#skfic

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"Ah, I can't wait to meet him. Or her! Or them!"

Anna raises an eyebrow, looks down at where Yoh has his ear pressed to her belly (which is big enough nowadays for her to rest things on top of it and leave them there, and if that wasn't a surprise). "Them?"

"I mean," he shrugs, grinning blindingly up at her. Anna would slap him for his cheekiness if it didn't take too much energy that she doesn't really have, currently. "I'm a twin. It wouldn't be that much of a surprise if we had two, right?"

And just the image of it, being surrounded by three identical grins at all times of the day, makes Anna want to run away and also warms her chest and has her heart singing.

She huffs. "One is enough, especially if it's a boy."

Yoh scrunches his nose at that (and no, it isn't adorable, it just isn't). "What if it's a girl? Maybe I want a girl."

Anna would like that, a little girl with her looks but Yoh's gentle smile and his bright personality, perhaps (though as no-nonsense as Anna herself). They'd listen to Awaya Ringo together and judge Yoh's taste in everything, especially music.

Yes, she'd like that.

Only, "It's going to be a boy."

Yoh sticks his tongue out at her. "Way to spoil the surprise, there, Anna."

She can't help it. In a burst of amusement, Anna flicks his forehead. Then flicks it again at his outraged noises. "You can pick his name," she says, voice almost whisper-soft.

The mutterings from her husband stop at that, and he blinks owlishly up at her, shock written in bold letters all over his face. "Really??"

She flicks him again. "Really."

And she expects him to think about it, long and tiresome, and maybe suggest something inane or ridiculous in the end. But then again, maybe she should know better, after all this time.

"Hana," Yoh says, after barely a heartbeat. "Boy or girl or whatever, I wanna name them Hana."

Gathering Storm

“Aha! You must be Essie!”

Stella jumped at the sound of Michael’s nickname for her being spoken in a foreign tone. Glancing around she spotted a man, who didn’t seem to be too much older than herself, making his way across the room to greet her “I prefer Stella,” she said in a tentative tone as he stopped in front of her and reached up to straighten the flat cap sitting atop his head.

Though Michael was nudging her side to get her to shut up the man standing before them was smiling in amusement “John Shelby,” he said with a nod of his head as he reached out to take Stella’s hand, bending at the waist to place a kiss on her knuckles “I’m Michael’s cousin.”

“Stella King,” she replied with a smile, the grin on his lips infectious “Michael seems to have a lot of cousins.”

“Well, luckily for you, you’re meeting the best first.”

Beside her Michael was rolling his eyes and clearing his throat “Actually she met Tommy first.”

“Huh, well that is just unfortunate,” John said with a shake of his head, lifting his cap up off his head to readjust it once more before he shrugged his shoulders “At least I’m second to erase any bad view of the Shelby family my brother has caused.”

((from the beginning))

Chapter Two 

Tag List - @isaaclahys @whindsor @jewelswrites-ish @foxesandmagic @susiesamurai @myocmultiverse @peachlle 

Shaman King  /  Asakura Yoh POV  /  Yoh/Anna  

In light of the new anime announcement!

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midnight fears (silly what ifs that tear at my heart)

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He wonders, once, deep at night when sleep eludes him, slipping through his fingers like water. Anna sleeps next to him, peaceful, quiet, and he stares helplessly, wonderingly, at her beloved face bathed in moonlight.

Yes, he wonders.

This life now, with this beautiful, scary, yet amazing woman… would he have had this life? Had things been different?

Gathering Storm

"You are lucky I was in here Estelle," Polly spoke up, breaking the crowd of silence as she placed a fresh cup of tea in front of the young girl "Thomas has recently set me up with my own house," she continued, a hint of pride in her tone as her shoulders straightened "But I had said I would watch this place while they were out. It will be where we will head for tonight though."

Michael's head whipped around to look at her "You're staying?"

"Of course she is staying," Polly spoke before Stella could get a word in "Not only is it late in the day now but she has come a long way to see you!" she continued plucking the teacup from in front of Stella even though she hadn't had a chance to even glance down to it let alone take a sip "Any friend of yours is a friend of mine and is more than welcome to stay in my home," she continued and Stella spotted, in quiet amusement, that the hard faced lady she had met earlier was nervous.

Polly paused for a few seconds as Stella awkwardly got to her feet and shuffled over to where Michael was standing. She glanced between the two of them fondly before she spoke again "Come on. We can go back in my car," she said plucking her long jacket from where it had been draped over the back of one of the chairs and pulling it on.

Michael had his hands in his pockets as he stepped in line with Stella and the two of them followed Polly out of the house "You can't be here," he said beneath his breath, leaning across to her.

((from the beginning))

Gathering Storm

Estelle King has dreamed of getting away from her tiny village to live in a big city her entire life. Bored of the mundane and not willing to become a housewife like her mother she finds herself wanting, craving, some excitement.

Then, with the visit of a man wearing a flat cap and a long dark coat, both her and her best friends life is turned upside down.

There had never been a secret between the two of them.

Estelle and Henry had struck up an instant friendship ever since he had arrived in the village when they were almost six. With their free time limited they made sure to spend every second of it together, taking in the fresh country air and telling one another everything.

Which is why Stella is the first person Henry comes to when he finds out about the biological mother he wasn’t even sure still existed…and why she ends up following him to Birmingham to make sure he’s alright.

But Henry’s life is so very different in the big city. Not only does he find that his name is actually Michael but there are things he needs to keep close to his chest. 

Secrets which need to be kept.

There are things Stella can’t be told, people Stella shouldn’t meet and she isn’t used to be being so in the dark about his life.

All she can think of to do is to throw herself into this new lifestyle he finds himself entangled in head on. No matter how dark and difficult it could get and whether Michael approves or not.

Gathering Storm

Her heart lifted as their eyes met but soon crashed right back down when he wiped the smile from his lips and all went back to being too serious "A man came around earlier," he began his explanation "He was dressed in a suit with a flat cap, from the big city."

"I heard," she mumbled in reply. The arrival of the man had caused a lot of whispers with the others in the village and her mother had been worried something had happened with Henry and Rosemary's relationship. Stella had seen him out of her bedroom window, stalking away from Henry's home toward his fancy motor car with his hands tucked deep into the pockets of his long coat "I was concerned about you."

He reached over to take her hand and she allowed herself to feel the tingle in her skin that she usually squashed down whenever he got too close "After he left, my mother explained that she thinks he's my cousin. He gave me a card with my biological mother's details on it," he continued pulling a small rectangular piece of card from his pocket with his free hand.

Stella shook her head once more "We said we would wait," she said in a shaky tone. Ever since the two of them were old enough to dream of London, Birmingham and any of the other big cities they could travel to away from their small village they had promised one another they would give it their best shot.

As soon as they turned eighteen.

"I need to do this," he said with a sigh as his thumb rubbed gently along her knuckles.

@foxesandmagic

I think my previous message may not have reached you so im resenting it again. Hope this is not awkward or weird or anything but I just wanted to ask whether there are some specific songs or images or movies which you consider has the same vibe and aesthetic as your Desperate Lovers series BECAUSE I AM IN LOVE WITH IT. Seriously I can't wait for your update on Halloween :3. It is legit my favorite piece of literary work. I just freaking love it to put it in short. And also how would describe both mikey and gee's personality? As for the vibe, I did find some songs from MIW's Graveyard Shift album which reminded me of them. I just need your certified recommendations of things associated with the fic lol. I just love it. Thank you so much for writing it! Eternally grateful <3

Hi yes sorry I got both of them. Notably I am flying across the country for an orgy/BDSM event in literally less than 48hrs so my brain is NOT all the way here.

I actually do have a Mikey playlist for this universe. It's......eclectic, much like my music tastes, so sorry in advance lmao.

As far as like Other Media, get ready for a weird collection of recommendations. I CANNOT describe to you why these are the same vibe, but they are. Like all of these are integral to DL existing. Remove one of them and the whole thing falls apart.