Hi! My name is Ivy and this will be my multi-fandom writing blog.
For the moment, it will be mainly Date Everything because that is my primary interest right now, but I'm also not against talking about Stardew Valley or Baldur's Gate 3 as I do love those too.
I do plan on making and posting some more *adult* centric content, but not exclusively. For that reason, I'd prefer minors not follow me but I'm totally fine with interaction on my SFW posts.
Just to take a very explicit stance: I am not, and will never be, okay with my work being at all involved with generative ai. My work will always be made only by and only for humans.
This is, unfortunately a side blog, and my main blog does unfortunately have content I'm embarrassed associating with this one, (curse you, Ivy from four years ago for not thinking of that) so I will not be able to make mutuals or DM people here. My askbox, however, is always open for requests (guidelines can be found here!) or whatever else you wanna throw into the void.
I'm currently editing a longer fic, and didn't like the ending I did for it. I think it read too clunky, the dialogue wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be, didn't tonally fit with the rest of the fic, and I didn't want to think of the technicality of whether I wanted Eddie to have a heartbeat pre-realization. But I liked the concept too much to throw away completely, so I tweaked it enough to be it's own little half-polished blurb. Bon appetit.
Human hearts were still a novel concept to Volt. The firm, constant beating was nothing like the steady buzz of electricity he used to associate with himself and Eddie. He'd always loved your heartbeat, even before realization, how it sped when you were excited, how it slowed when you relaxed.
Now, you, Volt, and Eddie had all settled down for the night. You were curled in bed together, drifting gently off to sleep, trading sweet nothings and tender touches between the three of you. Tonight was one of the rare nights where Volt found himself in the middle of you and Eddie, usually preferring to be positioned to see both of his partners at once as they fell asleep. His head rested against Eddie's chest, right over his heart, while you wrapped yourself around Volt from behind and pressed your face into his neck.
Almost imperceptibly, Eddie planted the smallest of kisses into Volt's silky mess of hair, prompting Volt to snuggle even closer into his firm chest with a hum. The hum quickly turned into soft, loving, laughter.
Simultaneously, you and Eddie each made a noise of curiosity, and confusion to a question Volt immediately answered.
"Oh my sweet Eddie, does that fluster you? Giving me a little kiss?" Volt's tone took on a familiar lilt that could only mean trouble.
"No." Eddie said quickly. Too quickly. "It was just a kiss, Volt. Don't make something stupid into a big deal."
"Hm, if it's just a silly kiss, dear, why is your heart beating faster than it was a minute ago?" Volt feigned ignorance. "Is something wrong? I would hate for you to struggle with your health while we lay around and do nothing about it." He didn't move from his position on his love's chest, but he did look up with an infuriating air of self satisfaction.
"Volt." Eddie scolded, looking away the minute he met his eyes.
Volt laughed again, delighted by the rising red creeping onto Eddie's ears and cheeks. "I didn't even do anything! You initiated the kiss and your heart started going a mile a minute." He turned his head to look at you on his other side. "Isn't our darling just precious?"
Your grin only widened. "He really is. So sweet and hardworking. Soft and caring, even if he doesn't admit it."
You were teasing for a reaction, sure, but Eddie knew you both meant every word, which only made it worse. His face grew impossibly more warm. He buried it into Volt's head. "That's it, I'm never showing either of you affection again."
Fondness engulfed Volt. "Hmm. And yet your arms are still wrapped so tenderly around me."
Eddie squeezed tighter, the coo that left Volt as he spoke driving him Eddie to the edge of the most perfect insanity. "I'm doing a public service by keeping you contained."
You and Volt giggled to each other at your stubborn lover. Volt spoke through a grin. "My apologies, my darling Eddison, how could I make such an obvious mistake? Surely it has nothing to do with your sweet blush, or soft kisses, or your strong arms cradling me just so."
"You're being stupid. Go to sleep." Eddie scowled, words and expression too forced to really have any bite to it.
"Only if you give me another kiss." Volt flicked his eyes upwards to communicate he wanted another on the head.
"I want one too!" You immediately chimed in.
Eddie rolled his eyes, now unable to control the slight upturn of the corners of his mouth. His immediate compliance told the whole story. "You're both awful. C'mere." He leaned over Volt, careful not to jostle him too much, to kiss the edge of your temple, then further still to press a long, tender kiss to your mouth. He laid back down to give his other lover a similar treatment. "Now go to sleep."
"Goodnight, darling." Volt closed his eyes , allowing Eddie's still racing heart lull him into sleep.
(Brief warning for mentions of menstruation, reader is AFAB but is gender neutral in my usual second person style)
Im thinking that because there is a limited need for bodily functions, most objects (both male and female) would have no clue what a period is or how it works. One of the BIGGEST exceptions to this would 100% be Mateo. He's been wrapped around your curled form crying out in pain more times than he could count. He doesn't really get the why of it until it's explained to him, but he sure does understand how sad and irate and in pain it makes you, and that just breaks his heart.
The first time you have a period post-dateviators and AVOID cuddling with the blankets, for fear of getting blood on him or fear of judgement, or whatever it may be, would make him so sad and feel so helpless. Betty is a little unavoidable there, which forces you to come to terms with her, but Mateo technically isn't necessary to laying in bed.
So not only do you not have his support, but you are also shivering and curling into your heating pad for not just cramp relief but also warmth.
When you finally work up the courage and push enough shame away to talk to him again, you receive a gentle scolding that you notice sounds just a little like the way he talks to a misbehaving inanimals. It does come across as more worried and sad rather than angry or upset. That is immediately followed by tooth rotting amounts of reassurance about how much he wants to be with you when you're not feeling well, regardless of if he's in his blanket or personified form. All he wants to do is help. Just let him do that for you.
Headcanon that Eddie loves casual physical touch, but is very easily overstimulated by full body hugs and cuddles. He'll hug you or Volt if you ask for it, but he himself won't seek it out. He prefers things like sitting beside each other and resting a hand on your knee, or having his head leaned on your shoulder, or an arm around your waist. Sweet, and communicating that you and Volt are his, while at the same time not touching every part of his body at once. His favorite sleeping positions involve his front having room to breathe. For example, he doesn't mind being a small spoon, but he cannot be a big spoon very often. It can happen, but it's really not his preference. What he'll do instead when he wants one of his partners to feel small and protected, he'll lay on his back and let you snuggle into his side and lay your head on his chest. He'll wrap an arm around you and rub your back.
Also, despite him arguably being in the most need of them of the three of you, he is very fond of giving massages. PLEASE put your legs or feet in his lap when you watch movies together. If you let him, by the end of the movie, you'll have forgotten what it ever felt like to be tense. Same goes with laying your head on him. Your neck/shoulders are some of his favorite places to touch.
He was honestly kind of thankful to have another partner, because Volt is very cuddly and touchy and Eddie had always felt a little guilty he couldn't do everything Volt wanted. He is perfectly content to lean against, but not be involved in the tangle of limbs that is you and Volt in bed.
Random headcanons and silly ideas about Eddie & Volt
Yes these are seperate bc I like sticking to canon but I also like being delulu. Spoilers for Eddie & Volt's route/hate ending. Everything under the cut bc this got kinda long lol
Headcanons:
- Eddie is quick to apologize when he knows he has done something wrong. Being overworked and drained, he understands that he is more prone to mistakes, and that frustrates him. He will not apologize for being gruff and standoffish, but if it's something that falls under his care, he takes full responsibility for it
- Meanwhile, Volt likes to shift the blame away from himself (or Eddie, if he is the one being blamed) when something happens. He will show regret for his actions if he recognizes that he went too far, but getting him to properly apologize is hard
- Volt, when angry, is petty and resentful. It takes a lot to get him truly angry, but when someone crosses the line, e.g. hurting Eddie, there is no holding back (as seen in his hate ending). He will hold grudges for a long time, and only make peace with the person for the greater good (usually Eddie's sake)
- Eddie is also able to use electricity and channel it, using it to remotely turn off lights, appliances, or give a light zap to any patron that can't understand the words "club's closed, get out"
- The connection between them allows them to have a vague sense of how the other is feeling
- Volt seldom drinks alcohol. Sure, he is a drinksmith and knows how to make cocktails to die for, but he always feels like he has to stay alert for Eddie. His wariness, combined with a strict "no drinking on the clock" policy (bc Eddie already does that enough for both of them), he seldom indulges in drinking
Ideas:
- ok dumb idea but Volt’s jacket is like, big. Imagine before the split Eddie had a similar body type, but after that, the height kinda redistributed itself? So he is a bit shorter now than he used to be (the objects who knew him before the split teased him about this)
- Volt has the ability to manifest himself at any socket in the house, given that he is the electricity that runs around the house
- Similarly, Volt can listen in on conversations or find out things about you through the devices that are plugged in. Though, as the gentleman that he is, he of course respects your privacy
- The game never specifies when Eddie actually split himself, but if I remember dialogue correctly, Volt says something along the lines of "being there to cater to Reader", so I like to imagine that he was created after Reader moved in and brought/bought new appliances with them, which Eddie couldn't keep up with
- The Breaker Box kinda almost went bankrupt shortly before Eddie made Volt due to Eddie's health and social presence being in rapid decline, to the point where he just couldn't take care of patrons and provide electricity to the house at the same time
- Instantly after being created, Volt had Eddie’s voice. Eddie was weirded out by this, so Volt mingled with the crowd at the Breaker Box, picking up and trying out different accents, cadences, tonal shifts, etc. Eventually, Dorian came in one day, and when Volt tried the British accent on Eddie and saw how utterly flustered he got, he decided that he was going to stick with this one
Oh my GOOOOOOOD THE LAST ONE??? Volts voice. I love it so much, I think it’s going to replace “Volt has a British accent naturally because he was tailored to fit Eddie’s exact type” in my head. Oh my god. This is everything to me. Your MIND, op.
Had a HORRIFICALLY self indulgent fic idea, but not sure if I want to write it because it's so specific 😭 so taking a poll to see if my stupid pining has an audience. Volt fans: how do we feel about Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle?
No I don’t have a type, what makes you think that?
Thinking about Chance's tinted glasses, and how red lenses are sometimes used for migraine management. Enter the HC that he struggles with chronic migraines. Absolutely miserable days with strained eyes from reading and writing and planning too long, now with searing pain in his head and behind his eyes and everything feeling too much and too hot.
I need to take him into a cool, dark room, bring him his medicine, make him tea, rub his temples and speak in soft whispers that I know it hurts and it will all be okay soon enough. I need to tell him a story in that same tone at his insistence because he's bored and cant work on campaigns or read or watch tv or listen to any music or do anything but lay down and be miserable.
Couldn’t figure out how to write this into a fic, but here’s the idea I vaguely alluded to in my Mateo HCs.
Realized Eddie and Volt who have NO clue how to take care of their human hair. It being just wires or straight up electricity respectively, there was no need for washing with water. Sure, Eddie would occasionally, very delicately wipe or clean what he needed to out of his wires (a task that was outsourced to Volt almost immediately after they got together), and any grossness in Volt's hair either burned up or didn't have anything to cling onto in the first place.
I think the objects can shower (don't think too hard about the logistics), but don't necessarily need to as often as humans. (including Eddie and Volt. Again. Don't think too hard about the logistics.) Any big messes need to be cleaned specifically by someone cleaning their physical object, not their personified form. My reasoning is entirely based on that one scene in Abel's route.
That being said, E&V know NOTHING about hair care. They never had anything close to the soft locks now framing and tickling their faces and cheeks.
Volt is, to nobody's surprise, significantly more upset about this than Eddie is. Those waves are totally natural, and absolutely a pain in the ass to take care of. He takes a solid month or two experimenting with whatever he can find in the hair care aisle, frantically texting Barry, and spending hours scrolling through beauty blogs before he ends up with what he has in his realized sprite. His hair is one of his favorite parts of his new body, and Eddie's favorite too if he'd ever admit it. Once he knows what he's doing, though, he gets together a very nearly regimented routine of expensive creams and products. His hair always smells nice.
Eddie, on the other hand, was perfectly content using men's 3 in 1. He's not an unhygienic person, but does not at ALL care about his skin or hair quality. Whatever's easy and gets him clean.
Volt did not like this.
Of course Eddie can make whatever decision he wants but is it so wrong for Volt to want something softer and stronger to run his fingers through, or pull on, or play with?
The compromise the two settled on is Volt can choose whatever he wants for Eddie to use in his hair, as long as it's not too strongly scented, and additionally, Volt has to do all of the work maintaining it. It was said as a joke, a faux-annoyed bit of sarcasm in response to Volt's nagging about his shampoo.
"Well if you care so much, you can just wash my hair yourself." Eddie rolled his eyes, looking back at Volt who was staring him down with excitement in his eyes.
"Dear Eddie, I would be honored to do that for you." Volt said genuinely, but with a slight air of teasing from the contrast to Eddie's tone.
Eddie was a little concerned with the freedom he'd given his partner, but was pleasantly surprised when Volt returned with just a shampoo and conditioner. A little higher end than what Eddje would have bought, which he grumbled about, but the two of them made good money. Volt loved to spoil Eddie, partially because he wouldn't ever splurge on himself.
Eventually, their shower became a sort of ritual for them. After a hard day's work, Eddie would get in and start to rinse off until Volt joined him to wash his hair. Volt's hair washing can only really be described as heavenly. The gentle scratching on Eddie's scalp as he worked the shampoo in, the gentle tugging as he conditioned and rinsed. Eddie's favorite part, however, is what Volt does after. After a thurough scalp massage, Volt will start to move his hands down to firmly massage the neck and shoulders too. Eddie melts Everytime, and while he insists he doesn't, Volt seems certain Eddie nearly whines when it's time to get out.
My SFW thoughts on a Romanced-Mateo's life after being realized. (monogamy is kinda implied and was written with it in mind, but it's nothing more than "you sleep in the same bed every night.)
Spoilers for Mateo's realization ending, written in second person POV, and to my knowledge, no content warnings apply.
His canon realized ended, I've decided, is NOT canon. He instead volunteers at local animal shelters, and runs a dog grooming/pet sitting business out of the backyard to help make money for the household. He also helps a lot of activists' groups in order to help stop unethical and illegal breeding. Maybe I could see him occasionally going on full-fledged rescue missions, but not full time travelling. He likes soft domesticity too much.
Maybe he traveled with his partner for six or so months at the beginning before realizing while he loved traveling and searching for lost animals, he really wanted a bit of a slower life with his love. (also, it's not him on the inanimal scavenger hunt, it's the player and Davi! He's trying but not a scavenger!)
After taking some time to adjust to fully being human, I think it would be good for him to pick up a hobby or two that doesn't involve taking care of animals. Something that is PURELY for him and doesn't involve being a caregiver.
After some convincing, I think he'd take up knitting and occasionally garment making or quilting on a sewing machine. Usually the former, though. It requires less thought and measurements, and mistakes are easier to undo. He can always unravel something he knit wrong, but he can't uncut the fabric. It feels too permanent and can stress him out if he already was having a bad day.
He gets very passionate about it though, and loves to tell his lover and his co-workers at the shelter all about what he happens to be working on. Maybe it's too on the nose, but I think his first few projects were little knit blankets for kittens at the shelter before he branched out to things like cardigans or socks.
That scene where he's talking about Mexican textile history with Gaia is SO adorable. That's what he sounds like talking about his projects.
Most of what he makes either gets donated to animal shelters, or given as gifts to friends or to his lover, depending the object he makes.
I'm imagining a cozy night in, laying on his lap, watching TV as he knits away above you and eventually being soothed to sleep by the gentle click of the needles. I'm so in love with him.
On the subject of TV, You had to enforce a ban on those sad dog movies because Mateo would be a WRECK after watching them. Full on sobbing into your arms, but the next time it's his turn to pick a movie, he picks yet another sad dog movie.
He was so apologetic the first time he cried at a movie, but as time passes, he can be coaxed into being more and more comfortable expressing himself. He doesn't mind being sensitive, he just has problems admitting when that sensitivity causes him to need a little comfort.
It's sweet he empathizes so much with the fictional dogs, but a large reason of why it bothers him so much, is he's imagining what would happen if Davi or Stitch died. He needed a lot of comfort after admitting that one to you.
He is SUCH a fall/winter kind of guy. He loves coming in from the cold to cuddle, and the warm sweaters, and the cinnamon and spiced teas and coffees.
His body runs a little warm, which is nice for cuddling, but is absolutely miserable for him in the summer.
He keeps your bedroom freezing cold, otherwise you both wake up sweaty and overheating because he can't sleep unless you're all but wrapped around each other.
He's not a "light sleeper" in the sense that noise or light wakes him up easily. Actually, it takes a lot of either to disturb his sleep. He is, however, sensitive to movement or touch. If you move around while in his arms, it will most likely wake up for a moment or so.
Secretly, he loves getting woken up in the middle of the night to you readjusting, or squirming in your sleep though. It gives him a little moment to think of you and how lucky he is to have you in him before he drifts back to sleep.
Another thing that takes a little time for him, but he eventually grows to love is cuddling with both of you shirtless. If his partner is okay with it, he'll want it every night. Not even in a sexual sense, he ADORES the intimacy of you being able to feel his soft body against yours, and him being able to stroke your bare back when his hands are feeling restless.
It's a very soft, vulnerable experience for him, and he won't ever get enough.
Right after he'd been realized, one of the most novel things to him is how warm and smooth his own skin felt. He was used to soft and plush and cozy, but having something warm, with blood running through, and having a pulse is new. For a while, he'd just stand in front of the mirror and rub and pull at his cheeks gently.
He loves both giving and receiving cheek/face kisses because he's a total sweetheart who totally would, but he also, for a while, marvels at just how real and warm and perfect they feel.
Another surprise is how the no-longer-inanimate-animals feel. Mammal fur is a little different, and he does some research on proper animal care to make sure he knew what he was doing. Real animals, as he learned, are far more delicate, but just as affectionate as he was used to.
By far, his LEAST favorite adjustment is having to put effort into his hair. My headcanon is that none of the objects have to put much thought into their hair, it just kinda... Looks like that unless it's physically messed up. That stops being true after they have human bodies. (I have a fic in the works with that exact concept for a different dateable)
I get it's a bedhead look, but there is no way human Mateo has that hairstyle without product or styling. It defies gravity. He has a side part. It's really not that bad, especially with the help of you and probably Barry, it's just a new hassle that he didn't have to deal with before.
I can see him later on experimenting with growing it out, but it getting so long and unmanageable he goes back to his normal length. He dyes it occasionally though. He likes pastels, especially pinks and oranges, even if the latter didn't suit him very well.
I'm so jealous of the naturally white hair being so easy to dye.
I don't think he does a whole lot of natural colors, he was alright with dark brown, but HATED black and blond on himself.
Silly earrings guy. The tassels he has in his realized design are his favorites, and he has them in a couple different colors. However, he also has little dangly novelty earrings of mainly little animal figures, but he has some other ridiculous ones too, like gummi bears or even random, colorful shapes. He likes to change them out a lot.
They make him smile a little every time they brush his cheek and he remembers they're there.
My HARD lines that I will not ever create for are:
Incest/pedophilia/abuse/other non consensual acts, etc. etc.
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Reblog with your harvey headcanons i meed to be fed. I'll go first ok
-He doesn't have the best relationship with his parents and doesn't talk to them much after moving to pelican town, which is why he never mentions them.
I think that Harvey would really enjoy showering with his partner once they're married/moved in together. Especially if they're the type to go running around in the mines. Poor guy just worries all the time. Even if over the years he's learned that they can handle themself, it's still nice to be able to (aside from the obvious benefits of touching his partner's body) be able to see that they're healthy and okay. He just appreciates the extra reassurance.
Also HC that his two love languages are acts of service and physical touch. So being able to wash their hair and massage and wash their body after a long day just ticks all of his boxes. It's intimate and vulnerable while also giving him the opportunity to see, touch, and make his partner feel better after a long day. He is in absolute heaven.
And if it puts him in the mood for other forms of intimacy afterwards that's for him to know
