Noble

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When you have five highly important figures as your lovers, getting everyone's schedules to sync up can be a nightmare. Which is why Xavier is over the moon when, not only everyone is free at the same day, but they all put an effort to try and sync their sleep schedule as well.

Everyone knows Xavier's love language is cuddling and sleeping together (yes, the both kinds). He smiles to himself as he gets himself settled in the middle of their huge bed. He knows why they did this and part of him is a little giddy at that. (Long story short: him coming home to a bunch of Lumiere blind boxes at home and a whole week of him sulking about it).

On his right, Caleb holds Zayne close, the doctor fast asleep on Caleb's chest. On his left, Sylus is on his back, absentmindedly petting Valko snuggled up on his side. Sylus's eyes are closed, but Xavier knows he isn't quite asleep yet, knowing his sleep schedule. Rafayel is still outside, finishing up his painting.

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In the middle of the night, Xavier stirs awake. Everyone is already asleep, but unfortunately for him, duty calls. He slips out the bed and gets his gear on as quietly as he could. He stretches and yawns before looking back to his lovers on the bed. It's amazing how they managed to fit six tall men in there, courtesy of Sylus's custom made bed and mattress. It's lovely, really, the way each of them always find their way to curl up and snuggle each other, no matter what position they fell asleep in. Xavier's chest swells up with affection. As much as he wants to climb back in bed with them, there are things he needs to do first. And boy, does he want to crawl back in.

"Xavier?!" Rafayel whisper-yells when he opens the bedroom door. "You scared the shit out of me. What are you doing there glowing in the dark like a cryptid?"

Oh. Xavier looks at his reflection on the balcony door. He didn't realize he started softly glowing.

"Sorry," Xavier replies with a smile, his hand rubbing the back of his neck. "You finished your painting?"

"Uh, not really. I still need- are you going somewhere? It's like 1 AM."

Xavier nods as he finishes gearing up. He opens the balcony door and the chill breeze of the night makes Rafayel shiver.

"Where exactly do you always go when you leave?" Rafayel asks, almost implying that it's not the first time he (or anyone) has noticed him leaving late at night.

"It's... complicated," is Xavier's only reply, looking to the moon outside.

"What-"

"If either of you wake Valko up, one of you will be responsible in tiring him out again." Sylus's gruff voice cuts through their conversation. His eyes are still closed, arm still wrapped around their little wolf.

Rafayel rolls his eyes but does quiet down. Xavier chuckles and moves to kiss him on the cheek before walking out to the balcony.

Sylus speaks up again, voice still rough but softer this time. "Don't take too long, bunny."

The blanket stirs and Calebs turns around, also chiming in with a sleepy smile. "Call us if you need anything." He waves him off, careful not to disturb Zayne in his arms.

Xavier smiles back, the same affectionate feeling coursing through his body again. Rafayel pulls him for a quick peck on the lips, then playfully pushes him off. "Go on, shoo shoo. Be safe."

Rafayel could only laugh when he sees Xavier glowing again. With another smile and a nod, he jumps off into the night, leaving a trail of glowing lights behind him.

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Bonus:

Rafayel closes the door to the balcony, and the room is suddenly quiet once again. He pulls the curtains together when he hears the unmistakable thumping of a restless, fluffy tail on the bed. He doesn't even need to look back to know.

some people really don’t realize how privileged they are that they get fanfics for free. imagine having access to something for free because someone is kind enough to share it with you… and then being rude, entitled and an ungrateful pos to that person who was kind enough to share their creation with you for free

“almost 1 year is a lil too much for me” fuck off. fanfic writers don’t owe you anything. one of my favorite fics was updated after 13 years, and what I did is that I thanked the author for choosing to continue the work, I didn’t act like a spoiled toddler by asking why they didn’t update sooner. and even if a writer chooses to abandon their fic permanently with no explanation, that is their choice, their hobby, their decision. they don’t owe your entitled ass anything.

The decision taken by Infold has not only destroyed trust towards the company, but also damaged relations amongst fans. It was the worst possible choice. It’s not just incompetent, but also foolish, short-sighted, and only leaves the company more vulnerable to further blows of this kind.

There's so many ways that Infold could have handled this, and nuking a character (and by extension the story) cause of some bullshit was the worst way.

Now no one wins. No one. Even the people who think they did, no you didn't.

Infold just proved they don't care about the story or the characters or the fanbase: they care about the money. And made it blatantly obvious.

I'm so sick of having to jump from fanbase to fanbase, game to game, because of shit like this. I finally found a dating sim I actually enjoyed for the first time in a long time and now I can't even comfortably enjoy it cause I don't know what they'll retcon next for other people's enjoyment.

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

Like..... is it just me or does the animation look awful?