#smitten kitten will

[slashyrogue]

Au-Gust 2023 Day 5: Pet Sitters

Will had a problem. 

He had another teaching conference next week, his third in six months, and he had to be out of town for almost four days. 

And all the pet sitters refused to take his pack. 

Will knew it was his own fault, he may have been a little strict with a few sitters in the past and gotten angry at the slightest mistake, but this was his pack. 

His family. 

He wasn’t gonna just let anyone take them. 

Which was why he finally caved and went to PamperedPooch.com. 

PamperedPooch.com was a very expensive pet sitting site where the creme de la creme of society found their pet sitters. The cheapest sitter was almost five hundred dollars a day, not even counting overnight, and as he made his account he made sure to be polite while he posted pictures of the pack. 

Well trained pack of seven dogs very used to pet sitters. 

May need overnights for four consecutive days. 

Send message below. 

He waited, chewing his lip, and after thirty minutes he went to let the dogs out thinking maybe he could make an excuse to his boss that he had to miss this one. 

Not that Jack would be happy with him. 

It wasn’t his first. 

Will ate lunch and came back to the computer where he found several messages asking for astronomical prices that he deleted immediately. Then he got to the last message and as he read the sitter’s reply he smiled. 

Hello Will

I am a very experienced pet sitter who has worked in the profession for nearly ten years. I can handmake all your pack’s food - following my own or a provided recipe of your choice - and I will if need be take them to my home if I cannot stay at yours. I will need to be provided adequate ingredients ahead of schedule for their meals but will make my own. For four days I would charge one thousand dollars. 

Please tell me if you’d like to meet in person or we can talk over the phone. 

I look forward to your reply. 

Hannibal Lecter

Will answered back fast, feeling so happy he could burst, and agreed to meet Hannibal later for coffee. He went to give the dogs treats, still smiling, and got himself together putting a nice shirt and some clean jeans before he headed out for the city. 

He got there early, the shop a little pricey but not overly, and looked around waiting for Hannibal to arrive. 

And froze as a man in an Armani suit started to walk towards him. He blushed, looking the man over with way too obvious interest. 

It couldn’t be. 

The man paused in front of Will and pulled out the dog bone they’d agreed upon to show who they were. 

“Hannibal?” 

Hannibal Lecter smiled and held out his hand. 

“Hello, Will.” 

Will blushed as he took the man’s hand, and found himself almost uncomfortable with how good looking he was. He never would’ve guessed this man was a pet sitter. A doctor maybe? A model? Not a pet sitter. 

“So…I…” 

“What is it you do, Will?” 

He blinked. “What? I…I don’t know why that matters.” 

Hannibal leaned forward and smiled. “I’m merely curious. You’re not my usual clientele.” 

Will blushed. “I’m a Biology teacher.” 

“Ah,” Hannibal said, as a woman came over, “A man after my own heart. I will have a Americano, three sugars please. Will?” 

Will looked at her. “Um, a black coffee four sugars.” 

She smiled, and Will was surprised to see her unusual name. 

Mischa. 

“Coming right up,” she said, winking at Hannibal who just smiled back. 

Will frowned. “She…” 

“That is my sister,” Hannibal said with a sigh, “She’s much younger than me and likes to…observe my meetings.” 

Will smiled. “That’s…kinda cute.”

“Is it? One would think the older sibling would be the more protective. Mischa is barely out of her twenties and treats my job like every client may be a secret serial killer.” 

He laughed. “You never know.” 

Hannibal smiled. “No, I suppose you don’t,” he said, looking at Will oddly, “So…ask me anything, Mr. Graham. I’m all yours for the next several hours. What do you need to think of me as a potential pet sitter?” 

Will blushed again. “I…I just…I’m a little picky, that’s all. I’ve ran myself off of so many sites and I…” 

“You love your dogs, Will, that’s not a bad thing. What scared all of them away?” 

He sighed. “I want everything perfect, that’s all.” 

Mischa returned and put the cups down in front of them, eyeing Will the same odd way Hannibal did. “Anything else, guys?” 

“Just privacy.” 

She laughed. “Yeah, not gonna happen. I’ll be…over there.” 

Will watched her go, her blonde hair so different from Hannibal’s and, he smiled at him. 

“So…you’ll do anything I ask of you then? Anything at all?” 

“Yes. Perhaps, I can come to your home and meet the pack to see how they like me. Would that ease your worries?” 

Will frowned. “I…I guess so.” 

“Wonderful,” Hannibal said, pulling out his phone, “Give me your address and we can set this all up as soon as possible. I….I really am looking forward to meeting them and…working for you, Will.” 

Will wiggled in his seat. 

This was a bad idea. 

Very, very bad. 

But he took Hannibal’s phone and gave him his info, feeling Hannibal’s eyes on him the whole time before he handed it back. 

“I think maybe you might be my ideal dog sitter,” he said, laughing nervously, “It’s like you were made for me.” 

Hannibal smiled as he sipped his drink. 

“You seem like the ideal client,” he said, “Perhaps…we were made for each other.” 

Will blushed again. 

“Maybe.” 

[crowlixcx]

When I walk into a room of people, the first person I look for is you.

(crowley's version)

[bluerosefox]

Beloved Beyond Time

A DeadSerious Prompt where a young Damian follows his mother's advice about finding his future 'Beloved' and is smitten with a TimeTraveling Ghost King (Prince) Danny when his grandfather summoned the eldritch being.

Damian, despite being young, will want no other to be by his side once he takes over the League. Especially since the King was able to strike fear in his grandfather for even just for a moment.

Danny, whose just started taking up his soon to be Kingly title and duties, at first freaked out when a kid who just got out of toddlerhood is offering marriage. Who wouldn't. And well while he didn't fully encourage it, he found it a little adorable and tried to nudge the kid away from said... err crush feelings?

He was a little sad to have to say goodbye to the kid when his month long stay with the al Ghul's (mostly to see if they're worthy to keep the Pits) he was pretty for sure he'd never run into the kid again and if he did who knows how old they'd actually be because again.. time travel.

So Danny now at the age of 16 really wasn't expecting to be basically be cornered on his first day at his new school at Gotham Academy by a 17 year old Damian Wayne who is leaning over him and says "Hello Beloved. Time has been kind to you it seems."

Danny's poor half-alive heart is currently dying from being cornered by an older Damian.

Let this crazy train wreck begin.

[chaoticpositvty]

"Kinard!!" 

Buck froze in place and looked around for Tommy, there was pretty much zero chance his boyfriend was at this call but he had to look anyway. 

Nope, no Tommy. 

"Capt, why are you yelling my boyfr--Tommy's name?"

"You tell me kid," Bobby said pointing at the back of his jacket. 

Craning his neck Buck saw he was wearing his Tommy's turnouts with Kinard plastered where Buckley should be.

"Oops," he smiled widely, Tommy had been known to come by the 118 in his gear before he had a chance to make it back to his station, "not sure how that happened."

"Uh huh, sure you don't."

He had the honor of being called Kinard for the rest of his shift and would be lying if he said he didn't adore it. 

[sophsun1]

[Tommy exists] 🥰

[thirstyvampyr]

Does he get that look in his eye when he's with you?

[incorectquoteswlw]

Nat: What is love to you?

Yelena: Kate's voice, her eyes, her hands, her lips.

Nat: I preferred when you were afraid of your feelings.

Yelena: No you don't.

Nat, sighing: No, I don't.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#He Understood The Assignment

[timotheecontent]

DUNE: PART 2 (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve

[klainegifs]

[liam-summers]

Angel + Being Buffy’s Biggest Fan™ 

(Part 1)

[teruel-a-witch]

'You don't have to dance with me tonight'

(he doesn't have to, Steve, but maybe he wants to? Did you think about that?)

[chaoticpositvty]

Imagine me ever being over the way Evan Buckley smiles over Tommy Kinard.

Gifs by @dailykinley

[pixlerelish]

Scared you, didn’t I?

A bit.

[portinastorm]

The way Loki looks so Fond when Mobius does his knock knock joke

[goggles-mcgee]

My love for Baker Steve is nothing new but I think up new au's like it's my job (I wish)

Steve opened up a cafe with Robin in Hawkins after all the Upside-down nonsense happened, Max sometimes had to use a cane on cold days, she had to wear glasses always now. Steve also had to wear glasses and he made it a point to take Max frame shopping so she could find frames that fit her and ones she actually wanted. Steve also has to wear a hearing aid in his left ear but some days he just prefers to not. Also his scars tend to hurt during the colder months and he has to bundle up, he makes sure the kids bundle up too. Steve and Robin bought a little house across from the new one that Joyce and Hopper bought. (Robin stays there when she comes back from college)

Steve had a lot of money that he had no idea about from his grandparents. Trusts and just money they left him after they both died. He only found out after the "earthquakes" and he had went through his parent's house to make sure nothing was too damaged. He ended up finding the papers about his trust funds and his inheritance from his grandparents while looking through and cleaning his father's study. Of course he went through the necessary steps to make sure the money went to him and setting up his own accounts. There was a bit of trouble with his parents but he had a lot of blackmail on them and they didn't want to go to court and ruin their image so things worked out for Steve.

Honestly he probably could have just lived off the money he had, still could, but he wanted to do something with himself. It was the kids who gave him the idea while they were packing the little things he had at his parents. He had baked them some treats for helping him move, just some simple raspberry jam drops, gingernut hedgehog slices, and neenish tarts. They had planned on ordering pizza for the day so the night before he baked the treats for everyone. They were all surprised that Steve could bake and the kids were absolutely furious that he had never baked for them before considering he baked "like a grandma, like seriously Steve these all taste like heaven!"

It was of course Dustin who first voiced the idea of Steve making money off his baking, from there it was all the kids shouting their agreements, even Mike. Everyone encouraged him, telling him he had the talent and well Steve didn't really know what else he could do and he didn't want to be stuck working minimum wage job to minimum wage job so he took the leap. And he was so happy he did.

Robin worked for him when she was back home from school, originally she had wanted to stay and just run the shop with Steve but he put his foot down. Yes they were codependent platonic soulmates but like hell was he going to let her stay in town with him when she had had plans to leave and go to school and discover herself. So they comprised with her going to school and when she was back she worked at the cafe/bakery and just helped him out however she could until she graduated. That was their deal, when she graduated, and if she still wanted to run the cafe/bakery with Steve then he would be all for it.

Steve adopted Max with the help of Dr Owen's after her mom kind of skipped town during the "earthquakes/serial killer" ordeal. She insists on helping out at the cafe when she can but Steve only let's her help out after she's finished with homework or if it's the weekend or a break. Same with all the other kiddos.

By the way he let the kids name the store.

They named it The AnTEAque Bakery & Cafe.

Steve loves it.

___________________

Eddie is a rockstar at this point. He and Wayne moved from Hawkins when he was a freshman because of a bullying incident that put Eddie in the hospital. Wayne didn't want his boy going back to that school with those boys who were barely given a slap on the wrist for what they had done, so with the help of a buddy they moved to Indianapolis. Not too far but far enough.

Eddie met his band mates there and well, he doesn't want to say it was easy going from there because it wasn't. They worked their asses off to get where they were now, it took a lot of sweat, a lot of fights, a lot of tears and some good old fashioned dumb luck where a music producer who was visiting family happened to be in the bar they were playing in.

Eddie was very grateful to be where he was. When he heard of the passing of Chrissy Cunningham he felt the need to visit Hawkins after Corroded Coffin came back from their recent tour that ended in their hometown Indianapolis. He remembered Chrissy from middle school, she had always been nice to him and had congratulated him on his solo guitar performance in the school talent show and he had of course complimented her dance which she had kindly corrected as a cheer routine. She would always wave to him in the hall and he remembered when he had been in the hospital his freshman year, she had sent him some flowers.

He figured he should return the favor and visit her grave and bring her some flowers. He vaguely remembered her saying during one class share time that her favorite color had been green and well they had been in Hawkins high and she had wanted to be a cheer leader so he planned on getting her a bouquet in the school colors.

It's during his visit in Hawkins that he gets sighted by some fans and has to run, usually he's all about interacting with fans but sometimes he just needs some alone time and he finds himself in this cozy little cafe. It has bookshelves along the walls with worn copies of books and a sign that said 'Take a Book, Leave a Book!' and a smaller shelf that honest to God had some board games. The tables didn't match each other and yet they all felt the same which was weird to say but Eddie likes it.

It was when he decided he would lay low here and get himself something to snack on that he saw him. His soulmate.

Okay not really but Eddie could dream and this guy looked like his dream man.

He had this ridiculously voluminous brown hair that looked so damn soft, the comfiest looking yellow sweater tucked into faded jeans beneath a pastel green apron and the most charming yet dorkiest pair of square glasses. He looked so tender and yet Eddie could see scars here and there and he found himself wanting to know where each and everyone came from just so he could kiss them. Maybe even lick them.

It took him an embarrassing amount of time to order and when he finally ate whatever he pointed to in the display case (lemon bar) he swore it was the best thing he had ever eaten. When he said as much he was gifted with the most precious sound of laughter from the man who thanked him and introduced himself as the owner Steve who made everything they sold.

Eddie was in love.

Eddie also realized this angel had absolutely no idea who he was.

He was even more in love.

He kept coming back to talk to Steve and to eat the heavenly baked treats that he would bring his band mates if he was feeling nice. It's when the kids are in the cafe after school having a study session that Eddie's cover is blown because, surprise, surprise, they are all big fans of Corroded Coffin. Steve was a little nervous after finding out but gets over it fast when he realized Eddie was still Eddie.

The kids are baffled at the fact the Party's Mom is being flirted with by a genuine Rockstar.

Eddie all the while is just readjusting his dreamlike with Steve to include all the man's kids.

Just a fluffy au with some sprinkled angst. Rockstar Eddie immediately smitten with Baker and Single Mother Steve.

Max basically having some major cool points in school because not only is her guardian Steve "The Hair" Harrington but also because her guardian owns the BEST bakery in town and if you mess with her you are banned for as long as she wants.