#lane gets turned into a sailor in this au | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

chrancecriber · 11 months

Text

Chilltrax (May 27, 2023)

23:56 Forty Cats & Arentis - Zen 23:53 Cannons - Loving You 23:47 Cubicolor - Wake Me Up 23:44 Jimpster & Oliver Night - Ascension 23:39 Sons Of Maria - It Takes So Long 23:34 Boerd - Blind 23:34 C H I L L T R A X - Magnifyingglasssogood4u 23:30 Monolink - Turning Away (Parra For Cuva Remix) 23:26 Leisure Feat. Muroki - Summer Season 23:22 Jones Meadow - Fences 23:17 A.m.r - Sailor's Cry 23:17 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Moon Boots 23:12 Alison Goldfrapp - The Beat Divine 23:09 Dreem - Miles Away 23:05 53 Thieves - Lyd 23:00 Northern Form - Mend 22:56 Edapollo Feat. Kendl - Afterglow 22:51 Xixi Feat. Kwesi - Close To U 22:47 Blonde Maze - Something Familiar 22:42 Zaven - Voliere Amplitude 22:38 Sg Lewis - Lifetime 22:34 Telepopmusik, Juicy Cola - Breathe (Juicy Cola Remix) 22:34 C H I L L T R A X - Escape 2 Music 22:30 Odsen - Retrospective 22:25 Steven Weston Feat. Tae - Same Dream 22:21 Cri - Stranger 22:15 Leaving Laurel - There Is Beauty When You Allow Yourself To See 22:15 C H I L L T R A X - Slurry Toh 22:11 Farius - A Big Life (Sound Quelle Remix) 22:07 Sebastian Davidson - Nomads 22:04 Giants' Nest - Heart Void 22:01 Elderbrook - All My Love 22:01 C H I L L T R A X - Retsyn 21:57 Alampa - Playoff 21:53 Feiertag Feat. Tessa Rose Jackson, Oli Hannaford - Yearn 21:49 Pines Feat. Fractures - Rewrite The Ending 21:44 Volen Sentir & Makebo - Into The Stars 21:40 Rufus Du Sol - Hypnotised 21:40 C H I L L T R A X - Valante Io Toh 21:37 Vandelux - All I've Ever Known 21:32 Royksopp Feat. Astrid S - Let's Get It Right 21:27 Two Lanes - Reflections (Il Lo Remix) 21:23 Everything But The Girl - Forever 21:19 Wassu & Mimi Page - Within Me 21:19 C H I L L T R A X - Backward Rvb Where World Comes 21:16 Flexible Fire - Amatista 21:11 Bonobo Feat. Jordan Rakei - Shadows 21:06 Booka Shade & Satin Jackets - Fusion Royale 21:03 Sultan Shepard - Sirens 20:59 Cannons - Fire For You 20:53 Sons Of Maria - Close To Me 20:49 Chill Cole - Liquid Life 20:45 Andrew Nagy & Joel Winterflood - Little To None 20:42 Jones Meadow & Clara Mendes - Em Baixo 20:37 Be Svendsen - Day 3 20:37 C H I L L T R A X - Take Me Away! 20:32 Nicholas Gunn & Alina Renae - Angel Eyes 20:28 Otr Feat. Au/ra - Broken (Rac Mix) 20:23 Blank & Jones - Floatation 20:20 Blonde Maze - When You Move 20:16 Cinnamon Chasers - Surviving The Fire 20:15 C H I L L T R A X - Worldschilloutchannnel Orbit 20:10 Dim Kelly - Nocturna Animal 20:07 Fløa (Floa) - Pictures Of You 20:04 Shallou - Heartaches 19:59 Il:lo - Cynnes 19:56 Tep No & Noak Hellsing - I Won’t Need You 19:51 Odesza Feat. Olafur Arnalds - Light Of Day (Parra For Cuva Remix) 19:51 C H I L L T R A X - Chill Out Chilltrax 19:46 Alan Cerra - Radiant 19:41 Eli & Fur - Better In The Dark 19:38 Drama - Dark Rain 19:34 Passenger 10 - Voices In Her Head 19:31 Melosense - Nous 19:26 Christine And The Queens - Tilted (Paradis Remix) 19:26 C H I L L T R A X - Tcc Warm And Tender Ocean 19:22 Jako Diaz & Leyet - Only You 19:18 Kelela - Contact 19:14 Tomb - Unbound 19:10 Faodail & Plya - Strangers Gone Missing 19:10 C H I L L T R A X - Glitchy Toh 19:06 Feiertag - Didn't Know Why (You Lost Your Soul) 19:02 Cahelo - Bananaquit (Mass Digital Extended Remix) 18:58 Leisure - Be With You 18:54 Elderbrook - The End 18:51 Duckmaw - Habits 18:45 Max Cooper - A Model Of Reality (Tor Remix) 18:41 Darius & Amaria - Faded 18:37 Palladian - Zagara 18:33 Attom & Kwesi - Rogue 18:27 Zero 7 - On My Own 18:27 C H I L L T R A X - Cleanliness Don't You Agree 18:24 Holen - Breathe 18:20 Satin Jackets Feat. Tailor - Somewhere In Paradise 18:16 Tagavaka - Oxygen 18:12 Lar - Collide (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix) 18:12 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Freesound 18:07 Sons Of Maria - Are You 18:03 Jan Blomqvist & Malou - Alone 17:59 Eric Hilton Feat. Brian Jackson - Something For Byrd 17:55 The Knocks Feat. Foster The People - All About You (Equal Remix) 17:55 C H I L L T R A X - We Are The Music Makers 17:51 Reel People & Paula - Vibe (Moods Remix) 17:48 Lipless & Blue Noir - Alone 17:42 Rodriguez Jr. Feat. Liset Alea - What Is Real (Deep In The Playa Mix) 17:39 Dex 1200 - Ongea Nami 17:34 Royksopp - Compulsion 17:34 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Cymbal Roll Bass 17:31 Everything But The Girl - Run A Red Light 17:27 Andre Aguado - Through The Night 17:23 Chris Malinchak - Control 17:19 Kx5 & Sofi Tukker - Sacrifice (St Mix) 17:15 Phello - Timelapse 17:15 C H I L L T R A X - Escape The Noise 17:12 Ben Macklin Feat. Emma Brammer - Stay With Me (Fvhm Remix) 17:09 Finding Mero - In Loving Memories 17:05 Emmit Fenn - --amman 17:02 Lp Giobbi Feat. Caroline Byrne - Another Life 16:58 Woven - Brushes 16:54 Avira & Nicholas Gunn - Sensing You 16:51 Aftruu - Falling Asleep 16:45 Shingo Nakamura - Come Closer 16:42 George Fitzgerald & Syml - Mother 16:38 Daniel Avery - Hazel And Gold 16:37 C H I L L T R A X - Something I Should Tell You 16:33 Eli & Fur - Where I Find My Mind 16:30 Cannons - Hurricane 16:26 Rocket Empire - Astoria 16:22 Blonde Maze - Night Light (Hessian Remix) 16:17 R Plus & Faithless Feat. Amelia Fox - It's Enough (The Last High) 16:17 C H I L L T R A X - World Comes To Chilltrax.com 16:13 Satin Jackets - For What We Have 16:08 Alison Goldfrapp - The Beat Divine 16:04 Session Victim - The Pain 16:00 Duckmaw - Distant Worlds 15:57 Lapsley - 32 Floors 15:54 Jones Meadow - Expect 15:54 C H I L L T R A X - Twcc High Standard Of Quality 15:50 Feathervane & Oreonic - Overcast 15:46 Two Lanes - Searching (Ct Fixup Mix) 15:40 Ultraista - Mariella (Zero 7 Remix) 15:35 Darius Feat. Benny Sings - Rise (Darius Remix) 15:32 Dreem - Miles Away 15:27 Parra For Cuva - Paspatou 15:27 C H I L L T R A X - Cool Refreshed Smooth As Can Be 15:22 Arley & Sirolf - One Day 15:17 Deep Sound Effect Feat. Svetlana Voice - Dreaming About You (Dj Aristocrat Remix) 15:14 Approaching Black - Sensitive 15:10 Feiertag Feat. Tessa Rose Jackson - Riptide 15:10 C H I L L T R A X - Slurry Toh 15:07 Sebastian Davidson - Nomads 15:02 Zaven - Voliere Amplitude 14:57 Sons Of Maria - Always 14:52 Ry X & Olafur Arnalds - Colorblind (Whomadewho Remix) 14:47 Morgin Madison & Ryan Lucian - From The Start (Mm Chill Remix) 14:43 Chris Malinchak - When The World Stops Turning (Quiet Mix) 14:39 Billion Watchers - Rainman 14:34 Royksopp Feat. Astrid S - Just Wanted To Know 14:29 Bob Moses - Days Gone By 14:29 C H I L L T R A X - Chilltrax - Chill Out Piano 14:24 Jones Meadow - Fences 14:20 Heard Right & Oracle - There For You 14:15 Boerd - 2far 14:10 Leaving Laurel - There Is Beauty When You Allow Yourself To See 14:10 C H I L L T R A X - Valante Io Toh 14:06 Vandelux - Tulum 14:02 Booka Shade & Satin Jackets - Fusion Royale 13:58 Il:lo - Ink 13:54 Tycho Feat. Rum.gold - Run Away 13:54 C H I L L T R A X - Jimpster 1 13:50 Floa & Phonic Youth - Falling Away 13:45 Royksopp & Susanne Sundfor - Oh, Lover (Nto Remix) 13:41 Pines Feat. Akacia - History 13:37 Farius - Coming Up (Hold On) (Dokho Remix) 13:33 Washed Out - Face Up 13:33 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Dzihan 13:29 Kidnap & Pinkpirate - Things Change 13:24 Mass Digital - Thoughts Of U 13:19 Jean Caillou - Signs 13:16 Cannons - Loving You 13:12 Fabio Vee & Mike D' Jais - Consolation 13:12 C H I L L T R A X - The Chillout Channel, Chilltrax 13:09 Flexible Fire - Amatista 13:05 Shallou & Daya - Older 13:02 Fløa (Floa) - Pictures Of You 12:59 Holen - Not Too Late 12:55 Lapsley - Levitate 12:49 Marsh Feat. Leo Wood - Over And Over 12:46 Chill Cole - Liquid Life 12:42 Olan - Wake And Return (Little Dragon Remix) 12:39 Jones Meadow & Clara Mendes - Em Baixo 12:35 Thievery Corporation - Guidance 12:34 C H I L L T R A X - Wonderful Tan! 12:30 Reel People & Muhsinah - Something New (Kraak & Smaak Remix) 12:27 Eli & Fur - Wild Skies 12:22 Arto - Now You're Gone 12:19 Sebastian Davidson Feat. Lewyn - Second Hand Love 12:15 Khotin & Tess Roby - Fountain, Growth 12:15 C H I L L T R A X - Escape 2 Music 12:10 Electronic Bodyguards - Stronger (Pete Herbert Remix) 12:06 Feiertag - Didn't Know Why (You Lost Your Soul) 12:01 Monolink - Take Me Away 11:58 Pableno - Heights 11:53 Sons Of Maria - Don't Tell Me I Can't Have It 11:49 Chris Malinchak, Kiesza, Malin - Tree 11:49 C H I L L T R A X - Be Svendsen World Comes 11:45 Vintage & Morelli - Once Upon A World 11:42 Alampa - Playoff 11:36 Rüfüs Du Sol - See You Again 11:33 Lost In Pacific & Hanging Valleys - Escape 11:29 Cahelo - Bananaquit (Mass Digital Extended Remix) 11:25 Henry Green - Another Light 11:25 C H I L L T R A X - Take Me Away! 11:20 Steven Weston Feat. Tae - Same Dream 11:16 Eloi El - Stick Together (Blonde Maze Remix) 11:13 Rocket Empire - Lima 11:08 Sofi Tukker - Swing (Mahmut Orhan Remix) 11:08 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Freesound 11:04 Jan Blomqvist & Malou - Alone 11:01 Aftruu - Falling Asleep 10:57 Mango & Cloudcage - More Than This 10:53 Satin Jackets Feat. Mandy Jones - In This Life 10:50 Edapollo - By The River (Faodail Remix) 10:45 Elderbrook - Wasted On You 10:41 Pines Feat. Water Park - Tell Me 10:36 Blank & Jones - Floatation 10:32 Giants' Nest - Crema 10:26 Disclosure Feat. Jamie Woon - January (Finnebassen Remix) 10:26 C H I L L T R A X - Street Life Worlds Cc 10:22 Heard Right & Fløa - Enough 10:18 Everything But The Girl - Forever 10:15 Drama - Don't Hold Back 10:11 Melosense - Nous 10:11 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Cymbal Roll Bass 10:08 Tep No Feat. Starzun - Hold Me 10:05 Lp Giobbi Feat. Caroline Byrne - Another Life 10:01 Sum Wave - Milkyway 09:58 Cannons - Bad Dream 09:58 C H I L L T R A X - Parents Magazine Seal 09:53 Eli & Fur - Better In The Dark 09:49 Sound Quelle Feat. Daniel Robinson - Tempest 09:45 Christian Loffler Feat. Menke - Lys 09:40 Leaving Laurel - The Family We Find 09:36 Tycho - See (Beacon Remix) 09:36 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Moon Boots 09:33 Jako Diaz & Leyet - Only You 09:30 Forester - Saint (Shallou Remix) 09:26 Logic1000 - 21 09:23 Reel People & Paula - Vibe (Moods Remix) 09:17 Nicholas Gunn Feat. Chris Howard - Thought Of You 09:17 C H I L L T R A X - E-chilled-music 09:14 Dreem - Miles Away 09:10 Alampa - Lush Dance 09:05 Alison Goldfrapp - The Beat Divine 09:00 Sons Of Maria - Outbound 08:56 Leisure - Take You Higher (Serebii & Arjuna Oakes Remix) 08:51 Blonde Maze - Being Pulled (Polar Inc. Remix) 08:48 Lar - Collide (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix) 08:44 Nils Hoffmann Feat. Malou - About You 08:40 George Fitzgerald & Syml - Mother 08:36 Rohne - Twelve 08:36 C H I L L T R A X - We Are The Music Makers 08:32 Xixi Feat. Kwesi - Close To U 08:28 Henry Green - Shift (Edapollo Remix) 08:23 Il:lo - Cynnes 08:20 53 Thieves - Waves 08:15 Evelynka - Letting Go 08:15 C H I L L T R A X - Ct The Backward Chillout Channel 08:11 Valante - Vana 08:07 Sebastian Davidson - Nomads 08:04 Faodail & Kakadu - Painting In Shades (Edapollo Remix) 07:59 Fakear - Crystal 07:55 Mansionair & Kim Tee - Next High 07:50 Dj San & Sebastian Moore - In Your Eyes 07:50 C H I L L T R A X - Escape The Noise 07:46 Maxxim - Waterfalls 07:42 Heard Right & Oracle - There For You 07:38 Charles Webster Feat. Shara Nelson - This Is Real 07:34 Kelela - Enough For Love 07:29 Two Lanes - Movement 07:29 C H I L L T R A X - Tcc Warm And Tender Ocean 07:24 Max Cooper - A Model Of Reality (Tor Remix) 07:20 Cannons - Tunnel Of You 07:15 Ghenwa Nemnom - Story Of A Battle (Chris Zippel Remix) 07:11 Diplo Feat. Rhye - Mmxx - Xii 07:11 C H I L L T R A X - Valante Io Toh 07:06 Booka Shade & Satin Jackets - Fusion Royale 07:03 Finding Mero - In Loving Memories 06:59 Alex Hook Feat. Rene - You Showed Me 06:54 Northern Form - Mend 06:50 Jones Meadow - Paint 06:45 Eli & Fur - Where I Find My Mind 06:42 Harvey & Oscuro - You're All I Want 06:37 Palladian - Zagara 06:34 Morcheeba - The Moon (Kutiman Remix - Version B) 06:28 Zero 7 - Destiny 06:28 C H I L L T R A X - Comes To Chill Out 06:23 Emi Ca - Just Breathe 06:19 Alampa - Playoff 06:16 Boerd Feat. Stella Explorer - Before We Drown 06:11 Cahelo - Bananaquit (Mass Digital Extended Remix) 06:11 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Dzihan 06:07 Nightcap - The Two Of Us (We Only Need) 06:04 Fløa (Floa) - Pictures Of You 06:01 Flexible Fire - Marea Turquesa 05:57 Aparde - Know You 05:57 C H I L L T R A X - Magnifyingglasssogood4u 05:53 Kx5 & Sofi Tukker - Sacrifice (St Mix) 05:50 Blonde Maze - Daydream (Otherwise Fine Remix) 05:45 Parra For Cuva Feat. Kyson & Beau Diako - Ordel 05:41 Rocket Empire - Astoria 05:37 Goldfrapp - Moon In Your Mouth 05:37 C H I L L T R A X - Glitchy Toh 05:32 Nicholas Gunn & Alina Renae - Angel Eyes 05:29 Nils Hoffmann Feat. Gordi - No One Else 05:26 Giants' Nest - Flower Burst 05:22 Floa & Phonic Youth - Falling Away 05:18 Che Jose Feat. Jodie Knight - Freedom (Mass Digital Remix Edit) 05:18 C H I L L T R A X - Worldschilloutchannnel Orbit 05:15 Aftruu - Falling Asleep 05:10 Ry X & Olafur Arnalds - Oceans 05:06 Feiertag - Didn't Know Why (You Lost Your Soul) 05:03 Sultan Shepard - Sirens 04:58 Embliss & Lumynesynth - Phases Of The Moon 04:52 Washed Out - Hide (Amtrac Remix) 04:48 Sons Of Maria - It Takes So Long 04:43 Jean Vayat & Evelynka - My Soul 04:39 Two Lanes - Searching (Ct Fixup Mix) 04:36 Melosense - Lost In Gruvv 04:36 C H I L L T R A X - Something I Should Tell You 04:32 Everything But The Girl - Run A Red Light 04:27 Double Touch Feat. Reigan - All I Want 04:22 Volen Sentir & Makebo - Into The Stars 04:18 Above & Beyond & Marty Longstaff - Gratitude (Aname Pm Mix) 04:13 Elderbrook - The End 04:13 C H I L L T R A X - Chill Out Chilltrax 04:10 Elypsis - Open Your Eyes 04:06 Jan Blomqvist & Malou - Alone 04:03 Solomon Grey - Home 04:00 Dex 1200 - Ongea Nami 03:56 Royksopp - Me&youphoria 03:52 Phello - Timelapse 03:52 C H I L L T R A X - Organ The Chillout Channel 03:48 Approaching Black - New Life 03:44 Cannons - Loving You 03:40 Blank & Jones - Alone In This Rhythm (Ben Macklin Remix) 03:36 Satin Jackets & Panama - The Future 03:33 Flexible Fire - Amatista 03:27 Be Svendsen - October Letters (Page 2) 03:27 C H I L L T R A X - Cleanliness Don't You Agree 03:22 Arley & Sirolf - One Day 03:18 Edapollo - Standing There 03:14 Odsen - Retrospective 03:09 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Diana Miro - You 03:09 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Cymbal Roll Bass 03:06 Lp Giobbi Feat. Caroline Byrne - Another Life 03:01 Zaven - Voliere Amplitude 02:58 Zero 7 Feat. Danny Pratt - 400 Blows 02:58 C H I L L T R A X - Toh Moon Boots 02:54 Vandelux - All I've Ever Known 02:49 Mango - Skyline 02:45 Shingo Nakamura - Focus 02:41 Alampa - Playoff 02:37 R Plus & Faithless Feat. Amelia Fox - It's Enough (The Last High) 02:37 C H I L L T R A X - Escape 2 Music 02:31 Leaving Laurel - There Is Beauty When You Allow Yourself To See 02:27 Ross Couch - On Fire (Downtempo Mix) 02:22 Alison Goldfrapp - The Beat Divine 02:17 Eric Hilton Feat. Brian Jackson - Something For Byrd 02:12 Blonde Maze - A Break In Continuity (Forty Cats Remix) 02:08 Ben Bohmer Feat. Jonah - Home 02:05 Chill Cole - Liquid Life 02:00 Chris Malinchak - Saving My Love 01:56 Everything But The Girl - Forever 01:56 C H I L L T R A X - Cool Refreshed Smooth As Can Be 01:52 Kidnap & Pinkpirate - Things Change 01:47 Joy Orbison Feat. Lea Sen - Better 01:42 Billion Watchers - Rainman 01:38 Heard Right Feat. Phoebe Tsen - Pulling Me Under 01:33 Ry X & Olafur Arnalds - Colorblind (Whomadewho Remix) 01:33 C H I L L T R A X - Backward Rvb Where World Comes 01:29 Sao Miguel Feat. Sebastian Reynoso - Hope In Balance (Wisternoff-grant Remix) 01:25 Sebastian Davidson - Nomads 01:21 Two Lanes Feat. Kwesi - Another Time 01:16 Blank & Jones - Floatation 01:12 Tep No - Deep Sin 01:08 Wassu & Mimi Page - Within Me 01:08 C H I L L T R A X - Twcc High Standard Of Quality 01:04 Bonsaye - Kismet 01:01 Reel People & Paula - Vibe (Moods Remix) 00:56 Zhu & Yuna - Sky Is Crying 00:53 Odesza Feat. Maro - Better Now 00:50 Lar - Collide (Jody Wisternoff & James Grant Remix) 00:45 Rhye - Feel Your Weight (Poolside Remix) 00:45 C H I L L T R A X - We Are The Music Makers 00:39 Steven Weston Feat. Tae - Same Dream 00:36 Boerd Feat. Stella Explorer - Another Life 00:32 Rocket Empire - Lima 00:28 Tsha - I Know 00:28 C H I L L T R A X - Valante Io Toh 00:23 Booka Shade & Satin Jackets - Fusion Royale 00:18 Cahelo - Bananaquit (Mass Digital Extended Remix) 00:14 Flume Feat. Emma Louise - Hollow (Logic1000 Remix) 00:10 Khotin & Tess Roby - Fountain, Growth 00:07 Giants' Nest - Storm Trap 00:02 Morgin Madison & Ryan Lucian - From The Start (Mm Chill Remix)

#Chilltrax #Chillout #Lounge #Downtempo #Ambient #Trance #Deep House #2023 #May 2023

0 notes

winchest09 · 2 years

Text

What’s On Patreon? (Feb Edition)

SERIES:

Pairing: AU!Dean Winchester x F!Reader

Summary: Y/N was different from the rest; living in a quaint lakehouse, on the edge of one of the most rich and prosperous towns in America. She was surrounded with the elite, the wealthy and people who never took responsibility for their actions. Money gave them everything, while in turn, it had taken something from her. In result, she kept her distance, never wanting to get involved with high society, until one fateful night changed her life…forever.

Tumblr Status: Posting every Friday. Part 2 (Chapter 1) available now.

Patreon Status: Five weeks ahead. Part 7 dropping Friday 4th.

Pairing: Daddy!Mechanic!Dean Winchester x F!Reader

Summary: Dean Winchester is a family man. He is happily married, living with his wife and their only daughter; Adeline. They are his entire world. So when his little girl comes bursting through the door unhappy, and convinced she will never find love again, his reassurance inadvertently takes them both on a trip down his memory lane. All in a bid to convince her that when it’s real, you’ll know.

Tumblr Status: Posting each Tuesday, up to Chapter 10/12 available now.

Patreon Status: Completed

LOOK WHAT’S MAKING A COMEBACK!

Pairing: Sailor!Dean Winchester x F!Reader

Summary: Y/N was never a big fan of sailors, so when a ship full of them dock at the harbor in her town, she’s anything but happy. However, there is one in particular that is determined to prove to her that not all men of the sea are the same, and dedicates each day of his shore leave to the task of changing her mind. Will the green eyed sailor prove his point, or hers?

Tumblr Status: Will return on 8th March 2021.

Patreon Status: New chapter every Tuesday, starting 8th February.

A/N: With When You Know completed, I needed a series to replace it. I held a vote with 5 possible fictions that could take it’s place. Hello Sailor won by a landslide. Sailor Dean will be coming back to the harbor very soon!

ONESHOTS AND MORE:

Without clogging up your feed, here is what else is available:

- Exclusive Patreon Oneshots (Requests)

- Exclusive Patreon Commissioned Series - Dean x Reader/ Sam x reader (2 chapters posting this month)

- Endverse Dean / Daddy!Dean / Dom!Dean / AU!Dean (All works ready to be posted)

- Plus audiobooks of fanfiction!

ANYTHING ELSE?

Maybe just a smidge.

I have made the decision that going forward, my patrons will decided what series comes next. I want to give you guys what YOU want to read. So, as I post two series a week, I have given my readers full reign over what series gets posted on a Tuesday.

Once that series starts coming to an end, I will place another poll on my patreon page with another FIVE series ideas I have waiting to go.

Judging by my calculations, the next vote will be in March!

Wanna have your say too? My lowest tier is only $2.50!

If you fancy coming and joining me over there, you can get:

- Access to first looks at my writing and exclusive fictions for $2.50

- Access to all audiobooks and my writing for $3

- Get a personalised oneshot, written by me or audiobook up to 3k words for $7

- Get a personalised oneshot, written by me or audiobook over 3k words for $12

- Get a series commissioned, 1-2 chapters a month or one Chapter of your series as an audiobook for $15

Want me to write you a story? Get ahead with my writing? Lose yourself in fanfiction worlds with effects and music?

Then come on over HERE!

#winchest09's patreon #supernatural fanfiction #dean winchester #sam winchester #dean winchester x reader #sam winchester x reader #coming soon #spn fic #spn family #supernatural audiobooks #fanfiction audiobooks

30 notes · View notes

the-bat-collector · 3 years

Text

SUPERBAT Rec List!! AU NO POWERS ish PART 1

I love NO POWERS NO CAPES AUs but its been so hard to find them!! so decided to make this list to help y’all in your search :D

The length varies, but I prefer long fics so most of these are 10-20k up to 200k

Heart and Soul by Pandamomochan

E - 150,044

Clark Kent used to be a renowned composer who was said to be able to write masterpieces that were designed uniquely for each individual player. Famous musicians around the world would flock to him in hopes that he would write for them because his pieces were always said to bring out any player's crowning performance. That is, until one day Clark loses his wife in a tragic accident and decides never to write again.

Years later, Clark's son, Jon, gets admitted to the famous "Gotham School of Performing Arts". It is there that Clark meets Bruce Wayne, a strict, uptight, by the book piano instructor who is said to be able to craft the best musicians around the world.

this is one of my favorites. I'm not really into Hurt/Comfort but this is so beautiful!! highly recommended I'm biased cause I play the piano

Seeing Bruce Wayne by Evilpixie

E - 15,089

Clark Kent is the only male midwife working in Metropolis General. Bruce Wayne the residential pediatric surgeon.

I'm so into medicine/doctor AUs this is also one of my favorite fics!if you have to pick one from this list, pick this one!!!

On The Cusp by vesper_house

E - 47,378

Clark's life isn't going so well. He's in his thirties, he works at a coffee shop run by his old crush, his journalism career is going nowhere, and he's broke. It takes only one tall, dark and handsome stranger to change everything.

COFFE SHOP AU COFFESHOP AU!! We need more of these, the dynamic between Bruce and Clark is Great!!!!

A Game You Can't Win by NightFoliage

T - 78,328

Injustice is the hottest MMORPGs available to play! Set in a world where superpowers exist, players can become civilians, heroes, villains, and anybody in-between. Designed by Hiro “Toyman” Okamura, and Timothy Drake-Wayne, Injustice was created with the best Wayne Industries technology available and has the most human NPCs. The game is beyond it's time and is planned to be at the top of the charts for a while.

By accident, Clark finds himself pushed into the spotlight and new found fame. To him, Let’s Plays are a means to stay in touch with friends and to make money. He never got into LPing to become famous.

Bruce, who funded the game after Jason’s accident, is irritated (not jealous) that a video game player is such a big topic among the kids. After the nth time they mention him, Bruce decides to take matters into his own hands and see what all the fuss is about.

link to art

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUPERBAT FICS OUT THERE!!!!!! this is great and fun and Clark is the best!

As We Grow by butterflyslinky

E - 23,451

Clark Kent is a farmer deep in debt to Lex Luthor.

Bruce Wayne is a billionaire with seven children and no luck in love.

But their families have a scheme to get them together and hopefully make life a little bit better.

Modern Medicine by BuckinghamAlice

G - 5,208

Pediatrician Dr. Clark Kent becomes beloved to his patients, the Wayne boys... as well as to their doting father Bruce.

ABSOLUTELY lovely and adorable, you get the feels!

Hellooooo, nurse! by weirdraccoon INCOMPLETE WIP

T - ?????

Clark enjoys his job at the Free Clinic. He loves helping people and tending injuries. Saving lives. But this man... Bruce Wayne is going to kill him if he doesn't get killed first.

Bruce is still Batman on this one but HERE ME OUT, Clark is a nurse! is incomplete but looking forward to the following chapters!!

Two Cities by EllenD

E - 96,152

Clark Kent, is simply Clark Kent, junior reporter for the Daily Planet who moved to Metropolis from Smallville with big dreams. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire playboy from Gotham, who also happens to be Batman. They meet, date, and fall in love, though not without hurdles because mild-mannered Clark is also socially awkward as heck. But when the most dangerous criminals in Gotham are gunning for Batman, Clark gets caught in the middle of it all. (He's basically Batman's Lois Lane) Meant to be set in the Dawn of Justice movie universe, but also draws inspiration from video games, comics, and those awesome Batman cartoons.

This is part of a series, but this is the main fic of it. Love this trope of Clark is just a civilian and Bruce is Batman. Warning this fic does contain disturbing topics so read the tags.

Here Comes the Sun by batsy_rocks

T - 18,815

Clark Kent is a kind-hearted reporter working in the big city. Bruce Wayne is a stressed dad of four with no idea of what he's doing.

Then they meet.

Seasons of Love by littlechinesedoll

G - 4,603

Clark Kent took over that farm at the edge of the Town of Smallville. He likes Smallville's resident doctor, Bruce Wayne.

The best gifts for Bruce are ginger ale, salad, coffee, and any kind of flowers. He hates gems, and bars of copper, silver, and gold.

Petals and Ink by drunkraiinbow

T - 12,976

With a new kid joining the family, Bruce tries a new tattoo artist to continue the tradition of adding them to his sleeve, but he won't trust just any artist. Clark manages to win him over with his incredible talent and his farm-boy friendly demeanor, and he may even have begun to win Bruce's heart. However, Clark might have a few things to learn first.

FLOWER SHOP TATTOO PARLOUR AU! what else is there to say, this is extremely cute and a fast read! :D

Faceless Killer by Batsymomma11

E - 51,519

Detective Bruce Wayne from the GCPD and detective Clark Kent from the MPD have been asked to create a joint task force in an effort to catch the John Doe Killer that has been ravaging their sister-cities. Aside from their long-standing animosity towards one another, it should be a breeze to work together. Besides, lives depend on them getting along.

They never expected they'd trip headlong into a romantic entanglement that feels a lot more serious than even the killer they're chasing.

The Tailor by maderi

E - 16,026

When Clark is assigned to cover the Wayne gala, he finds himself in need of a professionally tailored suit. His tailor though is drop dead gorgeous, which brings up a lot of awkward situations during their appointments.

Heroes of the Squared Circle by Mithen

M - 226,687

They've gone by many names: Billionaire Brucie, Country Clark, the Kryptonian, the Dark Knight. But no matter what their stage names are, one thing has always been true: Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are the world's finest wrestlers.

Six's a crowd by Untoward INCOMPLETE/ABANDONED

G - 10,133

When Alfred has to make an emergency trip back to England, Bruce soon finds out he can't manage running a business and taking care of six kids all alone.

He turns to a nanny agency for help, and is astonished when he finds Clark Kent, who seems like he can handle anything.

Clark not only can take care of the kids incredibly well but seems to be breaking Bruce's walls down rather well too.

After Hours by ????

E - 3,175

At the end of a long semester Clark can't hide his attraction to Professor Wayne any longer. Grad School AU.

This is practically a one-shot, not really my type of fic but worth adding!! Haven't come across this professor trope in Superbat so if you got any recs, send them my way!

Wings and Fangs by DanielleN3

E - 17,224

Clark thought he could never fall in love with anyone, especially not after being alone for such a long time… but all of that changes when he encounters a sexy vampire in Gotham.

TECHNICALLY they both have powers in this one but there are soooo different from cannon that I think this fic still qualifies for this list

thirteen by CapnWinghead

T - 22,890

Drowning in student loans, Clark Kent takes a summer job as the Wayne family nanny.

OKAY. so this is not entirely NO POWERS, but I mean Clark is a NANNY so this is great! TRUST ME

Kiss me, take my breath away by J_Jubilee

E - 37,934

There were legends about Gotham Reef. Legends that said it was haunted by a beast of foul temper. Stories told of a ravenous sea beast that feasted on the flesh of men, and was said to be more hideous than Satan himself. Others told of a woman with eyes that glowed like gold to lead sailors to their death. Some even spoke of a witch that cursed men and wreck their ships, taking all their treasures with it. When Clark’s catamaran is wrecked by a terrible storm, he learns that the stories were oh so far from true.

Baby Bats by AlmondRose

G - 4,003

this is a short series of adorable and simple domestic fluff

------

Haven't read this one but heeey the art is sooo pretty soo decided to add it anyways

Dragon Heart by Hells Angel 921

T - 27,660

Kal wants to make up for his past.

Bruce tries to move on with his future.

They eventually meet in the middle.

link to art

I didn't know that Dragon/DragonSlayer was a thing but hey... apparently it is, so here it is.

----------------------

---------------------

hehe and so my rant ends here! let me know if you know fics that fit any of these tropes! I’m all ears

181 notes · View notes

silverhallow · 2 years

Note

In your Wildest Dreams AU, Ben rides a motorcycle (apologies if this gets too sad but for some reason my brain just went there) - is Sophie ever involved in an accident/get hurt while on the bike?

haha it's fine, don't worry about it, my brain regularly goes there.

I had considered writing this but as the Motorbikes are a connection to Ben's father, and the thing he used to do with him in the garage when they weren't outside, I didn't want to ruin it for them.

there was a close call when if it wasn't for Ben's quick thinking and reactions, they would have ended up in the back of a tractor on the way to My Cottage when a bloke decided to just pull out in front of them from a country lane without stopping.

Benedict's never heard Sophie swear as much in his life...

(oh look, a little drabble at less than 1000 words hahaha)

It had been a really easy journey, it was just a weekend away and Sophie had begged him to take the motorbike, they had clothes and they had everything they needed at their cottage and in the end it didn't take much begging... he wanted a weekend away as much as she did.

So when Sophie finished work on the Friday lunchtime (the perks of being the boss), she changed into her motorcycle gear, made her way through the Bridgerton Enterprise's offices and met her fiancée at the front steps, his helmet resting in his lap as he sat on the bike, his hair floppy from the helmet, contacts on and looking like a modern day prince charming "Hey beautiful" he said, completely unaware of the women, and men, staring at him.

His smile wide and radiant as Sophie practically skipped down the steps and reached the bike, tiptoeing up to give him a searing kiss. "Hey yourself" she grinned

"ready to go?” he asked her with a lopsided smile.

“Always” she grinned, jamming her helmet onto her head with an eagerness that made Benedict chuckle, wondering if she would ever get over the excitement of being on the motorbike. He hoped not.

He held his hand out and Sophie climbed onto the bike, wrapping her arms around his waist, and holding on as the Motorbike roared into life and they were away.

London on a Motorbike was easy, he was able to drive directly down the middle of the traffic and soon they were out of the smog and the polluted air and both instantly felt relaxed.

The country did that to them.

They were country people at heart but they loved their family, they wanted to be close to their family and their jobs were based in London and so London is where they would stay.

As they moved further away from the urban surroundings and closer to the green and picturesque setting of their country escape, it was like all their troubles and problems and stresses melted away.

It had been an easy journey and they were but two miles away from their Cottage, just a left turn…

“FUCK” Benedict cried as he gave the bike a sudden jerking movement, thankfully he was the most careful driver out of all the Bridgerton’s, his years on a motorbike had meant he had learned to read the road better than any of his siblings and sensed danger…

He had slowed down, thankfully, as they came towards a bend with an enclosed entrance and he had never been so pleased he had, as the moment they rounded the corner, a tractor pulled out of the cut.

Completely ignoring the GIVE WAY sign at the entrance and had come straight over their side of the road and if he hadn’t have slowed down and swerved, nearly upending the bike into the hedgerow, they would have plowed straight into it and that was a fight that they would not have walked away from.

His heart in his mouth he pulled the bike to a stop, not after tooting the horn on his bike, flashing the lights, swearing with his fingers and verbally but he had to stop, he was shaking too much and he turned around and all he could hear was a stream of invectives coming from his petite and usually polite fiancée that would have made a sailor blush as she pulled her helmet off.

Fury like he had never seen it before in her eyes, her face flush with red hot anger “what the fuck was he doing, what an absolute fucking wanker! He could have killed us!” she screeched, her own body shaking.

“Soph…” Benedict said pulling his own helmet off but she was off on a rant and tangent about road safety, about responsible drivers, about how he needed glasses “SOPH” he said putting his hands on her arms and shaking her. “Are you alright??”

“What… yes, i’m furious but i’m fine… are you alright?” she said, looking at him, his slightly pale face

“Yeah that was just… a bit…”

“Too close for comfort?” she added.

Benedict swallowed and Sophie leaned forward and kissed him softly. “Thanks to your quick thinking we are fine… now, we shall sit for a moment or two then we will head to our cottage, we are but a few minutes away are we not? We shall not let that tosser ruin our weekend…” she said, her head turning to look at the sign at the farm

“Soph… you are not going to go to the farm and shout at the farmer” he said

“Well I can’t at this very moment, he is not at home…” she said

“You are not going to later on…” he said

“I could…” she said

“I assure you darling, you are going to be far too busy to do that… and i plan on making us both forget this incident as soon as we get to the cottage”

Sophie smirked wickedly “promises, promises”

“Promises I fully intend on delivering” he said, his own eyes devilish and wicked.

Promises he did deliver on and as they drove back that way on Sunday afternoon, Sophie had quite forgotten she wanted to go give that farmer a piece of her mind.

#bridgerton enterprise au #bridgerton enterprise au deleted scene #ash's asks #benedict bridgerton #bridgerton #sophie beckett #ask ash #ash’s asks and answers #ash’s asks #benedict x sophie #benophie

3 notes · View notes

destieltropecollection · 4 years

Photo

Destiel Trope Collection Day 18: Magical Realism

Runs in the Family | @deansrightfulangerissue

Rating: General Word Count: 1497 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe, Fluff, Kid Fic Summary: Dean's new boyfriend, Cas, has been wary about him meeting his child, Claire. Dean gets it, they've only been seeing each other for a few weeks. What Dean doesn't know is that Cas might have more reasons for worry than just a premature attachment.

The Magic of Mistletoes | @Destielshipper4Cas

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1610 Main Tags/Warnings: Witch Cas, First Kiss, Fluff, Christmas Fluff Summary: Dean has been coming to Cas’ witch shop for a while now. (Not because of the pretty owner, but to buy things he needed for a hunt, of course. That was the official version, in any case.) When Christmas time rolls around, and an enchanted mistletoe appears in the shop, will Dean get up the courage to act on the magical bond that is forming between them?

secret of the sea | @saltnhalo

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 2465 Main Tags/Warnings: Creature Castiel (Supernatural), Selkie Castiel (Supernatural), Kid Dean Winchester, Kid Castiel (Supernatural), First Meetings, Injured Castiel (Supernatural) Summary: Dean is ten years old when he finds the injured seal, exhausted and adrift in the moonlit ocean.

Memory Lane | @thebloggerbloggerfun

Rating: General Word Count: 4421 Main Tags/Warnings: Witch!Castiel, Love Confessions, Cursed!Dean Summary: Dean's best friend Castiel is a genuine, bonafide witch with potions and magic spells to prove it. You'd think he'd have learned by now to be more careful around Castiel's things.

A Different Kind of Magic | @thebloggerbloggerfun

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 4775 Main Tags/Warnings: Cursed!Dean, Witch!Castiel, Shop owner!Castiel, Summary: Castiel is a witch that prides himself on his healing spells and Dean is that one customer that keeps coming into his shop with a different illness that needs curing. - Castiel looked up and raised an eyebrow. “Well, Dean, you’ve been cursed.” Dean’s eyes widened at the buzzword. “Cursed? What do you mean?” Castiel looked at him sympathetically as he pulled out a small, square bottle. “You either made a witch very angry or made someone that knows a witch very angry.”

A Sacrifice Worth Keeping | @saltnhalo

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 5151 Main Tags/Warnings: Pagan Gods, Pagan God Castiel, Sacrifice Dean Winchester, Explicit Sexual Content, Sex God Castiel, Bottom Dean Winchester, Top Castiel, Tattoos, Light Bondage, Dom/sub Undertones Summary: The sun rises over the treetops and touches Dean’s face, and still, he waits. The villagers have retreated back to the village to pray, allowing the god his privacy, and it is just Dean out here now. He closes his eyes, tips his face up towards the sun and allows its rays to caress his skin, knowing full well that it could be for the last time. When he opens them again, there is a man standing in front of him.

Into the Dark | @nickelkeep

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 7092 Main Tags/Warnings: AU - Creatures & Monsters, AU - Modern with Magic, Witch!Castiel, Cambion!Dean, Summary: Castiel looked at Dean's hand and started towards taking it before realizing what was in front of him. ""How did you get in here?"" ""Little bit of B and E. Nothing's broken. I promise."" Dean smiled, and Castiel found himself enchanted a little. But not that much. ""This place is warded against Demons."" Castiel turned his head back towards Sam and focused on him. ""How did not just one, but two of you get in here?""

Flowers in the Snow | @MsJojo96

Rating: Mature Word Count: 8141 Main Tags/Warnings: Witch, witch!cas, barista!cas, familiar, au, alternate universe, destiel Summary: Dean did not plan his christmas to be this way. Snowed in with a total stranger and his two creepy cats. But destiny has a funny way of bringing people together, especially when one of the two people has it's hands in the bowl.

Stone Bline Love | @nickelkeep

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 8823 Main Tags/Warnings: AU - Modern with Magic, AU - Creatures and Monsters, Blind!Dean, Demigod!Dean, Gorgon!Cas Summary: In modern society, creatures are accepted among humans - assuming that the creature can pass as human. Enter Cas, a Gorgon who moved to the city to get away from his judgmental clan, only to find himself judged for the crimes of the ancient past. With the help of a Siren named Charlie, Cas finds home, and a handsome Demigod named Dean.

Burn Out this Love | @spnsmile

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 9389 Main Tags/Warnings: NonCon, Curses, Dubcon, fluff, Romance, jealous Cas, Top!Cas, Bunker Summary: Complete blackout in the Bunker during a stormy night has TFW 2.0 setting up candles in the war room except Dean accidentally lights one of the cursed candles that extracted a part of himself that believes he loves Castiel. A shaman comes to help but not really, resulting in the angel’s short temper and taking matters in his own hands to make Dean remember. Dean did not forget his name after. #written for supernaturalpromptchallenge March prompt: candle:fire

Touch Bonded (WIP) | @Destielshipper4Cas

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 9600 Main Tags/Warnings: Witch Castiel, Alternate Universe - Magic, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Touching Summary: Whenever Dean gets hurt on a hunt, Cas (his witch friend he has a crush on) heals him with a gentle touch that Dean secretly cherishes. When it happens more and more often, the witch gives him a protection amulet that is supposed to keep Dean from getting hurt. Suddenly, Dean notices injuries appear on Cas, and the witch’s explanations for how he got them don’t make much sense. Being touch bonded to a witch can have its perks too, though, and soon Dean finds a way to turn the tables on Cas and show him how good the right kind of touch can feel.

Ensnared | @saltnhalo

Rating: Mature Word Count: 10359 Main Tags/Warnings: Shipwrecked, Creature Castiel, Sailor Dean, Siren Castiel, Fluff, Angst, Masturbation, Desert Island Summary: As the current pulls him a little closer to the island, the singing grows stronger. It’s deep and lyrical and the most beautiful thing he’s ever heard and he’s suddenly overcome by the desperate, searing need to be closer, to hear it in all its intended glory. And as he passes a single spur of rock that juts out a little further into the ocean than the others, Dean sees him.

No Man's Waters | @envydean

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 21092 Main Tags/Warnings: merman!cas, merman!Dean, merfolk, Angst, Fluff, Happy Ending, Minor Character Death, War, Treason, Touch-Starved Summary: When Castiel is cast out of his territory for disobeying orders for war, he’s left to perish in No Man’s Waters, the treacherous depth between the Garrison Territory and the Huntsman’s Territory. Nothing survives there, and Castiel is barely holding on to life when one of the Huntsmen Merfolk comes to his aid.

Bards and Buskers | @mrshays

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 21620 Main Tags/Warnings: au - modern setting, urban fantasy, museum archivist Castiel, musician Dean Winchester, asexual character, dungeons and dragons mythology, bardic inspiration, quest Summary: Castiel Novak, the archivist for a folk-art museum, has inherited an exhibit from his colleague and best friend, Charlie Bradbury. He’s introverted and only interacts with the public via the museum’s social media, but the exhibit requires him to interview local street musicians. After reading Charlie’s notes on bards, Castiel is reminded of the man he sees at the transit station each morning. Dean Winchester has been busking around the US since his parents died in a car accident, playing the guitar his mother left behind. He visits his brother, Sam, in Palo Alto and funds his next trip playing in a transit station. He would have traveled along some time ago, but a studious man with ocean blue eyes keeps giving him a smile and his pocket money and Dean is ensnared. Will the pair form a more profound bond?

Magic in the Moonlight | @ialwayscomewhenyoucall

Rating: Mature Word Count: 26143 Main Tags/Warnings: angst, fluff, happy ending, dean has anxiety, mechanic!dean, baker!charlie, bird!cas Summary: Once upon a time a boy named Dean lived with his mother, father, and little brother in a world filled with magic. When tragic circumstances left the young brothers without a mom, their father declared that no magic would touch their lives ever again. Years later Dean’s brother has learned to live with magic again, but Dean still lives on the outskirts of town, choosing to befriend the birds in his backyard rather than try to build relationships with people who use magic for nearly everything in life. But then, one ordinary February morning, two things happen that turn Dean’s world upside down: a magical accident leads to him making a most surprising new friend, and a very out-of-place bird--bright blue with messy black feathers on its head and a rather captivating gaze--shows up in his backyard. Suddenly Dean is facing magic again, in very unexpected ways. Can he fly these turbulent skies to find his happily ever after?

Gardens Of Elembor | @navajolovesdestiel

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 31447 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe Fantasy Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester Top Dean WinchesterBottom Castiel Switching Wizard Castiel Elemental Dean Winchester Magic Explicit Sexual Content Magic Summary: Castiel is cast into the world that was his favorite book growing up. He always knew it felt real, but when he finds a talking unicorn on the busy street while on his way to work, he finds himself transported to Elembor and finds Dean of Winchester waiting for him. When Dean tells him he is a powerful wizard, he knows he's lost his mind. It's a world he's sworn to protect, and he takes it seriously. Especially when Dean tells him he's there to kill the beast.

Contracts and crosswords | @wingsandimpalas

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 45657 Main Tags/Warnings: Warnings: graphic depictions of violence Mentions and flashbacks to child abuse Tags: Enemies to lovers, Angel Dean, Demon castiel, Lawyer Castiel, Bigotry & Prejudice, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Alternate Universe - Magic realism, Hate to Love, Social Worker Dean, Drunk Sex, Misunderstandings, Angst with Happy Ending, Eventual Smut, Slow Burn, Background - Rowena/Sam Winchester/Gabriel, Background Kaia Nieves/Claire Novak Summary: After years of working as Claire’s Guardian angel, Dean's getting ready to let his Charge go. It’s time to let her make a life without him being there to protect her. He probably would have done it too, if he didn't discover that Claire went behind his back making a deal with the infamous lawyer Castiel Gladius. With his past experiences making him wary of demon deals, Dean offers to take Claire's place. Working for a demon he hates, just so his kid doesn’t have too. But will spending 66 days in the presence of the alluring Castiel lead to more than he ever bargained for?

so bitter and so sweet | @pomegranatedaffodil

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 57205 Main Tags/Warnings: Modern with Magic, Magic User Dean, Cop Castiel, Ghosts, Possession, Minor Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, Curses, Past Dean/Benny, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean, Referenced Switching, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: Dean has known about the family curse ever since it claimed the life of his mother: anyone who dares to love a Winchester is fated to die. When he takes a chance on love and loses his husband Benny, his belief in its power only grows stronger. Two years later, a late-night phone call from his brother Sam sends both of their lives spinning wildly out of control. Then Officer Cas Novak arrives in town, looking into the disappearance of Sam’s girlfriend Ruby, and starts asking questions Sam and Dean can’t answer. Complicating matters even further, Dean feels an immediate, overwhelming connection to the intense, blue-eyed source of their problems. Dealing with all the secrets, the lies, and a brother slowly crumbling under the weight of his guilt doesn’t leave much time for romance, but as Cas gets closer to the truth, he also gets closer to Dean. Inspired by the film Practical Magic.

Lifetime Piling Up | @mittensmorgul

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 58916 Main Tags/Warnings: modern AU, tattoo artist!Dean, trauma surgeon!Cas, canon typical violence, fluff and smut Summary: Cas is having a bad day. He burned his bagel, missed his ride to work and had to run to the hospital in the pouring rain, and then witnessed his attending accidentally kill a patient during a routine surgery. Now he might be on the hook for his boss’s mistake, but was it really a mistake, or is he the next target of Dr. Nick Morningstar’s sick mind games? Dean is also having a bad day. His brother nearly set his kitchen on fire, he’s training a new apprentice in his tattoo shop, and then he gets a mysterious call that Sam needs a ride to the hospital after a freak accident in the pouring rain left him with an injured shoulder. A chance encounter at the hospital leads Dean and Cas to each other after a decade of coincidences and premonitions, and suddenly their worst day might become the foundation for all of their best. A story of choice and destiny, and the power of found family, foretold through uncanny tattoos.

The Closest Thing We Have To Magic | @ellen-of-oz

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 221231 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate universe - university, Alternate universe - magical realism, Professor Cas, Grad student Dean, Slow Burn, Enemies to Lovers, Mutual Pining Summary: Dean Winchester is a graduate student at Stanford University’s School of the Occult. A naturally-talented mage but a lazy professor and student, he figures he’ll coast through his final year the way he always has: with charisma, charm, and a natural aptitude for magic. All that changes when his thesis advisor, Dr. Castiel Novak, turns out to be the strictest and most challenging educator on-campus. Unfortunately for Dean, the uptight professor is nearly his age and infuriatingly gorgeous. But Castiel is keeping a secret, a powerful talent that’s more a curse than a blessing when he’s targeted by seditious parts of magical society. Can Dean and Cas put aside their animosity—and undeniable chemistry—long enough to instill real change in the magical community? Or will sinister plots and hidden agendas keep them apart?

#destiel trope collection 2020 #destiel trope collection #destiel #magical realism #day 18

196 notes · View notes

thelostandforgottenangel · 3 years

Text

Nightmare AU: Part 5 - Trip To Town

@under-the-scarlet-reign88 @fyreball66 @betelgeusessonajblog @blossom-skies @narwals14 @bluesakurablossom @kokokatsworld @midnightrebel669-deactivated202 @lonelyheart-clubband @missbeautyandherbeast @midnight-chocolate-turtle @myheyheyheystuff @nikitaboeve @mistyroselove @waterstar2016 @nights-legacy @janna-the-breaker @missmagellanic @darksaphire2002 @aurora-the-kunoichi @moonlightflower21 @queendice98 @infintyfandoms @ravn-87 @bmntgirl @vixie-chan233 @galaxy-dusk @nikkilove-universe @angelcatlowyn @nittleboo @just-straight-up-chaos @kokokatsworld @ask-mona-lisa @tmntindustries @cyberpunk-girl @iiamber9090 @caelyns-blog @leetah2999

The drive to get off the property took a bit given the road wasn’t really defined other then a path through the trees from years of pulling up and down it loving how beautiful it was out there

There was nobody for miles which they liked; just trees, wild animals, and nature to see as far as her eyes could

She knew she had heard it somewhere from either in a movie or a song but – there was no place she would have rather been no matter how hard the worked to survive here she loved every second of it

Finally getting down the incline that led up to the house and feeling her tires hit the flat meant the first bridge was coming up, getting ready to grab the controller she jumped slightly when her phone went off from Donnie reminding her to be careful and that they loved her giggling to herself knowing he was in his room watching his camera screens

Even if she felt safe on their property it always left a warm secure feeling to know he was watching her

A smile pulled at her lips upon getting to one trail cam facing towards her blowing a kiss in that direction hoping he was looking right then; she knew he watched those screens even if she tended to play dumb from time to time knowing he was there made it easier to go

After ten minutes she was hitting the first button on Donnie’s remote before she even got to the creek not wanting to stop for long but still drove slowly over the metal grate hearing it lowering once she was over; the satisfying crunch of gravel shortly later meant she had reached the private road checking the way she was going even if nobody had ever used this road before it was just a habit

Pulling off she had to wait until she was a bit closer to the next receiver pressing the second button just before reaching the main bridge having to stop to let it lower and make sure it didn’t get stuck after Donnie had just fixed it a week ago holding her thumb up to the camera that was blinking letting him know it was working properly before waving a final time

The last button was tapped as soon as she was on the main two lane road seeing the barrier camouflage the way she had just came as she pulled off now looking like a dead end of trees and shrubs at the slight curve; heading off a bit faster the girl breathed in the fresh air that whipped through the cabs open window

There was never anyone out this far thankfully; the road just hers for nearly thirty minutes before ever seeing any houses to her right some far and in-between given the size of the properties outside town

A while later she was smiling once she was turning onto the elderly woman’s property seeing her on the porch in her rocking chair looking up in surprise as she heard somebody driving up; a wave from the excited woman was all the young woman needed to know she was happy to see her like always as she pulled the truck in the yard parking in her normal spot “Hey Granny!”

Once out of the cab she heard a eager baying coming around the truck being greeted as always by the old hound Misty who loved following the younger woman as she worked ruffling her droopy ears cooing as she walked; meeting the woman halfway she squeaked out a laugh upon getting a big hug like every time she was there cackling as she was squeezed tight “Welcome back baby” her cheeks were smothered in kisses giggling more at the woman’s affections having learned to love them with time “O-Oh you look so pretty today justa glowing and radiant as ever and - who’s cologne is that on you child? Got you smelling so good”

She had never imagined feeling loved from anyone but her family – at least until she started working here

Mary Malone was the sweetest lady she had ever met; a bit on the heavy side her hair was jet black peppered with strands of white for her age, of course she didn’t look to be in her late seventies and given she still got around pretty well on her own and liked to do the lighter work around her place she was a lively person, she did have a mouth like a sailor and the sass of a teen, but could cut diamonds with her tone when correcting somebody

But none the less she was a sweet old lady

Mary was like a grandmother to her and when there she was treated like her granddaughter given she didn’t have much family still around

Following her up on the porch she took a seat in her normal wooded chair across from Granny taking the fresh sun brewed sweet tea offered and laughing as Sheila; Mary’s strange little tabby jumped into her lap curling up and purring at the scratches to her ears as they talked on a few things before seeing the woman waiting to hear why she was there on her day off

As much as Mary loved seeing her it was unusual to see her outside of work days unless she was checking on her in the winter months

“I woke up to start my chores after getting a bit of sleep and some breakfast only to find a wolf got Cream Puff… tore him apart, there was almost nothing left by the time I found him” she saw the woman shake her head mumbling out about her troubles with the packs in the area over the years saying it was a damn shame she had lost him before the girl slowly sat up hoping this wasn’t too forward “Granny I know it’s a lot to ask and I’ll understand if you don’t want to go for it but – I want to do any extra work you have here with no pay; work up a credit and maybe – when your girl has her litter I could have two piglets this year? Looking to have a male and female but you know I will pay for them if you need me too”

She saw the woman waving for her to stop shaking her head thinking she was about to get lectured on trying to take advantage of her but like always the old woman started in on her normal funny rant playfully reprimanding the girl while laughing “Oh now you stop that this instant! Child you work too much as it is; give you more work, no pay - it’s ridiculous! No you young lady will do the normal amount I give you take the pay and quit the worrying, you do so much around here two piglets ain’t nothin I’m worried over their yours baby, you pick them out - hell take the whole litter if you want!” a small smile lifted the corners of her mouth still planning to work harder to cover the cost before her chin was lifted seeing Mary had sat up further in her chair looking her in the eyes “You need to worry less on working and start living baby, a beautiful lady don’t need to work her life away when she’s got a fire like yours find you a man have some fun your only young once… Life passes us by if you blink; your young go be crazy. In my day we did our chores but once they were done we went out and had fun with friends, flirted with boy’s our daddy’s never approved of, and got in trouble with the law for stupid shit… do something crazy, take risk… hell sleep with a few nice muscled up hunky guys to make a mistake!”

That had her laughing falling back in her chair giggling wildly shaking her head as the old woman looked proud of herself to have the girl in happy tears never seeing her smile much it was her goal to get at least one smile out of her even a good laugh occasionally

She thought on the guys back home a loving smile on her lips as she looked over fond of the woman’s crazy antics looking out over the pasture where the mares were running the fence “I have someone Granny – and he makes me very, very happy, actually he told me this morning I work too much too” she never mentioned she had four men at home waiting on her but her words were true

They made her very happy

After a bit of time just talking over what all she had accomplished the day before she knew she needed to get going not all that surprised the old woman walked her to the truck giving her one last big hug “Start living before it’s too late – and you better bring that young man to see me sometime so I can tell you if I approve then whoop him for letting you work so hard!” another good laugh and she jumped up in her cab waving to the woman before she was gone heading towards town

That time had her reflecting on the woman’s words wondering what living was if what she was doing wasn’t it

Making a quick stop she dropped off the package Raph had done up for Mr. Prods relieved when his grandson met her outside smiling as he paid for the jerky giving her an extra tip for putting up with the man who didn’t understand how weird he could be giving him some of her sweet bread for them to try before heading to deliver the other four boxes and cookies

Luckily people didn’t seem to want to talk too much and they went much faster then she had thought

Once in town the woman sent a message soon as she pulled past the only gas station to let them know she had just got there safe, turning straight into the hardware store she made a small list on a piece of paper before going in and searching for everything Donnie needed until she was sure she had it all

Placing it on the counter she beamed as he held out his hand already knowing the woman’s routine “Uncle Jerry! Hey our favorite costumer is here get John to gather up this for the lady” she shook her head knowing they enjoyed the business handing over the paper to the teenage boy who was ringing her up as she waved at his uncle before grabbing three big rolls of duct tape waiting for her total and paying; giving him extra for the extra feeds she knew they needed

He was about to finish as she slid a small package of jerky for their troubles across the counter “Here I know it’s a lot to get on short notice so �� I remembered you three loved this last time-” his uncle snatched the package making her giggle as he ran to the office

“Darling you are a god sent” she waved understanding they would get to it when they could heading off going to pick them up before she headed home so he could get it loaded in the bed once she was done “We’ll have it ready to go in an hour when you come back Miss Dee” she nodded giving them a small thumbs up as she left placing the bags in the front floorboard picking up the large box in the seat carrying it across the street groaning as she pushed the door open sighing

“Smoke I’m here!” stepping in the front door she wasn’t surprised to find a table already sat up for her stuff placing the box in the center “Smokey? Hey it’s Dee Dee you here?” a large burly man walked out of the back carrying three wooden crates of stuff moments later as she moved to help when he greeting her

Considering she couldn’t spend all day in town he had made a place in his store and sold her item hating everything where it needed to be nding off the order forms that had to of just came in as she laid everything out in front of him to let the man pick what he wanted for the stand this weekend happily filling a few new request while they worked filling the orders from the last two weeks letting her sit it up with the price tags while he made them and setting everything where it needed to be

Given her booth space wouldn’t be open until Monday when her days would start earlier then ever he usually set it up in his shop for a small fee and ran it for her giving her the money the next time she was in town, although she wasn’t looking forward to it she’d be getting up to head to Mary’s by five am until the frost set in and at the booth by one until she sold out of her stuff meaning the next few weeks were crucial given she’d be out of work until spring

“I think this is enough – although I’m sure it’ll sell out by tomorrow afternoon with the crowds we’ll have” she only nodded as he eyed one of the beautiful boxes with a intricate engraved floral pattern between vines never understanding why she didn’t just open her own business instead of working a stand

Once everything was done he left to the back leaving her to browse his inventory alone not seeing anything she needed then quickly calling her goodbyes before heading to the market stands set up in the gated off area beside the building seeing they had set up a bit early this year but appreciated it none the less since it meant she could buy the smaller things they might not have thought about

She was cautious around the people she had never seen there, sticking to the ones she knew had good quality items buying anything that would come in use like tools, some fresh honey from the local bee keeper, and fabric to start making her stuff while talking with a few of the women she usually sat up shop with around this time of the year

To her surprise she found a few new books for Donnie at one merchant knowing he hadn’t gotten any in the last three years made them a big must collecting several that seemed interesting enough for her genius, and she was more then delighted when she saw handmade candles getting some for the nights they just wanted to relax knowing Leo would love them, lastly was stopping to look at the flowers that wouldn’t be there much longer paying for a bouquet to be picked up after she was finished with her errands

The thrift store owner saw her coming and already had a bag of oversized clothes prepared for her before she placed his order on the counter grinning as he had to get a cookie right then groaning they were the best she had made yet; a compliment he gave every month even if the recipe never changed

Given he had her stuff ready she still took the time to look around finding some boots that were in her size, some jeans she could easily fix for her, a double layered jean jacket with a hoodie she couldn’t pass up, and a couple thick jackets that could be altered to fit the guys

Off to the back of the store were toys and other miscellaneous items she always found interest in; the antiques were her favorite touching several angel statues she really wanted before an old glass doll in a green Victorian style dress and white ringlets falling from the little up do caught her eye, picking it up she thought on Luna – how she wished her baby sister could be there with her to beg for toys and clothes before carrying it up to the front wanting to place it on the memorial shelf for her sister to see

Normally she wouldn’t bother with something so nice but she couldn’t pass it up

As always the man didn’t charge full price having never seen her buy anything for herself besides the essentials of clothing he wrapped it up as she looked at the small box of jewelry on the counter

He told her to be careful going home as she was leaving but something caught her eye having to stop to look at a massive leather jacket that for a small thrift store was pretty nice super thick with pockets and buckles on the side looking at it for a moment longer before doing her measurements in her head thinking there was no way it would be in that great of a condition and in a place like this “Danny – how much for this?” she looked at it again as the man stepped towards her looking at it not finding a tag meaning it had either fallen off or had just been placed up front not priced yet

“Tell you what – you got two more boxes of those cookies I’ll throw it in in the bag and we won’t tell the boss lady” he winked as she looked up her face showing her shock but without question turned running out to the truck and bringing in the two boxes he asked for as he took it and hid it in the bag

Inside she was praying it would fit Raph like she thought it would because he had always wanted one

Her treasures being placed in the seat so nobody would take them she finally made it to her last stop backing in to a spot close to the door

She stepped into the grocery store not seeing the owner for once; being small they didn’t have much but she knew from years of going there they had everything if she took her time and looked grabbing two baskets she gathered up the supplies on the paper she carried until she was walking to the front to hand over what she couldn’t get on the floor needing the man there that day to get it from the back

It wasn’t much but included ten sacks of flour, two sacks of beans, forty cans of coffee because they were going to run out if she didn’t double what Leo had wrote down, three big cases of bath tissues and paper towels each, eight cases of the mason jars to be sure they had plenty, and five cases of bottled water for emergencies

Not much if the person getting it had known that was going to be stretched over the next few months

While he was back there she picked out some candy for Mikey and the others knowing they would like it and hurried over to look at the crafts shelf finding six new colors of paints to hold Mikey over

Once she had paid for her load and got several annoyed glances from the worker she pulled the five carts out and started loading it up to be sure she could fit the feed in feeling something tugging on her leg as she shut the back tailgate

She looked down as a small fur ball slipped under her tied plaid shirt looking inside to see a set of bright blue eyes looking at her where it had cuddled up in her warmth looking around before noticing a little girl sitting near the corner of the building searching franticly for something

Stepping over she pulled the kitten from it’s place rubbing it’s back as she tried to give it back “Uh - I think your cat is trying to hitch a rid hon” she was about to hand it back when she saw the little sign beside the small cat bed ‘Kitties to good home’ looking at the orange puff in her arms she petted it for a second really looking it over before sighing wondering why it reminded her of Mikey “This the last one?”

The little nod she got made her look at it again “Mommy said I can’t keep her – can you take her home with you I’ve been out here forevers and evers” she needed to say no; Leo would strangle her for bringing it home but the longer she played with the floffster it got harder

Looking down at the sweet face she was caught by the child giving her the biggest puppy eyes unable to not smile as for a moment as she pictured Luna doing the same thing to get her way finally waving the girl over to the truck after picking up the little bed and the hand sewn fish toy opening the last box of goodies she had placing a few in a paper bag handing them to her

“Here, I’ll give you these and she can go home with me but I get her bed and the fish; deal?” it was unexpected but she was suddenly wrapped in a tight hug from the excited child ruffling her blond curls before she was gone bolting down the road to a house not to far from where she had been sitting looking at the kitten with a sigh as she placed it in the bed next to her on the seat only for the kitten to immediately crawl in her shirt again “I am going to be in so much trouble… lucky your cute”

Pulling off she stopped long enough for the florist to hand her the flowers she had just finished wrapping in paper before backing up to the rear door of the feed store where she saw everything sitting out ready to be loaded walking in as the older men loaded up her order going ahead and adding on cat food laughing as the kitten stayed in her shirt but occasionally peaked out seeing the teenage boy behind the counter seemed to recognize the little creature laughing that she was a softie as it wiggled back to curl into her side making the guy laugh as he carried out the bags for her placing them on t0p then tying everything down patting the back to let her know she was ready to go

She pulled off heading through town but something in her made the woman scan the area to be sure she wasn’t being followed; even after all this time she still worried they would be found even if this place was in the middle of nowhere and several hundred miles from the city

She was about to pass the laundry mat when a woman almost ran out in front of her car having to slam on the breaks fast to not hit her before pulling over when the female didn’t stop running

Concerned even though she didn’t want to be late getting home she jumped out leaving the kitten in the car to follow the woman who had disappeared behind the building wanting to just check on her having seen blood when she passed

When she came around the corner it was clear something wasn’t right; stepping closer to the frantic sobbing woman who was huddled on the ground shaking she could tell there was something really wrong; lifting her face Deanery was shocked to see her lips was busted and her eye was swelling shut wiping the frightened woman off carefully with the corner of her shirt “You okay sugar? Who hit you?” an answer didn’t come but from behind her she heard somebody walking up fast looking back seeing a large man who looked a bit agitated

“There you are Susie- uh come on lets go back home we can talk this out… I’m sorry it won’t happen again-” as he stepped closer she felt the woman pulling away pressing closer to the wall only seeming to anger the man more who raised his voice telling her to get up and go with him only upsetting her more as she cried out pleading him to leave her alone “Get up now and lets go home, you’re such an over dramatic bitch I barely touched you”

Her eyes shifted in instantly glaring daggers over her shoulder at the man who immediately backed up off them before she took the woman’s arm gently looking at her with a small smile helping her up, she didn’t have to ask she could see it

The woman needed help

She guided her past the man still glaring at him as she passed pointing for her to head for the truck when he screamed for the woman at her side “You got somewhere to go Sugar? Want me to drive you there?” a quick frantic nod made her move holding the woman up keeping her at her side while walking to the truck as the man yelled at them but she didn’t look back opening the door to let her in before a hand was grabbing her hair tightly yanking her back roughly before slamming her into the door feeling pain lancing across her face

“She isn’t leaving me! Get back to the house now” she wasn’t one to be handled like that from a stranger and wasn’t one to take it; guess she could blame that on her upbringing or the fact that for the last fifteen years she had dealt with four crazy active rowdy males who liked to spar and wrestle over random shit and she had learned early on to fight back

Reaching behind her his wrist popped as she twisted around forcing it in a weird angle while grabbing him fast by the shirt as her weight shifted knocking him off balance shoving him up against the truck then throwing him to the ground with a small growl waving the woman in before shutting the door to keep her from further harm wiping a drop of blood from her lip where she had bit it

A smile forming as she licked over the small wound feeling a rush swimming through her veins

The commotion had drawn attention from a few people around the area looking on as he got up red in the face “So we like hitting women? Come on dare you to try hitting me” he was moving towards her almost on cue swinging blindly as she shifted enough he punched the solid metal truck hard hearing him howl in pain as no doubtedly something broke in his hand before trying again slugging him once across the jaw when he stepped too close

The men from the feed store came outside after hearing the yelling; seeing what was going on they came running to help her but didn’t make it five steps before she clocked him again

At that point she thought he would give up but when he grabbed her shirt trying to get a good grip only for his elbow to be forced in the wrong direction feeling something crack on impact of her blow, using the momentum she had built up the woman twisted the arm behind him mercilessly planting her foot in the seat of his pants putting him back on the ground

He was back up on his feet in seconds full out attacking her in a full blown rage

She didn’t know why she was smiling but he was amusing, looking like a foal that was learning its first few steps as he tried again to hit her but didn’t have the footing he thought so it just sent him sprawling to the ground, rolling her eyes thinking he was done she turned around to leave “Touch her ever again I won’t hold back on you”

Before somebody could grab him he snatched her arm going for her hair again managing to graze her cheek as he finally landed his first hit looking shocked as she cold cocked him in the nose feeling it break on contact before he went down hard holding his face crying out in agony

“Stay down you piece of shit! Somebody call the cops” her normally calm voice came out in a snarl as one of the men grabbed him keeping him from trying to take hold of the woman again who was shaking the ice that had formed over her knuckles in her anger of being touched off so nobody saw, a few bystanders laughing at the idiot who was still trying to grab her before a loud voice broke it up

She looked over to see one of the officers walking up easing back towards the truck as he tipped his hat to her but it was easy to see he was staring not liking the way he looked at her “I wanna press charges on this woman – she attacked me Bobby”

He was silenced by the wave of a hand as she stood there finding the feed manager at her side standing up for her as the woman in the cab told the officer he had hit her again meaning this wasn’t a one time thing, the voices of everyone who had witnessed it getting silenced again before he was pointing to her wanting her side of things

His brown eyes tracing over her body had her ready to retch

“Officer she ran in front of my truck as I was heading out I saw her bleeding and went to check on her worried for her wellbeing, this guy ran up coming off threatening and yelling so I offered to take her somewhere safe away from him. When she was getting in the cab he grabbed me from behind” her eyes met the man who lunged at her being held back fast but she showed no intimidation at his action “Guess by looking at him you can see where that went… he’s big and mighty when hitting women but a little bitch when one can hit him back”

He laughed what she said off acting like this was no big deal looking the man over joking that he let a woman hit him realizing now this officer knew the man personally hearing somebody mumbling it was his baby brother

“Look – I ain’t got time for this stupid crap. All of you go back to work. Joe, you and Susie stop this lame bickering get back to the house, and you little missy need to keep your nose out of others business she’s always starting crap with him” one of the men in the crowd spoke up angrily telling him he needed to take his job seriously as she called the station deciding what he was saying needed to be heard by his boss and seeing it had been answered she kept going

“Then I want to press charges against him for assault” again she was laughed at making her brow irk as she was denied mumbling he wasn’t going to allow her to give his brother a bad rap over some stupid disagreement looking the woman over waving for the other female to get out of the truck but as he went to pull the door open she placed her hand in the way smiling at him like he was really going to ignore what happened “So – what you’re saying is a man places his hands on a woman, hurts her then attacks somebody who stops to help said beaten woman and your not going to do anything like your ‘job’ which is to serve and protect the innocent… so he just attacked two females and he was just doing ‘what a man is supposed to’ but now your trying to enter my vehicle with no reason… man guess that means I should have just pulled out my gun and fired a few rounds into him since the law means nothing here”

He was starting to look just as angry as the man still being held back meeting her eyes as he got in her face “Listen here you little bitch-” she leaned in waiting for his answer not expecting the hard hand that landed across her cheek sending her into the door hard

“Hey!” hearing the feed store manager John shoot forward pushing the officer back from her as she wiped her face feeling the warmth of blood dripping down her chin all she could do was smile to herself “She ain’t getting out that truck and you ain’t going to ignore your brother is an abusive piece of shit just like you”

Before he could say another word a bigger man stepped over pushing him back before the third man was there cuffing the one who had attacked her “You! In my office now this was your last warning! Magg’s book this trash in - put his brother in there with him while you’re at it until I get there!” the older officer turned to look at her before taking his hat off his eyes landing on both of the young women lingering on the bruised up girl who had locked the truck hiding inside, then back over as the two men were loaded in the back of the cruiser “Miss Dee I am truly sorry for him, are you hurt?” her eyes stayed on the two men until the police car pulled away before shaking her head wiping her nose on her sleeve “Sue, let her take ya over to momma’s I’ll be out there to get your statement I got all I need to charge both of them your free to leave ma’am” she nodded smiling slightly before coxing the woman to let her back in the truck taking out her last box of baked goods handing them to him

“Your wife ordered these I’m guessing I can trust most of them will get to her” the chief chuckled taking it patting the box making most of the people still there laugh as he nodded happily helping her up into the vehicle.

Soon as he was gone she leaned over grabbing a napkin from the dash motioning for Sue to put on her nose, she was just happy she didn’t have to drive out of the way to make her last delivery for today not too worried over what would happen to the men at this point knowing the sheriff would handle it

She took off quickly knowing she might be a little late getting back but took the woman where she was directed smiling seeing the kitten curled up in Susie’s lap napping until it was moved as she pulled up in front of a cute little white farmhouse helping her out and up to the door before an older male and female came out fast fussing over their daughter’s condition, after giving them the information they asked for it took her a bit by surprise hearing them thanking her but was more then happy to do it if it meant she didn’t have to go back to the abusive bastard, finally taking her leave once she knew the woman was safe

She got out of town before anymore could happen calling the guys just needing to hear their voices but instead leaving a message to let them know she was finally heading back when they didn’t answer guessing they were busy trying to get everything done so she wouldn’t have much to do when she did return taking the drive slower to calm down her nerves and feeling the frost developing over where she could feel the bruise surfacing from being hit until she was driving through the barrier

She almost forgot to slow down before the first bridge just wanting to be home now driving up the hill forcing a smile on her face not wanting them to see she was in a mood as she finally pulling into the yard

She had been about to honk when she saw the chickens going in every direction; feathers flying all over the place as they parted enough to see Raph on the ground with a dark form on his shell, they scattered again as Luca bolting into the tree line behind the barn able to hear the feral snarls even over the engine rolling the window up going to get out before hearing a growl she didn’t recognize

Coming through the trees with Luca on it’s tail was a large black and gray wolf with a dark liquid around it’s jaws going after the mutant that kept trying to chase him off before she heard the guys yelling from the back of the house grumbling under her breath as she jumped from the cab “Oh today just keeps getting better-”

She had the rifle off its hooks and in hand loaded seconds later “Get back in the truck! I got the bastard!” the man yelled but she didn’t listen well muttering if he had it he wouldn’t still be chasing him, pushing the kitten back as she slammed the door taking off running across the yard as he grabbed Luca’s leg dragging him towards the edge of the hill trying to take his limb off before pouncing going for his neck

“Over here mutt!” the woman yelling rung out through the yard making silence fall as a cold ice spike formed in her hand; not fully gaining it’s attention she threw the cold barb like she had learned with a knife hitting the huge animal in the side making it yelp releasing the male fast “That’s right big boy this way” she shifted once the animal was looking in her direction whistling to keep it’s attention on her as she held her ground

After all the time up here she had to accept if they were to live they had to do some things they never wanted, she loved the animals that passed across the property thought they were beautiful and this wolf was no exception; he was nothing short of beautiful and majestic and had she been in a safe area this would have been perfect to watch

But she wasn’t; she was in the middle of the yard standing in its sights as she tried to hold her ground not wanting to become prey by running even for being so small she kept her body standing tall

Clearly something wasn’t right with the animal to begin with, wolves were more frightened by people then anything sure there were meal options in their livestock but usually they didn’t come this close to the house if they did they would take off if anyone came outside

Usually only going after the deer’s rather then the animals they kept they had never been a problem for the family, the unused carcasses and inners were always dumped naturally in wolf territory to keep them from coming into their place then Luca would again mark to keep his claim

No matter how cautious she was doing everything she had learned to not become prey the woman was standing in it’s way and she couldn’t help remembering the time a slayer got in the building right before they escaped, her arms trembling panicking in the way the wolf was staring her down keeping her eyes on it but never looking him in the eye

She remembered pushing the kids behind her seeing it as if she were there again feeling the tiny hands clutching to her as it tore and yanked at the bars trying to rip them from the hinges and how she had stood there that way if it came through the door the kids might have time to run for the next enclosure going to be the only one to get hurt if that happened

Shuttering frost started creeping across the grass where she stood frozen not hearing Luca yelling her name before Raph and Leo’s voice cut through the fog snapping the woman to attention

She had barely lifted the barrel firing as he lunged for her missing him by a few inches before Luca was on it again to keep her from getting bit

The wolf tried for her ankle when she scrambled back as its jaws snapped near her thigh next taking aim as it turned on the mutant man firing at the ground to get it to back up but by then it had found soft flesh hearing her friend screaming as it ripped into his shoulder shaking him roughly

Without really considering trying to get the wolf’s attention again she moved in fast firing the shot hitting him directly in the chest smiling in relief as he fell to the ground on top of the man who went still the second the shot echoed around them “Are you-” Luca pushed the large animal off him before getting up realizing she had hit only inches from him checking himself for wounds before looking over at the woman moving closer “Are you mentally deficient you could have shot me!”

She giggled as the other’s came running but her eyes were still wide with fear

Mikey was at her side first hugging her up tight shaking from the experience they had just had laughing at the shocked look still plastered on their friends face not noticing the broken one on hers “If she was mentally deficient she’d have missed” Leo spoke up taking the gun from her trembling hands as the youngest turtle hyped him up high fiving her as she joined in halfheartedly

“Ya gotta admit pipsqueak might be a little bit I mean – she missed half the target” Raph joined in with the razzing on the mutant wolf but he was instantly holding her checking to be sure she was okay nuzzling her once he was satisfied

He was the first to notice she still had said nothing

Almost too slowly she moved forward kneeling down beside the wild dog petting it’s fur down making sure it wasn’t playing coy with them, Mikey moved closer touching her shoulder before kneeling down nuzzling her cheek knowing he was telling her it was okay but she still felt bad; she had to do what she had knowing her views on killing but inside somewhere she knew he could have killed Luca maybe wiped out their livestock had they let him go

This was survival and whether she liked it or not she had to do it “Sorry big guy-”

Leo moved over rubbing her back before helping her to her feet looking her over luckily not asking anything about the bruise probably thinking she had just got it, taking the wolf to the back of the house she didn’t catch what he said as Luca limped off to round up the chickens even though Raph told him to leave them

“Come on guys it getting dark – lets get all this inside…”

10 notes · View notes

itsomgitsgreenblogging · 4 years

Text

Labor of Love: A Critical Role Shadowgast Fanfic

I don’t have any excuse for this besides have a cute modern with magic bakery shadowgast AU in this trying time with a healthy dose of food description and stressed businessman Essek trying to find love in a modern with magic world. If people would like me to continue this, let me know!

Enjoy!

Read on AO3

Preview:

*“Guten Morgen, welcome to Xhorhaus Bakery. How can I help you?”

Essek’s mouth went dry.

The face that met his was attractive in the very traditional Empire way. In fact, the man looking at him looked as if he had stepped right out of an Empire propaganda film espousing the ye olde Zemnian way of life. There were the deep set blue eyes, the long copper hair pulled out of the way in a bun. He had pale freckled skin and the shadow of a ruddy beard beginning at his jaw. There was a dusting of flour or sugar on his cheek, and he wore a simple white shirt with a blue apron tied at his hips. It wasn’t fair that he had to meet someone so attractive so early in the morning, Essek thought derisively.*

Essek often wondered if he was born cursed, or if his disdain for most living things rubbed off on his environment and made it almost impossible to function. It wasn’t as if he tried to be hateful or annoyed at most things in life, it’s just that most things were so thoroughly irritating that it was desperately hard to function. He wondered if everyone felt this way...or if it was only him.

That was the thought that crossed Essek’s mind as he sat in traffic for ten minutes. His car, a shiny black new model grumbled in discontent as white fumes danced into the cold Rosohna air. His GPS finally pinged to let him know there was a road closure, and in a fit of desperation, Essek swung his car into the left lane and turned off the street and onto the next avenue. Rosohna was a relatively updated city, and having lived there all his life he tended to be able to navigate it well. This, however, would be an annoying detour.

“Hey Hallas, text Leylas Kryn,” Essek asked as he tapped the steering wheel. He jabbed at his radio, turning off Marion Lavorre’s latest single half way through her call for her love to treat her the way she deserved. Good for her.

“What would you like to say?” his phone asked him, lighting up from where it sat cradled on his dashboard.

“Road closed, running late and won’t be able to go by your preferred coffee shop. GPS says I’m 15 minutes out. I’ll try to swing by another place on the way,” Essek said, as clearly and concisely as he could. Hallas managed to read back the message before Essek sent it. Almost immediately his phone pinged in response and the message was read out.

"Alright. Thank you for letting me know, the ambassador is running late anyways so you have some time."

Essek sighed, drumming his fingers with a bit more intensity. He didn’t like this day already and it had barely started.

He plugged his GPS and looked for the closest coffee shop with the best reviews on the way. His GPS pinged with the place, a bakery called the Xhorhaus Bakery. It was a kitschy name, with a bare bones website, but it would just have to do. With few other options, Essek set his sights for the place. Essek pulled in at the quaint bakery, thankful for the empty parking spot in the front. Essek didn't like new things as a rule. New meant unpredictable and unknowable, and Essek prided himself on knowing everything that was going on all at once at all times.

Essek rushed through the door, hand on his phone and tapping it to the parking monitor sensor. He caught a glimpse of frosted glass and pretty dark brick, but barely paid attention until he was in the door.

Essek nearly swallowed his own tongue as his brain screeched to a grinding halt.

It was utterly magic. That was really the only way to describe it. Display cases were bursting with pastel-frosted cupcakes and sugar-glazed fruit tarts. There were rows of sweets...golden dough puffs filled with ricotta and cherries and dusted with confectioners sugar, macarons arranged like beautiful shiny buttons, turnovers fashioned like ship masts, elephant ears, honey-buns shaped like bees, cookies pressed into whimsical shapes. There was a whole section for ice cream, waffles and crepes advertised on the weekends. Mothers and fathers cradled children and laughed as a bright blue tiefling dolled out what looked like free samples, a tall firbolg carrying a tray disappeared into the back as a half-orc came in to slide another tray of cookies into an empty rack. At the sit down section, a halfling and two human women of various sizes both carried trays of different styled cups and kettles to customers. The whole place had an eclectic vibe, like things had been found at consignment stores and sales and brought together to fill the place. Each table was different and the chairs were all different too in a way that looked half-planned and half-thrown together. Like the business had been a half-thought half-dream that had gained a foothold in wakefulness.

Thankfully, Essek was in a line. He absorbed the information that lay before him quickly, as well as skimming the coffee menu that was emblazoned on the board in chalk. There were categories like, Breakfast with Beau, Bakery Favorites, and Cad’s Tea Corner. Bakery Favorites seemed to be the safest choice. The edges of the boards were doodled with flowers and cute animals and...was that a dick? No. Probably not he was just seeing things. Though it wasn’t an exact match to what his boss and her wife usually got, he hoped it would be good enough that she would forgive the difference and the lateness.

He got up to the counter, having practiced his order in his head at least a dozen times. The wait time hadn’t been long, nor was the line. That at least was a benefit over the place he usually stopped to get his boss’s drinks. Their usual place was a trendy cafe with a dizzying variety of brews that was operated by people who looked down at you for not knowing a medium was a grande. Essek tended to feel safe in a place of rigid social roles like that, so it never bothered him. This was a new frontier.

“Guten Morgen, welcome to Xhorhaus Bakery. How can I help you?”

Essek’s mouth went dry.

“One venti matcha latte with almond milk and a single pump of agave, one venti iced caramel macchiato, as light on the ice as possible, and one tall black coffee,” Essek said in a perfectly even and rehearsed tone, working past the fact he felt like he was being punched repeatedly in the face each time he noticed something new about the extremely handsome man. He was wearing a nametag but he just couldn’t focus enough to read it. His hands were large. Really large. Gods above and below, were bakeries always this warm?

“Which blend would you like for the black coffee?”

“What?” Essek asked, startled because for some reason the handsome man was still talking to him.

“For the black coffee,” the man repeated, pointing to the different...canniesters? What did you call those? He didn’t know the word. Coffee-holder would be what he would call it in Undercommon. Essek didn’t like this. He was going off script. This was why he hated new places. “We have three blends. Dark, medium, and light.”

Did it matter? Essek thought, now concerned that it did. He had always just assumed that the different types..obviously were roasted for different times. But it all tasted the same to him.

“Dark,” Essek said, feeling as if this had been happening for an hour. He needed to go lay down. The handsome man began to press the buttons into his register.

“Would you like anything else? We have some samples of our honey-buns,” the man said, motioning to the tray on the counter with bite-sized portions cut out. “They are our highest seller for breakfast items.”

“I’ll take a dozen,” Essek said. Hopefully this too would help ease the fact he was definitely late, plus, the office-girls always loved sweet things. He offered his card to the cashier, who motioned to the coins-only sign. “I’m sorry, sir. Card reader is down unfortunately. Haven’t had a chance yet to renew the enchantment.”

“It’s no problem,” Essek said, fishing out his coin purse and placing the coins into his hand. His skin brushed--hot, no he wasn’t thinking about it.

“Of course,” the man said. “I’ll get that ready for you. I’ll need a name for the coffees though.”

“Essek.”

“Thank you.”

Essek stepped to the side, the place labeled with pick up. Essek stood there, trying to be interested in his phone. Empire News Network was reporting about some sort of sea creature sighting by sailors. He was more interested in the little white-board by the pick up station. Written in beautiful looping cursive was “Send me a Message!”, the name of the messaging and photo app that was popular nowadays. There was a list of names...most likely employees: @nottthebrave, @captntusktooth, @ohnoregard, @caddyshack, @orphanmaker, @littlesapphire, @caleb_widogast, and @frumpkinthefeyking. Above them all was @XhorhausBakery, the emblem with the little cat and the crown next to a tree.

Bad idea, Essek thought, though his own Message was open. This was a bad idea. But which one was the hot cashier? It wouldn’t hurt...just to follow him would it? He needed to figure out which one of them was the hot cashier, but, he didn’t think he could look at the hot cashier for long without his eyes burning.

“Coffees and honey-buns for Essek!”

The cheerful accented voice came from the blue tiefling, who nearly leaned over the counter. She was dressed in a white dress and the blue apron, and wore a pink bandana tied to the top of her head in front of her curled horns. On the front of her apron was pinned the name tag, “Hi I’m Jester!”

“You made the right choice, though I also love the elephant ears, oh and the macarons, but don’t get me started on the cupcakes!” Jester said excitedly, giving him the drinks in the drink holder and the box. The box itself was a simple robin’s egg blue, but it was tied with a pretty pink ribbon. “You should come back for the cupcakes! We enchant them so they give you different sensations as you eat!”

“Are all the sweets here enchanted?” Essek asked, suddenly now very nervous about the box of treats he was holding.

“Yep! We’re a maaaagic bakery,” Jester said, with her fingers wiggling on the word magic. Essek noticed a holy symbol of some sort tied to her wrist.

“What do these do?” Essek asked, holding up the box.

“Oh! Those? The honey changes flavors, and it gives the scent of flowers as you chew! Like a little bee going through a field,” Jester said excitedly. “Right Caleb?”

Essek’s head whipped to the side so fast he probably almost broke something. There was a large hand that raised with a thumb’s up. Hot cashier was Caleb.

“Thank you,” Essek said, and without any further ado he was out of the bakery like hellhounds were at his feet.

Essek managed to get to the meeting within the bounds of polite lateness. The Bright Queen accepted her drink, as did her wife Quana. Essek handed the box of honey-buns off to the receptionists who took them gleefully. He spent the first part of the morning responding to emails and inquiries. He quickly got together the itinerary for her next visit to Assarius for the conference on magic education. He absently pawed at his coffee, taking a quick sip. The coffee was good enough that he paused for a moment, before shaking his head. It was all mental, after all, it was just black coffee. It didn’t stop him from downing it though.

“Essek,” Leylas Kryn said as she left her office. Essek ripped his tome-pad from its charging station and followed her as he usually did. “Thank Luxon, at least you are able to keep appointments. Why are people so incapable of keeping to schedule. You took care of the itinerary?”

“Yes, the schedule was sent out to you and the core ambassadors five minutes ago,” Essek said as he tapped the screen open. “Travel has been booked, your private plane should be ready to go at 8:00. Hotel at the Pillow Trove has been arranged--the Royal Suite, as usual. I also made sure to set restaurant options for you, though I have of course included both my recommendations as well as your travel agent.”

“Tell Orphea that I said no on the model she chose for the Tal’dorei spread. I said I wanted young, fresh, illuminating. She sent tired and dowdy. We want people to be celebrating the Xhorhassian cultural boom, the renaissance of our people might I add, and not rolling their eyes. Also RSVP that party Zethris Olios is holding if you haven’t done so.”

“Already taken care of, ma’am. I told the driver to pick you up at 9:45 sharp, and made sure to request the drink selections for your entourage...in mini-bottles, of course.”

“Wonderful work, Essek as always I know I can count on you,” she said with a nod before looking back at him. “And by the way, that latte you got me today was fantastic. I know Quana greatly enjoyed her drink as well. The girls were raving about those...uh...honey-buns all morning too. Make that your usual stop if you don’t mind. No use going to a coffee shop and a different bakery when you can just get everything at one place.”

Essek nearly tripped over his own feet, but managed to catch himself. After all, he couldn’t scuff his shoes. He had just bought them.

“Of course,” Essek said, trying to write the reminder in his phone...his Message was just staring at him...hot cashier-Caleb taunting him. He had thought it would be one time. He could follow the man on his public Message page and oggle at him because he would never see him ever again. Attraction was so much neater and simpler if the people on the other end of it...well...if they were simply reduced to pictures of them and their cat maneuvering a coffee machine.

It was fine though, Essek snapped at himself. He was an adult. He could deal with looking at an attractive man every morning. If anything, it would be a nice distraction from the daily grind.

“Essek!” Maruo crowed from her office space as they walked by, her goblin ears perked up excitedly. “Those pastries you got were amazing! I was gonna eat the last one, but did you want it?”

"No thank you...I don't particularly like sweets," Essek said, as graciously as possible. Leylas Kryn raised an eyebrow at him. She waved at Maruo who gave her the honey bun instead.

"You don't like sweets?" she asked him, sounding extremely suspicious as they continued to walk. The sound of Leylas Kryn’s heels were enough to get everyone in the hallway to move out of her way. As they walked towards the elevator, the drow woman in it exited with a nod of her head and seemed content to wait for the next one.

"Not really," Essek admitted. He couldn't remember the last pastry he had eaten. Part of the issue was that he didn't get very hungry. That morning he had a breakfast bar...the night before...well he had eaten leftover take out. He didn't remember eating lunch at all yesterday--he probably hadn't. He had been on the phone with the interviewer. Most of the time, he got home and was simply too exhausted to make a substantial effort.

The other part of it was food didn't hold much appeal to him. He thought back to when he was growing...minimally but growing, and he had eaten two huge meals a day. He went out to dinner with these important executives and politicians now and picked at his plate. It took such an effort to get up in the morning and to do the things he needed to do that enjoying food was low on his priorities.

"Eat it," she ordered, shoving the honey bun in his face as they walked out of the elevator and into the main lobby. "You need a little sweetening, Essek."

"Give him a whole box," Quana Kryn chuckled as she saddled up next to Leylas as they walked to the car. She was dressed in a power suit that immaculately matched Leylas’ little black dress and red pumps. It annoyed Essek how perfectly in sync they were, especially considering that Leylas left their house at least an hour before Quana so they didn’t even have time to coordinate. Did having sex regularly do that to a couple? Essek didn’t delve in much further with that line of questioning

"I am perfectly pleasant at all times," Essek said, with a signature smile.

"Of course, but something sweet never hurt anyone," Leylas said with an irritatingly knowing gaze as the driver opened the door for them. “Follow us in your car?”

“Yes, of course, I will meet you there,” Essek said, and then with a pop of the door and the engine, the Kryns were off to take on Rosohna. Essek stood on the curb for a moment, looking at the honey-bun he had in his hand. With all the excitement that a child had when taking a health potion, Essek bit into the pastry.

It was a revelation. Still crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside. A smooth, mellow, and yet fragrant honey and cinnamon swirl sandwiched within layers of buttery, fluffy pastry. There was the scent of spring-time and lazy summer mornings when dew was fresh on the grass and wildflowers and there was that pleasant warmth in the air, and the frosting itself was vanilla and honey and just a dash of sea-salt.

Before he realized it, it was gone from his hand. The magic had dissipated, and left him yearning for more.

Oh no, he thought. This couldn’t end well.

----

With the Kryns at the conference for the week, one would think that Essek may have time to breathe. However, being one of the high-ranking people at the company meant that somehow he got even more mucked down in the day-to-day tasks. He did go to the Xhorhaus Bakery a few more times, but always called in his order ahead. He would catch a glimpse of Caleb, on occasion receive a smile or a welcome, before being handed his order and rushing right out. Essek could pretend it was the assistants' fault...or the marketing department, who were all actually obsessed with the treats he was bringing in on a daily basis. But really, he was the sucker making the point to go in there like some sort of lovestruck teenager to ogle at the cute boy behind the counter.

When he finally arrived on his day off, it was a solid relief. Though, as usual for being a drow, Essek was up early and with little to do. Essek didn’t enjoy cleaning...he did have people who did that after all. He technically had a gym membership...but hated working out more than anything. He ought to visit his den, as any good drow boy did on his day off, but the idea of seeing his family tended to make him nauseous. His eyes caught a stack of books that he hadn’t gotten around to reading--

It was a bad idea...but he was going to do it anyway. He had never been a paragon of wisdom anyways. He dressed as comfortably as he ever let himself dress, after all, life was a performance. If he wasn’t wearing the absolute best, then he was always going to be judged as the absolute worst. And on top of that, Essek was a vain creature who spent a lot of money on deep conditionings for his curls and on his crystal facials (which, honestly, the crystals probably didn’t do anything but they felt expensive and Essek always liked feeling expensive). The one thing he could always control was the way he looked, and he liked looking good.

With his black leather messenger bag slung on his shoulder, his peacoat buttoned, and his boots on, he headed out into the cold morning. In Roshona it was always night, but definitely not temperature controlled. Essek buried his chin more stubbornly in his scarf as he continued to walk through the streets. When he arrived at Xhorhaus Bakery, he felt appropriately wind-tousled and cold. The building itself was warm, and wafted the crippling good scents butter and vanilla to a distracting degree.

It was busy, as Essek had guessed it would be so early in the morning. His shoulder was beginning to ache by the time he reached the front counter. But all of his earthly concerns were wiped away when he met Caleb’s blue eyes. He still wore the white shirt and apron that was the uniform most likely, but that day he was also wearing a button with a cat on his apron. He still looked devastatingly attractive in every possible way and it wasn’t fair because he looked like he had just rolled out of the bed. Essek needed at least an hour in the morning to talk himself into being even vaguely pleasant.

“Oh! Guten Morgen, and welcome back to the Xhorhaus Bakery,” Caleb said, a certain pleasant crinkle to his expression. He was smiling a soft, gentle smile that caught Essek off guard. “What can I get you this morning?”

“What do you recommend for coffee?” Essek asked him, placing his palms on the counter--stretching cold-bitten fingers. He was having heart palpitations, he was pretty sure. He kept trying to look at Caleb and he just couldn’t. It was like looking into the headlights of a car. “I normally just drink black coffee but…”

“I’ll make something for you then,” Caleb offered. “I have a drink in mind. I would also recommend our turnovers today.”

“I’ll have that then,” Essek said, handing over his coins. Caleb took it, opened the ancient looking cash register and handed back the change. Essek slid it into the tip jar.

“Danke. Is that for here or to go?”

“Here, thank you,” Essek said, reslinging the bag and going to find a table.

Essek took a corner table by the window and set about settling in. He balanced his messenger bag on the extra chair before pulling out his books, parchment, and his fountain pen. Essek had always enjoyed spellcraft...he had majored in it in university. Advanced Dunamancy with a minor in Spellcraft Engineering. Gods, if there had been any sort of work besides military for wizardry Essek would have pursued it as a career. But the choice had been military or starving eternal adjunct professor and Essek didn’t find either attractive. Essek had applied for an internship at the government’s Cultural Offices, and had gotten that and through that had managed to work his way up to assistant to Leylas Kryn herself.

It was a well paying job, with fashionable perks like fancy parties. But Essek didn’t love it. He was good at it, but he didn’t enjoy it. Essek didn’t enjoy much in life, so these little treasures he snuck were so much more important.

He was in the middle of reading the second chapter of the Durolvir Lectures on Dunamancy when movement caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. He lifted his head from his book just as the blue tiefling named Jester settled down the tray and the coffee. Her tail curled in the air like a cat catching the sight of something interesting to bat at.

“You totally came back! I knew you would!” Jester said, leaning on the table. Her rather impressive muscles on this display and tipping the table slightly in her excitement. Essek scooped up his cup and the saucer to keep it from spilling on his book and on his notes. On the side of the cup it had the image of swans in a springtime scene, a rather quaint and adorable image.

“I’m surprised you remembered me,” Essek noted, taking a sip of his coffee. It had milk, which was a departure from normal from him. It was smooth and creamy and honestly? The best cup of coffee he had ever had in his whole life. He hadn’t realized he had sighed until he saw Jester was still looking at him rather intently.

“Well duh, of course I remember you. You’re hot boi!”

“...hot boy?” Essek repeated somewhat incredulously.

“I know your name, silly, but you are totally hot boy. Every time you’ve come in here you’ve ordered by phone, rushed in, and grabbed it. I was just surprised to see you actually sitting down this time, which you should do more because, like, we would get to hang out.”

“Well, thank you,” Essek said with a more legitimate smile. “Unfortunately, I am not very good company.”

“I don’t believe that for a single minute,” Jester said suspiciously before shrugging playfully. “But it’s okay if you’re shy! Caleb can be shy too. So what do you do? Where are you from? What’s your mother’s name? Are you married?”

“Are you always this curious?”

“Just about our regulars!” Jester chirped. “Ooookay maybe I lied, I’m curious about everyone but especially our regulars.”

“Well...I am not married. My mother’s name is Dierta Theylss, of Den Theylss. I am from here, and I am an assistant.”

“Ooo, do you work for someone really cool?”

“Perhaps,” Essek said, settling down his cup as he felt that he was no longer in danger. “But I would like to keep some air of mystery.”

“You are mysterious, Essek,” Jester said, utterly tickled-pink...or blue...by that. “Alright, well I gotta go get other people their things, I’ll be over here so just holler if you need something!”

“I will,” Essek promised but suddenly jumped as he felt the sensation of something brushing against his leg. He looked below to see a cat, a well-cared for orange tabby circling his legs. Essek was not used to cats...they were a rather foreign phenomenon that had just recently been introduced. Essek timidly reached his fingers out to brush his head and was rewarded with the creature butting its face against him. He yawned, gave him a slow blink, and then puttered off to parts unknown...which was a basket by the window.

Now thoroughly distracted from his reading and with a plate in front of him, he took another crack at this sugar-thing. Essek took a bite from the turnover, and nearly groaned. The outside butter-puff-pastry was crisp, and the sugar nearly shattered. The inside was first caramel-apple and then it was sharp lemon and then again tart-sweet raspberry. He finished it quickly, taking long luxurious sips of his coffee after he did. Essek couldn’t help but wave over one of the servers he hadn’t met yet. It was the halfling woman who was balancing a tray full of plates and cups on her hip. On her shirt was a name tag that said “Veth”.

“What’s up?” Veth asked curiously.

“Do you know what sort of enchantment is being used in the baking process?” Essek asked.

“It’s not an enchantment per say,” Veth said, brushing her apron with her free hand. “Caleb’s not an enchantment wizard, he’s a transmutation wizard.”

“Caleb is the one who developed this spell?” Essek asked. There was a fluttering of excitement in his chest. A wizard. Had someone magically engineered this man somewhere to make him absolutely perfect for Essek’s imagination? He came to this bakery to...well...enjoy his books and catch a few glimpses at the man. Essek hadn’t come there to get his heart stolen right out from his chest.

“I helped him a bit, but yeah,” Veth said, tugging at her braid thoughtfully before she got a glint in her eyes. “If you are interested I’m sure he’d be happy to explain it to you.”

“Oh no, no,” Essek said, waving his hand desperately. Scripted conversations like ordering at the counter were totally fine. Essek enjoyed parameters and unspoken understandings of conduct, in fact, that was where he shined. But actually speaking to Caleb? Essek couldn’t think of anything more panic-inducing than that.

“No, he’ll be absolutely thrilled!” Veth trilled excitedly. “I’ll go scrounge him up for you!”

She darted off before Essek could get in another word edgewise. This left Essek sitting there, his body nearly vibrating with uncontrolled dread. For a moment Essek seriously considered shoving his things into his bag and running out of the bakery. He wasn’t fast enough, however. As he saw Caleb pop out from behind the counter and begin to walk towards his table. He couldn’t risk never being able to come into this establishment ever again, so he just sat there as Caleb walked up to the table. He was taller than Essek had expected...maybe the counter had done something to his perspective besides giving him a barrier that allowed Essek to imagine that Caleb was some sort of perfect dreamt-up figment of Essek’s socially isolated imagination.

“Veth said you had a question for me?” Caleb asked curiously.

“Ah...it wasn’t anything so major...I was just curious about the spell used to change the flavors of the turnovers,” Essek said, taking a sip of his coffee to clear his suddenly clogged throat. He wished he could melt into the floor...to float away...to disappear completely. However Caleb’s open and earnest gaze kept Essek pinned there in the present.

“It’s a modification of Minor Alchemy,” Caleb explained, taking the empty seat across from him.

“Temporary changes the essence of one object into another for a short period of time,” Essek said, his fascination pushing back his embarrassment. “How do you do it on such a large scale then?”

“I cast it on the filling as it’s being made,” Caleb explained, there was a certain twinkle in his eye. “Are you interested in spellcraft, Herr Essek? I see you are certainly reading some heavy texts.”

“Oh,” Essek said, looking down at the books scattered about in front of him. “Wizardry is just a hobby of mind nowadays.”

“I don’t think Advanced Studies on Magic, Time, and Space sounds like a hobby,” Caleb joked, holding up the textbook before settling it down with a reverence that had Essek’s stomach twist. “Though I have to admit, dunamancy has been an area I’ve been extremely interested in since immigrating to Xhorhas.”

“University is still selective...well, racist would be a better term for it...against Empire nationals,” Essek said softly, smoothing the page in front of him. “Unfortunately, it is just a hobby for me nowadays. I used to be a working wizard, but...well, the bills don’t pay themselves. It’s not a very interesting story so I won’t bore you with the details.”

“I have been lucky enough to be able to use what I love every day with the help of my friends,” Caleb said with a knowing look. “I hope you can do that too at some point.”

“Yes...I would like to think so,” Essek said, his fingers curling over the pages of his book. He met Caleb’s gaze and for a moment something passed between them that had Essek tingling all over and--

“Caleb, stop flirting and get back over here!” A gruff female voice called out from over the counter. The human girl in blue glowered over in their direction. Essek watched Caleb’s face turn a delightful shade of pink, unfurling across his skin like the petals of a distant flower. He was so very grateful for the shade of his skin concealing his own embarrassment.

“I hope to see you here again sometime soon, Herr Essek,” Caleb said as he got up.

“Just Essek,” he corrected. “And yes...sometime soon for sure.”

Essek watched Caleb walk off, cradling the warm cup in his hands, and couldn’t help but smile.

#critical role #critical role fanfic #shadowgast #essek theylss #caleb widogast

52 notes · View notes

moonlit-imagines · 5 years

Text

Queen of Hawkins High

Steve Harrington x fem!reader

warnings:

a/n: seriously i love role reversal au’s and this request gave me LIFE THANK YOU

prompt: anonymous: “hi! can i request steve x fem!reader where king steve never existed but it was queen reader ??? and one day she goes to his job (not knowing he worked there) and steve admits he had/has a crush on her?? thank you!!”

Queen of Hawkins High is what they used to call you. Girls wanted to be you, and guys lined up to be with you. You only had your heart set on one guy, though. Too bad he broke your heart and left you hanging. But you were over it now. You had graduated and life was much more complicated now. You decided to take a little break today and check out the new mall.

Upon arrival at the corny ice cream shop, you were greeted by a familiar face.

“Welcome to Scoops Ahoy, I’ll be your captain...” Steve’s eyes looked you up and down. “Wait a second...”

“Holy shit, Steve Harrington, is that you?” Your mind was blown.

“In the flesh, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?” He leaned over the counter. “What’ve you been up to, Your Royal Highness?” You chuckled at the nickname of sorts.

“Oh, you know, just working on college apps, I decided to take a year break, keep it real for a minute.” You explained.

“Yeah, I get that. That is exactly what I’m doing.” He stuck out his fist in an attempt to bump it, which you gladly accepted. “Jesus, y/n, it might be a little weird and late for this, I doubt you’re even single, but would you want to maybe grab a bite, let’s say, tonight? 8pm, after I get off of work?” He bit his lip.

“I meet you here?” You asked and he nodded. “You’re on, Harrington. Now, I came in for some ice cream, wanna help me out?”

“Right, right,” Steve flipped the scooper in his hand, “I’m getting you a scoop of USS Butterscotch. On the house. It’s the best thing ever, believe me.” He packed the cone full of ice cream and handed it to you.

“Well, thank you, Steve. I’ll see you soon.” You sent him a wink and left the ice cream shop. He blushed as Robin opened the window, marking the “YOU WIN” side of her whiteboard.

“Holy shit, Harrington, you just scored the Queen of Hawkins High!” Robin laughed in disbelief as Steve celebrated behind the counter. “You better not mess this up, dingus. Y/N was all I could think about for most of high school. Your living my dream.” Steve stared at her with a cocked eyebrow, but was distracted by the ring of the bell on the counter. There stood the Sinclair girl with her posse of friends, ready to demand free ice cream for as long as they could manage.

—————

You stood outside Scoops Ahoy, it was 8pm on the dot when Steve came out of the shop, not in uniform anymore. Unfortunate, you really dug the new look.

“Where’d the sailor get-up go?” You asked him.

“Oh, I had a spare change of clothes in my car just in case I had a date with a pretty girl.” He explained and you let out a solid laugh. Little did you know, he was dead serious.

“So, where do you plan on taking me?” You asked the Harrington boy.

“Depends on where you want to go.” Steve walked past you and spun around, starting to walk backwards.

“Well, I’m in the mood for some Wendy’s.” You shrugged. “Frosty and fries?” Steve rubbed his hands together.

“A girl with taste, I like that.” Steve led you over to his car and let you inside. The short trip to Wendy’s was a success, you both got your frosties and your fries. He even ordered a bunch of chicken nuggets for you to share. You guys decided to stay in his car and enjoy your food in the parking lot. He turned the radio on and asked you to pick a station. After you decided on one, the two of you started talking. “Hey, y/n?”

“Yes, dear?” You joked.

“You know,” he started, “I always kinda had a crush on you in high school.”

“You and every other guy.” You chuckled. “You were definitely one of the best candidates, though.” You dipped your fries into the sweet treat and took another bite.

“You mean that?” He smiled and you nodded with a mouth of fries.

“Definitely.” You told him. He sat back in his seat and thought about what you had just said, he took it to the heart, he didn’t have much else to look back on in high school, but that was a game changer to him.

“Can we do this again, sometime?” He asked you. “I’m really enjoying this and I don’t want it to end.”

“I think you’ve achieved the honor of a second date.” You nudged him with your elbow. Steve let a smile form across his face.

“You still live on Cherry Lane, right?” Steve asked.

“Yep, still Cherry Lane.” Steve pulled out of the parking lot and made his way towards your home. He parked out in front and said his goodbyes to you. “I had a good time tonight, Steve. Can’t wait for the next, thank you.” You gave him a quick peck on the lips and shut the car door. He didn’t even have time to process what had just happened. He watched you get inside safely and started towards home. Take that, whiteboard.

#steve harrington x reader #steve harrington imagine #steve harrington #stranger things 3 x reader #stranger things 3 imagine #stranger things 3 #stranger things #stranger things imagine #stranger things x reader #robin buckley imagine #robin buckley x reader #robin buckley #robin stranger things imagine #robin stranger things x reader #robin stranger things

257 notes · View notes

taesbetch · 7 years

Text

Dangerously Deep

Pairing: Jimin x Reader

Genre: Fluff, Angst, Action, Mermaid!AU

Word Count: 5k +

INSPIRED BY: @blog-drblake MoodBoard |Bts au| Japanese Mythology - Jimin as Ningyo. If you haven’t, though I’m pretty sure you have, Go check out the mood board and just everything on this blog because it’s all freaking amazing!!! { CLICK HERE }

WARNING: Mention of violence and suicide, some goryish scenes (not really its fine but its just the mention of blood)

Splashing was all you could hear.

the rocking of the boat was causing the little food that resigned in your stomach to travel up your throat, only to be slammed back down to the pit of your stomach leaving a nasty taste in your mouth.

The rope tied around your wrists continued to rub against you skin.

There was a storm outside, that much you could tell…

Apparently, the bottom of the boat was supposed to be where people feel less sea sick. You almost scoffed out loud.

How did you get here? How did you, a simple peasant who spends her days selling fruit at the village market end up on tied up on a pirate ship? Oh yer, how could you forget. You were sold.

Pirates often came to small villages like yours to steal or buy girls like you to sell to the higher ups over seas; their fond of foreign beauties or so the captain had said.

Sighing you coated your dry lips in yet another layer of saliva, trying to revive the lost moisture.

Your loving father had decided it was best for the family if you were sold to the pirates for a mere 3 bronze coins. You were a virgin, or as pirates liked to claim, pure gold. In return for being sold, your father would help them collect others.

You had started this trip with three other girls. Each crying and screaming out to god for help.

You would have joined them, but you already knew your fate was sealed.

One girl had decided enough was enough and used the bathroom as an excuse to jump overboard.

One girl had been taken by some of the sailors and had yet to return; you assumed the worse and readied yourself for either her dead body or to never see her again.

And one girl had refused water and food; for the past the three days she had done that and for the past three days she had cried relentlessly. Finally, she passed out. Her skin dry, her lips cracked.

You concluded that the pirates had deemed her unfit to sell and got rid of her the easiest way they could.

Sighing you watched as Lane, the nicest out of the pirates descended down the stairs holding a cup full of water.

His usual light brown hair was darkened with sweat and his right cheek held a pink stain as if the boy had been slapped.

Frowning in concern you watched as he approached your nervously. His hands shaking and his eyes wide and dilated.

“Lane? What’s the matter?” you croaked as you took the cup of water, careful not to stretch your tied wrists any further against the unforgiving rope.

He looked at you hesitantly before sitting himself directly in front of you. The dim light above your head shone in his eyes, letting you clearly see the tears forming in his eyes.

“have you heard of a ningyo?” he asked cautiously as he played with his hands in his lap.

Confused, you shook your head. Eager to hear more you motioned to him with your hand.

“A Japanese Myth claims a ningyo, in other words, a mermaid, is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. It apparently has shining golden scales and a quiet voice like skylark or a flute. Its flesh is edible and delicious, it brings anyone who consumes it a long life” he explained.

“but…the thing is…catching one can bring storms and misfortune, so fishermen who caught these creatures usually throw them back into the sea” he said before roughly rubbing his forehead in stress.

“but…if it’s just a myth, then what’s the problem?” you asked naively.

Beads of sweat rose to the surface of his skin at the mere mention of ‘myth’.

Suddenly the ship was pushed roughly to the side. You screamed as your body and everything on the right side of the ship was pushed to the left.

Your already fragile skin was torn at as the ropes held you in place not letting your body follow lanes.

He let out a groan and cry of pain as he was slammed against the other side of the ship, a barrel flying after him and hitting him in the gut.

You groaned as you grasp the rope in your hand, trying to pull your body up so it wasn’t relying solely on your wrists.

Cheers and sounds of joy were heard from above as the ship finally regained its normal position.

“and from those sounds…I think they’ve caught it” he said as pure fear covered his being.

Lane quickly dashed back to the upper deck, leaving you in pain and confusion. You had only managed to take a sip of water before it had been spilled all over the floor so now dehydration was getting the better of you.

You sighed and awaited news of the ‘mythical creature’ from lane. Surely it was bullshit, there’s no way such things exist.

Your head was pounding and your vision was getting fuzzy, but that didn’t stop you from hearing the celebration above.

The shouts grew closer and closer to the little hatchet that separated you from them. As it opened, you strained your neck in order to see what it was they were trying to throw down.

A long figure with a blanket wrapped around it was thrown harshly onto the floor off the ship. With a small gasp, your eyes trailed downwards towards the beautiful tail sticking out. Its gold colour contrasting against the black of the blanket.

Your eyes were captured by it, the shine of the gold scales was gorgeous.

With a thud, your attention was drawn to the three sailors who had joined the party, one of them being the captain.

“tie him up boys” the captain smirked. His ragged beard coating majority of his face.

“cap…what if lane was right?” one of them asked the dragged the mermaid next to me. Its tail flapping in a weak attempt of defense.

“Don’t be a baby, we’ll sell both him and the girl” he said sending you a wink. One that made you squirm in disgust.

As they ripped the blanket off of him to tie his hands up, you were shocked at how magnificent he was. His toned body shone with droplets from the ocean and his jet-black hair shined with health and youth.

He was clearly tired and angry. As they grabbed his tail and tied he groaned it pain, his eyebrows knitted closely together as he sat against the wall, the same position you were in.

“alright, oh so powerful ningyo…let’s see what you can do” the captain said as he kicked the merman’s tail harshly.

“Hey!” you shouted out in his defense. As you processed what you just said a harsh slap was swung across your face. The salty taste of blood rushed into your mouth as the stinging feeling of a slap possessed your cheek.

“speak to me like that again and you’ll end up like the rest of your friends” he growled at you.

You wanted to snap back and say if you died he wouldn’t have any girls to sell to his sex-obsessed kings but you held your tongue knowing it wouldn’t result in anything but pain for you.

“here, Lane sent this” one of his goonies said as he harshly passed you another cup of water.

“we’ll be back to check on you” the captain smirked before turning on his heels and heading for the exit, his goonies close behind him.

Your eyes trailed back to the heaving mermaid next to you. His eyes were dazed and narrow, you could tell that he was staring at your water.

It was an intense silence.

You watched as his chest rose and fell, each breath getting harder and wheezy.

This had to be a dream…you were just extremely dehydrated and all of this was just your imagination.

You took a big gulp of the cool water, shutting your eyes tightly.

the feeling of water slipping down your dry throat almost had you moaning; the feeling of refreshment reviving your energy drained body.

Your eyes fluttered open, focusing on the cup in your hands that was now clear as day compared to the blur you had previously seen.

You smiled lightly figuring your body had gained enough hydration to be more awake and aware, looking to your left to confirm your suspicions of hallucination you gasped when you were met with the same narrowed eyes as before.

He was real. This was real and this was happening.

Your eyes drifted back to your cup of water that he was staring at.

Nooooo…

You wanted to be selfish; you wanted to gulp the rest of the heavenly water that you had taken for granted back at home. But you knew you couldn’t, not with the continuous heaves of pain and harsh glares.

You sighed before turning to your fellow prisoner.

“here” you said as you skilfully slide the cup next his tied-up hands.

He slashed water over his tail before gulping the rest of it quickly. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as the water ran down his scales; the water droplets didn’t dry of trickle of him, instead they remained intact making the shiny gold scales shine brighter.

After a moment of silence, you shifted in you spot so you could get a better look at the ningyo next to you.

“so, how’d they catch you?” you asked causing the man to glare at you.

The glare sent shivers down your spine but instead of being scared you felt oddly fearless.

“I don’t waste my breath on humans” he answered simply as he rested his head against ships wall.

“well you just did” you said before a playful smile slowly covered your face.

Maybe it was the lack of human contact, or the lack of food and water.

“you know what I am, don’t you?” he asked confused by your behaviour.

“of course, you’re a ningyo” you stated as you tried to jiggle free your wrists, hoping that even though you’ve tried it multiple times you might be set free.

“are you not scared?” he asked eyeing you cautiously.

“I should be…but I don’t know, I guess I just don’t care anymore. It’s either get sold to snobby people who will abuse my body. Or escape into the ocean and die…mmm, I don’t know which one is worse” you explained staring off into space.

“don’t worry dear, death will come soon” he said taking a deep breath in.

You furrowed your brow in confusion.

“what do you mean?” you asked intrigued.

“my name is jimin i bring storms and misfortune to all who hold me, in the next 96 hours it will come” he stated calmly.

Your eyes traveled back down to his tail before looking back up at him.

“will you last that long?” you asked, your voice wavering with a tinge of worry.

His eyes shot to yours, shocked that you had caught on that quickly. If he was desperate for your water within a few minutes of him being rolled out of the blanket you wondered how long the water droplets would last until he needed more.

“it doesn’t matter, karma will come, living or not…” he murmured. Sadness flashed through his eyes before it was replaced with his usual coldness.

“so…how’d they catch you?” you asked again, curiosity getting the better of you.

he took a long breath in before turning his head to you. “I was on my way too meet someone, they told me to come up close to the surface…” he said trailing off, his eyes coating with realisation.

“that bastard” he growled as anger grew evident in his eyes.

“you were set up…weren’t you…” you concluded as you thought about it. What sea creature that is deemed rare and valuable would go so close to where they could be captured.

“that was a dumb move on your part” you spoke softly as you shook your head.

Jimin let out a noise of frustration as he slammed his fist against the floorboards. You gasped as you watched the splinters of wood stick up, his fist had gone through the floor. Not enough to cause leaking but enough to get you heart rate skyrocket.

“he’s next in line, of course, how could I be so blind” he growled, smacking his fist on the floor again causing your breath to get caught in your throat.

“I have to get out, if he…I can’t do that to my people” he whispered more to himself than anyone else.

You were going to die, there was no questioning that…but the attitude that covered his face previously had vanished. He needed to live.

The gleaming of his tail caught your attention.

The end was shaped and pointed…it sparked ideas into your head.

“how sharp is your tail?” you asked his as you narrowed your eyes at it.

“why?” he asked. Your face was covered in mischief and hope, something he didn’t quite trust but his eyes narrowed at what you were trying to say.

“If your tail can cut my cuffs I can go on board and find the keys, also get you enough water for us to figure out a plan of escape” you stated as you coated your dry lips once more trying to moisturize them in vain.

You didn’t think his eyes could be narrowed anymore, but you were proven wrong.

“and why would I trust you?” he asked suspiciously.

“how long do you have?” you asked him bluntly, the both of you knew he wouldn’t have long till his body would start to shut down. He needed to trust you if he was going to make it out of here.

“i don’t trust humans…but ill trust you” he whispered before swinging his tail upwards.

You let out a small squeak of surprise as his tail sliced through the metal cuffs, his surprisingly soft scales brushing your cheek as he did so.

“ill be quick” you stated before running towards the stairs.

You could see that his skin was drying up. His scales had lost a bit of their sparkle and the droplets that were held on him were falling off.

Your breath was getting caught in your throat as you lifted the hatchet slowly. Hearing the laughs and drunken giggles of sailors was giving you anxiety.

The night sky gave you cover as you sneakily maneuvered around the ship. The rain that hadn’t lightened up from before covered the sounds of your movement as You hid behind a row of barrels as you crawled towards the cabins.

The sweat on your hands and the sweat gliding down your forehead made you think about the water in your body that you already had so little of.

You needed to hurry, for both you and jimin.

Lane had spoken so many times about how the keys were kept on the inner side of the door of the captain’s cabin, something that annoyed him because he had to travel a long distance to retrieve them.

You could hear the roar of the captain’s voice on the top deck. Bragging about how he caught the oh so powerful ningyo.

With shaking hands and trembling leg’s, you ran into the captain’s cabin quickly, making sure no one saw you before closing the door with a breath of relief.

As soon as the door closed your eyes were met with the same keys that locked you up for the last couple of days.

“Well, well what do we have here”

You gasped as you wiped around instantly. Hands were roped around your throat as you were slammed into the door.

Your eyes were staring straight into one of the captain’s goons, you had only seen him once.

He had come to collect one of the girls that had decided her own fate and with the way his grip was tightening around your throat, it would seem he didn’t have any problem with damaging product.

“I’ve been waiting for you to fuck up” He smirked before dragging you to the ground.

Your hands instinctively flew in front of your body, but the attempt was useless as his foot went flying into your stomach.

You whimpered as he grabbed your hair and pulled your face upwards. As he trapped your body between the floor and himself he slowly pulled out his shining knife. The blade as sharp as your breath when you saw it.

The hair that was being pulled at your scalp was causing a stinging sensation, but your eyes remained attached to the knife in his hands.

“you always just sat there and looked pretty” he sneered as he flipped you over. In vain you tried to push his legs off of you but his weight kept pushing you back down.

He ran the knife softly down your face as your breath quickened in fear.

The cold metal grazing your skin was digging in the more pressure he added.

“did you know…that if I push down here” he said holding the knife point down at the base of your throat.

“that you’ll die soundlessly…soundlessly and quickly” he stated through gritted teeth as you grasped your hands below his on the knife, trying to raise it.

You grunted as you used all the might you had to remove it from its position.

Your eyes darted around, knowing that he would soon overpower you. You needed to find another way out of this.

As he glared down at you, excitement and rage clear in his eyes, you managed to move you hand placement of the knife, wiggling underneath his hand.

The sweat on your hands allowed you to momentarily flip the knife.

As the knife flipped in the air, looking for a new beholder, you took the opportunity to give him a quick jab to the face before pushing him of you.

It was almost in a blink of the eye and the blessing of God that the knife landed in your hand.

You knew there wasn’t a choice, he was going to kill you or you were going to kill him. It was one or the other.

With a swing of your right arm, you slashed the goony across his chest. As he yelled out in pain you pulled him down and straddled him like he had straddled you.

Your hands were soaked with sweat and blood as you lifted the blade over his chest.

Squinting your eyes closed you plunged the knife deep into chest listening to the sounds of pain and torment as you did it again and again. You wanted to make sure he was dead, if not your plan wouldn’t work.

You continued your attacks until you didn’t hear any more screams for help.

You opened your eyes slowly, your ears getting used to the sudden silence in the room.

You had no time for this…you had to be quick.

With an unsteady breath, you removed yourself from the body; blood covered your hands and thighs. You went to wipe the splutters of red blood on your face before the realisation of what you had just done set in.

There was no going back now…

You grabbed the keys and removed yourself from the cabin.

The quietness of the deck told you but the noise from the upper deck told you that everyone had relocated the party.

You hoped they were too drunk to notice their missing member as you out to sea.

Rocks…? we must be close to an island…you had been travelling for around three days…

Damalan! Your neighbouring island!

Hope sparked in your heart at the thought of your survival.

You reached for a small bucket and filled it with water before shoving the keys in your pocket and making your way down to where you were kept.

Your eyes met Jimin’s weak ones as you descended from the stairs.

“what happened?” he asked weakly as you approached him, the red blood that stained your skin hard to miss.

“don’t worry about it” you said splashing water on his tail.

His eyes widened with life as his body arched upwards. He took large breaths of relief as you continued to coat his body in water.

“you need to hydrate too” he said as started unlocking his cuffs.

“no one is on deck, I can drag you there and throw you overboard” you stated as you thought carefully about your plan.

“what about you?” he asked, his eyes gleamed worry and concern as you tried to wipe the blood off your hands.

“wait no crap..they’ll just follow you” you groaned as you bite your lip in frustration.

“hey! what about you?” he asked again.

Your eyes bored into his. You were sure they were full of exhaustion, sadness, and guilt.

“I’m not going to make it…there’s an island nearby but the waves are too harsh to swim and I already have no energy…our main concern is getting you out” you stated but he shook his head.

“you’re saving me…so it’s only fair if I save you” he said sternly, his skin slowly returning to its glow as he basked in the water you had brought back for him.

“but…how are we both going to escape?” you asked shyly as you relaxed your tense state.

“I’ll just have to kill them all, won’t I?” he spoke strongly as a small smirked graced his face.

That’s when it hit you.

“we’ll sink the ship!” you gasped in excitement.

He tilted his head in confusion before you pointed to the floorboards.

“were on the lowest level, when you punched the floor before I was worried that you’d break through…I can’t believe I’m just thinking of this” you explained in delight.

“If you make a big enough hole for the both of us to slip out, everyone’s on the top deck, they won’t know what’s happening until it’s too late!” you exclaimed.

He nodded along before looking at you with a serious expression.

“it’s really deep water…you do realise, that right? Your dehydrated and weak, your lungs might not be able to handle it” he explained carefully.

“Jimin it’s the only way” you whispered softly.

He nodded in agreement before motioning for you to move out the way.

With a precise and powerful punch, his fist flew through the floorboard causing water to squirt out of the ship like a water fountain.

He used his other fist to alternate between punches, letting water quickly flood the bottom base.

In a panic, you rose to your feet trying to maintain the oxygen your lungs were receiving.

“don’t worry, I’ll wait for you” he promised before diving down and disappearing under the waves.

Even though this was you plan and you knew the dangers of it, you were still scared shitless.

As the water rose to your waist you gave yourself a little pep talk.

“okay, it’s this or death…don’t be a little bitch”

With that, you took a deep breath before diving below the waves.

You had only been underwater for three seconds but you could already feel the pressure on your lungs.

As you made your way through the hole a moment of panic set upon you as you remembered you were underneath the ship. do to the blurriness of you vision, you swam aimlessly until a hand grabbed yours.

As you were pulled past the ship at a speed you could not swim at by yourself, you focused your attention on trying to maintain your breath.

You could hear the ringing in your ears and the pressure you felt in your chest was getting harder to ignore.

Jimin could tell you were losing your stamina as your hand grip loosened on his.

Finally, as you pulled up to the surface you gasped for air, the rushing of it filing your body was addicting but the increasing rain around you making it harder as you struggled to keep yourself above water.

“I’ve got you” Jimin whispered as his arms wrapped securely around your waist.

You breathed heavily as you looked around, wiping the water from your eyes before resting your hands on his shoulders, your arms draping over his.

As you looked back at the ship, you heard yells and shouts as their fires went out and their ship sunk.

“what do we do now” you whispered as he swam you closer to the rocks in order to avoid the wrath of the waves.

“you leave the rest to me” he said as you climbed onto a rock, hugging another for security.

Your heart was pounding way too hard for your body to handle. You hadn’t eaten, you were tired and the only water you were getting was pure salt.

“Jimin, I don’t think I’m going to make it” you choked as your body shook with weakness.

“you’re going to be alright, here eat this” he said as he brought his hand from underneath the water, in it, one of his golden scales.

“You trust me, right?” he asked as you placed the scale in your mouth without question or thought.

You nodded your head in confirmation.

He quickly placed a kiss on your forehead before giving you one last look of determination.

“I’ll make sure they never hurt you again”

As he swam off, you chewed the scale in your mouth. It was pleasant and melted in your mouth; you swallowed the scale quickly, breathing in the little bits of air that revealed itself through the blanket of rain.

You watched closely as the sky began to darken with clouds, their yells of help from sailors were drowned out by the sound of thunder and lightning-collecting itself above the ship.

You watched in slight horror but satisfaction as the storm brewing above released itself straight through the middle of the ship. The bright light of the lightning shone brightly in contrast to the dark night sky.

The screams for help turned into screams of death as a whirlpool collected itself around the shipwreck and remaining surviving sailors.

As they were all dragged to the bottom of the ocean a final wave was blasted from it, heading straight for surrounding perimeters. Heading straight for you.

You gasped what could be your final breath as you tried to hug the rock as hard as you could.

As the wave hit you, your body flew from the rock you were clawing too and followed the wave outwards.

You flailed your body around trying to grasp anything you could but it was useless.

As your head popped up for a moment you called Jimin’s name out frantically before being plunged back into the depths of the sea.

A strong arm was wrapped around you, dragging you backward and away from the wave.

You coughed out water that had made its way down your pipes as the cool air hit your face.

“sorry” he chuckled behind you as he swam you back to your beloved rock.

The rain had cleared up, only letting small droplets fall from the still cloudy sky; the moon shone brightly as it was revealed through the clouds allowing you to fully admire Jimin’s beauty.

“how are you feeling?” he asked worriedly as he continued to hold your body close to his even though the water was still and your rock could’ve have helped you.

“better…Jimin…you let me eat one of your scales” you murmured nervously.

“you’ll live a long and healthy life now, you have nothing to worry about” he said as he caressed your face with his hand. His eyes exploring your features.

“you didn’t have to do that…but thank you, ya know…for saving me” you whispered as his forehead rested against yours.

“you’re the first person I’ve ever fully trusted, of course I would save you” he explained. You hummed in comfort as you let yourself relax and listen to the calming sound of waves crashing onto shore.

Shore…

Your head shot up as you followed the beautiful sound. Your eyes were met with sand and lit up houses, something you didn’t notice in the heat of a storm.

“Jimin! Look! shore!” you exclaimed excitedly as you pointed excitedly.

He chuckled before nodding his head happily.

Through your excitement, you remembered something…you would probably never see Jimin again.

As he read your expression he pressed his forehead to yours again.

“Jim- “you started but were met with a pair of soft lips instead.

Shivers ran down your spine as you pushed yourself close to him, enjoying the feeling of his lips moving against yours.

You pulled away hesitantly, running out of breath.

“I’ll see you again, I promise” he smiled.

You felt your cheeks warm up as he swam you closer to shore.

“I don’t think I ever got you’re your name” he stated as you stood in the water, loving the feeling of freedom that you felt.

“y/n, my names y/n” you smiled before Turing around and practically running to shore.

As you turned to wave him goodbye, he was nowhere to be found. A frown quickly moved onto your lips as your shoulders slumped down.

You would miss him, but you knew this wouldn’t be the last time you would see him.

So, you would wait.

Wait until the day he would present himself again.

Wait until fate brought you two together again.

Your oh so powerful ningyo.

875 notes · View notes

throughoutthestars · 7 years

Text

Some McHanzo fic recs cause yknow... i like ‘em. There’s a lot and they’re in no particular order.

Your Cheatin’ Heart by SleepySkies

Summary: “A stowaway, a wager, a deck of cards. Sex on a riverboat.”

Historical AU, completed, Explicit

Words: 6,829

A faithful companion by kaijuborn

Summary: “Hanzo is a wanderer, always on the move after leaving his home and his duties. However, when winter comes and he finds himself in an abandoned town, he decides to stay for a while. A large, three-legged wolf accompanies him, though the animal appears to be more than what first meets the eye.”

McWerewolf AU, completed, Teen and Up

Words: 10,195

Continued under Read More

Three times is a pattern by kaijuborn

Summary: “Three times Hanzo meets Jesse during their lives; three times there is a puppy involved; three times Hanzo wants nothing more than to see Jesse again.”

Completed, Dogs~, Teen and Up

Words: 6,935

Keep You On My Side by maskedhero, radiantsaber

Summary: “Hanzo Shimada has loved Jesse McCree for years. And for years, he remained silent.”

Completed, ‘two best friends raise a kid’ AU, General Audience

Words: 11,438

Magic McCree by Cawaiiey

Summary: “Hanzo Shimada does not want to be here, he does not like strip clubs and never has. And Genji is wrong, he does not need to 'get laid', no matter how long this dry spell has lasted. He knows he'll regret being here tonight, and he needs a drink. And the tall glass of water clad in plaid that just bumped into him could be what cures his thirst.”

Completed, Stripper!McCree or club AU, Explicit

Words: 15,125

Catch & Release by CaptainCorgi

Summary: “Jesse came to a full stop. This wasn't a whale or some unfortunate dolphin. The top half of the creature exposed itself as a man.“Shit.”Jesse felt his hand go to the revolver at his side, brushing the handle and approached the seemingly unconscious creature. Mers were not something he had experience with. They were a menace to sailors. Jesse had never seen one - much less one washed up on a lonely stretch of beach looking like it had been run through a shredder.”

Completed, Mermaid AU (Hanzo), Teen and Up

Words: 15,470

For all the Marbles by Kalikuks

Summary: “McCree spoils the Noodle Dragons.”

Completed, Noodle Dragons AU with Established Relationship, General Audiences

Words: 1,052

Drop Dead Gorgeous by kembrelu

Summary: “Hanzo buys and moves into a ranch in the south-western US. Why wasn't he forewarned of the angry cowboy that haunts it?”

In Progress, Ghost AU (McCree), Ghost sex (love me some ghost sex tbh), Explicit

Words: 21,463 (so far)

Who Taught You How to Hate by Valpur

Summary: “He’d always known it was going to happen. There weren’t many ways to go for a rogue like him, but all in all he would have much preferred a clean hole in his skull rather than being hanged for robbery and murder. Especially because this one single, fucking time he was not guilty. McCree is having the worst time of his life and an outlander happens to save his sorry ass. Things go awfully weird after that - and he enjoys it all too much.”

Complete, Western AU, Mature

Words: 46593

Look Up and Wonder by MarieJacquelyn

Summary: “Jesse McCree gets a job offer to rescue one H. Shimada at 3:23 AM. He accepts it at 3:54 AM. It does not go according to plan. (An Overwatch/Firefly AU)”

In Progress, so good honestly i want to consume this story if it was cake, im not joking im a sucker for this story, Firefly AU, Explicit

Words: 75,796

Body In Electric Blue by saltsoldier

Summary: ““I am inside of you.” Hanzo blurted, disbelief prevalent in the look of pure, unadulterated shock he wore.“I’ve dreamed about you saying that darlin’, but in my head it was a lot sexier.” McCree shot back, quick as a whip. A glitch in the respawn system causes McCree and Hanzo to switch bodies.”

In Progress, Body Swap AU, Teen and Up

Words: 33,721 (so far)

Bend, Bow, Break by teeterss

Summary: “Jesse McCree can't sleep and somehow meeting Hanzo Shimada makes everything a lot worse.”

In Progress, Hurt/Comfort, Explicit

Words: 23,822 (so far)

Against All Odds by CommonNonsense

Summary: “From the moment McCree meets him, he knows Hanzo is a prideful man. If there's one thing a prideful man can't turn down, it's a good old-fashioned bet. And McCree would know, because he's the exact same way.”

In Progress, Medium Burn, Teen and Up

Words: 23,338 (so far)

four days by starscry

Summary: ““I have an embarrassin’ favor to ask of you,” Jesse says. Hanzo stares at him expectantly, a single brow arched. “And what is that?” he asks. “Y’see, my family might currently be under the impression that I’m bringin’ home a date for a few days next week. And, the thing is, I don’t really have one. So, I’m currently S-O-L and would really, really appreciate it if you came home with me for a few days and, uh. Pretended. To be my boyfriend.” He stares down at his plate and jabs a fry into the enormous puddle of ketchup gathered in the center of it. If only the fry could be his hypothetical four-day boyfriend, he thinks; it would save him an enormous amount of embarrassment. It would be tastier, too. [ Or - McCree desperately needs a fake date to bring home to his family, and Hanzo never does anything half-assed. ]

Complete, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Mature

Words: 23,887

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors by vandoodle

Summary: “Hanzo Shimada regrets ever joining Overwatch after he is paired with Jesse McCree, known cowboy enthusiast, and dropped off in the middle of American suburbia. Forced to blend in with the environment, endure neighborhood cookouts, and share his new living space with his so-called 'Husband', the two prepare to preform the ultimate sting operation: taking down the Vishkar corporation once and for all. He can't help but think this will all go horribly wrong. Or, alternatively titled: the undercover fake-marriage fic that every fandom deserves.”

Complete, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Teen and Up

Words: 75,467

Hanzo’s Moving Castle by MarieJacquelyn

Summary: “In the land of Ingary, where such things as spells and dragons really exist, it is quite a misfortune to end up on the wrong side of a magical curse. Everyone knows that wizards and witches are much better at putting curses on people than they are at breaking them. If you do end up cursed, it is quite an undertaking to find another person proficient enough, and willing, to break the spell. Jesse McCree had been cursed and considered himself quite luckless for the experience.”

In Progress, Howl’s Moving Castle AU, Explicit

Words: 10,257 (so far)

hearts of glass, souls of steel by DangerDuchess, TheHiddenPassenger

Summary: “Jesse McCree and Hanzo Shimada are just friends. They're very GOOD friends, of course, but there's really nothing more than that between them... A dispute about hygiene plants the seeds of something for which neither of them is prepared and with sake to water it, the blossom blooms just a BIT too quickly.”

In Progress, shower, they’re in the shower and theyre Just Bros (tm), Friends to Lovers, Explicit

Words: 18,926 (so far)

Lost In Translation by BenevolentErrancy

Summary: “There are things you never need to hear your brother say and among that list is anything pertaining to him blatantly and shamelessly flirting with a good friend. Especially when said brother is flirting exclusive in a language said friend doesn't understand. If Hanzo doesn't get over himself and just straight out ask to kiss McCree in English Genji is going to personally kill them both, he shouldn't be forced to be in the middle of this.”

Complete, Pining, Teen and Up

Words: 36,968

Overwatch Lane by FrostysaurusRekt

Summary: “When Jesse McCree moved to Overwatch Lane to give his kids a better life, he'd never expected to have a neighbor who glared at him from his window as often as possible. Little did he know he'd be tangled up in the life of one Hanzo Shimada more than he ever thought possible. And who would have guessed he'd soon love every minute of it? Tags and rating will be updated as the story progresses. Modern-ish AU”

In Progress, Modern AU, Mature

Words: 34,164 (so far)

Popcorn Redemption by wyntera

Summary: “They say life isn't like the movies. Well, partner, they ain't never worked for Overwatch.”

In Progress, they watch movies and fall in love its great, also really long i never noticed, Not Rated

Words: 179,288

Spring Onion and the Silver Bullet Blitz by Byacolate, mywordsflyup

Summary: “Jesse McCree bares his throat for no man. For a dragon, though...”

Complete, Werewolf McCree and Weredragon Hanzo, this is so good i would also eat this if it was cake, Explicit

Words: 66,990

The Familiar of Hanzo by Jakallx

Summary: “He hadn’t seen the hat in the dim light of the hallways, but now he looked down at it in horror. Not only had he summoned a human, an American human, he had summoned a cowboy as well.High school sucks for Hanzo Shimada. Things get a whole lot worse when he accidentally summons Jesse McCree as his familiar. It's a Witch School AU with animal companion familiars. Basically, Overwatch, Harry Potter, and Familiar of Zero throw a party on Halloween. There's ghosts and teenage romance.”

Complete, Magic AU, General Audiences

Words: 47,597

#the fandom got pretty creative tbh #mchanzo #fic recs #very long i know

208 notes · View notes

isadorator · 7 years

Text

A Fic Year in Review - 2016

It's that time again~ And I wrote so much this year, holy shit. As usual, any concrit and comments are welcome~~ (as are requests, when open lol)

January

what are THOOOOSE a superhero's holiday

Oh jeez. Both these fics got way more attention than I thought they would. But I keep underestimating the ML fandom tbh. The first was basically me goofing around and I somehow ended up promising to write a sequel since everyone wanted one (which I...still need to do.....). The second was a flag for both my descent into ladrien hell and also a return to my nsfw ways orz;;;;

February

you are gold and silver (1/2)

IT TOOK. SO. L O N G. TO WRITE THIS. Although this fic is firmly in AU territory now thanks to being beautifully jossed by canon, it helped me realize just how much I needed to grow in order to write romantic intimacy in a believable way. So, I made it my goal to work on it until it was up to my own standards.

(I...still need to finish this fic too......)

March

jackady ladrien drabble prompts (1/2):

ribbons

fan merchandise

artistic muse

make-outs

stuck in a small place

rain

smiles

croissants

never have i ever

i want to touch them

jackady ladrien drabble prompts (2/2):

damsel in distress

beauty facial masks

visible marks

ice cream sandwiches

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (1/9):

the 4 times adrien pretended to shower to hide from ladybug (and the 1 time he was actually showering when she calls out his bullshit)

disney

halloween

tried to kiss your lips but i missed

magic

staring into each other’s eyes

Ah, the plan being put into action! With the release of actual ladrien eps, I had the perfect excuse to write romantic scenario after romantic scenario using submitted prompts. Which also meant I accidentally created a secret love affair AU and wrote more smut whoops. Still, they were super fun! I took a break halfway through to write some Inuyasha-inspired marichat that just would not leave me alone (also fun).

(....I promised to write a continuation of the 'never have i ever' prompt, didn't I alrjkdsflaks. AND TANGLED AU SHIT I ALMOST FORGOT)

April

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (2/9):

music

moaning

sweat

bath

they go on a date together

soulmate au

photographs

“i love you. i’m completely and utterly in love with you. please don’t get married.”

the one time ladybug actually catches adrien in the shower

ACTUALLY in the shower

“of all the people i could’ve gotten stuck in an elevator with and it just had to be you.”

mirror

More ladrien prompts/romance practice~ The music prompt is still one the most cracktastic things I've ever written lol. Managed to make two more AUs with this batch that I've already started to expand on: the soulmate AU and the auteur AU. Lastly, in a surprise twist, the fucking elevator prompt managed to gather over 1k in notes. Probably because I ripped off Sailor Moon but. Still.

May

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (3/9):

another shower scene

porn

away from home

“you have mom’s smile.” he said this to ladybug once, but he thinks it again and again and again. but ladybug is better: she is real.

calling bullshit

untitled continuation of a comic by pozolegirl

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (4/9):

under the covers

eyelashes

mega nachos

“i heard that the spots on your bodysuit corresponds to chakra points? so… what happens if i touch this?”

cute nose/forehead kisses

their first time

happiness

“i need you to pretend we’re dating…”

“is there anything you’re not good at?”

More Volpina prompts! Again, I like experimenting with them :D Also wrote a continuation of that Christmas comic because it was just way too cute~~

June

ladrien june 2016 drabble prompts (1/6):

love poem

awkwardness

games

i can show you the world

first love

everyone can see it

shower scene

jealousy

it’s a trap

insecurities

sins cannot be undone

ladrien june 2016 drabble prompts (2/6):

jealous fangirls/boys

“you have her smile”

gabriel | hawkmoth’s reaction

it’s not you, it’s my enemies

secret dating

window kisses

Oooooh boy. The triple whammy of Ladrien June, Ramadan, and starting my summer job. I was excited to have a month dedicated to just ladrien (as if I hadn't already dedicated most of my year to it lol) but fell behind pretty quickly thanks to my lack of free time. I aim to finish them this year!

And Ramadan. Man. It always sends my mental health straight into the toilet. Not because of the holiday itself, but because of the way my family treats it. Idk. I tried to flush away the bad feelings by punching out 'sins cannot be undone' in one night. And it helped, I suppose. It's definitely the rawest thing I wrote this year and I still have very strong feelings about it.

July

three sentence prompts:

ladynoir, spy au

nino and marinette, karaoke au

ladrien, bodyguard au

ladrien, superman/lois lane au

adrien and tikki, baking au

alix and kim, and the one-time-max-actually-won au

alya and marinette, vigilante au

adrienette, foreign countries

ladynoir, and the elevator game/ritual

Between work and writing various wips that I still haven't posted yet (*coughcoughconjugalvisitcough*), I only posted stuff from this meme. I had fun (the goal) and the adrien&tikki kwamiswap AU one is still my fave |D *slams fists on table* LET ADRIEN BE A BAKER!!!!

August

untitled continuation of a comic by geek-fashionista insomaniac and the chaton pile

UMMMM My summer job ended by this point, so my only excuse for not posting much is it's all tied up in unpublished wips and...I was freaking out about starting school next month for the first time in y e a r s;;; Just some drabbles for the sidekick AU (not mine) and my own, sleep-deprived ideas (that I...still find hilarious alkdjfhalksd I DID NOT EXPECT ANYONE ELSE TO???)

September

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (5/9):

embarrassing hobbies (aka: adrien is secretly a popular ladynoir fanfic writer)

water

mlnsfweek prompts (1/3):

laughter

roleplay

make 'em blush

we've got time

"i can’t believe we survived" sex

wet dreams

virginity

STILL REALLY STRESSED ABOUT SCHOOL, which translated into a lot of writing. Did a couple of Volpina prompts, including time ≠ water. Which. Got way more attention than I expected;;;; And that I...also promised to expand on......;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

And then #mlnsfweek hit and I'm actually really proud of myself for finishing the whole week, even if it was late~ /o/ Did some random scenarios, including some futurefic for the timebreaker AU. I still cackle every time I think of the wet dreams prompt tbh XDDD

October

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (6/9):

inside a video game

horror movies

“who crawls through someone’s window at 4 am to go for ice cream?!”

aching muscles from running all over the city, and then: "would a massage help?"

chocolate

discovering their sensitive spots

“so close” from enchanted

As usual, more Volpina prompts in between school and wips. Not really much to say except it was around now (or maybe September? My memory is horrible) that I realized I had developed a pretty good grasp on romance and could start working on upping my daily wordcount. I really want the mental stamina to complete a chapter fic one day...

November

mlnsfweek prompts (2/3):

marks

School REALLY started to pick up in difficulty and I signed up for a fic exchange and a fanzine. Despite really wanting to, I didn't have time or energy to do more than one prompt for the #mlnsfweek redux, but I plan to complete it~ I have Ideas.

December

oh, the things i do for you (the bubbler remix)

volpina ladrien drabble prompts (7/9):

bruises and scars

cold hands, warm hearts

I'm never, ever committing to more than one fic deadline near exam time ever again. I nearly died last month as I rushed to complete these fics, my studying, and prep for my vacation that started right after exams (I'm still recovering;;;). The remix is currently the longest fic I've written to date, including my wips! Holy shit!!!

Both were done very last minute, but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I tried to finish the last of the Volpina prompts before the end of the year, but alas, time was not on my side. Better luck next year~ :'D

Total Year’s Output: ....58,718 words;;;

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted?

.......This is almost twice as much as I did last year. I actually passed the NaNoWriMo standard. Oh my god. There is no fucking way I would have predicted this last year. And that's not counting all the wips aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH—

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January 2016?

Uhhhh, Bustier/Mendeleiev, definitely. Also DjWifi?? I just wasn't into it at all last year, but now I'm rooting for them. Also, I did not expect to write this much smut, but here we are. ALSO MARIE/ADRIEN/MARINETTE AKA THE OT3 AKA LOVE SQUARED (the homestuck in me will never die)

What’s your favourite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest.

Happy...? Hmmmm....There's stuff that makes me laugh, that I'm proud of...

...I know it's not published yet or even done, but...probably conjugal visit. Not only is it chock full of my favourite type of ladrien, it's...sort of my thesis on emotional intimacy? It's proof of my progress. I look at it and I can feel my determination to grow and to move on from the mental rut I was stuck in for most of my life, that I won't let my past keep my from recognizing my own emotions and learning empathy, not forever.

(Maybe that's pride and contentment and hope more than happiness, but I'll damn well take it)

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year?

I ALWAYS SAY THIS but...I really want to finish my wips.....and I want to start an actual chaptered fic. Not a one-shot collection or a drabble collection. Long, plotty, gen or romance (or both!!), chapter fic. I want to write something that will keep people up all night, lying to themselves when they say 'just one more chapter'. I think I actually have a shot at completing one now, at my current skill and confidence level |D

#procrastinating on the newest fic with memes #what a why to start the year #isayear #isameme

5 notes · View notes