#silly and sweet

[black-salt-cage]

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[roosterbox]

Fic Rec Friday 12/29/2023

Title: Snow on the Beach

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandoms: Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom, Charlie Countryman (2013), Adam (2009)

Relationship: Nigel (Charlie Countryman)/Adam Raki

Characters: Nigel (Charlie Countryman), Adam Raki, Elizabeth Buchwald

Additional Tags: Romance, Love at First Sight, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Christmas, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Smut, Feelings softness emotion, Tenderness, Possessive Nigel (Charlie Countryman), Obsessive Love, The boys give each other a wonderful happy Christmas, and as a bonus Beth gets told off

Summary: A broken nutcracker ornament brings together two strangers who are having miserable Christmases...right up until the moment they meet each other.

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Got another little Christmas story for y’all today. Fitting for the last rec of 2023, eh?

Characterization is key here. Most of the time, in other stories, Nigel is written very rough around the edges. A ball of threatening energy. He’s much the same here, but a bit gentler. He usually gets thus around Adam, but it seems especially so in this one. And Adam, sweet Adam, is precious as always. They kind of speed run the whole relationship thing - no slow burn to be found here - but it still rings true for their characters. Is it entirely realistic that these guys would fall for each other so quickly? Maybe not, but from the places they’re both at? Emotionally? I could see it.

The way Christmas ties the plot together is great too. It’s the season of togetherness, and both of the guys are not exactly doing well on that front at the start. Adam’s a bit worse off than Nigel, who will always have Darko on his side, for better or worse (he’d probably say worse, lol). But then they find each other. And, cliché though it may seem, they also find a bit of themselves in the process. And then proceed to fuck nasty. ‘Tis the goddamn season.

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Next Week: First rec of 2024! Woohoo!

For this one, I’m heading back to the lovely, gorgeous world of Hiddlesworth RPF. Another amazing AU. And this one offers something unique that I don’t tend to go for in my favorite fics: a First Person Perspective! Also sweet boys with emotional issues finding everything they need in each other.

See you in 2024!

[catmask]

sometimes while i think about that while a lot of adults did not treat me very well as a kid i also get a lot of 'in hindsight this person was so good to me and i didnt even realize it until now' as an adult. today i was thinking about how the first anime convention i ever went to was when i was 10 and i asked the man working the manga cafe what manga was/what a good place to start was (because the con was very overstimulating for me and i had gotten lost) and he asked how old i was before recommending yotsuba and asking if i wanted any water or something to eat. its really simple but theres a lot of bad things that couldve happened or he could've been careless in his recommendation, but instead yotsuba has remained one of my favorite manga for years, and probably a large portion of why i continue to read manga as an adult... i think adults who try to involve kids in the world safely/kindly even in little ways make so much more of a difference than they ever really know.

[majunju]

cold

[cocomeow]

Mouf

[neverevan]

love is stored in the silly little hand gestures

+ bonus

✨ THANK YOU FOR 2K FOLLOWERS! ✨

[manriah]

[sirenetica]

Some details for my dca designs!

I wanted something subtle and recognizable! I added a few things of my own (the bows, the star crown/swirls on the rays) generally just tried to make designs I could draw quickly and for fun :)

[khytal]

modern au movie date for vash’s birthday :]

[scarapanna]

This animatic has finally been finished!!

The quality took a big hit thanks to kinemaster's gigantic watermark, but at least that annoying thing is gone hsndfdb

Oh well, I guess it adds to the aestetic/silly

[00belle00lovely00]

*UGLY SOBBING*

I FUCKIN LOVE THEEEMMMMMM

I KNOW DOGDAY SOUNDS LIKE A MIDDLE AGED MAN BUT IMAGINE. JUST. IMAGINE IF HE WERE TO BE A BEBE. IF HE WAS A SWEET BEBE. A PUPPY BOY. A LIL SWEETIE

[skribbzy]

Pov: sun is listening to u ramble about your hyperfixations <33

(If u saw this on discord already, no u didnt-)

[sketchy-tour]

Last doodle of the year! Whiteboard is STILL hard to use and I spent way too long on this

BUT STILL!!! Proud of it~

[christakisbang]

[n30draws]

You make my crooked heart do freaky little flips💘

[strawberrycartt]

Eye see you 🎃