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Maxon Schreave x Reader
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Written for Fictober 2024!
Fandom: The Selection Series
Day Thirteen Prompt: "That's not the point."
Summary: Maxon and his spouse haven't had a moment to breathe since before the end of the Selection. Now, long after their marriage, they're taking some much needed fun and family time.
Word Count: 1,284
Category: Fluff
A/N: Barely got this one in on the 13th, but barely still counts!
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"Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Sh!"
I whirled around, finger on my lip to make the point to my husband. King Maxon Schreave crouched behind me, a faint smile on his face as he shook his head at me.
"I'm confident this is a good idea," I whispered, keeping my voice as low as possible. "We both need the fun, and Adele's kids were asking for it when they found a way to sneak in and short sheet our bed."
"Ah," said Maxon, nodding sagely like something had just clicked. "So they pranked us, and we need to prank them for revenge."
"No! That's not the point! It has nothing to do with revenge."
Maxon raised an eyebrow, but I just huffed.
"Maxon, we've had the weight of the kingdom on our shoulders since before we were married. You've had it on yours for your entire life! We're having a truly rare weekend off to spend with family, and we are owed some carefree fun in our twenties, alright?"
Maxon's eyebrows had raised part way through my answer, but now they'd relaxed back into a sweet smile. His eyes got a soft look in them that I truly couldn't get enough of, and he leaned into me a little.
"Have I told you lately that you are absolutely wonderful? And that I love you?" he asked. I matched his smile and leaned back into him.
"About an hour ago, at dinner. But I'm happy to hear it again."
Maxon leaned the rest of the way in and repeated himself, speaking right by my ear. I sighed, letting myself enjoy the rare moment of peace together. Sure, we were about to enact a much-needed pranking operation, but this was our vacation. We could take a moment to ourselves, too.
Since the end of the Selection, things had been stressful and high-stakes for Maxon and I. From learning about the rebels to learning about his father, the two of us had been dealing with heavy things since before our engagement. But with the attack from the Southern Rebels and the deaths of Maxon's parents, we'd been thrown immediately into the role of leading an entire country, the two of us, even before our wedding. We'd managed it just like we managed everything else—together—but it had never been easy, and for Maxon especially, it meant constant responsibility with very little breathing room. So, when we found a few days away from the palace with his Aunt Adele and some of our other closest family and friends, I decided to take the opportunity to give him a truly fun and carefree night like he should've had a long time ago.
And right now, that meant pranking all of our cousins before spending the rest of the night together doing whatever we wanted.
"Okay, come on," I said, leaning back from Maxon and shuffling a little towards the door of the big suite where all of Adele's kids were staying. "The hallway looks clear, let's go."
I rushed forward, staying quiet and low to the ground. Maxon followed right on my heels, practically bouncing and with a big grin on his face. It made my heart do backflips.
"Do you have the key?" I whispered to him. He nodded, slipping the key to the room out of his pocket.
"Perks of being the king," he whispered back with a wink. I took the key, letting my hand linger on his for a moment.
"Alright, let's do this."
I unlocked the door, then passed Maxon back the key. As planned, the room was totally empty. Everyone else was having a movie night downstairs. Maxon and I had excused ourselves with a made-up stomache ache on my part, then headed straight here.
"So what do we do first?" asked Maxon. He hovered right over my shoulder, ready to follow my lead. I smiled and turned around to face him.
"We have to move fast, so we can't do everything we brainstormed last night. But why don't you pick where we start? Dried nail polish puddle that looks like it spilled on their beds? Gelatin in the milk so they can't pour it out or take a drink like normal? Or potato to replace the soap bar?"
Maxon shook his head, but he was also grinning at me.
"Let's... start with the milk?"
"Sounds like a perfect plan to me."
Maxon and I moved through the room with less efficiency than I would've needed for a successful prank on my siblings back home, but this way was also more fun. Maxon was clearly having the time of his life causing a little harmless mischief, possibly because it was the first time in his life he'd been allowed to cause harmless mischief. We managed to set up all of our favorite prank ideas before heading back to the hallway, just a few minutes later than I'd been planning for us to make our escape.
Not a moment sooner than we got the door closed and locked again, we heard voices and footsteps coming our way from down the hall. Maxon whirled to me with wide eyes, and I fought to hold in a laugh as I grabbed his hand and pulled him after me in the opposite direction.
We made it around two corners before Maxon gave in, laughing as he fell into step beside me and pulled me closer. I shushed him, but it was pretty half-hearted.
"That was so much fun," he breathed when we finally made it back to our room. He slumped against the door, grinning from ear to ear, and I moved to stand in front of him with the same expression.
"I'm glad you thought so. We're probably going to have to be on alert for the rest of our vacation for buckets of water in doorways and similar forms of payback from the kids."
"Worth it," he breathed, reaching out to wrap an arm around my waist. He pulled me into his chest, and I leaned against him, resting my hands on his shoulders. I closed the rest of the distance between us to pull Maxon into a sweet, slow kiss. We took our time, and when we eventually pulled apart, Maxon had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"What's up?" I asked, moving one hand up to play with the hair at the nape of his neck. Maxon's smile took on a softer tone as he met my eyes.
"Nothing. Just... thinking about what it will be like when we get to do things like this with our kids. Someday."
I grinned. "You better start taking notes, sweetheart, because I'm calling team kid now. We're gonna work together to level the playing field against the literal king."
"Hmm, I suppose I'll have to come up with a better proposition for them then, won't I? Thankfully, you have plenty of experience with pranks, so I think I may be able to convince the kids to team up with me to level the playing field against a pranking master."
I laughed, shaking my head and pulling Maxon in for another kiss.
"Well, depending on how many we have, we might not get a choice. They might team up against us, leaving you and I to team up with each other or fall to their pranking power."
"Whichever version we get... I can't wait."
Maxon's eyes shone as he pulled me in for another kiss, and the love seemed to literally make him glow. I hoped he could see I radiated the same happiness. Whether we were dealing with the weight of the world or plotting hypothetical pranks, it always made things a million times better to be doing it with Maxon.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, from a letter to Jane Williams written in February 1823, featured in The Letters of Mary Shelley
#lit#mary shelley#quotes#typography#imagination#fragments#letters#selections#writings#dark academia#p
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Step Forward - Part 3 They are going on a date!!! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Check out my tags for fun facts XD
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#perryshmirtz#heinz doofenshmirtz#human perry#phineas and ferb#perry the platypus#human!perry#human perry the platypus#agent p#fanart#dr doofenshmirtz#dr heinz doofenshmirtz#pnf fanart#pnf fan comic#disney fanart#disney series#fan comic#comic#artists on tumblr#prtz long comic#So sorry I took so loong#step forward#I struggled with composition and well anxiety lmao so thank you for your patience#Perry does talk in this story#He starts talking when he calls Heinz's name and asks him out#If you dont like talking Perry you can pretend that he signs all the time#selective mutism#The book/notebook doesnt hit Heinz's foot#I kinnda wanted it to happen but I didnt want to make it longer than it was#just imagine him being all shocked and then his book hits his foot and starts screaming while Perry patiently waits for his response#I have some of the script for the next chapters already
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pull up to the domain in my SWAG-MACHINE MOBILATRON
#loz#totk#botw#sidon#link#sidlink#err?? sure#I really hope we can Ultrahand dropped entities (weapons items etc) and not just select objects#imagine the possibilities....#the whole world.. (literally) at my fingertips..#see! its even bokopowered! that's true innovation#myart#totk spoilers#<- just in case
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#genuinely crying tearing out my hair trying to select just 10 pics#u really have to imagine his devilish little giggle#jacob anderson#darling angel princess
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— a touching of souls.
their kisses with you. fem. reader. suggestive. feat. bi-han, kuai, tomas, syzoth.
bi-han —
steady and sure, grabbing at your waist, wrapping a hand around your throat to keep you still as he indulges himself in your lips. although he is not the most affectionate man, bi-han has an exceptional fondness for kisses. perhaps it’s the breathless sounds you make, or the soft gasps in between his tongue — perhaps it is simply that he prefers you at his mercy, a pretty little thing caged beneath or within strong arms. typically at night, when the moon is high and all is silent, he allows himself to calm, to open before you and allow you to initiate. bi-han tends to lose himself in these moments all too easily, an annoyance at his expense. most times, without even trying, simple kisses from you lead to sleepless nights and sore bodies.
kuai liang —
ardent, unrestrained, grasping at hips and breasts and hair, unable to keep what little space remains between the two of you from heating up — figuratively, literally. his lin kuei ways may have taught him restraint, focus, but kuai’s hotheaded tendencies always get the best of him when it comes to you, only for you. his kisses trail like fire all across your body, his teeth leaving scorches in their wake, a tongue like that of flames licking at tender flesh until you melt like caramel in his hands. kuai is unrelentingly keen on smothering you with every bit of adoration he has; his lips alone are more than capable of proving it. you are a goddess worthy of worship, and he a devotee all too willing to bow down and serve, evermore shall his love burn for you.
tomas —
soft like daytime mist, cupping apples of cheeks, the tremble of fingers when his lips touch yours. he has little experience with romancing women, much less the gift of their kisses; you are his beginning, his end. it is precisely why tomas pecks, rather than lose himself to your lips, for a bashful nature keeps what eager will he has in check. his boyish charm only adds to the endearment, and often he finds you to be the one most content in initiating them. it’s a strange comfort, that you still pursue him despite his meeker approach to affection and love. assuring him that he is wanted sends his self-confidence soaring, and gradually does he ease into the idea of receiving and giving kisses on a more constant basis — privately, of course.
syzoth —
quick and light, flurries of kisses, all about your pretty face, your petalsoft lips, sometimes at those sensitive sweet spots across your décolletage if he’s feeling cheekier than usual. syzoth, fairly new to the concept of kissing with warm, wet mouths, tongue and teeth and all, hadn’t expected warm-blood affection to be so pleasant. he is cautious of physicality, having grown to live without its softer aspects for years prior to you, but kisses are easy, innocent enough to practice. you have made it this way for him, precious as you are. he kisses you hello, goodbye, as luck before either one of you leaves for calling duties, and simply when he feels like it, even if friends are around to witness and tease. he doesn’t mind them, as long as you don’t.
#mortal kombat 1 x reader#mortal kombat x reader#mortal kombat imagine#mortal kombat imagines#mk1 x reader#mk x reader#mk imagines#sub zero x reader#bi han x reader#scorpion x reader#kuai liang x reader#smoke x reader#tomas vrbada x reader#reptile x reader#syzoth x reader#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 1#i literally have. SO MANY. so many ideas for the mk1 boys but i can’t seem to write anything cohesively for the life of me#i am physically only able to Think about them!!!!! i am in immense pain#i’d really love to make another part w/ the earthrealm crew + some select bad boys but at the rate i’m writing at . . . oof#i’m too deep into mk1 brainrot girls 😭
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hear me out: seokmin as a participant in the selection, a competition for the princess' hand in marriage.
seokmin would be from the 'artist' caste of society. he gets by as an in-demand actor-slash-musician, but his prosperity still depends on his desirability. his future is in a constant precarious balance— will he have enough for food and rent tomorrow? will they still love him when he's no longer as young as he is now?
when you announce your plans to hold a selection, a part of seokmin knows that this is his chance to advance. to live a comfortable life, to never have to worry about money again.
another part of seokmin can only think of you. the queen-to-be, the crowned princess. he's not a fool who will claim love at first sight, but he thinks about the time, years and years ago, when you had once smiled at him in a crowd of thousands. and, oh. what he'd do to be the reason behind that smile again.
seokmin is selected. the palace advisors are required to choose one or two 'lower' caste boys to give the illusion of hope, to make it seem like it will be an even playing field. he's the perfect choice. easy on the eyes, used to entertaining. initially, none of them think he'll really make it.
seokmin knows he has to compete with thirty-four other boys to win your heart. he knows that being chosen is just the start. for a moment, he doubts getting himself in to this whole thing— until he's given seven minutes to speak with you before the competition kicks off. they all have seven minutes, an chance for a one-on-one. here is how he spends his:
seokmin ungraciously blurts out that you're a lot prettier than he remembers. he tries to recover by explaining that incident where he'd seen you, before, on a parade float. his face burns with shame as he changes the topic by asking you about your day. you manage to squeeze in one or two polite, getting-to-know questions about him ("what type of music do you sing? what's your family like?") and he stumbles through his answers.
seokmin is convinced that the whole thing was a train wreck. but, just as he gets up to go, you say softly, "i remember you, you know."
you're still as royal as ever, still sitting tall and straight. proud and serene. but there's a hint of a smile on your face. suddenly, seokmin is ten again— the parade, the crowd, the sun in his eyes. and you're grinning at him now, the same way you did back then.
"you bowed, back then," you add, and seokmin forgets all of it. the competition he's supposed to be in. the money that awaits him if he sees it through. his own damn name. because he had bowed, had traveled on with the rest of the parade once he'd caught your attention. you remembered that. you remembered him.
what is he supposed to do with that information? what is he supposed to say? the seokmin of present day can only do one thing. he folds in to another curtsy, as clumsy and deep as it is when he first did it. when he comes back up and sees that your smile has gotten imperceptibly wider, he thinks, oh, i'm in trouble.
#seokmin x reader#lee seokmin x reader#dk x reader#dokyeom x reader#seokmin imagines#dokyeom imagines#dk imagines#➤ ylangelegy: mine#➤ ylangelegy: svt#( i havent thought of the selection in So Long but dk dropped these photos and i was like Oh. Okay )#( this actually heavily references In A Crowd Of Thousands by anastasia !!! YIPEEE )#( dk royalty au i will get u down someday. that is a face that men go to war for )#svt imagines#seventeen imagines#svt x reader#seventeen x reader
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Sebastian: You can trust me! Let's not forget who saved you from the Inferni the other week.
MC: Let's not forget who created them in the first place!
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This is an impulsive draft of a scene I thought up based on @orange-artist‘s Time Travel AU of the Kamaboko Squad… if you read this, know that I love your art and that I genuinely can’t stop thinking about it. Please enjoy the hyper-fixation soup of words that I call my unedited writing!
“Kanata and Kiriya,” Kagaya gasped, his usually gentle and composed features overrun with surprise as he desperately hoped he had not misheard them. “How… how many of the children did you say survived this year’s Final Selection?”
“Of the thirty-three test takers, thirty-three have passed and will continue to serve the Demon Slayer Corps,” Kanata replied dutifully.
“Of those thirty-three,” Kiriya continued after, already anticipating their father’s next question. “Five were noted to be especially skilled.”
“The independent swordsman who developed his own breathing style, Hashibira Inosuke.”
“The independent swordsman who does not use a breathing style, Shinazugawa Genya.”
“The youngest student of the retired Rumbling Pillar Kuwajima Jigoro, Agatsuma Zenitsu.”
“The newest student of the retired Water Pillar Urokodaki Sakonji, Kamado Tanjiro.”
“And the only student of the current Insect Pillar Kocho Shinobu, Tsuyuri Kanao.”
Kiriya gave their father a moment to commit the different names to memory before concluding, “the remaining twenty-eight state one or more of these five had saved their lives at least once and stayed close by until they were healthy enough to survive the rest of the week. We saw each of them waiting at the edge of the forest for the rest of the stragglers before passing themselves. Additionally, the Kasugai Crows we sent on a final expedition of the forest afterward reported that only one or two of the demons were left alive.”
Kagaya had believed the Miracle Selection to be a once in a lifetime phenomena — marked by a lonely gravestone in their strange family’s shared cemetery and the memory of a peach colored fox wielding violent waters in defense of its peers.
Unimaginable, and unrepeatable.
He was right, but only because this Miracle Selection was nothing like the first. This one was intentional and decisive and everything that his family made of blood, bone, and steel had been waiting for. The beginning, or perhaps just the first visible omen, of a change in the very course of the world that Kagaya had been unable to foresee until it had already happened. Was it any coincidence that there were thirty-three survivors specifically? That, of those thirty-three, five of them in particular had saved the rest?
The Ubuyashiki were superstitious by nature; marrying their heirs to the daughters of priests and teaching their children to create rings of salt around their beds when they wanted some extra protection at night. The importance of the numbers three and five were not lost on him. With the three sacred treasures and the five directions (the five senses) marking their way, there was no question as to what he must do. Kanata and Kiriya know it too, or they would’ve sent a crow instead of making a personal report.
“Tell our most reliable kasugai to follow the five children you just mentioned,” he ordered Kanata, “they don’t have to be especially quiet… though I would appreciate it if they were undisruptive.”
He could not see her, but he knew that she gave him a solemn bow before turning to leave.
For Kiriya, “I need a missive to be sent to all of the currently active Pillars as well as the retired Rumbling and Water Pillars for a meeting at the northwestern estate three months from now.”
“Understood.”
The tide of change was fast approaching, and he knows that it will spell the end of this centuries long battle against the night. Kibutsuji Muzan will not live to see the next era — that, he promises.
(What he does not know just yet is that his chosen children have already sat on the horizon of a demon free world, and they know that they cannot afford to fail twice. Once was enough.)
#I cannot stress this enough#this is not edited#I just needed to get it out before it consumed me entirely#also the number of attendees and the meanings of the lucking numbers probably aren’t accurate#I don’t imagine that thirty-three people would attend Final Selection at the same time#but the internet said that three five and eight were lucky numbers in Japan so I ran with it#kimetsu no yaiba#demon slayer#kny ubuyashiki#kagaya ubuyashiki#kny kanata#kanata ubuyashiki#kny kiriya#kiriya ubuyashiki#kny inosuke#inosuke hashibira#kny genya#genya shinazugawa#kny zenitsu#zenitsu agatsuma#kny tanjirou#tanjiro kamado#kny kanao#kanao tsuyuri#kny muzan#muzan kibutsuji#kamaboko squad#kny au#time travel au
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Dive Bar
Maxon Schreave x Reader
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Written for my personal fic writing challenge for 2024, Sophie's Year of Fic! Featuring a new fic being posted every Friday, all year long :)
Fandom: The Selection Series
Summary: As one of the Elite, a finalist in the Selection, Y/N gets to bring Maxon to her hometown to show him around on an official royal visit.
Word Count: 1,841
Category: Fluff
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I smiled, trying not to squint my eyes against the bright lights flashing in my face. All this time, and I still hadn't gotten used to that.
"Thank you all for coming, but we're going to have to call it a night! Our official tour of the city starts bright and early tomorrow morning, after all," said Maxon Schreave, the man I stood arm and arm with, a brilliant smile on his face as he addressed the press. They kept cheering and taking pictures as the two of us smiled, nodded, bowed, then headed inside the hotel arm in arm.
As soon as we were through the doors, I sighed and let some of the tension ease out of my shoulders. Maxon kept his posture and demeanor proper until the elevator doors closed on us. Then he sighed, too, and turned to me with a tired smile.
"Well, that was certainly a long day. But I'm happy to be here with you."
I smiled, my face warming. Moments like this, just the two of us with no one else watching over our shoulders, were incredibly rare. I wanted to savor every second of it that I could.
"I'm glad you're here, too. And the tour tomorrow is going to be fun, even if it's also a media circus."
Maxon laughed, offering his arm to me again as the elevator doors opened and we stepped out together. Servants and staff waited to escort us to our separate suites.
The two of us stopped to face each other in the middle of the hallway, before going our separate ways. As one of the finalists in the Selection, I got to bring Maxon back to my hometown for a tour and a look at where I'd come from. Aside from being a fun experience spending time with the man I loved in the place I called home, it was also the first time we'd spent togehter without the other members of the Selection. Even with all the media and people surrounding our every step, it had been fun.
"I suppose I'll see you in the morning for the circus," said Maxon, taking my hands and staring into my eyes with a sparkle of mischief in his I grinned back.
"Yeah. I'll see you then."
Maxon hesitated for a minute, then leaned forward and planted a soft kiss on my cheek. I smiled even wider, although that was hardly possible, then said goodnight to Maxon and headed to my room.
I went through my regular nightly routine, sending my ladies in waiting away to get some rest of their own. I curled up in bed and closed my eyes, then started my mental clock running. I was going to give it a full half hour, to really minimize my chances of getting caught.
When I'd first heard about the hometown dates, I'd mentally planned a full week of various activities from when I'd lived here before someone burst my bubble. We were coming here with the Crown Prince, sole heir to Illea, while the rebels remained a threat. He would not be going anywhere the palace hadn't planned and approved.
As someone who'd spent most of my time in this city far away from anything the palace would ever select, I'd been furious. What was the point of a home date if Maxon didn't actually get to see my home?
I knew better than to bring that up with anyone, though. So instead, I'd continued to make my own plan. If Maxon was on board, we were going to have the night of our lives.
I slid out from under the covers in the darkness, listening carefully for any sound or movement from my suite. When I heard nothing, I slipped into a more comfortable pair of clothes (featuring beat-up blue jeans and a ballcap from my original wardrobe when I came to the palace), then headed to the window.
I'd worked in this hotel for a few odd jobs here and there, and I knew I could get to Maxon's room via balcony-hopping if I really wanted to. So that's what I did. I slipped out the window, closing it most of the way behind me so hopefully no one would notice, then moved carefully from one balcony to the other until I got to Maxon's room.
I listened at the window for a minute, and when I didn't hear any conversation, I leaned in to peek through. The room was empty save Maxon, who was just climbing into bed. I grinned and tapped on the window. He looked up, his face changing from surprised to delighted to concerned in a few seconds. He glanced at the closed bedroom door behind him as he hurried to open the window for me.
"What are you doing here?" Maxon asked, his voice a frantic whisper. I grinned.
"Trying to take you on an adventure, if you're up for a little bit of risk."
Maxon hesitated for a moment, glancing back at the closed bedroom door again. Then, he looked back at me with a smile.
"Just let me get dressed."
I ended up having to help Maxon pick his outfit, since only a few things in his entire wardrobe would give him a chance at blending in with non-royals. I gave him an extra ballcap and told him to keep his head down, and within a few minutes, we were heading through the city to my absolute favorite spot.
"This is it!" I said proudly, turning with a smile to face Maxon. We stood on a dirty street, in front of a glowing red neon sign for my favorite place in the world. They sold the best shitty pizza and seriously toed the line of dive bar, and it had been one of the things I missed most since going to the palace.
"This... is it? Are you sure this is the place, my dear?"
"Oh yeah. Just you wait, you're in for the best night of your life. The palace could never compare."
Maxon smiled and shook his head, but he took my hand when I offered it all the same.
"Alright then. Let's see what this place has to offer."
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"Yes!" Maxon shouted, leaping up in the air before landing with a sheepish grin. "I got my first bullseye."
"I saw!" I laughed, beaming at Maxon's excitement. It had taken him the better part of an hour to relax, but now we were playing darts while eating terrible pizza and sipping local beers, like any other normal couple from my city might. It had been magical.
"If I'm keeping score correctly, that means I win unless you also get a bullseye, doesn't it?" he asked, fixing me with a brilliant smile. I picked up my dart and nodded.
"That's right. You better cross your fingers, Schreave."
Maxon laughed as I stepped up to the line, leveling my dart at the board. I'd done this so many times before, it was like second nature, even though I hadn't played a lot of darts at the palace. I drew back, then followed through and let the dart fly. It smacked into the board just slightly to the left of the center bullseye.
"Oh my- did I just win?" asked Maxon, a slightly delirious joy in his voice. I beamed as I turned around to face him.
"Yeah. I guess you did."
Maxon laughed in disbelief, then moved forward to wrap me tightly in his arms. He picked me up off my feet and spun me around, and I smiled. I hadn't missed a game-winning shot like that in years, but I wanted to see how happy Maxon would be if he won. I'd made the right decision.
"Does this mean I'm the darts champion now?" asked Maxon, a teasing quirk to his mouth as he set me down. "Since I beat you?"
I shook my head, still smiling as I went to retrieve the darts in the board.
"You've gotta do more than beat me once with beginner's luck to take the title of champion," I said. "Put a dart board in the palace and we can really see what's what."
Maxon grinned. "You have a deal, my dear. Prepare to lose again."
I chuckled. Maxon's words didn't have any heat behind them, and it made my heart soar to see him so happy and carefree. I wished I could give that to him all the time, but I'd settle for tonight and look for opportunities in the future.
Unfortunately, by the end of that game of darts, we had to head back to the hotel or risk being caught sneaking out. We took our glasses up and dropped them off at the bar, then I settled our tab. Maxon and I walked out of the place together arm in arm, this time no different than all the other regular strangers milling around on the street.
"Thank you for bringing me here tonight," he said as we walked, the cool night air perfect and refreshing. "I don't often get the opportunity to be among the citizens of Illea. That in itself is a treat, but getting to do it with you is the best thing I could imagine."
"I'm always happy to spend time with you, Maxon. Thank you for taking the risk and sneaking out with me."
"I'll sneak away with you every time I can get away with it, and maybe even a few more times than that."
"Well, good. But let's try to make this one of the not-getting-caught times, okay?"
"Of course."
Thankfully, we made it back onto the balcony outside Maxon's room without issue. His room was dark, the door still closed, meaning none of the palace staff were any the wiser about where we'd gone. Maxon hopped back through the window, and I smiled before turning to go back to my own room, but he caught my hand and pulled me back.
"I just wanted to say... I really enjoyed myself tonight. I find that I enjoy most times that I spend with you. I... I love you."
I beamed. "I love you too, Maxon. I love every minute we spend together, even when it's many, many minutes of letting the press take pictures of us. You even make royal procedure meetings enjoyable just by being in the room next to me."
Maxon laughed. He glanced down at my lips, then back up at me, a tentative smile on his face.
"Can I kiss you?"
I grinned. "Absolutely."
I leaned forward, and Maxon and I shared a long, sweet kiss through the window. After a moment, we pulled apart, both of us positively glowing. I took a half-step back, never taking my eyes off Maxon.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" I said. He grinned, leaning out the window even further.
"Yes you will."
"Okay. Good. Then goodnight."
"Goodnight, my dear."
I floated back to my room, thankfully also without getting caught, and fell asleep with a smile on my face. I couldn't wait to experience a thousand more places with Maxon, and play a thousand more darts matches together. Anything the future brought, as long as it was with him.
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#maxon schreave#the selection#the selection series#maxon schreave x reader#maxon schreave fanfiction#the selection fanfiction#the selection oneshot#the selection imagine#maxon schreave imagine#maxon schreave oneshot#the selection series fanfiction#the selection series x reader#prince maxon#illea#prince maxon schreave x reader#prince maxon schreave#the selection series oneshot#the selection series imagine#prince maxon x reader#sophie's year of fic
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imagine your f/o...
... going to a cafe with you! maybe you're both regulars to the point where the workers have your order memorized, or maybe one of you is a little less familiar with a menu. no matter what, if you're indecisive, your f/o is happy to select something for you. they know you and your tastes well enough to pick something out that you'd like - whether you're the type of person to get the same order every time or you want to try something new. they'd never let you down - they've been at your side for long enough to select something for you like it's second nature ❦︎
dividers made for me by kynibyou! 🍂 prosh¡p dni.
#i would trust ALL of my f/os to select something for me#esp with my long list of intolerances... they'll probably do a better job choosing for me than i'd do for myself#and there's something uniquely comforting about that#f/o imagines#f/o imagine#self ship imagine#f/o scenarios#f/o stuff#f/o love#imagine your f/o#f/o community#fictional other#self shipping#self ship community#yumeship#yumeshipping#safeshipping#safeship community
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COUNTDOWN TO LOWER DECKS SEASON 5 1 WEEK – Everyone* else (*not really)
#trekedit#lower decks#lowerdecksedit#star trek#star trek lower decks#startrekedit#tvedit#scifiedit#animationedit#ld5#please nobody yell at me for not including [xyz] I had a list of ~150 characters for this so i had to be selective#and this took so goddamn long you can't even imagine. just because these are tiny doesn't make them less work than big gifs#and I know it's all my own fault but still. pls just no yelling 😭😭#also. sorry to everyone who likes to tag all individual character names fsjkbdfsk SORRY
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yellowjackets pkmn au! starting with tai and van :]
jackie + shauna // laura lee + lottie // nat // misty
#i have everyone's teams noted down.... my selection is very much based on vibes and if i can imagine any specific scenario with their mons#i'm aiming to draw the rest - i will link them whenever i post them :]#excuse the style change. i found a new brush i really like and you know how it is#yellowjackets#yellowjackets fanart#taissa turner#van palmer#illustration#digital art#pokemon#yjpkmn au
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kudos don't determine worth
#such Opinions on the internet today#you and your writing are so much more than a number!!!#unpopular opinion but I'd like a site without stats at all#I know I know - I'm a writer too I get it#but imagine if you didn't go in with that bias#and could just select something because it sounds neat#I prefer that to people asking when a fic is 'good enough' to read#fandom#oh btw there's a post about this making the rounds#you'll probably see it at some point#just...sigh.#those posts
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Hey there how about a Damian Wayne x reader fic!!
Mind going through a rabbit hole and kinda wanna have a moment of Damian having girlfriend who can jump through multiverse, maybe she met him accidentally while visiting and bam both fell in love and we see reader staying and only leaving for certain missions
Orrrr…
Damian meeting Wonder Woman Child and then catching feelings! Whole cliche ‘I hate you but secretly I love you’ depends on you!!
freefall - damian wayne x reader
"Oh, fUCK." You slam into the ground underneath you as you step out the portal, frowning when you realize you didn't fall on the cement. Something broke your fall.
"Robin!" Nightwing swings down as you jump off the person who broke your fall.
"Where the hell did you come from?"
"Ohhhh... fuck." You purse your lips. "Is this earth?"
"One of them."
"Mm." You grimace. "Sorry for slamming onto you. I'm, uh, a dimension traveller."
Damian gets a good look at your face, brows pulling into a frown as his cheeks grow dark. You look good. You look too good. One would say...
"Wow..." You catch yourself in the glass of the building. "I look out of this world."
Dick laughs at your joke as you give him a grin.
"You know if I can stay anywhere for the time being? 'kay, even if you don't offer me a place to stay, I'm still going to break into your place since..."
"Do we exist in your universe too?"
You blink slowly at Robin. "Yeah."
"Come on." Nightwing offers a hand to you. "Oracle, we're bringing in a stray from an alternate dimension home."
"I'll let B know."
"You guys are surprisingly calm about this." You blink.
"B's got a thing for picking up strays."
"Fair enough." You smile. "So... Robin?"
"Mm?" He raises a brow at you.
"You single?"
#damian wayne x reader#damian al ghul x reader#damian wayne imagine#damian al ghul imagine#robin x reader#this is like crack laced sorry anon#the other req with ww's child was selected by the wheel so that'll take longer <3
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Creeper skins galore! Featuring BigKVids (I wonder who that kid is)
I'm torn between doing the creeper skins as bipedal or just making them, well, more creepery. Both are good but consistency and all that
#tropical's art#digital art#art#collinlock16#minecraft arg but the protagonist is tired#I like to imagine BigKVids (Kevin) had a hoodie designed like a suit because that's funny#He also has brown eyes now#(We don't know any of these guy's human designs other than a select few#And even then I'm not even sure if they're accurate human designs or just simply place ins for the Steve minecraft skin#I suppose Collin as far as we're aware is the only human design that's accurate and real#It would also be pretty funny if in the CL16 world the skins are also accurate to real life)#Anyways I think I'm starting to get the hang of Kevin and his pupil having mustache like mouth creeper design
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