#dracculaura

thank u for tagging me lo @dracculaura <3 🥰

Ok I had SO MANY people say work for Beast of Burden and I’ve been busy but I wrote about 500 words so thank you! @pissmotif @redfurrycat @archhis I’m lumping you all together through because I am only one girl!

Been bitching about Goose POV and worried about making him OOC or too pathetic (in a fun and in love way!) but we ball.

A snippet, you animals! ❤️

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“Let me try again!”

Carole gasps. “That’s not the rules!” she yells in protest.

“No no, let me try one more time and if I get this in, you gotta marry me.” So much for no proposal. Oh well. It’s out there now.

He lines up to hit the three into the side pocket. He hits the ball but it stops just too short of the hole. He hangs his head in shame. “Goddamnit, I really wanted that one.”

Carole’s hands come up to her face as she laughs again, hiding her smile behind her fingers before she pouts dramatically, “Oh, my mama will be so disappointed.”

He can feel himself smiling back, grabbing at his chest in heartache. “No more disappointed than me, I swear.”

Carole jumps up to grab a cue stick and bum check’s Nick out of the way. “Now may I have my turn, please?”

“Sure, honey. Go for your life.”

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It’s rough and unedited so don’t judge the prose too harshly. Actually, there’s something to bitch about: I have so much dialogue in my head, needing to write action and everything around it is annoying me lol like why can’t you just see what I see!!

He’s got two cups in each hand, elbows out to prevent anyone from jostling into him. He should’ve known Bradley would take the easier job carrying all the hot dogs.

How many hot dogs do we think they should each eat?

The biggest issue I'm having with this asshole AU idea is I'm still watchin Yellowstone

(can't recommend enough, they're all asshole cunts to an astonishing degree and I love that for them!!! also shout out to @archived-owned for being the one to finally break me and get me to watch because my mom spent years being like you will love this and me being like lol no and they posted a hangster beth/rip au and hooked me and broke me down to watch. so thanks for that 💚💚💚💚💚💚

The western au is mostly just me watching the show and jotting down ideas because each episode is my brain screaming at me that we could use that nugget and turn it into a short one shot!!!

The biggest bitch though is I'm torn because I want put together but bruised and bloodied Jake with rough and dirty and clearly raging Bradley to be gently reaching out and cupping his cheek and asking in the softest voice that Jake didn't know he was capable of, if he's okay and "who did this to you, sweetheart? gimme a name and i'll take their life."

BUT

I also want out of his depth Bradley to be visit a small town and stuck in a very country/redneck bar and to be messed with only to be saved by bearded, annoyed, covered in dirt and skin peeling because of a sun burn because he's been out rustling cattle from one pasture to another and having been called into town to pick up a brother/cousin who's causing issue, only to stumble on his feet when he lays eyes on an uncertain/unnerved Bradley and him to stalk over and ask in a low drawl if "this idjits botherin', you darlin'?"

both mental imagines are seared into my brain and I would like to write them and the other ones rotating in my brain like they're riding a lazy Susan.

So...uh...the survivalist AU I was telling you about? Yeah, it's not spawned into 2 separate ideas entirely.

The first is the more canon-ish one we were talking about. But I've got it a bit more fleshed out, with it being some kind of freak storm that forces the squad to work together and everyone ragging on Jake for not actually knowing anything and then Bradley, Bob and Halo being absolutely clutch with all the knowledge and know how to get them through it and back to town and safety.

but uh, the second idea is... well. There's age difference, with Bradley being 38 and daddy, and Jake being 19-21 and very princess coded. I have two ways I could take this one.

1, Bradley is hired on as Jake's bodyguard and Jake is kidnapped or at least an attempt was made and they have to trek through the forest/mountains and Bradley shows off his former SEAL training doing all this.

2, Jake gets kicked out of his parents place when they find out he's gay and goes to stay with his grandma (though only person happy and willing to take him in once it becomes open family knowledge on why his parents tossed him out) and Jake damn near swallows his tongue at meeting her new neighbor, Bradley, who is Jake's literal walking wet dream. Still not entirely sure how to work in the survivalist aspect into this but these thoughts will just not leave my mind.

(also trying not to send SO many for all of them. this is me having Some restraint)

🦇 vampire jake/human bradley - hangster

"But you'll do it? Right?" Bradley asks desperately, can't help the way his hands shoot out to grip at the vampire's, at Jake's, arm. He watches the way the man freezes the moment his hands touch him, the way his eyes flick down slowly to stare for a beat before shooting up to lock onto his own. Staring deeply, as if he could peer into Bradley's soul and see every dark thought and want he'd ever had. Shifting on his feet, Bradley swallows around the lump he could feel building in his throat as he bit at his bottom lip. "I said I would, darlin'," he murmurs softly, like a promise, as he moves his free hand up to cover Bradley's.

🔥 virgin jake - hangster

Jumping at the unexpected knock, Jake scrambles to pull his blankets up, ensuring himself fully covered before he calls out in a haughty tone. “What?” It’s a moment before whoever is on the other side opens the door and the moment Jake’s eyes land on the man standing in his doorway, he can’t help the way his lips twist into a scowl. "What are you doing here?" he sneers, eyes darkening into a glare as he takes in the tall, broad shouldered form of the Bradley Bradshaw. His apparent vampire patron. Jake feels his scowl and eyes darken as he watches the man's lips twitch into a half smirk before he seems to force his face to go blank. "I wanted to ensure the room was to your liking, sweetheart," Bradley inquires, tone half teasing, half truly asking.

💐 serial killer Jake - hangster

immediately follows from this ask!

It had to be Jake. Jake was the only person Bradley even remotely knew that could or would pay out thousands of dollars. But why? Why would he do that? Why would he drop that kind of money on Bradley? Bradley who wasn't worth it. Only half paying attention, Bradley says his goodbyes and hangs up on the debt collector, letting his phone fall to the floor beside him as he stares at nothing as his mind wanders and races with thoughts on why.

Vampire AU my beloved baby! Have to give a shout out to @redfurrycat because Red has absolutely helped me develop this to what it's gonna be.