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Any Sydcarmy headcanons? Or fics?
Ooh, top three I'm obsessed with:
child with a child pretending by emilybrontay (@sennenrose) - I'm obsessed with sydney and carmy with sydneys baby!! i need followups, drabbles, info!!
give me the sign by novelsandnoodles - sydney finds out who carmy got the sign from and i love it so much!!
intimates conquering intimacy by sashafiercer (@sashafiercest) - intimacy on intimacy on intimacy and it's so beautiful and funny.
ik it's been a while since you made the book rec post but i think you would enjoy lights out by navessa allen
AHHH I LOOOOOVE THIS BOOK!! It lowkey put me into a reading slump after I read it and I'm still so obsessed with it. Then I listened to the audiobook where Josh is narrated by Jacob Morgan and that man's voice is SO FUCKING HOT! Also I think the book made me so obsessed with the "dark stalker dom but still golden retriever boyfriend" character trope UGH IT'S JUST SO GOOD
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i've been planning this chapter for months now, i hope you all enjoy! there is a surprise in this chapter đ
content: smut, angst, fluff, disabled ofc, aemond being delulu & obsessive, major canon divergence, ofc has a service direwolf, i'm taking canon rules and putting them in a blender and taking a shot, arranged marriage, graphic depictions of violence, talk of chronic pain and illness
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It was slowly nearing half a year since Shera and Cregan arrived at Kingâs Landingâ she still hadnât gotten used to the heat but she had finally, somehow, begun to adjust to the people, the looks, the whispers and sneers.Â
She, albeit slowly, was losing care in such things. She had been spending more and more time with the people she cared aboutâ the ones who made her happy. She still visited Helaena and the children once a day and sometimes would even stay overnight and giggle under the covers with the princess like they would when they were children.
Her mornings started by watching Aemond spar with Ser Cole. She didnât hide from it anymoreâ as she felt⌠somewhat liberated from showing her eye to him. She couldnât exactly explain, to herself, much less anyone else, why she felt warmer than usual when watching him clash swords with his mentor. Sweat dripping from his face, the little sneer he plastered on when he was particularly concentrating. It felt like butterflies were trapped in her stomach, beating against her skin to get out. It was unfamiliar at first, the feelingâ but now itâs become a recognized acquaintance, even if she couldnât exactly name it.
Aemond, as well, had taken it upon himself to make more effort to spend time with Shera. His days before she returned to Kingâs Landing were very structured, very planned and scheduled. He would wake up, spar with Cole from morning light until lunch with his mother, then back to sparring until early evening when he would wind down by reading in his chambers, eat dinner, and then go to bed. âGoing to bedâ didnât really indicate sleeping, however. He didnât need much of it to function and found the dreams (and nightmares, to his chagrin) that came with sleep uncouthâ so he laid, usually for hours, until his mind drifted into the lightest of sleep cycles. He valued organization and repetitionâ impromptu changes to such a rigid routine were unwelcome.Â
Except for Sheraâ a very impromptu change to his life on her own. Mayhaps unwelcome at first, his outward antagonistic behavior to her was improper and came from a place of, surprisingly, regret. Regret and self-loathing. Usually, he attributed the feeling of self-pity and self flagellation in association with his brother, who was in all rights, a pathetic example of a man (but still his brother and wouldnât tolerate such talk about him from anyone else) but when Shera came back, walking down that hallâ she had looked so small, like she was a fragile heirloom on the verge of breaking at any moment. She could hardly walk without guidance and hid herself.Â
When his mother said she was returning, as vague as it was, he felt some sort of resentment bubbling up in his gut. What gave her the right to return now? He fully expected her to be the epitome of a Northern lady, hardy and strong, unyielding. The letters âsheâ (unbeknownst to him at the time, the words were fabrications of Cregan) sent after Driftmark, painted the picture of someone who was fine, who was well adjusted, who didnât have to go through moons and moons of relearning how to be a person. The image of Shera he had concocted into his mind, and onto paperâ an icy woman with fiery hair who would come to blows with someone rather than shed a tearâ was not what he saw.Â
No, what he had seen in that hall, who he had seenâ he didnât recognize her. Then, seeing the small curl of copper hair, the fur stole, the wolf. It struck him like a bolt of lightning, spurring every cell in his body into action, setting them on fire. Blood pumped in his ears and he could hardly hear her (whispering voice aside).Â
She was broken. Harsh, yesâ but it was true. She was a shell, behest to the terrible experience they both suffered.
Regret flooded through him. She was this way because of him, because he dragged her along in the middle of the night to watch him claim Vhagar.
I should have killed them. I should have killed them.Â
And he retreated from her. He hardly remembers his words to her after she came out from his motherâs chambersâ they felt vile in his mouth, like spewing venom. The primal part of him, the dragon, was unruly and restless.
He couldnât stop lashing out at herâ
But what did he really feel?Â
He fucking missed her. He missed her more than he could ever profess. He wouldnât admit it outloud, of course, he had to maintain some form of self-preservation.Â
After their night in her room, after seeing her eyeâ there was a shift. They spent more time together and she became a fixture of his schedule.Â
Wake up, spar with Cole and have Shera watch him until noon, they would lunch together three days out of the week with Helaena. He cut his afternoon sparring in half and spent that time with Shera. At first it was awkward, but they melded into one another like their youth quickly.
She begged him to teach her how to draw, to help strengthen her eyesight.
âIt⌠it hurts to focus.â she sniffed, looking up at him. She didnât wear her veil when they were alone, which he made sure they were when they were drawing. Her blind eye was red rimmed slightly, twitching.Â
He had set up a vase on a small table for her to drawâ it was a simple clay vase with a depiction of two nightingales in flight. They had just moved on from plain objects to something a bit more detailed, albeit only by a little bit.
âDonât strain, Shera. Just⌠look at it normally. Itâs blurry in some places, right?âÂ
â⌠yes.âÂ
âOkay. You looked at it up close for a good five minutes. Do you remember what was on the side?â
âThe⌠the nightingale imprint.â
âYou can see it in your mind, but itâs not clear to the eye. Use your memory to fill in the blanks.âÂ
âAemondâ this⌠this is just a test of memory. How is this helping my eyes?â
âTrust me.âÂ
She started off shaky, her first slew of sketches no better than his were when he had first started, but she fell into it quickly. She developed her own style, straying from the charcoal that Aemond used exclusively, and opted for more colorful toolsâ she had woad paste pastels imported from Dorne. They would sit and depict the same thing and come out with completely different results.
It was so easy to forget that she was betrothed to another. That she was to leave soon.
That she was to be his nephewâs wife. His nephew who didnât give a shit about her. His nephew who was there. Did no one else think it a bit sick that she was to be the wife of someone who took a part in her mutilation?Â
Was he the only sane one?Â
He sighed softly as they finished up their drawings for the day. They had been sketching the coastline of Blackwater Bayâ Shera went with a color scheme of blue and green and sparse spots of orange and yellow.Â
He stuck to his monochromatic charcoal.
âRhaenyraâs name day gala is⌠in a fortnight, right?â Shera hummed, using her foot to pet Moongeist, who was at her feet.Â
âMm,â Aemond responded, flicking some errant charcoal powder from his doublet. âA mummerâs farce, if you ask me.â
â... I donât care much for eventsâ but at least⌠your mother and sister are getting along,â she tilted her head as she wiped her hands off.Â
Rhaenyra and Alicent had been working together to plan the event and were in high spirits. They were frequently seen chatting lightheartedly.Â
âHalf-sister,â Aemond clarifies, giving her a pointed look.
âHalf-sister,â Shera says, brows raised. âI suppose it is a send off, tooâ sinceâŚâ her voice trails off slightly, not really wanting to talk about her impending wedding to Jacaerys. She hasnât spoken much to her betrothed as she didnât feel the need toâ she let him run around with her brother and do what he liked. She imagined it wouldnât be much different when they were married.
An uneasy silence settled over them. There were many words on the tips of their tongues that they just couldnât sayâ it would make it real.
âShera-,â
âAemond-,â
They spoke at the same time, standing up simultaneously. Moongeist made a warbling chuff sound that sounded like a laugh.
He must be sick of our antics.
âI should get back to my chambersâ before dinner. Cregan wants to⌠eat with me, for some reason.â she shrugged her shoulders.
âHm,â Aemond hummed in his usual manner.
â
Shera sat across from Cregan, leg crossed over the other as she fed Moongeist scraps under the table.
âWhat did you want to speak about?â she broke the silence, glancing up at him. She had put her veil back onâ to her dismay, as she had come to like not having it on⌠around Aemond, at least.
âDo I need a reason to want to dine with my sister?â he asked, clenching his jaw slightly.Â
â... no,â she mumbled, flicking her nails against one another. âBut you donât usually dine with me.âÂ
He chewed on his piece of mutton slowly, regarding her. âIâm leaving, Shera. I need to go back North.âÂ
âWhy?â she blurts out, a bit more emotionally than she wanted to. She and Cregan didnât have a great relationship, but they were⌠siblings. There was familiarity.Â
âIâve stayed too long already, there is a keep to run, things to do, Shera,â he narrowed his gaze. âWill you be alright⌠alone?âÂ
Her lip caught between her teeth. â... I suppose so.â she and Cregan had their momentsâ she thought he was a huge idiot most of the time, but that was her brother. She had been by his side for the last ten years and he nursed her back to some semblance of health when she returned from Driftmark. No matter the choices he made, the ones he made for herâ they were all one another had, really.Â
Her chest ached slightly that he would be going back North and leaving her here. She wouldnât be alone, per say, but⌠her blood would be so far away.
âWill you⌠attend the wedding?â she asked then, drawing little circles on the table with the tip of her nail.Â
âYes, Iâll return to Dragonstone for it.âÂ
âDragonstone?â Shera looked up, slightly alarmed. âI thought the wedding would be in Kingâs Landing?â
Cregan stopped chewing, suddenly looking sheepish. It was unbecoming of him. âI⌠yes,â he cleared his throat. âJacaerys said that after his motherâs name day gala, they will move back to Dragonstone.â
Why does no one tell me anything? âHm.â she grumbled, sounding much like Aemondâ sheâs picked up on his little mannerisms and made them her own, it seemed.
âYou will be going with them and will be wed soon after.âÂ
She made another noncommittal noise, scraping the remains of her plate to the floor. Sheâd lost her appetite.Â
She would be alone sooner than she thought.
â
Returning from a luncheon with Helaena, a few days after Creganâs departure, she discarded her veil right away as soon as the door was closed behind her.Â
She waved her hand in front of her face, despairing in the heat of the South. Moongeist agreed, his tongue lolling out in a pant as he lapped at a small tub of water at the foot of the bed.Â
âItâs too hot for us here, dovey,â she whimpered, wiping sweat from her brow, beginning to strip the various layers of clothing she had onâ she did have somewhere to be later in the day, but she would simply have to redress. âI hope Dragonstone is more breezy, lest we melt.â
The layers flew off of her, pooling upon the floor like a puddle of dark ichor. It likely didnât help that she only wished to wear dark colors, attracting the heat of the sun to her poor constitution. Her cheeks flushed red with the errant warmth and she wondered if this was how those with Targaryen blood felt all of the timeâ constantly huffing, puffing, warm and sweating. It was terrible.Â
Finally in nothing but her shift and underclothes, she walked to the bed, hand reached out to peel back the blanket when something shiny caught her eye.Â
Investigating further, she found a small velvety box, opened to reveal a silver choker, inlaid with three sapphires. Blinking profusely, Shera carefully pried the piece out of its holdings and inspected it. It was, to say the least, flawless. It matched her silver earrings that she always wore almost down to the exact detail, the engravings even the sameâ long, flowing tendrils into the metal, outlining the gems like garlands. Pearls hung from the bottom of each sapphire. Her thumb roved over the center sapphire, the largest one and the most prominent. It was cool to the touch.Â
Gently placing the choker down, she dismantled the box looking for a note or any indication of who might have left it. She guessed it to be Jaceâ did he intend for her to wear it to the gala? She would have to find a garment to match.Â
Shera descended to her wardrobe, rummaging through until she landed on something that would go swimmingly with her new necklace. It was a dress she hadnât worn at all, and had been tailored for her shortly before leaving Winterfell. It was a silver and blue dress with intricate embroidery akin to that of a Godswood, but the leaves were a cool toned blue rather than red. She had a pearl-laden head garment, imbued with a silken veil and ringed headdress of sorts, with silver moons hanging down on each side.Â
Curious.
â
âYou⌠must stay outside, lovey,â Shera murmured to Moongeist. She had received a missiveâ unclear from who, but either Alicent and Rhaenyraâ that they would prefer if her wolf was not in attendance to the gala. She wanted to cry, leaving him outside of the ballroom. Contrary to popular belief, she didnât really command her companionâ their relationship, as impenetrable as others may see it, was the culmination of years of hard work and trust. They were so attuned to each other, Moongeist knowing when she was pushing herself too far, when she was in distress, and when he needed to step into a situation. He was, on all accounts, very polite and well-mannered â for a wolf. He had never bitten anyone who didnât deserve it. His good conduct thus far and impeccable record was apparently not enough for him to be admitted to the event. He whined as Shera snuffed into his fur, murmuring soft nothings into it. âIâll return as soon as I can,â she whispered. âIâll come get you when everyone leaves and you shall have all the scraps youâd like.âÂ
Tearing herself from him, he sat dutifully outside of the glass door that led from the gardens into the ballroom. She willed herself not to cry, not to cry.Â
She was unsteady on her own feet, hoping to find someone familiar to steady herself on. The last option of familiarity presented itself first. Jacaerys spotted her right away, putting a hand on her waist. âShera,â he smiled warmly. âYou look⌠wonderful tonight. Mother is going to be so happy to see you in attendance.âÂ
âJacaerys,â she responded, willing a smile on her face. He was better than no one. She steadied herself by putting a hand on his shoulder. His eyes, usually sparkling with mirth, were a bit dim. He seemed⌠forlorn. âWe donât have such lavish events like this muchâ up North⌠apart from feasts. There usually isnât much dancing.âÂ
He swallowed, his brow furrowing minutely. âMay I interest you in a dance, then?âÂ
âMm,â she hummed as they descended to the dance floor. She thought about her dance with Helaena and Aemond on the night of her betrothal dinnerâ it all felt so far away now. She tilted her head slightly as they danced. Jaceâs head was looking to the door, as if he was waiting for someone. âAs annoying as he isâ I miss him as well.â
Jace looked slightly bewildered. âPardon?â
âI may only be able to see from one eye, but Iâm not completely blind,â Shera murmured. âYouâll see him again.âÂ
The prince softened slightly, nodding his head. He was grateful for the words.
They danced a bit more and mingled, more so Jacaerys talking to people and stringing Shera along. Somehow, through it all, she became separated from him, walking on her own through the throngs of people. The heat, even with her less thick layers than usual, was stiflingâ from all of the bodies.Â
She suddenly felt⌠panicked, like when she was lost in the tunnels that one evening. âExcuse me,â she whispered hurriedly as she pushed through people, who didnât even seem to see her there. âPardon mââÂ
Her voice was cut off by a strong arm pulling her around her waist. Her anxiety damped right away as the familiar smell of sandalwood and leather took over her senses. Aemond looked down at her. âLost again?â he was wearing a black and deep purple button-up doublet, with a long overcoat. It had a flared collar. He looked niceâ it wasnât much different color wise to his usual garb, but it absolutely wasnât something he would spar in. He was even without his swordâ but a brush of Sheraâs hand near his waist revealed he did have his dagger strapped to his belt.Â
â... mayhaps.â
âAnd where is your guide? It is unlike your dog to abandon his post.âÂ
âHe wasnât invited to the gala,â Shera frowned.
âAnd youâve⌠been left alone?â
âJacaerys wasââÂ
Aemond held up his hand. âYou donât need to tell me any more,â he rolled his one eye. âHe wouldnât be able to keep track of you if you were the size of a dragon.âÂ
They fell into an easy swayâ he was much more relaxed than he was when they first danced. But Shera couldnât shake what her brother had saidâ they⌠Rhaenyra and her brood, which included Shera now, would be leaving a few days after the gala. She hadnât told Aemond, she didnât know how.
âYouâre worried,â he tilted her chin up to him so their gazes could meet. âI can feel your unease from here.âÂ
â... IâŚâ her mouth felt dry, her hand clutching his inner elbow shakily. âWeâre leaving.âÂ
Aemond stayed silent.
âJacaerys and I⌠are to be wed upon Dragonstoneâ and we are to leave⌠in a few days.âÂ
Aemond still declined to speak.
âAemond,â she pressed her thumb into his skin.Â
âYou canât leave again,â he stated. He did not ask, nor plead. He stated it, as if it was a definitive fact. âI wonât let you.â the same moment of rage she had seen before was there, bubbling under the surface. A vein in his neck bulged out and she could feel the control he was trying to keep over himself, over the situation. He gripped her face with both hands now, boring into her with a surprising and sudden placid smile.
â
With a hand over her swollen belly, Rhaenyra scanned the crowd. Itâd been so long since she properly enjoyed an event. The planning of it with Alicent had been⌠more fun than she thought itâd be, and the two women quickly fell back into a rapport, akin to when they were girls together.
It felt right.
Her eyes eventually fell upon two familiar facesâ Shera, her veil pulled back slightly by Rhaenyraâs half-brother, Aemond. His hand gripped her face softly, but with intensity as the two locked gazes, lips pursed, brows furrowed, clearly in a heated conversation. It took Rhaenyra all but five seconds to be teleported back to her own wedding to Laenor, all those years ago, where she and Daemon had been in the exact same positionâ where she had dared Daemon to cleave through her fatherâs men, steal her away to Dragonstone and make her his wife.Â
Fuck.
â
âThey think you are tame and controlledâ but I can see it, the blood welling and boiling just under the surface of your skin. Youâre hardly holding it together,â she whispered harshly. âDo you not think Iâve tried to devise everything I could⌠to stay? To stop any of this?â
âQuell me, then. Let me take you to marriage and let me cut your lip, taste your blood in the ways of old. Dampen my molten blood. Iâll do it in an instant, under the heart tree, in the molten halls of the Dragonmontâ anywhere,â his nail pressed into her cheek, angling her head upward to look directly at him. No escape from madness, look me in the eye, he seemed to taunt silently.
It was overwhelming. She was overwhelmed with the warmth in her stomach, the butterflies she feltâ they bursted into ash, searing into her like a brand. Shera felt the world around her chill, her extremities cold. âA-Aemond,â she croaked, her hand grasping at his shoulder with all of her might, but itâd only came through as a light tug. âA-Aemââ
Coldness spread through her, her vision fading to white. Then she was warm, extremely soâ like she was on fire, panting and spewing hot breaths from her open maw.Â
Blinking her eyesâ she was outside, her heavy wisps fogging the glass pane on the door. Wait. She had full vision, not just the one. It felt odd, so wrong for her to be able to see all around her like she was whole and normal.Â
Why was she outside? Just let me in, Godsdammit, let me in! She growled low, hands coming up to scratch at the wood and glass, nails digging into it. Her nails were longer than normal and much sharper, a deep black in color.Â
She wanted in, in, in, inâ her hands, noâ her paws and claws shredded at the door, eyes peering into the crowd. They were gathered around, shifting slightly to let her see what was going onâ
They were gathered around her, eyes rolled back in her head as she laid limp in Aemondâs arms. She saw Jacaerys storming over, already hurling accusations towards Aemond.Â
No, no, he didnât do this, stop! She screamed, barking and howling, her teeth biting into the wood and beginning to rip it apart, splintering and cracking the glass.Â
Shera watched in horror as Jacaerys unsheathed his sword. Aemond was still holding her, loathing to give her upâÂ
Stop, stop, stopstopstop! She bursted through the weakened door, glass and all, feeling it tear at her fur and skin. Patrons gasped around her as she mulled through them towards the center, snapping and snarling.Â
âMoongeist, calm down!â Jacaerys said, his eyes wide in surprise as she sat between him and Aemond.Â
So she was Moongeistâ that is why it felt so familiar. She, no, they drew their lips back in a growl, hackles raised. Back off, back off, back off! They screamed, snapping at anyone who got too close.Â
âThat wolf has gone mad!âÂ
âIs that the princeâs intended?â
âYes, but not the prince thatâs holding her.â
âHow wanton.âÂ
They panted heavily, still feeling a deep rage within them. Everyone was too close, too closeâ the sounds of the gala drowned out as they looked to the upper windows of the ballroom. A familiar sight to beholdâ the cream colored blur and sirenâs song of a voice.Â
A beige and cream colored barn owl sat atop the eave of the window, staring down at them with wide eyes.
âNow you know, dear Shera.â
â
Shera awoke later, still cold as ice. She was back in her own body but still felt the remnants of itching fervor from being in Moongeistâ not âinâ, it had a word. Warg. She heard childrenâs tales about it, how a man can enter the mind of a beast and become one with it.Â
She glanced around the room. Aemond was pacingâ she was in⌠her chambers. Jaw clenched, she sat up from the settee with surprising vigor.Â
âSheraââ Aemond sputtered, stopping his pacing.Â
âHush, come with me,â she grabbed his wrist and strung him along, feeling more lively than she had in ages. Moongeist padded alongside them, hugging to her leg just in case.Â
She led them down to the weirwood, not letting go of her grip on him.
âYou cannot lie to me, Aemond Targaryen, not here. Do you see that?â she gestures to the face etched in the bark of the Great Oakâ staring back at the two of them.
How silly they must look.
âDo⌠not⌠lie to me,â Shera pleaded. She approached him, her hand skimming the edge of his jaw. He was so warm, always so warmâ he permeated through the cold she always felt. âYou can lie to everyone else. Keep⌠those walls up and donât let anyone in. But not⌠not to me. Never to me,â she was trembling with the weight of what she was asking, her fingers drumming against his skin. âDid you mean it? Did⌠you mean it? You want me here with you?â
He stilled her by covering her hand with his own. âI wouldnâtâ,â Aemond murmured, his free hand coming up to unhook his eyepatch. Her breath hitched as he discarded it. The moonlight caught the concaves of the gem first, expanding over the flecks of blue, all shades of it.
A sapphire.
She palmed the matching stones on her mysteriously gifted choker. âYou⌠you⌠your eyeâŚâ Shera stumbled slightly, her knees wobbling beneath her.
Aemond held her upright with one arm, slung around her waist. âHm?â he asked in return, a playful lilt to his voiceâ something only reserved for her.
âItâs⌠itâs blue!â she squeaked, pulling his face closer to her, observing with the same scrutiny that she had when they were sketching together. âAnd⌠andâŚâ she kept babbling, tugging at her gifted choker. âAnd this? You⌠you git! You⌠cad! Oh, youâre incorrigible.â her words were inflammatory in nature but she⌠was laughingâ as much as she could anyways. It was a quiet giggle, like the soft trill of a small bell.
It made Aemond chuckle in return. The two of them soon devolved into a fit of joviality. âI quite like you in blue, Shera. In my color,â he leaned down to whisper in the shell of her ear. âI had to let Jacaerys know⌠exactlyâŚâ he punctuated each word as his hand made a home on her jaw, inching closer to her lips. â... where and to whom,â his thumb pulled down her bottom lip. âYou belong.âÂ
Every nerve in her body was on fire. Sheâs never felt so warm, so hot in her life. Is this what it felt like to be a Targaryen? Gods, it was fucking stifling.
âAnd⌠to be clear,â he continued. âYou belong here. With me.âÂ
Her mouth parted, she was barely breathing. She⌠she wanted⌠she wanted to kiss him. She wanted him, more than anything sheâd wanted before. She was mad; this was mad. Even on shaking legs, she pushed herself on her tippy-toes, pressing their lips together.Â
She felt⌠elated. More than elated, it felt like she was flying, skimming the clouds like a dragon, wings spread⌠free.
Aemond melted into her right away, pulling her closer as they melded together. His tongue swiped against her lower lip as he caressed her so softly, so gentlyâ more gentle than she could ever imagine him being.
This was the first time she ever took somethingâ something she wanted, and she got it. It was selfish, she knewâ selfish and dangerous and reckless and just⌠hers. This was hers. He was hers. âMine,â she whispered as they caught their respectful breaths. âIf⌠Iâm yours, then⌠you are mine, right?â she clarified, a bit less confident than her previous possessive declaration. âQuite right, little wolf.â he hummed, pressing another kiss to her temple.Â
In a brazen show of exuberance, she captured his lips once more.
Things were forgotten. Namely, everything that wasnât them in this moment. Their individual turmoils, their shared despair. All notions of her mysterious collapse, Aemondâs scuffle with Jacaerys, Sheraâs impending marriage to the said prince, tensions rising between two sides of a familyâ
This was for them.Â
The only time that either of them had taken anything for themselves in the last ten years.
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a/n: ART IN THIS CHAPTER BY @lonelymagpies who, as always, was LOVELY to work with! they captured the scene perfectly.
edit of all time
one of my deepest darkest secrets is that the taggie x rupert relationship dynamic is literal catnip to me it hits every time. give me rakish older man who's so ruthless he scorches the ground of any place he's ever called home and then goes back to his empty life in his empty house and tries to remember how to be human, put a girl in front of him who's so genuinely good and unsullied and a little vulnerable and so sure he can be better than who he's always been that she almost makes him believe he can do it too and then - and this is crucial - make it so he absolutely cannot touch her no matter what. and then sit back and watch me implode
âStupid girl! Curse you!â
Okay Julia coming in with the THEATRICS sheâs giving old school VILLAIN!!!!! LEGEND QUEEN
julia is a better woman than me bc if malakai were to put his hand on my shoulder i would explode
âź fluff â˝ smut (17+) âď¸ suggestive â dark content (17+)
note: fem! and gn! labels are given based on the use of pronouns and anatomy; fem! fics use 'she/her' or labels such as 'girl' as well as explicit fem anatomy, GN! has no use of gendered pronouns or labels and anatomy is ambigious
mike has a thing for recording â˝ GN!
matt is obsessed with you, and bad at hiding it âď¸ fem!
mike is a grumpy bf âź fem!
mike w an impulsive and nosy gf at freddy's âź fem!
phone sex w mike snippet âď¸ GN!
mike is just a bit of a perv âď¸ fem!
mike tries to keep quiet but you feel too good â˝ fem!
abby matches up you, her new teacher, and mike âź GN!
mike can be a bit of a brat tamer when needed âď¸ fem!
slightly brat!tamer mike will make you participate âď¸ fem!
mike needs you to keep him awake at work â˝ fem!
mike trick or treats against his will âź fem!
mike is too shy to ask for it (he's obvious about it) â˝ GN!
dad!mike's first halloween with a newborn âź fem!
flirting with mike as a playboy bunny âď¸ fem!
mike eats it from the back â˝ fem!
accidental couples costumes ends w bathroom fucks â˝ fem!
mike who goes "you still with me" â˝ fem!
mike goes cross eyed when he's about to cum â˝ fem!
mike wonât just let you shower â˝ fem!
more than friends w vanessa, and mike is a third âď¸ fem!