Leigh

ace lies his hand flat on the glass.

on the other side, bubbles rise up from the liquid in the tank. ace ignores the alarm still blaring in the distance, eyes focusing in on the beginnings of a number tattooed to the side of the man’s neck. he can’t quite make it out, his view blocked by an electrode and light, silky hair. he’s not sure he wants to know, either, now that he thinks about it.

his hand falls from the glass. ace takes a step back, takes a deep breath in. his eyes track another stream of bubbles. 

“okay,” he mutters. “time to come out.”

the glass shatters and he’s immediately soaked in the foreign liquid, sputtering at the feeling. he definitely didn’t think that one through, but it’s too late to do anything now, not with the body falling into his arms from the inertia. a swath of electrodes pop off their placement on skin as they get pulled too tight from their attachment to the top of the tank. ace breathes deep, once, twice, and tries to relax his shoulders, arms still holding the body close to his chest. 

he backs up a few steps, until his feet are no longer stepping in thick liquid, and then crouches down. he lifts a hand to swipe light bangs from the man’s face, and his shoulders tense as eyelashes flutter with the movement.

they’re green, ace thinks, pulling back just enough to watch. the thought startles him. like he’d been expecting something else.

“who are you?”

the words startle ace from his thoughts, and he tunes back in to find those eyes fixed on him. there’s no emotion there, not even a curiosity. only a calm indifference.

loooong overdue. well, ik i’ve been silent abt op on here for longer than i have not, and that’s def not what (most) ppl follow me for, so i’m also throwing this into the main (ship) tags. i may do another one later on, but for now the subject of this list has been set.

prefacing this by saying if you can’t read in any language other than english, that’s okay, you can still go thru all of the recs on this list anyways. 

and how, you might ask? my personal favorite tool is yandex. yandex is an online (free!) translator that i personally think has a better translation system than google. in yandex, if you follow this link > here!

yandex also has a raw text translator where you can input a website link and get an option to translate the page it links to in full. once it’s translated, yandex acts as a background tool to the still-interactive website, so you can browse regularly without being confined to one page. (if yandex gives you any trouble, google translate also will translate interactive webpages in full – just not in the mini-translator on google’s search function. there are also amazing browser extensions that will translate webpages at the click of a button! aka pls don’t let written language be a barrier when it’s digital and on the internet~)

important: the tool is not perfect in any way and i am not claiming it as such. it functions differently with different websites, and i’ve only used it from one web browser, so i can’t claim if that would make things different.

with that being said!! here are five sa fics i love dearly that are not in english. (also please assume all of these are 5/5 stars) [under a cut for length]

NATHALIE COME THROUGH BITCH

this is The Best ask i have ever received and i really dug into the deepest parts of my music library to create the beginnings of a playlist for him! dangerous man fits sabo perfectly so i threw that onto the list too!!! here’s what i got so far:

italics represent asl themes and some other angst, bold represents sabo being a Fucking Badass

sabo playlist

have a nice day - bon jovi

without question - the road to el dorado - elton john

take what you want - one ok rock (feat 5sos)

intro: persona - bts

you’re gonna go far kid - the offspring

viva la vida - coldplay

babylon - 5sos

drown - bring me the horizon

summer is a curse - the faim

im still here (jim’s theme) - treasure planet - john rzeznik

here i am - spirit stallion of the cimarron - bryan adams

kyouran hey kids - the oral cigarettes

bohemian rhapsody - queen

dangerous man - little dume

demons - the wanted

taio cruz - dynamite LMAOOOOOOOO

time of my life - david cook

strangers like me - tarzan - phil collins

new perspective - panic at the disco

champagne supernova - oasis

gotta be somebody - nickelback

new divide - linkin park

how to save a life - the fray

old scars/future hearts - all time low

dancing with a wolf - all time low