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Part 2
i saw a post. i got excited. i got soft. i got inspired. bon appetit! ( P.S. as always, please do not add more content to this list!!! tell me and i will gladly add more and credit you for them!! )
[ KISS ]:Â Â Â after having kissed the receiver, the sender gently rests their forehead against theirs, still holding them as they do so.
[ HUG ]:Â Â Â having just hugged the receiver after some time apart, the sender touches their foreheads together as a sign of affection.
[ LOVE ]:Â Â Â overcome with their love for the receiver, the sender touches their foreheads together.
[ GREETING ]:   the sender brings their forehead to rest against the receivers in a gesture of greeting.
[ GOODBYE ]:Â Â Â as theyâre bidding each other farewell for the foreseeable future, the sender gently touches their forehead against the receivers.
[ LISTEN ]:Â Â Â in a bid to get the receiver to pay attention to them, the sender brings them close and presses their forehead against theirs.
[ RELIEF ]:Â Â Â having lost sight of the receiver in an intense moment of danger, the sender spots them in the distance, and rushes to them, embracing them and resting their foreheads together out of sheer relief.
[ SAFE ]:Â Â Â in an effort to prove to the receiver that theyâre safe after a particularly traumatic incident, the sender gently rests their foreheads together in a gesture designed to be soothing and reassuring.
[ REAL ]:Â Â Â after believing the receiver to be dead, the sender reunites with them, reaching out in disbelief, then touching their foreheads together to make sure that theyâre real, and not a figment of their grief-stricken imagination.
[ ANCHOR ]:Â Â Â in a moment where stress and anxiety are running high, the sender tries to ground the receiver by gently guiding them into a hug, resting their foreheads together to steady them.
[ COMFORT ]:Â Â Â in a gesture designed to comfort the receiver after an emotional blow, the sender gently closes the distance between them, and touches their forehead against the receivers.
[ STUBBORN ]:Â Â Â thoroughly exasperated by the receiverâs stubbornness, the sender exasperatedly, but fondly, pulls them in for a good old forehead touch.
[ AFFECTION ]:Â Â Â as a fondly affectionate gesture, the sender brings the receiver forward and rests their foreheads together.
[ INTENSE ]:Â Â Â in a moment where romantic tensions are running high, the sender leans forward to kiss the receiver for the first time, then changes their mind, and rests their foreheads together to disguise their original intentions.
[ EXHAUSTION ]:Â Â Â having just overcome a massive obstacle (e.g. using a massive display of their powers, fighting through a sizable army, embarking on a perilous journey, writing up a PhD thesis etc.) the sender and receiver reunite, and the sender drops their head forward to rest against the receivers, thoroughly exhausted but glad to be reunited at last.
Some of these things wouldnât necessarily make a person feel lonely, but all of them could make someone feel that way.
He invites people to his birthday party, but all of them either cancel at the last minute or simply fail to show up.
People keep posting pictures from a party that she wasnât invited to.
He doesnât have anyone to celebrate Christmas or Valentineâs Day with.
She eats alone at a restaurant.
He sits alone at the movies or a baseball game.
Heâs getting divorced, and their mutual friends are spending time with his wife and her new boyfriend.
She gets Christmas cards from married couples with pictures of them and their smiling children.
Heâs in a group of people who have a lot of in-jokes he doesnât understand.
She realizes that the woman she considers a best friend doesnât feel the same way about her.
A group of his coworkers never invites him along to lunch.
She misses the dog who used to sleep at her feet.
He looks out of the window of his new apartment and wishes heâd never moved away from his hometown.
She comes across photos or cards from a family member who has since cut her off.
Heâs in a foreign country where he doesnât speak the language wellâ or at all.
Sheâs working a night shift all on her own.
He hears his partner or wife compliment someone else profusely, but s/he never compliments him.
He texted three people, and none of them texted him back.
She was excited to be invited to a party, only to realize itâs a âpartyâ where youâre supposed to buy stuff.
He wakes up from a dream where heâs with his ex, his long-distance partner, his family, or a new group of friends, and he realizes it wasnât real.
After buying a nice new outfit, she realizes she has no one to go out and do things with, so she has nowhere special to wear it.
He joined an online dating service and no one is showing any interest.
Thereâs a snack item in the vending machine that nobody ever wants, and she relates to it.
He plays board games with himself as a childâŚor as an adult.
She always asks other people about their health, their families, and their work. Nobody asks her how sheâs doing.
He talks to a virtual assistant or computer program as though itâs a real person.
Hi, I don't know if you've done this before but can you do a enemies to lovers with fake dating prompts? Thanks :)
â you fucking hate me. â â hate is a very strong word. â
â would you just do me this one favor? â
â maybe this will be a chance for us to see that we're not so different after all. â
â if you want to kiss me, all you have to do is ask. no need to orchestra this whole ordeal just because you're too afraid to admit what you want. â
â it's one weekend. â [beat] â is the sight of my face really that repulsive? â
â you're too much of a wimp to be honest about what you want. â
â don't flatter yourself. you're simply nothing more than a means to an end. â
â what better way to piss off my parents than to date the one person in this world they would actually consider driving over? â
â with your mouth on mine, there's less bullshit coming out of it. so i guess there's that. â
â don't fucking speak, or you'll ruin everything. just sit there and look pretty, and maybe hold my hand. â
â don't be such a grump. you should be honored. â
â considering how you treated me last night â you're lucky i didn't kill you, so unless you want that to happen, why don't you shut up, and do this one thing for me? â
â remember that time you stabbed me, left me to die? yeah, you owe me one. â
â clearly, you're desperate. otherwise you wouldn't be here. â
â i can't stand the sound of your voice â let alone the thought of kissing you. â
â if i give you ten dollars, will you do it? â â i think that's an entirely different service, but sure. â
â just kiss me. â
â you? protective? boyfriend? â
EVERYONE HEAR ME OUT!! Sylus can sing but pretends not to. Because Sylus being able to sing as canon is the hill I'll die on and my Roman empire. I just need to talk about it okay??
He can sing well but often jokingly says he can't. Of course, no one expects the cold boss of N019 zone to be able to. Not even the twins. Lol. They heard him do it out of tune for fun and assumed he couldn't. Of course, he's not gonna prove their assumptions wrong. He'd just go along with it. Never taking it personally as usual. He doesn't mind.
Sylus would only sing for someone he's really, really comfortable with. Only someone who could easily break down his walls. Which is MC or reader. Or his kids. *cough**cough*
So imagine the shock and surprise you felt when you heard his real voice. When you begged him to sing for you on a bad day to cheer you up. He reluctantly gave in. Of course, how could he say no to you with you looking at him with those adorable eyes so pleadingly?. He'd do anything to make you feel better.
And when he's done. Your jaw is touching the floor. Did you fall in love with him all over again?. Absolutely. Probably cry a little?. Maybe so. How couldn't you when he was holding you close and his deep yet tender voice sounded like balm on a wound and a hug, a gentle kiss on your aching heart that made you forget your problems?.
And now you feel like you've been bamboozled. How did you not know earlier?. Why did he not tell you?. Ahh! Sylus! How could you keep this sweet secret from your lover? Was he shy about it or what?. He can't expect you now to not want to hear more of that heavenly voice again. He's gonna be that dad that sings to your children. Period.
Now fast forward, MC now shares her favorite songs with him, sharing playlists with him, tryna drag him to karaoke with her, letting him sing for her more often. Lullabies as she's laying in his lap when they're alone? Yes. Recording his voice to listen to later when he's not around? Yes. You just can't get enough of it. And what makes it better is that only you know his little secret. Hehe.
And Sylus, he does it all for you. Going along with your every little requests. Albeit reluctantly or acting like he doesn't want to but does it anyway. Internally, he's happy you're enjoying this. Of course, he's happy when you are. Seeing you giggle and smile widely everytime he sings for you, how your attention locks on him with your eyes sparklingly full of tenderness and affection everytime he serenades you one of your favorite songs just does something to him. Well, there are some songs he can't quite replicate the exact pitch but he makes it up with his own voice. Doing his best to be close enough. But when he can't, he'd just pick another song. He mostly sings ones he knows he can handle. Simple, nothing too complicated.
He listens to your music, secretly learning how to sing some of your favorite songs to surprise you later. Or for whenever you're ready again to drag him off for your secret concert.
Credits to the YouTube creators. Just got an idea for a scenario and wanted to share.
Two people fight without waking or disturbing a third person.
Someone uses an object that isnât usually considered to be dangerous as an effective weapon.
Itâs impossible to tell the real opponents from the ones who are illusions or holograms.
People fight in zero gravity.
People fight underwater.
People fight in a building thatâs on fire.
Two people fight, and an unlikely bystander saves our main character.
Two people fight, but when a third person attacks our main character, his other opponent saves him.
Fortunately, his blood is also a weapon.
One of the fighters is drugged or drunk.
Someoneâs trying to unmask the person whoâs attacking him.
Someone finds out that sheâs fighting the person she meant to join forces with or save.
Someone fights while wearing something that makes them appear the opposite of tough or intimidating.
They fight naked.
They fight in Times Square on New Yearâs Eve.
A protester and counter-protester fight.
Someone shoves his opponent into a body of water, and then rescues him when itâs apparent heâll drown.
Someone gets help from an animal.
A friend, co-worker, or ally suddenly attacks someone.
One person dumps a gallon of something over the other personâs head.
One person chokes the other with a computer cord.
One person chokes the other with a string of Christmas lights.
Someone defends herself from an attacker while driving at top speed.
They fight in a hospital, which makes it easy for the main character to patch himself up afterward.
Bullying the bartender or server was a mistake.
She knocks out two men with one move.
They fight in a locked closet.
He celebrates his victory too early.
Someone leaps from a considerable height to land on an opponent.
Someone breaks the rules of the duel.
Her opponent vaporizes before she can stab him.
He accidentally wounds a bystander.
Someone was only pretending to be knocked out.
Her weapon gets stuck.
Priceless objects get damaged in the brawl.
Someone uses a bed sheet in the struggle.
The fight is a ruse to distract people from whatâs really going on.
Someone repeatedly tries to avoid the fight to no avail.
Someone takes refuge in a disgusting place.
He finds himself battling a creature he didnât believe existed.
They fight on slick ice.
He fights three challengers in succession.
Her glasses get destroyed and she can barely see.
He steals his opponentâs car, not realizing his allies rigged it with an explosive.
Someoneâs ridiculous move or antic catches an opponent off guard.
Someone loses an opponent in the crowd and then finds her again.
A garden tool becomes a deadly weapon.
Someone hurls a shopping cart through the air.
Someone gets bashed with a crown or tiara.
He accidentally kills his opponent.
Ghost Caleb . Who started as your imaginary friend since childhood. Someone who you could talk to as a lonely child. You're too shy to make friends and mostly isolated yourself from the other kids, preferring to enjoy your own company. You could tell him anything at all and play pretend with him all the time. He was always happy to go along with your plans. He was always fun to be with. Always finding new ways to make everyday an adventure or at least interesting for you.
Ghost Caleb. Who was always by your side and let you cuddle with him and give you hugs when you needed it. He would bring you snacks and always made sure you were fed and rested well. Where did he get them?. It was his little secret. He also helped you with your homework when you needed help. Teaching you things you didn't understand and ruffling your hair as he complimented or praised your intelligence and encouraged you. He was like an older brother you never had. A little annoying but nonetheless endearing.
Ghost Caleb. Who made much of your childhood fun as he could and protected you. Taking care of you when your parents or care takers neglected you. He got mad at them when they lashed out at you during their bad days or were harsh to you. Using his ghostly powers to move or break things to startle or scare them back. Your parents couldn't see him or hear him and that's exactly why they should be scared of him.
Ghost Caleb. Who liked to read with you and sing lullabies to you and hold you close when you couldn't sleep or had a nightmare. He would whisper sweet nothings into your ear and gently stroke your hair and tuck you back in bed , staying with you as you held onto him with your little hands till you fell asleep.
Ghost Caleb. Who was always protective of you. Scolded you when you carelessly got yourself hurt but would help you afterwards, sticking bandages to your wounds as you sniffled or cried, sulked or even if you stubbornly said you were fine. He always took care of you when were sick or hurt. He couldn't let you be on your own when you were so clumsy.
Ghost Caleb. Who went to teach a few middle school kids a lesson for daring to bully his little pipsqueak. Only he got to tease you. How dare they make you cry and feel bad about yourself?. The next week, you arrived at school, feeling dread only to find that said kids were avoiding you and keeping a distance and couldn't even make eye contact with you. Hell, two of them even apologized to you later. You still could never figure out why. Well, at least they left you alone.
Ghost Caleb. Who you took as your imaginary friend began to feel a little neglected, lonely and possessive when he noticed you began to hang out with other kids more and even bringing them home for sleepovers. You went to their house to hangout and you called them your best friend. Wasn't he enough?. Why would you need those boring kids for? . He thought he was your best friend. He always made sure to follow you and your little new friends from a distance. Just to make sure you were okay and that you were actually having fun. He couldn't help but feel the slight ache in his chest when he sees that warm smile of yours that only shared with him.
Ghost Caleb. Who tried to get your attention and ask you to hangout with him whenever you were on your phone too much or were watching too much TV. "You're gonna get brain rot from being on that phone too much, pipsqueak. Come on... There's something I want to show you outside " he said when he snatched your phone away. You'd protest but follow him anyway. Sometimes you did have more fun with him than playing those video games all day. But don't tell him that or his ego would pop.
Ghost Caleb. Who noticed how fast you were growing. Feeling like a proud parent and older sibling. He also noticed that you having some problems seeing him or hearing him when he tried to get your attention. You spent more time with your friends, on the phone, doing other things that you liked. Did you not want to hangout with him anymore?. Were you ignoring him now that you didn't need him ? Or did he upset you about something ?. He didn't know but he couldn't help but still stay by your side as usual.
Ghost Caleb, whose heart shattered when he one day realized that you couldn't see him or hear him anymore for some reason. Was it because you were growing up?. Was it because his purpose for you had been served?. You only talked about him in passing when you mentioned having an imaginary friend as a kid but you couldn't recall much about how he looked like. Just a blurry face in your mind, you said.
Ghost Caleb, who went back being what he was before. Nothing but a ghost. A lost soul. Unheard, unseen and untouchable. The world changing and passing him by while he was stuck. Stuck in the same realm of ever unchanging, unseen realm. He still stayed by your side. He couldn't help it. It was all he could do as he watched you grow up and forget him. Shoved away, like the drawings you drew of both of you in the attic.
The lad boys as ghosts would be interesting. So far, I haven't seen ffs on it. Had the idea so I wrote it. Wanna write for the others too. Do I do part 2 for this?. My dead writing soul has awoken from the abyss cuz of this new fandom. Lol.
A proposes under the stars, telling B that no matter what happens, they'll always be there for them
slipping a wedding ring on your lover's finger while they're asleep, a wonderful surprise for them to wake up to the following morning
A's best friend (and their fiancĂŠe) dreams of a double-wedding. they convince A to propose to B at their engagement party
A recreates their first date with B, only this time the night ends with a proposal, not a first kiss
A proposes to B but gets rejected because B wants to be the one to propose
i jokingly propose to my best friend, and i expect them to say no, but instead it's a dead serious yes, and it changes everything
A makes it their mission to propose to B in a different way every year
you ask your kid(s) to help you propose to your lover. it's a messy proposal, your kid(s) not following protocol, but it's everything the two of you could ever have hoped for
A proposes to B at their friends' wedding reception (of course, for now it's a secret, as to not steal the thunder from the newly married couple)
it started out as a fake marriage â but this proposal is as real as it gets
A and B are at a mutual friend's wedding, but the relationship is falling apart. seeing as the wedding is already paid for [and to save their friend from being marked the village idiot], A pulls B from their seat, proposing to B right then and there
A's about to propose, but accidentally slips and hurt themselves. it doesnât stop them from proposing while at the ER
A and B have been married for years â time to renew the vows?
A doesn't think it's fair to promise B forever considering they're on their death-bed, but A refuses to let go before that ring is on B's finger
A brings B back to their childhood home (which A hasn't visited in forever), and proposes to them at the property
A's proposing â B tells them that they're pregnant
A dies to save B's life a mere day after their engagement
A brings up marriage on a whim, and B says ''okay, so let's get married.''
A can't stop crying when proposing to B. A's holding the ring, and they're on their knees, but can't get a single word out. A's simply in complete disbelief over being loved by such an amazing person
it's nothing more than two best friends promising each other that if neither are married or dating at the age of twenty-five, they'll marry each other. well, you're officially twenty-five, time to bring out those wedding bands!
A jokingly tells B it's about time they propose. what A doesn't expect is for B to pull out an actual wedding ring
it's the day of the planned proposal... A's gone and misplaced the ring, and is now full on panicking
A: I want kisses! Where's kisses ?!
B: I'm here,baby.
A: No, you're not Kisses! You're boyfriend!!
Or maybe they got in your car and yelled "drive !" cause they're being pursued.
You caught them doing something weird or embarrassing when they thought no one was around and they panic and you thought they were kinda...cute.
" I saw you scratching / spray painting the principal's car "
Meeting them on the street or whatever when they were drunk and hurting from a recent breakup.
You're my annoying little siblings babysitter. Welp, here's some drugs for HBP. You're gonna need it.
Them seeing you do something illegal / embarrassing and now they blackmail you with it to help them with something they need.
Finding them wounded or hurt in an alley.
Finding a poster for a lost pet which is the stray animal you adopted and thought had been abandoned so now you gotta return them to their owner
I was a passerby who saw you doing cool graffiti at a restricted area and the security guard came and now we're both running away like criminals.
I hit your butt / the back of your head thinking you were my best friend or stupid sibling. I'm so sorry.. !!
find them crying at a social setting like party or meeting, and trying to hide from othersâ eyesÂ
have a character stumble in on another character practicing an instrument they play
you know that âoh, look a dog!â that goes to âcan i pet it?â to âwhatâs his name?â meeting with an owner and some random pedestrian on the street? yeah, that. make that for your characters, and if itâs fantasy and you have fantasy creatures, why not replace the dog with a fantasy pet?
 have a prankster/troublemaker kind of character crash (either literally or figuratively) into another character whoâs currently in the middle of committing theft, and have them help each other out :D
âi was sent here as an assassin to kill you, but now i have to help you instead because it can benefit me, but that means i have to UGH work with youâ
I'm so lucky to have you .
You're just so cute !!
Stop saying things that make me wanna kiss you !
Are you trying to seduce me ?
I'm never gonna stop loving you.
I think... I - I like you ...?
I really really want you .
Kiss me .
Everyday I fall in love with you more and more .
I know you can't resists me ~
I want to be with you forever !
Tell me how hard you want it.
Want me ,baby ?
You're my treasure.
You look like you want to touch me...
Ha! You're such a fun tease.
I love it when you smile.
My baby , my life , my sweet little munchkin ~
Want me to kiss it better ?
God... I just can't get enough of you.
I love the way you feel.
You mean the universe to me.
I love being cuddled.
I love your hugs and cuddles .
I love seeing you blush. It's cute.
Do you ever fantasize about me ?
You're the definition of cuteness.
I love the way you taste.
I love you , no matter what.
I'm so glad you like me .
I'm so happy to be with you. I wouldn't have any other way .
I'm so happy I have you now.
I love you more than anything .
I love you so much . I've been waiting do long for this moment.
You have no idea what you mean to me. .
My heart beats for you.
I want you...
I could kiss you all day.
You're so amazing.
I want to hold you forever !
I really really really really like you..
You deserve to be treated with care.
What would you do if I kissed you.
You are... Mine.
You're very hot .
I think ..I might like you .
I just want to love you.
I want to kiss you .
You're always making me happy.
You always put a smile on my face.
Are you trying to turn me on ?
I love you more ... More than you'll ever know.
Why does that turn me on ?
Stop... Not here.
Don't leave me .
I never want to lose you ,my love.