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Your Fingers

This. Fucking. Gif. 

It haunts me with thoughts of Henry every time I want to send a hug gif. Today I had enough, so suffer with me.

Unbeta-ed and unplanned!

Henry x Reader - fairly smutty but tame language! 

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This dress is your favourite dress. It’s mine too. We slow dance, your fingers smoothing either side of my exposed spine. Bared by design, by request, I feel your warm touch tickling and igniting my nerve ends with every pass. It won’t be long until I’m putty in your hands, my love. 

We sway to the music and I am lost. Your fingers. My god your fingers. They burn as they touch my skin, heat spreads through my body as your fingertips glide along my curves. They pour fuel on the fire you stoke in my heart and in my core. 

I want your fingers all over me. Branding me with your touches. It’s like you have a hotline directly to my inner thoughts. To my desires. Molten pleasure pools in my stomach and explicit thoughts flickering through my mind at a simple touch.  

My fingers press into your arms, your waist, your chest as I melt against you. 

You smirk and press your lips to mine, fingers never ceasing their well-worn path to my demise. Down my hips, sliding underneath my dress. Palm flat, fingers walking digit by digit up the inside of my thigh. 

I gasp as your fingers find me willing below the layers of my skirts. My face flushing with heat as you seek mine. Your free hand pulls me closer, fingers still skirting up and down my spine, sending goosebumps in their wake. 

You press into me as my hands and fingers press onto your shoulders, holding myself up and against you. My hot face pressed into your neck, gasping the pleasure onto your skin. 

Your fingers. God, your fingers. They gesture for me to come to you one last time and I am yours. 

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In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.

— Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.

— Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1935-1951

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

Lord Byron, 1814. 

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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."

- Edgar Allen Poe, Eleonora

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Thunder and Lightning

Summary: Calliope moves to a new place looking for a fresh start where she meets her grumpy neighbor Sy, who can’t seem to get along with. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Calliope and Sy, they are paired in an online pen pal program. (You’ve got mail AU)

Pairing: Syverson x OFC Calliope

Word Count: 1,869

Warnings: Mentions of an amputation, mentions of injury, mentions of a previous abusive relationship. Let me know if there is anything else but that should be it.

A/N: Okay so this started as a prompt for @toomanystoriessolittletime​​ birthday writing challenge. Also! This is a very different Sy than what I’ve written him like in the past but I hope you still like him. Also - I might make some errors in regard to army related things and medical-related things in this story but I promise I am trying to do as much research as I can to make it feel real (but also it is just a fictional story).

Thank you to @onlyhenrys for being my lovely beta and @gearhead66​ for the lovely banner

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I have one plot in my mind and maybe you will find it interesting. A female reader who wasn’t in relationship for a long time. She battles in her soul between to search for a new love, but she is not sure if that’s a good idea, because of her previous bad experiences. And there is Henry, who is attracted to her, but he can’t figure out how to approach her, because she seems uninterested, but again he likes her very much.

Nonnie!! Okay - I am so sorry that this took so long. I don’t know why but July and August seem to have zapped all of my creative energy. Hopefully, the rest of August will be better.

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It had been a while… for a lot of things.

It had been a while since you’d dated, since you’d fallen in love, hell - even since you’d kissed or held another person. 

Your last relationship ended in a mess - so much heartbreak that you were convinced that you’d never date again. But back then, when you were hurt, you didn’t know Henry. 

You’d met Henry in one of your general education classes - you both went into college undecided about what you wanted to do so you just started taking gen-eds - he sat next to you on the first day and cracked a joke about something stupid and immediately drew you in. 

That was years ago but you’d managed to stay friends through college, through Henry becoming an actor, through so many ups and downs. 

Through that time you watched Henry begin and end many relationships while you stayed single. 

After so much heartbreak in your own life, you couldn’t help but have a little bit of a fear in regard to dating. You wanted someone to love and to be with but… love had hurt you before and as you watched Henry fall in and out of love, you knew love still could hurt. 

Of course, you knew that not all love had to hurt - Henry had become your best friend and had loved you more than you ever could have expected. 

You didn’t realize he loved you more than you knew.

Through all of your years of friendship, he’d had a steady crush on you. It was the reason why he spoke to you on that first day of class - you were cute and he wanted to know you. 

You’d told him about your past relationships and he could see the hurt that you held onto so he became determined to not let you down. He wanted to show you that guys weren’t always selfish bastards and the two of you became close friends quickly.

Henry wanted more but didn’t want to push, didn’t want to ruin things, so he kept his feelings to himself. 

He dated other women but was always left wondering what it might be like if he had you. He always said his relationships didn’t work out because of work or because he wanted to be more serious than the women wanted but the truth was that he just wanted you. 

One evening, he finally decided to say something. 

It had been years of him slowly but surely falling in love with you and he didn’t want to pretend anymore. 

You were coming over for a movie night - something you always did once he came home between filming on locations - and he was going to finally talk about his feelings. 

These movie nights were always at his home - considering he had a better set-up and he was always so tired once he finished filming. 

You arrived like you always did - carrying his favorite take-out and beer, ready for a night in and he knew for sure that you were all that he wanted.

He smiled at you, taking in the sight, and before he could stop himself he blurted out, “I love you.”

You chuckled and nodded, putting down the take-out and beer on his kitchen table, “I know, Hen. I love you too.” 

He watched you for a moment and shook his head, “No I… I don’t just love you. I’m in love with you. Have been for years now.” 

For a moment, you just waited for him to say something. To say it was a joke or a mistake or anything other than the truth. You knew in your heart that you’d hoped for this for years, jealous of all the women he’d had come in and out of his life. You wondered how painful it might be if he was joking.

You murmured, “Henry, I -” but he cut you off, pressing his lips to yours in the most tender kiss you’d ever felt. 

Your brain struggled to process it for a second - your best friend was kissing you - but then everything melted away and the only thing you could focus on was how he cupped the back of your head, holding you against him and kissing you as if it gave him life. 

He pulled away from you and you heard a whine - only realizing a moment later that you had made the sound. Henry smiled at you and pressed his forehead to yours whispering, “I’m in love with you”.

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I love your writing and I was wondering if I could make a request. Henry and the reader are really good friends, he he caught her reading dan fiction and he asked her what she gets out of reading it. And she says it’s because she wants a love story like people write about. Kinda had a very similar experience of my own. You can decide if it stays plutonic or they end up together. Thanks in advance!

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Word Count: 478

Warnings: The ending is up to you so I suppose it’s a cliffhanger

His lips brushed against yours and -

“What are you reading?” Henry’s voice startled you as he came up behind you, while you sat on his couch. You quickly tried to close the fic you were reading on your phone. Henry noticed the sketchy look on your face and snatched your phone out of your hand.

Jumping off the couch, you followed after him. You tried to reach for it, begging him, “Henry! Come on, stop it. Give me my phone back.”

“What? It can’t be that bad!” He was laughing as he kept you at arms length so he could read it out loud, “August held your face in his hands, and even as evil as the man was, you couldn’t help but feel safe…” He trailed off and stopped laughing. 

He cleared his throat and handed your phone back to you, shoving his hands in his pockets. He looked at you, his eyebrows drawing together, “Um… is that uh… is that August Walker fanfiction you’re reading?” 

How were you supposed to explain to your best friend that you were reading fanfiction in the first place, nevermind something about one of his characters! You just shrugged weakly at him and forced a smile. 

You’d had a crush on Henry for years but he’d always been so all over the place with his relationships and work that you never felt brave enough to bring it up.

You had accidentally stumbled upon fanfiction about Henry one day - you were missing him while he was off filming his most recent project. Sometimes you’d watch his movies when you missed him because you didn’t have to worry about bothering him but he was still kind of there for you. While looking for a place to stream Mission Impossible, you accidentally fell into a fanfiction blackhole on Tumblr.

Thank god you hadn’t been reading anything specifically about Henry.

Henry was still giving you a confused look and you huffed, “It’s stupid. It’s just… I read about the kind of love story I want I guess.” 

He cocked an eyebrow and asked, “Can I read it? I won’t make fun or anything, I’m just curious.”

You let out a breath and nodded, handing your phone back to him. You watched his eyes as he quickly read the short piece. It was just a simple sweet thing but you still felt embarrassed that your best friend was reading it.

Soon, he was done reading it and handed over your phone. He was quiet for a moment before saying, “That was actually pretty sweet but… why August? I mean he’s a cold-blooded monster.”

You swallowed hard and avoided his eyes, “Because he’s you. Or you’re him I guess. I…” 

His fingers brushed along your cheek, making you look at him. 

“What are you saying?” you could almost swear he had a hopeful look in his eyes.

What would you tell him?

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Hi! Fictional kiss 9 please x

9. one small kiss, pulling away for an instant, then devouring each 

Ooof yes! one of my favorite kinds of kisses. (With Henry. Warning for heavy kissing, but nothing explicit).

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“Thanks again for your help, Henry. I really appreciate it.” You held out a mug of freshly brewed coffee.

Henry wasn’t around often, but when he was, he was an exceptionally helpful neighbour. The two of you developed a genial, if sporadic, friendship with a healthy dose of flirting thrown into the mix. When you sent a text to him asking to borrow a ladder, you were surprised (but not unpleasantly) when he showed up on your doorstep with a ladder, a toolbox, and an irrepressible need to be useful.

Henry leaned back against the kitchen counter next to you, taking the mug in hand. “It’s no trouble. It was a good excuse to see you, and a good bit of fun, actually.”

“Hanging ceiling lights? Fun?” You shot him a look of disbelief before you took a sip of your own coffee. It certainly wasn’t your idea of a good time, but to each their own, you supposed.

“Okay, maybe not fun,” He conceded, his lips ticking into a smile before taking a sip of coffee. “Nicely normal, perhaps.”

Your eyes lit playfully as you returned his smile. “Refreshingly routine.” You always loved a good word game.

Henry chuckled before pondering a moment. “Satisfyingly standard.”

“Alluringly average.” You countered, patting his forearm teasingly.

“Magnificently mundane.” His eyebrow raised as he closed a hand over yours, trapping your fingers on his arm.

Your brow furrowed and breath hitched as you wrestled your brain for the right words. “Pleasurably…”

The one word shifted the entire atmosphere in the room. Henry bent toward you with rapt interest. He released your hand as he slowly set down his steaming mug as he waited for you to finish your thought.

Your entire body stirred with awareness as he watched you intently, slowly easing closer. His eyes dropped to your lips, and your breath shuddered as your train of thought quickly derailed. The scent of him, something citrusy and herbaceous, overwhelmed your senses.

“Pleasurably...” Henry prompted in your silence. His gaze was shadowed and desirous as it prowled over you, slowly slid back up to yours.

Heat crept up your neck and a blush warmed your cheeks when his fingers brushed against yours, taking your mug and setting it down next to his.

“Pleasurably…” You whispered, your eyes flickering to your mug and back to Henry again as he lifted your chin with a hooked finger, gently brushing your mouth with his thumb.

“You said that already.”

His mouth closed over yours, and your eyes fluttered shut as he chased away any lingering dregs of coherent thought. This kiss was excruciatingly indulgent but painfully short. A low whimper escaped you when he pulled away.

Just as soon as he released you, your hands fisted the front of his shirt and you pulled him back, dragging him into a kiss that was neither kind nor gentle. It was all-consuming; each push of your tongues and nip at your lips set your skin ablaze. You moaned, low and heady, when a large palm gripped the side of your jaw, strong fingers digging into the back of your neck, as his other snaked around your back to press you flush against him. His hoarse growl vibrated through you, standing every nerve on end before pooling in your lower abdomen.

There was no space left as he crowded against you. The edge of the counter bit into your lower back as your bodies pushed into each other with each laboured breath. He broke away from you just long enough to lift your hips to sit you on top of the counter, quickly wedging himself between your knees. When you opened your eyes again, Henry’s stare was so hot and so desperate that you wanted to drown in it.

His fingers tangled in your hair, tugging your head back as he explored the line of your neck with wet opened mouth kisses. Your legs instinctively wound around his waist to pull him closer, a ragged gasp escaping when his teeth grazed the sensitive point at the base of your throat.

“Alluringly average?” His mouth curved into a teasing smile when his lips met yours again.

You let out a low curse as his fingers slid under the hem of your shirt and curled around the bare curves of your waist.  “There is absolutely nothing average about this.” You groaned as you frantically grabbed at his shoulders.

He eased your shirt up and over your head. “Pleasurably perfect.” 

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“You will learn to love me”

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Fangs Deep - Part I *Mature*

Summary: Henry’s a thousand year old Vampire, he’s done a lot of things in his long and unnatural life, but all of that is turned upside down one night, when he meets her.

Pairing: Henry Cavill/OFC

Word Count: 9,877

Rating: M - Blood, Language, Biting, Mention of Assault, Abuse, Physical, slight dub-con, Slow-ish Burn, Minor Character Death, light Daddy kink, Sugar Daddy

Inspiration: Vampire!Henry is such a mood!

Author’s Note: It’s a sorta dark fic, sorta not. Thanks to @wondersofdreaming​ for reading and beta-ing it for me! Tell me what you think!

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Henry had been a vampire for over a thousand years.

He had traveled the world and done all sorts of things in that time; good, bad and indifferent. He spent the last three decades being mostly indifferent, unless it directly affected him, or he felt like doing it.

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Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

To Walk Invisible (dir. Sally Wainwright, 2016)

“Medical professional having to deal with an unruly patient trying to take off their mask”

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this is soooo SYVERSON and as soon as i saw it i wanted to spin a lil drabble for it 🥺

“I don’t know where your head is at, but I suggest pulling it out of your ass would be a good start!”

it’s been back and forth like this for an hour, so you’re not surprised when he laughs at that one and gives you an incredulous look

“Me?! Like you’re not the one who made the head ass decision to go out and get wild tonight then get your feelins’ all hurt over nothing!”

you wouldn’t call a cocktail waitress getting overly friendly with your husband nothing

the fact that he was treating it as such pushed you deep into your boiling point

“If you think my feelings are ‘nothing’ Logan, then leave! Take what’s yours and get the fuck out!”

you know better than to cuss at him

the look in his eye says it all; he goes from maybe being able to sweep this under the rug to full on dealing with it now

“Alright.”

he says simply, and though his answer surprises you, instead of turning to head out the door, Sy has you in his arms and over his shoulder before grabbing his keys off the hook

he closes the front door behind him and locks it despite your protests, one of his large hands delivers a firm spank to your ass for squirming so much

“Logan, put me down!!”

you whine and feel his grip on you tighten as he walks towards his truck

“You said take what’s mine and go! I’m goin’!! Don’t know where though, I’m open to suggestions.”

you feel your body warm from his affections and decide to take a deep breath and stop fighting

it’s useless at this point anyways as he sits you on the hood of his truck and grips your chin between his fingers, guiding your tearing gaze to his own stern one

“We don’t work that way in this relationship, you understand me? If I’m leavin’ you’re comin’ with me and vice versa. For better or worse, you said.”

his tone meant business as you sniffled and nodded, going from 6”4 with 2 pistols to baby brat in a split second

“Gimmie’ a kiss and get your ass in the truck.”

you offer a solemn peck, feeling bad for making mountains out of mole hills for what was supposed to be a good night

he offers an apology the only way he knows how, deepening the kiss and reminding you who you belong to as he places your hand against his chest and makes you feel his steady heartbeat under your hand

“No one but you, bug. Always. Ok?”

he acknowledges the whole flirty waitress event by offering his daily reminder to you

his heart doesn’t beat for anyone else, and he wants you to know it

every day, every night, and any little moment in between; he belongs to you entirely, and he expects you to know that by now

you nod again and let him help you down from the truck, the fresh night air helping calm the both of you as he rolled down the windows, put the radio on, and threw an arm around you as you leaned into his side

so far there was nothing in the marriage that couldn’t be solved with a lil drive thru ice cream and a long drive with no destination