I'm the one always writing for the bunny boys, so I was wondering if you could write Starholf and Lio cuddling and maybe nose kisss:3
For context: Bunny Boys is a ship of Starholf (my black Templar from a fanfic) and Victor's character Lio. Because Starholf is my punching bag and I'm so mean that Victor wrote a fic where the two meet and now they're in an AU where they're not boyfriends but definitely are way more than friends. They're called bunny boys because their personalities are like bunnies.
Starholf tried to suppress the yawn but it persisted.
The larger man chuckled, "You are exhausted."
Star nodded, "I skipped my standard four hours to be able to assist with the arrival of the Sisters. Not a moment of reprieve till they left."
Lio took his hand, "You always work so hard. Come, time for rest. I'll take care of you."
He let him guide him to Lio's room, where he crawled under the thick blankets first, exhaustion pulling his body down.
Lio crawled in after, wrapping his arms around the Templar.
They nuzzled their noses and Lio pressed a kiss to Star's cheek.
"Sleep, my sweet bunny. I'll watch over you."
Star barely nodded as he lay his head against the other's chest and his eyelids grew heavier and heavier.
Sleep overtook him. It was easy in such a warm and soft place.
Lio had been keeping his eyes on the templar cheking on him when he was sleeping, but tonight he decided a different approach he left a note along with a gift a nice necklace with the imperl fists crescent on it. It would serve as protection and offer a calming feeling as he hid in the shadows he saw him. He looked quite nice but lio saw tears from this black templar as he rested on his cot so he moved to make the shadows bigger as he moved to go nere the black templar his hand gently touching the face letting comfort and serenity flow through Starholf before he moved to sit on the cot watching as the man fell asleep tried eyes closing and breath becoming slow and steady
Lio got up, knowing his new well he didn't know what to call Starholf but either way he moved through the room before he found them medi packs "now this won't do" he said softly as to not dsterb Starholf as he left two before taking the rest leavening through the shows before he moved to go elsewhere his environment changed from a metal room to soft fabrics of pink and purples as he walked to the bed within the room "I need to speak grandmother" his voice was soft but serious
idk if I can make another request but maybe a story for the Fallen au where its Lio giving Starholf cuddles after getting (winging) him back from the evil snake man (Lio himself his hut but he don't care
"Don't move," Starhold insisted, cupping to other's cheek. "I... this is my fault."
Lio reached up, claws brushing the other's hair out of his face.
"No, my love," he told the marine. "It is not. Even then, I would do it a thousand times over to have you back by my side. Just like this."
The marine looked down, "You could have left me with Fulgrim and moved on. Found someone else."
Lio sat up and raised Starholf's head by the chin, "I don't want someone else. I want you. In all this vast galaxy I found you. There is only one of you. You are worth everything, my Bunny. Even if you feel you are marred with sin."
The former Black Templar melted in the demigod's embrace. He kissed the other on the lips, a rare thing for them both.
"I love you," Starholf breathed, "and I am deeply humbled and honored that you love me. I was scared, so scared. Never let me go, please."
The Zeniths........... (or as they're formally known: Zenith Guild)
I have some fun lore (very loose) about them too!
> Lio and Nia are childhood friends who both transed their genders and ended up having matching cat names (did they do that intentionally...?)
> Lio is driven by the pursuit of knowledge, his greatest desire and passion being uncovering mysteries. Above all, he seeks the truth. He does have a one-track mind about it, willing to go to dubious lengths to achieve this.
> Nia's passions include pretty much anything outdoorsy. She has a great love of adventure and everything that goes into it -- managing resources, foraging, hunting, camping. They'll follow Lio wherever he goes.
> Xane and Alex are siblings who travel together -- one, a humble street performer, the other, a traveling doctor. Alex was highly ambitious, but is currently in their burnout era. Xane has always been a nonchalant ne'er-do-well who seemingly does fuck all. Upon closer inspection, it seems he puts away a lot of his money from performing and uses it to support Alex's pursuits.
> Xane and Alex have a bit of an odd dynamic. Alex, the younger one, seems to be the authority and decision maker of the two. Xane, on the other hand, is far more wishy-washy and carefree, to the point of coming off careless. They look after Alex way more than they let on, though.
> Lilith looks to be the odd one out. She traveled alone for a while, long enough to have a sense of independence, but not so long that she didn't feel the sting. She's extremely ambitious and is very much an overachiever -- no, it has nothing to do with her small stature! And how (infuriatingly!) people underestimate her or even worse, treat her like a kid! (She is around the same age as her peers -- just small.) She has NOTHING to prove. Often, she'll take on double the workload, adventuring with two separate parties.
> Another tidbit about Lilith: The alchemist machinery on her arms doubles as weapons to wield magic and as prosthetics. Her being disabled adds to her deep need to "prove" herself and outperform everyone.
> And one tidbit about Lio: While everyone's classes are reflective of who they are, what they strive to be, what they're passionate about and how that reflects in the expression of self -- Lio is a Dark Hunter simply because of aesthetics. He's just like that. His egg cracked, he got top surgery, and decided he's never wearing a proper shirt ever again and also he needs to be 90% sexier (trans vanity stage). Though could it be a premonition as well...?
A lot of how they ended up as one team was luck and chance encounters. Lio and Nia are forced to seek more party members as they struggle to keep up and stay alive, just the two of them. Very occasionally, Alex will wander around the outskirts of the labyrinth to heal anyone who was lucky enough to get out, but not so lucky to do so unscathed. At the bar, or in the street, Xane will wander and perform. He becomes a fairly reliable source of information, rumors, and connections. Lilith has been simultaneously guild hopping and traveling alone, trying to find her place. I think, they all end up connected somehow through strings and domino effects before they officially all band together!
Additional thoughts that get somewhat spoilery (EO1 plot-wise) --
I HATE. THE FOREST FOLK ARC AND HOW IT PLAYS OUT SO BAD. But for Zenith, I think it lends itself to some interesting characterization:
> Lio is fully ready to disband Zenith and carry out the mission himself. To completely uncover the mystery of the labyrinth, he's convinced himself he can play both sides while under the finger of Radha Hall. A few things are going on in his mind: The ends justify the means (it really doesn't.), him disbanding Zenith is altruistic (sparing his allies and taking all the responsibility himself), him thinking if he can minimize the damage done (avoiding all the fights he can, only fighting when there's no other option) then it's okay actually (now, I don't think that it is LMFAO). Still, all of this shows how far he's willing to go, how he thinks he can outsmart it, and how he justifies it.
Zenith, however, does not disband. Because:
> As said earlier, wherever Lio goes, Nia follows. Which shows just how far NIA is willing to go, and just how unflinchingly loyal they are to Lio.
> Lilith had been fighting to find her place for so long, probably has some abandonment issues to boot. She has finally found a group of people who see her as an equal, value her contributions while never undermining them, and even look after her and care for her -- valuing her as a person. She is not letting go of that.
> Alex develops a kinship with Lilith, as an ex-overachiever now burnout. And, of course, Alex has formed strong bonds with Nia and Lio, too. While Alex is the hardest to convince, I think Alex's deciding factor is Lilith, whether they admit it or not ("You guys are gonna die out there. Like. Super dead.") Were it not for Lilith, they would have dipped and cut their losses.
> Xane's deciding factor is always Alex. Wherever Alex goes, Xane follows.
I REDESIGNED LIO!!!!! i’ll do a proper full body of him someday but for now have this mediocre half body. im putting his past iterations under the cut because im honestly just VERY proud of my progress as a digital artist in the past couple of years since getting my tablet :]
also, lots of rambling about the development of his design underneath the cut as well!
^ 2021 ^
^ 2020 ^
okay, i had my tablet for longer than just 2 years but 2020 was the year i really began to use it, so i was very inexperienced. even without the digital art factor, im just very proud of my progress as an artist. things feel marginally less stiff, but most of all im proud of how i’ve improved with drawing hair and faces!
by the way, lio still has his extra, ghostly arms!! the ends of his normal arms are supposed to be more beast-like, but i don’t know how to portray those properly yet.
the changes i made to his design should be obvious when compared to his 2020 iteration!
- got rid of the eyes on his face. now they’re part of his “primary” halo that looks like a crown
- his facial markings are really fucking vague references to the fur patterns of a cat
- his multiple eyes are now part of his primary halo
- he has a vest now :] and the markings on it are supposed to look like rib bones (because it's a design that carries on in ceru's design)
- mostly i tried making his design a bit more detailed than it used to be
i kinda.......dont know what to do but i really want to add a fur element somewhere to his suit. but i dont know how. i want to add fur because he's a chimera and one of the components of a chimera is a lion. also one eye is normal, the other is a snake eye. he's got.............horns. of something.
the wings (obviously he has two but i was too lazy to draw the other one yknow) are obviously.....a bird.
i have specific animals associated with each of his split forms, with ver being the lion and goat, reo being a snake, and ceru being a raven. regular chimeras don't have a bird aspect to them but I Do What I Want
