#lucas: teddy's not my girl

[lewis-winters]

Day 9: Role Reversal

part of my OC-tober 2022 (that's prolly going to bleed into 2023)! This takes place in the late 1920s, early 1930s, when they were much younger than in the original timeline of People Like Us and in their "we're still frenemies (more friends, tho) but I'm also secretly in love with you" era. Truthfully, I just wanted to write about Teddy in his Female Impersonator/Drag Queen get up. Teddy Davies and Lucas Samsa belong to @hellofanidea! I hope I did them justice.

tw: period typical homo/queer/transphobia, use of the f-slur maliciously, and sexual harassment (a nameless, third party being a little too pushy)

“Oh my,” Teddy swoons as he enters the tiny dressing room, going so far as to sweep a hand up to his cheek in delighted surprise, his painted lips, perfectly coifed wig, carefully made-up face, and silk green gown completing his homage to every Hollywood starlet of the silver screen. “My hero!”

Much to Lucas’ annoyance, Amy and Mags laugh.

“Wounded in battle, and all for you, pretty girl!” Mags crows, taking Lucas’ injured hand and waving it in the air, as if to prove a point. “Look at this delicate face—poor thing’s going to be black and blue tomorrow.”

“Aww,” Amy sighs, faux-concerned and loving every second of this, the bastard. “What’s yer momma gonna say, Lulu? She’ll throw a fit.”

“And yer daddy’s gonna shake yer hand, protectin’ yer girl like that!” Mags pitches in, taking Lucas’ chin to wiggle it in that condescending way she does, when she likes to lord her height, her broadness, her manliness, over his slighter, shorter, and paler frame. Boyish mannerisms made even more boyish by her male impersonator get up, her clothes padded and square in all the right places, the feminine curves she loudly denies she doesn’t have, hidden expertly beneath the layers of what should have been an ill-fitting suit. Handsome, in all aspects except personality, at the present moment, reminding Lucas too keenly of those crass and snarky boys in school he’s always tried to avoid, when he was a kid.

The unwanted reminder sours what’s left of his mood, good or not, and he sharply shrugs out of Mags’ hold with a damning tsk. “Fuck off,” he spits.

It surprises them all.

All except Teddy. “Alright,” he says, clapping his hands together like a chiding mother after a stretch of awkward silence. “You’re both on in five minutes.”

Amy and Mags file out quickly at his cue, too eager to follow Teddy’s directions if it means that it’ll get them away from a grumpy Lucas as fast as possible. A small part of him still largely unaffected by his anger cringes inwardly at his behavior, aware that this was no way his parents raised him to treat his friends, much less ones as loyal as Amy and Mags. But the bigger part of him is still fuming over his current predicament, so he stays silent as Teddy carefully closes the door after them.

And continues to stay silent as Teddy picks his way through the messy dressing room to reach Lucas at the far end, sitting up on one of the rickety desks with a cold towel pressed to his rapidly swelling lower lip. For once, the golden-haired, green-eyed bastard is respecting his quiet, the carefully blank expression he keeps on his face seemingly serving as a muzzle over all those buzzing thoughts whizzing around behind his eyes. Lucas can see them, even in the split second it took for Teddy to accidentally meet his eyes, then rapidly look away, before diligently checking Lucas over like he has a lick of a clue what he’s doing, humming both affirmatively and negatively at what he finds. It’s unnerving to see him this artificially still, not when moments ago he’d been sparking and flaring like a candle flame, dancing and singing amongst the Aurora’s patrons’ tables, skirt swishing, heels tapping, bare shoulder shimmying to the music, exuding so much life Lucas had felt like his very breath was being squeezed out of his body.

“What? What do you want to say?” Lucas snaps, feeling all kinds of sharp all of a sudden. “I can see you holding your tongue.”

“And here I thought you liked me quiet?” Teddy gently teases, smiling slightly even when Lucas sends him a withering glare. It gets quiet again for a moment, but the careful mask has since slipped, enough for the smile to stay, and despite himself, Lucas softens. Just a bit.

“Thank you,” Teddy says, finally looking up to meet Lucas’ gaze with eyes so clear, so green. “I could handle myself but… thank you.”

Swallowing hard, Lucas nods, jerkily. “I know,” is all he can bring himself to say. Because he does know; even dressed the way he was, the anti-thesis to a man’s man, an open target for anyone and everyone, Lucas knows Teddy could handle himself. He’s Teddy, and Teddy is big. Larger than life, really. Slight in some places, with his tapered waist and long, pianist fingers, but tall and broad shouldered, with a wit sharper than any knife and a confidence so overwhelming, people couldn’t help but be drawn to him, in all the worst and best ways. Teddy Davies has known all his life that he was handsome, that he was beautiful, intelligent, and adored, and it informed the way he moves through the world more than anything else, no matter how much he denies that it has.

Men like Teddy were made to be looked at—the ideal All-American Jock, the Golden Boy, meant to inspire all those other men around him to rise and conquer; whilst secretly wishing his downfall with all the pitch-black jealousy hidden in the darkest corners of their hearts. At first his perpetual presence in the spotlight came off as self-absorbed and vain to Lucas, but the longer he knew him, the more Lucas came to understand that, for a queer who likes to wear women’s clothes and dance all weekend through, the spotlight was the most terrifying, loneliest place to be.

Yet in it he remained. Made it home, conducted the eyes that ogled him with a commanding hand and a toss of his pretty head, and made himself even more seen. Shameless. Larger than life. Daring them all: Look all you want. You won’t like what you see, but I don’t care. I’m not going to change.

Teddy was the bravest person Lucas knew.

Still, that doesn’t mean he has to be the loneliest, too. “He clipped you,” Lucas says, lifting his hand to touch the part of Teddy’s sleeve that had ripped upon contact with the rowdy man’s signet ring, when Lucas had pulled him out of the path of the punch. Teddy meets him half-way, shaking his head.

“Hey, let me be doctor, now,” he says, soothingly, guiding Lucas’ hand down to his lap. “I have to say, it’s odd to be on the other side this time.”

Yes, because on top of being brave, Teddy was righteous, too. Knowing he’s beautiful and handsome, also comes with the price of knowing that, to others, he always appeared to be in the position of right. The world, collectively, was lucky Mrs Davies had known what values to drill into her boy to make him as kind as he was, using whatever authority that’s been carelessly thrust unto him in the best ways he could. Truly, this isn’t his first bar fight with a man who has no understanding of the word no, and this isn’t the first time Lucas has silently worried over bruises that marred his skin, either.

But this was perhaps the first time Lucas has ever seen Teddy shrink. Just for a split second, so minuscule that nobody else saw it—but Lucas had. Seen the slight flinch, the twitch of his lip into an upset frown, when that man, that dreadful man, had shoved at him and called him all sorts of terrible things, all for getting in the way of his unwelcome advances on one of their patrons.

“Faggot,” he’d sneered and the word rung so loud in everyone’s ears, and Teddy’s face had fallen, and all Lucas could see was red.

He had swung first.

“I wasn’t joking,” Teddy tells him now, voice still quiet, but teeming with a gratefulness and a bit of awe. His eyes twinkled. “You really were a hero down there.”

He wasn’t, not quite as practiced in the art of brawling as Teddy was, but between the two of them they’d managed to get the unruly gentleman flat on his back in two minutes.

Mrs Davies had been quite annoyed at her fairy of a son and his quiet friend (as she called them, affectionately) stirring up quite a storm, but the vindicated curl of her lip that appeared when some of their burlier patrons came to toss the man on the street, was enough for Teddy, who’d apologized for the commotion with a small, cheeky smile. All they’d gotten was a swat to both their backsides and an order to put Lucas’ face on ice.

And now here they were.

Lucas didn’t feel like a hero. But he wasn’t going to tell Teddy that. He just grunts, instead. “Sure.”

Teddy smiles, and that’s the end of that conversation. The next few minutes are spent back in blissful silence, with Teddy puttering around with a couple of rags to catch the melting ice that drips from Lucas’ fist and face, even going so far as to wipe at his split lip with one of them, clearing away the blood and debris with a gentleness Lucas knew he was capable of, but has never experienced himself. This close, Lucas can count his lashes, darkened significantly with mascara, curled and fluttering delicately against his rouged-up cheek. Count the freckles he didn’t quite cover with his make-up, the ghost of vast constellations peaking just so behind the fine dusting of perfumed powder. See the part in his bangs where his wig cap peaks out, a flesh-colored net that should break the illusion, but completes the picture, instead. Carves out a new Teddy that Lucas has never had the privilege to see up close.

Blonde bombshell Teddy Davies, more beautiful than any Hollywood starlet. Everything about him is delicate. Delicate and girlish and pretty, and it takes all of Lucas’ self-control not to reach out and touch. Just to check that it’s all real, and that this Teddy had truly been on stage just an hour ago, singing and charming all the men who hollered for more at his feet.

That this Teddy is before him now, fluttering his lashes at Lucas like a practiced coquette. “There you go,” he says with a giggle. “My hero.”

Lucas colors. “Shut up.”

“No, really!” Teddy laughs with a purr, patting Lucas’ uninjured cheek. “So butch! The second you came in; I picked you out of the crowd immediately.”

For some reason, he feels strangely pleased by that. “Yeah?”

“Yes, you with your little suspenders and that curly bed o’ hair? Oh, you had all my girls swooning. I was so jealous,” Teddy says, flouncing about a bit more now, fidgeting nervously with his hair and reapplying his lipstick in front of the nearest boudoir, as if his words have finally fed him the energy he’d lost, scuffling on the bar room floor in his nicest dress. “I mean, I may be old news, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to be upstaged by the new fairy in town.”

“So sorry to have distracted your adoring audience.”

“Truly, I require financial compensation.”

“Does it have to be financial?”

“I could be persuaded to a drink.”

“Alright. But,” Lucas says, grinning. “You have to be on my arm the whole night.”

“Oh, my,” Teddy gasps. If he was blushing, it would have been impossible to see under all that make-up. Lucas takes it as a win, though, when he reaches up to push a bit of lose hair back into place behind his ear, eyes briefly turning away to assess the state of the floor. “Well, if the gentleman insists.”

“I do.”

They smile at each other. “I wish you’d told me you were coming,” Teddy says, so quiet it could have been a whisper. As if admitting it too loudly would take away the weight behind his words.

Lucas hears it. All of it. “I didn’t think you’d appreciated it.”

Teddy scoffs. “I would’ve loved it,” he says, sincerely. “In fact, if I knew you were there, I would’ve performed better.”

A part of him wonders if Teddy could possibly do anything to top that performance, with all its bells and whistles and… piano humping. Just thinking back on it has Lucas’ head spinning, and he knows, if Teddy put his mind to it, he could make even a grand show like that look like a carny attraction at a subpar county fair. “I don’t think so.”

“No, truly,” Teddy laughs, so painfully earnest, his face completely softens into that self-deprecating look he gets with that pretty flush that travels all the way from his forehead down to his powdered neck. Lucas couldn’t help but stare. “It’s always easier when I know I have someone I have to impress.”

“You always impress me,” Lucas says, surprising himself with his honesty. “I am always impressed by you.”

Teddy stops. Fully stops, freezing in place once again and taking with him the collective breath of the world—or maybe just Lucas’, who can’t do anything to deny how beautiful he finds Teddy in this moment, staring at him with those green eyes and those full lips parted in a gasp, a tentative openness to him akin to wondrous hope.

The bravest, loneliest and most beautiful girl in the world.

Then, Teddy laughs, half-delighted, half-mocking. “Aww.”

Lucas really doesn’t know what he expected. “Shut up, Davies.”

“Now don’t start.” Teddy coos, reaching out to ruffle his hair and dance just right out of the way of Lucas’ playful swipe. “You adore me, you really do! Did you hear that world? Lucas Samsa adores me!”

Lucas doesn't deny it. But he does throw a soaking wet rag at Teddy's face to hide the fact, and lets the moment quietly slip away in the wake of Teddy's subsequent rant about his ruined make-up.

#stella's oc-tober 2022 #teddy davies #lucas samsa #people like us #what is it with me and injured characters being given first aid #lucas: teddy's not my girl #also lucas: *punches someone for insulting teddy aka his girl* #lucas my angery boy #he isn't questioning his sexuality he's questioning why he loves this idiot so much #lucas: unfortunately the primadonna currently humping the piano is the love of my life #not that he's ever going to admit it at this point in time #teddy as theodosia was so much fun to write she's a bitch she's a lover she's a child she's a mother she's a sinner she's a saint #she does not feel ashamed #i need more OCs who are also drag queens they're so much fucking fun #'stella?' you may ask. 'is teddy wearing the green dress from the movie atonement?' #why yes. yes he is. #and i hope ya'll APPRECIATE IT #i love gender fuckery #estrella_marie

[ceirinen]

December 2023

I decided to make a list of every fic I read each month.

I would like to interact more, but life has been complicated recently and when it comes to interacting, I get very anxious which is something I'm trying to overcome.

So, here I made this to appreciate such amazing writers and stories that inspire me and others everyday. To the authors, I want to thank them for their dedication and time spent on writing to offer us fascinating stories.

I totally recommend their work.

(If you are in this list and you don't want to, please let me know so I can fix it).

@cillianmesoftlyyy

So New | Cillian Murphy x fem!reader Method Acting | young!Cillian Murphy x Reader

@runnning-outof-time

Research | Tommy Shelby x Reader Bedtime Stories | Tommy Shelby x Reader & Daughter

@zablife

teacher!Luca Changretta x Reader Funeral | Tommy Shelby x sister!reader A Visit to the Peaky Blinders Set | Cillian Murphy x wife!reader

@gypsy-girl-08

Festive Spirit | modern!Tommy Shelby x Reader All I Need... | modern!Thomas Shelby x Reader A Gentle Warning | Thomas Shelby x wife!Reader

@pacifymebby

Arthur Shelby x Reader

@fkmarrycill

Pre-Gaming | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@holacia3

Lost and Lucky | modern!Tommy Shelby x Reader Surprise visit | modern!Tommy Shelby x Reader

@beastofburdenxo

Let Me Praise You | Tommy Shelby x Reader Raising Catherine | Tommy Shelby x Reader

@look-at-the-soul

If I let you go | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@your-nanas-house

What does my princess want? | sugar daddy!Cillian Murphy x sugar baby!reader I'm pretty sure you're mine | sub!William Killick x dom!fem!Reader What are we, idiot? | Neil Lewis x best friend!Reader Thirsty | Tommy Shelby x secretary!Reader

@raincoffeeandfandoms

To the end of the world | Alfie Solomons x fem!oc Tommy, the teddy bear | Alfie Solomons x fem!oc Emergency surgery | baby!Tommy Shelby Fanfiction | Alfie Solomons x fem!oc Anon | Alfie Solomons

@lis-likes-fics

Loner | Edward Cullen x Reader At the End of the Day | Tommy Shelby x wife!Reader

@rafeology

Mentor!Finnick Odair x victor!reader

@wife-of-all-dilfs

Flower Therapy | Finnick Odair x Reader

@darlingsfandom

Cillian Murphy x Reader Tommy Shelby x artist!reader Soft sugar daddy | Robert Fischer x Reader

@pinguwrites

Home Is Where the Heart Is | William Killick x future!reader

@http-finnick

Skin to skin | Finnick Odair x fem!insomniac!reader

@acewritesfics

Lost Love | Tommy Shelby x Reader 36 Minutes | modern! Tommy Shelby x Reader

@dearshelby

Had you first | Tommy Shelby x Reader Little Tommy | Thomas Shelby x oc

@lau219

Red Carpet | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@peakyswritings

I Do Bad Things | demon!Tommy x Reader

@shelbystales

Ceramic Lessons | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@darthannie

Day eighteen: breeding kink with Lenny Miller | Lenny Miller x f!Reader

@hllywdwhre

Afterglow | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@red-write-hand

I'll be home for Christmas | Thomas Shelby x Reader

@mysaintkitten

Bad Behaviour | Mike Kiernan x fem!Reader

@notyour-valentine

The Spirits that I summoned | young!Tommy Shelby

@brummiereader

No Son Of Mine | Tommy Shelby

@youbyradiohead

Strawberry Syrup | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@cillianthinker

British accent | Cillian Murphy x Reader Young and in love | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@cillspropertea

Coming home | Cillian Murphy x Reader

@cillmequick

Operation Christmas Tree | modern!Tommy Shelby x fem!Reader

#cillian murphy x reader #tommy shelby x reader #neil lewis x reader #finnick odair x reader #thomas shelby x reader #lenny miller x reader #arthur shelby x reader #mike kiernan x reader #william killick x reader #alfie solomons x oc #robert fischer x reader #edward cullen x reader #tom buckley x reader #luca changretta x reader #fic rec #monthly reads #fic recommendation

[thebearer]

marcus quite literally begging you and carm to let him do like a cute little gender reveal cake

"I'm so nervous." You whispered to Carmen, holding the knife in your hand, bouncing on your toes. "Or maybe excited. I don't know."

"Yeah, no. I-I get it." Carmen smiled at you, hand sneaking around your waist, rubbing your tummy softly. "It's like, holy shit, this is real and-and we're gonna have a baby."

"Makes it real." You hum, grinning at him.

"Makes it real." Carmen nodded, lips pressing against yours in a sweet kiss.

"Here we are." Marcus said proudly. "I hope it looks alright. I-I've never done one this intricate before. I had to call Luca for the bear because that took forever, but I hope it's ok."

You gawked, eyes watering at the cake in front of you. Pink and blue swirled frosting, tiny gold stars and little baby print feet, and a teddy bear right on top for "baby bear" as everyone referred to the baby as. Marcus had begged you to let him do the cake, he wanted it to be special for you, wanted to be apart of the gender reveal. And truthfully, there was no one else you would rather have than him to do it.

"Marcus," Your lip wobbled, his eyes widening.

"Oh, fuck. I-I'm so sorry. I know it looks more cartoony than you would've wanted. Shit, Chef, I-I'm so-"

"No." You shook your head, wiping your eyes with the back of your hand... which was still holding the knife. Carmen grabbed it gently setting it down. "It's so amazing. Oh my God."

"Really?" Marcus asked, eyes lighting up hopefully.

"It's-It's amazing, Chef." Carmen bit back his own emotions. Seeing how much people cared for him, for you, for his baby. It made his heart swell, burning in his throat in the best way.

"It's beautiful, oh my God." You whimpered, pressing your teary face into Carmen's chest. He was in white and so were you. You wanted the two of you to be neutral for the reveal, you were on the gender anyways. You didn't care what came out of you, as long as it came out healthy and happy.

"Thank you." Marcus beamed, his chest boasting. "I-I'm glad you like it."

"Fuck, I need to take a picture before we cut it." You sniffled, reaching for your phone, snapping a photo through bleared vision.

The photographer captured the two of you standing with the cake, cutting it, your excited, teary smiles when you saw the fluffy, pink cake underneath the icing. Everyone celebrating the two of you.

You posted a photo to Instagram later:

@/yn: baby GIRL berzatto we can BEARly wait to meet you! mommy and daddy love you so much already! and for those of you in the chi area, if you need a gender reveal cake or any pastry, you better call @/marcuscakesandstuff . he will blow you away every. single. time.

#thebearer #carmen berzatto #bearblahs #carmy berzatto #carmen berzatto fic #carmen berzatto smut #carmen berzatto fluff #thebearerblurbs #carmen berzatto x reader #carmy berzatto x reader #dad!carmen berzatto x mom!reader #dad!carmen berzatto #dilf!carmen berzatto #carmen berzatto x pregnant!reader #carmen berzatto x fem!reader #carmen berzatto x you #carmy berzatto x you #carmy x reader #the bear hulu #carmy the bear #marcus brooks #the bear fx #the bear #dorothea “teddy” berzatto

[zablife]

Peaky Blinders Rec List

I've been thinking of doing this for some time to show my appreciation to those who have given me hours of entertainment with their stories, moodboards and GIFs. Recently I've seen a few posts asking if there are any writers left in the Peaky fandom. The short answer is YES!! The longer answer of just how many incredibly talented writers there are and their amazing work is listed below the cut. Go follow them, read their work and please comment and reblog! Happy reading and thank you to all these lovely people who share their work with us!

Updated 22/2/24

@peakyscillian Masterlist Incredible Tommy smut!

@inkwolvesandcoffee Masterlist The most creative Alfie content I've read with gorgeous moodboards.

@dandelionprints Masterlist Amazing new writer with fresh Tommy fics!

@buttercupsandboys Masterlist One of my new fave Alfie series!

@moral-terpitude Masterlist So much amazing Tommy content from one shots to series!!

@raincoffeeandfandoms Masterlist Lovely, creative fics for Alfie, Tommy and Luca. As well as the most inspiring moodboards.

@dreamlandcreations Masterlist Amazing Alfie writer and incredible moodboard creator.

@cillmequick Masterlist Amazing series for both Cillian and Tommy that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.

@notyour-valentine Masterlist Thoughtfully crafted stories that will touch you deeply.

@pherelesytsia Masterlist Tommy fics written in the language of pure poetry. Soft, romantic and utterly beautiful.

@little-diable Masterlist One of the best Tommy Shelby smut writers I've read! Inventive and smart, not to mention devilishly clever!

@xxblackballoonxx Masterlist My fave John Shelby writer!!

@evita-shelby Masterlist Series writer with a strong heroine OC I adore.

@peakyswritings Masterlist A gold mine of Peaky content! One of my fave writers.

@flysafepapi Masterlist Creative genius, horror, vampire AU, so many incredible ideas here.

@shelbydelrey Masterlist Tommy fics with an edge. Mysterious, intriguiging, never dull and always accompanied by amazing moodboards.

@look-at-the-soul Masterlist Cillian and Tommy fics that are so heartfelt and emotional.

@noforkingclue Masterlist Writes the best dark!Tommy ever!

@garrison-girl-08 Masterlist Cillian and Tommy series that are so so addictive!!

@runnning-outof-time Masterlist Consistently amazing Tommy content! No one works harder, but makes it look so easy!

@murderousginger Masterlist One of the most creative writers who never runs out of good ideas. Truly awe inspiring.

@amysteryspot Masterlist Delicious, descriptive writing for Tommy and Alfie one shots and series.

@madame-wilsonn Masterlist A lady of impeccable taste who writes beautifully. Check out her Tommy, Alfie and Arthur fics!

@solomons-finest-rum Masterlist My fave Alfie writer of all time!! Captures his voice like no other.

@dearshelby Masterlist Versatile writer who delivers some of my fave dark fics, smut and angst. And she has a talent for making stunning moodboards.

@theshelbyclan Masterlist A wonderfully gifted writer who provides heartwarming Shelby family fics and the most amazing OC of all time Teddy Shelby!

@pacifymebby Masterlist Writes incredibly detailed headcanons and preferences for the Peaky men that are perfectly in character.

@red-riding-wood Masterlist Specializing in Luca Changretta fics with rich descriptions and compelling narratives.

@thesoldiersminute Gorgeous GIFs I can't stop staring at!

@midnightmagpiemama Masterlist Lovely combination of fluffy, smutty Tommy fics.

@peakyblinded Amazing GIFs and all around lovely person to chat with

@toms-cherry-trees Masterlist Some of the most gorgeous prose I've ever read for Tommy as well as a few other Peaky characters.

@sneakyblinders Masterlist Creator of two separate Tommy AUs that are so creative and immersive.

@anonymooseforever007 Masterlist Writes for many Peaky characters, specializing in humorous, witty dialogue.

@brummiereader Masterlist Amazing series writer for Tommy!

@call-sign-shark Masterlist Mainly writes an incredible series for Arthur, but also one shots for Tommy.

@peakyltd Masterlist Lovely one shots for Tommy, Arthur and John along with the most gorgeous moodboards.

@everythingelseisextra masterlist Formerly @priceofasapphire. Writing under a new blog now with loads of wonderful content.

@darklydeliciousdesires Masterlist Series and one shots for Alfie and John. Incredible smut and fluff!

@rysko Masterlist New writer with amazing Luca content!

I am certain I have missed writers I admire so I will add to this list as I remember people. If I have missed you, I apologize!

#Peaky Blinders fanfic #Peaky Blinders imagine #zablife recommends

[jtargaryen18]

Thinking About You (His Inheritance Valentine's Day short)

Just something short and sweet for the holiday. Also, as Abra says, the calm before the storm.

Masterlist

Words: 1.5k

Story Rating: Sweet with a little suggestiveness

Relationships: Mafia!Steve Rogers X Reader wife

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“Feel like going out today?” Yelena asked, walking into the living room where you were searching on your phone for a new pair of pointe shoes.

Okay, you couldn’t have heard that correctly.

“What?” you asked, lowering your phone.

What was this? Yelena normally wore her dark-colored suits, her combat gear she called it. Today, she didn’t look like the badass you hired for your personal protection. No, she wore jeans and a dark green sweater that brough out the color of her eyes. Her blonde hair was normally pulled back in a French twist but today, she just wore it in loose waves that framed her face.

“I asked if you wanted to go out today,” Yelena said in a way that was a little out of character for her.

Your phone said it was just after one in the afternoon. Your mind spun.

“Out of the house?” you tested the waters.

Yelena nodded, appearing to be enjoying your confusion.

“What are you saying? Steve’s in New York until tomorrow. Are you proposing we sneak out with him gone?” You certainly wanted to try. “Can we do it without getting caught?”

“Possibly,” she said.

Was she serious? Luca and Dyson wouldn’t say anything. Clint, Nat, and Scott could definitely keep a secret. But then there was Neal. Fuck.

“What about Neal?”

“With Steve in New York. Now do you want to go or not?” Yelena said.

Well, you weren’t going to turn that opportunity down.

Only an hour later, you were in the Jeep with Yelena driving, wearing jeans with your favorite sweater. You looked like a couple of college girls out for some fun. Your heart was racing even as you saw the other two SUVs coming up behind you.

She glanced back in her rearview mirror. “Nothing I can do about that. And Scott’s with them. They will keep their distance.”

You nodded. “That I’m used to. Back when my father was keeping me hidden, I got to go into New York once a month with my... handler. My father’s men were always right there and usually pretty good about staying hidden.”

“What did you do in the city?” she asked. “Did you see friends?”

You shook your head. “My friends were the kids of the people who worked in the house. They would come to the house to see me sometimes. But I never got to do friend outings or dates or anything like that.”

“I’m sorry.” Yelena smiled. “Today, we’ll make up for a little of that, okay?”

You had no idea what she had in mind, but you weren’t complaining. She took you to Logan and then you got on a plane, just like the old days. You landed in NYC and you didn’t realize how much those outings meant to you until now. At least back then, you got out once in a while. It was better than nothing.

Then it occurred to you. “Wait, isn’t Steve here?”

Yelena nodded, walking with you down the crowded city street. “What are the chances he’s going to be doing anything but meetings?”

She had a point. It also occurred to you that it was the first time he’d traveled for work and was staying overnight. Your mind tried to latch onto fears that he was getting tired of you. That he’d find a hooker somewhere in the city…

You shook it off. There would be times Steve would travel and be gone for a time. You’d go crazy if you started thinking like that.

The day was fun. Going into the city with a friend for shopping, museums? It went by so fast.

It was just about dinnertime when you remembered tomorrow was Valentine’s Day. You sighed, looking at the gift selection for the holiday in the shop you were in. The first part was mugs, stuffed toys, and candy.

As you moved further down the table, there were other gifts. Lingerie. You smiled at the red teddy that was mostly sheer with satin hearts placed strategically. Steve would love that. You just wondered if you could get it without him finding out you’d ordered it online. Would Yelena cover for you?

“Thinking about someone special?”

You froze at the sound of Steve’s voice behind you. He found you. Holy shit, you were in trouble now.

Slowly, you turned around to face the music. You’d never leave that house again…

Steve stood there in jeans with a leather jacket covering a casual brown shirt. He took off the sunglasses that you’d never seen him wear before. You stopped for a minute to take all of that in because he looked damn good even if you were about to be locked away like Rapunzel for the rest of your life.

Holding up your hands, you said, “Steve, I’m sorry. Please don’t blame Yelena for this. It was my idea. I swear…”

Grinning, he pressed a finger to your lips to get you to stop. Slowly, he shook his head.

“Actually, this was my idea.”

Huh? Why wasn’t Steve ready to kill you?

“Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day and I was going to just bring you something when I came home tomorrow,” he said slowly. “Have Luca make a special dinner. But I thought you might enjoy something special.”

Was he serious right now?

Glancing around you saw Yelena not far from you near the books. Scott stood with her, both of them smiling at you. They were in on it, huh?

“This was your idea?” you asked him, still trying to get your mind around it.

Steve nodded. “I was out shopping for Valentine’s Day before I left, and I thought about something. If we just met somewhere one day, like this store, what would have happened? Would you have talked to me? Gone out with me if I’d asked?”

All your usual retorts flooded your mind. We’ll never know. I didn’t have a choice, did I?

Somehow, you couldn’t bring yourself to say any of them. You were out of that house, out of Boston, right? You and Yelena had an amazing day and you never even spotted any of Steve’s men. And then, come to find out, your husband orchestrated the entire trip.

Taking a deep breath, trying to expel the battle you were prepared for, you smiled. “Maybe.”

Steve laughed. “Well, it was better than I expected then.”

“What did you expect me to say?” you asked.

“So many colorful choices came to mind.”

That had you laughing. He knew you well.

“It’s been a really good day,” you admitted. “And I know it was a risk… Thank you for this.”

“I’m glad,” he said. “But it’s early yet. Want to have dinner with me?”

Your heart fluttered at his words. He meant them. Your husband had honest-to-God planned a day out for you and was asking you out in a terribly old-fashioned, romantic way. The rest of the day out without the cloud of worry hanging over your head?

“Yes,” you said.

Steve’s smile held so much triumph. The last thing you expected was for him to grab you and kiss you breathless in the small, crowded boutique shop. But he did. You were hanging onto that jacket with your heart thundering in your chest when he was done.

“Did you want to finish shopping?” he asked, pointing to the table of Valentine’s items you’d just been perusing.

You nodded, a little lost for words. As much as you tried to blame Steve for a good many things in your life, he had a knack for disarming you in just the sweetest – or most erotic – ways. You never saw it coming.

He’d really outdone himself this time.

“You didn’t answer my question,” he said, pointing to the red lingerie you’d been considering when he found you. “Thinking about someone special?”

“I was,” you told him, lifting it by the straps so he could get a good look at it. “I thought my husband would like it. But then I was trying to figure out how I was going to buy it without risking him finding out about my trip.”

Oh, you could tell by the way his gaze moved over that sheer little garment that he’d like to see you in it very much.

“Will you wear it for me tonight?” his tone was deeper, close to your ear. “After dinner. I got us a really nice suite at the hotel. You have a couple of gifts there, waiting.”

You could care less about gifts by that point. His bedroom voice, that desire in his blue eyes. How could you refuse?

Despite everything, you really were finding it very hard to avoid falling for your husband.

“Yes,” was all you could think of to say.  

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#Happy Valentine's Day #Thank you so much #I'm so sorry for what's coming next in this story

[babydollmarauders]

I MET RUT, FRANK NAZAR, LUCA, AND MARK LAST NIGHT QND OMG THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND SO SWEET.

mark: was the first, before i met him a girl went “did ya get into the nhl yet🤨” and he smiled and goes “not yet” then we he walked away he frowned AND I FELT SO BAD. anyways when he came up to me I wanted TO PEE. he’s literally a big teddy bear angel sweet muffin pie but because he’s A BIG BOY I WAS SO INTIMIDATED BY HIM. but i asked him and he was like “yeah ofc” and he looked beautiful and then started chatting up a grandma and grandpa

rutger: THE BEST. he’s so sweet, holds conversation, and he THANKED ME FOR TAKING A PIC WITH HIM??? also put his hand on my shoulder i collapsed

frank: at first i was scared cause the girls infront of me asked him and he shook his head but THEN HE CAME BACK AND WAS HELLA SWEET. and his smile and dimples were gorg in our photo

luca: he was super sweet, it was kinda awkward tho idk. it’s prob bc i just met rutger and i was literally high off that but he was so nice. he wished me a goodnight too!!

i could’ve met more (like dylan duke and gavin) but they were talking with like 5 other players and i felt awkward going up to all those huge men. BUT THEY ARE ANGELS!!

AHHHH OMG I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!

I LOVE THEM SM OMG

#faithlynn speaks 🪐 #ask faithlynn ✨

[howtobecomeadragon]

Everyone likes presents. The show does focus a lot on them and I'm trying to figure out if there's a bigger meaning here. I don't think there's any new info here to uncover, but thought presents was a good focus for an analysis 🤷

Will absolutely loves presents, to the point of asking Jonathon, with no hesitation, if he can open JONATHAN'S present from his crush (I'll give Will a pass, he just survived the Upside Down but this is hilarious behavior on Will's part). At home, he's shaking presents before Christmas, he's guessing what the presents are. He's very very very into presents at the end of s1. Unfortunately I don't think we see him get another present yet (YET) so far in the show. With all of the s4 March 22nd drama about Will's birthday, it almost looked like the birthday boy didn't get any presents, but supposedly the Duffer Brothers forgot.

Next we see Mike's absolute bafoonery in s3, trying to get El an "I'm sorry" present for lying. It's the thought that counts, right? Not really when Lucas is doing all the thinking here. Will in that third picture is me giving Mike the side eye in this season. Will knows what a good present is and he knows that this isn't the right attitude to have going into shopping for a present.

He tells El he was trying to get her a present but has nothing to show for it. Big swing and a miss. "We couldn't find anything that suited you." We see the boys looking at a jewelry store, where Mike finds the $300 teddy bear pin, perfume, and lingerie. This is classic "I don't know anything about my girlfriend, let me just look for a present that any boy could get any girl" behavior. After seeing each other every single day for 6 months (according to Hopper) Mike doesn't have much of anything to show for it. He only had $3.50, which equals about $9.64 according to an inflation calculator. Not a lot, but enough to get something. El's favorite snack, a cute hair tie, a cheap bracelet, a comic, a toy, just something. Or he could've made something homemade, but it was shown very clearly that he wasn't going to put time or thought into that, when he can hardly admit he did anything wrong. In my opinion, he would've been better off not even telling her about his failed attempt to get her something, it's just more disappointment piled on. He's not thinking about her feelings though, he just wants credit for putting the work in (*cough even though Lucas was the one that did all the work cough*).

At the end of s3, we get the iconic "I like presents" scene. I've seen a lot of analysis about how Mike felt more comfortable talking about liking something childish, opening presents, because he just reconnected with Will about wanting to play DnD, but then doesn't feel comfortable being himself about liking these things he considers childish around El. But focusing more on the idea of presents here and the text of what was said: Mike likes presents, but El has never given him a present. El likes presents, but Mike failed at getting her a present. Maybe Mike is thinking about how much he likes playing with his toys on Christmas and how if he's with El on Christmas, he might be too ashamed to enjoy them. Just last season, just 8 months ago, Mike was so hesitant to throw away toys at his parents' request. And in s1, he showed El his toys and she walked away from him. He won't enjoy his presents if they spend Christmas together.

In s4, we see Mike bring El an actual present this time! However, he brings her Hawkins flowers right after he read in her letter that she doesn't even miss Hawkins flowers anymore. So the flowers aren't on the mark and the note definitely isn't. Again, he probably would've been better off not bothering, the present brought more pain than getting off the plane empty handed would have. He's showing that he doesn't understand her enough to get the right present, to the point of ignoring/missing what she's saying to him in her letters.

And of course later on, we see that every letter Mike wrote El, each one a present in a way, was really a knife to the heart with every "from, Mike" and then later we see yellow Hawkins flowers wilted and dead. Mike's presents to El bring pain and disappointment.

We know that Mike loves the presents he gets from Will: drawings and the painting. Mike likes presents, we know this from the s3 finale, and he also loves Will's art. He keeps those presents and has for years. He displays the presents in his basement and bedroom, years after he gets them. Contrasted with El's letters, which are presents in a way, not being seen anywhere in the house.

But when he thinks that the painting, the present, is from El, he's not as pleased. I think that's the only physical present "El" ever got for Mike other than her letters, and for a guy that likes presents, he's not pleased to think this one is from his girlfriend. So in a way, when Mike thinks he gets a present from El, he's disappointed and confused.

El and Mike both say that they like presents, but their presents to each other are never the right gift, never evoke the intended emotion, and are never given with good intentions or thought put into them.

A colossal bummer is, of course, the fact that Will hasn't gotten a present from Mike on screen, as far as I remember. We don't know if a present from Mike to Will would be as awful as his presents to El, but all evidence points to the fact that it wouldn't.

Basically, I want to put Mike in a mall with $3.50 and see what he would walk out with for Will.

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers

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ヽ｀、☁ヽ｀─── READ YOUR MIND

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mighty med

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[erin-bo-berin]

Steve and singleteenmom!reader getting married pleasse!!

Should I do another, separate one for when he proposes? Because I have the cutest idea for that. But since you asked for getting married, that’s what this will be!

(This is a cute gif he’s just has a cute face ok bye)

“Today’s the day kiddo!” Steve lifted his daughter—his official adopted Harrington daughter—into his arms.

“You ready for your mommy and daddy to get married?”

“Yesh!”

She was growing up so fast. At three years old now, she still had the cute toddler talk, but was losing her baby looks every day. It made Steve sad in a way, he wished he could keep her as a baby forever. Kids really didn’t keep, that’s for sure.

“Shouldn’t she be with Y/N and the bridesmaids?” Dustin asked.

“Yes, but you know her. This kid doesn’t do anything by the book. She wanted me to help get her ready,” Steve said.

She looked absolutely adorable in her flower girl dress. Her hair was still a bird’s nest from last night’s sleep, though. Robin was going to come down to get her later, so she could have her hair done before the ceremony.

You and Steve had been living together for over a year now, dating for two, but he’d insisted on being traditional and not seeing you until the wedding ceremony.

“What mawwied mean?” she asked Steve.

“Well, it’s when two people who love one another have this ceremony. Sometimes it’s big, sometimes it’s small, it depends on what they want. Anyways, it to celebrate them as a couple and they make these promises called vows. Basically saying they’ll love another for the rest of their lives, be with each other in sickness and in health, things like that. Then they kiss and they’re married.”

“If I kish my teddy does dat mean we mawwied?”

Steve, along with the other boys in the room, laughed. Oh, the childhood innocence.

“Not exactly, sweetheart.”

“Careful, Harrington,” Eddie said from across the room, where he sat, his only groomsman to be in a leather jacket, “Next you’ll be explaining the birds and the bees to her.”

“Ugh, I had to do that for Henderson when he was younger.”

“Yeah and I’m still scarred!” he yelled from the kitchen.

“We were all scarred by that, Steve,” Mike said.

“You told them?!” Steve asked, exasperated as Dustin came in, fixing his bow tie.

“It was too funny not to share,” Dustin shrugged.

“You nervous?” Lucas asked, looking at his older friend.

Steve shook his head with a smile.

“Nope. I can’t wait to make her my bride.”

•

The bridal room was a disaster.

Well, bridal room was a bit of an exaggeration. You were in the Wheeler’s master bedroom.

While the groom and his groomsmen were down in the basement, you and your bridesmaids were occupying every inch of the room, plus running up and down between the main levels and upstairs.

Clothes, makeup, hair tools and hair products littered the bed, the floor, the vanity, pretty much any surface available.

“Please tell your parents I’m sorry for the mess,” you told Nancy sheepishly.

If it was strange for your soon to be husband’s ex girlfriend to be one of your bridesmaids, you didn’t care. You’d grown close to the party of friends he came with when you began dating him and Nancy happened to be a part of that.

“You’re shaking like a leaf,” El said, sounding worried.

The girls looked amazing in their corresponding dresses. You’d picked the color, but you’d allowed each bridesmaid to pick the style of dress they wore and they were rocking them, each style picked looking just like something they’d wear.

“Are you nervous?” Max asked.

“A little. Not about marrying Steve. I mean, I know I want to do that. It’s just everything is catching up to me. It’s a big day. I want everything to be perfect.”

“It will be,” Robin assured you.

“Yeah. Besides you’re surrounded by family and friends. It’s already perfect, right?” El said.

“You’re absolutely right,” you smiled, hugging the teen.

“I better go get the velociraptor from downstairs,” Robin said, heading for the door.

“Did you just allude that my daughter is a dinosaur?” you asked, laughing.

“Yes, but only because she’s wild. She’s still cute though!” she called as left the room.

You took a deep breath, looking at your reflection in the mirror. Your hair and makeup was done, you were in your dress, your veil accenting it just perfectly without overdoing it.

You were ready to marry Steve.

•

The Wheeler’s backyard was big and spacious. It had been decorated beautifully for the wedding. Chairs lined on both sides, creating the aisle for you to walk down, where Steve would be waiting.

The wedding party walking down the aisle went way too slow and yet way too quickly at the same time.

First down the aisle was little girl Harrington, accompanied by Dustin, which surprisingly was Dustin’s idea. She held firmly into uncle Dustin’s hand and tossed flowers out of the basket that he held in his other hand for her. The crowd loved it, smiling and waving at her when she stopped to wave at all the loved ones she saw. They all laughed whole heartedly when they made it down the aisle and she greeted Steve quite loudly and excitedly from her place on the bride’s side of the altar.

“Hi daddy!” she waved, like she hadn’t just seen him an hour ago.

“Hi baby,” he laughed, waving to her, then putting his finger to his lips, letting her know she needed to be quiet right now.

Next was Nancy and Will, followed by Max, escorted by Lucas.

It was already halfway through the wedding party and you were trembling. Nerves, anticipation, joy, everything was tumbling into one.

“You okay?”

You looked over at Hopper, who’d you’d asked to walk you down the aisle. When you had, he’d hugged you so tightly and said he’d be honored to.

“Yeah, just want to get this part done,” you laughed.

“Don’t worry,” he smiled, giving you a fatherly kiss on the head, “I’ve never seen a couple more in love. You’ll do great up there.”

Robin, accompanied by Eddie was only one couple between you and walking down the aisle and your nerves turned to pure excitement. You couldn’t wait to see Steve at the end of the aisle and for Steve to finally see you in your dress. He’d refused to see it until the moment he saw you coming down the aisle.

Your soon to be husband was quite the romantic, that way.

Lastly, El, escorted by Mike had their turn. That left you and Hopper.

“We ready to get you married?” Hopper whispered with a smile as your wedding march arrangement began playing.

You nodded.

“Ready as ever.”

The entire crowd melted away when you caught the first glimpse of Steve, waiting patiently at the altar. He looked so handsome in his dark suit, hair neatly combed back and every strand in place, not that you were surprised. He must’ve gasped because his entire face was lit up with surprise and awe as he stared at you.

You smiled at him, even though you were still halfway down the aisle.

“You look beautiful,” he mouthed to you and you grinned wider, nodding your head towards him as to say he looked great too.

When you and Hopper reached the end of your bridal walk, your little girl ran over to him, ready to do her next part in the ceremony. He lifted her in his arms.

“Who gives this woman to be married to this man?” the officiater asked.

“I do!” she shouted, causing laughter and aww’s to chorus from the crowd.

“Good job,” you whispered to her as Hopper took her and sat her between him and Joyce—you knew your active three year old wouldn’t be able to stand still long enough, even for the short ceremony, so you’d opted for her to sit with them.

You stood in front of Steve as he took his hands in yours. You’re sure the pure love radiated from him was evident on your face too.

You didn’t remember much of the ceremony as you were absolutely captivated by him, but according to everyone else, it went off without a hitch.

#steve harrington #steve harrington fic #steve harrington blurb #steve harrington fluff #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x fem!reader #steve harrington x you #stranger things #stranger things blurb #stranger things fic #stranger things fluff

[aria-ashryver]

on the one hand, I haven't technically even written ten fics yet -- on the other, Snow In Crimson, Starlight In Gold (Explicit) is already over 250k words. So... here's a weird and appropriately humungous list for Choices International Fanworks Day!!

Top Ten Times I Made My Characters Cry in Starlight (ID Longfic)

(Snippets below the cut are all SFW)

10. Clements Girls Night (bc Nicole's ex sucks)

Nicole hiccuped a laugh between her tears. ‘Okay, I have ice cream,’ Harrison said, shutting the door to Nicole’s bedroom with his hip as a cream-coated pug came barrelling past his feet. ‘I have tissues, I have chocolate, I have Teddy the Pug, I have a very expensive looking bottle of 1998 Sassicaia Bolgheri, and Jennifer’s Body on DVD.’ Harrison let the jumble of items fall out of his arms and onto the bedcovers, scooping up Nicole’s dog so he could come and snuffle at her outstretched fingers. ‘All the ingredients we need for a good night in. My suggestion is we sit here and don’t move for the next twenty-four to forty-eight hours.’

9. The Venandis grieving as Cas spraypaints a portrait of their late friend Rory on the water tower

He’d always been smiling. Even up until the end. It came together in small details, abstract, at first, until it snapped together and Delphine sank back against the railing with a quiet ‘oh’. ‘Cas,’ Delphine whispered, one hand to her mouth. ‘That’s really— fuck, dude.’ Sinking down against the railing, Delphine started crying in earnest.

8. Gabriel finds the strength to talk about his family with Luca

Gabriel felt warm hands cradling his face, Luca’s thumbs brushing away his tears. ‘Tell me about them, as they lived,’ they said. ‘I’d love to know about them, if you’ll let me. Do you think you can, Gabriel?’

7. Gabriel and Luca cry into their pizza post-Autumn Festival reveal

‘What would have happened to you, if you’d exposed yourself as a vampire and I couldn’t keep you safe? I —oh, fuck, cool— Margherita pizza tastes good with tears. Good to know. Probably all the salt.’ Luca scrubbed the back of his hand across his eyes, and Gabriel felt the periphery of his vision turn to static. He couldn’t have torn his eyes away if he’d tried, his gaze locked onto the tears spilling down Luca’s cheeks. Crying. Luca was crying, for him. Because they were worried about what it would have done to Gabriel if he’d hurt them. If his secret had been found out by the humans. Numbly, Gabriel handed them a napkin, his mind a screaming void of white noise.

6. Terri tries to sacrifice herself to save Luca

Snarling, suspicion in her eyes, Astoria shook Terri roughly, but she didn’t let up. She never had. No matter what she had faced, Terri O’Rinn had never once given up. A sob caught in Luca’s throat. ‘You run, Luca, and don’t look back. I’ll try and buy you as much time as I can. I love you, my darling. Never forget that. You are so loved. On my signal, be ready.’

5. Viktor is wasting away from a disgusting lack of attention

‘I’m calling from a payphone,’ Viktor sighed, his voice muffled as he rattled about in the booth. ‘I have lost both my cell phone and my will to live! Literally no one on the planet has suffered more than I am suffering at this very point in time! I am the Bezos of suffering. Except instead of odious amounts of money, I have tears.’ Luca bit down on a fond smile. ‘Did you actually lose your phone, or do you just like the aesthetic of being a drunk, broken-hearted musician crying on his own in a payphone booth at 2am?’ ‘Um, rude,’ Viktor scoffed, immediately sounding less watery.

4. Cas and Gabriel watch on as Luca dances through a breakdown

Luca was a ghost drifting quiet through a field of wildflowers, and a fury of lightning arcing over midnight sands, and every broken sob that ever choked up Cas’s throat at 3AM beneath the harsh, halogen glare of streetlights. Before he even really understood what was happening, Cas was blinking furiously. Blinking through wet, refracted shards of light as tears spilled down his cheeks. Luca took Cas’s pain and tore him apart with it. They gave him permission, they made him understand, in some deep part of himself that his conscious mind couldn’t reach. The way Luca moved gathered his soul together. They somehow found those scattered fragments and brought them home again.

3. The trio re-unite after the attack on the hunting party

‘Hold my hand,’ Luca sniffled, blotting at their tears with the heel of their hand. Cas chuckled. ‘I promise I’m not going anywhere, babe.’ ‘I know,’ Luca said, flailing their hand insistently. ‘Just hold my damn hand anyway!’ Cas stared at them, his face lit with something ageless. Eternal. ‘I’ll hold your hand every fucking day for the rest of my life.’

and

Cas tensed. ‘Why are you crying?’ ‘Because you won’t.’ Gabriel turned to face him, his thumb tracing tenderly over the inflamed skin at Cas’s neck. ‘So I’m doing it for you.’

Okay, just… *gestures broadly at all of Augury Pt II*, you know? Mmm, delicious near-death situations and characters being overwhelmed with how much they care about each other, my beloved.

2. (It's a tie!) The first "I love you" confessions

[Luca x Gabriel]

The starlight fractured him, cradled him, and reformed him whole. ‘I love you, too,’ Gabriel gasped, startled to feel the coolness of tears sticking to his eyelashes. ‘With all my heart Luca, I love you.’ ‘You don’t have to say it back just because I said it,’ Luca said, his fingers skating feather-light against the fullness of Gabriel’s bottom lip. ‘If you’re not ready—’ ‘No, I am! I do! I…’ An elated laugh burst from Gabriel’s lips.

[Luca x Cas]

Cas’s eyes were intent; he gazed up at Luca like they’d hung the moon for him. His fingers clutched at their thighs, as if the strength in his grip might hide the fact that his hands were shaking. ‘Please…’ Cas whispered. ‘Luca, tell me. I want to hear it again.’ Luca swiped a thumb across Cas’s cheekbone where a shimmering tear had slipped free from his eye, and fell in love with him all over again. ‘I love you, Cas Harlow.’ Cas surged up to meet them in a kiss.

Cas grieves finally his mother (with help from Terri)

(yes I'm dropping a 300 word "snippet", I freaking love this chapter lol. Cas Harlow + vulnerability? That's my JAM)

Cas took the brunt of those gentle words like a baseball bat to the ribs. The air heaved out of him, and quite suddenly, he couldn’t breathe. ‘What did you say?’ ‘It’s not your fault, sweetheart.’ ‘Sh— shut up…’ Terri’s voice grew firmer when he would have up and ran, broken leg or no. ‘Cas. None of it was ever your fault.’ ‘Shut the fuck up!’ His chest was nothing but acid and knives, burning silver wire coiling around him tight. ‘Don’t say that shit!’ ‘Cas…’ And it was just that one little thing, wasn’t it? Cas was almost mad at how easy it was. It was just that one little gesture, as Terri reached out to place her hand on his knee, that caused all the pain, all the misery festering inside of him to come unstuck. His eyes were wide open when the tears fell. He didn’t even have to fucking blink; one moment he was sucking in a sharp gasp, the next, his tears were overtaking him, cold on his skin as they spilled, the dammed-up weight of it all just too fucking heavy to hold in any more. He could feel it building as Terri shifted closer and folded him into a hug. The tremor in his chin. His lower lip quivering. The tight constriction as phantom hands squeezed his airways closed. One word tore past his lips. ‘Eomma…’ And then he was breaking. A howl of pure agony shredded through him as he curled into Terri’s shoulder and sobbed. His tears were so hot they were scalding; the weight of his anguish suffocating as it was crushed out of him; Luca’s mom’s hands so gentle as they stroked comforting circles on his back —Luca’s mom, their mom, he’d never had a fucking mother before, never known how it would feel to be held like this while he cried— ‘It wasn’t your fault.’ Cas hugged Terri back and cried even harder.

@choicesfandomappreciation

Happy International Fanworks Day!! (I say, as my characters are sobbing in the background lmao) 💛💛💛

#SICSIG #ChoicesFanworksDay #choices immortal desires #immortal desires #cas harlow #gabe adalhard #luca o'rinn #new drinking game: #take a shot every time the blorbos get soggy #emotional healing?? #in my good smutty vampire longfic?? #its more likely than you think

[rose0725]

Butler's wine festival

Episode 2

[To the city of Tobiris ]

⚠️ The translation can be wrong

Mu:Mgh.... I still feel sleepy...

You:Good morning, Mu

Mu:Ah. Good morning, Lord.Sorry….

I ate too much food last night.

My stomach is bloated... I had a hard time falling asleep.

You:a-are you okay?

Mu:Ah, yes. I'm a little sleepy, but other than that I'm fine!

Once I eat breakfast, I'll be back to normal in no time!

You:(Great appetite...)

Mu:Ah, now Is everyone else awake yet? Last night... It seems like they are still drinking even after the master took their leave.

*I typed 'their' because the master can be both men and women/Boys and girls

You:by the way…

Lono aside...., I feel like Lucas, Boschi, and Hanamaru weren't good at getting up early.

They said they were leaving for the city of Tbilis in the morning...

Was everyone able to wake up properly?

Mu:Hmm~

I'm starting to get a little worried.

For now…,

Shall we go to the entrance hall?

You:I agree

When Mu and I got ready... For now, I decided to go down to the entrance.

Lono:Ah! Good morning, Lord.

You:Good morning,Lono

Mu:Mr. Lono!

You were already awake.

Lono:No wonder. I wonder if I'll be able to sleep through my important trip with my master.

I'm sorry, Lord. I thought I'd go pick you up to your room, but... Preparing breakfast and arranging the carriage...

I haven't been able to do it until now. Good grief…. Those three people really have a weakness for mornings~

Those 3 people including Lucas, Boschi, and Hanamaru

Mu:Ah, now that I think about it...

What happened to Lucas and the others?

Maybe... Are they still sleeping in their room?

Lono:No. It's already happening./They already woke up

It's just...,After all its in the morning.

It seems that it takes time to get ready

That's it./That's all

Tap....tap..

Lono:Oops. If you make rumors ...

Lamli:Look, Lucas -sama!

I arrived at the entrance hall.

Oh, there is also the Lord.

Good morning, Lord 🎶

Lono:Lucas ... Are you still sleeping?

Lucas:Yeah...

I managed to finish the clothes and hair set.

It seems like I was drinking late yesterday ... Is it like this for about 10 minutes?

Lono:T-that's right ... Doing something is hard.

Lamli:Hmmm~

Well, I can make it alone while sleeping ...

It's an important trip from today. Just in case, I was asked to take care of myself!

If I didn't have a wine cellar cleaning work ... I'm going on a trip together. If you skip, you'll be disgusted by the Nac all year round. This time I will put up with it.

Lono:Ah ... You said, by the way.

You:(It's an experience ...)

Mu:That?

By the way, what are the other two?

Tap..tap..

Ammon:Good morning! Now, I'm waking up Boschi.

I think he will come down soon ... Can you wait a little longer?

Teddy:Good morning! Are you all together?

Hanamaru is coming here now ...

Please wait a little longer!

Mu:Oh! Amon, Teddy ...

Maybe..

Did they ask you guys to wake them up in the morning?

Ammon:That's right. In the unlikely event that you don't sleep.

Teddy:I'm always early in the morning. This is very cheap to use. Hanamaru's clothes and preparation have been completed. You don't have to sleep!

Ammon:That's right. Then wait for them to come ...

Lono:..........

Mu:.......

........The are not coming

Teddy:Oh, it's funny/This is wierd...

I will see a little.

*door sound*

Ammon:I also ... . I'll go back to the second floor.

Tap..tap..

Teddy:Wow!

Hanamaru-san, that's not tatami!

Well, it's cobblestone, so it's tatami... Anyway, it's no good if you sleep on the road!

Ammon:Boschi-san...! It's no good if you sleep leaning against the wall. Mo~, isn't your forehead turning red?

Lono:One thing...

Everyone seems to be having a hard time...

Teddy:Hey, wake up! Delicious wine is waiting for you!

Lucas:eh?Delicious wine?

Mu:Ah. Looks like you've woken up now.

Lamli:Good morning, Mr. Lucas🎶

Lono:......Do I have to wake these three up during the trip......?

Lamli:Hehe. Looks like you had a pretty fun party last night~

Ammon:That's right. I was carefully asked to wake up earlier than usual.I'm sure you were looking forward to the trip with the lord.

Boschi:Shut up. Don't say too much, Amon.

Hanamaru:Hehe. Anyway, thank you for waking me up. Thank you, Teddy. I'll buy some delicious wine as a souvenir.

Teddy:Yes! Please give me something that I can drink with Mr. Yuhan!

Lucas:Well.Then, I'm ready to leave ... As scheduled…. Let's go to the city of Tobilis.

Lamli:Welcome!Please be careful on the way! Please buy a lot of delicious wine~

You:Yeah, I'm going

Mu:Hehe ... I'm looking forward to what kind of festival it is!

#devil butler with black cat #akuneko #teddy brown #boschi arenas #lucas thompscie #ammon lead #lono fontaine #lamli bennett #hanamaru kawakami

[kpopsexstories]

Final Stretch: Most Memorable Sexual Experiences of NCT returns! 😄😍

It's finally time! My NCT smut series Most Memorable Sexual Experiences of NCT will return with stories for the six remaining members 😄

I'll post a new story every Monday starting next week (April 8). Two of the members – Jaemin and Lucas – will get a two-part story. That means 8 weeks of awesome content that I can't wait for you to read!

The stories for the 6 final members have been written and scheduled. The first will be posted on Monday, April 8:

April 8, 2024 – Xiaojun Goes camping when a girl he's just met sneaks into his tent.

April 15, 2024 – Lucas Pt. 1 (Former Member) Has a threesome with his Chinese girlfriend and her best friend.

April 22, 2024 – Lucas Pt. 2 (Former Member) Sleeps with Haechan's sister.

April 29, 2024 – Jeno Is jerked off by his girlfriend while her parents are nearby.

May 6, 2024 – Taeil Has a foursome with Doyoung and their respective girlfriends.

May 13, 2024 – Jaemin Pt. 1 Meets and bonds with a troubled fan.

May 20, 2024 – Jaemin Pt. 2 Changes a fan's life by having romantic sex with her.

May 27, 2024 – Winwin Has sex with Jeno's aunt (MILF).

Of these 6 newly scheduled members, which are you most excited to read a sex story about?

The previous stories

In case you've missed them, here are the members whose stories I've already published in the past. You can read them right now!

Renjun fucks his makeup artist.

Jungwoo shares a girl with Johnny.

Hendery brings a screamer to the WayV dorm.

Chenle loses his virginity in a sweet scene.

Doyoung cums in front of his mother.

Mark gives his girlfriend anal.

Kun gets a blowjob by a fan.

Jisung masturbates to the mental image of Haechan's sister.

Jisung gets naked with Haechan's sister in a pool, then fucks her in his suite.

Johnny fucks his dance coach in the studio every week after practice.

Ten is fucked raw by a gay fan from Grindr.

Yangyang has sex with his girlfriend while Ten is invited to watch.

Yuta meets his childhood sweetheart for some quick sex.

Yuta plays football naked with his friend with benefits.

Taeyong loses his virginity to a hooker who teaches him about sex.

Haechan gives Mark and Jungwoo handjobs in the shower.

Jaehyun has cyber sex with his American girlfriend.

Jaehyun joins the mile high club in a private jet.

Click here to learn more about the series and check out the full posting schedule.

What about the Quick Fix series?

The Most Memorable Sexual Experiences of NCT series will run on Mondays. My ongoing Quick Fix Dirty Kpop Imagines series – with shorter sex scenes featuring NCT and non-NCT members – will continue to run on Wednesdays for the next three weeks (until the last already announced story has been published). You can still look forward to these four members:

Wednesday, April 3: RIIZE Shotaro comes in your mouth.

Wednesday, April 10: BTS Taehyung (V) has his shaft pleasured by a vibrating teddy bear.

Wednesday, April 17: BTS Yoongi (Suga) fucks you on a bathroom counter.

Wednesday, April 24: TXT Hueningkai thrusts his great cock inside you.

What happens once the "Most Memorable Sexual Experiences" series is over?

I have a number of plans! 😃 First and foremost, I will celebrate the fact that I've written the equivalent of a full novel in length, only counting the Most Memorable Sexual Experiences of NCT series. That's pretty insane!

Next, I will at some point announce Season 3 of the Quick Fix Dirty Kpop Imagines series. I will also sporadically post a few non-kpop sex stories from my Mixed One-shots series. This is a series with one-off stories about any celebrity I feel like writing smut about.

If you have wishes for the Quick Fix or Mixed One-shots series, requests are open!

The most exciting news, however, is that I will announce what k-pop group I will be doing a "Most Memorable Sexual Experiences" series on next!

I already have numerous drafts and ideas for several groups that I'm sure you'll love 😍 Exactly which group will be next is still a secret, but I'll be dropping some hints when the time comes.

As always, thank you for reading and engaging with me, your presence means more than you know.

#smut #nct #nct smut #nct dirty #nct 127 #nct dream #kpop smut #wayv #smut writing #kpop boys #kpop #kpop imagines #kpop fanfic #wayv xiaojun #xiaojun #nct jaemin #nct jaemin smut #nct jeno #nct jeno smut #nct taeil #nct taeil smut #nct lucas #wayv lucas #wayv lucas smut #nct winwin #nct winwin smut

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Amuary chuckled telling them goodbye for now before they headed off. While the rest were joined by Rylan and Ye-Min who they had invited to come along. Her mother was a patient of Vy’s and they were very happy that their daughter had some time away from her illness.

Vy: Before you ask, she is fine, the treatment is working, which as you know means she feels awful.  Ye-Min: Thank you, I know she is in the best of hands, and thank you for letting me come to dinner. Rylan: You're always welcome, you know. Emil: Very much so. -they smiled, it was good to see both their kids have their best friend, but Amuary still worried them slightly. Yet they seemed to make Tyvan very happy- and if you want, you can sleep over at our place today. Ye-Min: I would love to, so I'll call my dad and ask. 

Emil smiled, Min was always a happy girl, but with a sick mom, a dad who tried to handle work, a sick wife, and a child, she often seemed a little lonely, so after talking to Flynn and her parents, they often invited her to stay with them. It took a weight off her parent's shoulders in many ways as well as the simple fact that she and Rylan loved spending more time together. 

The day before Liam’s 14’th birthday and with that him stepping into teenage years, River found him sitting with Teddy waiting for him after school. 

River: Ready then? Liam: Yeah, like we practiced right? River: Yep.

He smiled softly at his son, knowing Lucas couldn’t be home in time, but that they wanted to do this before Liam started high school, and Morgyn had said that both were ready. They had discovered that Teddy had some symptoms of an illness, so, with Morgyn’s help and guidance, they had prepared the relatively young mage and dog to turn him into Liam’s familiar. That way, it would be freed from their illness, and Liam would keep his friend with him forever which he was already happy about.

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#the ward legacy #tumblrstories #writblr #simblr #simblrstories #co created with mahvaladara #storytelling #stories #Flynn Ward #Emil Ward #Tyvan Ward #Rylan Ward #River Ward #Lucas Ward #Liam Ward #time to make someone into their familiar #because why not #also teddy is too cute to loose #so sorry not sorry

[horsetailcurlers2]

YET ANOTHER long and obnoxious stream of my thoughts while watching greys anatomy for the first time (S19 bc i’m finally caught up, babey!!!! (phew))

-i hope this new class of residents isn’t as one dimensional as the last one

-“you say please to bhokee!” hell yeah you do schmitt. (i love that she did say please he was just so ready to jump down her throat about it lmoa)

-DEREK’S NEPHEW ?????!!! WHICH SISTER? my money is on nancy bc i always thought she was the oldest so she would have the son old enough to be out of med school

-okay i’m too curious (for some reason i’ve always just been curious about the shepherds) so i’ve gone back to S15E21 (good shepherd) to see if i could get a better look at nancy’s wall of family photos. i see one of nancy with a young curly haired girl, kathleen with a light haired child, and two photos that are just groups of kids. my assumption is that these two are all of nancy’s kids because if she had photos of her nieces and nephews i feel like they would include their parents. both photos show two boys and two girls. it looks like the same four kids just at two different ages. the oldest (or at least the tallest) in both photos is a boy with dark hair. this may support my theory that nancy is lucas’s mother. the rest of the photos aren’t very clear. the only thing is that all of the kids look very fair and lucas is not. they also clearly wrote this episode way after they shot the scene with amelia looking at the photos so they may have not even bothered with details that were meant to be sort of irrelevant at the time.

-okay this is a very tragic story with (griffin??? griffith??) and makes her lateness and weirdness understandable but am i the only one who thinks it’s insanely bizarre to be sharing your tragic life story to your superior on your first day?

-idk about this season yet. i feel them trying to sort of mirror season one in some ways, focusing more on the interns (which i think i like), trying to connect back to old characters, but it feels a *little* forced so far

-i like mean and snappy teddy

-have we ever seen this library before?

-“i tried to implement similar changes at various times and was always met with resistance” ???? when did bailey try to implement those changes to the residency program? she implemented changes but they for sure weren’t these ones

-why is it better for them to think he’s sleeping with her????? jfc lucas

-ADDISON LOOKS SO HOT. i like this costuming for her. very reminiscent of her private practice wardrobe

-i really like baileys braids this season btw. and i like that she has a special scrub cap that can cover them all

-lucas’s dad is from barbados. idk what to do with that but it is another clue lmao. if nothing else, i’m hooked on this season just to find out who his mother is

-no comment on the dancing

-helm looks really cute as a bartender

-owen when teddy isn’t super happy and content with him after he fucked them over and put their children’s well-beings at risk: 😯

-addison and tom should have met

-oh my god just tell them you’re a nepo baby!! they think you’re fucking your aunt!

-it made complete sense to bring addison back for this storyline. i hope they explore it a little more and keep bringing her back.

-i’m so confused about lucas’s whole complex. wouldn’t he have grown up with his dad’s last name anyway? why has this been an issue “all his life”??? and until he went to med school i doubt anybody even knew the significance of him being a shepherd

-what planet is owen living on where he thinks they would let him be chief again rn

-i can see myself shipping mike chang and mary queen of scots once they develop their characters a bit more. simone and lucas i like in theory but idk about the chemistry

-“i am not going to beg you to love me” good meredith bc that didn’t work out so well the first time u did it

-intern house is back!!! i really like that actually

-a full time administrative assistant is completely reasonable. richard had patricia when he was chief

-looking very hot for having just been hit by a car

-winston definitely had a point at first but at this point he’s pissing me off. it’s reminding me of that big meredith and cristina fight in the sense that it feels like he’s deliberately taking everything she’s doing and saying in the worst possible way.

-richard and addison’s dynamic is so underrated

-this is incredibly random but it just popped into my head. it’s so weird that amelia has never brought up her friend michelle on greys. you know, her friend from pp that committed suicide bc she had huntingtons which ultimately kickstarted amelia’s relapse. i feel like it could have been relevant to a few cases

-pru is so fucking cute

-so many people keep leaving i don’t really have a reaction to it anymore. but i will very much miss maggie. ik a lot of people don’t like maggie (prob bc they thought she was trying to fill the spaces that lexi and cristina left behind) but i really liked her. i think i found her very relatable in a lot of ways. even/especially when she was a little annoying lol

-why is this guy specifically requesting bailey? (not that she’s not great at her job it just has suspicious vibes) is he one of the anti choice harassers? nervous for that especially since addison is here so i feel like it will be about that storyline

-jesus christ i knew it. bc it’s so “pro life” to threaten a child!!!!!! go kwan though. and teddy!

-JUJU!!!

-yasuda x helm <3

-cristina mention !!!!

-i really like that there’s no intern/attending relationships lately

-i’m doubling down on thinking lucas is nancy’s bc i think if he has adhd, kathleen likely would have noticed bc she’s a psychologist. obviously it’s possible she wouldn’t have, everyone has blind spots but i think this makes the most sense still. and ik he could still be liz’s but i’m still unsure on if the ages work out and i think they were banking on which actress would be more likely to make an appearance later on and neve campbell is less likely to come back than the others.

-uggh why do i HATE simone’s wedding dress.

-omg i’m a terrible person i didn’t realize it was her late mother’s. i’m so sorry the fit of it just looks off

-i wonder how they’re going to ruin/derail this wedding? they’ve already done leaving at the altar, objections, elopements. maybe the twist is that she actually goes through with it?? or they’ll just be boring and so the same thing they’ve done before

-i like that they still call it “joe’s” even though we never see joe anymore

-winston is getting on my nerves. he always starts off having a point and then he gets all immature and petty about it

-dude that is not how a DNR works

-aww yay for bailey

-side note amelia looks great

-TEDDY!!!

#greys anatomy #you guys this was a lot but i did it #i didn’t watch the latest ep of season 20 but other than that i’m all caught up #i’d like to thank my agoraphobia and my unemployment for making it possible for me to have watched this much television #on my knees praying to any deity that addison shows up in s20 but it seems unlikely #i don’t even like the shoe anymore i just don’t want to give up now lmao #meredith grey #teddy altman #addison montgomery #amelia shepherd #these are all tagged under #greys reactions

[scooptroopfanfic]

Runaway CH2

Note: Please check the warnings on the Chapter Select before reading

Lucy rings Steve’s doorbell. She is surprised Steve still lives at home, but she really does have the room to judge. As the door opens the packaged popcorn, candy, and Yoo-hoo are revealed to him.

“Hey, Stevie. Wanna let me in so we can get set up?” He grabs one of the bags she has from her pile. Lucy looks back at her brother’s van and waves him off. Chrissy shyly waves as Eddie casually waves at her before he drives off.

“Is your brother taking a girl home? Wait. Is that Chrissy Cunningham?”

“It isn’t like that Stevie. It’s a deal, not a date. You should know about this considering you used to throw a bunch of parties.”

“I didn’t touch that-“ Lucy gives him a knowing look as she enters the home.

“Liar. When Eddie found out we were friends he immediately ratted you out. I don’t really judge. One of the tamer things Eddie has to offer.” She says as she puts down part of her haul on the kitchen counter. “Plus, you outed yourself to Dustin in the elevator last summer.”

“Right. Forgot about that.”

“Fair. We did end up on the weirdest trip I have ever been on thanks to those Russians.” Steve then goes through her haul of snacks meant for the next couple of hours.

“Yoo-hoos?”

“Yeah! They are a Munson essential. Amazing!” Steve gives it a skeptical look. “Come on Stevie! Trust me.” She says as she takes out the popcorn and starts getting it ready.

“Fine. If there are no objections to movies tonight. Robin picked them and said for me to force you to watch it even if you try and be nice and put me out of my misery.” Steve then spreads out the array of movies Robin has chosen.

“Yes! Like I would stop these movies from playing. You got into this job by saying the Star Wars with the teddy bears. You need to at least see the movie once so maybe you can remember the name Ewok so you can impress Dustin.” Lucy says as she holds up the Star Wars movies with an Indiana Jones squeezed in for good measure. “She left us Indie so that you can have a break. I have a feeling you are going to relate a bit to the adventurer knowing the stories Dustin tells Eddie.”

“He talks about me to him?!”

“Yeah, Stevie. You’re his idol. Like the big brother, he never had. Just don’t tell him I let it slip and we can have a bit more of a break than Indie.”

“Deal.” As he says this the popcorn starts popping and Steve gets out the bowl.

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“Why do the teddy bears have spears?”

“Because George Lucas and Co wanted something cute and fluffy to sell to the little kids but badass to sell to the older ones. Now watch the movie.” Lucy says as she grabs some popcorn from God knows how many bowls. On each side of the sofa, they have spread out one to two bottles of Yoo-hoo each. Lucy plops her head down on Steve’s shoulder and they attack the clones.

At this point, it is well into the night. The duo has watched the other two Star Wars movies with Steve asking questions along the way and Lucy answering them without spoiling anything. When they get their Indiana Jones, and the Raider of the Lost Ark break Steve asks fewer questions, but it is clear from the two Harrison Ford performances he enjoys the simplicity of a professor turned adventurer.

“Thanks for putting up with this Stevie.” She says softly.

“I’m not putting up with anything. I mean would I choose Star Wars any day of the week? No, but I haven’t been able to spend time with you on one as I have with Robin since Starcourt, and well… I have missed you.”

“Aww Stevie! I didn’t know you missed me and our closing shift shenanigans.” She says as she looks at him slightly laughing. They lock eyes for a few seconds. Lucy then stops laughing as the air begins to get tense. Steve slowly begins to lean in, and Lucy follows.

Right as they are about to close their eyes a sharp set of knocks is heard at the door. Steve and Lucy jump back away from each other and Steve runs for the door. When he is out of eyesight Lucy gives the biggest sigh and curls up on herself covering her face with her hands, her blonde wild hair blocking the rest of her face.

“Stupid…” She says to herself.

“Good evening. We heard reports that Lucy Munson was here.” At this, she gets up and walks to the entryway.

“Yeah. Here I am-“ She sees immediately the flashing lights and the silhouettes of two police officers. “Oh. Sorry. Is there something I can help with?”

“We are going to need you to come with us.”

“Why?”

“We can’t say.”

“Well, I don’t know what you want with her but if she needs an alibi she has been here since the early evening.” At this, the officers go back to their cars and talk to each other. They then quickly come back.

“Ms. Munson your home is a crime scene. I recommend you find somewhere else to stay for a while.” The officer says.

“She’ll be here as long as it is,” Steve says as he gently pulls Lucy back towards him.

“If you hear even a peep from your brother, call the station.”

“Yes officer…” Lucy says softly as Steve gives a nod and shuts the door after waving.

“Fuck… fuck fuck fuck.” Lucy says to herself as she starts to grab her stuff.

“Hey! You can’t just leave. It makes you look guilty and may lead them to your brother.”

“You’re right. I hate that.” Lucy says as she stops what she is doing. “But I can’t just stand here. Eddie is a soft soul.” Steve gives her a look. “Deeeeeep down. He is a little scaredy cat who couldn’t hurt a fly. He needs to be calmed down because he is losing his mind right now.”

“We can worry about this tomorrow. First, we need to sleep. You can take the guest room. I’ll show you where it is.” Steve then helps her grab her stuff and takes it upstairs.

On the bed is a large shirt and pants folded. “I uh keep this place ready in case anyone is in a tight spot. Guess it paid off.” Steve says as he puts her stuff on the floor next to the bed.

“Yeah. Thanks, Stevie.” She says as she gives him a hug.

“Yeah. It’s not a big deal. Let’s get some sleep and find your brother tomorrow.” Lucy gives him a kiss on the cheek.

“Goodnight kiss. For good luck.” Steve gently goes and closes the door before he responds.

Lucy groans in embarrassment as she flops into the bed.

“Now let’s find Eddie.” She sinks into the bed as she closes her eyes. Eventually, she sinks further into the bed until she is past it and in a black plane. She walks along the surface of the black water below her and she looks around. Eventually, she finds Eddie lying down in a canoe curled up and asleep. She runs over to him before placing her hands to cradle his head before entering his mind.

The first thing she hears is Eddie. She feels the sheets on his bed as she springs up.

“Chrissy wakes up!” He says as she convulses with glazed-over eyes. He starts to shake her and snap at her. “I don’t like this! Chrissy wakes up!” At this, she rises into the air and her bones start to snap and contort.

“Eddie,” Lucy says before she grabs him and the scene in front of them changes to a typical evening with Eddie playing his guitar and Lucy in the living room listening as she works on her homework.

“Lucy! Chrissy she-“ Eddie says as he is hyperventilating and crying.

“I know. Cops came by to try and take me in,” she says as she drags him into a hug and sits him down. “Now let’s calm down and listen to your practice.”

“Where are you?! Are you safe?”

“Yes. I am at Steve’s house and can stay there for now. Let’s focus on you. The press hasn’t gotten to the story yet and the police officers haven’t officially started the manhunt… but I have a feeling that are going to do that soon. You can’t let them catch you.”

“Well, I am hiding out at Refer Rick’s place. Please try and bring me food or something. I am getting hungry. I was planning to have Chrissy over for dinner before she left but well-“

“You don’t have to explain yourself to me. I just saw you didn’t do anything. We can say here if you like to get some rest. I’ll try and bring something by tomorrow. I’m gonna guess some snacks, easy-to-make meals, and yoo-hoos?”

“That sounds great. Thanks. For the future food run and this.” Eddie says as he gestures around to the scene.

“No problem. I’ve been trying to help Max out at night with her dreams, so I have had a bit of practice lately.” Eddie then looks concerned.

“Is that why you have been so tired lately?”

“It has been a bit taxing doing it every night, but I should be fine and so should you. We are technically resting.” She says with a laugh. “Now, which memories should we dive into this night.”

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Lucy looks like a zombie as she reorganizes the movies recently turned in.

“Are you ok?”

“No….” Lucy moans out as she accidentally drops her tape in her hands causing her to bend down and pick it back up.

“Did you have a sleepless night?”

“Not in that way. Nightmares.” Lucy says as she rubs her eyes.

“You mean you didn’t take the opportunity I gave you?”

“Yes and no. We can talk about this later when I can think.” Lucy says as she shooed off Robin. Lucy continues to clean up around the store. A violent clang can be heard from the front of the store.

“Where is she, Steve?”

“Who?” Steve asks as Lucy moves to the front of the store.

“Her. Lucy, I need your help. Your brother he is being framed-“

“I know.”

“I need your help to find him so we can find out what happened and what sort of being we are dealing with now.”

“Are you saying the Upside Down is open again?”

“So far doesn’t seem like it but our creature may just be for this section of the campaign.”

“Dustin, I know you love my brother, but he is the DND player. Speak Common to me.”

“He is the key to this whole mystery.”

“Hey. You help me get him food and I can help you find him.”

“Deal.”

“Do I get a say in any of this?” Steve asks as he blocks the front of the counter.

“No. My brother is starving. Look. We can either do this with your help or Dustin and I can walk on over to where he is and who knows what may happen to us.”

“Fine. Now how do we even find a guy like that?”

“Easy. You have talked through a scenario like this before and you pre-planned this. I mean we thought it would be me on the run, but it works.” Lucy then jumps to the counter and starts using the customer database. “Just need to get a house number really quick.”

“Hey, this is private customer data.”

“And I am an employee Stevie,” Lucy says with a wink as she types in the name she needs. “Now let’s get my brother.”

“I have some other-“

“Fine. I am going myself. Dustin, you stay back and keep bothering this guy and your friends to help. I think we have another incident.” Lucy says as she checks the time and nods to herself before she goes into the back to change and leave.

As she opens the door she is greeted with a stark white wall. As she turns back the hallway continues to a door with no handles. She feels a weight on her face and feels it realizing there is a muzzle over her mouth. Lining the hallway are similar doors but each has a number. She starts to walk forward. As she does the sound of a clock chimes in the distance as the laughter of children rings out from behind the door at the end of the hallway she is walking down. As she continues down the hall the laughing turns into screams and cracks can be heard. Thumps sound from behind the door as she gets closer. The lights start to flicker. She reaches for her door, her fingertips brushing it before she feels a hand on her shoulder. She turns around quickly and winds up ready to punch.

“Lucy? Are you ok?” Steve asks as he backs up to space himself away from her threat of violence.

Y-yeah… just worried about my brother… I-I need to go.” She says as she wipes her nose and rushes off. Dustin tries to stop her, but Lucy looks at him with a look that makes him hesitant long enough for her to leave.

——-

After a while, Lucy appears from the gas station with a bag full of snacks and microwaveable food. She seems very shaken up as she huffs to herself. She starts her walk to Rick’s house, but she hears a car screech down the road. Eventually, she can hear familiar arguing as it whips by and eventually stops further down the road.

“Finally…” Lucy says to herself as she jogs forward.

“Get in,” Dustin says loudly as she gets closer.

“I call trunk,” Lucy says excitedly through labored breaths as she walks around to the back and pops the trunk.

“Don’t you dare! You’ll mess up-“

“Stevie sweetie you have to chill. I’ll ride-“ she looks at the crowd for a second. “…uhhh hump.” Dustin gets out and Lucy squeezes in before Steve drives off.

“So… Lucy…” Dustin says as he seems concerned. “How are you doing?”

“As good as can be considering my brother is being framed for murder.” She laughs. “But other than that, I am peachy.”

“Welp, I tried.”

“Hey! She is going through a lot here. She is the sister of a killer going through a mental break!” Robin pipes in from the front.

“He is framed.”

“How do you know?”

“I just know.” As Lucy says this she looks down at her hands and notices them shaking. She starts fiddling her fingers and clasping her hands. As she does this Dustin pats her on the shoulder.

“Eddie does that when he is nervous about something. You’re going to be ok. Eddie is going to be ok.”

“I know. Eddie and I did discuss this whole plan a while ago and he seems to be following it perfectly.”

“Why do you have a plan for this?!” Dustin looks at her like she has grown an extra leg.

“We are the children of a criminal. Of course, we need an escape plan.” Lucy looks at Dustin with a hurt expression.

“Munson’s…” Steve chimes in from the front causing Lucy to lean forward into Robin and Steve’s space.

“You got something to say, Stevie?” She says as she leans in close to whisper. “You didn’t seem too bothered by it yesterday.” She then pats the side of the seat as Steve freezes unable to respond. “Aww come on. That wasn’t even the worst thing I could say.” She says with a laugh as she leans back into her seat having Max and Dustin look at her bewildered.

“So, what did you grab for your brother?” Max asks trying to brush past everything.

“All the essentials. Some water, some chocolate milk, some snacks, some meals… enough to last a few days before he has to start begging.” She says as she shows the boys.

“This is an amazing haul of food.”

“Yep. Figured if it is good enough for a child to enjoy it should be able to satisfy Eddie.” She says with a laugh as she closes the bag.

———————-

They pull into Rick's driveway at night. Lucy reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out a flashlight as she climbs over Max.

“Hey!”

“Sorry! Got places to be!” She clicks on the flashlight and runs off towards the house. She tries the door and realizes it is locked. She then remembers the night before with Eddie being in a canoe. “Right. Wrong building.” She says to herself as she clicks off her flashlight and runs over to the boathouse. She tries the door there and finds it locked. She starts trying to jimmy it.

“Lucy? Where did you go?” Steve calls out into the night. Lucy sighs as she holds her hand in front of the door. She hears a click from the door and pretends to have physically done something to the door instead of what she did when Steve appears again next to her.

“Going with the plan Stevie.” She says with a sing-song voice. She then opens the door. “Benefits of being a child of a criminal.” She gestures to the open door for them to go inside.

She begins to walk her way in when suddenly she enters the doorway to the white hallway again.

In the real world, her friends continue searching for her brother, unaware of what is happening due to the darkness. Steve begins stabbing around with an oar until Eddie lunges at him with a broken beer bottle. Everyone starts panicking.

“Lucy a little help,” Dustin says as he turns around to her to find her still with her eyes glazed over and her nose bleeding as she looks on.

“No! Not you too!” Eddie rushes over and starts trying to wake her up. “Please don’t do this to me. Not now.”

Lucy hears none of this as she suddenly snaps back to the real world, her blue eyes returning to normal. “What the fuck?” She looks around confused and scared as she tries to calm her breathing. “Where?” Before she can continue Eddie continues to shake her. “Stop it! I am fine for now!” She grabs her brother’s shoulders to stop him. That is when she notices he is almost crying.

“Eddie. I’m not going to be sacrificed. I’m more final girl material anyway.” She adds the joke at the end, but he isn’t laughing. At this, she drops her fake smile and tightly grips his right shoulder as she talks to him in his head.

“What did I tell you on that day? I’m not leaving you alone as long as you will let me hang around.” She then smiles on the outside as she severed the connection. “Now can we all sit down and figure out what the hell is going on?” She says as she guides her brother to sit down.

Others try to touch him, but he backs off still very jittery. Lucy is in a similar state, but she is holding herself together a bit more. Most people are questioning Eddie, but Steve comes over to check on her.

“Why didn’t you tell me what was happening?”

“I don’t know. I guess it made it real.” Lucy says with a hollow laugh.

“How long have they been happening?” There is a sadness and fear in his eyes.

“I don’t know. I’ve been dealing with what I saw in that place as a nightmare. The whole thing happening when I am awake thing is new though. Like maybe a few days? Yeah, that sounds right. It was the reason you almost took one to the face earlier today.” She smiles but it looks uneasy. “Sorry about that by the way.”

“It’s ok. You’re cursed right now according to your brother and the kids.” Steve seems to think about something for a second before he nods to himself. “I was wondering if you could tell me what exactly is going on when you are in there?” At this, Lucy seems to sink back into the past. Like she is physically there but mentally somewhere else.

“A time and place I am never going back to. The only people who know about it… they aren’t around anymore besides Eddie.” She realizes something. “Wait… that’s not right…” she then winces as it feels like a spike drove into her skull. She sees a flash of three people. Angry blue eyes, scared brown eyes, and dead grayish eyes. “Ugh, that’s not right either. I think I need sleep. That will help with the whole gaps in memory thing?”

“Or it will bring you closer to whatever is happening,” Steve says looking at her with worry.

“Don’t worry my valiant knight. I’m confident that you’ll find a way to save me in time. You have a surprisingly good record of getting to places just in time with solutions and you better not change that now otherwise I am haunting your ass.” Steve smiles unsure as he offers his hand to help her up which she takes.

Lucy looks over to Max and sees a sad sense of understanding. Lucy’s eyes widen as she realizes what it means. She is not the only one in danger.

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football masterlist //

Aaron Ramsey:

movie date (S)

fun at the pool (S)

sneak peek (S)

Alvaro Medran:

make the best of it (F)

André Silva:

rooftop snuggles (F)

thirsty (S)

habits of my heart (S)

cinderella (F)

Ben Chilwell:

special present (S)

hungry for you (S)

his jersey (S)

by your side (F)

Benjamin Pavard:

in your eyes (S)

Ben White:

morning shower (S)

Brahim Diaz:

first day training (F)

Declan Rice

Yoga (S)

naughty one (S)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin:

national pride (S)

Dries Mertens:

just a nightmare (F)

Eden Hazard:

my girl (S)

lazy boy (F)

Emre Can:

magic touch (S)

Eric Dier:

scaredy cat (F)

Harry Winks:

roses and foam (S)

Gianluca Frabotta:

selfie (F)

Héctor Bellerin:

pillow fight (F)

my favorite shape (S)

sleepy boy (S)

Jack Grealish:

 something in your pants (S)

thighs (S)

a mouthful of lust (S)

so tight (S)

Jadon Sancho:

first time’s song (S)

James Maddison:

new Joggers (S)

comforting warmth (F)

that’s mine (S)

Jannes Horn:

cuddly morning (S)

Jude Bellingham

new heights (S)

Kai Havertz

fiery red (S)

Kepa Arrizabalaga:

papito (S)

Konstantinos Mavropanos:

kiss the pain away (F)

Kylian Hazard:

soft, cuddly bear (F)

Leon Goretzka:

coffee date (F)

suit up (S)

teddy bear (AF)

warm heart (F)

inside the locker room (S)

Lorenzo Insigne:

Domenica (F)

Luca Zidane:

hoodie thief (F)

Lucas Hernandez:

Two for one (S)

bruises and scars (S)

Luka Jovic:

late night bath (S)

Manuel Neuer:

who’s in charge? (S)

Marc Bartra:

big guns (S)

confessions (S)

Marco Asensio:

a little teasing never killed nobody (S)

beach boy (S)

Marcos Llorente:

hips don’t lie (S)

Marcus Rashford:

lullaby (F)

striptease (S)

Mason Mount:

drunks tell the truth (S)

Memphis Depay:

inked (S)

mile-high club (S)

shower time (S)

Miroslav Klose:

who’s in charge? (S)

Munir El Haddadi:

those three words (F)

Olivier Giroud:

becoming reality (S)

Patrick Cutrone:

teach me a lesson (S)

Paulo Dybala:

nailing it (F)

Phil Foden:

revealing sight (S)

Robin Koch:

jealousy (S)

another type of dessert (S)

Roman Bürki:

valentine lovers kit (S)

aftermath (F)

Ruben Loftus-Cheek:

one night stand (S)

Theo Hernandez:

 Two for one (S)

dance for me (S)

Thorgan Hazard:

Lovefool (S)

booty boy (S)

Tyrone Mings:

nighttime struggles (AF)

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