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It’s not that he’s disappointed, exactly. Just that he’s come to expect a certain type sent his way by Asmodeus, and the little rabbit sinner was not fitting the usual bill — for one, they were the same height — but wasn’t that interesting too?

It’s different, it’s novel, he likes it.

Pulling her in to join him inside the hotel room, it’s fun to box her in next to the door, nearly nose-to-nose… as he locks it by those twitching ears. First the main one, then the dead bolt. He’s not looking for a name or the fumbled introduction. It seems they weren’t filled in that their client was to be the King and got lucky. Or a mix-up. But he’s pleased, threading claws through her hair as the words kick up in pitch — and he hauls her forward mid-sentence to kiss away the last of her words. Lucifer wasn’t here to talk, but to blow off some stress one way or the other.

Hopefully the message would be recieved when his tongue slithers into her mouth for a taste, chasing hers in a ferocious melding of lips. He doesn’t want to think about anything else, just the here and now.

Lua's mind had been a tangled knot growing tighter ever since arriving in Hell. No money for shelter or food, and no job to earn it or support to lean on. It took everything to escape the leering gazes of predators, all too eager for fresh meat. If it weren't for the strange electricity she generated... she doesn't even want to think of the pain she'd be in as a completely powerless, petite rabbit-sort-of creature. The streets here are just as cruel if not more than those in the US. She'd do just about anything to stay off them, even go back to the things she used to do for survival.

So when a man just as petite as she was confused her for an escort he hired, she couldn't bring herself to tell the truth or even act indignified. A little difficult to believe anyone would mistake her for one when she wears the long flowing black robes she spawned with, but she'll count it as a blessing in disguise if it means getting to sleep indoors. It wasn't a total lie when she gave the excuse that she wore it to "avoid unwanted attention" until he arrived. Telling him that he'll just have to "unwrap her like a present" once they get somewhere private. Good thing she has a cute face... and a nice ass. Although she's done this kind of thing before, it's been around 6 years since she last worked in the sex industry. Hence the nervous rambling.

Static pulsed in the cloud of hair his hand invaded to clutch her close. The message was received loud and clear the moment Lucifer muffled her with his long tongue. She tried to match his feverish movements, shedding off her modesty and reactivating an abandoned persona.

'Once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget', as they say.

Romance meme (collection of quotes)

"I truly, deeply love you."

“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.”

“You are sunlight through a window, which I stand in, warmed. My darling.”

“You and I, it’s as though we have been taught to kiss in heaven and sent down to earth together, to see if we know what we were taught.”

“I would love to say that you make me weak in the knees but to be quite upfront and completely truthful you make my body forget it has knees at all.”

“You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.”

“Love starts as a feeling, but to continue is a choice. And I find myself choosing you, more and more every day.”

“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.”

“I look at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world...”

"Why, darling, I don’t live at all when I’m not with you.”

“You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me.”

“You are the friend to whom my soul is attached as to its better half. You are dearer to me than language has the power of telling.”

“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”

“You don’t love because, you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.”

“I don’t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there’ll always be the person I am tonight.”

“I like myself better when I’m with you.”

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”

“I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm.”

“You are the friend to whom my soul is attached as to its better half. You are dearer to me than language has the power of telling.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”

“You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful.”

“Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name.”

There are many benefits to being a quick-draw - it’s a swift reflex that has saved Samuel’s life on more occasions than he can count. Still, there are drawbacks to such reactions being so utterly instinctual, especially when you find yourself alone in a forest inhabited by bears and wolves - the shot he fires is re-directed at the very last second, the bullet embedding itself in tree bark, several inches above her head. For a moment, he is frozen, a look of shock on his face until it gives way to his shaken anger. 

Book Starters

Add this infront to reverse for the other's muse 🔄

Feel free to personalize, that's why I put names in /these/

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🔹"A likely place, isn't it?" returned /Mr.Enfield/. "But I happen to noticed on his address; he lives in some square or another."

🔹"That's a good rule of yours."

🔹"I see you feel as strongly as I do."

🔹"What sort of a man is he?"

🔹"Did you ever come across a protégé of his---one /Hyde/?"

🔹"No. Never of heard him since my time."

🔹"Poor /Henry Jekyll/, my mind misgives me he is in deep waters!"

🔹"If /Jekyll/ will only let me."

🔹"He is in trouble! What has he done?"

🔹"I heard them in my dining room."

🔹"No sir, not mad; but it is an odd hand."

🔹"Rather quaint"

🔹"It is, as you say, rather quaint."

🔹"I wouldn't speak of of this note, you know."

🔹"Nothing can be done, ask himself."

🔹"He will not see me."

🔹"Someday, /Utterson/, after I am dead, you may perhaps come to learn the right and wrong of this."

🔹"I do not blame our old friend, but I share his view that we must never meet."

🔹"Well, that story's at an end, at least."

🔹"Did I ever tell tell you that I once saw him, and shared your feeling of repulsion?"

🔹"So you found it out, did you?"

🔹"I trust you are better?"

🔹"I am very low, /Utterson/, very low. It will not last long, thank /God/."

🔹"You stay too much indoors."

🔹"Now, good man, be explict. What are you afraid of?"

🔹"And I can't bear it anymore."

🔹"They're all afraid"

🔹"Open the door."

🔹"You may say that!"

🔹"We have came too late."

🔹"Or he may have fled."

All based off my uni experience/things I've heard/things that I've wanted to say but am too socially awkward to say.

(disclaimer: these are all set in a uk university setting. afaik we don't have roommates here but we have flatmates, so americanise according to your needs)

"Hi! I'm ___, and I think I'm in the room next door?"

"Hey, you must be the guy/girl in the room down the hall!"

"Oi, oi! New flatmate!"

"Hi, so we've already allocated cupboard and fridge space, and since you're the last one here we've left you this..."

"...Wait, hang on, I can't have only one shelf..."

"Should we set up a cleaning rota?"

"We need to set up a cleaning rota."

"As university students, we are required to go out at least once a week. No ifs, no buts, no maybes."

"Oh my God, have you been out every night in Freshers?"

"Why the hell do we have lectures during Freshers week?"

"Um... hey... do you have any food?"

[text]: guys, doms are doing a freshers week deal. i vote pizza tonight

[text]: hey guys, my parents are arriving in 2 hrs and i would really like the flat to not smell of weed thnx

[text]: someone stole my pizza i'm calling a flat meeting

[text]: you're really calling a flat meeting bc someone stole ur food?? lmao

"You want me to be your housemate next year?"

"You... don't want me to be your housemate next year?"

"Oh my God did you burn something in here?"

"Are you... are you eating... a stick of butter...?"

"Why's every shelf in the fridge just filled with beer?"

"I took my eyes off those cookies for five seconds! How are they gone?!"

"You know that brownie recipe you gave ___? Yeah, he used it for weed brownies."

"You don't tumble dry jumpers! Has your time at uni taught you nothing about knitwear care?"

"Hey, do you have the lecture notes from yesterday? I lost mine."

"Wait, we had a lecture?"

"I skipped my lecture for sleep and I'm proud."

"Lecture got cancelled! Time to sleep."

"Is it gonna snow tomorrow? I have a deadline and can't afford to have uni open when I've done nothing for it."

"Did he/she/they email about the cancelled lecture?"

[text]: hey, guys, weed is officially banned from the flat. we don't put stuff out in the sinks

[text]: whoever has decided to be a hairy asshole, please remove your hair from the shower drain

[text]: who clogged the toilet? i need to go before my lecture!!!

"I didn't know the bus stopped there! I thought it would, like... go in a wide circle or something."

"Oh you poor village child..."

[text]: guys, the freezer door broke off and ___ had the best idea for it

[text]: hey if you guys could like message in the chat before the electrician comes next time, maybe i won't end up accidentally flashing him as i go to pee

"How have you never been sock sliding before? Now I must educate you."

"Ooooh, what are you cooking? Can I have some?"

"Oh my God I think I saw a rat."

"Someone really smells and for once it's not me."

"Are you done being antisocial? I need your help on this question."

[text]: could people please warn us before they bring home guests? i think i flashed someone's girl/boyfriend/datemate

[text]: if you're gonna have sex against the wall with my bed against it, you're required to buy me earplugs

"They were at it all night, oh my God."

"I physically can't open my window to get fresh air. There is nothing fresh. Only weed. And cigarette smoke."

"I saw your bottle collection from outside and I must say... your parents are gonna flip when they realise you're now an alcoholic."

"Come with me to ___'s party? Everyone's got a date and I don't want to look like a loser."

"I am literally living off pasta, frozen peas and cheese."

"Student bank account empty, time to access the bank account of mum and dad."

"If you buy me takeaway I will love you forever."

[text]: you owe me for last night's takeaway

[text]: some guy walked into my lecture in a minion onesie and sat at the front. was that you?

"Oh God the Christians are coming."

[text]: the christians are doing another lunchtime talk! who wants free sandwiches?

[text]: guys. free food on campus.

"You don't need that many books. They're not even for studying."

"How much have you procrastinated today?"

"Ah, I see you've emerged from your cave for sustenance."

"You... you broke your leg?!"

"Freshers is too wild for an elderly third year like me."

"I need a nap. Wake me at 7."

"How hungover are you?!"

"I put twelve sugars in my coffee and now I can't stop vibrating."

"Can you turn the music down? Some of us are trying to study."

"Turn the music up so that she actually comes out of her hole."

"Turn the music up. I really don't want to hear what's going on next door."

"I saw the cutest cat on my way home from campus today!"

"Oh my God ___ picked up a cat on our way back and it nearly scratched his/her/their eyes out."

"Photo or it didn't happen."

"Do you have a spare notebook I can use?"

"Here's my huge stationary collection. Take what you need. No payments required."

"Hey, I saw you in the library earlier. How did the study sesh go?"

"...Were you watching ___ in the library earlier?"

"Guys! ___ is back on Netflix!"

"Leave me alone. I'm stress baking."

"___! I have too much food and I need someone to eat it all."

"I was so stressed I think I have enough baked goods to feed a whole country."

"Right, time for a late night library sesh. Who's got the snacks?"

"You made it all night? When was the last time you slept?"

"I'm FREE! NO MORE EXAMS!"

"I can't believe I'm graduating next week!"

"I can't believe we've lived together for ___. I literally can't imagine life without you."

"We're all basically adults now..."

"I'm gonna avoid being a real grown up and take a Masters. Think I can't do it? Watch me."

"I'm gonna miss this house."

"I'm gonna miss you."

"Look at you! My baby's all grown up in his/her/their grad gown!"

"I'm only here for the free food."

"What do you mean 'did you see me'? Didn't you hear me cheering?"

"You look amazing in that gown! You were made to graduate."

                         (* providence.

“ men of power telling lies; shifty hands and thirsty eyes. ” “ they can smell your fear like blood. ” “ oh, my weary soul, we’ve met your kind before. ” “ oh, sweet providence, come save us from ourselves. ” “ feed the rich and kill the poor. ” “ turn out the lights and just ignore what’s going on outside. ” “ we’ve turned their people into slaves. ” “ we’ve given up before we’ve even tried. ”

                         (* father’s lament.

“ we’ve seen the best and we’ve seen the worst. ” “ we’ve been blessed and we’ve been cursed. ” “ your mommas know that I love you both, but they won’t tell you that I tried. ” “ i try every day of my life. ” “ it’s been a test to make it here. ” “ my hope has faded through the years. ” “ i’ve played the part, and i’ve played the fool, and i’ve been used. ” “ i’ve been holding onto a prayer and i hope that someday soon God sees my efforts and my pain and shows me my efforts aren’t in vain. ” “ i let them get the best of me, but it was all for you. ” “ for what it’s worth, i never meant you any pain. ” “ just so you know, i love you both just the same. ” “ it’s all been worth it, just to watch you grow, boys. ” “ i’ll be a daddy till i die. ” “ when i die i’ll keep the angels by your side. ”

                         (* 20 down.

“ woke up this morning, she took all i had, my favourite fishing pole, and a 62 cab. ” “ can’t feel the beat of a heart in my chest. ” “ spent all my money and charged the rest. ” “ now she’s gone, and i’m left to pay. ” “ can’t we meet in the middle? ” “ i never knew i’d find the devil in you. ” “ you took it all and now you’re coming back for more. ” “ went to the neighbors to share my news. turns out he’s sorry but he shared her too. ” “ now she’s gone, he said i drove her away. ” “ he said i drove her away. ” “ her death’s been plotted and her plot’s been found. ” “ six feet ain’t deep enough, it should be twenty down. ”

                         (* the gallows.

“ who’s got it all compared to who’s got enough. ” “ all i ever wanted was true love. ” “ who’s got it right? ‘cause I feel I’ve got it wrong. ” “ all these people walking around not knowing what they’ve done. ” “ you seem to know what you think we should be. ” “ i’ve tried for you for so long, if only you could see. ” “ if you’ve got the cure, could you give it here to me? ” “ i’ve been paying for this loneliness when loneliness is free. ” “ bring me to the gallows. oh, bring me to my knees. ” “ i’m still paying for all my mistakes. but one day, girl, you’ll see who i’m trying to be. ” “ you can tell me i’m wrong, but i see right through your games. ” “ you can leave me with the questions, you can leave me with the pain. ” “ you can take control and leave me with the blame. ” “ you can take away my son, but you can’t take away his name. ” “ one day, girl, you’ll see who i’m trying to be. ” “ i’m trying to be more than you and me. ”

                         (* hey mister.

“ my head’s hanging low and my shoes are worn. ” “ i’ve had the blues in my soul since the day i was born. ” “ the Devil’s been on my back, now, for quite some time. ” “ it’s just been me and him, and the whispering wind, and it’s time to find a little peace of mind. ” “ hey, mister, hey, you going my way? i could sure use a ride out of this place. ” “ hey, mister, hey, it’s coming around and i could sure use a ride out of this town. ” “ i’ve been looking for a sign, looking for a friend. ” “ been looking at the same dead eyes in the mirror, watching myself go down a dead end. ” “ i’ve been waiting on a prayer that never made it to God. ” “ it’s like going through Hell on a Sunday, but then going through Hell’s about all i got. ” “ hey, mister, hey, you goin’ my way? ” “ i could sure use a ride out of this place. ” “going through Hell’s about all i got. ”

                         (* black sheep.

“ i’ve been seeing things for how they’ve really been. ” “ i can see it in your eyes and still you call yourself my friend– and you’ve been holding out again. ” “ i’ve been hoping that you wouldn’t be the one. ” “ this black sheep on my back has been my sign of what’s to come. ” “ and you’ve been holding out again. ” “ this is the last time and, yes, this is the end. ” “ i should have known one day you would betray my trust. ” “ i’ll tell you now, i never liked you all that much. ” “ when you find yourself alone, i’ll just say i told you so. ” “ you have always been and you will always be nothing more than a memory. ” “ you’re nothing at all to me. ” “ i’ve been watching how your eyes move to the ground. ” “ i hear you change your story every time that i’m around. ” “ i hear you change your story every time that i’m around– and you’ve been holding out again. ” “ i’m done with you, i’m done with what you say you think is real. ” “ if your friends ain’t what you thought they once were, then they ain’t your brothers. ”

                         (* pressure cracks.

“ you can feel it in the air. something just died and came back to play fair. ” “ we could just walk away. or save it for another day. ” “ if this feeling grows at all, we can just stand back and watch the castle fall. ” “ have you ever tried to see what beats so strong inside of me? ” “ and if so, have you ever cared? ” “ and if so, have you ever cared? undecided with a pitiful stare. ” “ make your moment and make my day. ” “ this love has finally burned itself, betrayed. ” “ if only we could do it again, you could have your fun with your so called friends. ” “ and i’ll forget that we ever kissed. ” “ might as well use that knife in my back on my wrists. ” “ now i might not have a home, but i had a heart until you ripped it out and left me alone. ” “ i had a heart until you ripped it out and left me alone. ”

                         (* it’s alright.

“ i tend to pray what i’m thinking, and i tend to drink when i’m drinking. ” “ if you knew me, you’d say that he’s a fool, but i like him anyways. ” “ i tend to laugh when it’s worth it. i look for something bad when it’s perfect. ” “ if she knew me, she’d say that she’s afraid, but she loves me, anyways. ” “ i’ve got friends but not too many, and i can count them all on my two hands. ”

                         (* c'mon down.

“ hey man, c'mon down. ” “ they’re sellin’ truth on the corner now. ” “ the angels musta came into town last night. ” “ they got your fix on the corner downtown. ” “ look at them with the heavy hearts, broke down at the bottom not knowin’ where to start. ” “ it’s all there in black and white. ” “ you can lay down or you can put up a fight. ” “ you can break bread with the beggars and thieves. ” “ you can take that lesson that you learned today, share it around or throw it away. ” “ in the end you’re gonna see you’re the only one, and this life’s just a game until the game stops bein’ fun. ” “ he’s got God and the Devil fightin’ for his soul. ” “ bought for a price and now he’s selling it all. ”

                         (* redemption.

“That lipstick on your collar, well, it ain't my shade of pink, and I can tell by the smell of that perfume, it's like forty dollars too cheap”

“All those midnights sneaking in. I'm late again, oh, I'm so sorry”

“I'll tell 'em every little detail, how you drug me through the mud”

“I'm gonna string up your old button-down and slide it on the porch”

“All the Ajax in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry”

“Broke as hell, but blessed with beauty”

“Fold your hands and close your eyes”

“Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats”

“Right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk" And he's a-thinking that he's gonna get lucky”

“I might have saved a little trouble for the next girl”

“You better take it from me, that boy is like a disease”

“And you’re wondering why you can’t get free”

“You better run for your life”

“I see that look on your face”

“You ain’t hearing what I say”

“And I know how it ends”

“He’ll tell you nothing but lies”

“Don’t let him mess with your mind”

“He’ll tell you anything you want to hear”

“Cause I can't do this on my own”

“So give me one more chance”

“There's some things that I regret”

“I'm thankful, for every break in my heart”

“There's mistakes that I have made”

“The past can't be rewritten”

“And you just gotta move on”

“If I were you, I'd place my bet”

“No, I don't mind being with everyone else”

“I want you to myself”

“Why, why you gotta be so blind?”

“Won't you open up your eyes?”

“You better get to getting on your goodbye shoes and go”

“just a fool to believe you can change the world"

“For a dime a day, you could save a life”

“The world's so big, it can break your heart”

“Tell me have you lost your mind?”

“I got served a little bit too much of that poison”

“Last night, I did things I'm not proud of”

“And I don't even know his last name”

“My momma would be so ashamed”

“I had no clue what I was getting into”

“I'm not sure how I got here”