#something to consider

While he may not be at fault for what he is dealing with, he also has noone else to blame - no Pekka Rollins, no Jan van Eck, no Tante Helene, no Brum, no Nina. The only wrongdoing he has encountered - being made ashamed and afraid of his powers by his father - was done from a place of genuine care for his well-being, no matter what you might think of his decision.

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Jewelry is important in Briar Valley, especially to its royal family. Being dragon fae, one of the most sacred gifts they can give is things from their hoard. This typically manifests itself in the gift of jewelry because gifting straight up jewels and gold doesn’t go over as well these days even among other fae.

Different gems have different meanings, but the two most important ones are emeralds and amethysts. Being the colors of the royal family, they symbolize the desire to court and wed respectively. Malleus knows this tradition very well. Yuu however does not, and this of course leads to shenanigans.

Yuu is fond of jewelry, particularly when it is fancy jewelry. Malleus often compared them to a corvid even before coining their nickname, Stormcrow. And of course Malleus being a dragon fae loves jewelry as well. This shared love of shiny things causes instincts to bubble inside of our dear dragon. Mainly the need to adorn his chosen mate in jewels. The problem is that they are not dating, let alone mates.

So when Yuu and him are wandering around Silk City, mostly looking at market stalls with books and antiques, he is caught off guard when they begin examining some cuff bracelets. They’re thinner than the cuffs the two of them received with their outfits from Kalim, and they’re also silver instead of a light gold. There are three different bracelets, each with slightly different engravings and different gems as details.

The first one had a swirling pattern and amethysts embedded throughout the band. The second appeared more like a starry night sky with blue sapphires in the center of the star engravings. While the third seemed to be inspired by the jasmine flowers that were so popular in the city with emeralds dispersed throughout the finely carved foliage.

“Are you interested in the bracelets, Stormcrow?”Malleus asks, despite the answer being obvious.

Yuu sighs,”Yeah, but there’s no way I can afford even one of them. They’re pure silver and have real gems.”

“May I ask why these in particular interest you? I’ve seen you wear plenty of jewelry, but not many bracelets.”

“Well you know how I’m genderfluid right?”

Malleus nods.

“I used to wear beaded bracelets that my friend made me to indicate my pronouns for the day. I didn’t do it too often though because plastic beads don’t really go with my aesthetic even if I appreciated the gesture. I thought these would work well for that job, but like I said they’re too expensive.”Yuu explains as they walk away from the stall, expecting Malleus to follow them.

However, Malleus is too engaged with fighting his instincts to buy and gift the bracelets to his not yet mate. It would after all be a good courting gift as one of the bracelets has emeralds. The sapphires also are fitting as they represent intelligence, a trait he admires in Yuu. And of course the amethysts are technically a proposal, but they could just be meant as a promise of a proposal in the future.

For once, his instincts make an argument Malleus doesn’t disagree with and he throws more than enough money at the stall owner for the set.

Unfortunately, immediately after purchasing them he begins fretting over how the hell to give the gift to Yuu. I mean he can’t just walk up to them and hand them over, it’s a courting gift.

As he’s stewing in his thoughts outside of the stall, Yuu has returned after realizing that Malleus did not follow them further into the market. They let out an audible sigh of relief when they see that Malleus has not moved.

“Tsunotaro, what are you still doing here?”they ask, somewhat annoyed at almost losing track of him again.

Malleus stares at Yuu and eventually just pushes the box with the three bracelets inside into their hands. He internally curses his awkwardness, but hopes Yuu won’t mind.

Yuu blinks at him before opening the box. They immediately soften when they see the three bracelets,”Oh Malleus, you really didn’t have to buy me these.”

Malleus finally finds his voice,”I wanted to though. You’re important to me and your gender expression is important to you, so I want you to be able to express that in the way you want.”

Yuu actually tears up a bit at that,”Thank you Malleus, really."They put the lid back on the box and pull the dragon fae into a hug.

Malleus is on such a high after the successful interaction that it takes him until he’s back at NRC to remember that Yuu doesn’t know fae courting methods.

sometimes Dex’s family is out of the house and he’s home alone, sometimes Biana doesn’t wanna be at home and just wants to get out of there. Solution? They make dinner together at Dex’s place and they listen to his music, he shows her all his favorite albums and recommends some he things she’ll like regardless of whether or not he likes it and they #bond

I haven't been making nearly as many finished artworks as I would have liked to recently, but I did finish this frankly kind of absurd height chart I've been chipping away at for the past few days, featuring all of my iterators and... iterator-adjacents. There's a lot, especially considering I only post about a small handful of them. Individuals (which I'd recommend you look at, because tumblr completely butchers the quality of the full image) and rambling under cut.

you think love transcends severance?

I think I’m going crazy like where are my maphinz writers at give me an au to pretty girls by Renee Rapp (https://open.spotify.com/track/1dh5DUke1yHJzIF3Sa7nXC)

speedy link

pretty girls is very meizini to me + i don’t see manon or sophia as “straight” in rpf so i can’t be your maphinz writer :(

1. tented skirt

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1. small penis that doesn’t get hard

Huh???