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twstjam · 1 year

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Sebek fic prompt?? 😳 (+short drabble)

God knows I have so many wips and fic ideas on my to-do already but I saw pretty art of Sebek on twitter so of course I HAD to start thinking of fic ideas for him

This one is actually from a while ago but I like it:

Sebek x Yuu/Reader + Fake Dating Trope fic (featuring platonic besties!Malleyuu) where Sebek needs a date to a wedding/some kinda party and it was SUPPOSED to be a one-time thing until it turns out that Malleus and Yuu are besties. Because Malleus likes Yuu so much he VERY MUCH APPROVES Sebek going out with them so OF COURSE Sebek can't disappoint his beloved master by saying they're not actually together!!

(more under the cut because this got Long oops)

"The... The two of you... are acquainted?!" You raise a quizzical eyebrow at Sebek for his astonished outburst. "...Yeah. We met way back when we were planning renovations for Ramshackle Manor." You turn back towards your horned friend with a teasing but fond smirk. "I was listing out the damages for Crowley when I saw Tsunotarou wandering around." You hadn't thought it was possible, but Sebek's jaw drops further. Your hand pushing his jaw back in place with a click seems to snap him out of whatever silent stunned state he was in, instead being replaced by his usual boisterous demeanor. "Ts—Tsunotarou?!" Whatever complaint he was undoubtedly going to spout out is interrupted by the aforementioned fae. "I was not "wandering" like a lost child," Malleus says in a pouty tone, but his amused smile tells that he's far from upset. "Oh, you're right! You were trespassing," you snicker. "I was perusing the architecture. There is no harm in appreciating fine craftsmanship." "Pardon me for interrupting, my liege, but this human—" Sebek's eyes dart between you and Malleus as he stammers for words. "You know—They call you—?" "It's fine, Sebek," Malleus says with a dismissive wave of his hand and Sebek shuts his mouth. Huh, so he really can work miracles. "I permitted them to call me by that nickname. It's not a matter worth dwelling on. Instead, I am more interested in the topic of your connection with this dear friend of mine." Sebek stiffens up, looking like he's got one of Lilia's little "treats" stuck in his throat. Malleus looks between the two of you with intrigue glittering in his eyes and with how Sebek's always talking so highly of his boss, you'd thought that he'd be preening under the attention. When you turn towards him though, he looks even more asphyxiated. "Your dear friend," he chokes out with a slight questioning lilt after clearing his throat, as if he can't possibly fathom Malleus even seeing you when looking in your direction. "I am quite curious. You mentioned that they're your partner?" Malleus's eyes light up further when Sebek doesn't immediately disprove him and he continues speaking without waiting for a verbal answer. "That is unexpected, but not unwelcomed. Have the two of you known each other long? When did you begin courting each other?" It's your turn to be stunned, blinking cluelessly at the sudden onslaught of questions. "Um—" Sebek cuts in before you manage to blurt anything out. "WE—" He clears his throat and straightens up his spine and shoulders. He recovers his composed demeanor, his lips once again curling up into a confident smile. All of these are things you expect from him, but you're further surprised by him sidling up closer to you and holding your hand. "We became acquainted with each other about a year ago. We did not begin courting until recently." Sebek beams the widest, fakest smile you've ever seen at his boss and you're a little afraid it might actually rip his handsome face apart. Before you can ask him what the hell is going on, Sebek crushes your hand with his much, much bigger one and you have to choke back a yelp. "Isn't that right... Uh—d-dear?" He has to practically spit out the pet name. What the fuck?? "Riiiight. Totally. We're..." You cast one last glance at Sebek's strained, desperate smile and Tsunotarou's eager one to ensure that, despite how bizarre it seems, you haven't wildly misread the situation. "...Courting. Yep. We—I mean—Us. Me and Sebek. D—Dating. Romantically involved."

Yuu thinks this is Very Silly of course and wants to confront Tsunotarou and tell him the truth, but he's just so happy that Sebek is dedicating himself to things other than his guard duties and that his best friend is dating someone so loyal and devoted that Yuu can't bring themself to break the news to him.

So now Sebek and Yuu are involuntarily dating. Yuu (reasonably) thinks that they're just going to keep up the act only in front of Malleus (and also Lilia, Malleus's eyes and ears), but, because Sebek Zigvolt is not one to half-ass things, especially when it concerns his young master, he pulls out all the stops!! He plans dates, buys Yuu the best gifts, schedules times for them to spend together, everything!! This may be a fake relationship, but he'll be damned if he isn't the best fake boyfriend in his master's eyes!

Yuu is of course super surprised but touched by all this. Via all the dates and extra alone time they spend together, they end up finding out so much more about Sebek and end up actually... really liking him. They already liked him of course—they ARE friends after all—but after seeing all these other sides of him, they grow to like like him.

These feelings aren't actually as unrequited as they think, because Sebek also ends up really liking spending so much time with Yuu and being close to them all the time. He realises that he's grown to genuinely really care for them... and this is followed by a crisis where he agonizes over Catching Feelings for an "inferior being" and fearing that these feelings would get in the way of his duties to Malleus (they won't).

Anyways cue the mutual pining shenanigans and Sebek and Yuu running around each other because they don't think the other likes them back until their other friends shove the obvious in their faces that they're both lovestruck idiots and to Actually get together already.

#twisted wonderland #sebek zigvolt #malleus draconia #twst yuu #sebek zigvolt x reader #sebek zigvolt x you #sebek zigvolt x yuu #twst #twst au #twisted wonderland au #twst x reader #sebek x reader #sebek x yuu #twst sebek #twst malleus #twst reader insert #matcha nonsense #matcha writes a bit

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triviareads · 3 months

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ARC Review of The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

Rating: 4/5 Heat Level: 4/5 Publication Date: March 26th

Premise:

A queer Pretty Woman-inspired romance; Divorced and about to lose his beloved plant retail business, Teddy Hughes is faced with no choice but to leave New York City... until he meets Cole Vivien. Cole is the CEO of a gay dating app and needs a fake boyfriend to impress a potential investor and bring to his sister's wedding, and offers the position to Teddy.

My review:

I LOVED the the first meeting between Teddy and Cole; the chemistry was there right off the bat interspersed with these moment of comedy, like when they swap tops on the steps of the Met and Teddy finds himself wearing a harness as he enters a five star hotel (but deals with it in the best way, namely, not giving a fuck and cheerfully making other people uncomfortable).

Teddy (Teddy... Ted... inspired by Edward, perchance? Though he's the Vivian of the story as far as him being hired as a fake boyfriend for a week) is an energetic and endearing hero. Life's dealt him a few hard knocks and I appreciated his moments of vulnerability as much as I enjoyed how upbeat he was. Cole is super smooth and charming but is also pretty anxious and image-conscious, a product of his upbringing and his position as the CEO of a company trying to go public. Cole kind of functions as both the Edward and Vivian of this story, as both the CEO and sex worker, and he's the one with the infamous no-kissing rule.

I love the concept of Cole not only being a CEO and creator of a queer dating/hook-up/OnlyFans-esque app VERSTL (I see what Steven did there), but he's also an extremely popular performer on the platform. Cole publicly calls himself an entrepreneur and a sex worker, which I imagine does a lot in terms of destigmatizing the profession and industry (even if he's in a position of relative privilege). That being said, I'm not sure if I buy his family not knowing that he's a sex worker, especially if his company is about to go public and they're pretty prominent in the business world too. But whatever, it's romanceland; I'm in it for the vibes, not the realism.

So, this book clocks in at about 288 pages, and I started to wish that it was longer as I got to the second half of the book which is centered around Cole's sister's wedding. The plot started to feel pretty rushed: there was parental drama, a reporter outing Cole, Teddy's overprotective friends who Cole thinks might be conning him, a shitty employee, etc. There is sexual assault off-page, but we are barely given any time to contend with that before the main characters abruptly have to leave for the wedding. Ultimately, I think the story wraps up neatly, complete with an effective grovel on Cole's part, but it's the middle bits that could have done with more expansion.

The sex:

The sex was a pretty solid mix of sweet and sexy; there's lots of tender cuddling and heavy-petting and blowjobs. There is one sex scene with some fairly rough sex, which is something Teddy demands but later regrets because he was asking for the internet version of Cole— the fantasy instead of the irl version of him.

My one note was that there were some odd breaks/skips in the sex scenes. For example, there's a scene where Teddy is going down on Cole, but we don't actually see Cole orgasming. Instead, there's a skip and it seems like both Cole and Teddy have gotten each other off and now they're lingering in the afterglow. This happened a couple times.

Overall:

I enjoyed The Boyfriend Subscription; it had all the beats of a romcom starting with a stellar meet-cute and great chemistry between Cole and Teddy that carried throughout the book, even when the plot was a little over the place. This book is a part of a new Harlequin imprint called Afterglow Books, which consists of diverse, romcom-type romances, so I'm looking forward to reading more books in this imprint!

Thank you to Harlequin and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.

#netgalley #arc review #arc #Steven Salvatore #contemporary romance #harlequin #romance novels #afterglow books

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fuel-draws · 9 months

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I was thinking about death today

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some ocs i made literally based off of the two words that are their names

Death & Scripture: Who Are They?

• Couple of notes for these two: names are Death (lol) and Scripture. No idea who they are quite yet but they're a silly little random idea that I'd like to explore so here are some things off the top of my head

• Death (they/them/no prns) - Death is, well, Death. But specifically how people perceive them to be. In reality they are more of a shapeless entity- a concept. To call them a figment of one's imagination wouldn't be quite right. Body aside, they are as you and I are: existing.

• The little horse on their shoulder isn't actually white (or more so changes colors). That horse's name is Plinko, Death's beloved pet and best friend (next to Scripture). Plinko is as tall as Big Jake the horse, with a skull for a face. The worm in their eye is named Gerald. He's chill.

• Death is very tall. Like taller than two humans on top of each other tall. And they've always got this light glow about them like something in their bones is alive almost.

• They have two wings, a halo full of newborn stars, and a sickle that doubles as a walking stick. Death also carries with them a bracelet made of dandelions, bestowed upon them by Scripture eons ago. The two have existed and aged together for many years, side by side from the moment the universe was born.

• Many fear death before they meet them, but they are also at peace upon seeing them. Death is neither a cruel being, nor a kind one. Death simply is and does what must be done, bringing those who have completed their life cycles to where they belong.

• Scripture (no prns) - Scripture is. A book. A very big floating book who is half the height of Death. Somehow the two communicate, either through thought or speech (I'm not sure). While Scripture is (in body) a book, Scripture is not complete without the quill.

• Scripture is Death's best friend. The two go way back, existing almost as one together for, well, forever. Death writes things in Scripture sometimes. Those things can be dates, times, places, etc. Essentially a never-ending list of everything and everyone. But Death can get a little sidetracked sometimes.

• Scripture is a red book, with golden edges and gilded pages. Lay the pages out right and you'll see a painting on the side. Death has only ever seen it once, and it was so beautiful, they couldn't bare to think of even the thought of what it looked like again, let alone see it once more.

• Despite being a book, Scripture has what could essentially be defined as "magical" powers. This involves the constant levitation, making the dandelion bracelet for Death, and more unlisted attributes.

• Neither being needs to eat or sleep, although sometimes Death likes to take century-long naps. These naps can cause a little trouble in the cosmos, but not to worry; Scripture can handle things when Death is away.

• The two are a pair, inseparable. Always have been, always will be. From the beginning, until the end. Together, they like to travel the universe, getting up to shenanigans and messing with mortals sometimes (if they're ever so inclined).

#fuel draws #art #artwork #drawing #death #skeleton #book #books #oc #ocs #original character #original art #oc art #idk what else to tag this #its 3:27 in the morning my head hurts

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nakmor-leigh · 10 months

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1, 7, & 11 for both ships pls and thank u

Send me Ship asks pretty please!

1. Describe their first date.

Krystal/Bull: Uuuuh, does saving the world count? Asfhklgddhk, But genuinely, i think their first real date would be fighting the Fereldan Frostback in the Hinterlands

Hank/Leigh: Hank invited Leigh to be his plus one to a STEM charity ball, where she pulled out all the stops to look absolutely stunning. She was incredibly nervous about not fitting in with such a formal setting, but she and Hank had a great time and danced like they were the only ones in the room 🥺

7. How often do they say "I love you"?

Krystal/Bull: They say it more non-verbally than aloud, but they do so very often. You'll hear "I love you" from both of them just as often as you'd see their gentle touches, their shared looks, and how much they keep each other close.

Hank/Leigh: All. The. Fucking. TIME. While they do genuinely mean each word, they both thoroughly enjoy being extra cheesy about their affections because they're a couple of hams that love annoying their friends and students. VERY much cheesy, overly dramatic, Gomez- and-Morticia, make the kids gag kind of stuff. Other than that, they also love quoting love poems and songs to each other

11. How do they feel about nicknames/pet names? If they like them, what pet names do they use? If they hate them, why do they feel that way?

Krystal/Bull: You KNOW Bull is all about nicknames and Krystal doesn't mind them at all, but they do keep it simple. Bull calls Krystal Boss or Kadan, and Krystal calls Bull "Beloved".

Hank/Leigh: I don't think either one are partial to nicknames or not. Leigh for sure doesn't like those baby names like "Hanky-poo" or shit like that, but she loooooves hearing the classic, poetic ones. Hank will usually refer to Leigh as "My dear", "my love", "love of my life", etc. Leigh just sticks with "babe", "honey", "Hank dearest" (when he's getting into trouble), or she'll just say "Haaaank~" in a very gentle, soothing tone.

Thank you!!!!!

#asks in wonderland #krystabull #hank x leigh

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