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Joel surveys the kitchen and nods, satisfied with the cleaning job. He checks his watch and clears his throat. “Well, guess I better bounce before the client rips Tommy’s head off,” he mutters, slight irritation edging his voice. Despite him taking the day off of work to spend more time with you and Frankie, Tommy called him up early this morning, panic clear in his voice, to explain that one of the younger workers had accidentally punched a ladder through a client’s window. The homeowner is incensed and demanding to speak to the business owner; Joel has no choice but to head out to address it. “We’ll be fine, honey,” you reassure him, putting your romance novel down and padding into the kitchen in your slippers. You wrap him in your arms from behind, encircling his torso. “You know you’re always better at fixing this sort of thing than Tommy is.” He shakes his head, huffs out a breath, and spins around to face you. His large hands land on your hips and pull you flush to his body. “I know, but there’s a reason I took today off,” he sighs, squeezing you gently in his grip, then glances over to Frankie. “Two, actually.” A small, shy smile pulls on Frankie’s full lips when he meets Joel’s gaze, then looks back down to finish drying the saute pan with the sage green striped kitchen towel in his hands. “Don’t worry,” Frankie says, “I won’t let her get us into too much trouble.” You gasp in faux indignance, holding a hand to your heart. “First of all, I would never,” you retort, your rebellious streak kicking in. “Secondly, I can do whatever the hell I want, and you can’t do shit about it.” Joel’s eyebrow lifts at your attitude, but before he can say a word, a crack sounds next to him and you yelp, jumping slightly and rubbing your buttcheek. He turns to Frankie, who holds the towel in a diagonal rolled shape, having snapped it at your ass. “Careful, nena,” Frankie teases, mischief sparkling in his molten chocolate eyes. “You may very well do whatever you want, but you’ll find that some things come with consequences later.” He smirks, and your jaw drops in (half-real) shock. Joel’s eyes flit between the two of you. “Glad to know I’m not the only one who can handle your sass,” he chuckles, lightly spanking your other buttcheek. He presses a soft kiss to your lips. “We’ll miss you,” you murmur against his lips, then pull back to look at his face. Your thumb strokes lightly along his jawline. His eyes soften. “Counting on it, baby.” Joel steps back from you and walks towards the door. As he passes Frankie, his hand drags across the other man’s broad back and bicep. You sense Frankie’s breath catching as he meets Joel’s eyes once again. “Take care of her for me, hmm?” he says to Frankie, who nods and swallows. Joel laces up his shoes, then grabs his keys from the key rack by the door. Swinging the door open, he takes one last look over his shoulder at the two of you. “I love you.” “I love you too,” you respond, and you swear you hear Frankie’s breath catch next to you. That flutter in your gut comes back full force.

Spring Prompts/Fic Requests - You may have noticed I closed my main askbox last year after the spooky season. It just got to be too little asks and way too much spam. It's been a few months, and I am considering opening it up again for prompt requests and games, 'cause I miss it. I might run a poll at some point about it, but I'm still just not sure. Feel free to let me know how you feel about it, or if you just generally have a request. We can chat, and I'll do my best ❤️

Spring Cleaning - The WIPs! Every spring I always partake in a Deep Clean and that also counts for all the WIPs that survived the Winter Purge. There are quite a few half finished one-shots this year, and I'm hoping to take some time to finish them all. Mainly: Searching For the Sun (Clex vampire Lex story), Pinocchio and the Trickster (a continuation of Choke Me Like it Matters), Like Poetry (a cold flash tale), and Like a Romance Novel (a continuation of Its Always Something in Smallville). I have more, so many more, but these have caught the Muse's eye lately.

Lost in Translation, Part 2 - I have been working on this! It's been like pulling teeth, but I do have a more defined outline and actual scenes drafted. I also have decided how it's gonna be formatted. Which will just be a continuation of the original story that ended with Chapter 12, meaning that whenever I'm done writing it, it'll start at chapter 13. The next update will probably be when I update the chapter number. I really have no timeframe of when I'll be done with it, but it is on my mind. I really want to thank everyone again for comments and kudos, they have really driven me back to this story.

Monster Eater Verse - I know it's so early to be talking about my sweet bloody babies but working on the next two arcs are taking a lot of my mind space right now so it merits a mention. This year's I feel like I've mentioned The Boy King's Destiny a lot, but it's nearly done as far as writing. The last chapter just needs work and looks like it's gonna be happening on schedule for October 1st. It's super plot driven and a major story arc in the series that has been referred to on more than occasion within the series. I'm excited to share it!

Monster Eater verse - I have been working through the arcs of this verse and more of the world-building a lot lately. I still have a few things I need to smooth out the timeline, however, Demons and Houses, a three-chapter story will most likely be out before the summer is over leaving the next arch, Who are Monsters Afraid of?, set to come out for the Spooky Season. I am super excited to share Demons and Houses! It gives a lot more plot crumbs about Gabriel's aka Loki's very long life and more of a look at how their society works while Sam is still at Stanford. 

New Fandoms - I have been working hard on some new ships, some of which will be coming out this week for Kryptonite Week! Its been fun to try my hand at Clex and Supercorp, and I'm looking forward to share some new stories.

Summer Prompts/Fic Requests - My ask box is open, and I am taking requests for the summer. Feel free to send me summer-themed prompts on either of my blogs. Just be sure to put the prompt, the ship/character(s), the requested rating, any other tags you’d like, and, most importantly, what you would not want. If you would like it to be a request for my Seasonal Healing Series let me know, and I’ll see if I can work it in there. ❤️

Jumpsuits and Candy- Ending on a sadder note for updates... I unfortunately have not found the motivation to work on this story, and it's on hold for a bit while I make my way back to it. The latest chapter is nearly done, but the muse has been discouraged lately. I will return to it, but right now I just haven't been able to get into editing it and writing the missing scenes.