#touch ask game

[arvandus]

Getting ready to drop chapter 15 of Touch, so I’m opening up the new chapter ask game!  Send me a word and I’ll reply with a sentence that has that word in it (if it exists). Good luck, everyone! ;)

[bumblebee-be]

for the touch ask game: buddie and nose kisses? thank you <3

three times eddie kisses buck’s nose and one time buck kisses eddie’s

Nose kisses. Buck’s not sure when it happened but somehow it’s become a thing. A small peck on the tip of his nose. It’s become a staple of how Eddie shows affection without either of them mentioning it. And well. Buck kind of loves it.

It started one uneventful morning when Buck just really didn’t feel like getting up. Eddie had tried yanking the covers off of him but Buck just held fast and grumbled something about it being cold. 

And well. Eddie is only human. And seeing his comically large boyfriend curled into an impossibly small ball under their comforter sent a surge of warmth through him so strong he could barely breathe. So, on instinct, he just leaned in and kissed Buck’s nose. 

Buck blinked at him. Well. He didn’t exactly know what to do with that. It’s such a small, sweet, intimate gesture that it sort of makes Buck want to cry. He doesn’t, of course. He schools his expression into a pout and pulls the covers over his head. 

Eddie yanked them off and dragged him out of bed. 

The next time was a few weeks later. They were finishing up dinner and Chris and Buck were teasing Eddie for some thing or another, Buck can’t actually remember what, because Eddie leaned down to pick up his plate and pecked Buck on the nose. 

Again, it stoped Buck in his tracks. His throat felt tight. He and Eddie haven’t been together together for all that long and honestly, Buck still isn’t quite used to the small things. The little touches, the sweet comments. He’s not used to feeling so loved. Because, well. Buck’s had relationships before. Just none where he actually felt quite so... valued. He sorta loves it. He’s not sure he desrves it. 

Flashforward to a few days ago. Buck was cooking because yes, Eddie’s improving but no, that doesn’t mean Buck wants to risk it every night. And also. Buck likes cooking for people he loves. Probably something he got from Bobby. 

Anyway, he’s cooking dinner for him, Eddie, and Chris when Eddie walks into the room. 

“How’s homework goin’?” Buck asks with a grin, seeing the irritation on his partner’s face. 

Eddie opens the fridge and pulls out a beer. “Kid’s smarter than me, doesn’t even need help.”

“Then why do you look like the one with a test tomorrow?”

“’Cause he wants me to explain stuff but I’ve got to idea what we’re even doing,” Eddie says with a light laugh, shaking his head. “I’m just along for the ride at this point.”

“Sound like most of our calls.”

“Hey now, that’s just rude.”

Buck laughs and dips his pinky finger into the bolognese sauce he’s stirring, tasting it. Eddie watches him with a fond expression that Buck doesn’t entirely understand. Most of his former partners got annoyed when he did things like that. 

But Eddie just says, “I love you,” and leans in to lightly kiss Buck’s nose before leaving to “help” Chris with his homework.

So yeah. Nose kisses. It’s a thing. 

Which is why, when Buck wakes up next to Eddie and for some reason just the sight of his boyfriend, rumpled from sleep and soft in the early morning light, makes Buck’s heartstrings twist almost painfully, he instinctively leans in and kisses the tip of Eddie’s nose. 

Eddie blinks his eyes open, his brow slightly furrowed, gaze clouded over by sleep. 

“What was that for?” he murmurs, face still half-buried in his pillow. 

Buck shrugs, reaching over to comb through the hairs falling over Eddie’s face. “I need a reason?”

Eddie hums tiredly and shakes his head a little. 

“That’s why,” Buck says softly, but Eddie’s already fallen back asleep. It’s because he doesn’t need a reason.  

touch ask game !!

[aurora-australis-tumbles]

kisses in the rain with phrack?

Here you go! Thank you for the prompt, this was... a lot of fun. 😂 

For Kisses 22: kisses in the rain

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It was a terribly sudden downpour.

So sudden, in fact, that it had rather stranded them under an overhang, attempting to wait out the worst of it.

Jack was still mostly dry, his sturdy hat and heavy coat protecting most of his inner layers, but Phryne…

Phryne had not fared as well.

Her thin jacket and delicate hat had done very little to defend her from the elements — so little, in fact, that she had eventually removed the hat entirely and would have done the same with the jacket were it not plastered to her person. Her hair, always so perfectly coiffed, was currently pasted to her forehead, her meticulous bangs sending little rivulets of rainwater into her eyes. She kept trying, unsuccessfully, to blow them up with her mouth, and each failed attempt caused her damp nose to scrunch up in irritation. She was annoyed and impatient and utterly, utterly soaked.

She was beautiful.

Jack smiled at the scene before him before turning slightly to look back out at the rain, the streets now empty save for the occasional poor soul still seeking shelter.

“You know what this reminds me of?” he asked.

“What?” she replied, huffing once more at her bangs.

“London. Outside the antique shop.”

Phryne looked up at him. “Really?”

“Mmmmmm.” Jack kept his eyes firmly fixed on the rain. “I should have kissed you then. I definitely wanted to.”

Phryne shot him an amused look. “Did you?” she asked dryly, which was very impressive considering the weather. “As I recall, you were quite cross with me at the time.”

“Noooooo.” Jack drew the word out as he shook his head and rewrote history. “Just damp.”

“You threatened to toss me in the Thames.”

“I also offered to tie you up,” he reminded her with the ghost of a dirty smile. “It was a layered discussion.”

“Mmmm,” she agreed, her own smile very much alive. “So why didn’t you?”

“No darbies.”

“I meant kiss me.”

“Ah.” He shrugged and finally looked down to meet her eye. “You know, I can’t think of one good reason.”

And with that, Jack stepped off the kerb and into the street. The minute he left the protection of the overhang the rain began its assault anew, but he paid it no mind, just held up his hand to her, silently inviting her to join him.

The incredulous expression Phryne gave him at the move caused her eyebrows to disappear entirely under her still-dripping bangs.

“Not bloody likely, Jack Robinson. Some of us aren’t wearing foul weather gear.”

Jack tilted his head in consideration, then, very deliberately, removed both his hat and his coat as Phryne looked on in surprise.

“What are you doing?” she asked, shouting a bit to be heard over the rain.

“Just trying to keep up!” he called back, placing his coat over his now soaked arm and offering his hand once more. “Now, are you going to come out here and join me or am I going to float away for nothing?”

Shaking her head in delight, Phryne took his hand and hopped off the kerb back into the rain. Jack pulled her flush to his chest, and, using his hat to hide them from anyone else mad enough to be out in this weather, kissed her.

He kissed her until neither of them remembered it was raining at all.

When he pulled back, she was beaming up at him.

“What was that for?” she asked.

“I’ve just decided to never not kiss you in the rain again,” he explained.

“That was an impressive sentence,” she teased. “But I’m very pleased by your new resolution. Especially as the annual average rainfall for Melbourne is around 21 inches... which, come to think of it,” she continued with a naughty grin, “is an impressive number of inches.”

Jack rolled his eyes even as he pulled her close once more.

“I’ll try to keep my manly jealousy in check.”

“I wouldn’t worry about it, Jack,” she assured him as she cupped his cheek with her hand. “You, my darling, are impressive in any weather.”

And then she kissed him.

It was a terribly sudden downpour.

Jack hoped it would last for ages.

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Touches Ask Game

[ashen-crest]

👋 - someone waves at your character. what do they do? (for Ambrose) and 💪 - would your character be more likely to scoop someone up in their arms, or be the one getting scooped? (for Eli) if you want!:)

Thanks so much for the asks!!

👋 - someone waves at your character. what do they do? (for Ambrose)

Ambrose (pre-book-1) would get confused. Other than Dawn, no one waves to him. No one really even greets him.

(...now i'm sad)

💪 - would your character be more likely to scoop someone up in their arms, or be the one getting scooped?

I wanna say both!! Eli's short-ish for a guy, like, 5'7"? He's scoopable. But he's also strong, and can Scoop. <3

(Fun fact: Eli picks up Ambrose and Ambrose picks up Eli in the book! It's a Scoop and Be Scooped world up in here!)

[arvandus]

Chapter 17 of Touch is nearly ready, so it’s time to play our word search game again!! Send in a word and I’ll give you a sentence that has that word (IF the word is in the chapter!).

[arvandus]

blush or sensitive?😮

Ooooh. Sensitive.

Your senses came back full force, everything around you sensitive and raw. As a side note: I'm not a POC but I've researched and tried my best to keep my x Reader inclusive, so I tend to avoid 'blush' for all my readers. I'll describe a flush or feeling hot, because blushing can be a physical sensation that we feel in our body/across our skin. Sometimes I'll describe a shift in tone such as a 'glow' when reader feels happy, or a 'drained' pallor when she's scared/nervous, because it's all about blood flow affecting the vibrancy of skin, even though it may not be a very obvious "red/pink" blush.

I will, however, sometimes use blush for our Daberts. 😉 (If you're a POC enjoying my fics, please let me know if there's anything that stands out for you that could use adjusting. I've done research on how to write for diversity, but I'm still learning and I'm always open to feedback.)

[arvandus]

Chapter 13 UPDATE - Let’s play the “send a word” ask game!

OKAY MY TOUCH FANS.  The chapter is ready, just have to finish fine tuning the post and add in the taglist.  However, I am very tired and it is very late and I must be a (somewhat) responsible adult.

With that being said, I’m planning on posting tomorrow night 3/28 some time after 9pm PST.

IN THE MEANTIME... let’s play the “guess a word” chapter ask game!  Send a word into my ask box and I’ll share a sentence that contains that word if the word is in the chapter.

[arvandus]

Can I get uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Saunter

For word game 💃💃

Oh, that is such a Dabi-coded word, I love it.

Sadly, I didn't use it in this chapter (but def saving it for a future one!).