All Strings Attached

Hey!! I finished your fic! I just need to go through and edit it. It ended up being longer than I expected but I really hope you enjoy it! Do you have any plans for your day?! - 💐

Awesome! I’m close to finishing mine. It’s also longer than I anticipated. We have to call my mother in law today. Ngl it will probably take up 3-4 hours of my day. It will be mentally draining. I love her, but she is a handful. After that, most likely curl up on the couch and watch tv while performing the struggle snuggle with my dogs.

Confessions in the Dark

The cool night air felt like a dream on your flush skin as you stepped outside onto the patio. A deep, full breath filled your lungs. Your exhale exploded forth in a cloud. The party inside was still going on, with or without you. And right now, you need to be without. Cold or not.

You stumbled, only for a step. How many drinks had it been? Three? Four? There were shots at one point too. Two? Three?

You grabbed the railing and stared out at the moonlit, snowy mountain ridge. You sighed as you leaned forward, your forearms resting lazily on the smooth wood. Even in your drunken state, this was truly the most beautiful view. A ski lodge retreat generously funded by the higher-ups felt like a well earned gift. It was a shame that such a beautiful view had to be enjoyed alone. 

Thoughts of him rolled in. You couldn’t stop yourself. Brooding, guarded, and so many layers to pull back. Ghost was an enigma. One you desperately wanted to learn. His stare was magnetic and intense in a way that sent a chill down your spine. You dared to believe that you loved him.

He was at the party, clad in that black hoodie and those jeans that made his ass look good enough to bite. His mask, off. You nearly fainted at the sight of him. The people here were all familiar and dear to you both. Though, seeing his face was still a rare treat. 

König even took off his mask to reveal a rugged handsomeness that had its own charm. Though both shared that tousled dirty blonde hair, in your heart, you couldn't help but see Ghost as the true victor between the two.

A rustle from your left pulled you out of your drooling delusions. You turned your head slightly to see the source. There he was. Sitting in a chair in a dark corner of the patio. The brooding Ghost. He wore that same black hoodie, his blonde hair catching the faint light that poured in from the lodge’s curtained windows.

You turned and smiled, your voice airy with delight and low with desire, “Hello.”

Nothing. A man of few words.

You pushed off the rail and sauntered over, doing your best to stay calm and upright. Your voice still held true with its sultry tone as you said, “You know, I’m glad I found you here.” You stopped a few feet away, averting your gaze as you fiddled with the hem of your jacket, “You’re not an easy man to read, but I started to think… maybe I wasn’t imagining it. The way you look at me. The way you always seem to be there when I need someone to have my back.”

His face was still covered in shadow as you looked up. Still not a word, but you could tell he was looking at you now. You continued on, the whiskey coursing through you was helping to ease your nerves, “So I’m saying it…I care about you. More than I should. More than I expected to. And I don’t know what you’ll do with that, but… there it is.”

Then, without thinking, you closed the distance and slipped onto his lap. Your arms draped around his neck, and when your lips found his, the world narrowed to that single, thrilling moment.

He froze, just for a beat. Then, he kissed you back, deeper this time, with a hunger that stole the air from your lungs. His hands settled on your waist. The warmth of him seeped into your skin, and a spark lit somewhere low in your core, growing with every second his mouth moved against yours.

He kissed like he meant it. Like he’d been waiting. There was a tenderness to it but underneath it, something smoldered. It was undeniable and all-consuming.

When you pulled away, your breath caught in your throat for a different reason. Instead of Ghost’s dark eyes staring back at you, a piercing blue set gazed into yours. König.

His big hand came up to cup your cheek. You couldn’t deny how good it felt to have his cold hand against your warm cheek. Then, his thumb brushed your bottom lip. His eyes flicked to it, and then back to meet your stunned gaze.

Finally, he spoke, his accent thick and his tone heavy with need, “I can’t deny that I have also wanted this, mein süße.” 

In your drunken state, you weren’t sure what to do. König did though.

His lips collided with yours again and your mind went blank. He tasted warm and sweet, with the faint spice of cinnamon on his tongue. It made you lean further into the kiss. Opening yourself up. You wanted to taste more of him. 

You were lost now. Lost in his touch as his hand slid into your hair. Lost to his warmth as he pulled you closer to him. Possessing you. 

There was no stopping it now. The ice had broken and the avalanche fell. Your thoughts of Ghost were long gone, and replaced with the image of König. His imposing figure. Those broad shoulders. The icy stare of a wolf.

He wasn’t who you meant to kiss, but right now, his arms felt like home, and you weren’t ready to leave.

Words to describe facial expressions

Absent: preoccupied 

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

Beatific: blissful

Black: angry or sad, or hostile

Bleak: hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Grim: fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: sexually suggestive

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Sour: unpleasant

Sullen: resentful

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Wan: pale, sickly

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Withering: devastating

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

【 Dating Inasa 】

Inasa is a very passionate boy by nature and admires a lot of people, so it’s hard to tell when he’s looking up to someone as a skilled role model versus when he’s pining after someone in a more romantic sense. He’s had plenty of crushes come and pass without noticing the telltale signs of an enamored heart. Because of this he originally writes off his overzealous reaction to you as another instance of admiration.

Even so, you don’t have to be a top hero-in-training to earn this boy’s affection. Even just seeing the way you carry yourself with such assured confidence will make him want to know more about you. He won’t be subtle with his curiosity either. Whether or not you recognize his actions as romantic interest or interpret it as a fanatical attempt at kindling a friendship won’t effect how Inasa sees you at all.

Once Inasa realizes his feelings for you aren’t just simple admiration or a passing fancy he won’t clam up around you in an attempt to hide his feelings. He’s an open person and not easily embarrassed, so he has no reason to try to cover up the fact that he’s attracted to you in ways that go beyond just friendship. All his cards are laid out on the table and whether or not you choose to accept his feelings is completely on you. He isn’t about to force you into a relationship for his own selfish gain, nor will he change his attitude towards you if you decided you’d be more comfortable as friends. It’s your choice and he’ll respect it no matter what.

Inasa is very respectful and knows how to keep to himself, but once you start dating your personal space is now his personal space as well. He loves being close to you and will constantly want to be touching you in some capacity. It could be standing shoulder to shoulder with you, holding your hand, or literally toting you around in his arms, but he absolutely loves skinship. However he can curb his need to touch you if you’re feeling particularly smothered, but there’s not much he can do about his overbearing presence. He loves being near you and will constantly hover near you like a shadow.

Part of his inability to let you out of his sight is because he’s extremely protective of you. Hero-in-training or not, Inasa feels that it’s his job as your boyfriend to keep you safe no matter the consequences. He will gladly put himself in harm’s way to keep you safe without any shred of hesitance or forethought. As soon as anything he deems dangerous appears near you, you can bet he’ll show up near instantaneously with only the thought of keeping you safe in mind. Even if it turns out to be something benign or a small inconvenience that you could’ve easily handled yourself, he’ll be there because one day that might not be the case.

A side effect of his protective demeanor is a slightly possessive side that rarely sees the light of day. Inasa knows you’re capable of taking care of yourself–although he’d much prefer you let him take care of you instead–but he also can’t help his own instincts. You own his heart and he owns yours which means he has the right to protect it if he feels threatened. You’ve been embarrassed by and angry with him on more than one occasion for snapping at someone he saw as disingenuous or unworthy of your time and it’s definitely been a cause for more than one fight between you two.

Inasa, being the man of passion that he is, won’t settle for you simply ignoring him and giving him the cold shoulder when he’s upset you. He’d much prefer have a screaming match with you until you both get everything off your chest and are calm enough to work through the issue together than watch you bottle up your anger until you can’t handle it anymore. He will protect you from anything, including yourself and your harmful decisions. He’s also quick to apologize once he cools down and realizes he was in the wrong.

Inasa is comparable to a dog in that he doesn’t understand his own height and weight. While he has no problem carrying you around in his arms or on his back, it’s not as easy for you to support a 6’2” wall of pure muscle when he wants to lay on top of you. Unless his head is resting on your chest you run the risk of being smothered by your cuddly lover. It doesn’t help that his favorite place to rest his head is on your shoulder, a habit developed by his tendency to stand behind your smaller frame and rest his chin on your shoulder.

There is no such thing as a bad date to Inasa as he can find an aspect of anything to appreciate. Even if it’s the most outlandish suggestion and you only made it as a joke, Inasa will happily go along with it and you often find yourself enjoying every date more and more. Even if you end up caught in the rain without an umbrella or lost in an unfamiliar part of town, there’s never an outing you look back on with bad memories because Inasa is there to point out all the good things that you wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.

Inasa doesn’t like seeing you upset in any capacity even if it’s just over something as small as your phone dying before you could find your charger. Nothing short of seeing the smile that he loves so much lighting up your face will get him to slow his roll. He’ll literally bend over backwards to mend the situation and bring that smile back to your face. It’s impossible for him to be happy if you aren’t because you are his happiness. He is truly your personal ray of sunshine.

He’s weirdly sentimental, but only with certain things. He may forget anniversaries or your birthday, but he knows how long you’ve been together and how old you are. To him, exact dates don’t matter when you’ll be together for the rest of your lives. But he does think things like physical symbols of his affection are important. It probably stems from his possessiveness, but Inasa will give you a ring with his name engraved in it. However, justly wears a matching ring with your name on it, but only when he’s not doing hero work since he’d be devastated if he lost it.

It’s very hard to embarrass the boy who is so open about what he likes and seems to like everything, so there is no way to shut him up once he starts going on a tirade of every little thing he loves about you. He’s so in love with you and wants to be with you forever. You’re the only person he’s felt this passionately about and he’s not about to give that up. He’ll be with you as long as you want him and hopefully you’ll want him until the stars fall from the sky.

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Ahh I love cream cheese bagels too! So good! More questions for you! What kinds of things do you like doing in your spare time?! Whether it’s during spring or not. Also I hope you’re having/had a good day! - 💐

Sadly, I’m a workaholic. I am working from home right now. I write a lot. It’s my favorite hobby, always has been. It’s how I destress. I’m usually watching tv with my husband. We are night owls. He stays up way later than I do, usually playing WOW. Sometimes I play video games too. Like the Kingdom hearts or Uncharted games. I like story telling games.

Like I said before, I like the outdoors too. Hiking and kayaking are my top two. During the summer, I tend to go on really long walks with my dogs. When it’s warm, I try to get out as much as possible. However, winter is the opposite. I’m a true homebody in the winter.

I am having a good day! Hope you are too!

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Oooh!!! Bakugou! It sounds like I’ll be enjoying your fic on the 28th too then! I’ll be excited to read it! It’s always fun trying out characters you’re not as confident on. It’s almost like a nice challenge??? I hope you’re feeling well today! - 💐

Well, I hope you also enjoy it! I finished it today! I enjoyed writing it. There was a period where I was getting frustrated, because I wasn’t sure if I was capturing the character. A lot of editing.

Working title: Boom boy wants an invitation