Don't Give Up

don't give up

-wheezes- belssed nugmet

me at any given time: can we just buckle down and focus on the task at hand please???

my brain:

my brain: ……….ranibow sprimkle……………

Art by @elgrajaz of my oc Trouble having to cooperate yet again. For more tips and tricks on how to train your cryptid, go read Ch 12 of Overcome.

“So you don’t have to kill in order to eat?”

“What?” Trouble blinked, startled. “Yeah I do. It’s not like I can let them go after. They’d call the cops or something. I’d get hunted down like a rabid dog.”

“But it’s possible for you. You can eat and leave them still alive.”

“Didn’t you hear what I just said?” He frowned up at F, starting to feel irked. “Eff, I have to.”

“Maybe before you had to, but you’re here now.” F’s eyes looked brighter as he smiled. “I could store someone for you.”

“Like Paul, you mean?” Trouble scoffed. “I’m not trying to find a pet. Whoever you bring me won’t be a friend or an experiment either, Eff. They’ll be food, that’s all.”

“Hmm.” F was gentle as he smoothed down tape to hold the fresh bandage in place. “Let me worry about that.”

A picture by @elgrajaz of his oc creepy guy being cautiously comforted by my oc Trouble. Chapter 6 of Overcome is up on Ao3.

Excerpt:

“YOU UNGRATEF--”

“Careful,” Trouble interrupted, meeting the stranger’s gaze. He rested his claws against the captive’s throat. “I wouldn’t want my hand to slip.”

“Mm, mmph...”

“S-stop!”

“Someone could get hurt,” Trouble added, struggling to control his breathing. He tilted his head, resting his temple against the young man’s cheek. “I can’t believe I didn’t smell him on you. He’s very sweet.” He smirked as his captor’s eyes bulged. He made a show of burying his nose in blue hair and inhaling deeply.

“Let go of him.”

“I told you I could find my own meal.”

“He’s not for you.”

“Oh?” Trouble raised an eyebrow. “You’ve returned so quickly and I don’t see anyone else with you. Did you even mean what you said about taking care of me?” he demanded, pressing in with his fingertips so the captive’s skin dimpled around his claws.

Another piece by @elgrajaz of his creepy oc, seen here with a captive other than my oc Trouble. Clearly creepy guy has excellent taste, right? I can't think of a single person or cryptid who would resent being taped up in his basement...

The next chapter of Overcome, co-starring creepy guy, is up on Ao3. Here's an excerpt:

Trouble limped faster and tried two more doors. The second one opened and he practically fell inside. He held his breath as he tried to close it soundlessly, then felt around in the dark for a way to lock it. Nothing. Fuck. Trouble clutched the bag tighter as he backed away from the door. He gasped as a furious yell echoed down the hallway. The sound of a door slamming made him jump and back up another step, right into something low and hard against his calves.

“Where are you?!”

His heart picked up speed at the way the words were almost howled.

“You’ll never outrun me.”

The voice sounded closer with every word. Trouble gulped and dug his hand into the bag while he hurried around whatever he’d banged into, only to knock into something else with his hip, right near his wound. For a few precious seconds he saw white stars flash before his eyes. The light grew brighter after that as the door banged open.

“You.” The venom in the stranger’s voice sent shivers crawling up the back of Trouble’s neck. “I knew I should’ve used chains.”

the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.