so soft

Summary: Renowned tattoo artist Calum Hood doesn’t take apprentices often, but when he does, he tackles the challenge like everything else in his life: with the utmost professionalism. Until he meets Lily, a learning artist, and Calum falls head over heels before he can help himself. 

Warnings: there’s smut. but its super slow burn.

Cal Mood Board: Lily

Word Count: 13.3k

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     The young, heavily tattooed man sat at the receptionist desk in his parlour. His head was bowed, chiseled jaw set, eyebrows furrowed as he studied the papers scattered in front of him.

     Art littered the sheets and after a good, long look, the man would either add the paper to a pile on his left or on his right.

     The stack to his left was large and separated in two with a combined paper count of well over three hundred.

     The stack to his right was substantially smaller, containing only five or six hand picked sheets.

hello! welcome to the final fic of 2020. hope we’re all buckled in and ready for this emotional rollercoaster. got your tissues nearby? good. 

thank you to @goldenbluesuit​ for hosting the Christmas Challenge. this is only my second challenge and i’m working on staying close to the theme, so while most parts aren’t directly related to christmas, christmas is a big part in the fic. it’s miriam’s favorite holiday after all. this is 20k words and it includes smut, so if that makes you uncomfy…sorry! i have listened to Winter Wonderland like 47 times while writing this and it’s all i sing now. 

this fic is about harry, who has moderate to severe social anxiety, and miriam, the happiest, most extroverted girl you’ll ever meet. this fic runs through 2 years of their relationship. each month starts off with a new header. 

since its the holidays, i was hoping you, the person reading this, could spread some holiday love and donate to my ko-fi. i’ve written a lot this year and it would be a very very warm gesture. i don’t know how to say this more gracefully: pls give me like $2 (or more!) in exchange for this 20k word fic. thank you so very much.

LETS GET ON WITH IT!!

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New Year’s Day 2019

“Stop fuckin’ staring,” Niall groans, flicking Harry’s forehead. “You need to seriously stop before she notices and calls the police because you’re such a creep.”

Harry blinks out of his trance, glancing down at his friend who is already drunk. It’s only 2 hours after midnight, and his friends show no sign of stopping their partying. Well, they’re not his friends. They’re Niall and his girlfriend’s friends. Her name is Alisha. She’s lovely.

“I’m not staring,” he mutters, but the music in the bar masks his voice. This music is awful, and he’s really annoyed at the tension headache forming.

“Why don’t you go and say hi?”

Harry’s face grows hot at the ridiculous suggestion. “I can’t do that. She’s… she’s with all her friends.” As if he’d approach her if she were alone.

Niall’s girlfriend comes closer and hears the last bit. “Who is?”

“The girl over there dancing with the blonde girl. The one with the loose curls.” She must be Middle Eastern. Most likely North African. Possibly even West Asian, but he doesn’t want to assume.

or the fic where Nisha manages a farm, Harry’s a law student, and Raina just really wants to set her daughter up with someone good. 10k word. 

this part is dedicated to anyone who has had their appendix removed.

read part one here

here is the link to my ko-fi in case you’d like to support me. it is very much appreciated. thank you <3

Summary: Renowned tattoo artist Calum Hood doesn’t take apprentices often, but when he does, he tackles the challenge like everything else in his life: with the utmost professionalism. Until he meets Lily, a learning artist, and Calum falls head over heels before he can help himself. 

Warnings: there’s smut. but its super slow burn.

Cal Mood Board: Lily

Word Count: 13.3k

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     The young, heavily tattooed man sat at the receptionist desk in his parlour. His head was bowed, chiseled jaw set, eyebrows furrowed as he studied the papers scattered in front of him.

     Art littered the sheets and after a good, long look, the man would either add the paper to a pile on his left or on his right.

     The stack to his left was large and separated in two with a combined paper count of well over three hundred.

     The stack to his right was substantially smaller, containing only five or six hand picked sheets.

Summary: When Luke’s roommate gets out of an abusive relationship and is newly pregnant, all the guys, especially Calum are there for her and as Calum takes her to ultrasounds and hangs out with her and grabs 2am junk food cravings, he falls more and more in love with her.

Word Count: 13.7k

Warnings: so this does future an abusive ex, mentions of the abusive relationship, but it does have the OC as a strong abuse survivor. pregnancy, smut, mentions of breeding kinks

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Calum looked up when he heard Luke’s front door open. Luke’s eyes remained on the tv screen, used to hearing his room mate coming and going. Claire didn’t even acknowledge the two boys, darting up the stairs, a few moments later the sound of a door closing made Calum look back at the TV.

“What’s up with your roommate?” he asked.

“Who knows.” Luke said, too focused on the new season of Stranger Things to care much about his roommate, who probably didn’t need his help anyways. Between Luke and Claire, Luke was the one who needed help. Claire had her shit together as far as Luke was concerned, which is why he’d invited her to move in, so she could help out with Petunia and other things when he was a mess.

Something about the way she’d entered, not even saying hi to the boys, made Calum sit on the edge of his seat. He knew Claire a little from seeing her around, or brief interactions at Luke’s place, but she always said hi. She always attempted to make small talk for a few minutes before ditching.

Calum tried to focus on the TV, but he just couldn’t. Finally he sighed, “I’m going to go check on her.”

A story in which two expert demonslayers, Serena and Harry, attempt to take down a demon that’s been haunting their dreams.

This story is a submission for @harrystylesgotmefuckedup​ ‘s Horror Fic Challenge. Thanks for hosting this!

Warning: a lot of violence, demons, nightmares, repeated use of weapons (daggers and guns), blood (!!!), strong language, injuries, possession, and a brief mention of previous deaths not depicted in the story. Please read with caution, I cannot stress that enough. Thank you!

since the fic is pretty long (15k words), i’ve broken it down into four sections, so you can take a break and come back if you feel like it.

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thank you and happy reading! 

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This fic, was EVERYTHING.

Serena is a BOSS ASS BITCH and she inspired me in the emergency room to stop crying in front of all my nurses lol

The dynamic between Harry and Serena was so natural and non forced. They vibed so well. The big fight scene was so good i could SEE it as i read and i was SHOOOOOK.

Can’t believe every time you write a new fic, i fall more and more in love with the beautiful worlds and your beautiful mind. 

hey! my best friend? uhhhh well i have my cat, but aside from that i have like internet friends? its @softforcal but she’s super far in a different country. i have like friends i talk to on the internet but nobody i hang out with.