#talking tidbits

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Skinny dipping at night with Dan Heng. Having to pull him out of the hotel on the planet you’re staying on to sneak out to the lake, keeping quiet so as not to alert the other Express members. Backs to each others while you disrobe like you’re not going to be turning around a couple minutes later. Shaking over the cold water that he likes so much. Splashing it at him as payback for him being so unaffected while you’re shivering. Watching both the moonlight and the water flow through the dips and curves of each other’s body. Laughter filling the still night as you wade through the waters. Making love with him on bank afterwards.

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DREAMWEAVER ✦ Aventurine x reader ✦ wc: 323

a/n: Small Aventurine drabble to celebrate Zoie's birthday <3

Aventurine checks his phone multiple times a day. Not due to his constantly busy schedule as one of the Ten Stonehearts but because he likes looking at his lockscreen. It's set to a picture from your birthday last year of the two of you out on his apartment balcony, stars setting the backdrop.

You're looking at the camera. He's looking at you.

Do you even know how to take a picture right? He remembers the tone of your voice as if the image was taken yesterday; how the beat of his heart suddenly seemed more pronounced as he reveled in hearing the tiniest shift in its pitch when his lips brushed against your cheek.

He obliged eventually and let you capture a picture with both of you smiling at the camera, but this is the one he prefers. His eyes trace the way you pout and how your eyes are shifted ever so slightly away from him, unable to completely face the kiss he presses to your cheek. And over time, he's learned to see the ever so subtle curve of a smile just at the edge of your lips and the light hidden in your eyes; unnoticeable to most but now making the stars seem dimmer the more he gazes at the photo.

And he takes any opportunity to sneak a glimpse of it. To see you, if even for a split second. His IPC duties slip from his mind momentarily, replaced by something soft and gentle. Something that puts his heart at ease. Something that he sometimes wonders how it is even real; it feels too good to be true compared to everything he's known.

You are a Dreamweaver indeed.

"Come on, we have a meeting in five minutes!" Topaz chastises whenever she catches him staring too long. With a sigh, Aventurine takes one last look at the photo and the brief reprieve that is you before getting back to work.

dividers by @/saradika-graphics!

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Ghostblade with someone who thinks his assassin aesthetic is just as cool as he does. You practically have stars in your eyes when you meet him for the first time. And he’s slightly taken aback by your eagerness, but he appreciates finding someone who understands and is into what he’s going for with his hero persona. Soon he’s nodding along with all the details you point out about his outfit and weapons.

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Ur post abt the Stellaron Hunter reader having a crush on someone and the others reaction to it is so cute and so true ❤️

Just a silly thought but imagine if the crush was Ashveil or something. Mostly cuz i love Ashveil but also cuz I think it would be a funny dynamic especially with the recent updates hehe Also considering he's a broke bum and the Stellaron Hunters are super rich cuz their bounties... SW would be silently judging. Maybe not that silently actually... I think Bladie would approve but maybe be a little confused.

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I've been loving the Ashveil and Stellaron Hunters interactions so far. Silver Wolf would definitely be less than impressed with your choice in crushes. Imagine you accompany her on the first visit to the Ashen Detective Agency. Afterwards, she tells you that that detective ratted you out to the IPC, and it snaps you out from being so focused on how pretty he was. She is giving you the biggest "are you serious?" face after realizing why you were so distracted.

And then you find out Blade and Ashveil have known each other before coming to Planarcadia. Blade is confused why you keep bringing this guy up while you think you can learn more about Ashveil's Galaxy Ranger days through him. But he sees no reason to hold anything back from you and it seems to make you happy, so he tells you.

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Dan Heng's exasperated "....what?" when you proudly show him the Woof Woof Dan shrine in your room complete with Fluffy panels tacked to a cork board, pins and stickers, and multiple plushies and figurines.

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Underground fighter Shun who comes to your house after his matches so you can patch him up. You grumble every time about how late it is whenever he knocks at your window and you let him in every time, sneaking him in unbeknownst to your roommates. Your fingers skim over his skin and whatever new injuries he’s sustained. It’s always silent between you so as not to wake anyone else in the house, simply movements that have become practiced over time. Then you’ll either shoo him back out the window or let him stay the night with the promise that he wakes up early enough to leave without your roommates noticing.

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Shun Kurosaki is extremely observant. From the first time you met him, he was already picking up on parts of you that you'd been keeping secret. Or maybe they were just thinly veiled, and you were just waiting for someone to notice—to care. You’ve gotten used to your trail of breadcrumbs being stale though. A call—come find me—unanswered. People can only handle so much of you, you understand that all too well.

But he picks up on everything you’ve been hiding so easily, drawing out things you’ve become accustomed to being unspoken.

You like this, right? How does he know that? You didn’t tell him that.

You mentioned that… You pause before confirming, more used to it being you who repeats the things you’ve said.

You look tired. Spot on again without you even having to say anything.

It always sends a shiver through you, being perceived by those hawk-like eyes. Why are you so scared? The pieces of the puzzle you’ve laid out are finally being put together. But most people only see half the picture. You can feel Kurosaki getting further and further than anyone else. But when he gets to the end, what if he doesn’t like the full image?

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“I’m old, and I just want some peace and quiet. That’s all there is to it.”

Do you realize just how much Ashveil savors domesticity? How much he appreciates the small moments spent with you. Your voice ringing soft in his ears as you discuss his cases. Takeout dinners eaten at a table strewn with files, and the bump of your knee against his causes his heart to jump. Watching you curled up against his chest, limbs tangled and his fingers brushing through your hair, in a freezer he can barely afford to keep running.

The Ashen Detective Agency is just a single room scattered with papers from his cases, but it becomes his home with your presence. A place he can return to. A place he can belong. A place to lie down.

Ashveil has seen many things, but none of them have moved his heart so much as having you by his side. La Mancha, leader of the Galaxy Rangers, now wants nothing more than to rest and use his arm that cages a shadow to embrace you.