Jo harvelle has been hopping around states doing solo hunts, and catches wind of what sounds like a textbook ghost haunting. It's in some dorms, but it's easy enough to get access. She's surprised to find out most complaints have to do with clothing. Moving, floating, disappearing, sometimes catching on fire. Jo finally makes contact with the ghost, it's a tall sad girl with blonde hair in a white skimpy night gown. Apparently she'd been possessed, and made to wear this God awful gown before being set ablaze on a ceiling. All she wants is to wear something, anything, else. Jo feels bad for her, more than anything, more than her ingrained hatred for the supernatural. She gives her company. Gets to know her. Eventually offers Jessica, if she wants to wear something different, to wear her. It's risky, Jo knows that. To let a ghost have control. But it also might be what she needs to be put to rest. Jessica hesitantly agrees to try. Then, she's seeing through Jo's eyes, into a mirror. Much shorter, but still blonde, and thankfully - finally - wearing something that doesn't leave her clawing for dignity. When Jo breathes in a minute later the whispered shadow of a thank you Jo dissolves like mist, or a kiss, in the air, and Jo is more sad than she likes to admit to find herself in the room, in her body, alone.
okay i am having thoughts about a slimeknight streaming au where they meet on hypixel in skywars and d3rlord just sucks at it and avery keeps seeing him die so he offers to teach him and they become friends and d3r starts joining his streams and they meet and kiss and yay
random moments of your life being Toji's wife and Megumi's stepmother
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✰ pairing. Toji Fushiguro x wife!reader
✰ content. MDNI, fem!reader, crack, fluff, reader and Toji already have a 5yo girl (Fuyumi), found family, pregnancy, birthday sėx, pụssydrunk AND making love!Toji (partially), breëding plus pregnancy kınk, creämpıe, praising, talking through it, unprotected, pet names, dırty tālk
✰ word count. 4.9k
✰ A/N. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR GORGEOUS BIG BOY!! And happy new year, sweeties <33
The trip to Kamakura was scheduled months ago, when Satoru offered his house to host the New Year’s party, and, with that in mind, you were able to organize everything you’d need for Toji’s birthday party too. Decorations, cake, candies and salty food, just how he liked. And when the day came, Megumi worked as your partner in that sweet crime, going in Nanami’s car with Nobara and Yuji so Toji wouldn’t see the decorations to be done.
Only when your stepson confirmed that everything was in its right place and decorated, you stopped holding up and finally handed Toji the last suitcase so you could go. Hiding your anxiety on the road wasn’t easy, nothing passed unseen by his eyes. But, luckily for you, he was distracted this time.
He was… Jealous?
“I’ll never understand what they see in him. Seriously! Even Yuji was there.”
Ah, yes. Another day, another complaint about how Megumi liked his teacher and family’s friend, Nanami. He was nothing different from Gojo in terms of friendship with the two of you, and yet…
“He’s polite, was always close and helpful with the kids…”
“I see, I see. Praising another man in front of your husband.”
“Toji!” You argued, seeing him rolling his eyes. “Your son can make his own choices. Maybe he just wanted to go earlier to spend more time with his friends.”
“And not with his father? Today is m-” Toji stopped himself, pressing his lips in a line and focusing on the road again. But he noticed your curious gaze, making him sigh softly. “I’m not getting younger, and he’s already fifteen! Three more years and he’ll be leaving for university, with no time for us.”
“He’ll always have time for you.”
“No he won’t. I know how teenagers are.”
“You are hard-headed, just like one.” Your reply made him huff low, hands tightening the grip around the steering wheel. “He loves you, honey. He listens to you, he looks for your advices and guidance. You have no idea how much effort he puts on himself to make you proud.”
With your head turned to him, your eyes captured how your words affected the man. His gaze softened upon the road, his hands relaxed, knuckles turning back to his skin tone, not so white anymore. His right hand moved to your thigh, feeling the fabric of your dress under his digits. With a long breath, he calmed down, and looked at you once he stopped by a red light.
“We’re lucky to have you. And her.” He motioned to Fuyumi, your younger daughter sleeping on the backseat, and moved closer to give you a quick kiss. You smiled when you felt the scar brushing on your skin softly.
“It’s mutual.”
Your smile made his shoulders visibly relax, and he moved his attention back to the road after a quick look down at the GPS. The car was yours, and you had the license for years now, but you still loved relaxing beside him, enjoying your passenger princess privileges while looking at his arms when he drove the SUV.
“Just don’t make me smile to that stupid blon-”
“Toji, be nice. His wife is pregnant.”
Your reply made him click his tongue, controlling himself to not roll his eyes. Again.
“That’s why the kids are with him?”
“I don’t know, but behaving is for free.”
“Not if I pay with my patience.” He sighed, taking the road to the coast, almost getting to the house. “You know…” He started talking again, clearly having some disturbed ideas. “The kids love you. Kugisake always compliments how beautiful you are.”
“Spit it out.”
“We could…” He smiled, not finishing his statement, but you could read right through his eyes.
“I’m not getting pregnant just for you to be the “favorite uncle” again.”
“Come on! It’s not a big deal!”
“Toji! It’s a baby!”
“And? We have Fuyumi, I have experience. Sometimes I even miss how I used to hold Megumi by the neck of his shirt.”
“Oh, for God’s sake!”
“He liked it! That choked laughter was awesome.” He smiled, clearly remembering times in between his grief and the moment he met you. “Come on, think about it, uh? I know the test was negative, but we can always try again. And again. And again…”
“You’re lucky she’s sleeping.” You slapped his arm, making him stop teasing about it, while you looked at the five-year-old girl still deep asleep.
“Think about it, please? I don’t wanna be the one dragging Shiro and Kuro everywhere while my son is with him.”
“I won’t think about anything.” Rolling your eyes, you looked away, holding your tongue to not tell the truth right then and there.
The familiar house came into view, the sight of the beach was still heavenly and beautiful, even mid-winter. Toji parked beside Gojo’s car, leaving his seat to open the door for you, and let you wake Fuyumi while taking the dogs out by the other side.
“Now smile and behave, we can talk about your pregnancy later.” He stated, simply as that.
“What? Toji!”
The front door was opened by Gojo, making you stop talking and walk towards the man after seeing your husband’s cynical smile, the one that never failed in teasing you to the limit. The dogs ran inside after hearing Megumi’s voice, and Fuyumi was right behind. Gojo greeted you and Toji, with him leaving the suitcases by the entrance hall, and letting the white haired sorcerer guide you both inside, towards the living room.
The curtains were down, the room was silent and dark by the moment you came with him. Until Megumi turned the lights on.
“Surprise!”
Toji’s hand tightened the grip on your waist when he heard the voices in unison. He ran his gaze around the room, decorated with balloons in metallic blue and silver, a large table with the cake and sweet treats, and another side with salty food for lunch. The guests had party hats matching the colors, and Gojo handed one to you, which you quickly put on his head, ignoring his stare.
“How did you do that?” He asked, a small smile creeping up at the corner of his lips.
“I’ve had help.” You shrugged, taking the lighter with Shoko and pushing Toji closer to the table.
His eyes immediately landed on Megumi, knowing the son had a part in it, and the boy just shrugged, just like you, standing by his left when everyone started singing “happy birthday”. Your smile was sincere, and your eyes never left Toji, while his eyes never left the candles, the cake, and every other small detail organized by you. Every new thing that was made just for him.
By the end of the song, more clapping was heard, and you felt the dark-haired man pull you into a kiss, firm and quick, respecting the others around. And, in a sweet and fast movement, he pulled Megumi into a hug, ruffling his hair when he moved away, making the boy laugh.
“Me too, papa!” Fuyumi yelled, making the others laugh.
Toji then took her on his arm, kissing her cheek and leaning to blow the candle with her help. Closing his eyes and staying silent for a few seconds, it was clear when Toji made a wish, only leaving you curious about what it was.
Even though you felt like you could guess easily.
“Now I understand the whispers around the house.” He commented, eyes narrowed.
“You didn’t even question it.” Megumi replied in a quiet tone, noticing his father laughing.
After taking a family picture, Satoru, who had been insisting on a speech, quickly started recording when Toji finally seemed to accept. Your gaze let him know that it needed to be a special moment, and he understood.
“Meg,” He called, making the boy raise his head in curiosity. “I’m not used to showing how grateful I am for you being a special and incredible son, the blessing your mother left for me. You overcome the expectations I shouldn’t have, and I’m proud of you, son. Thank you for the surprise.”
Megumi nodded, clearly emotional but covering up with a small smile. But Toji knew. He always knew. Satisfied, he turned to you, his next victim.
“My love… Thank you, for everything, I feel like I’ll never be able to form enough thoughts in this messy head of mine to tell you how much I love you, how you saved me, my girl. And how I’m happy for this precious little gift you gave me.”
As Toji hugged Fuyumi, she giggled happily, and you felt tears running down with no control while you took in his words, the turmoil of both surprises you kept from him now taking its toll. But definitely a good one.
The moment ended with a family hug, and Yuji and Nobara helped you to serve the cake as the others gathered around the table to get their lunch. Everyone enjoyed the afternoon with conversations about the expectations for the New Year, engaging topics about family, the kids’ improvements and travels.
Close to the sunset, the kids decided to play at the beach, in front of the house, and Megumi insisted on taking his sister to give you and Toji free time, with the only advice of “behaving”. It made you laugh, of course, but your husband only shot you a smirk, murmuring a song while you led the way to the guest room you were staying in.
“How did you find out?” Toji asked when you both stepped into the room, closing the door with a soft click when locked.
“Naobito.”
Your answer was enough to make him remember the day you gave Maki a ride home. Toji hummed, sitting on the bed and taking his hoodie off, trying to gain courage to take a shower. You walked towards the man, placing your hands on his shoulders and massaging his muscles.
He breathed out with the touch, a small smile could be seen on his lips before he leaned his head on your abdomen. His left hand moved up from the side of your leg to your stomach, caressing there with his thumb. It wasn’t as flat as it used to be, and he knew it. He had noticed before, and had that sweet feeling in his chest.
“How far along are you?” He asked, voice low, but slowly looked up to meet your eyes.
“What?”
“Don’t play dumb, mama.” He smirked, both thumbs caressing your warm skin under your belly button. “You can hide the party plans from me, but not your body.”
Staring down into his eyes, you could see his proud smile, hands keeping you in place while his slender thumbs moved around your lower abdomen, silently appreciating the job he had done as his dark eyes caught every little reaction of yours. Your expression and eyes letting clear he had caught you red-handed.
“I know when my wife is sleeping more, eating more, and throwing up.” He pointed out every little thing he had noticed. Things he didn’t miss on your first pregnancy, and certainly wouldn’t this time. “Ruined the surprise, didn’t I?”
“Yes!” You replied, slapping his shoulder softly, making him chuckle audibly. “I hate you.”
“No, you don’t.”
The man smiled widely, his eyes shining against the lights as he continued caressing you softly. Almost a strange touch coming from hands that years ago did such a dangerous job. It was at that moment you decided to take the picture off the inner pocket of your jacket. The movement caught Toji’s attention, gaze moving down to your hands, and back up to meet yours as he breathed in to say something.
But the words died in his throat when he saw the picture in your hand.
The usual gray, white and black glitched screen of an ultrasound, with two circles on it. The image made him open his mouth, trying to find words when he got the picture on his hand. The first circle showed a mark named “baby A”, the second one, “baby B”.
“I- You-” Toji stuttered, blinking forcibly.
This was another level of a surprise.
“Twins?” He asked, almost gasping for air.
“Twins, love.”
Toji couldn’t hide his happiness even if he wanted to. The urge to just hold you close and tight made him pull you onto his lap, arms around your waist and shoulders, keeping you close as he felt that pure joy fill his mind and heart. As you finally felt the weight of the secret being taken from your shoulders, happy tears stained your face and his shoulders, and he soothed you with a soft caressing on your back, his warm touch moving up and down until you got a grip on your emotions again.
“I didn’t know you could… We could…”
“Me neither. It was out of luck.” You smiled, caressing his chin with your right hand, the man leaning into your touch with his eyes focused on the picture. “They’re fraternal.”
“What does that mean? Are they okay? Is this a health issue?”
“No, darling. They’re perfect. They’re just non-identical, not sharing the same placenta.”
“And… And you know if there’s a boy or a girl?”
“No, I’m almost exactly three months in, so… It won’t take long for us to find out.”
“Almost three months and you’re already showing?” He asked, the deep chuckle not fooling you. Toji was proud of what he did.
“I was huge while carrying Yumi. Need to prepare for the worst this time.”
To your words, Toji placed both hands on your stomach, feeling it once again. But the clothes bothered him, making the raven-haired man lift the fabric of your clothes to touch your skin properly.
“Then it’s my job to make you feel better.”
His hands carefully moved down to your thighs, gripping as much flesh as he could, marking his digits on your skin easily. That heat, so characteristic from whenever he touched you, increased when you felt your lips on yours, a deep warmth spreading from your chest through your body. Toji’s hands moved to your ass, groaning loud as he slapped with one hand and tightened the grip with the other, taking a muffled moan from your lips in between the intense kiss.
When he moved his hips up, pressing against yours, the two of you moaned. The feeling of his growing erection pulsing against your core. With a low hum of approval, Toji moved just enough to make you ride him slowly, firm hands pressing your body down against his, teasing you with soft and quick pecks.
“Toji…” You breathed out, feeling his kisses move to your shoulders now. His large hands gripping your ass and thigh, desperate to feel you. Starving. “Love, I-”
“Don’t stop ridin’, doll.”
His words made you breathe out low, trying to control your voice, thinking about what to say back, unsure if he was actually willing to continue. Not that he never fucked you when you were pregnant previously, quite the opposite. But this wasn’t your house, and Toji usually didn’t like whenever you couldn’t vocalize for him. Moan. Scream his name.
But the way he continued to kiss you was confirmation enough, the man grunting as he pushed his hips against you again, looking for some minimal friction as he moved his hands up to your hips to move you against him again, and back down, squeezing your ass with pleasure.
The touch made you moan audibly for him, hearing the hoarse and deep sound escaping from his throat when he kissed your neck, biting your shoulders in response. Toji quickly took your jacket off, tossing it on the floor along with your shirt, taking his time to stare at your much swollen breasts and the beautiful black lacy set embracing your skin perfectly.
“Fuck, mama… Is this new?” Toji asked, black eyes stuck on the drawing of the lingerie on your skin, and how it made your curves look more delineated, the details he so much loved on display like a meal.
“All for you.” Your voice was sweet, barely louder than a whisper when you leaned closer. “Rip it off.”
He pulled you closer, hooking a finger under the middle of your bra, pulling the lacy down with no second thoughts, ripping the fabric off your skin easily, and having the perfect vision of your breasts. Massaging one, Toji quickly moved to take the other on his mouth, his tongue travelling up and down the soft skin, groaning when your body shivered from the contact.
Your back was arched for him, both hands on his chest, feeling his skin, and your mouth half open, gasping and moaning only for him to hear. Toji’s hands held your waist tight, changing positions carefully, laying you on the queen-sized bed. As he moved down, kissing your abdomen and hips, his hands moved your pants down, taking in the sight of the wet patch barely visible on your panties, his index finger moving to pull the side and make it snap back against your skin.
Your body jolted from the impact, the skin soon reddening and his smirk widening at the sight. “So delicate, aren’t you, angel?”
Desperate for more of his touch, you couldn’t reply, and it only made Toji chuckle more, a soft movement pulling your panties to the side. His tense breath hitting your skin, a soft movement of his hands spreading your legs open for him, exposing your wetness.
He didn’t waste time, pressing his tongue against your pussy and letting out a rough moan when feeling how hot and sweet you were for him, keeping his eyes closed to enjoy it a while longer.
“Toji!” You cried when he moved just enough to see your face.
The man laughed slightly at your desperation, passing his muscled arms down your thighs and pulling you closer like that, unable to move.
“Easy, love.”
It’s a matter of seconds for him to push his index finger into your slick entrance, sliding in easily, making you choke on your words of hurry and a low moan. Toji then started moving his fingers back and forth, curved up like a hook, hitting that sweet spot that made you squirm so easily.
The movement made your cunt pulse and tighten around his finger, taking a pleasured moan from him, closing his eyes to enjoy how you were always so responsive. “Feels good, doesn’t it, princess?” His voice had a hint of teasing, the smile on his face proved it.
“Y-Yes. Toji…”
“Y-Yes.” He mocked, thumb moving up to press against your clit. “I’m listening. What do you want?”
“Your mouth.”
There was no time for more stuttering, not with your husband. Toji wanted you, to celebrate with you for what he had done, and anything you asked, he would give. His tongue quickly met your pussy again, savoring you with need, with the desire he had kept in, not minding being rough when liking and sucking your wet folds and your already sensitive clit.
Your body shuddered entirely with the feeling, his fingers getting more wet as he added another one to fulfill your pleasure, and the sound explicit and wet echoing in the room against the silence, his hand hitting your entrance while he took his sweet time on your spot.
“Mhn- Toj-i! Fuck, don’t stop!”
He didn’t dare. Not this time. Toji kept on sucking your clit with strength, licking your wetness clean as his fingers pushed in and out. You could already feel that pressure on your lower abdomen, flowing down your legs in waves, and back to your pussy in his mouth.
Until the tension on your body imploded, and you relaxed all at once, your orgasm hitting you, leaving you still in bed. Left hand in the middle of his dark hair, and the right pulling the sheets, using the grip to control your voice. Your husband wasn’t akin to share your pretty sounds with the other guests.
Breathless, you moaned when Toji moved away, taking his fingers off you and sucking them, tasting more of you, addicted. Only then he took his time taking his pants off, teasing you and giving you a little show, knowing how much you loved every sight of his muscles. And only got better when he got rid of his boxers.
“Keep ‘em open f’me, love.” He said, coming back to bed, right above your body, when you tried to close your legs.
His hands moving around his aching cock, masturbating in soft motions while watching you under him, possessive, and clearly pleased that you were already showing off now two more of his offsprings.
The vision of his large body shivering and slightly shaking with pleasure made you breathe out low and touch your thighs, gripping your flesh to control yourself. Toji’s hands met your hips, keeping you still for him again, before he pressed your thighs down, the obscene mating press making him growl.
“We’re going slow, for now.” He spoke up, teasing you while brushing the red tip against your wet cunt. “I’m gonna appreciate my sweet, little wife. Only when you cum around me, I’ll fuck you senseless. Deal?”
“Deal.”
His voice was clouding your mind, barely letting you notice how much he was holding back for your sake, and could only go back to your senses when you felt him moving your chin to face him properly. With his left hand, Toji massaged your clit, increasing the pleasure you felt when he pushed all his girth inside slowly, opening your wet folds around him. Feeling you pulsing, your husband knew you were ready for him, already shaped for his size and his only, he smiled when his tip reached your soft cervix, your sweet moans filling his ears when he pushed out and back inside.
“That’s s-so good!”
“Yeah? Your pussy is so warm right now, ‘luv. All tight around m-me.” He had his eyes closed, leaning to whisper in your ear. “Fucking missed this so much!”
Your hands finding balance on his shoulders when he started his thrusts, the massive size making room for itself in you, his hips moving smoothly back and forth against yours, hitting your spots, pubes rubbing against your sensitive clit over and over and over.
“T-Toji! Fuck, oh my-” Your voice was melting in your throat while he didn’t stop, body covering yours easily, grunting and moaning too close to your ear. “Y-Yes! Feels so- good!”
“Feels too- damn good for me, too, mama.” He was affected by your words and tightness around his girth, and not stopping meant going faster. Harder. Even if he wanted to keep it easy for you.
He didn’t want to hurt you, no. Never his sweet, little, pregnant wife, but each thrust felt harder and rougher than the previous one, making you moan louder against his ear, fueling his fire. It was too hard for him when your cunt tightened uncontrollably around his throbbing length.
Looking down, he used the visual stimulation of your pussy swallowing his dick to move more tenderly against you, leveling his need to fuck and make love to you. It made him burn in fever while he drowned in the pleasure taking you both.
“Ohh-h! To-ji! E-easy, love!” Your hands moved to his shoulders again, leaving red marks on his skin while your body was being flooded by that ecstasy.
“Keep goin’, mama.” His rough voice continued, soothing you. “That’s right, cum for me again, yes.”
Your husband kept his harsh and fast thrusts, just how it made you melt, controlling himself while his hips hit your body slowly. In the room, the wetness, moans and breathless whispers were echoing while he continued working through your orgasm, taking more reactions from you.
“Breathe, doll.” He asked, kissing your forehead while trying to not apply pressure above your stomach. His kisses move down to your neck and breasts again. “That’s it… Can you handle one more?”
“Y-yeah… I think-”
“You can.” Toji cut out, kissing your temples on both sides. “Hold still.”
He moved you in a soft motion, helping you get on fours and placing the pillows under your chest, keeping your hips up for him. A small slap on your ass was all the warning you got before he started pushing himself into you again. Your hot walls taking his size, making the man pulse with his eyes closed, enjoying the feeling.
Holding your hips tightly to keep you in place, he moved his own, the speed perfect for both of you, stealing moans and gasps. Opening your eyes, you looked at him from over your shoulder, noticing Toji staring down, amazed, his mouth half open, forehead sweaty with his disheveled black hair stuck.
“No wonder why you hid your pregnancy from me, mama,” He started, not taking his eyes away while didn’t dare to stop pounding hard, hips hitting yours again and again. “If you just wanted me raw in this- fuck! T-Tight cunt, could’ve told me, ya’ know?”
“T-That’s not-”
“Ha-ah!” Both hands pressed firmly against you, fingers digging against your warm skin. “Don’t lie to your husband, sweet thing.”
Your moan was low, choked, hands holding tight against the mattress and blankets, while you kept your eyes on him and called his name in a low, weak tone. Toji almost couldn’t handle it, too close to his own orgasm to think too hard about it, focused on fucking you like he promised.
Faster
Harder.
Pleasantly painful.
“Toji- Please! It’s too-” You started, but he clicked his tongue, staring at your knitted eyebrows and teary eyes with a wide smirk.
“Let me hear her, mama.”
He placed his right knee on the bed, firm hands keeping you right where you were, not allowing your escape. With a pleased groan, he pushed in roughly again, your body jolting with the contact. His focus was on his movements only, bringing pleasure to both of you while hitting your sweet spots inside, heavy balls hitting your clit, reddening your skin.
You moaned for him, mixing with the sounds of your pussy welcoming his dick. The bed hitting against the wall at each thrust, and his grunts and moans out in the open for you, the swearing escaping from his lips and the twitch of his length inside made you clench, your velvety walls more wet, spasming while cumming, calling his name.
“Fuck, sweet! She’s s-so warm!” He grunted.
The never ending praises taking soft moans from your overstimulated cunt, the lubrication helping him slide in and out fast and faster. Your broken moans led him to another wave of pleasure, this time shooting his thick, whitish seed inside you.
“Hah! Yes… Always so- damn good f’me.” He breathed out, now moving slowly, edging himself while leaving every drop in.
Your hearts were beating rhythmically, fast, and you could only calm down when he pulled out, both hands on your thighs, keeping them open to watch his seed escaping, thick fingers rubbing your clit and pulling it back inside.
“Ngh! Toji!” You cried, hips shaking, making him laugh. “Too much already.”
“Only because I don’t want you too tired, ma’.”
The man moved to lay on the bed, carefully pulling you closer, resting your head on his chest and kissing your forehead. Both arms wrapping around you, keeping you close.
“How do you feel?” Your husband asked, staring back at you, hands moving, rubbing your thigh and shoulder.
“Tired.” Your voice was quiet, an aching body soothed by his soft touch. “I need a shower.”
“We both do.”
“Don’t move.”
“As if I could.”
Leaving bed, Toji walked towards the bathroom, taking some time there, before he came back to you. Carefully, the tall man wrapped you in his arms, calculated steps guiding you towards the bathroom, a sweet perfume filling the place as he slowly put you in the large bathtub, warm water embracing your body, relaxing your muscles.
Soon, he joined too, staying right behind you, hugging your torso and bathing you, spreading water over your arms and shoulders and massaging your skin with the liquid soap. That silly smile never left your face.
“I love this side of you.” Your voice made him look at you, the beginning of a smile in the corner of his mouth, that little scar charming as always.
“Just being better for my little family.” He shrugged, still washing your body first, knowing you would most likely sit on his lap to pay back. “Now a big family.”
“Yeah… We are now six. Eight, counting Shiro and Kuro.”
“I’m gonna need one of those ugly large cars.” He had a false pained tone in his voice, making you chuckle lightly.
“A minivan.”
“Hell no. Don’t torture me, it’s my birthday.” His response made you laugh, shaking your head at his drama.
“And you’re already graying…”
“That’s an illusion. You’re tired.”
“You are! Look, right here.” You tried to point it out to the side of his hair, the few gray and white strands already being easily seen.
“Shh, poor thing, you’re exhausted. Go to sleep, mama.”
His attempt in gaslighting made you laugh, moving back to relax your head against his chest yet again, stopping the teasing for now. You would let him have his happiness during his birthday, he certainly deserved it.
As someone who focuses characters who stammer in their work, I wanted to create a little guide for fluent folk who want to delve into it and may be a little too anxious to try. Others do exist and mine isn't law, but I wanted to make one based on my own personal experiences of writing Kring in my webcomic, Coursing Constellations. I've kept it under a read more because it's pretty long lol.
I admit, it can be difficult, but it's easier to write a realistic sounding stutter than you think. It goes without saying but above all you must treat us like human beings and don’t make our disability the centre of our character arc. Stammering should never be the only aspect of your character's personality even if it has a role in shaping it. If you have any intention of "curing" them at the end, throw the entire character away and start again. How, you ask? Well, that's why I'm here.
For starters, no two people who stutter are the same person, and the same goes for their stutters themselves. The world needs more written stutters that are well thought through. Give characters certain sounds or words they consistently stammer on, do some research, observe, and ask how real life people who stutter speak. You'll be surprised at how many patterns you find. For instance, I really struggle on "Ch" sounds, which has the potential to be really funny narratively if other aspects of my personality are taken into consideration!
When it comes to writing the stammer itself, the odd repeated letter and dash are fine, however most people with a stutter do other things too. We tend to pause more, use fillers, and even extend letters to help them come out easier. Sometimes we repeat phrases instead of sounds. So while you’re sprinkling “f-f-f” in there, be sure to add some “ssss” and a bit of “umm.... well” in there too, maybe even break apart sentences every so often with a “they said”. We also exchange words a lot, so write us changing a word halfway through saying it. In some cases, the repetition of words isn't even caused by the stutter itself, restarting my sentence can sometimes help me finish it.
I’ve seen some people say that they prefer it when people limit how much stammering is represented in a character’s speech patterns, yet to me that defeats the point. Yes, it may make you or your readers feel uncomfortable. Yes, it may seem tiresome. But while you can erase the way a character speaks, we can’t erase the way we speak. In fact, I don't really want to. When I write my own characters’ stammers, I want fluent people to feel out of their depth. I want them to feel the way I feel when I talk. I want them to feel every single word that comes out of my characters' mouths.
A lot of people don’t understand that the way characters who stammer are written influences the way people who stammer are treated in real life too. If you put across the message that we’re too annoying to write in your stories, how do you think that makes us feel? Stammering is a unique form of communication, to treat it as an inconvenience is ableist. Making things accessible and helping us feel included isn’t a burden. If people started treating stammering, and any other form of diverse speech for that matter, as normal in their writing than maybe it’ll make life a little bit easier for us in the long run. Our speech should be celebrated.
Moving on from the vocal side of stammering, it can make our bodies move in unpredictable ways too. This is an amazing resource if you want to see how stutterers' faces can look when they stutter: www.behance.net/gallery/32747515/Stutters. It can also make me tap my hands and feet, and for some uncontrollably move their limbs. I always have a metronome going in my head as I speak, tapping to that rhythm gives me a beat to speak alongside. It's probably linked to why a lot of people don't stammer when they sing. Mine can also leave me out of breath, or even make my chest ache due to other health issues. If you don’t want to go into all that stuff, saying “they took a deep breath” every so often will be ample. Patience can also go a long way: If I take time to speak, this happens to a lesser extent.
I hope this goes without saying but these movements are not funny and should not be treated as such. While I make a lot of jokes about stuttering in my own work, it’s because I know from experience and it's not coming from a position of mockery.
Even though a stammer can occasionally be influenced by how we're feeling, such as nervousness, having a stammer is not a sign of weakness. Whenever we meet a new person we’ve already ran our words through our heads 1000 times before opening our mouths. It doesn’t always work. Even with people we know, our stammer is always being shaped according to those on the other end of the conversation. There are people who are more considerate than others, and in some cases characters might even mask in certain situations due to past experiences. Exploring fluency techniques as a fluent person is a very slippery slope though, as there's a risk of falling into negative stereotypes. While I suggest avoiding it unless you stammer yourself, if you would like to mention them please make sure these are well researched and remember that they are not a cure. Most of the time they only hide the stammer, and usually have a physical/mental toll on the person using them. These techniques also do not work on everyone, such as me with the aforementioned chest issues. Other cures don't even work at all, like placebo tablets I've seen people try to sell to vulnerable people.
Remember: You can be the most extroverted, bubbly person in the room and still stammer on every single word. More of that in your stories, please. Now, go have fun creating unique characters with unique stutters that don't all read and sound the same.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Il Dottore/Pantalone (Genshin Impact)
Characters: Il Dottore (Genshin Impact), Pantalone (Genshin Impact)
Additional Tags: Ambiguous Relationships, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Introspection, Written Before Snezhnaya Release (Genshin Impact), Written Before 6.6 | Luna VII Update (Genshin Impact), Soft Il Dottore (Genshin Impact), Il Dottore is Soft for Pantalone (Genshin Impact), Possessive Il Dottore (Genshin Impact), Pantalone is Bad at Feelings (Genshin Impact), Grief/Mourning, Top Pantalone/Bottom Il Dottore (Genshin Impact), Top Pantalone (Genshin Impact), Bottom Il Dottore (Genshin Impact), Crying During Sex, Sexual Overstimulation, Rough Sex, Choking, Multiple Orgasms, Not Beta Read
Summary:
Dottore is a man who covets the past, claims the present, and mourns the future.
Or, Dottore grieves a future that has yet to happen, and may never happen. Pantalone forces a confession out of him.
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ha. hahaha. ha... hey. i wrote this to cope with 6.6. apologies in advance. but also not. please enjoy the fruits of my labor and anguish !!
