Ais: watching their every move. Tight hold on your waist. A dangerous gleam in his eyes as he peers over a rim of the glass. A squeeze on their shoulder and a threat under his breath. Snap. Pulling them in an alleyway and beating their face in. Bloody knuckles.
Leander: strained laughter. Clenched jaws. Smiles that turn cold when he thinks no one is looking. Whispering something to one of the Adders (if nearby). Pulling you elsewhere by the waist. A corpse with multiple stab wounds found the next day.
Kuras: contemplative look crossing his face. A shifting glance between you and the other. Subconscious hand over his heart. A slight pang. Why is he feeling this? Walking away quietly, forgets to say his farewells. Muted response when you find him in the clinic. Nothing’s wrong he just remembered he had work to do. Please don’t worry.
Vere: curled lips. Glare sharp as fangs ready to sink into flesh. Tail curling near your legs. Indirect insult thrown at the person. Mocking them for breathing incorrectly. Ill concealed rage when you state he’s being petty. Oh, so you’re going to take their side? Fine, so be it. You won’t see Vere for the rest of the night. He’ll make sure you won’t meet that warthog faced buffoon for the rest of your life.
Mhin: flared nostrils. Tense shoulders. Curling into themselves as they observe every interaction between you and the other. A cold angry glare plastered on their delicate face. Snaps at you when you ask what’s wrong, slapping your hand away. Nothing’s wrong! Fluttering cloak as they leave the scene dramatically. Clearly, something’s wrong. Found crouching with the cats with bloodshot eyes. “I’m sorry.”
heyyy, is it okay to ask for touchstarved li's with a reader who's a hugger? Just something fluffy for the soul. Thankss :D
Fluff is always a win in my book✨plus I have a feeling some of them absolutely LOVE hugs even if they don’t admit it themselves
I hope you enjoy anon! Your very welcomeee ^_^
TOUCHSTARVED headcanons: MC who’s a hugger
Cw: tooth aching fluff, Vere and Mhin being meanies at first, some mentions of violence, some suggestiveness from Vere
LEANDER
You picked just the right man for this
He could be having an entire conversation with someone and if he sees you rushing towards him he opens his warms with a huge smile on his face and waits for you to jump on him
And he will excuse himself and casually walk away with you in his arms
“Excuse me please, it seems someone needs my attention.😁”
The fact that you are a hugger only makes him fall even MORE in love with you
BEAR HUGS
Uses any and every possible excuse to have his arms on or around you
Sitting at the bar of the Wet Wick? He’s draped himself over your body and is cuddling into your nape
Just succeeded at the smallest thing? He’s lifting you up and twirling you around
Just seeing you for the first or last time that day? Your both huddled up and swaying back and forth for at least 5 whole minutes
He’s blackout drunk? Will literally drag you around wherever with an arm around you
It irritates almost everyone around you but they don’t have the heart to say anything about it
You know except Vere, Mhin, and Ais probably-
The amount of times they’ve walked in on you two damn near molded into one, they lost count
“Should we let you two be so you can keep humping each other?” - Vere
Cue Leander’s embarrassed laughing
That still doesn’t stop him though
But in all honesty he loves the fact that you love hugs
Because that means he can be as affectionate as he wants with you :>
But it also means that whenever he’s sad mode he can just…flop into your arms and lay his head on your chest
Trust him when he says that no therapy can top the feeling of your arms wrapped around him while you gently rub his back
Will totally NOT use physical affection as a way to get what he wants
Please hug this man I can tell that he needs it
AIS
Whew boy…this one’s a doozy
He has the option to just hug you back and go about his day, but then again this is Ais we're talking about he refuses to NOT tease you
He see’s you running up to him, opened arms preparing to jump on him and he stands there, not doing a damn thing
He fully allows you to just tackle him and stand there with your arms around him
He stares down at you with that same smug grin
“Feeling touchy today, sparrow?”
Now just because he’s teasing you doesn’t mean he doesn’t like the hugs
In fact he l o v e s them
The rare days he actually does decide to reciprocate the affection he doesn’t let you go for as long as he can
He’s walking into the wet wick with your legs wrapped around his waist and arms on his shoulders, his hands sitting right underneath your butt securing you in his embrace
All everyone can do is just stare at him like “this fucking guy”
CUDDLE PILES WITH THE SOULLESS
Especially princess
The days where it’s extremely cold or he’s just feeling lovey dovey you’ll spend hours huddled up at the seaspring with princess laying across both of your laps and the rest of the soulless surrounding you
Like Leander, uses any possible reason to hug you like it’s the last time he’ll see you
Will walk up to you and lift you up with one arm to spin you around
Do not say your too heavy. He will challenge you on that
The last thing you hear before being lifted up is a raspy “come ‘er you”
The worse days where the voices of the hive mind are clouding any of his own thoughts and making him more loopy than usual, your arms is usually the first thing he seeks
Standing there for long periods of time, his body simply draping itself onto you, his head buried deep into your neck, all he needed was the feeling of your own arms around him, your face pressed against his chest
And just maybe if you listened close enough, you could hear what sounded like purring
KURAS
Hmm
Hmmmmm
I get the feeling that at first he would be caught off guard, not used to the feeling of someone clinging onto him so often
For some time he simply chuckles whenever you hug him and gives you a slightly awkward pat on the back before you pull away
But once he actually starts getting used to your affection, he’s more than happy to give it right back :>
Unlike the others who are fully prepared and have arms waiting for you, this tall man instead stands there with absolutely no intention of moving
He lets you run to him and pull him into a tight hold, paying no attention to what’s happening around him as he rests his hand on the small of your back, gently rubbing it
He never explicitly states that he loves or hates the hugs, but he does never pull away whenever you do it
If you happen to be at the clinic whenever he’s dealing with a patient and you wanted a hug he would tell you as gently as possible to wait a moment
“Give a minute would you my dear, I’ll be with you in a moment.”
Very soft but very firm <3
Does not give a fuck if other people say something about your excessive hugging
He’ll give them a harsh side eye but otherwise say nothing about it 
If there is any chance he wants a hug back, he won’t directly say it, but he will make it known he wants one
Walks up to you and simply says “my love” before grabbing you by the hand to pull you close
It’s sudden, but that doesn’t make it any less wholesome
The kind of man to let you run up and hug him with all of your strength and simply continue the conversation he was having
Imagine one rare night he decides to bring out his wings and wraps them around you to add to the hug
Probably one of the few cases where he’s brought out his wings that wasn’t for “other” reasons
VERE
Wheeewwww all I have to say is, good luck
If you thought Ais was bad with the teasing, Vere will do you one better
The second you wrap your arms around him it’s like he’s programmed to bully you
“Aw well isn’t someone feeling needy.”
He’s not pulling away, but that doesn’t mean he’s shutting up lmao
The first time you did it, he simply stood there. Ears pressed down as his tail was fluffed up
He didn’t know what to do. I don’t think this guy has gotten a genuine hug before
His first instinct was to push you away, but he couldn’t find it in himself to do that. You weren’t attacking him or anything, you were just, embracing him?
Once you did pull away he replaced his initial shock with a smirk, using his pointer finger to lift your chin and ask if you wanted to touch him that badly
It takes him longer than Kuras to get used to your affection, he’s probably only used to being touched if it’s sex related unfortunately
Prefers if you gently wrap your arms around him instead of running up and practically jumping on him
He’ll be damned before he looks like a fool in public
Pray for whoever decides to be brave enough to comment on your hugging because it can go two ways
Vere says fuck it and kills them right there
Or he sends them so many passive aggressive comments they just walk away reevaluating their life
Only HE can bully you
Takes him forever to start coming to you for comfort hugs
It would have been at least some time after you’ve known each other
One day he just straight up drags you away from what your doing, making sure it was just you and him
He then proceeds to damn near suffocate you with his hold, but after a few seconds you hug him back, both of you locked in place, his tail wagging in pure glee
He tells you to pretend it never happened but you can see the way his tail sways whenever you hug him again
MHIN
In all honesty, they are probably the first one to actually push you away the first time you hug them
Not used to physical affection at ALL but also does not desire it
They didn’t mean to be so forceful when they pushed you, they just genuinely weren’t expecting you to be so…so
Affectionate?
So when you run up and jump on them one day after they just finished hunting soulless their all like “⁉️⁉️”
When you look at them with concern they just tsk and look away
“At least ask first.”
Is fully aware of your hugger tendencies they just…don’t know what to do with that
For some time you do ask first if it’s okay to hug them, and they say yes, but then they proceed to just stand there stiff as a board as you love on them
But if anyone dares to bring up your clinginess their quick to snap back at them
ESPECIALLY if it’s anyone besides Kuras
Even if they don’t show it, they do appreciate you being willing to be physically affectionate in anyway
Especially after so many years of them being convinced that no one could love a monster
Also prefers if you would gently hug them than run up, but also wouldn’t mind the second thing
If you do then they just blush and flick you on the head
Because I have a feeling that they are someone that you cannot sneak up on so there’s a good chance they heard you coming💔
After a while (like a few months) they eventually get used to your constant hugging, so if there’s ever a day where you aren’t wrapped around them then they are quick to wonder if your okay
We love soft Mhin
On the very rare days that Mhin ever seeks out your hugs for comfort, they make sure that they make it count
Like Vere, pulls you aside so it’s just the two of you and simply gives you a tight squeeze, with their hand resting on the back of your head
After that pull away and then pretend nothing just happened but you can see the blush on their face <3
Mc finding it hard to wear a corset alone & asking LI to help her (it is too much if I asking a little bit nsfw for this? 😳)
Touchstarved LIs and corsets
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧
I love this idea 🩷 this has been in my inbox for a while, sorry luv.
Pairings: Touchstarved LIs x reader
Warnings: None 🩷 the first half will be SFW, and the bottom part with nsfw will be marked in red.
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧
Vere
|🩰| Vere strikes me as someone who has experience tying them- likely has worn them sparingly in the past. (Think the fantasy type corset outfits- I adore those)
|🩰| As such he knows how to tie it and how to do it well- but I doubt he’d go without a little teasing here and there about the fact you even need his help.
|🩰| Vere isn’t usually the most perfectionistic of the love interests, but you’d notice him taking more time on helping you with yours than you notice him ever taking with ones he’d wear.
|🩰| “do you really want my hands on your waist that badly, (name)?” But it’s not said with anything malicious- if anything he just wants to get a rise out of you. Would honestly be happy that you even asked him, he can admire you without you chiding him for staring too long this way.
|🩰| On that note, for somebody who is used to people staring at him (his boobs are literally OUT.)- his eyes definitely have a habit of lingering when it comes to his partners.
|🩰| Perhaps he’s committing it to memory for one of his drawings later- you do look lovely.
|🩰| Becomes much less teasing once he’s tightening it. If he ties it too tightly you may not ask him again- and he enjoys the sight a little too much for that to happen.
|🩰| once in a while you’ll notice a brush of his fingers along the boning of the corset- even after it’s been on (as long as it’s visible.. he’d probably find his eyes wandering.)
Leander
|🩰| Oh Leander.. for all of his good qualities, I don’t think lacing things up would be one of them.
|🩰| Very, very eagerly agrees to do it- but you both very quickly realize he’s no better at tying the corset than you.
|🩰| Denies it to oblivion. Like Vere, Leander has a case of wandering eyes. He also strikes me as someone who would like acts of service like this- so you’re not going to find someone else to do it. He’ll figure the thing out if it’s the last thing he does.
|🩰| “No, no, (name). I’ll figure this thing out.” Literally refuses to allow you to do it yourself, that’s his job now.
|🩰| once he figures it out the whole ordeal would actually go quite smoothly- Leander is nothing if not a quick learner, so after the first few moments you notice it starts going noticeably quicker.
|🩰| Once he sees the front you notice his eyes lingering. For a while. After a moment he realizes that your eyes are up there and no lower.
|🩰| you know that smirk he has with his face all flushed? Yeah, imagine that exact expression when he tells you that you look absolutely gorgeous.
|🩰| You notice his hands lingering around your waist a little more frequently for the rest of the day. Whether it’s possessiveness or pride of the job he was able to do- who knows (though I’d say probably a combination of both.)
|🩰| Would enthusiastically offer himself up whenever he notices you’re planning to wear one any time after that- and you notice he’s strangely a lot better at lacing it up.. maybe he’s been practicing a little himself to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to do it? (Or more likely- he doesn’t want you to ask anyone else.)
Ais
|🩰| Definitely will get up to do it no questions asked. But instead of lacing it up he stands there with his hands on your hips smirking.
|🩰| The moment you chide him for it he plays it off as if he’s completely innocent of staring.
|🩰| “you might need to show me, sparrow.”
|🩰| After a few painstaking moments of trying to show him what you need him to do he comes up to do it. Very, very well- as if he had only asked you to show him to get some sort of show.
|🩰| “you bastard- you just wanted to see me struggle.” You chide him while he continues lacing you up a little too well for it to be his first time.
|🩰| leans in with a smirk so you can see him for a moment with a shrug. “I had a really good demonstration is all.” Or some excuse like that- but you both know that’s a lie.
|🩰| Like Vere he’d get a lot less teasing when it’s time to tighten the thing. Sure he wants a reaction out of you, but discomfort isn’t exactly something that would present him another opportunity to do something like this again.
|🩰| Incredibly nonchalant about the whole thing after it’s on as if it’s not even there. But every once in a while you’ll catch a pair of red eyes staring a little lower than your eyes for just a split second.
Mhin
|🩰| Like Vere, Mhin also strikes me as somebody who would wear corsets occasionally in a very similar style.
|🩰| They’re not very teasing, incredibly precise with what they’re doing. If you look back occasionally you’ll notice how their brows are furrowed in concentration.
|🩰| The moment Mhin notices you’re watching you’d very quickly be met with a gesture that lays to look forward and not at them. So much for that..
|🩰| Mhins hands are unfortunately very, very cold. Occasional brushes of their hands on your back send a shiver up your spine- followed by a quick “sorry.” As they continue.
|🩰| Fairly quick when it comes to lacing up the corset- I feel they’d do it in the method where the laces meet in the middle (unfortunately forgot the name of the method)- however it’s very evident this isn’t their first go around at tying things like this.
|🩰| Very long, thin fingers. Good for lacing things up amongst many other very practical purposes.
|🩰| “how tight do you want this?” And with your response they’d do just that. No more, no less. Unless you were to request one of the two, they’d oblige without complaint.
|🩰| Mhin isn’t one to be verbally affectionate or give compliments often- though you can expect a short “you look nice.” Once they’re done- eyes only lurking long enough to admire their handiwork.
Kuras
|🩰| This likely isn’t his first go around at the whole corset-tying ordeal, and should it be her catch on quickly. He has decades of experience doing the most intricate of procedures on humans, lacing up a corset wouldn’t prove to be much of an issue.
|🩰| Depending on your height he may have to sit down to get a better view of exactly what he’s doing.
|🩰| Kuras radiates warmth, and in a position like this it’s all the more apparent. Brushes of calloused hands leave you envisioning a candle brought to flame.
|🩰| Though he’s evidently good at lacing this up, he’d definitely redo some sections with a quick “no, that won’t do” muttered under his breath. He strikes me as one of the more perfectionistic LIs in situations like this- no corners are to be cut.
|🩰| Very intently focused on making sure it’s laced up well that he wouldn’t notice the effect his touch has on you (though once he gets out of his tunnel vision he’d be acutely aware- you could tell by that cheeky smirk of his.)
|🩰| “Tell me when” he says this as a request- though if you looked back you’d notice golden eyes narrowed on your figure for any sort of tells. A slight arch of the back, a quiet gasp- even the smallest of tells can be picked up on by someone who has spent so long observing humanity. As such, he’s aware of when it’s enough before you even say anything. Though your input is appreciated.
|🩰| Finishes it off with a quick “you look lovely” before getting back to whatever it was that he was doing- Kuras is not one to be very flattering. Small compliments like this aren’t the most commonplace, so you know they’re most certainly genuine.
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧
NSFW
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧
Vere
|🩰| He’s been so intently staring all day since he helped you put the corset on- almost jumps at the opportunity to fuck you in it
|🩰| Vere is incredibly handy during normal sex- with an added, very pretty, looking item like this that would only increase tenfold.
|🩰| “All of this for me, (name)?” He smirks, looking up at you after delivering a barrage of kisses along your collarbone that would surely leave bruises later. “You truly are spoiling me today~”
|🩰| Occasional tugs on the strings that make you gasp when he does so, earning a sly grin from the fox before he goes back focusing his hands on your waist once more.
Leander
|🩰| Leander isn’t above pleading you to let him fuck you in a corset after he sees how pretty you look in it- and knowing that he was the one to do that for you really is the cherry on top.
|🩰| Hands lingering on your hips right where the corset ends and your thighs begin, occasionally slipping under it if possible, if not he would certainly find himself lingering there anyways.
|🩰| Watches while he has you ride him, that damn smirk never leaving for more than a quick gasp as he watches everything.
|🩰| “Fuck- you look gorgeous” Leander groans, one hand resting on your lower back to guide you and the other on your thigh- squeezing it when you tell him that it’s only for him.
Ais
|🩰| Ais doesn’t strike me to be all to interested in corsets specifically (though it wouldn’t be a turn off)- he wouldn’t deny trying though, you do look gorgeous in the thing after all.
|🩰| Any position where he can directly see how he’s absolutely ruining you and just how gorgeous you look while he does so would be his favorite.
|🩰| Once again, his hands would also end up resting along the small part of your waist- squeezing it slightly the closer he gets.
|🩰| “you’re fucking… irresistible, you know that?” His voice is rough and quiet as he tries to keep himself together just a little longer- Ais wouldn’t dare waste the chance to see you like this.
Mhin
|🩰| Mhin isn’t usually one to be touchy, and yet you find them on top of you- hands exploring every inch of your body- lingering along the outer edges of the corset they helped you get into.
|🩰| One of their hands grasping the hair at the base of your hair lightly, the other slipping down to toy with the lacing as you bite at their collarbone- occasional tugs only prompting you to continue.
|🩰| They wouldn’t let you do much more than that while you’re in the thing- your job is to look pretty while they do all the work for you, and god do they enjoy seeing everything.
|🩰| Mhin would he hard to get much praise out of- but occasionally you’ll notice a quiet compliment or two as they watch everything. Their needs can wait until later- watching will make that more worth it when the time comes.
Kuras
|🩰| You can always notice when something’s on the doctor’s mind, pretty golden eyes narrowing as he tries to compose himself. You would surely be his undoing, a fact both of you were aware of.
|🩰| Not an incredibly high sex drive- but something about you in that corset has him needing you here and now- and as such you find yourself riding him in one of the clinics empty rooms- watching with a smirk as his eyes linger lower than he’d ever like to admit.
|🩰| usually he’d be more willing to do more- but you insist on this, it’s easier to see just how enamored he truly is like this. The way he watches as if he’s worshipping every inch while his warm hands squeeze your waist softly with every quiet groan as the both of you desperately try to quiet yourselves.. Neither of you quite want to risk being caught in the act by an unsuspecting patient. (Or so you think.. he proves time and time again to be much more of a deviant than you could have thought.)
Summary: Facing against the reality of you passing one day, the monsters of Eridia cannot seem to be willing to let you go from their grasps just yet. Battling against time, their conscious, and third parties, they seem pretty adamant on never letting you go. Thoughts run in their head as you simply sleep through the night.
⚠️Warning⚠️: This piece contains possessive and obsessive behavior, potential drugging (doesn’t happen but is attempted), slight mentions of gore, mentions of death, lots of hypothetical non-consensual actions to make MC live forever but nothing explicit. If I missed anything let me know!
Fic under the cut! Feedback appreciated❤️🌓
Kuras held your sleeping body. Though he did not sleep, his hands rested on your pulse, his fingertips felt the light thrumming on your neck. Your weight felt comforting. Your heart against his felt like a promise bound to be broken.
“Oh life, how fragile you are…”
Kuras contemplated not letting you go. He contemplated taking a small bite out of his own soul and feeding it to you, keeping you alive and in his arms for years to come. Unharmed, unreachable, and everlasting like the sun. Who could not use a bit of his strength? A bit of his heart? A part of his divine soul.
You were stronger than your curse, a miracle. A short-lived life of even seventy years would be such a waste for someone, no- something like you. You could be safe under him, his gaze, his warmth. Close to the hearth of his chest where he could feel your life. Can’t he do that for you? Can’t he disguise his desire to keep you alive, well, and around him under the lie of helping your curse?
Allmother, it was selfish. So incredibly selfish. His own heart ached in shame. Not because this urge of his was selfish, but because he did not care that it was. Going as far as to admit his corruption seemed to crack through him- in moments so tender, so time-bound. But how could it not? He loved humanity and you, and if he could get you to love it, if you could just stay longer-
Kuras moved his hand over your head, fingertips dancing like sparks towards your scalp. He slowly bent your head under his chin. But not before planting a kiss. He sighed shakily, containing the desire to cage you in. His arms snaked around your figure, slowly encapsulating you in a suffocating wave of heat. You only budged a little, but did not wake up. He knew better- he knows better than you. You just need to see it, be nudged to it if need be.
Kuras cannot lose you.
Leander lay on top of you on the plush mattress of his room. Skin to skin, it was already intimate enough that you were not in the spare room Leander gave you, but his. Unarmoured without his clothes or his winning smile. Your body laid sound asleep under him. Leander’s emerald eyes danced across your features, drinking your face in and engraving you into his memory.
It had occurred to him a while back that you don't need to go. You don't need to be pried out of his cold hands by death. Even now, you were being visited by the younger sibling of death; sleep. He could not truly bring himself to close his eyes around you. He let you out of his sight once and there you went, meeting the monstrosities Eridia had to offer. So what if one took you with them? To the otherworld? What if they snatched your soul away from his. The thought sent an eerie chill in his bones. He remembered death. Rotting skin feeding the earth, lilies sprouting in the soil watered by blood. Leaving mere bones in the wake. Death by his tongue sounded beautiful once. But the first taste of the once inescapable moral fear only pushed Leander further from sleep and rest. But perhaps if he had endured death, so could you. Hells, it could even be easier for you. You can contain your curse, you can endure the few incantations here and there. Rituals to rid you of mortal constraints. Bit by bit. Just like him. You would want that- Leander will do anything to ensure that you will want it. To run from death with him. Pull a few strings here and there, call in some good favors, give some ‘hopeless’ information and maybe this all could happen faster than Leander could blink.
Leander lifted himself up and planted a kiss on your neck, right where your heart pumped out your life. Your blood. You shifted in your sleep. Good, you were still alive.
Now all Leander needed was a plan.
Hushed whispers danced in Ais’ mind as he took another drag from his cigarette. Red eyes observed you as you lay asleep in his bed in the Seaspring. The eyes of the soulless watched you intently. Observing any movement. The most pristine of ears could catch your heartbeat. Listen to the different currents of blood in your veins. Perhaps out of all the monsters in the room the one watching you most intently was him. Occudeus. Followed by Ais.
What? Was he supposed to let you go into the night? The territory ahead might be his, but Eridia was not. Something could happen. Knowing the streets, something would happen. Ais leaned back, his horned head hitting the crumpling papers of wishes and notes written and long lost on the pillar within the Seaspring.
“It is inevitable.” The distorted voice powered over the many whispers.
“Death is inevitable. Unless…” Ais dragged his eyes over to the calm red waves dancing across the Seaspring. A ripple danced through.
“I’m not letting them become one of those mush-brained puppets of yours.” His voice was harsh but quiet as he whispered into the silent caves. Ais took another drag from his cigarette. He was running fast out of the cigarettes these days. They didn’t silence the voices like they used to.
“They won’t be anything when they are dead. You ‘like their shitty personality’? You think in a few years their personality will still be the same? A few decades and they will be gone. Preserve the feeling- the moment. Make them drink.”
It made so much sense. Why not? Ais shook his head. He did not want to let go of the way you made him feel the way he felt so seen, so…shamelessly himself. If only Occudeus could preserve you. Perhaps another deal would be all right. Ais bent down, scooping a handful of the red waters of the Seaspring. Small droplets fell as he made his way to his bed, where you would not even budge if he were fast enough. A few droplets fell on the cream sheets before Ais took a good look at your face. ‘Common’ sense viciously reasserted itself. He snapped, hurling the water, leaving traces of red on walls and the sheets like hints in a crime scene.
It was too early to let you sip it.
“Not yet.”
Vere had envisioned it all already; the day he breaks out of the collar; back to the days when he was properly revered as a God, and not as a hunting dog for the Senobium; the wanton carnage he wished to release onto the city, only to then take you away from Eridia. He the God, and you, his first follower after freedom. Vere brushed his fur as he stared into the mirror, far too satiated with himself after finding you passed out in an alley. Bleeding. It excited him, he took your body in, patched you up, you would be oh so grateful when you woke up. By the time Vere was done stitching your flesh back together, his hands were the same color as his hair. Vere leaned over to the mirror, patting the blood on his fingers to his lips, leaving a red tint that was just his color. Oh you were just made for him weren’t you?
Vere washed his hands off, took you to a clean place like his bed, and started his nightly routine as if you were not laid unconscious in his bed.
The cold metal of the collar clinked as he turned his head, immediately setting him off. His face soured in irritation and ears flickered. He had to look divine by the time you woke up. You had to see for yourself just how easy it was for him to heal you, to care for you, just as he had you believe he could tear the muscle off of anything's bones. You believed in Vere’s destruction, then you could believe in Vere’s creation as well, the very reason why the tomes spoke of people's love for him. Perhaps you could learn to love and fear as they did, only from a closer proximity this time.
He could use these chains for something else. For someone else. Perhaps after he is freed, he could bind you instead. The very chains that bound him to the Senobium, now binding you to him. To provide him with your unwavering loyalty, love, and devotion. Vere would promise to be generous with you. You could be all his but have your free time, just like he does with the Senobium now. Untouchable for the prying hands of many…except time. For now. Vere put his brush down as he looked into his own eyes in the mirror. With the chains, no one could take you but death. And if Vere was anything, it was long-lived. Going back to being alone so soon after merely seventy years if you were lucky…no. That would not do.
Vere picked up his sketchbook and a charcoal pencil, sitting down across the bed as he started drawing soft shapes, intentional lines. Small ways to memorize you. Preserve you. Sketching with heavy thoughts.
Now who in his list of ‘friendly favors’ had the skill to immortally bind you to him…
It’s rather fortunate that you forgot to close the blinds of your room for the night. A pair of eyes looked over your sleeping figure, as you were comfortably nestled between your sheets and the pillows. Talon-like fingers scratched on the glass as a beast crouches, perched on your windowsill. Silent yet observant. Grotesque tar-colored wings blocked the light trying to enter your room.
The eerily extended limbs rested on the glass, as Mhin took a small breath fogging their vision from the outside. The monster had small bird like screeches in their head; they couldn’t tell what it was trying to say. But they could feel it. It was all instinct, after all. Like the time they grabbed you last minute before you got mauled by a soulless. Or that one time Senobium clerics seemed to be on your tail. The bird-like monster cocked its head to the side, little white strands of hair fell into the watery eyes of something not quite beast, yet not quite Mhin either. Absurdly wide pupils observed your figure in the dark. The little muscle movements you made, the tossing and turning in your sheets, the disturbed facial expression you were making from a possible nightmare. The instincts were screaming at Mhin now:
”Death! Death! They will get caught. Inevitable. Danger! Danger!” It wasn’t coherent, but it surely was loud. It rang inside Mhins’ head, disoriented from the sheer pain throughout their body and the sudden alarm. Oh gods, the instinct was right again, it was inevitable. Death is inevitable. You were more a foreigner to Eridia than them, you almost died four times, you are getting close to them…Your death is inevitable…
Unless Mhin can do something about it. Could they turn you to a beast too? Would you live longer if you were, if you shared this curse? To share this pain with someone. Mhin would never wish the way their bones warped themselves every night, the way their skin ripped every time the hair on their body turned into feathers sticky in their own blood. Nor would they ever wish for this creature to be in your head; Their ear piercing screeches to boggle your mind, hurl you into a state of panic and disorientation. But a part of them wanted to be seen. To be understood. Were you already not searching for a cure with them?…Your searches had been fruitless so far… weren't they?
Perhaps the smartest thing to do would be to not let you out of their sight. Keep you company wherever, watch over you in your sleep, guard you from a distance… But oh, how Mhin yearned to be close to you despite the danger. To get under your skin. To live and to keep you for themselves. The beast screeched inside their head. “Take! Fly away! Safe! Take! Hide away!”
The glass cracked a little- Mhin leaned too hard when watching over you. A shard stuck on their absurdly long, sharp fingers. Glass piercing through a mix of skin and feathers. Suddenly erupting into a screech, Mhin flew away.
Mhin could only hope you did not see them.
With the way your current research on a cure was going, perhaps they could start looking into ways to share the curse.
A/N: ts pmo tumblr didn’t let me post my internet is shit UGH anyway have fun pookies I rlly wanted to add an Opeli(my mc) version of this but ig that will have to wait. Anywayyyyuh comments and feedback are appreciated!!! 💜✨🌕
Feel free to drop requests but know that there are 600 year old tortoise that are faster than me <3
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US DOM LEANDER WHO WORSHIPS US (NO DEGRADATION OR HUMILIATION)
˚₊ · »-♡→ ┊: (tags;) ᵎ ✰ dominant!Leander x gn submissive!cursed/mc!reader — worship; body worship, praise, sexual tension & smut; groping, oral sex & penetration, finishing inside
Dom!Leander who kneels because his knees wobble so much he physically can’t stand infront of you
Dom!Leander who peels away the fabrics covering you one by one, tossing them somewhere in the room unhurried, like time doesn’t bound the both of you in the moment
Dom!Leander who places open-mouthed kisses up your calves, your inner thighs, your hipbones, your lower stomach
Dom!Leander who nuzzles in your tummy before his hands trail the path he had just set alight, resting right over your glutes
Dom!Leander who loves to pray against your skin, half his words lost between small groans or moans when he grinds against you
Dom!Leander who shudders when your curse rests lightly over his hair, and he feels honoured—blessed to be the one you call “yours”
Dom!Leander who angles your legs over his shoulders, tongue dancing against your sensitive walls, eating you out like a man starved
Dom!Leander who maps over you back, thanking you with every thrust that makes your body collide with his lewdly
Dom!Leander who can’t stop trembling over you when his need consumes him whole and he’s forced to swallow thickly, eyes wide and vaguely glassy as precious emeralds stare down at you
Dom!Leander who cums deep inside you, your name dripping onto the sheets like honey, louder than what the walls can silence—why wouldn’t he want everyone to know who he’s devoted to?
Dom!Leander who doesn’t believe in anything but you, who sees heaven in you and only you—because you are the only one whose gaze reflects back something other than his desperation
✎ Modernization! [Touchstarved Modern AU Headcanons]
🤎𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: GN!Reader X Modern!Touchstarved LIs | 🌙𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Fluff, 3rd Person (?) | 🖊️𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 976 Words | ✏️𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Not Edited! | ❌𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: Suggestive if you like squint ish (?), Mild Language
🍁𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: Jayce has been watching too many Spider-Man movies.
👻𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐬: Slowly coming up with ideas~ If anyone has anything they’ll like to see don’t be scared to send in a request!
“There will be stars forever, while we sleep.” — Sara Teasdale, ‘There Will Be Stars in Dark of the Moon’
-> 🪽𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬
Kinda obvious but he would be a doctor
I don’t know why but I can see him as a Pediatrician
Or an emergency room doctor
He just gives the vibes
He’s besties with Leander and Mhin, feels…strangely near Vere
Yall definitely meet after some accident
If we go emergency room route I imagine you did something stupid with your friends and ended up at the ER
If he’s Pediatrician I can imaging you doing a favor for a family member and taking a child to go see him
Either way you make excuses to go see him again…and again…and again-
To the point where he just knows you’re coming and just looks at you with his pretty eyes and crossed arms
“If you desire to spend time together you could have just asked”
Coffee date! Coffee date!
Is a true gentleman and waits for you before going inside
I can see him being good at words of affirmation he just seems wise and good at using comforting words
I can imagine him with a clean boy aesthetic or like academia styled clothes
White turtle necks, grey trousers, blazers and long coats
Always had a dash of blue in it~
You guys get matching turtle necks 🥰
-> 🥃𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫
Bartender! But like a really bad one-
He only has a job cause he’s pretty to look at
He’s friends with everyone literally he makes friends with strangers
You guys meet at the bar he works at
He kept giving you gross drinks “on the house” and flirting with you
And for some reason you were charmed and kept going
He’s def a gym rat and wants you to come to the gym with him
But he’s a gym rat in the way he wears a thong and it peaks out from his loose sweatpants
Also wears a cropped compression shirts~
I don’t make the rules!
Mirror selfies together <3
He also def takes random pictures of him and sends them to you
Messy bed head? Picture
At the gym? Picture
In the middle of eating something? Picture!
You have an entire album of them lol
Some might get spicer than others though 👀
He’s the one I can envision being heavy on the physical affection
He loves loves cuddles, hugs, kisses
If he’s touching you he’s happy~
I imagine him painting his nails black too or doing the pinkie nail only
If you like getting your nails done he’ll come along and match your design~
-> 🦊𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐞
I envision him to be a model
Works and gets hired for a lot of fashion brands
A lot of high end fashion brands for sure
I can see him doing OnlyFans too 🤔
Not for the money either more for the confidence boost
He’s best friends and friends with benefits with Ais
I can imagine a couple ways yall meet
One is the cliche running into rich person, spilling drink on them and owing them dry cleaning money
Or you’re a photographer and he finds you interesting after some silly banter you had (more you getting flustered and him smiling amused)
How you two get together is a miracle to everyone lol
Vere isn’t very physically affectionate but does share a lot of his love through gifts
He’ll get you a gift for every occasion or just cause
It might not be anything big either
After a shoot he sees your favorite treat and comes home with it~
As flamboyant as he is I also see him getting tired of it and wanting more lowkey dates
Something at home with you
At home dinner and movie date where he eases in to a little physical touch with you <3
-> 👹𝐀𝐢𝐬
Okay hear me out
He’s apart/was apart of a motorcycle gang and works at a pet grooming place
Or as a vet
Just like he babies his Soulless he def has a soft spot for animals
I also see him as a dog person lol
Besties with Vere and friends with benefits
Mayhaps fell in love with him along the way…
He wears techwear clothes I just know it !
And leather jackets~
Smokes cigarettes, smells like them and blends nicely with his cologne and the smell of whiskey or beer
Yall meet after you bring your pet to his work place
You think his cute and now make every excuse to go there specifically
Until the point where he’s secretly amused and gives you his number
First date with him is going on his motorcycle and stargazing, have a little picnic <3
I see him more as an act of service guy
He does things you don’t really want to do be it washing dishes to doing laundry
He’ll do it cause he loves you and wants to help you~
-> 🗡️𝐌𝐡𝐢𝐧
Idk why they’re the hardest for me buttt
I think they would be maybe a medical assistant (their aspirations of being a healer coming true!) or something to do with animals
Maybe a vet for not pets 🤔
They’re friends with Kuras hates everyone else lol
Maybe yall meet when you bring your pet for care (if they’re normal vet)
Or you work at a zoo and come to get help for one of the animals there
They’re quite quiet which you find cute
You ask them for their number the second time you see them lol
They seem more like a quality time person
Not super into physical affection and not good with words
But does like to spend time with you
Isn’t super flashy either doesn’t plan big dates
Enjoys just having you two sitting in silence doing your own things
Parallel play! Best date idea
Even if they’re silent they love you by sticking by your side <3
I imagine them wearing very casual button ups, dress pants/jeans with lots of blues and whites maybe a touch of red~
