Adam-whiteley - Noel

does anyone actually ever refer to matt with a pronoun in canon. this is a sincere question

A random Milverton x Reader because I was in that mood. It's a humourous little one-shot where Milverton is rather amused and less of a snake (but with him, who can tell for sure? :))

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You work at the Heim News Agency. You finally get your awaited promotion and this makes you so excited that you accidentally run into a white-haired man in the corridor. You have no idea who he is but you try to explain the situation.

THE MAN YOU RUN INTO IN THE CORRIDOR

Finally, the awaited promotion!

You hold the paper in your hand and you can't believe what you see. The hard work paid off - you were afraid that you would never get rewarded because you come from the lower class, but it seems, no one cares about this at the Heim News Agency. Which means that you can aim even higher, but you are already overjoyed due to what you got now. With the paper, you excitedly, maybe even too excitedly run over the corridor. It is careless and childish, but you cannot hold yourself back.

Well, you probably should have paid more attention.

At the corner, a figure appears out of a sudden and you are unable to stop anymore. You run straight into the man’s arms and you both fell to the ground from the strong hit. You are a little afraid to peek at your victim, after all, it wouldn't be good for your promising career if you run into your boss, but the man who sits in front of you is someone you never saw before. He has white curly hair despite that he doesn't seem to be old at all and he is quite handsome. With his unique golden eyes, he stares at you in confusion. You are the one who first gathers yourself, so you quickly jump up and reach for the man's direction.

"I am terribly sorry for hitting you!" You apologize innocently. "I finally got the promotion I dreamed of. I was working hard to get it so I became quite overjoyed and forgot about my manners."

The man watches you for a moment and you cannot tell if he is angry or not. He has a calculating look in his gaze, like he tries to determine what type of person you are. Then a smile appears at the corner of his mouth and accepting your hand, he lets you help him up. His touch is warm and soft, the warmest and softest hand you ever had a chance to hold.

"Congratulations on your promotion." He says while he picks up the paper what you dropped and after giving a glance on it, he hands it over to you. "It is good when someone is enthusiastic when it comes to their work. It is only worth doing something if you enjoy it and enthusiastic workers are necessary for a company to thrive."

He talks like he owns the building, but it is definitely not the case, you think - he seems too approachable to be one of the higher-ups. But you have the feeling that despite the man's weirdness, you like him - one can't really complain about weirdness if they have a tendency to rush on corridors.

"But" the man, after quickly ordering his suit, adds, "be careful how much you will get overjoyed in your workplace. Not everyone is so forgiving like me when someone hits them."

"Of course, of course!" You agree with a chuckle. "I am sure it could have been much worse if I hit someone else. I could have ran into the company president and that must have been a terrifying experience."

"You think so?" The man tilts his head and looks at you with amusement.

"Yes. I would definitely get fired if I happen to run into President Milverton. Just imagine the commotion it would cause.”

The man's golden eyes strangely sparkle up.

"Indeed, what a commotion it would be." He seems to have fun with the conversation. He leans closer and whispers with a playful smile. "Well, I admit that it is also my bad trait to get overly excited when I hear pleasant news related to my hobbies and when that happens, I also can't stay still. My se...my friend can tell some stories regarding that. Maybe it's better for both of us if we don’t meet the company president." He lets out a little laugh and you can feel his breath at your ear. You wonder what his hobbies are, you want to know more about him. You can already see that you get along well.

"Then you can understand how hard it is to act calm in a situation like this. I am relieved that you are not angry at me." You reply and you feel that your cheeks are blushing. "Do you also work here?"

His smile becomes wider.

"Yes. I am the one who inspects the articles before they get published. I find working in the world of the media interesting and profitable." He adds. "And you?"

"I always wanted to become a journalist." You nod. "This is why I am so happy for my promotion." You like the man more and more ever since you collided, so you shyly ask. "Would you like to go out with me for a coffee? I would be really interested to hear more about your hobbies and I can also compensate you for ending up on the floor."

You hope that you were not too direct after such a short time of being acquaintances but the man doesn't seem to mind your invitation. He takes his watch out of his pocket and checks it.

"It would be a pleasure to continue the discussion, but unfortunately, I still have a task I need to fulfill today." He declines, to your greatest sorrow. "But next time you run into me, you need to pay me a piece of strawberry cake in the confectionery. Strawberries are my favourite."

“Next time, I will buy you an entire strawberry cake.” You promise cheerfully and you already decide to make sure to run into him in the near future. You know that you wish to meet this man again. It is quite fateful that you hit him of all people.

With that, you say goodbye to each other and the man continues his way in the opposite direction. You walk away, this time, in a normal tempo, which is hard because your talk cheered you up even more.

You suddenly realize that you forgot to ask the man’s name.

I wish we could have met in some other way.

Lawlight Week Day 2: Soulmates

If you saw me repost and re-edit this several times uh No you didn't </3

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If you know what every frame is from you get a free cookie. by the way

alyssum:  worth beyond beauty, insanity

red poppy: consolation, remembrance, death

Day 5. Secrets

Before L boarded his spacecraft, he was teaching it to youth. A very rebellious and unruly youth, one must say. The kind that soon got him entangled with a certain police officer...

or L gets some bad news and has to deal with it himself because no one else seems to understand anything

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

I've looked through your posts, but I didn't find the answer (I am stupid), so I'll ask you here.

You always analyze Milverton from the point if him being a commoner. Please, I want to know how and why you came to this conclusion (so I can convince my friends - that *is* a much more interesting reading than him being a noble).

Thanks!

Hi, thank you for the question! Yes, I never analyzed why I think that he is not a noble - because it is a FACT stated by the manga.

It literally mentions that Milverton is not the member of the nobility.

And he definitely wasn't born into some non-noble upper class family either - yes, this is now the theory field, but the hints to this are very strong.

Milverton talks about that he needs patrons and that he keeps his power and influence with blackmail. If he was from a notable family with a background influential on its own, he wouldn't need to do this, because his power would be well-established already. So his companies weren't some family heirloom, but something he himself gained with hard work (khm, blackmail).

When Jack, who served at noble households and who sure knew about every notable person in London due to this, talks about Milverton, the only information he has to tell that he is an influntial businessman but not a noble. If Milverton would have born into a high-class family which already had influence, he would surely mention that. And Albert mentions that he only met Milverton once in social conventions, which also means that Milverton's social circle is not that tied to the high-class aside from the business matters.

Both the Morigang's talk and Milverton talking about himself present him as a self-made man, not a lucky boy who now has a playground because his parents died and left him one. I have a longer analysis on Milverton's possible birth actually.

But back to your question, Milverton not being a noble is not my conclusion, but an actual fact.