#voidfield

[bowlingforgerbils]

Hello!

I would like to get in the habit of writing more little minifics and posting them here instead of adding yet another AO3 WIP to the pile. I have a couple ideas already in mind, but if anyone wants to throw me something they'd like to see me write a little thing about, or wants to chat about Cooper and the Void headcanons or whatever, this is a friendly reminder that my askbox is open. <3

[bowlingforgerbils]

Hi.

I am putting together a little playlist of songs for Cooper and the Void. Here is what I have so far:

Physical -- Nine Inch Nails

Take me to church -- Hozier

Teeth -- 5 seconds of summer

Illusion -- VNV Nation

Your Idol -- Saja Boys

I'd love to hear any additional suggestions!

[bowlingforgerbils]

[in reference to this] Ask and ye shall receive @lollypopunicorn14:

Something that the Void learned about Cooper fairly quickly was that he liked talking. He asked the Void a lot of questions, and when it did not feel like answering, he filled the silence with his own chatter. Sometimes the Void paid attention, sometimes the Void let the sound wash over it like white noise.

Robert had never talked to the Void, except to tell it to go away. Cooper's eagerness to treat the Void like a person and not like a malignant shadow was amusing.

And... enjoyable.

Which is why Cooper's silence on this particular night spoke volumes.

"Something on your mind?" the Void asked. It had Cooper loosely wrapped in its tentacles while the man scrolled aimlessly on his tablet.

Cooper, predictably, blushed. "No, not really..."

The Void let a tentacle slip under Cooper's hoodie, caressing bare skin. "You are lying to me."

Cooper blushed harder and didn't meet any of the Void's eyes. Shame rolled off him in delicious waves. The Void, already in Cooper's mind, poked about for the source, and found it easily.

"You wish to make love to me like a woman?"

Cooper made a distressed sound and hid his face with the tablet, but the Void was having none of that. It took the device out of his hands, setting it aside with one tentacle while holding up his chin with another. Cooper's forehead was creased with worry, his lower lip trembling. "It was just an idle thought, you don't —“

"Enough of a thought that it's kept you quiet all evening."

Cooper's lashes fluttered as he looked away. So bashful, despite everything the Void had already done to him. "I didn't know of a way to bring it up," he admitted. "I don't want you think I'm ungrateful or... or bored or something... and, you know, the logistics..."

The Void scoffed at the latter concern. "My body is a manifestation of my own will, I can shape it however I please."

"I don't want you to be a woman," Cooper added quietly. "I like you as you, but with... um..."

"Somewhere to stick it in?" Cooper's blush intensified and the Void laughed, releasing his chin to rub the side of his face soothingly. "Your fantasies do not make me think of you as ungrateful or dissatisfied, Cooper. A little pedestrian, perhaps, but that is to be expected of your kind."

Cooper relaxed in the Void's hold, a tentative smile on his face. "So, um... is that a thing we could do? Sometime?"

The tentacles caressing Cooper's skin went still, all its eyes focusing intently on his. "Perhaps. But first I will need you to ask properly."

Cooper's breath quickened, a nervous sort of desire brightening his eyes. "Properly?"

The slash of a mouth on the Void's dark form turned up into a sharp smile. "Beg me."

[bowlingforgerbils]

Okay okay. I’m going to ask because Voidfield is not leaving my head.

How are we feeling about Cooper getting this specific urge once in a while that since he is, you know, A Man, he wants to be the one in charge? The one who penetrates.

^^

Yay! 🥳 They are not leaving my head, either!

So, Cooper certainly would like to top now and then, that's what he's used to, after all. I think the Void would oblige. But! It's important to remember that top/bottom is NOT the same as dom/sub. The Void is ALWAYS in charge. Always. (Cooper is fine with this.)

The other issue is logistics, but the Void is a shapeshifter, I'm sure they can work something out. 😊 I think the Void would have a LOT of fun teasing out this request from Cooper, who would be embarrassed to ask, because who asks a cosmic horror if you can top?