Kissing Your Client Enemy While Holding Them At Knife Point / A Kiss To End Sexual Tension. @ Lx ( -and
kissing your client enemy while holding them at knife point / a kiss to end sexual tension. @ lx ( -and then xf goes missing…. jk )
wired-shut jaw, the distant throb of his arm. the blade’s kiss around his throat is cold and unyielding, much like the blue fire behind xia fei’s pupils. he feels more than he notices the anger: it leaks through the pores, dark and thick like tar, painting everything the color of the night. liu xiao can only affirm the imprisonment by offering a smile, willful, calm as the breeze: “it isn’t me who you’re looking for. i know you’ve heard about powers, but mine aren’t something so significant that you ought to consider me a prime suspect in vein’s death.”
as if on cue, the very mention of vein’s name garners him a hiss through sharp teeth, knife pressed deeper and more cruelly into tender skin. any more than this and the fibers will give in under the sharpness of it.
liu xiao often thought about fear.
when he was young, and naive, and his brother was still alive, liu min asked him why he wasn’t scared of the dark as he was. they shared the same blood, the same upbringing, so why was it?
is it because you’re younger?
that’s foolish, shouldn’t the older brother be more brave? he’d asked.
it’s instinct, he supposes. he’d come to the conclusion that some people are meant to fear, to feel it as something strictly human. others lay awake in the dark and trembled - not like the first people did but for something else entirely. it’s a simple fact, knowing you have something to lose, something that awaits dormant in a corner that makes it all so terrifying.
loss, pain, regret.
liu xiao doesn’t know what he’s afraid of, but it might have been something less substantial. something that can’t be controlled.
he also knows that he should’ve drawn his own knife.
their figures blend with their surroundings, the alley growing darker and narrower as the sun is engulfed in an array of blue and purple shades, both of them perched in the shadows just out of sight of the main streets and unwitting eyes. if xia fei’s come this far, he could have easily slipped past vein’s monitoring, their defenses and out of the cover of anonymity, given his missing status. but instead he’d come here, looking for answers, body drawn flush and steady against liu xiao’s own that it was almost comical that he hadn’t noticed it before. xia fei is as dangerous a piece on the board as the rest, especially when gaining partial awareness.
“why is that you’ve come, besides asking — well, demanding, information. ” his gaze darts from the knife to xia fei’s expression, wary, so close that he could feel the damp touch of hot breath as it crept along his mouth. his answer comes and he’s not surprised by it: soft lips and a hungry bite, tasting like copper and pounding adrenalin. red blossoms from his wounded lip, making his heart catch in his throat.
what was he afraid of?
not death. not the dark.
the leap that his stomach brings him closer to fear than he’s ever been. so there are other ways - some other way that humans could be hurt that they feared more than dying. dark eyes stare back at xia fei, stained with the usual hues of apathy and quiet amusement - black, unmarred, like gunpowder. the sting of steel against flesh. it’s his own special agony. “why was that? to kill me? you should be more ruthless, i might grow fond of this new you.”
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i never considered us to be friends. ( Gojo and Nagumo )
‘ hate the game, not the player. ’ satoru says, matter-of-factly.
there would be more seriousness to his voice, had it not been muffled by the noodles hanging from his mouth, twisted into a hungry pout. the bowl is nearly empty, chopsticks slide across the edge and fall together with a chirp as satoru swallows his last mouthful of spicy ramen (watered down especially for him, mind you). running a thumb across his lower lip, he continues, ‘ is it that hard to make cohabitation? genuine question though. ask me about my opinion and i’d say we’re better off splitting responsibilities than leave it all to the maids, assuming there’s any that can put up with our little job. ’
it’s only a flash but he notices nagumo’s smile twitching, all humor fading out and replaced by a more cynical something that he can’t put a finger on but he knows for sure skirts around mild irritation. what’s stopping nagumo from lashing out? easy: these are his favorite bowls. satoru decides that’s a small victory worth celebrating another time.
‘ anyway, that’s not my problem. never asked to be anything more than your handsome coworker. ’ a wink, finger-guns.
‘ oh by the way... can i have seconds? ’
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right place, right time prompts.
so i got watching a ton of new tv shows lately, and it occurred to me that actually i do love it when characters are unexpectedly saved by someone who just happened to be exactly in the right place at precisely the correct moment, yk? and i failed to think of the right name, so the title of this list is entirely thanks to a very dear friend of mine who informed me! so here's a list, i hope you guys love it, DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST OR EDIT IT!!! i like to edit them over time as new ideas come to me.
[ ALIBI ]: the sender provides a false alibi to protect the receiver from legal issues.
[ HAND ]: the sender suddenly arrives to grab the receiver's hand before they fall to their death
[ CAR ]: the sender arrives on scene as the impromptu getaway driver for the receiver (who hadn't been expecting it).
[ FATAL ]: the sender unwittingly arrives on scene when the receiver is being attacked, and to protect the receiver, they kill the assailant.
[ DISTRACT ]: the sender provides a diversion so the receiver can escape a dangerous situation.
[ OUT COLD ]: the sender knocks out an assailant before they can seriously wound the receiver.
[ DUNNO ]: the sender lies about the location of the receiver in order to protect them from pursuers.
[ FAKE ]: the sender, in a situation where they're forced to kill the receiver, only pretends to kill the receiver and takes their "dead" body away in the car.
[ SACRIFICE]: the sender sacrifices their life to ensure the receiver's survival.
[ BACK-UP ]: the sender arrives just in time to help the receiver in a fight.
[ EXCUSES ]: the sender provides an excuse for the receiver to stay at an event where they shouldn't be.
[ HIDDEN ]: the sender hides the receiver from pursuers.
[ SHELTER ]: the sender finds the unconscious receiver and brings them to a safe place.
[ HERO ]: the sender tackles the receiver out of the way of an attack.
[ RUN! ]: the sender tackles the attacker so the receiver can make a safe get-away.
[ FIGHT ]: the sender fights off the assailants so the receiver can flee to safety.
[ INTERCEPT ]: the sender unexpectedly emerges and stands between the receiver and a threat.
[ MISDIRECTION ]: the sender points a group of pursuers in the opposite direction to buy the receiver some time to hide.
[ SANCTUARY ]: the sender opens the door when the receiver knocks in search of help, and brings them into their home.
[ REPUTATION ]: the sender, being somewhat infamous in the area, arrives when the receiver is being hassled, causing the assailants to flee rather than risk the consequences of crossing them.
[ RECOGNIZE ]: the sender pretends to know the receiver in order to help them avoid unwanted attention.
[ AFAR ]: the sender incapacitates, distracts or kills an assailant from a distance to protect the receiver.
[ FRIENDS ]: the sender, unable to attend directly, sends friends over to protect the receiver when they encounter a threat.
[ NEGOTIATE ]: the sender intervenes in a tense situation and manages to smoothly persuade a potential threat to leave the receiver alone.
[ BRIBE ]: the sender gives a threat a significant amount of money to leave the receiver alone.
[ ANNOUNCE ]: the sender issues a declaration that the receiver is under their protection, assuring all potential attackers that any attempts will result in a brutal retaliation from them.
VERBAL PROMPTS:
" they're with me. "
" i was with them all night. "
" hey! these guys bothering you? "
" i wouldn't do that if i were you. "
" you must've really pissed those guys off, huh? "
" follow my lead... "
" don't worry. you're safe here. i won't let anyone hurt you. "
" you're lucky i found you when i did; those people were right down the street. "
" get in the car! now! "
" i'm gonna buy you as much time as i possibly can. make it count, okay? get out of here. now! "
" you can come out now. they're long gone. "
" nobody's going to hurt you like that again. "
once again on semi-hiatus 🫠 work is hell
sakura in a jjk setting would have a heavenly restriction which gives him enormous strength of course, but he's never been able to see curses so he was isolated in the jujutsu society same as maki and toji were, thus turning him into that mistrustful boy that he is in canon. i just think that would be neat.
thinking hard about the line 'i loved you longer than i knew you' because i used it months ago for a piece i drew and it's been haunting me since bc that's how i imagine the dynamic between gojo and geto, spending only 3 years of their youth together but loving each other in distance for 10 more also this is the piece
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