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BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL PIRATE IS A CUNNING WENCH!
The adventures in the Caribbean continue in Port Royal, Jamaica.
In 1689, Atia Crisp finds herself imprisoned in the wickedest city on earth, Port Royal, Jamaica, while the refugees from Strangewayes’s plantation in the Blue Mountains are on the run and seeking a new home, deep in the Caribbean. Captain Jean-Paul la Roche must get them to safety and find a way to liberate the woman he loves while waging a war against the English with the pirate Laurens de Graaf.
While besieged people suffer and starve, a group of women form a secret and illegal society deep from within the bowels of the city called: Wenches. A network that deals with smugglers, merchants, cutthroats,and thieves. Dragged into the struggle for supremacy of the Caribbean, the women are divided and find themselves engulfed in bloodshed. The pirates of Port Royal and former enemies may be their only hope of escape.
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ayyyyysexual · 5 months
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🏴‍☠️ white-beard Follow
Can we stop all normalising the use of "sc*rvy" as a fun little thing to call people?? I literally had sc*rvy last year and it was even worse than when I got my hand cut off. Fuck anyone who uses the S word without even considering how triggering it can be to those of us who have ACTUALLY suffered though it
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No wenches?
🏴‍☠️ white-beard Follow
Honestly you people are so insufferable I genuinely hope you walk the plank
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AHOY???
🍑 plundermebooty Follow
Okay but OP is literally a landlubber, mateys
🌴 pegmeg
nahhh why is it literally always landlubbers faking scurvy and sending plank threats ☠☠
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🗡wagscallion Follow
everyone says "land ho!" but never "land ma'am"
💨 matelotsaboteur
Really makes you think
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💃 crossdressing101 Follow
this whole crew was so gullible ngl, i just cut my hair and dressed in my fathers clothes and they all fell for it, hook line and sinker??
💃 crossdressing101 Follow
honestly im surprised no one has found me out yet. surely i dont seem that much like a man? i mean it makes this way easier but like. im still a woman. obviously
🕺 crossdressing101 Follow
mateys i have come to a shocking realisation,
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⛵ privatesteer Follow
wildest argument for piracy i've ever heard was that the gold stored on government ships is dangerous cause it weighs them down, so they're just 'lightening the load'
🧜‍♀️ kiss-pretty-ocean324 Follow
աaռռa ʟɨֆȶɛռ ȶօ ֆɨʀɛռ ֆօռɢ?
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no thanks
🕶 monstermaterdeactivated16520210
outta my way gayboy im boutta get it
🕶 monstermaterdeactivated16520210
i have drowned at sea
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🌏 boat-enthusiast Follow
i am SO sick of the term "ship-shape" like, matey, which shape?? Ships come in so many fucking shapes like have non of you ever boarded more than one vessel in your career???? Anyway fake ship fans DNI with this post i can NOT be bothered with your tomfuckery today
💦 longjohngolder Follow
girl its not that deep ☠
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to YOU. i just get it
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🙍‍♂️ dudeindistress Follow
honestly being held for ransom isnt that bad. kinda nice to be held
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🦜 pollypockets Follow
SQUAWK
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CAW SQUAWK SQUAWK
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CA-CAW
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🍑 plundermebooty Follow
the cabin boy just winked at me?? after offering to help clean my gun? privately. in my quarters. tonight.
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i think i hauve scurvy
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🌊 swabmydick Follow
mateys I SWEARR my captain and his first mate are gonna kiss before our next voyage. they literally have so much romantic tension every time i see them its nauseating
🕶 longjohngolderdeactivated16511205
wtf its so problematic and harmful to ship real people?? unfollowing rn i thought you were better than this
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i literally rob and kill people for a living?????? that's where you draw the line???
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op killed them
🌊 swabmydick Follow
even better news mateys, they kissed ☠☠☠
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HIII NEW FOLLOWER :3 i js wanna cutely ask if u could make sukuna a gentle yet rough husband(he's still the king of whatevs) and the protagonist has a dragonfly pendant that glows and makes the protagonist submissive when originally, shes a VERY stubborn wife :3 thats all tyt (⁠´⁠⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠`⁠)⁠!
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Trapped in Temptation
Heian Era Ryomen Sukuna x f!reader
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Warnings- 18+, slight non-con, kidnapping, threats, mentions of violence (Sukuna is gentle only with you), tricking, use of nicknames, use of abdomen mouth and mouths on four hands, fingering (Sukuna has nails), double penetration (use of 2 dicks in rear and front), nipple playing, clit rubbing, choking, raw sex (cumming inside), breeding kink
wc- 4k
ART NOT MINE !
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"Uraume, did you hear what that insolent wench said to me? She dared insult my honor!" Raging, Ryomen Sukuna paces back and forth across their opulent quarters, his four arms slicing through the air with anger. "I can't believe she would be so impudent before our subordinates! We should do something about her."
"Calm down, Lord Sukuna," Uraume interjects, standing in front of their master to block his path. "She knows not what she says. It was uncalled for, but I assure you, I shall handle the matter." They cross their arms, a determined look in their eyes.
"Uraume, she is so stubborn! Her constant attitude toward me is tiresome! I am the strongest, yet she dares to challenge me?" Ryomen Sukuna's voice booms throughout the room, emphasizing each word as he speaks. "And to think I took her as my consort... She must learn her place, or else I may end up hurting her"
With a sigh, Uraume nods understandingly, "I understand Lord, but the truth is, you've grown attached to her, haven't you?" Uraume asks, a knowing smirk playing on their lips. "I have the best solution for it"
"Tell me about it", he sits down on his throne, crossing his massive legs.
It was a sunny afternoon, as Ryomen Sukuna scanned his vast territory, standing atop the highest point of his temple. In the distance, he saw you - an unusual figure, unlike anyone he had ever encountered. Something within him stirred, a feeling he could not explain. His instincts screamed to hunt and devour this new prey, but a strange force held him back.
"You know I told you," Uraume said, looking up at Sukuna with a playful smile, "that sometimes we can find the most unlikely sources of entertainment."
Ryomen Sukuna grunted, acknowledging the truth in Uraume's words. He couldn't deny the fascination he felt for you. "Indeed, I will send my spies to follow her."
Weeks passed, and Ryomen Sukuna found himself consumed by your thoughts. He could resist no longer, and finally confided in Uraume, "I have grown obsessed with her. I've decided that I wish to bring her to me - against her will if necessary". A wicked grin spreaded across his face, revealing his sharp teeth. "Prepare the plan for her capture, and ensure she arrives here safely."
A sinister grin flashed across Uraume's face. "As you wish, Lord Sukuna. Your desire shall be fulfilled." And so, with expert planning and stealth, Uraume carried out the task of capturing you. When you were finally brought before him, bound and trembling, Sukuna couldn't help but feel a thrill of excitement.
In the grand temple, surrounded by darkness and the oppressive aura of Ryomen Sukuna, fear coursed through your veins like ice water. You couldn't help but tremble at the sight of the towering, monstrous figure before you. Even as he approached you gently, offering words of comfort, your heart pounded uncontrollably. The very air seemed heavy with his power, and you couldn't shake the feeling of loathing and dread that bubbled up within you.
"Fear not," Sukuna whispered, his voice a velvety rumble in the silence of the chamber. "I have taken a liking to you, and will not harm you...for now." He gazed into your frightened eyes, his own full of curiosity and perhaps even a hint of longing. "I promise you, you are safe here – for the moment."
Breathless and shaking, you pleaded with Ryomen Sukuna, "Please, let me go! I don't want to stay here, with you..." Your voice quivered, desperation clear in every word. But the mighty demon lord only stared at you, his expression unreadable behind his cold facade.
As days turned into nights, and then into weeks, you refused to eat, choosing instead to starve yourself in protest. Your pale and unwell body greatly concerned Sukuna.
"Enough of this nonsense!" Ryomen Sukuna's voice rang out, echoing through the temple chambers. "Uraume, attend to her."
Despite your protests, Uraume stepped forward, concern in their eyes. "Please, consume at least a bit, it will make things easier for all of us."
You looked up at them defiantly, tears welling in your eyes. "I won't eat!"
"This obstinacy is truly fascinating," Sukuna muttered, watching the scene unfold with a mixture of irritation and intrigue. "You underestimate the consequences of your actions. If you continue to starve yourself, your life will be endangered."
Uraume sighed softly, eyeing you with worry. "Just a morsel," they pleaded, gently placing a small bite of food on your tongue. "For your own sake."
But you stubbornly clamped your jaw shut, refusing to swallow the offered sustenance. Your determination was steadfast, fueled by your desire to leave the clutches of Ryomen Sukuna.
Seeing your resolve, Sukuna's eyes narrowed, and he spoke with a dangerous edge to his voice, "Very well. Have it your way. But know this, if you die, I am going to kill every human on this earth."
"Y-you cannot do that-", your words fell on deaf ears, as Ryomen Sukuna merely laughed darkly, the sound echoing ominously in the temple chambers.
"Oh, little mortal, do not mistake my words for idle threats. I am capable of such destruction. And if you persist in defying me, I may just do it."
Watching you waste away drove Uraume mad with worry. They tried once again to reason with you, "Do not test Lord Sukuna's patience, child. You know not the extent of his powers. You must eat, for humans' sake."
Reluctantly, you opened your mouth for Uraume, swallowing the food they offered. The taste was foreign, and your stomach growled in protest, but you knew better than to refuse. Your eyes met Ryomen Sukuna's, a mixture of defiance and despair in their depths. You were trapped, a caged bird desperate for freedom.
As days passed, you learned to endure your imprisonment, adapting to the odd rhythms of your captivity. Ryomen Sukuna watched you closely, a never-ending study of this fascinating creature who had captured his interest. Though you remained subdued, he couldn't help but notice the occasional flash of rebellion in your eyes.
One fateful day, unable to contain your frustration any longer, you spoke out of turn, lashing out at Ryomen Sukuna in front of his ever-loyal servants. The words tumbled from your lips, sharp and cutting, as if driven by sheer desperation to assert some semblance of control over your situation.
Ryomen Sukuna's eyes narrowed, his expression turning dark as thunderclouds. With a swift movement, he took hold of your arm, lifting you off the ground effortlessly. "Is this how you repay me for keeping you alive?" His voice was low and dangerous, sending shivers down your spine.
"Perhaps I should reconsider my decision to spare you," he snarled, holding you aloft in his powerful grip, the muscles in his arms straining visibly. Your heart leaped into your throat as you realized the severity of your actions.
"Kill me, it's better to die than to live with a monster like you!", defiance blazed in your eyes as you spat the words at Ryomen Sukuna, your voice shaking with emotion.
Surprisingly, Ryomen Sukuna paused, his eyes softening momentarily. "Monster?" He released you, allowing you to stumble back, breathless and terrified. "I have done nothing but provide you with a measure of safety, and this how you repay me?"
Uraume stepped forward, trying to diffuse the tension. "Lord Sukuna, she is weakened, emotionally and physically. It's not wise to push her too far." They glanced at you, concern etched in their face. "Let us give her time to adjust to her circumstances."
Ryomen Sukuna hesitated, his sharp gaze never leaving you. "Get her out of my sight. NOW!"
Uraume quickly complied, guiding you away from Sukuna and into the comfort of your quarters. As the door closed behind you, you slumped against it, gasping for breath. Emotions swirled within, tearing at your fragile psyche. Fear, anger, resentment, and a strange kind of fascination with the demonic ruler.
In the quiet hours of night, Uraume approaches Ryomen Sukuna, a dragonfly pendant glimmering in their hand. Their voice soft but filled with purpose. "We have found a way to control her defiance, Lord. A dragonfly pendant of ancient origin, said to bring submission to those who wear it."
"Show me," Ryomen Sukuna commands, his interest piqued. Taking the gleaming object from Uraume's hand, he examines the delicate craftsmanship, a faint glow emanating from its center. A slow, predatory smile spreads across his face. "This could prove useful."
Uraume nods, understanding his intentions. "Once she wears it, and the pendant comes in contact with your iris, she will become submissive, appeasing her rebellious nature. Perhaps we can break her spirit and bend her to our will."
Ryomen Sukuna studies the dragonfly pendant, imagining the effect it would have on her. His dark eyes sparkles with anticipation, the plan working perfectly in his favor.
"But Lord.. Remember you have to trick her into wearing it", Uraume warns knowing your stubborn nature.
Rolling his eyes, Ryomen Sukuna dismisses Uraume's warning. "Trust me, I know how to manipulate her."
The following day, as dawn breaks over his kingdom, he seeks you out with a seemingly contrite expression. Apologizing for the previous day's outburst, he holds out the dragonfly pendant. "Here, take this as a token of reconciliation. Wear it close to you, as a sign of our understanding".
There's an underlying current of menace beneath his words, caught off guard by the unexpected apology, you tentatively accept the dragonfly pendant from Ryomen Sukuna's hand. As the delicate piece of jewelry slides around your neck, your heart races in anticipation.
Sukuna's eyes fall on the pendant and it glows, then a sudden warmth floods your being, and you feel an overwhelming sensation of... submission?
The change is immediate and profound. Your resistance crumbles, replaced by an inexplicable urge to obey. You fall to your knees, your eyes fixed on the ground, "I am sorry, Lord Sukuna. Please forgive my insolence." A wave of submission washes over you, eliminating the last vestiges of rebellion in your heart. The dragonfly pendant, now resting delicately against your collarbone, pulsed gently with each beat of your heart.
Ryomen Sukuna's eyes widens in surprise, a twisted grin spreading across his face. With a predatory grin, Ryomen Sukuna takes advantage of this newfound submission. Grasping your arm, he pulls you to your feet, your eyes locked with his. "Now that we understand each other, let's start fresh. Let me introduce you to the joys of our new arrangement."
A sense of helplessness grips you, as he leads you to a sumptuous room, adorned with silk sheets and plush cushions. Your heart hammers wildly in your chest, and you struggle to process the turn of events. As Ryomen Sukuna guides you towards the luxurious bed, you can't help but wonder how much more control he intends to claim over your body and soul.
"Remove your clothing," he orders, his tone commanding yet tinged with anticipation. Your fingers tremble, complying with his demand. Slowly, you undress, the dragonfly pendant glowing softly against your now-bare skin. An overwhelming sense of submission courses through you, leaving you vulnerable and exposed in front of the imposing figure of Ryomen Sukuna.
He watches you intently, his eyes never leaving your form. He steps closer, the heat of his body enveloping you, and you can't help but shudder, a mix of fear and desire coursing through you. "Turn around," he instructs, his voice a seductive purr. You obey without question, presenting your bare back to him.
His skilled hands move over your skin, tracing patterns that send shivers down your spine. "You are mine now," he whispers, his voice thick with desire.
He gives a searing kiss between your shoulder blades, his touch dominant and undeniably passionate. Every stroke of his hands, every caress of his lips, is a reminder of your new reality - one governed by his desires and his will alone.
Underneath his command, you find yourself responding in kind, your body betraying the fear that once held you in its grasp.
Ryomen Sukuna gently places you on the silken bed, his massive form towering over you. Your body trembles under the weight of his gaze, and his four arms wrap around you, holding you tightly, securely. The sensation is both terrifying and exciting, your heart racing in tandem with your growing arousal.
Slowly, he begins to explore your body, his fingers probing your core. You arch your back, torn between pain and pleasure.
"My, you're tight," he murmurs, his fingers sliding in and out of you with practiced ease. "Such a shame. You need to learn to relax for me."
Each thrust sends shockwaves of sensation through your body, the dragonfly pendant glowing with each movement. You moan softly, unable to deny the pleasure intermingling with your fear. "Please, Lord Sukuna," you whisper, the words slipping past your lips without conscious thought.
"Please, what?" He asks, his fingers continuing their rhythmic dance inside you. His voice is deep and velvety, wrapping around your senses like a warm blanket.
"Make love to me, please," you beg, your voice barely steady. There's a strange vulnerability in your plea, a stark contrast to the defiance he once faced.
Ryomen Sukuna's smirk grows wider, his eyes shining with triumph. "I have been waiting for this moment." he confirms, his fingers pausing briefly before he removes them from your body.
As Ryomen Sukuna leans in to kiss you, his enormous tongue darts out from his abdominal mouth, tracing a path to your clit. The sensation is unlike anything you've experienced before, sending jolts of electricity through your entire body. You gasp, your mind reeling with a mix of pleasure and confusion.
His tongue laps at your sensitive flesh, eliciting a moan from deep within your core. Simultaneously, his lips meet yours in a searing kiss, his tongue invading your mouth with the same boldness. His four hands roam freely, exploring every inch of your trembling body.
"You taste divine," he growls against your lips, his tongue from abdomen continues its assault on your clit.
One of his four arms reaches down to your core, thrusting inside with surprising ease. The sudden invasion triggers a response, your body arching off the bed in a fierce orgasm. Pleasure rips through you, a tidal wave of release that leaves you breathless and panting.
Breath still ragged from your climax, you watch in awe as Ryomen Sukuna discards his garments, revealing not one, but two erect phalluses. Shock momentarily paralyzes you, but his command snaps you out of it. Nervously, you position yourself between his legs, your hands trembling as you reach out to touch the unfamiliar appendages.
Your tongue darts out, hesitantly exploring one of his erect members. Your inexperience is evident, but he seems content to guide you. "That's right," he murmurs, his voice rough with desire. "Show me how eager you are to serve me."
You obey, your skill improving with each passing second. You alternate between his two phalluses, each one throbbing under your touch. His hands thread through your hair, guiding you as he mutters praises under his breath, his grip firm but gentle on your scalp. Your lips wrap around one of his member, your cheeks hollowing as you take him deeper. A strange sense washes over you, realizing he's taken complete control of this encounter.
Ryomen Sukuna groans, his hips bucking slightly under your ministrations. "So eager to please your master, aren't you?" he taunts.
"Mhm," you mumble around his member, your voice muffled by the flesh filling your mouth. The dragonfly pendant glows fiercely at your chest, a constant reminder of your submission. "Whatever you want, Lord Sukuna."
His laughter fills the room, a deep, rolling sound that vibrates through the air. "Delightful. Just remember, you belong to me now."
You continue to service him, your body responding to his every command, every thrust of his hips.
Ryomen Sukuna's laughter dies down, replaced by a growl of satisfaction as he pushes your head back. With an effortless strength, he picks you up with his four hands, aligning one of his hardened members with your entrance. In one swift motion, he pushes inside you, filling you to the brim.
You cry out, the sensation intense and overwhelming. Your walls stretch to accommodate his size, toes curling and head resting on his broad chest.
Ryomen Sukuna grins down at you, clearly pleased with your tightness. He responds by pounding into you with brutal intensity, each thrust driving deeper into your core.
"Tight little thing," he mutters, his voice guttural with lust. "Perfect for my needs."
Suddenly, Ryomen Sukuna notices the dragonfly pendant is missing from around your neck, but your face remains submissive. Confused, he slows down his movements, searching your face for any trace of rebellion. But there's none; only submissive yearning stares back at him.
"P-please lord, d-don't stop, i-i am so close.."
His lips curl up to a grin, his eyes narrow, studying you closely. "Is that so?" He resumes his thrusts, watching your reaction carefully. Your face contorts with pleasure, your body responding to his every stroke.
Without warning, Ryomen Sukuna pulls out of you, urging you onto your knees. You comply instantly, your body quivering with anticipation. He positions himself behind you, entering you from behind with renewed vigor.
The difference in angle sends waves of pleasure cascading through you. Each thrust strikes a new nerve, bringing you closer to the edge. You moan, your body begging for release.
Just as you start to crest, he stops with his thrusts keeping his member deep inside you, leaving you panting and desperate. "Patience," he growls, wetting his fingers with his saliva.
Your heart races, knowing what comes next. He inserts his wet digit into your tight rear, stretching you in a whole new way. You gasp, the sensation overwhelming. "P-please" you stammer, but it comes out more like a plea than protest.
Ryomen Sukuna chuckles darkly, his fingers working in concert with his cock. "Relax, little one. This will make you sing."
The added pressure forces you to focus solely on the sensations engulfing you. You breathe deeply, trying to accommodate his digits. His laughter echoes in the room, a cruel counterpoint to your mounting frustration. His other member pulses, impatient and ready to join the fray.
Finally, after what feels like an eternity, he withdraws his fingers, coated in evidence of your readiness. You tremble, anticipation building to a fever pitch.
In one swift motion, he introduces the second shaft inside you, stretching you beyond belief. Tears prick at your eyes, a mix of pleasure and pain washing over you, but you don't resist, your body listening to him.
As both of his members work inside you, his four hands come into play. Two grip your hips firmly, guiding his thrusts while the others explore your body. His mouth forms from his other pair of arms, closing over your breast. The sensation is unlike anything you've ever experienced.
His suckling mouths formed from his hands tug gently at your nipples, sending sparks of pleasure throughout your body.
"Oh gods, yes!" You exclaim, surrendering to the sensation. His dual attention, the incredible fullness inside you, overwhelms you.
"That's right," he croons, his voice deep and sultry. "Take it all, show me how much you enjoy being filled."
Two of his hands reluctantly leave your breasts, giving them a tight squeeze before retreating. You whimper, feeling deprived even though you remain filled to the brim. It's almost too much, his dual penetration combined with his previous attentions.
Then, one of his hands drifts lower, touching your clit with feather-light touches. The other wraps around your throat, cutting off your air.
"N-no, wait...!" You choke out, struggling for breath.
"Quiet," he growls.
Without warning, his tongue emerges from his hand currently stroking your clit. It dances across your nerve bundle with expert precision, pushing you closer to the precipice. At the same time, the other hand leaves hickeys on your exposed neck, marking you as his own.
You gasp, the combination of sensations finally proving too much. Your body convulses, your orgasm soon going to occur.
As your orgasm builds, Ryomen Sukuna leans in close, his voice a seductive rumble against your ear. "I found your weakness," he whispers, his abdomen's mouth tracing lines along your spine. "Tell me you accept me as your husband."
You shiver, the combination of his words and actions overwhelming. His thrusting never stops, pushing you higher and higher.
"Lord Sukuna..." you manage, your voice breathy.
"Still a stubborn one, aren't you?" he chuckles, his pace increasing.
His thrusts become more urgent, matching the rhythm of your impending release. "I said accept me as your husband," he commands, the demand clear in his voice.
You nod, your body shaking from the sheer force of his command. "Yes...my Lord, I accept you as my husband" you admit, surrendering completely.
"Want to bear my child?," he asks, his mouth on his abdomen resuming its licking.
"Y-yes yes yes.. F-fill me, Lord.. I want.. your babies.. hnghnn", you reply, drools dripping from your chin. The thought surging through your body as you shatter, your orgasm crashing over you like a tidal wave.
Ryomen Sukuna matches your release, his own body convulsing as he finds his own climax.
With a final burst of energy, Ryomen Sukuna fills both your holes, his seed spilling hot and thick inside you. The sensation is indescribable, filling you to the brim. As he finishes, his seed trickles down between your legs, coating you in his essence.
His breathing labored, he collapses against you, resting his forehead on your back. You lay there, basking in the afterglow of your shared experience.
His eyes fall upon the dragonfly pendant lying innocently on the floor, and a slow smile spreads across his face. "Well well, look at that."
He lifts you gently, turning you around so you're facing him. Holding the pendant between his fingers, he holds it to your lips. "We don't need this anymore"
Taking the pendant from his fingers and throwing it away you pout angrily at him, "You tricked me."
A wicked gleam enters his eyes, and he pulls you closer, capturing your lips in a passionate kiss. "Just wanted you to realize your real feelings towards me. All you needed was a little push."
You pull back, your lips parting slowly. you stare into his eyes, realizing he's right. Your body did submit without the dragonfly pendant at the end. Your feelings towards him are genuine.
"I'm yours, Lord Sukuna."
His grin widens, he is indeed thanking Uraume in his mind, his hands caressing your face tenderly. "That's what I always wanted to hear, love."
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gojos-thot-patrol · 9 months
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HII!!! and happy birthday to you ♡♡ i love ur works sm, for ur special birthday event, could i request — ryomen sukuna, mean, " i love you, and you don't deserve that " ?? AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAVE THE BEST YEAR!! (。>﹏<。) feel free to change it up! you're the birthday author afterall<3
AHH these are late, but in my defense I got very drunk then had to work off the hang over lol.
that being said, thank you so much Nonny!! This is so sweet and I feel kinda bad because this one got pretty dark. Trigger warnings for Domestic abuse, non con/dub con implied, emotional abuse and manipulation, and yandere themes. you have been warned, Dead Dove, Do Not Eat.
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Starring: An cold complicated Ryomen Sukuna, taking it out on a Reader that doesn't deserve it.
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There were few things on this earth Sukuna found more vile than humans. Maggots, maybe, but at least maggots served a purpose- they were important to the nutrient cycling of many ecosystems. But what the fuck did human do? They destroyed with reckless abandon, conquered without a second thought, and bread like roaches to continue the destruction long after they were gone. They were creatures of hate. And maybe that’s why Sukuna couldn’t stand them. They were just a little too much like him.
That was all with one exception. Y/n was a human that challenged every thought he had about humans. She was kind and generous, but still not afraid to get her hands dirty for what she believed. She proved that much when she ran out to stop him from destroying some elders home of all fucking things. He didn’t know what was funnier, that she thought she could challenge him, with her meek frame and zero battle experience, or the look on her face when he threw her over his shoulder. 
He had planned to throw her to his hoard of underling curses and let them tear her limb from limb. A fitting punishment he thought, she wasn’t really worth his effort. When he got to the throne room, he looked down at the writhing mass of curses below the tall platform his throne sat upon. He watched them all move as one, entangled together in a breathing wet sea of shit and hunger. They needed to eat.
And then he looked at her. The way she clung to his arm, the genuine terror in her eyes. She didn’t look like she had before on the battlefield, so willing to give her life to save another. Now she looked as if her entire being was made of ice and terror, as if she’d shatter if the breeze blew the wrong way. He felt a tightness in his chest, like some otherworldly being was pulling the sinew that laid there apart, cord by cord. And he threw her into his sleeping quarters instead. 
And ever since that day all those months ago, Sukuna had been complicated. A fucking human complicated him, it was almost comical. He caught himself being vulnerable around her, and he coludn’t fucking stand it. For every quiet sweet moment they had, he had to double down with two or more acts of brutality to make himself feel better. Except, it never made him feel any fucking better, in fact it made him feel actively fucking worse. The betrayal and hurt behind your eyes always made him feel minuscule, and it only made his hate of you burn even brighter. 
It was moments like these that made his skin crawl. When your head was resting on his chest, arms wrapped around your body as best as they could be, legs still trembling in the aftermath of your shared sin. When he realized his heart was calm, and his claws didn’t crave blood in your presence. His reaction to comfort was always visceral anger. 
“Get off of me wench.” He growled, jerking his shoulder up and launching you out of your near sleep state. You looked so hurt.
“Oh, this again?” You muttered.
“And what the fuck is that supposed to mean, Whore?” Sukuna scoffed, unable to believe you felt comfortable enough to talk to him with such a tongue.
“Nothing.” You sighed, shaking your head and trying to turn away from him. You didn’t get very far before his talons were digging into your shoulder, forcing you to face him again.
“No no, If you’re going to say something, say it. Don’t try to take the cowardly way out now.” He warned. You shook your head, knowing better than to make eye contact right now.
“I just don’t want to fight-”
“Oh, you think this is a fight?” He laughed, “that would almost be cute if it wasn’t so pathetic.We don't fight Y/n. You forget your place, and I remind you of it. Fighting implies you to be my equal, which you never will be.” he said, his voice dripping in condescension and laced with contempt. His poison shot straight into your heart, coursing through your blood and to your tongue. You were so tired of his bull shit. 
“Oh, really?! Is that what happens?!” You laughed back to keep from crying, “Because from my view, You realize you have a heart and get so scared of it, you have to hurt someone smaller than you to feel like a man aga-!” Yea, you weren’t shocked when he struck you. You held your face, knowing there would be a bruise you could take fingerprints off of forming. You’d long since become used to his treatment. He grabbed you by your hair, yanking you to look at him. You could feel individual follicles being pulled from their roots as he raised you off the bed, as he drank in your scream as if it was the finest of wine. 
“Listen here Brat,” Ryomen always had a way of making even the most mundane words cut into your soul, “You’d do well to remember who the fuck you are talking to when you speak to me. I am not your friend, I am not your lover, you are fucking nothing to me. You’re less than nothing to me. Wrong me a-fucking-gain and your villiage won’t stop finding pieces of your body.” He snarled, throwing you off the bed. 
You braced for impact, but that still didn’t stop the collision from sending sharp waves of anguish through your already bruised ribs. You took in a sharp breath and tried to keep the tears swelling in your eyes from spilling over. He wanted you to cry. You wouldn't give him that satisfaction. You got to your hands and knees as quickly as your body would let you, then sat up as best as you could.
“Do you know what your problem is Sukuna?” You mumbled from the floor. He raised an eyebrow at you, genuinely shocked you had more to say after that. Normally, physical violence shut you up pretty quick. 
“And what is that Y/n?” He asked. You took an edge breath in.
“Your problem is that you don’t want to keep being a warlord. You’re tired of it, it bores you, you want to do something else. You found something that only makes that feeling stronger. And you can’t stand it! Because you don’t know who you are. You have no idea who Ryomen Sukuna is without the power and the blood thirst, and that fucking terrifies you.” Sukuna didn’t even argue, and he wasn’t surprised you read him so clearly. You had always seen through him as if he was nothing more than a fragile bubble. 
“And do you know what my problem is?” You growled. You waited all of 3 seconds before responding to his silence, “My problem is that I love you. And you don’t deserve that.” A chuckle left Sukuna, but it was humorless. His eyes didn’t hold any anger or angst, he looked as if he was made of stone. He finally got up from the bed, and moved to you. He crouched down to be at your level. 
“Things are only going to get worse for you from here on out. I hope you're prepared.” he said, zero emotion making its way to his voice or eyes. He pushed you onto your back before standing up again and leaving the room. Once he was back in his own sleeping quarters, he punched a hole in his wall.
How fucking dare you tell him you loved him! Who the fuck did you think you were?! And why the fuck would you confess that after he threw you to the fucking ground? As if you were nothing more than a used cum rag! He roared as he ripped some random piece of art off the wall and smashed it against the floor, splintering the wooden frame. Your words kept echoing in his head, phantoms that wouldn’t let him rest. I love you, and you don’t deserve it.It made him sick. Because he didn’t deserve it. And because he loved you too, and you truly didn’t deserve that.
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a petty wife (original form!sukuna x reader)
WARNINGS: Murder, baby trapping (not Y/N’s doing), mistaken adultery
Ryomen Sukuna was a deviant who conquered a quarter of old Japan, he was the demon feared by the Emperor himself, and he was the master of mortals and curses alike. He was renowned throughout the land as someone who took pleasure in punishing the pettiest offense–from a soldier daring to speak out of turn to a lowly maid meeting his eyes without permission. Cruelty unbridled, the man couldn’t even be considered human anymore. 
This monster who had over a thousand soldiers at his beck and call, who had hundreds of powerful slaves licking at his feet, was currently tailing his wife with a branch blooming with fresh cherry blossoms. A train of pink petals fell behind him with each antsy step forward.
The servants-in-training watched from a distance.
Seeing their seven-foot-tall master seemingly struggling to keep up with the mistress of the house was a hilarious sight to behold, but they were more baffled than anything else. 
 “What’s happening?” A newbie asked.
The eldest in the group answered as they resumed sweeping the ground, “It seems that the madam is upset with Lord Sukuna.”
It wasn’t that he couldn’t keep up with your steps, it’s that he knew better than to walk next to you when you couldn’t even bring yourself to meet his eyes, so Ryomen had no choice but to slow down his steps as he did his best to coax you to speak with him–
“How many times must I plead innocent?”
“...”
“Because I am innocent.”
“...”
“Love?”
“...”
“What do you want me to do? Do you want me to kill her?”
You flung your body around, accusing finger pointing at him. “This isn’t about her and you know it.”
“My love–”
“Hmph!” With a huff, you crossed your arms and spun around. Of course, you knew he was innocent. If there was one thing you knew for sure in this life was that your husband, king and conqueror, would cut down an entire mountain to build you a palace before he would betray your trust. But you despised how many times different women tried to seduce him–and the gall of others to claim that they succeeded! Inconceivable. 
And he seemed to revel in your shock. Every. Single. Time. 
Unforgivable!
He sighed and two free hands carefully reached for your shoulders. “Darling,” he cooed, rubbing circles over your clothed skin. “What can I do to make you feel better?”
“...Stop being charming.”
He let out a ha! but quickly cleared his throat, withering under your glare. 
“I’ll do my best.” He nodded.
You sighed and finally unlocked your arms. 
Smiling, Ryomen tenderly turned you around before lowering the sakura branch to you. “Do you still want me to kill her?”
Without saying a word, you plucked a single blossom from the branch before giving him a soft smile.
He grinned and leaned down to press his lips on yours.
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“Is this proof enough for you?” Ryomen asked, pulling back his claws.
You really didn’t need confirmation, and yet there was a joy in seeing the wench unmoving on the floor as you peered down into her torn torso. Despite her ridiculous claims, her abdomen was empty of life. Not that it would have mattered. 
With you as an exception, Ryo-chan wasn’t fond of anything or anyone. He was an equal-opportunity hater who did not discriminate in his hurting. On the other hand, while you didn’t hate children, you weren’t particularly attached to them either. Whatever was inside her would’ve been gotten rid of immediately by your husband for fear of pissing you off.
You sighed and went to embrace him, who raised two of his arms, careful not to get any blood on your new kimono. “Yes, yes, I’m sorry for doubting you. Kiss?”
He leaned down to meet your puckered mouth before embracing you with his lower set of arms. You glanced over his broad back and at the body on the ground. 
Smiling quietly, you wondered where to hang this one.
A/N: It feels weird addressing Sukuna as Ryomen, but it would be a lot more peculiar for the love of his life to call him by any other name. 
Also, I feel like for Y/N to be in a “healthy” relationship with the likes of Ryomen Sukuna, they’d have to have a rather abnormal sense of right and wrong. Forget black and white, we’re talking blue and orange morality here.
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gabessquishytum · 1 month
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When assassin!Hob is hired to kill the king of nightmares he doesn’t actually think much of it. He’s too much of a professional to consider the moral implications of it. He only cares about getting his gold at the end of the day and monarchs are usually easy to kill if you can just get around their guards.
So hob works his way into the palace as a serving wench to learn the lay of the land (he’s thinking of keeping the corset, it does great things for his tits). He barely sees more than a glimpse of the king but he does figure out where his rooms are and that’s all he needs.
Finally one night he sneaks into the king’s quarters, ready to slit his throat while he sleeps.
Except the king is ready for him. The minute hob lunges, the king snaps into action, disarming hob with a burst of magic and wrestling him down onto the mattress with surprising strength.
dream is surprised by how lovely his assassin is. He certainly can’t let him go. Hob would just run back to whoever hired him. Maybe he can convince him to try another line of work, as Dream’s pretty bedwarmer?
Ooh, spicy assassination attempts! Hob is kidding himself if he thinks he hasn't already caught the King's attention in that sexy little outfit.
Dream is rather impressed with how calm the assassin remains, despite being pinned down and caught in the act of treason. Hob just grins and shrugs, letting go of his knife and going limp against the mattress. He knows when he's beaten, and he has absolutely no moral investment in this whole job. He's hoping that he'll be carted off to the dungeons when the King calls the guards in, and after that he'll just escape and go on the run, as he has many times before.
But. Dream has an offer for him. A more comfortable, but no less well-paid job. And he can ever keep the corset. You see, the nightmare King finds it difficult to find lovers who can match him blow for blow in the bedroom. Many are scared of him, and that's just no fun. The fact that Hob obviously isn't scared makes him all the more attractive, and Dream wants him. Permanently.
Hob looks up at the gorgeous king and weighs up his options. He does like his freedom. But then again, he's getting older. It'll be nice to settle down. And finally get fucked as regularly as he desires. Being an assassin isn't really conducive to long term relationships, so Hob hasn't really been as well fucked as he would like to be for a long time now.
He'll have to spend the first few months in handcuffs, proving his loyalty... but Hob can think of worse ways to spend his time. Especially when he sees what the King of nightmares is hiding underneath his silky black robe...
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sapphicreadsdb · 10 months
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Hi do you by chance have any sapphic fantasy recs? preferably adult fantasy but YA is fine too
sure! tho this could will get quite long... no links, sorry!, bc it was kicking up a fuss with those for some reason
+ = ya
pennyblade by j.l. worrad
lady hotspur by tessa gratton
sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley (+)
she who became the sun by shelley parker chan
the scapegracers by h.a. clarke (+)
the third daughter by adrienne tooley (+)
the daughters of izdihar by hadeer elsbai
the malevolent seven by sebastien de castell
blackheart knights by laure eve
the warden by daniel m. ford
the unbroken by c.l. clark
dark earth by rebecca stott
witch king by martha wells
scorpica by g.r. macallister
the mirror empire by kameron hurley
now she is witch by kirsty logan
silverglass by j.f. rivkin
the woman who loved the moon and other stories by elizabeth a. lynn
...(this answer is how i discover there's a character limit per block so. doing this in chunks.)
fire logic by laurie j. marks
a restless truth by freya marske
when angels left the old country by sacha lamb (+)
the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson
an archive of brightness by kelsey socha
the bladed faith by david dalglish
the winged histories by sofia samatar
dragonoak by sam farren
the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson
into the broken lands by tanya huff
the jasmine throne by tasha suri
daughter of redwinter by ed mcdonald
the last magician by lisa maxwell (+)
the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde
...
the black coast by mike brooks
high times in the low parliament by kelly robson
foundryside by robert jackson bennett
the enterprise of death by jesse bullington
mamo by sas milledge (+)
from dust, a flame by rebecca podos (+)
uncommon charm by emily bergslien & kat weaver
wild and wicked things by francesca may
the unspoken name by a.k. larkwood
brother red by adrian selby
the final strife by saara el-arifi
way of the argosi by sebastien de castell (+)
the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart
ghost wood song by erica waters (+)
into the crooked place by alexandra christo (+)
ashes of the sun by django wexler
the midnight girls by alicia jasinska (+)
the midnight lie by marie rutkoski (+)
the never tilting world by rin chupeco (+)
water horse by melissa scott
...
a master of djinn by p. djeli clark
the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis (+)
among thieves by m.j. kuhn
black water sister by zen cho
the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca
sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley (+)
the dark tide by alicia jasinska (+)
the library of the unwritten by a.j. hackwith
a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth (+)
the chosen and the beautiful by nghi vo
the councillor by e.j. beaton
these feathered flames by alexandra overy (+)
the factory witches of lowell by c.s. malerich
fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard
...
city of lies by sam hawke
bestiary by k-ming chang
the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher
the winter duke by claire eliza bartlett (+)
master of poisons by andrea hairston
the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo
night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing
down comes the night by allison saft (+)
wench by maxine kaplan (+)
girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust (+)
girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan (+)
the impossible contract by k.a. doore
burning roses by s.l. huang
the house of shattered wings by aliette de bodard
not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma
weak heart by ban gilmartin
girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust (+)
the devil's blade by mark alder
...
we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia (+)
the true queen by zen cho
moontangled by stephanie burgis
a portable shelter by kirsty logan
sing the four quarters by tanya huff
all the bad apples by moira fowley doyle (+)
the drowning eyes by emily foster
the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon
miranda in milan by katharine duckett
the afterward by e.k. johnston (+)
thorn by anna burke
penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma
in the vanishers' palace by aliette de bodard
summer of salt by katrina leno (+)
the gracekeepers by kirsty logan
out of the blue by sophie cameron (+)
black wolves by kate elliott
the circle by sara b. elfgren & mats strandberg (+)
unspoken by sarah rees brennan (+)
thistlefoot by gennarose nethercott
passing strange by ellen klages
(and breathe)
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Criston being Alicent and Viserys daughters sworn sheild and because hes unhealthily obsessed and she has whole family issues shes into it and they make plans to run away to essos before the war breaks out
The Gray Area - Ser Criston x Reader
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Yes! YESSSSSS! ORANGES also I’m taking some serious civil liberties apologizes very much, also mayhaps reusing a character oops but they’re obsessive and crazy and I felt like it fit the dynamic
Prequel: Just like you
Rating: Explicit
Tags: So many emotionsssss, rough sex, aggressive verbal arguments, guilt and shame that comes with being a Targ, Criston questions his life, pnv!sex, oral, THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN ESSOS THE END OKAY SOMETIME YOU GOTTA CUT OFF THE TOXICITY, she finally comes to terms w emotions
Inside the eerie melted castle, Criston slammed his hand down on the table in your shared quarters where you’d draw up plans. The brunette hissed, “We need to march south! The blacks have probably befouled the waters and Aemond is flying around charring the place! With that hoary bitch of his!”
You picked your teeth, staring at him blankly, armor off for the evening. Your dragon was feasting on bodies outside in the pits. “Then why don’t we just march south anyways? I’m of age with Aemond, we don’t have a fucking king per-say anyways.”
Criston leveled you with those dark eyes, “Aemond and Daeron are still in line.” You spat at him, “One-eye whose burning half the realm and Daeron, while valiant, a child. What the fuck are we even fighting for? Our heads on spikes?”
He exhaled through his nose, jaw twitching and clicking. Criston’s hair had grown out, even had some grays in it now, crinkling around his handsome eyes. You rolled onto your side, exposing your pale and scarred body. The knight’s eyes lingered upon your perky teats, hands digging into the table.
You hummed, “If we go south tomorrow, without the aid of Vhagar and just me on Skysinger, what’s our chances? They have the rivermen, that Crazed Blackwood. Winter’s Wolves. We’d meet them at a ridge,” she glared, “You always told me to find the high ground. Which would only be me.”
Criston stripped off his plated armor in jerky motions, face wrought with something. You turned onto your back, staring at the black ceiling. “I find that this ‘dance’ they have so deemed is destroying the realm. Over whether a vengeful cunt or wet rat should hold the throne. What’s the godsdamn point?”
He barked, “Honor! This is your family! We fight for who we are sworn to! What has gotten into you?”
“Oh fuck you and your honor Ser! Your cape should be black by now, you can’t pick and choose what constitutes honorable behavior! Fighting to your demise, so honorable, fucking Targaryen cunt you’re not allowed to sully is allowed though! You don’t even know what you want! Putting a drunk on the throne and if not him then my lovely brother who has knocked up a Strong bastard, which started half of this bullshit in the first place!”
Criston’s body slammed atop of you, pinning your skinny wrists to the rickety bed. He glared you down, spittle hitting your face as he seethed, “Do you ever shut your fucking mouth? Hateful, selfish wench.”
You heaved underneath him, thoroughly pinned, half expecting to get a bloody nose. But Criston just stared, nostrils flaring. In the softest tone your raspy voice could muster you asked, “Do you remember after Helaena died?”
He paused, deep pools of brown flickering away.
“Deep in your cups,” you nosed along his stubbled jaw, “You told me one time you thought of running away. Go to Essos and make a living. Away from my family’s shite. But she said no, made you the fool for it.”
Criston relaxed some, slotting himself between your skinny thighs, face melting into your neck. “I don’t want to die tomorrow. Not like this,” you said, voice horridly cracking. “They’ll rain arrows down on my child, I won’t have Vhagar as backup.” Criston’s jaw gritted against your thin skin, hands loosening your wrists to glide down your flat waist.
“I- would die by your side. With honor, for once,” Cole murmured. Wetness gathered at the junction of your neck and shoulder. You rubbed a hand down his wide back, feeling numb. Gods you hated crying. Hated it with your whole being. This war was driving you slowly insane.
You reiterated like a idiotic mummer, “Criston. Please don’t make us march tomorrow. We could hold down Harrenhal and wait out a siege. Or we leave tonight. On my dragon, go to Essos, start a mercenary company. How many of them have a dragon hm? There’s no honor in this war. It’s kinslaying.”
Tears leaked down your cheeks, chest involuntarily heaving. The Dornish knight leaned up, eyes red as he studied you. You pushed back his thick hair, unable to conjure any more words. What you wanted was out in the open now. He murmured, “Stop your tears, I raised my Princess better than that.”
He wiped them away with a calloused thumb, eyes soft. You wrapped your legs around him, arching into his tight body, rubbing against his swelling member. You growled, “If you’re leading me to my death then might as well have a good last fuck.” Your lover flipped you over roughly, big hand pinning your nape down to the bed. He slapped your ass, grunting, “You Targaryen whores are all the same. Fucking selfish.”
He thumbed your wet cunt, pinching roughly at your swollen clit. You cried out, unable to move as he seized your long limbs again, one big hand holding them tight. Criston aligned with your sex, thrusting in with a wet slap. He groaned, you knew the face by heart now, lips lax, eyes rolling up. Gorgeous.
Meanwhile his girth split you open easily, nudging up against your cervix, stretching out your ridged insides. He never took his time to get you acclimated, fucking into you rough and quick, hips slapping together. You cried out, tits rubbing against the tough fabric of the bed. Your hair fell in your face, swinging everywhere.
Criston rumbled, “You run. I die a warriors death. If I saw you dead I wouldn’t go on, fucking crone’s teats.”
“Come with me, I cannot live without you, you die a warriors death with a pocketful of gold, a manse, orange fields, and living life on- fuck- oh Criston baby- on your own terms!”
His hips stuttered, a hand sliding to your sternum to pull you upright, biting and licking at your neck, cock still hammering away. Desperately you cried, “My sworn shield, my knight, lord hand, I love you.” The brunette’s hips stuttered at your admission, big hand taking you passionately into a kiss. Your lips slid against eachother, teeth clinking until his tongue claimed authority over your own.
You rocked back onto his cock, growling, “I love you I love you I love you, run away with me, fuck all of this, what have they done for us? It’s always been us Criston, the puppets! We make the rules!”
Criston bit down on your lip, drawing blood while his thick fingers plucked at a budded nipple. You oozed around him, lost in fantasy and that sickening feeling of love. Your knight moaned, “We leave tonight, land outside of Norvos or Lorath, stay away from the Triarch. We cannot return.” He half-whimpered after a ragged breath, “I love you, more than anything I’ve ever known. Enough to send me to the seven hells a happy man.”
His left hand slid from your tit to bruisingly gripping your throat, squeezing those vessels until you saw spots, bucking on his prick like a wild foal. You wheezed his name over and over, until he let go, you convulsing and sloppily wetting his cock with another desperate declaration of love.
He pulled out with a broken cry, splattering your ass and thighs with hot seed. Criston immediately pulled you into his strong arms again, dark eyes dead serious. He hissed, “We leave. We don’t come back. There’s no more honor except in gold.”
You nodded, eyes watering from everything happening so fast. “We leave tonight. Aemond’s their leader. No honor except in gold.”
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Aemond Targaryen had just settled Vhagar outside of Harrenhal, coming to lay with his lady Alys. He’d been burning all day, the stench of it soaking his essence. Curling into her arms he missed his twin’s familiar dragon taking off into the night, a dirtied white cloak flying in the wind.
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It wasn’t easy the first few months. The pair of you constantly wondering if you made the right decision. Mourning over your family. Westeros in ruins kept you both away. The grief was tucked away and put forward into starting your company. A Westerosi Knight and Targaryen dragonrider garnered much attention on the other continent.
You’d found it tedious and boring at first, Criston calming your moods with fucking you stupid or eating your cunt until you’d about ripped his hair out. Eventually you’d struck a deal with a Qohorik nobleman who needed his caravan’s to be protected. Simple work.
That turned into bigger and bigger projects, Westerosi exiles even coming to join your company. You’d eventually named it The Honorable Company, as a jab to your not so well-intentioned beginnings. Tyrosh, Volantis, even some Ghiscari had hired your swelling ranks. Skysinger had grown bigger and more vicious, hatching a clutch at her preferred nest still outside of Qohor, where your manse would be built.
No letters ever came from your family, just hearsay on a regency. It hurt too bad to dwell on it. But the dance should have never occurred and you and Criston alike made sure to honor them in a quiet sept downstairs. Your company had grown big enough that there were levels and ranks now.
Then you fell pregnant. You would name him Aemond, after that stiff lipped asshole you dearly loved, as did Criston. The grayish egg in his cradle hatched, Criston smiling in ecstasy. You felt one of those annoying tears fall down your face.
“Do you think I’ll be a good woman like Alicent? A mother regardless of how fucking insane we all were?”
Criston’s face drew grim and he wrapped his arms around your figure, murmuring into your jeweled ear, “I think so. Might need to loosen these shoulders a bit. You’ll be great.” You kissed those pretty lips and cried, full on cried. Finally broken down from the hatred, guilt, fury, and shame. Then like a phoenix you’d arise anew, softer and ready for the world. As a mother and wife. Also dragonrider with a penchant for murder. But hey, that’s what Targaryen’s did.
The little dragon curled around Aemond’s babbling frame, snoozing already. You smiled, Criston behind you.
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ilynpilled · 7 months
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There are walls around this one higher than Winterfell’s.
“Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When you’re armored it’s hard for anyone to hurt you.”
…yet somehow he could not reach her. It was as if she had an iron cage around her that stopped every blow.
The wench has built a fortress inside herself. They will rape her soon enough, but behind her walls they cannot touch her.
They will leave her a cripple too, but inside, where it does not show.
“You swore a solemn vow.” He smiled as a red flush crept up the thick white column of her neck. She turned her back to him. “Still the shy maiden? What is it that you think I haven’t seen?”
“I swore to keep you safe,” the wench said stubbornly. “I swore an oath.” Naked, she raised her hands to Jaime. “Ser. Please. If you would be so good.” The steel links parted like silk. “A sword,” Brienne begged, and there it was, scabbard, belt, and all.
She looked so miserable that Jaime almost found himself wanting to comfort her. Since that day Brienne had been like one half-dead. Even calling her “wench” failed to provoke any response. The strength is gone from her. The woman had dropped a rock on Robin Ryger, battled a bear with a tourney sword, bitten off Vargo Hoat’s ear, and fought Jaime to exhaustion … but she was broken now, done.
Jaime gave her a hard smile. “See, wench? We know each other too well.”
There were shields to be had for pennies, but Brienne rode past them. She meant to keep the heavy oaken shield Jaime had given her, the one he’d borne himself from Harrenhal to King’s Landing. A pine shield had its advantages. It was lighter, and therefore easier to bear, and the soft wood was more like to trap a foeman’s axe or sword. But oak gave more protection, if you were strong enough to bear its weight.
It wasn’t fair. She could not fight without her magic sword. Ser Jaime had given it to her. The thought of failing him as she had failed Lord Renly made her want to weep. “My sword. Please, I have to find my sword.”
This time she dreamed that she was home again, at Evenfall. Through the tall arched windows of her lord father’s hall she could see the sun just going down. I was safe here. I was safe. She was dressed in silk brocade, a quartered gown of blue and red decorated with golden suns and silver crescent moons. On another girl it might have been a pretty gown, but not on her. She was twelve, ungainly and uncomfortable, waiting to meet the young knight her father had arranged for her to marry, a boy six years her senior, sure to be a famous champion one day. She dreaded his arrival. Her bosom was too small, her hands and feet too big. Her hair kept sticking up, and there was a pimple nestled in the fold beside her nose. “He will bring a rose for you,” her father promised her, but a rose was no good, a rose could not keep her safe. It was a sword she wanted. Oathkeeper.
Someone had stripped her of her clothes and armor, she saw. She was clad in a brown woolen shift, thin but freshly washed. Her forearm had been splinted and bound up with linen, though. One side of her face felt wet and stiff. When she touched herself, she found some sort of damp poultice covering her cheek and jaw and ear.
The grey man touched her bandaged face. “We had to cut away some of the flesh. Your face will not be pretty, I fear.” It has never been pretty. “Scars, you mean?” […] Every knight has battle scars, Ser Goodwin had warned her, when she asked him to teach her the sword. Is that what you want, child? ”
Finally the doors opened, and her betrothed strode into her father’s hall. She tried to greet him as she had been instructed, only to have blood come pouring from her mouth. She had bitten her tongue off as she waited. She spat it at the young knight’s feet, and saw the disgust on his face. “Brienne the Beauty,” he said in a mocking tone. “I have seen sows more beautiful than you.” He tossed the rose in her face. As he walked away, the griffins on his cloak rippled and blurred and changed to lions. Jaime! she wanted to cry. Jaime, come back for me! But her tongue lay on the floor by the rose, drowned in blood.
“What are you doing here?” “Something stupid. Get behind me.” He circled toward her, putting himself between Brienne and the bear. “You get behind me. I have the sword.”
“I am grateful, but … you were well away. Why come back?” A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. “I dreamed of you,” he said.
“When she tried to talk she almost choked on her own tongue. I gave her a rose and told her it was all that she would ever have from me.” Connington glanced into the pit. “The bear was less hairy than that freak, I’ll—”Jaime’s golden hand cracked him across the mouth so hard the other knight went stumbling down the steps. His lantern fell and smashed, and the oil spread out, burning. “You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne.” Connington edged away from the spreading flames on his hands and knees. “Brienne. If it please my lord.” He spat a glob of blood at Jaime’s foot. “Brienne the Beauty.”
“Take the sword and slay the Kingslayer, or be hanged for a betrayer. The sword or the noose, she says. Choose, she says. Choose.” Brienne remembered her dream, waiting in her father’s hall for the boy she was to marry. In the dream she had bitten off her tongue. My mouth was full of blood. She took a ragged breath and said, “I will not make that choice.”
Brienne sucked the air in desperately, even as the rope was strangling her. Nothing had ever hurt so much. She screamed a word.
Jaime scrambled to his feet. “My lady. I had not thought to see you again so soon.” Gods be good, she looks ten years older than when I saw her last. And what’s happened to her face? “That bandage … you’ve been wounded …” “A bite.” She touched the hilt of her sword, the sword that he had given her. Oathkeeper.
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hii! could i request AU pirate!wakasa and black dragons and other characters, maybe toman (dont do it if you dont want to)
AUR MY GAHD (let me know if I didn't write anyone you wanted!)
Let's see what the guys do when they find a stowaway on their ship. And when that stowaway happens to be the Ship Comissioner's daughter.
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Stowaway: Wakasa Imaushi/ Keizo Arashi/ Shinichiro Sano/ Takeomi Akashi/ Chifuyu Matsuno & Baji Keisuke/ Ken Ryuguji x Fem!Reader
wc: 2.1k
tw: like, a little smut, but mostly fluff
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Wakasa "The Shadow" Imaushi
Wakasa's crew shouts and runs about the boat, preparing for the inevitable. A departure from shore was always the most exciting part of the adventure, and as Wakasa leans over the map in his quarters, he feels a sense of enthusiasm overcome him.
The vessel he'd been working on for years was finally on its maiden voyage, preparing to take the seas by force. Waka imagines when his nemesis, Redcliff, would encounter him on the high seas. He shudders with pleasure as he remembers the installation of world-class cannons. Redcliff wouldn't stand a chance.
"Captain!" His door bursts wide open without decorum, and someone stumbles into the small space, panting heavily. "Captain! We have a stowaway!" Waka mutters to himself, frowning. Of course, this would be his first encounter on the seas.
He follows the short fellow onto the deck, only to see you lying on the ship floor with an ashen face. "A stowaway..." Waka murmurs, eyeing you carefully. He notices the jewels around your neck and wrist, admiring them for a moment before returning to his scowl.
"What are you doing on my ship?"
"I have no ill intentions," you mutter, holding a hand up in the air as an oath. "I swear I am only here because I have to be." Chuckles erupt around the ship as it drifts into the sea unmoored.
"I didn't invite you," Wakasa replies, crossing his arms. "I don't invite wenches onto my ship."
"I am not a wench," you protest, finding your legs momentarily. You stand shakily, holding onto the main mast. "I'm the commissioner's daughter." A hush falls over the men, and you swallow hard, meeting Wakasa's eyes without fear.
"Did he send you?" Waka wonders, instinctively stepping back from you. He doesn't deal with wealthy women at all. That's not his specialty.
"I'm..." You pause, choosing your words carefully. "I ran away." You remove your bracelet and necklace, handing them over to the captain. "That's my fare." Wakasa eyes the jewels, his gut feeling raring at him to throw you overboard. But you're a woman. A rich one at that.
"Where do you want to go?" The question weighs heavily on his mind as you ponder for a moment, then raise your head defiantly.
"Wherever you're going." He scoffs at your remark.
"You want to become part of my crew?" You shrug in the face of the white-haired pirate, smirking.
"It's better than being wed to a megalomaniac." Wakasa laughs out loud, which encourages his crew to do the same.
"I'm just as thirsty for power," Waka promises, pocketing the jewelry. "But I'll bite. We're going to the Isle of Wolfgulch. If you think you can make it on my ship for a week, we'll see about making you part of my crew."
"You won't regret it," you reply, and Waka's eyebrows shoot up.
"Oh, I sure hope not," he breathes. "Or I'll toss you overboard with the other fools."
Keizo "Redcliff" Arashi
Heavy boots thud toward you. You're on the wooden deck, face down, praying to whatever god is out there that Redcliff would crush you quickly.
"It's illegal to trespass." The simple statement makes you nod once. "What should I do with you?" You lift your head to look at the icy-eyed man, praying a little harder in your head. He looks down at you curiously, but this isn't the first time his eyes have lain on your features.
You wonder if he remembers you from all those years ago. You wonder if he remembers your father or how he once looked on Keizo and told you, "That one is a born sailor." You don't see any register of memory behind his eyes, so you lower your own to the floor again.
"No answer," he finally mutters. "Hm."
How could Keizo forget the hot summer you spent on the beach, watching him redo his knots and untie them again while your toes skimmed the cool water's surface? You weren't yet thirteen, but you watched the older boy work his way around a mast and back, desire seeping into your heart as he grew stronger, smarter, more--
"Get her some clothes and a meal," Keizo grunts, turning away from you. "The commissioner's daughter is a friend to us."
"A friend?" you exhale, your heart beating wildly. Perhaps he had forgotten the illicit kiss you stole from him before he sailed away for the first time, leaving you on the shores of a fuzzy memory.
Keizo turns his head toward you, stopping on his way up the steps. You can read his expression from far away, the one that says "later" as if you were something to be dealt with. But instead of continuing his path up the stairs, he walks back down, his eyes serious.
"If your father knew you were here, what would he do?"
"Not a damn thing," you reply softly.
"Are you sure about that, y/n?" Keizo lifts your chin with a single finger, his eyes searching yours.
"I told you I'd follow you to the ends of the earth if you ever returned." A smile lifts the corners of Keizo's mouth, but only slightly.
"Both of us remembered, then."
Shinichiro "Soft Iron" Sano
Shin puts his head in his hands, considering the awful dilemma he's presented with.
"I'm so sorry," you whisper, clasping your hands together. "I just have to make sure my brother is okay..." Shinichiro leans back in his chair, wounded. Your brother! Mikey flashes in front of his eyes.
"You understand, don't you?" Shinichiro lowers his hands to look at your face. Oh! Your pleading face wounds him even more, despite the fact that he's certainly at sea and in heaps of trouble. He pauses and takes a deep breath, then lets it go before answering your pleas.
"You will see your brother," he murmurs. "We will turn the ship about and return you to your home." Your eyes widen, and for a brief moment, Shin thinks you will accept the verdict. But then you burst into tears.
"Don't cry, don't cry," he urges you, standing from his chair and coming around to comfort you. "It's just..." Shin searches for the answer among his many thoughts. "He's not on this ship. But perhaps he'll be on the next one."
"He said he was on Soft-Iron's ship," you reply quickly, unfolding the letter you stuffed into your pants pocket. "Look!" Shinichiro reads the words with mounting dread. It's a bald-faced lie, he thinks. But a damn good one.
"I've never known your brother," Shin answers, looking at the foreign signature in dismay. "He must have misled you. I'm sorry." You take the letter back while sitting and absorbing the news.
"Then we need to find him!" You stand up and take Shin's place at his desk. "We have to search for him. You'll help me, won't you?" Shin stiffens at the sight of your hopeful face turned to him. You had expertly tapped his weakness: a pretty face and a mission.
"S-sure," he hears himself say. "We'll find him together." You hurry to him and throw your arms around his neck, thanking him profusely. Soft-Iron can already feel his heart melting into nothingness in his chest as he inhales your womanly scent. Dear Lord, he prays silently. I hope we never find this guy.
Takeomi "Scar-Face" Akashi
Takeomi is above you, huffing and grunting as his hair caresses your face. "You should've... never... shown... your face... little thief."
Your fingers instinctively grip the sheets, but you release them to drag your nails across Takeomi's back. "Hate fucking is still fucking," you quip back, sweat rolling down your spine. Takeomi cries out as the pain mixes with pleasure, one becoming the other in an endless loop of insanity.
"Got caught stealing from me again." You roll your eyes at his comment, moaning despite your annoyance. Stealing from Scar-Face was too easy, you reckon. If it wasn't the booze that brought him to his knees, then it was money. And if it wasn't that, it was women. Well, you. You're the only woman in his life at present.
A hand comes up and smacks your left ass cheek, and you bite down on your exclamation, trying to hold it in as the crew circulates just outside the door. "You'll pay for that," you hiss, but Omi just huffs a short laugh.
"That and all the other shit you've taken from me, huh? Just paying out of my ass," he complains, rutting into you roughly. This is pure heaven, you think to yourself, digging your nails into his back again. "You'll pay for what you stole tonight."
"Impossible." You clench around his cock, pushing him closer to his high. Takeomi gasps, trying to hold his shaky breaths, but he continues to fail miserably. "I'm gonna take that orgasm before you can take mine," you laugh, clenching around his again. "I took your manhood once, and I'll do it again. Just like I stole your heart." Your tone is teasing, but there's a modicum of truth behind the statement.
"If your daddy wasn't who he was, I would've made you a wench long ago." Takeomi shudders, groaning sharply before spilling his seed inside of you. "Would've... made you my wife... a long time ago."
Chifuyu "Shore Raider" Matsuno & Baji "Blackmane" Keisuke
"No, no, no!" Baji grabs your arm, pulling you out of the closet. His touch isn't rough, but it's enough to set your skin ablaze. "No stowaways!"
"Hey!" you shout, stumbling behind him as he drags you into the open. "That hurts!"
"What hurts me," Baji begins, growling. "Is that Chifuyu sneaks you onto this ship without my permission and then hides you in his closet!" Chifuyu comes down from his perch at the wheel, his eyes full of concern.
"Baji!" It's clear he has every intention of throwing you into the ocean, but Chifuyu quickly stands between him and the railing. "Don't you dare--"
"Women distract us from our purpose," Baji sneers, gripping your wrist even tighter. "Or did you forget the vow we made, Matsuno?"
The vow. You stand in the salty air, watching Chifuyu pale, then blink twice as if a spell had been broken. "I know we made a promise to each other," Chifuyu murmurs, holding his hands out. "Nothing will come between us, Baji; we're co-captains. But I love y/n, too."
Baji grunts, his jaw muscles fluttering. "If you have a woman," Blackmane begins, turning his head towards you. "Then I'll need my own. You'll help me find one, won't you?"
"As sure as the sun rises," Chifuyu nods, smiling brightly. Baji lets you go and stalks off, shaking his head and muttering about the "silly spell" you'd cast over his friend.
Ken "Dragon Skull" Ryuguji
"Tell me the story again." Draken leans his mouth on his laced-together hands, eyes devoid of emotion.
"I got on the ship during the night," you repeat. "I stowed myself into the pantry, where the pickles and eggs are. And I fell asleep." Draken nods. "And I woke up when we were a ways away from the shore."
"But I don't understand why you snuck onto the ship." You roll your eyes, sighing loudly.
"Dad? Arranged marriage? The whole 'you speak when I say you speak,' 'you jump when I say you jump' thing?"
"Freedom," Draken articulates, and you nod. But it was more than that.
For years, you watched Draken hone his skills as a pirate. Every time he returned, he brought more loot and more fame. You feared being left behind in the wake of all of his success.
"I didn't want to be left behind," you exhale.
"Why didn't you just ask?" You're stunned, unsure of how to answer the simple question. "Y/n, we've been friends for so long. I would've told you that you could come along. Now, I'm sure I have the ire of your father and the whole island."
You had yet to consider how this would complicate things for Draken. You were just thinking about being at sea with your best friend, exploring the world together. You hang your head, but Draken walks toward you and touches your cheek from his bed.
"Cheer up," he urges you softly. "I'm not going to make you fish food today. Even though you scared the dogshit out of my crew."
"I brought some money if that makes any difference."
"Keep the money," Draken whispers, his eyes softening. "That's your loot. The first rule of the sea is what's yours is yours." He leans forward to kiss your forehead. "Come on, I might as well introduce you to the others... since you're stuck with me and all." You giggle as he takes your hand, leading you to the deck.
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Walk The Plank (K.HJ x fem reader)
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Chapter 2: Wooyoung’s Choice
You had grown up hearing tales about the infamous pirate crew ATEEZ—the fearless, power-hungry men that roamed the seas in search of the most valuable treasures they could lay their hands on. You almost didn't believe the stories your mother had told you as a child...not until you wound up on their ship
Warnings for this chapter: Mentions of weapons
A/N: Thank for you for the support!
Previous Chapter: The Man in the Black Fedora, Masterlist
Chapter 2: Wooyoung's Choice
"Alright wench, let's lay down a few rules for you."
"Stop. You'll scare her, Mingi."
"Yeosang, sometimes fear must be instilled in order for there to be compliance. We can not have any games here, savvy? For all you know, she could try to collect our bounties, given the chance."
"I-I suppose," the man you learned was named Yeosang says, his scruffy blond hair hiding his eyes. There are eight men that stand before you that you assume to be the original crew—the ones who started their search for treasures far and wide. The captain pushes his way past Mingi and his crew mates. 
"Settle down, would you?" He scolds, coming to your side. You feel overwhelmed by the presence of so many eyes upon you—much less the eyes of ATEEZ. "Y/N has made a deal with me and agreed to help us retrieve the Cromer. If you do any harm to her, you will become good mates with the sharks. Do I make myself clear?"
"Aye, Captain," they reply in unison.
"And if she does harm to us?" Mingi asks. Hongjoong looks over at you and gives you a wink before turning back to face his crew.
"Then she walks the plank." Your blood runs cold at his response, muscles tensing at the thought of such a horrid death. "But that will not be necessary, will it, Y/N?" The captain gives you a smile. In one swift motion, he pulls a blade from his pocket and cuts the rope that binds your wrists. You are immediately relieved of the discomfort and begin to examine the ugly marks the rope left behind. "Will it?" He repeats. You look up at him, ignoring the other sets of eyes on you. 
"No, Captain," you comply. 
"Good. Seonghwa, show our new crew mate to the quarters." 
"Yes, Captain." A tall man with his hair shaved at the sides quickly turns around, heading for the door. You keep your gaze on his polished black boots that fit his clean appearance as you follow him. You hadn't given it much thought until now that the pirates are oddly handsome—again something you would not expect. 
Seonghwa does not stop until he reaches the crew's quarters. He heads down, then turns and waits for you to follow. "This," he gestures to an abundance of hammocks, some lined with furs, wools, and other various items of comfort, "is where we stay." His sharp brows crease in thought. "However, as a woman, it might be more comfortable for you here."
Seonghwa brings you over to the farther side of the room to a sheet of fabric that serves as a curtain, covering two small beds. "This is sometimes where the men sleep if they are ill, but it might serve you well, as no one is at the moment." You nod as he speaks.
"Thank you, Seonghwa." He seems unsure how to respond, cheeks tinting a bit pink from what you assume is embarrassment.
"You are welcome, Miss."
"My name is Y/N," you remind him. 
"How do you know about the Cromer?" he asks curiously, heading up the steps to the upper deck. 
"Well, my father is very interested in obtaining artifacts of those sorts. I have walked into his studies countless times as a child and asked what he was doing. He would tell me tales of these artifacts and somewhere along the line, I became interested myself. Who does not want a taste of magic? It is something fascinating that I would love to see for myself," you explain.
"I admire that, Y/N."
"You are not what I imag—"
"SEONGHWA!" A man with big eyes and a strip of blonde hair comes running over. 
"Aye, San?"
"Can we show Y/N the guns? I have a feeling she would be a good shot." He grins.
"Not yet. Why don't you take her back to Hongjoong for now," Seonghwa suggests.
"Okay! Come on!" San heads for the captain's quarters that you had left only a few minutes before. He opens the door without knocking and bows, gesturing for you to go ahead. "After you, love." He smiles. 
"Thank you, San." You step into the cabin and he shuts the door behind you, the captain barely looking up from the papers on his desk to see who has entered. Taking slow steps, you come to observe the mess atop the table. Maps and illustrations are sprawled across its surface and markings of ink cross each other at every point. "Wow," you breathe out. He looks up at you and lets out a huff. 
"Not so great when you look at it for a long time. Frustrating beyond belief," he grunts, setting down his dividers and ink pen in defeat. As he runs his hands through his rugged hair, you pick up his quill, biting your lip in thought.
"Are these places you have already searched?" you ask, pointing at the scribbles on the map with your free hand.
"Yes."
"Impressive," you mumble. "These were not discovered on my father's maps. But have you considered the Cromer to be somewhere that has already been explored?" you question.
"I think we would have already caught wind of someone with such a powerful object if it fell into the hands of colonizers and commoners," Hongjoong explains.
"Well, in order for there to be any information on such an artifact, of course it has previously been discovered. Where it has been left is just theory. We could even be dealing with magic that protects it," you suggest.
He raises an eyebrow. "Continue."
"There is legend that suggests where it is. 'Where the horizon meets the waves, the illusion is created. The answer lies here not, but in the stars they reflect. The crescent waxes and wanes, but its mirror does not follow suit."
"We have followed the stars, to no avail." The captain sighs. "And the crescent it speaks of...we thought it was moon lake. We have been there countless times."
"So, the crescent the legend speaks of is not moon lake." 
"Yes, but...what do you reckon it be?" He looks up at you through his dark eyelashes. 
"The lake does not wax and wane, but you know what else does not? Promise island, off the course of the New World. The land is crescent shaped, and of course, it does not wax or wane," you finish, drawing an 'X' on the map near the coordinates of where you know the island to be. Hongjoong stands up, looking down to where you marked the map and back up at you in shock. 
"That...is remarkable. We have yet to venture to that side of the New World." He pushes himself up from the table and stomps out to the deck.
You follow over and press your ear to the now closed door, straining your ears to pick up words like "reroute" and "northeast." Hearing less and less, you wonder what is happening on the other side when someone comes back through the entrance. The door would have hit you, had you not been quick. Your innocent doe eyes do not fail you as you look at Hongjoong and pretend you were never listening. "We have changed course and it should take a few days to reach our destination. Y/N, you may take a rest now." You find yourself not-so thrilled to leave his quarters, the atmosphere almost comforting. The smell of paper and ink made you feel at home.
"Thank you, Captain." You fiddle with your fingers. "Do you have any books that detail your journeys?" you ask.
"Detail them?"
"Yes, I am sure you have come across many interesting things on your travels, have you not?"
"I suppose...no one has ever asked for them." He scans the bookshelf behind him and pulls out a book with a leather spine, handing it over to you. "Here is one. I hope it does not bore you." He smiles.
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Here you are, enjoying the view from the crow's nest of ATEEZ's ship. Somehow, the air smells sweeter, despite it being the same. About three days ago, the ship had changed course to head northeast, towards the New World. 
You open the captain's book to the page you had left off on and continue reading. So far, you have read through his and his crews' adventure to Wonderland. A sketch of some of the land was drawn by Hongjoong on the next page in black ink that was ever-so smudged. You admire the small picture as you run your fingers over the textured paper. 
"Argghh!"
You flinch, startled by the unannounced visitor hanging onto the side of the crow's nest. Jung Wooyoung looks at you with sparkles in his eyes, like a child seeing their favorite toy. "Hey little treasure," he coos, a giggle slipping from his pretty lips. You had learned very quickly that he entertains himself by causing trouble amongst the crew. You set your book down to look at him.
"Hello, Wooyoung."
"What are you doin'? Did Captain force you to read?" he asks, peering at the book in your lap.
"No Wooyoung, I was simply curious about your previous journeys."
"Oh...well...have you read about me?" He grins from ear to ear.
"Yes! You were the one to discover treasure in the Wonderland, were you?" He nods with pride, climbing into the nest to sit next to you.
"What else does it say about me?" he asks excitedly.
"Here." You open the book back up, holding it between the two of you to read together. He scratches the back of his neck, looking at you and back down at the paper.
"I never learned to read," he says. 
"Oh." You frown, glancing down at your lap. "I...I can teach you if you want," you offer. His eyes glitter in delight once again.
"Yes! I want to learn!" He squirms around with excitement and quickly leans in to kiss your cheek. You bring your hand up to touch where he had left his thanks, your face warming up. 
"Ah, let us start with this word," you smile at him, pointing to the word 'Aurora'. "It seems a bit difficult, but I believe in you. This letter 'A' makes this sound," you explain, demonstrating the different pronunciations that belong to each letter for him. He repeats after you, filled with joy when you praise him for repeating correctly. When you get to the last vowel, you ask him to repeat the whole word by reading it.
"Aurora," he says with confidence. "Those are the pretty lights in the northern sky," he marvels. "Pretty, like you." His compliment makes your heart swell, and you can't help but find him so precious.
"Thank you, Woo."
"Y-"
"Ahoy!" Choi San interrupts, popping up on the side of Wooyoung.
"San!" He exclaims, "Y/N is teaching me to read!" San's eyes light up with similar wonder; they are very alike.
"Y/N, your turn to learn! I want to teach you to shoot!" San says, offering a hand for you to grab on to.
"I suppose that skill could be of use," you reply, taking his hand and climbing over onto the ladder. "Woo, will you join us?"
"I think I'll stay up here. Got to keep a lookout, aye?" 
"Alright." You wave and watch him glue his eyes back to the captain's book before you climb down after San.
>>>chapter 3
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Summary: You are caught in the wake of Storms end…your loyalty is questioned …but not by Aemond
Warnings: Smut (had to be done!)
A whole week had passed since Visera’s birth, you stood holding Aelor in your arms watching over your daughter sleeping.
Aelor looked at her and smiled a few times himself , Visera’s birth made you feel complete. She was beautiful and already had silver hair starting to show, both your children would be the very image of Aemond, strong Targaryen features, but you knew they would posses the iron will of your Stark Blood.
Aelor giggling as you swirled him on the spot, his laugh was so infectious you absolutely adored him.
but You had no much time alone with Aemond. Storms End had dominated the matters with the small council, not to mention how it affected the realm and the Allie’s that were sworn to the greens. You missed his touch , his embrace …the intimacy you craved began to know at you. But he had kept distance, the outcome of Storms End still riddled him …and you had only given birth, he was respectfully giving you time. You would do anything to spent a day alone with him, just in bed enjoying each others company.
Later that day You wondered down the red keep looking for your husband, but as you walked past people you noticed the odd look your way- as if you had grown an extra head. You could not find him anywhere. You even found your way down to the skull of Balerion, even after coming here with Aemond to sneak a kiss and hear him recite Balerion’s mighty adventures…the sheer size of the skill impressed you.
You felt like you had been down there for what seemed like an age. With a heavy sigh you made your way through the square before reaching your quarters - Nina almost lunged at you “Princess there you are!”
You looked bewildered “Nina what is it , Aelor and Visera are well?”
She nodded “They are fine , have you Heard ?”
“Heard what?”
She paused as one of the maids strolled past, Nina lowered her voice “There is a rumor your brother has pledged support for the Princess Rhenerya “
Your heart sank “ What? No surely …”
She pulled you into a small opening out of sight “That isn’t everything …before you left the Maester brought a ravens scroll, I noticed the Stark seal …I instructed him to leave it on the bureau“
You waited for her to finish “ Yes?”
“I went to Check on the children…I was gone maybe half of an hour…when I came back the scroll had gone…”
Your stomach lurched with a twisted uneasy feeling.
“Did you see anybody ?” You asked
She shook her head, looking guilty “ Forgive me I should”-
“Nonsense. You weren’t to know.” You looked around then back to Nina “Stay with the children… I will find out what is going on. Thank you for telling me “. you gave her a reassuring nod before heading off into the back into the bowels of the red keep. The throne room was like a crypt, you half expected to catch Aegon fooling around on the iron throne with some wench. You looked nearly everywhere until Your feet found their way to the bottom of the stairs that lead to the small council room.
You headed up the stairs to hear raised voices getting louder , You opened the door to see Aemond angrily pacing at one end of the table ,he froze upon seeing you …Otto Hightower was there. Standing at the opposite side.
“What is this?” You said with one hand on your hip.
Otto stood with a piece of parchment in his hand , Aemonds eye darted to you and back to Otto.
“Well?” You demanded.
Otto simply bowed his head “Princess you should be resting “
“I will do as I please…Tell me Otto what is that in your hand”
Aemond grunted “He brings a ravens scroll from your brother, the lord of Winterfell. Seems he’s been…busy hosting strong guests.”
You had not wrote to your brother since shortly before Visera’s birth, when Viserys was still living. You caught Aemonds eye which was fixated on you.
“A letter to congratulate us on the safe deliverance of our daughter no doubt?” You mused. Trying to Call Ottos bluff
Ottos breath staggered , Aemond stood by window for a brief moment , he was tense you could see in his posture , he then returned to the table - leaning forward clutching a chair.
. “It seems…your brother has sided with Princess Rhaenyra…Prince Jacaerys held an audience with him when Aemond went to storms end…Cregan pledged his support to Jace and his cause”
Your stomach knitted with disgust , you felt sick with confusion, betrayal And anger.
“I believe this letter is lord Stark asking for your help or intervention in the matter “ Otto continued
“Believe? Don’t play me for a fool my lord hand” you snatched the letter out of his hand
Aemond watched you wordlessly. Otto looked at you “my lady I don’t…”
“I know you retrieved this from our chambers …and that you have read this I can see the seal is broken and clumsy waved back…who helped you that mangy creep Larys?”
Otto cleared his throat , clearly not expecting you to react this way , he looked at Aemond for support but he simply glared at him. Unsettled, Otto looked at you again “Princess you are emotional and at this time we need to remain calm”
You scoffed “You don’t even have the decency to deny it…”
“What I do is for the good of the realm”
You held the letter up at him , The seal clumsily broken “A man of your resourcefulness and Wit …” you shook your head “Disappointing. Spying on our correspondence long? Or just mine because I am an outsider hmm?”
Otto did not expect this from you, Aemond watched you speak.
“Tell me…my lord hand. Does it give you pleasure to spy on us? Just as you did in Rhaenyra‘s youth?”
Otto cleared his throat “ You accuse me of spying on my own grandson ?”
“I know you have many…minions in the red keep.”
You could feel Aemond staring at Otto. He said nothing, the last time he tried to justify his schemes cost him his position, what would he loose if he tried to lie again?
You took a deep inhale “The fact you have slithered here so eagerly shows you think I am Not loyal …have I not proven my loyalty for almost three years ?”
“Is it not your loyalty I am questioning I just need to understand you will not think of heeding to your brothers words. Do not act impulsively …”
“You think me impulsive now? “ you said almost laughing
he briefly glanced at at Aemond “No but he is!” He shouted pointing at him “last time he was trusted with great importance he started a war!”
The silence that filled the room was lethal. Aemond almost charged at Otto but you raised your hand which bluntly met his chest. Aemond stopped and you stepped forward. You got right up to Ottos face…he maintained eye contact and you did not back down.
“Get out of my sight” your tone was menacing
He looked at you and opened his mouth to speak but you were too quick “Leave….or you too will share The fate of Lucerys Strong and believe me…your death will not be one of impulse and it will be in pain” he blinked in fear and took a step back. He struggled to find his words , as he searched for them you spoke again “Go”
The threat was repeated by the glare Aemond gave him, he bowed and left. Wordless. The doors of the council chamber shut firmly.
You exhaled so deeply Aemond thought you would faint , he faced you holding your elbows in each of his hands. You looked at him still shaking with anger , Aemond looked at you differently but there was that glimmer of excitement in his eye that you had not seen for a long time - the devotion you had shown by defending him to his own grand sire made him lean in and kissed you ever so softly that you felt the parchment fall out of your hand.
You sank into his kisses with a hungered passion, something you had been starved off for the last nine months. The electricity between you were so powerful you were sure nothing else in the world existed. He planted gentle kisses over your jaw and down to your neck- you closed your eyes before Aemond almost tore the sleeve off your arm. In between kisses you opened his tunic as easy as tearing paper. He tugged down on your corset to expose your breast, as he kissed you he fondled them with such a tender touch you moaned against his lips. He grazed your jaw which made you moan “Aemond ..someone might…” you said in between gasps
“Let them” he muttered as he kissed your breast softly. You moved your head as you kissed his bare chest in spots, moving your free hand down his broad chest to the inside of his trousers. He let out the collapsing sigh as you felt his manhood, he was so ready. He held the back of your head as you lips made their way up to his neck, then his jaw. You were once again entrapped by his violet eye, your gaze was locked and without any words, your hand crawled up to the eyepatch buckle. His eye dilated as you removed it , revealing the vibrant blue sapphire, the patch fell to the ground and bounce next to the parchment. You both said nothing , you tip toed and kissed the base of the scar all the way up and around the edge of where the eye once once. And where the sapphire laid you kissed the precious gem, you felt him sigh with the utmost urgency. He pressed the back of your head to have your lips meet his, the hunger in his kissed became more evident as he lightly pushed you against the table, hoisting you up and resting you on the great table and lifted your skirts, as he started to remove his trousers you wrapped your legs around his waist and arms over his shoulders - your fingers running through his beautiful silver hair. Your lips met again as grazed himself at your entrance, you moaned deeply as he pushed himself inside you , your mouth fell open and he began to take you. Your fingers dug into his skin as the pleasure reached your core. Aemond kept uttering your name into your ear as if he was reciting a prayer , you felt close and He pushed you so your back was now against the table , he kept thrusting until your lower body came undone and the intense wave of euphoria claimed you Both. You both stayed there for a few moments, catching your breaths, Aemond lifted his head and kissed you gently on the lips, your hands crawled up his back.
Aemond got to his knees to pick up the eye patch as you found a cloak to hide the tear he had caused, adjusting your corset as best you can . Aemond picked up the parchment handing it to you as he got to his feet.
You took it and opened it started to read, as Aemond wrapped his tunic back around his chest and began to fasten it.
You let out a short gasp as you finished reading, “what news?” He asked
“My brother …” Otto was right.
Aemond looked at the parchment then back at you , you let him read it over your shoulder.
“Dearest Sister,
No doubt you will be aware that the atrocity committed by your lord husband, Prince Aemond Targaryen over storms
End has only reaffirmed my support to Queen Rhaeneyra, her son Jace sought out our support the same night your husband murdered Prince Lucerys. How callus a man to murder his own family….The Kinslayer they call him.
I urge you sister to leave the captiol, return to your home and abandon the Targaryens before they obliterate everything within their grasp . Leave your Targaryen pups to the hightowers and join the northern cause …to remove Aegon the usurper.
I anticipate your raven and hope to see you soon
Cregan,
Lord of Winterfell.
Aemond didn’t react with cold fury as you anticipated, he simply looked at you. Fear was struck in his eye…a shallow moment of silence passed between you and he waited for you to say something . In this very moment you knew what you had to do, Aemond however was lost in a trance of the unknown, he could not read your face - to him, not knowing tormented him more .
“What…will you do?” He said, his voice was barely audible.
You took one look at the letter again and then back at Aemond. In one swift move you a scrunched the letter into a paper ball and tossed it into the fire. Aemonds eye wide with shock, as you watched the paper crumble and burn he stood next to you , lost for words.
“He’s your brother…your family …” Aemond began.
You shook your head and took his hands “The day I married you changed that…you are my family. Our children…I will not abandon them or you and hide behind the walls of Winterfell. I made my promise to you. I will stay with you. To the end”
You felt Aemonds hand clasp yours, the way his fingers intertwined with yours felt so secure and safe. He pulled you into him. Holding you tightly against your chest. You were home.
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Chapter 24: Bellflower: Now a semi-prisoner on Motonari’s ship, Katsu decodes a message.
Mitsuhide x OC; Hideyoshi x MC (Mai)
All Chapters Archived on Ao3 
Logline - With Mai, Hideyoshi, and Aki missing, Mitsuhide and Katsuko reluctantly team up. Disguised as a merchant and his concubine, can they outsmart the man known as the God of Deceit?
Somehow I knew it would be you who betrayed me, Kaya.
From Mitsuhide's townhouse in Sakai to a pirate ship in the middle of the Japan sea in one day. Basically, I had traded one ‘prison’ for another.
Unsure of my allegiance, Motonari had taken away my dagger, scooped me up with Mitsuhide, and brought me on board his ship. I owed my captivity to the fact that I was considered less of a threat on board this ship as opposed to being left in Sakai as a potential witness. ‘Kaya’ was a loose end, able to tell Oda forces what had happened. Or tell them that he was using one of the Nanban carracks, rather than one of his clan’s warships.
As I was led to my quarters, I’d heard Motonari tell his men to chain Mitsuhide up in the brig.
At least I was being spared incarceration with a man who probably hated me right now. I was given a room with a bed – a European bed, not a futon. There was even a porthole, possibly big enough for me to wiggle through, but when I looked out, all I saw was ocean, so it was pointless to try to escape.
Somehow I knew it would be you who betrayed me, Kaya.
‘Yeah, well, don’t threaten to kill a kid then, dude. Our contract didn’t say anything about murder, especially of a civilian. You should know me better than that. I risked my life for Hiko once already. Of course I would do it again.’
Unfortunately the imaginary Mitsuhide in my head didn’t have that teasing grin or those wicked sideways glances. No. Instead, I had his last words to me on endless repeat.
Somehow I knew it would be you who betrayed me, Kaya.
That look on his face. It had been pure ice. Lord help me if he ever escaped from the brig, because I'd probably be near the top of his hit list. With a bullet, as they say.
Ugh. I paced the smallish room, wondering what I should do next. Would Motonari set me free once we reached our next destination? Otherwise, would I be held with Mitsuhide and his friends? Maybe I could convince the pirate to drop me off somewhere.
Where would I go though? Mai and Hideyoshi were still the only link (tenuous as it was) I had to Aki. If he had also somehow gotten swept up in this, then I was better off sticking with Motonari and his crew. At least if he was being held captive with them, I would complete the finding part of my mission and move on somehow to the rescue aspect. In that, I could be making headway toward my goal.
Somehow I knew it would be you who betrayed me, Kaya.
Kaya. Guess I was demoted from “Brat.” I shook my head, trying to rid the echo of his voice from it, and the bellflowers on my hairsticks tickled the top of my earlobe.
Somehow I knew it would be you who betrayed me, Kaya.
…Kaya.
Kaya.
Wait…
Son of a bi-
There was an abrupt knock on the door. "You better be decent wench, I’m coming in.”
Wench? Really?
That was the only warning I got before the door swung open and Motonari strode in. He’d traded his merchant silks for captain’s gear, and the ingratiating smile for a fierce scowl.
I shrank back against the wall, doing my best to look terrified. Instinct told me was that I would be safest if Motonari continued to view me as a concubine Mitsuhide purchased at the slave market. If he didn’t see me as a threat, I would have more options. And more freedom.
He didn’t say anything else, and I slid down the wall and covered my face with my arms as if I expected him to beat me.
"Quit cowering." Motonari sounded more annoyed than angry. "I ain't planning to hit ye… as long as you behave."
'Kaya' continued to act terrified, shrinking into a fetal ball.
"Can't believe you were brave enough to save Hiko twice, and now ye can barely look at me." He dragged a chair from the center of the room, turned it backward and straddled it.
Hm. Might have overplayed that a bit.
"It was instinct. I had a brother. Hiko reminds me of him." Or well, what I remember of Toshiie at that age.
"Humph. Yeah. The kid has a way, don’t he?" He ran a gloved hand through his hair. "Where did ye come from?"
Figuring that he didn’t mean to go over the weeks I was playing house with Mitsuhide, I gave him an edited summary of Kaya's backstory. That I had been a housemaid to a Daimyo, who was killed by the Oda (added that bit in on a hunch) and after their castle burned to the ground, I had been taken by ronin and sold in the slave market.
Motonari nodded along as if none of it was a surprise to him. And it likely wasn't. We had made sure to broadcast Kaya's invented backstory around Sakai. Motonari was probably checking to confirm whether or not my story would stay consistent. "And now? Ye want to get revenge on the Oda?" He didn’t ask it as if he was offering me a part in one of his plots. More like he was trying to figure things out. Figure me out – figure out whether I was useful or dangerous.
“I just want to go home! To my village. Away from all these people." I put a bit of a sob into my voice. What an orphaned village girl would do was a bigger question, but Kaya likely hadn't thought that far in advance. Kaya was a simple peasant turned servant turned reluctant concubine. Revenge wasn't in her vocabulary.
"Ye sure about that? What If I gave you a sword, held Mitsuhide down, and told you to gut him like a fish? He's Oda's left hand man. You'd have revenge on the whole pack of em." There was a look in his eye that told me he'd be happy to watch if I were to do it.
I shuddered and hid my face, pretending to be overcome at the very idea of it. There had been times over the past month, where I would have happily stabbed Mitsuhide… but I would have given him a fighting chance first.
"Could ye do it if I said it was him or you?" He scratched at his wrist in the area between the glove and his flesh.
What is this? Philosophy Power Hour? I didn’t know what he was looking for. Too bloodthirsty and he'd look at me with suspicion. Too weak and he'd likely pitch me overboard. I added a whimper to my voice. "I don’t know! I’ve never lifted a sword… but I'm not useless! I can scrub floors, or clean everyone’s rooms or swab decks or whatever you call it here."
He drew his sword and I shrank back but all he did with it was poke at the kimono I was wearing until it snagged and tore. "Those ain’t the clothes of a servant. You'd get them dirty. Be a fine sight, seeing you scrubbing in silk."
Finishing the job his knife started, I yanked at the cloth until it tore past my knees. "He made me wear it. I don’t care if I get it dirty."
"Show me your hands." At Motonari's order, I extended my hands toward him, too surprised to do anything else. He quickly pulled his own gloved hand out of my reach. From that short distance, he looked at my hands, which were indeed still rough and calloused in spite of Sho's best efforts. "Ah. Ye really aren't a stranger to hard work."
"I said I wasn't. Who would lie about being a housemaid?" Well, I probably would have lied if I'd needed to, but of course I really had been a maid, though not as recently as 'Kaya' had been.
"Never you mind." Motonari stood up and headed for the door. Apparently he had decided I was neither useful, nor interesting.
"Wait!"
With a look of impatience, he turned back to me. "What?”
"Um. About the floor scrubbing thing. Where are the cleaning supplies?" Kaya was determined to be useful. I was determined to get on deck and figure out just how big his crew was and where we were.
"I'll send someone to you. When I get time." He turned, then again paused and turned back. "How come you haven't asked about your former master?"
"Kyub -um, Mitsuhide? I don't care how he is." As long as he's not dead, folded spindled or mutilated. Since Montanari had said he would be used as bait, Mitsuhide was still alive, but not likely comfortable. "As long as he can't get to me, I don't care."
Motonari didn’t respond to that, and left me alone to continue to stare at the walls. Or pace. Or whatever. He hadn't locked me in this time (I checked) but perhaps that too was a test of some sort.
So I stayed put a little while longer, organizing my thoughts, plotting, until an old man named Hiroyoshi came by and brought me outside. Rather than scrub (swab?) the deck, I was instead given the task of repairing the sails. It was a dull, mindless, and never ending chore, and I stabbed myself with the thick needle far too many times.
Also, unfortunately, it required me to stay in one place in the corner of the ship, rather than explore. It would have been good to know exactly where everything was located on board, exactly how many men Motornari had working for him, and how many weapons they had. Still, even by sitting quietly in place and doing my best to memorize faces, I was able to get a rough head count of about seventy crew members. I rounded that upward to a hundred, just to be safe.
I spent four days in this fashion. Aside from Hiroyoshi, no one approached me. Possibly Motonari told them all to leave me alone. Possibly he had just told them all I was boring. I would get up, and stretch my legs once or twice, each time simply walking over to one side or the other. We were not terribly far out to sea, and on some occasions, I spotted strip of land off the right side, but whether it was the Japanese mainland or a smaller island, I couldn’t say. Once there was a bit of a flurry because a sailor spotted a ship some distance behind us, but that apparently turned out to be a merchant vessel.
At night, I would retire to my own quarters, and Hiroyoshi would drop off a tray of food. He was a friendly sort, and to be honest, had I not been trying to keep up my scared villager act, I might have enjoyed chatting with him. As it was, I limited myself to a grateful smile and a thank-you, then listened quietly to his tales of the sea.
Each night I also made sure I established a pattern of coming up on deck after the moonrise, to stroll along the deck and look up at the sky. The first time I did this, Motonari stopped me to ask, "Where do ya think yer goin?"
I shrank back in 'fear,' but pointed to the sky and the reflection of the three quarter moon over calm waters. "It's pretty. I like to look at night."
"Yer daft, woman." He shook his head, then took a moment to look as well. For one long pause we were both staring out at the ocean, before he shook his head again and retreated to his quarters.
And thus on the fourth night, Kaya, whose pattern was now established to be a night time stroller and stargazer, strolled right down to the brig, where Mitsuhide was being held. The few sailors who were on deck paid no attention to me at all. As I had told Mitsuhide weeks ago, I had perfected the art of being invisible in plain sight.
In his cell, Mitsuhide appeared to be unconscious. I heard a very soft whir of his even breathing. Alright, correction, asleep, not comatose. Though there were a couple of bruises on his face, it didn’t look like he was being abused in the brig. Likely those were from the moment he had arranged for us to be captured. He even appeared to be sleeping comfortably, especially given he was sleeping on the floor and his hands were manacled together.
"Psst. Mitsuhide. Wake up." I kept my voice low. There weren't any guards to the brig as the crew wasn’t large enough to give anyone a wasteful task like watching the door, but I wasn’t sure of the acoustics in here. The last thing we needed was for our conversation to carry to the upper deck.
His eyes opened instantly, as most people in this era slept lightly and Mitsuhide was no exception. "Dear me, it appears I overestimated your abilities. I expected you yesterday."
"I needed to establish that I was boring and no threat." I pulled one of the bellflower lock picks out of what was now an extremely lopsided hairdo. "This was followed by an extra day because, seriously, you couldn't have warned me you were going to do that?"
He sat up, rolled his shoulders a bit, causing the top of his kimono to slip down, revealing that lean muscular body – and a few more bruises. "You appeared to figure it out quickly enough." The look he gave me was one of approval, and for a moment I wanted to bathe in that.
I got to work on the lock on the cell. It was a simple keyed lock, and it would take very little dexterity to force it open. "And what if Motonari decided to leave me in Sakai? Then what would you have done?"
He paused… long enough for me to realize. “You were expecting him to leave me in Sakai.”
He’d… planned to leave me behind. That… almost hurt more than him saying I had betrayed him.
“I thought it the most likely scenario, yes. However I was equally confident that if he determined you were too much of a threat to leave behind, that you would decode my statement.” He held his manacled hands out in front of him. “And so you have.”
So basically… I’m Plan B.
“What if he decided I was too much of a threat to leave alive?” Motonari seemed all too volatile. He was definitely capable of killing me if he thought I was a risk.
“Kyubei and Goro – the man who followed us from the machiya – were hiding and would have pulled you out before it came to that.” The smile was familiar and teasing, but there was a look in his eyes that I could not interpret. He nodded when the lock clicked open. "Good work. When this is all concluded, you should have a new job skill as a sneak thief."
I wasn't ready to think that far ahead. Let’s just get past this ‘held captive on a pirate ship’ thing before I update my resume.
I hurried over to him, and knelt. "Hold out your hands."
The positioning of the chain and its short length meant that I needed to twine myself between him and the wall until our bodies touched. This too was keyed lock, but whoever had created it had set the pins at a trickier angle than the one at the door. I mentally swore at the lock maker when my hands slipped for the third time, and the pick pinged to the floor. I caught it before it could disappear between the cracks in the floor boards.
Unsecured by the hair stick/ lock pick, a piece of my hair unspooled and covered my eyes. Fine. I didn’t actually need to see to do this, I could unlock it by feel. All those nights of blindfolded lock picking were paying off.
Perhaps understanding that this was a situation where I needed total focus, Mitsuhide stayed (for once) quiet, and in fact, appeared to be regulating his breathing so that I could concentrate. Even so, I was hyper alert to the feeling of his exhale against my neck, and the constant thrum of his heartbeat at my back. It was steady. Calm. Unworried.
Right. If he was calm, I could be too. What was required was the type of focus that I used in archery, to shut out all distractions, whether it be of Mitsuhide's attractive presence or the persistent worry that all this would be for naught and Motonari’s guards would raise the alarm any moment.
The world shrunk to the lock, to the positioning of the pin and the balance between force and persuasion.
And his heartbeat.
After a couple tense minutes passed, the bolt slid free, and I pulled the manacles off his wrists. Underneath, his skin was raw and red, slightly swollen, and without thinking, I took his hands and tried to massage them to bring back the circulation. As always, his fingers were cool.
Mitsuhide watched me without comment, but when I stopped he gave my hands a squeeze.
"What do we do now?" I gave him a quick summary of the number of men and what I had observed of their schedule.
To my surprise, he put the manacles back on, replaced the padlock, but left it unbolted. To anyone looking, it would appear that he was still shackled to the wall. "It's not time yet."
Time for what? I didn’t bother to ask, I knew he wouldn’t tell me. “And here you complained I ignored you for an extra day.”
"I need you to do two things. Take my sash-" he nodded at the bright blue fabric encircling his waist. "Climb the rigging and tie it up under the flag."
Climb the rigging?
Prior to my accident, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. I might have even done it for fun. But now… The thought of the vertigo brought on a wave of anticipatory nausea.
Mitsuhide picked up my hands and squeezed them again, as he fixed an intent amber gaze on me. "You can do this. I imagine you could do it in your sleep."
I could. I could do it. Not just because I didn’t want to let him down. No. It was because I wanted myself back, to be me again, the kind of girl who would scamper easily through the rigging of a sailing ship. And because his confidence in me gave me strength.
I took a deep breath, then nodded.
"There's the fierce brat who threatened to stab me in my sleep." He patted my head. It was a bit patronizing, but since he had been in prison for the past few day, I allowed it.
“What’s the other thing?" Steal a weapon? Poison the crew?
He leaned forward and brushed his lips over my forehead, a kiss so brief that I could have imagined it.  Then he took the lock pick from me, and tucked it into his hakama. "Lock the door on the way out.”
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Hello! You did such an amazing job with my last request! Can I get a one-shot where the reader is a member of Barbossa’s crew? She develops a crush on him and writes about it in her journal. One day, he finds her journal and reads it, and this is how he learns about her feelings.
A/N: Hello dear💖, thanks for your request, forgive me if the writing isn't as good as the last one, I haven't been writing in a while, as for anyone else waiting for their requests, I will get to it soon just working through it slowly.
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A journal of desires📚💋
Synopsis: Barbossa finds y/n's secret journal detailing her desires for him.
Warnings: none.
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Water sprayed onto the girls face as she was just about to finish her last sentence; the green, slimy seaweed dangled over her head. “Blar! blusterous sea biscuit!” the girl spat out the salt water. Y/n was hired as a gunner for the pearl, someone who’s in charge of manning the canons and looking after the groups who fired them, though she wasn’t a master gunner. Y/n tried to shake out all the dripping, wet water from her book. She hope the black soot wasn’t running off the page. Y/n jumped off the barrel stock of gun powder, her mind was in two places; on one hand, she was worried if the briny deep dripped inside the gun powder. Two if anyone had heard her enough to cause scuttlebutt. She prayed to hope it was neither; quickly y/n opened the barrel to feel the texture of the gun powder which was luckily for her still dry.
“On yer feet lass, ye best not be slackin, less ye want ta’ be keelhauled” The master gunner spotted sight of y/n feeling the gun powder.
“Aye, just checkin’ tha’ gun powder, we ad’ a monstrous wave pour overboard” Y/n saluted her higher rank.
“And” he asked.
“It be dry” y/n softly replied.
The master gunner gave y/n a filthy look of annoyance. He wasn’t particularly friendly with those lower than him but at least he had experience with the canons. The master gunner walked off to attend his duty while keeping an ear out to hear an order from the captain to aim the canons.
Y/n came from Tortuga, she stole goods and fired shots of ammunition at the Navy when they crossed into the faithful bride. Barbossa admired her strong aim, never once did she miss on sight. He appointed the talented lass as the gunner. There were other ranks of course that filled the spot: the quarter master, the first mate, the cook, the gunner, the medical surgeon, navigator, the boatswain and finally the captain. There’s quite a lot in terms of roles to smooth out the ship but no one could be more experienced than the captain himself. He had sailed with the legendary Jack Sparrow and fought alongside the famous pirate king, Elizabeth Swann.
Y/n quickly jotted the last remaining sentences in her soaking journal using the last remains of soot.
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With her final smile of the last entry, she closed the journal and slid the book in between the gaps of the barrels. Though just as y/n strolled off to attend her maintenance duty, the journal peeked out from the edges.
Captain Barbossa wondered down the main deck to listen toward his fellow mates complaining; the master gunner blabbered on and on about the minor inconveniences of having that blasted wench on board. That is until he noticed a journal in between the gaps of the barrels, intrigued he reached for it—even if it was slimy and wet. Hector curiously opened the front page of the book, reading word from word his eyes started to appear slightly wide at the description of him. “Dashing, handsome and desirable” he thought, it was quite interesting to see who in the seven seas desired him, considering he was the opposite of what you would want in a man. Closing the book quickly, he turned toward the master gunner gripping him by the collar “I can ear yer whales o’ scuttlebutt, best not thin’ I care laddie” he threatened.
The master gunner fearfully nodded; he landed on the ground with a ‘thud’ as the captain went off to find who wrote in the journal. Barbossa had planned to give them scurvy toward this sick jest, he had no tolerance for weird sorts of jokes like this. Hector observed the Journal to see who it was written by, though his curiosity had been put to rest when he saw the name “Y/N, L/N”.
“Aye, so it be yer, hm?” Barbossa muttered to himself, he slid the journal in his coat to privately confront y/n.
Barbossa went off to locate y/n’s whereabouts which luckily didn’t seem too hard as she was swabbing the deck with the other rum pot deckhands. “Avast missy, need ta’ speak wit’ yer’” Barbossa directed the girl, with another sigh y/n prepared for her next punishment from slacking off within writing. The two travelled inside the captain's quarters, Barbossa stood in front of the desk which held maps, treasures, and slices of green apples.
“Am I in trouble captain—” Y/n questioned, “Nay ye be naught, though I be curious ta’ know why ye wrote such descriptive literature bout me features n’ desires toward me” Barbossa held up the Journal.
Y/n was nearly as red as a beet in that moment, she couldn’t believe out of everyone who had to find out, it just so happened to be Captain Barbossa.
“I-I can explain Captain, its, it's quite simple really I…Just so happen to have a—crush on ye” Y/n quietly admitted. By the blusterous seas, she would rather just be plundered right now; all her embarrassing thoughts and dreams felt like they were getting exposed. It’s like she woke up one day naked in front of the crew. Captain Barbossa didn’t play it off awkwardly though instead he just placed a hand toward the woman’s shoulder “aye, we all be youn’ once n’ full o’ curious feelins’”.
Y/n didn’t know what was weirder, the fact Barbossa was just so casual about this or the fact he knows all her desires. “D-do you want to go stargazing captain” Y/n asked nervously.
“Aye, a captain always follows the stars home” Barbossa smiled with a lightful banter in his tone.
The two spent their evening speaking of old tales and adventures from their youths.
Anyways that's all I have for now:
Ta Ta ✨
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TTNBD BLOG PART SIX
This blog covers chapters seven and eight of the story.
CHAPTER SEVEN – SUMMONING CIRCLES
Black Butler was one of my first fandoms. Not my first anime, by any means, but one of the first series of any kind that I consumed fan content for. I was new to the world of fanfiction back then, certainly not writing it yet. But some of the first fanfiction I read was Sebastian/Ciel.
The first fandom I wrote for was Supernatural. If you look at my works catalogue on AO3, you’ll see it’s the one I’ve written for the most as well. While it wasn’t my first fandom, I consider it my first in that it was the space in which I began to explore and hone my fanfiction writing abilities and specialties. I consider it my origin fandom, in a way. That series, its worldbuilding (or lack thereof) and its tropes make up the background from which I come.
So, when it comes to writing things about rituals and demons and other such things, I’m well-suited to the task. As I said in the last blog, I have an aversion to such things in reality, but in fiction, I’m old hat. I could say I researched ritualistic magic or the occult and took great pains to make it seem accurate to what may have been attempted in real life. But that would be a lie. When it comes to the ritual Lizzy and Sybil perform to summon Sebastian, I really just stitched together bits and pieces from stories I’ve read in the past, seen on TV or intuited from my own hypothetical actions were I in such a situation.
I have several 1899/1900 calendar pages on my wall in my writing space of the months in which the story takes place. It allows me to clearly and easily visualise the timeline of events and not lose track of them, all for the sake of maintaining proper continuity. I like to include references to actual events when appropriate. When Sybil mentions that the night of January 8th, 1900, is the first quarter moon, that’s true! I looked up the lunar charts for January 1900 and picked the soonest day when the moon was doing something definite so I could use it for the ritual. It’s amazing that the information about the phases of the moon from over a hundred years ago is available to us!
Sybil describes the balance of nature, how the sun and moon will be in the sky at the same time, and that will create harmony within the heavens. Lizzy refers to it as “a sort of homeostasis”. Homeostasis is a scientific term used in biology to describe the process by which a living organism maintains stability within itself while adjusting to varying external conditions. The term wasn’t coined until 1926 (I looked it up) but it’s a cool word and I wanted Lizzy to say something smart, because what’s the point of her going to medical school if she hasn’t become a bit of a nerd?
Also, it gives Sybil an excuse to mentally swoon. That, and the bit with the jam. I was trying to keep up the romantic tension and not let it get lost in the plot.
And then DRAT! They are interrupted by Simeon! He’s been out all night- doing what, we just don’t know. I won’t say it here but trust that in the final arc of the story, we’ll get more explanation about Simeon’s activities. Sybil is lying to her dad, thinking he wouldn’t approve of her frankly insane plan. And she’s right- he wouldn’t, but not for the reasons she thinks.
And now, it’s time for the BURNING BRIDES case! This is the case covered in the third episode of the second season of the Black Butler anime, entitled “Wench Butler”. A couple of readers have asked me how I came up with the case, and it reminded me how few people have watched the second season, or at least how few people remember it. I also have not watched it in many, many years, but I’ve taken so many pieces of it for this story.
In the episode, Ciel is assigned a new case by the Queen. There have been a few suspicious deaths- young women, all recently married, have been dying via spontaneous combustion- a truly horrific way to die, if you ask me. In her letter, the Queen mentions her “Spider”, and Ciel is intrigued, not knowing who this other investigator might be (it’s Alois).
Ciel and Sebastian eventually figure out that the victims all had their portraits taken by a pair of photographers- a married couple, the Turners. Margaret Turner, the wife, always wanted a passionate, romantic marriage, but hated her husband and her life and resented these women for their happiness and youth. So, she uses phosphorous powder, normally ignited to make the flash necessary for photography at the time to immolate her victims. When caught, she states that there was “a man with golden eyes” (Claude) who told her that the commission of these crimes would bring her happiness and that he would come to take her away from her sad life. She then commits suicide via the same method she used for the murders.
I kept most of this and just reworked some of the timing and conversations. There was a scene in the episode where Sebastian and Ciel run into Grell Sutcliff- I wanted so BADLY to have Grell appear again, I love her so much, but it was messing with the timing and tension, and it was just a whole extra scene to write, and I wanted to keep the story going. Also, trying to cram in every single character cameo I can think of would muddy the waters too much in my opinion. So, I left it out.
But I wanted to include the case itself. I always really liked the concept of it. And I specialise in re-working canon material. I’ve never been a huge AU person (i.e. high school AU, modern AU, coffee shop AU etc.)- I don’t write them (I think I wrote a Steve/Bucky coffee shop AU ONCE, for a request), and I don’t read them. Everything I write is within the canon of the series I’m writing for; I find that space much more rewarding to play in because there are rules you must stick to but still so many possibilities for what you can achieve and finding that balance is super satisfying. Things like soulmate AUs and stuff are my favourite though because again, they can exist within the boundaries of canon but make things so much more exciting in their own way.
Anyway, enough of my tangents. Back to the story. Ciel and Sebastian are investigating, being cute at a crime scene (what else is new) and they’re being watched. Ciel is not as good at being subtle as he thinks he is, so Claude was able to pick up his scent when Ciel was following him and Alois before- and they’ve decided to return the favour. But they’re also not as subtle as they think they are- cue a rooftop chase.
I like to think that Ciel is really fast. Like, I know Sebastian is fast- we see it all the time. But something about Ciel being slightly smaller makes me think that he might be able to move that much more quickly, though Sebastian will probably never admit it. I can’t wait for the later chapters of the story where Ciel begins to hone his skills. He hasn’t had a reason to properly learn how to move and fight- he and Sebastian have been living in peacetime, so to speak, since the end of TTEOE. But running fast doesn’t require a lot of practise, so Ciel catches Claude and Alois pretty easily.
Good God, Ciel remarked. Is that how I looked all those times you had to carry me?
No. You were far more distinguished.
Why do I get the impression you’re only saying that to spare my pride?
Sebastian looked facetiously wounded. You know I am incapable of telling a lie.
Ciel scoffed. I’ll believe it when I see it.
Just popping that in there to tell you once again how much I love writing banter for these two. It feels so correct, it practically writes itself, really.
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I couldn’t decide whose POV this conversation should happen from, so I switched throughout. I try to be careful when I employ this technique- it can quickly make things a little soupy, for lack of a better term. But I wanted this exchange to have observations from both Alois and Claude. Alois is trying to be brave while internally pissing his pants, and Claude is falling into a quick and disgusting obsession with Ciel, which is also taken directly from season two of the anime.
I couldn’t resist having Ciel comment on Claude’s name. A Faustian demon having the last name Faustus is the most basic-bitch bullshit, and I would expect nothing less from Alois Trancy.
I loved writing Alois and Ciel’s exchange. They’re both such spitfires, stubborn and bitchy and uncooperative. The funniest part of the conversation to me is the fact that Sebastian and Claude are standing no more than six feet away, glaring daggers at each other and ready to throw down at a moment’s notice. I just imagine those wavy red lines radiating off of them like you see in an anime when a character is frustrated or angry.
If it wasn’t clear already, Claude is straight up lying when he says that Sebastian murdered Alois’s brother. This brings up another topic I wanted to discuss, which is the thing demons are always saying about how they don’t lie. I always just assumed that statement itself is a lie, and that’s the joke, right- lying when you say you don’t lie? Obviously if a demon’s master gives them an order to answer a question honestly, they would have to, but outside of orders, I think demons can just bullshit all they want. Especially demons like Claude, who are already disloyal to their masters and stretching the limits of their contract’s rules to the absolute limit In order to complete their own goals.
Claude telling Alois that Sebastian killed his brother is also straight out of the anime- he lies to Alois there too, so I don’t feel weird about doing it in this fic. Demons are creatures of treachery, after all, and will ultimately do what’s good for themselves in the end. The only question is, why would Claude lay they blame on Sebastian? What could he stand to gain? Questions, questions, questions…
As I said before, for a lot of this summoning ritual, I’m writing off the top of my head. The thing about salt is true, though- salt is a purifier/preservative, so it’s often considered to be symbolically protective. Pouring salt lines in doorways and windowsills will supposedly protect a household, as no evil can pass through the barrier. That’s a thing in Supernatural, but Supernatural didn’t make it up, is what I’m saying.
The way I imagine this ritual works is like: Lizzy focuses on Sebastian. Sybil reaches into her brain with her witchy powers, connects to the spirit network and just pulls really hard on the threads of the universe until Sebastian appears. That’s all pretty vague but I don’t really think the specific mechanics of the ritual matter all that much. It’s magic, don’t worry about it.
The rest of this chapter was one of the first things I wrote for this fic. Not the very first- The scene in chapter one with Lizzy at Ciel’s grave was first written in 2019 (!!), but the first draft of this chunk of chapter seven is hand-written (I handwrite a lot of my fic) and dated as May 2022. I hadn’t yet figured out what the circumstances were for Ciel and Sebastian even being in London, or why they’d been talking to Claude, but I knew I wanted them to be making out when Sebastian got yoinked. It’s just very funny to me. Someone commented that it’s good Sybil and Lizzy didn’t wait much longer to start the ritual, or Sebastian would have been buck-ass naked when he showed up, and that gave me a good laugh. I hadn’t thought of that.
I love Ciel making Sebastian jealous on purpose. They both like annoying each other, it’s an Olympic sport for them, but we all know that Ciel secretly (or not so secretly) loves how possessive Sebastian is. He loves being needed and wanted and owned and *screams* I love writing it. Makes my brain go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
It was important to me that Sebastian show up in Sybil’s attic looking like an angry wet cat, only not wet. Frazzled maybe. He just got dissolved and pulled through space and then reassembled in a strange environment. You’d be frazzled too. I feel like I succeeded with my sketch.
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Now that Ciel is a demon, it’s fun to have Sebastian be the one in danger because there’s actually more Ciel can do to save him- though his inability to really fight or anything is going to be a problem that needs rectifying (we’ll get there). He is, however, perfectly capable of smashing through a window and scaring the shit out of Lizzy and Sybil.
I knew from the very beginning that I HAD to have the moment Lizzy finding out Ciel is still alive be a cliffhanger at the end of a chapter. Nothing else would have done it justice. She was gagged. Gooped. Face? Cracked. Wig? Snatched.
CHAPTER EIGHT – A SOUL NO LONGER LIVING
Another Simeon flashback! I love writing these. I’m very fond of Simeon, much more than I thought I would be, considering he was basically only created to be a vehicle for exposition and plot continuance. We also get more insight into Ada, who I also love. I’m actually chipping away at a spin-off one-shot about their first few days together after making their contract it’s literally just porn but that’s beside the point. It’s quite a different dynamic than any other demon/master relationships that are seen in canon- but if there are many demons running around in the world, it would stand to reason that their contracts and relationships would be as diverse as they are.
In truth, I have ideas/intentions for a few spin-off one-shots of varying lengths for this universe. Don’t worry, I’m going to focus on finishing the main story first! But I’ve never been this excited to expand on a fic before. It’s a neat feeling, and I hope my readers will follow me along on the journey, even though I’m really just happy to write these ideas down for myself!
Ciel bursting into the room, dropping a “surprise, bitch” on Lizzy and then immediately ignoring her in favour of Sebastian is just very Him. I wanted this whole scene to be from Lizzy’s POV because again, I love that outsider shit, and she’s the one with the most new and overwhelming thoughts at this moment. As if it wasn’t enough that Ciel is alive, she suddenly sees him and Sebastian kissing- it’s a wonder her head didn’t explode! But that reveal was less surprising to her. Ciel and Sebastian were always… weirdly close, so she can’t claim to be too shocked.
He approached her, and she flinched. She never would have before- she would never have thought to be afraid of him- he would never have struck her. Now, though, she wasn’t so sure. There was some power, some darkness radiating from him that made the basest part of her shy away.
When I wrote this, I had fully forgotten the scene early in the anime when Ciel does totally reel back to slap Lizzy and Sebastian has to stop him. It’s a small thing, but I was kicking myself about it when I realised my mistake- nobody’s perfect, I guess.
“The eyepatch you wore,” Lizzy said, and then felt quite stupid. “It wasn’t from an injury, then.” Tears began to burn in her eyes, threatening to spill over. “That was a lie as well.”
Here, at this moment, we get Lizzy’s emotional hang-up for the rest of the arc- the fact that Ciel lied to her. For the record, I didn’t even expect her to care this much. She just would not let it go, even when I tried to write her letting it go. Sometimes characters and stories develop a mind of their own, and you have to follow their lead until it comes to its natural conclusion.
I know a lot of readers were annoyed by Lizzy’s unwillingness to just get with the program already and believe me- I was also annoyed! But I also felt that it was more accurate to her character, and I wasn’t going to sacrifice that for the sake of making readers a little less annoyed. Sometimes characters are gonna do stuff you don’t agree with. That can be interesting. And sometimes, the consequences of their stupidity or stubbornness can be all the more satisfying as a result!
Thankfully, before things could devolve into even more arguing, Simeon shows up and the boys quickly bounce. Sybil telling Simeon that it was a bird that broke the window is another pseudo-reference to the fact that Ciel, to me, is a phoenix. He’s the big bird lol.
Alois is of course enchanted by the idea of immortality- if anyone would be looking for a way to weasel out of having to give up their soul, it would be him. Claude, of course, has no intention of ever doing something like that. He’s anti-love and anti-fun in general, to be honest. What a buzzkill.
I’m not going to go too into detail about Hannah’s revelation about this weapon, as there are things about it that have yet to be revealed in the fic itself. I’ll leave that for later commentary blogs. Rest assured, this weapon is bad news.
In a comment on this chapter, someone pointed out that at the moment Alois and Claude are discussing mating bonds and such, Ciel and Sebastian are back at their hotel having emotional, life-affirming floor sex. The juxtaposition of those two images made me laugh. If this was a show, you could have a hard cut between Claude being like “Romance is dumb” BOOM Ciel and Sebastian fucking. It’s hilarious to me.
Anyway, this scene was so self-indulgent to me. Sometimes you just gotta write stupid mushy shit, okay? They’re so in love with each other *cries*
“How can you say such things?” he looked at Ciel mournfully. “How can it be that I’ve failed you so, that you believe these lies about yourself?” He reached up and pushed matted, wet strands of hair away from Ciel’s eyes. “You have proven time and time again to be my saviour and my solace. You are and always will be the very reason for my existence- the purpose for which I live and breathe- whether you are of any use to me or not.”
What’s that meme that’s like “Do you like soul mate AUs or do you just struggle with your self-worth and are obsessed with the idea that someone could love you no matter what”? It’s me. I have exposed myself.
I think Ciel likes pain, like, in a sex way- at some point, all the shit he went through must have crossed wires in his brain- but in this scene, it was more about his need to feel something, anything, to remind him that he and Sebastian were both alive, and real, and safe and together. And it affected him so deeply that his blue flames came back, even for a second!
I didn’t intend for Ciel’s powers to be a part of the story, but I realised early on that Ciel needed some kind of internal conflict to give him a character arc as well as the external conflict of solving murders etc. I’m excited to get into it properly in the final arc of the story.
Sebastian, a demon, reciting scripture will never not be amusing to me.
“And they shall take of the blood and strike it upon the two side posts and on the upper doorposts of the houses… for I will pass through the land of Egypt in the night, and I will smite all the firstborn, both man and beast.”
The passage he is quoting is from the Old Testament book of Exodus, paraphrasing verses from the twelfth chapter. It’s the command God gave to Moses for the Hebrew people, which led to what became the first Passover. The Hebrew people were in slavery in Egypt, and God sent the ten plagues of Egypt, and the final plague was that God passed over the land of Egypt, and every firstborn human and animal died, all in one night. This is what made Pharoah finally break down and let the Hebrews go.
The Hebrew people themselves were protected from the plague because they sacrificed a lamb and used its blood to mark their doors so God would know they were his people and not harm them when he passed over. Thus, the term “Passover”.
Sebastian, using his blood to mark the walls and keep them safe, found it a cheeky, fitting reference. And yet again, he STOLE something.
Cambion is indeed a term for a being who is half-demon, half-human. The term originates in European mythology and was originally used interchangeably with the word ‘changeling’, a mythological creature that replaced a human child, but later came to mean a demon-human hybrid. The most popular use of the term is the creature from Dungeons & Dragons, a humanoid creature with bat-like wings and horns and a devil’s tail.
Obviously, Sybil doesn’t have any of those physical attributes, but her demon heritage is what makes her capable of seeing the dead, as well as her intuitiveness and her ability to successfully perform rituals like the one that summoned Sebastian despite the fact that she’d never attempted anything like it before in her life. Witches in general are just humans with an affinity for the spiritual, but Sybil has heightened abilities that can only be attributed to her non-human genetics.
I ended this chapter on another sort-of cliffhanger- I hate writing normal endings to scenes, it always feels awkward, so I always end up doing this haha. I hope it doesn’t get too annoying or boring. Like right now, for instance, me not knowing how to end this blog post.
Okay, bye, see you all next time!
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Sneak Peek (Root of All Ransom pt. 5)
Warnings for language (that feels obvious at this point but I'm gonna keep repeating it) but I think that's it. Oh, and Thrombeys are dicks. WC 600
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Ransom pulls out the chair beside his mother for you to sit in. He didn’t think about how you’d leave your Birkin by his coat in the foyer. You’re not like Linda that way either; she carried it at her side everywhere, even in the house. The least he can do is sit the beautiful young woman right next to that white-haired wench.
You look so feminine and regal compared to his mother’s teal power jumpsuit or whatever half-velvet, half-satin monstrosity she chose.
“Oh, hello, dear,” Linda chirps to you, watching Ransom sit on your other side, “don’t you look lovely.” His mother twitches her fingers like she needs a cigarette, and the whole night is already worth skipping any hanky panky before arrival. You do look lovely. It makes him look good. He’s winning.
When food is set down in front of the group by catering staff, you immediately offer appreciation, and Ran parrots the ‘thank you.’ He doesn’t think much of it. He just takes your cue. Ransom has always known how to be decent; he chooses not to be out of spite…except near you.
Meg, subtle as ever, word vomits “holy shit” in response to Hugh Ransom Drysdale thanking the fucking help. When Ran catches her eye, Meg raises her brows and snaps her wrist like she’s cracking a whip. He scowls back, but his cousin is too far across the table to curse without upsetting you, so he just mouths ‘get fucked’ at her.
“Well, Dad,” Walt starts too loudly for the table, “in celebration of your big day, I hope you don’t mind me sharing some news about our amazing quarter at the publisher’s.”
Harlan cuts into his meal, wearing his signature, catch-all smirk.
“‘Our,’ my ass,” his mother whispers to you, wine glass raised to cover her lips.
You very, very quietly giggle, and Ran doesn’t fucking like that one bit.
“Hell of a year,” Walt continues, oblivious, “hell of a year, but particularly great because we hit just shy of one point eight million in the last few months.”
“Oh wow,” Joni moans, pressing a bony hand into the ruffles of her blouse, and it is good news. Her eyes may as well morph into dollar signs.
“‘Night of the Dead Phoneline’ was a fun one,” Harlan mutters before another bite.
It is a tidy sum, one that his family would absolutely drool over, one that has taken decades to build, but also one that Ransom knows pales in comparison to what you handle on a daily basis. 
He only needs to glance at you to know not to say anything.
His mother does not notice your modesty, exuberant to swat her little brother back into place.
“That is nice, Walt,” Linda barely tilts the glass in his direction before turning to you. “Tell me, dear, I read that your home offices are being fully renovated for the first time since you took over the building. Must cost a pretty penny to upgrade all that.”
“Uh-huh,” you dodge while Ransom stares daggers over your shoulder.
Subtlety is not Linda Drysdale’s forté. “How much?”
“The last estimate I got was forty-three but was missing final approval from the technical department so…I’m preparing for fifty.”
“Thousand?” Jacob asks in the fleeting moment he’s not looking down at his phone.
“No,” you sigh, “million.”
Linda relishes Walt’s shock while Meg’s eyes bug out. Jacob simply scoffs, back to staring at his screen instantly. He’s annoyed—furious actually—that Linda claims your success for herself, gears turning to plot revenge in your honor.
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Why is this family so damn fun to write??? It's not fair.
Interested? Start reading this story here!
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