TESS BLACK

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❝ james, there is nothing to be sorry about. ❞ tess looked at the anguish on his face and she could feel nothing but sympathy for the man before her. ❝ if you can't do this, then that's fine. i should have seen this and i shouldn't have forced you to come with me, so i'm the one who should be sorry - not you. ❞ a small yet comforting smile tried to make its way onto the woman's lips. she could very much understand if it was hard for him to go through it, as she had felt the very same for many of her missions too. ❝ if you'd rather that i carry this out on my lonesome, then i am happy to do that if it means that you don't have to shed another tear. ❞

          “  it was all a damn lie.  ”             the expression on his face says enough about how he feels about that.                “  should’ve known better.  ”

tess turned slowly to face bucky, her left brow quirked up as if to question what he was even on about. ❝ what was? ❞ she quizzed him on his sudden expression of emotion. ❝ don't tell me we came all the way here, just for it to be a lie... ❞ a sigh left the girl's lips as she went to pinch the bridge of her nose. ❝ james - do you think we've been set up? ❞ she added with a much more hushed tone, her eyes becoming more alert at the thought.

Yes, shipping does need chemistry between the two muses, but if you look at my muse and think ‘You know what, I’d like to ship my muse with theirs!’, feel free to tell me, even before we start threads!

I love having a direction/goal to work the characters towards – when I write fiction on my own, I like having goals and plot points, like romances, family and friend relationships, rivals and enemies.. why wouldn’t I like having the same with RP? RP is just collaborative fiction writing!

There’s no shame in liking ships, or even RPing for ships. There’s tons of people in the world who love to read romance novels, and no one tries to tell them that’s wrong or worse than liking mysteries, or fantasy adventure. Neither preference is wrong, it’s just that – a preference!

I’m finding it difficult to find memes for nonverbal characters ( be they mute, or just not fond of talking ) so I thought I’d make a few!

Neutral

☝️ Tap my muse on the shoulder

👉 Point to something for my muse to see

🤙 Bump into my muse

😊 Sit down next to my muse

🤨 Sit down across from my muse

📓 Push/Slide [an object] across a table to my muse

✍️ Pass my muse a note

🙄 Roll their eyes at my muse

🚪 Tap on a table/door/wall/chair to get my muse’s attention without speaking

Aggressive

🐺 Growl at my muse

😬 Snarl/show teeth at my muse

😠 Death Glare at my muse

🙌 Push/Shove my muse

👊 Punch my muse

👖 Kick my muse in the shin

👠 Stomp on my muse’s foot

😵 Knee my muse in the gut

💀 Knee my muse in the groin

🔪 Point a weapon at my muse

🖕 Flip my muse the bird/a similar gesture

👔 Roughly pull my muse down by the collar

💢 Bang on a door/wall/table to get my muse’s attention- angrily

Angst

👩‍⚕️ Put pressure on my muse’s wound

🌡 Push my muse down to give them medical attention

🥣 Bring my muse soup/medicine when they are sick

🤢 Hold my muse’s hair back/Rub my muse’s back while they are sick/throwing up

👐 Hold my muse when they are badly wounded/dying

👁 Wake my muse up during a nightmare

🐱 Hold my muse after a nightmare

😭 Hold my muse when they are crying

😢Touch my muse’s shoulder while they are crying in secret

💧 Wipe away my muse’s tears

💥 Try to calm my muse during an overwhelming emotional moment

⛈ Find my muse after some kind of trauma

Soft

👕 Tug on my muse’s sleeve/shirt/skirt

🐈 Lean against my muse’s side

🤝 Hold my muse’s hand

🤗 Pull my muse into a hug

🐕 Rest their head on my muse’s shoulder/knee

🐶 Nuzzle my muse with their nose [specify a location]

✋ Touch the back of my muse’s hand

🤝 Reach for my muse’s hand to hold it

👗 Fix/Straighten my muse’s clothes

😴 Stand by the bed to see if my muse will let you under the covers with them

🛌 Crawl under the covers with my muse

🥪 Set a plate/tray/bowl of food down for my muse

😚 Kiss my muse on the cheek

Playful

🌸 Put a flower in my muse’s hair

✨ Playfully shove my muse’s shoulder

💃 Pull my muse onto a dance floor/up to dance

🤞 Come up beside them and tap the shoulder opposite where they’re standing

😈 Jump out of the shadows to scare/startle my muse

😛 Stick their tongue out at my muse

😱 Make a silly face at my muse

🤭 Tickle my muse

👃 Poke my muse’s nose

💪 Pick my muse up

Sensual/Sexual

💘 Pull my muse in for a rough kiss

💕 Pull my muse in for a tender kiss

💞 Pull my muse in for a messy/desperate kiss

💖 Lean in to give my muse a sweet/chaste kiss

❤️ Lean in to give my muse a tender kiss

🔥 Pull my muse down by the collar/by their clothes - in a sexy way

😉 Pull my muse in by the hips

😲 Smack my muse’s butt

💋 Kiss my muse’s neck

👌 Push my muse down and give them a massage

👙 Pull [an article of clothing] off my muse

👀 Push my muse down on the bed

basically my friends all separately made me angsty and then these came to mind so. here we go. have some protective prompts! ( EDIT TO CLARIFY: the prompts listed under "to the threat" are for like. an NPC threat. so if, for example, john sends "back off!" to mary, he isn't saying it to mary, he's saying it to whoever is threatening to harm mary. or whatever u want tbh that's just how i saw it as i wrote them but u do u!!! )

to the threat

" i swear to god, if you lay a hand on him/her/them, you'll be sorry! "

" don't you touch him/her/them! "

" get away from him/her/them! "

" touch one hair on their head and it'll be the last time you have hands. "

" you're gonna regret ever touching him/her/them, i swear to god! "

" no! stop! don't you dare go near him/her/them! "

" what did you say? hey! what the hell did you say to them?! "

" where are you taking them?! "

" hands off. "

" back off! "

" i'm the one you want, why are you taking them?! get off of them! take me! take me, asshole! "

" what the hell did you do to them?! "

" no! take me instead! please, they've done nothing wrong! "

to the protected.

" who did this to you? "

" did they do this to you? "

" don't worry. just sit here, where it's safe. this won't take long. "

" don't panic. it's not my blood. "

" i warned them what would happen if they hurt you. i keep my promises. "

" did they hurt you? "

" hey... here, take my jacket. and wait here, okay? i'll be right back. "

" look at me, hey... it's okay. you're safe now. "

" i told you i'd keep you safe, didn't i? "

" i... i swore to protect you... and now look at you. "

" it's gonna be okay. i promise. "

" i said i'd find you, right? "

" it's okay. they won't hurt you. they won't hurt anyone, actually, ever again. "

" what did they say to you? i swear to god, i'll kill them... "

" hey. don't worry about me, okay? i can mind myself. i just want you to be safe. "

" we're getting out of here. together. now. "

" they hurt you... oh, that does it. they did this to themselves. i told them. i told them what i'd do if they did anything to you... "

" i'm getting you out of here. i swear it. "

to the protector.

" i'm not a damsel/dude in distress. i don't need you fussing over me. "

" no! don't fight back! i'm fine, i'll be fine, just stay safe! "

" i... i don't care what happens to me. i didn't care what happened at all. but then you started yelling, and now... now i realize that i care quite a lot about what might happen to you. "

" don't! don't get yourself killed over this. not for me... "

" shh, shh, it's okay... it's okay, i'm fine, i'm alright. i promise. "

" they didn't hurt me. but... look what they did to you... "

" dumbass, if you keep yelling at them, they'll kill you quicker than you can blink. "

" i can't leave if you're dead! don't you get that?! i'll revisit this place every time i close my eyes! "

" why do you care so much about me? "

" you... you killed them all. because of what they did to me? "

" you came back for me... "

" my god, i've never been so happy to see you in my life! "

" i love you. i... i know this isn't the best time or place but... i do. i love you. "

" in case we don't make it to sunrise... i love you. "

" no! don't struggle! don't! don't give them a reason to hurt you! i'm okay! please! "