Northern Scum

Mature is ‘and then they made love.’ Explicit is 'and here’s how they did it exactly.’

To wit: mature.

He looked at the envelope, spread out before him.

God, he’d never been this hungry.

Could he be gentle enough? Slow enough? He didn’t want to damage it, didn’t want to do anything he’d regret… but no, no, it seemed the envelope wanted this as much as he did. It slipped into his hands, it folded as he asked. When it was time for more, the card was waiting, and he somehow knew exactly what to do. He moved with his correspondence in a dance as old as the mail system, and when it was over, he was smiling and the envelope was completely, thoroughly sealed.

Explicit:

The envelope waved its flap in the air slowly, gently, and he could see the faint shimmer of the adhesive traced along its fold. It was like a taunt, a dare: won’t you? And he would, oh, God, he would, lifting the envelope firmly to his lips, licking slowly at first, then faster, more firmly, tasting the envelope’s essence, the faint bitterness, the sweetness to follow–

Oh, he couldn’t help but smile at how it felt in his hands. It was so perfectly folded. Its paper was rough against his fingers, and its crossed folds shifted slightly as it opened for his eager tongue. Yes, yes…

Now the card, and his hand trembled as he lifted it, as he held the envelope, stretching it wide. Would it fit? Oh… oh, yes, it would fit, it slid in smooth and quick and filled the envelope to bursting, oh, made for each other, and he smiled in delight at how perfect it was.

He was ready. Now, now, now: with one swift movement he folded the flap over and he pressed, yes, he pressed the flap down and it stuck, God, it stuck perfectly, and he closed his eyes in bliss.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15009053/chapters/41441369

FF.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3823270/21/Of-Fake-Fairytales-and-Faux-Amour

How?

THE RETURN.XXII.IV.MMXVIII. by Orphné Achéron.

The winter holiday season is coming up soon, so I’m opening some special slots for portraits and illustrations! Portraits and illustrations can make pretty cool gifts for the holidays!

Single color portraits are generally $70, but from now until December 10th they are $60 instead! And full color illustrations are usually $60-$90, so until December 10th they will be down to $55 across the board! So if you were saving up for a complicated illustration, now’s the time to treat ya self!

You can find some samples of portraits and illustrations at my commissions page!

Here’s a few of my recent favorites:

ODIN’S BEARD! ;-P

writer: *spends 25 minutes on google trying to figure out the right vocab word*

writer: *gets a paragraph done*

writer: *starts another sentence, stops* what is that really specific fact I need?

writer: *spends an hour trying to figure out this obscure thing that probably doesn’t actually matter*

writer: Wait what’s that thing called again?

writer: *has no idea how to search for what I need*

writer: *ends up digging through blogs and other archived websites for details*

writer: *needs to reference source material for fact checking*

writer: *has to eat and sleep at some point*

writer: should it be “she regards him with disdain” or “she glares at him with disdain” ??? (hint: it doesnt matter but gunna go back and forth over it for an hour)

writer: *gets distracted by the internet in general*

writer: HOW IS THIS ONLY 800 WORDS???????

writer: fuck proofreading

writer: okay fine i’ll proofread.

writer: holy shit this is awful.

writer: *reworks entire sections*

writer: *doesn’t think I’m good enough as a writer and stops for a few days*

And that mystery, forever unsolved, is life.