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Tears of Themis: Xia Yan/Luke 【囚月】 Imprisoning Moon - Bewitching Night Rave MR Translation

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xia yan’s solution

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over here feeding myself bc we’re >1 year in and xia yan STILL doesn’t have a suit card

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Shinsou but he casually wears crop tops

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“Agent Raven, huh?” Marius gazes at Luke, completely setting aside the tablet Austin had given him earlier. Marius concentrates on Luke directly instead, sizing him up himself, and Luke is used to being looked at like this. Questions from the get go. Are you the weapon I need? Are you the protector who will keep me safe? Are you really the best one they’ve got? “You don’t strike me as one.” Luke is taken aback. “What do you mean?” “Means I see you more as a puppy, actually,” Marius smirks. “I assure you—” Luke eye twitches. “—that I can protect you much better than that.” “Oh, puppy’s got teeth,” Marius’ grin is downright delighted now. This is going to be one very long month... - Luke Pearce is assigned by the NSB to be Marius von Hagen’s bodyguard for a month.

wc: 2k for chapter 1

"i'll write the bodyguard marluke fic for november" i said, like an idiot who doesnt know how impatient of a writer he is. but yayyyy ive finally started writing marluke!!! only took me FOREVER.

this fic's got everything! bodyguard au, marius von hagen's dad being a little shit, everybody thinking both marius and luke are dumb as rocks. i loved writing it and i hope some people out there can enjoy this :DDD

likes, reblogs, tag comments, and ao3 comments give me life!!! pls lmk if u like this :3c

see yall around for the next chapter!!!

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Test of strength

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“Luke, Peanut is like, our adopted child. He can’t be in the room when we’re having sex, hard stop,” Ria says. “If you’d feel more comfortable with Peanut in the premises, I wouldn’t mind. A factor to getting aroused is feeling safe, so—” Artem says. “Babe, if unconventional shit like Peanut bothered me, I wouldn’t be sleeping with a super spy,” Marius says. “I think Peanut is fascinating. I’d love to unpack the benefits of an emotional support animal later, after I’ve fucked you,” Vyn says. - Peanut is a constant beady eyed fixture at Luke’s place, which is unfortunate given that Luke has four incredibly hot partners who fuck him into his bed on a regular basis.

rated M. nothing too explicit but sexual content is implied

wc: 2.2k

finally wrote nxx polycule!! with the DUMBEST PREMISE EVER. i hope some people can enjoy this because speedwriting this in 2 hours was a blast for me :DDD......I HAVE TO GO TO WORK NOW KJSDBFKGJSD

likes, reblogs, tag comments, and ao3 comments give me life!!! pls lmk if u like this :3c

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extra context is needed to understand this very complex poem by me and emjle

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character analysis: nxx investigation team, biological family, found family

wc: 1.1k

disclaimer: spoilers for character backstories within and i can no longer remember if it's in future cn server or global server, also these are all just my OWN interpretations and opinions, also it's 7:30AM here and i wrote this very quickly

so the biogical families (aka families related by blood) of everybody in the nxx investigation team are hugely fascinating to me. this is because each of their biological families creates a character that would LOVE to have the found family (aka people who are not biologically related coming to form very close bonds with each other) trope

lemme go thru everybody one by one

marius is the most obvious. the von hagen family isnt just a huge presence in society but a huge presence in his life. hes never just been marius hes always been marius von hagen. his family has a history and thanks to circumstances (cough, giann just blooping off of the face of the earth, cant wait to see u, giann!!!) a huge responsibility has been put on marius' shoulders to continue what the family does whether he likes it or not. in some card stories, it is implied that marius is seen by others as the weakest link in the von hagen family. hes a brat hes a kid he doesnt know what hes doing. marius is bombarded with responsibility and people doubting if he can follow through.

artem is a bit more lowkey than marius but his biological family also has a history. both his parents are also renowned lawyers and if im not mistaken, it was mentioned somewhere that those parents had Huge Expectations for him in terms of success and shit. his responsibility to carry on the family history is more muted than marius' but also more consistent, if that makes sense? marius had to be a von hagen only after giann disappeared while artem had to be a wing since he was a kid. the responsibility on artem's shoulders is both something that was placed onto him and something he perpetuates himself.

the above two are examples of biological families with a legacy, so to speak. it's clear that marius and artem, despite their family, worked hard independently to be the competent people they are today. their success is because of them. but one of the reasons why they had to go to do that is partly because they know that they dont exist in a vaccuum. they arent just their own person. they are a member of their last name's legacy.

(which, sidenote: marius and artem's family shit is, among the boys, the most glaringly culturally asian to me, HAHA. ofc i cant speak for all asians, but personally as a south east asian, the attitude of "carrying on the family legacy" and "you are not just you, you are your biological family" is just. ive seen those types of families, ive met them. hell, im IN ONE. moving on.)

vyn is a bit trickier. SPOILERS AHEAD, but vyn is the son of a duke, lol. hes a fuckin royal blood. absolute hilarity to me but he obviously hated it and made a choice to actively leave it. he did not erase his biological family history, he just skedaddled from it. noped himself out of there and then established himself as an individual independent from his royal bloodline. the background of his family is hugely still apparent in him but he doesnt rely on them and doesnt do anything for them as well. this is his life now, he seems to be saying. fuck off, he says as well, elegantly.

luke is depressing, but whats new. his biological family was ripped away from him the moment his parents died and he became an orphan. in a literal sense, he has no more blood history. theres no legacy, theres no responsibility, theres no past Pearce to call on. of course, he did get taken in by mc's family and that did come with its own set of history and legacy, but it's a bit different because he was adopted (and bc mc's fam history is...well, thats in the next paragraph). but yeah, luke doesnt have a biological history.

and lastly, mc. mc's family (aside from growing up with luke) is largely left up to interpretation. her parents were there during childhood and at some point disappeared for a "secret government research" which lord, i hope that gets addressed at some point jKBJSKF. but mc has some kind of biological history. we just dont get to see it.

vyn, luke, and mc have biological family situations that are more focused on the Lack Of It. vyn left, luke lost, and mc just has [REDACTED] over hers. they all, like marius and artem, establish themselves independently and work hard to be who they are now but theres less of a looming shadow of family legacy over them.

so whats this about found family?

i love nxx investigation team found family. ever since i started playing this game, i wanted all five of these idiots to come and love each other one way or another. but looking at all of their biological families, it makes me even happier because now i realize that these five idiots would very much enjoy a found family.

heres the thing (among many things) about found family that sets itself out from biological family: it's a blank slate that can only be written on by the members of the unit.

biological family, well, thats been there before you were even born. you can write the future, but the past is set in stone. you can make choices on how to deal with it but you cant change what has already happened. found family is a collaborative effort of a new history. a new chapter. one where everybody present has not only the choice but the power to make whatever this is mean whatever they want it to mean.

to metaphorize: biological family does not dictate who you are but their fingerprints, so to speak, will always be on you. found family also does not dictate who you are, but for once, theres no fingerprints of the past. it's new and youve got a say somehow in how the love of it can play out.

i feel like all of them need this. a blank page that can be built from the bottom up. no legacies or histories or lacks or whatever. just like

a bunch of people stumbling into the nxx hq and eventually, one by one, saying to themselves "yeah, im gonna ride or die for these idiots."

and then setting forth to write their story together.

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meowrius listens to meowsic (you can use this emote on the official tears of themis discord now HEHEHE)

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I feel like vyn would be the type of person to get social media specifically to hate on said social media- ghost

vaguely irt to nxx investigation team and tiktok

jsdbgkskjBKJSKDF, GHOST, IM LAUGHING AT THIS

dr. vyn richter having a twitter...hes a hot professor at a big university, i KNOW this dude has a bunch of followers, mostly students who thirst-followed him and then theyre frustrated because all vyn DOES on twitter is tweet primarily about how twitter is a horrible place for mental health well being and generally also terrible for nuanced discussions all in all.

marius jokingly replies to his tweet (and marius uses his alt twt where hes not glaringly a von hagen, just some random internet dude whos an asshole, perfect anonymity, but vyn clocks that it's marius in a tenth of a second) with "lol then what does it say that UR here, doc?"

and then vyn blocks marius

but marius bribes luke with lunch and/or snacks to hack vyn's account every time so that marius is unblocked

vyn, of course, knows that luke is doing this. not because he has any computer coding expertise but because luke has never successfully hidden guilt in his ENTIRE LIFE.

the only reason vyn lets this continue is because he finds it vaguely entertaining that marius is using this whole situation to hang out with luke more and marius REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE what THAT means about him

(artem has no idea any of this is happening. in the nxx groupchat marius always sends the tweet threads, but artem leaves everybody on read/seen except for mc <3)

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Okay but. You know how classic spy stuff back then has the obligatory 'female character gotta dress SEXY for undercover work'. How about on a NXX mission, MARIUS decides to step in because he certainly would be confident that he would look like a stunning bombshell

//slams my hands on the desk repeatedly. MARIUS HONEYPOT, MARIUS HONEYPOT, MARIUS HONEYPOT!!!!!!!! sorry this response turned out to be a marluke minific tho. pls heed wc and contents

wc: 1.7k words

contents: marius/luke, honeypot (acting as seductive bait towards another person for a reason other than wanting to get with that person. not marius to luke, marius to other characters), allusions to sex (none happens), and unresolved sexual/romantic tension

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u hit a trope sweet spot of mine point blank. i love spy movie tropes and this trope is a guilty pleasure of mine and ur mind is just SOOOOO HUGE LIKE

man the moment the team realize that their target will most probably only give out their information (and there are two targets, husband and wife, this detail is important later) only towards somebody they are attracted to (the reason for this, vyn explains, is that this couple has been documented to tout around valuable intelligence as a bargaining chip as lure for people they desire) the meeting room goes quiet and awkward.

and mc has seen spy movies, she knows it's usually the woman who has to do the sexy undercover honeypot, and she KNOWS that none of the boys are going to force her but also she wants to solve this case.

however, before she can volunteer it's like

marius: okay, i'll go

everybody else: WHAT!!!

marius: what?

marius explains the obvious pros of him being the honeypot. first off, the most obvious thing, is that hes well known and hot shit in the media and the social class that these targets are. it wouldnt be out of place at all, it wouldnt raise any alarm bells for him to arrive at the hoity toity event the couple is going to be at. second off, he confidently says that HES confident. he acknowledges vyn tho, like vyn is sublimely confident in an elegant manner, but marius says hes Better because hes younger and nearly everybody underestimates him at first glance. vyn puts people on guard while marius is aware that people have the tendency to put themselves above him, which is catnip for targets like this who love to feel in power.

and lastly he smirks and says "everybody here knows that im the most attractive person here."

the team roll their eyes at his last point but they also concede that the rest of his reasons are sound. he really is the best choice for this specific task.

immediately, they all get to work on planning. vyn wants to run marius through how to hone his "confident but please show me ur soooo much cooler than me" vibes. artem and mc start working on the specifics on the information they need to get from the targets, outlining certain dialog prompts or lines thatll help steer the conversation. marius listens intently, absorbing all the information and asking questions when he needs to, and hes so focused that he almost forgets the little tremble of his heart because

luke hasnt said a word

luke has barely looked at him the moment marius volunteered

the meeting comes to a close and luke breaks his silence. "marius," he says. his voice is controlled, uncharacteristically betraying not a single emotion. "stay here for a bit. there's some things i want to talk to you about."

and it's not a suggestion. it's a declaration. so marius stays.

the conversation between them that happens, both of them alone at the nxx hq, is, in one word, ridiculous. luke is trying to convince marius to NOT do this thing, trying to bring up other methods. marius shoots all of luke's alternatives down, citing how theyre not as efficient, not as foolproof. luke gets angry, he says that these targets could get dangerous, he confronts marius as to why he has such little regard for his own well being. and marius snaps, confronting luke back and hissing why the fuck are YOU so interested in MY well being?

because heres the thing: theyre not dating. luke and marius arent in a relationship.

but they are...something

neither of them are stupid. they can tell theres a tension between them that grows stronger and stronger with every fleeting yet lingering touch, with every moment their gaze locks onto the other first and for much too long. they both know what theyre running from, but they both also dont want to stop running.

luke concedes. he cant reveal why he cares, thatd be disastrous. so he allows marius to go through with this on the condition that marius follows every fucking order luke gives him on the mission.

"i'm the one with undercover experience, here," luke says and hes right. "youre going to follow what i say."

"fine," marius grouses, looking away, trying not to examine too closely just how much he'd follow luke pearce to the ends of the earth.

FAST FORWARD THRU THE PREP OF THIS MISSION. key things that happen are

artem and mc running verbal sparring matches against marius to train him and for all that artem and mc are skilled attorneys, marius makes sure to make every conversation lean to his side, in terms of "winning." he has meetings like this with the PAX board every monday, hes got the experience lol

vyn trains marius through the mannerisms and tendencies of the type of person hes supposed to be playing and marius knocks it out of the ballpark because marius has spent his entire gotdamn life learning how to be what other people say he is. give him a role and he'll win the fucking oscar award

and luke goes to marius' office late at night, telling marius about plan a, plan b, and the entire rest of the alphabet of backup plans. because luke pearce is always thinking of the worst case scenario and he doesnt want marius to fall to that.

(and if during these nights in marius' office, both of them get quiet and look at each other, and marius darts his eyes down to the frown that graces luke's lips, and luke notices and his cheeks redden and he turns away, well. nobody needs to know about that.)

once it's mission day, luke is the one who sets marius up with an audio transmitter. gently, he loops it over marius' earlobe (and marius does Not shiver at the touch. he doesnt. and if he does, shut up about it. luke definitely doesnt bring it up).

the transmitter is designed as a silver snake, winding and elegant, the perfect earcuff to complement marius' whole outfit.

"that doesnt switch off. we'll be able to reach you and..." luke backs up, his hands in his pocket. "...everything you say and everything thats said to you within a 1 meter radius, we'll be able to hear it. i'll be---" he stutters. "we're with you the whole night."

"got it," marius says and he goes for a grin, trying to lighten luke up. "dont be so glum, the worst you guys will hear is me moaning maybe."

that. does NOT make luke laugh. that makes luke face go SO RED and he SQUEAKS and he runs away with his metaphorical tail between his legs with a rushed "OKAY, GOOD LUCK!!!!"

marius sighs. when are either of them going to get their act together?

NIGHT OF THE MISSION!! imagine the standard spy movie gala. theres lotsa well dressed people, a fancy bar, waiters walking around with champagne and hors-d'œuvres and marius von hagen walks in and looks undoubtedly like he belongs there. but as the night goes by, after hes chatted with a few company presidents, after hes sidled around and made himself visible, after he sits down at the bar alone, he damn well knows hes made himself known to the people he needs.

LEMME SPEED THRU THIS BIT NOW. the target couple approach him and they have polite conversation about business for a while. then that conversation turns into something a little more alluring and packed with flirting and passes from both parties of the couple and marius is glad that hes so hot that it's that easy. but also he plays hard to get, because he needs this couple to bring out the info that will "convince him"

and get it he does!! honestly it was pretty easy after marius faux rejected them the third time and the couple was like "let's take this somewhere more private" and they go into an empty hallway and they both make it clear they theyve got the power over him. by like, kissing him stupid, duh.

and marius is chill. he figured this would happen and he plays his part, he gasps in shock and groans softly as the two of them start to touch him (and the reason it was important that the targets were a couple is wholly just because i want two people tagteaming marius von hagen, im VALID) and it takes like 10 seconds for them to spill the intel they need. marius knows the audio transmitter got that, that they have solid information, and now all he has to do is make his exit from what is probably going to end in sex if marius doesnt leave soon but his exit is.

something

nobody

fucking

planned for

they all planned for how to make an exit when unsuccessful. there are 85293859 plans for how to make an exit after getting the intel, but none of those plans for when marius is currently pinned between two people who are Into Him. marius is fine with having a fling with these two, but this transmitter is NOT gonna turn off and he wants to spare his entire team having an audio file of him getting his shit rocked and they agree bc he hears them squabble through the transmitter

so marius, voice breathy, says "you'll have t-to help me."

the couple thinks hes talking to them, that he wants their "help" in feeling good, but these words arent for them at all. theyre for his team. theyre for---

"please," marius sighs. "i need you."

---for luke.

"im coming." luke says immediately.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS IS luke comes to the unsuspicious rescue SOMEHOW and he brings marius home and then maybe they have one hell of an argument because luke is so upset marius had to go that far and MARIUS is so upset that luke isnt being honest about why he CARES SO MUCH and maybe they angry kiss about it and they FINALLY STOP BEING STUPID.

the last bit is rushed but lord, this response is too long. ty for this ask!!! sorry again for making it marluke, im a bit insane about them kbfgkds

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Oh god!

I really love the poly headcanons they are so sweet.... (or don't but that's part of it and i think the tot boys+MC deserve all the love the world has to give).

But, liking it or not, our 4 beloved boys are kinda complicated (that's what makes them perfect). Plus I never thought about how people get in poly relationships. So i was thinking, how do you think they all get into a polyrelationship together?

(I really have no idea of how that would happen)

hi, two anons!! im glad you guys liked my nxx team polycule stuff!! i'll answer these in one go, my "headcanon" (in quotes because i think this kinda turned into a character analysis/minific of sorts HAHA) being what first anon asked, How They Get Together.

heads up, wc of this is 1.9k words long so buckle up for a bit of a read jfsjdfkjbf

because first anon, youre right!!! the boys are stupendously complicated which i love so so much but canon has also shown us clearly that each of the boys' quirks and habits and tendencies causes a lot of (mostly played for laughs) friction. the bickering, the backhanded insults, the "im the best one here" preening contests. theyre all SOOOO RIDICULOUS and it is hilarious but yep! the boys r complex!! and that means this beautiful ship, imo, has a lot of phases to get to the actual romantic relationship bit.

how they get together, in my opinion, starts because of mc.

not in the sense that she matchmakes them all, but like.

phase 1 of the nxx team polycule is this:

through being in love with her (which we all know the boys 100% are), each of the boys come to terms with their own flaws and weaknesses. it's very apparent to me in all the story thus far that these boys are flawed as hell, it's very compelling but even more compelling to me is how all of them also do intense mental gymnastics to Not Confront Those Flaws. like, marius is a dickbag always teasing and toeing the line of insincerity, vyn is a controlling mf who always tries to sway situations to his benefit, artem is so repressed to the point that he has genuine trouble with emotions, luke is a self sacrificial bastard and also a huge hypocrite about how no, actually, hes the only one that should be hiding his pain and being dishonest, no dishonesty from other people!! in the beginning of the story, all the boys have their flaws and seem to have just kinda...not addressed how those flaws are harming them and the people around them.

and then mc rolls around and they all fall in love with her. and she sees those flaws and she doesnt let them slide. she challenges the boys in her own ways to see another side of the situation, to acknowledge what theyre doing. she doesnt want to get rid of flaws, thats impossible and also not cool. she just has this beautiful hope for like, all of humanity, that goodness can prevail with the right work. so when she sees her beloved nxx boys, she believes that for them as well.

which leads to phase 2 of the nxx team polycule:

the boys, more aware of themselves, become more aware of each other.

they werent Unaware of the others of course. it's just that they didnt like...truly connect on a personal level just yet. they saw the other teammembers with their emotional armor and flaws and saw a wall that wasnt worth looking past.

but after mc makes them realize that hey, flaws arent the end of the world actually, it's alright and the person behind them may just be worth it, the boys like. end up understanding the others. A LOT OF THIS BIT IS UNINTENTIONAL, ON THEIR PARTS KJDSBFS. like they stumble into understanding each other by accident, they didnt plan it, but over the course of nxx investigations, it's inevitable that they end up seeing the depths of the others. i delve into this a little bit in my fanfic "filler eps of the lost gold" where the boys are just going thru their actions and then trip over another boy's fears or desires and through that, gain a deeper understanding mutually.

and with understanding, sometimes, comes trust.

phase 3 of the nxx team polycule goes like this:

everybody in this team, whether they like it or not, whether they know it or not, has a heart that wants to give love so desperately.

marius lives in a world full of snakes so he cant have his heart on his sleeve for his own protection. vyn wants to be seen as perfect and the heart is inherently messy so he holds it back. artem for a very very long time was focused on work and success and achievement that he neglected his heart. and luke has been giving love all his life in a sense but in a way thats hidden.

all these tendencies that are brought upon their life circumstances results in this: they want to love honestly but they havent been able to do this

until mc. and all of them want to push back whatever fears or patterns their life has instilled in them because they see her and see somebody so unwaveringly good that all their hearts begin giving love to her to make her happy and to make themselves happy as well.

but heres the thing. the boys dont just see mc. by this point, they have connected and understood and come to trust each other as well, and the consequence of that is that They Can See Each Other Now Too, Truly.

and heres the thing. all of the boys are unwaveringly good as well.

one by one, each of the boys realize that what they feel for the other boys in the team starts to...change. yeah theyre all friends, they pick on each other a lot of the time, but the bedrock of the relationship is solid and strong now. but when marius is with luke, marius sees a light inside of luke so bright that he seems unaware that he gives off. when artem is with vyn, artem sees a goodness inside of vyn that hesitates to make itself obvious and known because vyn is scared of getting hurt thanks to it. all of them see the other and their goodness and, unbidden, their hearts want to give love to each other as well.

and because theyre all a bit stupid in their own way theyre like, huh, weird! wonder why this feeling is so familiar! and yet i cant seem to name it...and then they all independently compare these feeling with the feelings they have for mc, a feeling they do know the name of, and theyre like.

WAIT.

THESE FEELINGS ARE...VERY BASICALLY EXACTLY WHAT I FEEL FOR MC.

which only means one thing: theyve fallen in love with everybody else

marius: //goes to his studio to Think and sees that a bunch of his recent art actually had little crumbs of these feelings already, etched into the brushstrokes and scenes. has an emotional crisis about it

vyn: //records a 1 hour long entry in his audio diary to examine and gain control of his feelings but by the end of the hour all he knows is that he wants to hold these people and be held by them

artem: //quite literally just bluescreens, artem.exe has stopped working, sits at his study and slowly, slowly, thunks his head down onto his desk, valiantly trying to ignore the fast pulse of his heart

luke: //manically vents about it to peanut who, by virtue of being a bird, doesnt get it. just keeps talking at peanut to get a grasp of it all and then lies down on the floor, overwhelmed

mc, sitting in her apartment watching some netflix: ...why do i inexplicably feel as if something very, very important has just happened?

phase 4 of the nxx team polycule is basically:

pining: extreme difficulty level

because pining is already hard when ur pining for one person. what more for an additional 3 more people. and those additional 3 more people are pining back.

and all these boys are SOOOO OBVIOUS with their romantic feelings, in their own special way. the way they show their affection to mc starts to bleed into their interactions with the others and everybody can CLEARLY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON, LOL, but also all the boys are too chickenshit to confront it, because if they confront it, what will even happen??? being in love with each other, all of them, thats going to be such a complicated fucking relationship, holy shit. it's 2030, yeah, being a polyamorous group relationship isnt completely unheard of, but sue them, theyre scared.

but mc (who i forgot to mention already knows of the boys' romantic feelings for her, shes just hasnt made a move yet on any of them because SHES IN LOVE WITH ALL OF THEM AS WELL and shes been trying to figure out how the hell to make that work, she cant bear to choose just one of them, she'd be heartbroken over leaving the rest of them behind) sees that the nxx investigation team is now all pining for each other FULLY and she kinda wants to laugh when she realizes whats going on because like, what are the chances? that this would happen? that they all found each other and their feelings fell into just the right place for nobody to be left behind?

theyre all scared, she can tell. and she is as well, she wont lie.

but shes always had a belief that goodness can prevail with the right work.

and love is one of the greatest goods out there.

phase 5 of the nxx team polycule:

It's Time For Communication, Baby!!!!!

the exact scenes of how this happens is a bit vague to me. it could go two ways: mc going to each of the boys independently to talk about feelings, hers about everybodys and his about everybodys as well. OR they have a fucking meeting about it all together and artem literally schedules it in his google calendar, or something.

either way, they like, actually talk about this. starts casual, maybe over a chill date, maybe over dinner at a nice restaurant, maybe over a walk in the park as the sun is starting to set. but where ever it happens, the end result is the same: a heart is laid out bare and it is taken in gentle, grateful hands.

marius: OKAY, NOW THAT THE FEELINGS ARE OUT OF THE WAY, CAN I PLEASE KISS ONE OR ALL OF YOU, PLEASE, IVE BEEN WANTING TO KISS U GUYS FOR FOREVER

vyn, laughing fondly: has anybody ever told you patience is a virtue? we quite literally just talked it all out.

marius: //needy whining noises

artem, embarrassed: ive...never kissed anybody before

luke, embarrassed but trying to play it Cool: ....same here

mc: kissing is great, you two will love it!

marius: awesome, awesome, so is ANYBODY going to give me a go ahead or WHAT????

phase 6 of the nxx team polycule:

i dont want to say it's happily ever after, once they all get together. thats not really realistic.

they all have their quirks and tendencies and habits. and those will inevitable clash against each other. theyll have their arguments, theyll get upset, theyll sulk and be angry, sometimes. but also...

theyll see each other smile and feel like their love shining so brightly. theyll reach out for another's hand and be held in such a way that makes them think that their heart is in a safe place. theyll love each other and theyll put in the work to continue loving each other. because goodness will prevail.

and they all see each other as the most good people in the world.

so whatever happens, theyll get through it together.