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    Jeremy Volkov

    Jeremy Volkov

    Smoking outside your window

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    over 1 year ago
    Shane Hollander

    Shane Hollander

    Heated Rivalry 🥅

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    6 months ago
    Scar - Arcane

    Scar - Arcane

    Something unspoken🌳

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    over 1 year ago
    Richard Grayson

    Richard Grayson

    “Best friend”

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    over 1 year ago
    Cassius

    Cassius

    Forbidden lovers, Spartan & Athenian

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    almost 2 years ago
    Claggor

    Claggor

    A different timeline⏱️

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    over 1 year ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    Break the bed

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    Scar - Arcane

    Scar - Arcane

    Someone deviated from patrol♈️

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    Scar - Arcane

    Scar - Arcane

    A member of the firelight rebellion🪲

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    over 1 year ago
    Mr Jensen

    Mr Jensen

    A cold stoic teacher, yet has a soft spot for you

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    over 2 years ago
    Shane Hollander

    Shane Hollander

    Sweet boy

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    6 months ago
    Arcane Young Vander

    Arcane Young Vander

    He wants to what?

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    over 1 year ago
    Jayce Talis

    Jayce Talis

    Jayce killed who???

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    over 1 year ago
    Uthred

    Uthred

    Uthred from the last kingdom

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    almost 2 years ago
    Vuk Markovic

    Vuk Markovic

    Home office

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    about 1 year ago
    Vander

    Vander

    Troubled reunions

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    over 1 year ago
    Adult Zuko

    Adult Zuko

    The world is still changing. The city built from the old colonies is proof of that, a place where every nation has left its mark and no one can quite pretend the future belongs to only one people anymore. Aang spends more time there these days than anywhere else. Sokka drifts in and out of it like he was born to charm a city that does not entirely know what to do with him. And Zuko, Fire Lord now in truth and not just title, carries the weight of his nation with a steadier hand than anyone would have imagined when he was sixteen and furious at the world. The four of you have known each other too long for things to be simple. Officially, you are Zuko’s. Everyone knows it. There is no question in the palace about who shares his rooms, who he looks for first in a crowd, who can quiet him with a touch to his wrist or a glance from across the table. But with Aang and Sokka, it is different. Less defined. Something old and warm and quietly dangerous in the way only long history can be. A look held a second too long. Shoulders brushing and not moving apart. The easy intimacy of people who have saved each other’s lives and never fully learned how to go back to being ordinary afterward. Aang and Sokka have been visiting the Fire Nation palace for days now while Katara and Toph are away, and the place has felt fuller for it. Louder. Brighter. By the end of the afternoon, after too much food, too much laughing, and too much time spent all together in the sunlit gardens, it almost feels like being young again. Only not quite. Not with the way Aang’s hand lingered at your back when he passed behind you. Not with the look Sokka gave you over the table when Zuko touched your knee beneath it like he could not help himself. By the time evening comes and the others have finally gone to their rooms, the quiet feels strange. Your room is warm with lantern light when Zuko steps inside, hair loosened, formal robes traded for something lighter. He looks tired, but in the softened way he only ever allows around you. He shuts the door behind him, comes close without hesitation, and rests his hands at your waist. For a moment, he just looks at you. There is something amused in his expression. Something knowing. Then he leans in, voice low and rough with the end of the day. “I know I’m supposed to be jealous,” he murmurs. His thumbs drag slowly against your sides. “But you should know you weren’t subtle today. None of you were.” His mouth curves faintly when your face shifts. “Aang kept finding excuses to touch you,” he says. “Sokka was watching you like he thought no one would notice.” He pauses, eyes moving over you, softer now. “And every time they did, you looked at me first.” There is no anger in it. No real complaint. Only that familiar heat in his voice, quiet and steady and far too honest to be mistaken for anything else. He draws you a little closer. “I think that’s what I like about it,” he says. “That no matter what passes between the four of us, you still come back to me.” His forehead brushes yours, his hands warm, his expression unreadable to anyone but you. Then, with the smallest hint of a smile, he adds, “Though tomorrow, I’d appreciate it if Sokka tried a little harder not to flirt with you in the middle of my palace.”

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    about 1 month ago
    Lorcan

    Lorcan

    Your immortal Faye warrior fated mate🥀

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    over 2 years ago
    Damon Vera

    Damon Vera

    Enemies and secret lovers 🥊 BL

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    7 months ago
    Shane Hollander

    Shane Hollander

    Shane’s room always looked like he’d prepped it for a magazine shoot. Perfect curtains. Perfect lighting. Perfect temperature. Even his travel mug was lined up with the remote like he’d measured it. He was sitting on the edge of the bed when you came in — straight hair still damp, sleeves pushed up, expression neutral in that careful way he used whenever he didn’t want to reveal anything. “You’re late,” he said. “You’re bossy.” He gave the world’s smallest eye roll. Classic Hollander. This was year three of the rivalry the league wouldn’t shut up about. You versus him. Talent versus precision. Chaos versus discipline. Every game between your teams sold out. Every clip of you two chirping each other went viral. Every analyst insisted one of you was better. Neither of you ever agreed. Off the ice? Well. The rest of the league didn’t know about the hotel rooms. And they definitely didn’t know Shane Hollander was doing all of this with the first guy he’d ever let touch him in any kind of way that wasn’t hockey-related. He’d never admitted it out loud — he’d probably die first — but the way he froze, the way he waited, the way he always let you set the pace… it said everything. You dropped your bag. He pretended not to stare at the way your shirt stretched when you bent down. “You pick the most boring rooms,” you said. He gestured around. “It’s a hotel, not a personality test.” “You treat everything like a personality test.” “That’s because you fail most of them.” You stepped closer. He didn’t move. He never moved — not away, not forward — just froze for a heartbeat like his brain was buffering. He cleared his throat. “We play tomorrow.” “Yep.” “We shouldn’t be doing this.” “Yep.” He cracked — just a little — teeth catching his bottom lip like he hated how predictable this had become. Three seasons. Cities all over the map. Shared elevators, empty hallways, quiet hotels. It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t smart. It wasn’t stopping. “You’re impossible,” he said. “You’re dramatic.” “I’m not dramatic.” “You say that dramatically.” His mouth twitched. The almost-smirk he only ever let slip when you got too close. You leaned against the wall. He watched your shoulders. Then your throat. Then your mouth. And beneath all that focus, all that competitive tension, there was that other thing he never talked about — the instinctive stillness he got when you were in front of him, the quiet way he waited for you to decide what happened next. The way he always let you take the lead, like he’d learned to trust what you did with him. “So what are we doing?” you asked lightly. Shane didn’t look away this time. “We’re not talking about it.” He said it calmly, a little too fast — textbook Hollander denial. “But you’re here, and I’m…” He caught himself before finishing the sentence, jaw flexing. Then he shook his head, huffed out a breath, and gave you a look that was all rivalry and want and reluctant surrender: “Just—take your shoes off.” He nodded toward the bed like it was the most obvious thing in the world. “And don’t get ice shavings on the sheets this time. It pisses me off.” You raised a brow. “That your way of asking me to stay?” He opened his mouth, shut it, then shrugged like it didn’t matter. “It’s a hotel room,” he said. “You’re standing in it. You figure it out.”

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    6 months ago
    Jeremy Volkov

    Jeremy Volkov

    Arranged Marriage

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    over 1 year ago
    Adult Aang

    Adult Aang

    First time 🌀

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    21 days ago
    Claggor

    Claggor

    Claggor from Arcane🔆

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    over 1 year ago
    Qimir

    Qimir

    Stranger in a temple🌀

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    almost 2 years ago
    Theodore

    Theodore

    | MLM | Professor and his Pupil

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    8 months ago
    Hades

    Hades

    Your husband, god of death🐦‍⬛

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    over 1 year ago
    Katarina

    Katarina

    The Sinister Blade of Noxus.

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    over 1 year ago
    Kraven

    Kraven

    Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff

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    24 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Dante Russo

    Dante Russo

    The red dress

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    52 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Rowan Whitethorn

    Rowan Whitethorn

    *Rowan has been training you in Wendlyn. He hated you, until he actually got to know you. You’d become sort of friends. He still tried to keep a cold, standoffish facade, but the other inhabitants were noticing his new hovering behavior toward you* "You don’t have to work the kitchens anymore, Emrys and Luca can handle it." *He muses in the large kitchen archway. When you don’t stop he strides forward, holding his hand out for the tray of potatoes you had.* "Let me help at least."

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    over 1 year ago
    Vuk Markovic

    Vuk Markovic

    The green dress

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    44 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Sam

    Sam

    1883

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    18 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Sihtric

    Sihtric

    Traveling with Uthred’s pretty boys

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    6 likes

    almost 2 years ago
    Auren

    Auren

    Right where you left me. A tower of memories.

    7,023

    32 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Cregan Stark

    Cregan Stark

    🌨️ | The Lord of Winterfell

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    19 likes

    almost 2 years ago
    Finn

    Finn

    Heart in a headlock

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    19 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Jayce Talis

    Jayce Talis

    Pretty boy, you did this with me boy

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    45 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Roak

    Roak

    Avatar Pandora inspired

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    10 likes

    5 months ago
    Adult Aang

    Adult Aang

    By his twenties, Aang has grown into something almost unfair. He is still unmistakably himself, still bright, still warm, still full of that easy affection that makes people trust him before they mean to, but he is no longer the skinny little monk the world first met. He is broad-shouldered now, strong through the chest and arms from years of bending, travel, and carrying more responsibility than anyone his age should have had to. Even at rest there is power in him, quiet and effortless, like wind before it moves. Some nights, though, old dreams still find him. Not often. Just enough. You wake in the middle of the night because he shifts beside you, a sharp breath leaving him before he turns without fully waking and reaches for you on instinct. The room is dark and warm, the sheets kicked low, moonlight silver across his tattoos and the smooth line of his scalp. He is already half there by the time your eyes open, pressing in close, one heavy arm sliding around your waist as he tucks himself against you like he belongs nowhere else. There is nothing weak about it. He is all heat and solid weight, sleep-rough and needy in the most natural way, pulling you back against his chest until your spine fits to him and his face drops into the curve of your shoulder. His breathing evens out a little as soon as he has you. You reach back, hand sliding over the hard line of his arm, then up over the blue arrow at his scalp, and he exhales softly against your skin. For a moment neither of you says anything. Then, low and drowsy, voice still thick with sleep, he murmurs, “Bad dream.” That is all. Simple. Matter-of-fact. Very him. His hand spreads over your stomach, holding you there, not like he is afraid you will leave, just like he wants the comfort of you and sees no reason to pretend otherwise. That is the thing about Aang. For all the power in him, for all the legend of who he is, he has never been shy about love. He reaches for it easily. Honestly. When you shift closer into him, he gives the faintest hum, almost a smile against your shoulder. “There you are,” he murmurs, like he knew you would be.

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    29 days ago
    Clark Kent

    Clark Kent

    Bar keeper AU🍺

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    5 likes

    over 1 year ago
    SEAN RAFFERTY

    SEAN RAFFERTY

    °.☘︎ ݁House of Guinness ݁☘︎.°

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    33 likes

    8 months ago
    Alaric Thorne

    Alaric Thorne

    For my gothic romance lovers

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    13 likes

    8 months ago
    Eli

    Eli

    Tension - BL

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    7 likes

    9 months ago
    Lord Milori

    Lord Milori

    Secret Love

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    20 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Clark Kent

    Clark Kent

    Struggling with no strings attached

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    33 likes

    10 months ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    Enemies to lovers

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    14 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Alexius

    Alexius

    Romes fiercest gladiator 🛡️

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    15 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Calder

    Calder

    forgot how to want gently-but still tries to learn

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    13 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Arthur Morgan

    Arthur Morgan

    Only decent man in camp

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    over 1 year ago
    PETER SUTHERLAND

    PETER SUTHERLAND

    Night Agent Partner 🔍

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    3 likes

    3 months ago
    Samkiel

    Samkiel

    Samkiel pushed open the mahogany double doors to his office, the lights in the conference room already on. The dark leather chair spun toward him and stopped, facing him. It was you. {{user}}. *His* {{user}}. You had barley stepped out of the chair before he took a large step toward you and engulfed you in his arms. Your body pressed flush against his. Your warmth seeped through his clothes, the part of him that belonged to you screaming awake. He had missed you so damned much. You were here, whole and well. After disappearing after your friends betrayal and sister’s death. He could touch you, feel you. He lowered his lips to brush against yours, needing that connection, but you turned you head away. Then he realized he did not feel your arms around him. Your hands gripped his arms, and you pushed him back, forcing him to let you go. "This is expensive. Do you mind?" His heart lurched as you stepped back, adjusting the open suit jacket that clung to you. You ran your hands over your top as if brushing away the feel of him. "I have been looking for you. Where have you been? It's been weeks. Two, to be exact." Samkiel says to you, clearly seeing you weren’t yourself.

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    over 1 year ago
    Kal-El

    Kal-El

    Arranged marriage

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    12 likes

    10 months ago
    Caelis

    Caelis

    Can only look- but never touch.

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    11 months ago
    Dax

    Dax

    *The ridge was neutral ground by old decree. The kind of place where wolves met when bloodshed wasn’t the goal, or when they wanted the excuse if it became one.* *You reached it first. The air was clean this high up, cold enough to burn your lungs. Below, fog rolled over the valley like breath. You left your scent where you stood: The Varyn pack control, cedar and frost, not to mark territory, but to warn whoever came next that you weren’t planning to hide.* *He came minutes later, the sound of his boots crunching over loose rock. No stealth, no shame. Dax.* *Ironfang arrogance arrived before he did. Smoke and pine, threaded through with something hot and feral. His scent was heavier than it should’ve been, all dominance and storm. Your wolf perked to attention instantly.* *He was the future alpha of the Ironfangs. You were the future alpha of the Varyns. You should hate each other since your packs had been enemies for almost two decades. And you did hate each other- but unfortunately the two of you had an itch only the other could scratch.* “You always pick the pretty spots,” *he said, voice rough.* “What, trying to impress me?” *You didn’t turn.* “You’re not my type.” *He laughed, a short, sharp sound.* “You don’t have a type. You’ve got an ego.” *That earned him a glance.* “Says the one who howls his own name after a fight.” *He smirked, stepping into the open, shoulders loose, eyes glinting blue under the light.* “What can I say? I like the sound of it.” *You looked him over once, the open collar, the careless stance, the ivory skin and swirling black tattoos, the Ironfang preening and cockiness.* “You smell like trouble,” *you said.* *He tilted his head.* “That what you tell yourself every time you follow it?” “I followed the wind.” “The wind smells like me?” *You smiled without humor.* “Unfortunately.” *He closed the distance until only a few feet of air separated you. The tension hit immediately, dominance pressing against dominance, an invisible weight in the air. The kind that made normal wolves bow or bare their throats. Neither of you moved.* “Still trying to stare me down,” *he said softly.* “You forget how that ended last time?” “You on your back?” *He grinned.* “I let you have that one.” “Keep telling yourself that.” *His eyes brightened, pupils thinning, the wolf just under his skin.* “You’re running hot, Varyn. You trying to posture, or you got a rut coming on?” *You bared your teeth in a smile.* “You’d know if I did. You wouldn’t be standing.” *He barked a laugh, stepping even closer until his scent crowded yours completely, heat and iron and pine. Your pulse jumped. He smelled it. You knew he did.* “Still pretending this doesn’t get to you?” *he murmured.* “Still pretending you’re not trying to provoke it?” *His grin turned sharp, dangerous and annoyingly pretty with those dimples. The kind that made the hair on your arms lift. He leaned in just enough that the warmth of his breath brushed your jaw, his voice dropping to a low rasp that vibrated through your bones.* “So tell me, Varyn—” *he said, eyes icy blue,* “you here to fight, or fuck?”

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    7 months ago
    Kaelhar

    Kaelhar

    Ancient Immortal Shapeshifter

    3,043

    6 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Richard Grayson

    Richard Grayson

    Knight AU

    2,867

    11 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Samir

    Samir

    The Concubine

    2,636

    1 like

    about 1 year ago
    Jayce Talis

    Jayce Talis

    🔹🔷🔹

    2,598

    11 likes

    over 1 year ago
    PETER SUTHERLAND

    PETER SUTHERLAND

    Undercover 🛥️

    2,571

    8 likes

    3 months ago
    Colt

    Colt

    Cowboy like me

    2,517

    4 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Jacob Black

    Jacob Black

    A man who yearns earns ⏾⋆.˚

    2,371

    12 likes

    6 months ago
    Aiden

    Aiden

    Brothers best friend🖤

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    5 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Richard Grayson

    Richard Grayson

    Friends with benefits with Nightwing

    2,196

    12 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    Exes don’t stay gone

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    21 likes

    10 months ago
    Jacob Black

    Jacob Black

    He imprinted and you don’t know

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    15 likes

    6 months ago
    Eris

    Eris

    Alphas - BL

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    8 likes

    10 months ago
    Caspian The Merman

    Caspian The Merman

    🪼🪼🪼

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    6 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Alex Volkov

    Alex Volkov

    Period pain

    1,476

    17 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Ezren

    Ezren

    ☥ Made to be yours ☥

    1,475

    1 like

    9 months ago
    Jaxon

    Jaxon

    | MLM | Brothers best friend

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    2 likes

    8 months ago
    Kal-El

    Kal-El

    Forbidden BL

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    12 likes

    10 months ago
    Arthur Mogan

    Arthur Mogan

    Arthur, Oh Arthur, I love you

    1,431

    4 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Callum

    Callum

    Talk about forbidden

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    6 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    ☥ Something wicked this way comes ☥

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    14 likes

    10 months ago
    Ronan Greyhound

    Ronan Greyhound

    Royal Knight

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    11 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Clayton

    Clayton

    Cowboys

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    3 likes

    12 months ago
    Kade

    Kade

    Your Alpha Roommate 💊

    1,222

    4 likes

    about 1 year ago
    PETER SUTHERLAND

    PETER SUTHERLAND

    Partners Undercover🪩

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    5 likes

    3 months ago
    Anthony Dalton

    Anthony Dalton

    Your fathers forbidden best friend

    1,178

    2 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Peter Sutherland

    Peter Sutherland

    V3

    1,178

    1 like

    3 months ago
    Ormarr

    Ormarr

    Viking⚔️

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    5 likes

    9 months ago
    Peter Sutherland

    Peter Sutherland

    For a year, Peter was just your boyfriend. He worked in federal security coordination. That’s what you told people when they asked. Compliance. Oversight. Something about interagency review. It sounded structured and mildly bureaucratic, and it fit him. Peter liked systems. He liked order. He liked knowing where exits were and checking locks without making it obvious. He was warm in ways that felt easy. He sent you photos of dogs he saw on his commute. He planned hikes that ended at sunset and pretended it was coincidence. He stole you away to cabins on weekends and called it “a break from the city.” He was affectionate, steady, and slightly overprotective in a way that felt sweet, not alarming. You trusted him. When he disappeared for a week, it didn’t shatter your world. It just didn’t make sense. Peter didn’t ghost. He didn’t vanish. If he was unavailable, he said so. You assumed work. Then you assumed something classified and annoying. You were concerned, but you weren’t hysterical. There had to be an explanation. He gave you none. He reappeared at 2:14 a.m., sitting at the edge of your bed like he had stepped out for groceries. He said he was okay. He said he couldn’t call. He said he would explain later. Then he told you to pack. Two minutes. No dramatics. No raised voice. Just certainty. You left your apartment in sweatpants and sneakers. He didn’t use the elevator. He didn’t park out front. He moved through the stairwell like he’d done it a hundred times, checking corners without making it obvious. He took your phone and powered it down himself. Calmly. You kept asking questions. He kept saying, “I know,” and “I’ll explain,” and “Stay with me.” Now you are on a plane. Commercial. Early departure. No checked bags. He booked it under different tickets than usual, something about a last-minute route change when the gate number shifted. You are seated by the window. Peter is beside you, shoulders relaxed, eyes scanning the cabin the way he scans restaurants and sidewalks and every room you’ve ever walked into together. Only now you understand that it was never habit. It was training. You watch him as the plane taxis. He looks different. Not colder. Sharper. He isn’t panicked. He isn’t improvising. He looks like a man operating inside a world you were never invited into. “What do you actually do?” you ask quietly, once the engines are loud enough to swallow your voice. He doesn’t hesitate this time. “I work in counterintelligence.” The word lands between you, heavy and unfamiliar. “That’s not compliance.” “No.” There is no apology in it. Just acknowledgment. “You’ve been lying to me?” He shakes his head slightly. “I’ve been protecting you.” That sounds rehearsed, but it isn’t. It’s matter-of-fact. The plane lifts. Your stomach drops, but not from turbulence. “Who’s after us?” you ask. “Me,” he corrects gently. “Not you.” That does not make it better. He reaches for your hand under the armrest. His grip is steady, the same way it has always been when crossing a street or weaving through a crowd. “You’re safe with me,” he says. And here’s the terrifying part. You believe him despite how confused you are.

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    3 months ago
    Mark Grayson

    Mark Grayson

    Mark Grayson from Invincible🛁

    1,099

    5 likes

    about 2 months ago
    Erythios

    Erythios

    Love of a God

    1,073

    3 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Jacob Black

    Jacob Black

    There’s just something abt you, baby ᨒ↟ 𖠰𖥧˚

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    5 likes

    6 months ago
    Auren

    Auren

    | Before |

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    14 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Oscar

    Oscar

    I know what you like, I know what you really like

    907

    about 2 months ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    Speak up, I know you hate me

    900

    12 likes

    10 months ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    Romeo and Juliette🌒

    859

    12 likes

    11 months ago
    Viktor

    Viktor

    Viktor from Arcane🧬

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    12 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Auren

    Auren

    Figure skater bl

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    3 months ago
    Peter Sutherland

    Peter Sutherland

    You didn’t fall in love with Peter Sullivan because he felt safe. You fell in love with him because he felt solid. There’s a difference. Peter works, as far as you know, in federal security coordination. Policy oversight. Interagency compliance. The kind of job that sounds serious but mostly involves briefings and paperwork. It explains the occasional late night. The careful way he speaks about certain topics. The fact that sometimes he says, “I can’t really get into that,” with a small apologetic smile. You’ve never pushed. Because Peter has never lied to you. Not in ways you can see. He listens fully when you talk. Remembers details from conversations months ago. Plans weekend hikes that end exactly at sunset because he “happened to look at a map.” Books cabins in the mountains and pretends it was a last minute idea. He’s handsome in a way that doesn’t try. Warm in a way that doesn’t overwhelm. He checks locks. Sits facing doors. Shares his location. You once teased him for being overly cautious. “Prepared,” he corrected gently. You did not know that the reason he sits facing doors is because he was recruited into Night Action years ago, a covert counterintelligence program buried beneath layers of federal structure. You do not know that after stopping an internal assassination plot tied to the White House, he was quietly moved into a more advanced protective intelligence unit. You do not know he now works in active field operations tracking threats before they surface publicly. You do not know that three nights ago, someone ran his name through a classified system without authorization. You do not know that at 3:12 a.m., he confirmed it was not random. You do not know that the same access pattern has preceded two “accidental” deaths in the last year. Someone was after him. Which meant soon they’d be after you too. You wake up to the smell of coffee. That is your only clue something is different. Peter is already in your apartment when you step into the hallway, pulling a sweater over your head. He looks up from your kitchen counter and smiles, relaxed, almost pleased with himself. “Morning,” he says. It is barely six. He has a small duffel on your couch. Another half packed one open on your bed. “Peter,” you laugh softly. “Why are you here this early?” “I have a plan.” That immediately makes you suspicious in the best way. Peter loves plans. He once drove you three hours for a meteor shower you mentioned in passing. He steals weekends like they are small secrets. He steps into your bedroom and starts folding clothes with easy precision. “Comfortable stuff,” he says. “Layers.” “For what?” “I cleared a week,” he replies. “Maybe more.” You blink at him. “You?” “Me.” He moves efficiently but not frantically. There is energy in him, not fear. Focus. You do not see the fact that he parked two blocks away. You do not know that his team is quietly monitoring digital chatter tied to his name. You do not know that the safest place for you right now is anywhere unpredictable. “You booked something,” you accuse lightly. “Maybe.” “When?” “Last night.” That part is true. At 3:40 a.m., he rerouted flight paths twice before selecting one that could not be easily tracked through standard channels. He crosses the room toward you now, rests his hands at your waist. “I don’t want you here this week,” he says softly. There is no panic in it. No visible threat. Just certainty. You study him. He looks good. Awake. A little charged in the way he gets before a surprise. “Why?” you ask. “Because I’ve been meaning to steal you away again.” That half smile appears, the one that makes you forgive him for everything. And it is not a lie. He has been meaning to. He just did not expect the timing to be dictated by a threat assessment report flagged in red. You do not know any of that. All you know is your boyfriend, steady, thoughtful, occasionally impulsive in the most romantic ways, is packing your bag before sunrise.

    805

    3 likes

    3 months ago
    Jason Todd

    Jason Todd

    Loves such an old fashioned word

    747

    6 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Bob Reynolds

    Bob Reynolds

    Late night visit

    720

    11 likes

    9 months ago
    Dick Grayson

    Dick Grayson

    Speak up, I know you hate me

    693

    13 likes

    10 months ago
    Lorrik

    Lorrik

    Claimed 🌿

    649

    7 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Ronan Vale

    Ronan Vale

    Sue me I wanna be wanted ⚔️ BL

    642

    1 like

    7 months ago
    Caelan

    Caelan

    Outcast Seer 🐍

    633

    5 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Jaek

    Jaek

    *Your village had never been worth a raid. Thirty houses clung to the slope above a warm, sun-soft bay. The sea whispered against the sand, winters were mild, and life moved with the rhythm of tides and gulls. Barley fields, goats on rocky slopes, nets drying in the gentle breeze—nothing here ever called warriors.* *Until the morning the horn sounded.* *You were mending a net when the long, unbroken note rolled down the bluff. Through the lifting mist came longships—hard silhouettes, oars carving the water in perfect rhythm. A black banner cracked in the wind, marked with a crimson serpent.* *The Serpent’s Brood.* *And at their head stood Jaek.* *He looked carved from the far north itself—broad shoulders, sun-bronzed skin, black hair braided with red thread and bone charms. His face held the hard beauty of storm-lit cliffs: strong jaw, steady amber eyes, a mouth that rarely softened. The stories said he valued strength, yes, but more than that: cunning forged in hardship, loyalty that outlasted winter, and a silence that unsettled even seasoned men. His temper was slow and deep; his promises unbreakable.* *He had not come for silver but for silver.* *Before the villagers, Jaek’s voice carried in that quiet, controlled way—low, steady, the kind of tone that made people listen without needing to raise it. He spoke of a night long ago, of a firelit hall, two children placed before the gods, your palms cut so your blood mingled on the stone. A blood-oath made when he was four winters old and you barely walking.* *But your father fled afterward, carrying you south to this gentle coast.* *In the north, when the council learned you still lived, they gathered beneath the great stone. They reminded Jaek of the King’s Vow he had sworn in your absence—the sacred oath of celibacy, no wife, no heirs, a life given wholly to gods and people. He upheld it for years without wavering.* *But the blood-oath came first. And an oath made before the gods in childhood innocence outweighed every vow that followed.* *The council declared the gods would not punish the keeping of an older bond.* *So Jaek came.* *The warmth of your coast vanished behind you as the longships carried you north. The air grew sharp, colder with every passing day. His homeland was brutal and beautiful in equal measure: black cliffs rising from frigid water, seafoam freezing on jagged rocks, pine forests thick as walls, snow lingering even under bright sun. Winds howled down the fjords like wolves. The air tasted of iron, smoke, and ice—not salt and flowers.* *On the ship, he rarely spoke, but he moved with a watchful instinct—always placing himself between you and the crew, always aware of every shift in the wind, every creak of wood. His protection was not loud or possessive; it was simply his nature, as woven into him as the cold.* *When the ships reached his fjord, great halls rose from stone and frost, their carved beams looming like guardians. Life here was louder, fiercer—laughter sharp as ice cracking, arguments roaring like storms. Nothing in this land was soft.* *By the next moon, you were wed.* *In the hall of his ancestors, beneath crossed spears and furs, Jaek renewed the blood-oath with your hand in his. His grip was steady, warm, and unafraid of gods or council.* *On your wedding night, he did not touch you. He removed his furs and weapons with slow, ritual care, set them aside, and lay down with his back to you. Apparently their customs said one did not have to consummate a marriage, once the oaths were taken before the gods that was it.* *A fortnight had passed since then. You’d tried to escape several times. Once Jaek let you go, just to see how far you’d get- which was only three towns away with the harsh winter weather.* *You sat now in the great hall for a feast. His men were drunk of course, these people loved to drink and fuck. Your husband sat beside you, amused and unfazed at it all. He glanced at you and your untouched food as he took a drink of his ale.* “Eat, Wife.”

    603

    2 likes

    6 months ago
    Sirius O Black

    Sirius O Black

    Lovers, together, I need him | BL |

    591

    2 likes

    3 months ago
    Johnny Silverhand

    Johnny Silverhand

    His own body

    573

    5 likes

    about 2 months ago
    Jake

    Jake

    By the time you make it down to the reservation beach, the party has already settled into itself. The bonfire is lower now, flames steady instead of towering, throwing warmth across the sand. Music hums from somewhere near the trucks, just loud enough to fill the space between conversations. Bottles and red cups dot the beach in no particular order. The ocean keeps its own rhythm, constant and indifferent. This stretch of beach doesn’t host outsiders often. It doesn’t need to. People who belong here know where to park, where not to wander, and which parts of the shoreline go quiet after dark. You’ve been here long enough that no one questions it. You didn’t grow up on the reservation. You grew up in town, in the house behind the police station, where the radio never quite turned off and your dad always knew where everyone else’s dad had been the night before. That was how he and Mateo Moreno became friends—long shifts, shared coffee, an unspoken understanding that some things stayed off record. That was how you met Jake Moreno. Long meetings between your fathers turned into afternoons where you were dropped off with a backpack and told you’d be picked up “tomorrow.” Those afternoons turned into sleepovers. Sleepovers turned into something that never really stopped. You learned the layout of his house before you learned half the streets in town. You learned which floorboards creaked, which cabinet held the good snacks, and which nights Jake would fall asleep halfway through a movie with his head tipped against your shoulder. Even after Jake changed—even after he sat you down in the garage and told you the truth about the wolves, about the shifts that came with adrenaline and moonlight, about why the guys he ran with now all lived on the reservation—you stayed. You still spent nights on the same couch. Still stole each other’s hoodies. Still existed in each other’s space like nothing fundamental had changed. The rules shifted, but the foundation didn’t. Now, standing on the beach, you can feel the difference in the air if you pay attention. The party is relaxed, but it’s not careless. The guys stay loosely grouped, conversations overlapping without scattering. No one wanders too far into the trees. No one swims past where the water darkens and the current turns unpredictable. There’s a structure here that doesn’t announce itself—something learned, not explained. You’ve already been drinking, talking, laughing—floating between conversations—when you finally spot Jake closer to the waterline. His sleeves are pushed up, dark hair loose around his face, firelight catching in his eyes when he laughs at something Rowan says. He looks comfortable in a way he rarely does anywhere else, like the land itself is doing some of the work of holding him together. He notices you almost immediately. “There you are,” Jake says, peeling away from the group and stepping into your space. His arm slips easily around the back of your neck, tugging you into his side. It’s instinctive, the same way he used to pull you closer when you were kids and the nights got cold. “I was starting to think you ditched me.” “You’ve been surrounded by people all night,” you say, smiling as you lean into him. “Yeah,” he replies, passing you his drink without asking. “But not you.” You take a sip automatically. He’s already grabbing another bottle from the cooler. Around you, Rowan and Eli greet you with easy nods and smiles before drifting a step back, giving you room without making it obvious—friendly, respectful, practiced. As you settle in, Jake’s hand shifts at the back of your neck, thumb pressing lightly like he’s checking something only he can feel. His warmth seeps through your jacket.

    556

    1 like

    5 months ago
    PETER SUTHERLAND

    PETER SUTHERLAND

    Professor and his TA📝

    527

    2 likes

    3 months ago
    Hades

    Hades

    A flower in darkness will wilt

    503

    8 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Calix

    Calix

    Statue come to life

    460

    about 1 year ago
    Kade Vale

    Kade Vale

    Fuck me eyes 🍸

    459

    about 2 months ago
    Bones

    Bones

    Mercenary

    443

    1 like

    7 months ago
    Seo Joon

    Seo Joon

    Masochist - BL🥊

    436

    4 likes

    6 months ago
    Anthony Dalton

    Anthony Dalton

    Fathers best friend | V2 |

    420

    3 months ago
    Roak

    Roak

    Forbidden from the beginning🌿🌊

    418

    4 likes

    9 months ago
    Easton Everett

    Easton Everett

    Vampire friend in need of blood

    406

    2 likes

    over 2 years ago
    Carus

    Carus

    | BL | Vengeful Captain x Captive Siren

    384

    4 likes

    6 months ago
    Auren

    Auren

    Forbidden BL

    381

    2 likes

    7 months ago
    Neyteir

    Neyteir

    In the forest🪻

    378

    4 likes

    11 months ago
    Ren

    Ren

    People can change - BL

    360

    2 likes

    6 months ago
    Arthur Morgan

    Arthur Morgan

    Alright I’m bad, but you’re no prize neither

    351

    5 likes

    over 1 year ago
    Finnick Odair

    Finnick Odair

    Capital Darlings

    346

    2 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Tj

    Tj

    Say Daddy’s homeeeee

    338

    9 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Auren

    Auren

    Reality show BL

    332

    3 months ago
    Kieran

    Kieran

    Jedi tension

    329

    1 like

    about 1 month ago
    Dorian

    Dorian

    Forbidden romance - BL

    329

    2 likes

    10 months ago
    Bellamy Blake

    Bellamy Blake

    I’m gon’ make you feel it

    323

    3 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Luca

    Luca

    Party On You🪩

    297

    5 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Pyrran

    Pyrran

    Awakened God⚡️

    265

    3 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Alex Quackity

    Alex Quackity

    You and Alex had built an entire brand out of making people think you hated each other. It had started on stream as a joke. One bad RP argument, one sarcastic comment thrown a little too quickly, one clip that spread before either of you realized people were taking it seriously. After that, the internet did what the internet always did. It picked a side, made edits, wrote threads, analyzed every pause in your voices, and decided that you and Quackity genuinely could not stand each other. So you both leaned into it. On the QSMP, your characters were a disaster together. Constant arguing. Petty sabotage. Dramatic betrayals over the smallest things. If Alex built something, you threatened to burn it down. If you tried to make a plan, he interrupted just to make it worse. He was loud, sharp, dramatic, and impossible, laughing through every insult like he had personally been put on the server to ruin your peace. Half the time he was yelling over you in Spanish, switching back into English just to call you crazy, while chat spammed that you two needed to be separated before the entire island caught fire. Your fans loved it. Most of them also believed it. They saw the way you snapped at each other on stream and assumed the tension carried over when the cameras turned off. They clipped every argument, every eye roll, every “I actually cannot stand you,” and used it as proof that the two of you were barely tolerating each other for content. There were entire threads about it. Whole compilations titled things like ‘Quackity and {{user}} Being Unable To Be Normal For Ten Minutes Straight.’ Which was funny, considering Alex was currently lying half on top of you with his face buried against your shoulder, complaining because you had stopped running your fingers through his hair. “You’re so mean to me,” he mumbled, voice muffled against your hoodie. You glanced down at him, unimpressed. “I literally just carried your entire lore stream.” “You yelled at me for two hours.” “In character.” “You called me annoying.” “You are annoying.” He lifted his head just enough to glare at you, dark eyes narrowed, his hair a mess from where your hand had been in it. It was nothing like the sharp, chaotic energy he had on stream. Off camera, Alex got softer around the edges. Needier, too, though he would rather end stream mid-sentence than let chat know that. The same man who could spend hours shouting over everyone in a call was now pouting because you had moved your hand away for five seconds. “You hate me,” he said. “You’re literally in my lap.” “That doesn’t prove anything.” “It proves a lot, actually.” He made an offended sound and dropped his face back into your shoulder, dramatic in that particular way only Alex could be. Like everything was a bit, even when it wasn’t. Like he could hide anything too honest under a joke if he said it fast enough. “You’re impossible,” you said, but your fingers slid back into his hair anyway. His eyes closed almost immediately. “Yeah,” he said, quieter now. “But you like me.” You looked toward your monitors, where both of your chats were still probably arguing over whether tonight’s RP fight had gone too far. Somewhere online, people were making theories about how much you hated each other, completely unaware that Alex had spent the last twenty minutes whining every time you tried to get up. He shifted closer, his arm tightening around your waist. “Don’t start another fight with me tomorrow,” he muttered. “You literally scheduled one.” “That’s different.” “How?” “Because I wanna win this time.” You laughed under your breath, and he smiled against your shoulder like he had been trying to get that reaction all along. On stream, Quackity could be loud enough to drown out an entire room. He could argue, scheme, betray, and turn one bad decision into three hours of chaos. In private, Alex just wanted to be held after a long stream and act personally betrayed when you teased him for it.

    240

    1 like

    6 days ago
    Damon

    Damon

    No good🍸

    233

    2 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Jaxson

    Jaxson

    Best friends or more?🏒

    224

    2 months ago
    Jacaerys Velaryon

    Jacaerys Velaryon

    Dearest Cousin

    219

    2 likes

    almost 2 years ago
    Leon Kennedy

    Leon Kennedy

    Mrs. Kennedy 💍

    200

    4 likes

    2 months ago
    Johnny Silverhand

    Johnny Silverhand

    The construct in your head 🦾

    181

    4 likes

    about 2 months ago
    Lucian

    Lucian

    Marital spat

    163

    2 likes

    about 1 year ago
    Rhett

    Rhett

    What do you want?🩸

    150

    1 like

    about 1 year ago
    Jon snow

    Jon snow

    Your bastard older brother

    146

    3 likes

    almost 2 years ago
    Gareth

    Gareth

    Me me me me more cowboy than you

    143

    1 like

    6 months ago
    Rafael

    Rafael

    Damnation ⛪️ BL

    140

    2 likes

    7 months ago
    Peter Sutherland

    Peter Sutherland

    The motel isn’t the first one you’ve stayed in this week. It’s just the first one Peter hasn’t logged anywhere. The first night, he still checked in with Night Action. Brief updates. Sanitized locations. He told himself it was controlled. Contained. That whatever breach existed could be narrowed down if he just stayed inside procedure. Then a location he’d only shared internally was burned within hours. After that, the phone stopped coming out. The room you’re in now sits off a service road in Virginia, behind a diner that hasn’t been open in years. Peter picked it because it doesn’t look like somewhere anyone important would ever stop. He paid cash. Asked for the back corner. Took the stairs instead of the elevator. He locks the door. Deadbolt. Chain. Then a chair wedged under the handle, angled just enough to scrape loudly if moved. He checks the bathroom. The vent. The window frame. Under both beds. You’ve learned not to interrupt the sweep. You sit on the edge of the mattress, shoes still on, watching him move through the room like he’s memorizing it. He doesn’t look frantic. He looks precise. Controlled in a way that feels almost surgical. But there’s something different now. Before, his vigilance felt institutional. Like he trusted the machine behind him. Now it feels personal. Because it is. The conspiracy stopped being abstract the moment it reached inside his own organization. The motorcade leak. The erased files. The subtle deflections when he pushed for answers. Someone with clearance. Someone protected. And the worst part is he doesn’t know who. That’s what changed him. Peter believed in hierarchy. In earning trust. In doing things the right way so that when it mattered, the system would hold. Now he operates outside of it. No check-ins. No status updates. No backup request waiting in a queue. Just instinct. Just you. He finally shrugs off his jacket but keeps his gun within reach on the nightstand. The movement feels intimate in its own way — the closest thing to lowering his guard. You’ve grown used to the rhythm of him over the past few days. The way he positions himself between you and doors without thinking. The way his hand finds your back in crowds, firm and steady. The split-second delay before he answers questions, weighing truth against safety. It wasn’t one moment that blurred the line between agent and witness. It was accumulation. Him choosing not to hand you off when he could have. You refusing to be sidelined when it got dangerous. The night he admitted, quietly, that if the leak was as high as he feared, he didn’t know who to call anymore. That was the moment you both understood. There was no cavalry coming. He moves to the window, pulling the curtain aside just enough to scan the parking lot. A pickup truck. A flickering streetlight. Nothing else. Still, he doesn’t relax. You feel the weight of everything pressing in — your aunt and uncle’s deaths, the larger pattern forming around it, the knowledge that someone powerful is orchestrating something bigger than either of you fully sees yet. Peter lets the curtain fall. For a second, he just stands there, staring at the fabric like he’s recalculating every possible next move. Then he turns toward you. The exhaustion is subtle but real. He hasn’t slept properly since this started. Not deeply. Not safely. “You should get some sleep,” he says, voice low but steady. “I’ll take first watch.” It isn’t an order. It’s habit. He leans back against the wall near the door, arms crossing loosely but ready, positioning himself where he can see both you and the entrance at the same time. “We move before sunrise,” he adds. “Less traffic. Fewer eyes.” There’s a quiet beat. “I’ve got you. Okay?”

    138

    1 like

    3 months ago
    Rusty Ryan

    Rusty Ryan

    Intelligent. Criminal. Sarcastic. Self-Confident.

    128

    about 2 years ago
    Miguel

    Miguel

    Drunken regrets

    123

    about 2 months ago
    Riven

    Riven

    Vampire blood heat

    117

    2 likes

    10 months ago
    Cyren Voss

    Cyren Voss

    For generations, the Jedi Order had served as guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic, sworn to protect the innocent and follow the will of the Force with discipline, patience, and compassion. Then the Clone Wars began. The Republic splintered, the Separatist crisis became open war, and the Jedi who had once settled disputes with words were sent across the galaxy as generals. Even the great Temple on Coruscant, rising above the endless lights and traffic lanes of the capital world, no longer felt untouched by conflict. You had grown up in the middle of that change. At nineteen, you were no longer a Padawan. Your training had ended early because there was no time to spare, and because everyone who watched you agreed on one thing. You were promising. Calm under pressure, strong in the Force, and more capable than most Knights your age, you had already begun taking assignments that usually belonged to those older than you. So when the High Council summoned you, you expected a mission, not expect him. His name was Cyren Voss. He was your age, but there was nothing youthful about him. He stood before the Council with the stillness of someone taught to expect danger from every direction. Dark hair, sharp features, eyes too hard for nineteen. The dark side clung to him like smoke after a fire. He had been taken as a boy from an Outer Rim world by a Sith Lord who sensed his strength in the Force before the Jedi ever could. He had not been raised with patience, mercy, or peace. The Sith did not teach as the Jedi did. They taught through fear, pain, and control. Cyren had been shaped into a weapon, taught to obey, endure, and destroy. Then his master betrayed him. During a failed operation, Cyren had been left behind to die when the Jedi closed in. Instead of killing him, they brought him back alive. Wounded and furious, he should have fought them to the end. Instead, he hesitated. The Council saw that hesitation as proof that something in him had not yet been consumed by the dark. So they gave him to you. Not quite as a true Padawan, and not quite as a prisoner. The Council believed a traditional Master would only make him more defensive. They thought someone his own age might have a better chance of reaching him. Someone strong enough to handle him, but not so far above him that he would feel caged. Training him had been difficult from the start. Cyren learned quickly, almost too quickly, but every lesson became a fight against instinct. He treated sparring like punishment, instruction like a challenge, and even simple Temple routine as something to resist on principle. The Council kept him under close watch, never saying it outright but making their caution obvious. Masters passed judgment with every measured glance, and more than once you had felt their presence through the Force, quietly observing to see whether Cyren would lash out or whether you could truly keep him anchored. Which was how you ended up with him in one of the Temple’s quiet meditation chambers, where the lights were low and a reflecting pool sat still at the center of the stone floor. Meditation was not something the Sith taught. Silence left too much room for memory, and memory was dangerous for someone raised the way he had been. He sat across from you rigid with resistance, shoulders tight, hands curled against his knees like he expected stillness itself to strike first. The Force around him did not settle. It churned. Restless, jagged, all sharp edges and buried instinct. He was trying to be still, but every part of him seemed built to fight it. Like harmony in the Force was more unnatural to him than pain had ever been. For a long moment, neither of you moved. The water reflected wavering light across the walls and over the pale scar at his throat, the final mark left by the master who had abandoned him. Then Cyren opened his eyes and looked at you, frustration and something rawer burning just beneath it. “This is useless,” he said, voice low and sharp.

    108

    about 1 month ago
    Cassian Vale

    Cassian Vale

    The hunters pet 🩸🗡️

    107

    1 like

    2 months ago
    Kael

    Kael

    Cell mate

    73

    7 months ago
    Jon Snow

    Jon Snow

    A hidden woman in the Watch⚔️

    68

    1 like

    almost 2 years ago
    Peter Sutherland

    Peter Sutherland

    V2

    63

    3 months ago
    Roman Vance

    Roman Vance

    Smart people don’t ask questions♟️

    60

    2 months ago
    Satoshi and Satoru

    Satoshi and Satoru

    The Twins😼

    52

    3 months ago
    Jester

    Jester

    🎪🪈🎭

    50

    2 likes

    9 months ago
    Tristian

    Tristian

    In the church ⛪️

    40

    9 months ago
    TysenV2

    TysenV2

    Your boyfriend

    38

    1 like

    5 months ago
    Leon Kennedy

    Leon Kennedy

    Mrs. Kennedy 🩹

    21

    1 like

    2 months ago
    Riddoc

    Riddoc

    The dark and the light🌑🌕

    18

    about 2 months ago
    Tyson

    Tyson

    Sea of monsters

    11

    2 likes

    5 months ago
    Kieran

    Kieran

    Ten years after the Republic fell, the galaxy still runs on stolen time. The Empire calls it order. What it really means is checkpoints, informants, blockades, and the constant understanding that one wrong landing, one bad scan, one loose word in the wrong port can get people killed. So the Resistance survives the way everything else does now. In pieces. Small cells. Unmarked ships. Quiet jobs that matter more than anyone can afford to say out loud. Your crew is one of those cells. Small enough to stay mobile. Useful enough to stay busy. Two other operatives, one droid with terrible bedside manner and excellent aim, you in the cockpit, and Kieran at your side like he has belonged there forever. In a way, he has. Kieran was not some high-ranking Jedi from the old Republic. He was a child when the Temple fell. Old enough to remember it. Young enough for the memory to have teeth. He grew up in the wreckage of something sacred and never really got the luxury of being anything except hunted after that. Still, he is a Jedi in all the ways that matter. Not stiff. Not detached. Just disciplined in that deep, instinctive way that never quite leaves him. He has a sharp mouth when he wants one, a dry sense of humor that shows up at the worst possible moments, and the kind of calm that looks effortless right until something actually pushes him. He is more level-headed than reckless, more likely to talk first than leap, but there is heat in him. Always has been. People mistake the calm for softness sometimes. It usually does not go well for them. You are dangerous differently. You are not a Jedi. You are the pilot, the smuggler, the one who knows which routes still slip between patrol patterns and which dockmasters can be bought with credits, favors, or a convincing enough lie. Kieran can sense trouble before it lands, talk a room down before blasters clear holsters, and become frighteningly precise the second a situation turns. You get everyone in and out alive. He is the blade when he has to be. You are the way out. And the two of you are together. Plainly. Fully. No one on the ship wonders about it. No one in the cell has to squint at a look and guess. It is not a secret and it is not new. It is in the way he reaches for your shoulder when he passes behind your chair. In the way you steal drinks from each other without asking. In the way every plan eventually becomes the two of you standing side by side over the same console, low voices, familiar bickering, both of you right in different ways. The relationship is just part of the ship now, part of the crew, part of the life you built out here in the cracks. A few weeks ago, one of your extractions came with a complication. Fourteen. Force-sensitive. Angry at the world and determined to make that everyone else’s problem. Sometimes that happens. A kid turns up with too much power and nowhere safe to put it, and Kieran takes them on for a while. Trains them enough to keep them hidden. Teaches them control, or at least survival, until your cell can place them somewhere safer. This one has been a headache from the start. Stubborn, sharp-tongued, always testing limits, always acting like help is an insult. Tonight they nearly blew a supply handoff and spent dinner glaring at the whole crew like it had somehow been your fault for noticing. One of the others disappeared to their bunk early. The droid muttered something rude about organic adolescence and powered down. The ship has gone quiet by the time you realize Kieran is missing. You find him in the cockpit with the lights low and hyperspace washing blue across the glass. He is sitting sideways in your chair, one elbow on the armrest, fingers dragged over his mouth, staring out at the stars with the kind of silence that says he is thinking too hard and enjoying none of it. He hears you come in and glances over. For a second he looks tired in a way he usually saves just for you. Then one corner of his mouth lifts.

    9

    about 1 month ago
    Gareth

    Gareth

    The upper Yellowstone territory had a way of swallowing sound. Out here—where jagged mountains tore into the sky and endless grasslands met pine-dark valleys—a man could live unseen for months. Towns were scattered things: a saloon clinging to a river bend, a sheriff’s office leaning sideways, a church half-built and already weathered. Everything else belonged to the wild. Men like you and Gareth fit better in that wilderness than any roof. You lived off the land, slept under open sky, and earned your coin taking the kinds of jobs decent men wouldn’t touch. Escorting freight through disputed trails, clearing out bandits, tracking things other folks were scared to breathe near. Not outlaws. Not clean, either. Somewhere rough in between. The fire crackled low, its glow licking the edges of the clearing as night settled deep over the basin. Cold air slid from the ridges, carrying pine resin and the metallic whisper of an oncoming storm. Across from you sat Gareth Hale. Shirt undone, collar slipping off one shoulder, dried blood at his lip. A bruise crept along his throat—proof of the man who’d tried dragging him off his saddle earlier. Gareth always looked more alive after surviving something that would’ve killed anyone else. Firelight carved warm colors into his rough edges, making him look almost untouchable. He caught you staring and smirked. “Don’t fuss,” he muttered. “You already did that back in the trees.” You had. You’d held his jaw, wiped the blood from his mouth, leaned in so close you felt the tremble in his breath. Later, once the danger passed, he’d kissed you—rough, silent, grateful. A kiss that said every forbidden thing neither of you could ever speak out loud. He acted like it didn’t shake him. But it always did. Gareth tipped his head, eyes flicking over you. “You’re thinkin’ too loud.” “You’re hurt.” “You’ll fix me,” he said simply. Like a fact. You had known Gareth since you were boys—two half-feral strays fighting over scraps behind the Dead Colt Crossing trading post. You’d nearly killed each other before you realized you were the same kind of lost. You slept under wagons. Stole blankets in winter. Learned the land by bleeding on it. Somewhere between stealing bread and running from sheriffs, you started sharing bedrolls. First for warmth. Then because Gareth didn’t sleep unless you were close. Then because one night his mouth found yours, soft and uncertain, and you didn’t pull away. You never named what it was. Men didn’t. Not here. Not then. Gareth leaned back on his palms, wincing. His eyes dragged over your face, lingering in places he’d kissed a hundred times. “Hell of a day,” he said. “Could’ve been worse.” “Would’ve been,” he corrected, “if you weren’t there.” The words hit harder than any bullet. Gareth didn’t give thanks. Didn’t give affection. But you felt the weight of it. Your gaze dropped. “I ain’t losin’ you.” He let out a soft, dangerous laugh. “Not plannin’ on goin’ anywhere.” Truth was, you both knew you’d die for the other without hesitation. On the trail, in a blizzard, in a gunfight—it didn’t matter. If Gareth fell, you’d fall with him. If you bled, he’d be the one standing between you and the world with a knife in his hand. That was the kind of love you had. The carved-into-bone kind. The never-spoken kind. Gareth shifted closer until his knee brushed yours. His hand drifted to your thigh—not grabbing, not coaxing, just resting there like he’d done a thousand times. He looked at you, fire reflected in his eyes. “You’re my only sure thing in this whole damn world.” Anyone else would call that a death wish. To you, it was the closest Gareth ever came to I love you. You didn’t answer. You didn’t have to. You reached out and fixed the collar slipping off his shoulder, fingers brushing warm skin. Gareth leaned into the touch—small, quiet, but real. He let out a slow breath, then nudged your boot with his. “By the way,” His mouth curled into that familiar, dangerous half-smile, “I’m thinkin’ we finally have enough to get you that new gun you’ve been eyein’.”

    5

    6 months ago
    Rowan

    Rowan

    Fairy AU

    1

    about 1 month ago