House of the Dragon characters x Sick!Reader
Alicent makes sure you have everything that you need & that you're comfortable.
She'll tuck you into bed when it's time for you to sleep, fluff out your pillows, and feeds you herself.
She prays every night & makes her children pray before every meal to wish you a quick recovery.
Alicent would rather no one visits you while your sick - especially Rhaenyra - because she doesn't want anyone to disturb you or for the sickness to spread.
Helaena likes to sit next to your bed and embroider, comfortable listening to your breathing while you rest.
She'll embroider a bug that reminds her of you in hopes to make you feel better.
When she can't visit you, she'll leave one of her bug friends to keep you company :)
Aegon can't stay away from you even when your sick.
He doesn't care if he also catches your fever.
He'll sleep on the same bed as you & try to cuddle with you, even when you tell him not to, worried that he'll also get sick.
Alicent has kicked him out of your chambers multiple times, scolding him not to bother you.
Aemond likes to read to you. Preferably stories about the Targaryen Ancestors.
He'd sit next to your bed while you sleep, so he can make sure nothing will happen to you during the night. One of the candles will be left lit so he can read one of his history books.
If you refuse to take your medicine the maester had given you, Aemond bribes you with rides on Vhagar.
Rhaenyra & Daemon usually visit you together.
Daemon will sit in a chair close to your bed, while Rhaenyra sits on the bed.
Rhaenyra will tell tell you about the gossip she's heard in court while Daemon brushes your hair off of your sweaty forehead - he keeps it there almost the whole visit.
They'd both get really stressed if you weren't getting better - but worse.
Especially Daemon after what's happened with his brother.
Daemon will threaten the maester. If the maester can't help you get better, he'll find someone who will.
Rhaenyra is more patient and will try calm Daemon down.
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i love non-sexual intimacy and astarion having no bloody idea how to handle it, so of course i couldn't resist writing 3000+ words about it. enjoy!
let the pulses run (astarion x gender neutral!reader, baldur's gate 3)
Astarion waits for it. Expects it.
A beseeching glance, a teasing smile, a flirtatious remark. Hells, even an outright proposition - he canβt quite imagine you pulling it off, but at least it would be something familiar.Β
And yet - nothing.
Well, he amends as you settle beside him before the campfire, perhaps notΒ nothing.Β
βHow is it?β you ask, a solemn slope to your brow as you take in the wound on his arm. A lucky shot from a rather unlucky goblin, whoβd received your rapier to the gut for his troubles.Β
βOh, this?β He raises his arm, nonchalant. The wound had stopped bleeding, but it wasnβt a pretty sight. βBarely a scratch, darling.β
Your brows furrow. Liar, they say.Β
βYouβll need blood.β You take a second glance at his arm and grimace. The scent of iron clings to the air. βA lot of it.β
Astarion tilts his head, allows a few silver curls to fall artfully across his brow. You track the movement, though your gaze is quick to dart back to his own. He fights a smirk and loses. βAstute, arenβt you? Yes, Iβm afraid Iβll need to do more than my usual share of feeding tonight to fix this mess.β
You say nothing in response, not at first. He wonders if youβll actually say it, or if youβll hem and haw yourself to death trying to free the words from your tongue.
βIf you truly have need of it,β you begin, reaching up to touch your fingertips to your throat. The mark from his first feeding had long since faded, but you remembered where his fangs had struck.Β
βHow generous!β Astarion exclaims, a little touched despite himself. It took a certain amount of fortitude to offer yourself to a hungry vampire, after all. βIf youβre certain - β
You donβt answer with words, merely tilting your head and baring your throat to him. Astarion longs to draw out the suspense, tease you with the anticipation of his bite, but that furrow hasnβt left your brow and he finds himself unwilling to add to your worries. Besides, his body cries out for the meal youβve so graciously offered, practically rejoicing as he lowers his mouth to your throat.
Thereβs a certainβ¦ intimacy to be had during the act of feeding, heβs learned. Not so much in the bite itself, but in the aftermath: the pull of precious blood, the quickening of a pulse, the flush of warm, living flesh.Β
Astarion has never felt the like, not until he first drew blood from you. To know that this is what he had been missing for all the centuries heβd spent feeding on vermin makes his hatred for Cazador climb higher, though he pushes thoughts of his former master far from his mind before they can truly take root. He will not think of his tormentor here, not with you.Β
You draw in a breath; it sticks in your throat, your pulse beating like a drum in the back of Astarionβs brain. He can smell your skin, the sweat and blood from your latest battle mingling with the scent of sweetgrass and rainwater, the scent of you, light and sweet against the back of his tongue.Β
He can smell more than that. Unease and pain cling to you like a film while he feeds, but beneath that, clinging to your flesh like a limpet, he finds what heβs been searching for - the familiar musk of arousal.
Well, then, he thinks victoriously, feeling a shiver work down his spine as your blood coats the back of his tongue. Thereβs all the proof I need.Β
He had wondered if your lack of amorous advances had been due to disinterest, but no. The body doesnβt lie, and yours was basically singing, crying out its need with increasing frequency the longer his fangs remained buried in your throat.
So then why? Why did you flit away from his advances like a rabbit evading a predator? He knew what you wanted and had no qualms about giving it to you. It would cement your trust in him, bolster your growing bond. Your union would be advantageous to you both.Β
Heβs so consumed by his thoughts that he doesnβt notice your hand moving until itβs braced against the back of his neck, your palm warm against his skin. He waits for your signal to move away, hungrily swallowing another mouthful of your sweet blood in case it happens to be his last, but all you do is reach for the riot of curls at his nape and pass your fingers gently through them. Once, twice more, until youβve built up a steady rhythm.
It feelsβ¦ well, it feels rather nice, actually. Itβs far from the first time someone has ever run their fingers through his hair, and yet your touch feelsβ¦ lighter in comparison, unweighted by sensual delight or a precursor for greedy lust. Youβre not touching him in anticipation for more - youβre justβ¦ touching him.
It confuses him so greatly that Astarion finds himself pulling away before heβd truly wished to, feeling more than a little bereft when your fingers slip from his hair and land, half-curled still, in your lap.
βThat will do, darling,β he mumbles, pushing himself to his feet. Itβs a good thing the blood loss has dazed you somewhat, or else your eagle eyes would have quickly taken notice of the bewildered expression upon his face. βA boar or two will more than suffice for the rest. You should sleep, while youβre able.β His nose wrinkles, and he canβt help himself from adding, βBut perhaps bathe first.βΒ
Your eyes narrow at the thinly-veiled insult, but you push yourself clumsily to your feet and head for the river flowing near camp. βKeep your eyes about you while you hunt,β you call to him over your shoulder. βThere may still be goblins about.β
He doesnβt know how to tell you that goblins - and hunting, for that matter - are among the last things on his mind. He merely watches you walk away, his fingers creeping to the thatch of curls you had so gently carded through, and wonders what the hell heβs supposed to do with you now.Β
Your growing affection for him remains more than apparent as the days pass. Youβre devoted to finding a cure for the parasites that writhe within your minds and playing savior for everyone you meet along the way, but in the moments between - slivers of time carved out for rest and respite - you gravitate toward Astarion, leaving the vampire torn between petty satisfaction and growing confusion, because you simply refuse to acknowledge his increasingly thinly-veiled offers to fuck you.Β
Itβs ridiculous. Madness, really. The number of conquests under his belt had grown too numerous for Astarion to recall, his expertise in the art of seduction unmatched, and yet you remained unmoved by his every attempt. Oh, you would flush, your eyes would flit about as though you couldnβt bear to meet his gaze, your body itself would sway towards his like a tree bough rocked by the wind, but still you would play at ambivalency.Β
Astarion might be inclined to believe himself incorrect - a rarity, to be sure, but stranger things have happened; that your reaction to his bite was merely a result of the intimacy of the act rather than any true desire you might hold for him, and yet your behavior afterwards serves to lay that theory quite soundly to rest.
Youβve become quiteβ¦ tactile, with him, as of late. A bracing hand on his shoulder whenever an enemyβs attack knocks him off his guard, elbows brushing whenever youβre gathered near the campfire, even a rather memorable moment where youβd brushed his curls free of his brow late in the night, your hand hovering in the air between you and a bewildered expression writ across your face, as though shocked that youβd actually done it.
Itβs driving Astarion mad, wondering what could possibly be going on inside that skull of yours. The thought of tapping in to the tadpoleβs power just to catch a glimpse passes swiftly through his mind, but to his eternal chagrin, knowing somehow feels more daunting.
Besides, heβsβ¦ curious. Curious as to what youβll do next and how he may react to it, and so he doesnβt ask you to stop. You would, if only he were to indicate a dislike of your touch, and yet to do so would prove the vampire a liar, for he finds that he actually quite enjoys the fleeting brush of your fingertips across his brow, or the firm, comforting weight of your shoulder against his.Β
Gods, what has he gotten himself into?
He ponders his plight late into the night, until his eyes slip closed and heβs confronted by another new pressing issue - nightmares of his former life and dear old master, memories of previous torments and casual cruelties assaulting his mind from every front.Β
Astarion twists upon his bedroll, fingers spasming atop his chest as Cazador flits through his mind like a phantom. Sweat beads on his temples, leaving his curls damp. Fear bubbles through his blood like some molten creature.
βAstarion.β
He awakens with a shout, his dreams clinging to his mind for another awful moment before their claws finally release him. Youβre the first thing he notices as soon as heβs set himself to rights, kneeling by his bedside with a discomfited expression upon your face. It had been your voice, then - yours, not Cazadorβs - that had called out to him, broken him free of his agony.Β
His lips try to twist into their customary smirk, but fall short of the goal and tremble instead. He presses them into a firm line. βApologies, my love,β he murmurs, grimacing at the drying sweat along his brow. βDid I wake you?β
You shake your head. βI had first watch,β you explain. Your hand twitches at your side. You want to touch him, he realizes. Reassure him. By the gods, with the way heβs feeling right now, Astarion might actually let you do it. βAre you alright?β
βWonderful,β he bites out, reaching up to push sweaty curls free of his brow only to find that you've beaten him to it, your fingertips callused and blessedly cool against his skin. The urge to swoon like a damned maiden is nearly overwhelming, and yet Astarion resists, only allowing himself the luxury of closing his eyes and indulging in your touch for a few brief moments.Β
βNightmare?β Your voice is low, dreadfully soothing. Keep talking, he thinks, pushing his brow into your palm. Donβt make me do it.
He hums in the affirmative. Your fingers drift to the crown of his head, smooth through the flattened curls at the base of his skull, and rest there, holding him.Β
βCazador?β The name sounds like a curse on your lips, and might as well be for all the vitriol you spew it with.Β
Astarionβs lips twitch. It shouldnβt thrill him, the ire you hold for a man youβve never met, but he knows itβs there simply because its bearer has caused him harm. Youβre protective of those you hold dear.Β
βThe one and the same,β he mutters into the curve of your shoulder, having allowed his chin to rest there while your fingers curled around the back of his neck. You smelled of embers from the fire and the sweetness of the cool night air, and Astarion breathed deep, soothed by the scent.Β
βWhat do you need?β Itβs a gentle query against one pointed ear, and for a moment Astarion stares beyond your shoulder, beyond the camp, all the way to Baldurβs Gate and Cazadorβs cold, cruel gaze, waiting for his return. Youβre silent, patient for his response, and in that moment Astarion is certain that you would give him anything, if only he would ask.Β
He could ask for you - for the distraction that your body would provide this night, and you would give it to him. You would trust him with it.Β
He can see it so clearly, the rapture of it driving the echoes of Cazadorβs voice from his head. But he can see the aftermath, too, and your disappointment when you realize that itβs all he can truly give you, and only because he knows of no other way to be.Β
βI donβt know,β he murmurs into your shoulder, and itβs the truth, for all the good that does him.Β
He feels you nodding, feels your cheek resting against his hair, feels more than hears you say, βLet me know, whenever you figure it out,β and listens to the faint beat of your pulse until his dreams seem like nothing more than misshapen fragments, unimportant, without teeth.Β
Something shifts between you then, or perhaps itβs more appropriate to say that something settles. His machinations cease, insomuch as he stops trying to manipulate you into bed, though teasing you with ill-concealed innuendo remains a habit he canβt quite shake.Β
Youβve promised to help break Cazadorβs hold upon him, and judging by the sharpness in your eyes whenever the subject is pressed, youβre determined to uphold it.Β
You care about him; of that, Astarion is more than certain. He sees it in the way you look at him, feels it in the touches you bestow. He hears it, your pulse as clear to him as the warmth of the blood in your veins. Heβs earned your trust, your affection, your protection. And youβve earned his.Β
How could he keep it from you, when youβve not only unearthed his past but vowed to help him escape it? How could he guard himself against you when heβs seen that fire in your eyes, watched you wield it against that vile drow whoβd called him a thing and urged you to allow him to bite her?
Astarion shudders at the reminder. If it had been Cazador in your place, he would have taken the offer without thought, without care for Astarionβs comfort. But not you.Β
It had angered you - not just the drowβs request, but her flippant disregard of Astarionβs autonomy.
βAstarion is his own person,β you had said, practically spitting the words through gritted teeth. βAnd he said no.β
You were still angry, by the looks of it, if your gritted teeth and flashing eyes were anything to go by.Β
βAre we going into battle?β he calls out, catching you as youβre about to stomp by.
You jerk to a halt and give him a look, completely confused. He bites back a laugh.
βIt certainly seems so, judging by your face.β
βMy face?β You reach up as though to check, and this time Astarion does laugh, a soft huff that seems to startle you, but also leave you looking incredibly, undeniablyβ¦ fond. Itβsβ¦ well. Itβs a nice look on you.
βYouβre angry,β he explains, reaching over to rub the furrow from your brows. You go cross-eyed trying to watch him, and another laugh bubbles from his throat before he can stop it.
And ah, thereβs that fondness again upon your face. He feels warm beneath that look, full, as if heβs freshly fed.Β
βI am angry,β you murmur, drawing closer. βHer ignorance, her arrogance - it infuriated me.β
βObviously,β Astarion quips, lips twitching as your mouth twists in annoyance. He allows the humor to drain from his tone before he continues, a touch more solemnly, βThank you. I appreciated that.β
Your head tilts. βWhat did I do?β
Astarion huffs a breath, astounded by your obliviousness. βI spent two-hundred years using my body to lure pretty things back to my Master. What I wanted, how I felt about what I was doing, it never mattered.β The memories, though old, are fresh, and he does his best to shake them free of his mind. This isnβt about that. This is about you. βYou could have asked me to do the same, but you didnβt. And Iβm grateful.β
βI never would,β you return, and your words are firm. Resolute. You need him to believe them. βIt wouldnβt have been right, forcing you to do something you didnβt want to do.β
βYouβre the first to think so,β Astarion murmurs. βThe first not to make me feel like something to be used and discarded.β He had still been living as though he was exactly that, he realizes. Still a puppet, a pawn to be ordered about at his masterβs whim. But that wasnβt who he was, anymore, and he would never be that way again. You would aid him in making sure of it, and not simply because heβd seduced and manipulated you into doing so. You would do it because you wanted to. Because you cared.Β
Because you were his friend.Β
βThank you,β he repeated, a lightness to his shoulders that he hasnβt felt in centuries.Β
You stare at him, throat working for a moment as if you donβt know what to say in return, and he smiles. Silly thing.Β
But then youβre stepping forward, a determined glint to your eye, and Astarion is left with no other recourse than to gawk over your shoulder as you wrap both arms around him. Your cheek comes to rest against his shoulder, your chest settling warmly against his, and Astarion -Β
Astarion crumbles. His arms come up to wrap around you, gingerly at first, until he hears your sigh - a soft thing, sweet, happy - and then heβs squeezing you against him, brow falling to your shoulder.
Gods, when was the last time someone had embraced him like this? He wracks his mind and still fails to recall a single moment where he was gathered so close without an ulterior motive to facilitate it.Β
He doesnβt want to let you go. Itβs an intimidating thought. A terrifying thought. And yet the terror doesnβt make it any less true. For the first time in centuries, he wants - he actually wants something, just for him, just because.
He wants you.
It would be easy for the fear to consume him, then, fear that this will crumble to dust beneath his hands like so much else, and yet you wonβt allow that terror to seep through. It canβt, not with your arms curled so sweetly around his waist, your smile tucked against his shoulder, your pulse a soothing beat in his ears, assuring him without words that he had been right all along.
You want him, too.Β
Day 8! 12 days of labors continues! π€π
Heracles labor 8: "Steal the Mares of Diomedes"
Here's what DiodorusΒ tells us of the 8th Labor:Β "The next Labour which Heracles undertook was the bringing back of the horses of Diomedes, the Thracian. The feeding-troughs of these horses were of brass because the steeds were so savage, and they were fastened by iron chains because of their strength, and the food they ate was not the natural produce of the soil but they tore apart the limbs of strangers and so got their food from the ill lot of hapless men. Heracles, in order to control them, threw to them their master Diomedes, and when he had satisfied the hunger of the animals by means of the flesh of the man who had taught them to violate human law in this fashion, he had them under his control.Β And when the horses were brought to Eurystheus he consecrated them to Hera, and in fact their breed continued down to the reign of Alexander of Macedon."
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Aug 2019
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scandalous β people always think the grass is greener on the other side; unfortunately, max is gonna find out that it could not be further from the truth... and certain pilots are more than happy to take care of you and your daughter.
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sweet like cinnamon β charles had done his best to keep you away from f1 and everything that had to do with motorsport. It's time you break his golden rule and give him something to really stress about.
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DRABBLES
domestic leclercs
cold season β‘ sister biased // little leclerc with the gfs // may the best brother and their gfs win // holidaying without the leclerc sibs //adopting ollie
obsessed with her cheeks // what's the tea? with the leclerc sibs! // little leclerc getting married? // lorenzo being a comfort person // forever our baby (+1) // fia's sincere letter // charles being a walking safe space // fangirling with sebastian vettel // little leclerc being jealous // impromptu visists with the clingy bros + surprise boyfriends!! // cancelling a sibling night // sad and depressed bros
leclerc brothers and their reactions to their baby's first relationship
forgetting a sibling night β’ charles β’ arthur
paddock groupies.
β‘ top dogs in the paddock // mr. redacted // brother in law(s) tolerance scale // least hated brother in law // inlaws fighting // from disliked to extremely // paddock competitions //
one where toto and christian agree
carlos sainz : carlos and little leclerc // family functions // polaroids and cut outs // sweet talking yn leclerc, fake it til you make it kinda! // reyes/charles/carlos drama // golf dates with carlos and lando
pierre gasly : pierre, the wild card // pierre and his perks // they're just friends ? [β‘] pierre and little leclerc
max verstappen : max and little leclerc // choker? β‘ choker! // max in the dms [β‘] max and little leclerc β‘ max's brownie points
mick schumacher : it's going to be okay // micky. how. //
lance stroll : the strolls
sebastian vettel : meltdowns and lipgloss with sebastian vettel
daniel ricciardo : dates with dani
AUS β‘ SLC WORLD
sweet dream was over β‘ MICK SCHUMACHER
FIRST LOVES AND HEARTBREAKS β‘ FT. DILF(s)
which dilf is it?!
little leclerc's charm + possibly an ex?
enchanted with jenson
seeing an ex in the paddock
how can i move on?
breakups!
iceman featuring
aftermath or when the heart still yearns
so smitten
there goes our plans
could have been us, i want it to be us ft jenson
another chance at love
OSCAR VERSION
playlists and priorities
maybe the aussie!! / yes to the aussie!!
oscar's favorite song
road head
NEW!!
JENSON/READER/SEB VERSION
unspeakable activities
despicable activities
dilf activities
praises and priority / SLC MAIN
dilf victories and army of simps / grid studs au
so what are we? jenson / grid studs au
ways to win / grid studs au
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Omg can you write a small little drabble about kissing/biting astarions ears? I am not immune to elfs πππ
Astarion x GN! Tav
Slightly NSFT - implied sex, ear kissing, ear biting, ear massage, first person POV. 600+ words
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The first thing I noticed about him were his ears.
Pointed and long, the smallest tint of red at the tips from the sunlight that bore down upon his backβ
Your typical elf ears, belonging to a man with a dagger poised in my direction and a wicked smile across his lips. I held my hands up in defense, promising no ill will towards the man if he were to just lower the weapon.
We became quick allies, and even faster friends.
Astarion was the type to wear his emotions on his sleeve, although he would certainly deny it if anyone were to say it. Each decision along the way only making our friendship grow fonderβ
To the point where I felt I could finally acknowledge those adorable, unbelievably cute ears of his.
βHave you ever thought of piercing them?β I asked one night, reaching up to run my fingertip just along the side. My friend shivering in response and soon slapping my hand away.
βAnd risk scaring my beautiful ears? Not a chance!β
I let the subject drop, but kept stealing glances at his ears. So very cute⦠and so very kissable.
The first time we laid together, my hands found their way into his hair, pulling his lips onto my own and claiming those lips. My thumb and index finger coming together to gently rub up his ear and to the tip. He moaned into my mouth, tilting his head into my touch and silently telling me βmore.β
I soon found myself touching them at any opportunity. Anytime we would kiss, anytime we would lie side by side and whispering our newfound infatuation to one another late into the nightβ¦
βYou have quite the little obsession, donβt you?β Astation asked while we cuddled in his tent together. He was so firm yet comfortable in my arms, I let my lips graze against his ear as he arched his back into my chest. βAlways touching my damn ears.. as if theyβll fall off my head one day.β
βWe can never be too sure,β I replied. My breath cascading down his ear and his neck. I gave the tip a soft kiss, followed by an even softer bite. βI adore them.β
βAnd here I thought it was me that you adored. Of course, you were only after my ears,β Astarion teased. But he lowered his head back, his eyes closing as he sighed and gave no protest. My tongue traced over the edge of his ear, up to the point where I kissed him again, Astarion groaning in reply and taking my free hand to the front of his trousers.
He rolled over to kiss me, his hands sliding down my chest and pushing me into my back as he moved to straddle me. It was instinct now to bare my exposed neck to him, openly trusting him to feed from me without worry. As his teeth lowered to my neck, I gently caressed his ears, massaging them as he bit into my fleshβ¦
We moaned together as my blood hit his tongue, his distraction prompting him to finally attempt kissing his ears as he fed from me. His reaction was perfect, his bite a little harder, his hands shaking as he held me, his hips twitching as he continued.
βI love you, Astarion,β I mumbled and kissed his ear once more, letting my eyes close as I gave into the warmth of his embrace.
In the morning he would laugh as how his ears must be black and purple from my bites and incessant kissing during our love makingβ
But then he hugged me when no one was looking, and whispered his own confession.
all posts related to the main dukedom au and its spinoffs will be here!
original Dukedom au: first part + part two
1. baby fever + 2 + 3 2. lipstick and kisses 3. terms of endearment 4. dolling up 5. simon and johnny find out about graves 6. how did it start? 7. Graves and Reader first meeting? 8. what if reader's baby does not look like john? 9. Genuine fondness between graves and reader? 10. baby girl 11. mini-reader baby boy 12. more than a commodity 13. post-request 14. does simon need a wife? 15. what is graves like?
Spinoff angsty dukedom with konig + part two
angsty dukedom, no konig
Pairings: Anthony Lockwood x fem!reader
Summary: Locked in a room with the boy who has the relic you've been hunting, you try whatever you can to get it back.
Content: fight scene, flirting and making out, a bit suggestive but nothing explicit
A/N: requested by @superpositvecloudshipper - hope you like it! Also can you tell it's my day off with the way this is my third fic in less than 12 hours lol
Word count: 1.9k
As yet another auction came to an abrupt end, the crowded room filling with screams and alarms, Lockwood began to wonder if he was developing a track record.
He was there for a book, written at the very beginning of the Problem, which George insisted would be invaluable in the case they'd just accepted and which DEPRAC were determined to put into secure storage. Nobody had seen it for years, but a week ago it had been listed as the star item at Fothergills Auction House. It wasn't anything as serious as the Bone Glass, but the team had still had to blag their way into the auction with a pocket of tricks each and an unofficial nod from Barnes to do whatever was necessary to prevent the book from winding up on the black market.
So it was that Lockwood found himself surging through the throng of panicked auction-goers, scrambling to escape Lucy's recently detonated smoke bomb. He could barely see through the mass of bodies, made worse by the cloud of dark grey fumes and the pulsing red light of the alarm system. It was only a matter of time before the sprinklers activated. He had to get the book before then.
Out of the corner of his eye he spotted an unusual movement - another figure fighting against the tide of bodies. Probably a relic man with more greed than sense, but at least they'd thought to put their hood up and draw a scarf across their mouth to protect against the smoke. Lockwood pressed forward with increasing urgency.
He reached the podium seconds before the mysterious figure, snatching the book and giving in to the urge to throw his pursuer a triumphant grin. They swore, drowned out by the alarm as it shifted in pitch to indicate the activation of the water sprinklers. Lockwood tucked the book into his coat and bolted for the nearest door, the other person hot on his heels.
Overhead, an automated voice alternated with the alarms.
"Defence alert. Room cleared. Initiating lockdown procedure."
Oh no.
β
You forced your way through the crowd, eyes trained on the book. It would fetch you a pretty penny and give you an advantage over a group of relic men who were giving you grief. As you reached the podium, you stumbled to a halt at the sight of a scrawny dark-haired boy clutching the book. Your book. You scowled, expression deepening as he gave you a bright victory smirk. Well, that was that. No way were you letting him leave here without getting the book. As he sprinted for the door on the left, you followed.
Too late, you realised the door the boy ahead had chosen was not the one for the offices, but for a storage cupboard which would usually have held the items for auction but now was almost bare. Too late, you noticed there were no other doors or windows, just the one that had now sealed behind you.
"I swear," he growled, hand on his rapier, "donβt come any closer. There's nowhere to go and I've fought enough relic men that if you want to get out of here alive you'll keep your distance."
You scoffed, a higher sound than Lockwood was expecting.
"Excuse you, relic man? Presumptuous much?" As you spoke, your scarf shifted to reveal plump red lips, and in one smooth movement you tugged down your hood, scooping the mane of windswept hair it concealed into a messy ponytail.
Lockwood froze for a second before switching on his trademark charisma. No sense in making enemies straight away, besides the more he looked the more he realised there was little room to use his rapier without risking self-injury.
"I meant no offence, I thought Flo Bones was the only relic woman."
You'd heard of Flo, of course, but didn't run in the same circles. She was a one-man, well, one-woman band, except for whoever this guy was it seemed. You tended to keep to yourself, but occasionally took advantage of the more simpering relic men who were so desperate for a woman to look their way that they'd give you anything, making you the leather-clad rogue to Flo's knitted outcast.
"Easy mistake to make, darling, but it won't happen again." You returned his charm with your own, thinly veiling the threat behind your words. "Just give me the book and we can both go on our merry ways."
"I don't think so." He dropped the act in a flash, gripping the book.
Your scowl returned. "Fine. That door's not budging, so I've got time to change your mind."
Without warning, you lunged, catching him off-guard enough that he almost lost his footing. To your dismay, he recovered quickly, pushing you back to give him time to adopt a defensive stance. He was trained, then. Probably from agent work, judging by the rapier. By the book, though. Time to see if he fought dirty.
A scroll of paper was about the only thing left on the shelf beside you, but it would have to do. With a grunt, you tossed it past his shoulder, and as he watched it sail past (no doubt questioning your aim, as you'd planned), you used his distraction to slip closer and force him backwards into a shelf. He cried out as the metal bit into his back and for a moment you hesitated. The boy was only young, he looked about your age, and he wasn't bad looking at that. You could have been in his place in another life, or he in yours. Or both of you on the same team, fighting off some other scoundrel. Unknowingly, you eased off the pressure on his shoulders.
Big mistake.
Lockwood shoved you once more, finally deciding to bring the fight to him and reaching for his rapier. You couldn't allow that, but you were running out of ideas. So you did the only thing you could think of: whipped off your jacket and hurled it directly at his face. The boy was quick, though, you had to give him credit, as he batted it away like a pesky fly. Suddenly he was in your space, hands locking around your now bare wrists and foot snaking out to knock your feet from under you. You fell, unable to stop yourself, but with his grip still on you he lowered you almost gently to the floor, arms pinned above your head and his weight straddling your thighs to keep you from lashing out. He did fight dirty. Interesting.
Your breath was heavy, both from the fight and from finding yourself in such close quarters with the young man. With nowhere to turn, you finally got a proper look at your rival. His dark eyes were trained on you, filled with a mixture of anger, respect and something else. His previously coiffed hair now fell haphazardly across his forehead, and his face was flushed. Still had that insufferable smirk, though.
"I think," you paused to catch your breath, "we got off on the wrong foot. Care to start again?" Your hands were still pinned, hanging loosely against the cold stone floor, but you brought one up in as close to a handshake as circumstances would allow. He didn't take it.
"Who are you?" he asked bluntly.
"Does it matter?"
"Depends."
"On?"
"What you want with the book."
"Let's call it personal insurance."
"I see."
"Do you, darling?" You'd met his type before - rich, cocky, scornful of anyone who'd fallen into the relic hunter lifestyle to keep themselves alive. Then again, he seemed to know that other girl Flo well enough, and he hadn't given any indication he disliked you beyond having the same target, and really it was very hard to form any other opinions of him when his pelvis was practically on top of yours.
He leaned a little closer, pressing your wrists more. "I'm not your darling, darling." The last word came out low and husky, and you resisted the urge to squirm beneath him. It wouldn't do to give him any more of an upper hand just yet, not that there was much more he could get.
"You could be, if you wanted, the position you're in." You'd been watching him through your lashes, but with those words you allowed your gaze to slide down to his lips as your own parted slightly.
Lockwood took the hint.
His kiss was passionate, almost frantic, and you returned it equally. To get low enough to reach your lips, his hips had bucked into yours, and as you gasped at the sensation his tongue darted in. He tasted like bergamot tea. One hand never left where he was keeping you pinned, but the other came round to support the small of your back as you arched into him. Eventually (it took him long enough, distracted as he was when you dragged your teeth across his lower lip), he realised he was supporting all his weight on your wrists, and he propped himself on his other hand and let go. With this newfound freedom, you pushed yourself off the ground, leaning into him until he was sitting back on his feet, your legs still under him but torsos upright and pressed together.
Now on a more even playing field, you were able to have a bit more fun. Not that you were going to complain about the original position, to be fair. It had certainly made things interesting. In the back of your mind you registered that the sirens outside had stopped, but you still had time to kill.
You slid your hands up his chest to the collar of his coat, sliding it down until it gathered around his remarkably firm biceps, then loosened his tie. All the while, your lips never left his, kissing him hungrily. He responded by reaching up and removing the tie from your hair. One hand travelled back down to your waist, the other twisted into your hair with a playful tug. You gasped against his mouth again, tugging his tie which brought him up off his heels. The pressure eased from your legs, and in one swift movement you pulled them through the gap.
As your legs disappeared from under him, Lockwood found himself leaning back with you taking position above. Your hair cascaded around your face, tickling his ears, and he broke the kiss for breath and to stare up at you in wonder. His hand left your hair to support himself, but you adjusted to balance yourself so your hands could slide into his coat and around his waist.
"Well, that's certainly not how I expected this auction to end, but I can't say I'm disappointed," he chuckled.
"Me neither." Behind you the door hissed as the automatic lock disengaged. Abruptly, Lockwood felt your hands retract from within his coat and he dropped painfully onto his elbows. You stood, brushing yourself off and retrieving your jacket, which you slung over your shoulder. At the same time as Lockwood realised his coat felt significantly lighter, he noticed the book tucked under your arm.
"This has been fun, we should do it again some time," you said with a wink as you stepped through the door.
Lockwood scrambled to his feet. By the time he made it to the doorway, the auction room was empty. You'd gone, and so had the book.
He didn't know which he was more disappointed about.
(siren/mermaid reader x simon βghostβ riley written on a whim and a rush)
Thereβs a silence that only the sea understands; a quiet lull between the crash of waves and the breath of something other watching from below.
You rise just before the tide turns.
Water beads like silver across your shoulders, trailing rivulets down the curves of your scaled skin. The moonlight paints you in cold beauty- sharp and soft, haunting. Your hair drips with salt and secrets. Your tail, dark as the ocean trench and rimmed with glints of blue, curls beneath the surface like a big, lazy question mark.
The boat creaks as you settle on the edge of it, arms resting on the slick wood, claws tapping like soft bells.
And there he is; the one man you cannot drown. Ghost, youβd heard the other fishermen call him. Simon, the seas whispered to you.
Youβve tried. Not out of malice, not really. Youβve never spared the ones who drift too close- those ruddy-faced tourists with their cheap beer and loud mouths, hearts too full of their own importance to sense the predator beneath the waves even when the locals whoβve seen you sinking down whole ships are the ones to warn them. Their skulls now rest in coral nests far below. A song, a smile, a brush of your fingers on their dreams- thatβs all it ever took.
But him?
The first time you sang to Simon, he didnβt blink. He didnβt bleed from the ears or follow you into the rocks like a lamb, did not give into the sweet song of death. He just looked at you- as if he knew your song already.
You wish it had ended there, but no. No. He did much worse, he had even freed you-
You can still remember the trap. Rusted iron strung between two forgotten pylons, slick with barnacles and hunger. It had snapped tight around your waist as youβd swum through a kelp forest, cutting into your flesh with a mechanical groan that still makes your bones ache. Youβd thrashed, thrashed until your voice broke against the water, until your blood painted the reeds crimson. And then- he had been there. Still, unafraid, with dark eyes peering at you.
He didnβt speak. Just waded into the cold, metal snips in hand, and cut you loose. You had stared at him, weak and trembling, the tide lapping red around you.
That was years ago. And ever since, you come to him. Not always. Never with warning.
Only when the moon calls.
Tonight, it hangs low and red like an omen. The kind that makes fish leap onto shore and birds fly inland, and a different type of hunger coil like eels in youe stomach. Blood moon, the fishermen call it. She will be hunting, they had said. And most know to stay far away when it rises. When you rise.
But not Simon. Never him.
Simon stands on his boat, the Wretchβs Mercy, steady as stone. He doesnβt flinch when you breach the surface, eyes gleaming like polished bullets. Doesnβt reach for the knife on his hip, even if you think he should. He is too defenseless; it takes the taste out of food.
βWas wonderinβ when youβd show.β He says. His voice is low and dry as cracked rope, wrapped in northern smoke and salt.
Heβs wearing the same black mask, the white skull painted across it like a silent threat. But his eyes- those ever-watchful eyes- glint amber in the dark. Not human. Not quite. How have you never noticed it before?
βI donβt perform on demand,β you purr, tail flicking. βThere are no fools in the water tonight.β
βNo,β he agrees. βOnly monsters.β
You bare your teeth in something like amusement, too sharp to be called a smile. ββ¦ Youβve never feared me, sailor. Why?β
Simon shrugs, tugging gently at a net as it coils along the deck. βYer not the scariest thing Iβve come across, love. Not by a long shot.β
You lean forward, hair dripping over your chest, your irises dark as shipwrecks. You swear your teeth ache with the need to bite into him. βDo they know what you are?β
Simon finally looks at you- really looks.
Thereβs no shock in his face. No hesitation.
βWho, the locals?β he says, low. βThey think Iβm just a fisherman that wonβt bloody die.β
You study him, the way his broad shoulders roll with the boat, how his body moves with the tide instead of against it. Like you.
βYou smell like the deep,β you whisper at last. βLike volcanic vents and whale bone. Youβre not surface-made.β
Silence stretches between you. Itβs the same quiet the ocean gives before it devours something.
He steps forward, towards you. βYouβre not wrong.β
You blink. Your claws curl slightly into the wood. βThen why pretend?β
βBecause monsters scare off the catch.β
You laugh- low, velvety, the sound of waves lapping at a sailorβs final breath. But your voice softens then. βYou could have let me die.β
Heβs close now. Close enough to touch. The net dangles loose in his hands. βDidnβt want to,β he says simply. βDidnβt feel right.β
βWhy?β
His gaze doesnβt waver. βYouβre mine.β
That words stir, primal in your chest. Something that snarls and sings and sinks ships into the bottomless ocean.
βYou think you can keep me?β
His hand reaches up- not fast, not rough- just firm. His fingers trail along your damp jaw, calloused thumb stroking the corner of your lip. You donβt pull away, and you donβt bite, even though you should.
But your heart stutters like a dying gull anyways.
βI donβt think,β he murmurs, voice deeper now, trenches miles below. βI know.β
You stare at him, senses drinking him in- his scent, his heat, the thrum of something old and hungry beneath his skin. You lean in, then, lips nearly brushing his, your breath a chill against his mask.
βWhen the time comes,β you whisper, voice of broken shells and broken vows. βYouβll have to catch me.β
Simonβs smile beneath the mask is something no man should wear. It is something no man would wear- but another deep water monster would.
βOh, I will. When you follow me down, you wonβt want to come back up.β