spots to kiss prompt 3, platonic parental comfort, maybe with one of the bots?
Not exactly a spot to kiss but I ran with the idea to do something in Samael's story. Thanks so much for the prompt!
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Sam didn’t regret listening to nir siblings but for the love of all that was sacred under the stars, why was ne so itchy. One would think ne wouldn’t need to deal with that given how ne could alter nir own biological processes and speed up the healing process, but there was a risk of actually messing this up if ne got too impatient.
Still…tempting. Very, very tempting.
Sam kept nir hands down and on the notes ne was perusing in the corner of nir father’s workshop and not on the very itchy spot over nir heart. Scratching at it wouldn’t help it heal, even if it would feel good…
Perhaps ne could numb the receptors around the area that were contributing to the itchy sensation? Ne would have to make sure not to interfere with the nerves responsible for healing.
“What are you focusing so hard on over there?” nir father asked, sounding amused.
Sam jolted slightly, looking up at nir father. “Stuff,” ne said after a moment.
“Stuff?”
“Yes.”
“Not the tattoo?”
“Y – how did you know?” Sam hadn’t said anything and ne was pretty sure that nir siblings had kept quiet on it, too. The whole point had been for it to be a secret.
Nir father’s grin was mischievous. “Better question is how you four believed you would be able to hide it from me.”
“Was it J?”
“J takes your privacy very seriously unless you’re doing something imminently fatal.”
Sam took one-point-two seconds to consider nir response. “You can’t always know everything,” ne complained.
“Au contraire. I know just enough about what my kids get up to.”
Sam squinted at him. “Why does Uncle Rhodey always say to get out of his business?”
“Rhodey is my business.”
“Aunt Pepper has also said to stop sending chocolates whenever she starts her period because you’re even more accurate than her period tracker.”
“My company runs better with a happy PA.”
Sam sighed, making a face. Getting into an argument with nir father was always futile. He inevitably managed to get the upper hand in some way. In any case, as the secret was out, ne gave into the urge to rub against the numb spot on nir chest. Numbing the receptors had worked but it still felt weird to not feel anything.
Nir father studied nem for one second, which Sam knew was a very long amount of time for him. “C’mere,” he said, tone gentle.
Suspicious, since that tone could mean anything from nir father was going to do something nice to being up to no good, Sam set down nir notes and approached. Nir father reached out to squeeze nir shoulders, smiling at nem.
Sam’s shoulders sank down slightly at the gentle touch.
Nir father leaned in to kiss nir forehead. Simultaneously, Samael felt a slight tingle that was on the edge of being just too warm fizzle over the numb spot on nir chest.
“Our little secret, hm?” nir father said, winking at nem. “Your other three siblings can deal with the itching, I think, after being the ones to rope you into this.”
Sam felt vaguely affronted at the insinuation that ne wouldn’t get into trouble on nir own.
@rebaobsessions is my enabler in all things Tony/Rhodey. This is not a drabble, but it’s still short and cute.
Prompt me if you want!
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“That was a very bad idea,” Rhodey said, groaning. “Zero out of ten, would not recommend.”
Tony turned towards him with an expression of mock outrage. “I let you mooch off of my Netflix and this is how you repay me?”
“This isn’t even your Netflix account,” Rhodey protested. “You don’t even have a Netflix account.”
“What do you call what we just did?” Tony jabbed a finger at the TV, currently going through the end credits of the terrible movie they just watched.
“Uh, stealing, obviously. Mooching off of JARVIS because he does all the hard work.”
“Thank you, Colonel.”
“You shush,” Tony told JARVIS, not looking away from Rhodey. “As for you,” he said to Rhodey, leaning towards him, “I’m an honest, hardworking citizen who pays my bills on time. Of course I have a legal Netflix account.”
Rhodey’s expression was the equivalent of the “press X to doubt” meme that Peter kept sending Tony in text messages.
Tony rolled his eyes, leaning right into Rhodey’s space and curling up against him, leaning his chin on Rhodey’s shoulder. “The correct answer to that is ‘yes, dear, you’re absolutely correct.’”
“If you wanted a Stepford boyfriend, you should have built yourself one,” Rhodey said dryly, but he wrapped his arm around Tony nonetheless.
“But then I wouldn’t have you and that’d make me sad.”
Rhodey shot him an amused look. “How sweet,” he drawled.
“I can be sweet.” Tony snuggled in closer, turning his head back to the television. “So, how you feeling about a palate cleanser?”
In lieu of a verbal answer, Rhodey reached for the remote.
(The Day After Tomorrow wasn’t what Tony would call a palate cleanser, but it was definitely better than Cats.)
Tagged by @kurowrites. Very late in doing this, but at least I am?
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Name ten favorite characters from ten different things (books, tv, film, etc.), then tag ten people.
Thanks @aykin47 for tagging me! I know it’s been a while...
These characters aren’t listed in order of which I love them most. I can’t do that.
Tony Stark (MCU)
Gabriel (Supernatural)
Steve Rogers (MCU)
James “Rhodey” Rhodes (MCU)
Hatake Kakashi (Naruto)
Harry Potter
Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto)
Wei Wuxian (The Untamed)
Wen Ning (The Untamed)
Hawke (Dragon Age)
Tagging... @onemuseleft, @kurowrites, @sineala, @missbeckywrites, @flange5, @the-grey-hunt, @captainneverever, @kairakara101, @rebaobsessions, and @lynnnnnnnnnnmnnnnnnnnnnnnnmnnnn Anyone else who wants to do it can jump in.
I was available for the first hour of the session, and only through text since I was in the airport and no, I’m not about to RP Tony Stark in an airport lounge. I’m not that shameless. Everyone else was present.
So notes are a little sparse for this session, but I’ve got highlights and session notes to pull info from!
So without further ado...
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(Read more.)
There were a few more text RPs between sessions, leading with Gabriel spending the night at Balthazar’s ( @the-grey-hunt) and Rhodey ( @rebaobsessions) winding up at his door in the morning like...a puppy? (He’s the opposite of a puppy, but is very cuddly.)
Following some very good conversations, Balthazar joins Tony and Rhodey on the route back to the inn to see them off to their S.H.I.E.L.D.-assigned quest.
Balthazar finally meets the party under non-stressful situations.
DJ (doxblogsstuff): Hi, Rhodey. Hi, Tony. Hi, random stranger.
Balthazar: We've already met.
Zira ( @heliocentricgeometric): Why are you here.
DJ is apparently masterfully restraining the urge to call Balthazar “Uncle Balthazar.”
Balthazar joins us for breakfast.
DM: Balthazar accepts coffee.
Tony: Since when do you drink coffee?
Balthazar isn’t the only one to partake in caffeine.
Lynn ( @lynnnnnnnnnnmnnnnnnnnnnnnnmnnnn [again what the fuck]): [Bob] is going to take a cup of coffee, and probably chug it, and burn himself in the process but also keep chugging.
Formal introductions are made, since Balthazar was in too much distress last time to remember anyone’s names. Also Zira was Zee at the time.
Rhodey: Balthazar, this is Zira. Also sometimes Zee and Ezra, depending.
Balthazar, skeptically: Okay.
The cats make a reappearance, doubtlessly crawling all over Bob and Luna.
Balthazar: Why do you have cats?
Luna ( @imagine1117) and Bob at the same time: Why not?
Breakfast is eventually over, and Balthazar takes his leave of us.
Rhodey: It was great to get to know you a bit better this morning.
Balthazar: It generally is with me.
(The CONFIDENCE)
Balthazar has opinions on Gabriel’s friends.
Balthazar to Gabriel: You have weird friends.
Gabriel really doesn’t have anything to say on that in his friends’ defense.
Luna has another particular comment to make on Balthazar, who is shorter than Gabriel regardless of what he would like to tell you.
Luna to Bob, re: Balthazar: He's shorter than I was expecting.
Bob: I'll tell you next time if he's a giant or not-a-giant.
We wind up on the road, and Zira is...unusually and shiftily quiet. She seems guilty about something. Rhodey rolls insight.
reba: I beat ZIRA on insight??? What is this?
(Zira has passive 18 insight.)
Rhodey goes to ask Zira what’s up and if everything’s okay.
Zira: There's no need to worry.
Gabriel, under his breath: There's definitely a need to worry.
Rhodey: Is there something you'd like to tell us?
Zira: I'd like to not tell anyone. Ever. Forever.
Zira: What's there not to be worried about? There's always the chance that you'll hate me for something I do, and you'll leave me alone to die.
Absolutely no one is convinced.
reba: Rhodey is giving Zira...I don't know how to describe it except as a patented mom face.
Helio: On reflex, Zira makes a face back.
DJ: I'm gonna tell mom about this! Not Rhodey-mom. My mom. OUR mom!
Zira reluctantly tells the party that she’s joined S.H.I.E.L.D. without letting anyone know and is expecting punishment for it now.
Zira: We're a unit, and I did something without the unit, so I should be punished right now.
Tony does actually say something at this point, something about how Zira can make her own decisions and it’s her choice, etc. Rhodey is also supportive because they did know what Zira was going to do since she wanted to join.
We end up in the town we need to be in! And Zira wants to put the ring of disguise on so she’s not so blatantly an aasimar.
DM: Natasha definitely took back her ring. Well, I say took it back; it's more like the next time you went to use it, you didn't have it any more.
Suggestions are bandied about with what to do about the book! We were told we can buy it, but not for more than 700 gold pieces. Stealing was suggested as an option - an option Tony did not and does not approve of.
Luna: We split into two groups. One group goes in disguise so we can frame them, the other group steals the book.
Bob & Luna: S t e a l.
Rhodey, Tony, & Zira: :/
DJ: Steal.
Tony: >:|
Rhodey is thankfully very much also against stealing.
DM: Her title is the Lawbearer and her symbol is scales on an axe, and the axe is there to remind you of what happens if you don’t obey the scales.
Around this time I did need to leave, so we’re down to highlights, and I have zero context for any of these quotes, sorry.
Alatar shows her usual tendency to over-prepare in some cases and under-prepare in others (ala accents).
DM: I didn't do this ahead of time, which I'm now realizing was a mistake.
Luna says a thing?
imagine: (clears throat)
Lynn: Hear ye, hear ye.
The Vesper Timberlands are brought up, largely because the person holding the book is interested in them and wants information on it.
DJ: How much do you know about [the Vesper Timberlands]?
Luna: A lot.
The party is apparently discussing ways of getting the book by trading knowledge.
Zira: Does xe want to hear about murder?
reba: This party and knowledge, I swear.
DM: And yet so many secrets.
They eventually decide on Luna giving Zimmer information on the Timberlands. The entire group goes.
Zimmer: Some chairs have been put out for...the 3 of you that were expected.
imagine: Luna glances at Rhodey. He looks responsible. Rhodey seems like a normal person. Is this normal?
Luna begins her tale of the Timberlands? Which I missed.
Luna: There's also the Old City, which is an...old...city.
(And the New City, which is new! There’s also the Ancient City, which is as old as balls.)
The info given is enough for Zimmer to hand the book over, so...mission accomplished!
DJ to Zira: Well, you didn't get to talk about murder after all.
The party is curious about why S.H.I.E.L.D. is so interested in the book. They try investigating. (At this point I am no longer in an airport and can listen in but not participate.)
Rhodey: Now, you smart people, do your thing.
Reba: And Rhodey continues sharpening his axe.
The book is difficult to parse out, largely because there’s a spell on it. Zira is observant enough that she notices it. There’s a brief argument where Bob really, really wants to rip the front cover off, but most of us disagree. So we wait until the next morning to take the spell off. In the meantime, Tony and DJ have read through it because it’s entirely written in Celestial and taken notes (and continue to take notes on the way back) on the contents.
It’s a book entirely on warlocks and their pacts. There’s also information on a web of dreams that can protect people’s dreams.
By the next morning, Dispel Magic reveals that there’s something hidden in the cover! Zira insists on prying the cover open herself.
Helio, after rolling: Fuck. Wait, no, I have a great modifier, so not fuck.
There’s an actual web of dreams in the book itself! We head back to Ankh and to S.H.I.E.L.D.
DM: Do you hand over the book and the web?
Everyone: (resounding silence)
Rhodey: I certainly hope so!
S.H.I.E.L.D. is very pleased with us.
DM: You each get 320 gold pieces.
Everyone: (various noises of disbelief and amazement)
And that’s a wrap for Session 18! Which saw the party do an entire side quest in one session. Alas, I missed most of it but I think this is still a pretty concise summary.
