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JOY!!
I FOUND MY OLD SCRIBBLES IN THE WRITTING APP!!
For context, I had lost like 3 unfinished one shots in the app I used for daily prompts, but I installed it again and managed to find my old (now gone) account!! Hihihi...
I'll leave this one here as a teaser, and I might post the rest later (once I finish them) <3
Daily prompts - Day 18
Afternoon Longing
It was a lazy afternoon, well earned at that. The team had just gotten back from a particularly gruesome mission. Rare and protected artefact rescuing was indeed a task not many could take... especially if the one’s you're protecting it from are former V.I.L.E. agents.
Carmen still had the bruises and paper cut marks to back that up...
Although slightly less inflicted than her, the rest of the team was also exhausted so they each decided on what to do that day and stuck to it, whether it was Zack who had proclaimed the couch as his kingdom and all those who dared step foot in it would pay the price of a pack of gummies or freshly made pop corn and suffer the major punishment of watching the entirety of the Rouge Vendetta movie collection.
Or Ivy, who decided to chill inside her passion project in the garage with some choice music, just sitting there, listening to music and napping (later giving in and joining Zack when he's in the third movie of the series).
Or Shadow-san, who disappointingly had decided to spend the day working on things for their new family member, Mr. Whiskers, which means he went out to town to buy cat food, litter, toys, and any other cat adjacent things he might find useful.
That left Carmen alone, to do whatever she pleases, and what she felt like doing was going for a ride. The wind in her hair and the river water on her ears as she rides her convertable through the city.
She ends up stopping at a local bakery and having lunch there, then she drives all the way to the edge of the river in the other side of town and parks so she can look at the sunset over the docks.
She had just sat down when she received a call from Zack.
"Yo! Red! Where've you been all day?" His movies must’ve been over, and he decided to check on the gang.
"Just went for a ride, I'm going to watch the sunset, and then I'll drive back home." She answers.
Zack backs away from the camera with a mischievous look. "So you won't be back anytime soon..."
"Zack, whatever you're thinking, I'll have Ivy stop you." She warns.
"What makes you think this isn't Ivy's idea, hmm?" Zack rebutes, touché.
"Where's Shadow-san? Surely he must’ve returned by now?"
Zack flips the camera to a focus Shadow-san in the base floor with a bunch of parts and instructions to some sort of furniture set. Wow.
"He's busy with the cat scratcher he bought. There is no one to stop us!" Zack ends his sentence with an extraordinary laugh.
Carmen rolls her eyes. "Just make sure you don't break anything..." Zack flips the camera again and salutes. "Ay aye, Red!"
"Can I speak with -" the call ends before she can ask to talk with Shadow-san. They hadn't really talked much before she went for her car ride since he had been busy with his shopping, and before that, she had worked out on the gym all morning.
Oh well... she, they'd see each other when she got home.
A few minutes pass, about 37, and the sun has set already when she finally feels like she's been here long enough. She's dying to come back, have dinner with the gang, and see Suhara again. She was missing him an awful lot. With how busy he was and how early she left, she barely saw him or talked to him most of the day... She made to get up and leave but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.
She would've freaked out, but she knew only one person could sneak up to her in this world.
"Shadow-san?" She asks before even looking, but turning her head, that's him right there in front of her. "What are you doing here?"
Looking at him, he looks just slightly dishevelled, forhead glossy with beads of sweat and slightly out of breath. "I thought you were busy with the cat stuff back at the base..." In the video call, they made the cat scratcher, which was definitely under construction, and on the not much progress done side of things.
"I was, but then I took a break and came here." He states as a matter of factly.
"You took a break... across the town, and came here." She stares him down clearly amused by his nonchalance at having walked miles (that she drove) for no apparent reason.
Then, he sets a hand on top of hers, making her heart swoon in the process.
"I just wanted to see you." He says. Simple and short, like all of his words, but meaningful all the less.
She'd been wanting him here, too.
"I'm glad you're here." She finds herself saying without thinking too much about it.
He smiles at her, then leans in for a kiss. She finds herself meeting him halfway.
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♡ Carmen x Shadowsan (Carmsan) moodboard!
Daily prompts - Day 17
Seasonal Clothes Shopping
"We should go shopping." She stares at him from her cosy seat on the couch. "Shopping?"
He hums, taking a seat by her legs. "The weather is getting quite cold..." He places a hand in her covered hip. "We should go clothes shopping."
It was... a novelty, to say the least, hearing him of all people suggest a trip to the mall. Suhara really wasn't one for public spaces, crowded, during the light of day...
His rough hand gently moving against her leg, a thin blanket the only barrier between their skin, was certainly distracting. It was almost distracting enough to get her to agree without further discussion. She found herself more and more as of late... agreeing without complaints.
"What brought this on?" She asks calmly.
"Well... the weather has been getting colder." He takes the blanket away, slowly, and Carmen feels just how cold the room actually was.
She was wearing a regular black T-shirt and some jean-shorts. Much like her Shadow-san had a simple black t and a pair of dark grey pants. His attire at least seemed a little warmer.
"That's usually what winter coming entails..." She replies nonchalantly.
His hand now starts rubbing along from the dip of her knee to the inner corner of her thighs where her shorts began.
"I know you have winter heavy clothes for more... snow related encounters."
His hand felt like like a furnace. How was he always running so hot?
"But for generally cold weather, you only have your red coat. Do not tell me you are planning on going out on booty shorts." He accentuates those last words by dipping his thumb under said booty shorts.
A familiar shiver runs through her spine, and a rarely seen blush spreads on her face. Being teased like that, she can't help but tease back.
"What are you, my dad?"
They don't miss each others smirks at the inside joke. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you saw the situation, Shadow-san removed his hand from the precarious spot it had been caressing. Carmen takes a moment to catch her breath.
"I am only concerned for the person I love the most. Besides... I had fun last time we went shopping in Milan. Did you not have fun as well."
The words slowly sink in. And she's still too out of it to disguise her blush once again.
"I did..."
"So we should go clothes shopping, yes?"
She hesitates a moment. "Sure... if you're so insistent on it, I don't see the harm in seasonal shopping anyway."
He gives her a warm smile before taking his leave.
She lays back down on the couch, getting cosy with the blanket once again. As Shadow-san climbs up the stairs, he stops for a second.
"And I don't know about dad... but if you'd like, you could call me Daddy." There's a crashing sound heard from the living room, and with that, Shadow-san retreats to his room before Carmen can so much as pick herself up from the floor.
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Daily prompts - Day 16
"That's fine"
The wind ran wildly outside, heavy rain intertwined to create a cocofony of a storm. The warehouse walls made it seem like it was far worse than reality, but although her ears played tricks on her, she could perfectly see the weather through the window.
Funny, if she ignored the wailing, it seemed almost peaceful under the rain. Then why did she want to close her eyes and listen...
"You seem pensive today." A gruffy voice comes along.
She turns to greet him. Taking a moment to gaze him up. It was their thing, speaking in silence with smiles and glances. If she took the opportunity to admire the way his shirt strained against the bulge of his arm or the angle of his chin, or his sharp eyes, or his soft lips... that was something else...
"Just... the weather's been crappy lately, uh..." She replies. Her actual answer serving nothing, or rather far less, than the prior silence.
Instead of commenting on it, Shadow-san plays along. "Indeed." He steps closer until they are side to side, both looking through the window.
It's a comfort of its own having him around, so close yet so far. Close enough to feel the heat of his skin radiating off of him. Yet far enough that the feeling of breaching that gap and actually touching him was just too massive at the moment.
She shivers. Walking around with a tank top during winter wasn't the best of ideas, but her warmer clothes were reserved for missions where she got to roll around in the snow. Besides, Shadow-san wore a simple t-shirt just fine.
"Are you cold?" He knows the answer to that. "I told you we should have bought winter clothes." It's not said in a condescending way. She knew the tone if that were the case. It was spoken softly as if he was sort of glad for the outcome. Ridiculous notion she knows but, who else could tell was Shadow-san was think by his face and tone of voice. Carmen was numero uno in that regard.
"You don't seem too broken up about it." She says cautiously.
He hums. "Well, yes..." He hesitates. That's a first.
He shuffles his feet and clears his throat. Then he steps closer, breaching that gap. Carmen’s breath hitches. "I run hot." She chokes. He steps back with a suspicions blush on his cheeks. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't be able to tell it was there.
"By that, I mean I am not as susceptible to the cold."
Carmen clears her throat to disguise her own blushing. She swallows down the urge to make an inappropriate joke. She assumes her previous position, hoping (praying) he does the same.
After just a little bit, he does.
Side by side, looking through the window with Shadow-san’s heat warming her up, she gathers the courage to close her eyes.
The sound is unbearable. She knows she's at the warehouse. She knows he's by her side. She feels his warmth crawling up her arm, like a furnace, like an anchor. But the storm she hears, the one she knows is not there when she opens her eyes and looks through the window, seems so big, so personal, so frightening.
She sighs.
"Do you wish to talk about it?"
His voice was quiet but close. It brought a different kind of heat to her face. She opens her eyes before she thinks of something else. Something else she'd like to hear that voice to do.
It takes a moment for her to remember he asked a question. Talk about it... sure.
"When I close my eyes, the storm sounds a lot worse than what we see right now." It sounds like nonsense, yet somehow, he gets it.
"Than perhaps it is."
That makes her straighten up. The river water seemed fine, the wind wasn't blowing too strong there didn't seem to be any damage and the rain wasn't too heavy. Yet she also knew what he meant.
"I don't want to feel this way."
She's met with silence.
"That's fine." Two simple words. She looks up at him with glassy eyes.
"He's looking out the window. "Even if it seems small, a storm can be much bigger than we think. But if there is something I know about storms..." He looks at her then. "Is that they always pass." He looks through the window, she follows his gaze. Sure enough, the rain had stopped. She closed her eyes, and the sounds were gone.
"When?" She knows he can't answer that for her, but she asks it anyway.
She feels his heat grow closer, wrapping around her as his arm does. She fits perfectly against his side.
"I do not know. Give it time."
She looks to the window again and gaps.
"If you need my help, I will be here. But do not rush. When it is time, it will go away. Maybe not fully, but you will see..."
Peeking through the clouds, the rays of sun illuminating the dock, the floor was still wet, some drip drops of water stuck on the roof, and the grey coulds parting away slowly. But bellow all that, in between the warm light, a beautiful, delicate rainbow.
"When the rain stops, anything can happen."
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Daily prompts - Day 15
When winter comes
When winter comes, shrubs die in the snow.
When winter comes, the world turns on its vows. The animals sleep the plants comatose.
When winter comes, I protect all my toes because the cold weather reminds me of memories old.
I once had a close call a winter long ago, I forgot my coat, and for hours, I froze.
When winter comes, I always think of you. Because there is nothing in common between the winter and thou.
You are warm and caring. You are summer and spring. So stay close during the winter, I'm begging you, stay...
I crave not only your heat, your gentle touch, I crave laying in a couch and watching movies, and our talks. I crave your gaze, which warms me and shakes me to the core. I crave everything you're willing to give me. And I crave more.
Because the winter is the season when everything dies, so stay with me, so in spring, we may blossom in ties.
Maybe that lonely winter left more scars than I care to admit for.
Maybe I should see a therapist... perhaps I will.
In the meantime, my love never leave my side, you're my angel during winter, my stove, my light.
We'll watch the stars in the night, light a bonfire by our feet.
Laugh about old times, reminiscing on our feats.
Forever and ever as long as you'll be mine, we will make it a tradition to spend the winter in tide.
So when winter comes, do me a favor so. Spend with me and take away the cold.
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Daily prompts - Day 13
It always starts with a fight
It always starts with a fight.
The rush to defy, to challenge and win. The overwhelming heat that would flow through her, whenever she managed to get the usually stoic and undisturbed ninja, to raise his voice even slightly.
Back in VILE island, it had been due to her rebellious nature. The childish want to annoy. She'd been good at it, too, succeeding on multiple occasions to make her old instructor roar.
Nowadays, however, the chance to hear him speak above stern in volume was close to non-existent.
Still, it always started with a fight.
Something simple, or rather unimportant, at least from her point of view.
She figured it wasn't a big deal.
"I've done this all the time before..."
"What?"
Her mistake to mention that, however, she had been on her own almost two years after leaving VILE island. That was almost two years coming up with plans and capers all without his input.
"I don't get why it's such a big deal."
"What I do not understand is why you constantly undermine your own safety!"
"I'm not- I know what I'm doing perfectly well! My safety is just fine!"
"And yet."
What was he even implying!?
"You're one to talk!"
He looks taken aback by that.
It got to be tiring sometimes, they weren’t creative about the arguing topic either, although they hadn't fought about it for a long time. Carmen wonders what changed?
"I am sorry you think that way." He says, before leaving.
And there it was... they would find something they didn't agree on (more of a rare occurrence as time went on), argue like children over the fact, reach a point where either could snap, then he would retract and leave her hot and bothered.
She didn’t know when exactly she had developed this habit, but she knew at some point she got tired of their routine.
She followed him until they got somewhere they could rest, in silence and in each other's company. Then they'd apologize.
"I know you are more than capable of taking care of yourself. I just worry."
"I know you do. I'm sorry I act so defensive about it."
"I did not mean to offend you, nor to doubt your abilities."
"I know."
Wrapped in regret and forgiveness, they orbited towards each other. His hand careful to take hers. Her own bold on his shoulder.
"It always starts with a fight." She smirks.
"I suppose it does..."
But it always ended with a kiss.
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