#ycbm

[goodkwuestion]

This is a sort of random question so hope you don’t mind! But in YCBM when Ian meets Annie and smells that her blood is corrupted, did that mean she’s sick? Or something else?

Yes, Annie was ill, unfortunately. That was a precursor to Ian and Mickey figuring out someone else was ill, further down the line.

[messymoony]

TRICK OR TREAT PLEASE MAR!!!!!!!! 👻🎃

RYYY!! How are you?? I hope the final stretch of uni isn't killing you yet <33

You're getting the last sentence I wrote because believe it or not I've been writing for ycbm again the past days:

“Hello again,” James softly says, holding out his hand for the cat to sniff at, “Hades.”

[samantitheos]

The vibes do be vibing. 🥃

[messymoony]

Chapter 7: INTERLUDE - the date

WIP; explicit

New chapter for you can break me (if you'll still take me) is up now. A wolfstar interlude so we can get to know them a little better <3

Snippet:

Clutching his phone in one hand, Sirius bites down on the knuckle of his other forefinger to suppress the squeal that desperately wants to escape his mouth. The screen illuminates his face, the only source of light in his room. His eyes are tired, and he should’ve gone to sleep hours ago, but the thrill of the conversation is keeping him up, heart pattering in his chest as his thumbs fly over the keyboard.  He drops the phone to cover his hot face with his hands, squeezing his eyes shut in an attempt to work through the emotions currently running through his body. The phone screen is still on, casting weird shadows on his ceiling. When his heart no longer feels like it’s going to somersault out of his chest, he takes a deep breath to read the last message again, a giddy smile still sticking to his lips. Grinning, he starts to type out a response. 01:21 Can I take you out to dinner tomorrow? 

[messymoony]

HI MAR!!! from the WIP ask game!!! the green recycle emoji thingy that i can't copy because my laptop hates me!!! (i think it's "what is a scrapped idea from your current WIP"???)

HI SAMMY if we're talking ycbm there was originally going to be a fight between remus and regulus about wolfstar, like regulus was going to be pissed as hell that remus would go after his brother like that but after a bit of reflection i realized that (1) i didn't want to spend loads of time on that resolution and (2) regulus wouldn't be that bothered. There's a file out there on my laptop with loads of background on dynamics in which i dive into this but it comes down to trust, both in remus and sirius, which regulus does. Nothing too crazy but still a nice little detail lmao

[messymoony]

Hi Mar!!! Omg I’m obsessed with YCBM so I’d love to hear more about that :)

HI EM! ycbm is my baby so i'm soooo happy to hear that you love it!!! i've just finished the next chapter and it's off to be beta read so expect it tomorrow or tuesday <3

Here's a snippet to tide you over:

He runs into Remus in the hallway, who looks dressed to go out. He’s shrugging on a bomber jacket which Regulus, to Remus’ visible annoyance, gives an approving look. Actually, as Regulus trails his eyes over Remus, he thinks that he looks very dashing in general. He has on his best jeans, the ones without holes, with chains hanging between the belt loops, and a grey band t-shirt. His hair is styled for once and around his neck – are those dog tags? Regulus squints suspiciously. Remus catches him looking and rolls his eyes, fastening up the zipper before turning to him. They make a sharp contrast, Remus is his best gear and Regulus in joggers and Remus’ sweater, which is at least three sizes too big on him and falls to his mid-thigh. “You look handsome,” Regulus observes, trying not to sound like he’s fishing for information. If Remus’ look is anything to go by, he fails miserably.

[messymoony]

First lines of 2024: share the first thing you've written in the new year

Thank you for the tags @drowninginthoughts27 @kwiwrites!!!

James is there within half an hour. It’s sort of amusing to Regulus, opening the door to find a slightly out-of-breath James on the other side, a little bit damp with the drizzle going on. It fuels something in him, something which is very pleased with how clearly affected the other man is at just the thought of him. Validation. Preening under the attention, at how much James apparently wants him. The way James’ eyes stray to his bare midriff and then darken makes him very happy that he decided to change into another one of his cropped shirts for the occasion. He turns around, trying not to let it show on his face. Walking to the living room, he leaves James to toe off his shoes and hang up his coat and scarf by himself. Regulus is not being a very good host, but then again, James is not a very normal visitor.

I'm pretty sure everyone has already been tagged? np tags for @bonesandmilkbaby @lemndrps @courfee and anyone who sees this and wants to!!

[messymoony]

MARRR as the number one YCBM fan (it’s true, regulus told me himself) I have to ask you, what are ycbm! Regulus and James’ favorite songs??? Do they have conflicting tastes and argue over music or do they listen to the same playlist tg???

SAMMYYYY this made my mind run fr

James is just a casual music enjoyer, he loves things with a beat he can bop his head to, the kinda music he can crank up in the car and shimmy along to so I’d say things gorillaz, tame impala, Frank ocean that type of stuff. But he also harbours a secret love for the Beatles bc his parents used to play that all the time when he was younger so it holds so many good memories yk? But in general he just enjoys any kind of music so he’s not too fussed.

MEANWHILE reg has been influenced by Sirius at a very formative age and is sooo into things like queen, the arctic monkeys and mother mother and he had a secret fall out boy phase he’s taking to the grave (only Remus knows and was disgusted) but secretly he listens to American beauty/American psycho all the time. When he’s in like a sad mopey mood he listens to Ethel Cain to get into his feels while simultaneously ignoring them. ALSO when he’s getting ready to go out he likes to listen to v slutty music to get in the mindset (eat spit by slush puppy is a fave, like putting on eyeliner while singing about being railed).

SO their tastes are pretty different but because they both appreciate music in general they can also listen to music together without arguing (except when regulus learns that James LOVES ABBA and has to put his foot down)

Thank you for asking!!! I can talk about them forever <3