Hope

decemberamblings

2025-12-20T20:41:02Z

Life is complicated, and full, but good. The people who live in my house have a lot of feelings and need a lot of care, but it's good to feel needed and I love them a lot. More thoughts and creative plans under the cut.

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birthday kiss, ferdieclaude

2025-11-28T05:00:06Z

Green eyes laugh at him from behind an ornate golden mask. Ferdinand feels his cheeks heat, and not just from the pretense of not knowing the man standing in front of him. He cannot help but smile, making his own mask shift.

"Dance with me?" The words are unassuming enough, but every line of Claude's body language, even the way he bows formally over Ferdinand's hand, is all too familiar. He feels panic race through his veins--they *will* be found out, and then what?

The consequence is too much to fathom. He realizes he has not answered.

"Of course, kind sir. I do hope that you are familiar with this particular dance; if you have not danced it before I would be more than happy to guide you. It is the very least I can do, in the name of hospitality." He leads the way to the group of dancers, his heart still pounding.

Claude leans close "No need to lay it on so thick. We're perfectly safe." And as if to taunt fate, he lets his lips linger and graze along Ferdinand's jaw in the barest whisper of a kiss.

Ferdinand is grateful for the black satin mask hiding his cheeks as they dance; they are most undoubtedly a shade of crimson that would constitute instant betrayal of their secret.

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birthday kiss, yurilix

2025-11-28T04:28:10Z

His smile is as bright and sharp as the flash of blades had been when they'd sparred. But it's false. He's just performing, and Felix knows it, had seen the grin of true triumph when he'd knocked Felix to the ground.

But here, he's just playing a part. Felix watches him far too long, and swears quietly when one of his friends says something about it. He gets up from the table and stalks outside the tavern, appreciating the cool air on his face.

When Yuri follows him out, Felix can feel his pulse quicken, and he's equal parts annoyed and excited by it. Yuri folds his arms, kicks one foot over the opposite ankle, and leans against the wall.

"It's nice out here."

Felix grunts in response. But the irritation bubbles to the surface all too soon. "How do you do it? Pretend, for those…people."

The last word drips with disdain, but Yuri just laughs and says, "It's easier to get by when people like you."

"I wouldn't know."

Another peal of laughter echoes into the night down the empty road. And then Yuri steps around in front of Felix, altogether too close. Felix can smell the scent of perfumed soap, and Yuri's eyes glitter in the night.

"I like being honest with you. It's--refreshing." A thin shoulder shrugs up, back down again. He takes a breath. "Can I be more honest than maybe I should?" The question is serious, but there's a jaunty tilt to Yuri's head.

Felix has no idea how to answer. "Do what you want."

"I was hoping you'd say that." Yuri puts his index finger under Felix's chin, moving in slowly, and Felix finds he doesn't want to pull away.

His kiss feels knowing, interested, and oddly patient? And honest.

Felix puts a hand at the back of Yuri's neck, and pulls him closer for more.

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birthday kiss, ratiorine

2025-11-25T12:43:55Z

Veritas drags a hand through his hair and shuts the door behind him. Distracting, is what he is. A nuisance, a bothersome—

Aventurine sits in Veritas’ favorite chair, one leg slung loosely over the other. Waiting.

“How did you get in here?” Veritas demands, but he’s already moving toward Aventurine, inexorably drawn like some trite magnet. It annoys him, even as he’s pulling Aventurine up by his shirt, gripped in his fist.

Everything he should be focused on is swept to the side when their lips touch. Veritas is consumed with hunger for the lithe form in his arms. It’s dangerous, this loss of focus, but he wants nothing but to let this fire burn.

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birthday kiss, sylvhardt

2025-11-25T12:42:52Z

It’s almost absent-minded, at the end of their set, when Linhardt flips long hair over his shoulder and plants a kiss on Sylvain’s lips. Right there, in front of the crowd.

His heart swells and thumps, and he’s stunned for a moment, as the crowd whoops and cheers. Sylvain’s cheeks feel hot; is he blushing? Guess all his stolen glances, watching all that dark hair tumble down as Linhardt plays, didn’t go unnoticed after all.

Sylvain recovers—he’s not the front man for nothing. He reaches out and grabs Linhardt by the waist, letting the neck of his bass bump into Sylvain’s hip. When Sylvain pulls him in for a longer kiss, the crowd goes wild.

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birthday kiss, mercievain

2025-11-25T12:41:57Z

The soft glow of the Tailtean Nebula illuminated the windows of the ship, and Mercedes’ hair swirled like a halo around her head. The light reflected in her eyes as she turned to look up at him, winding her fingers through his and smiling. “It’s beautiful.”

Sylvain had felt a little bad for waking her, but clearly it’d been worth it. She leaned in, and the soft press of her lips sent a series of tingling impulses skimming under his skin.

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birthday kiss, dimiyuri

2025-11-25T12:41:03Z

He sees, up ahead, the flash and haze of a spell. Dimitri blinks, fearing the worst; in his mind’s eye, Yuri is lying in a limp heap on the grass. He grips his spear tighter as his lungs constrict. A light hand on his forearm startles him. Yuri has approached with his usual stealth and swiftness.

‪The hem of his coat is charred, and there is a black smudge on his cheek. But the irrepressible grin Dimitri loves is there to greet him, and he circles Yuri’s waist with his free arm, pulling him in. “Didn’t think I would fall that easily, did you?”

Yuri kisses him with fire, slinking his body against Dimitri’s but pulls away too soon, a flush showing under the dirt on his cheek. “Back to the field, commander. We’re not done here yet, are we?” Dimitri follows the determined tilt of thin shoulders into the sunset, to battle.

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birthday kiss, zhongneuv

2025-11-25T12:40:10Z

The sharp press of canines into Zhongli’s lower lip hints at the dragon lurking underneath. He returns Neuvillette’s kiss, unafraid, gentle, seeking. How long has he waited for this? The years crumble before the swirl of their embrace.

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birthday kiss, cynonari

2025-11-25T12:39:20Z

Tighnari was startled out of his notebook by a gentle pressure between his ears. He scowled automatically at being interrupted, but it softened instantly at the knowledge that it was Cyno, and that he was being softly admired.

As Tighnari came back from his immersion in study, he smelled soup cooking. Now it was Cyno’s turn to have a kiss pressed to his head, as Tighnari walked behind him to start tidying up the kitchen.

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birthday kiss, dimivain

2025-11-25T12:38:21Z

Pale yellow light slanted across the cold sand, and caught in the russet waves just in front of him, turning them stained-glass scarlet, shimmering gold. Dimitri rested his head on Sylvain’s shoulder and murmured, “It was always you, you know.”

Sylvain startled, more surprised than Dimitri thought he should have been, and turned in his arms. The kiss he’d meant to press to Sylvain’s temple ended up on his eyelid, and they both laughed.

Sylvain surprised him, then, by burying his face in Dimitri’s shoulder. “Really, huh?” The muffled comment made Sylvain’s lips tickle against Dimitri’s neck.

“Yes, beloved, really.” The faintest hint of a smile warmed Dimitri’s words.

Sylvain’s fists tightened in Dimitri’s sweater the way they had sometimes when they were young, and he smoothed a gentle hand over Sylvain’s back. What a tender and precious thing, he thought, to be wanted.

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New FE3H Fic Chapter: nothing to lose

2025-11-23T00:55:29Z

Chapter 5 of nothing to lose (leicester falls AU) is up! https://archiveofourown.org/works/31152044/

Rated M, subject to change, very angsty, sylorenz lovers to...?

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she's cooking

2025-09-15T12:43:09Z

Been working hard to write something every day and mostly not succeeding this month 😂 but I DID complete my first kinktober fic last night and made progress on another! Bokuto/Asahi is the first and Joe/Adam is the second. Feels good to get rolling - working on beating my highest number of days posted in the past!

(Edit: in 2020 I did 8 days, so that's my number to beat!)

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Story to tell and I am listening

2025-07-21T01:22:51Z

Limbs were flying everywhere in the pit, and for a while Claude just enjoyed the energy, feeling himself rebound off other energetic bodies. But a very, very specific shade of violet caught his eye, right in the corner of his vision.

It took him instantly back to his childhood bedroom, and their college dorm, and…was that actually Lorenz? At a punk show? In the mosh pit?

Breathless, he retreated to the edge of the circle. Yeah, he’d know those pointy-ass elbows anywhere; he could feel them in his ribs even now. He waited for things to calm a little, then put a solid hand on Lorenz’s shoulder. Lavender eyes rimmed in smudged black makeup widened in surprise, then crinkled at the corners as a wide smile took over Lorenz’s face.

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Test Post - Fic Archive

2025-07-19T17:26:38Z

Preface

Teamwork
Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/66684211.

Rating:: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning:: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories:: M/M, Multi
Fandom:: Haikyuu!!
Relationship:: Azumane Asahi/Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi
Characters:: Azumane Asahi, Sawamura Daichi, Sugawara Koushi
Additional Tags:: Vacation, Cuddling & Snuggling, there were only two beds, Post-Canon
Language:: English
Collections:: HQ Flash Exchange: Poly Pride
Stats:: Published: 2025-06-18 Words: 950 Chapters: 1/1

Teamwork

by bladesandstars

Summary

Asahi, Daichi, and Koushi embark on their first international trip together -- and their first trip since moving in together. They manage to navigate their new surroundings with a little bit of silliness and charm.

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Getting serious about writing

2025-06-27T10:41:50Z

I've been putting a lot of time and care into growing my creativity lately. From both a "making time for it" perspective and a "nourishing my ideas" perspective, I'm getting my wheels under me and feeling like it's time for a new challenge, especially in the original work corner. Watch this space for an announcement of yet another posting location from me -- this space will remain my own for fanworks for sure, but I'm also going to embark on a new adventure. It's going to keep me very busy, as I still maintain a full-time job (that I love) but that's okay! It's a positive feeling.

Anyway, aside from that, I've long aspired to 1) actually finish all of the longer fanfic I've plotted/written/half-posted and 2) post more regularly. So starting in September, I'll be getting on a regular posting schedule. I'm not sure yet how often that will be; I need to get a real feel for how much I can write most weeks. But I think a weekly or biweekly schedule would do it.

Happy Friday! Hope the week treated you well and that the weekend brings time for fun, play, and rest.

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birthday kiss, Nika/Lilith

2025-04-12T01:17:01Z

Nika slides over on the smooth black leather seat, pulling her skirt down and grinning. Lilith, a little dazed, leans over her for a kiss, blonde hair swinging down to tickle her neck, but Nika pulls back, just out of her reach. She puts a playful finger over Lilith’s lips, but she’s serious about the reminder.

A throaty laugh ripples up through Lilith’s throat, and she reaches into her bag. Real money, then, not credits. Nika grins smugly over a job well done, and tucks the cash into her shirt.

If either of them had any lipstick left, it’d smear with the boisterous force of Nika’s kiss; she barrels into it like she does everything else. Lilith meets her where she’s at, but as always is firmer, more measured. The way she grips Nika’s shoulder speaks of discipline and control, and it makes Nika shiver a little, despite the fact that her body’s still languid with having been so recently sated.

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bg3, durge/abdirak, wip/draft

2025-03-13T10:45:38Z

Woke up and had some good writing energy and a fun idea, so I gave in to it. Bdsm implied and to follow, but no nsfw in this one yet:
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dirt man (wrapped #2, zhongchi)

2025-02-13T01:10:25Z

Childe’s toe caught on a rock, and he tripped, barely catching himself before hitting the ground. Without really thinking about it, he scooped up a handful of dirt and tossed it over his left shoulder.

Zhongli, a couple of paces behind, gave him a thoroughly quizzical look. “May I ask what all that was about?”

Childe looked at his hand, which still had a few grains of dirt clinging to it, looked at Zhongli, and burst out laughing.

Zhongli waited patiently until Childe could catch his breath.

“It’s nothing—just an old superstition from home.” Childe wheezed and wiped at his eyes.

“I do not think I have ever encountered this particular bit of Snezhnayan folklore. Would you mind sharing? It sounds quite amusing.”

Childe snorted again, and nearly erupted into laughter, but caught himself. “Stumbling is a reminder to make a little offering, you know. The idea is that you leave a little dirt for the, uh, the dirt man. So he doesn’t drag you deep under the mountains. Which are his domain.”

“Does Snezhnaya also have a deity devoted to rock and stone?”

This made the tips of Childe’s ears turn red. “Well, no….”

Zhongli looked at him expectantly.

“It’s….what you’re known as in Snezhnaya.” At the look on Zhongli’s face, Childe rushed to add, “In a rough translation!” but then he started laughing again.

Zhongli looked like he’d eaten something sour. “The dirt man? That is…not very dignified.”

“Well, you are the one who”—Childe yelped and dodged as Zhongli poked him in the ribs with the butt of his spear— “keeps the dirt! Ow!”

“It’s lucky for you that this story was related to me by a particularly charming Snezhnayan.” Zhongli continued to try to look offended, but the corners of his mouth were already softening, and the roll of a laugh danced around the deep tones of his voice.

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cornyx, a stolen kiss

2025-01-22T12:25:33Z

The way Nyx grips a fistful of Cor's jacket says "I'll come back in one piece, I promise." The way Cor grips Nyx's jawline with his thumb says, "You fucking better." Their lips clash, impatient and messy and tangled. It leaves Nyx gasping.

Cor sits back down, giving Nyx a sharp nod in dismissal, turning back to the work on his desk. Nyx's chuckle says, "You fucker," and Cor says nothing--but the smallest upturn of his lips says, "I heard that."

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indulgent tumult, messy perfection

2024-10-06T17:42:26Z

Sylvain/Lorenz, FE3H/Kushiel's fusion. Explicit; 3.5k. Read on AO3.

Prompt: Kinktober 2024 Day 1 - Sex Workers

Summary: Sylvain, a former Heliotrope adept, and Lorenz, a former Camellia adept, take the first steps into independence. They celebrate the completion of Sylvain's marque with an evening that is entirely their own.

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kinktober 2024 go!

2024-09-13T00:43:52Z

List of prompts is below - as I complete the days I'll reveal the fandom/pairing. Thanks if you sent in a request; it's always fun to write for someone! (I wonder if any of these make the pairing obvious - I feel like one of them does, a little.)

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Amiver, touch prompt 52

2024-09-07T21:57:57Z

Lukas Oliver and Étienne Amisu (thus "Amiver" for the ship name) are my original characters! I love writing them and I loved getting this request!

( 52. gripping thigh )

Touch prompts are here, and I am always open for them! Comment here, DM or send an ask anywhere you can find me, and I'll write one for you! Eventually. 😂 (I am not the fastest writer, but I do treat each prompt with love!)

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Claurenz, touch prompt 50

2024-09-07T21:23:40Z

A note: this little ficlet is set in the vampires AU I have for Claude and Lorenz, so there is a tiny bit (literally) of blood, and references to blood drinking.

( 50. putting a hand over the other person's mouth to shut them up )

Touch prompts are here, and I am always open for them! Comment here, DM or send an ask anywhere you can find me, and I'll write one for you! Eventually. 😂 (I am not the fastest writer, but I do treat each prompt with love!)

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things I wanna do this weekend

2024-08-29T21:38:51Z

- get my hair cut
- go see cool modern art with my guy for our anniversary <3
- get Vannit's backstory written for dnd session 1
- review the intro stuff for The Artist's Way and get ready to start
- work on my kinktober list of ideas
- bang out some rp replies and starters
- figure out what's happening with my river song blog now that tumblr unfucked it
- maybe poke about at dwrp if I'm feeling sassy
- restart family dnd

What are you up to out there?

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kinktober is coming

2024-08-27T23:28:09Z

Kinktober is my favorite! I wrote jack shit for it last year, so I'm importing my list of ideas over to this year. If you have any thoughts on things you want to see me write, I'm all ears! Comment here or DM me on pillowfort or Tumblr.

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