#fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Thou bearest in Heaven at night,//And more I admire//Thy distant fire,//Than that colder, lowly light….- Tamerlane Usher/Verna

A/N: Part 1/4 for day 20 of @fluffbruary GIF made for me by @whoreofthecottage

“'Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro' the light Of the brighter, cold moon, 'Mid planets her slaves, Herself in the Heavens, Her beam on the waves. I gazed awhile On her cold smile; Too cold- too cold for me- There pass'd, as a shroud, A fleecy cloud, And I turned away to thee, Proud Evening Star, In thy glory afar, And dearer thy beam shall be; For joy to my heart Is the proud part Thou bearest in Heaven at night, And more I admire Thy distant fire, Than that colder, lowly light….” Verna’s voice is soft, smooth as silk and Tamerlane smiles just a little at the feeling of her arm at her waist, soft lips brushing her ear even as they lie curled together, Verna’s fingers tracing soft circles into her skin. She’s getting, slowly, used to the smooth softness of Verna and her love. It is enough, deep and comforting warmth surrounding her fragile heart. She sleeps, slowly, Verna’s slow caress and softly murmured poems easing her to restfulness, warm and safe and loved. She is safe, here, she knows, safe and loved and able, finally, to rest. She feels, at last, safe.

#verna #verna the fall of the house of usher #verna tfothou #tfothou #fall of the house of usher #the fall of the house of usher #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024 #tamerlane usher #tamerlane/verna #verna/tamerlane

[blogger360ncislarules]

Why OSP smelled like a monkey house one day.

@fluffbruary

#fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024 #ncis la #my work #ncis la drabble #nuance #scent

[fluffbruary]

Hello! I can't wait to start posting some fluffy fics this month. I was wondering if there was a collection on Ao3 where we can add our works? (I'm not sure if there have been in previous years, so sorry if this has already been answered) Hope you're having a good day 😊

There is, actually, and thank you for the timely reminder to post about it.

If you post a fic to ao3 and would like to add it to the Fluffbruary 2024 collection, you can find that here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Fluffbruary2024

Bring on the fluff!

#fluffbruary 2024 #ao3 collection #all the fluff!

[baubeautyandthegeek]

A Loving Lullaby - Liandrin Guirale/Lanfear

A/N: Part 2 for Day 5 of @fluffbruary

Liandrin’s sleep has always been uneasy, nervy and filled with pain. Lanfear, now she has wooed Liandrin to her side, guards her sleep, easing her to rest with quiet, Forsaken, lullabies. The quiet is filled with Lanfear’s voice, quiet and sweetly warm. “Sleep now, my Lioness.” Lanfear murmurs when Liandrin is finally asleep, kissing the woman’s hairline. She will watch over her until she shifts in her sleep, sliding into dreams to wrap Liandrin in her care, holding her close until the woman is steady and sure of herself. Protect her from everything. She knows she should not care so much, but she can’t help it.

#liandrin guirale #lanfear #lianfear #twot #wot #the wheel of time #wheel of time #fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

The Key To Happiness – Shasta/Georgina Stanton, Beverly Keane/Erin Greene, Tamerlane Usher/Candy (Verna), Shirley Crain/Leigh Crain, Sarah/Maggie.

A/N: Part 4/4 for @fluffbruary day 22. Last gif made for me by @whoreofthecottage

Keys, the key to a home can mean many things to many people. For many it means hope. The twist of Sarah’s key in the door lights a lamp in Maggie’s view, the woman is quiet even now, setting her book down and letting the door closed before flipping the lock closed, checking everything is safely locked down before moving to settle beside Maggie and welcome the woman into her lap, the two content to sit in silence, comfortable in one another’s arms. Shirley Crain’s key unlocking the door means Leigh will be treated to tales of sweet kids and sad people who need help. All things that Leigh loves to listen to, she’s content here, loved and happy to look after the children whilst Shirley works. The offer of a key for Shasta means everything. She is welcomed, finally, home. Home to Georgina Stanton, home to love and care and a chance to really, truly live. She is quiet the first time she uses it, slipping into the hospice, then the elevator, making her way up alone to Stanton’s rooms, letting herself in and locking the door behind her, curling into Stanton’s lap when the woman beckons her, content to sit, sharing a small roll of weed, the two settling into one another’s orbit like it’s natural. Erin’s key, gifted in a moment of fear by Beverly Keane, rarely touches the door. This time, when the storms are due, she lets herself in, the key clicking in the lock even as she locks it shut, moving closer and pulling a trembling Beverly into her arms, kissing her silent, promising she’s safe. Tamerlane’s fingers close around the key as she paces, waiting for Candy, her Candy, the woman she loves most, to come home. People have always thought Candy was still just a hooker, but that hasn’t been true since Bill left. She never pays anymore and spends most nights sleeping in Candy’s arms. Candy is quiet when she lets herself in, locking them in and smiling softly when she turns to see Tamerlane still twisting the key in her hands, then Tamerlane’s hands move, unfurling to reveal the key, her voice soft, hopeful. “I’d like you to stay…” Candy’s smile, quick, bright, warm is reward enough even as the woman’s lips cover her own. “I’ll stay Darling, as long as you want me.”

#fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024 #fluffbruary 2024 #verna #tamerlane usher #candy #verna/tamerlane #tamerlane/verna #candy/tamerlane #tamerlane/candy #erin greene #beverly keane #sarah (hush) #maggie (hush) #beverly/erin #erin/beverly #sarah/maggie #maggie/sarah #leigh crain #shirley crain #leigh/shirley #shirley/leigh #verna tfothou #verna the fall of the house of usher #shasta #georgina stanton #shasta/georgina #georgina/shasta #tfothou #the fall of the house of usher

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Flinching Touches Become Wanton - Tamerlane Usher/Verna

A/N: Day 17 part 3 for @fluffbruary. This one gets M rated.

Tamerlane Usher has never been fond of touch. She’s never been tactile. She remembers when it started, her father slipping into her bed when she was barely a teen, her brother seeming inclined to follow. She remembers running from it, closing her eyes, pretending it didn’t happen. Her father had never touched her, merely sleeping with her in the same bed. Frederick did the same. Then, finally, things change. Her mother dies, her first sister shows up. Victorine. Victorine who sees it all, Victorine who makes her feel less like she has to flinch. Then Victorine comes out and Tamerlane flinches. Years pass, new brothers join them, then Camille. Camille who touches her without asking, makes her flinch from everything. She’s still broken by the time Bill happens. Bill who takes head but doesn’t make her let him do anything. Until he complains he’s bored, that he wants to touch her. So she changes the game, brings him hookers, brings him anything that will save her. Then Verna happens. Verna, who goes by Candy, blows Bill, fucks Bill, leaves. Bill leaves soon after, claiming Tamerlane is insane and she knows, she knows she is. Candy comes around that evening, arriving as Bill is leaving and Tamerlane can hear him in the hall, telling Candy to ‘talk to the fucking cunt’. She’s in tears when Candy, Verna, finds her. Tactile seems so far away, a hopeless dream. Candy’s touch is gentle over her hands and she looks up with a soft snuffle, her eyes wide as she looks at her. “You feel…. Warm.” “I am, darling, but so are you, if you trust someone.” Trust and tactile, two words she’s not good with. Candy tilts her head, lets their lips meet and Tamerlane whimpers into her mouth. Tactile works, here, with Candy. Then the deaths begin. She plays dumb when she next meets Candy, pretends that she and Bill are fine. Bill dies in her place, her eyes widening when she arrives home to see Roderick, her father, asking if he’s okay. He looks right through her, then speaks. “My son, your husband just died… whilst you were… where? Presenting Goldbug? His work.” She sees the mirrors, sees the blood and the green and feels her heart burn. Candy. She knows it is Candy. Then Candy comes back and she…. Talks. Asks things, learns that Candy is Verna, that Verna had changed who her parents were. That she was, finally free. She’s tactile now, with Verna. Soft hands bunch the silks at her hips and she leans closer, whispering the words ‘You fucking saved me’ against those same soft lips that keep her close, make it easier to be tactile. Back meets wall, lips cover lips and Tamerlane finally, finally, tugs Verna closer, fitting their mouths together even as her body arches to Verna, the easy flow of blood between her thighs speaking the words she never can and Verna smiles, kissing her deeper, more possessively and presses deeper into her, curling her fingers before letting her lips find Tamerlane’s ear. “You’ll learn to be tactile, darling Dove…. You’ll learn. You are deathless now, my sweet. My Dove, my girl.” Tamerlane laughs then and kisses Verna again, her voice husky with want. “Then don’t stop.”

#tamerlane usher #verna tfothou #verna #verna the fall of the house of usher #tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #fall of the house of usher #fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024 #fluffbruary 2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Old Fashioned - Phyllis Baxter/Cora Crawley/Sarah O'Brien

A/N: Part 2 of Day 4 for @fluffbruary

“New beau? Baxter?”

The question is soft, lightly spoken and Cora glances up at the sound of Phyllis’ sigh. The woman looks deeply embarrassed, timid even and Cora rises to move closer, noting the way Baxter’s eyes shone even as she steps back, away. “No m’lady.” A pause then. “You might… know who they are… however.” “Oh?” A pause then. “Is O’Brien back?”

A telling blush spreads over Baxter’s cheeks and Cora smiles, moving to press a light kiss to Baxter’s hairline, her voice soft. “Go to her…. Bring her home.” People would never know that Cora was deeply in love with Baxter, not for years yet, but O’Brien had always clearly had her heart so nobody was much surprised when Cora asked O’Brien back in her life, free from service. Later, much later, Cora’s gentle calm would settle both women’s nerves when Baxter brought O’Brien home, the three alone overnight, free at last to love one another.

#downton abbey #cora crawley #sarah o'brien #phyllis baxter #phyllis/cora/sarah #fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Heart of Glass - Tamerlane Usher/Verna

A/N: Part 3 for Day 7 of @fluffbruary

Tamerlane was always destined to die by glass, so when she’s about to step up on the bed, finally fulfilling the prophecy, Verna moves swiftly to snatch her from the bed. Tamerlane almost screams, almost, falling silent when Verna’s lips find her ear. “Relax, Sweet girl… come away from the glass.” The club that had been about to smash the glass finally breaks through, the force of Verna’s pull sending it flying. Verna’s grip tightens as she pulls Tamerlane closer, soft lips finding her ear again when the glass lands on the bed, the shatter pattern showing exactly how Tamerlane should have died. “Good girl, that’s my Dove…” Soft fingers trail through her hair and Tamerlane shudders slightly even as she leans into the touch, finally, finally, enjoying being touched, held, wanted. Finally breaking free of her darkness, turning into her Raven, turning into Verna and letting her arms wrap around the woman even as she nestles her face into Verna’s shoulder, her breathing steadying at last. “My Raven…” She’s lost to her family, alive in ways nobody would understand even as Verna leads her away, leaving behind images of Tamerlane broken and twisted, choosing to steal the woman’s mortality and gift her immortality at her side, free at last.

#tamerlane usher #verna #verna/tamerlane #tamerlane/verna #tfothou #fall of the house of usher #the fall of the house of usher #fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Soft Like Silk - Tamerlane Usher/Verna

A/N: Day 24 part 4/4 for @fluffbruary , gif made for me by @whoreofthecottage

Silky hair slides through her fingers even as Verna cradles Tamerlane there, tucked safely into her arms. She’s been here hours, since she stopped, since she side-stepped her deal, chose to love Tamerlane, make her ‘not an Usher’ with her touch, her love, her kiss, wiping the woman from the Usher bloodline but leaving her alive. Tamerlane is quiet now, tucked tightly against the silky green dress she’s worn, was wearing, as Tamerlane’s twin. Her eyes have finally closed, her body going gently limp with sleep, Verna smiles, just slightly, kissing her forehead gently. “You sleep, pretty girl, I’ve got you now.”

#tamerlane usher #verna #verna the fall of the house of usher #verna tfothou #tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #fall of the house of usher #vernalane #verna/tamerlane #tamerlane/verna #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Safe And Warm - Annie Flynn/Beverly Keane

A/N: Day 24 Part 3/4 for @fluffbruary , GIF made for me by @whoreofthecottage

Annie’s arms are safe, warm, her cardigan is softly fuzzy, a safe place to rest her head, the fuzz softly tickling her cheek, Annie’s fingers brushing soft circles on her shoulder, other hand tucked safely against her back, keeping her gently in place. Joe, his dog Pike biting Beverly before she can escape, the girl’s desperate pummelling at the door, her rough sobs when Annie opens the door, fade. Beverly’s eyes close, her wounded hand safely tucked against Annie’s chest in her cardigan. Annie smiles softly, wrapping a soft fuzzy blanket over them both, holding Beverly there tenderly. “Just rest, Bev, just rest… it’s over now.”

#beverly keane #annie flynn #annie/beverly #beverly/annie #midnight mass #fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Cover Feature - Tamerlane Usher & Camille L'Espanaye

A/N: Day 19 part 1 for @fluffbruary

“Tammy?” “Why are you so determined to make me a feature Cam? I’m not interesting I’m just… I’m just the person making Goldbug. I’m just a… well… you said it yourself. A more expensive, Usher family, Goop.” “I was wrong.” Camille’s voice drops, her smile soft, warm, as close to caring as she can get. “You are incredible, actually. The eldest daughter, the one destined to destroy Froderick.” “You really want me to do the feature?” “I do… I’ll do it with you.” A pause, then a shrug, a sigh, her voice gentle, quiet, warm as ever. “Fine, Camille, whatever you want.”

#fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024 #fall of the house of usher #tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #tamerlane usher #camille l'espanaye #camille & tamerlane #tamerlane & camille #sisterly sweetness

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Love Thy Neighbour - Erin Greene/Beverly Keane

A/N: Day 16, part 3 for @fluffbruary

Beverly Keane is not an easy neighbour to have. She’s quiet, most nights, devout as ever, surprisingly quiet and calm and ready for anything. Then it changes. Beverly is still a tricky neighbour, but this time she’s not quiet. She’s broken, sobbing with pain she won’t show a world that doesn’t care, that sees her purely as a serpent in god’s garden. It’s this, this soft sobbing, that draws Erin to her door, then her porch, then, slowly down the path and just one door up, seeking the woman. She finds her there, kneeling in prayer, eyes turned to the sky, tears dripping to the earth even as she whispers her prayers. Love, she begs, please love. Please love, send me love. Erin answers the call, steps slowly up the path, up the porch steps, kneels slowly in front of Beverly, cups her face in gentle hands, soft lips pressed to Beverly’s. Her neighbour. Not a sin, a promise, a fulfilment of a command. ‘Love thy neighbour’. It's never been easier for Erin to understand why she feels how she feels. This, this love, this shy, broken love, is hers. Hers alone. Beverly’s eyes close as the kiss deepens and Erin holds her close when the kiss breaks, her lips brushing Beverly’s. “Come, Beverly, love thy neighbour, let me love you.”

#erin greene #beverly keane #beverly/erin #erin/beverly #midnight mass #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024 #fluffbruary

[baubeautyandthegeek]

The World Moves In Mysterious Ways – Beverly Keane/Shasta/Tamerlane Usher

A/N: Day 15 part 3 for @fluffbruary

They meet by chance. Beverly Keane, servant of a church and monsignor that didn’t care for her kind is the first to arrive, she’s always wanted to try the bakery on the mainland and now, free of church and home, she plans to. Shasta is next, drawn by the offering of tea and pastries. Simple, pure pleasure. Tamerlane Usher comes last, walking to the bakery near her holiday home, needing space to think, coffee to drink and pastries to keep her warm. They meet by chance, but Beverly sees the flicker of pain in Tamerlane’s eyes, the blood dripping from a cut cheek had dried but she seems haunted by something. Shasta senses when Tamerlane’s eyes close, moving to catch her and lift the woman to her arms to bring her to a seat. Later, much later, Tamerlane wakes to fresh coffee, herbal teas and pastries from the bakery. She had been brought home with Shasta, Beverly joining them, sensing a call to protect the fragile woman. There, they talk. Tamerlane admits her faults, her inability to sleep, to be cared for, to trust herself. There, they talk. Shasta speaks softly, whispering care to Tamerlane that she can and does accept. There they talk. Beverly admits her past, her pains, her hopes. There, they talk and as they talk, they love, they love so true they bond and bind and share lives. There they talk and as they talk they find their future, in one another.

#shasta #tamerlane usher #beverly keane #fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024 #beverly/tamerlane/shasta #midnight mass #the midnight club #the fall of the house of usher #fall of the house of usher #tfothou

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Beautiful Blush - Tamerlane Usher/Verna

A/N: Tammy is Verna's girl. Part 2/4 for day 6 of @fluffbruary

Tamerlane, Tammy, Usher. Verna watches the woman as Candy, watches Bill, watches the yearning and lack of understanding in the man. She waits for his inevitable downfall, teasing and taunting Tamerlane until she breaks and she breaks beautifully, aching for sleep, craving death. Bill leaves, he always leaves in her world, she slips into his place as easy as breathing. Verna’s arms loop around Tamerlane before the end, pull her close, hold her tighter, soft lips brushing Tamerlane’s ear, teasing the girl’s bare skin under her green dress, watching the mirror, the sweet blush of Tamerlane’s embarrassment still staining her cheeks, tears rolling down soft cheeks. “Not yet, my love.” Tamerlane’s breakdown, pushed by her, had come quicker than expected. The woman’s pain echoes in the sobs filling the room and Verna smiles into soft skin. The House of Usher must fall, Tamerlane must be ‘dead’, but Verna’s always been given one chance to steal away the women she chose. She chooses Tamerlane. “Not yet, pretty girl.” It's a promise and she turns Tamerlane in her arms, kissing away her embarrassment, kissing away the pain and drinking deeply from the woman’s soul, draining away the pain and misery, taking it for her own. She never minded taking pain, she can release it easier than humans, after all. “Why me?” Tamerlane’s voice is soft, a plea. “Because…” Verna’s words are soft, tender. “Because, my love, you are perfectly mine.”

#tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #tamerlane usher #verna #verna tfothou #verna/tamerlane #tamerlane/verna #fluffbruary #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Hidden Valley – Ilonka/Shasta/Georgina Stanton

A/N: Day 29, Part 2 for @fluffbruary

Ilonka would never tell anyone at Brightcliffe why she slipped out early so many days, why she walked all the way through the woods, right to Shasta, to her home and followed her away, further away, into a hidden valley. Here, here they sit, the share tea, share stories. Ilonka slips slowly deeper into love with Shasta. Seeking her out more and more, refusing to admit to Stanton anything. She wants this, here, in this secret valley, more than life itself. Later, when she is told, finally, she had been misdiagnosed, she wonders. Has Shasta been sneaking something into her tea. She doesn’t care, she walks away, leaving Tim a note, apologizing for the fact she won’t be coming home. She will come to him, in time. Bring Shasta with her perhaps, but for now, for now he needs to be patient. That day, finally free of fear, she asks Shasta about what Stanton had said, the night of the failed ritual. Shasta is honest, shyly. She had, she said, been struggling again. Had wanted the ritual to work for Ilonka because she healed only when the people she loved healed. She had yet to get completely well, Stanton was struggling, but she is better, much better, now she has saved Ilonka. Stanton follows her, later, to the valley. Finds Ilonka alone, sips tea and wonders, again, what about this girl makes her so sure she’ll heal. It takes weeks, secret valley dates, but she heals, her doctors tell her the diagnosis was wrong and she wonders, again, why it happened, how it happened. Something so rare had happened, twice, so close together. She only learns it was Shasta after she falls asleep, waking to a soft bed and Shasta resting by her side, Ilonka tucked safely between them. Home at last.

#shasta #ilonka #georgina stanton #shasta/ilonka #shasta/georgina stanton #ilonka/georgina stanton #shasta/ilonka/georgina stanton #the midnight club #fluffbruary 2024 #fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Subtle As Ever - Rita Calhoun/Elana Barth

A/N: Part 3/3 for @fluffbruary.

“It’s all about the nuance…” Rita’s voice dips even as she moves to slip an arm around Elana’s waist, guiding her quietly away from the group surrounding her, her words clear, a claim and a promise at the same time. “If a lady says no, she means no. If she says ‘maybe’, she means no….” The silence that fills the room seems heavy but Elana smiles as they finally leave, the door clicking shut behind them before she shifts to take Rita’s hand, leading her into the lift and letting the doors close. “So… nuance hm? Sounded more like a ‘back off’ to me…”

#elana barth #rita calhoun #rita/elana #elana/rita #barthoun #law and order special victims unit #law and order svu #law & order svu #law & order special victims unit #fluffbruary #fluffbruary2024 #fluffbruary 2024