Side bar; the convo that Flambae brought up asking about day jobs - he'd make a killer masseuse, cuz he can warm up his hands to a perfect temperature.
Will I finish this? Idk, I still have a Gortash piece to finish, so this is it for now, my dears.
EDIT: I was NOT expecting this many notes on a WIP 😭 Im surrounded by so many of you amazing people, thank you all so much ✨️❤️🔥
Flamecha/Flambert Smut that really should be considered/written more.
(Honestly the concept can apply to Z team Polycule but I can only visualise as Flamecha because of Flambae's trait of caring-so-much).
Alright folks, first off, I adore the amount of smut (and fluff) situations we've put this pair through.
I love how we basically have Switch Robert and Switch Flambae. We've been uses it to its fullest potential: We've got Dom or Sub Robert/Flambae, Sub with degradation kink, Dom giving praise kinks, Power Bottoms, Service Tops, rough sex, slower sex, banter in-between sex, etc.
But I'm gonna talk about Robert specifically. Talk about a hurt/comfort smut with Robert that ya'll have been sleeping on. And that concept involves Robert's mindset around romantic/sexual relationships-
AND HOW HE BREAKS WHEN BEING TREATED GENTLY!
See, for Robert (Switch Robert), when it comes to sex (whether one-night-stand hook ups, or failed attempts of romantic relationships that were more than sex) he would be use to either pleasing his partner or being treated roughly.
Robert probably had quick bathroom hook-ups, but for one-night-stands where he was taken back to the other person's place -> sometimes he'd be rewarded with: some returned affection, being allowed to warm his partners bed, decent aftercare (if he even lets them give him aftercare) or he'd be tossed out.
And all that makes sense for Robert. The treatment Robert experience would and does make sense to him.
Because that same treatment, in away, aligns with him outside of the bedroom -> aligns with his hero work with him serving to provide the care his hero/dispatch job has him serving or being roughed up in confrontations.
The treatment would also align with how his dad probably stopped giving him hugs/providing him any form of comfort ever since the Ear Incident.
Meaning, when it comes to serving or being treated roughly in bed, Robert knows how to respond to such actions and knows how to feel about them. Especially if you add in the headcannon that Robert focuses more on his partner's sexual preferences in the bedroom then his own, and would never think to ask about his own sexual preferences.
Therefore, in the beginning of their relationship, the way in which Robert and Flambae butt heads and insult each other actually helps eases Robert into the relationship and even has him not entirely fearful of the domesticity of it all. Hate sex to friends-with-benifits to exclusive not-so-flowery romantic relationship with rough sex (them switching who's dooming or subbing) is, again, the kind of treatment Robert is use to and the kind of treatment that aligns with his daily life.
So, Robert's heart stops and he freezes in place when one day Flambae slows down during their foreplay to admire, kiss, and caress Robert all over.
Because Robert would not know how to respond: to being treated like a priceless treasure, to genuinely feeling safe in his partners arms with almost all his defences down and no where to hide, to having a voice fondly whispering praise in his ear, or to hearing a simple genuine 'I love you' without a hint of mockery that suggested he'd be an idiot for believing it.
It's the kind of treatment Robert has wanted since forever but doesn't believe he deserves.
It's the kind of comfort Robert has wanted since forever but had been taught he'd be selfish for asking for it from anyone- partners, friends, family, his father.
Because, it's selfish for Robert to want to vent about his shitty day and just be hugged when it would be so annoying for his non-existence friends to hear.
Because, it's selfish for Robert to want to have softer sex or just cuddling together in bed (where he'd be the on held) when it would be so boring for his partners that he was already so lucky to have putting up with him and his secret hero identity.
And because, it was selfish for Robert to want his father home to can comfort his childhood loneliness, when his father had more important things to do as Mecha Man, like saving people's lives.
(I know its weird that I'm bring Robbie into this, but I'm really trying to get the deep physiological daddy issues across, and I'm hoping you guys just fill in the blanks of how the mindset translates to friends and partners.)
In conclusion, a combination of all the gently things Flambae would/could do to him while simply being hugged/cuddled with or without his shirt on, and while using his heat powers to ease his pained/sore/tense muscles -> would break touch-starved and low-self-esteem-unless-im-useful Robert Robertson the 3rd.
Robert would break, petrified with tears and all, while he'd struggle between [wanting the softness to stop because he doesn't deserve it and is selfish for wanting something so mundane] and [begging with desperation for Flambae to keep going.]
And ya'll have been sleeping on this.
Please feel free to tell me your thoughts on the scenario.
Im watching Jacksepticeye play Dispatch, and I just noticed that when Señior Big Fuckin Arms threw Robert across the room, Flambae's serenade to Robert stopped IMMEDIATELY. He was not playin, he was like "WHO TF THREW MY FUTURE BOYFRIEND ACROSS THE FUCKING BAR."
