„Don’t get invested in a love triangle, Zetian“
Zetian: „don’t you know basic physics? A triangle is the most stabile shape“
Zetian: *keeps on bringing up that argument and dates two boys*
Xiran Jay Zhao really looked at this 👇 and said: hold my beer, I am gonna reference that in my book“
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Unspoken Rivalry | Zayne/Reader + Implied!Caleb/Reader
About: Ever since that incident, you rarely mentioned Caleb to anyone. So when you suddenly brought him up while in the fitting room with Zayne, his curiosity was piqued, albeit unwillingly.
Pairings: Zayne/Reader, Implied!Caleb/Reader
Notes: Sorry for repost and not smut haha. Decided to put all my L&DS writings here on this sideblog instead of my main blog because I didn't want to muddle things up. Anyway got this idea when Zayne was surprised at MC knowing how to tie a tie and I was like, HMMM maybe because she had practice with Caleb??? But nope the game went the other way.
AO3: Read here!
Warning: Implied love triangle.
“I’m shocked. I didn’t expect you to be good at tying a tie.”
You inspected the black tie you had selected for Zayne for a moment, nodding in approval at your own tastes.
“Why, of course.” You said with a smile, glancing at him before directing him to face the full length mirror before you two. “I had a lot of practice.”
“Practice?”
“Caleb.” Zayne raised his eyebrows at the sudden mention of that name; your mutual childhood friend who had sadly passed away months prior. You rarely mentioned him nowadays, so to hear his name slip past your lips without anything prompting was a surprise.
“I… I used to do his tie for him before we went to school.” You whispered, fond memories of you tying his school tie while you complained about him not doing it himself surfaced. It felt like it was just yesterday when you complained about his odd request of making you do this every school day morning, but now…
“I’m sure he’s capable of doing it himself.” Zayne remarked, careful with his choice of words. He eyed you through the mirror, pointedly ignoring the sting of jealousy that made itself known when he saw you smiled wistfully.
You shook your head and looked ahead, eyes unseeing and absorbed in those innocent, carefree days where everything was still normal. “He said it’s for good luck.” You explained, missing the light bemused snort beside you. “He would whine about not having the goddess of luck’s blessing if I didn’t.”
‘That could’ve been you in his place.’ A traitorous part of him mumbled, and Zayne promptly shoved that thought back to the corners of his mind. But it ceased to be silenced. ‘That should’ve been you. But you chose to distance yourself.’
‘It was for her sake.’
‘But was it worth it? Missing precious time with her? Being replaced by someone else?’ That voice hissed, reminding him of the reluctant distance he had placed between him and you. He told himself that it was necessary for him to focus on his studies if he wanted to take care of you in the future, and that indulging in your presence then would only hinder his carefully laid plans. ‘You were the perfect match for her and yet you–’
Opting not to let his darker, less desirable thoughts taunt him, Zayne focused on you instead, placing a hand behind the small of your back and brought you before the mirror.
“Do you think we still match?” He asked, his hushed question barely over the calming instrumentals that the shop you were in chose to play. If it weren’t for him being right next to you, you would’ve missed his question entirely.
You scrutinized his outfit through the mirror, and smiled. “I think we do.”
“Good.” Zayne let out a breath he unconsciously held back. He stared at his reflection once more, wondering. Would he have had the same treatment if he had stayed?
If Caleb was still the same boy he had met all those years ago, he would’ve hated you extending the same care towards Zayne himself. He remembered being at the receiving end of Caleb’s piercing gaze multiple times when they were still together, especially when you had looked to Zayne instead of him for certain matters.
‘The past matters naught. What’s important is now and the future.’ He thought as he turned his focus towards you, silencing the doubts of you favoring Caleb over him.
“Will you tie my tie for me on that day then?” He asked, the corners of his lip threatening to twitch upward when you stared at him, perplexed.
“Do you need the goddess of luck’s blessing as well?” You joked in response, only to sigh when you realized he was serious. “Don’t tease me, Zayne. Why would you need me to do it anyway?”
“For luck.”
“Why would you need luck of all things? It’s just a banquet!”
“You never know.” Zayne parroted the words you said this morning. You sighed, wondering if he lied about only studying and joined a debate club when he was still in school.
“Fine! I don’t understand why you and Caleb want me to tie it when you two could do it better than me.” A small smile appeared on his face as you grumbled, preparing to change out of the outfit he had picked out for you.
‘You will understand eventually.’ He thought as a staff member approached him with his card and receipt in hand, thanking him for his patronage.
‘For what man wouldn’t want their goddess' attention?’
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Honestly I wish there was more Amechu and black triangle, the contrast and similarities of rusame could also be applied to Amechu and I wish the fandom would take advantage of it
unfortunately the fandom refuses to take advantage of it because most people here just don't care about yao LOLLLLLL...alfred and ivan are both very popular characters in their own right so naturally their ship will have that advantage. and I love rusame! their dynamic is so good! but it is INCREDIBLY baffling that amechu does not get that same level of love from the fandom when their ship dynamic would logically be what most ppl see rusame as if not even more fucked up and toxic lol. it's the way that they are so similar in their self-absorbedness and their love for money and power and material things and it's ALSO the way they could be juxtaposed as the ancient dark-haired androgynous being who knows what it's like to be at their lowest and knows how to play the long game versus the young blond-haired archetype of the all-american boy who rose to the top and has stayed there and is terrified of losing it all and it’s also yao saying to alfred “america…we’re friends, right?” in the most unserious NEKOTALIA STRIP.....okay I'm in my feelings about them rn. but I digress.
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have you ever thought of lily/evan/barty
yes!!! i drew them here and i am such a big fan of @/quillkiller's series on ao3 for them... need a lilyrosekiller au where barty & lily are EXTREMELY competitive elementary school teachers who treat their rivalry with the same level of seriousness as an actual blood feud. barty has a ferret in his classroom and so many tattoos and every single day is fighting a war not to say fuck ("JESUS FU- f......f..friendly. christ.") and the kids LOVE him and lily wants him literally pilloried for his unprofessionalism and he probably deserves it.
evan is the hot young divorced single uncle to luna who is way too tired for their shit. and they both have a massive crush on him
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i want to humbly request YOU SPILLING EVERYTHING YOUVE THOUGHT ABT KEITH EMMA AND LICHT AS AN OT3 DONT LEAVE ME HANGING PLS
Okay!!
Keith x Emma x Licht Head canons; (i’ve never really done this before but i’ll try.)
Fluff !
- All three of them are on the exact same wavelength so they have THE most comfortable silences together.
- That also ends up creating situations where Emma’s getting duplicates or very similar versions of the same thing. It happens so frequently that they just discuss what to get their lover together.
- When one gets sick (even with something unserious) the other two insist they let them fret. (moreso licht)
- It’s long distance sometimes because Licht has responsibilities in Rhodolite and Keith has responsibilities in Jade, Licht builds his dream house closer to the border then he would otherwise. Its near one of those big fields of flowers.
- Two people to hold Licht after his nightmares, Licht seems soothed with him around similar to how he is with Mc.
- Alter keith and Licht have a totally different dynamic. On one hand Licht has no trouble accepting him, and they do get along. But he wants to be possessive. (It results in wicked keith being super petty,)
- When Keith and Emma start talking about whatever book they’re reading they’ll excitedly relay the whole story to Licht (I bet licht predicts stuff sometimes, thats based on a gut feeling though)
- Emma has to basically spot them when they’re training because they’ll just EXHAUST each other the very second they have free time. (they get carried away and are very apologetic when it cuts into their plans)
- Keith gets in the habit of fixing both of their hair after they train
- Dill still doesn’t like licht
- also adding mimi’s (your) tags because they’re glorious, and exactly the vibe they’re just so cute 😭
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dancing cheek to cheek (to cheek) (7563 words) by littlelansky
chapters: 1/1
fandom: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)
rating: Explicit
warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
relationships: Curtis Biddick/Gale "Buck" Cleven/John Clarence "Bucky" Egan, Curtis Biddick/John Clarence "Bucky" Egan, Curtis Biddick/Gale "Buck" Cleven, Gale "Buck" Cleven/John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
characters: Curtis Biddick, John Clarence "Bucky" Egan, Gale "Buck" Cleven
additional tags: Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Falling In Love, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Mutual Pining, Period Typical Attitudes, Internalized Homophobia, (it's light though dw), Canon Compliant, Dom/sub Undertones, Dirty Talk, Anal Sex, Hand Jobs, Making Out, Drunk Sex, Whiskey Dick, POV Curtis Biddick
summary:
If Bucky’s with Curt, he’s with him. No biting back another guy’s name, no faraway look in his eyes. It’d probably have made the whole thing easier if there had been.
Because when Bucky’s boy rolls in, Curt takes one look at him and whistles low.
“I was lowballin’ it on ‘twice as pretty,’ huh,” he mutters to Bucky, quiet enough no one else can hear. He scowls, played-up, to counter the stupid grin on Bucky’s face. “And you just let me. Some friend you are.”
(In which Curt catches feelings twice.)
[read it on ao3!]
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