lost in the dark (he's got a heavy heart) | Chapter 8
Summary:
The thinnest hours of the morning creep in slowly, stealing into the hermits' base with a calm patience Grian wishes he could emulate. Instead, his nerves jangle in his wrists, flexing through his fingers when he stretches them out and gives them a hard shake. The water bottle Tango had given him hours earlier lays cool and listless in his lap, balanced carefully to avoid spilling; he's been sipping at it slowly as the night crawls on, trying to savor every last drop. After all, it’s the little things: the crisp slide of water down his throat; moonlight scattered across fraying threads; chipped nails rasping over the mattress; the subtle burn of his eyes as they shift, resolute and unblinking, around the room.
He won't have this for much longer, and so he dedicates himself to appreciating it all, for as long as it lasts.
The others have long gone to bed; even Pearl slunk in like a mulish cat some time ago, shutting the door softly behind her. Four sets of footsteps, four separate bodies retreating into the room across the hall— the only person missing is Mumbo.
HI GANG WE'RE BACK AS PROMISED<3 yes i had to split the chapter again no dont look to closely at that I JUST HAVE SO MUCH. TO SAY. ALL THE TIME. anyway o7 to our favorite bird. get pummelled idiot<3
as always, likes are appreciated, reblogs are incredible, and commentary in the tags or on ao3 will grant you a lifetime supply of pictures of my cat. hope you guys enjoy the chapter!!! :D
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Everything we touch turns edgy.
Anyway this was for a concept for an AU focused on our fictives, we may make a fic or an ask blog or something about it but. We'll see.
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Does the transformation to a star also hurt Magnifico? Cause in the song he’s laughing but I don’t think a skeleton disintegrating would be very pleasant
Oh yeah for sure but he’s very much riding that “gettting loads of magic all at once” high, BUT hence why the burn line at the end becomes a yell like it hurts as well he’s just too focused on the magic part and being evil to really register it
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coming soon
THE QUEEN OF LIES
Bringing you: Whump
Look away, Breanna ordered herself. The boy had not even flinched when Baden declared his crimes for all to hear, nor when he heard his punishment: twenty lashes with the cat o’nine tails. She did not know what that was, but no doubt it was bound to be unpleasant, and she’d thank herself later if she didn’t watch.
But she couldn’t pull her gaze away as Curtis was drawn in and summoned forward to hold the thief while his wrist shackles were unlocked, his shirt forcefully yanked from his body, and then his hands bound to the wooden whipping post before which the crowd had gathered. A round of jeers went up from the gathered watchers on the outside; titters rippled through the crowd of prisoners.
Bringing you: Romance
In unison, they drew closer, and her entire body tingled with every possibility contained in the moments between them, in their shivering breaths that seemed to go in and out as one, and in the crackling air that seemed now to connect rather than separate.
Bringing you: Angst
And she’d thought she was playing a dangerous game then? What about now? What about the way she was teetering on the edge of a knife, between lives, when the smallest action might pitch her back into the world she had known and to which she had no desire to return?
Bringing you: Sillies (do I dare to call it fluff? you decide)
“Goodness, you’re vain,” she said. “You look incredibly handsome. Stunning, in fact. Crooked seams will be all the rage by next year. That’s how wonderful you look.”
Raising his eyebrows, he said, “Now, that’s what I was looking to hear.”
“You,” she said, “are impossible.”
“Impossibly handsome.”
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"D̷͙̿̄̀̑o̷̘̓̂̿̈́ē̸̥̱̈́̓s̵͍̤̔̎͒n̷̤̓͂̀'̷̻̳͊̃̄͌t̶̯͔͔̯̘̎͐́̓͝ ̷̮̗͇̠̖̓͊̔̍ḿ̶͓ạ̵̝̲̫̗́t̵̟͖̘̆͜t̷͓̿͊̀̕e̵̡͚͉̙̗̒̈̈́̉͝r̴̨͎͉̦̤̒͋̀̓ ̸̱̗̼̀i̷͎̋̇f̴̧̧̓ ̶̥͙͙̟͚̓̃̔ḧ̵̢͇͇̫́ḙ̸̘̿͂̓̐̐ ̷̥̑́̿̀s̷̟̹͕̋͐͛ụ̶̪̩̜̠̀͗̿̑͛r̸̡̨̠̈̕̚v̸̱̱̲̼͌ȋ̶̺̣̟́͂v̶͈̦̯̀ě̷͚̐̃̈́s̶̫͋͗ ̶̹̖̝̂̿̇͌͠ͅo̵̮̖̤̜͆̍̾ṙ̵̩͉͓̄̈́͋ ̴̧̩̯͒̍n̸̟̩͝o̵̯̳̒͘͝ţ̷̗̯̯͉̇͐,̴̢̭͓̝̿̚ ̷̹̙̮̣̰͆̽̐̔́y̴̥͉̮͐ŏ̵̧͍̯̈́ú̷̹̩̎͂̚'̷͔̘̰̌͘l̴̪̭̝̅̆̉ͅl̸̯͙̯̘̺͋͆ ̷̨̪̤͛͝s̶̨͙̰̿͘͘t̷͔̯̖͙̊į̴̰̇̓̾ḷ̴͍̥̼̯͗͂͝l̴͙̻͔̯͖͐̿̽̈́ ̸̧͙͂̈́̽̑̏k̷͔̣̬̾̊ĩ̵͔̩̂͝l̵̟͑̓̈̈̚l̸̞̒ͅ ̸̲̖̜̅͂̈̕͜ḩ̷̘̓̇́͋͜͝i̴̻̥̙͂̍͝ͅm̴̜̭͔̘͘""̶̧̬̦̄́̓
Gentlemen, I present to you Little Burr AU
A misunderstood happened after Alexander had said some vile words about Aaron, resulting in him running away, tears in his eyes
Burr stopped at a dark and empty hallway after running endlessly, catching his breath. Little did he know there was someone, or rather something, waiting for him
That something was a demon, who craved for anger, guilt; any kind of negative emotion and was desperate for a human to meld with after waiting for so long
Wasting no time, the demon had possessed him with just a touch, causing Aaron to jolt forward
It takes, and it takes and it takes almost all of his energy to the point where he lost control of his body, the demon now replacing his spot
But it was still unsatisfied, wanting for more, so the ghost-demon created a gem to store it's food, forcing it to attached to Burr's chest and damaging his body even more
Aaron, now helplessly trapped in his mindscape, watches everything with his tired eyes; tears flowing every now and then, unable to move from the heavy chains
He waits, he waits and he waits for someone, anyone to save him
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Soulmates AU in which when your soulmate is in a situation that can result in their death you get to see through their eyes. Like, I don't know how to explain this- it kind of flashes between what you see and what your soulmate sees. You know those edits where there's a scene going on and there's another one faded in the background happening at the same time? Similar to that. The idea is that you get to see what your soulmate sees too, on top of what you're seeing.
Now, this AU but JeanMarco. With Marco asking the others where's Jean, just for him to start seeing a corpse right in front of his eyes not even a second after asking. Seeing through Jean's eyes as he's trying to get hold of that gear and stuff. And once Jean's safe, once it clicks that you know his best friend is his soulmate Marco can't wait for them to graduate so he can you know tell him that.
Then, you know. That happens. And Jean is so fucking confused because he keeps seeing Annie crying, looking down on him. Only when Annie starts getting off the gear, when his soulmate starts moving around trying to get away he starts panicking, starts moving around faster than before. And maybe he's too late. Or maybe he shows up in time and kills the titan. I don't know. That's not where I'm trying to get, but to the second option AKA Marco pulling an UNO reverse on Annie because he's a smart sneaky bastard like that and being like 'Hey you can't kill me, my soulmate will know it was you' which makes her stop trying to take off his gear. Reiner keeps telling her to do it, Bertholdt keeps yelling about that titan coming closer, but Annie... she has seen things, at some point. Flashes of moments that weren't hers, happening right in Trost- right in that moment. And she didn't give them too much thought until that moment, until it got confirmed that it has nothing to do with her titan powers.
'What do you mean by that?' she asks, because she needs to know more. Because she wants to know more. And Marco starts explaining how it works. Tells them that he has found his soulmate, that they will put all the blame on them for his death. Reiner doesn't believe him, keeps insisting that he's playing them around - he, and anyone born and raised on Marley, has never heard of something like that before, it doesn't exist - but Annie tells him to shut up and to let Marco go. Cue to the plot of any fic in which Marco doesn't straight up die after finding up their secret.
Anyway I don't know man, just,,, We need more soulmate aus for JeanMarco. That's an order.
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I got another update for By Any Other Name! Whoa!!! In the next four chapters things start to rev up when a queen and painter share a kiss, Subcon village is haunted by a ghost, and... hmm... I’ve forgotten what comes next but I’m sure it’ll come back to me ;) Enjoy!
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update on the fic:
the time for me is half past eleven, and i have finished the fic with a final word count of 22,310 words.
however, it's very late and i need a fresh set of eyes for editing (it's not a quick grammer scan, this thing needs revisions i'm so serious lmao). so i'm going to keep it in the drafts for right now and try to post it tomorrow.
sorry to anyone who wanted to read it, & i'm happy you do, but trust me--i want to post it when it's at what i consider a good quality for my readers. gn you guys <3
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