#flayed reader

You're wearing a sunhat to block the sunshine from warming your skin too much, the cold bottle feeling like heaven against your palms.

When he switches shifts with Heather (who is also flayed now), you hand him the bottle, and he hugs you close.

"You're really our savior, huh angel?"

Billy has a girlfriend. And one he actually likes.

First: He doesn't flirt with Karen. Karen gives up on flirting with Billy when she sees him kiss his GF after work.

Second: Billy is Flayed when driving to pick up his gf for a date. Even better if they're driving together, meaning Billy and his gf get flayed at the same time.

Now, Karen isn't as much as pedo and Billy still has a reason to be out on the road that night and get flayed. Billy also has a set romantic love interest, meaning we get to see how flayed ones interact romantically (if Billy and Heather didn't count) and if they feel love AT. ALL.

a/n: Flayermates blurb 2. Ice Bath is part 1. okay this isn't really a blurb, i may have gotten a bit carried away..

Timeframe: section 1 is pre Sauna Test and Section 2 is post

It's the Final Battle of season 3 and you and Billy are at Starcourt, going to kidnap Eleven.

You stop in front of a Victoria's Secret/lingerie store and smile.

When Billy turns around to check on you, you're gone, and he sighs.

He finds you in the store, happily looking through the different pieces.

"Angel. Our job?"

He carefully takes the piece you're holding and puts it back, which makes you pout.

"I know, but we'll come back for it, okay? Once the Flayer has the girl."

When two flayed ones become "flayermates" it means that, while yes they keep their hive-mind connection to the Mind Flayer and other flayed ones, their mate is the one they have the most connection with.

They can sense their general direction, their mood, if they're hurt or overheating (which can be dangerous to Flayed ones), and just when they generally need affection.

Every case is different, but for Reader (nicknamed Angel) and Billy, Angel has become more tired, drowsy, and prone to overheating while Billy has become more alert like he is constantly being fed an IV drip of Monster straight into his veins, as well as his body temperature dropping to compensate for Angel's. The flayermates always sub in for eachother's weaknesses, and their have been cases where the male-leaning mate has been the less active one.

Is this just a projection of my own deranged crush? Maaaybe. You don’t have to answer this if you don’t want, but I thought since you’re already writing monster romance by proxy I’d might as well ask. No pressure tho! :-)

OMG HIIIIIII

Oki so!

Angel and Billy's relationship with the Flayer is more like.. mama kitten and her cubs.

In the second part the flayer does stop Billy and Angel from cuddling for too long, and I kinda wrote it in the mindset of also like "the boss at work ya like but is a bit controlling."

(controlling? see what I did there?)

'Sadie Killer & The Suspects' from Steven Universe is basically What-If Robin joined Corroded Coffin

Flayed Billy should've torn Neil to shreds. Give the abused children at home some hope.

Angel (Y/n's nickname) becoming a minor celebrity for "surviving the mall fire" but also not coming back whole from said fire.

Also I got a dope-ass book called "Runaway Max" which chronicles season 2 from her POV. But also WHAT THE FUCK DO MEAN BILLY:

Almost set California on fire trying to give a cat a "viking funeral"

Broke a kid's arm (why they had to leave Cali)

FlayerMates Freaky smut next chapter?

(ie, tentacles, knotting, alien/otherworldy shit, nesting)