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tmntxthings · 2 years

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。・゜rottmnt masterlist・゜・。

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。・゜・Masterlist ↓

Key: ★ = fluff, ☆ = angst, □ = incomplete, ✅ = complete

Last Updated: 2/27/24 (Now full! 100 links, working on a second one 😭)

Rise Turtles ❤️💙💜🧡

。・゜・head canons・゜・。

food issues ★ ☆

╭⁎the one where reader has a hard time eating⁎╯

workaholic ★ ☆

╭⁎ the one where reader won’t take a break ⁎╯

high schoolers ★ + April O’Neil

╭⁎ turtle high school profile ⁎╯

turtle doctors ★

╭⁎ where the reader is sick & the turtles take care of you ⁎╯

don’t touch him ★ ☆

╭⁎ where the reader saves the turtles from the bad guys ⁎╯

heartbreak ★ ☆

╭⁎ where the reader is going through a rough breakup and the turtles are there for them ⁎╯

haunted house shenanigans ★

╭⁎ the turtles reactions at a haunted house ⁎╯

after the end ☆

╭⁎ where the reader helps the turtles out after the events of the movie ⁎╯

humans, mutants, & ghosts! ★ ☆

╭⁎ where the reader can see and hear ghosts ⁎╯

solace with you ☆ ★

╭⁎ the one where reader gets hurt/comfort or the turtles get hurt/comfort ⁎╯

the smallest ★

╭⁎ where the reader is exponentially smaller than the turtles ⁎╯

next to you ★ + April O’Neil

╭⁎ where reader struggles to sleep at the slumber party until they move next to [insert turtle] ⁎╯

in this world ★ + April O’Neil

╭⁎ where reader is a reality shifter and the turtles’s reaction to an otherworldly friend ⁎╯

turtle taps ★

╭⁎ where the brothers instincts as ‘turtles’ kick in with their reader ⁎╯

love potions: roles reversed ★

╭⁎ where leo, raph, and donnie get their chance at experiencing their reader under love potion influence ⁎╯

nicknames ★

╭⁎ the many names that are affiliated with the characters from rottmnt ⁎╯

their nicknames for you ★

╭⁎ what i think the turtles would call you, includes platonic and romantic nicknames ⁎╯

holiday comps ★

╭⁎ tis the season to competitively build gingerbread houses ⁎╯

jealousy ★

╭⁎ reactions to reader laughing way too loud on the phone ⁎╯

big brothers ★

╭⁎ where the turtles have grown up with a human little sister ⁎╯

accidents happen ★

╭⁎ where the turtles accidentally get too close and hit the reader ⁎╯

turtle dads ★

╭⁎ each of the boys as dads and how overbearing they are ⁎╯

。・゜・oneshots・゜・。

lost & found | pt. 2 ☆

╭⁎ where the reader is the turtles long lost!sibling raised by draxum ⁎╯

secret powers ☆

╭⁎ the one where the reader has cool powers ⁎╯

Rise Raphael ❤️🐢👊💥

。・゜・oneshots・゜・。

your protector ☆ ★

╭⁎ where the reader gets kidnapped ⁎╯

make you feel loved ★

╭⁎ where raph ‘accidentally’ drinks a love potion from the Hidden City⁎╯

only with you ★

╭⁎ a usually bubbly!reader gets a little shy with just raph in the room ⁎╯

fright at first sight ☆

╭⁎ baxter stockboy is a little menace and reader is scared & raph is just doing his best, okay? ⁎╯

a ‘how to’ guide by raphael ★

╭⁎ where raph gives donnie some love advice ⁎╯

aesthetic/profile application ★

╭⁎ moon board + how i think raph would fill out a profile application ⁎╯

time to realize ☆

╭⁎ where raph realizes he’s stuck on you ⁎╯

。・゜・series・゜・。

prequel one → cherrypie → ? ★ ☆ □

╭⁎ where the reader is a villain & raph is about to find that out ⁎╯

Rise Leonardo 💙⚔️🐢😎

。・゜・headcanons・゜・。

yandere leo ☆

╭⁎ in which leo is tired of watching you crush over others ⁎╯

。・゜・oneshots・゜・。

fanfic tease ★

╭⁎ reader is touch starved and reads fanfic to cope ⁎╯

a sword runaway | part two ★

╭⁎ where leo runs around the lair chasing after you and his swords ⁎╯

sugar pie honey bunch ★

╭⁎ where leo drinks a love potion ⁎╯

in your arms ★

╭⁎ where the reader is tall & strong and can easily swoop Leo into a hug ⁎╯

for the key ☆

╭⁎ escape pod scene from the rise movie & reader yells at leo ⁎╯

while you sleep ☆

╭⁎ where dreamwalker!reader helps leo with a nightmare ⁎╯

anyone call for a hero? ☆

╭⁎ where reader is in trouble and leo tries to save the day ⁎╯

exercise ★

╭⁎ where leo invites over reader to ‘exercise’ with their lips ;3 ⁎╯

every inch ★

╭⁎ inspired by the song, leo’s come to the realization that he loves you ⁎╯

dreamscape ★

╭⁎ leo helps reader fall asleep ⁎╯

blast from the past ☆

╭⁎ future!leo has a hard time coping when he sees you in this universe ⁎╯

aesthetic/profile application ★

╭⁎ moon board + how i think leo would fill out a profile application ⁎╯

gasoline ★

╭⁎ where leo tries his hardest to get you to confess & somehow he does too ⁎╯

collection of lies ☆ ★

╭⁎ where leo would rather lie than say the two of you broke up ⁎╯

hold me ☆

╭⁎ where feelings come spewing out after reader is abducted ⁎╯

ping! you’re dead ☆

╭⁎ where future!leo doesn’t get to save casey ⁎╯

。・゜・series・゜・。

falling in love ★ ☆ □

╭⁎ where reader & leo have a slowburn but not rlly ⁎╯

heart to heart ★ ☆ □

╭⁎ where leo wears a cloaking brooch and reader is none the wiser until the lies don’t add up ⁎╯

one | two | ?

Rise Donatello 💜👾🐢😈

。・゜・ drabbles ・゜・。

toaster | pt. 2 ★

╭⁎ reader has object empathy ⁎╯

aesthetic/profile application ★

╭⁎ moon board + how i think donnie would fill out a profile application ⁎╯

ruin the moment ☆

╭⁎ where donnie imagines you were there, next to him ⁎╯

voicemail ☆

╭⁎ where donnie leaves you a message and his heart ⁎╯

in the sky ☆

╭⁎ where donnie pines hard & wishes to be more than a mutant for you ⁎╯

entry one ☆ □

╭⁎ yandere!reader who gets infatuated with donatello ⁎╯

。・゜・oneshots・゜・。

inside my heart ★

╭⁎ the one where reader & donnie are shy shy ⁎╯

started with a spark ★

╭⁎ the one where donnie gets doused with a love potion ⁎╯

what are you waiting for | part two ★

╭⁎ where the reader is chubby and donnie is smitten ⁎╯

I can do it better ☆ ★

╭⁎ where the reader also likes making tech & donnie gets a bit egotistical ⁎╯

mathematically inclined ★

╭⁎ the one where the reader needs help with a math exam ⁎╯

practice ★

╭⁎ where fem!reader and donnie have a movie makeout ⁎╯

deadly nerd duel ☆ ★

╭⁎ where reader and donnie get off on the wrong foot & things go haywire ⁎╯

pain & understanding ☆

╭⁎ where donnie returns hurt and reader gets upset ⁎╯

don’t wanna fall in love ★

╭⁎ short drabble of donnie’s inner thoughts on how he definitely is not in love with you ⁎╯

a perpetual role ☆

╭⁎ where donnie cheers up the reader who is tired of feeling stuck in the silly friend role ⁎╯

literature at its finest ★

╭⁎ where the reader is reading fanfics and donnie is tired of being ignored ⁎╯

the tactical bandwagon ☆

╭⁎ tactical!donnie x target!reader ⁎╯

a new obsession ☆

╭⁎ where yandere!donnie crosses paths with you and he’s absolutely obsessed ⁎╯

not enough ☆

╭⁎ where donnie realizes something about love with the help of you ⁎╯

all for you ☆

╭⁎ yandere!donnie takes care of your on again off again toxic relationship ⁎╯

。・゜・series・゜・。

. . . . . .

Rise Michelanglo 🧡🍕🌇🐢

。・゜・oneshots・゜・。

my muse ★

╭⁎ the one where both mikey & reader sip on a love potion ⁎╯

the favorite ★

╭⁎ where the reader tries to say that they don’t have a favorite but low and behold…⁎╯

sweet like honey ★

╭⁎ where mikey falls in love at first sight and waits for you to catch up ⁎╯

stay in my memories ☆

╭⁎ where mikey wishes to get over you and this never-ending relationship ⁎╯

aesthetic/profile application ★

╭⁎ moon board + how i think mikey would fill out a profile application ⁎╯

i’m here ★

╭⁎ where mikey helps you with a anxiety/panic attack ⁎╯

do you realize? ★

╭⁎ late night pb&j sandwiches + talks ⁎╯

。・゜・series・゜・。

orange graffiti ★ ☆ □

╭⁎ where reader has a criminal record & mikey knows you’re better than your past ⁎╯

one | two | three | four | five | six | ?

Rise Casey Jones Jr.

。・゜・headcanons・゜・。

tender connections ★ ☆

╭⁎ casey is touch-starved and reader’s love language is physical touch ⁎╯

。・゜・oneshots・゜・。

a witch’s kitchen | part two ★

╭⁎ where casey drinks the witch!reader’s love potion ⁎╯

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nessieartss · 4 months

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Hi there sorry to bother you but I really really like your Sukuna and Yuji Sibling AU I personally am a twin and I find this so cool your art style is so prettyyyyy I find it cool how like Sukuna looks so much more mature than Yuji lol they both make me feel fuzzy and happy. I am so normal about this I swear- I just love your art and your AU, thank you for your time -v-

Hi! Its not bothering at all! Thank you so much, this warms my cold dark heart. I also have a younger brother so their shenanigans somewhat resonate with me (especially the cheetos one lol). Thank you im glad that you liked them! 💜💜💜

#pansexuallypathetic #jjk sibling au #ask #answer

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daedelweiss · 1 year

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Aww they look so cute!!

I really like Donnie and Leo's design, also brain/brawn twins 👀 , Leo being the youngest aww

Are the personality similar to rise or different?

quite different, actually!!!

donnie is quite paranoid and anxious and makes tech to protect his family but he's also sweet and gentle with his family 💜 he takes his role as oldest brother (raph is also oldest but he claims the oldest bro title) seriously and would do anything to make sure his family is not harmed (mostly stemmed from the traumatic night that they were mutated). he likes making tech but his real passion is architecture!

raph is the glue that holds the family together. whenever his siblings would argue, he's usually the mediator. he's donnie's 2nd in command, leo's role model, mikey's best friend, and the only one stopping april from blowing up the lair (/affectionate). unlike his predecessors, he's quite good at taming his anger. what he needs to learn is to be okay at expressing anger. he feels like it's a bad emotion to have and that he doesn't want to show it to his family 💖

mikey is VERY VERY shy. and not because they're traumatized! he's just born with it. they're selectively mute and have trouble expressing themselves, especially with their family. he does talk freely to raph because raph is usually the one who is available to hang out. they grew closer as they grew up and just became able to talk with ease around their older bro (also with splints). they're still learning to talk around donnie and leo 🧡 and they're still an artist! they ironically love theater the most.

leo is the sunshine and rainbows kinda guy but also feisty and spunky. he's very optimistic, almost to a fault. but he can be passionate and is the most expressive one out of the sibs. he's also very sneaky, being the first of the 4 turtles to sneak out to the surface. him and april are very close and consider each other honorary twins and would do lots of silly shenanigans together 💙 he's the one who eventually convinces his family to fight bad guys. it's his compassion towards other people that made them heroes.

finally, april is very fiery and mischievous. being the only human in the family, she feels the need to stand out and be her own unique little trouble maker. she doesn't like to be babied around (which is a problem when donnie is her oldest brother) and wants to prove to her sibs that she's capable of doing her own thing. she does eventually open up to her bros and learn to work with them 💛 (she doesn't have much trouble working together with leo tho 😂)

#dae asks #tmnt #my tmnt

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theonewhospeaksinweird · 8 days

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💜🖤(Katakuri Head Canons)💜🖤

💚 = Lime/Lil Spicy

💛 = Lemon

💙 = Sad

❤️ = Angsty (won't do many of these unless prompted)

💜 = Fluff

💔 = Heartbreak (rare unless prompted)

🖤 = Normal

Okay, soo like I have at least 6 story ideas in my drafts, but they're gonna take forever to finish, and I feel I haven't posted much of anything for the few followers that I have, so here is (for once) a short drabble!~

I see these all the time, and my mind is just stuffed with this mochi man, so I gotta relieve some pressure!~ These are gonna be all over the place with how I think things about him are.~ Enjoy!~

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🍩 I feel that sometimes people display Katakuri as so serious, mister grouchy grr grr all the time, but that's just because we mainly saw him when the Strawhat were literally being terrorists. Like, remember how blushy he got with Brulee after his fight?? (Refer to picture at top) This man is literally a softie inside and out with people he's comfortable with!~

🍩 If the incident with Brulee getting hurt as a child bc of him never happened, he'd be so silly with Daifuku and Oven!~

🍩 Like, he'd still be the most serious one, but they'd basically be like Luffy, Zoro and Sanji, haha!~ (I'm literally feral for fanart of those three doing silly shit together!~ 😭)

🍩 Cue Katakuri and Daifuku fighting 24/7 over stupid shit while Oven laughs on the side, and then Daifuku and Oven bantering like children while Katakuri just disassociates beside them.

🍩 I just imagined Katakuri in that tiny shirt Zoro had on in Water 7 while carrying all his little siblings, HELP-

🍩 This isn't a head canon but the one cover art of Katakuri finding out Luffy's the 5th Emperor and him laughing at it while eating donuts with Brulee and Cracker kills me everyday!~ 🥰 He looks so happy and relaxed with them, and his laugh is "BAHAHAHAHA"!!

🍩That cover art just proves he's the sweetest thing!~ He would TOTALLY fall into Strawhat shenanigans if he meets up with the crew again now that Big Mom is gone!~ Kind of like how Zoro is after the time Skip, reserved but still indulges from time to time.

🍩 On the Big Mom being gone note, he is definitely the new captain of the Big Mom Pirates, which he'd probably rename to the Charlotte Pirates or something to get away from Linlin's shadow.

🍩 I can just see Perospero coming home from Wano, all pissed and aggravated from being punched around like nothing by everybody there, yelling at his siblings to do things.

🍩They all just stare, blank faced, at him before pointing to Katakuri running things saying he's the new captain.

🍩 Peros would be livid, going on about how he's the oldest and how he almost DIED fighting alongside Mama in Wano.

🍩 And all of them are like, "Too bad, so sad, Big Brother Katakuri is better. Skill issue, ig- ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯" And list all the healthy things he's been doing for the islands and family while Peros was gone.

🍩 Katakuri is standing right there, a little flustered at the open compliments, trying to tell them to at least give Peros a chance, but Peros is over it.

🍩 Bro just storms out, claiming he don't want the job no more! Petty af for a few days, grumbling about inefficiencies and punishments for stuff done wrong.

🍩 And Katakuri just shakes his head and says they don't do that anymore because it was hurting someone in the family.

🍩 Eventually, Peros sees all the things he's trying to change not just for the crew, but for how their entire family acts and lives.

🍩 They agree to co-captain just so Katakuri isn't left yet again with everything on his shoulders.

🍩 Katakuri's still busy but his siblings try harder to make him take more breaks, especially Brulee and Cracker.

🍩 It would take a while until he relents, kind of acting like Squidward in that one episode where he keeps coming back to the Krusty Krab thinking SpongeBob is gonna fuck everything up, haha!

🍩 It's not that he doesn't trust his siblings and their capabilities, he's just not used to NOT being needed to hold everything together.

🍩 Once he's relaxed in that aspect, I think he'd slowly come out of his shell and start to go out without his scarf.

🍩 At first it's just in his home, which freaks out his staff into thinking they're gonna die by seeing his full face, and then with some hyping from Brulee, he starts going out without it.

🍩He is absolutely a nervous WRECK walking around feeling so bare without it but the townspeople love him so much and say how handsome he is and how COOL his teeth are that he almost CRIES-

🍩 Like, you can't change my mind on this sappy thought bc remember how the people on Pudding's island were when she went back after the wedding to make the cake?? You can't tell me everyone living in Tottoland doesn't ADORE Katakuri, the man who is always protecting them and kept Big Mom in check the best he could all these years!!

🍩 It's so cute how he tries to pull up a scarf that isn't there when he's trying to hide an emotion, and when he realizes what he did it only makes him flustered! ☺️

🍩 Flampe is disgruntled, maybe even still let down, at this development and tries to trash talk him to her siblings, but for once everyone is like "Shut up, little girl, you're literally slandering your brother who loves you very much, wtf?" And she just shuts down!

🍩 I NEED to believe that Brulee like slapped or punished Flampe somehow when she heard all the things she did and said to Katakuri when he took off his scarf during his fight w/ Luffy! 🙏

🍩 Katakuri isn't mad or anything, just hurt, and tells Flampe that he hopes she can love him again, and finally gives her the pets she wanted but doesn't deserve and that makes her little less bratty

🍩 Katakuri's newfound courage to walk about without his scarf leads to Pudding being less ashamed about her third eye, and MAYBE she starts acting like her normal self with a hint of sadism here and there.

🍩 Secretly, Katakuri fiends for ANY new info on Luffy and his crew, talking about them with Brulee who is the only one willing to listen to his fanboy ass.

🍩 When it's revealed that Big Mom was defeated in Wano, he still thanks Luffy for it even though Kidd and Law are the ones that actually took her down.

🍩 It was a Luffy domino effect, so it counts as a Luffy win, trust 👍

🍩 Obviously, he keeps the black hat that Luffy left on him after his fight, and can't help but laugh every time he sees it sitting on his desk. It's a joy boy affect 🥺

🍩 I know Film Red isn't canon, but I can just imagine the aftermath of that with Brulee now being taken with Sanji like Pudding, and those two just gushing over the Strawhat cook to a disgruntled Katakuri who doesn't like the way they talk about the skirt chasing blonde.

🍩 Mochi man holds some respect for Sanji too since he heard how he refused to poison the cake he helped Pudding make for Mama during her hunger rampage. He saved his sibling's lives and much of their territory from being destroyed.

🍩 Still didn't stop him from rolling his eyes at every squeal over his chivalrous words and actions-

🍩 With Katakuri as the new captain, the Charlotte family actually starts healing and acting like a true family over time.

🍩 Katakuri makes sure that the youngest siblings don't grow up with the same traumas all of them grew up with, reassuring them in their appearances and abilities when he can.

🍩 He's an irredeemable villain to you, but he's my special little princess mochi man 🥰

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That's all of my random thoughts and ideas for Katakuri and his family!~ I see why people do this, it's fun to just type what comes to mind and not have to make sure it's sensible in a story, haha!~ I might do one for him again but him with an S/O.~ Maybe him and a few other of my favorites.~

There's not enough for him, I swear I've read everything everywhere already, so now I must make everything I want myself.~ It's a curse to always like side characters that are shown to have depth but aren't given the screen time to explore it!~

Ugh, anyways, see you next time, dearies, I appreciate any feedback and interaction!~ Mwah mwah!~

#katakuri #Charlotte katakuri #big mom pirates #drabbles #charlotte katakuri drabbles #charlotte katakuri head canons #katakuri head canons #one piece #mochi man #big mom pirates head canons #knacks writes #one piece head canons #wano spoilers #whole cake island spoilers #one piece spoilers

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specialagentlokitty · 6 months

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Thomas Barrow x sister!reader - the game plan

Hey, loved ‘the game plan’ I had a great time reading it. Loved how, though reluctant, Thomas still helped his sister with her shenanigans. Do you reckon you could do a part two? Perhaps the kittens escape and cause mayhem downstairs. Mr Carson was out for the day, so the staff strive to return downstairs to its original state before Mr Carson returned and without alerting the family! Maybe Anna remarks how when something happens it always involves one of the Barrow siblings. I just love the idea of everyone rushing around after a mischievous litter of kittens! I had a additional idea of whilst the barrow siblings are arguing at the top of the stairs one of the kittens ventures into the dining room where the family are eating, reader panics and Thomas has to discreetly get it out of the room before the family notices or the kitten manages to hide somewhere where he cannot reach it. - Anon 💜

Part two:

Running down the stairs, you rushed into the servants hall and frantically looked around.

“No.” Thomas said.

“Yes…”

He quickly put his paper down and stood up.

“How many?” Anna asked.

Mr Bates furrowed his brows a little bit in confusion.

You offered the woman a tiny grin, shuffling a little behind the doorway in order to hide yourself.

“All of them…”

“Oh my..”

Anna got up, and her and Thomas began rushing around, searching under, on and around everything they could.

You were searching the the servants hall when Thomas returned holding a kitten by the scruff of his neck while it happily purred away.

“That’s one.” He said.

“In the basket.”

He walked over and put the kitten inside before going back into the kitchen.

“Is this why those two have been sneaking off to your room everyday?” Mr bates asked.

“Please don’t tell Mr Bates! They’ll make me toss them out!”

He laughed softly, and opened his jacket to show a kitten.

“I’ve been hiding it since Mr Carson woke up. I was wondering whom it belonged to.”

He stood, setting the kitten in the basket and you grinned a little at him.

“I promise not to tell a soul.”

“Thank you Mr Bates!”

“I’ve found the others!”

Anna rushed in, setting them in the basket and you looked around at the mess that was created not only by the kittens but by everybody looking for them.

“Oh my goodness I need to clean this all up!”

“Mr Barrow will take the kittens to your room and watch them, I’ll help.”

Thomas grumbled about having to watch the little animals, but he liked the idea more than the thought of cleaning.

So he took the kittens to your room, and he began to organise it while he waited for you to turn up to take over from him.

Everybody rushed around to help, not knowing what happened but not wanting Mrs Hughes or Mr Carson to witness the mess that had been created.

When Mr Carson came home everything was in order, and instead of you being downstairs it was Thomas.

But you couldn’t keep watch of your kittens all the time, so it was only a matter of time when one of them escaped again.

“You need to get rid of them!” Your brother snapped.

“No! Thomas please!”

“You are acting like a rotten child, rehome the kittens!”

You shook your head, taking a step away from your brother you glanced down the stairs to make sure nobody was coming.

“I just need a way to make sure that they cannot leave my room.”

“There is no way to do that, what if somebody walks in? What if they are found? You can get into trouble, or even worse! I am trying to make sure you still have a job at the end of the day!”

“I want them!”

Thomas ran a hand down his face.

“Is this about your kitten when you were a child?”

You froze slightly.

“Do not dare bring that up…”

“These kittens will not replace fluffy (Y/N), and you know that. All I’m saying is stop risking your own job for them, rehome them.”

You clenched your jaw and looked at the ground.

A pounding on the stairs made you both look to see Anna running up as fast as she could.

“Kitten in the tea room!”

You and Thomas shared a look of horror.

“Go to your room and watch them!”

You nodded, running off to your room while Thomas ran towards the tea room, composing himself a bit before he walked in with a tray in his hand.

The only way he could look around was to serve the drinks, but he still hadn’t figured out how he was going to get the kitten out.

The family hadn’t seemed to notice him slip in, so he was working this to his favour.

He slunk around, checked under things, moving his foot under furniture and anything he could to see if it would scare the kitten out.

Then he saw it, out the corner of his eye, padding around near a table.

Thomas looked around then he quietly set the tray down when he was sure nobody was looking.

Walking over he crouched down, covering the sound of the meow with a cough as he quickly pocketed the kitten inside of his liveries.

“Barrow?” Lord Grantham asked.

“Yes my lord?”

Thomas stood up, turning around.

“What are you doing?”

“I apologise my lord, I thought I saw a small rodent in this area but I was mistaken.”

Everybody went back to ignoring him and he picked up his tray, quietly leaving the room.

Rushing downstairs, he set the tray down and spun around, running straight to your room.

He threw the door opened and slammed it shut.

He pulled the kitten out of his pocket and walked over, gently placing it down in your lap, sitting next to you on the bed.

“Simply just ask Mrs Hughes about the kittens, state it for rodent control.”

“Will it work?”

“You can try.”

Your door was opened and closed again, and Anna stood with an assumed but disappointed look on her face.

“Why is it always you two?”

“I have not done a single thing wrong.” Thomas snapped.

“When something happens it is one of the Barrow siblings behind it.”

“Sorry…”

Anna laughed softly and walked over, sitting on the other side of you as she picked up another kitten.

“Mr Barrow does have a point, simply ask about the kittens. If they say no, we can find them a good home.”

You frowned a little bit nodded your head because you couldn’t risk loosing your job, but you really loved the kittens and want a good home for them

#Downton abbey #Downton abbey x reader #Downton abbey x you #Downton abbey imagine #Thomas Barrow #Thomas Barrow x reader #Thomas Barrow x you #Thomas Barrow imagine

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hihopelessromantics · 6 months

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Hiya!!! Here's the WIPs I'm interested to hear more about, feel free to not answer if you don't wanna talk about these ones, or feel free to choose which ones you talk about ^^

Demon Essay (I'm very curious about this one)

Half blind meli

Gelda and Zeldris Angst

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The "Demon Essay" is something I started writing before the Demon Realm Arc in 4kota came out, before I started reading it in fact, and it's inspired by one of zorria's posts and kind of an exploration and 'defense' anaylsis of what we've seen from the demon clan. Big focus on Zeldris and antics from cursed by light. I'd love to send it to you and hear your thoughts, if you want!

2. I am very intrigued by my mutuals' angst aus especially the ones where Meliodas has more siblings. Half-blind Meliodas au is Balin's, and I thought the exteme gore and themes of it all might make for something really fun to work on during the spooky season.

https://www.tumblr.com/gh0stofyesterday/733211682615296000/littol-drawing-of-the-beginning-of-my-half-blind?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/gh0stofyesterday/726865869113835520/hehehe-a-lil-pencil-sketch-of-my?source=share

ohhh LMAO should tag balin when I'm talking about its au: @gh0stofyesterday

Unfortunately a shitton happened since I first thought of my senario for this (ow) but it's is still in the works. My spinoff premise, basically, is about how his older sister's restless soul has - unbeknowst to the current her - kept cycling through a sort of 'unfair cosmic punishment' (as she'd call it) of reincarnations. She's lonely, she's angry, and she just can't seem to escape the repetition of loneliness and unfullfilment- 'cause she has no catalyst to help her get the help she needs to make a change for herself. And no therapist. Until, a couple loops through, she meets Meliodas again. Doesn't recognize him of course. Will she be able to connect with her brother? Will she even try? Can she? Tune in on: balin please help me make sure I didn't kidnap your character and play puppet with her incorrectly to find out!

And here's, uh, an excerpt:

The first time she ever looked at his sullen face, the burning rage in his eyes could level a mountain. Yes. Both of them. The exposed medical disaster that was his right eye barely moved as he tracked her movements, her wide lopsided smile, the tilt of her head, and the way she clasped her hands together as she told him “Welcome!” and motioned for him to sit beside her in the tent.

“I don’t know how to work with any of this shit,” he told her matter-of-factly, indicating her display of medical equipment. She’d only set it out arranged like this so it looked like someone was living and doing something worthwhile in here, but that was too pathetic to explain, so she just did the usual act of nodding like yes, she meant to do this, and “offering encouragement” instead of “retaliating to every little change in the atmosphere.” That curse rolled off his tongue as if he was mocking a dumb word in another language he was being forced to use and she didn’t appreciate it, not when the only thing they gave her to represent her expertise and profession was a flimsy banner saying ‘me-decal recruitment’ and they sent in this man with a sword slung across his back as a candidate.

“Not everyone has the skillset right off the bat-” oh, he didn’t seem encouraged by that at all. Toned-down confrontation it was. “Woah. Could you stop . . . radiating, hostile energy? Could we talk about that, by any chance?” “What do you know about me?”

“Excuse me, I asked you a question.”

3. The Geldris is inspired by what I feel is a severe lack of vampire Gelda antics and nicknamed affectionally as the "blood-drinking fic." The first is from Zeldris's perspective and involves one of his 'secret' shenanigans / errand master antics from the Holy War Era and is supposed to include a second "aftermath" part with some demon bros bonding. The second, is, uh . . . idk what to write for that yet! ideas welcome. I'm thinking a domestic scene.

Wrote a little metaphor - poem for when Gelda drinks his blood:

He tasted like wild berries and trampled leaves

quick snacks between sprints

one old seasoned bird snatched on a flight

That kind of quickly devoured game which took weeks of stalking

And a piece of the juiciest fruit handed down with love.

Like someone who cared for others before he cared for himself. He tasted like her.

#nanatsu no taizai #seven deadly sins #nnt #sds #zeldris #meliodas #other peoples ocs my beloved #writing #wip #current wip #my wips #work in progress #wip stuff #ask #ambersky

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nightyslibrary · 6 months

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☆ FIC LIST MASTERPOST ☆

✨️ Fandoms currently include rottmnt & animaniacs & tloz & warrior cats & pokémon

✨️ you can also read most of them on my AO3

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🐢 ROTTMNT

🧸A Friend Against Dark

Raph centric, tot Raph & Splinter, one-shot, fluff no angst, 1115 words.

Six years old Raph is afraid of the dark, so Splinter gets an idea- and a friend.

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🩵Finish The Tale, Ven, Please?

Where You Belong AU, tot Leon and Venus, one-shot, fluff, 988 words.

Leon cannot sleep, so he asks his sister Ven to finish her tale about two warriors.

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🌌finding your stellar association

based on ashwii's celestial au, one-shot, fluff, 2917 words. tw: referenced/implied character death (not detailed).

Moving Group, also called a Stellar Association.

A loose grouping of stars which travel together through space.

On their first trip to Earth, the brothers find a lost part of their family.

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🌙so I dive straight back in the ocean

post movie, Leo centric, one-shot, hurt/comfort, 1304 words. tw: panic attacks, anxiety.

Leo goes to a lake for swimming to calm down.

> AO3 / tumblr < ☆ [playlist]

❤️Little Talks with a Big Robot Turtle

based on Cass Apocalyptic Series by somerandomdude on tumblr, Raph centric, one-shot, fluff, 2452 words.

Raph has some questions, and Casey Junior has some answers.

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🌆Last Resort

Let's Grab a Slice Together AU (but can be read with no context), Mikey centric + Draxum, bad future, one-shot, angst, 1705 words. tw: implied/referenced character death

Mikey has a talk with his mentor.

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🍄Last Night in Mushroom Forest

post movie, disaster twins, 2 chapters: one fic two versions, horror/comedy, 7246 words. possession and horror elements in ch1, ch1 also include unreality, anxiety, and similar events.

Leo and Donnie decide to go and explore the Mushroom Forest. Leo has a very bad case of brain fog, while Donnie has a very bad case of deja vu while trying to save his twin.

Meanwhile, in chapter 2 there's a different version where the boys have some silly adventure and it's just shenanigans and a lot of sibling banter.

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🌠It's Not Always the Rabbit Who Takes the Wrong Turn

Dimension Hopper Leo AU, multichaptered, mostly Leo centric, many crossovers, ongoing. Warnings will be included in chapters.

When Leo ends up in Prison Dimension, he manages to hold onto his katana. So he does his thing and portals out... except he arrives at the wrong place.

(AKA what Leo portals himself to the wrong dimension and has to find his way back home again, and again, and again... Meanwhile his family is trying to find him.)

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🍕Pizza Means Family

Where You Belong AU (Separated au), multichaptered, various povs, ongoing. Warnings will be included in chapters.

Another separated au, where Mikey is the only turtle Splinter saves. While he finds April accidentally and wastes no time to call her his sister, his siblings are raised by two of the famous bad guys. This get out of control when six of them end up at the same place, and each sibling has to decide what to do with what they learn.

aka where you belong au because I'm either too good with titles or too bad haha

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💜Deep (Purple) Thoughts (and Realizations)

Donnie centric (mostly), multichaptered, ongoing, post invasion. Warnings will be included in chapters. Hurt/comfort.

As Donnie repairs Shelldon, he comes across some realizations which lead to some discoveries. It turns out there is still much unsaid about the invasion, even after weeks.

(Aka Donnie remembers he records everything all the time.)

>AO3 < ◇ tumblr: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 ◇

🍲Mystic Sickness

This is based on @/turtleblogatlast 's post about mystic sickness idea :D Hope you like it!!!

Warnings: a brief mention of throwing up, nothing else i can think of ^^

>AO3 (tba) / tumblr<

🍵Portal Bros Sickfic

a short sickfic i wrote for my friends :]

>AO3 (tba) / tumblr<

🟣(A Short Fic About) A Normal Day With Your Double Mutated Brother

A gift fic for heckitall's armageddonnie au!! Fluff. Oneshot.

>AO3 (n/a) / tumblr<

🎃 Baby's First Halloween

My @/rottmnt-secret-gifting gift for @/bambiraptorx :]

Mikey forces Draxum joining him and his family for trick and treating.

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💭 A Reminder

this one is Cass Apocalyptic Future fanfic ( by @/somerandomdudelmao) written for Comfortember 2023, day 1: safe

Sometimes Donnie forgets he and his family are safe now.

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❄️ Till the Cold Pass

Another fic for Comfortember 2023, this time focused on day 4: warmth.

Splinter learns something new about his sons when winter cold arrives.

>AO3 / tumblr<

💙 Leo Blues

inspired by @/tmnt-event-blog's prompt (hot cocoa)

Leon (Future Leo) realizes that his younger self is feeling a bit blue and decides to help him feel better.

>AO3 / tumblr<

🐀 ANIMANIACS

🐇Welcome Back, Doc (Space Jam: New Legacy crossover fic / multichaptered ongoing / Dad Bugs) AO3 [on hiatus but might finish it before the end of may <3 ]

👑Years Ago, A Winter Night (Wakko's Wish fic / a lot of angst & hurt/comfort / multichapter & completed / XMas fic) AO3 | Playlist

🌸Happy Allergies Dot!! (one-shot / Dot centered) AO3

🧢Guilt Is Eating Him Up (one-shot / lots of angst & hurt/comfort / Wakko centered) AO3

🎞️Toons (Storks AU / multichaptered ongoing / kinda on hiatus??) AO3

⚜️There's a Beast in There (Beauty and the Beast AU but without any romance / multichaptered ongoing / *holds it gently* this one is my fav) AO3

🗡 TLOZ

Breath of the Wild

🫕Warmth (Zelink / One-shot) AO3

🎄Christmas Together (Multichapter Modern AU Xmas Fic / Ongoing / Includes Zelink and Miphvali) AO3 [currently on hiatus]

🩸Following the Silent Princess (Modern AU / includes Zelink and Miphvali / multichaptered ongoing) AO3 [currently on hiatus]

Zines: By Your Side Zelink Zine

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

🗻Mountain Walk (Miphvali / One-shot) AO3 | Chinease Translation (AO3)

🎶For You (Zelink / written for Fated: Through Time digital zine / one-shot) AO3

🐈‍⬛️ WARRIOR CATS

˚☽˚｡⋆One Last Night (Leafpool x Hawkfrost / one-shot) AO3 | Turkish Translation

🎮POKEMON

🌲Lost & Found

Touko gets lost in Lostlorn Forest, only to find a familiar face.

Touko x N ship fic, one shot, I headcanon Touko being 16 and N 17 in Black/White. I didn't know about their canon ages until recently, thought it would be good to add it here.

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ZINES:

-Your Journey Awaits! (A free digital zine focusing on the beginning of the Pokémon journey.)

-Dreams and Destinies (a Kingdom Hears x Pokemon fanzine)

#fic masterpost #rottmnt #animaniacs #tloz #botw #aoc #looney tunes #pokemon #no t**st or warne***st here #if you ship those or are a proshipper PLEASE DNI!!!#library stuff #last updated: 8 February 2024

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pjo-hoo-toa-freakazoid · 10 months

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Saber back at it again!!

Sooo wanna knw ur thoughts one VALGRACE

Dunk or Flunk as i call it...💙💜️💙💜️😎

SABER!!!! Sun sibling hello!!!!💜💜💜💜 how r u? ^^☀️💜🌸

Well I’ve always seen them as brothers 🥹I bet I just made some shippers gag by saying that💀✋🏼 im sorry

I sadly never saw them as a ship. Even though I understand how well they’d work together.

They have a good dynamic. And have a lot of love and respect for each other and I bet only Jason can understand Leo’s shenanigans it’s adorable 💜 ^^

But for me I see em as brothers :)

#sahebro 🏷️#sun sibling ☀️#💜💜🌸🌸💕💜💜 have a great day💕💕#I think this boils down to my opinion in Leo and Jason’s love life #they both need time to figure themselves out so that’s why I refrain from shipping them

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sugarsweets9987 · 5 months

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YES!!! @missionel I thank you so much for everything you've done to help me so far 💜 and I'll be here if you need me to help with anything too! However I'm making this post because I SOOOOO wanna tell tumblr about "Pussy".

First, I'll discuss rock exchange. Me and Riley (friend in the rbs) agreed that when I got to Skyla we'd trade so I could evolve my Boldore into Gigalith. In this exchange, Riley also sent over their OWN Boldore to evolve, which I was more than happy to evolve for them. However. The funny part of this story is. I made a comment when starting the trade that I had no idea there was voice chat in the game. But what I also didn't know is that it's turned ON by default. So in the middle of the trade Riley just heard my compressed aah Nintendo 3ds voice yelling across the room to my sibling "ROCK EXCHANGE!!!" as the Boldores traded 😭 Very funny tho. 10/10 would rock exchange again.

Now...the story of "Pussy" goes back to when I first received the game. I booted it up, not expecting to find anything, but to my surprise there was a save file there! So of course, I naturally went snooping through the file to see what had been done and what pokemon, if any, were left. There were some normal mons, some event mythicals and legendaries, a hacked as fuck Regigigas that I can add in a reblog if yall are curious, but there was also just this Vaporeon. And it had the unfortunate name "Pussy". We saved Pussy the Vaporeon from utter obliteration at the hands of resetting the save file. He is safe in Riley's files currently. And yes you read that right. He. This Vaporeon is boypussy incarnate.

The shenanigans this game has caused have already been absurd and silly. I'd love to discuss more if anyone's interested. And also. I named myself Bitch (B:)tch) in game. So if you'd like a collection of images of characters just yelling "BITCH!" let me know thank you

#pokemon black and white #pokemon #cheren is definitely my favorite so far #but Bianca and N also go really hard as characters #anyways #pussy the vaporeon #the rock exchange (boldores)#i suppose next i could talk about how #clay almost completely obliterated my team #maybe about the fact my game crashed and i had to do the ruined castle section thing twice (i save at every pokecenter now)#idk so many things to talk about

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greypetrel · 11 months

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Hello! The prompt 'I'm just a phone call away' with modern AU Aisling? 👀✨

Heeeeey! 💜

Long time no see, uh? Well, here it is. xD Some shenanigans and a more or less direct sequel to this other piece. Wow it's starting to look like a proper fic, go figure.

Anyway, hope you'll like it, it was a will they won't they prompt list and well. (then it more or less follows canon so no, it's NOT gonna be just a phonecall and it's NOT gonna be all right. Sorry Cullen your canon is shit, but in this storyline you'll get therapy)

Also a note: I don't know if the Dream Theatre shaming was just an Italian thing amongst metalheads… But I couldn't resist. (no harsh judgement, Dream Theatre was the band more or less everyone loved to hate, I'm pretty indifferent to them. I don't love them but eh, there's worse).

Tis the prompt list

Two Birds on a Wire (🎶)

'I'm just a phone call away'

The evening was for celebrating. As much as both siblings were extremely stubborn in saying that it was just a dinner, it wasn’t a party, please dads don’t call it a party or you’ll jinx it, none ever really doubted that their letters would have ended in two admissions. Not for the stories they had to include in their motivational essay -even if they both had one, as much as Solas absolutely loathed the need of the essay-, but for their grades and all letters of recommendations of all their professors. And of course, when they had opened their letters and found that they both had been admitted to the faculty they chose, the “normal, absolutely not peculiar Saturday barbecue” had turned instantly into a party. Solas and Varric had been prepared, after all. And it was worth it, seeing the two not-so-little-anymore former balls of destruction hugging each other tight, tension from months of stressing over grades and the uncertainty of the future melting visibly. Aisling of course had cried -she had always been emotional and by now none in their enlarged family got surprised or overly worried by her tears. The surprising thing was that Dorian too had melted a little, cheerful façade cracking a little to show vulnerability. Aisling had hugged him tight, they all four had hugged together -a rarity, these days, they were “too grown up” for hugs they used to say. And then the music had started, all three families easing into a cheerful celebration for yet another set of kids to spread their wings. Raina -back from Kirkwall for the summer- had taken control of the karaoke program, and lead the evening on, as per her usual naturally occupying the centre of attention and dragging people along with whatever she put her mind to. She looked so much like Malcolm.

The evening was still going strong, laughter and cheer and people singing coming into the kitchen from the backdoor, left open to allow people to come and go as they pleased. But right now, there was just Solas in the kitchen, taking a pause from the noise and confusion. He had to admit he quite liked this life, in spite of everything. But sometimes, hosting all the Hawkes and the Rutherfords in the back garden became a little too much and required some personal space to recharge batteries.

Oh, he knew it was ending, he knew that as more and more of the younger members would have found independence and flown away, they all would have missed the confusion, the lack of privacy or quiet, the chaos during weekends when the children all got together in one big, extremely loud group. Nonetheless, he needed just a moment of quiet to recharge batteries.

So, he just grabbed a bottle of liquor, something special he brewed himself with a recipe as old as he was -and that was currently well hidden under too many spells and glyphs, so that the other two mages in the house wouldn’t have been able to reach it. Hopefully. He gave them another couple of weeks before finding a way. And sipped it on his own, in the relative peace of his kitchen, breathing down.

But of course, the house being what it was, the moment of peace couldn’t last: someone stepped fretfully in, and slammed the door, falling down with a humph. From the noise of the steps and the soft tip-tap of bare feet, he knew exactly who it was.

“Ga’son?” He sighed, greeting her and asking if it was all right. Varric may have won the public-school feud, but he insisted on teaching at least Aisling Elvhen himself. Which resulted in teaching Dorian too, because they seldom did anything separated, and if Dorian took some other interests, Solas still insisted with Aisling to use Elvhen when the pair of them were alone. A matter of heritage, she may have grown up amidst humans and dwarves, but he wanted her to know where she came from.

“Din. G’t’lom.” She answered, saying that no, it wasn’t all right.

As he turned towards her, he found her sitting on her butt beside the door, hugging her thighs and face buried between her thighs, he lost all willingness to scold her for the contraction -he hated contractions. He went to crouch before her, rubbing her shoulders in the way she liked.

“What happened?” He asked, calmly, leaving her time to sob a little.

“He’s leaving.”

“Who?”

“Cullen.” She told him as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

He frowned, not understanding what was going on. As far as he knew about them, the boy had had a crush over Aisling since years, but never acted on it. He wasn’t worried, hadn’t been for a minute since she never took notice or showed any signs of being interested too, the boy was trustworthy and the unruly one was Aisling. But leaving? This was new.

“Leaving? Where for?”

“Denerim. In September. Got accepted.”

Ah. That was it. He had been, indeed, extremely slippery over the university speech, never answering directly when asked, and being particularly evasive and ill at ease over the subject. A pity that he wasn’t a liar, and the one that hadn’t suspected anything was Aisling. Naïve Aisling who was too mature out of trauma on certain things, and yet still firmly believed people she liked without questioning.

“Oh. Well, that’s good for him. And Denerim’s not that far away. He’ll be back often, and we can visit.” He tried to reason.

“No, he won’t.”

She started with the same oppositive tone she usually had with him in the last period, full in her rebellious phase. He suspected it was to be expected, he had insistend in teaching the both of them to stand up for themselves and not bend their heads to anyone… But it was tiresome. Now, it surely was.

“I don’t understand if you don’t explain, da’len.”

Being more worried and lenient than irritated at the zillionth little act of rebellion wasn’t so difficult if she was crying, at least.

“H-he got accepted in the military, babae. He won’t be back so often.”

That was a blow and something he didn’t expect. As many qualities he recognized Cullen to have… He was soft, and in the military… It wasn’t the time to dwell on that, or to deconstruct the issue, as much as he wanted to. No. Right now he had an 18-y.-o. in tears at the idea of her best friend leaving, and in need of help in front of him, and she never reacted well in analysing problems that had no numbers.

“Do you need me to call it off? Or tell everyone you’re sick?”

“N-no. I’m…” She sobbed. “I promised him I won’t cry. I told him I was going to the bathroom, I’ll just… Cry a little and get back. I’m ok. It’s just Denerim. Just Denerim. Not far.”

Solas wondered exactly how much time it would have passed since seeing her crying -or her brother, but Dorian was much more private when it came to feelings- would have stopped feeling like someone was stabbing him. She was grown, almost an adult, taking decisions for herself not caring for what everyone think, and yet, when she cried she got back at being a little child, alone in an orphanage. So, he sat beside here and opened his arm in a silent invitation she was quick to accept, in spite of everything, in spite of the fact that they quarreled fiercely but yesterday. She threw herself at him and hugged him, crying on his shoulder as if nothing happened. He sighed, hugging her back and caressing her hair, letting her spill everything out.

“It’s gonna be ok.”

“I know.”

She didn’t sound convinced, and Solas didn’t push the topic further, just offering support.

Five minutes later, the very object of the current drama opened the back door, peeking in with a distressed expression on his face, calling aloud.

“Ash?”

Solas felt the very same becoming rigid in his hold, her breath catching. Hiding them won’t work, he supposed, and as avoidant she was until she had her thoughts collected… Maybe she wouldn’t have reacted badly in him choosing for her.

“Here. We need five minutes, if you want to talk.” He told Cullen directly, and he nodded, mortified as a cat left under the rain. “Go up, boy, it’s ok.”

He hesitated, trying to say something, but thinking better of it, before slowly padding his way to the living room and the stairs, a hand rubbing the back of his neck. Aisling, on her own, didn’t move. She didn’t move in the next minute as he knew she wouldn’t have.

“Go up and talk to him.”

“I don’t want to. Not now. You-”

“Listen to me.” He stopped her, pushing her away enough so he could look at her face. He cupped her cheek, rubbing fat tears away with his thumbs, ignoring the annoyance when he took off some of that horrible blue eye pencil she had used. “You can stay here and cry your heart out and avoid this conversation for this evening, for tomorrow and for the next weeks. That’s fine, if you don’t want to, you can be sad and angry at him, all you like. But if you don’t, da’len… You’ll just waste time you could spend together. Go up, talk to him, tell him you’re sad. Cry now and tomorrow you’ll go all together for a swim in the lake and have a good time. You still have time until he leaves, don’t waste it because you’re afraid of a conversation. You’ll regret not talking to him now, believe me.”

He smiled, waiting for his words to sink in. Telling them the truth had been scary, but Varric was right: it paid off. She knew why and whence these words came from, and knew the truth. Slowly, she melted, blinking away some more tears and sniffing aloud.

“I can’t go to the lake, I’m still grounded.” She complained, whining.

“Well, seen the situation…” He sighed, faking some regret he didn’t really feel. She didn’t need to know how much she had him wrapped on her little finger for real. “…I think you may be un-grounded. If you promise me that you’ll be on your best behaviour and won’t get any more tattoos.”

“Well I’m not getting a Vallas-”

“Any kind of tattoo, ok? Even not-Vallaslin.”

“Ok.” She smiled, shily.

“Deal, then. Best behaviour on my standards.”

He specified, knowing full well that she would have taken that loop to get out of the accord. She giggled waterily and nodded, bending forward and smacking a kiss on his cheek.

“Deal. Thank you babae.”

“Don’t mention it. It’s going to be all right.”

She nodded, not so convinced, and hugged him once more before standing up and, with a deep breath, walking towards the stairs somewhat rigidly. She didn’t bother to turn on the light, and before she disappeared behind the archway that led to the living-room, Solas called her back.

“Aisling.”

“Yes?”

“Door open.”

“BABAE.”

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Aisling slipped in her room on tiptoes, standing on the threshold and hiding behind the door for a minute, heart beating wishing to just turn back, run away, don’t listen to Solas and hide in the bushes until the lessons started in autumn. She didn’t want to have that conversation, because it wasn’t a conversation she ever planned on having: in her mind, they would all have three have been accepted in Redcliffe and then… She would have had three years to think of a “then”.

And still, the “then” arrived and fell upon her, and the more she thought she didn’t want to cry, she had promised, the more she felt tears pricking on her eyes, as she looked at Cullen’s back, nervously shifting through her cds. The way he always did when he was nervous and needed to find something to occupy himself with.

… The way he always did when they talked of university and she had asked him about what he wanted to do.

Because he knew.

She cleared her throat, and he jumped on the spot, startled. The album he had in his hand fell on the ground, case opening and letting the cd out.

“S-sorry!” He fumbled, and they both crouched down to pick it up.

“It’s nothing…” She looked which cd it was: Dream Theatre. “… It isn’t a good one. Don’t mind it.”

He hummed in affirmation and nodded, waiting for her to put the cd back in the case and closing it. The silence was tense and gloomy, in a way it has never been between them. Not even once, not even when they quarrelled over something. Aisling hated it and she sat on the ground, turning the case around as she tried not to cry, with failing results.

“Shit, I- Ah, I’m sorry, I’ll… I’ll buy it back, I-”

“It’s not for the cd.” She stopped him.

He fell back on his butt as well, back resting on her bookshelf and slouched down forward. So curved, he didn’t seem all that taller than her.

“I-I’m sorry.” She went on, rubbing her eyes angrily with the heels of her hand. “I… I won’t cry starting tomorrow. Leave me this evening and I’ll be fine and smile and laugh, ok? J-just this evening. I’m sorry, I’ll stay up here, you get down and enjoy the party.”

“I am sorry, Ash.”

“Why for. Don’t be.”

“I wanted to tell you, I swear, but…”

She sniffed, still not looking at him, eyes closed as her eyes rubbed away tears, trying to be as quiet in it as possible. Trying to stop didn’t work, so she just let the tears flow as he collected his words.

“… I didn’t want to make you sad.”

She knew the answer and the explanation before he made it. She knew him like the back of her hand, and he her. She nodded and laughed, waterily.

“You’re leaving. Of course, I’m sad. Who’ll protect you from bullies?”

He snorted, at that, pushing on her calf with his foot, delicately in reproach.

“I don’t need you to protect me from bullies anymore.”

“You say that, now. They’ll know of your insane love for Ed Sheeran and you’ll want me there to punch their noses.”

“Will you even reach?”

Her turn to kick his calf playfully, which made him laugh.

“I’ll get a ladder.”

She giggled as well, leaving her foot against the rough texture of his jeans. He let her, and they stay there, looking down at the carpet, without saying anything. From the open window could be heard laughter and merriment from the backyard, the party going on without them, still not enough to fill the heavy silence. It felt final but it wasn’t: they still had weeks since he left, and they had plans even before they knew -now more plans, since she was apparently un-grounded. She shouldn’t feel like it was the ending page of a book, but she did. She wondered if she should tell him something, and what that she hadn’t already. 12 years of friendship and being in close contact almost daily left her without much unsaid that didn’t feel redundant. Still, she felt like she had to tell him something. Something that wasn’t deflecting from what she really felt. It felt too raw, tho, too close for comfort and… And maybe too much. Because honestly she didn’t exactly know how she felt.

“Why military academy?” She asked, instead. “You like history… Why not History?”

He sighed, deeply, sliding his bottom forward and crossing his hands on his belly, looking up at the ceiling, legs long before him, and crossed one ankle over the other. She absent-mindedly turn to lean her legs on his calves, needing the contact even if he furrowed minutely at it and seemed to get more rigid than before.

“I like history, but… With all that’s happening, with the Circles coming back and the situation growing tenser… I don’t know, I want to help.”

“You could help with-”

“I’m not an academic, Ash. I… I like the anecdotes, but I can’t see myself researching forever, my nose stuck in a book. I like the anecdotes, but those alone won’t help many people on their own…”

“… You sound like babae, now.”

“Well, he’s right.” He snorted.

“You could write. Get into television, speak up.”

“Not my style. Can you see me speaking to a public and riling up a crowd?” He peeked up, with a lopsided smile.

She couldn’t but shake her head, looking down as the realization that no, he would actually be terrible at it, start fumbling after three words and not bring his point across. He hated public speaking. The thought made her want to cry more, since she was running out of reasons to make him stay.

“I want to protect people. Other mages like you and Dorian, not just you when Raleigh calls you freaks.”

“He doesn’t-”

Another eyebrow raised at her, in silence, without the smile tho. She thought about it, and realized that, indeed, Samson hadn’t told them a single word in the last year… Just when Cullen was around. The slurs have been there, but just when they were alone.

“… How long-”

“September.”

“… The black eye wasn’t for football, then?”

“No, it wasn’t.”

He didn’t need to say much else. Aisling cried more: she had believed it without asking, and hadn’t questioned further. Hadn’t noticed anything. She felt stupid, and felt her heart clenching at the idea of the next year without him. Yes, Dorian would have been there but…

“I will miss you. A lot.” She sobbed, and she couldn’t stop, this time, covering her face with both hands. She didn’t know how to word it better, and the lack of words and definitions made her cry even more. She wished this was another math problem: math was simple, math was black and white, there was a correct answer for everything, you just had to think about it better. Here, there wasn’t anything right or wrong, no number to calculate to magically stop crying.

It was also true, tho, that math couldn’t bend forward, fumbling even more, and hug you tight, holding you as you cry, and crying as well.

“It’s just Denerim, Lavellan, I’m not going to war.”

“It’s three hours of train away.”

“We have cellphones, I’ll be just a phonecall away...”

“You hate them! You always forget to answer to messages!” She complained against his shoulder, unwinding her arms to hug him back.

“I’ll make an effort, I promise, just… Please, don’t cry.”

“Look who’s talking…”

In spite of everything they laughed, both crying in earnest nonetheless. They stayed there for a while, just unwinding. He promised her he would have called, again, and she believed him. She wanted to believe him, and so she did.

Luckily, no one commented of their absence, when eventually they got back down, eyes red and puffy and not really wanting to party. Dorian hugged Cullen as well, joking about it as they sat down, as per their usual, on a bench, cuddled all three together and just watching the rest of the party pass by. The next day was for stopping moping around and enjoy the summer, and they all would have put extra effort in having the most fun together. A last summer of freedom, some last weeks of being inseparable and have their parents joke about them and call them the three musketeers.

Some last weeks when no one was just a phone call away.

But now, it was for feeling things and crying, and pretending they were all crying because Raina couldn’t, for the love of her, reach the higher notes of Dancing Queen.

#dadwolf au #dragon age #cullavellan #da fic #cullen rutherford #solas #writing petrel #fic

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