#lovely teeth

[snekydoodle]

little animation of bane i did in flash

[super-ratty]

British Actor Tim Roth attended the 51st Bafta British Academy Film Awards at London’s Business Design Centre. Photo by Mark/Cuthbert at 1999.

[raiswanson]

Camp NaNoWriMo Day 10

1/3 status update! Still on track! Hooray! I definitely feel like edits (if they can be called that. I’m really just fixing grammatical errors and making weird sentences flow better) are smoothing the draft, and my plan to use said edits to refresh on the story is going well.

On the one hand, I’m feeling nice and productive. On the other, I’m mildly terrified because edits are cutting a couple hundred words from each chapter, meaning when I hit fresh material I’ll need to write that many more new words to meet my goal. Y...yay.... *sweats*

But hey! None of you care about that!! You want an excerpt, right?? Yeah ya do! Here’s a teeny tiny one just because! (I legitimately don’t remember what I’ve shared of this story so here’s hoping this isn’t a portion I’ve shared in full already lol. If so, enjoy the reread I guess? Newbies just enjoy normally. ;p)

“This is just ginger with some lime and agave nectar, but whenever she put a brew together it was nothing short of an art form. If Kish wasn't so stingy I'd make something fancier. I already have to twist her arm just to get this from her.” He met Kish's jealous bark from across the room with his eyebrows raised in challenge, and shook his head when she backed down.

“She likes to keep all the stock to herself, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Any for us is less for her,” he whispered playfully. I just nodded. Jezzmir had discussed his past about as much as I had—which was absolutely not at all—and I was stunned by the abrupt disclosure of information. I was also saddened to realize that I didn't have any similar information to share in return.

“...I don't know if my mom liked tea. Never really knew her,” I mumbled into my tea, surprised to hear a bitter laugh from Jezzmir.

“Mm. Can't really say I knew mine much either. You're hard-pressed to find parents that could be called 'doting' in Lecorium. I imagine there's a handbook floating around somewhere, with the first chapter saying 'remain as aloof as you can', and 'remember, praise spoils a child beyond repair'. I like it better here.” He was mostly speaking to himself, I noticed, and I stared glumly into my tea.

“Maybe a few of those parents found their way here like you did,” I sighed, rubbing my thumbs on the sides of the warm cup. His parents had been aloof, then? But had they been aloof enough to sell their own daughter for what most likely amounted to a few pieces of gold and some livestock? I wondered which was worse. Aloof, or outright dismissive.

“So do you like it or are you just humoring me?” Jezzmir asked after a pause, startling me out of my ponderings. When I gave him a baffled stare he raised his mug, nodding toward mine.

“You're mostly just nursing it. If you aren't a fan you can pass it to Kish. We can try to find something more 'your cup of tea' another time. Ha.”

I wrinkled my nose at the poor pun and took another sip.

“I like it. I just prefer to drink my tea more ginger-ly,” I replied, making Jezzmir spit a mouthful of tea back into his cup with a choked laugh. Across the room, Kish groaned like a woman on her deathbed. We both ignored her, working instead at thinking up more wordplay about tea.

[raiswanson]

ABC Character tag

I already did this for Jezzmir but it’s only fair to give Javianna a shot too since she is technically my narrator this month. Thanks @brynwrites for having this pass my dash so I can procrastinate on writing about Javi by...writing about Javi...? Uh. Huh. ...let’s just get to the list, shall we? Let’s say this is filled out for some undetermined point midway through the book.

A is for Age: 19, and feeling like a baby surrounded by a pack of un-aging wolves

B is for Biggest Fear: Being found and returned to the place she was fleeing when Jezzmir picked her up in the middle of the desert

C is for Current Time: Srivet has one season: Summer D is for Drink Last Had: About ten different mugs of tea that Jezzmir shoved on her E is for Everyday Starts With: Waking up early to make the pack their breakfast and coffee, and fighting to keep Cedric’s paws off of the bacon until it’s cooked F is for Favorite Song: She hasn’t had much of a chance to hear music in her life, but she enjoys listening to the little nonsense tunes the members of the pack hum to themselves G is for Ghosts, Are They Real?: Javianna has been told on good authority that ghosts are quite real, and while she has never seen one, she does not doubt their existence. H is for Hometown: She was too young to remember the name of it when she was sold into her master’s service, but she wouldn’t consider that place home anyway.

I is for In Love With: spoilers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (give ya three guesses) J is for Jealous Of: She’s pretty jealous of Rekr for his ability to take Griff’s training without difficulty, and his talent with knives when he helps her in the kitchen. (boy can dice an onion like you wouldn’t believe)

K is for Killed Someone: Never. Not to say she hasn’t considered it before. L is for Last Time They Cried: Avoiding spoilers, lets go with the night she ran away and found the pack M is for Middle Name: If her parents ever gave her one, she doesn’t remember what it is. N is for Number of Siblings: None, as far as she is aware. There’s always the chance of in-laws though ;) O is for One Wish: To never have to see her master or his home ever again.

P is for Person Last Called/Texted: By technicality, Victor. But that’s spoilers. Q is for Questions They’re Always Asked: “What were you doing out there in the middle of the night?” “Why don’t you want to go into town?” Both questions that she never answers directly. And then there’s “What do you mean I have to wait for dinner to be ready? I’m hungry nooowww”, which she usually answers with a ladle smacking someone’s snout.

R is for Reasons to Smile: Big warm werewolf hugs and slobbery werewolf kisses. The gifts that Jezzmir brings her when he goes into town for supplies. Cerra just being...Cerra. Spending time with Rekr/when Rekr falls asleep in her lap.

S is for Song Last Sang: She doesn’t know any songs but she does tend to get random snippets of tunes stuck in her head from the others

T is for Time They Wake Up: Javianna rises with the sun most days

U is for Underwear Color: White, because whenever she tries to pick out anything else Cerra acts amused and Javianna gets too flustered to go through with it V is for Vacation Destination: Somewhere nice and cool, with lots of shade, and water as far as the eye can see. W is for Worst Habit: Not trusting people when she probably should. X is for X-Rays; Ever Broken a Bone?: One of the other girls pushed her out a window and broker her arm once. Y is for Youth: It was primarily spent curled up in a blanket crying and wanting to go home, and little changed about that except for desired destination.

Z is for Zealous: What Are They Passionate About?: Being helpful and earning her keep. Making sure the people she loves are happy and cared for.

Everyone I tagged last time is still welcome to do this ;D

[onlywifetothorin555]

He actually has fangs 🥰 he's too cute for his own good!

[raiswanson]

Gimme Jezz's POV!!!

👀 Okie dokie. Let’s give our favorite vampire babe a PoV showcase during a certain alley scene~

This didn’t turn out remotely how I wanted but wheeeeeeeee

It’s a little long tho so under a cut it goes. (#RIP mobile users with broken read mores) Also, MILD SPOILER WARNING~

Shoot me an ask and make me work?

Her hands were shaking.

She’d begun trembling as I drewcloser, but her eyes were sharp and focused on mine, and had I notalready made the mistake of kissing her earlier that night I wouldhave feared I’d said too much. As it was, my main concern was thatsomehow I’d misinterpreted her feelings. She hadn’t said anythingthroughout my explanation, and her face gave nothing away. She justgazed at me with wide eyes, breath short as the silence stretched on.Taking a slow breath, I resisted the urge to shift my thumb just afew inches to the side to trace her lips and forced myself to speakagain.

“Does that answer satisfy you?”I croaked, stomach turning when she gave a tiny nod. Then shecontinued staring up at me, seemingly unaware that the longer westood so close the more she leaned toward me, lips parted with hergaze flicking downward. Seeing she wasn’t going to speak withoutprompting, I took a moment to inhale her scent and stepped backward.I remained within easy distance, refusing to end contact and holdingher hand like a lifeline, but we’d never be able to have thisconversation rationally with her breath so close to my lips and herwarmth so…

“Then it’s your turn toanswer,” I said, sending a jolt of awareness into her gaze. Iwatched her mind race, recalling my earlier inquiry, thrilled by theadded red that rose in her cheeks as she arrived at her answer.

“Ididn’t like seeing you hold her like that. It…hurt,” shemurmured.

Ittook every ounce of strength in me to remain still. There was more onher mind that had to be said before I could pounce as I sodesperately wanted. I’d already almost ruined everything. Iwouldn’t lose myself like that again, especially not so soon.

Wewould do this properly. Even if it killed me. And gods,did I feel like I was dying. Being alone with her like this wasalways difficult to bear, but now that I knew her taste, and couldfeel her warm body so within reach, the difficulty was maddening.My struggles weren’t aided by the remaining flavor of blood yet onmy tongue, pulsing through my starved veins and demanding a fullmeal. I could feel Javianna’s heart hammering—as always, it mademy fangs ache—but for once I couldn’t be sure whose was morepanicked, mine or hers.

“IfI let you feed from me, would you hold me like that?” The questiontook all those warm, heated thoughts and iced them over immediately.Scowling, I affixed a hard gaze to Javianna and considered takinganother step away for her own safety. That was a dangerous trail ofthought. And exactly what I’d tried to prevent from the start.

“Iwouldn’t feed from you,” I said sternly, skin tingling when shegulped and clenched a fist in my shirt.

“Butif you hadto. Would you?” she insisted, imploring warble chipping away at theice with alarming precision. I knew what she intended to ask. I knewshe didn’t fully grasp implications of offering herself to me as ameal. She wanted to be held. Loved. I’d seen that in her eyes thenight I’d found her in the wastes. But it was increasingly hard torecall the difference as invasive thoughts of having a taste driftedinto my mind.

Blockingthose out, I released her hand and slid down to her hip, making herjump as my fingers curved around her. Her breathing quickened again,and her heart, and I held her for a moment in awe that I’d dared todo so before I remembered what I’d intended to say.

“Iwouldn’t feed from you. But, if you’re trying to ask if I would holdyou, the answer is yes. I don’t need to feed to do that. I only needyour permission. Which is something I should have asked for in thefirst place,” I told her, ripples going down my spine when shestifled a squeal.

Ididn’t realize I’d begun leaning in again until she directed hergaze to my chin with her face blooming with color, and when I didnotice I didn’t have it in me to back off. Instead, I remained upclose and slowly stroked the back of her hand, both frustrated andecstatic over her sudden inability to meet my eyes.

“…doI have that, Lady Javianna?” I purred, intending to speak playfullyand finding only severe sincerity. She wanted to be held as she’dseen me holding my donor? I could give her that. And more. Much more.

“Oh,you definitely have that. You have all the permission in the world,”she breathed back, derailing what was left of my attempt to beproper. I held myself back from lunging outright, but my hands slowlytightened around her as I tried to remember where I’d wanted to gowith this discussion. Something about keeping her safe, or…what?Her scent was so strong now, and her heat under my palm was sowelcoming.

Gnawinghunger settled heavily over my head, though it was hard to sayexactly what I was hungering for. All of her? Was that alright? CouldI balance those safely? Would she allow me to? The questions blurredby as I decided they didn’t matter. There was only one thing Iwanted to ask now.

“MayI kiss you? Properly this time?” I whispered, catching her by thewaist as her legs buckled in surprise. Her hands clutched my arms tohold herself up, and the touch alone nearly sent me lunging at her.

InsteadI waited, agonizing and poised to spring, but still viciously in needof permission. No. I’d spoiled that already. I didn’t care howmuch my blood burned for her, and how a small part of my mindscreamed to take her however I could, I would wait.It didn’t matter how much I wanted to press her against the brickand relish her flavor. It didn’t matter how my fingers itched towander and memorize. It didn’t matter until I knew for sure she—

Shenodded, and the small gesture was all it took to rip away the lastshreds of my self control. I closed what distance was left between usand sealed our mouths together with a desperate growl. Her hands flewup to curl around my back, clinging to me as I pressed down andreveled in the softness that’d been torn away early before.

Movingsteadily to not hurt her, I coaxed her backward until her backtouched the wall, and her nails dug into my jacket as I hooked an armaround her waist and moved a hand into her scarf to catch her hair.She sagged when I finally released her mouth, allowing her to wheezeand arch against me as I slid my lips across to her jaw.

I’dbegun sliding down toward her throat, hazy thoughts guiding me, andI’d just reached the hollow when she began pulling me closer with asoft whimper. I caught myself as my fangs began to slide, startledbut far too frazzled to care enough to stop, and I added the desireto bite to the flames already burning through me. Nibbling backtoward her chin, I pressed tighter against her and let a hand slidetoward her knee, feeling it trying to rise toward me. Fingertipsmeeting bare skin added another layer to my rippling need, and as mytouch slid higher I felt her freeze.

Thesudden stillness slammed sense back in place, and I inhaled one finallungful of her scent before raising my head to peer worriedly at herface. Struggling to catch my breath and remember how to keep myselfin check, I took in the stark terror in her eyes and sighed, pressingour foreheads together.

“…perhapswe’ve started off too quickly. I apologize,” I said, closing myeyes. Inwardly I considered flaying myself alive. This was just whatI’d wanted to avoid. I’d frightened her, again, and against bothour wishes. I’d asked for a kiss, and been moments from trying totake much more than she’d accepted. I only hoped I hadn’t spoiledthings entirely with my thoughtlessness. Realizing I was still coiledaround her like a vine, I began to withdrawn, and stiffened when shetightened her arms around me.

“It’sokay,” she said, voice wavering. She flinched when I raised myeyebrows, and as much as I wanted to flee immediately to erase theunease written on her face, I allowed her to hold me and gazed intoher eyes.

“No,it isn’t. I’m by no means experienced in…courtship. I amunfamiliar with much regarding it. But I know you,Javianna. I’ve made you uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable,” Ireplied, surprised when rather than shrink away as expected her facefilled with…conflict? She lowered her gaze to my chest, chewing herlip, then took in a shuddering breath.

“Youdidn’t…it’s not you, Jezzmir. Really. It’s just that…theplace I came from…before you saved me…” she began. I smelledthe tears before they rose in her eyes, and it was only a viciousfear of breaking her focus that stopped me from moving to wipe themaway. I offered her my complete attention, awed that she was openingthis topic herself.

“Iran away. I had to. My…my master, he…he wanted me to…he wasgoing to…” Her fingers tightened in my jacket until the seamsstrained, and as she shivered I felt a wretched pulse of violent,seething fury spread through me, white-hot and boiling. It didn’ttake very much to draw a conclusion of why this might be relevant.

ButI let her continue. I could see on her face that she wanted to.Neededtoo, even. This had tormented her since she’d joined the pack, andif she was finally going to open up to me I wasn’t going to disturbher.

Evenif I was terrified of what the knowledge might do to me. Terrified ofwhat I might do.

“Thenight I left. He brought me to see him, to ‘discuss my future’. Hedidn’t just want to talk. He—” When a dog barked, I bit of ashout of anger. Javianna’s eyes went hard and fearful, and I knewthe moment was lost. I turned to see what I already assumed was NightPatrol, and for one flickering instant wondered if it would be easierto simply kill the man. The thought alarmed me, and I pushed it frommy mind with mortified disgust as I lifted Javianna’s scarf backover her head and waited for the idiot to approach.

[hoppancs]

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