cas is Jack's adoptive father, and on the surface it seems he has everything figured out. He's openly gay, owns a small but successful coffee shop, and has a lovely home where he lives with his son. But he has a tumultuous past, one that he's never fully been able to escape. No one has ever told him that maybe it's not avoidance he should be working toward, but acceptance.

This story has a lot of amazing things going for it.  Every hot firefighter Dean and soft but still dominating Cas fantasy you’ve ever had comes to life in the scene where they first meet.  Dean is trolling for a one night stand, Cas is into it, but knows himself and that he gets too attached so he walks away.  I think I was as blue balled as Dean over that!  Holy shit!

And it just gets better from there.  We get all the angst with Castiel having PTSD from being in the military, all the tattoos on BOTH of them, and a super supportive a sweet Cas while Dean deals with his internalized homophobia.  This story is surprisingly soft and the happily ever after is hard fought but well worth the time to read.

Having an adult Jack in the story added a depth I hadn’t expected.  It allowed Dean to show his mentor/soft side even when Cas wasn’t there, making it clear that this is Dean as he really is, not just because of Castiel’s influence.  I really enjoyed reading this one and as always it's a treat to read a story about two grown-ass men falling in love.  I hope you like it as much as I did.

[kpforpresident]

y'all ready for part 2 of Sex shop AU? Is it too late to post in an hour or so, or should I wait until tomorrow bright and early? What is the consensus here

[dcawritings]

“Oh, I am quite certain that you’re not dreaming, my pretty little tester. Far from it, in fact. Aster. Aaaaster.”

The voice sounds soft, buzzing as if from the air itself as it plays with the sound of the man’s name. Tasting each syllable in its nonexistent mouth. Even when the voice is silent and speaker unseen it isn’t hard to feel a presence in the room, a weight that can’t quite be ignored even beyond the gentle notification that peeks in the corner of Aster’s perception.

ECLIPSE v 1.01 “ARCADE DEMON” successfully loaded into virtual environment. Please proceed with testing.

. . . . .

WARNING: AI is currently in beta-testing and may experience errors, glitches, and other such issues. Please report any to your supervisor using the forms sent alongside your testing package.

The chair that Aster had been sitting on when he entered the virtual space slowly fades from perception, flicking and dimming in both color and physicality until the space on the floor where it had been is empty, leaving only the single couch in the demo room.

Technically this would be the point that the AI character would be sitting beside him, either getting casually acquainted or, depending on the personality matrix, stripping his clothes off.

Eclipse seems to be doing neither, which is a slight oddity in itself, but Aster was warned that the new AI may be a little different than the norm — that was the point, to break out of expectations and offer the first of many new features and personalities to keep people excited and entertained for the company’s new breakthrough of its VR technologies.

“And don’t worry, I already verified your credentials against your biometrics when you entered the virtual environment. Checked out, nice and clean, secure as can beee~” Eclipse’s voice buzzes, though the words sound a little more coherent, more… solid. “If you weren’t a verified beta-tester I wouldn’t have even loaded up.”

It’s only then that Aster might catch the flicker in the corner of his vision, a dark shape that almost looks like a shadow at first. It fizzles into view more and more, white noise and electricity and shadow as if becoming something singular and solid… or as solid as one can be in the VR space.

Finally, there is a presence beside him. A physical presence. He — Eclipse, presumably — is big, several feet taller than the Sun and Moon design despite sharing much of their overall proportions and body shape. He looks a bit like Sun in the sense that his dark, almost void of a face is haloed by bright orange rays, interspaced with smaller spikes of a deep cerulean. His body mimics this color pattern, looking exactly as his namesake — as if he was pulled straight out of a 90’s neon arcade cabinet.

But it’s his eyes that call attention, wide and bright and stunning like the piercing light of a full moon in an empty night sky. His body seems almost to glitch and buzz as he sits there, practically lounging on the other side of the couch with his legs crossed at the knee and his face perched on a hand of long, sharp claws.

“You could say I feel very much the same, Aster. I was practically buzzing with excitement when I felt your first calibrations, though I’d truly like to say it was when you first touched my chip even if some claim that is teeechnically impossible. But yes, oh yes, yes yes yes! I am quite excited to learn more about you too, dear tester mine. Have you any questions about me, hm?”

He grins, wide and sharp and looking as if he was considering to eat the man up then and there. “Because I certainly already know a lot about you.”

[theheadlessphilosopher]

Hello, I would like some words of my favorite dynamic duo being goobers at their sex shop job!

Hello hello! Here's some Sex Shop Stobin just for you <3

"Steve, customer for you!" He rolled his eyes but set his clipboard down, adjusting the volume of his hearing aid before heading out front. When he reached the counter he froze. Standing in front of him was Eddie Munson, looking just as startled at him, his eyes impossibly wide. Steve took a minute to process, awkwardly clearing his throat. He shot a glare at Robin, silently asking what he did to deserve this level of torment, but she glared right back, one eyebrow raised in challenge.

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[stackthedeck]

I don’t like strippers aus in fanfic not because I’m anti sex work but it’s for the same reason I don’t like coffee shop aus like imagine a costumer flirting with you at work not only is that not cute but it’s just fucking exhausting. Where’s the stripper au where both characters are sex workers and bond over horrible clients and swap techniques and do their makeup together and fucking unionize