#ridulius

[mr-leach]

I'm giggling because I just imagined like Julius actually getting very fraught over whether he looks okay or should just go home and then Rideaux: *shows up* Julius: *immediately changes posture to hands on hips, feet shoulder-width apart, & crotch forward* I thought there weren't supposed to be any sharks at this beach

[ignite-terror]

so much shade in here I can’t see a thing

[vaneltia]

ridulius detective au

Julius is a police detective, Rideaux is a private one. Julius knows Rideaux is involved with illicit schemes but he can never find any solid evidence to prove it, and Rideaux is constantly rubbing that fact on his face. Not only that, but Rideaux often gets involved with Julius’ cases just so he can get on his nerves. He loves using illegal shortcuts to solve his cases faster than Julius ever could, as a way to show Julius that following the law is a waste of time as long as you can get away with it.

At some point, they’re both involved in a big, big case and have to work together to solve it.

and there’s a lot of hatesex

[vaneltia]

8 with Ridulius??

8. Seductive kiss

Rideaux knew how to get under his skin. Julius hated it.

It started when Rideaux strutted into his office, slamming the door closed behind him. Before Julius had a chance to protest, Rideaux was by his chair, grabbing his collar and taking his mouth in a rough kiss. Rideaux bit at his lips, licked them gently, then bit again, hard enough to hurt. He trailed pecks around his jawline, sucked on his earlobe, and removed his glasses.

Julius understood that gesture. Rideaux meant business.

Julius hated it. He hated the way Rideaux sat on his lap, he hated the way he shifted his hips as he kissed his lips again. He couldn’t stand it when Rideaux’s tongue slipped into his mouth, when he pulled on his short hair and took control, leaving Julius completely powerless. And then Rideaux would break the kiss, leaning forward to whisper in his ear just what, just exactly what, he would do to Julius. Right there, in his office.

And then, Rideaux would begin to undo his buttons, while Julius’ head spun with anticipation.

Julius hated it.

Julius loved it.

[folightening]

Selfie

Tales of Xillia again. This one’s an idea I had about Rideaux and Julius, written for a prompt in class.

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"Do you need that many selfies?" The question was said along with a sigh.

That was the tenth one in the last half an hour. Julius had been sitting on his own side of the table, watching Rideaux change his position and snap pictures with his phone nearly the entire time they were there. The lunch they had decided on was sitting between them, ignored for the most part.

"Of course. It needs to be just right. How else will people-"

"get to see how gorgeous you are. Yes, I know." Julius paused before continuing his thought. "Look, I understand why you…."

Changing his position and snapping another picture, Rideaux made it clear that he wasn’t listening.

"Rideaux, will you pay attention?"

"You don’t like how many selfies I take. I’ve heard it a hundred times by now, Julius."

"Now really isn’t the time for them. The catalyst could show-"

"itself at any given moment. I know, Julius." Rideaux rolled his eyes and set the phone down. "It was your idea to take a break."

"You were the one complaining." Julius frowned as Rideaux pushed the rest of his cheeseburger toward him. "I’m not finishing your food, Rideaux."

Rideaux shrugged and stood. “It’s your money.”

As he walked around the table, Rideaux grabbed the phone and flipped it open again. Julius watched him, grumbling in mild protest when the other man draped himself over the low back of the seat and onto his shoulders. Chin resting on Julius’s left shoulder, Rideaux spoke again.

"This is the most time we’ve spent together in months." Lifting the phone, he angled it just right and smiled. "We need a picture to remember this by."

There really was no stopping Rideaux, so Julius just looked at the phone and waited as Rideaux snapped the picture.

[vaneltia]

28, 35, 47 for Ridulius

what kind of stuff can be found around their place?

Cat toys, cat hair, cat food (all to Rideaux’s utter dismay). Rideaux, meanwhile, is responsible things like hairbrushes, empty glasses of wine or bourbon or whatever he had been drinking, and loose feathers from his boa (Julius compares him to a cat whenever he finds one)

how often do they go on dates?

Not very often. They bicker too much to go out in public most of the time. Rideaux, however, tends to drag Julius to Film Noir somewhat often, and to fancy restaurants somewhat less often (since they’re less tolerant of cutlery being flung about)

how do they make up after a fight?

There’s a lot of passive-aggressiveness involved. Neither of them is ever willing to apologize out loud, so they bounce sarcastic remarks back and forth until both of them are feeling guilty enough to shut up. When the fight is bad enough, they might try to do something nice (for their standards) as a way of saying sorry. Also, angry makeup sex happens a lot - that’s how they blow most of their steam.

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NSFW Ridulius 12 and 13

12) How are their afterglows?

(I’M SORRY BUT AS A NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER I’M NOT SURE WHAT AN AFTERGLOW IS SO I HOPE I GOT THE RIGHT DEFINITION FROM GOOGLE)

Julius is generally pretty content, often clinging to Rideaux and even attempting to cuddle. He doesn’t speak much, but his face is set in a very satisfied smile - especially if Rideaux does allow the cuddling to happen.

Rideaux tends to have a brief moment of vulnerability, during which he might lean against Julius and allow himself to enjoy an embrace, but he often tries to compose himself and return to his usual bitter self as soon as possible. Then, he will do anything from making offhand comments on Julius’ performance, complaining about how stuffy the room is, or just hopping out of bed and claiming he has something else to do (“gotta take a piss” is a great mood breaker when Julius is being too mushy).

If their relationship gets to a point where Rideaux is no longer terrified of displaying and receiving affection, he will actually give in to the cuddling, and even return it - though he tends to do it in an almost possessive manner.

13) Who’s loud? Who’s quiet? Does one try to make the other louder/quieter? How?

Rideaux is intentionally loud. Especially if they’re doing it somewhere where they can be overheard - he just loves to unnerve Julius, who is constantly shushing him.

Julius is pretty average - quiet when he needs to be so, moderately loud when no one’s around. Rideaux likes trying to make him squeal, and sometimes, he succeeds.

[mr-leach]

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OH MY GOD!!!! SHE DIDNT OMG TELL ME AAAAA

Well once Rideaux verifies the rumours that Ludger and Julius are related (through extremely questionable means that involved bribing certain members of administration and in record keeping) he shows a vested interest in helping Ludger improve upon his dwindling grades, which results in him offering to tutor for him

Of course after only one or two sessions Ludger gets some seriously creepy vibes, mostly due to the extremely strange and inappropriate questions he gets asked throughout (my favourite was "You seem tired in my class, are you getting enough sleep? Brother's snoring keeping you awake from next door? Perhaps you should invest in earplugs or soundproofing your walls.") so he goes to Julius like "I think?? He's hitting on me?? I don't really know. I'm kind of scared."

And of course Julius gets upset and calls him up like "what the hell are you up to?! Leave my little brother alone." and Rideaux is just like "Want to schedule a meeting so we can talk about it? I get off at 4:30. Oh, by which I mean, 4:30 is when my last class is over ;)" 

And then of course the meeting plays out almost like a hostage situation like Rideaux makes it clear that it'd be difficult for them to prove anything by playing coy while Julius is just right pissed and wishes he could wail on this guy even though it's probably not a good idea

Eventually he's just like "Alright I don't really care what I have to do, just make sure you leave my brother alone from now on and I'll forget any of this happened" to which Rideaux replies jovially "Okay! You can pick me up at seven, don't take me anywhere trashy, thank you~!"

We also talked about Julius' state of mind afterwards, like at the time he was totally stern and no-nonsense but once he's by himself he's like "holy hell what am I going to do?!" Like he's not sure if he can make it through this date without somehow agreeing to more even though he clearly has nothing but extreme distaste for this man, like he got me to agree to a dinner date what else is he going to talk me into if I'm not careful?!

Poor Ludger feels so much guilt like this is my fault if only I'd studied more