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tj-crochets · 1 year
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Every time you post you make me want to make something!! How do you manage to start and finish so many projects constantly? I’m also disabled and its always so hard to find the spoons to finish my projects 😭
I definitely feel you on the difficulty finding spoons thing, I had multiple days this week where I did absolutely no crafting at all because I was just completely out of spoons. This explanation got long, so it's below a read more
For me, crafting is a...I'm not sure how to word it. A load-bearing hobby? Making a physical, tangible object gets me those good "finished task" brain chemicals while at the same time letting me learn a skill (one of my favorite things to do) and ending up with an object that I will probably eventually give to someone (also one of my favorite things to do, matching objects to the people who will love them). If I go too long without crafting I get antsy and grumpy and I get frustrated easily. Other load bearing hobbies for me are reading and making music; too long without any of them and I feel off-balance, metaphorically. I have a variety of crafts I keep supplies for on-hand for different spoon level days; for me crochet takes less spoons than knitting, which takes less spoons than all but the simplest plushie sewing, which takes less spoons than most quilting. There's some differences; plushie making is less physically taxing for me than quilting but takes a lot more focus, so if I'm having a good physical spoons day but a bad mental spoons day I might opt for quilting instead of plushies? The other thing that's helped me a lot is forgiving myself for unfinished projects. I used to feel guilty when I got hung up on a project and couldn't finish it, and I'd struggle through it and not want to craft and it would take forever and I'd be unhappy the entire time, or I'd set it aside and try to make other things but feel guilty the whole time because I thought I should be making something else. These days, I have gotten a lot better at accepting that I have limits, both physical and mental, and it's okay for me to respect them. Not finishing a crafting project is a morally neutral thing; for me, crafts are for enjoying, and if I enjoyed making the part of the project I made then I got something out of it even if I never finish it. I also think no crafting effort is wasted, you'll learn something from it even if all you learn is that you don't like that particular craft. The other other thing that helps me start and finish so many projects so often is that I am lucky enough to be able to keep the basic supplies for a wide variety of projects on hand at all times, so that I can make almost anything as the whim strikes me (like grumpy bunnies this week). I think of it like keeping a stocked pantry as a baker; you might not know what you'll want to make tomorrow, but you know you'll probably need sugar and flour and salt, and as you learn more about baking you can tailor your stock of supplies to what you like to make (for me in sewing, that means keeping a rainbow of minky and some faux fur on hand, so that I have many colors to choose from because I really enjoy working with color. In knitting, it means keeping a particular yarn in any color on hand because I pretty much only knit beanies these days and I don't care what color they are but do care about the yarn. Your "staple supplies" will vary based on your craft, your preferences, your budget, and your storage space, but I absolutely love being able to impulse craft things)
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circe69 · 1 year
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Sorry, Sweetheart
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—simon ghost riley x fem reader— <;3
—cw: injuries, rough!simon, but he turns sweet dw.
You were thrown across the room, landing roughly on your bare back. You weren't sure what crunched, the concrete below you or your bones. Slightly opening your eyes, you saw Ghost marching towards you, with an evil glint in his eye.
He straddled you, caging your head in with his large arms and your legs with his. You winced in pain as he pushed your side to keep you awake.
"Where is she?" Simon asked, his voice rattling the deepest parts of you. His urgency was enough to scare an entire army.
You whimpered as he got out his gun, and said, "My back," under your breath. It was all you could say, all you could think about was the immense pain you were in. You raised your hand and he flinched, thinking he was about to be struck, but you placed your shaking hand under your spine, letting it get squished under you.
His anger seemed to diminish, as he saw you in pain. But it wasn't enough for him to express any sort of compassion. He leaned down closer to your face, "I'll make sure it's not the only thing hurting if you don't answer me. Where is she?" His hand slid up your leg, roughly squeezing the meat of your thigh.
Once your senses had stabilized, you responded, "Who?"
"Y/N." Ghost said. Your face went blank.
Why was he looking for you?
"That's me, sir. I'm Y/N." You whispered, trying not to let yourself hear the words you were saying.
His face softened, and the eye contact you shared felt like a conversation in and of itself. But it was quickly ruined when there was a huge explosion a few feet away. Ghost lowered himself on top of you, letting his full weight and then some relax on your body. He covered your ears, and you let your arms sling around his neck.
When the ash had cleared, and the fire had died down, Ghost picked you up, one hand around your waist and the other under the bend of your knees. He was careful to not hurt your back, but he couldn't have done much to avoid the pain. You groaned as his hands slid across your back.
"Sorry, sweetheart," he said into your ear. You closed your eyes and allowed yourself to breathe his scent in as he carried you into a small room with one singular cot.
He sat you on the bed. "Lay on your stomach, love." His voice was low and silky, his hands were somehow gentle as he helped you turn around. Your back was bruised, a little bloody. You tried not to make a sound as his fingers ran along your spine from top to bottom.
"T's not broken." He said, putting a hand on your side and allowing it to rest there. You could feel the bed dip and felt Ghost place a small kiss on the middle of your back. You turned around to see his mask was halfway pulled up. You smiled slightly at the vanished pain from the place his lips touched.
"Turn back around, let me work on you."
You turned around, letting him clean and ice your bruises. After a while, you spoke up, "Why were you looking for me?"
He inhaled before he spoke, then said,
"I'd heard of you, heard your name around, they all said you had good aim."
You turned back around, resting your chin on your arms. "Did you have to wrestle me?"
He chuckled, a sound you could live off of for the rest of your life if you had to.
"I like making things dramatic."
His words, although seemingly pure, there was something so sensual about it all.
You whispered," Oh yeah, cause your life is just so boring."
He gently tapped your side, signaling the wounds were clean. You sat yourself up to see his mask on completely, but you knew he was smiling underneath the fabric.
As you stood up from the cot, he stayed sitting, making your heights equal. Ghost breathed, "You'd make it exciting."
Such surprising seduction from this man. You smirked, "I'm sure I would."
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Gyomei Himejima head cannons Non-nsfw and Nsfw
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Non-Nsfw
Gyomei is such a sweet and caring partner, if you ever needed to vent to him he will drop everything he's doing and listen to you. (Unless he's in a battle, work is his first priority.)
He really wants you to know that he loves you and you love him. Praise him!! He wants to know he's doing something right or wants to know he's doing good.
He definitely smells like either coffee or a vanilla candle, I'm telling you THIS MAN SMELLS GOOD!! It just makes him so much more attractive bro.
Since he is blind, he can't see what you look like or your body.. so whenever you two go to bed or cuddle he tries his best to memorize how your body feels in his arms.
"my dear what are you doing?" You chuckle, before going to bed you felt Gyomei embrace you in his arms.. one of his hands trailed all over your body as the other ran his fingers through your hair.
"Apologies my love-" he mumbled embarrassedly, removing his hands from your body immediately thinking you were uncomfy.
"it's fine my dear! But may I ask why you were doing that?" You asked curiously, grabbing his hand and placing it on your belly.
"this might come off as strange, but I just want to memorize every detail about you.. my darling."
‼️NSFW BELOW YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ‼️
THIS MAN IS... WOW... BIG.
he's at least 8-9 INCHES??
his girth is literally insane..
He could literally break you in half if he wanted to..
Definitely a switch, but is probably leaning towards Dom.
Soft Dom definitely
HE DEFINITELY IS SCARED OF HURTING YOU
but after a while of a long healthy relationship he'd probably calm down a bit, but still have his guard up.
He only cares about make you feel good :((
PRAISE HIM BRO‼️ LET HIM KNOW HES DOING A GOOD JOB
he has amazing aftercare
He tries to make sure he doesn't lose himself because he knows how big he is.
BUT THEY'RE IS ONE EXCEPTION.
if you tell him you want kids...
BROS FINNA GO FULL HAM
he tries his hardest and I mean his HARDEST to try to not move so fast and try not to hurt you buttt...
YOUR CLEARLY ENJOYING IT AND HES ENJOYING IT SOOO WHY STOP YK?
He will have a higher sexual drive then usual when you announce to him you want a kids
HE WILL BE ROCK HARD THE SECOND YOU BEG HIM TO PLEASE HAVE KIDS WITH YOU
He will ask a million times if you are sure
He's a really good mattress bro
He definitely has a size kink and maybe a breeding kink but maybe that's about it
He isn't really afraid of trying anything new as long as you like it
Moan after moan was stripped from your throat as you felt another orgasm coming.
"Mei ~" you mewled, signaling that you were close.
"it's okay my dear you can cum." He smiled, cooing in your ear, not once stopping to slow his fast pace as he harshly pounded away mercilessly at your dripping wet cunt. You felt so good.. he wanted to give you everything you wanted.
How might this have happened you might ask?
Simple, you asked for kids in the most straightforward way possible.
You couldn't sleep no matter how hard you tried, you were tossing and turning all night you couldn't get one singular thought out of your mind.. Kids.
The next day you looked noticably tired and had a very grumpy attitude, Gyomei obviously noticed since he was your partner and got worried since you weren't talking to him about it.
"is something wrong my dear?" He asked when you both got home, his red shiny prayer beads still in hand as he looked down at you waiting for your answer.
"breed me."
"excuse me? Can you repeat that sorry I don't think I hear you correctly-"
"breed my womb and impregnate me."
You felt his hot springs of cum shoot inside you, a warm fuzzy feeling coming to you.
"Hah..." You breathed out, flipping over on the bed tired.
"Lets go to the bathroom to get freshened up? alright?" He asked, scooping you us in his big muscular arms.. and sat you down on the bathroom counter, cleaning you up first and then you both got in a bubbly bath.
"I really love you Mei" I softly smiled
"I do too my blessed."
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junipers-archive · 1 year
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*ੈ✩‧₊˚✧VALENTINES DAY CONFESSIONS
❥ James!potter x reader (You've had a crush on James for months now, he finally gets the nerve to ask you to be his Valentine, only to find you were on your way to ask him.) Word Count: 700
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"Jus' don't know if she'll like it!" James was in the common room discussing his singular girl problem with his friends. "I mean we've been friends for a while, but I still don't even know if she likes me!"
Sirius who was languidly laying across one of the armchairs nearby rolled his eyes as he answered, "Your delusional if you don't see it."
"He's right James, she really does like you, laughs at every one of your bad jokes enough." even Remus had enough of his jabbering, most of their conversations almost always ended up with James bringing up your name.
He was blushing at even the mention of you liking him back, "What if she already has a Valentines though? What if she doesn't really like me? What if-"
"Give her the Valentine!" It was Pete, laying on the ground in a star-fished position, he'd almost drifted off into a sweet sleep before he was woken once more by James' worried voice.
He got up from the couch he'd been stationed at, quickly and quite bravely if he said so himself heading for the door. "Fine. But if I get my heart broken you will all be very sorry!"
As he left they all let out a collective sigh, they'd been attempting to convince him all week, maybe, just maybe if they could finally get you two together, they'd get some peace and quiet.
When James gets to you he's panting, having ran down several flights of moving stairs to reach you. You had come to the library to return some of the books you'd borrowed to study, he knew this since he was the one who offered to help you, just so he could spend more time with you.
"Y/n!" He tried to look casual, all the same hiding the gift behind his back as he approached your figure.
"Oh, hey Jamie!" you eyes were bright and your heart fluttered at his flushed cheeks.
"Have you got any plans for the day?" He was hoping your answer was no, so he could take you on a proper date, something you deserved.
"M'no don't think so, why?"
"W-well I was just hoping, since you're free, and its Valentines day..." your heart beat faster as he continued, you'd waited months for him to realize you liked him back.
"Well maybe you could, or rather we could, w-would you be valentine?" He swears you're the only to ever make him this nervous.
When he see's your pleased expression however he gets a surge of confidence taking out your gift and handing it to you, a beautiful bouquet of your favorite flowers accompanied by a small box of chocolates.
"Yes!" Your reply comes far too quickly, but you couldn't care less, taking out the small card and chocolate box you'd gotten him from your bag.
You shove it towards him as he gapes at you, "I-What-What is this?"
"Well, you were taking far too long, I mean I went to every one of your quidittch matches, pretended I needed help studying so you'd offer, laughed at every single joke of yours, godric I even went to your friends for help!"
"I never thought you'd like me!" He was bright red, how had he not seen it this entire time?
"Jamie I laugh at every single one of your jokes." You were exasperated, how had you fallen for such a sweet oblivious boy?
"Is that supposed to be an insult? Cause if I'm being honest it sounded-"
You stop his jabbering, placing the gifts on the table nearby and pressing your soft lips to his. Your heart melts as his hand comes to caress your cheek as if you're the most delicate flower in the world.
Because to him, you were.
When you pull back you're both grinning so hard your faces hurt.
"S'not and insult, just a fact." And it was, you would laugh at everyone of his jokes, no matter how ludicrous or ridiculous they were, you found him funny. And charming, and kind, and beautiful, and perfect, perfect for you.
"Well then, my Valentine, shall we begin our date?" He held out his arm as you smiled sheepishly at his name-calling.
"We shall."
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sharksnshakes · 1 year
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Dinner? - Albert Wesker
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Wesker keeps calling you into his office to run point. It's definitely not anything deeper than that, right?
A/N; wesker? with a crush? unspeakable. gn!reader
Wordcount; 629
TW; one singular curse word, use of (y/n) and (l/n)
"(l/n)," Wesker calls, "A word?"
Startled, you glance up from your paperwork and cast a glance behind you. your captain's sticking his head out of his office door, watching you expectantly. You hadn't even heard it open.
It felt like Wesker was calling you into his office to run point every three seconds, and while Jill and Chris had reassured you the action was complimentary, you had your doubts. Even so, you set down your pen and shuffled your paperwork, nodding at the captain.
"Sure. Of course," you reply, meeting Wesker's eyes. The door shuts before you can finish speaking, and you resist sighing out loud.
It's not that you don't respect Captain Wesker: you do, really! No, you just feel like a bug under a microscope whenever you're in that office. You two compare notes--or, rather, Wesker asks your opinion, and you give it to him--and you leave feeling like you've either said the wrong thing, been too honest, or some combination of both.
It doesn't help that his added attention always made your cheeks flush. When he's hanging onto your every word and looking at you like that? It only made you even more hesitant to face him... he's attractive, and he knows it.
You passed Chris on your way to the office, and he gave you an encouraging thumbs-up. That was the other thing: Chris was practically Wesker's right hand man, and yet, you are the one who's constantly being called into his office. You tried not to think too hard about it as you pulled the door open and stepped inside.
Wesker was seated at his desk, focusing intently on a map of sorts, and you knocked softly on the doorframe.
The blond glanced up. "Come in. Shut the door behind you."
You nodded, closing it with a soft click. Your footfalls were quiet on the carpeted floor, and as you approached the desk, you waited for his inevitable questions.
"Dinner."
Your brow furrowed. "What about it?"
"Should I pick you up at seven?"
You blinked owlishly, shaking your head as if to physically clear it. "I'm sorry," you said, "Are you asking me on a date right now?"
A grin tugged at the corner of his lips. "Seven, then?"
Holy shit.
Wesker was asking you on a date. Like... actually.
"I... is that, like, against S.T.A.R.S. protocol? Dating my supervisor?" you asked, mouth moving faster than your brain. You wanted to take the words back the second they left your mouth, but when Wesker chuckled, amused, and leaned forward, chin in his palms, all of your self-doubts shriveled up and died.
"Would you like to go to dinner with me, or not?"
That is the question, isn't it? You'd been so certain of his dislike for you, but now? You prided yourself on being able to read people, but considering current circumstances, it was an ability you'd have to re-evaluate.
Well... how bad could it be?
"Uh. I'd--I think it could be fun," you finally answered, grasping for the right words. "Sure. I mean, yes! Yes, I'd like to go to dinner with you."
"Wonderful. I'll pick you up at seven."
He glanced back down at the map, and you failed to understand how he managed to exude the confidence required to ask people out so casually.
"I'll see you later, then?"
"Yeah. See you," you echoed, stepping out of his office.
The door shut behind you with a slight click, and you stood there, shocked.
You had a date tonight.
Had he always liked you?
"Looking a little pale there, (y/n)," Jill joked from across the room. "You alright?"
Oh, she didn't even know the half of it.
...What were you going to wear?
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vse-kar-vem · 3 months
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joker out cooking livestream recap:
-they cooked chicken in mustard or somethjng. potatoes are in it as well
-nace's government name is, in fact, nace ! bojan thought nace's grandmother calls him ignac but no
-bojan tries to transfer the potatoes into a bigger pan. which they cannot find. they do find ANOTHER pan (disgustingly unwashed)
-jan's parents are currently taking care of igor, who has everything he needs: food. a roof over his head. cuddles if he wants. jan is not worried
-we have a short discussion about dishwashing soap. they use the original green fairy brand soap which is nace's favourite. jan doesn't have a favourite. bojan claims that WASHING HIS HANDS WITH DISH SOAP IS WHAT KEEPS THEM SOFT ("i have baby hands") ??????? APPARENTLY?????
-then jan and nace walk around the house feeling up each other/every one else's hands. bojan's hands are confirmed the softest but it's concluded that his secret is not dish soap but being a singer and not an instrumentalist (or playing an instrument badly, his words not mine)
-throughout this entire livestream jure sharpens two knives. good for him, it's very impressive (he slices grapes! and lemons! truly a resourceful kitty)
-we learn that kris is not here because he's MODELLING???? HUH???? 🫢🫢🫢
-we get an update on kamila's flowers (withering on top of the fridge. 😞)
-the connection was SO BAD im not kidding, which was why we missed out on a lot of stuff ☹️☹️ they don't have wifi and are relying SOLEY on data
-their favourite british supermarket is aldi, because it's cheap and the quality is ok. obviously they diss british produce, which like fair enough
-they sing a little ditty about their current circumstances-- shit wifi, potato cooking, etc (ft. NACE'S SINGING VOICE!!) honestly it was highkey a banger
-they answer some questions ie. "drop hints" about the new song. we get 2 rhythms and one singular chord
-they decide do an mtv cribs (tiktok cribs) style house tour which would be GREAT if anything would load 😐😐 so we ended up with a very very cut-up fridge tour (they have at least 2-3 cartons of milk and slovenian sausage (?). also oyster sauce
-the stream REALLY starts lagging here (as if it wasn't already). ok me personally i only caught "-- doesn't want us to go in his room" (about jure or kris??) jan and nace consider going into bojan's. then extended lag on a very ominous staircase. no rooms seen by me at least 😞😞
-they come back down and answer more qs! that i don't remember! sorry this recap was for me and not you 😞
-oh yeah they get asked "who cleans the kitchen?" a beat. jan and nace both laugh "yeah, who cleans the kitchen??" i think that says a lot about this household
-they talk a bit more about the song-- will give you (uncle roger voice) eMoTionaL dAmAgE. that hurt my soul to write but at least i (cantonese) am allowed to do the accent, unlike SOMEONE ELSE ON THIS LIVESTREAM (thanks bojan. at least you were shit at it enough so that it came off just slightly interesting and not anything else)
-that's all i can remember!! bojan finishes cooking, jan and nace sign off to eat. prolonged minute of staring and waving at the camera. i notice they are both very beautiful men. end of stream !
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barzysunflower · 8 months
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see it with the lights out — mat barzal
SORRY!!! a bit late but it’s out!! I’m also not very proud of this but I wanted to publish it for you and didn’t really see myself write it any better lol I hope you still like it. but this part was just to get ready for the big finale!!!!!!!!!!
word count: 2.3k
masterlist read part 1 & 2 first
debate: are landos eyes blue or green? I definitely think they're green but sometimes appear blue so for the sake of this story they are green lol
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THREE — you can see it with the lights out
October 19th
"Because he doesn't fucking love you like I do."
The harder you tried to push those words out of your brain, the more they repeated, reminding you that your best and longest friendship just imploded.
It had been five days since that night and all you had done was sit in your apartment going over and over every single moment you shared with Mat. You hadn't spoken to him since that night and don't know how to face him. After he said those words, you stared at each other in stunned silence until one of Mat's friends came over to talk to him, breaking up your discussion. Not soon after you left the bar, retreating to your apartment to wallow in peace.
Lando was supposed to come to New York a couple days ago to see you, before you both traveled to Texas for his race this weekend, but after what happened with Mat and now your feelings being all messed up, you felt guilty and told him you were sick. You felt guilty for rejecting him, but you needed a few days alone to collect yourself.
Having Mat's sister stay with you didn't make this situation any better, but she had friends in the city and you just pretended you had work to do so you could avoid the topic of her brother. She finally left yesterday and now you were on the elevator up to go see your boyfriend.
"Hi! Finally," Lando greeted you when he opened his hotel room door, pulling you into him immediately. "How are you?"
"Good," you answered, kissing him.
"Yeah? Not sick anymore?" He pulled you into the room, dragging your suitcase in and closing the door.
"No. Had some turbulences on the flight that made me feel nauseous, but all good now." His smile widened and his hands grabbed you by your hips. You immediately figured out what his face was saying and let him push you onto the bed.
"Good," he whispered and slowly leaned over you showing you just how much he missed you these past two weeks. Unfortunately, another brown haired boy was on your mind.
***
"You okay?," Lando asked, pulling you out of your deep thoughts. He ever so slightly brushed his finger against your cheek, gaining your full attention.
"Mhm." A certain pair of green eyes were haunting you and unfortunately they weren't your boyfriends. You pulled the bed sheet up, nodding, pushing the guilt away.
"Maybe not fully recovered then, huh?" He pressed his lips against your forehead. "So, how was New York? We've barely talked since the weekend."
"I know, I'm sorry. Just had a lot of things to do and people to see and obviously didn't feel great." You told him about your time at home, what you did and saw. About the hockey game – but purposefully left out the party after.
Talking to him got easier as time went on and he caught you up on his last few days as well. "Wait, I got something for you." Lando stood up, not caring about walking around the hotel suit naked. He came back with a little jewelry box. "This was a lot harder to find than I thought it would be."
You opened the box to find a dainty charm bracelet, a singular charm hanging from it – a little formula one car. "Aw. I love it. Thank you." You kissed him gently, before he placed the bracelet on your wrist. "And I love you." While those words rolled easily off your tongue, your heart didn't mean them and your stomach turned at the realization.
"Room service?"
November 13th
For Lando's birthday, he had spent a few days in England with his family which you couldn't make due to having to work. But you joined him and his friends for the real celebrations in Mexico.
Except for those few mandatory office days, you hadn't been back in New York since that weekend. You were too scared to bring up any of the emotions you were trying so hard to push away. And it was working great so far. At least until you opened Instagram and saw all of the New York Islanders posts that often included pictures of Mat. You avoided those posts, but every once in a while, you broke down and fell down the stalking rabbit hole. But you told yourself you just missed your friendship.
He still hadn't reached out and neither had you. You were too scared to hear what he had to say that would ruin your friendship and felt like you were cheating on Lando if you let yourself think and feel about the situation too long.
In front of Lando, you pretended everything was fine – that you didn't just lose your best friend. Not that he asked much about him, but you pretended to watch his games and still be in contact with him – but you weren't.
And while you thought you were doing a good job about hiding your feelings, there had been a few tense and awkward moments between the two of you. You had never really fought before, but in the last month your quarrels increased not only in frequency but intensity.
But today of all day, it had to be all about Lando. You started with a morning swim, just the two of you, and then a huge breakfast that you got catered to the villa you were renting. You spent the rest of the day on a boat, celebrating and trying to revive the connection you had with Lando just a couple months ago.
During dinner, your phone reminded you that the Islanders had game that night. The notification however shocked you a bit when you read the full title: 'Barzal doesn't return to ice after brutal hit from Nurse'
Your heart sunk and your first instinct was to excuse yourself and move to a private room to figure out what happened to him. No matter how many times you watched the replay and saw his face in terrible pain – and blood – it didn't make you feel any better seeing him leaning on Lee as he was skating off the ice.
"What happened?" You jumped at Lando's voice as he stepped into the room, closing the door behind him.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry. It's Mat. He had a game tonight and got injured." He nodded, but you could see the twitch of jealousy flash across his face.
"Is he okay?"
"Not sure, there hasn't been an update yet." Lando sat beside you, wrapping his arm around you to comfort you.
"I'm sure he'll let you know soon."
"Mhm." You nodded as your eyes flooded with tears. He wouldn't, though. Not after you ignored him after that bombshell of a confession.
"What's wrong?," Lando asked immediately when he noticed your demeanor change. He grabbed your face with concern, but you just shook your head not daring to speak. His face changed from concern to a much more serious. "Did something happen between the two of you?"
His hands dropped from your face. "What? No. Why?"
"You've been acting weird since Texas. You didn't let me come take care of you when you were sick and you've been distant ever since."
"No, Lando. We're fine, it was a stupid little fight but it's all good." You weren't very convincing.
"Are you sure? You usually talk about him more, or his hockey, which I haven't seen you watch in a long time. And every time I touch you, I feel like you flinch and I can't shake the feeling it's got to do with him."
"No." That's all you could say. No. Nothing happened between you. You stood up, forcing a smile. This day was about Lando. Whom you loved. Right? "I promise."
You distracted him with a kiss and another assurance that everything was fine. He believed you, but you could tell you were nearing your breaking point. Just not yet.
November 25th
And that that came sooner than you'd hoped. You'd been having a great time in Abu Dhabi, celebrating and partying g with the other girls until you slept in Saturday and you were reminded of one of your favorite days.
In your first year of university, you had caught your then boyfriend making out with another girl at a party. After that, you might have gone a little hard on the alcohol and ended up calling Mat to come pick you up. However, he was in Seattle and you in Vancouver. That didn't stop him from showing up outside the club at 2am. He picked you up from the side of the road – a low point in your life that you thankfully never repeated – and drove you to your apartment. He gently helped you change into pjs and held your hair when you threw up in the toilet. Then he let you cry into his chest until you fell asleep.
You almost called him remembering that moment, but couldn't figure out what to say so you put your phone back down.
'I got you. I always will.'
Mat's voice hit you like a bullet. It was clear as if he was just next to you and you felt his fingertips stroking the side of your face like it was yesterday. But you were still back in your freshman year apartment, cuddled up in bed with Mat. He thought you were asleep when he whispered those things to you and until this day you thought you'd dreamt him saying it.
Something in you broke and all your feelings finally came crashing in. All those years he made you laugh and stood by your side you had mistaken it for friendship. You thought you were in love before, that's why you didn't recognize what you were feeling for Mat, but turns out no one ever made you as happy as Mat did. He'd always been your person and one day just turned into something even more.
You had no idea how long you laid in bed, thinking everything over and finally admitting to yourself that Mat may be more than a friend.
Eventually, you had to get ready. Lando was due to return from the qualifying race anytime soon, which you were actually supposed to attend, and you needed enough time to pull yourself together. You couldn't dump your newfound revelation on him the night before his last race.
"Lando." You looked up at him, tears streaming down your face. "I'm sorry."
"I know," he said, nodding, trying to mask his pain. He turned away from you and started packing his bag.
"No, I'll go. I'm so sorry." He shook his head, denying you and you could just stand there and watch him throw his suitcase together.
"Lando," you called, before he reached the hotel door. "You really were so good to me. And I'm so grateful to you. For everything you did to me. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
He nodded, avoiding your gaze though. "I'm just sorry he got you first."
You took the few steps you needed to reach him. "I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me one day. And I hope we can still stay friends."
"Kinda hard to forget you." He let you pull him into a hug and it felt like goodbye. It was hard for you to let him go. He did play a huge role in your life and had shown you so much. He was a genuine friend and you did love him, but enough to stay with him. Lando smiled, pain still in his eyes, and pressed his soft lips on your forehead. "One day."
December 29th
It was almost midnight when your phone rang, the screen lighting up the darkness of your bedroom. You reached for it, sitting up when you saw the name and picture flash across the screen. It was Mat. The first sign of him since that night in October you regretted so much. Carefully, you pressed the green button and held the phone up to your ear.
"Hello?"
"Hi." His voice was rough and from that small word you could tell he was in pain. And after the game he had you couldn't blame him. He was more aggressive than he usually was – even counting the last few weeks – and got punished by it, not only with penalty box minutes but also with brutal fights on the ice. On top of that, they lost the game with a pretty rough score.
The line was silent for a while, neither of you daring to speak. You could feel your eyes tearing up. You missed him so much. And that's when he finally broke the silence with the exact same thought. "I miss you." Still so much pain in his voice. "I miss you. And I'm sorry for what I said that night. You were right. I hope that you are happy. And I do support you, no matter what. Just putting it out there that I miss you while you're out there exploring the world."
And in the darkness of your room, you suddenly could not see any clearer. You heart ached for him. For him to hold you and kiss you for the rest of your life. You wanted him. To explore the world with, yes, but also to do the mundane things with. You still had a lot to figure out about yourself, but one thing you were sure about was him. That you needed him by your side just as much as he needed you. It had always been like this. He was your person. And you wanted him to be that for the rest of your life.
"Mat," you took a deep breath, mustering up all your courage. "Lando and I broke up."
The line went dead.
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fuckingstrange · 4 months
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| Day22: Mornings with you |
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WARNINGS: Bad sleeping habits, mention of taking sleeping pills, coffee burn, singular kiss
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PAIRING: Spencer Reid x gn!reader (think so)
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It is 8am. I am going to bed. Goodnight. Enjoy.
You lay in bed, watching the credits begin to roll from a horror movie you just watched. It's not until you feel Spencer begin to gently stroke your hair that you pull your gaze from the screen, turning your head back to meet his gaze. He looks at you with an expression of concern, glancing over at the alarm clock. Your eyes follow his, seeing the bright red letters read 5:47am. “Shit, it's that late?” You ask in a whisper, having not realized that you managed to stay up all night again. You thought it was at most 3 in the morning.
Spencer’s brows furrow as he watches you adjust your position so you can lay down next to him rather than along the middle like you were while watching the movie, making him turn onto his side so he can face you. “I'm gonna assume you didn't sleep. again?”. You just give him an apologetic look, whispering a weak “sorry”. He sighs and reaches out, giving your cheek a gentle brush before pinching it. “Dummy. Don't apologize. Are you even tired yet?” He asks, the corners of his lips turning a bit downward in preparation for the obvious answer. A shake of your head.
He shuts his eyes and takes a deep breath, slowly exhaling before opening his eyes again. He motions for you to get ready for work, knowing that you'd just beg on your hands and knees to go to work, then go anyway even if he tries to make you stay home. He pulls himself out of bed with you, getting up and going over to the closet. “You might wanna try sleeping pills, baby. You haven't been able to sleep well in.. forever. But now you're starting to go days without, and I'm worried. This is day two. What if you start hallucinating? People go insane without sleep, even if they don't realize it. One can only live ten or eleven days without a lick of sleep.” He rambles, words a little quick since he genuinely is worried about how bad your sleep schedule has gotten.
You silence him with a kiss, letting your lips linger on his until he sighs and kisses back. Only then do you pull back after a few seconds, looking at him with an apologetic gaze. “I'll try to get better sleep tonight, yeah? I'll even.. ask Hotch if I can come home from work a little early. That soothe ya’ nerves, pretty boy?” You ask in a slightly teasing manner, smiling when Spencer nods his head. You and him get dressed in silence, and only now do you begin to feel tired. He notices, picking up on the subtle way you slow down your movements a bit to preserve energy.
Spencer gets dressed a bit quicker, exiting the bedroom to start a pot of coffee for you before heading over to the door and working on his converse. The coffee machine manages to finish making the entire pot before you exit the bedroom, Spencer sighing when he notes you probably managed to doze off within the four minutes it took. He grabs a mug and fills it, taking it over to the bedroom where he sees you nearly asleep sitting on the bed, head dipped a bit but gaze trying to remain on the TV.
He stands there for a second, biting his lip as he looks you up and down, his worry only growing. Spencer, with the mug of hot coffee in his hand, walks over to you and taps your shoulder. You jolt awake, accidentally smacking his arm and making the hot coffee splash onto your forearm. He yelps as you groan, setting the mug on the floor as he grabs ahold of your wrist and pulls your arm to him to check the damage. “you're burnt!” He exclaims, looking at the slightly reddened skin. You respond with a sarcastic “Oh, no, really? Thought that was just a birthmark.”
Spencer glares at you, though doesn't comment on your words. He just picks the mug that's a bit more than half full of coffee and carefully hands it to you, watching you take a sip and nearly burn your tounge. “..you really are dumb.” He mutters under his breath, standing up and slowly pulling you onto your own feet too.
Thankfully, the next ten minutes it takes to get ready is simple. No more burns, plenty more two seconds power naps, and more than needed worried glares from Spencer. You each make it out to the car just fine, still nursing on the coffee Spencer made for you. You open his door for him, checking to make sure all his limbs are out of the way before shutting it and jogging over to the driver's side, sliding in and starting the engine.
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nashusglasses · 9 months
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1. sweet, sticky, thick and pretty
(note: I can't stop listening to Bruno Mars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! technically the title is from silk sonic but anywho :3) note 2: Not to be too anecdotal, but I was a loser all my 4 years of university. Don't know why I always have the urge to write about messy college experiences when all I did was make one singular friend. I also only ever went to *one* official frat party! Absolute Loser behaviour!! What I'm saying is I'm projecting hard and LOVE writing about hot asshole men!!!!!!!!! Oh boy!!
PAIRING. gojo/reader SETTING. college au WARNINGS. alcohol and drug consumption, player!satoru but in the sexiest way possible. suggestive content SUMMARY. It's too late for this.
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Satoru’s got his white shirt dirty with grass stains. You don’t know what kind of roughhousing Suguru put him through before you got here, but all you know is there’s a keg outside in the backyard and Satoru’s hair is mysteriously wet. You get your answer when he tries to stick his tongue down your throat and he smells too much like beer.
“Absolutely not.” You block his mouth with a hard hand. “Can you please move? I just saw Natsume here.”
“I don’t fucking care. Kiss me.”
“Or what?”
Something coy flashes in Satoru’s face. He probably thinks he’s got you trapped. Hopeless in the dark corner of this hallway, and if you strain your ears hard enough you think you hear weird squelching noises from the room behind you. But all you feel is the annoyed urge to push him back till he stumbles off, embarrassed. There’s nothing more insistent than a drunk Satoru. There’s also nothing you want to punch more than a drunk Satoru.
“I called you. Thirty six times.”
“It was twice, and I was napping after my exam.”
He rolls his eyes. “Pish posh. Listen. Come over tonight.”
“No.” You shove at his shoulder. Except it’s a little rougher than you anticipated, but it’s still nice to see him lose balance. He won’t get angry. Not when he’s horny out of his mind. “I’m finding Natsume now.”
“What if I said pretty please?”
“Then I’ll shove you harder till you eat shit,” you snort. But you don’t get very far when you try to walk on ahead. Satoru’s strong when he wants to be. He’s got a hot hand wrapped around your wrist, a cement block for weight when you try to pull back.
“Stop ignoring me,” he says. “I told you I wanted you.”
“And then I told you I never wanted to see you again.”
“Sometimes I hear things and then I choose not to understand them,” he explains. He closes the distance again. You wonder how many girls have fallen prey to this tactic. Using his height for advantage, the way the corner of his mouth lifts when he wants to look needy. You know he’s grasping at straws, though. His contact list is heavy with the chance to get his lap wet whenever he wants, and even though you’re not sorry for being the additional number, you’re angry that he ever thought you’d be the easier lay.
“Okay. I’ll say it one more time. Just for you.” You tiptoe up to his ear, make sure your every breath lands hot where it’ll make him shiver. “I don’t want you to call me. I don’t want you to look at me. And I want you to leave me alone.”
Satoru’s placid. No expression to dissect when you stand back down, and his grip is lax now. Natsume’s probably halfway done with that first pre-roll she told you she had. You’re almost greedy for the heat in your chest that blunt promises. Sitting on that scratchy couch while your head gets light enough to reconsider Satoru’s proposition. 
You won’t. Even if you do miss the way he feels under you. A part of you wants to say that it’s only out of self-respect, but it’s funny seeing him so desperate. You’ll gloat about it later when Natsume asks you where you’ve been.
Something in Satoru clicks, and he’s grabbing your wrist again. “There’s just–something about you.” 
“Satoru, you’re drunk. We’ve been over this. I know I’ve got godly legs and a tight pussy but you’re just–”
“A man whore,” he finishes for you.
You nod sympathetically. “I’m glad you get it. Do you want me to find Suguru for you?”
“I want you to kiss me,” he complains. “Holy fuck. I’m–I’m fucking drunk. And I told you I wanted you, and I told Akane that she has great tits but not as great as yours, and she slapped the shit out of me, and I told you I wanted you but you don’t want me back.”
“Why the hell would you say that?” You’ve seen her before. Linguistics 202. She’s smart, has killer fashion sense, and Natsume hates her because her eyelashes are long and curled and not fake at all. “You’re so goddamned stupid. I’m going now.”
“I know. I know I’m stupid. Just–before you go.” You raise an eyebrow. “Don’t block my number. Please. That’s all I’m asking.” 
You’ll give him points for begging. The door to the room with mysterious noises opens, and two girls with messy hair filter out noiselessly. No witness to Satoru’s groveling. But you’re kind, so you leave him with a wet kiss to his cheek just to see his eyes go wide. 
“Tell Akane you’re sorry. Then come find me when you’re sober,” you say. 
When you turn around, you text Natsume to find where she is. 
You don’t notice Satoru squeezing his eyes shut, cheeks burning hot, half-hard from the feeling of your mouth on his skin.
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cherrypie5 · 1 year
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Sometimes rules are meant to be broken, not today tho
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Pairing: colin zabel x fem!reader
Warning: sexual content(18+ minors dni), spanking, sex toys, overstimulation, Dom!colin, slight praise, slight degradation (you kinda gotta squint to see this), squirting, slight aftercare
Word count: 1,4K
A/N: this is my first time writing on here so I'm sorry if it's bad but colin zabel needs more recognition. Also English is not my first language so I apologize for any mistakes made
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There was just one simple rule.
You wou were just supposed to follow that rule. Or just not get caught. But there he stood with a box in his hands. Your box in which you keep your secret stash of sex toys.
"Y/n? What is this supposed to be?" Colin looked at you with an anger in his eyes. You couldn't stare at them any longer knowing the trouble you were in. You looked down at your fidgeting hands.
"No y/n look at me and explain what it is that I found." he growled. Your eyes went back to his dark ones.
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about them but sometimes you're just so busy with work that I-"
"No excuses y/n. You know the rule don't you?" he cut you off.
Colin has never looked at you like this and you didn't like it at all. Panic filled your chest as he kept looking at you expecting an answer to his question.
"One simple rule for you to follow. For you to obey. You remember the rule right?" He repeated the question. The fidgeting of your fingers against your thumbs cuticle caused it to lightly bleed.
"Yes." was all you managed to get out of your throat. Colin scoffed at you from the other side of the bedroom.
"Say it then. I want to hear you repeat the rule out loud." his patience was running thin so you didn't want to make your punishment even worse.
"No touching myself without your help or permission." his eyes darkened at your response. People would expect Colin to be vanilla in the bedroom, but nothing could be more untrue. He needed to let himself go to fully relax from his stressful job and you are always happy to be of service.
You followed the rule for a long time but he was working so much lately and you couldn't help yourself anymore.
He laughed a bit in disbelieve. "So you do know the rule. You can also guess what's going to happen now right baby?" He walked over to where you sat on the bed and took place next to you.
"Lay across my lap baby." Quickly crawling over him and displaying your ass perfectly in front of him to not make him more mad. You only wore an oversized shirt with panties on underneath so Colin had easy access to punish you quickly.
"Good girl. Now will you stay a good girl and count for me?" he praised. Eagerly nodding your head from hearing the nickname you love so much. A loud smack echoed through the room. You butt cheek already bright red from a singular slap.
"Words baby. You have got to use your words." He soothingly rubbed your sore spot as you whimpered a small yes.
"Such a good girl. Now that was number one so I want to hear you loud and clear from now on okay?" Colin lifted his hand again and smacked down hard.
"Two." you knew that he was proud of you for saying it because of the tender strokes he was giving your ass after the word came out of your mouth.
You love to be spanked during sex but this was not pleasurable.
"Three." you choked back your tears from the pain. "Just two more baby, you are doing so good." Colin tried to encourage.
Your whole body moved from the hard smacks that followed. You couldn't stop a tear falling down your face as colin soothingly tried to massage the pain away. You could feel his buldge pressing against your hip.
"You took that so well baby, I am so proud of you." he brushed his hand through your hair to help calm you down.
"Such a good girl. Now lay down for me please darling so that I can make you feel good." You slowly got of his lap and laid back on the bed. Your ass felt sore againt the sheets but coolness helped soothe the ache a bit.
You watched with eager eyes as Colin reached down for your box on the floor. His veins hands rumbling through the box to pull out two vibrators.
"Pull your panties down." his deep voice made you move quickly as you couldn't wait to see what he would do. Legs spread wide open as soon as your panties hit the ground.
The cool air hit your slick and made goosebumps appear on your entire body. One of Colin's hands slid up your thigh.
"Already this wet from the punishment huh? You're such a slut for me that you get wet so easily, aren't you?" his fingers slid between your folds to gather some of your slick. A slight moan escaped your lips as he brought his fingers to his mouth to taste you.
"Such a sweet girl." he moaned. He took his fingers out his mouth with a pop as he looked you right in your big eyes.
He brought one of the vibrators to your cunt and began to cover it in your juices. The soft graces of the black vibrator against your clit made you moan softly already.
"I'm gonna put this in now, okay? Remember if it's ever to much you can always use your safe word baby." you nodded your head as an answer as he went to laid a soft kiss against your forehead.
He slowly pushed the vibrator inside of you until he had filled you up completely with it. A soft click on the machine made it purr with vibrations inside of you. The curved design made to hit your gspot perfectly.
"Fuck Colin, harder please." you pleaded as you were a moaning mess under him. Another soft click could be heard as it went faster. Your hands reached for his back as your fingers dug into his shirt.
You were so distracted by the pleasure that you didn't see Colin grab your second vibrator.
You gasped as it made contact with your clit. The only things you could hear was the humming of the two machines and your loud moans falling of your lips.
Colin went to kiss your lips passionately as he started to thrust the one inside of you slowly as he felt you tightening around it.
"Cum for me baby. Show me how good I can make you feel." That was all the encouragement you needed to let the coil break and let the pleasure wash over you.
You moaned loudly against Colin's lips as you rode out your high. Your fingernails scratching the back of Colin's shirt harder.
You were expecting for the vibrations to stop by now but they were still going strong against your sensitive spots.
"Colin it's too much. I can't take this much." It was becoming too painfull to bare. A slight layer of sweat coating your body from the strain it was put in.
"Just a little longer baby. You gotta know that you shouldn't break the rule." He pressed soft kisses all over your body as you took the overstimulation. Your clit was feeling white hot as you felt something building in your stomach again.
A loud scream came from your chest as you squirted all over Colin's hands and clothes.
"Fuck y/n that was so hot." He turned of the vibrators and slowly pulled the one out of your sore hole.
You fell limp on the bed and your eyes fluttered closed. Exhaustion washing over you.
All you heard was Colin muttering sweet words of praise to you as he pressed more soft kisses against your head.
Slowly opening your eyes again to look up to your boyfriends loving face.
"It's okay y/n, go rest and I'll get you cleaned up" he placed a last kiss on your lips as he stood and walked to grab a towel.
"I love you Colin." was all you were able to whimper out from exhaustion.
"I love you more y/n." Was the last you heard as you slipped into blissful rest.
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sorry for such a broad question but in your opinion is laito a well written character relative to everyone in diabolik? i really Want to learn more about him but i also dont want to subject myself to All That and i just want to know if he's worth reading about or just a pile of interesting plot threads thrown together for shock factor and unfulfilled thematically.
like my current personal opinion (may be wrong) is that i dont feel satisfied with the idea of yui's love or proactiveness fixing laito in any way because it doesn't mesh well with the actual ideas surrounding his character and unpacking that love is not poison goes beyond romantic love or a singular place of understanding. additionally it doesn't feel earned it feels like a chore for the player to trudge though for the sake of reading. i dont want to read laito's story that bad if it's the case yet im intrigued by the things offered by his character like the processing of the deeply visceral way csa shatters who you are
I wanted to wait till I finished his CL to answer so I'd be fully caught up with laito's routes, but that'll take too long so.....!! I might change my answer later!! lmao
[tw laito stuff, csa and suicide, yeah]
I do think Laito's a well-written character but his stuff is really difficult to get through if you have certain triggers, so it's tough to recommend. Even beyond the csa stuff, Laito is in a real hurry to die and he makes several attempts throughout the series. There's a certain unique sort of awfulness, at least for me, involving scenes where a character fails a suicide attempt and then get even more upset and desperate about it. So I understand what you mean when you say you're not excited about putting yourself through it. They were the hardest routes for me to get through too :')
A lot of earlier games suffer from endings that are like "And the two lived happily ever after, and we're not gonna unpack all that stuff!" and Laito's routes are no exception, but if you can look past that and make it to LE, I wouldn't say that Laito gets fixed. He has an ending similar to Ayato's that's like, it feels like we fixed everything but in reality we couldn't overcome the core issue! They really seem to believe that Laito absolutely can't be happy or live a normal life the way he is now. He has to die and/or rewrite his memories to be comfortable loving someone. It's up to your tastes if that's satisfying or not, but I kind of love the bittersweetness of LE endings, and the way they feel like a happy ending until you think about them a little too hard.
What's interesting is that Yui's purehearted love often hurts Laito more than it helps him. He responds to love, from Yui or from his family members, with revulsion. There's jealousy when he interacts with straightforward characters like Yui or Ayato, like "If only I could be as simple and pure as you, but nope, I can't." He's very self-aware for a diaboy, which only makes it hurt more when he keeps arriving at the conclusion that he's rotten. He definitely makes progress, which is really satisfying to see, like how he gradually allows Ayato back in his life emotionally. But as of right now, the end of his arc is so, like, "I tried, really I did! But my perspective on love is fucked and I need a hard reset! Maybe I'll be normal in the next life but definitely not this one!! Bye!"
...So, it's hard to say if you'll be happy with it. I see a lot of mixed opinions concerning the LE endings. They often give the diaboy what he wants but not what he needs, so you're left going, "Wait, I don't know about this...!" A lot of people really hate these endings, but they actually get more interesting to me the more conflicted they make me feel...and oh boy, was I conflicted about this one! :'D
If it sounds interesting to you, too, and you don't mind some pretty brutal scenes along the way, give Laito's routes a try. His HDB will definitely make you mad though lol
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ciryes · 8 months
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An Arbiter of the Head (Project Moon games) vs Marisa Kirisame. Who's winnin'.
I like that despite me not posting for like, years, you have correctly assessed that I've played the entire project moon trilogy somehow so I'm compelled to answer this
Highly situational, an arbiter isn't going to give a shit about danmaku or spell cards, so in this instance Marisa is going to be forced to fight at her full power, but considering she's just an ordinary human she probably relies on the spell card system to be as powerful as she is? In an all-out fight I don't think magic is going to give her enough advantage over a basically superhuman with magic-equivalent technology.
On the other hand, Marisa would probably figure out some kind of way to avoid having to fight in the first place or steal some crazy powerful Singularity to give her the edge.
Also, Marisa is probably going to be able to use E.G.O. fairly easily. Carmen tries to distort her and she just says some kind of casual comeback like 'sorry, i don't have time to turn into a monster because i only get weekends off' and gets a giant fuckoff suit of armor and that is going to level the playing field.
So really I think the answer here depends on how much setup time Marisa is given, how little security is guarding the nearest Wing's singularity, whether or not she can experience enough of a despair event horizon to get contacted by the City's resident intrusive thoughts milf for a limited time offer of FREE SOUL WEAPON, and how bad the head wants her dead.
Unless the arbiter we're talking about is Binah, in which case throw everything I just said out the window, Marisa is going to be lucky to get away from that one with her life. That woman can tank a master spark and frankly I think she'd enjoy it
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The Babysitter - Day 5 - Midnight / 8
Summary: You ran away and now you're at a club, what could possibly go wrong
Thief!Reader x The Red Hood
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Warnings: SMUT 18+, semi public sex acts, chasing, minor primal kink, swearing, alcohol, chocking, slapping, canon typical violence.
AN: This chapter is split into night and day, as it starts at midnight and it was way too long.
Day 4
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The metaphorical clock strikes midnight as you approach The Bunker. There is no line, no security, just one singular light hanging above a random steel door. To say this club was underground, well, it would be wrong. Sure, it’s called The Bunker, but that's mostly because the place is run by hench folks and they’re not exactly a creative bunch. You remember when you first asked Harley about it and she just rolled her eyes and sounded surprised that it was still open.
Shimming down the dress that you fished out of your go bag and very carefully changed into in the park restroom, you approach the club. Your eyes wander up and you notice the beam in the sky, he's out tonight. Which must be why everyone's here and not with their bosses causing mayhem.
You knock in sequence on the heavy door, surprised when a familiar face greets you. 
"Janice! Bestie! I didn't know you got a job here. I haven’t seen you in so long! What have you been up to? Aside from this sweet side gig? It must be good work? Do they pay well? Do you get to meet heaps of cool people?”
"It's Janelle," Janice says, looking wholly unimpressed to see you, she flips her long dark braid over her shoulder, seeming to type something into her tablet before rolling her eyes at you, "go in."
"We should catch up soon! It's been ages since we hung out!." 
"Not long enough." She mutters as you walk past her and walk down the long corridor towards the club.
With every step you hear the music grow louder, the lights grow brighter and you grow closer and closer to the party. "Good luck finding me here, Macho man." You mumble, stepping into the crowd and locating your first mark.
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"Where are you going?" Jason thinks as he stares down at the little dot on his map, "there's nothing that side of crime alley, little trouble maker."
Revving his motorcycle he follows the dot, ending up at a random street. "Where are you?" He peers around noting the large apartment buildings above and garbage covering the alley way. "What the fuck?" He grips his phone so hard he can hear the screen crack as your dot vanishes, "she can't just fucking disappear."
Pacing back and forth he tries to think, his brain almost combusting before an idea springs to mind. Lucky for him the idiot answers in a second.
"Hey boss, wassup?"
"Jamie, you know any hangouts near park and renegade?"
"Just the bunker, heard they was having a party tonight."
"The bunker?"
"Yeah, it's the henchman hangout."
"The-"
"Henchman's hangout. Used to go there all the time. But you got me so busy these days while you're out, i-"
"How do I find it?"
"Got a light over the door, big steel one."
"Thanks Jamie, take the night off." He ends the calls before the man can keep talking.
He scans the alley again, noticing the single light hanging from a patio a bit further down. Jason bangs on the door with his fist and when it doesn't open he kicks that fucker down. 
"Mr Red Hood sir, I didn't realise.." Janelle says, "Sorry, we don't normally get-" 
The Red Hood walks right by the flustered woman, throwing her some money for the door before stalking his way down the hallway.
Xx
“What is this song?” you shout to Lark over the thrum of the music.
“No idea.” she smiles at you, “Behind you, Rolex.”
“Good spot,” your eyes flick back to the tall guy behind you, his brown hair flipping around as he attempts to dance, “cover me,” you say to Lark as she turns her back to watch from behind.
“Got you girl. Get us that bag.”
“Wow,” you turn, your hand landing on the man's big (though not as big as Red's) forearm, his cheap plasticky jacket seeming to stick to the palms of your hands, “Sorry,” you stare up at the man his dull hazel eyes not nearly as enchanting as the blue ones you’ve been thinking about all day, “Or not,” you wink as his hand slips down your arm.
“We dancing?” he asks, grabbing your hand to twirl you around and you let out a squeal. “You’re fun.” he pulls you closer “cute too,” you can smell how much he bathed in his cologne before coming out tonight, you can feel the bile creeping up your throat with every second. This closeness only makes you move faster before the stench makes you aspirate or puke.
“Yeah, let's dance.” you take his hand and let him hold it, while your fingers toy with the clasp on his watch. “Spin me again,” you laugh and as he does you flick the watch off his wrist and spin yourself into your dark haired friend. 
“Girl, you get it?” Lark catches you, wrapping her arm around your shoulder and spins so her back is covering the man's view of you.
“Happy Birthday Larkie, your gift,” you joke, slipping it onto her wrist and laughing when it fits perfectly.
“Best gift ever. Until the next one,” Lark links her arm through yours, winding you both through the crowd as whatever his name was tries to follow you both.
“Drinks?” 
“Yes, Des is serving those big fruity cocktails I love, I want at least four and you can tell me more about the Red Hood and why the fuck I haven’t seen you all week.”
You and Lark continue to drink, talk and steal. You almost forget that Reds on his way, that he promised to punish you for being bad, that he’s probably going to slap you again, maybe throw you over his shoulder like the man handling dickhead he is. Maybe he’ll snarl at you, pin you up against the wall and then just take-
“Yo! Your drifting off into the clouds again girlie.” Lark snaps her fingers in front of your face, “Earth calling, wanna come back down to me?”
“Yeah,” you shake your head, “I’m here, just thinking about-”
“Why don’t you go splash your face.” Lark offers, tilting her head towards the bathroom, “Someones watching us.”
“I can’t see anyone, but I trust you. Be back in a sec.” you push your way through the crowd, your eyes searching for any sign of the Red Hood. You don’t see him or anyone really, just a bunch of faceless swaying beings that form the dance floor and the wooden door that leads into the bathroom.
Shoving your way inside you tip your head over the graffiti covered sink and splash some of the water over your face, careful not to get any in your mouth. It’s probably safe, but probably isn't definitely and with Scarecrow out of Arkham anything is possible.
"G'day petal," a deep voice startles as it storms from one of the stalls, "gunna need me boom back,"
"You what?" You lift on your toes and take a step back, planting your feet on the ground.
"I know you took my boomerang, petal."
"For once you're wrong, Boomer."
"Yeah, nah. Ain’t got your little boyfriend to keep me away this time."
"Who?" You push at him and when he doesn't budge you reach behind you, gripping at the gun tucked into your pocket.
"Who says he's my boyfriend?" You lift up as your hand grips the handle.
"Everyone, I talked to." 
"Wrong again." You pull the gun out pointing it under his chin, "how does it feel to be so wrong so often, Boomer?"
"Feels pretty nice from here," he grinds his hips into you and you click the trigger, "Petal forgot her bullets," he tuts at you, "silly girl."
"Don't need em," you smirk, reaching the gun back and colliding It with his head, a loud smack echoes in the small room and he's on the floor, "now for my prize," flipping his jacket open you take one of the boomerangs, easily tucking it into your pocket with the rest of your loot.
"What's with the gun?" Lark asks, her eyes shifting to the passed out Boomer on the bathroom floor, “I see, we should go.” she wraps an arm around you and hurries you into the crowd on the dancefloor.
“I wasn’t taking that long,” you shout into her ear.
“No, I came to tell you.”
“Tell me what?”
“Your guy.”
“My what?”
“The Red Hood.”
“What about him?”
“He’s here.”
XX
Jason's helmet scans the room, instantly spotting you cozied up to some random woman. Eyes turn to him, but he ignores them as he sinks into the shadows of the club. 
He watches you for a while, the tiny echo of your voice ringing across the large room. His eyes drift up your legs, stopping at the short hemline of your skirt and the heaviness of your pockets. Jason enjoys seeing you take and take and take from those around you, seemingly gifting this woman with the dark hair with some of your takings. The both of you dance and laugh together, seeming to work together to scam those around you and he can’t help the jealousy of how free you seem to be with her seep into his trigger finger. You’re spinning and free and the way you cling to her, it’s taking all his control not to march over, pick you up and drag you out of here. 
You dodge someone before your pretty eyes dart around the room quickly, seeming to pause in Jason's hiding place in the shadows before moving across and then suddenly you're moving, charging off towards the bathroom.
Now is his chance, he thinks, stepping into the light when the whole crowd turns to him and he feels the need to sink back into the darkness. But it’s almost too late, he can see that dark haired woman coming towards him, a look of anger and vengeance on her face. Fuck, had you told her about him? What did you say for her to be acting like this? He moves, circling around the room until there is a dance floor of people between them. Jason was too busy trying to put distance between him and this woman and her cheap leather outfit. He lost track, you went into the bathroom, he thinks, then, where did you go? He looks over the crowd but he can’t see you, can’t even see the other woman, only the crowd and the lights.
He scans for you on his helmet again and you pop up almost immediately, your body moving freely as you dance with the woman in the crowd and he can’t help the step he takes forward. Like his brain has left the building and now something else is creeping its way into his head.
“What is that?” you ask Lark, your neck twitching to the side.
“Umm, Girl.”
“It’s like an itch, but it’s inside my skin.” you reach back trying to scratch it.
“Girl,” she spins you around and you let out a gasp as the Red Hood stomps towards you, the crowd seeming to part for him as he, can a step be angry? Its like his anger is seeping from his fucking suit. It's a very pretty suit, especially with all the bright lights of the club shining off his helmet.
“Love you Larkie, but I-”
“You gotta go.” she squeezes your hand, “take the back door and don't forget to have fun!” she calls to you as you take off, squishing and squirming your way through the dancers. You throw a glance over your shoulder and can see him getting closer as you move towards the back of the club and the back door. Your heart thrums in your chest, pumping in your ears while your feet struggle to stay steading on your heels.
“Stop following me.” you call, but are pretty sure it's lost in the noise of the club. Picking up the pace you kick your heels off, leaving them behind so you can run faster. You dart around the corner near the bathroom and a hand snakes out grabbing your arm.
“Where you off to now Petal?”
“Don’t have time for this Boomer.”
“Make time,” he points his boomerang at your stomach, pulling it back. Fast as you can you wrap your hand around it, flipping yourself backwards and yanking it from his hand. You spin, throwing the object in the direction of the Red Hood and flee as fast as you can. Boomer is so taken aback that he doesn't say a word, just stares, his hand held up for when his weapon will return to him.
A loud thud rings down the hall and you turn back only to see Boomer on the ground again as the Red Hood steps over his body. His hand reaching down for the gun on his leg. Fuck, how is he getting closer? Are you moving slower?
Turning back around you make a fast dash for the door, the heavy clang of the Red Hoods boots ringing in your ears almost as hard as your breaths are coming out. The door! It’s right there, you're a step, maybe two from it when a strong hand wraps around your wrist and you can’t hold the scream of surprise in.
“Thought you’d give more of a fight, little trouble maker.” Reds robot voice growls into your ear.
“Well, I do hate to disappoint,” you stomp down on his foot, forgetting that you're in bare feet and wince when the steel cap of his boots dig into the arch of your foot, “Ow.” you cry, jabbing your elbow into the hard armor on his stomach, “Why is everything always so hard with you?” you wiggle trying to escape his grasp. 
“So that little brats can’t beat me up.” he holds you a little tighter, the leather of his gloves biting into your skin. The smell of your sweaty perfume barely registers under his helmet, but fuck if he can’t feel your cute little ass wiggling into his cock. Biting down on his lip he tries to maintain some control, to not just press your smart ass little face into the wall and take you right here. His cock throbs when you try to hit him again, making that sweet whiney noise. Shit, he needs, what does he need- “I wanna watch you run a bit more,” his grip starts to loosen, even though he wants nothing more to hold you so fucking close, “ready?”
“To run from you? Always.”
“Good girl.” he releases you and you take off immediately running for the door, your sweaty hands siding off the handle and you giggle when you spot him watching you, unable to keep the excitement of what the fuck is happening inside you. The words, his words, that he keeps saying that somehow makes your insides melt and your legs feel tingly, “You won’t be laughing when I catch you this time.” he threatens, cracking his knuckles at you. But he hasn’t moved yet, he’s watching you from his perch on the wall.
“Fuck you!” you shout back when you finally get the door open and sprint onto the street. You smile to yourself as you hear the thud of his boots coming from behind you, “Fucking asshole!” you bolt down the alley, the stones on the tarmac digging into your feet, but you can’t stop. Even if you’re having fun, enjoying the thought of him chasing you oh so slowly and what he might possibly do when he catches up to you, “You’re so fucking slow!” you shout, turning around to see the alleyway empty, only the trash drifting down and the graffitied walls closing in on you.
Where did he go? He was right behind you a second ago. You turn towards the other end of the alley and can only see the soft glow of the street lights shining. Shit, where could he have gone? Did he give up? You think smugly, turning back down the alley which will lead to a quicker route home. “Fucking idiot, I told him I was faster.”
“But I’m smarter.” The Red Hood grasps your arm, yanking you into a covered alcove and closing your body into his hard armor. A deep breathe rushes from Jason's chest as you bump into him, he probably pulled your with more force than he needed to, but seeing that fucking smile on your face is worth it.
“Guess you caught me.” you beam up at him. He feels his cock straining against his pants at your closeness. If seeing you in the small dress, stealing from those assholes hadn’t excited him. Then watching your ass giggle and your laughter ring in the air as he chased you certainly did. “So what are you going to do with me, now that you've caught me?” you tease him, your hand reaching up towards his helmet and he catches your wrist in his hand.
“What do you think, trouble maker?”
“What do I think? Now he wants to know. Well, Where do I start? I think you’re mean, I think my feet are fucking sore from running on the bare street, I think I don't even know your fucking name and I think that you didn’t even care to come looking for me.”
“How many times is that now?”
“Times what? Because seriously, youre sending some mixed fucking signals here and I don’t know what the fuck is going on with you or your little brain but as fun as it can be, I need some fucking clarity here Red, because I’m fucking confused.”
“Nine.” Jason adds in his head, using his grip on your wrist to spin you around and press you into the wall, “I told you not to swear at me. It’s about time you got some punishment.” he lifts the skirt of your dress, impressed by how heavy the pockets seem to be he tries to ignore it, “Bad mouth brats, need to learn their place.” he slaps his hand onto your ass gentler than he wants to, his fingers kneading at your soft panties. “8 more to go, trouble maker. And for every noise you make I'm going to add one more.” he slaps you again and you can’t keep the little yip that escapes you. He keeps going “7, I’m sending mixed signals,” he leans over to threaten close to your ear, “6, you ran away from me,” his thumb grazes over your ass, “5, you keep being bad,” his long gloved fingers graze over the wet spot in your panties, “4, but I know you want to be good for me,” he flicks your panties to the side before slapping right over your clit, “3, you like to torture me, don’t you?” You let out a hungry moan, your ass presses back into his hand and Jason can’t help the way his dick throbs. “3 more,” he wraps a hand around your mouth, holding it closed, “I think this is torturing you more than me.”
You mumble into his glove, the leather scent filling your nose, his hand tightens on your face. You can feel yourself dripping down your thigh from all those delicious slaps moving from your ass to your clit and those strong fingers on you and his thighs closing you in.
“1 more little trouble maker. Can you take it?” you nod, sticking your ass out even further and wiggling it for him, “This is a punishment, act like it” he scorns you. You wiggle more, biting down on his fingers, and he moans at the feeling of your teeth gripping his finger, “Better.”
His strong hand slaps on your ass and your scream into his fingers, way too exaggerated but Red seems to love it. His fingers massage into your tender skin, his hand gripping tight on your face, “Quiet,” he commands you as his fingers slide through the sopping mess of your pussy, “Quiet or I will stop.”
“Ah, huh.” you mumble into the glove as his fingers press into you. The leather cold on the inside of your pussy, his helmet cold on the side of your face. But fuck, those fingers, he toys with you. Slowly moving in and out, swirling around inside of you and pumping up into your g spot. You almost lose your mind when his thumb grazes up and starts to circle your clit. Your hips thrusting back into him as you grind down on those thick fingers. 
“You’re little cunt is so tight on my fingers,” the red hood pumps into you faster, “you like it like this trouble maker?” he pushes another finger in, while his thumb continues its ministrations on your clit, “I can tell that you do, you’re fucking clinging to me.” his hand moves from your mouth to cup at your breast as his body pushes you closer to the wall, “I wanna hear you cum, trouble maker,”
“Quietly?”
“Yeah, can you do that for me?”
“I- ahhh,” you bite down on your bottom lip, “I’ll try,”
“Good girl.” you fall apart at his words, your hold body shaking into the brick wall, your pussy sucking his fingers deeper and deeper inside you. Your teeth biting so hard into your lip you think you might be bleeding as your panting breaths escape from the corner of your lips. Red keeps a hold of you, his whole body seeming to keep you up while you come apart around him.
“Red, I ah-” you shiver as your body starts to relax again and he pulls his fingers from within you.
Jason spins you back around, pressing your ass into the cool concrete wall by the throat, the chill seeming to soothe the soreness and ache in your muscles, “Hello trouble maker,” he titles that shiny helmet to the side, lifting his fingers up and under the helmet so he can taste you, “How was your day?” he asks so casually that it throws you for a second.
“Really great,” you smile sarcastically into the lit up eyes of the helmet, “No one told me what to do, or threw me around.”
“Or made you cum so hard you shook, sounds boring.” his fingers grip tighter on your throat, his knees pushing your legs further apart. Shit, he’s losing control. Like he can't seem to stop, like that tiny taste of you and watching you fall apart on his fingers cracked a hole in his skull, “I had a boring day too, some dumb brat left me to entertain myself.”
“Poor you.”
“Want to make it up to me?
“Isn’t that what the punishment was?”
“No, because I don't think you learned your lesson yet, trouble maker.” he pulls off his jacket, throwing it on the ground before him, pushing you to your knees. Trying not to be impressed at how quickly you’ve bounced back after he made you cum so hard, “You going to do as you're told?”
“No.” you stare up at him defiantly.
“Do you want me to make you?” his finger twine through your hair, yanking your head back.
“Is this suppose to be intimidating? Because honestly that little kid in the tights is scarier than you.” His other hand slaps across your face and your sensitive pussy tingles in your panties.
“If you want me to stop, I need you to tell me. Just hit me in the leg or something,” he says so softly that you’re almost confused by it, but you understand. This game, or whatever weird ass fuck thing you two are doing, he wants reassurance that you’re playing too. “I need you to nod or shake your head, if this is too far-” he pauses, caressing your face,”-I can just take you home and rub some oil into your feet.”
You stare up at his helmet, your hands resting on his thighs as your nails bite into the hard metal covers, your smile maybe a little bit evil, “Fuck you,” you spit at his chest.
“My little trouble maker,” his fingers tighten in your hair as his other hand works fast to pull his cock from his pants, “Open your mouth,” he orders you and your lips open with seemingly a mind of their own, “Good, stick out your tongue,” he bounces his cock on your tongue and you can’t help the way you start to squirm at the taste of him on your tongue, “Sit still.” he thrusts forward pressing his cock further into your mouth, “Close that loud mouth,” you suck at him, your tongue pressing up into the thick vein that runs along the bottom of his cock, “Do a good job and I’ll give you a reward,” this spurs you on, thinking of how good his fingers felt inside you. You eagerly bob your head and your fingers press into his thighs, your tongue swirling around his cock as moans bubble up your throat and vibrate around him, “finally something that mouth is good for,” he releases your hair, his hand moving down to support your neck, “at your own pace, trouble maker,” he moans, trying his best to keep himself still and not fuck down into your throat, “yeah, like that,” his head flings back with the weight of the helmet, “You feel amazing, so hot and wet.”
You make a movement with your hands, your finger traveling from your chin to your head, while you keep on sucking and licking at him, “Off?” he asks a little breathless, you give him the tiniest nod, trying not to lose the grip your lips have on his cock. “Stop for a second,” his hand leaves your neck and his cock falls from your lips and you suck in a harsh breath.
Relaxing back on your thighs you stare up at him in awe, his huge cock hanging between his armored legs. He lifts the helmet off, his hair shiny dark curls fall perfectly over his face, he drops the helmet to the ground, his fingers brush the hairs from your face as his sharp jawline tilts down at you and a red domino mask stares back at you.
“I knew it! Two masks!” you exclaim, a second before he shoves his cock back in your mouth.
“I was such a close trouble maker, why don't you be a good girl and make me feel good and then I’ll think about rewarding you.” you hungrily suck his cock, your pussy fucking soaking the ground beneath you as you bring him closer and closer to finishing. The whites of the domino mask stare at you while his hair clings to his sweaty face. His moans grow rougher and more animalistic as he gets closer and closer. Your teeth scrape along his length and that seems to be the thing that sends him over the edge, his salty, tangy cum paints the inside of your mouth and you swallow it down like bridesmaids drinking prosecco at a bachelorette party. His soft panting fills in your ears as his hands gently brush along your cheek.
His cock falls from your lips as he leans into the wall behind you. His eyes still take you in as he rests his head on the cold concrete, his chest heaving, his breath spot but his hand still on your face. You meet his eyes as you gather some of his cum that fell from your mouth on your fingers and lick at it, moaning around your fingers in the same way he had earlier.
“You did so well for me,” he coos, lightly slipping his forearm under yours and helping you off the ground. He picks up his helmet, “Can you hold this?” he asks in a voice so devoid of the earlier animal it surprises you, “I’m going I take you home and I can look at those feet.”
“My feet? What about my pussy?”
“If you can behave long enough.” he picks you up, sliding an arm under your legs, “Remember when I told you how loud I can make bratty little trouble makers.”
“Not true until you prove it.”
“Then I guess I better prove it,” he winks, capturing your lips in a desperate, hungry kiss, “But only if you’re a good girl, think you can do it?”
“I can only try my best.” you snuggle into his chest, holding the helmet on your tummy as he carries you home.
Day 5 - 7 am
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I’m starting to wonder if Roy would’ve been angry at Uncle Sam over what happened to Grant
Hi!! Sorry this took me so long to answer, I wanted to get some panels for this.
My immediate thought was "he'd absolutely be angry", but I wanted to elaborate a little more than that. I haven't been able to find many comics with Grant in the Freedom Fighters, and none that go into his run with them in-depth, so I'm mostly gonna be referencing the comic your ask's referring to, Infinite Crisis #1 and, as a comparison, The New Titans #116.
Before I get on to Uncle Sam, I'm gonna go on a tangent about Roy's leadership because, despite all his self-doubt, Roy was a genuinely good leader when he led the Titans, particularly in #116. He knew when to have his team fight-
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-issuing understandable and consice commands as to what to do and when to do it. He assigned people specific orders based on their skillset, and was able to manoeuvre them into a singular fighting unit once it was time. At the same time, he knew when to recall them-
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-and expressed concern whenever they attempted to overexert themselves or do something above their skillset (albeit in a very Roy way)
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Roy actually understands his team, he knows what their strengths and weaknesses are, and he knows what they should and shouldn't be doing at any moment. And his team genuinely respects him for it!
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(Plus, Bart respecting Roy more than Wally is one of the best things to come from this era)
Now, as for Uncle Sam in Infinite Crisis. As mentioned, I don't have much of a broader scope as to what his leadership pre-Crisis was like, ie when Grant was on the team. Additionally, the circumstances they were under were definitely a lot more extreme than New Titans #116. Whereas Roy and co were only up against Gar and Kyle, the Freedom Fighters were up against-
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-significantly more, to say the least. However, a key factor in efficiently leading a superhero team is the ability to work well under pressure, so Mr. American Patriotism won't be entirely excused. In the issue, I could only find two instances where Sam actually issues commands, one-
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-where all he's doing is telling them what the mission is, and two-
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-where he's telling them to keep fighting no matter what. This is piss poor leadership. Not only does Sam give the absolute bare minimum of commands, but they're so incredibly vague and non-specific it's embarrassing. Sure, you could chalk it up to the surprise, the number of enemies, etc etc, but that is absolutely not an excuse. In a situation like that, he should be losing his voice by the end of it because of how many commands he should be issuing. Instead, he more or less treated it like a free-for-all. Additionally, his team had been awake for 48 hours prior to this. That is absolutely not prime condition, especially since before the ambush they had no idea it was a serious threat. Intel that a group had held a meeting somewhere two days ago is not at all justification for dragging your team around when they're all exhausted. Even if the Justice League were unavailable at that time, there are countless other teams who could've taken that! And when the ambush did happen, instead of calling for a retreat like the smart thing would've been when faced with that many enemies, he ordered them all to keep fighting a battle that was impossible to win.
So yeah, Roy would be pissed at Uncle Sam for what happened to Grant. You could argue that even if they were in prime condition, even if they'd tried to retreat, even if Sam had given orders, the team still would've been beaten. But Uncle Sam absolutely did not help. Grant's injuries were, at the very least partially, a result of poor central command and awful leadership. Roy did absolutely everything he could to lead his team, giving member-specific orders and doing all he could to ensure their safety. Uncle Sam basically said "I don't care what you do, just don't give up" which, while being a good sentiment for every day life, is absolutely shit when it comes to a life or death situation. And Roy would be pissed that the kid he worked so hard to train and protect sustained lifelong injuries because of some human American flag.
Anyway I think Roy should get to kick the shit out of the old man for funsies <3
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Sides in Space (Name for AU pending)
F*ck it, we ball. Have a bit of what I have written for my Sanders Sides/Star Trek Crossover AU
"Dr. McCoy, he's waking up." An unfamiliar said in the distant fog of his pounding head.
"Thanks, Nurse Chapel," another unfamiliar voice answered. Dread began twisting in his gut, sending his heart racing. "Captain Sanders?" The voice called. "Sir, can you hear me?"
His eyes fluttered open and a man that almost seemed familiar stood over him.
"Captain Sanders, I'm Dr. McCoy-"
"Where's Dr. Sanchez?"
McCoy sighed. "Can you tell me what you remember from the last few hours?"
"Not untill you tell me where Dr. Sanchez is," he challenged.
McCoy nodded and took a seat beside the bed. "Dr. Sanchez was killed in the line of duty," he answered solemnly. "I'm sorry, Captain."
Thomas went pale. "How?"
"Approximately 72 hours ago, Star Fleet recieved an urgent message from Vulcan. They were being attacked by an unknown enemy with an unknown weapon. The Fleet deployed all available ships to aid Vulcan, including yours and the Enterprise, the ship your on now. There were complications and the Enterprise arrived moments after the rest of the Fleet, also under attack. We pulled in as many Kelvin pods as we could, that's how you ended up here. It's...a lot to explain, and I honestly don't understand most of it, but Vulcan was destroyed. The enemy created a singularity within the planet. When the planet it went...it took a lot of the Fleet with it."
Tears ran openly down the captain's cheeks. "My crew?" He asked, his chest beginning to heave.
McCoy shook his head. "We don't know, we haven't been able to confirm...everyone we lost. I'm so sorry. As soon as I know anything, you'll know. You have my word."
Thomas nodded. "Thank you," he croaked.
"I know this is a lot, but I do need to go over at least some of your injuries with you."
"Aisde from the concussion?" He coughed, trying to regain his composure.
McCoy gave half a smile. "Yessir. When we opened your pod, you a pretty significant injury to your lower right leg. Someone had apparently done some emergency treatment before getting you into the pod because there was a tourniquet applied-"
"This isn't good news, is it?"
"No sir," McCoy shook his head. "We had to do an emergency amputation."
Thomas dropped his head back, pressing a hand over his mouth as tears started again down his cheeks. "This can't be happening," he gasped. "It ca- this- it's not- this can't be happening."
"Captain, I'm gonna need you to take a deep breath," Dr. McCoy advised. "Breathe in slowly through your nose. And out throughout your mouth. That's right, just like that."
Thomas tried to do as he was told, but something broke in his chest and he fell into heaving sobs. Strong arms wrapped around him and Thomas clung to the other man like a life line.
Thomas blinked, his eyes blurred and gunky, and found his head rested against a blue clad shoulder. The arms around his back loosened as he sat up.
"You alright?"
"Sorry-"
"Don't be," McCoy cut in and helped him rest back on the bed. "You've lost a lot. You need to grieve. We all need that."
---
"Any word?" Captain Sanders asked hopefully when Dr. McCoy came into his hospital room. They'd been back on earth nearly a week and every day he'd asked if any of his crew had been found. The death toll had been astronomical and more were declared dead everyday as they sorted through what was left of the rumble and did their best to identify bodies.
Even most of the cadets that had been sent up had been lost. Still Thomas tried to remain hopeful that at least some of crew had been found and survived as he had. But the look on Leonard's face was was quickly driving that hope away.
"I'm sorry," Leonard murmured.
His heart began to pound in his chest. "How many?" He asked, trying to be brave, but Dr. McCoy shook his head.
"None."
Tears dripped from his deep brown eyes. "What?"
Leonard took one of Thomas's hands in both his own. "They weren't able to find any survivors among your crew. I'm so sorry."
"But there's over four hundred- how could they not-"
---
There was a light tap on the hospital door and Dr. McCoy entered the room. "Admiral Sanders? Admiral Pike is here to see you if you're up to it."
"Think he'd actually take no for an answer?" He asked without taking his eyes off the window.
"Not in my experience, sir."
Thomas let out a weighty sigh and nodded. "Let him in."
"Yessir." Len stepped aside and opened the door for Pike to wheel himself into the room.
"Afternoon, Admiral!" Pike said cheerily and wheeled himself over to the window seat. His face softened as he watched the younger man stare out the window. "How ya holdin' up today, son?"
"I, uh, I tried to run a sim today. Dr. McCoy cleared me to do just a basic flight sim, I wasn't even the one running it and, uh-" He clenched his jaw gesturing to the hospital room. "It wasn't even- There wasn't even anything happening in it. It was just a regular orbital sim. But I panicked. Panicked and apparently hyperventilated myself into passing out and hit my head on the way down."
"Let me guess, Dr. McCoy wanted you to stick around a few hours so he could monitor you?"
Thomas nodded. "He was worried since I already had a pretty severe concussion."
"Yeah, that sounds about right for him. So. What's the damage report then?"
Thomas side eyed him. "This one of those trick questions you're famous for?"
Chris smirked. "Yes, it is. Dr. McCoy gave me an update before he let me in here."
"I've got project for you, Admiral," Pike announced and took a seat across the desk from Thomas.
The younger man sighed. "Do you really have to call me that?"
"It is your rank, son. You need to get used to hearing it."
"It wasn't my idea."
"You could retire," Chris suggested drawning a tired glare from Thomas. He chuckled and held out a data pad. "Here. Take a look at these."
"Cadet files?"
Pike nodded. "I want you to pick out a couple command track cadets to mentor-"
"Oh right, like you did with Dr. McCoy," Thomas agreed wryly.
Pike smiled, relieved to hear some color back in the young man's voice. "Exactly. The Fleet is working on implementing a new program that would allow cadets to spend their last year working on a ship, training directly under a Cheif Offficer in their field of study, with the idea that they would be immediately placed on said ship upon graduation and be trained to take over that position when that CO retires or in emergency situations."
"Isn't that basically what happened with the Enterprise?"
"More or less," Pike agreed. "It wasn't ideal, but it was successful. The idea is that next time they won't be under-prepared."
"Maybe we should focus more on there not being a next time."
"We're doing that too," Pike assured.
He nodded with a sigh as he flicked through the list of names.
"You still with me, son?" Chris waited a beat. "Captain."
Thomas's head snapped up. "Hm?"
"You still with me?" Pike repeated.
He blinked several times then glanced away with a sigh, working his jaw. "Maybe I should retire," he murmured to himself.
"Is that what you want?"
"I want my crew back."
"I know, son," Pike assured softly. "You lost a lot of good folk-"
"I lost them all."
"But it wasn't your fault. You gave the orders to evacuate and those orders were carried out-"
"But what if I was wrong? What if- Maybe I shouldn't have, maybe-"
"Your ship was torn apart, admiral, evacuation would have been necessary no matter what."
Thomas nodded, trying to blink away the tears in his eyes.
"I know it still hurts. It will for a long time and it'll come in waves. And sometimes those waves will knock you over and that's okay. But I wholeheartedly believe you're capable of making a difference in the lives of these cadets, there's a lot they can learn from you and I'm willing to bet, there's a lot you can learn from them. I know I've certainly learned a lot from my boys. All that said, there's no shame in needing to step away if that's what's going to be best for you."
---
Pike glanced up from the list of cadets, brow arched in amusement. He glanced back down again scrolling over the list once more. "Admiral, not a single one of these cadets are command track."
"Cadet Sinclair is on track to become a pilot," Thomas pointed out.
"There are six names here."
"There are two sets of siblings."
"You're sure on all these?"
"They're all within the top ten of their class and have been overlooked by multiple admirals and commanding officers in their fields of study," Thomas explained. "This program is supposed prepare cadets for the field. I don't think that training should be restricted to those at the very top of their fields. We should support all cadets, not just those who 'earn' it."
Pike smiled crookedly and nodded. "Alright. Let's reach out."
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Welp, the itch needed to be scratched, and I wrote a rough draft of one of my fic ideas:
A Perfect World
Izuku knew that he was breaking curfew, but he didn't care. After the dream he just had, he didn't really care about anything.
"We're past the singularity point, now. Don't worry, you are not alone."
He saw the past seven users of One For All looking right at him, and the first user had spoken directly to him. He said he wanted to show him more, but more of what? Was he going to have to get even stronger to find the answer to that question? He was already capped at 20% of One For All, and look what wound up happening: it activated in his sleep and destroyed his room.
If by some miracle he managed to not wake up his classmates with that stunt, he was definitely going to be in trouble tomorrow when someone either saw the broken window or the charred floorboards. And how exactly was he going to explain that?
"Well, I had a vision of how All For One created my Quirk by forcibly passing it down to his little brother, said little brother gave me a vague message about passing the singularity point, and then it activated in my sleep and destroyed my room in the fallout. I'm sorry, it won't happen again!"
Yeah, that would go over real well with Mr. Aizawa and Principal Nezu.
It was why he decided to go out for a run. It did wonders for clearing his head, and maybe the fresh air would help him to make sense of what the hell had happened.
The dream/vision had scared him, yes, but the first user seemed incredibly kind (they had the same eyes). He sounded apologetic that he couldn't show him more (more of what?) and genuine when he reassured him that he wasn't alone. Even the other users radiated kindness and patience as they looked over him.
But why him?
From his match against Shinsou at the Sports Festival, he had known that pieces of the past One For All users had remained inside the Quirk. He hadn't bought All Might's belief that his sheer determination was what broke him out of Shinsou's brainwashing, but part of him had hoped that it was just a one-off event, because then all he had to worry about was figuring out how not to maim himself every time he used it.
He wasn't ready to contend with eight ghosts living inside of him and showing him visions from 100+ years ago, because if All Might had no idea what this was and how to deal with it, what the hell was Izuku supposed to do?
By the time he made it back to Heights Alliance and sneaked back into 1-A's dorm, his brain didn't feel any less cluttered than it had before he went on his run. His new plan was to get a drink of water and take a nice, cold shower before doing his best to clean up the crime scene that was his room -
"What are you doing awake, Problem Child?"
Izuku flinched, nearly dropping his glass.
Busted.
Biting on his cheek to clamp down on the fight or flight response that always seemed to kick in around Mr. Aizawa, he took a long sip of water to hold off on answering him.
"Couldn't sleep," he non committedly answered before finishing his drink. It wasn't like it was a lie or anything, but a quick glance at his homeroom teacher leaning against the back of one of the couches showed how unimpressed he was at his response.
"Yeah, your broken window told me as much," he said, crossing his arms over his chest. "One of the Camera-Bots reported a disturbance coming from the second floor, and you want to know how long it took for me to put two and two together that you were the source of the disturbance, Midoriya?"
Izuku didn't dare answer. He was glad that it was cloudy outside, otherwise the moon would have provided enough light for Mr. Aizawa to see his fist clenched at his side, his teeth biting into his lip so hard that it drew blood as he tried so hard to not rise at the bait, because he probably wanted Izuku to get mad at him because everything Mr. Aizawa did was for his own amusement -
"About two seconds," the older man finally answered. "I came over, saw the broken window, and I figured that making a dramatic break for it wasn't your style."
"What are you trying to tell me, Mr. Aizawa?" Izuku asked when he trusted himself to speak again. He turned to get another glass of water for himself, just so his hands would have something to do as his mind raced.
This was different. Normally, when he was caught on Mr. Aizawa's radar, he would storm the place, lecture him, give him some sort of punishment (or three) and leave. He never explained himself to anyone, Izuku least of all. Was this some sort of ploy to lull him into a false sense of security before pulling the rug out from underneath him and expelling him? Or was he just biding his time, playing with his prey before dealing the killing blow?
What game was Mr. Aizawa playing here?
"I'm saying that there must be a good reason why you're up at 1:47 in the morning with a broken window," Mr. Aizawa responded. "I wouldn't have dragged myself out of bed for it otherwise. You know I don't get enough sleep to begin with."
Yeah, because you use school hours to make up the difference, Izuku thought to himself. The uncharacteristically bitter retort was silenced by a rather aggressive chug of his water. That definitely would have gotten him in even more trouble had he let that out into the open.
"So, the floor's yours, Problem Child," the older man prompted. "I want to know why your window spontaneously broke five hours after curfew."
Izuku finished his second glass of water and set it in the sink, clenching his shaking fists by his sides. In a perfect world where all men were created equal, he would know that Mr. Aizawa was genuinely trying to reach out to him, to get him the help he desperately needed since these weird dreams and visions started occurring. He would know that he wasn't breaking his bones for the fun of it, would see how problematic it was that it took spending a week outside of his supervision to resolve that problem. He would know that he only maimed himself fighting Muscular because Mandalay had approved of him finding Kota and bringing him to safety. The life of a five year old boy was on the line and he had no way of contacting anybody where they were located at. He would know that Bakugou's rescue wasn't his idea, nor was their fight the night of the Provisional License Exam.
He wouldn't blow off him and the rest of the class off for a student not even in the Heroics Department.
In a perfect world, Izuku could trust Mr. Aizawa.
Unfortunately, this wasn't a perfect world. This was a world where all men weren't created equal. In this world, Izuku was the Problem Child who committed the crime of getting his Quirk 10 years later than normal. All Might was trying his best to help because he was the only one who could actually understand what he was going through, but Mr. Aizawa dismissed it as favoritism and placed part of the blame on Izuku's feet. In this imperfect world, Mr. Aizawa singled him out in front of everyone and threatened to expel him on the first day of school, only to take it back at the last minute as some sort of "Rational Deception" in order to make him work harder. In this world, Mr. Aizawa hoisted the duty of curbing a bully's behavior onto said bully's victim, blaming him for the problem being as bad as it was.
In this imperfect world, Izuku had no reason to trust Mr. Aizawa outside of a life/death situation.
"I don't know," he resignedly said after a long bid of silence. "I genuinely don't know, but I'll fix the window and give you a written apology."
"Midoriya -"
"I'm sorry for causing a disturbance so early in the morning!" he hurriedly apologized. He had to get out of here now; fight was very quickly turning into flight, because what else should he do when Mr. Aizawa always looked so annoyed and exhausted at his mere existence?
He rushed up the stairs and into his room before Mr. Aizawa could finish what he was trying to say, locking the door behind him as he tried sweeping up the broken glass with a folder. He was too keyed up to go back to sleep now.
'Talk to Yagi tomorrow,' the first user said, making Izuku jump in surprise. Great, now they could just talk to him all willy-nilly? 'Yagi will understand how to help you. We didn't mean to get you in trouble. We're sorry.'
Izuku wanted to tear his hair out and scream at how weird this was starting to get, but the first user was so nice that he couldn't be mad for too long. He also had a point: All Might would understand.
All Might could be trusted.
Tomorrow, he would get this mess cleaned up and hopefully get some answers.
He needed them.
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