#raphaelsoftiago

for you my darling i would gladly write saphael. set in a mundane college au, because i ain’t dealing with the mess that is raphael in the canon sh world

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50. out of love

It’s not every day that Simon gets to see Raphael score the winning goal of their college’s lacrosse team’s championship, so he feels like he can probably be forgiven for falling out of the stands in his excitement and hitting his head. And pretty much splitting his forehead open. And getting blood all over Raphael’s car as he drove Simon to emergency care. And needing stitches, and making his boyfriend miss the after-party. 

“You’re forgiven for exactly none of those things,” Raphael informs him, and then when the nurse on duty finishes checking on his stitches and gives Raphael a cold look, Raphael unconvincingly adds “Darling” and hastily presses a kiss to the corner of Simon’s mouth. 

“Worth a shot,” Simon says, smiling tiredly. The nurse leaves, and the tension in Raphael’s shoulders seems to leave in a rush, as he sighs and leans into Simon, his hands sweeping over Simon’s face while carefully avoiding the stitches. Raphael isn’t a fan of being open about their relationship even under normal circumstances in front of their closest friends, so Simon’s not surprised that he’s on edge. But no one’s here now, and Raphael’s face crumples, his eyes miserable. 

“You worried me so much,” he says quietly, his voice rough and lower than usual, “I just - there was so much blood. I wish you’d just been a little more careful.” 

“I know,” Simon says, reaching for Raphael’s hand and threading their fingers together. “I just got really excited. You were so good out there, just this short, angry ball of raw power - “

“One inch, Simon, I am one inch shorter - “

“There is definitely a sex joke somewhere in there,” Simon grins fully now, and Raphael gives him a tired smile in return. His gaze shifts, and he raises his fingers to trace the skin just around the edge of the cut. 

“Are you in any pain?” he asks, and it’s a gentle question. Simon exhales, exhaustion seeping into every bone of his body as the events of the past few hours begin to catch up with him. 

“A little, yeah,” he admits. Raphael frowns, cupping Simon’s face with his hands. 

“Let’s get you back to your place, and you can take some painkillers and eat something and then sleep, okay?” He leans forward and presses a kiss to Simon’s lips, languid and soft, and Simon melts into the touch. 

“Thank you,” he mutters. Raphael sighs. 

“I’m sorry about earlier,” he says, “I - you know I don’t care about the blood in my car or the party or any of that - “

“Raphael - “

“Simon, I only really care about you,” Raphael says firmly, and Simon’s heart does cartwheels in his chest. “You’re - “

Raphael doesn’t finish, and instead he kisses Simon again, unbearably gentle, the same way he first did when he told Simon he loved him. Simon clutches Raphael close, and finishes the sentence silently in his head. You’re more important to me than I know what to do with. You’re my everything. You’re my first real love. 

1. If you’re an author, how many WIPs do you currently have? (Be honest!)

Six that I’m kind of working on and there are four that I already put into the “cancelled” pile because they won’t ever see the light of day anyway. I probably have several more for the “cancelled” pile from past stuff I wrote but I’m not even counting that *laughs* Sometimes I really want to start writing something and after a page or so it just gets stuck and won’t budge anymore.

11. Kid fic or childhood friends?

I suppose in this context it’s “the characters being kids in the story” vs “the characters being older but having been friends since childhood”? Sometimes the terms are a little too extensive to know what they’re supposed to mean in a certain situation. But I guess I’d go with childhood friends. I wrote a hand full of kid fics but, I don’t know, I’m not big on kids so I usually don’t include them in my writing. Also because I don’t know how to write kids properly for lack of experience and interest in them.

18. Do you have a fic reading/writing routine?

My writing routine would be “get an idea, start writing and see where it leads” but I always wanted to get into the habit of plotting stories. Just a rough chapter-by-chapter breakdown and no real thorough planning. I did that for my current RK1000 fanfic: made a table/list, wrote like one or two sentences of the rough plot per chapter and strung it together like that to have a very rough idea of how many chapters with which basic theme I’m able to come up with.

guarda io non l’ho ancora scritto qui sopra perché sennò la gente mi chiede dettagli, ma la tipa ci ha davvero raccontato tutto l’amplesso nei particolari, luogo e posizione compresi, quindi. io davvero non ce la faccio. l’ho pure detto a mia madre e ho fatto male perché anche lei trova di maio un bell’uomo e ha fatto un commento esplicito che io ero tipo. mamma ti imploro no sjdjdjn rip sul serio