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thepavementsings · 1 year
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Pierre is going to make it approximately 3 weeks at Alpine without his PR mandated teammate dick down before he spirals
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kurooandkenmasslut · 1 year
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WHAT I THINK HAIKYU BOYS WOULD DO FOR YOU FOR VALENTINE'S! o((>ω< ))o
small cute drabbles ! >.<
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I feel like he'd give you flowers!
he'd take you out to the park and then later he'd order a take-out.
He wouldn't practice for volleyball, which surprised his teammates since they thought he couldn't take a day without practicing, but maybe, just for you, he'd spend his seconds, hours, days, years, centuries, with you.
you rubbed his ginger head before racing towards the swing, challenging him on who could have the most swings in three minutes.
"HAHAH! I BET YOU CANT BEAT ME!" you screamed, swinging your legs back and forth while shoyo had an angry face and swung his legs back and forth aggressively.
you two laughed until the sunset, meaning you had to go home.
you two held hands on the way there, feeling all fuzzy inside, today really was the best day you've ever had. and maybe, just maybe, you'll say that on the day shoyo and you get married.
KAGEYAMA TOBIO !
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he'd get you chocolates/sweets.
but he'd panic because he wasn't sure what chocolate you like.
he sulked all day, which kept you asking him what was wrong but he'd just look into your eyes and back to the ground, guilt filling him.
after school, you two walked back to your house because Kageyama's aunt lives on the same road as you and he's staying there for the week, but either way, he still walked home with you just in case anything happened.
on the way there, you giggled and zipped open your bag, pulling out a valentines day card, handmade by you.
"Open it!" "tch, fine."
he opened the envelope, containing a voucher, but not just any voucher, a voucher for the same brand of milk he drinks every day. his eyes sparkled and he looked over at you, a small blush showing on his face and a small cute smile he has. you laughed at his cute little face.
he turned his head and closed his eyes, hiding his blush, which made you laugh even harder. he reopened them again and saw a shop, then suddenly, he got a brain cell back in and got himself an idea.
he turned back over to you and grabbed your hand, running there with you trailing behind.
"TOBIO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! AND SLOW DOWN OR YOU'LL DRAG ME!" "I'm sure you'll be fine y/n, now sit here till I get back or I'll fight you." "haha, remember what happened last time?" "shut up!"
he walked out with nothing, or so you see.
"did you just waste my time sitting here? what did you-"
Kageyama pulled 4 bags of sweets and a selection box of your favorites, head-turning out, looking everywhere except you, he was nervous, scared you won't like it, but tried not to make it obvious.
"here you are goose. h-happy valentines d-day." "AWHHH! TOBIOOO! CMERE! LET ME GIVE YOU A BIG HUGG!" "NOOO!"
KUROO TETSURO
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he'd make a corny poem for you.
"uh.. tetsu, what's this supposed to be?"
"what do you mean babe? It's a very cute poem made by your lovely husband~"
"first of all, this isn't cute, it's too corny, and second of all, WE ARENT MARRIED YET!"
"oh darling, we were married before we even got together, this poem is showing my love for you! (´▽`ʃ♡��)"
"roses are red, violets are blue, I look gorgeous and so do you?"
he nodded his head, almost proudly while you stared at him, dumbfounded.
he laughed and grabbed your hand, putting his hand before walking around town, humming.
you rested your head on his shoulder, yawning. it's getting a bit late and you were kinda tired.
"aw, is my princess sleepy?"
he says, lowering his voice.
he'd make a corny poem for you.
"uh.. tetsu, what's this supposed to be?"
"what do you mean babe? It's a very cute poem made by your lovely husband~"
"first of all, this isn't cute, it's too corny, and second of all, WE ARENT MARRIED YET!"
"oh darling, we were married before we even got together, this poem is showing my love for you! (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)"
"roses are red, violets are blue, I look gorgeous and so do you?"
he nodded his head, almost proudly while you stared at him, dumbfounded.
he laughed and grabbed your hand, putting his hand before walking around town, humming.
you rested your head on his shoulder, yawning. it's getting a bit late and you were kinda tired.
"aw, is my princess sleepy?"
he says, lowering his voice.
but he got not response since you are already snoring asleep on his shoulder.
notes : YES IK IM TERRIBLY LATE BUT 😻😻
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moonlit-imagines · 4 years
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Headcanons for Dating Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes x reader
warnings:
a/n:
prompt: anonymous: “Headcanons for dating Bucky Barnes?”
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you met bucky in 2014
at the smithsonian museum, actually
you stood beside him while reading the plaques of information
“so this is how it all started?”
*confused and disoriented bucky* “huh?”
“superheroes. well, ‘enhanced individuals,’ i guess. but each of the commandos were heroes on their own...”
that comment made bucky smile, he needed to hear that
you two wandered around the exhibit for a while, crossing paths a few more times
as you left, he opened the door for you and you got a peek of his face in brighter light, it looked familiar
“no way”
“i hope you’re not scared...”
“you don’t seem that threatening to me”
oddly enough, the two of you clicked
bucky was on the run, he told you at up front
but he stuck around for a few days, being so honest you would have thought he was on his death bed
his stories, at least the ones he remembered, they were upsetting to the both of you, but you could tell that wasnt him anymore
there wasn’t much for you in washington, anyways
so you ran with him, something he didn’t understand at first
“what do you see in me?”
“a man who deserves another chance”
you always knew how to cheer him up
even on the most challenging days
you and bucky travelled the world before finding a place bucky was comfortable living in
but your journey was a learning experience
bucky grew to trust you with every passing day
there were a handful of motel stays, some worse than others
“oh, god, there’s a rat in the shower!”
“i’ll handle it”
“‘handle it????????’”
you didn’t want to know anymore
you just hid underneath your pillow and waited to be able to shower
bucky was always the big spoon
he just wanted to keep you safe
that worried him the most
he thought he’d get you into some kind of mess
you cant count the amout of times he’d apologize and try to tell you that you shouldn’t be with him
and every time, you’d set your hands on his face, tracing his stubble with your thumbs and say:
“i chose to be with you, and i’m choosing to stay with you”
his metal arm was very intriguing to you
at first, you were worried he was sensitive about it, but one day he was shirtless on the bed and turned to you
“are you scared of me?”
“why would i be scared of you?”
“...does my arm make you uncomfortable?”
“uh, no. not at all...i just didn’t know if you would be upset about talking about it”
he just shook his head with his eyebrows raised high, guess it wasn’t off limits like you thought
you didn’t like the design, though
“i should paint over that star”
“go for it”
you also helped him clean it every once in a while
bucky runs his fingers through your hair and scratches you head with his real arm, you love it
and he loves how relaxed you get
in fact, you guys fell in love, it was an amazing feeling for both of you
you had to say it first
“i love you, bucky”
he picked you up and gave you a kiss afterwards
“god, i love you, too”
you’ve done his hair up a few times, it’s amusing
bucky gives you long kisses on the lips and tons of forehead/hand/shoulder kisses
and bucky’s not always serious, he’s has a sweet side that you bring out in him
he teases you a bit
he’s TALL and he plays keepaway like a big meanie
>:( “bUcKy!!!!”
“i’ll hand it over if you give me a kiss”
you guys moved to romania together in that cozy little apartment
and things were good for you guys
you guys worked, went to the market, every once in a while you had dates...you were really happy
he bought some cookbooks and surprised you with dinner after a long day at work
“i hope you like it, it was a nightmare to make”
“psssh, it smells great, i bet i’ll love it”
cuddling is his favorite
he needs affection
sm of it
but he doesn’t ask for it
*one exception, he pulls you onto his lap
you guys share a shitty, creaky mattress that drives you crazy
like sitting on it and it goes *squuuueaaak*
and, obviously, given the circumstances, bucky trained you in self defense. he wanted to make sure you could save yourself if he wasn’t there for you
the two of you led a simple little life for a while
until you walked into your apartment and saw the silhouette of a large man that was not your boyfriend
you dropped everything as he came out of the shadow
“i’m sorry to startle you, you must be bucky’s s/o. i’m steve rogers, bucky’s in trouble”
your heart was racing
you called bucky but he wouldn’t answer you
but he got home and found you packing each of your things
“there’s no time, y/n, we have to go”
you weren’t like them, you couldn’t fight armed soldiers or jump out of windows or run with cars
so one of captain america’s teammates picked you up, falcon
you all ended up getting apprehended anyways
you were questioned for a brief amount of time, but as soon as the power went out you were able to run
until you saw the winter soldier, that wasn’t bucky
steve made sure you kept away, he knew that if bucky hurt you he would never forgive himself
but again, sam got you out of there while steve got bucky
and once bucky snapped out of it, he remembered his entire past, you’d be learning about a whole new side after this
listen, bucky was terrified during this
if it was just him, he would have a clear mind and go on, but now you were all fugitives and he was mad that he dragged you into this
“please stop blaming yourself, bucky. you know that this is still my choice to stand by your side”
“i know, i just dont want to lose you”
“then stop trying to push me away, i need you and you need me”
steve pulled you aside when he got the chance to tell you:
“im glad he found you, thank you for staying by his side”
you sat in the back of the volkswagen with bucky, clutching onto his hand
“it’s gonna be okay, steve told me you can trust sharon”
yes, you had to stay with sharon during this, she was breaking a lot of rules
“so, did you know he was the winter soldier when you met him?”
“yeah, but he was a good man, too. i focused on that”
“that’s good, that’s really good”
after the “civil war,” you were granted a safe haven in wakanda with bucky, so you and bucky moved there
it was a lot more peaceful than the past few years
bucky told you all about his childhood up until his “death”
he had gotten apart of himself back, it was another part of him to fall in love with
you got to dance with him to some of his favorite songs, it made you feel wonderful
and you got some more training time in wakanda, you never knew when you’d need to kick some ass
and then the day came when the two of you had to fight for your lives and HOLY shit he was losing his mind but he couldn’t stop you from fighting in this one
“y/n, are you sure you want to do this?”
“absolutely. i love you, you big lug. don’t forget it”
“i love you, too. i’ll be out there if you need me”
cap kept an eye on you
but you saved a few people’s asses
before you looked into the eyes of thanos
when he snapped, you watched bucky fade away
and you fell to your knees
and cried, for days you cried
steve and you were heartbroken, it had been 4 years with bucky, now you were alone
you were determined to get him back
but it seemed like there was no chance
so you gave up, stayed at the avengers compound instead, trained like hell with black widow and anyone else who’d have you
five years went by and you were a badass
and you got the second chance you needed, the avengers reunited
“y/n, are you up for this?”
“i’d do anything to get him back”
and after hard work and tragedy, you brought him back
you all did
you were reunited with him and he was surprised to see you kicking ass on the battlefield
“y/n? is that you?”
“bucky! oh, my god. i’ve been waiting five years for this”
he gave you a huge hug and studied your hardened face, there was much to catch up on
“i’m sorry i wasn’t there”
“it wasn’t your fault”
you and your boyfriend kicked alien ass for all you had left, this was your last chance to make it right, all or nothing
you were relieved once it was all over
you actually watched the sunset with bucky while you patched up your wounds
“i’m glad you’re okay, y/n. i don’t know what i’d do without you”
“bucky...i was lost without you these past few years...i just can’t believe i’m here with you again”
“well, i’m not going anywhere anytime soon”
he wrapped his arm around your shoulder and the two of you took in your gift of a well-deserved peaceful moment
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aarcanechaoss · 3 years
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2. Afraid
YPHS is a clever team, they did their research. They know how to beat their opponents with grins on their faces. Reality hits for the teams at the training camp, cockiness gets you no where in Yokohama is seems.
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The first day of training everyone got to watch the matches, just made it easier to get into the motion of things... and so all the teams could learn how the Yokohama team worked. Was it signals? Words? Pure practice? Telepathy! They just worked so well together.
Gin adjusted her mask and took her place on the court giving a sneaky wink to Atsushi who’s face became dusted in pink. Ryoko laughed to herself as she took place on the court across from Karasuno’s Ace Asahi Azumane. She quirked a brow at him and winked making him blush and cough- in turn the pinkette began laughing.
“Don’t tease the opposition Fukami.” Fyodor reprimanded. “It’s unbecoming.”
She poked her tongue out his way before letting a lazy grin rest on her lip. “Make me Dostoevsky.”
Akutagawa groaned at their interaction and turned to Dazai and Chuuya who hadn’t taken place yet.
“Game plan five!” Chuuya yelled with a feral grin once Dazai had taken place in front of Kageyama.
“Game plan five.” The team chorused- the other teams looked apprehensive- what did that even mean?
“Karasuno can pick how they’d like to start.” Hirotsu said to Ukai who nodded to Daichi.
“We’d like to receive.” Karasuno’s Captain said missing the YPHS’ animalistic grins.
“Karasuno are fucked.” Oikawa muttered, Iwaizumi only nodded.
“Go Hinata!” Atsumu yelled out making the ginger boy grin brightly.
“Christ he’s like the fucking sun!” Ryoko barked out. “Be prepared little crows, your wings might get clipped.” Her orange eyes seemed to glow at the challenge, one Tanaka and Nishinoya were more than willing to make a fuss over.
Dazai threw the ball into the air, eyes locked onto the space between the two middle blockers as his palm hit the volleyball. Like slow motion Karasuno and the other teams watched the ball go from Dazai’s hand to exactly where he wanted it to land. A loud THUNK pulled them out of their stupor. Tanaka and Nishinoya were the first to yell out.
“How!?” Hinata yelled out amazed.
“Well I threw the ball in the air and then hit the ball.” Dazai said making Chuuya snort.
“Hinata withhold your fanboying until after the match.” Daichi reminded.
“Oh right sorry.” He smiled.
The game continued like that, Ryoko always hitting back but never very hard. Tanaka however got cocky and sent a ball her way but she was quick hit it right back at him. The ball stayed in the air for a few more hits before Dazai was sent the ball, he bent back, Karasuno expecting him to send the ball to Atsushi but with a quick flick of the wrist sent to Gin who happily slammed the ball down to where Tsukishima had been standing moments ago.
One serve from Karasuno looked to be giving them a point but the pinkette was quick, knees sliding on the ground, arms connecting with the ball.
“Akutagawa!”
Ennoshita and Yamaguchi were right. They had their asses handed on silver platters. With only one point to Karasuno’s names they bowed their heads and thanked Yokohama for the game.
Hinata while saddened by their loss made a beeline for Ryoko and Atsushi who hadn’t quite left the court yet.
“Hello! I’m Shoyo Hinata, first year, middle blocker and future Ace.” He said joyfully making the two taller students chuckle.
“I know we said our names earlier but as a proper introduction I’m Ryoko Fukami, second year, Ace and opposite hitter.”
“Atsushi Nakajima, first year and middle blocker same as you.” The silver haired boy said shyly. Hinata beamed at them.
“When you guys are free could I ask your team questions on your skills and teamwork?” The ginger asked, eyes shaking in excitement. He was practically buzzing. The second year barked a laugh and nodded.
“Yeah Chuuya will have some good tips for you- both being short and I don’t mean that in a bad way so I hope that didn’t offend ya sunshine.” Ryoko said. Hinata only seemed to glow brighter. “Plus it’s a training camp you are meant to learn.”
“She’s right.” Atsushi confirmed with a nod.
“Thank-you so much!” He bowed before running to grab Kageyama who seemed to be brooding over whether he should talk to Dazai about his sets. He didn’t but he thought about it.
Fyodor made a notion to head towards Ukai so both teams could talk to each other’s coaches which they smiled at.
“Hello I’m coach Ukai and this is their faculty advisor Takeda.” Ukai announced before nodding slightly behind him. “These are the managers Kiyoko and Yachi.”
“Hi.” The team said.
“Look I don’t have much to say so I’ll keep it quick, you guys are good and I hope our crows have a lot to learn from you guys and that you find something as well.”
“Thank-you Coach Ukai.” Chuuya said spurring the rest of the team to thank him too. Takeda honestly just stood there awkwardly- honestly the presence of the Yokohama team was scary.
Karasuno stood with coach Hirotsu and Ranpo with Fyodor and Tanizaki close by.
“You guys did well, that quick attack of yours is very useful and interesting.” Hirotsu began.
“But we lost.” Yamaguchi said quietly.
“No shame in that. It’s a training camp you’ll learn and grow over the next month or so. Our team is good because they are strong and know their strengths and work on their weaknesses. They are flexible and keen which you can be too with practice.”
“Thank-you coach Hirotsu.” Daichi said with a smile.
“Realistically you could have made three points that entire match.” Ranpo said whilst munching on a chocolate bar. The team looked quizzical. “You almost landed that point on Fukami before she slid in to hit the ball towards Akutagawa if you had angled the ball slightly more to the left she could have missed. The second one was earlier in the second round with the ball heading towards an empty space but if Dazai wasn’t just that bit fast it would have landed as well.”
“Ranpo is correct. Our team is fast and any of those two would have landed if they weren’t.” Fyodor chimed in.
“But... only three points?” Tanaka grimaced. Ranpo nodded.
“Alright alright go sit down, mingle and watch the next match it’s Inarizaki and Aoba Johsai.” Hirotsu laughed.
The day seemed to fly by, YPHS winning every match they had, the only one coming close being Shiratorizawa. Hinata was definitely amazed no doubt so where others. Kageyama, Kenma (surprisingly), Shirabu, Semi, Atsumu and Akaashi had been rounded up by Dazai who was exclaiming how he just needed to talk to the setters about their plays- somehow he managed to kidnap Sugawara from his place beside Daichi too.
“Sorry about him-“ Oda said scratching the back of his head. “He likes talking to other setters about their plays and stuff something about sharing information.” Chuuya scoffed before muttering.
“Dazai is a manipulative little shit.” The red head huffed. “What’s next we all break off into our respective positions and talk ball?”
“Not a bad idea Nakahara.” Hirotsu said before sending a questioning look to other coaches who seemingly agreed.
“What the fuck coach?” Chuuya exclaimed.
“It’s alright shortie go make friends with the other Liberos.” Ryoko smiled. Fyodor locked eyes with her and blinked slowly as a warning. She quirked a brow. “Oppposite hitters aka right wing spikers come my way.”
Fourteen other people followed quickly behind the pink haired wing spiker towards the benches to sit. Slowly everyone split off a couple managers joining groups- Fyodor joining Oda and Ryoko, Junichiro joining Atsushi and Gin.
“How do we feel boys?” The pinkette said lazily as she lent into her seat.
“Satisfactory however I would have preferred to win.” Ushijima answered whilst staring at Ryoko.
“Cant win every game eagle eyes.” She sassed.
“Can I ask something?” Daichi began. The opposite hitters nodded. “How did you do that knee slide it was very, libero-esque? But it also looked like it hurt.”
“Good eye. Ryoko tends to copy people’s movements. Chuuya as our Libero does that move a lot. I doubt it hurt her she’s got skin of obsidian.” Oda joked.
“Harhar mr I broke my collarbone throwing my arm up to catch a ball.”
“Quiet fire breath.” Fyodor snapped.
“Alright one touch.” She huffed, “He’s so mean to me. Boys take pity on this poor girl would you.”
“That’s what managers are for.” Osamu and Ushijima said in sync. The two players giving an awkward look.
“Oh yeah Rika was happy we kicked your asses.” Ryoko grinned.
“You know Matsuo?” Ushijima’s brows furrowed.
“We met before the games started. Anyway anything else? Questions queries things to share?”
“May I?” The Russian said. Nekoma’s spiker nodded. “You all have weaknesses that need to be worked on. Ryoko is too headstrong but she’s fast she knows how to make it look like she’s going to fail. Her flaw is that she finds too much enjoyment in teasing her opponents. Oda is smart and strong and knows how to guide the ball his flaw is that he’ll focus on his teammates over the opposition. Shiratorizawa is strong and fast but you only focus on that. Karasuno is an erratic team but have their skills honed work on the other ones. Fukurodani I honestly have nothing to add par your Captain being too over the top a points. Aoba Johsai trust their captain fully but need to also trust themselves. Nekoma are like well oiled machines and need to remove the need to be perfect all the time. Inarizaki showcased strength but also showcased cockiness, something YPHS shut down immediately as that is our biggest strength shutting down our opponents. Finally Itachiyama needs to get out of the slump that keeps them from reaching all potentials no matter how strong or fast their hits are. That is all.”
All but the two Yokohama players stared at the Russian in awe. He was sharp and to the point. Ushijima hummed lowly.
“I accept this criticism. I shall bring it up with coaches Washijo and Saito.”
“Yeah I’ll speak with Oikawa and Iwazumi.” Kunimi added.
“You aren’t wrong-“ Daichi started before realising he didn’t know the managers name.
“Fyodor Dostoevsky. Third year manager for Yokohama’s team.”
“Fyodor.” Daichi continued. “I’ll tell Ukai.”
“Yeah coach will probably agree with you.” Konoha laughed before pointing towards his coach who was about ready to either murder Bokuto or rip out his hair.
“Your coach looks ready to kill Bokuto.” The Itachiyama hitter laughed. “But I agree our team might be strong and fast but we are a little blinded by wanting to make sure we aren’t uncomfortable on the court.”
“We do have some pretty cocky members sorry.” Kosaku said scratching his neck. “Your twin is too confident Osamu.”
“I know.” He sighed.
All the teams went through this. Speaking to other players and having the Yokohama team submit their input on places to improve. Chuuya’s group being the loudest only being rivalled by Bokuto alone.
“Dinner will be ready in an hour and a half if anyone wants showers now go do it otherwise have them after dinner you can all congregate here and practice or hang out whatever teenagers do Ranpo will keep an eye on you-“
“Why do I have to do it Hirotsu?”
“Because you’re the youngest of us adults and I said so.” The man smiled scarily. So that’s where the Yokohama team got their game face. “And in any case you already know your rooms are by year group par the girls. Anyway go do your things and meet in the cafeteria next door in an hour thirty. Go.”
Hinata for the second time that afternoon rushed towards Atsushi but this time the white haired boy was with Gin.
“Atsushi! Would you like to hang out with me and Kenma before dinner?” Hinata gleamed. “Would you like to join as well fellow middle blocker?”
“Sure. Gin do you want to come?” Atsushi asked.
“Sure kitty.” She whispered.
“She’s a bit quiet.” Atsushi chuckled scratching the back of his neck. Gin playfully glared.
“Thank god I can only handle Hinata and Kuroo’s sunshine madness.” Kenma said suddenly startling the poor white haired boy.
“Where are you taking my sister?” Akutagawa asked.
“To play video games.” Kenma answer.
“Satisfactory. I have my phone on me if you need me.” And with that the protective brother left the four teens.
“Sorry about Ryu.” Gin said.
“He doesn’t like me.” Atsushi laughed. “To be fair I don’t like him either.”
“We know Kitty we know.”
“Seventeen hundred yen says they’re dating.” Ryoko says.
“Why bet when you know it’s true.” Fyodor added.
“Because it’s fun... and because Dazai doesn’t believe that Gin’s little kitty is our very own tiger, one touch.”
“Stop calling me that.” Fyodor grumbles.
“Stop calling me fire breath.” She counters.
“Fine Fukami.” The girl pouts.
“What happened to Ryoko are we back on last names Dostoevsky?”
Fyodor just hummed, an evil gleam in his eye.
“Training is at ten tonight. We should finish around one.”
A smirk formed on Ryoko’s face, maybe it was the dragon within, the grumbling warmth of a flame but she felt like being the annoying best friend to the one touch man of death. Guess she can show off just how strong she really is. She caught the eye of the Fukurodani Captain and waved. The boy seemed to glow happily as he chatted to his friend (Akaashi). He made a motion inviting her over to them.
Okay so she’ll be the annoying best friend after talking to who could probably be her male counterpart.
Yokohama is just here for some fun.
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Here is the fanfic of nickel singing with a side of bickel
crow submitted:
 The show has ended a couple years ago, and everyone was enjoying themselves.
   Suitcase won, to manys suprise. After a while though, everyone though that she deserved it. She didnt even keep it; She gave it to Oj for him to use to run the hotel.
   How sweet of her.
   Everyone is talking and interacting with eachother. Nickel is talking with Baseball while sitting on the couch. Suitcase and Balloon are enjoying their time together, Yin-Yang is fighting. Everything is as normal as it gets here.
   Until theres a knock on the door.
   Some people turn to the door, mixed emotions all through the people who heard the knock.
   “Hey, Nickel? Can you get the door please?” Soap asks.
   “Alright” Nickel responds, sliding off of the settee and walking to the door. While doing that, another set of thunks come from the door.
   He grips the doorknob and twists quickly, but before he could pull the door open it slams into Nickels body, full force, and sends him backwards. Knife catches him before he can hit the ground, though.
   “Mephone what the Fuck?!” Knife yells as Nickel holds his head and groans in pain.
   Once Knife knows Nickel regained his bearings and isnt in pain anymore, he props Nickel back onto his feet. Nickel thanks Knife, who rubs his upper back slightly with a tiny smile.
   Nickel looks at the door to see Mephone in all his not really wanted glory.   A chorus of annoyed voices rupture from the past contestants as Nickel wanders, and sometimes stumble, back to Baseball, who gently holds his face is his hand and asks if Nickels alright.
   “im fine” Nickel mutters as Baseball lets out a relaxed but slightly concerned sigh.
   They both turn back to face Mephone as he nonchalantly basks in everyones annoyance.
   “alright alright i know i know… Be QUIET!-” Mephone yells while snapping his fingers, silencing everyone “-One question at a time please”. There is a cheeky smile on his face.
   “What are you doing here?” Soap questions, walking to Mephone. Mephones smile became more smug and nonchalant.
   “Well, i know how much you guys missed being in Inanimate insanity-” Mephone started.
   “No we didnt” Trophy interrupts, an extremely pissed off expression on his face. Mephone stared at him in annoyance, before letting out a short sigh.   “SO, i decided to have a challenge after so long!” Mephone finishes, a uncomfortably happy tone in his voice.
   Everyone either gasps or groans. Mephones grin quickly turns to a frown a everyone reaction, before, just a quickly, changing back to a smile.
   “Dont worry, its not gonna get anyone hurt, the challenge is actually pretty peaceful!” Mephone explains.
   “Whats the challenge?” Balloon asks, nervously.
   “Its a Singing competition!!” Mephone says. Everyone is suprised. Usually the challenges require people to do something physical.
   “I decided that the challenge would be easy, so here are the rules. And get into your season 2 teams and go outside!” Mephone says.
   Once everyone begrudjingly trudges outside and groups together, Mephone lets out a salisfied huff while walking outside himself, leading the teams to the stage where the old eliminations took place.
   “good! now, you much choose one person from each team to sing on stage.-” Mephone motions to the stage. “-theres no need for any coordinated outfits or dancings or anything like that”.
  "The other team members will be watching on the bleachers-“ Mephone quickly motions to the bleachers. ”-And.“
   "Who will be judging the performers?” Baseball interrupts, walking towards mephone with Lightbulb following him.
   “Yea Mr.phoneman!-” Lightbulb leans on Baseballs side. Baseball only glances at her. “Who will be judging our lovely singers”. She motions to the rest of their teammates, who are talking between each other.
  Mephone stares at lightbulb, annoyed at the nickname she used for him, before letting out a small hmph.
   “You will!” Mephone exclaims, motioning to the two of them. Baseball and Lightbulb both raise their eyebrows in shock, Lightbulb gaining a smile.
   “Wont that just let us use bias for judging?” Baseball asks, slightly concerned.   “Ive figured that out! if you guys use any bias or opinions while judging, like purposefully giving the other team a bad score, even if their great or giving your own teammate a great score, even if they suck, then your team will immediately lose!” mephone explains, pointing a finger to the team leaders before swinging his arm back so his side in a relaxed manner.
   The two people only look at the host and respond with a ‘okay’ before walking back to their respective teams.
Lightbulbs Pov~
  Once you and Baseball split off to your separate teams, you quickly begin scouring your fellow cast members to try and guess who has an absolutely spectacular voice.
   You cant choose who to sing so you play enie meanie minie mo to help you decide.
   Enie, meanie, minie, mo, catch a tiger by its toe…
   …
   And you are it!
   Your finger lands on Painty!
   “Heeeyyy Brush full of paint!” You beam at your tall friend, strolling over to them before leaning against their side. Paintbrush looks down to you, staring at you in slight suprise then gaining a curious look.
   “Can you do me a-” You make an broken ok symbol with your hand, “-Itsy-Bitsy little favor and-”
   “You want me to sing, huh?” Paintbrush chuckles. “Sure, i’ll sing”.
   You stare at them for a short while before grinning at them and hugging them.   “thank you!!!!!” You cheer, bouncing up and down before hugging them tightly. Paintbrush lets out a soft huff while smiling. You let the painter go.
   “I wonder who Baseball is gonna choose.” Paintbrush mutters to you, leaning down so you can hear it.
Baseballs POV~
  You scan over your team once again and sigh.
  Who do you choose?
   Nickel is amazing at singing but doesnt like singing in front of anyone other than yourself, Suitcase is far too anxious, Balloons voice is too high to be enjoyable, you doubt Knife will sing, Trophys an ass and you dont even want to talk to him, Soap will probably only sing the song she made herself, microphone will probably make everyone deaf, and cheesy will make puns instead of sing.
   You feel stumped.
   You decide to try your luck and ask Nickel to sing.
   You look over to where Nickel is and walk towards him quickly. He doesnt seem to notice when you stop right next to him, nor when you kneel next to him. Hes probably zoned out.
   “Hey Nickel?” You ask, gently placing a hand on his upper arm.
   Nickel goes slightly rigid under your grasp but relaxes when he turns and sees you. You take your hand off his shoulder.
   “What, Baseball?” Nickel questions.
   “Can you sing for us?” You ask hopefully. As soon as the words left your mouth, Nickels stoic yet curious face shifted to an annoyed pout.
   “Why do I have to sing?” Nickel complains, crossing his arms. You frown yourself and let out a short sigh.
   “Please?” You beg. Nickel looks away from you and lets out a hum. You hmph and think for a bit. Puppy dog eyes. They always work on him.
   “Nickel…” You plea. Nickel turns back to you and, as soon as he looks you in the eye, his pout drops as he stares into your eyes for a couple of seconds. In those seconds you can tell Nickel was struggling to not cave under pressure just by the, almost guilty, look on his face.
   “Fine! I’ll sing for our team” Nickel barks, quickly turning away from me and shutting his eyes.
   “Yes! Thank you!” You cheer quietly, engulfing his body into a bear hug. Nickel huffs, but hugs back anyway. Once you both let go, you stand up and turn back to the others doing their own thing.
   “If it makes you feel better, once we are done with this you can wear my jacket” You say, looking down to him. Nickel looks up to you with the ghost of a frown on his face.
   “I was gonna steal it anyway” Nickel verifies. You expected him to do that, so you arent surprised.
No Ones POV~
  Right after that interraction, Mephone walks to the two teams.
   “Have you guys figured out who will be singing?” Mephone questions, gaining everyones attention.
   Once the team captains both respond with an affermative noise. Mephone smiles slightly and calls for the two singers and the captains to come and meet him backstage.
  “So, here’s what you’ll do,” Mephone says, Mepad standing next to him patiently.
   “The singers go in alphabetical order, so Paintbrush will go first, and then Nickel.” Mephone says, pointing to Mepad. Mepad has the team logos, The Bright lights above the Grand Slams, displayed on his screen.
   “When the designated singer comes onto stage, one of the judges will ask the person what they are singing, the singer will tell what they are singing, and they judges will let the singers sing. easy, right?” Mephone Verifies.
   Mepad had cute cartoons of grey circles with stick limbs displaying everything Mephone explains.
   Once The four contestants give some sort of action to show they got it, Mephone starts again. 
   “The judges will then rate the singers performance based on how good the singing was out of a score of 10 each, so the highest a singer can get is 20 points. Understand?” Mephone finishes, looking at the four for verification. The four contestants all said yes.
   “Great! You will have until tonight to prepare for your performance. Dont let anyone know what you will sing.” Mephone says, waving a hand to dissmiss the others as he turns to talk to Mepad. The contestants leave.
   “soo… What are ya’ll gonna sing?” Lightbulb Inquires, turning to the other three people. Paintbrush snorts softly, Baseball laughs, and Nickel facepalms with a small, cute smile.
   “Lightbulb… Did you not hear what Mephone said?” Paintbrush asks, looking down to the blonde. They ignore the other two leaving them to be alone with Lightbulb.
   “MmmAyyybe??” Lightbulb says. She sways her hips in a playful manner before skipping to Paintbrush before they could get too far away.
   “You will have to wait until when we perform” They confirm, point a long finger and tapping Lightbulbs nose. Lightbulb giggles.
   All of the contestants talk amongst eachother, some conversations more pleasant than others, until Mephone walks infront of everyone and calls for their attention.
   “So, I gave instructions to the singers on what to do. All you guys have to do is wait for me to return later so we can hear them sing. You can go back to the hotel and do what you want, or whatever. Oh By the way, theres not gonna be a prize, since this is just for fun” Mephone says, waving his hand dissmissingly.
  The teams then start to walk, or run, back to the hotel so they can go back to what they where doing previously.
   “Im guessing you already know what your going to sing?” Baseball muses while turning away from his book, now sitting next to Nickel on the sette in the lobby.
   Nickel only responds with a hum while he sleepily leans against Baseballs torso.
 Timeskip cause im lazy ,_,
  It is just about time for Nickel and Paintbrush to perform. The two are standing backstage, Paintbrush is pacing anxiously and impatiently and Nickel fiddles with the strings of his guitar, playing a small tune.
   They both can hear Mephone giving a speech on whats going to happen in a couple of minutes, then the others chatting amongst themselves. Time seems to be passing a bit slower than normal, and soon Nickel zones out and Paintbrush sits next to him.
   “Alright, Paintbrush, Its your time to shine” Mephone says, walking up to Paintbrush and Nickel. Paintbrush quickly hops up from they seat next to Nickel, the latter snapping back to reality.
   Nickel bids Paintbrush a 'good luck’ as they walk onto the stage.
   Once Paintbrush is at the center of the stage, and their behind the microphone, Baseball and Lightbulb stop their soft conversation and turn their attention to Paintbrush. They feel a little more nervous, but they supress it quickly.
   “Hi Painty!-” Lightbulb perks up and waves.“-What are you gonna be singing for us tonight?”. Baseball lets out a very quiet sigh with a small grin on his face as Lightbulb kicks her legs back and forth excitedly.
   “uh, im going to be singing Little Lion Man by Mumford and sons” Paintbrush says, their nervousness slightly obvious.
   “Alright, you can start singing” Baseball says, sending Paintbrush a comforting smile.
   Paintbrush smiles back before the songs music starts playing. They wait a few beats, take a breath in, then they grab the microphone and start singing
        “Weep for yourself, my man, youll never be what is in your hea~art.
         Weep little lion man, your not as brave as you were at the sta~art.
        Rate yourself and rake yourself, take all the courage you have left.
      Wasted on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head.”
  Baseball leans forward slightly and Lightbulbs quietly squeals while bouncing in her seat.
                                 “But it was not your fault, but mine.
                                  And it was your heart on the line.
                        I really fucked it up this time, didn’t i my dear~?
                                               Didnt I, my dear.”
  Music plays and Paintbrush takes a few breaths. They messed up a few times, but their performance is so far really good.
    “Tremble for yourself, my man, you know you have seen this all befo~re.
            Tremble, little lion man, youll never settle any of your sco~res.
    Your grace is wasted in your face, your boldness stands alone among the wreck.
   Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck”
                                 “But it was not your fault, but mine.
                                  And it was your heart on the line.
                       I really fucked it up this time, didnt i, my dear~?
                                  But it was not your fault, but mine.
                                  And it was your heart on the line.
                       I really fucked it up this time, didnt i, my dear~?
                                              Didnt i, my dear.”
  Paintbrush takes a deep breath as they survey the bleachers, taking a break before they have to sing again. Everyone seems to enjoy their singing.                                               
                                                   “A~h
                                                    A~h
                                                   A~H         
                                                  A~H!”
                         “BUT IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT MINE.
                            AND IT WAS YOUR HEART ON THE LINE.
               I REALLY FUCKED IT UP THIS TIME, DIDNT I, MY DEAR~?
                                               DIDNT I, MY DEAR.”
  The music stops. Home stretch.            
                                 “But it was not your fault, but mine.
                                  And it was your heart on the line.
                       I really fucked it up this time, didnt I, my dear~?
                                               Didnt I, my dear.”
  Paintbrush lets out a sigh of relief. The song is over and people are applauding. They relax and, put the microphone back into its stand. Paintbrush perks up when they hear Lightbulb talking
   “You sounded Incredible Painty!!!!” Lightbulb cheers, still clapping a few seconds after everyone else stops.
   “Thank you” Paintbrush says, rubbing the back of their neck.
   “You did great paintbrush! But i have to deduct a point” Baseball says, guilt obvious in his voice. “You sounded really good but you messed up a few times. Not too much though”.
   “well, ye, you did do mess up a few times, but it didnt really hinder your lovely singing, imma give you a nine out a ten!!” Lightbulb beams, holding up her hands, ond finger bent.
   “soo.. I got eightteen points?” Paintbrush asks, giving the judges a confused look. Once they give Paintbrush a 'yes’, they hum and walk backstage.
   Once they enter the room, Mephone turns to Nickel and motions for him to go onto stage. Nickel quickly gets up and hurries to the stage.
   Before anyone says anything, Nickel quickly lowers the mic stand to fit his height, letting out a small huff.
   “Hey Nickel! What are you going to sing?” Baseball asks, giving him a small wave and a smile while ignoring Trophys mocking comment about Nickels height. Lightbulb also waves to him, but she was a lot more energetic.
   “uh, Im gonna be singing Hallelujah by Pentatonix” Nickel responds, lightly rocking on the balls of his feet and strumming one of his guitars strings.
   “Alll Righty-do! You may commence singing!” Lightbulb Declares extending her arms as if she was presenting him something.
   Nickel nods before starting to play his guitar. After four beats of pretty notes he starts singing.
                                 “Well I heard there was a secret cord.
                             that David played and it pleased the lord.
                          But you don’t really care for music, do ya~?”
  Almost everyone stares in awe, most people gasping as well. Some, mainly the women, can feel their eyes tearing up. His voice is beautiful. Like an angel. Deep like his normal voice, extremely smooth and rich, lullaby sounding. It feels like a saint came down, straight from heaven, just to sing for them.
   Baseball only smiles lovingly.
                         “Well, it goes like this, The fourth The Fifth.
                                   The minor fall, The major Lift~.
                           The baffled king composing Hallelujah~!”
  A couple of the contestants who had tears in their eyes previously start sobbing. Mephone, Toilet, Paintbrush even Mepad, who doesnt have emotions, feels completely silenced due to how incredible Nickels singing is. Everyone feels the cant do anything; They’ve been completely mentally broken due to the gorgeous singing, unable to do anything else but stare in awe, cry, and mutter swears.                                               
                                                  “Hallelujah
                                                   Hallelujah.
                                                  Hallelujah.
                                               Hallelu~ujah.”
  Nickel takes a soft breath in, opening his eyes slightly to look at the ground. He shuts them again. After four more beats, He starts to sing again.
                            “Your faith is strong, but you needed proof.
                                   You saw her bathing, on the roof.
                        Her beauty, in the moonlight, overthrew you~.”
                                 “She tied you to, The kitched chair~!
                       She Broke Your Throne, And she Cut Your Hair~!
               AND FROM YOUR LIPS SHE DREW THE HA~ALLELUJAH!”
                                                    “Hallelujah.
                                                    Hallelujah.
                                                   Hallelujah.
                                                Hallelu~ujah.”
  Nickel relaxes more as he lets the song flow and the notes come naturally. Baseball seems to be the only one whos not paralyzed by the sheer amazingness of Nickels singing and just basks in the beauty of his voice, most likely because he has heard Nickel sing before.     
                                 “Baby I’ve, been here before.
                           Ive seen this room, and ive walked this floor.
                             I used to live alone before i know you~.”
                         “And ive seen your flag, on the marble arch~!
                                And Love Is No~t A Victory March~!
                      ITS A COLD AN ITS A BROKEN HA~ALLELUJAH!!”
  Nickel takes in an unnoticable breath.
                                                  “Ha~allelujah.
                                                     Hallelujah.
                                                     Hallelujah.
                                                 Hallelu~uJA~AH!”
  Everyones eyes, minus Baseballs obviously, widen as some peoples eyes move to cover the open mouths, amazed at the sudden shift from extremely powerful to soft.
                                                                      “Maybe there’s, a god above.
                               But all I’ve e~ver learned from love.
                         Is how to shoot somebody, who outdrew you.”
                           “And Its Not A Cry~ That You Hear At Night.
                       ITS NOT SOMEBODY, WHOSE SEEN THE LIGHT~!
                     ITS A COLD AND IS A BRO~KEN HA~ALLELUJAH!”
  Final stretch. Nickel furrows his eyebrows as he gets more and more emotionally into the song.
                                                   “Hallelujah.
                                                     Hallelujah.
                                                     Hallelujah.
                                                 Hallelu~uJAH~!”
                                                  “HALLELUJAH!
                                                  HALLELUJAH!
                                                  HALLELUJAH!
                                               HALLELU~UJAH!
                                               "HALLELUJAH!
                                               !HALLELUJAH!
                                              !HALLELUJAH!
                                              HALLELU~Ujah~”
  After Nickels voice fades from loud to soft to nothing, the only noise left is the final four beats of the song. Everyone stares at Nickel, utterly astonished and unable to bring themselves to do anything but gape at him. The ones crying continue to sob.
   The only thing that snaps everyone out of their trance is Baseball clapping. Soon, once everyone comes to their senses, everyone else joins in. Nickel stares at them, concerned and slightly flustered.
   “T-That was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!” Lightbulb cries, sobbing violently. Baseball glances and her, then back to Nickel with a concerned smile.
   After Lightbulb shouts, all of the contestants, minus Baseball, began to scream compliments about how amazing his voice sounds and questions along the lines of 'Why havent you sang to us sooner?’ and 'Can you sing to us more?’.
   Nickel winces and backs up with uncomfortable look on his face, trying to get away from the loud group of people.
   “uh.. I think you guys should quiet down. We need to give Nickel his score” Baseball says to the crowd, looking back to them with a concerned look on his face. When the crowd quiets down, Nickel lets out a relaxed sigh and moves back to his spot behind the microphone.
   “So..uh, what score did i get” Nickel asks, strumming his guitar quietly.
   “Ten! your singing is incredible!” Baseball says, happy and loving smile on his face.
   He turns to lightbulb, expecting her to say something, but he is met with the girl agressivly trying to rub tears out of her eyes. She stops after a couple of seconds, blinking with wide eyes, before letting out a relieved sigh.
   “Dude, bro, your voice is unreal!” Lightbulb exclaims, a large grin on her  tear stained face “-I would give you a thousand if i could, but sadly im only able to give you a ten”
   “Ok, i got a twenty” Nickel verifies. Before he can turn to walk backstage, Mephone appears, with Paintbrush, next to him.
   “The Grand Slams win! By two points.” Mephone announces, ignoring the suprised stares from the past contestants.
   “You guys can go and do whatever, now” Mephone instructs, waving his hand while walking off the stage.
   Everyone stars getting up and walking back to the hotel, some stopping to stretch their legs. Nickel and Paintbrush walk offstage, Nickel stopping to put his guitar back in its case. Some of the people walking back to the hotel talk about how stunning Nickels voice is and why he would hide it.
   Baseball waits for Nickel to come and walk back to the hotel with him. Once he sees Nickel quickly walking towards him, his guitar case strapped on his back, Baseball smiles and waves to him.
   “Hi Baseball.” Nickel says, walking with the tall man back to the hotel. Baseball responds with a friendly hello. They talk as they walk back to the hotel together. Once their both situated back in the hotel, and Nickel has put his guitar down in a corner somewhere, Baseball hands of his jacket, as promised.
   “I feel like i messed up when i let you convince me to sing” Nickel muses, not not moving from where he sits, leaning against Baseball while he read.
   “What do you mean?” Baseball asks, turning from his book in favor of looking at the smaller male in confusion.
   “Everyones probably gonna ask be to sing constantly.” Nickel mutters, furrowing his eyebrows, crossing his arms, and letting himself fall down so he is now laying across Baseballs lap.
   Baseball lets out an understanding sigh as he begins to run one of his hands up and down Nickels back, returning to his book.
  "Your singing voice is really pretty, so i wouldnt be suprised.“ Baseball says calmly, "But if it annoys you, you can tell them to stop”. Nickel flips onto his back and looks up at him. Baseball stares softly at Nickel and gives him a nice smile.   “Yea, but their just gonna ask why, and if they dont ask why their gonna say 'But you have such a good singing voice’ and other annoying shit” Nickel whines.
   “If they ask why or ask you anything like what you described, you can just tell them you dont want to sing. And if they keep bugging you then ill step in and Tell them that you dont want to sing” Baseball offers, opening his arm as Nickel sits up again, wrapping is around his waist.
   After Baseball says that, Nickel utters a soft 'Thank you’ as he relaxes and gently burries his face against the formers chest. Baseball goes back to reading his book.
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The Dark Domain - Session 1
As no one has said yes or no to the first story here, I’m going to continue writing up my D&D adventures. If only for my own benefit, so I can remember what happened.
As always, story under the cut.
Continuing with Irah, the fallen aasimar, Kaieth, the elven fight/monk, Delirium, the mad human rogue, and Rolfor, the human rogue/wizard, we begin the next morning. They have been given their own team quarters, no longer slumming it in the barracks with others of their class.
Ready and eager to begin their mission, Irah and Kaieth make their way downstairs to the quartermasters, while Rolfor and Delirium take a moment to examine their new quarters. Rolfor takes interest in a book called “101 uses for turnips” and pockets it. Delirium, having apparently read the book before, starts casually listing all the uses he can remember, all 96 of them. They join the others downstairs at the quartermasters.
There they meet Herrod, a finely dressed tiefling with horns that curl behind and around his ears, runes carved in and inlaid with gold. He greets them warmly, and asks for their requisition numbers, having filled in the forms last night before bed. Realising who they are, he begins to call out a name, but when no one answers, he uses magic to make his voice louder, temporarily deafening Irah and Delirium who were caught unaware. A much larger tiefling comes out of the next room, Herrod’s brother, Herren. Herrod explains that his brother does not understand the common tongue and is happy to let Herrod deal with people while he tends to the forge. But, Herren was apparently eager to meet the Lord Chamberlain’s new favourites, and that was why Herrod had called him. He smiles at the party and takes Delirium’s hand when it is offered, barely managing to not break the man’s fingers with his powerful grip, before returning to his work.
With pleasantries out the way and requisitions filled, the team begin their journey to the coast. Once at the main port town, Rolfor and Kaieth argue over ideas on how to take Quain, not coming to an agreement. Delirium makes his way over to a general store, followed by an inquisitive Irah. He wants to buy a couple of barrels of oil, which Irah helps him acquire, along with 100 sheets of parchment and a drawing set for himself. They all then make their way to the docks.
On the way, Kaieth notices that there are a large amount of people sleeping rough. The alleyways are filled with tents and boards to ward off the weather. The local garrison is lending its barracks to the homeless, as does the church in the town centre. There seems to be three times as many people as the town can house. And, to his memory, every town they passed while travelling here is in a similar state.
Irah notes that since the Domain was routed from the continent seven years ago, all its citizens were forced to flee to the Domain’s original country, of which only half is actually habitable. Taking Quain and expanding further isn’t just their righteous mission, it’s necessary for the betterment of the citizens.
Moving their equipment onto a waiting ferry, and pulling Delirium away from the church after he carves something into the wooden doors in thieves cant, they make the two day journey across the Sea of Antheias to Quain.
Irah spends the time making pamphlets for the citizens of Quain, welcoming them to the Domain’s rule. Delirium vandalises the ferry’s mast the same way as the church doors, much to the fury of the ferryman. Kaieth meditates, preparing himself for the challenge ahead. Rolfor relaxes and goes over his limited pool of spells.
They continue to try and formulate a plan, but with little success. Kaieth notes that they are likely on a suicide mission, though this does not seem to bother Irah, who states that he would rather die for the Domain, free, than remain a slave. This intrigues Rolfor and Kaieth, who push Irah to explain. He then tells them that he was once a Scourge, an aasimar filled with such a burning hatred for evil that they often attack it unthinkingly. He admits that, when he was five years old, he attacked and killed one of his peers for picking on those smaller than him. Irah goes quiet after that admission and the others don’t push him to continue talking.
Upon landing on a large, western spit, the ferryman gives Irah a Signal Scroll, which reading will produce an sign for the ferryman to return, though no one thought to ask what that sign would be.
Rolfor and Delirium scout on ahead, with Rolfor using his disguise kit to blend into the sand and Delirium simply strolling towards the woods remaining in plain sight. Irah and Kaieth hang back and wait for a signal from their teammates. Kaieth notices a couple of towers to the south, past the woods, with people standing watch, though they don’t seem to have been seen yet.
Delirium takes a fancy to one of the trees on the sand and is able to knock a coconut down. Happy with his prize, he walks up to a gap in the woods where a young man is waiting for him. The others see this young man as well and begin to approach, Irah and Kaieth walking quickly to catch up with their team. Rolfor, however, remains hidden, formulating his own plan.
Kaieth is able to recognise that the man is an adventurer, likely on his first adventure, full of confidence and with something to prove. They try to convince the man that they are returning Delirium to Empire, as the man no longer wants to be part of the Domain. The adventurer seems unconvinced and asks for papers. Delirium agrees to get papers out, and asks the man to hold his coconut while he fishes through his bag, offering the massive thing.
The adventurer, suspecting a trick, swings his massive hammer at Delirium, only catching the madman’s fingers but obliterating the offered coconut. At this point, Rolfor stumbles into view from the northern treeline and collapses, pretending to be gravely injured. The adventurer, already on edge and paranoid, takes a swing regardless, fracturing Rolfor’s arm before he can roll away.
Combat begins.
The party are able to do quite a bit of damage to the man, getting him to his knees in pain within moments. Irah asks him to surrender, rather than die pointlessly on some backwater beach. The man almost seems to consider it, but then says he would rather die than let the Domain horde threaten Quain and the continent, returning to his feet with renewed vigour, some of his injuries healing before the teams eyes.
A second later, an arrow strikes Kaieth in the back, piercing a lung. Combat continues with the fighter going down moments later, dead. Delirium, however, has been enraged with the destruction of his beloved coconut and proceeds to cut the man’s head off to serve as a replacement. Once he has the man’s head, he cheerfully leaves the fight to continue down a thin trail in the woods.
Rolfor is nowhere to be seen.
Abandoned by their teammates, Irah and Kaieth try desperately to find the two figures hidden the woods who aided the fighter. They first find a cleric, who makes himself known by shooting Sacred Flame at Delirium as he passes by. A shriek from elsewhere in the forest hints that the other assailant wasn’t able to dodge the fire like Delirium had.
The cleric proves to be a handful, with chain mail hidden under his robes. They are able to put him down, but not before an arrow lodges itself into Irah and Delirium, the latter seemingly not noticing as he walks away. Irah shields himself with a protective prayer and steps out to draw the archer’s attention, while Kaieth uses his training as a monk to travel further than anyone else feasibly could in the underbrush and manages. The elf finds a small halfling woman, and his clothes signal to Irah where their target is. The paladin tries to use Command to make her surrender, but she wills herself to ignore the thought planted in her head. After making a quick, ineffective slash at Irah, she disengages and makes a run for it. She is not able to outrun Kaieth, who hamstrings her and impedes her movements enough for Irah to impale her with one of his thrown javelins.
With the last attacker dead, they now have to deal with a rather large forest fire, which is quickly beginning to surround them. However, before they even have a chance to panic, the sky opens up and lets loose freezing rain and sleet, putting out every flame. Due to the general warm climate, it is obvious that someone has just used magic, and Kaieth theorises that it was one of the watchmen he had seen earlier, meaning that there is at least one powerful wizard one this island.
Rolfor, throughout all of this, had forced himself through the difficult terrain of the forest until finding the other side of it. He quickly changes the look of his clothes, adding leaves and such to make them look forest based. He sets a large fire on the edge of the wood and stumbles out into a quiet part of a village, obviously Quain. He calls out loudly, stated that he is the great druid of the woods and that he comes with an urgent message. As he says this, a crowd of townsfolk gathers round him. He turns to the fire he created just in time to watch it extinguished with a magical calling of sleet and rain.
And with that, the session ends.
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littlemisssquiggles · 5 years
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RWBY Musings #63: The Sleeping Prince. What if…Oscar falls into a deep sleep for the Merging of the Two Souls?
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‘Sup FNDM fam! Happy New Year from the squiggle meister! For my first theory post of 2019, since Oscar is a perfect little prince now (hypothetically speaking), consider this for a sec. 
What if...for the Merge, Oscar suddenly falls unconscious, putting him out of commotion for when the heroes begin to commence their plan to commandeer an Atlesian airship with the group unsure of what to do to wake him back up.
As Jaune said last episode, they're not leaving for Atlas without Oscar. But what would they do if the Merge suddenly happens and he’s temporarily unable to aid them with their plan for Atlas?
In the fairy tales, it's usually a kiss of true love that awakes the sleeping princesses from their eternal slumber. If Oscar is expected to fall to sleep during the Merge (because I honestly can't picture him being conscious while unceremoniously merging), imagine if… it's love that ultimately wakes him up. Not necessarily from a kiss per say but I have this little hunch where Oscar will start to merge with Ozpin but it’s the love he feels both for and from the teammates he’s grown to care about that keeps him from resisting the part of the process that’s meant to make him disappear entirely; if that makes sense.
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Remember the God of Light’s warning to Ozma before his first reincarnation? He told him that where he sought comfort, he will only find pain. In a sense, you can say the God of Light’s heed to Ozma happened twice within the cycle. For Ozma it occurred in his first reincarnation as Diggs after Salem, the former love of his life---the mother of his children---the woman he had refused the peace of the afterlife to return to, killed him with her very own hands as a final sign that she had lost herself to the darkness.
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And for Ozpin, it was recently when his own allies turned their backs on him after promising they wouldn’t upon learning the truth. The first deceit came from Lionheart, a friend and member of Oz’s very own inner circle of trusted lieutenants. The second came from the group of young heroes whose lives he had promised to protect and guide. Even Qrow, a former student and long-time friend of Oz who completely devoted to him, turned his back to him and it is his words that made the old wizard turn to grief and isolation for the third time in his many lives (counting Ambroise and Emmanuel---the second and third reincarnations).
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Who knows? Perhaps this will be a sign that Oscar is potentially doomed to meet the same fate being challenged by that same love and comfort in others that has left his predecessors crushed by grief? I’m not saying that the heroes will hurt Oscar (at least, not now after what transpired when they thought he went missing). But I can somehow imagine Oscar meeting a dishevelled and grief-stricken Ozpin again within his mental mind palace or Dreamscape and having the older soul mock his young successor for getting himself attached to the love and comfort he feels from the heroes. Imagine…that love and trust is what Oscar will hold onto as a lifeline to keep him from losing himself completely to the Merge?
While I’m aware that Oscar has come to accept his fate now, I can’t help but still feel like that’s all a front from Oscar. It could be just my interpretation, though. It’s just the way how he spoke in V6 C8 gave me the impression that Oscar had technically given up on wanting to resist the Merge while subtly foreshadowing that it could happen this same volume.
“…These past few days, I’ve been scared of the same things you were. I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be…me. But I did some thinking and I do know that I want to do everything I can to help with whatever time I have left…”
It wouldn’t surprise me if in a later episode; Oscar does begin the Merge with Ozpin and will reunite with him in his mind for it. Don’t want to anticipate too much but it is a strong possibility of it happening especially since they do have the model of Professor Ozpin. I doubt they just made that for the opening. I feel like Oscar is going to meet Ozpin face to face in his mind and when he does, I think the two souls will have a confrontation that could either be just them standing around and talking (like Raven and Yang in the V5 finale) or end in them literally squaring off against each other in an all-out showdown. We’ve already seen two Maidens duke it out.
Will we get to see the two souls fight next?
I would think we should since it’s something that’s been foreshadowed since the first volume. I love the idea of Oscar literally fighting the Merge. Fighting Ozpin and fighting against losing himself. The thing that has always been hinted about the Man with Two Souls is them fighting for control. So maybe this will be part of the Merge? Oscar fighting against Ozpin for the chance to remain as himself.
We know Oscar has accepted disappearing one day but...what if… it's the love he feels from the team that convinces him he needs to fight to be himself. What if...Ruby shares another Rosebuds bonding moment with Oscar where she basically tells him to fight to be him. And since these words come from the girl we know Oscar greatly admires, it’ll hold a lot of weight and meaning in Oscar’s eyes.  
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I didn’t particularly like how Oscar told everyone that he was going to disappear soon and everyone was…I guess, so clouded by their relief of him being safe to feel the full weight of his words in that moment.
I just found the fact that there is Oscar basically talking to group like he’s going to technically sort of die soon (I mean it pretty much had that final farewell sort of tone to it, for sure) and everyone is all happy smiles. Like…what? Why are you smiling? Yes, this is a happy moment but what’s being said and foreshadowed isn’t so…again why didn’t we get the characters briefly looking unhappy when Oscar brought disappearing only to perk up when he showed them that even though it’s bad, he’s still determined to do his best like the best boy he is? I dunno. It was a little weird moment for me and one of my gripes with this episode.
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I think eventually when things simmer down and once the Merge actually legit starts happening before the team’s very eyes where Oscar gets down because of the Merge, that’s when the others will start to see the light of the child’s words and begin to truly panic about losing him.
Another thing that needs to be addressed are the group’s feelings now about Ozpin. Following the events of C5-C9 and now that Oscar has become an official valued member of the group (as himself), how does the group feel about Oz? This is why I found the happy-go-lucky smiles when Oscar mentioned disappearing for good to be off putting. The group do realize that if Oscar disappears for good, technically that could spell the team being back with Ozpin…kind of…sort of…maybe-ish. I dunno. I just want to know how the group feel about Oz now? Did Oscar’s disappearance also help them to forgive Ozpin too?
I don’t think that is the case which is why I hope it gets addressed in the remaining 5 episodes.
Overall, I just want Oscar to fight to be himself you guys. This is just my opinion here but personally, Oscar has been way too accepting of his fate. I understand that merging with Ozpin is a destiny that Oscar can’t run from. I understand that fully but…I still feel like he should want to fight to be himself if he could help it y’know what I mean? I don’t know if that’s possible or if it’s impossible for Oscar to not fight against losing himself. But nevertheless, I just want Oscar to fight to be him and for someone to tell him to fight to be him. Because Oscar is pretty great.
Plus I think that’ll be the be all end all to both Oscar and Ozpin’s conjoined stories, right? Either Ozpin’s run will conclude this volume and Oscar will take his place on the cast moving forward as his successor, now complete with his memories, knowledge, skills and magical capabilities (hopefully) while still retaining his personality.
So picture …Oscar accepting his fate but also fighting it at the same time. He wants to be a Wizard of Light like the others before him. He still wants to do everything in his power to fight to protect humanity and stop Salem once and for all. But he will not lose himself. So ...rather than Ozpin absorbing Oscar and his mind becoming dominant, it's the opposite where Ozpin becomes a part of Oscar while the former farm boy still gets to be himself.
Basically what some fans have been saying since the beginning that Oz will disappear and become a part of Oscar with our Barn Prince still remaining as himself but gaining all the memories and skills of Ozpin and all the Wizards before him.
Or…Oscar and Ozpin will fuse and this new fusion will be a perfect blend of them both signifying a perfect alignment between the two soul where it doesn’t feel like one has eclipsed the other. It’s both but at the same time it’s not them. Someone entirely new who is as much Oscar as the original while still having some essence of Ozpin in there.
Whatever the outcome, I do think the Merge could be a plot point set for the final few episodes of V6. Emphasis on could. But if it does happen, only then will Oscar’s true fate be decided once and for all. Either that or it gets delayed and Oscar goes into the Atlas Arc now fighting against Ozpin to let the Merge fully take him over. Who knows?
That's just me. Don’t know if you guys would agree or disagree. But anyways, as always, these are just my thoughts and theories. I guess we’ll see what the Writers got cooking for us when C10 premieres this Saturday.
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scarletrebel · 5 years
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⭐star⭐ waffle at me about your favourite lines youve written
ohhh friend you have opened a pandoras box and i hope you are ready also thank you aha
so i started…….. picking some lines and made the Executive Decision to just do one fic because i was planning on doing a couple from a handful of fics but turns out im far too prone to waffling about this kind of stuff because i love picking things apart and figuring out why they work because i love fuckign words and the things they evoke and stuff so yeah this is just some fave lines from most recent fic, requital. 
this was part of a ‘directors cut’ writer thing and if anyone has any more prompts, feel more than free to send them my way! 
Requital, Chp. 1: 
His honesty, wrapped tightly underneath a chivalrous act; a throwaway comment to soften the exposure of such a question, draws her closer.
She kisses him, and hopes that even though the motion is countless in the amount of times they’ve come together, that the answer is plain enough. A claim, she hears her own words in her head, tasting the tobacco of his morning cigarette on her tongue, the warmth of the pull at his hands on her hips.
so whilst i cant say this section was directly inspired by the ecdysis book, what i can say is that there is definitely some influence going on here, in particular these two lines from the page ‘synesthesia’:
“Wu Ming is a bonfire in the darkness, and she crawls toward his warmth.”
“Wu Ming leaves his questions by the wayside as he is drawn inexorably into the gravity well of her desperate honesty.” 
and thats not something i realised until i was writing the final draft, and im pretty pleased with myself considering not only is requital going to examine some of the similarities between avia and drifter, but also the fact that ecdysis is probably my favourite book. i mean…… ‘drawn inexorably into the gravity well of her desperate honesty’ what the FUCK KIND OF LINE its gorgeous i cant deal with it or this book or this page or how desperately gorgeous the tragedy of drifter and orins relationship is 
also…… look. im a hopeless romantic. always have been, probs always will be, so when i say avia and rook are soulmates i mean it in the cheesiest way possible. right before this is rook feeling a bit self-conscious about the whole awoken engaging thing, and theres no way avia can actually put into words how irrevocably in love she is with rook. so she kisses him, and hopes beyond hope that she can put those feelings into motions if not words. i also enjoy the small bit of possessiveness that came out of her too, because the whole ‘claim’ thing with the awoken was there since the first draft but this section came in the final edit, she thinks of it so casually but when she goes on to say that she’d actually duel anyone who came between them i…….. would not put it past her to be 100% down to do that. 
rook isnt a bonfire in the darkness, he’s an anchor in the deep, a solid tether when the sea becomes a storm. 
(ayyy where the FUCK WAS THAT WHEN I WAS WRITING THIS) 
Requital Chp. 2:
Here’s the thing, if you’ve gone through the trouble of decrypting this (a fortified certain-eyes-only encryption that took me a couple of hundred years to perfect, thank you very much), it at least means you’re interested, so hear me out.
i like this line a lot, for a few reasons. drifter knows avia well enough at this point to be well acquainted with her temper and lack of time for dealing with his nonsense. it’s the first flick of the coin between the two of them, drifter laying the proverbial gauntlet down and at the end of the day, its up to her whether or not she picks it up. 
and she does, avia asks levi to decrypt it, and the first thing she sees is drifter acknowledging that shes done so and asking her to at least hear him out. he’s kind of caught her out, and she can respect that even if thats not at the forefront of her mind. avia also has her own brand of curiosity when it comes to people like the drifter, so this is kind of the first inkling of that. and it also (i hope) makes you wonder if drifter is aware of that curiosity that she has, if he sent the message decrypted on purpose to get her interested. 
She smiles at the note, throws her legs over the bed and stretches around a yawn. Five minutes later, Levi puts her in her armour.
“Are you sure you don’t want to stick around?” The Ghost asks. “We don’t have anything urgent to do. There’s breakfast here.”
Avia hums, considering. She moves into the kitchen, glances over the fridge, the cupboards. She looks then onto the sofa, the sprawled pillows, untidy blankets. Suddenly the armour on her body feels heavy, out of place, like the metal has no right being somewhere like this.
“No. I’m not hungry, let’s go.”
“Okay,” Levi says in that tone of voice that lets her know they aren’t buying it. “Should we walk, or transmat?”
Avia notices the balcony door is still open. She walks over and closes it, the streets barely alive as one or two civilians walk to and fro, glancing idly at each other as they pass. “Transmat.”
avia immediately makes an comment about being all domestic with rook in chapter 1. its just not something that suits her in her own mind, and that line (even though i havent waffled about it bc dear god theres too much here already) was something i immediately knew i wanted if i was going to write a day of domestic bliss with her and her fiance, because i knew it’d be a hard thing for her to just get on with like a normal person aha. 
so, we get this part in chapter 2. the domestic bliss is over, and what avia knows best, what shes always known best, is a set of armour and getting back to work. however this part of herself contradicts that which she’s experienced for the past day, and especially the line ‘Suddenly the armour on her body feels heavy, out of place, like the metal has no right being somewhere like this.’ i put in to really reinforce that idea. its not the metal that feels out of place in this scene, its the person in the metal. and her eagerness to transmat straight to the tower rather than walk through the peaceful city streets shows her tendency to run from such thoughts.
this part came really naturally, actually. its a small snapshot into a bigger struggle avia has with herself (especially given the dreaming city, the reef, petra and now potentially going back to the worst part of the shore with drifter) of where she belongs, and more importantly, if she deserves to belong. which is why levi talks to her in that tone because they know what shes doing, theyve seen it so many times before – avia in a scenario that resembles something normal and running from it with no one around to stop her, because in her subconscious she doesnt believe she deserves it. 
“Ada-1, I believe, has fully settled into the Tower. She becomes more and more tolerable of the Guardians by the day. And with the discovery of Niobe labs, her mood has been favourable.”
i had no idea how fun scarlet was to write until i got to this part. she almost has her own language, really. writing ‘im really proud of ada because i spent all morning with her and she was only snippy with like two guardians and shes been really uplifted and im really happy for her since they found niobe labs’ in scarlets own ‘okay but heres the relevant information’ way of explaining things is a challenge but FUN. like, really fun?? 
because scarlet wouldnt be mentioning adas mood if she didnt care, ya know? and its not that she cant say that longer thing about being proud and stuff, its just that she doesnt see the sense in it and its not important information. like, if avia and eden were to spend a dedicated amount of time whittling her down she would absolutely say ‘i am so proud of ada and also i wanna smooch her face how do i do that as an exo’ but its just not a thing for her. but part of the reason why ada and scarlet being together was an idea that i had was because i imagine that line of thinking probably suits ada. 
“It was at Ada’s request. I had more knowledge of the area in its current state, and felt more comfortable talking to Ikora and her Hidden agents than Ada did…”
supportive exo girlfriends. that is all. man ive gotta write more about these two
“Hmm,” Ada wears a concerned stare masked behind a formal rigidity that Avia knows her Warlock teammate best for.
if im being honest, i just really enjoy this line. i imagine its hard for exos to show concern, esp a character like ada and my girl scarlet, so avia has spent a lot of time dissecting certain facial cues and yeah im proud of how this description came out aha
…as if she hadn’t spent the past few months clipping sidelong comments and threatening him when his Gambit veered out of the realm of her control.
avia is a control freak. plain and simple, and i wanted to make that as obvious as possible considering this sentence is only a few away from avia choosing to go and talk to drifter. 
there’s a certain amount of ‘i need to understand this thing that i have limited knowledge on so i can predict/control/plan for it in the future’ in how avia views drifter in general, its a kind-of warlock way of thinking about things but the big difference is avias need for control in these situations is a) selfish and b) only applies to things that she knows she has a good chance of understanding/taming. shes not going around learning about the hive because she has a good understanding that thats a cosmic threat that can only be defended against until it comes. drifter on the other hand is on her doorstep.
i also really loved the contradiction in putting ‘gambit’ and ‘control’ next to each other in a sentence, i kinda hoped it showed how conflicted avia is about going and talking to drifter, and maybe even how naive it is of her to think that it could turn out okay. 
She was incensed, maybe, at the way he spoke to Ada, needed to go and stomp the idea out of his head but he got her talking, like he does
i like this line bc its avia acknowledging that she knows how shes viewed. she knows everyone sees her as a hot-head, she knows her anger veers away from her sometimes and whilst she’s gotten better at getting a handle on it, it’s still an aspect of her that people who dont know her well enough find it hard to get past. 
i also enjoy how new people to this fic/avia in general might not know that this is a big part of her? so she’s trying to use it as an excuse, ‘well no one can blame me if i say i got really mad because thats what i do’ and it (hopefully) tells new people about that aspect of her character without having to show the worst part of it, the convo with ada being an introduction to it i guess – especially since the past few scenes have seen her a lot softer than im used to writing aha. 
“Dammit,” she mutters under her breath. And walks towards the Drifter before she can make a better decision
fun fact – this line was originally ‘and walks down the corridor before she can make a better decision.’ 
i changed it because i wanted to make it more obvious that avia is making a conscious decision to choose drifter, that she’s walking towards a path that she knows is not a good idea. it provides foreshadowing for the allegiance quest and referring to him as ‘The Drifter’ cements it as an idea that she’s walking towards and not necessarily a person. 
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klancin-with-myself · 6 years
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shut your mouth and let my body talk
Summary: They all have their ways of decompressing from the stresses of the universe. Keith's vice just so happens to keep Pidge in a state of blissful contentment.
Rating: Explicit
keith eats pidge’s pussy.
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It had taken five years in space for Keith to find his outlet. His teammates - his family - had found theirs long ago. Some of them had never been made to find them, like Lance; yoga could be done anywhere, at any time. Oftentimes, the blue paladin would retreat to his room or the observation deck and spend hours contorting his body into all kinds of positions that had Keith wondering if Lance would disable his joints at will. Hunk channeled his emotions into either baking or meticulously ripping apart any mechanical thing he came across, figuring out what made it run, and then putting it back together with a higher functionality than what he found it with. 
Shiro had taken to reading. Pidge had invented an overlay that could be placed over the Altean novels, translating the words into any Terran language. Shiro didn’t even bother trying to hide how giddy he was to be able to read a book again, and frequently holed himself up in the castleship’s library, curling up in a squashy chair and reading for hours on end, a content smile on his face. 
Pidge’s escapes tended to shift. She hadn’t done much relaxing before she’d found Matt. She’d always been working on some new algorithm to find him, or on some new upgrade for the Green Lion. After being reunited with Matt, she relaxed considerably, playing video games with him, building things, working on the other lions (while remembering to sleep adequately, because even Pidge wasn’t immune to Matt’s weaponized puppy eyes).
At first, Keith’s only respite from the new, harsh reality he’d been thrust into was training. Methodically destroying the training droids (Allura gave him hell for it, but was secretly pleased when Pidge and Hunk rebuilt them into something more challenging), running laps, honing his skills. At first, it had been enough.
Until it wasn’t anymore.
When he finally settled on something, it ended up shifting the dynamic of how the rest of the team spent their down time. Not drastically, of course. Not in any way that meant that the others couldn’t do what they wanted. They just had to, maybe, stay away from the general vicinity of Keith’s bedroom. Or put ear plugs in.
Keith’s mental retreat was more of a vice. 
More than a vice, it was an addiction. 
He craved it. Became temperamental without it. Begged if he were denied it. Consumed it like a man starved, let it consume him like a wave of lava rolling down the slope of a volcano. 
It had the side effect of once again shifting Pidge’s outlet. Shaped it from an outlet into a release, a spout, a fountain. Shaped indents into her thighs where his head fit perfectly into as she clamped down around him. Shaped the back of her neck into an arch as she let her body fly from the bed as Keith indulged. 
He supposed he should feel a little guilty. The one escape he found that allowed the weight of the universe to melt away also involved pulling Pidge away from the things that she wanted to do. (They’d tried it, once, while she was working - she’d burned herself with a soldering iron and spent the rest of the day with a weird Altean gel pack strapped to her hand.) She’d reassured him, however, multiple times, that having her mind go numb and white and fuzzy at the edges was incredibly therapeutic, and had often led to further breakthroughs with her projects. All he had to do was glance at her, heat in his eyes, a quick tongue on his lip, and she would let him lead her away. 
And that’s exactly what he’d done today. He found her in the lounge, lazily typing away on her laptop. She wore one of his t-shirts, loose on her slender frame, and a pair of long shorts that stopped just below her knees. She was barefoot, her toes wriggling or scrunching up every so often as her brilliant mind worked through whatever she was trying to figure out. Keith stood by the door, arms folded, watching her fingers fly over the keys, smirking at the way her brow crinkled and smoothed. He stepped into the lounge after another moment of soaking in the wild mess of her hair, which hadn’t changed much in five years. Pidge’s eyes flicked up at the sound of his footsteps, and a smirk formed on her own lips, her typing slowing down subconsciously. 
Keith knelt down, his knee resting on the back of the inset couch, and when Pidge looked up at him, he pushed a hand into her hair and pulled their lips together roughly, allowing the kiss to fall tender as she opened up to him. His kiss was a question as much as it was a greeting, a request and a plea, and an expression of the emotions he was so bad at giving words to. Pidge lifted her hands from her laptop, grasping his wrist and cupping his jaw, kissing him back with equal amounts of fervor. She wasn’t so great with words either, and Keith loved her all the more for it. When he finally pulled back, his breath was heavy and damp and needy, and Pidge huffed a laugh against his lips.
“Yeah, okay,” she agreed softly. 
She’d never told him no, never sent him away, and yet his relief every time was a cool wave washing over him and soothing away his anxiety. She slid her laptop off her legs and slipped her small hand into his, and he pulled her up to her feet easily. She moved fluidly, stepping up onto the floor and into his arms in one easy motion. He wrapped his arms around her waist and lowered his lips to hers again, wishing not for the first time that he could simply toss her down and take her here on the couch, the walk to his room seeming unbearable in its distance. Pidge hummed against his mouth, her lips curving into a smirk as she pressed her body against his and felt his growing erection pressing against her abdomen through their clothes. She broke the kiss with a nip to his lower lip, drawing in a sharp breath through her nose.
“You shaved. Like, ten minutes ago,” she said, mildly accusatory. Keith cocked a smirk at her, his eyes glimmering with amusement. 
“I can be sweet,” he murmured, rubbing his smooth cheek against hers. Pidge chuckled, closing her eyes and leaning into his touch. 
“Fucking sap,” she said. Keith rolled his eyes.
“Whatever, let’s go.” He leaned forward and brushed his lips against the shell of her ear, tongue darting out to curl around it, winning him a hiss of pleasure. “I’m hungry.”
Pidge made a noise, half indignant and half aroused, and Keith grinned at her, his eyes crinkling in barely concealed delight. He squeezed her hand and drew her backward, leading her down to his bedroom. 
He barely resisted the urge to cram the two of them into a utility closet as they passed it, though he did fail at resisting the tempting heat of her mouth, pressing her against a wall more than once, hiking her legs up and grinding against her core as his tongue plundered her mouth, a taste of what he’d be doing to other orifices very soon. Pidge indulged him, her laughter each time cutting off in a groan as his kiss sent shockwaves down her body, lighting her arousal on fire and driving her patience away. Pidge was growling into his mouth, hands fisted in his shirt, shoving him back toward his door when they finally reached it. One of Keith’s hands flew back to smack the control panel, sending the door sliding open and them stumbling in. She took care of closing the door, leaning back against it to catch her breath as Keith stared at her with a predatory look in his violet eyes, panting harshly. Smirking at him, she hooked her thumbs into the waistband of her shorts, dragging them down her hips, revealing slim thighs -
Keith snarled, hands shooting out to grip her hips to hold her still. Pidge continued to smirk up at him, devious little shit that she was, and he touched his forehead to hers with a groan. His hands gripped the sides of her neck gently, and he kissed her, rough and wet and brief. He fell to his knees and he dragged his hands slowly down her body, palms pressing into her sides. His thumbs brushed across her breasts, and of course she wasn’t wearing a bra. Did underthings not exist in her wardrobe anymore? He groaned, burying his face into her hard stomach. His hands continued their trek down her body, squeezing her hips, scratching down her thighs. He pressed his palms down her legs, prickly with unshaven hair, kissing just below her navel, reverent and soft. He resisted the urge to tickle her ankles, drawing his hands back upward, his thumbs leading inward. He groaned again, cursing under his breath.
Her arousal shone on her thighs, shiny and slick and quickly driving away Keith’s threadbare self control. He grasped her left leg and hoisted it up, resting her foot on the little table by his door and baring her cunt to him. He leaned in, kissing her mons and reveling in the full body shudder that coursed through her. Her folds were slick and only open from her leg being spread so far. He kissed her a little lower, and she canted her hips forward. It could have been a demand, but they both knew it for what it really was - encouragement, an offering. Beneath all of that, a gentle request for Keith to relax and enjoy himself, to cast off the burden of the universe and simply be a man with human desires and cravings. As his thumbs found her outer labia, gently opening her to him, Keith thought that that was his favourite part about the way they crashed together. That she did all of this for him. That she wanted him to let go and indulge and relax. Wanted him to use her body for his own escape from reality. 
So he treated her like a temple, pressing a devout, sacrilegious kiss to the living statue of her clit, basking in the way she hummed contentedly, rolling her hips forward again. He kissed her again, then rocked back on the balls of his feet and stood, dragging her against him and kissing her soundly. She lifted her arms and rested them on his shoulders as she kissed him back, the curve of a smile never really leaving her lips. Keith’s hands flirted down her body and he gave her pert ass a squeeze, smirking into the kiss as she jolted against him. He bent his knees and adjusted his grip to just below her rear, easily hefting her off her feet and holding her against him. She huffed into his mouth, amused, clamping her legs around his waist and burying her fingers into his soft black hair. 
Keith turned and stepped toward his bed, lowering her down onto it gently. Her legs didn’t release him, loosening only enough to allow him to shift onto the bed and hover over her. Pidge rubbed at his sides with her legs, purposefully dragging his shirt up. He twisted his arms back and yanked the shirt over his head, not missing the damp spot on the front of it where her crotch had pressed against him, and if he breathed in a little deeper while he was dragging the shirt over his head, well, she either didn’t notice or didn’t say anything. He flipped his shirt away from him and fell back onto Pidge’s lips, drawn to her like a magnet, secretly pleased with the way her eyes raked over him before fluttering shut in bliss. Pidge was a fantastic kisser, her edges softening as her tongue slipped against his, and Keith felt like he could kiss her for hours. They did, sometimes. In this moment, that’s not what he wanted. He couldn’t wait anymore, even if he tried, even if he were commanded by Shiro in his best Disappointed Voice. Desire burned brighter than the red of his lion, than the red of his blood. His head was pounding and he knew the only cure for it rested between her legs. 
Keith left her lips, smirking at her shortness of breath. He kissed at her throat and gently squeezed her breasts through the shirt of his that she still wore. He’d leave it on this time, he thought. She looked amazing in it, the way it hung on her slender frame, how it draped to one side to expose her collarbone. It was a good look for her, and the sight of her in his shirt with her legs spread for him would have made him weak in the knees if he hadn’t already been on them. He slid back down, kneeling on the floor, dragging her hips to the edge of the bed. Pidge dutifully draped her thighs over his shoulders, her fingers tightening and relaxing around the bedsheets in anticipation. 
He sat back and settled his eyes on the juncture of her thighs, the lips of her cunt covered in enough slick that it caused even the soft, short hair there to shine. His cock throbbed in his pants as he caught her scent, an intoxicating musk that had his mind reeling. He leaned in, peppering kisses along the insides of her thighs as he went, smiling as she hummed happily. He finally came face to face with her hole, he sighed, his hot breath rolling over her lips. He opened his mouth, pressed the flat of his tongue against her slit, and drew it from her perineum to her clit. Pidge moaned, long and low and satisfied, and Keith’s cock let him know just how attractive that noise was. 
Using both thumbs again, he pried her open, gently easing her lips apart until her tight little gash was exposed to him. Hot, he knew it would be so hot when he touched his tongue to it, and it glistened with slick and twitched with arousal. He groaned, burying his face into her thigh. 
“You’re killing me, Pidge,” he mumbled, nipping at her soft flesh. Before she could so much as hum in response, he sought her hole again, pressing his mouth against her fully, rolling his tongue across her clit and sucking on it gently. She cried out, hands flung out beside her, arching from the bed at his sudden onslaught. He gentled his tongue, curling it around her clit once more before delving lower. His mouth covered her slit completely, tongue working her open, sucking on her folds and soaking his face in her slick. He nudged at her clit with his nose and then pressed his tongue into her passage, effectively burying his face into her cunt. 
She tasted like nothing he could have imagined before, and sweeter than anything he’d had since. Tangy and milky if he delved deep enough, slippery and sweet as it dripped from her folds. If he worked her up enough, it slipped down her thighs like an early morning rainfall, sticking to her thighs and making everything a damp mess that he was all too happy to take responsibility for and clean up. He wanted her musky, heady scent in his nose, wanted her honey smeared across his face like warpaint. Keith could live and die with his mouth on her cunt and never regret a moment of it. She was refreshing even as she left him gasping for a another drink, crawling toward the oasis between her legs. 
He hummed, content to work his mouth so slowly against her slit, sucking on her folds and her clit intermittently, rolling his tongue over her and dipping it in and out. One of his hands crept up her stomach to rest at the base of her ribcage, thrilling at the feeling of her stomach and chest rising and falling at an increasingly rapid pace. His free hand fell to where his mouth was, using two fingers to spread her apart further. They slipped almost immediately, sliding through her juices and settling between her inner and outer labia. Above him, Pidge moaned, canting her hips down and grinding Keith’s mouth against her further. It was his turn to moan, then, tilting his head to the side, not dissimilar to when he kissed her mouth, his tongue flicking rapidly over her clit. She gasped, one of her hands flying up to grasp at the one pressed to her chest. Her fingers curled around his hand, pressing her nails into his palm, and his chest tightened with affection, momentarily pausing to kiss her folds. 
Keith pulled his face back, feeling the cooler air hit the slick on his cheeks and grinning. He moved his fingers up, pinching her clit between them and rolling it, violet eyes trained on her as her back arched off the bed again. She released his hand, grasping at the bedsheets again in a vain attempt at grounding herself. He let his fingers trail down her opening just enough for him to slide them into her slick channel. Pidge whimpered, an open mouth whine that Keith wanted to hear more of. He drew his fingers out and then drove them back in, twisting them as he went. 
“Oh,” she moaned, her voice an octave higher than it normally was. Tight and high sounded good on her, Keith had decided long ago. He slowly pumped his fingers in and out, twisting and curling them, his eyes heavy lidded and his cock painfully hard in his pants at the sounds that spilled from her lips. “Fuck,” she whispered. “Harder.”
He obliged almost immediately, never able to resist any demand she made. He began to piston his fingers in and out of her cunt, his lips descending on her again, tongue fluttering over her clit. Her little gasps and moans grew louder, unhindered and unashamed, having long since lost any care for others hearing her. He pressed his lips around her clit, working his tongue over it at a furious pace. Saliva mixed with her juices, dripping onto the sheets below her hips. His fingers were making the most delightful, obscene noises as they pumped in and out. She was soaked, and with every withdraw of his fingers, a string of clear fluid connected them to her opening, drawing him back in as if it were elastic. Her whimpering grew louder, her breath hitching in her throat. She sat up suddenly, her legs tightening around his head, burying her fingers into his thick black hair. 
“Don’t stop, I--” she demanded, cutting herself off with a guttural moan. She tugged on his hair almost painfully, but it only encouraged him, drove him to shove his fingers in harder, twist them more sharply, agitating her clit with his tongue until she fractured around him, shattering like glass. Her moans reached a fever pitch, loud and sharp as the walls of her cunt clamped down around his fingers. He moaned with her, eyes fluttering shut as he fucked her through her climax with his fingers, the tense and release of her walls drawing his fingers in like the vacuum of space. The sloppy, wet noises only intensified, and the whimpers of the last of Pidge’s orgasm went straight to his dick, which had been pulsing painfully in his pants the entire time. He moaned again, lapping plaintively at her cunt, easing his fingers to a slow drag as she came down from her high. He looked up at her through dark lashes, mouth still on her slit, his eyes narrow in amusement. 
Pidge’s fingers were still buried in his hair, and she dragged him up by it and kissed him breathlessly. Her lips were dry from gasping, open mouthed and out of breath, but his own drenched lips more than made up for it. He pressed his tongue into her mouth, letting her taste herself in him. He wondered if she found her own fluids as intoxicating as he found them, thought maybe he didn’t want to share this sweet ambrosia even with her. Her legs were still on his shoulders (and her flexibility still kept him sweating) and she gently bumped them into the sides of his head. He opened his eyes and she had him snared again, her brown eyes glimmering with amusement and challenge. 
“Again.” 
It wasn’t a request.
Keith smirked against her lips. “Aren’t rotary phones still a thing?” Her legs tightened around his head and he squeezed the outside of her thighs playfully.
“I haven’t used a rotary phone in ages,” she said. He sunk back to his knees, his eyes not leaving hers as he leaned forward and dipped his tongue into her slit, licking at her fluids. 
“Why not?” he asked coquettishly. 
“I - ah, shit - have you,” she sighed. Keith grinned against her opening, kissing her folds. If his brain weren’t complete jelly later, he’d maybe try to articulate to her just how happy he was that he satisfied her enough that she didn’t feel the need to touch herself anymore. Try to impress to her that she made him feel the exact same way. He’d probably end up stuttering over his words, feeling them catch in his throat and sit there like a half swallowed pill. He was better with his actions, though, so he sealed his mouth over her cunt again, letting every swipe of his tongue tell her what she did to him. Pidge squirmed, crying out and bucking her hips, oversensitive, overstimulated, overwhelmed. Over everything, by the sound of it. Keith savoured every sound she made, every twitch of her body. 
He slid two fingers back into her, and Pidge’s body accepted them easily, squelching noisily in her fluids. He curled his fingers and rotated them, the dirty, wet noises driving him wild. His own neglected cock throbbed in his pants; he thought briefly of releasing himself and wrapping a fist around his aching member, but the thought of deviating any attention away from the writhing, electric goddess in front of him seemed a cardinal sin. Keith suckled at her clit as he worked his fingers in and out of her, his room filling with slick noises and breathy, desperate moans.
“More,” Pidge gasped. He flicked his eyes back up at her - her face was completely obscured, thrown back into the bed, her chest heaving with every breath and whine. Her hands roamed the sheets, grasping and clawing at them, and her thighs shook upon his shoulders. He began to drive his fingers into her more forcefully than before, his knuckles bumping against her pelvic bone, her slick beginning to drip down his wrist. She cried out at the force he applied, and he nearly backed off but for knowing her so well, knowing that the particular noises she was making were only made when she was insensate with pleasure. 
He wanted to put his lips back on her, but with the force he was using on her beautiful little cunt, he found that he had to adjust his angles. He crouched lower, angling his fingers upwards, allowing him to latch back onto her clit and work it feverishly with tongue and teeth and lips. When he began thrusting his fingers in again, resuming his vicious pace, Pidge shouted. She thrashed above him, her small hands grasping at nothing, the muscles in her legs tightening and clenching around his head. 
“God - fuck - yes,” she babbled. “Yes, Keith, fuck.” Groaning loudly, Keith worked at her furiously, his jaw aching beautifully, his wrist borderline cramped, but he couldn’t stop, didn’t want to, not when Pidge was sobbing out above him, when her fluids were sliding down his arm to drip from his elbow. The filthy, sodden noises coming from her cunt began to grow - they doubled, tripled until it sounded like he was was splashing in a tub of water. Pidge made a different noise, sounding nearly alarmed and confused for a brief moment before she cried out again, devastated by another orgasm. 
Clear fluid burst from her cunt when Keith’s fingers withdrew; too shocked to stop, he pressed them back in and when he drew them back again, more fluid cascaded out of her, arcing over his fingers. He dipped his mouth back down to her, groaning, his eyelids shutting as jets of fluid spouted from her cunt and splashed across his face. His eyes rolled back in their sockets and with each pulse of her come on his face, each flutter of her inner walls around his fingers, his cock throbbed in his pants. His hips oscillated, thrusting against nothing. Pidge cried out, her voice hoarse and cracked, and another wave of come poured from her cunt like holy water over a sinner. Keith caught it in his mouth with a vulgar, sordid groan. He swallowed quickly and that incredible, clear nectar might as well have been liquid fire. Every pleasure receptor in his body lit up like she’d struck him with her bayard, and he cursed as she squirted on him again. He groaned loudly, his own hips thrusting, his cock pulsing and suddenly he was coming, untouched in his jeans. His thrusting fingers faltered as his abdomen clenched, and he sucked on her clit desperately. 
The last weak spurt of her fluids trickled down his arm, and she whimpered, her legs trembling violently on his shoulders. His breath came in harsh, ragged pants, and he nuzzled against her inner thigh, smiling tiredly. Keith crawled up her body when he finally figured out how to use the muscles in his legs again. He hovered over her, looking upon her face and falling in love all over again. Her brown eyes were hazy and unfocused, her hair was tangled and wilder than ever from thrashing. Her face and neck were flushed, and if he pulled his shirt down, he’d find her chest splotched with red as well. Her lips were swollen from having bitten them, dry from her panting and screaming. He licked his lips and then covered her mouth with his own, kissing her sweetly and letting her taste herself on his tongue. Pidge kissed him lazily, one hand fumbling down to cup his cock. She smirked against his lips when she felt him soft and damp, and he pulled back, flushed and pouting. 
“Flattery will get you everywhere, sparky,” she murmured huskily. She grasped his head and kissed him again, surprising him again by finding the strength in her legs to wrap them around his waist, grinding her sodden core into the damp spot on his pants. Keith groaned into her mouth, cradling her face with his still wet hand. He felt his cock stirring again, and his mouth quirked upward in a smirk. Pidge dug her fingers into his hair, scratching at his scalp with blunt nails. She loosened her legs around him and pulled back from the kiss, delight flickering in her eyes once again. 
“Back to work, smart mouth.” 
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