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heleneplays · 2 years
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one last trip before we get back to hell on earth @mira-shard @haniiebeedraws
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also CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN SITTING ON MY DRAFTS FOR MONTHS. MONTHS. AND NOW I FINALLY GOT OFF MY ASS TO BRING U THIS AS A BELATED BDAY GIFT (hani) AND AN EARLY ONE (mira) AS YOU DESERVE <3
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deadsetobsessions · 14 days
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Sea Cryptic! Danny AU- Pt. 5
[Pt.1] [Pt.2] [Pt.3] [Pt.4] [Pt.6][Pt.7]
“So you’re that dead kid everyone’s talking about.”
Danny smacked a trash bag into the purple clad vigilante. “You can pick up the glass.”
“Wait, I’m just here to-”
“Bother me when I’m working? At least the litterer brings me cash. You can help clean or you can leave. Plastics go over there.”
Danny pointed at a pile of plastics, ignoring Spoiler’s bemused look. Hard to tell, really, considering her mask.
“I’ll help clean if you answer some questions!” Spoiler chirped, already moving to pick out the glass in the general trash pile Danny’s managed to gather. He nodded.
“Alright. At least you’re helping. The other one just bothers me and leaves his stuff on the beach.”
Spoiler snorted. “I’m Spoiler. Is the litterer Batman?”
“Sure. I don’t really care what his name is,” which was a complete lie, Danny was a fan. It’s just that messing with Batman (especially after he couldn’t clean up after himself, honestly!) overrode his fan behavior. “But if I catch him leaving shit in the waters again…”
Danny frowned, eyes glowing. He could feel- even with his partial tangibility, the muck of Gotham's waters seeping into his boots. It was not giving 'Live, Laugh, Love' to Danny, and he needed it gone.
“Whatever. They dropped a lot of guns down here. You can deal with those too, yeah?”
“I'm pretty sure that's evidence?!”
“If you could call it that.” Danny plucked away the Styrofoam and the hazardous (more than regular, anyways) materials away from the trash pile so Spoiler could dig through with her gloves without contracting sixteen different sorts of illnesses.
“So, what brings you to Gotham?”
Danny pointed at the water. “Came for school. Stayed because you losers polluted the water with dead bodies and gross chemicals.”
“You go to school?”
“Hey, that’s discriminatory.”
“Oops! No, sorry! I meant-”
Danny waved her off, irritably separating a bottle cap from the crushed bottle. Seriously, what’s the point of putting the cap back on if you were going to throw it in the bay anyways?
“It’s fine. How else am I supposed to learn about the advancements made in the scientific industry otherwise?”
Even if Danny wasn’t too sure that science could sure stupidity, but a halfa could dream, right?
"So... do you just... listen in on lectures?"
Danny stared at her. "What else would I do in a class??"
"Oh. I just thought since you're dead and all, you'd do something more... fun?"
"I mean, I could terrorize the local villains for kicks, if that's what you meant."
Spoiler brightened. "Actually, yeah! That would be helpful! If Mr. Freeze keeps bringing the cold during my latte Thursdays, I'm gonna snap and wring his cold little chicken neck."
Danny snorted. "Alright. I will keep an eye out for this Mr. Freeze." Danny paused. "Hey, tell your friend to come down and help us."
"What- oh. Black Bat!" Stephanie waved her partner down. Black Bat gracefully slipped down towards the bay, casually knocking out two goons gunning for Spoiler.
'Careful,' Black Bat signed.
"Thanks!" Spoiler bounced on the heels of her feet. She swept an arm out. "Wanna help?"
Black Bat tilted her head and, after placing Danny under quick but thorough scrutiny, nodded.
'You can get the salvageable stuff. Anything you can't lift, leave to me.' Danny signed clumsily, placing emphasis on can't.
"You know sign language?"
"I'm not too good at it, I just learned this version."
He knew ghost-sign first, after all.
"Chop, chop. I don't have all night."
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Danny learned that Black Bat had the skill to knock cans into their designated piles if he threw them in the air so she could kick at them.
"You two can come back anytime."
Spoiler whooped while Black Bat leaned back, smug.
"Wait, tell the litterer he owes me $200. He was short last time."
"...Are you telling me Batman owes you money?"
"Yeah. He might be in financial straights, so I gave him some lee-way."
Black Bat and Spoiler looked at each other.
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"Hey, so guess what I learned about sea boy!"
Bruce's head swiveled to her with startling intensity. The rest of the clan tuned in.
"He knows sign language! Maybe he even knows ancient sign language! And goes to school, but since he's like, dead, he could only listen to the lectures."
"Bruce, Bruce, do not start a ghost-education plan. Stop. We don't even know if he even-" Dick tackled Bruce, who was already writing a petition as Bruce Wayne to give partial credit to students that diligently goes to class.
"Oh, yeah!" Stephanie shouted over the unraveling chaos. "He promised to fuck with our Rogues for a bit so we can get a break! And we also got a bunch of guns!"
"Where? Gimme!" Jason demanded.
"Do not give Todd more firearms!" Damian cut in.
"Also!" Stephanie grinned as Cass shook with laughter. "Batman's a debtor! He owes Phantom $200!"
"Ain't no fucking way." Tim cackled. "Hear that Bruce? That's karma! For not defending me when he called me broke!"
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dailycass-cain · 2 months
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so this is my first time reading Batgirl (TYSM for the guide!) and I'm pretty new to comics in general. I've made it to #41 so far, and I can't help but notice the huge decline in writing from #38 onwards with the change of writers. Maybe it's just exacerbated by how good the previous issues were; but it really feels like Cass drastically went from a rare female character that is actually written with the same respect and depth as the male characters to being turned into a "girl superhero" with boy troubles who gets forced into bikinis and love triangles. Since you seem to know a lot about what was going on behind the scenes at the time, did something happen? I know there's misogynistic/racist men in the industry who hated Cass so I was wondering if that was already brewing back then during her 2000s run
I think when it came post-Puckett era, Dylan Horrocks was faced with a choice: ape off Puckett or try something different with the character.
I'll be honest, the early Horrocks' stuff you're in hasn't aged well. The ideas are interesting, of exploring sexuality and Cass realizing she can "see" what men think of her, and I think the utter realization of Babs making a mistake is good. It's just the overall execution is more of a miss.
The thing is, #41 gives us an excellent in-character reason for her choices. It's just this is all balanced with Bruce being pretty awful to Cass during this period (because this is all in a lead-up to Horrocks "big" story for #50).
Horrocks run can best be summed as: starts "meh" has interesting ideas, but fails to fully execute them well. There are some standoff amazing moments in the comics (I think the Doll Man issue is quite underrated).
Though, you're right. This is the era when Dan DiDio began to rise to power within the DC Comics Company, and it shows during this particular run.
So during this "run" we had A LOT of things happen outside the comic.
#1 Batman: Hush going on, and that story is particularly infamous for neglecting Cass due to story writer Jeph Loeb's distaste cause she wasn't Barbara Gordon (artist Jim Lee, who now currently runs DC too had this idea but since 2020 has softened this stance and realizes the mistake made).
Add this with DiDio's bias toward the Bronze Age "iconic" characters (Barry, Hal, and Babs) you have this growing problem.
#2 Cass DID get to be involved in another comic. The Justice League: Elite maxi-series. Though she didn't show up in THE Batman story, Cass was showing up in two other series at this time. One, well is in my "infamous" Cass reading guide (Batman: City of Light), and JL: Elite.
The later series did a nice job with the "twist" that Cass was on the team and as an agent of Batman spying on them. It is an actually interesting and good story.
#3 This is the era the "editorial edicts" started to come in. So a rather infamous thing during DiDio's reign was editorial edicts that would force changes in comics (leading to some outrageous OOC moments). This happened TWICE in Horrocks' Batgirl run.
At a certain point, Horrocks is told via top brass that he's losing Babs as a supporting cast member and has to write her off the comic. So he has to write a Babs/Cass go their separate ways due to well you'll see.
The other is in regards to Stephanie Brown who'll be back in the comic past #50 (she left the series in #38). What Horrocks didn't know until a Bat summit around this time (where all the Batman book creatives discussed where to take the books in the coming months) is that Stephanie's days were numbered.
She was coming back (and as Robin), but they were killing off the character. Horrocks and Nightwing writer Devin Grayson HATED the idea and objected to it.
Sadly, they were outvoted and well whatever else occurred in those meetings (or after) resulted in Horrocks quitting the Batgirl series and DC Comics itself by #57 (this is why Horrocks' run on the book just ends abruptly with no real end). Horrocks is still currently just enjoying the life of writing and doing Indie comics.
Interestingly, whatever Horrocks said or did it's interesting to note his is the only run never collected fully by DC Comics. Sadly, the only Batgirl issues that were EVER put in a trade were the stuff that made him walk (Batman: War Games, the event that killed Stephanie Brown). That was until the mid-2010s when DC released a HC Batgirl Anniversary trade that also included stories of Bette Kane, Steph, and Cass as Batgirl. #45 (aka Cass wearing Babs' Batgirl costume) is in the trade collection.
Ironically, this bad management editorial would also eventually affect Kelley Puckett (who returns to DC with Supergirl Vol. 5 #23-29, 31-32) around 2008 to 2009 but then ALSO decided to leave DC and comics altogether.
Not those two, but also the writer who'd replaced Horrocks, Andersen Gabrych (who was one of the minds behind War Games). However, I honestly do love Gabrych's run on Batgirl more than Horrocks. It's just the edicts and the rushing toward the end of his run kind of sours it.
I hope all this information is helpful.
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book4air · 19 days
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dimplesgirl2004 · 1 month
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Idol in Hiding
Summary: A new gorgeous employee starts at a small pizza place. His boss is having a hard time keeping her thoughts innocent and he isn’t exactly helping.
Pairing:  Lee Know and Original female character
Warnings: MDNI, 18+, smut, cursing, angst
Word count: 14 K
Minho takes a deep breath as he looks up at the faded sign above the door. It didn’t really matter what the place was just as long as he could earn some money and learn the ropes of working in an American kitchen, without being recognized. Since the group decided to not renew their contracts 2 years ago and each member went their separate ways, him and Jeongin were the only ones that took the drastic step by moving to the states and going to university. He knew he was done with the life of an idol and just wanted a normal life away from the spotlight. He knew he wanted to be a chef and knew the only way to try and live a normal life was to move to the states and start fresh. Deciding to go to a university in middle America gave him the best chance.
 He opens the glass door noting the smudges on the glass. Just smile and act normal, nobody will know and you can exist without the weight of being an ex idol holding him back.
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“His name is Lino?” Devantrea asks with a grin.
“I don’t know, I haven’t really had a chance to look over his application yet….” I glance at the papers in front of me. “Whoa! His last job was in Korea, I wonder how long he has been in the US?”
 Devantrea snatches the papers from my hands, laughing
“Hey I need to look those over, he is going to be here any minute” I cry out while trying to grab the papers that he was holding above his head.
“Too bad you should have read them already Miss GM…you gotta be ready for this stuff” He laughs out.
 “Hey you two!” Stephanie calls out from across the restaurant where she is attempting to vacuum the French fries that a kid had thrown on the floor just 30 minutes ago.
 “I know I am just teasing her, Steph…its not my fault she is short” Devantrea quips while handing me back the application. I roll my eyes and read through the application.
 “He actually does have quite a bit of experience in a kitchen, although it was in Korea, it’s still experience”
 Devantrea nods as we hear the door opening.
 All three of us look up to see an absolutely breathtaking man walk through the doors. He literally looked like he just stepped off the set of a K drama.
 No way! That is not our guy? There is no way this man would want to work in some dingy pizza place.  
 I watch, trying to hold my jaw closed as this beautiful man walks up to the bar that I am standing behind. I look over at Devantrea who is looking about as dumbfounded as me.
 “Excuse me, I am here for an interview…I am not sure who the name of the person I am interviewing with” K drama says with a bright smile. His accent is apparent, but not hard to understand.
 I nod and smile, trying to gather myself. “That’s me, I am the general manager, my name is Caitlyn, but you can call me Cat”? he bows slightly and holds his hand out to shake mine. His hands are warm and rough, like maybe he has worked with his hands before.
 “Oh um this is the kitchen manager Devantrea, he will be joining us” I add trying to stop myself from blushing.
“Nice to meet you… Lino is it?” Devantrea asks
He smiles the most beautiful smile I have ever seen reaching all the way to his eyes. It was slightly askew, but beautiful.
 I didn’t care what his name is, he was K drama in my mind. That man was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen in my life. I couldn’t believe how flawless this man looked. His almond shaped amber eyes sparkled. With his high cheekbones and full lips, I was convinced that he was some actor sent here from Korea to research some part in a new drama or running from some scandal.  
 “Lets all go sit over here in one of our tall tops…follow me” Devantrea said while eyeing me suspiciously. I felt my cheeks grow hot, realizing I was lost in my own thoughts and forgot that I was supposed to be in charge.
 “Yes lets, thank you Devantrea” I call out as I make my way from behind the bar.
 We take a seat at the tall top closest to the window. I was now face to face with K drama and at a loss for words. I just couldn’t believe that this man actually wanted a job here.
 He sat down appearing very relaxed, he had a soft smile on his face and his eyes were sparkling, like he knew I was a little bit flustered and was amused by it.
 “So what made you want to work at a pizza place, Lino” Devantrea asks his tone serious.
 “Well I am going to university for business and hotel/restaurant management. I want to get a feel for how American restaurants work, because it is my dream to open a Korean restaurant in the United States” Lino says confidently, not breaking eye contact with Devantrea.
 “So your from Korea?” I say quickly and then realizing that his whole damn application was Korean restaurants in Korea, I not only made myself sound incompetent but also stupid. My face turned bright red and I felt Devantrea kick me gently under the table.
 I realize I need to get it together and interview this guy. He is just a student that is studying business who happens to look like a damn model. I glance down at his application and realize he is thirty years old, but looks 22! I guess its never to late to get an education or possibly run to the US because of a scandal.
 I clear my throat. “Ok can you expand a little bit on what you did at your past restaurants?” Lino turns his flawless face to me and smiles, I swear if I was standing, my knees would have buckled. I quickly compose myself and try to maintain normal, not creepy eye contact while he tells us about his past restaurant experience. I nod along and ask questions, trying to get a sense of why he would choose a little pizza joint instead of a chain or corporate restaurant. Devantrea must have been thinking the same thing since the next question he asked was why he didn’t choose a bigger restaurant. Lino explained that he wanted to start smaller, so he could learn more and not feel overwhelmed.
 Ok that made sense!
 Devantrea gives me a nudge under the table indicating to me that he approves and wants to hire him.
 I turn and smile at Devantrea and then turn to Lino giving him a bright smile. “Ok Lino, you sound like you would be a great fit and we would like to offer you the job” 
His face lights up and he reaches out to shake both of our hands. “Thank you so much! I feel like this is going to be a great experience, when do you want me to start?”
 He was so enthusiastic about the job, it made my brain go back to my original theory that he is definitely running from some crazy scandal
 We went over his availability and gathered his paperwork to take copies for the accountant. Since he has a student visa there was some different paperwork that I was not familiar with so I just took copies of everything, secretly hoping there wouldn’t be any issues to cause him to not be able to work here.
 “So I think that Parker or Rex would be the best ones to train, they are both senior cooks and great on the pizza stations, so how about starting this weekend? Devantrea was speaking to both of us and I add “Yes, Parker can do the night training and Rex the afternoon training, I think we should start out in the afternoon, it isn’t as hectic as night shift is”
“I agree” Devantrea replies. He looks at Lino who is still beaming, “You good with starting Saturday morning? You can come in and help with prep, learn the layout and maybe make a few pizzas?”
“Yes! That works great! Lino exclaims.
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As they walk him out Minho couldn’t help but be intrigued with the beautiful GM that just interviewed him. Even though the guy did most of the talking, Minho couldn’t help but keep glancing at Cat throughout the whole interview, he was sure she noticed because she seemed to be getting a little flustered. Since being in the US he hadn’t thought much about dating or women in general, intent on focusing on getting through school, but this woman definitely caught his eye. She had to only be about 5 foot 4 inches, but carried herself like she was 6 foot, she had a confident, yet soft demeanor and she had the biggest blue eyes he has ever seen.  
With a confident stride he makes his way back to his car, feeling much better about his situation. He is sure that this will be exactly what he needs to help him start fresh
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Once back inside Devantrea turns to me, “What the hell Cat! You looked like you were about to pass out the whole time”
“Did you see that beautiful man that we just interviewed?” I exclaim. Devantrea makes a face. “Ok…he is a bit of pretty boy….”
“No Devantrea! He looks like a K drama star! I yell
“What’s a K drama? He asks with a sour face.
 Stephanie hears us and comes out of the kitchen. “Girl you are in trouble! He looks like one of those men you are always drooling over from those shows you watch” She laughs as she continues wiping down the bar.
 “Wait wait, Cat is this going to be a problem?” Devantrea asks his tone serious.
“No no way! I am a professional, he is just really good looking that’s all, he will be nice to look at” I say with confidence even though I slowly realize I am going to be that beautiful man’s boss and I start to feel a little regret. Did I hire him because of his looks? Devantrea wanted to hire him too and its not like he isn’t qualified, actually he may be overqualified.
 “Cat you are going to be his boss though….there isn’t going to be any issues?” Stephanie asks with a hint of a smile.
 “You two are not serious right? You have known me for what 5 years, have I ever had an issue with inappropriate relationships here?”
 “I know honey, we are just teasing you…it will be fine” Stephanie adds with a small smile.
 “Yeah and if there is anything going on, I will just fire him and then problem solved” Devantrea says with a laugh.
 My heart drops. I actually do feel a bit of regret. Is there going to be a problem, will I favor him? Will I be able to treat him like the rest of the crew? Will I pass out if I have to be next to him?  I have never had an issue in all the years I was assistant manager or this last year of being general manager and I had no plans of starting now, so yeah I am good nothing is going to happen.
 Even with all the big talk about not having issues I couldn’t help but feel a little bit of danger lurking around the corner, like I might be in for something I cannot be handle.
Part of me had a feeling that he wasn’t exactly who he said he was. I knew I should probably just leave it alone, but curiosity over ruled and I decided to do a little digging. 
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One month later…..
I had known Lino’s identity for almost a month now and have been letting little hints slip, seeing if he would crack and tell me himself. I did feel some guilt, I am sure he chose to move to the US and basically create a new life for a reason. He probably doesn’t want people to know who he really is otherwise they may treat him differently or at worst stalk or hurt him. Another part of me, the selfish part felt some sort of thrill knowing who is when nobody else does. I also haven’t sat down to talk to him about it, because to be honest, that man intimidates the hell out of me. He also shamelessly flirts with me which baffles me, why would that gorgeous man want to flirt with me? The worst is that I have caught myself flirting back. 
This could cost me my job if I don’t get it together.
Of course he fit right in, he was quiet but would still joke around with the other kitchen staff, he did a great job and was a fast learner. I mean with the life that he led, learning to make some pizzas was probably the easiest thing he has ever done. All the staff liked working with him and didn’t have any complaints. 
Once I found out who he really was, I watched video after video and soon my little crush grew into some intense desire. The thing is, being around him I can tell he feels the same way, which again baffles me. The tension between us is palpable and I am positive other people are starting to notice.
 On a random Wednesday I decide today is the day. I am going to get him to tell me his real identity. 
 I walk into the kitchen and stand next to him.
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Minho was mindlessly making pizzas, since it was a slow night  he let his mind wander. Cat has been acting odd towards him the last month. We always flirt back and forth, but it always stops before anything gets weird or intense, she has made it known that her job is important to her and that she will not jeopardize it for anyone. Its also not like either of us has actually came out and said, “Hey wanna fuck?” But the tension has definitely been building and sometimes it is hard to concentrate when she is close and he isn’t going to deny that the desire to bend her over the pizza table and find out what pretty sounds she can make hasn’t crossed his mind. 
He is snapped back to reality when he smells her perfume and feels her standing next to him.
 “So I was watching one of my Korean dramas last night and this song came on at the end”
Minho nods. She has talked about how she enjoys Kdramas. He wasn’t too worried that she would find out his identity through those since he didn’t really have any connection to acting.
 “I thought the song was pretty good, so I went on YouTube to see if I could find it and I started getting all these kpop songs in my recommended” 
Minho nods, but no other reaction
“The music is actually pretty good! I was surprised I just assumed it was just like Korean Backstreet Boys, ya know”
 That made him flinch a bit
 Shit! Has she figured it out? Did she stumble across a picture of him, although he had cut his hair and bulked up a bit, if you were looking you could definitely tell who he was and also “Korean Backstreet Boys” what the fuck!
 “I was wrong though…there is pretty great rapping and the music gets you like pumped up…not to mention the dancing oh my god!” I open up my phone and connect my Bluetooth to the speaker. “Also some songs are…..like sexual, but not in an obvious way”
 Minho gulps. “Yeah a lot of kpop doesn’t openly have sexual lyrics….but yeah some of it can be”. 
What is she getting at?  
 “Have you ever heard this song?” I ask him. I start playing Taste. “I am pretty sure this song is about sex!” I laugh “I also cannot figure out if he is saying “Don’t make me beg or Don’t make me bad” .
 He stops and lays the sauce spoon down as he hears his voice playing loudly through the kitchen. She is hinting at something and he can slowly feel his ears get hot. 
“Can I talk to you…privately Cat?” He says softly with a hint of a smirk.
 I started feeling immediate regret. Fuck I should have just asked him, why did I need to go so far? Now I felt bad. what if I was wrong? What if I have been delusional this whole time and I just made him uncomfortable? I started doubting myself thinking that I wanted it to be true so badly that I made myself believe that he was some famous kpop idol.
 “Oh uh of course…we can go to the office” I stammer out.
 I watch as he starts walking out of the kitchen towards the office. I look at Parker, my eyes wide and he just shrugs his shoulders.
 I follow along behind as he leads the way to my office. I couldn’t read his reaction. Was he embarrassed, or angry or was he just playing along to make me squirm?
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As he was leading the way to her office he was trying to decide how to play this. Should he just come out and ask or should he deny it and tell her she is crazy. He knew he needed to remain confident not letting her know that she had gotten to him. He decides to take a seat in her chair, giving off the impression that he holds the power and not her, knock her off her game, since she decided to almost out him to the entire kitchen staff.
 He walks straight into my office and immediately sits in my chair as I stand awkwardly staring at him. I had no idea what to say. He was staring at me, his eyes squinted and his mouth a thin line.
 “When did you figure it out Cat?” He says quietly
 “About a month ago….” I reply my eyes downcast
 “And instead of just pulling me aside and asking you decide to play one of my songs and ask if it is about sex?” He says while crossing his arms across his chest.
 I could actually hear a bit of smile in his voice, so I lift my eyes. “Blowjobs specifically” I say quickly, my eyes not leaving his. I could feel the tension between us, so thick. His eyes were burning into me and this time I wasn’t relenting.
 What was I doing? The power shift between us had thrown me for a loop and I could feel my entire body on fire. Our eyes unmoving from each other like we could both see what the other wanted, but still unwilling to give in. I could feel the coiling of desire in the pit of my stomach. I wanted him, I wanted him so fucking bad and I knew he was feeling it too.
 “We need to sit down and talk…not at work….there are some things we need to discuss” he says firmly
 “Yeah I guess we do” I whisper
 He stands up slowly and moves to stand in front of me. I could feel the heat of his body and I was trembling.
 “Lets go get a drink tonight?” he asks.
 I nod.
 “Its make me bad, by the way….but it does sound like I am singing make me beg, doesn’t it?” He smiles as he opens the door and walks out.
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Minho lets out the breath he didn’t realize he was holding as he shuts the door leaving you in the office . Fuck! He couldn’t decide whether he was angry that you didn’t just ask him who he was or if that scene in the office that made his dick hard under his chefs pants, just made him so flustered that he was angry. Either way, he was going to play it like it didn’t get to him, that the desire to push you against the desk and kiss you until you couldn’t remember his name consumed him and walking out of that office was one of the hardest things he had done. The fact that he knows you feel the same makes his dick even harder.
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 I made it through the rest of work in a daze. My nerves frazzled. Not sure what his reaction meant. He seemed like he was playing with me, sitting in my chair, like a power play letting me know that what I found out did not bother him. When he looked at me with those eyes and full lips all I could think about is those lips on mine, his hands all over my body taking whatever he wants. I know he knows that, he knows that it takes everything in me to not give in and he relishes in it.
At close I went into the kitchen to check out all the stations. I meticulously checked each station purposely avoiding his station, not ready to face the tension and look into his eyes, but there he was leaning against the pizza station scrolling through his phone acting as if that scene in the office never happened. When he saw me he looked up and gave me a dazzling smile making my knees weak.
 “I am all done boss, everything look good?” He says while grabbing his backpack and starts rummaging through it.I look around and see that everything was in order.
 “Yep you are good” he nods and continues looking through his back pack. I check everyone else out and they start filing out of the kitchen. He is holding back, I know he is waiting for the others to leave before he approaches me. I stop to grab a few things that need to go back to the office and I feel him behind me. 
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 As she is checking all the other stations out he decides to play with her a little more once everyone else had left. He walks up behind her, making sure she knows that he is there, but not actually touching her. He wants to make her squirm, make her realize how badly she wants him.
 “There is a bar up the street…its quiet we can meet there” he whispers, still standing behind me, I can feel his breath on the back of my ear, causing me to shiver. I swallow and nod slowly.
 “See you there” he says while pivoting around me and tossing his backpack over his shoulder.
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I walk into the dimly lit bar and see him immediately, sitting by himself at a table in the corner. He has a drink in front of of him and is reading the menu. I take a deep breath and walk over to the table and sit down without saying a word. He looks up and flashes that smile.
 “Hi boss” he says
 “Ok enough of that, we are not at work” I scoff. He smiles and sets the menu down and leans forward on his elbows.
 “Ask me anything I know you have questions” he says, his look turning serious.
 I take a deep breath ready to just let out all the information I had found out, leaving out the details about how watching him dance did something to you, made you shiver thinking about how he would feel against your body. How those hips could grind against you or how his thighs would feel between your legs. 
“So your name is Lee Minho, stage name Lee Know and you were the dance leader and a vocalist for the Stray Kids?” I say matter of factly
 He nods. “How did you figure it out?”
 “Honestly it wasn’t that difficult. When I first hired you I couldn’t believe someone that looks like you would want to work at some little pizza place and then when you said you were going to university, my first thought was 30 is late to start college, I had some theories and I started to do some research”
“What were your theories?” he says, scooting closer a mischievous smile on his handsome face.
 “Well at first I thought you were some K drama actor who came to the United States to flee from some scandal….I watch a lot of dramas so I started going through You Tube and google trying to find something, but  nothing turned up”
 He is smiling. “So that’s why everybody started calling me Kdrama as a nickname?”
 I blush. “I just told people you look like a K drama actor and I guess they just went with it and then you started answering to it…so I guess it stuck”
 “Go on” He continues with a playful smile.
 “I was researching so much stuff on kdramas that I started getting stuff about kpop on my recommended on you tube so I put the name you gave us and kpop in google and there was your face obviously with a different name, but sounds the same…..I did quite of bit of digging because I didn’t think that this could actually be possible, but the more I watched the videos and all the you tube stuff of you talking, walking, your mannerisms I was about 99 percent sure. Then I looked up information on stray kids and all the members were accounted for except for you and one other member, it said there was rumors that you had moved to America or Australia….I just put it all together”
 He was listening intensely, not interrupting and he had an amused look on his face. 
“Ok well it sounds like you are quite the detective, I knew there would be a possibility of my identity being found out and I told myself I would deal with it when it happened. You need to promise that you will not tell anyone, I am enjoying my life right now” His voice sounding sad. But he quickly shakes his head and with a smile asks “What do you want to drink?” And motions for the server to come over. 
 The server basically runs over to our table. I noticed that she had been staring at him for the last few minutes. She starts smiling and fawning over him. I internally roll my eyes, but I understand he is drop dead gorgeous and has charisma and confidence, its hard to not be attracted to him. I feel a pang of jealousy when he starts flirting back with her, telling her he likes her earrings.
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Minho knew that flirting with the server would get Cat flustered and he glanced over to her while talking to the server and notices the soft blush on her cheeks and the glint of jealousy in her eyes. Seeing her like that sent him over the edge, how beautiful she looked when she was angry, but trying so hard to hide it. He wanted to see that pretty pink blush on her cheeks as he has her laid out in his bed, kissing every inch of her making her moan his name.
 “So….what do you want to drink?” He smirks as if he knows that I was a little jealous at the attention he was giving the server.
 “I am good” I say curtly.
 He frowns. “Come on Cat you have to have at least one drink with me”
 The server is looking down at me, I could see the annoyance in her eyes and I have to admit it felt pretty damn good to know that I am the one sitting here with literally the most gorgeous man in the room.
“Fine, dirty grey goose martini, three olives” I say with a smug smile.
 She glances one more time at Minho as he raises his glass indicating he wants another one, she huffs turning and walking back to the bar.
 “You fucking love the attention? You know they are all looking at you, flirting with you” I say while shaking my head in disbelief.
 “Of course I do” he says while taking a sip of his drink. “I was an idol for years, I sometimes miss the attention”
 “So why did you…just leave?”
 “That…is a long story for another time, but I promise I will tell you all about it someday” He finishes his drink as the server brings our next round, all but slamming it down in front of me. I giggle a little as she walks away.
 We sit and chat for a little while, sipping at our drinks. We don’t talk about anything important, I got the feeling he didn’t really want to talk about his past with me yet, so he asked me a lot of questions about my career. 
After our drinks were almost empty he hits me with “Why don’t we go back to my place, we can finish talking”
 “Uh you know that is not a good idea”
 “Oh come on Cat! You found out who I really am…..you still don’t want me? I am getting impatient since I know you feel the same” He adds a little pout at the end of his sentence
 Taken aback from his bluntness. “What? Lino of course I cannot be interested in you I am your boss…it’s inappropriate, I could lose my job”
 “Your not interested at all?…. nobody will have to know” he says with a coy smile. That pretty pink blush had covered her whole face, he could practically feel the neediness radiating off of her, but still she holds back.
 Fuck! His words go straight to my core. I was on the verge of quitting my job and just letting him have his way with me. Seeing him dance in the videos had me feeling something and if I didn’t have any will power at all I would have fucked that man a month ago.
 He sighs deeply. “Ok fine, it can be completely innocent, I enjoy talking with you. I know you have more questions and I want to know more about you, plus you can meet my bratty roommate”
 Should I? he had me questioning everything. Could I just go hang out with him in his apartment with him and his roommate and not have anything happen?
 “Does…your roommate know who you are?” I ask shyly
 His face lights up and he rolls his eyes a little. “Of course he does…my roommate is Jeongin”
 “Oh” I say flatly
 “Come on…you will love him, he is a fucking brat, but is super sweet and he already knows about you”
 My mind keeps telling me no, this is not a good idea at all, but the thought of meeting the maknae who was honestly also gorgeous from the videos I watched. Also, I did really enjoy talking to him, the conversation flowed and it felt comfortable. I was also still curious and wanted to know more. 
In my heart I knew this probably wasn’t going to be a good idea, but my body had me convinced and it was beginning to become very hard to resist what my body was telling me.
 I sigh and I see him smile, knowing he has me convinced.
 “Fine, but we are just going to talk and chill nothing else” I say
 He puts his hands up. “Absolutely, I will in no way try to seduce you”
 “I am serious, you could cost me my job” I say trying my best to look convincing
 “Ok Ok I pinky promise” he holds out his pinky, grabbing my hand and forcing me to pinky promise him. I shake my head and laugh. “Ok give me your address” I grab my drink and quickly gulp it down, liquid courage I told myself.
My heart is racing as I set his address into my gps, my hands were shaking so bad that I had to type in the numbers three times before I got it right. 
What was I doing? 
I knew there was no way I would be able to stop if he starts something, my panties were already wet with just the thought of him and I knew if he touched me I would be a goner. Part of me thought, Ill just text him and tell him I changed my mind and it wasn’t a good idea, but a bigger part of me, obviously the horny and needy part of me told me to just go and deal with the consequences later. Of course that part won as I started pulling out of the parking lot heading in the direction of his apartment.
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Minho couldn’t keep the smile off his face as he quickly sent Jeongin a text letting him know they were having company and to be decent when they arrived. He responded with a thumbs up and that didn’t give him much hope, Jeongin had assimilated well into American society and has found a new hobby in video games and sex. Even though Minho isn’t an idol anymore he still tries to keep his body fit and still found time to dance, he didn’t want to lose that part of himself completely. Jeongin on the other hand although, still keeping his body fit he uses it to fuck anything with a pussy or an ass, he is not picky. He said that as an idol he never had the freedom to do what he wanted, so he is making up for lost time.
Minho will admit, Jeongin is sexy as fuck and knows how to flirt and get what he wants, he can definitely see why he has so much success in that department. Jeongin has offered to help Minho get laid, but up until now he hadn’t really had much desire, and of course Minho had plenty of girls he has slept with over the years in secret when he was an idol and of course the experimenting the group members they had all done over the years of training to let off some steam.
Jeongin was always there for him when Minho felt lonely and needy, many nights Jeongin letting Minho fuck him into the mattress always being so good for him, but Minho knew that him and jeongin were not a couple and never could be. Jeongin is in his playboy phase and wants to have fun, Minho wanting more and trying to find a intimate connection with someone.
He pulls into his parking lot, locking his car and walking up to your car with a smile on his face. You step out of your vehicle, still apprehensive about where this night is heading, your brain is clouded with curiosity and lust. You follow Minho as he leads you into the impressive apartment complex, you figure he still got that idol money. As you enter the elevator and Minho is telling you about his roommate, but your not really listening cause your brain is roaring with nerves and you cannot focus on anything except the fact that you are really going into this beautiful man’s apartment and absolutely nothing sexual can happen even though you know you both really want it to.
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Minho leads the way to his door and makes quick work of unlocking it, he steps inside and moves over gesturing with his hand to come in. You watch as he takes his shoes off and you realize that’s what you need to do also, you toe your shoes off and scoot them next to his on the mat. You are trying to focus on all of the little things, take shoes off, take coat off, hang on hook so you don’t have to look up at Minho who you know is staring at you and then you will have to think about the next step. Are we going into his room? Is is going to offer me alcohol? I can’t get drunk, Ill do something stupid. Your brain is malfunctioning and your hands are shaking. You finally get up the courage to look at Minho who is standing there with a soft smile of his face almost like he is amused by your emotional state right now. Is he going through the same thing I am right now? Is he just hiding it better?
“You want to meet my roommate? He says while turning towards the living room. You could hear the sound of a television, maybe a video game. You follow quietly as you hear Minho yell out something in Korean, you are taken aback for a second since you had yet to hear him speak in his native language in person, you almost forgot that he is in fact Korean and are also a bit surprised and embarrassed about how your body responded to his voice and the language. You would have never guessed that hearing his voice speak in his native tongue would make you feel even needier than you already felt. You had heard of people having voice or language kinks, but you never understood it until this very moment.
 With your face red you follow him into the living room where another beautiful man was standing shirtless with almost a full sleeve of tattoos and just loose shorts on holding a game controller, his black hair pulled back into a short ponytail.
 “Jeongin! I told you to be decent” Minho yells at the other man.
 “I did…I put pants on” Jeongin responds as he turns to look at us, his face breaking out into a smile that reached his beautiful fox like eyes.
 “Well Hello there, Min didn’t tell me that you were this pretty” he says with a wink. I of course blush, even though I didn’t think my face could possibly get any redder.
 “Ok Innie chill out” Minho huffs. “Come on we can go in my room, do you want something to drink?” He looks to me smiling sweetly.
 “Uh um do you think that’s a good idea?” I ask still very unsure of myself and the situation I had gotten myself into.
 “You kids be good, keep the door open” Jeongin laughs. He had a cute giggle.
 “Yeah yeah it will be fine, I promise Ill keep my hands to myself” Minho smirks as he motions for me to follow him.
My body follows him before my brain could react. Shit! If I don’t start thinking before I act this is not going to end well. I need to get it together otherwise I will let this man do whatever the hell he wants and if the other beautiful man wants to join I’d let him.
 I was fucked.
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 Minho smiles to himself as he leads her to his room. He promised he wouldn’t try anything, but his fingers were crossed in his mind. He knows she wants him as bad as he does, he just needs to convince her brain.
We enter his room, it is clean and tidy. He has some pictures hanging up so I walk over to examine them, trying so hard to not sit on his bed like I know he is going to ask. There were a mixture of obvious professional group pictures and some more casual pictures that probably one of the group members took. They were all so beautiful, it was crazy that there could be so many beautiful, sexy talented men in one group. They were all literally flawless, even in the amateur photos.
 “Do you want to sit down” Minho asks while taking a seat on the bed.
 “Nope” I say quickly and he huffs out a laugh, a laugh I recognize from some of the interviews and clips I watched.
 “Ok well just stand there and look at the pictures then, I am going to get us something to drink….I have vodka I don’t know how to make a martini, but I can make a mean vodka orange juice” He quirks his eyebrow with a smile.
 Oh he thinks he is so cute. Trying so hard to get my guard down, so he can swoop in and get me naked. Not gonna happen. 
I am in control of this, I can control myself.
 Minho could tell she was unsure. He needed to reassure her, make her feel comfortable. He really didn’t want her to leave so in order to get her to stay he was going to have to take a step back. He walks out to the kitchen to make the drinks.
 Jeongin playing his game looks up “How’s it going Hyung….that was quick” He laughs his fox eyes twinkling.
 “Shut it, its not like that…” Minho responds while pouring the drinks.
 “Oh ok sure Hyung” Jeongin rolls his eyes and returns his attention back to his game.
Fucking brat. Minho walks back into the room and is happy to see that Cat had finally sat down, but she had her arms crossed in front of her, looking very stiff and kind of scared. Poor thing.
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 Since Minho was out in the kitchen I realized that I am an adult and standing around trying to avoid him is not going to work. I am going to have to work through these inappropriate thoughts, because I still have to work with him.  
 He has a smile on his face when his walks in, holding two drinks in his hands. He hands me one and sits down on the bed, actually sitting farther away than what I thought he would. Maybe he is trying to play the long game. I take a sip of the drink he handed to me and was surprised it actually tasted nice, not too strong.
 “Listen Cat, I am not going to try anything, you have made it very clear that your job is important to you and you don’t want to jeopardize that so I promise I will keep my distance and we can just talk, ok” He turns towards me, sitting fully on the bed with his legs crossed and I won’t lie it was difficult to not look at his thick thighs.
 I nod and take a deep breath. “Ok Lino…” I say then trail off not knowing what to say next.
 “When we aren’t at work you can call me Minho, Lino sounds too much like my stage name” He says with a smile
 “So did you pick the name Lino?” I ask.
 “Well kind of” He says scooting a little closer to me. It was fine, he was still keeping his distance.
 After I started asking him questions about his life and career, the conversation flowed very easily. We were laughing and I didn’t even notice that he was sitting much closer, his knee almost touching mine. He was funny and had so many stories from his time as an idol and about the other group members. Some of the stories from his days as a trainee were actually heartbreaking. When he told the story about him being eliminated I was almost in tears and made a mental note to watch the clip later.
 It was fun talking to Cat. She was sweet, but so sure of herself. He found himself scooting a little closer to her, but she didn’t seem to mind, he wasn’t even sure she noticed. He wanted so badly to be close to her, to touch her but she was still keeping her distance.
 “You used to flirt with me all the time before you knew who I was, what changed?” Minho decided to just ask her.
 I took a deep breath. Fuck here we go. “I don’t know why I was flirting, I shouldn’t have been, but it was hard, I mean I am attracted to you, I was before I knew and even more afterwards. I couldn’t believe a man that looks like you was interested in me” I finish and gulp down the rest of my second vodka orange juice and I could definitely feel the warmth of the liquor make its way to my brain.
 “I am sorry for putting you in that position Cat and what do you mean someone like you? You are sexy and confident, its crazy attractive” He says while his eyes roam over my body.
 I felt hot under his gaze, he was looking at me with such lust it was hard to not just jump in his lap and shove my tongue down his damn throat. 
No! I was an adult and I was in control, but the boozy part of my brain was telling me that nobody has to know, we could easily sleep together and nobody would be none the wiser.
 “Cat….you want another drink?” He asks taking the empty glass from my hand.
 “Uh no where is your bathroom?” I blurt out, needing to get out the room, the tension is stifling. Everything was fine 20 minutes ago, we were talking, hanging out and then all that damn sexual tension happened again.
 “Oh yeah its right out the door to your left” he says with a little half smirk
 I jump up way too quickly, but pull myself together and walk to the bathroom. Once inside I stare at myself in the mirror. What are you doing? This is going to end badly, just leave, tell him the vodka is making you sick. Just come up with an excuse and leave. Of course my brain has almost totally shut off at this point and I let my body lead me out of the bathroom.
I open the door to the room and am met with Minho in a black tank top, he had obviously just taken off his hoody, but fuck. He was putting some clothes away so he didn’t turn to me right away. I just stood there watching him move, his arm muscles flexing. The tank top was stretched over his pecs. He had a few tattoos also, it looked like one on each of his biceps and one on his shoulder blade. He looked divine, like sex itself and it was then that I knew I was fucked.
 I was most certainly not in control of this and I am most certainly not going to be able to control myself.
 I had to stay now, I had to feel what his body felt like, I needed to hear his voice in my ear coaxing me to cum for him. I wanted his hands everywhere. He turns to look at me standing in the doorway my eyes probably glazed over.
 “Hey” he says simply and he smiles a knowing smile. He knew he had me now.
 “Hey” I breathe out. “You um lost your shirt” My voice was almost whiny at this point.
 “Yeah I was hot” He says, still staring at me, a half smirk on his pretty face.
 “I thought you didn’t show skin” I said not even sure what I was saying at this point.
 He chuckles, that laugh that I was really starting to like. “Yeah, maybe”
 “You coming back in?” He asks standing up straight holding his hand out to me. Then he gives me a direction in Korean and I swear my mind short circuits a little.
 “What” I gasp
 Now he almost laughs out loud. “You didn’t think I didn’t notice how you reacted when I spoke to Jeongin, it’s a voice kink a lot of people have it.” He is teasing now, but I felt hot all over, I could feel the wetness in my panties. What the fuck is happening to me, he like a drug that I am being peer pressured to try. But I want it so bad, I can literally feel it in my throbbing core.
 “I-I don’t think I have that” I say, knowing I sound so stupid and I am literally trying everything to not rip the rest of his clothes off.
 He walks closer to me. “Yeah, maybe…but I think I told you to shut the door” He says with a smirk.
 I tilt my head in confusion. “You did?”
 He quirks his eyebrow, “Yeah….”
 “Oh” is all I could muster. I felt like I might faint, I was so hot all my nerves were on fire. I felt like one touch from this man in the right place I would be cumming harder than I have in my life.
 “Now shut the door and come here” he says firmly.
 And I do. I close the door, sealing my fate. I just stand there, not knowing what to do, where to put my hands except on him. He walks over to me, putting one arm on the wall next to me, almost caging me in but he still left an opening on the other side, but I wasn’t going to take it. I was in now, my decision was made, but it couldn’t hurt to not let him know that I wasn’t completely convinced.
 He tilts his head and leans down. his lips are so close now, all I had to do was lean forward and our lips would be touching. Instead he turns his head and places a kiss on my neck, running his other hand down my arm, causing goosebumps to form.
 I let out a shaky breath as he pulls back. “Tell me to stop and I will” he murmurs then leans forward again, hovering over my lips again, his eyes searching mine his lips parted. His pupils are blown and there is a hunger in his eyes. He slowly leans in and kisses me on the lips and I felt like my whole body was a live wire. He pulls back slowly, but I close the gap again and kiss him letting my tongue lick along the seam of his lips, he lets me in tilting his head deepening the kiss. I moan softly as I feel his hand squeeze my waist.
 He pulls back and rests his forehead on mine, I am almost breathless at this point.
 He smiles. “Finally….you really made me work for that”
 “I could stop it all right now” I breath out unconvincingly
“Do you want to stop” his lips ghost over my neck again and I couldn’t help the gasp I let out, shutting my eyes as his lips roam over my exposed neck.
 “All those pretty sounds your making……doesn’t sound like you want me to stop” he says and I can feel him smile against my skin.
 I hear him whispering to me again in Korean, making my breath hitch and my chest heave. How the fuck is this having this kind of effect on me? I could not wrap my head around it at all. He could literally be reciting his grocery list and I would not have a clue and it wouldn’t matter his voice sounded so smooth and silky causing goosebumps to form and wetness to pool in my panties.
 His hand hand slides down my waist and settles on my hip, he slowly kneads the skin through my jeans and then goes down grabbing my thigh and lifting it up and pressing himself against me.
 “Oh…fuck” I gasp when I feel him roll his hips into my clothed core, I could feel him rock hard under his joggers. He leans in again kissing me, we are both breathless, tilting our heads are tongues twisting together and another moan leaves my lips. Fuck! all those years of dancing coming in to play.
 “Feel good?” He murmurs
 I hum in response my brain not being able to form words at this point.
 “I can make you feel even better….all you gotta do is say the word” He whispers and kisses the shell of my ear. He rolls his hips into me again, causing my head to fall back. He takes that opportunity to nip at my exposed throat.
 “Tell me” He murmurs taking my mouth again, pressing into me. I almost felt like I was about to cum just like this
 “Fuck! Minho….” I groan as those hips keep rolling into me, causing more wetness to pool, my panties had got to be soaked by this point.
“I can’t hear you” He chuckles
 “Y-yes…please keep going” I groan
 “Good girl” He says as he turns me, leading me towards the bed, our mouths still moving against each other. I feel the bed behind me so I sit down pulling him with me. He giggles as he pulls away to pull his tank top off. I stare up at him, admiring his hard pecs and firm six pack.
 “Damn” I whisper
 “Yeah…just wait” he chuckles
 He makes quick work of pulling my jeans off and then pulling my shirt over my head and unsnapping my bra with ease. It was a whirlwind and within seconds I was almost completely naked, except for my panties. His fingers find my soaking slit, pulling my panties to the side he runs his fingers through my wet folds, eliciting a moan from me.
 “You are so wet, probably been like this the whole time” he says while pulling my panties down over my ass and down my legs. He begins kissing my inner thighs, my clit throbbing for attention. I felt like one touch, one lick and I would be cumming all over his face.
 He doesn’t touch though, he goes straight in moaning into my pussy. Devouring it, sucking my clit into his mouth and swirling his tongue around the swollen nub, once he enters two fingers into my dripping hole I was careening towards an orgasm. I don’t think I had ever cum this fast before. I was grinding on his fingers and he was moaning like this was the best meal he had ever had. My legs start shaking as everything goes white and my eyes roll back arching off the bed, white hot heat envelopes my whole body.
 He licks me through my orgasm until I am squirming with over stimulation.
 “Fuuuck Minho, that was insane” I cry out and I hear him chuckle as he wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. He begins kissing up my body, stopping at my nipples and swirling his tongue around the pebbled peaks.
 “That was quick” he murmurs as his mouth finds mine,  I could taste myself on him. “You taste just as sweet as I thought you would”
 “Please just fuck me Minho” I whine out
“Of course baby, wouldn’t dream of making you wait any longer” he reaches over to his night stand grabbing a condom out of the drawer. I am laying on my back, holding myself up with my arms behind me. I have never felt the need to be fucked as I felt at that moment. He is standing on his knees between my legs, he carefully pulls his pants off while barely moving off the bed. His coordination was really mind blowing. His erection springs forward and my eyes widen. I honestly didn’t expect him to be that big, he definitely had big dick energy, but damn.
 “I told you to just wait and see” he smirks as he rolls the condom over his impressive length.
 “You ready” He says as he hovers over my hole. Suddenly I got a little gun shy. He was pretty big, I don’t think I had ever had one that big.
He leans down to kiss me. Pulling back to smooth my hair out of my face. “I will go slow…..until you tell me not too, ok”
 He actually was pretty cocky, but in a confident sexy way. He knew who he was and was proud of it.
 I nod and he lines himself up with my soaking hole. He enters me slowly and the stretch took me by surprise and caused me to gasp a little.
 “Just breathe ok, I got you” He murmurs while placing soft kisses along my neck.
 He slowly pushes forward until he is finally fully seated inside of me and I could feel every vein in that cock.
 “Fuck…you are tight” He groans. “Tell me when your ready”
I nod and when he rolls his hips I swear I could see stars, there was some pain but it was subsiding to a intense pleasure and I could feel more wetness leak out of me.
 I am a moaning mess under him as he rolls his hips over and over. I wrap my legs around his back as his arms go under my shoulders using them as leverage. He continues those slow steady strokes, while kissing me and dipping down to pull a nipple in his mouth. I needed more, I was grinding up to meet his thrusts.
 “You can go harder” I whisper.
 “Are you sure” he murmurs back.
 I nod my head.
 He huffs out that adorable chuckle. “Ok, but when you start screaming I might have to muffle you”
 I kind of roll my eyes, but once he puts my leg over his shoulder and pulls all the way out and slams back in and I could feel him in my guts I did scream, loudly.
He begins a relentless pounding that had my eyes rolling back and I couldn’t stop the whines and moans that came out of my mouth. My hands clawing at his back as his cock hit that special spot, making my mind go blank.  I was getting close again. “M-minho…getting close” I moan out
 “Ok baby” he reaches between us as he roughly rubs my clit and I felt my body go taut.
 “That’s right baby, just like that…let go for me….you can be as loud as you want”
 The orgasm that washes over me, was one that I have never felt before. I was shaking underneath him and moaning his name like a prayer.  The aftershocks seem to be never ending
 “God you feel so good…clenching me so good….. getting so close” He groans gripping my hips tightly as he buries himself deep in me, I feel him throb inside of me, he groans into my neck as he shoots his release into the condom.
 I was literally shaking as he held me. I had never had sex like that before and when his face came into my view and leaned in to kiss me softly.
 “Are you ok?” He whispers
 “Yeah…I um think I am good” I say quietly
 “You wont be in a minute” He murmurs
 “Huh? What do you mean?” I ask squinting my eyes
 He takes a deep breath. “We were just consumed with a lot of need and desire and as you come down from that high that sex takes you to, you will feel guilty for doing this”
 “No I wont” I say firmly
 “Ok…I believe you” He whispers. Rolling over and standing up to get a towel.
 After a few minutes I realized he was right. Fuck! What did we just do? I am going to lose my job. Anxiety rattled my brain.
 I knew I should have left when I went to the bathroom.
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“Just spend the night” Minho whines into my mouth.
 “No I have to work early in the morning” I say back as I push away from him to find my clothes.
 “Come on I can make you cum all night, just stay…please” He was almost begging at this point.
 “No” I say firmly as I pull on my pants.
 “You just gonna let me blow your mind and then leave me” he says with a smile.
 I roll my eyes, “You really are kind of cocky aren’t you?”
 “Yeah a little, but I know you blew my mind so I am assuming I did too”
 “it doesn’t matter, I have to work…..um is your roommate still out there?” Suddenly feeling shy at my previous ministrations, he definitely heard us.
“Nah he is probably asleep by now, he usually passes out on the couch while playing video games. Come on I will walk you out” He says while taking my hand.
 I let him lead me towards the door. I glance over and see Jeongin asleep on the couch, still in only shorts. He has his arm over his face. Kind of adorable.
 “See told you, sound asleep” he whispers pulling me closer to him and leaning down to kiss me deeply. I melt into the kiss and let him run his hands along my sides.
 I giggle as I pull away, “Ok Minho I need to go” I gasp
 He pouts a little, but lets me go. As I am walking to the elevator he blows me a kiss and then makes one of those finger hearts and I roll my eyes at his cuteness.
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Minho stood at the doorway watching her step into the elevator. He turns back into his apartment and softly closing the door.
 “Sounds like you had fun” Jeongins voice cuts through the quiet
 “Fuck Innie! I thought you were asleep” Minho yelps
 “Nope just a little warn out” he smirks
 That is when Minho notices the Kleenex laying on the floor.
 “Eeew! Did you seriously jack off to us fucking” Minho cries out. “Unbelievable”
 “What can I say you still sound so pretty…I miss you sometimes” Jeongin says with a pout
 “Jesus Innie, you really are such a little slut” Minho laughs as he pulls a bottle of water out of the fridge.
 “You have no problem getting laid pretty much on the daily” Minho takes a big gulp of his water
 “Yeah I know, but sometimes I like what is familiar” Innie says softly
 Minho laughs out loud. “You are just wanting what you cant have especially since I am getting laid now”
 “hey that’s not fair, when were debuting, training touring working our asses off you were fucking all the time, I was a good little idol and didn’t do anything I wasn’t supposed to” Innie says standing up to head to his room.
 “I Know Innie, I am sorry but what we were doing is in the past, you know it couldn’t work and that is why we came to the agreement we did”
 “I know…I just miss you sometimes” Innies says quietly and then shuts his door.
Minho takes a deep breath, the last thing I need right now is Jeongin getting all emotional. I just fucked my boss and it was amazing and now I have no idea how to go about this. She is probably going to hate me now, I guess I can’t blame her I was blinded by my desire and now all I feel is guilt.
 He lays down on his bed, her smell still lingering and images of what just happened just 20 minutes ago, running through his head. That was so amazing and it is going to be so hard to not want to do it again.
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I sat down in my car, pounding my fists into the steering wheel. “Ugh why did I just do that” I scream out to nothing.
 I am so screwed how am I going to go about this? This cannot happen again, if anybody finds out I would be in so much trouble. I am just going to have to avoid him, pretend it never happened. Fuck! There is no way I could pretend that didn’t happen, that was the best sex I had ever had and I am going to probably get wet the minute I see him again, probably beg him to fuck me over the desk at work. No way! I cannot not let that happen. I work mostly days this week, so I shouldn’t work with him until the weekend. It will be fine, by the time I see him the desire will wear off. I put my car in gear and make the drive back to my apartment.
 That is what I did for the next two weeks, avoid and hide. I would leave before he got to work. I even switched a shift on the weekend so I didn’t have to work with him. Thankfully he didn’t have any of my contact information so the only way to talk with me was at work. It was working, I was fine and when I did finally have to see him it would be out of my system.
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Chan answered on the second ring. Minho rarely face timed anyone, so Chan was surprised to hear from him. Chan was greeted by a sad Minho who needed to shave.
 “Damn Min what the hell happened to you”
 “My fucking boss happened to me” Minho spits out.
 “Oh yeah that one you had a crush on, right?”
 “Yeah that one, well two weeks ago we finally hooked up and man it was fucking amazing. I knew that she could get in trouble, but the tension was just so intense, it just happened”
 “Ok…so it sounds like you got what you wanted”
 “No Hyung! She hasn’t spoken to me in two weeks! She avoids me and I am pretty sure she switched a shift so she didn’t have to work with me. I think I fucked up Hyung! She is driving me fucking crazy, I can’t stop thinking about her, the way she looks, the way she smells, the way she looked underneath me when I fucked her” Minho is babbling, but he didn’t care. He couldn’t talk to Jeongin about it because he would get all mopey and weird and the feelings have been consuming him.
 “Ok so make her talk to you” Chan clears his throat. “Just pull her aside and make her talk to you, no matter what you guys need to talk about what happened, right?”
 “Yeah….but what do I do just pull her into a closet, wait for her to get to work or something” Minho asks
 “Well….yeah but not like creepy or stalkerish.” Chan laughs
 “Ok I guess I can try, I think we work together tomorrow unless she switches shifts again”
 “Ok well there you go, just talk to her”
 “Thanks Hyung” Minho averts his eyes
 “Aww our little devil is in love” Chan coos
 “Shut up, Hyung” Minho bites back, but smiles knowing that Chan is probably right.
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I sat in the office and looked at the schedule and see that Minho is scheduled tonight, he will be here at 4. No more avoiding, I guess I am going to have to face him.
 Devontrae walks into the office. “What’s up Cat?”
 “Uh not much, hey does the other location need cooks?”
 “Maybe, why?” Devontrae continues rifling through the file cabinets.
 “Just wondering, could we get someone transferred there if needed”
 With that he looks up giving me a curious expression. “Who?”
 “Lino” I say simply
 “Kdrama? I thought he was doing a good job here?” He tilts his head in confusion, his eyes questioning, I almost could feel like he knew what I had done.
 “Yeah I just don’t like him, he is kind of cocky and I feel like he would fit in better there”
 He laughs. “Come on you know we cant just send someone over to our other location because we don’t like them, plus it has to be something that he wants. Has he asked to be transferred?”
 “No” I say staring at the ceiling, not wanting him to see my face.
 “Is there something I need to know, Cat?”
 “No! I just don’t like him I think he is a jerk, but whatever I will make it work, it will be fine” I stand up quickly and walk out the door before he could say another word. 
Good job Cat! You weren’t obvious or anything. I check the time and realize Minho will be here in 20 mins. Fuck! I need to hide. God I sound like a fucking middle schooler, I duck into the women’s bathroom anyway to hide in my shame.
After about 30 minutes of sitting in the stall on my phone, doing what? Of course watching fucking videos of Minho. God I was seriously pathetic. I am actively trying to avoid this dude, who was famous in another life, but I am watching him dance on screen and with every hip roll I am brought back to that night. 
This is ok, I can lust for him from afar, nobody needs to know, this is my secret, this is my shame. I emerged from the bathroom after I knew Minho would arrive and be tucked back into the kitchen. 
Of course I run into Stephanie, “Hey girl, where have you been hiding?”
 “I wasn’t hiding! Why would I hide?” I say this way too quickly and Stephanie gives me a weird look.
 “Ok…can you cash me out I gotta get outta here”
 I didn’t have any friends outside of work, I had my sisters, but they were way older than me and we were not really close. Stephanie was the closest friend I had and I couldn’t talk to her, since she worked here. How badly I wanted to blurt out that I banged Minho and confess to her that I can’t look at him again, because I might lose my job. I couldn’t, so I just buried my secret and went about my day.
Once the shift began and dinner rush came I was able to focus on work, since it was a Saturday, Samantha managed with me, so I told her to take care of any kitchen issues and I will stay up front. She was fine with this, since the kitchen was where she thrived. Minho wasn’t closing so I didn’t have to worry about that, he would be long gone before I needed to be back in the kitchen. I felt ok about it, another day was a successful attempt at avoidance.
 Around 8 pm the dinner rush was winding down and Samantha came to me letting me know she was going to start phasing the kitchen.
 “So I am going to phase, Minho is closing for Parker. I guess he has a date or something” She says this as she is wiping off the server board. I felt the icy fear in my veins and I felt like all color drained from my face.
 “Um….so Minho is closing?” I say nervously
 “Yeah, Parker has a date. Its fine, its not like he will get overtime or anything. You still got Ace and David closing with him”
 “Yeah of course, its fine, all good” I say while turning on my heel and running to the office.
 Should I fake sick? Tell Samantha I needed to leave and she would have to close. I sat down on the chair, staring off into space. I am going to have to face him. There was no helping it now, my attempts at avoiding were no more. I am going to have to just tell him that what we did was amazing, but a one time thing that could never happen again and move on with my life.
 I felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest, I had successfully avoided seeing him all night. I stayed away from the bar so I couldn’t even see him through the window and he couldn’t see me. I refused to look at the pizza station when I went to the expo window, but I swear I could feel his eyes on me. Now sitting in the office watching the cameras and seeing the guys finishing up their closing work I knew any minute now they would be coming to get me to check them out and I would have to see him and undoubtedly talk to him.
 I felt sick to my stomach. Was I having a panic attack? My heart was racing, I felt a lump in my throat and my hands wouldn’t stop shaking as I watched David on the camera walking towards the office. I felt like I was walking into a vat of lava, but I stood up to meet him at the door.
 “Oh ok Cat we are all ready, except Minho is dragging his feet” David says while clocking out.
 Fuck! Of course he was. He is trying to get me alone I know it, he is probably hurt possibly a little pissed since I pretty much ghosted him and a drop dead gorgeous guy like him has probably never been ghosted before.
 “Ok sounds good David, I am sure your stuff is fine I trust you” I say nervously
 “You don’t want to go check” He responds with a confused head tilt.
 “Nah I am sure you are good, I have some stuff I need to get done in here”
 “Ok well then have a good night”
 “You too David”
 I don’t know what I accomplished doing that. Either way I was now alone in the damn building with the man that I have been avoiding and I just put us basically in the plot of a cheesy porn.  I had to wait, I couldn’t leave before him, I had to set the alarms and lock the doors, he will be in this office any second.
I watch the cameras as Minho turns off the light and glances up at the camera, winking. I duck down thinking he could see me, Oh my god I am losing my fucking mind. How the in the hell did he know I was watching? I am so fucked, I take deep breath. Maybe I could hide in the bathroom and just tell him to just go ahead and leave, he wouldn’t walk into the bathroom would he? I stand up quickly making the decision to run to the bathroom, but of course as soon as I open the door I crash right into Minho’s hard chest.
 “Woah” he says with a little giggle. “You running again”
 “Fuck! you scared me Minho!” I cry out backing away from him like he has a contagious disease.
 “No I didn’t…. you knew I was coming, I am sure you were watching the cameras” he says with a little smirk.
 I couldn ‘t run out the door, he was blocking it. I had no choice, I was stuck in this office with this man. I hadn’t seen him in two weeks, but he was just as stunning as he was when I saw him last. He is always one of the best dressed cooks back there, always wearing clean chef pants, his hair always perfect. Beautiful as always. I take a ragged breath and back up against the desk, while he leans on the door frame.
 “Why have you been avoiding me Cat?” Minho asks his voice sounding sad
 “I haven’t….”  I trail off, knowing that he absolutely knows I was avoiding him.
 “Cat…”he begins. He comes a little closer and I inch away, afraid if he gets close enough for me to smell him I might give in to those primal urges that has me touching myself almost every night since our night together.
 “Please don’t hide from me, I know that what we did wasn’t a good idea and I am sorry that I pushed you, but I wanted you so bad. I still want you, I cannot stop thinking about you, but I understand that no matter how I feel or how you feel, we cannot do that again I don’t want you to lose your job”
 I sigh. “Minho you didn’t push me, I gave in I shouldn’t have it was wrong of me, what we did was amazing I have…..never felt like that before, the setting just sucks and the timing is all off” I drop my head and he moves a little closer, I can smell him I could reach out and touch him.
 “Do you believe in the alternate universe theory” Minho asks with a little smile
 I look up and give him a look of confusion. “Huh? What’s that?”
 “It is a theory that there are different realities, where you are the same person, but you exist in a different time, place things like that”
 “Oh…I mean probably not”
 “I do……I believe that in another universe me and you are fucking right now”
 I feel my face get hot and I feel the heat rush to my core. Shit, why does he have to go around saying shit like that.
 “Oh um….” I was flustered and he knew it, he is looking at me, a half smirk on his face. He takes another step towards me and then he was right in front of me, I stand up from my slouching position on the desk. My mouth is dry and my heart is racing again. 
I am in control, I can control myself.
 “Well…” but the words get lost in my throat when I feel his hand on my waist. His touch was like fire and even through my clothes I could feel his hand pressing into me.
 “Minho….we can’t…. we have to….” I was losing the fight. His eyes were boring into me, he wasn’t saying anything but his eyes were telling me everything I needed to know.
 “One more time jagi” he murmurs.
 Fuck there it is again, he must have called me some pet name in Korean.
 “T-that isn’t fair Minho…” I whisper
 “I know, but playing fair really isn’t my thing and I might have to cheat a little to get you bent over this desk”
 He comes a little closer, I can feel his hardness against me.
“Is there cameras in here” He ask while glancing up at the ceiling”
 “Uh not right now, the one in here is broken” I whisper looking at his plump lips. Why did I just tell him that?
 “I guess its our lucky day” He quirks his eyebrow. Then before I could mutter a word, his lips are crashing into mine, I immediately kiss him back, he lifts me up and sets me on the desk and slots himself between my legs. We are kissing like our life depends on it, like we need each other to breath.
 “I can’t stop fucking thinking about you, Cat” he murmurs as his mouth finds my neck sucking little love bits along my skin.
 I moan as his hands roam under my shirt, his hands cupping my breasts through my bra, thumb dragging along my nipple. I can feel it harden under his touch.
 He begins whispering in my ear, a dirty mix of Korean and English, switching between the two with ease. The pool of desire in the pit of my stomach was consuming me.
 He flips me around effortlessly and begins kissing the back of my neck, one hand cupping my breast and the other hand unbuttoning my pants.
 “Fuck…Minho” I moan “why are you doing this to me? How are you having this effect on me”
 “You did it to me first….its not my fault that we are drawn to each other” His hand slips down over the wet patch on my panties, his fingers slowly start massaging the bundle of nerves.
 “I want to hear all those pretty sounds you make again, I want it to echo in this office while I am fucking you until you scream my name” His fingers keep working on my clothed clit. I feel the heat start building in my body.
 “Fuck me Minho…” I moan as I arch back into him.
 He squats down to pull my pants off, only pulling them off one leg. He just pushes my panties off to the side as he runs his hardness in my wet folds.
 “Want to make you mine, all mine” He whispers.
 He then stops. “Fuck!”
 “What?” I could barely catch my breath, I just wanted him inside, stretching me out
 “I-I don’t have a condom I forgot to grab one” He says sheepishly
 “Your joking right? You wouldn’t start all this, get me worked up and then walk away just to get back at me for ghosting you for two weeks?” 
My pussy is throbbing I am about to lose my mind if he doesn’t put it in.
“Fuck…just put it in” I cry out
 I hear him chuckle, that beautiful chuckle. “You wouldn’t be begging for my cock now would you?”
 “Is that what you want Minho? You want to hear me beg for you? Bend me over this desk and fuck me stupid, tell you how badly I need you to fill me up” I pant as he resumes rubbing his cock on my folds.
 “Careful baby….I do like it when you beg, you can’t go around saying shit like that”
 “Yeah what are you going to do about it” I shoot back
 “Fucking brat” He grunts as he shoves his entire length inside of me. I gasp loudly as the stretch takes my breath away. He doesn’t go slow this time, pulling me so I am flush with his chest as he pounds into me. I couldn’t make a sound, the feeling of his cock basically in my throat, my brain unable to form words.
 “What the matter, jagi? My cock got you speechless” He groans as he reaches around to rub my bundle of nerves.
 “Y-your so fucking big” I gasp
 “Yep and your so fucking tight, now cum on my cock”
 It doesn’t take long, a few more deep thrusts and his steady rubbing on my clit and I am cumming hard all over him. He wraps his arm around my stomach to keep me from collapsing.
 “Close…can I cum inside of you?” He groans
 “Y-yes” I moan as my body shakes from my release.
 He holds me around my middle tight as he releases into me, with a loud moan. “Fuuuckkk…that is too fucking good” I let myself fall forward my hands flat on the desk. I could feel his chest heaving against me.
 “Please don’t run Cat….we can figure it out, this can’t be the last time” He pants out
 “Would you be willing to transfer to the other location?” I say quietly
 “Is that all I would have to do?” He lifts his head
 “I am not sure….I think it would be a start, I wouldn’t be your direct boss. I will have to talk to Devontrae”
 He squeezes me around my stomach with both arms and kisses me sloppily on my cheek. “Whatever we need to do, lets do it. You are driving me fucking crazy and these last two weeks you have been avoiding me, honestly impressive, but hurtful”
 I sigh and turn around putting my arms around his neck. “I am sorry I have been acting like a fool, I cannot believe that I let myself get that way. I really am sorry. I promise I won’t do it this time”
 “Promise?” He asks kissing me on my nose and putting his pinky up
I giggle. “Promise” I say and wrap my pinky around his.
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We'll miss you, MatPat.
Yes, I already made a post with my thoughts on this, but that was after the initial announcement. Things obviously feel different now.
Today's the day.
I've always been one to listen to things while I work, but Matt's content (whether individual Theory episodes or his and Steph's livestreams) was so, so special when I discovered it. Seriously, I can't understate how much it alleviated my near-constant stress from middle school all the way to college.
Imagine that: watching/listening to a funky guy gradually drive himself insane via animatronics and Nintendo oddities and what have you was the thing to help me whenever I felt numb or lonely or overstimulated. For years upon YEARS.
I won't lie and say I'm not sad to see Matt go. Trust me, there's definitely going to be some ugly tears on my part during the Final Theory.
But this is the best thing for everyone.
Matt will get an EXTREMELY well-deserved break. He'll get to focus on Stephanie and Oliver. His family will get more crucial quality time together.
Like he said before, he'll still be somewhere in the background, perhaps popping in on occasion. YouTube will never be the same without him, but that's not a bad thing when you really think about it. Change is inevitable for everyone; Matt and his family deserve this change. Besides, Tom, Santi, Amy and Lee are obviously going to do great things with each of the channels.
(Plus, let's all remember to be grateful that Matt isn't pulling an Unus Annus and having our new hosts start from scratch.)
And not only that, but this retirement isn't going to stop us fans from making stuff for/about him. Art, stories, memes, all the things that make a fandom community fun and wonderful! New things will be made for the new hosts, of course, but Matt is NOT going be be forgotten. Not by a long-shot.
Happy Retirement, MatPat. Thank you for all the content, memories, inspiration and help you've given your audience for so long.
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Michael Sheen is tremendous as NHS founder Aneurin Bevan, even if the play’s fear of bio-drama cliches gets a bit much
The British, in case you hadn’t noticed, tend to get a little sentimental about the NHS. 
So it’s understandable that playwright Tim Price and director Rufus Norris are wary of dewy-eyed hagiography when approaching ‘Nye’, a new biographical drama about Aneurin Bevan, the firebrand Labour health minister who founded the service. With the title role played by the great Michael Sheen, there is a danger of going OTT in having the nation’s favourite current Welshman star as the nation’s favourite historical Welshman. And so Norris’s production has a determinedly trippy quality intended to counter the cliches.
Billed as an ‘epic Welsh fantasia’, ‘Nye’ is largely presented as the stream-of-consciousness of an older Bevan, who is a patient in one of his own hospitals. There for an ulcer operation, he drifts in and out of the present and into recollections of his past, unaware he is dying of stomach cancer – something his MP wife Jennie Lee (Sharon Small) has determinedly kept from him.
Crowned by a truly uncanny wig, Sheen is a delight as the fiery but unassuming Bevan. He never at any point changes out of his red striped pyjamas, a pleasingly absurdist touch at the heart of Norris’s stylish production, in which the green hospital ward repeatedly dissolves into the past to the sound of wheezing lungs. 
It’s otherworldly in places, especially the scene where Tony Jayawardena’s overbearing Churchill collars Bevan in the Commons and groups of teacup-clutching MPs try to eavesdrop, moving like insectoid predators under Stephen Hoggett and Jess WIlliams’s unsettling choreography.
Really, though, once you get past all the cool stuff, you’re left with a fairly conventional drama, jumbled up. Bevan’s memories of the past come at us in roughly chronological order. There’s a definite artistic licence at work as we see schoolboy Nye - still played by Sheen - overcome a bullying teacher and absorb his local library, hungry to find synonyms for words that trigger his stammer, setting himself on the path to becoming a great orator. But the meat of ‘Nye’ does lie with relatively factual accounts of incidents from Bevan’s life - his scenes in Parliament are particularly riveting, as he is doggedly determined to criticise Churchill’s wartime government, to the chagrin of his boss Clement Atlee (Stephanie Jacob).
I understand the logic in, say, not having Sheen simply parrot Bevan’s big speeches to rabble-rousing effect. But all the hopping around leaves ‘Nye’ somewhat lacking in connective material. It’s never especially clear, for instance, why Bevan is so much more radical and uncompromising than his Labour colleagues. It sometimes feels like we’re seeing his life on shuffle, when a straight playthrough might have said all the same things, but more clearly.
Don’t get me wrong, if it had been a balls-trippingly weird avant-garde odyssey I’d have doubtless been all over it. There’s a big mid-show song and dance number that hints at a much weirder production. Unfortunately, this production never emerges. It feels like ‘Nye’ desperately wants to avoid looking like an Inspirational Drama About The Founder Of Our NHS, but doesn’t have a clear formal plan beyond that.
However, if the whole isn’t quite there, most of the individual scenes are scintillating. And there’s no sense of embarrassment from Sheen, who is magnetic as Bevan - a decent, even slightly bewildered man, who nonetheless feels pathologically drawn to doing the right thing, no matter the odds.
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g1ggl3-c4t · 9 months
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Random ghost and pal tickle thoughts <3
Say and Arc play a silly game called "tazzer" where they stand/sit close to each other and take turns trying to jab each other in the side, tummy, ribs, or under arms, it's like ninja. It always ends up turning into a full blown tickle fight between them
OKAY THE YUME NIKKI REFERENCES IN RECKLESS BATTERY BURNS HAVE ME THINKING SO MUCH HEBDJS- SO Tamari will just info dump about yume nikki to Mariyam and Mariyam loves hearing Tamari be excited about something but sometimes she gets bored of hearing the same stuff over and over again so sometimes she'll just be like "Tamari lay down" and then she'll tickle their tummy while they talks, and when Tamari calls Mariyam out on tickling them she plays dumb and says something like "I'm checking your sensors, keep talking" and Tamari just keeps blabbering on about their silly game through their laughter <3
Tamari purrs...
ALSO TAMARI LEARNED HOW TO DO THE YUME NIKKI SCREAM AND IT MAKES MARIYAM GIGGLE SO SHE'LL POKE THEIR SIDE OR TUMMY SO THEY DO THE SCREAM <3333
Nancy tends to over work herself and forget to take care of herself so sometimes when Henry gets home from work and sees that she's been working on a big project with no breaks he'll walk over and act all lovey dovey at first by wrapping his arms around her waist or giving his wife little kisses, the two will talk for a bit but then Henry asks "have you taken any breaks today?" and Nancy will just go quite, Henry then absolutely wrecks his wife <3333
Kennith is a shitty little ler and loves to fuck with Stephanie bc she can't hear him coming
Stephanie and Kennith get into so many tickle fights that they just stopped counting
They drag Greg into the tickle fights and that man will end them in two minutes with out even being touched
Bri and Avery are so gay omg- when the two cuddle Bri will sometimes just knead Avery's belly like a cat and it drives the poor girl insane <3
Avery has sharp acrylic nails and loves to lightly rake her nails up Bri's back or ribs or literally anywhere she can reach
Nana doesn't like super loud noises but when she's tickling someone that's a whole different story
Nana will tell stupid jokes and she's just the teasiest ler ever <33
Chris constantly claims that he's above tickling the girls because it's just "too childish and idiotic" but when Cakey or Slurpee are alone with him they fear for their little lee lives-
Chris is such a mean fucking ler and he loves to hear Slurpee and Cakey scream with laughter though he will never admit it
Slurpee and Cakey tried to get back at Chris but uh... Yeah they were laughing for hours after Chris was done and almost fucking died-
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cherry-girl444 · 19 days
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🎸⋆⭒˚。⋆SONGS THAT REMIND ME OF THE PASTAS🎸⋆⭒˚。⋆
Music i think the pastas listen to or what reminds me of them<3
-`♡´-ENJOY!-`♡´-
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JEFF THE KILLERִ ࣪𖤐◞ ꙳ ๋࣭ ⭑ `
(I mean i totally head canon him as emo and a metal head so here are some ones that i took from my "For jeff the killer" playlist <3)
.Partners in crime-set it off, ash costello (ARE YOU KIDDING THIS SONG IS SOOOO GOOD AND ITS SO HIM)
.Wolf in sheeps clothing-set it off (DUDE THIS SONG WAS MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIMEEE LIKE 2 YEARS AGO...BUT YEAH I TOTTALY SEE HIM SINGING THIS AND HIM JUST LIKING THIS SONNG IN GENERAL)
.Monster-Skillet (THIS IS DEFINETLY ON HIS PLAYLIST, ARGUE WITH THE WALL.)
.I hate everything about you-Three days grace (DUDE WHAT THIS IS SO HIM. IT LITERALLY SCREAMS ANGSTY CHAOTIC JEFF. ALSO THIS SONG IS STILL SUCH A BANGER OML)
.Sarcasm-get scared (IK I HATE ON JEFF FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES BUT IM OBLIGATED TO LOVE HIM IN A SENSE BC HIS MUSIC TASTE IS JUST SOO AAAAAH LIKE WHY DID HE STEAL MY WHOLE PLAYLIST....BUT SO MANY OF "GET SCARED"S SONGS ARE SO HIM"
.Good girls bag guys-falling in reverse (SAME THING WITH FALLING IN REVERSE, SO MANY OF THEIR SONGS JUST SCREAM JEFF, ESSPICALLY THIS ONE LIKE WHAT)
.Sexy drug-falling in reverse (SEE WHAT DID I SAY)
-Criminal-Brittany spears (ITS LITERALLY HIM)
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TICCI TOBY ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗
.My axe-ICP (LITERALLY TOBY)
.Saint Brenard-Lincoln (IDK THERES SMTH ABOUT THIS SONG
.Father-The front bottoms (I DEFINETLY SEE THIS IN HIS PLAYLIST)
. Chop suey! -System of a down (HE DEF LISTENS TO THIS RELIGEOUSLY)
.Tears over beers-Modern baseball (I SO SEE HIM BEING MIDWEST EMO)
.Tear you apart- she wants revenge (I ALSO SEE THIS AS A JEFF SONG AS WELL BUT ALSO TOBY)
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NINA THE KILLER⛧°。 ⋆༺♱༻⋆。 °⛧
.Pretty little psycho (THIS SONG IS SO HER IDC)
. Pretty scene girl!-Clover! (IK THIS PRETTY SCENE GIRL I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HER IK SHE GOT SOME PROBLEMS BUT I DONT WANNA LEAVE HER)
.Kiss me again-kets4eki (KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME AGAINNN)
.All i want is you-Rebzyyx (A LOT OF REBZYYX MUSIC JUST SCREAMS NINA)
.Im so crazy for youuu </3-Rebzyyx (UR SO UPSET WITH ME BUT IM SO OBSESSED WITH YOU<3)
.Yandere-Jazmin Bean (YAYAYAYAAAYAY JAZMIN REFERENCE I LOVE THEM SO MUCH)
.Love taste-Moe shop (SHE DEFINETLY LISTENS TO THIS)
.Crazy girls-TOOPOOR (SHES LITERALLY THE DEFINITION OF THE SONG)
.Freak show-punkinlovee (NINA CORE)
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BEN DROWNED ₊ ⊹
.Welcome to the internet-Bo burnham (IDK ITS JUST SO BEN)
.#Brooklynbloodpop!-SyKo
.Spy?-WHOKILLEDXIX (THIS IS DEF THE TYPE OF MUSIC HE LISTENS TO)
.Discord-The living tombstone (I JUST KNOW HE WOULD BE A LIVING TOMBSTONES FAN)
.Never-Mag.lo
.Sugarcrash!-EllyOtto (IDK WHY I SEE HIM AS AN EDM/HYPERPOP PERSON AS WELL)
.Nowhere to run-Stegosaurus rex
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❣LAUGHING JACK❣
-Rainbows and stuff-ICP (THIS SONG IS UNBELIEVABLY LJ CODED)
-Carousel-Melanie martinez (THIS SONG IS SO SO SO SO LJ)
-Insane in the brain-cypress hill
-HAHA-lil darkie
-Mad hatter-Melanie martinez
-In my room-ICP
-Vending machine of love-The stupendium (I SERIOUSLY DK WHY WHENEVER I LISTEN TO THIS SONG I PICTURE LJ)
-Pink elephants on parade-Disney studio chorus (U BEST BET THIS IS PLAYING AT HIS CARNIVALS
-The masochism tango-Tom lehrer (AAAAH)
-An unhealthy obsession-the blake robinson synthetic orchestra
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EYELESS JACKﮩـﮩﮩ٨ـ🫀ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ
-The zombie song-Stephanie Mabey (IF I WERE A ZOMBIE ID NEVER EAT YOUR BRAIN </3)
-Saccharine -Jazmin bean (THIS IS SONG IS DEFINETLY EJ WHENEVER HE FALLS IN LOVE)
-Misery meat-Sodikken
-Monster-Lady gaga
-Cannibal-Kesha
-Blow my brains out-Tikkle me
-Animal i have become-Three days grace
-People eater-Sodikken
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JANE THE KILLER 𓆇🕸️𓆸
-Brutus-The buttress(JANE CODED FR)
-Killer queen-Queen
-Bring me to life-Evanescence (SHE KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AMY LEE IN ONE OF HER PHOTOS TOO)
-Living dead girl-Rob zombie
-Shes my collar-Gorillaz, kali uchis
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dear-indies · 1 year
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Hi! I hope you're having a wonderful day/night!
I was wondering if you could help me find a replacement faceclaim for Melissa Barrera? Just learned about all the messed up stuff she's said and no longer feel comfortable using her.
If you could please recommend people who are in their early 20s to early 30s and are of Mexican descent, I would greatly appreciate it!
(also, not necessary, but I had picked her mainly for her vibes in Scream 5 and 6 so people who fit that vibe would be extra appreciated!)
Thank you!!
Edy Ganem (1983) Mexican [Lebanese, possibly other].
Alyssa Diaz (1985) Colombian, Mexican, Irish.
Ana Brenda Contreras (1986) Mexican.
Audrey Esparza (1986) Mexican.
Roberta Colindrez (1986) Mexican - is queer.
Stephanie Sigman (1987) Mexican [Spanish, Unspecified Indigenous] / Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian.
Jessica Marie Garcia (1987) Mexican / Cuban.
Teresa Ruiz (1988) Zapotec / Mestizo.
Francia Raisa (1988) Mexican / Honduran.
Zuleyka Silver (1991) Mexican.
María Chacón (1991) Mexican.
Moriah Brown (1991) Mexican / African-American.
Luz Pavon (1991) Afro Mexican.
Jennifer Cheon (1992) Mexican / Korean.
Yvette Monreal (1992) Mexican / Chilean.
Yalitza Aparicio (1993) Mixtec and Triqui Mexican.
Naressa Valdez (1993) Mexican, African-American, Unspecified Native American.
Coty Camacho (1995) Mixtec and Zapotec - is pansexual.
Cierra Ramirez (1995) Mexican / Colombian.
Arnell Armon (1995) African-American / Mexican.
Jaylen Barron (1997) African-American / Mexican.
LaRhonza Lee Rodriguez (1999) African-American / Mexican.
And here are some Afro Latines who are not Mexican, bolded are dark-skinned Afro-Dominican who her colourist and anti-black comments were targeting:
Heather Hemmens (1988) Afro Costa Rican / English.
Julissa Calderon (1989) Afro Dominican.
Lais Ribeiro (1990) Brazilian [African, Unspecified Indigenous, Portuguese].
Jessica Córes (1990) Afro Brazilian.
Amara La Negra (1990) Afro Dominican.
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (1991) African-American, 1/4 Puerto Rican - is trans.
Monica Veloz (1992) Afro Dominican.
Thalissa Teixeira (1992/1993) Afro Brazilian / English.
Efrangeliz Medina (1993) Afro Dominican.
Alycia Pascual-Pena (1999) Afro Dominican.
Hey, anon! I've replied to this before but here's an updated list because I found more pretty people to add.
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heleneplays · 2 years
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The Tool, The Chessmaster, and the Psychopath <3
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@mira-shard @haniiebeedraws meowsties... literally not me out here at 5 am but like. mrrp :3
anyways i also made their villain playlist 👉🏻👈🏻 we love girlbosses here
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crowdvscritic · 2 months
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crowd vs. critic single take // EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022)
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Photo credits: IMDb.com
What do you do when everything in your life is dissatisfying everywhere you look?
For Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), there’s little she loves about her life above the laundromat. For her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), there’s little love left in the marriage he staked his whole life on. For their daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu), there’s little in her life to inspire her namesake. Their days are filled with laundry, taxes, and family tension, all dipped in a glaze of aching malaise. But everything changes during a meeting with the IRS when a man who looks like Waymond—but acts nothing like him—warns Evelyn of a battle to save the multiverse only she can win. 
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CROWD // Nothing is not weird about Everything Everywhere All at Once. Fanny pack kung fu? Hot dog fingers? Center-of-the-multiverse bagels? I swear I’m not just squishing random words together. Though comic book heroes have leaned into multiverses for some time, it’s not the stuff of movies that want awards or even ones that want to branch out beyond sci-fi genre tropes. Everything throws you into its complicated plotting and its (at times) puerile humor with little explanation, and it gives you precious few moments to catch your breath. I have watched it three times, and I still can’t explain everything back to you.
Everything can be indiscriminately loud for its own sake, but it also feels like the brain child of a cast and crew obsessed with finding afflatus in every moment, which is makes it hard not to give them credit even if they don’t always achieve it. (What does achieve it: Raccacoonie!) The movie cares equally about dazzling the audience with fun ideas and about creating a catharsis for its characters, which come together in the symbol of an everything bagel of all things. In the bagel: joy, pain, compassion, loneliness, loyalty, nihilism, choice, fate, pride, fear, and…googly eyes? It may be literalizing the Second Law of Thermodynamics, but if you're willing to go for the ride, you'll have a blast.
POPCORN POTENTIAL: 8.5/10
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CRITIC // Nothing is weirder about Everything Everywhere All at Once than the fact that it won Best Picture—except maybe that it’s the third most-decorated Best Picture winner of the 21st century after The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11 wins) and Slumdog Millionaire (8 wins). (2013’s Gravity didn’t win the top prize, but its seven wins are tied with Everything’s total.) Individually, its 11 nominations all make sense. Yeoh and Quan are undeniable, and Best Supporting Actress winner Jamie Lee Curtis is as delightful as ever. The script has no comparison in film history, the editing feels like watching a flawless Simone Biles routine, and good luck keeping track of all the changes in costumes and musical style. Somehow the Daniels directed it all into one package—that’s no easy feat!
If only the sum of Everything was as great as its parts. The line, “In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you,” is one of the most romantic lines in modern cinema, but the film’s shambolic energy lacks the focus and maturity to fully develop its ideas or world building. Like the title suggests, this film cares more about quantity than quality.
ARTISTIC TASTE: 8.5/10
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cometchasr · 5 months
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music
i associate mandopop a lot with the ballad songs of the 2000s by the "old guard" (jj lin, stephanie sun and jay chou, mostly), which is nowadays an age past that invokes nostalgia. it comes from when i was younger and in the car, where my dad put on all the jay chou songs. because my whole music taste here was shaped by my parents the stuff i like tends to gravitate towards the mandarin ballads of the 2000s and the hits from hong kong in the 80s and 90s (hacken lee, grasshopper and beyond).
meanwhile my english taste mostly comes from an eclectic collection of random stuff, including the synthwave russian we call "sovietwave" (although i've moved to rock in russian. i still havent listened to aquarium im lazy).
in other words, i avoid anything from after about 2010, with certain exceptions (the songs used by shirokoi in repeat, a few mandopop songs (《速食愛情》 comes to mind the most at the moment), thai (its different), bill wurtz). it's silly
*the thai stuff comes from the general 70s-00s era i enjoy and the msp ost
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greenmoons · 2 years
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Why Artemis and Wally called their dog Brucely?
I know it's probably stupid but I thought about this and I want to shared it. I tried to figured out why Artemis and Wally chose to name their dog Brucely. I know it's Stephanie Lemelin's dog name and it was a tribute for her but there is a difference between the creatures decision and the characters decision.
Brucely sounds a lot like Bruce Lee, so I thought maybe it was an internal joke between Wally and Dick when they talked about Bruce's other job. Maybe it was their littlle game with Artemis when they wanted to hint her Bruce is Batman or something. They said stuff like "he do Bruce Lee kind of stuff" or Dick could say something like "Batman fights like Bruce Lee sometimes" just to hint her Bruce name. and by the time Artemis and Wally got Brucely Artemis probably knew Bruce Wayne is Batman so they decided to call the dog like that as their inner joke.
I know it could be sound stupid, but it's could be nice.
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wouldntyou-liketoknow · 3 months
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So.
MatPat's latest video, huh?
It was interesting. Well-spoken. Genuine.
. . . I ' M N O T C R Y I N G Y O U ' R E C R Y I N G ! ! !
In all seriousness, I'm happy for him. What's he's doing is taking a very, very, VERY well-deserved rest. He's going to spend more quality time with Stephanie and Oliver. And that's an absolutely wonderful end to all of his accomplishments.
Matt will always be one of my top creators, but I'm excited to see what Tom, Santi, Amy, and Lee will bring to each of the channels.
And remember: Matt did say that he'd remain somewhere in the background, that he'd pop in on occasion. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't personally hopeful that he'll still be making appearances on other YouTube projects, mainly because of how much I love seeing the stuff he did with Mark and Rosanna. Still, whatever ends up happening, it's his life. As long as he and his family are happy and healthy, that's what matters.
Having said that, I'll still be writing for my fanmade EgoPats (which obviously means I'll keep working on Caliban and the rest of the fanegos that'll be involved with The Pentas Family/[The Future Mob Project].) They're just fictional characters, after all. I think they'll serve as a nice, unique way to help me remember all fun I had watching Matt gradually lose his mind ever since I discovered his content in middle school. (I know, I know. I'm not really obligated to include something like this, but it just feels right to clarify, okay?)
So, let's all agree to enjoy and support what's to come: the last bits of time/content that Matt is so extremely generous to give us. People always say to save the best of something for last, right?
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the-cat-chat · 1 year
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April 1, 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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JayBell: Since this movie came out, people have been going crazy over it. And I had to wait forever (and get a free trial of Showtime) just to watch it. Going into this movie, I knew it had to do with some multiverse stuff. Which isn’t surprising, because multiverse plots are all the rage now.
I also knew to expect it to be weird. Despite our resolution not to delve into absurdist comedies anymore, we decided to make an exception for this movie. The absurd was indeed absurd (I’ll never look at a hot dog the same way again), but thankfully it wasn’t so absurd that I had no idea what was going on. Honestly with a movie about multiple universes, that’s a huge pro.
There’s a lot of things to like about this movie. The costumes are super cool, the acting is good, it has elements of action and comedy and drama, and the concept is fun but still has a deeper meaning. The ending is kind of bittersweet. Sure, life sucks and there are other versions of you out there doing incredible things, but at least you have the people you love by your side. It really taps into that insecurity that people have about their own lives not having turned out like they pictured, but still gives them something to hope for in the end.
With that said, I do think it was overhyped a little. Also, I love Jamie Lee Curtis and she was great, but I’m not sure her performance in this movie in particular was Oscar worthy. Maybe Jamie Lee Curtis deserves an Oscar in general for all of her work, but for this role, Stephanie Hsu should’ve had it or even Angela Bassett.
Rating: 6.75/10 cats 🐈  
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Anzie: Okaaay so I had no idea what to expect for this movie- I knew nothing but one thing -that everyone was obsessed with it - plus it was a multiple timeline/world situation, so maybe two things? And I’m shocked that it was reallllly good. But I’m actually a little traumatized.
The actors did such an amazing job just in the ‘normal’ timeline- but also in switching to other versions of themselves. Jamie Lee Curtis had me very scared. Plus there are so many tiny things that you can pick up on in the characters’ actions or little things they mumble while doing something else.
All the switching between worlds is insaaane and def gives you whiplash for sure, but overall is pretty entertaining. Except. For. Hot dog finger world. I’m forever traumatized. And they say talking about it might help. I don’t wanna talk about it. I see it every time I close my eyes. And I pray a day comes when I forget about it but I doubt that will happen.
The message at the end is realllly sad and really sweet and that (hot dog fingers aside) was really totally unexpected. And for a switcharoo timeline movie - it had a lot of heart and the message makes it mayyyybe the best one of all time. Even though my brain hurts and those hot dog fingers took my soul from my body.
Rating: 7/10 Cats 🐈
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