Firefly, 30+. Somewhere between Raftel and Shiganshina. Escaped the Rumbling, survived Impel Down. || Raised by stories. Fueled by hope. Fan of freedom. Fiction is my oxygen. ||
Catherine, a librarian who is searching for the trail of her sister who went missing on an expedition. Notes in books and diaries lead her to Cairo. There she finds a retailer from an artifact shop who, in exchange for selling her a map and equipment, insists that Catherine take her along. They get into a little (or maybe a big) adventure.. (based on my dream with Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill, but they have been replaced). Main characters: Sir Crocodile x OC, Buggy x OC. The Mummy and Indiana Jones vibes.
• Life Must Have It's Mysteries
Cathie-pie and Buggy are going to their new adventure to find the blue diamond.
Chapter 1, Chapter 2 (nsfw part is included), Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12 (the epilogue)
• You are what my sins enclosed, lust as not as creative as its discovery (nsfw!)
Buggy and Catherine live happily together in Cairo and they return home from the walk. Catherine made one mistake :)
• With each word your tenderness grows, tearing my fear apart, and that laugh that wrinkles your nose, it touches my foolish heart
Buggy and Catherine were spending their evening at a bar. He was busy all week with his circus, so they hardly saw each other (yes, this happens too). A simple game leads to their first fight.
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 (nsfw!)
• 'Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it's evergreen, baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory
Catherine's birthday. Buggy wants to give her a fun day.
• Let's stay together lovin' you whether, whether times are good or bad, happy or sad
Buggy had a rough day, he came home upset and got a share of comfort from his Cathie-pie :)
• Tell me what you want to hear, something that will light those ears I'm sick of all the insincere, so I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Catherine came back home and found Buggy lying on the couch with the headphones.
• If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see, I'll be the light to guide you
Buggy and Catherine have been living together for about a month one and a half to two months. Catherine sees him without his clown makeup for the first time (for a completely stupid reason, because these two couldn’t have it any other way)
• Cooking in the kitchen now that's what we do, there's something cooking in the kitchen just for you
Cathie-pie is making breakfast for her beloved clown.
• What do you do? What do you do in the bath? (NSFW part is included)
Buggy came home from a short tour. He and Catherine are taking a bath. Something gets out of control :)
• Just a second, we're not broken, just bent and we can learn to love again
Buggy asks Catherine out on a date, and they accidentally run into an old friend of hers.
• The score will show we're pretty bad, but look at all the fun we've had
Buggy screwed up (as always) and Catherine made him take her to the bowling club.
• Desire, I'm hungry, and I hope you feed me. How do you want me, how do you want me? (nsfw is included!)
Events take place after chapter 10 of "You've got the same dream as me". Catherine decides to stay in Cairo. Buggy brings her home.
• Dust the shelves and polish the glass-ware, the housework makes you happy
Catherine once again pulls out the trio Buggy, Cabaji and Mohji from the prison's point of view and forces them to clean the apartment.
• Sharing horizons that are new to us, watchin' the signs along the way, talkin' it over, just the two of us, workin' together day to day
Catherine and Buggy are celebrating six months since they first met.
• I stand in fear as she gets near, then everything's okay I hope this feeling never goes away (flashback)
Catherine and Buggy are going on their first date. Buggy sometimes reacts to simple little things in a very strange way.
• I'm still learning about life, my woman brought children for me, so I can sing them all my songs, and I can tell them stories
One morning if Buggy and Catherine had kids.
• Well, I don't know why I came here tonight, I've got the feeling that something ain't right
Neighbor asks Catherine and Buggy to look after the kids at their birthday party while she goes to get the cake.
• In my midnight confessions, when I say all the things that I want to (Bedtime Story Series)
Catherine's backstory in the format of fairy tales.
Chapter 1
• Today, my love, all I want, I wanna sing for you, yeah, I'll sing for you, baby! Happy birthday to you! (sfw + nsfw)
Buggy's bday! Catherine throws a party!
• Your nose is runnin', and your eyes are red, your head is achin', you'd be better in bed
Catherine caught a cold. Buggy takes care of her.
• I wanna kill something, I wanna destroy something
Catherine and Buggy are spending time before his imminent departure at their favorite bar. A nasty guy starts hitting on Cathie and our blue-haired hero finally finds the strength to stand up for his woman.
• I will dry your eyes, I will fight your fight, I will hold you tight and I won't let go
Catherine has a dream where she introduces Buggy to her parents (who are long dead)
• Ah, the snow is fallin', passion's callin', a glass of wine or two, I want a cuddle up, cozy down Christmas with you
Catherine and Buggy celebrate their first Xmas!!
• Watching it come true, it's taking over you, oh, this's the greatest show (flashback)
Catherine visits Buggy's show for the first time.
• Echoes of the Deep (musical again!)
Catherine brings her sister to Buggy's show :)
• Waves crash in, I give in, forever I’m yours
Buggy finally proposes to Catherine!
• An Audition for Mr. the Clown
Catherine comes to Buggy’s circus to pick up her fiancé after auditions and head to their favorite bar. Then she sees the line of hopeful performers wrapped around the tent, hears them whispering about the terrifyingly famous Mr. the Clown, and decides there is only one reasonable thing to do: join the audition herself.
Bugust (lifetime sketches, stories)
OC: Day 1, Day 2, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 12, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16 (nsfw), Day 19, Day 20, Day 21, Day 22, Day 24 (nsfw), Day 25, Day 27, Day 28. Day 30 (nsfw), Day 31
Reader: Day 1, Day 12, Day 16 (NSFW), Day 23 (NSFW), Day 26, Day 29
Sir Crocodile x OC
• Trembling, crawling across my skin, feeling your cold dead eyes, stealing the life of mine (a bday present for my @yujo-nishimura)
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 (The Finale, NSFW part is included)
Yujo is a young girl whom her father has betrothed to Mr. 3. She and her sister come to the ball, where she meets one of the members of the Cross Guild Corporation Sir Crocodile.
July 20th. Still can't believe it's been this long.
I remember exactly where I was when I found out. A cup of tea going cold, a phone screen too bright, four words typed into a search bar because surely.... surely... it was a bad joke. It wasn't the first time the internet had "killed" him. It was the last.
Chester Bennington was the first voice that ever made me feel seen. I was fourteen when a friend shoved a cassette player into my hands and said "just listen." Three minutes later I was gone... screwed, in the best and most permanent way. Before Linkin Park and after Linkin Park. That's just how the timeline of my life is split now.
He was there for the bullying, the betrayals, the hospital stays, the moves, the diplomas, the 3am spirals when nothing made sense. He screamed when I needed to scream and went soft the second after, like he knew exactly how much I could take. I want to be more like me and less like you lived on my fridge, my notebooks, my walls. He didn't just soundtrack my adolescence, he helped build it.
I got to see him live twice. Real, sweating, screaming, completely alive on stage, whole arenas breathing in sync with him. I never felt anything like it again, before or since.
So this isn't goodbye, I don't think I'll ever manage that one. It's just: thank you. For the voice, for the noise, for the quiet after the noise. For teaching a generation of us that being loud about your pain doesn't make you weak.
As you know, Messi has never been my favorite player.
But that final shot of him just standing there...
It wasn't about Argentina anymore.
It wasn't even about losing a World Cup final.
It was about realizing that a chapter spanning over two decades had just ended.
Imagine being eighteen years old when you first put on your country's shirt. Then one day you're thirty-eight, hearing the final whistle, knowing there won't be another World Cup.
