Azul when the charming fish prince he’s had (one-sided?) beef with since childhood starts talking about some “true love” “love at first sight” and “soulmate” shiz about his crush (you), with him.
Cw: Jealousy, Octotrio mention, Possession, Rielle's a sad guppy and you fall for it
“The ocean of course, silly!” Rielle flips over so he looks straight at you. The water peacefully sounds at the movement, one with his motion. He gasps, as if suddenly remembering something. He’s quick to pull all his long hair forward and hand the wet strands to you. You’ve been through this enough to know what it is he wants, and so you pull out a brush and begging combing through the knots. You can hear him hum before slapping a clawed hand over his mouth. After a few minutes, you begin the conversation again.
“I know that but,” webbed fingers grabbed onto your legs and gently tug. Not hard enough for any movement, but enough to know he’s asking you to scoot closer. With a sigh, you move up, your legs almost about to dip into the water. “I never told you where I was going—” Unfortunately, the bottom of your uniform has been sullied in water, as Rielle’s wet arms have wrapped around your bipedal limbs, his chin resting in your lap as you continue combing. “… So how’d you end up finding my… boat…?” you pause.
“Oh! I didn’t! I just saw you pass by and wanted to be with you!” His tail fin flaps in the water, but it stops when he can see your attention is elsewhere.
“Rielle?”
“Hm?”
“Where’s my boat?”
“Uhm, dunno!” … You hum in acknowledgment. Hopefully… the nearest town to the sea beast trio is on a collective vacation. “Is something wrong?” you jump when you look down and Rielle has leaned up, your faces close as he looks with worry.
“Azul really wanted me to visit so… yeah.”
"I'm sure he wouldn't mind you having some fun with me!" You're not too sure about that... One glance at your expression has him adorn a pout on his lips.
"Well, I just worry for whatever town is nearby—"
"I really like you." You sputter at the sudden confession. It's not like you didn't know that. Rielle actually makes it really hard to not notice that... He does the opposite of what he's been doing this entire time, retreating into the water all the way until only his eyes are visible. He mouths something underneath the waves while avoiding eye contact. You lean down to get a better look at what he's saying, but hear the quietest of tunes. Before you know it, your body is jumping into the water with him. Arms take hold of your waist and hoist you back up, your mouth opening to swallow air.
"Rielle was that—Kuh-huh...! You!?" Your hands find purchase on scaly shoulders, as you blink water out your eyes. Despite the blur, you can clearly make out the regret in his eyes.
"I'm sorry...! It just sorta happened...!" You're not sure if you believe that or not. "I really..." His lips press into a straight line when he notices the way you try regaining clarity. "I just really wanna be with you..." You pause when at his muttering. Through your wet clothes, you can feel his urge to wrap has finned arms around you, holding back simply because he's sorry for pulling you in.
You don't even know when it happened, but your arms are wrapped around him as he eagerly hugs back, his tail twirling around your flailing legs.
Cw: Naga!Jamil, murder, implied obsessive traits, Jamil does well at hiding his feelings, he thinks about keeping you with them, Injuries, He hisses when he says his s's :3, Blood
You feel a bit hesitant, muttering that... but a part of you feels guilty letting his efforts go unappreciated. But... another part feels you could've done that all on you're own.
"It's no issssue." You press your lips in a line as Jamil slithers across the brick tile, his arms still tightly encasing you in them. "Kalim wouldn't do hiss job if something happened to you." You tilt your head, not replying to his words.
You do your best to ignore the pile of... That pile in the corner. When he notices, he takes a sharp turn. Your body feels the motion, hugging tighter to the snake's cold body. His expression remains blank at your proximity, effortlessly navigating the maze-like interior.
You fail to see the numerous familiar faces beneath the hoods.
Jamil tightly wraps old bandages around your wrist, a quick shake in the air, cleaning them of the wear of time. You watch as his hands do the quick work of the wound on your limb, his tongue daring out his lips every few seconds. Every time it does, his slitted pupils linger on the scarlet hue of your skin, staring holes into them. When he's reminded you're there by your grunting, he stops the intensity of the look.
It's never entirely gone, however.
It was close, but... even as someone who hunts monsters, you think you kill them more humanely than Jamil does. You don't even wish to think about it anymore... The way his jaw unhinged—
"Don't think about that anymore." Your eyes train on the stain of blood on his fangs.
"I... You knew...?"
"You're not well versssed in poker face." When he finishes tying your wrist, he pats it once before remembering you're not Kalim. He's about to slither back before he feels the same bandaged hand come to his face, wiping off the crimson with the clean side. "I don't think you'll ever be well versssed...." Out of instinct, his tongue slips out of his lips, the length allowing him to reach the blood-soaked side.
"Ah." His eyes widen when he realizes what he's done, slithering back with an apology.
...
When he's out of view, all he can do is hiss and slither. Anything to forget the taste and smell of you.
... He needs to calm down. Calm down before he thinks just like Kalim. No... Before he starts planning with Kalim.
Before he starts thinking of how to keep you safe... In this desert with them.
...
Kalim is rubbing off. But he won't deny that the thought is tantalizing.
I’ve had this in my wips for so long and decided to finally finish it <33. With some new additions too.
Cw: Zombie!Ace, Overprotectiveness, Implied Human Eating, Ace is really touchy, He gets a bit jealous, Posseive Traits
You watch as Ace stands up from where he's sat, feeling the cold from his head disappear on your thigh. Your coworker whimpers at the sight, stopping when he watches you pull Ace back by his hair, the back of his head hitting your leg once more.
The pout on his face is less from being roped back into you, but rather being halted from the defenseless man in front of you two. You take great care in keeping your hood covering your face, making sure the shadows hide any notable features.
"Let him be. He hasn't done anything." You stare at the window from the corner of your eye, your hand remaining on the zombie's scalp. You avoid the cavity on his skull unconsciously.
"He called you a traitor," Ace mutters, eyes narrowing as he kicks his foot out. You pull his ear, a punishment for the way he glares at the unfortunate victim in front of you. "What? You into that?" He laughs, even more so when he can see the way you side-eye him through your hood's shade. "Wow, what a freak—" he sputters when you scoot forward, his head hitting the staircase. It doesn't hurt; it shouldn't for him, but he still sputters an ow. "... Why do you care so much about this guy..." he turns away from you, whispering.
Is... Is he jealous? Jealous of the guy he's trying to eat right now?
If he were human, you'd think it was endearing. Possibly even leaning in, asking him why he cares. The thought reminds you of the way you treat Rollo. But he's not. He's not human like Rollo is, and so you fear what this envy can do to the poor souls that even have the slightest connection to you.
You've seen it from other beasts, the way coworkers, or even people who stare at you too long, become missing faces, or even worse... missing a face. You know it's something Ace is entirely plausible of doing.
"All he did was see your hood, and he immediately started demeaning you. Blah blah, you dumbass, kill the thing! Blah." Ace turns around, his body facing you as he stares up through your cover. His cold chin rests on your lap, an eyebrow quirked at the way you avoid looking at him. "I know you hate it." When you don't speak, he sighs. "Seriously... You gotta speak up. Bet this guy doesn't even know you're the big bird's favorite." You quickly turn when he mentions the biggest giveaway of your identity, and you know your coworker pieced it together with the way he mouths your name.
"Ace, you...!"
"Relax," He waves you off, reaching for your hand and holding it in his freezing fingers. "Now you've got a reason to not care about him." You're not sure where he got that from, he's... he's still your coworker in the end, even if you didn't know him too well... "..." You can't... "Hey."
"... Yeah...?"
The hunter whimpers when he watches Ace pull back your hood, an intimate action, revealing his suspicions to be true. You really are Crowley's favorite. He watches as the same zombie that took out the three others in his squad, only stopping at him because you said so, is a few inches from your face.
"You're soft." You furrow your brows, confused by the meaning in Ace's words. Cold fingers brush your skin before he leans back once more.
"What... What does that even mean...?"
"Whatever you want it to mean."
...
You can only hope Ace listened to your words, sparing that unfortunate employee. It's not like he asked to be saved by you; it's really not his fault that it was him. You can only hope Ace's... interesting nature when it comes to you, listens.
You think his envy overpowered that nature, however. The slight red tint on his lips implies something sinister. He smiles when you wipe the stain on his mouth with your thumb. But all you can do is sigh.
This isn't my favorite buuuttttt, I felt really bad that the only properly drawn piece of Ace is literally his ass blowing up, /3. Also, I hope no one ever minds the backgrounds; I literally just take photos from Pinterest and slap an anime filter over them </3.
CW: Possession (Which Kalim doesn’t realize), Little itty bitty obsessed w/ you, He insists you both get married, Reader is a bit more direct about the difference between them and the cast
"Of course it is! That's how we get engaged!" Kalim's toothy smile invades your view, and misty red hands take hold of your hand to slip the jewel on. His smile falls when you take your limb away from his hold, blank eyes blinking. "What's wrong?" He can see in your eyes there isn't any disdain, just pure guilt.
"Kalim. I can't marry you."
"Why?" He says it so genuinely confused you're convinced he hasn't noticed the glaring issue in his wish.
"We're... You're not..."
"If you don't want a ring, I'll give you a necklace instead! Or maybe a bracelet, whatever works!" He throws the ring into the air, the diamond bursting into smoke. Despite your refusal, your hand flies up, hoping to catch it. That was probably enough to buy a new house...
"Kalim, I can't because... Uhm... Everyone else. They'll be upset—"
"That doesn't matter." You tense at the way his face suddenly goes blank, his pupils normal before returning to their usual dilation. "Sorry!" He's smiling ear to ear... "In the end, all that really matters is how you feel!" He's back on you, showering your person in jewels and joy. "I... want to marry you before the others can."
...?
"Sorry...! It's just, I think I'd be sad if someone else married you." Kalim's hands take yours, intertwining your fingers with a smile. "I wanna be with you!" Something in that sentence is missing, but you remain quiet, and he lets you.
"Kalim." You break the silence, Kalim perking up. "I'm a human."
"I know! I used to be one too you know—"
"I can't marry something that's not human." His smile falls at your words, your hands. In some novels, you're sure that the response to your words would be 'Then I'll be human!'. But of course, despite your attempts at trying to remind Kalim how you even met in the first place... Which was to kill him.
"Then let's make you not human!" Your eyes widen at the way he beams once more. "Don't worry. I'll find someone else to make that wish so you don't have to lift a finger!"
He's burst into a smoke of air, and you can only really hope someone doesn't come across that lamp...
Alt + Bonus info undercut
Lmao, once again, I was working on a piece already for Kalim, so this worked out (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶). I genuinely didn’t know what colors to make him. Originally, I thought of him being his usual self, but with a smoky bottom, but then I tested out red and blue and couldn't decide >.<.
Oh, but now I say he lowkey just changes his colors to whatever he's feeling 💀. He's usually red, but ig if he's feeling yellow, he'll be yellow?
He can grow human legs. In fact, that’s what you ask him to do. Whenever he’s in that smoky floating form, he always floats so high you have to crane your neck to look at him. When you tell him to grow legs, he loses like 5 feet of height and is back to being regular. That might've been worse though, because now he seems to become a bit clingier…
Turns his skin into his normal tone whenever someone he’s doing wishes for calls him. He wouldn’t want to be caught glowing red now. For you though, it's less disguise and more hangout time, really.
The bounty on his head isn’t actually for hunting like the rest of the monsters are. It’s instructed for hunters to attempt to take the lamp back and ‘return’ to Crowley. In the case someone not a part of the foundation retrieves it, then directions change to exterminate. You have a feeling Crowley just wants to make wishes for himself…
His eyes look normal btw. It's just... Every time he sees you, they dilate so much to the point they take up his whole eye.
Can do that stuff in Aladdin where the genie's smoky body turns into literally whatever. Showed this off by playing both the best man, bridesmaid, officiant, flower bouquet, and audience for your "wedding".
