#james delaney imagine

[mlmxreader]

Run Away With Me | James Delaney x gn!reader

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↳ ❝ James Delaney (enby, gn, or male reader)

“Yes, you were deceived, for I did not know how much I loved you.” ❞

: ̗̀➛ James can't leave you alone, and you don't want him to; but maybe there's a way around it after all.

: ̗̀➛ swearing, adultery

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You watched as James crossed the room, his shirt all a scruff and his trousers starting to fray at the bottoms; he looked so pretty when he was just existing, looking out the window with his hands clasped behind his back. You stirred a little, getting comfortable and lying on your side with your hand propping up your head, your elbow dipping into the mattress.

You could watch him for hours, if the truth were to be told, and you had a feeling that he already knew that; he knew you better than anyone, you knew he probably already clocked on a while ago.

He grunted as he tilted his head to the side, narrowing his eyes. In the distance, he could see the person you were intending to marry and had been since his disappearance; he never liked them, he knew that they weren't good for you at all.

But even James couldn't deny that they were certainly good looking, and with their strong family name and their money, he knew that you would be looked after; he did also know, though, that that was not the life you ever wanted. You wanted to get your hands dirty, to have calluses on your skin and rough fingers.

He knew what you were. A member of the lower class, yet content to be a worker as opposed to frolicking and gallivanting with the rich and wealthy. The person you were going to marry would never understand that, and nor would they understand the way you felt pride in it.

"James?"

He slowly turned at the sound of your voice, taking one last look out the window before sitting on the bed by your knees. His hand rested at your lower back so he was slightly leaning across you; his glare was intense, and although it could make anyone else squirm, it only made you smile.

He looked at your lips for a moment, then returned his gaze to yours. "Yes?"

"Don't worry about them," you whispered softly. "It's a marriage of convenience and nothing else... you know my heart was always yours."

James swallowed thickly as he nodded slowly, moving to lean down a little more, turning you onto your back and letting his free hand rest at the base of your throat. "Do not decieve me."

You shook your head, daring to crack a smile as you moved his hand up to rest directly on your throat; you needed him to know that you trusted him, that you trusted he would never hurt you. "I already have, though."

He grunted, furrowing his brows and letting his fingers gently splay out across your throat.

"Yes, you were deceived, for I did not know how much I loved you." You smiled, licking your lips. "And now it's all too clear to me."

James pulled back a little, pulling down the blankets and knocking your legs apart so he could kneel between them; his forearms came crashing down on either side of your head as he leaned in close.

His breath hot and harsh on your features as he did his best to keep himself under control; you put one hand at the back of his head, the other resting on his jaw as you furrowed your brows with curiosity.

"James?" You whispered.

"They could walk in," he grumbled, lowering his head so that his mouth was right next to your ear. "You wouldn't care, would you?"

"I doubt they would either," you admitted with a soft laugh. "I told them from the beginning that I was never theirs, only yours. Always yours."

You heard him swallow, and he slowly moved so that his face was just a few centimetres from your own. Your knee came to rest against his hip as you stared up at him, your hand slipping down until you gently tugged at his shirt. It was easy to see the undone buttons, how they allowed just a slight look at his chest with its titillating v-shape, exposing only a glimpse of the tattoos.

"I'm always yours," you promised him.

James nodded, but could only lunge forward, capturing your lips with his; it was open mouthed, with him swallowing every whimper that came from your throat and eagerly taking every moan that threatened to leave you.

But he grabbed your wrists with both hands, pinning them above your head so that you couldn't touch him. Even when he pulled away, he kept your wrists pinned.

"Mine," he grunted out.

"Always," you agreed. "I love you, James, I always have. I... I never stopped looking for you, either. I never did."

He nodded, looking at your lips for a moment before daring to hum quietly. "Come with me."

"James-"

"Come with me," he quietly demanded. "Leave them."

You shook your head, regret filling your eyes. "I would love to, but if I left... I need the money. My family, we... we've been struggling and-"

"I will look after them," James growled. "And you."

"I couldn't possibly-"

"It isn't a question," he grunted out. "I will carry you out if I have to."

You laughed, your head hitting the pillow harshly as you writhed a little; James waited for you to close your eyes before he smiled. The thought of him throwing you over his shoulder and whisking you away gave you a mental image that you could only find comedic.

"Alright," you agreed eventually, still wheezing and making soft "ooh" sounds as you tried to calm down. "I will come with you. But do not carry me over your shoulder."

He nodded, completely pulling away from you and tugging the bag out from under the bed; with just a look, he told you to stay put as he packed your things. So you did, grinning as you watched him so closely and so carefully.

If there was one thing that you never got tired of, and would always adore, it was watching James; you could watch him for a thousand years.

#mlem writes #james delaney x reader #james delaney x you #james delaney imagine #james delaney #tom hardy x reader #tom hardy x you #tom hardy x y/n #tom hardy imagines #tom hardy imagine #tom hardy fanfiction #tom hardy fanfic #tom hardy

[wandawiccan60]

All that I want for my birthday is Alfie Solomon’s, Tommy Conlon, James Keziah Delaney, and Reggie Kray. 🤎🤍🤎 Anything Tom Hardy really I would accept lol 😂

Hope you all have also a nice Mother’s Day too💐🌺 Always love care and hug your mamas everyone. Appreciate your mamas everyday no matter what.

#tom hardy #tom hardy imagine #birthday #birthday wishes #birthday wishlist #mothers day #tom hardy icons #tom hardy sexy #Alfie Solomon’s #reggie kray #james keziah delaney #young tom hardy #tommy conlon

[jesncin]

If you had the opportunity to have some voice actors casted for your iterations of Lois, Clark, Jimmy, Connor, Lex, Livewire, Rudy, and Brainiac (Basically the superman characters you've remixed so far) who would be perfect casting for each?

OOH YES here's some fancasts for my remix:

David Corenswet as Clark Kent! This is a really hard pick for me, I'm attached to Tim Daly's STAS voice for him but if I had to pick someone younger I guess this David Corenswet guy from the upcoming film looks pretty good? At least from clips I've seen of him he's got a good voice.

Brianne Tju as Lois Liando! She's a Chinese Indonesian actress and while she's young I think she's got the range. I'd love to see her twist on Dana Delaney's STAS performance because Delaney's got a fantastic hardened sassy woman voice. Tju's voice sounds great in this interview.

Haley Tju as Lucy Lane! Brianne has a sister which is PERFECT for Lois' sister Lucy! I heard Hayley's voice in Arlo the Alligator Boy as the tiger cat character and I think she sounds neat.

Michael J Woodard as Jimmy Olsen! Similarly as Haley I heard Woodard's voice on Arlo the Alligator Boy, he's the lead there as Arlo. His voice is high energy and fun! Plus he can SING which is great because I imagine Jimmy as a jack of all trades artist and shenanigans coupled with musical numbers would be perfection.

Dave Fennoy as Lex Luthor! This is locked and loaded for me. It frustrates me that no one has seen the vision here. This is the second coming of STAS Lex but BETTER. Just!! Listen to him as Bluebeard from the Wolf Among Us. This is phenomenal, the perfect voice already exists.

Toks Olagundoye as Lena Luthor! She's voiced Martha Wayne in Batman Unburied, and Cat Grant in Reign of Supermen among many roles. She'd bring the elegance Lena would need. I love her accent,,,

Donald Glover as Conner Kent/Luthor! Granted I would love a teen that can bring what he brought to Marshall Lee on Adventure Time but that performance is the Conner energy I want.

Gr33dyjay/Jhas Ean Prescott Corbitt as Rudy Jones/Parasite! While I love the Brion James' STAS voice for Parasite, I have become attached to Gr33dyjay's take on my version of Parasite. If you can bring a performance that can make me laugh like that, you're golden. If he brought just a bit of New York accent into it, even better.

ProZD/Sungwon Cho and Ellen McLain as Brainiac! I want these two to talk interchangeably and in synchronization for Brainiac. Cho serving Brau1589 realness and McLain bringing the GlaDOS good stuff. Heaven would open its gates if we ever heard a Brainiac voice like this, I believe that.

Nicole Sullivan as Livewire! This one is so, so difficult because the original Lori Petty voice for Livewire is essentially perfection. I think future takes need to find a distinct and youtuber bombastic charismatic voice for making a potentially unlikeable character fun to watch. Sullivan famously voices Shego on Kim Possible, and I think her voice has the uniqueness and sass that could revitalize Livewire. She just needs to do a version of the accent and energy.

AJ Michalka as Kara Zor El! I know Michalka's voice as Stevonnie on Steven Universe and Catra from She-Ra. I like her performance in both, it stands out and the lil rasp in her voice adds something. That gives Kara that kind of jaded world weary but still young voice. I know I haven't drawn Supergirl yet, but I've got plans.

Thanks for this ask! While I'm not familiar with tinsel town people in general, this was like a fun scavenger hunt, haha.

#askjesncin #if any of you say michelle yeoh for Ella Lane (Lois' mom) I'll beat you up. absolutely not #you'll notice STAS voices bias because the voice actors there are SO peak #the MAWS voice actors are terrible I'll say it. Did not think I would find Clark's voice grating but I did #MAWS has very uninspired choices for the rogues voice actors especially

[hecatemoon87]

Halloween 🎃 👻- Tom Hardy Characters

Warnings - SMUT

James Delaney - The Warlock

He won't hesitate to put a spell on you. But then again, does he really even need to? He'll visit you in your dreams every cold autumn night, giving you only an ethereal taste of the most deliciously sensual acts you could possibly imagine.

Alfie Solomons - The Reincarnated King

He has lived a hundred life times since his first appearance as King Solomon over two thousand years ago. What does that mean for you? He is a highly experienced man. He knows exactly how to pleasure you. Simply call upon him during ol' Samhain to make the evening even more enchanting.

Forrest Bondurant - Loup Garou (Werewolf)

Forrest's ancestry hails from France and he has an impressive lineage of Loup Garou (French Werewolf) in his blood. He has complete control during his transformation so fear him not. Just think, on All Hallows' Eve, a full moon hovers in the dark night and you hear Forrest howling for you.

Eddie Brock - The Possessed Man

Eddie is a man possessed, but he doesn't require an exorcism. The entity living within him is rather benign, though Venom does like to eat brains...does that make V a Zombie?? Anyways, Eddie is always ready for some Halloween fun. So get in your costume and join him for sexy trick or treat in bed!

Heathcliff - The Vampire of Wuthering Heights

Forlorn love is what haunts Heathcliff. His transformation into the Vampire of Wuthering Heights has done little to ease his suffering. But perhaps you could offer your love to him as he weeps in the cemetery amongst the tombstones?

Freddie Jackson - Incubus

A sexual demonic entity, Freddie is indeed. As you drift off to sleep, you suddenly feel the sheets pull from your body. Your legs are spread gently open by an invisible force which slowly materializes into Freddie. He wears that cheeky little grin, pleased to see you are already wet for him on this Halloween's night!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Which character do you hope visits you on the spookiest night of the year?!!

#Tom Hardy Halloween #Sexy Halloween fun #tom hardy #tom hardy fanfiction #tom hardy fanfic #tom hardy fan fic #tom hardy smut #eddie brock #james delaney #alfie solomons #forrest bondurant #heathcliff #freddie jackson

[devoutjunk]

Novel Syllabus 2024

This coming year I think I'm going to be on here more often than I am on twitter or elsewhere, and as part of that, I'm going to start documenting the process of writing my novel more actively. I want to return to/resurrect the momentum and energy I had while writing the first draft and be more intentional about setting aside time to work, even when it's difficult. Below are my writing goals for the coming year as well as my reading list of texts for inspiration, genre/background research, comps, etc. Would welcome any suggestions of texts (any genre/discipline) pertaining to Antigone, death & resurrection, Welsh and Cornish myth and folklore, ecology & environmental crisis, and the Gothic.

Writing Goals

Reach 50k words in draft 2 overall

Finish a draft of Anna's timeline

Finish a draft of Jo's timeline

Polish & submit an excerpt for the Center for Fiction Prize

Reading

* = reread

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & The Apocalyptic

The Memory Theater (Karin Tidbeck)

Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)

Urth of The New Sun (Gene Wolfe)

Slow River (Nicola Griffith)

Dream Snake (Vonda McIntyre)

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)

Notes from the Burning Age (Claire North)

Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)*

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)*

The Last Man (Mary Shelley)

The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)

Strange Beasts of China (Yan Ge, trans. by Jeremy Tiang)

City of Saints and Madmen (Jeff VanderMeer)

Freshwater (Akweke Emezi)

The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)

Pattern Master (Octavia Butler)

Sleep Donation (Karen Russell)

How High We Go in the Dark (Sequoia Nagamatsu)

The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)*

The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)*

The Green Witch (Susan Cooper)

The Tombs of Atuan (Ursula K. Le Guin)

Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse)

Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)

Lives of the Monster Dogs (Kirsten Bakis)

Brian Evenson

Sofia Samatar

Connie Willis

Samuel Delaney

Jo Walton

Tanith Lee

Retellings

A Wild Swan (Michael Cunningham)

Til We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)

Gingerbread (Helen Oyeyemi)

Circe (Madeline Miller)

The Owl Service (Alan Garner)

Literary Myth-Making, Mystery, and the Gothic

Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)

Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)

Possession (A.S. Byatt)*

The Game (A.S. Byatt)*

The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)

Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)

The Secret History (Donna Tartt)*

The Wild Hunt (Emma Seckel)

King Nyx (Kirsten Bakis)

The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)

The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)

Beloved (Toni Morrison)

The Night Land (William Hope Hodgson)

Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice)*

Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)*

Night Side of the River (Jeanette Winterson)

Bad Heroines (Emily Danforth)

All the Murmuring Bones (A.G. Slatter)

The Path of Thorns (A.G. Slatter)

Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)

Prose Work, Perspective, and Stream of Consciousness

The Chandelier (Clarice Lispector)

The Waves (Virginia Woolf)*

The Years (Virginia Woolf)

The Intimate Historical Epic / Court Intrigues

Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)*

Menewood (Nicola Griffith)

Dark Earth (Rebecca Stott)

A Place of Greater Safety (Hilary Mantel)

Research

The Mabinogion (trans. Sioned Davies)

Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)

The Collected Brothers Grimm (Phillip Pullman)

Angela Carter's Collected Fairytales

Mythology (Edith Hamilton)

Underland (Robert Macfarlane)

The Wild Places (Robert Macfarlane)

Wildwood (Roger Deakin)

Vanishing Cornwall (Daphne Du Maurier)

Lonely Planet: Guide to Devon & Cornwall

A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World (David Gessner)

The Lost Boys of Montauk (Amanda M. Fairbanks)

A Cyborg Manifesto (Donna J. Harraway)

A Treasury of British Folklore (Dee Dee Chainey)*

The First Last Man: Mary Shelley and the Postapocalyptic Imagination (Eileen M. Hunt)

Antigone's Claim (Judith Butler)

Theories of Desire: Antigone Again (Judith Butler)

Ecology of Fear (Mike Davis)

#reading lists #novel tag #the gothic #antigone #the mabinogion #arthuriana #du maurier

[potter-solomons]

Tom Hardy edition: Husband, one night stand, best friend.

Husband: ALFIE I NEED YOU 24/7 SOLOMONS

One Night Stand: James Delaney (imagine how freaky).

Best Friend: Tommy Conlon (I know, he's beautiful, but he'd be so loyal and sweet).

@darklydeliciousdesires @hecatemoon87 @buttercup32sstuff

TAG AND PLAY AWAY

#tom hardy #facepuller

[panelshowsource]

HEY NOW...

aw thanks anon!! i did post my gif resources a while ago but i can post an updated one of these soon and include some psds! my gifs really aren't that good tho anon — if i'm being honest, i don't really spend that much time on colouring like i could — so if you can find someone PROPERLY good (usually a film/tv blog, as you can imagine) they may have really expert tips 🤔

as someone who has been at the ugliest end of reddit & discord tv/britcom fans' trolldom (too nice a word, really), and lived through the fucking unending years-long era of that one incel's rule over the panel show subreddit, i understand the reticence to participate in those spaces — even though, these days, they're mostly pleasant enough and subs that supply downloads (tv_bunny is life) are more or less transactional. that said, the purpose of this blog has always been to service the people who can't or don't torrent — who a lot of reddit & discord tv/britcom fans don't have the patience for, but i digress — so it doesn't bother me that a lot of my followers don't know reddit as well as i do. no worries!

omg! recently i watched after life (i love kerry godliman!!!!!!!), dara ó briain's new special, and i've also been doing my biannual re-listen of the entire horne section podcast because it is so fucking impeccable chef's kiss! i was catching up on guessable but it's really, deeply, truly mid, so i kinda gave up for a while and switched over to breeders (martin freeman agenda continues). otherwise non-panel show things, some films like close, return to dust, un beau matin, etc. — but that's for my main hehe i'm someone who wishes i could watch 10000 things in one day T_T

hahaha i do get asked this a lot!!! like you there's just so. many. and i often chicken out of substantially answering this because if i forget anyone i'll kick myself SO hard later

but

back in the day i answered a similar question about some non-comedians i want to see on taskmaster AND I SAID AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG AND IT CAME TRUE

LIKE

MY BRAIN 🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠

SO MAYBE I CAN MANIFEST THINGS LET'S TRY 🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮

this is personal to me, of course, and i'm considering people i really love + who i think would be really fun specifically on taskmaster, so in a somewhat priority order...

robert webb

stephen mangan

martin freeman

catherine tate

jessica hynes

miles jupp

simon amstell (preferably on the same season as jessica hynes because about 15 years ago (literally) i used to watch this clip religiously, and i'm sure that has something very specific to say about why i am the way i am but we don't have time to psychoanalyse me rn)

larry dean

ed byrne

holly walsh

diane morgan

daniel radcliffe

charlie brooker

hugh laurie

susie dent (omg i was CACKLING at susie, who is never on panel shows(!!!), being on the same episode of guessable as nick helm — and now i kinda wanna see her on the same series of tm as nick helm muhahaha)

kayvan novak

limmy

paul foot

bill bailey

lawrence chaney (i also love the vivienne of course! but i think lawrence may be more fit for tm while the vivenne is more fit for something like celeb juice; btw just watched her on guessable with ivo graham, and ivo calling her "viv"...omg...it did something to me...it really did...again, we're not talking about why i am the way i am)

vic reeves

some other randoms people i'd certainly be happy to see, even if they don't make the priority manifesting roster — ahir shah, adam buxton, danny dyer, jimmy carr, graham norton, matt berry, glenn moore, maggie aderin-pocock, gary delaney, hal cruttenden, rhys james, huge davies, josie long, alasdair beckett-king, gino d'acampo, julian barrett, and tonsss of actors but we'd be here all day

i don't think there are many people i vehemently do not want to see on the show. while there are of course a few comedians i just don't like, and if taskmaster puts another tory politician on the panel again i'll fucking write in with my upset, the disappointment i typically feel if and when i see a new lineup is more along the lines of "meh they're fine but they took the place of someone i'd much rather see". but tm is also so good at introducing us to people we may not have seen much of before — and then we love them, so i trust the producers and alex a lot!

🔮 MANIFESTING MANIFESTING MANIFESTING MANIFESTING MANIFESTING MANIFESTING MANIFESTING 🔮

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[spextr1m]

Criminal Case masterlist navigation

"Welcome detective to our bulletin board where we see one of headcanons!"

(It will update once I make headcanons, incorrect quotes or imagines-)

Signs:

Crossing - Either one of members betray, died, arrested or defect which excludes resigned

Italic - Means returning members like Jack will have post timeskip headcanons (Does that even make sense I hope so-)

Grimsborough

season 1 and 5

David Jones

Cathy Turner Diane Parker

Gloria Hayes

Martine Meuiner

Grace Delaney

Gabriel Herrera

Rita Estevez

Eduardo Ramirez

Amir Devani

Samuel King

Rupert Winchester

Pacific Bay

Amy Young

Russell Crane

Frank Knight

Roxie Sparks

Yann Toussaint

Hannah Choi

Andrea Marquez

The Bureau

Jack Archer

Elizabeth Ripley

Ingrid Bjorn

Elliot Clayton

Carmen Martinez

Johan Karam

Marina Romanova

Angela Douglas

Lars Douglas

Armand Dupont

Michelle Zuria

Grace Delaney

CFS (Concordian Flying Squad)

Arthur Wright

Isaac Bontemps

Maddie Dupont

Richard Wells

Charles Dupont

Viola Pemberton

Rose Zhao

Evie Holloway

Diego del Lobo

T.I.M.E

Jack Archer

Zara Tien

Nebet

Orlando Ordelaffi

Penelope Sage

Marina Romanova

Janet Rivers

Theodore Moon

Kai Malando

Christopher Scott

Supernatural Hunters

Jacob Arrow

Gwen Harper

Luke Fernandez

Headcanons 1

Ben Shepherd

Priya Desai

Hope Newman

Felix Reed

Parisian Police Squad

Jean-Philippe Delacroix

Gauthier Delacroix

Hugo Mercier

Carrie James

Nadia Ben Yamin

Enzo Traore

Emile Bardot

Lea Bonnet

#masterlist #headcanons #imagines #Criminal Case game #Criminal case #incorret quotes

[solomons-finest-rum]

Please rank the Hardy characters on how much you would or wouldn’t trust them to put together a holiday meal?

Oh haha 😆 this is a very difficult question, namely because my first thought about them would be “Stay away from the stove, for the love of all that is good and holy, please get out of my kitchen!” 😄

But since I know it’s now Thanksgiving (or close to it?) and Christmas is coming, it’s really fun to figure out all the Hardys and their disastrous ways around the kitchen:

— Alfie, I suppose, could be somewhat trusted with minding the oven. I can imagine him sitting in the kitchen with his novel, glaring at the roast from time to time as if he tried to force it to be done already by the sheer power of his annoyance. My headcanon is that Alfie doesn’t cook or bake, I see him as a gangster that’s very clever in his “madness”, enough to fool everyone else at least.

— I think Eames could be persuaded to help you around the kitchen, but the condition on that is he first needs to care about you enough to consider it. He seems like the kind of man who has about 3 recipes practiced to perfection, and since he doesn’t get too close to anybody that 3 is just enough to leave a good impression. The trouble starts I guess when he tries something he knows nothing about, but pretends he does, and ends up spilling cranberry mush all over your kitchen.

— Like I always say, Leo is a sweetheart and would jump into the fire if you asked him to. But he can’t cook. He’s a soldier and the peak of his abilities is opening a can in any circumstances. Which, don’t get me wrong, while impressive and technically required, it still would not persuade me to leave him alone in the kitchen. Leo would be an incredible assistant chef, though.

— Forrest is somewhat of a wild card. I can’t quite figure that bit out, I mean about him and cooking. He’s definitely a family man and I do see him taking care of his younger siblings, which at some point would require feeding. One thing about him is, Forrest would not lie to you. If he said he would do the cooking, I could be persuaded to leave him alone with the stove.

— The Krays are mummy’s boys. Through and through. They don’t even make their own tea. I wouldn’t trust them with the kettle, knives or matches.

— James Delaney would not-so-accidentally summon something evil that would possess your kitchen for the next hundred years or so. One silver lining—you never have to host Christmas again! 😁

#Thank you for this ask as always they are a joy #tom hardy #ask #moots 💗

[mlmxreader]

Protection | James Keziah Delaney x gn!reader

anonymous asked: May I please humbly request of you something using the following prompts for James Keziah Delaney X non-binary, male, or gn!Reader: “I’ll always protect you”

summary: James is many things to many people, but he'll always be your protector.

tws: swearing, (vague) domestic abuse, gun violence

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To James, it had felt like he had been home for all of five minutes when he had bumped into an old flame; he was happy to see you, of course, he had never stopped thinking about you or missing you when he wasn't there.

He knew that he had thrown you to the wolves. But what he didn't expect was that in the middle of the afternoon, you would barge into his home and cower behind him, clutching the back of his shirt like a scared pup as a woman who should have been your family charged over.

Screaming and shouting. Hurling insult after insult after insult at you. You pressed your face against James' back, and he stiffened up; his gaze was enough to intimidate anybody, and when she caught it, she froze. Silenced.

"I think," James started, his voice low and rough, "you should get the fuck off my property."

She didn't back up, only got more in his face as her hatred and bigotry overtook common sense. "Move. I want it out of this world."

James squared his shoulders, nearly looming over her as he sighed heavily and shook his head. "You will have to get through me."

You cowered, flinching when she drew closer, voice breaking as you desperately tried to tug James back; he didn't know the things she had done and said, the awful and cruel things that she had subjected you to since he had been gone.

He didn't know, he would get hurt. You couldn't let that happen, not to James. You pressed yourself into him, pleading and whimpering; trembling with fear until he turned to you, his voice soft like summer rain and his gaze gentle.

"Go upstairs."

You did as he said, narrowly missing her talons as you bolted up the stairs; Brace met you on the landing, and ushered you into his bedroom, making sure to lock the door behind him. He knew.

Brace had been there to comfort you many times when James was gone, he knew what to do as he sat you down on his bed and gave you one of James' coats to hug tightly against your chest. Brace had been your rock, and although now he didn't have to call for someone to lend a hand with the situation, his instincts were still the same.

He sat down beside you, putting his arm around your shoulders and keeping you close as he gently rubbed your arm.

"It's alright, pup," he said as softly as he could, although his voice was still gruff. "James will take care of it, don't you worry."

You couldn't breathe, your heart was pounding and your breathing was uneven and unsteady; Brace had watched you grow up, grow into a fine adult he would have been proud to call family.

Now he felt like all those years had been a lie, and you were just a snivelling scared child. He leaned his head against yours the way a father would.

There was screaming and shouting downstairs, James' voice was booming, a roar of thunder the angrier he was getting; the Devil Delaney. He really could be scary when he wanted to be. He wasn't faltering at all, defending you with each syllable and each breath that he had; you could hear her punching him, but he didn't sound like he cared.

Then there was a gunshot, and the door soon slammed.

You clung onto Brace, expecting the worst, listening to the footsteps from downstairs; you squeezed your eyes tightly shut and got under the bed when there was a knock at the door.

Brace stood in the best position to obscure any view of you as he unlocked it and stiffly pulled it ajar.

A sigh of relief left him, and he opened the door fully. "It's alright, pup. It's James."

You were on your feet in an instant, not even a second passing by the time you clung onto James tightly, pressing your face against his chest and sobbing weakly against him; for all his gruffness, James gently put his arm around you, and sighed.

He nodded at Brace. She wouldn't be coming back. Yet again, it had been James who had protected you and who had come between you and someone who wanted to hurt you; yet again, you owed your life to him.

But James never cared about that debt, especially not when he gently pushed you away, just enough to get a good look at your face as he hummed and nodded slowly.

"Thank you," you whispered softly, voice trembling and breaking.

James pulled you in again, gently kissing your forehead as he grumbled under his breath; you didn't care, knowing that you were finally safe was more than enough. Knowing that, above all else, you had James right there with you. That for all of his faults, he always protected you, and always would.

You shuddered, tugging at his shirt slightly. "Thank you…"

"I'll always protect you," he rumbled. "I should have taken you with me."

You shook your head. It didn't matter now. "I owe you my life."

He shook his head. No. No, you didn't. He wasn't sure why he had always been so protective over you, why he had always cared so much and never admitted to it, but there was something; maybe it was the way you had grown up together or the fact that he simply liked having you near, but James would never let any harm come to you.

"You'll stay here," he ordered, no room for argument. "Brace and I will fetch your things this evening. Is it the same address?"

You nodded.

James hummed. "Have you met Lorna?"

You nodded.

"She'll look after you while we're getting your things," he told you. "She'll see to it no harm comes to you."

James was right, of course. His stepmother Lorna would never let any harm come to you, and she could be just as scary as James when she wanted to be; but knowing that you could stay, knowing that James would protect you… that meant more than the sum of the parts of everything else.

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[inkwolvesandcoffee]

TH Characters as Your Partner Visiting a Lingerie Store with You

TH Masterlist

Tag List: @buttercupsandboys @zablife @hecatemoon87 @potter-solomons @alikaheroes @vir-tual @dreamlandcreations @liliac-dreamer @elijahssuit @rose-like-the-phoenix

Forrest Bondurant

Normally, he’d never step inside a lingerie shop since it’s a woman’s domain. However, one day the mood strikes him and leaves him thinking he has to prove himself capable. So, instead of waiting outside as he usually does, he tags along.

Now, Forrest is not one for shopping at all. He even leaves groceries fully to you (unless you’re too busy, he’ll get them himself then). However, the way he acts in the lingerie shop has you rethink your assumptions about your stoic grumpy husband.

He passively aggressively hands you bras he thinks look good on you but refuses to say why exactly. Most of them are white or the colour of sand and have botanical embroidery or lace. In the fitting room, it’s hard to tell his opinion on stuff because, being a man of few words and a lot of grunts, the best you can get out of him is a sound you’ll have to interpret yourself.

Though there are varying degrees of approval in his noises, he thinks you look marvellous regardless of what you’re wearing. However, he might lose it if you show him a garter.

Leo Demidov

His usual stern though calm demeanour crumbles the moment you point out a lingerie shop you want to visit. Nevertheless, not wanting to deny you anything, he lets you pull him along. His discomfort is noticeable in the way he’s even more quiet than usual and refuses to let go of your hand. Also, he avoids your eyes, especially when you ask him what he thinks about the item in your hand.

In a low voice like he’s embarrassed to be heard, he points out bras and briefs that make him think of things at home, like the strawberry patch in your garden.

Leo loves pastel colours on you, but especially blueberry blue because it was over a cup of tea and blueberry scone he first fell for you.

Alfie Solomons

He has the time of his life and that is not an exaggeration. In fact, he probably enjoys shopping for lingerie more than you do. Then again, can you blame him? Alfie loves to dress you up (especially in silk) and spoil you rotten.

The employees can’t help but gawk as he hands you one item after another, soon leaving you blindly tagging after him because you’re too busy balancing the load in your arms. Neither do they stop him when he accompanies you to the fitting rooms because they know who they’re dealing with and know it’s less than advisable to go against the King of Camden. Nevertheless, he suppresses his urges until you’re home because he doesn’t want to let them have to deal with the aftermath just because he had to have his Queen.

But once you’re home, oh dear. Save to say, you won’t be getting out of bed after you’ve shown him all your new pretty outfits.

Eddie Brock

He’s shy at first because it’s already embarrassing to him he’s in a lingerie shop. Doesn’t matter you’re his girlfriend (soon to be fiancée), it feels like trespassing into uncharted territory. What’s more, rather than a bloke accompanying his girl, he’s one who occasionally talks to himself and so attracts unwanted attention. Well, you know he’s actually talking to Venom, but others don’t.

Speaking of Venom, the symbiote and Eddie are at odds when it comes to what they think looks good on you. Venom is a firm advocate for anything black, especially loving it if there are moonstone accents and intricate patterns. Eddie, on the other hand, is a firm believer in red and pink as well as simplistic design.

Nonetheless, you give him a look of utter disbelief when he points out a rosy brief with a fluffy pompom attached to the back. Venom agrees with Eddie’s opinion it makes you look like a bunny, an adorable prey. However, you and it are of one mind in that it’s surprising he likes this kind of thing.

Bob Saginowski

You could not even move him with a truck. Bob is hellbent on staying outside while you shop. The one time he went in he immediately regretted it. His ears were already tinged pink when his gaze fell on the store’s contents. However, they became a bright crimson when an image of you in the mint green set with an intricate lace pattern the mannequin in front of him wore popped into his head.

The flush crept to his cheeks when you started asking him his opinion on the items you picked, holding up bras to your chest or dangling briefs in front of him. Not a single word could be wrenched out of him, his short-circuited brain having left him an absolute disaster.

Bob insisted it was fine to try on some stuff, weakly gesturing to the fitting rooms and sticking up a thumb to show it was alright. You, on the other hand, wanted to put him out of his misery. After all, though funny at first, you could tell how uncomfortable he was. So you made your way to the till instead and went home.

Not that wearing lingerie there affects him any differently.

James Delaney

Is it you doing the shopping or him? James, despite his stoicism, is almost extremely critical when it comes to lingerie. He’ll have a comment ready about every piece you pick and isn’t at least entirely black. Yes, entirely because God forbid you pick something with even a smidge of colour. This is not a joke, by the way. Either it’s black or it’s a no. After all, he’s the one who’s paying.

Look, you tried to pay yourself in the past but either always found yourself cut off at the pin machine or the amount miraculously transferred back to your account via a bank account held by J.K. Delaney. Though he won’t admit it outright, James likes having financial control. Be it the bills, your expenses on wants (things you technically don’t seriously need but are nice to have, like clothes), the groceries, the mortgage, new furniture, he pays. You don’t know where he gets the money from because to you his antiquarian business seems fairly quiet, generating enough income to get by. The same goes for the articles he writes for academic publications. You’ve given up on asking, though, because each time you merely got a slightly displeased grunt and an off-handed comment not to worry. On the bright side, you at least get to finally pay your health insurance yourself!

Unlike Alfie, James doesn’t care about making a mess of the fitting rooms. If he wants his girl, he’ll have her on the spot. Bonus points if she looks especially marvellous in the set he picked for her (and which will definitely be bought). The staff just keep their fingers crossed and hope for the best each time you two drop by.

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[rosalyn51]

🎬 | Freud’s Last Session

megthomson11 • Wicklow, Ireland  •  Boys brush up for their big-screen debut while dad discusses with the director.

#freudslastsession #freudslastsessionmovie @podraig @mlbrownla #lucasmassey #oscarmassey #behindthescenes #film #filmbiz #stagemum #lewisbrothers

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Rosalyn51 Note: Freud’s Last Session producer, Meg Thomson, revealed yesterday (April 22, 2023) that her two boys are actually playing Warren “Warnie” and C. S. “Jack” Lewis in their childhood years. Director: Matt (Matthew) Brown. 

Matthew GoodE and Padraic Delaney will portray Jack and Warnie in their adult years in the film. In addition, the talented Rhys Mannion will play Jack around the World War I era (his father told me on Twitter). Haha, can you imagine there are TWO “younger” versions of Matthew GoodE now?

Other cast members are Liv Lisa Fries as Anna Freud, and Jodi Balfour as Dorothy Burlingham. Of course, the legendary Anthony Hopkins is Sigmund Freud! Still waiting for confirmation of Jeremy Northam, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tarek Bishara, and Orla Bray’s respective roles. (My speculation - JN as Lewis’ father, Albert James Lewis, or tutor in Surrey, William T. Kirkpatrick? SCM as J. R. R. Tolkien? TB as Ernst Freud? and Orla Bray as Mrs. Janie Moore?)

The film is currently in post production. Release date to be announced. Stay tuned!

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[merrock]

CHARACTER INFORMATION

face claim: Tom Holland

full name: Demetrius James Dawson

nickname(s): Dmitri, Dimitri, Dem, DJ, Dawson, Daws

pronouns & gender: he/him cis-man

sexuality: Bisexual

birth date: October 27th, 1996

birth place: Washington DC

time in town: six months

housing: Historical Downtown in a Condo

occupation: heir to the Dawson fortune / undecided

family: Twin sister — Delaney Dawson

Personality: Demetrius is the life of the party, has never been one to turn down a good time or say no to any experience. Which has sometimes landed him in trouble given his parents careers. For most, he's just looking for a good time and doesn't want to take life too seriously, which gets under his parents skin, given he's at an age that he should be building on with the family's business and name but instead is living off his trust fund and the fact that him and his twin sister are heir to the Dawson fortune. Ultimately, the only time you'll see him become a bit of an asshole is when it involves his twin, who he's extremely protective. It was a big reason they ended up in Merrock, to keep an eye on his sister and figure out more of who he really is.

BACKGROUND / BIO

The Holloway family can be traced back for generations, as far as Demetrius knows, landing all the way back somewhere to great-great-great-great-great grandparents coming from London, England. While they weren’t of royal blood, their family was one that always did well financially, involved with all the ‘right’ people, finding themselves still of aristocrat level hierarchy. Eventually, their family made the massive jump across the pond, making a name for themselves in America. At first their families struggled, despite having money originally, settling in Southern Georgia was a bust. While they weren’t dirt poor, the Holloway family was aware at some point money would run dry. Trekking from South Georgia to Texas, is where the Holloway’s new legacy truly began.

One of many levels of great-grandparents settled in a little, upcoming town, and what was truly pure luck, but they say was just known, struck oil and there’s been no turning back on the Holloway legacy. Their family would go on to spawn engineers, wealthy ranchers, bankers, investors, politicians, and more. Trickle that down Eleanor Rose Holloway, Demetrius and Delaney’s mother, was born into a world of wealth, power, and whatever else she could have imagined. Unlike all the girls in school who were obsessed what their hair looked like, who they were dating, what their life would look like settling down after barely finishing high school, Eleanor was determined to continue growing the Holloway legacy. This started with getting top grades, working her way up to class president, getting the best recommendations and graduating a year early on a fast track program to taking over the world. At least that was her plan, to make the Holloway’s proud, and that she was. Graduating a year early with early acceptance into the University of Chicago brought her where she needed to be for so many reasons.

It was an easy transition in her private apartment from family finances to double majoring in International Relations/Affairs and Political Science & Government. The game plan originally had been padding the best of the best into a degree, before law school and eventually politics. Eleanor was passionate, driven, she wanted to change the world. Only when you’ve had everything handed to you your entire life, never knew the struggles of every day people, do you realize you’re a little out of touch with everything. Often being ridiculed for her families wealth, never having to worry. Becoming a bit of an outcast at least made it easy to focus on her studies until she was invited to a fundraiser — after all her name was well known — hosted by an equally wealthy family in Chicago.

The Dawson fundraiser benefit was notorious in Chicago, it was the typical $10,000 a plate to even be able to attend, not to mention the donations expected during the event. For Eleanor, this was something she figured that she needed to adjust to for a life of politics. What was supposed to be the start of networking, turned into meeting the one all the single women were attempting to woo. Instead it was Eleanor that caught the eye of Edmund Dawson, the son of Benedict Dawson. To Eleanor, they were what her family would consider ‘new’ money. They took risks in science, investments, space, and all the things her family never understood anything about. It was a whirlwind romance, two powerful families uniting together — though the Holloway’s had their reservations. Old money always had reservations about new money, but Eleanor and Edmund didn’t care.

Eleanor graduated with top marks in her dual major while Edmund followed with his own top marks, graduating with a degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. They both moved into a gorgeous condo together where they started their years as graduate students, earning their masters, and eventually their PHD’s in respective fields. It was then Eleanor got the opportunity of a lifetime in diplomacy, entering a program that would start her on the track to become a diplomat. There was traveling, politics, new cultural experiences, everything she could have dreamed of when it came to living out her dreams. Somewhere in between Edmund popped the question with a rather large diamond and in a whirlwind wedding planning and career advancement married in England, wanting to be close to their original roots. It was a fairytale come true.

In almost no time, Eleanor found herself pregnant, color them surprised when they found out twins were going to be welcomed to the ranks of the Dawson family. Everyone was thrilled, and even more over the moon when they found out it was a boy and a girl. On October 27th, 1997 in Washington, DC, Demetrius James was born three minutes before his twin sister Delaney Mae, and to the Dawson’s their life was perfect. They needn’t worry about more kids, they had had the perfect children. One little boy, and one little girl, who they could give the world and more.

Demetrius, otherwise know as Dimitri, was named after their time spent working on diplomacy in multiple of the slavic countries that their parents had fallen in love with — it was a strong name, a Greek name, something that felt fitting for the little boy who was born not crying. It had terrified them at first but he was just doing things on his own terms, much how he had done all his life. There’s no deny he’s been spoiled. Living in multiple countries throughout pretty much their whole life with their home base being Washington, DC. Only they were never there long. London, Paris, Rome, and an impressive list of places that would make all future friends mouths drop. The amount of money they had charmed everyone they came in contact with.

Of course, their parents expected the best from them, they had a family image to uphold. That of the Dawson’s and the Holloway’s, and who were they to disappoint. But, boys grow up to be teenage boys and there was wild times, multiple girls, parties, wrecked cars, and multiple private schools, boarding schools, and wherever they were off to next due to their mother’s job. Making friends wasn’t easy for Dimitri, he came with a pompous attitude that his twin sister knew was just because he feared getting hurt. Hurt him once, and he was done with you for good, but chances were he’d never let you close enough to do that. During a stint in Paris, their parents had come under watch due to some potential fraudulent scams, believing that was how they were fostering all their money and funneling it off to offshore accounts. Their parents ended up on house arrest, their assets frozen, trust funds not able to be accessed, and suddenly for the first time ever the Dawson’s were financially unwell. It was now that Demetrius has learned exactly what he knew too well, why he never let people close. Their friends in France turned their back when they were suddenly no longer their meal tickets, unable to wine and dine with the best of the best. After a year long litigation, and the family name cleaned, they were suddenly sucked back into the lavish lifestyle, ample money at their fingertips, and then those friends? Came clawing their way back in. For him, decisions were made, trusting people when you had wealth? Wasn’t possible.

Still he had done well in school, incredibly brilliant much like his mother, and by the time he was going to college after a slew of prep schools telling him all that he needed, he found his acceptance into Georgetown University. He would finally be able to make their home permanent, at least for the next four years of his life. There was stability, though it also meant he had lost time with his twin, Delaney not following in his path back to Washington, D.C. no matter how much he begged. The twins had been inseparable their whole lives, him incredibly protective of her and her past — knowing every dark secret in Delaney’s closet as much as she knew his. Only sometimes they had figure out who they were apart from each other. There was no denying, Dimitri wasn’t blind that part of the reason he had gotten such early admissions into Georgetown was the family name, and some students hated him for it.

Demetrius preserved, doing what was expected of him, and studied in International business, trade, and commerce, marketing, management, and all the business administration that would be needed to continue taking over the Dawson empire. Peppered in he took classes he actually enjoyed, like Anthropology, Art History, Drama, Literature and Languages. After all, you didn’t spend years traveling all over the world and not learn several languages. After graduation Demetrius didn’t really have a direction, instead he spent time traveling, buying in on upstarts, getting more involved in the family business of making money by others making money for you, watching his father invest in billion dollar corporations and profiting heavily. With his help, he seemed like a natural, he was charming, had all the right qualifications, the money, the degrees, but that didn’t mean he was left feeling satisfied.

After several years of being in ‘the business’ which really was just so many different things when it came to their family, Dimitri realized he needed a break. While his parents didn’t love the idea, he was merely twenty-six and the last thing they wanted was a burnt out son who turned to drinking like his twin had or worse. Ending up in Merrock was by happenstance, Delaney had needed a change for reasons he guards closely, and so had he. What do two incredibly wealthy twenty-six years olds do when they need a change? They put up a map of the United States — deciding that staying within the USA was their boundaries for now — and each threw a dart. There was back and forth debate, research, and before they knew it, they were talking to realtors in Merrock, Maine. Purchasing two condos next to each other to keep each other close but still have their separate spaces, they’ve settled in six months ago, and now it’s about enjoying life before eventually having to figure out his life. For now, it’ll hold off the parents as he looks for potential business ventures in Merrock, as he keeps telling his parents while just attempting to experience things he missed out on because know it or not, having all the money in the world, didn’t mean that life was easy.

#merrockbio #demetriusdawson

[valuesunsky]

Tom and jerry videos hd

Beheading In Front Of A Child - The Two Musketeers There is a movie franchise in which the bad guy boobytraps his victims to death and it’s called Saw and guess what… IT’S NOT FOR KIDS.Ĥ. He then boobytraps the bottle in such a way that if they try to get out of it, a gun will blow their brains off. Planned Homicide - Year of the MouseĪfter Jerry and his friend prank Tom a number of times, Tom gets them on gun-point and traps them inside a bottle. As the rope unties, three little kittens pop their heads out, purr and rush towards their paradise.Īnd the guard, while shaking his head, says “what some people won’t do.” Imagine explaining this scene to your kid.

Before Tom’s turn comes, the guard is caught by surprise as a squishy, wet pouch hops its way towards him. Child Murder - Heavenly PussĪfter being crushed by a piano (promising start, no?) Tom’s spirit needs to get past a security guard who decides if a cat goes to heaven or not. In order to do so, he spends all his savings on a diamond ring, which is too small for her and buys a new car by signing a 20-year slavery contract (remember, it’s a humourous show for KIDS) but fails to impress her.Īfter the love of Tom’s life marries a rich cat from town, a depressed Tom can be seen binge-drinking (albeit milk), and sitting in the middle of a railway track, awaiting his death. Recognised as the most depressing episode of them all, Blue Cat Blues shows Tom being deeply in love with a female cat, desperately trying to win her love. Here are 4 times Tom & Jerry was too dark and disturbing to be a ‘cartoon show for kids’. Having said that, even one of the most beloved shows of all time had certain dark and disturbing undertones to a few of their episodes hinting that maybe, just maybe, the show wasn’t for the kids but for their parents as well. Even then, whenever we tuned in to watch our favourite pair of ‘frenemies’ they seemed to entertain us, just the same. The original show ran for over 64 years, and a total of 162 episodes were produced during this time. Generations have grown watching them try to catch and beat each other up. People from all over the world love the endless war between the cat and the mouse. The film is rated PG for cartoon violence, rude humor and brief language.First aired in 1940, Tom & Jerry has become a timeless classic. Pictures and Warner Animation Group presentation, a Tim Story Film, “Tom & Jerry” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. The music is composed by Christopher Lennertz.Ī Warner Bros. Elliot, and costume designer Alison McCosh. The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Alan Stewart, production designer James Hambidge, editor Peter S. Serving as executive producers are Tim Story, Adam Goodman, Steven Harding, Sam Register, Jesse Ehrman, and Allison Abbate. It is written by Kevin Costello, based on characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The film is directed by Tim Story (“Fantastic Four,” “Think Like a Man,” “Barbershop”) and produced by Chris DeFaria (“The LEGO Movie 2,” “Ready Player One,” “Gravity”). “Tom & Jerry” stars Chloë Grace Moretz (“Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” “The Addams Family”), Michael Peña (“Cesar Chavez,” “American Hustle,” “Ant-Man”), Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”), Colin Jost (“How to be Single,” “Saturday Night Live”), and Ken Jeong (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Hangover,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”). But soon, an even bigger problem arises: a diabolically ambitious staffer conspiring against all three of them.Īn eye-popping blend of classic animation and live action, Tom and Jerry’s new big-screen adventure stakes new ground for the iconic characters and forces them to do the unthinkable… work together to save the day. One of the most beloved rivalries in history is reignited when Jerry moves into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of “the wedding of the century,” forcing the event’s desperate planner to hire Tom to get rid of him, in director Tim Story’s “Tom & Jerry.” The ensuing cat and mouse battle threatens to destroy her career, the wedding and possibly the hotel itself.

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[saberdeity]

𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 》𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙆𝙚𝙯𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙮

pairings - james keziah delaney x fem! reader

warnings - mentions of violence, abuse, strong language, mentions of death of relatives

summary - james returns from Africa to a very different childhood friend

word count - 900

a/n - this is the first fic I've written for him and the first fic I've written for a while so I really hope you guys like it!! Feedback is always appreciated! I hope you have a great day wherever you are 💗

James Keziah Delaney was once a ghost story, told by many of the folk around the town. The children around begged to hear the story of the Delaneys but you knew all along they were no story but reality. You and James were close as children, you knew of his real family secrets and he knew of your family secrets. He was your everything growing up, the missing piece of your heart you used to say but you never told him that.

When he went away to war you worried for him every day, prayed to every god you knew to keep him safe. Word spread fast that he had gone to Africa and disappeared. Everyone presumed him dead but there was something deep down inside of you that knew he was still fighting, that knew he was still alive.

Then he returned after hearing of his fathers death, at which you sat by his side in his final moments, and everything changed.  You tried your best to stay out of his way, things had changed in maybe not the best way for you. Your family had gotten into some trouble, leaving you the unfortunate only surviving member. Everyone was desperate for information on not only your family but the delaneys also, making you the biggest target in England at that time.

You always believed scars were beautiful, you thought they told the story of battles fought through and won but when you gained scars from the multiple rounds of what you could only describe as torture for the information they so desperatley wanted, you saw the in a completely different way. They were no longer the storytellers of life but the terror and horror of the pain you’d suffered at the hands of Englands worst men.

The days didn’t matter to you anymore, all that mattered was getting through the day each step at a time without showing anyone how much you were battling with the war inside your mind. James found it strange he hadn’t seen you upon his return, he knew something was wrong. Other things were on his mind that one may argue were more important but to him you were his priority at this point.

It was another quiet day in the small town, the birds were unusually quiet as they dispersed from the trees just outside your house. You always wondered why they kept coming back to the old, almost rotten trees but then you remembered it was their home. Everybody comes home, even ghosts. The house was silent like usual, only small whines could be heard from the eldery wood holding the house together. You sat in your usual chair, going through old paperwork from the family you’d put off for so long. The harsh knock at the door made you jump, head snapping towards the door. You sighed when you saw James stood on the other side, a new cold look to his expression, making your heart cry. You opened the door, stepping aside to let him in.

“Hello James, to what do I owe the pleasure?” You asked , a fake smile on your face.

“The pleasure is all mine sweetheart you know that, I’ve been back a little while, I wanted to make sure you were still here, I haven’t seen you” He says, looking around the once bright looking house now a dull prison.

“So I heard, everyone presumed you had died, I on the other hand knew you were still out there fighting like usual, I’m still here unfortunately” You reply, flicking your hair from your face, accidentally revealing the newly formed scar across your eye and along your forehead. His expression changed the second his eyes landed on the angry red tissue around the scar, anger flooding through his veins at the thought someone had hurt someone so precious to him.

“Fortunately for me that you are still here, even if you do not believe it yourself, do you want to tell me what happened?” He asks, knowing the best way wasn’t to pry.

“Same old shit around here, bastards looking for information that’s all” You whisper, pouring two glasses of the strongest alcoholic beverage you had around.

“Information for what?” He asks curiously.

“On the death of family, probably should’ve informed you of that I apologise, and on you” You say softly, downing the glass in front of you before pouring yourself another.

He slowly walks over to you, gently taking the glass from your shaky hands and placing it down onto the table. He places two of his fingers carefully onto your chin, turning your head to finally face him for the first time since he’d returned. You instantly felt your body relax when you looked into the safety of his eyes, the tense feeling leaving your body felt like heaven. He carefully wiped the tear that fell from your cheek, one you hadn't even realised had formed.

“I will not let anyone hurt you anymore, I’m sorry I wasn’t here for you but I am here now and we can get through this together” His words instantly comforted you, the surprise of him wrapping his arms around you caught you for a second before you wrapped your arms around him in return. Feeling safe for the first time since you could remember.

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