#trouvaille game

[lachesis-games]

If the Trouvaille cast had to date someone from another IF, who would they choose?

Oh good god that is an awesome question and I spent an absurd amount of time hemming and hawing over it. Note that this is who they'd pick themselves, not necessarily who would suit him the best.

Jackie: Marco from "Blood Moon" by @barbwritesstuff - Jackie appreciates someone who can find some levity in tough situations and it's good for them to have someone as fiercely loyal as they are. Also hot werewolf.

TV: D from "A Tale of Crowns" by @ataleofcrowns - They'd like how strong and stable they are. They’re generally unflappable where TV is extremely flappable so they'd admire them. Since they're both shy, the two of them would be a disaster to watch flirt (read: attempt to flirt).

Theo: Rylan from "When Twilight Strikes" by @evertidings - Another really hard one. They're both hot, love flirting, and fear commitment. It's a match made in heaven. Actually, it's a match that wouldn't work out well as a serious romantic relationship but it would be a strong friendship with benefits.

Dakota: Sydero from "Superstition" by @13leaguestories - Didn't even have to think about this one. He sees mean magic lady and he's gone, deceased, perished.

Antigone: Ambrose Kim from "Mind Blind" by @mindblindbard - Kim is objective, precise, and capable and Annie would be a total mess for him. Also he's 30 and that soothes her immortal heart since she normally gets hit on by younger adults and it's a little weird for her.

Check out all these stories! They're all amazingly written and I wish clear skin and a plump ass on all these authors.

#fic recs #aya speaks #interactive fiction #trouvaille game #if #trouvaille #ch:trouvaille #ch:jackie #ch:theo #ch:dakota #ch:antigone

[spookyserenades]

WIP : love 💖

She was proud of herself for not giving herself away with a lovestruck look plastered on her face, the fur on Namjoon’s tail standing on end when she barreled into the building, the tips of his ears turning red.

#trouvaille #asks #dana's thoughts #wip game

[captain-joongz]

fanfiction recommendations/my favourite reads in 2023

♤ in pursuit of wedded bliss by @fantasyescapes17

regency au, each members has his own story, but they're interconnected

choi seungcheol

◇ push it down (sooner or later it all comes out) by @dontflailmenow

camboy!seungcheol, ex's best friend!seungcheol, enemies to lovers

♧ down bad (so so bad) by @lovelyhan

idol!seungcheol x pet sitter!reader

☆ always only you by @honeyhotteoks

brother's best friend!seungcheol, friends to lovers

♤ caught in a trap by @cheolism

brother's best friend to lovers au

kim mingyu

☆ a sheep in wolf's clothing by @rubyreduji

virgin!mingyu x experienced reader

♤ creep by @smileysuh

serial killer!ghost!mingyu, touch starved!mingyu, halloween fic

ot8

◇ skz drabble by @leviackermanscleaningbuddy

a/b/o, cnc, primal play

♧ sharing = caring by @cbini

bf!chan sharing you

☆ camcorder by @tasteracha

bf!minho x reader x chan, a little pervy chan

♤ five for five by @bh-archive

chan x hyunjin x hongjoong x san x juyeon x reader

◇ some things are better left unknown by @roseykat

chan x felix x reader, threesome

lee minho

♧ dilf!minho by @cinhomi

dilf!minho x baby sitter!reader, breeding kink, pregnancy talk

bang chan

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step dad!chan, getting together, infidelity

hwang hyunjin

♤ dressing down by @jl-micasea-fics

best friends to lovers, mutual pining

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◇ best friend felix by @ddyskz

best friends to lovers, fluffy smut

♧ felix + thigh riding by @straykeedz

☆ cockwarming by @dreaming-medium

coworkers au, secretary!felix, office sex

ot7

♤ shadows we trust by @remedyx

supernatural au, mystical creatures!bts, dark circus au

◇ masked miracles by @remedyx

hybrid!bts, detective!reader

♧ stay alive by @staytinyville

mythical creatures!bts, supernatural au

☆ trouvaille by @spookyserenades

hybrid!bts, witch!reader, supernatural au, some horror themes

♤ eternally theirs by @imnotlauriane

dragon!bts, soulmates au, knights au

◇ the lucky seven by @riphobisbraces

hybrid!bts, princess!human!reader

♤ emerald gem by @sweetlyskz

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min yoongi

☆ celestial ruin by @remedyx

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♤ fxck a fxckboy by @yoongifis

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kim taehyung

◇ isn't that what brothers do? by @aris-ink

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♧ black swan by @aris-ink

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☆new flame by @gimmethatagustd

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jeon jungkook

♤ family secrets by @aris-ink

step brother!jungkook, dry humping

◇ icarus by @aris-ink

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♧ close by @aft3rhrs

step brother!jungkook, forbidden romance

choi soobin

☆ let's play a game by @anyamaris

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♤ closed doors by @last-words-ofashootingstar

soobin x reader x hongjoong, idol au, obsessed!soobin

◇ super shy! by @fairyofshampgyu

shy virgin baker!soobin x experienced reader

♧ i <3 nerds by @enha-cafe

nerdy!soobin secretly a sex god au

multiple members

☆ drippin' by @ncteez

'00 line x reader, friends to lovers, birthday orgy

♤ cookie jar by @neopuppy

step brothers!jeno and jaemin x reader, stuck in a dryer au

♧ sos by @neopuppy

a/b/o, sex pollen au, pollen induced heat/rut

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☆ shameless by @neopuppy

step son!jeno x step mom!reader, infidelity, very dub con

♤ hand kink by @jaylaxies

roommates au, hand kink

lee mark

◇ i can help by @recklessmark

step dad!mark, corruption, manipulation, infidelity

ATEEZ rec list pt. 1 | pt. 2

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[omegamannn]

The Omega Library 10/10

Viviz/Gfriend SinB -Ruined -Best Buddies Eunha -Merry Christmas Umji -Getting what I want -Picturesque Undressed -Raffle winner -Betrayed -Jealousy -Old friends come back -Memories of a dream -The goddess' challenge -Persuading the innocent -Tiebreaker Sowon -Behind The Scenes

Weeekly Zoa -Friday outing -Love in an elevator XG Jurin -Bad Idea Soloists Eunbi -Serendipity -Waterbombed -Untitled breeding smut -Mommy has needs -The neighbors' kink feat. Sohee -Another gym buddy -My semi-idol life pt. 1 -Castle of a thousand spiders -Home -Mildly unfair -MILF in the class -Midnight feat. Jihyo & Karina -Trouvaille -Overlord feat. Hyewon -Matchmaker -Out of bounds -Glitched Desires -Eunbi's Dinner -The royal chest -Film shooting -Skyline feat. Hyewon -Tentacle game! -Forever Diamonds -Underwater -Empress -Like a moth to a flame -Deal with the devil IU -Photographer pt. 1 -Photographer pt. 2 -Interlude: Above the sky -Untitled foursome feat. Tzuyu & Irene -Concerto pt. 1 -Interlude: Venice Somi -Untitled Blackmail feat. Karina -Snowball effect -Snowball continues rolling -Culmination -Beautiful Colleague -Interlude: Lonely -Senior Year Isn’t the Only Thing That’s Hard feat. Nancy -Temptation -Quiet -Lights and cameras -XOXO Jini -Untitled -Career's dead end Yena -Wicked Lover Taeyeon -Drive T Too many idols to list 😳 -Just testing -Maknae Royale -Unlikely Love -King of Oshiri -Surviving NNN -Crossing the river -Dreamday

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[nguyenconditions]

My City23: Tontine

I started up this account in order to record and share my Dungeon23 / City23 progress and I'm obviously behind. On the sharing, not the writing, I've successfully done my dailies since Jan 1, 2023. A pre-paid postage sachette is en route for you to applaud into and return.

For my city I'm loosely writing assuming it to be run with my game Trouvaille or it's soon to be started rework & expansion, but so far nothing written is mechanically reliant so it's universally compatible until proven otherwise.

Against my better wishes I'm writing the city without an overarching theme or pitch. Discovering my way through the setting as I write, which I'm assured has some creative merit -- assurances I accept for lack of motivation or satisfaction to argue.

I do have pre-laid guidelines I've set for myself though, so I'm not flying totally foolishly into clouds.

Tontine, the guilds' frontier fortress. Built atop and aside a butte jutting up from deep jungle. Official reports from the guilds in The Capital claim the deep bush round below full of danger and glory, residents know otherwise.

So it's still going to be my South-East Asia silkpunk bullshit. BUT! It's not going to be river oriented. Every other city I've written is all river based, not surprising cities usually migrate to rivers go figure, with canal focused intercity pathways. Tontine is a mountainous parcel that relies on underground reservoirs.

I also know I want dirigibles (very few highly regulated, prone to accidents, and not stupid silly like steampunk ones), public transit trains & cable cars (highly accessible, very accident averse, but lots of weird & wild shit happens on them just as a result of the number of people that get on and off), and populated sewers (populated by like normal ass people not just monsters). So with my typical political bullshit there's like an exploration of technological advances in a fantasy/silkpunk setting kinda like what Legend of Korra and The Greenbone Saga propose.

Bit of a rant but it's free so if you want future posts copy-edited you can find my ko-fi somewhere. I'm excited to keep writing and hope to share soon. Play a bit of catch up where I can and ideally start hitting a weekly share routine. 12 districts, 52+ locations factions & NPCs, 365 details.

First (soon TM): The Godswell (district) and Home (location) the public house famous across the city for it's dumplings.

#dungeon23 #city23 #ttrpg design

[collierwong62]

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[yannosh51-blog-blog]

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[grimsae]

Trouvaille

Hey everyone! I finally get to share with you all this rental/ residential build I created for My Wedding Stories. “But Andy, didn’t My Wedding Stories come out weeks ago?! This is old news” why yes you’re correct, however homeboy has been depressed and playing other games that have taken his attention away for awhile. Also I couldn’t stay focus for long enough while building so it turned this build into a rather lengthy timeline. But regardless, weeks later we’re finally here! Welcome to Trouvaille, a rental for lovebirds & soulmates in mind. I won’t go too much into the story about this place, since the description on the gallery gives some backstory! Even though this lot took a long time to build, I had a blast building it. From the calm tea room, private outdoor sitting area and a romantic tub on the patio of the principal bedroom that’s relaxing, peaceful and wonderful area for your Sims to fu-… connect with one another in Mediterranean Bliss! Hope y’all enjoy it!❤️

-Lot Info-

Lot Type: Residential/ Rental

Lot Value: £145,796

Rental Price per night: £1,429

Lot Size: 30 x 20

Lot Traits: Romantic Aura, Peace & Quiet

2 Bed/ 2 Bath

No Custom Content was used!

Enable bb.moveobjects on before placing!

Available on The Gallery!

OriginID: Grimsae

enjoy✨

@maxismatchccworld ❤️

#simblr #hope yall enjoy! #don’t let this flop lol i worked so hard lol #the sims 4 #ts4 #maxis match #my wedding stories #tartosa #trouvaille #it’s so relaxing and romantic y’all #luna ellum #hyun seong #the sims #s4 builds #s4 build #show us your builds #my builds #ts4 build #Mediterranean build #available on the gallery! #grimsae #no cc build

[lachesis-games]

What's the dumbest thing the cast has done (for both casts)?

These asks are getting juicy omg

Trouvaille

Jackie: Let their college roommate taser them in the ass while drunk. Then let them taser their nipples while sober. (Just two of many many many dumb things that are too plentiful to list)

TV: Told the Dominos guy "I love you" on the phone after ordering pizza. Has not gone back since.

Theo: Went to a fancy party and saw a stack of mints on a plate on the way out. They tried one only to find that the mint was, in fact, a tiny soap.

Jace: After a 36 hour workday, went to a drive thru so he could stuff his face with something before he passed out. But he was so out of it that when the dude taking his order asked what he wanted to drink, he said, "Barbecue." He corrected himself but then sat there for like a minute trying to remember the word "Pepsi."

Dakota: Tried to prove he could fit a whole egg in his mouth. Getting it in was the easy part.

Antigone: Got 20 minutes of sleep one night. Dumped her cereal into her plant and nearly drank Miracle-Gro.

~

Hell or High Water

Castor: Burnt the crap out of his hand making microwave mac and cheese. He didn't know he wasn't supposed to saran wrap it and when he took the plastic off - FWOOM. (This is his #2 dumbest thing actually)

Sabine: A guy blatantly insulted her (sort of on accident) but it was hilarious so she ended up obsessed with him for the next 4 years.

Jess: Snuck into a hangar on base and tried to take a prototype helicopter for a joyride. She'd have been arrested and court martialed if her dad didn't know her so well.

Mina: Is super allergic to peanut butter but needed to taste that creamy goodness one more time so she ate a spoonful from the jar then immediately epi penned herself.

Matthias: Accompanied his father for a business dinner. Introduced himself to his father's investor and his lovely daughter. Except that was his wife.

The Rival: A friend told them they were pregnant and they said, "Yikes, what are you gonna do?" Then realized that that friend was married and was actually trying to start a family.

The Shadow: Has been saying "human bean" instead of "human being" their whole life since mishearing it once when they were a kid. The logic of it has not occurred to them.

#trouvaille if #trouvaille game #interactive fiction #if #ch:trouvaille #ch:jackie #ch:theo #ch:antigone #ch:dakota #ch:castor #ch:sabine #ch:jessica #ch:mina #ch:matthias #ch:shadow #ch:rival #hell or high water if #hohw if

[spookyserenades]

Word game: want

“Check the stable, he wanted to go for a walk, mentioned needing to talk to the coyote. Satisfied, kiddo?”

#trouvaille #asks #dana's thought #wip game

[gabzlovesu]

for the about the author asks <33 !!

05 ; when you face writer's block, what helps you to unblock ? 06 ; what kind of setting do you prefer to write in (in bed, at a desk, music, no music, etc) ? 08 ; what is your favorite fic that you have written ? 27 ; what is your favorite / least favorite trope to write ? 30 ; are there any reactions / comments on your fics that you will never forget ? 39 ; would you rather live in one of your fandoms worlds, or bring a character to ours ? 74 ; share a line, or ten, of a new or old wip 👉🏻👈🏻

apologies if it's a lot T.T

hellooooo!!! (thank you for putting the questions that really helps a lot 😭 and sorry i took so long!)

5. when you face writer's block, what helps you to unblock?

i find myself watching clips and doing abit of research on characters (like a character analysis) if i'm stuck on that. but i also watch tiktoks related to whatever i'm writing and listen to music to get my brain flowing! and sometimes i'll even read other fics for inspo.

6. what kind of setting do you prefer to write in (in bed, at a desk, music, no music, etc)?

i prefer to sit a desk where i focus the best, but my bed is really comfy so sometimes i'll end up there.

8. what is your favorite fic that you have written?

my fav fic that i've written is either trouvaille or 3:14 am. i can't decide 😣

27. what is your favorite / least favorite trope to write?

i think i've only written this once but a love enemies to lovers (hate fucking just hits different)!! i haven't really though about a least favorite trope, but maybe fake relationship? but tbh i dont evenr eally hate that...

30. are there any reactions / comments on your fics that you will never forget?

somebody said something like i put them through the five stages of grief and then revived them and the picture they put with it had my ass laughing for a solid 5 minutes. but everyone's reactions always have me laughing or happy about my work :)

39. would you rather live in one of your fandoms worlds, or bring a character to ours?

live in their world, it sucks here.

74. share a line, or ten, of a new or old wip.

only one person has seen this but here you go:

“Let’s get one thing straight Kenji, she may be your daughter by blood but we’re not a family. We're only here because of our agreement. Play house with your other bitches, not me.”

ya'll may or may not see this is the near future, idk i have a lot of work cut out for me with this project 🚶🏽‍♀️

author ask game

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[anotherbeingsworld]

MASTERLIST

Open Heart (Bryce Lahela x F!MC)

One-shots

(then: casey valentine, now: alessia lyxienne)

PS: some of the stories contain heavy trigger warnings which are mention in the summary.

The Day We Met  

Always and Forever 

Paris in the Rain 

End of the Day 

Meant to be 

Cheerleader 

‘And then..I met you' 

I Will Always Remember You This Way 

Friends Till the End 

Letters from the Past

Saudade 

Maututine 

Carnations 

Call It What You Want 

Sudden Happiness 

The Bitterness of love 

The Happiest of Birthday 

Our Do-Nothing Day 

Late Nights, New Beginnings (inspired by @thundergom​ ‘s AU) 

Start Again 

'We accept the love, we think we deserve' (HIGH SCHOOL AU)

The Colours that were Left Behind 

Incipient 

The First Moon  

Post-It 

Beach Days 

Reminiscing Hours

Bounded by the words

Promises

Better

Fly High  

Rainy Days  

Happiness

the promise of happiness

the start of something new

the color of joy

heroes and monsters

Oph Rewrites (In Chronological Order) 

After Hours (A short drabble post-baseball game, Book 2: Chap 8)

Fight Club (An additional scene of Bryce and Kyra from Book 2: Chap 9) 

Through the Glass (Bryce’s POV as the inevitable has begun, Book 2: Chap 11) 

Glad You Came (An additional scene where Keiki arrives at the hospital during the aftermath of the Senator attack giving comfort to Bryce through old memories, Book 2: Chapter 11) 

The Last Seconds of Fate (An addition of Bryce’s diamond scene, Book 2: Chap 11) 

The Battle of Two Souls  (A discussion on Casey’s demons after the funeral, post Book 2: Chapter 11 and 12)  

Vegas Adventures (Rewrite of the Vegas scene - a crossover fic and rewrite of Book 2: Chapter 15)

Trouvaille (An additional scene as Bryce and Casey thinks of the future ahead after Edenbrook from Book 2: Chap 18.) 

Three Words (Rewrite of scenes from both book 1 and 2, as the three words play a significant in both of their lives)

Here Tonight (A rewrite of Bryce’s diamond scene in Book 3: Chap 1.)

Excitement (A drabble of the diamond scene with bryce from 3:10)

photo-booth shenanigans (Drabble of Bryce and Alessia at the photobooth during Ines's wedding in Book 3: Chap 11)

'the little acts of belief' (an addition fluff scene before Casey's board exam inspired by Book 3: Chap 14)

a step forward (alternate ending for book 3: Chap 16)

Mini-Series

Imagines (A Lahela centric mini-series) *completed*

All of the Stars *WIP*

Requests

Life's Greatest Gift (50 Ways to say I Love You Prompts) 

8 Letters (Things You Said Prompts) 

Headcanons 

Bryce x F!MC (Dr. Alessia Lyxienne) headcanons.

Imagines: Save The Date  

Art and stuff! 

Carnations (Bryce x Casey) 

Bryce Lahela compilation  (1, 2)

Bryce Wintery Icon  

Bryce Lahela commission

Other Pairings

I'll See You Again  (Sienna x Danny) 

Nepenthe (Lennox Hirata x Bryce Lahela ) - for @arcticlumineer​

Once Upon a Miracle (Olivia Hadley x Bryce Lahela) - for @lovealexhunt

VARIOUS BOOKS 

One shots:

New Beginnings  (Thomas Mendez x MC; Mother of the year)

Dreams Come True (Shane Parker x MC ; Platinum)

#anotherbeingsworldwrites #open heart #bryce lahela x mc #mother of the year #platinum #playchoices #alya writes

[lazyninjaphilosopher]

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[star-puff]

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GIRL....still rmbring the day u followed me back...IT HONESTLY MADE MY DAY. and then seeing your reblog? w the tags?? AND THEN FINDING OUT U WROTE YOUR IWA FIC WITH MINE AS A BIG INSPO . pls. ily. catch me in your inbox soon for my answer to this ask game‼️‼️

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[amazingflyingdick]

trouvaille.

WHO: Dick Grayson @amazingflyingdick & Slade Wilson @terminator-deathstroke ; mentions of Damian Wayne @sonofabct WHERE: A random alley WHEN: October 16th, 2020 WHAT: Dick waits for Slade when he sees his bike parked outside Rose and Joey’s apartment

SLADE: Slade hadn’t heard from Dick since the incident with NOVA. But then... he didn’t expect to. After what he had done, he knew Dick would be too moralistic to want him again. Why shouldn’t he be? It was who he was, he had claimed. Even if Slade knew him better. Knew him deeper. He would be lucky if he ever saw Dick again in any other capacity besides staring at him from the end of his own blade. Maybe this was what it took.

But this time... it hurt. Slade was surprised by that part. But then... maybe he wasn’t. After all, Dick had coaxed vulnerability from Slade. Honesty that had peeled off his thick hide to leave the underbelly exposed. He had known that it would be rented by claws Dick couldn’t help but swipe after what had happened, but he couldn’t slow the bleeding as well as he’d thought.

The strongest of his kids had always been his Rosie. His little girl who stared back at him in mirror image. His hair. His eye. His anger and his skills. She was always going to be like him and nothing he could have done would have stopped it. And right now he was grateful, because it meant there was someone with whom to have conversations of nearly monosyllabic sentences as he worked through what the fuck this strangeness was.

He had had a good amount to drink, which means he’d be drunk for maybe ten minutes before he had to start again. And the ‘drunk’ he was just just enough to numb the pain, not even dull him or make him act stupid. Might be nice to blackout, but his metabolism wasn’t having it. So he made his way down the road, intent on his bike concealed nearby.

DICK: The events at NOVA at everything that happened since left Dick feeling lost and confused. He was oddly quiet, unwilling to discuss what had happened at the facility aside from the lackluster explanation of the events he'd given to Steve. The thought of facing Bruce and telling him about that conversation was enough to make him nauseous. It wasn't something he wanted to relive, especially not with Bruce's emotionless stare and inscrutable expression. Maybe he wouldn't have said anything, but he wouldn't have to. Dick knew what he would have been thinking. For that reason, he was relieved Steve destroyed the surveillance. 

But Bruce wasn't wrong. That was the hardest part. Everyone had been right all along when they told him that this was a bad idea. Now, he couldn't decide if he felt guilty for having done it or because he didn't regret doing it. The varying emotions left him bewildered and sick. He had no idea what to do and there wasn't anyone who would tell him. Well, there was, but he already knew what their answers would be. Maybe it was time for him to listen.

As the days passed, he felt worse, not better, and talked even less. He spent most of his time in his room just to avoid interaction. His brothers provided brief respite and provided silent support. He was grateful they weren’t intrusive in their efforts. Concerned stares were too much for him. He knew what they were all thinking. It was convoluted and messed up and he just wanted to stop dwelling on it. Unfortunately, without patrol, there was nothing to keep his mind occupied; Dick had nothing but time on his hands. When he hooked on Sasha's leash, he didn't have any intention to go anywhere in particular. He walked the usual route route, one that brought him around to Joey's place. He knew he shared the apartment with Rose and definitely knew better than to stop, but there was a familiar weight on his chest as he walked by, gently tugging on Sasha's leash so she wouldn't get too close. It wasn't until he made the turn down an alley, half-hidden by an overhang, that he caught sight of Slade's bike. No one else would have seen it, but Dick was trained to notice tucked away hiding places. After so many years spent tracking Slade, he'd practically made it a habit.

For a few seconds he just stood there, struggling against two juxtaposing voices in his head. Finally he sighed and sat on the curb next to it, winding Sasha's leash around his hand and gently pulling her to stand between his knees. 

It was a while before he heard footsteps approaching. When he saw Slade turn the corner, his heart suddenly felt as if it were in his throat even though his voice was calm and quiet. "Hey."

SLADE: He hadn’t expected to hear Dick’s voice. Hadn’t expected to find him waiting at the bike. And further, it was as Dick, not Nightwing. Slade took a breath, hands disappearing into the pockets of his leather jacket. “You go out of your way to find me?” He asked. “Or am I meant to believe this is happenstance?”

Looking down at the dog, Slade reached out to touch her head. He wondered if she would smell Roscoe on him. He hadn’t meant to get a fucking dog. He hadn’t even wanted on. But then he had passed by a shelter proclaiming puppies and he had remember Dick’s fucking dog. Billy had mocked him for hours when he found out a Slade had come out with a dog only a little more than two months old. Fucking thing. If anything, Grant likes Roscoe, and then dog had warmed his bed for the past few days.

DICK: Dick studied Slade with a small frown, his gaze scrutinizing, but the question made him blink. He looked away, scraping the leash with his thumbnail idly. "Saw your bike," he finally said. Did it matter? He'd sat down and waited for him. He wanted to see him and maybe that was stupid. No, scratch that, it was definitely stupid.

Sasha was especially interested in sniffing Slade. Dick's grip on the leash loosened so she'd have more slack. All of the things he'd thought about saying once Slade showed up suddenly seemed insignificant or misplaced. "You've been drinking. You shouldn't drive." That probably ranked as one of the top five dumbest things he'd ever said, but it was the first thought that popped in his head that he knew he wouldn't regret.

SLADE: Slade dropped down to one knee to all Sasha to smell him—and Roscoe—as he listened to Dick. When he chastised him for alcohol, he raised a brow. “Who said I was drunk, Smokey Bear?” He asked. “Should I be sure to prevent fuckin’ forest fires, too?” He was hardly drunk anyway. Just enough. Though, not enough to be seeing his little bird.

“What do you want, Dick?” He asked him as he finally stopped petting Sasha and pushed back to his feet. His arms crossed over his broad chest. “I haven’t seen you in over a week. And you made it pretty clear what ground we stood on that night.”

DICK: The more Slade spoke, the more certain Dick felt that this had been a mistake. His grip on the leash tightened until it was cutting into the side of his palm. "Don't be an asshole." That he could stand there and talk to him normally, or even as if Dick had been the one to upend their lives, pissed him off.

"What do I want?" He didn't even know what to say to that. "Actually, come to think of it, pretty sure I left my favorite floss at your place." He stood up, coaxing Sasha back to his side. "Forget it," he added tersely, moving past him and toward the sidewalk. "I shouldn't be here."

SLADE: As Dick moved to pass him, Slade’s hand lifted to catch his bicep, tightening there. “Come on, kid,” he said quietly. His grip was tight but somehow gentle. “Either you hate me or you don’t. I can’t play the games.” He didn’t want to play the games. It was all too weird for him that he was even so fucked up about it as he was. But Dick was right there and Slade didn’t want him going anywhere. Maybe that was what was wrong with this picture, but here it was.

DICK: Dick stopped when Slade caught his arm. Startled, he looked up at him with a confused scowl. "I never said I hated you. I'm the one one playing games? Are you serious? You kept secrets from me. I walked in on a bloodbath, my entire family is in chaos now, and because I have the audacity to be upset about it, you think I'm playing games? Everything is fucked."

SLADE: “Why else would you wait by my bike, Dick? You hoping I’m going to apologize? I won’t. I sent a fucking message.” He shook his head, eye fierce. “I did what your family wouldn’t and retaliated. I’m protecting you.”

DICK: "I wasn't waiting by your bike looking to mess with your head. I don't do that." Dick snapped. "And I don't need your protection. I don't want your protection, because, full offense, you're terrible at protecting people. That’s why you left the first time, and look where that got us. Do you think this is any better?"

SLADE: “My protection comes with the package, Dick,” Slade said. “And don’t you think I noticed that I didn’t see you for ten fucking years and then I’m with you a few months and you got shot in the head. I’d laugh if it wasn’t so fucked up.” He shook his head, watching the other. “You need all the protection you can get. And you need to understand that I am Deathstroke. I love you, Grayson, but I’m never going to be one of your little fiancées or the fucking mutant.”

He paused, meeting Dick’s eyes for a moment before shaking his head. “You know what I am, and you chose me anyway.”

DICK: "It had nothing to do with you. If it were actually NOVA behind it, then it was for something I did." If anything, Slade being associated with him should have discouraged NOVA from doing what they did. Dick's eyes narrowed, and he scoffed angrily at the mention of his ex-fiancés and Josh. "Don't you think I know that? I'm not an idiot. I know what I chose and I know who I chose." 

He paused, closing his eyes for a moment as he took a slow breath. "I don't want it to be like this. I don't." Some of the anger was fading quickly, even though he was trying to hold onto the resolve. "I wasn't expecting you to apologize,"  he finally whispered. "I just... I wanted to see you." The admission brought his attention straight back to the twisted feeling in his chest. "I miss you."

SLADE: Slade softened the moment Dick spoke those words. He missed Dick, too. Of course he did. How could he not when the pair of them would be so well suited and were when Dick didn’t have his head up Batman’s ass.

Reaching out, Slade caught Dick’s chin, tilting his face up. “I’ve been right here, little bird. Same spot I always am.”

DICK: Dick winced, holding his breath as he took a moment to respond. It was impossible to hide how devastated he felt and he shook his head, his eyes clouded over. "No, you haven't been. You left. Then you kept secrets. I’m the one who stayed and adapted to you, because I wanted you so badly that I was willing to give some things up. Marriage. A family. I even..." He trailed. His throat felt tight. "I've even thought about giving up Nightwing. And maybe it was naïve to think that you'd do the same. But I'm just supposed to accept that you're Deathstroke and Deathstroke does things like this, isn't that right? I know better than anyone what Deathstroke does, so I'm pretty sure I belong in a cell in Arkham right next to him. I can't keep bending to this without losing everything, including myself. I need something from you, even if it's just meeting me in the middle, or I need to walk away."

It was the first time he'd asserted himself or outright asked Slade for anything. Part of him had been walking on eggshells until now, out of fear that he'd run him off, but at this point he had nothing to lose. "So what’s it going to be?"

SLADE: "I didn't ask you to give up Nightwing, Dick." And he never would. As for Marriage and a family... Slade didn't honestly think that Dick wanted those things. If he wanted them, he'd have them. He could have married any of the three women on whose finger he put a ring. Slade was out of the picture for the most part at that point. If he'd wanted babies, he'd have them. He had all but cut his jobs completely when Dick had asked him to, but he was never going to sit idly by and not work at all. Still... He was in love with Dick. And it stood to reason that Dick would ask something of him. He didn't want to destroy everything in Dick's life so he could change nothing.

"What'd your ideal?" He asked. "If I give you the parameters of: I'm not going to stop working, what would you ask me for?" Because he had kept jobs out of Star City, just as Dick had asked him to do. He wasn't completely incapable of change. He just needed to know what they were talking about. "I wouldn't change anything about you, Dick," he added. "So you don't have to stop being Nightwing. That's your job."

DICK: "I know." Slade hadn't asked him to give up anything. It didn't mean that being with him meant he wouldn't be required to make sacrifices, at least if he wanted to maintain his sanity, and Dick wasn't resentful about the choices he’d made. What held him back from committing to Kory and Babs had everything to do with the fact that part of him hadn't moved on. He had loved both of them, he would never deny that, but he'd never been able to give himself over fully, no matter how badly he'd wanted to.

It sent a wave of guilt through him when Slade pointed out that he wouldn't change him. Was that what he was doing? Maybe it was wrong, all of it, because suddenly it didn't seem fair. Dick never considered that he could be challenging who he was by asking him to change his method. Was that a fundamental part of him? He always believed that Slade did what he did because he wanted the money, not because he believed in it,  and he didn't want Slade to change his belief system or values - even if his own were the complete opposite. Was that how he would interpret it? "I wouldn't ask you to give up Deathstroke. Just that you target real criminals, people committing injustices or considered evil. If I asked you to do that, will you think that's what I'm doing? Asking you to change who you are? Because I won't do that." Rejecting how Slade operated was one thing, but he wasn't comfortable if it came off to Slade that he was rejecting him.

SLADE: Slade looked at Dick. He thought that was complicated. It wasn't necessarily unfair... were Slade a moral person. He wasn't. Or rather... his morals were not the same as others. But he hadn't mentioned that he wouldn't change Dick as an attack. He just meant it on its own. Separate from Deathstroke. He had meant it as an argument not to have him drop Nightwing for seemingly no reason--to Slade, at least. He didn't care where his money came from as long as it came. It wasn't that he had an aversion to not killing random people. It just... was never that simple. "You want me to be like your brother," he said simply. "Trouble is... I don't have Wayne's standards. When you start trying to decide who lives and who dies based on who's "good", aren't you just playing God at that point? Not that I'm a pious man, but you're trusting my morality, Dick?"

It was a legitimate question. Who the fuck was supposed to vet his jobs for him when he and billy had been doing this all so long that it was basically like asking two death row inmates who was good and evil. The black and white of it all was just as hypocritical to him as taking a stand against order. People with those kinds of stances confused him. Slade had never claimed to have the authority to choose one or the other. It was all just down to who he, personally, would accept as a contract.

"This is all stemming off of blowing out NOVA," he continued, admittedly confused as to what he was supposed to be. "Are they not "evil'? What's your point of comparison? Am I evil?"

DICK: It wasn't that Dick agreed with what Jason did, because he didn't, but he could reconcile with it. He didn't have to stretch to compromise to it. When they did work together, Jason didn't kill people. He respected Dick's morals enough to put that aside, at least temporarily, although some deadly force had been used against the Bratva when they’d fought inside the jail. "I don't know that there is a God," he said quietly, shrugging his shoulders. "But taking someone’s life is always playing God, whether it's for money or morals. At least the second is more justified in its reasoning. Sometimes you're taking a life to save a life." Was it something Dick agreed with? Of course not.

"You're not evil," he said quietly, his expression troubled. "But that doesn't mean you don't do evil things." That wasn't something he was going to absolve him of. "Some agents are, yeah, but was every person you cut down in that building evil? No, I don't think so." He'd worked there. Undercover, sure, but long enough to see that not all of the employees were there with nefarious intentions. The receptionist, for one. She just answered phones and collected a paycheck. There was no such thing as evil by association. People had their reasons.

"I don't know what your definitions are, Slade," he said quietly. "It's subjective, isn't it? Maybe it isn't who you target that makes the difference, but why you made the choice. You were protecting me." He paused. "But what did the college intern who fetched coffee do to me? Nothing."

SLADE: "There isn't. Or if there is, He just hangs out in the sky." The only gods he knew about for sure were the Norse and the Olympians. He'd seen the former here in Star City and he'd met the latter on a mission. "But the concept remains." He shook his head. He didn't agree that morals and money were different, because they were both arbitrary to him. Money, at least, got him more luxury. More things to continue his skills. But there was no point picking apart everything Dick said, and he didn't want to be unnecessarily combative.

He shook his head. "Evil by your standards," he responded. "Pragmatic by others, and useful by still others." He wondered when Dick, and by extension Bruce Wayne, had decided that they knew better than everyone else in the world. "Nazis are still Nazis even if they were 'just following orders', aren't they? Someone in that group made the call to have you shot, someone else picked the team, still someone else outfitted them, and then someone drove the truck. Talking, choosing names from a page, building something, and driving. All seemingly innocuous. And yet every action ended with you almost dying. It's that simple to me, Dick."

There was no world in which he was going to feel sorry for any person in that building. If there were, he wouldn't have done it. He loved Dick, and he had done it for him in spite of knowing it might destroy them. It was done. And he'd do it again if it were necessary. "It wasn't a job for me. And if it had been dealt with sooner by the pacifists in your group, we wouldn't have needed to do it. But even Damian agreed that there's been a lot of sitting around while people are getting snatched. I don't care about them. Not really." He was just being honest. "But I do care about you. Have this whole time."

DICK: "If there's no God, then the concept is meaningless." Regardless, Dick never felt as if he had the right to take a life. It wasn't for him to judge. Jason made those calls. He didn't feel comfortable outlining the circumstances for Slade, because that made him responsible for the choices he would ultimately make. He would trust him to be logical about it and not kill someone for running a red light. And he wanted to trust that he wouldn't focus on finding loopholes in Dick's request.

He sighed heavily. There were obviously arguments to make on both sides. That was the whole point. Evil was subjective and he wasn't trying to reach an agreement on the definition of it. "I'm not making the standards. It's for you to judge, not me. I'm not telling you who to kill and who not to kill. You've operated like this before, it's not a completely unfathomable concept to you, and I don't expect us to always agree. But I'm not going to be hovering over your shoulder. I understand why you did what you did, I do, even if I don't agree with it. I just wish you hadn't involved my family. I know Damian makes his own choices, but... that can't happen again, Slade. It can't. And you can't keep things from me, either. That's the same as lying." That was exactly why he hadn't expected a move like that from Slade. He hadn't believed he would seek vengeance for his sake. Why should he? NOVA as an agency was far-reaching. They didn't know for sure who was involved in his shooting, even though he knew Tim was close to an answer. "I know," he finally said softly, stepping back and leaning against the brick. His arms were crossed tightly over his chest. At this point he was reading Slade's response as an unequivocal no, because he definitely hadn't said yes. Sasha made a whining nose and stuck her nose against his knee, but Dick's gaze stayed focused on the sidewalk. "So now that this is... done, does this mean our original agreement is off? Are you going to to be taking hits in the city?"

SLADE: "You'll have to speak to Damian about that. Though he would do well with me. If any of you would let him live to his potential, I could help him a great deal." He didn't even to postulate it. He knew that was true. However, he shook his head. "But I don't care if I train him or not. Though I'm better that Jason. Even if he'd throw a fit about it, I'm better than he is. I could train him better." He shrugged. "Plus... I knew his mother. Know what he'd be best at." But they'd never let him be what he needed to be. So it was moot anyway. It was a fucking waste.

He shook his head. "I haven't taken a single job since I promised you I wouldn't," he said. "I gave you my word." Dick should know what that meant to him. "NOVA wasn't a fucking job. They had it coming. Even if death means nothing here anyway." He shook his head. Slade didn't know how to live his life based on Dick's arbitrary standards, but he guessed he was going to have to try. He'd never done that before--lived for someone else. It was his problem in his fatherhood and his time as a husband. He had lived by his own code. It was what defined him. Now he was going to choose Dick over his own instincts. He just hoped it didn't bite him in the ass.

Shrugging, he ran a hand over his face. "Any other conditions?" He asked. "Get 'em while they're hot." He was a brusque person by nature, and he was going to have to take some time to adjust to this. To figure out what the fuck he was going to do with it. But this fucking kid... He loved this fucking kid. He'd just nuked a government agency for him, for all the lack of appreciation it earned him. He was obviously choosing whatever path he had to.

DICK: "If that's what Damian wants, then..." Dick trailed, shrugging. He couldn't do anything if Damian chose a different future for himself. "I want him to make his own way, his own decisions, but it has to be his choice. Just his. Don't act like you encouraging him to take the complete opposite path is any better. He should be able choose for himself." As upsetting as he was, he didn't want Damian to live the way he did. Every decision Dick made was filtered through a lens of what Bruce would think about it. As often as he tried to be his own person, break away from Batman's strict code of morality, sometimes the guilt in doing so was crushing. He was still trying to understand himself. Maybe Damian was struggling too. His goal had been to give him an idea of what Robin was like. So Dick might have taught him different morals, but at the end of the day, it was Damian who got to decide what type of man he wanted to be.

Frowning, he shook his head. He was about to explain what he meant, that Slade wouldn't be bound to keeping his word if they weren't continuing whatever it was they were, but he couldn't bring himself to actually say the words aloud. Watching him walk away had been difficult enough. Dick hadn't said goodbye then, even though he'd been furious, and he dreaded having to say it at all. Something told him that it wouldn't be easy.

He was pondering the conundrum when he heard Slade’s question. Startled, he looked up at him quickly, his brow furrowing. "...Really?" The relief in his expression was clear, even if part of him knew it might make him a bit naïve, and he hoped Slade wouldn’t come to resent him for this. "Um..." Dick pretended to think about it. "One more thing, super important - you let me store Lucky Charms at your house."

SLADE: “That’s just it, Dick,” he responded. “I didn’t encourage anything. All I did was point out that he looked angry. That I was going to do something about it. He wanted in.” There was this perception that he had somehow coerced the youngest. Were they all so blind to the fact that Damian wasn’t the boy they thought he was? Maybe they just found it more palatable that way.

“I already said I was in this, before. I’m not going back on it now. No use when you get me all irrational.”

As he asked about the cereal, Slade paused. “You’re really pushing with that fuckin candy food, Dick.”

DICK: Dick hated the sinking feeling that gave him. It came as little surprise to hear it from Slade, but it was confirmation of something he’d already suspected. He was an idealist, but he was far from stupid. “I know.” He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, his shoulders slumping. “He did a lot on his own. Before this.” And that had been during their time in Alaska. That wasn’t something he could put on Slade, or even wanted to.

The teasing smirk was quickly replaced with a look of innocent disappointment. “No? I could give you another week to think about it.”

SLADE: "He's an Al Ghul," he said with a shrug. As if that explained it. As if there was nothing more to say. Because to Slade, there wasn't. They had been ruining that kid for ages now. "He's always going to be one."

Furrowing a brow, he gave a snort. "The cereal's the breaking point?" he asked. "What a strong foundation we have."

DICK: “That doesn’t mean it’s all he’s good at,” Dick insisted stubbornly, unwilling to believe that someone could ever be fated to such things just because of blood. “He’s just as much a Wayne.” Even as he said it, he wasn’t sure it was much better. It wasn’t as if he would ever want Damian to be Bruce.

Laughing, he gave a slow shrug. “I have priorities.” Some of the tension in his body was fading the longer they stayed standing there, talking, because it meant Slade wanted this badly enough to still be there. At the very least, he wanted to try.

SLADE: "Maybe. But it's not what he gravitates toward. All kids have something they're good at." He shook his head. "Maybe this is what Damian is good at. You can't keep forcing it." Lifting a shoulder, he added, "My daughter wanted to be me. She screamed about not wanting to live in my shadow and then wore my outfit, cut out her eye, learned my fighting style. Even after I had pushed her to you for the final time after Titans East, she still wanted to be like me. No matter how much I beat her up or screamed at her, she was who she was going to be." Kids just did that.

"Like diabetes?" He asked wryly. "You're not a metahuman. What happens when your metabolism slows down, you little menace?" It was easier to make jokes now that he thought Dick might actually want to see him again, though he would have figured out how to make them regardless.

DICK: "I'm not forcing it," Dick said tiredly. He didn't want to force Damian to do anything. All he ever wanted was to give him options. For years he'd been told that he couldn't be anything else but a killer. If this were going to be Damian's path, then he wanted him to choose it because he wanted to do it, not because he thought he wasn't good enough for anything else. That was the difference. "I told you, it's his choice. Rose is doing her own thing now, too, isn't she? She didn't follow in your footsteps." Not completely. From what he'd heard, Rose’s methods sounded similar to Jason’s.

He laughed, unconcerned. "At least I can enjoy the time I have left. Age gracefully into my midlife crisis." Slade's metabolism made it impossible for him to stay drunk, Dick knew that from experience, so he knew it was safe for him to drive home now. It was likely fine at the start of their conversation, too, but it was better to be safe than sorry. "Didn't mean to hold you up."

SLADE: "You didn't," he said simply, reaching out to catch Dick's chin and lift it so he could meet his eyes. "But are we done here? Or are you going to text me tonight?" What did this little foray mean? He didn't care to dwell on Damian or Rose right now. This was about him and Dick. He had anticipated that the other would leave him. Was he right? Or was this going to actually blow over? Would Dick always resent him for what he had done? Did that matter to Slade?

DICK: Dick looked up at Slade silently for a few seconds, thoughtful, but then he smiled. "Keep your phone on you. You might get lucky." It was hard not to kiss him, because he wanted to, but he knew he'd get caught up in it if he did. Later he planned on stopping to the manor to check on Damian; the last thing he wanted to do was get sidetracked.

SLADE: Slade bit his lip as he watched the other. He was thinking the same thing as he watched the other. He took a step closer, opening the invitation. If Dick wanted to take it, he'd let him. If he didn't, then Slade would get it, even if he mentioned that he should keep his phone. There was still some uncertainty. Who knew what was going on in Dick's head?

DICK: It was instinctive for Dick to move forward at the same time, meeting him, and one of his hands lifted to the front of Slade’s arm. There was a brief pause after Dick leaned up while he studied him, silent, and then he turned his head and pressed his lips against Slade’s cheek. It would have been an innocent gesture if he hadn't lingered. The smile was back by the time he pulled away. Dick stepped back, wrapping the leash more around his hand. "See you soon," he said with a wink, and whistled for Sasha.

SLADE: Slade's hand barely had time to go for Dick's waist before he had pulled back. That was a tease if he had ever seen one. Or maybe it was a promise. He wasn't sure. However, Slade would admit that Dick had managed to surprise him again. After that run-in at the NOVA headquarters, he had been certain he would never see Dick again. He shook his head. "I'm going to get you for that, little bird," he told him gently, but ultimately let him go.

DICK: "Maybe you will, maybe you won't," Dick teased, flashing Slade a grin as he led his dog out of the alley. There were some things he had to do that night, not least of all go to the manor and process what he'd talked about with Slade. He couldn't ignore that this set them back, but it made it no less true that he'd missed him. 

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