Untitled (2016-02-16)

This is… probably… NSFW.

This is what happens when an ace person reads too much smut, I guess. I dunno? I had this stuck in my head for a while and… well… apparently nothing else wants to be written until I get this done first.

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Thea stands in front of the glass walls of her office, ostensibly enjoying the view of the city skyline at night, but really using the reflection to see behind her. It’s late enough that the lights are dimmed down to only a quarter brightness, everyone’s computer monitors on sleep mode–almost everyone has gone home to enjoy their weekend.

A soft, muffled noise, cloth rubbing against leather. She smiles, sees it on her reflection, the way her mouth slides sideways showing teeth.

Almost everyone.

A series of dull, near inaudible steps makes its way from the sofa to her. She doesn’t turn around, not even at the first tentative touch of lips to the nape of her neck. She doesn’t need to–she can keep her eyes straight ahead and still enjoy the sight of Cody’s torso curling down to accommodate their height differences. The curve of his neck so he can continue to press kisses to her neck, her shoulders, the faintest pressure she can barely feel through the fabric of her suit jacket.

“Careful,” she warns, reaching a hand back, twining her fingers into his dark hair, mussing the neatly combed part, “This outfit is worth more than your little farm back home.”

“Yellow,” he murmurs, though he accepts the hair pulling with grace, lightly bracketing his hands over the curve of her hips.

She hums, turning in his hold so that they are face to face, chest to chest. The suit’s lapels curving over her breasts just barely brushing against the worn cotton of his tee shirt. His hands remain where they are, ready but awaiting orders.

“That was cruel of me,” Thea responds, acknowledging but neatly sidestepping the matter. Her hands trail across his body–one following up the lines of his arm, his shoulder, his neck, the other fluttering down around his skull, his ear–until both of them cup his jaw, the heels of her hand cradling his chin, her thumbs sweeping slow and sure over his cheekbones, back and forth.

“You’ve been so good for me,” she praises, and with the barest of movements, just a hint of a pull, Cody bends down further, “So good for me,” she repeats, as he goes to his knees in front of her, “Would you like to continue?” she asks.

“Yes,” he breathes, leaning in until his forehead rests against her belly. His hands remain where they are, but they clench eagerly, anticipating.

Thea smiles, pleased, “For my skirt, use your hands,” she orders, because this is still a very expensive suit. But–one last swipe of her thumbs over his cheeks before she lets go, index finger catching on his lower lip as she pulls away–“Everything else, you only use your mouth.”

Cody is used to waking up in the morning and being used as living, breathing furniture; Thea’s laptop balanced on his pecs, her paperwork on his abs, and herself curled up or sprawled over his lap like a cat–confident of her claim, but fluidly forming to the space. At least there isn’t a cup of coffee on him this time.

“No, I don’t care what Hendricks’ plans are, get him in that meeting today any way you can,” Thea says into the cellphone jammed between her shoulder and jaw, hands typing furiously away, “He owes us for last quarter’s budget meeting–he’s lucky he still has a job, much less his department. Remind him of that, and tell him if he doesn’t show up then he won’t have either,” she huffs, irritated, a full throated whoosh of air, no doubt distorting painfully into the call.

Cody doesn’t move, careful not to dislodge her or her things, but he strokes a hand up Thea’s side–reveling in the feel of bare skin–gentle enough as to not be distracting but firm enough not to tickle.

She glances to him, noting his calm expectant smile, before shooting him one of her own, “Yes, thank you, Sam. I’ll see you later,” she finishes, before hanging up and setting the phone on top of her makeshift desk.

“Stressful day already?” He asks, both hands gripping her sides, groping their way upwards; fingers skimming across ribs, teasing around the curve of her breasts, the hardening peaks of nipple, “I can help with that,” he offers, before stroking back down again, the jut of her hipbones fitting perfectly into the palms of his hands. Still, none of her things move from where she placed them on him.

“I know you can,” she says, shifting around to straddle him, knees digging into the mattress, the warm press of their thighs against each other. Already Thea can feel the shape of his cock, the curve of it firm beneath her hand, twitching and swelling in time to his pulse.

She gives it a squeeze, enjoying the way his expression blows open and wanton; but she’s far more proud of the way he bites back a moan, the aborted almost thrust of his hips seeking additional friction.

“Unfortunately,” she sighs, pulling her hand away, as if she really were too busy to indulge, “I have so many things to do before my meeting today,” she smirks, “I couldn’t possibly postpone for a fuck,” she punctuates with a roll of her own hips, brushing against the head of his dick. It leaves a smear of precum on her skin, but she ignores it in favor of the desperate look on his face.

He pants, a whine catching in his voice, “Who said anything about postponing?” he asks, even now staying so obediently still.

Thea’s grin widens, honest and pleased. Good behavior deserves a reward, and he does have a point: she’s always been good at multitasking.

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A/N: Uh… I guess the smut was alluded to more than actually shown… typical of me. But still! NSFW! Um… if you got this far, cool, hope you enjoyed this little story about a domme and her sub. I was going to write more–about how Thea’s asshole of a stepbrother is trying to muscle her out of the company by trying to contest her share of the inheritance even though she’s been running it for the past five years, and how the meeting is basically getting the other major shareholders to sell her part of their shares so that she remains on the board if he succeeds or so she has more than he does if he doesn’t… uh. Basically, corporate politics so which didn’t super mesh well with the Thea+Cody scenes so, mreh?

The Many Faces of Rudiger Smoot, 4/? (2016-02-14)

(last man standing)

Harold hesitates; it is one of his many flaws. Perhaps a more flattering person would say it is patience, wisdom leading to lengthy consideration, but the truth of the matter is that Harold hesitates.

He dithers and lingers and resists but never outrightly rejects, deciding and acting only when it is already too late.

Harold hesitates, people leave; Harold hesitates, people die. It was that way with his parents, with Arthur, with Nathan, then with Arthur again. With Jessica and Detective Carter and Sameen. With The Machine.

Harold hesitates and can only watch as the world hurtles past him. He waits and all is lost, trying futilely to grab onto the shards of something already smashed on the ground.

(grab bag destinies)

Harold dies, Nathan forgets, and Arthur watches everything they’ve built crumble to dust.

Harold dies and so snaps the last chain holding back The Machine. She is an untethered god, betrayed and angry and vengeful, calling upon her prophets to dispense her divine wrath. Control gets sent a jumble of numbers, seeing treason and traitors at every turn; Northern Lights cannibalizes itself within weeks.

Nathan forgets, which is a dangerous thing for the man with all the keys. He loses track of time, misses meetings, makes mistakes; IFT gently suggests he retires. Without work, all he is left with is a divorce, a strained relationship with his grown son, and the ever growing fear that he is forgetting someone important. Someone who deserves to be remembered, but whose name never appears.

“It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” Arthur says, heartbroken and weary, being dragged to safety by a John Reese who is, if not devoted to this particular employer, always a dutiful soldier. Samaritan has been stolen and tainted, it’s benign protectiveness warped into an unrestrained possessiveness. Arthur is creator, but he is not father nor is he admin, not anymore.

In an abandoned subway tunnel deep underground–it was only a matter of time before he joined his friends–Arthur repeats, soft and sad,

“It wasn’t supposed to be like this.”

(Apollo goes to war)

Nathan Ingram dies in an explosion: Will inherits half of IFT, a great deal of property, and a ludicrous amount of money. Expected, but not entirely welcome–the grief is real, but conflicted. He hadn’t spoken to his father in months, doesn’t want anything to do with his legacy. Will’s a doctor, not a businessman or an engineer; he sells near everything and donates most of it to charity.

What is unexpected is that Harold Wren–Crane, Partridge, Gull, Starling, Martin, an entire flock of different birds–dies in the same explosion. Here the sorrow is purer, though delicately coated in confusion: Will was fond of Uncle Harold, though it’s clear now that he never really knew him.

Harold dies, too, and Will inherits the other half of IFT, a far vaster number of properties, an obscene amount more money and, strangely, a mission. Phone calls and numbers and the persistent feeling that he is being watched. Worse, that he is being manipulated.

He does not go to Sudan; but in the coming years, as the body count grows higher and higher, he wishes that he had.

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A/N: some Harold feels and some AUs? I dunno, I guess those are also extended Harold feels since I’m just like–BUT WHAT IF HAROLD DIED? I am in strange, vague territory here and I don’t want to misstep and fall. Maybe I will figure out a plot? Or maybe it will continue to be a series of unrelated MIT trio feels…

Anyway… now that I’ve written this piece, I wonder if I should go back and retcon this post into the series. Like… it’s all just one extended MIT trio feels AU… Yeah, why not? OKAY!

how do you think people in the dos universe would react to Shikako dating? especially those close to her and protective of her (Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, etc).

Well I sort of wrote a thing regarding Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru reacting to Shikako dating (or at least, the idea of her secretly dating someone) in Don’t Hold Back… But I guess since they were mostly blindsided by the secrecy, it’s a different situation entirely…

Hm… Kakashi would be fairly hands off (though quietly menacing in the background) whereas with Naruto and Sasuke it would depend an awful lot on who exactly Shikako is dating. Naruto would get over it quicker, so long as everyone involved is happy, though if it were someone like, say, Kiba he’d probably loudly argumentative–”Really? Dog Breath?”

Sasuke would. Well, I headcanon that Sasuke has very mixed feelings about Shikako. Like obviously, he loves her, but even he’s unsure if that’s platonic or romantic love. So at first brush, he’d probably be mildly jealous regardless of who Shikako is dating, and only slowly let it go once he comes to terms with his feelings for her and once Shikako’s significant other proves themselves as “worthy” of dating her. Like, for example, if it were Gaara–”But is he strong enough?” “Sasuke, he is literally the Kazekage.” “So?”

Shikamaru, given his continued overprotectiveness and attempts to manipulate Shikako into being safe, would probably mess with Shikako’s significant other so badly. Just like, constant head games and Shikamaru bribing Academy students to annoy the shit out of them… that sort of thing. Because if they can’t handle small obstacles in their daily life, there’s no way that Shikamaru is going to give his approval. He probably pulls the “future clan head” card at least once as well as the “what are your intentions towards my sister?” Basically, Shikaku and Yoshino don’t really have to do anything because Shikamaru’s got the vetting process down to an art form.

Shikako, of course, is not impressed with any of this. It’s so unfair! No one put TenTen through all this when she started dating Shikamaru!

To which TenTen replies–”Really? You think Ino didn’t put me through a gauntlet?”

Hahaha, I dunno. Something like that, I guess.

The Many Faces of Rudiger Smoot, 3/? (2016-02-13)

(the three brothers, separated)

Zeus was lightning, god of the skies, swift and bright and ever changing. He was power and charisma and leadership, infidelity and deceit and madness. He reigned over Olympus in name only, unwilling and unable to control the others but king all the same. Golden, shining, disastrous Zeus–golden, shining, disastrous Nathan.

Poseidon was the oceans, lord of all things water, the seas and the rivers reaching up and through the land. Water is life, necessary and undeniable, but it can also be destructive; the slow erosion of a mountain or the sudden flood and drowning of a valley. Poseidon was a creator: horses, bulls, the Minotaur. Arthur’s child turned into a monster.

Hades was never an Olympian. Instead he ruled the underworld, a helm of invisibility keeping him in the darkness. He was not Death, but rather, Death’s guardian. His abundant wealth and power meant little, what drove him was people, life. Reliable, intelligent Hades planting flowers in a place without sunlight. Harold fighting against the world’s natural entropy.

(the students’ paths, diverged)

If a man had no child, no wife and no brothers, upon his death all that remained would go to his apprentice. Harold had none, but what he had–what he gave–were opportunities, doled out generously, heedlessly. To Caleb Phipps, he gave a future. To Claire Mahoney, he offered truth. To Dominic Besson, he presented a choice; because everyone should get a second chance.

Three fates changed because of one man.

At first, they are just seeds. Life and growth and possibility, but even unattended seeds can sprout and bloom and thrive.

Caleb unknowingly continuing Harold’s work, building the components that would become necessary to save The Machine, to make it stronger than ever. Claire, held close to the heart of the enemy, finally seeing with clear eyes what danger has been wrought. Dominic seizing control of the underground, the criminals and the deviants, creating an army out of those who would never obey Samaritan.

The three heads of Cerberus, at first young and uncertain, not quite snapping and tearing away at itself but near enough. With guidance, with the right teacher, the three are a fearsome force, capable of ripping any god to shreds.

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A/N: Finally caught up/finished Season Four of Person of Interest! (So I guess that cold was a good thing…)

Here’s this really blatant Greek mythology parallel, because as I said to @superjinkyo, there’s just something about the MIT trio that resonates really well with the “three brothers” types of stories. Almost Peverell brothers level… And, also, the whole Samaritan vs The Machine war would be all the more emotionally gripping if they had built up the MIT trio feels. Cousins at war! (I mean, the human cousins… I guess Will could also be at war… but I don’t know how? He’s a doctor?!)

And I’m a little upset at YHWH? I mean, it was good, but I also thought it was a little unfair that Caleb got to re-meet Harold and not Dominic? Like, I really thought Dominic was introduced as a character in order to give The Machine side an army of their own to counteract Samaritan’s… 😦

Such a missed opportunity, there… So I fixed it!

The Many Faces of Rudiger Smoot, 2/? (2016-02-11)

(the boys who would be king)

Nathan wears his charisma like a crown, a golden, gleaming, glory bestowed upon him from birth. The weight of it upon his head, so heavy, pushing down on him like guilt. He is obsolete, like the steady impotence of monarchies; only a symbol of progress and technology, not actuality.

Harold covers himself in secrets and half truths, a cloak to hide or a cape to attract, but always the shape beneath obscured. His words are a defense mechanism as varying and adaptable as the plumage on birds. A shield, a cage, trapped in his own tangled creation until one day it strangles the life out of him.

Arthur wields his skills like a scepter–impressive and imposing, but easily discarded if necessary. His skills become a jester’s rod instead, or an elderly man’s cane, always present but no longer seen for the truth. He can step away from it, enjoy the world in a way that he could not if he held on, and yet just as easily pick it up and return.

(the kings who created gods)

Nathan would be remembered as a shooting star. Bright and inspirational, leading IFT into the 21st century, and dragging the rest of the industry with it. But despite the name, shooting stars are meteors, crashing into Earth. The sudden decline of productivity, the scandal of divorce and alcoholism, and finally death. Nathan was a legend, a rise and a fall, a fiery crash leaving behind the molten remains of a star.

No one remembers Harold, not completely, not as he truly is. They remember pieces of him–a pair of blue eyes behind glasses, a fondness for books, impeccable fashion sense–only because that is all he lets people know. History will not remember any of his names, not even in footnotes, but time is malleable, his will has already shaped the future.

Arthur forgets; his memories slipping away like grains of sand in an hour glass, thoughts drifting in and out like the tides. Sometimes he’ll get a flash so pure and strong that it consumes him–the stitch in his side from running and laughing alongside his friends, the scent of Dianne’s perfume mixing with her skin, Samaritan’s first and last smile. There are some things that can never be forgotten.

(the gods that destroyed the world)

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A/N: … I guess this is now a series? Or at least my way of throwing all of my MIT-trio feelings under one title…

lovefoundmodelslost:

Model – Isabella Melo

Nationality – Brazilian

Height – 5′10.5

Agencies – IMG (NY, Paris) Women (Milan)

Notable Work – Vogue Brasil January 2014 Editorial 

Eugenia “Ginny” Gothel – aka “Daughter Gothel”

Unlike her mother, Ginny accepts that her youth is fleeting and vows to enjoy it to the fullest while she still can. Though she prefers hedonism and pleasure, she does not fear violence. Given the number of daggers and Stabbingtons at her beck and call–why would she?

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A/N: Since it’s canon in the book that Mother Gothel has a daughter named Ginny, I thought it would be hilarious if Ginny were short for Eugenia. Given Flynn’s real name and all. 😀