Dear Creator - Mistletoe Exchange 2020
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simplecoffeeHi there! Thank you for creating for me. 💛 I am academicgangster on Tumblr, and simplecoffee on ao3.
So, the thing I love most in fanwork is taking canon character dynamics and just...making them More. Taking them further, exploring their natural progression, usually in a hurt/comfort-y way. I've mentioned the character dynamics and ships I love under each fandom, along with some rambly thoughts and prompts - speaking of which, please feel free to pick, choose, mix, match, play with any, all or even none of said prompts, if that's where the muse takes you. 💛
I love hurt/comfort with all my heart and soul, so most of the prompts here will probably contain it to some degree.
I am a-okay with any kind of exploration of character dynamics - h/c, casefic, fluff fic, angst, missing scenes, outsider POV, outsider POV contrasted with canon characters' POV, getting together fic, established relationship, you name it I love it. I'm also very much okay with or without smut - I enjoy it, but please don't feel pressured to include it or not to include it. If you do feel inclined toward the lovin', I have a preference for a Mature rating over an Explicit rating, but I will likely enjoy whatever rating speaks to you. :D
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> Likes & DNWs (art likes)
> Mission: Impossible (Movies)
(Requested media: fic, art)
Ethan/Hunley
Ethan/Luther
Ethan/Hunley/Luther
Ethan/Max Mitsopolis
Ethan/Sarah Davies
Jane/Zhen
> The Hunt for Red October (1990)
(Requested media: fic, art)
Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
> The Shadow (1994)
(Requested media: fic, art)
Lamont Cranston/Margo Lane
> Top Gun (1986)
(Requested media: fic)
Maverick/Iceman
Maverick/Iceman/Slider
Likes & DNWs
General likes:
• Character studies
• Hurt/comfort of all stripes
• Exploring the fallout of canon trauma
• Missing scenes, slice-of-life, etc - exploring canon character dynamics/canon traits of known characters
• Touch starvation
• Deep friendships
• Earned trust and casual intimacy (carrying, clothes sharing, characters only allowing touch from people they trust, etc)
• Bonding over shared trauma
• PTSD, illness messing with a character's grip on reality, combat/mission injuries, scars, and injuries acting up, touch starvation, sensory deprivation / sensory overload, characters not believing they deserve comfort or being surprised to receive comfort
• Eventually requited pining
• Worldbuilding
• Outsider POV, especially when contrasted with our characters' POV
• Mission aftermaths
• Smut with Feelings (I don't really need to know what body parts are going where, I love to know how it feels, in the sensory way and/or the emotional way)
• Pain, bittersweetness, sadness, exploring the darker side and implications of canon is great, but I really need some happiness/comfort and hope along with it!
Sexual likes:
D/s overtones. Femdom. Service subs. Subs With Issues. Praise kink. Hands, fingers, touch; touch starvation. Finger-sucking. Aftercare. Tenderness, especially if the person receiving it isn't expecting it, isn't used to it, and it breaks them just a little.
Marking, intentional or no - bruising with lips or teeth; hiding the bruises under clothing. Suit kink. Wrists bound or held down. Honour bondage. Shibari and intricate knotwork. Careful sex / making out when one partner is hurt or ill and feverish (fever sex is, uh, a Thing of mine). Or rough, desperate, life-affirming sex / making out.
There are some fandoms where I love the sex a lot rougher; see the sections under Collateral and Top Gun.
Art likes:
Realistic and sketchy styles, bold lines and rich colours/textures, bold accent colours, creative lighting choices, noir-style art especially for action canons, minimalist styles/silhouettes, characters captured in unaware moments as though they're being photographed without realizing it, art that captures the vibe of canon without necessarily capturing the style of canon; angsty hurt/comfort or warm, gentle, casually intimate moments.
I love kisses of all descriptions, especially at the forehead, temple, hands, throat, or collarbone. I love characters undressing each other, reverently for most pairings, roughly for some (see Collateral and Top Gun). I love seeing characters in partial states of undress rather than seeing them completely naked, especially if there's also a focus on their hands or collarbones or throat. I love seeing characters with love bites, hickeys or bruises; I love characters touching and tracing other characters' scars, especially if it looks like they got distracted while undressing them to do so. I love characters in shibari, especially under dress shirts, or characters' wrists being tied with something luxurious like velvet or ribbon.
I also love h/c focused art - characters undressing their injured/sick partners or taking off their glasses, if they wear them (eg. Hunley, Mancuso, Ethan in MI 1). Characters patching sick/hurt characters up, with stitches or bandages or ice packs, or cleaning scrapes on the hurt character's face or hands. Sick/hurt characters with their hair messed up, perhaps hiding their faces in other characters' chests or shoulders. Hurting characters sitting at other characters' feet to be taken care of with hair stroking or shoulder rubs, or burying their face in the other character's lap. Smaller characters getting carried bridal style when they're not feeling well, maybe clinging to the character carrying them if they're not unconscious. Hands in general, especially if they're scratched or hurt and being taken care of. :D
(I would not prefer pink or green as a dominant/background colour, but I love basically every other colour there is. Jewel tones are great! Limited palettes are great! Bold colours are great! Whatever you can think of is great! I love it all. :D Style-wise I would prefer no chibis or overly cartoonish styles; I'm very cool with anything and everything else, including experimental styles!)
General DNWs:
• Mundane/depowered/setting change AUs
• Bleak, hopeless endings (as long as there's hope, bittersweet endings are fine!)
• Unrequested crossovers and fusions
• Any mention of coronavirus or quarantine/lockdown situations
• Any mention of Mission: Impossible 2 canon
• Ethan/Benji, Ethan/Ilsa
• Death of requested characters (even if they died in canon. Alan Hunley Is Alive That's My Story And I'm Sticking To It. The exception: Mission: Impossible 1, where yes please it is a-okay to deal with the fallout of the deaths of Ethan's original IMF team, including Sarah.)
• Non-canonical death of non-requested characters
• Terminal illness
• Permanent injury (the exception: Jack Ryan's canonical past injury in The Hunt for Red October)
• Gastrointestinal illness (nausea/vomiting is okay but not as a focus of the work, and not as a result of GI illness - so character getting nauseous or throwing up from a migraine or just severe pain in general, yes; character getting nauseous or throwing up as a result of a severe anxiety attack or PTSD episode, yes; character suffering anything related to food poisoning or GI bugs or overeating and similar, no)
• Pregnancy, menstruation
• Infidelity (for Red October, I would prefer that Jack and Cathy were never married, separated amiably and share custody of Sally)
• For Top Gun, anyone calling Mav 'Pete' in a positive way (people calling him that as an implied insult is cool)
Sexual DNWs:
• Noncon or dubcon, except where noted (see Top Gun)
• humiliation as a kink, except where noted (see Top Gun)
• pain play for Mission: Impossible and The Hunt for Red October
• gags of any kind (hand over mouth is okay for canons with prompts for rougher sex like Top Gun, but I would like it to trigger the character on the receiving end and for there to be some emotional fallout of it)
• anal, dirty talk, spanking, ageplay, scat, watersports, rimming, emeto, A/B/O, d/s-verse, mommy/daddy kink, maledom/femsub
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Mission: Impossible (Movies)
Media: fic, art
Ethan/Hunley, Ethan/Luther, Ethan/Hunley/Luther, Ethan/Max Mitsopolis, Ethan/Sarah Davies, Jane/Zhen
Ethan/Hunley
I love Ethan and Hunley and their odd and beautiful dynamic so much. Hunley spent most of Rogue Nation trying to chase Ethan down, but by the airport scene in Fallout he's clearly at least a little bit in love with him, and it's adorable. They're so different but so complementary! Hunley's so vocal and Ethan so quiet, but equally intense! Ethan's such a ray of sunshine that he apparently converted Hunley from a cynic to an idealist by deciding to trust him! Hunley heaps praise and reassurance on Ethan, while Ethan looks as though he's in physical pain from being told he's worth believing in! Ethan calls Hunley 'sir' and it somehow means all the things! And as always, Ethan is canonically pretty damn touch-starved and might tear up on receiving unexpected physical affection, especially if he's otherwise hurting and overwhelmed.
There's so much unsaid between these two characters, so much unexplored. I'm here for them spending some time together, getting to know each other, becoming affectionate toward each other, especially through adversity. Does Ethan's seniority in the IMF mean that Hunley is his handler? And, therefore, would Hunley be the person Ethan calls for emergency extraction from a solo mission gone wrong - Hunley the one to hear please, sir, I'm sick and alone, bring me home? Would Hunley be the one to hide Ethan in his office and let him get some rest, away from the other government/agency brass who want to interrogate him while he's medically unfit? Hunley the one to lend him a jacket in the cold, all while wishing he could wrap him up in his arms? I'm very much here for Hunley pining for Ethan, perhaps even thinking Ethan's out of his league until, as they grow slowly more intimate, he realizes Ethan likes him back. Does Ethan spend time pining in return, or does he just take a while to realize his feelings; does he reveal said feelings while he's hurt? Is it Hunley, instead, who finally takes the leap and confesses his love while comforting him? Or does he keep quiet because he's worried that Ethan isn't well enough to deal with such a revelation?
I love how deeply Hunley seems to care for Ethan, how soft they already are with each other in Fallout, and I'd love to see how their dynamic evolves once they get together (or, indeed, how it changes between Rogue Nation and Fallout if they got together between the two films, and that was why Fallout had them so gentle with each other.) I'd love to see Ethan seeking Hunley out when he's hurting and needs some tenderness, Hunley so distressed when he's ill or in pain and so badly wanting to help him feel better, and sometimes being able to figure out how on his own, while at other times needing to ask Ethan himself what he needs, or to call up Luther and ask what Ethan needs. How does Hunley cope when Ethan comes home from a mission sick or hurt, not badly enough to need a hospital but definitely badly enough that he could do with a lot of comfort? (How does he cope with knowing that Ethan's gone without help or comfort so often for so many years?) How does he find ways to show Ethan how much he loves and appreciates him? How long does it take for him to learn to read Ethan well enough to figure out when he's really badly hurt or sick and when he's mostly-okay, and the states in between? We know Ethan trusted him professionally at once; how long does it take him to trust him personally, enough to cling to him like he does to Luther, enough to let himself be held? (When is the first time Hunley carries him?) I'm also here for established relationship fic, with both Ethan and Hunley staying professional during mission check-in calls but melting into each other's arms the moment they're off work, Hunley tucking Ethan into his coat to keep him warm, them looking after each other and being quietly domestic together, all that good stuff. 💛
Sensually, I love Ethan and Hunley to both be very into touch and texture, the kind of people to go heavy on the heavy petting, the kind of people to kiss each other senseless. Super into Hunley picking Ethan up while they're making out; also super into him holding Ethan's wrists. I adore submissive!Ethan, and I see him tending a great deal to the very softest side of that - both in the sense of him enjoying being gently held down/tied down and praise kink, and in the sense of needing to be told to accept love and comfort (such as hair brushing or shoulder rubs) and being praised for doing so. I love Hunley as having lots of Dom Tendencies, but being very afraid to break Ethan because he's seen him so hurt and fragile, so Ethan has to convince him he's not that breakable when he's well. I could also see Hunley being overwhelmed that Ethan likes it when he praises him, having to convince himself he's worth the trust Ethan places in him, worth being obeyed by this Very Small Angel all of his own accord. I also see Hunley as having a massive suit kink, so do with that information what you will - maybe show me him absolutely bluescreening when he sees Ethan in a suit for the first time. :D
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Hunley's six foot; Hunley's delightfully broad and chubby in addition to being tall)
• Ethan sleeping on a couch under Hunley's suit jacket, maybe with Hunley feeling his forehead.
• Ethan wearing sunglasses and hiding his face against Hunley's chest, maybe even inside his suit jacket or coat.
• Ethan sneaking up on Hunley like this (gif) while Hunley is on the phone or talking into a headset, putting his hands in Hunley's pockets and his forehead against his shoulder.
• Hunley towering gently over Ethan while he kisses him, like Alec Baldwin is doing with Salma Hayek here (still, gif)
• Ethan generally being Smol at 5'7" to Hunley's 6'. He could fit nicely under his chin while hugging him, or have his head cradled against his shoulder. Or stand on tiptoe to kiss him, even. Or look tiny when wearing clothes that belong to him. 💛
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Ethan/Luther
How do I love Ethan and Luther's adoration for each other? Let me count the ways. ("What's up, baby?" "Hey, man.")
These two have known each other since MI: 1, and they've been so deeply fond of each other and loyal to each other ever since. Luther calls Ethan 'baby' twice! He's also the only one apart from Julia, Ethan's canon wife (now ex), who gets to see Ethan truly vulnerable and take care of him when he is; for everyone else in the team, Ethan does his best to be stoic and strong and not reveal much when he's a mess, but Luther's been around long enough to see right through him, and Ethan clearly loves him enough not to mind. I'm pretty sure Luther is the only one of the current team to have seen Ethan cry, and he's canonically the only one to have had Ethan literally cling to him like a lifeline.
So I'm here for all the love and tenderness between them that's built up over the years. I'd love to see the other team members, or even Hunley, realize that Ethan feels responsible for his team and never lets himself be truly vulnerable with them, but can lean into Luther or steal his jacket or just meet his eyes and be immediately, intimately understood. Maybe he even lets Luther look after him in front of the others, if he's feeling really awful, or maybe Luther needs to convince him to take it easy for a bit, and takes care of him in private so he can pretend to be less hurt than he is in front of the team. Maybe Ethan lands up in medical after a mission without Luther, badly injured or delirious with a high fever, and asks for Luther often enough that someone actually goes to find him for him. Maybe tell me about one of the team calling Luther for advice on how to help Ethan when he's hurt. Maybe just tell me about all the little moments of trust and comfort over the years, about Ethan knowing Luther's favourite colours and videogames and Luther knowing how Ethan likes his coffee and just how often they've been holed up in safe houses together with Ethan injured or sick, waiting in each other's arms till the coast was clear to get moving and get on home. About Luther being the only person who can ground Ethan when he's so sick or hurt that he barely remembers the mission or who he's supposed to be playing, the only person who can touch him without him flinching or feverishly trying to reach for a weapon. Or about Luther having been there for Ethan after the miserable, exhausting missions he's been on in canon (say, after Ghost Protocol or Rogue Nation or Fallout, or even all the way back after MI: 1).
I'm also all about the quiet intimacy between them when off-duty, especially after they get together. Luther gently looking after Ethan with lots of touch, because he knows how touch-starved Ethan is and knows what makes him feel better when he's sick; Ethan allowing himself to ask Luther for comfort, even though he still sometimes feels driven to apologize for needing it. Luther knowing Ethan gets migraines a few times a year ever since he had a bomb implanted in his head for a while in MI: III, because he was there with Julia to help him through the immediate aftermath, and knows his tells when he's hurting even if he's trying to hide it from the rest of the team. Ethan letting Luther do little things for him like help him on with a jacket or wash and rub his hair dry, because he trusts him and it feels nice. Luther calling Ethan on his bullshit when he pretends to be feeling better than he is. Ethan trying not to wake Luther when he has a flashback or nightmare (perhaps during the fireworks on the Fourth of July), sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much. Both of them kissing each other's scars when they make out, making sure to be gentle if one of them's hurt, or if old injuries are making themselves particularly known.
Sensually, I love Ethan and Luther to be intensely affectionate and reverent, like neither of them believed they'd ever get to touch the other this way, but also playful and not afraid to play rough sometimes. They're very in tune with each other, and I feel like they'd know when one of them was hurting and they needed to be gentle, and when the mood was right to get a little feistier. I love Ethan to be really into touch and luxuriate in it, and Luther to indulge him and realize he likes it too. I also adore submissive!Ethan, and I see him tending a great deal to the very softest side of that - both in the sense of him enjoying being gently held down/tied down and praise kink, and in the sense of needing to be told to accept love and comfort (such as hair brushing or shoulder rubs) and being praised for doing so.
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Luther's six foot; Luther is built and powerful and soft as well as being tall)
• Ethan curled up against Luther's shoulder while clutching a cough buddy bear to his chest after Fallout - he broke a few ribs at the end there, and it's going to hurt to breathe for a while.
• Luther bridal-carrying Ethan, any time in the series from MI: 1 to now.
• Luther picking Ethan up for a hug, and Ethan clinging while hugging him back.
• Luther gently undressing Ethan - maybe undoing his cuff or shirt buttons.
• Ethan generally being Smol at 5'7" to Luther's 6'. He could fit nicely under his chin while hugging him, or have his head cradled against his shoulder. Or stand on tiptoe to kiss him, even. Or look tiny when wearing clothes that belong to him. 💛
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Ethan/Hunley/Luther
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Anyway, I love all three of these characters so much, and I love Ethan/Luther and Ethan/Hunley a lot - and I think the triad could work. We don't get to see Luther and Hunley interact much, and we know that Luther's fiercely protective of Ethan and therefore can't stand Hunley in Rogue Nation, but we do see in Fallout that Hunley deeply adores Ethan, which I think could have won Luther over to his side. Perhaps Luther and Ethan were already together before Rogue Nation, and Luther noticed Hunley pining after Ethan, eventually discussing it with Ethan and deciding to ask him to join them. Or perhaps they all had an awakening after nearly dying in Fallout. I'd love an exploration of how they could have got together, or an established relationship fic where they all look after each other when things go wrong, or Hunley and Luther joining forces to take care of Ethan when he's injured or protect him from intelligence community brass, or even just all of them mildly bickering about who gets to snuggle whom.
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Luther and Hunley's six foot, and they're both delightfully broad and soft when compared to him)
• Ethan curled up asleep in Hunley's arms while wearing a jacket that belongs to Luther and is clearly too big for him
• Hunley or Luther patching Ethan up when he's hurt, while the other supports his head or holds his hand
• Ethan and Luther petting Hunley, who's asleep or nearly asleep between them, maybe with Ethan taking off Hunley's glasses
• Any and all kisses, gentle touch, handholding and/or making out is deeply loved 💛
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Ethan/Max Mitsopolis
CANON DOMME/SUB DYNAMICS RIGHT HERE! These two were flirting so hard from the very moment they met, Max was so very domme and Ethan so very subby and eager, and it was fully mutual and consensual - they may be rivals in an uneasy allyship, but they like and respect each other so damn much; they both play completely fair at all times, clearly enjoy their banter, and look like they'd be all over each other should circumstance permit. So my prompt here is...let circumstance permit.
There's a sort of deep affection between these two that goes beyond their fiery sexual tension. When Max and Ethan met, Ethan was at his shakiest and most vulnerable; he'd just lost his whole found family in one night, and been framed for their deaths when he tried to call for help. He put up a damn good front for Max - he had to, playing the high-stakes cloak-and-dagger spy game he was forced to play - but it's not unreasonable to figure she might realize there's something else beneath the surface. Not unreasonable to figure an experienced domme could tell what he needs, and that she might want to give.
Max is a whole lot taller than Ethan as well as being much older, which I find all kinds of lovely; she also lives a super luxurious high-society life. I imagine she also has fine taste in clothes and jewellery and would take them off a partner with some attention, and appreciate the same being done for her, especially at her direction. Ethan is the kind to be similarly attuned to detail, and (especially when as young as he is around the time of MI:1) he is also the kind to be breathlessly eager to please and to be Good. He's also shaken up and miserably touch-starved, and might tear up on receiving unexpected physical affection, so make of that what you will.
Maybe Ethan lets Max take him to bed during MI:1, or maybe they run into each other afterwards by chance, and pick up their recent acquaintance right where it left off. Maybe Max takes him out to dinner or the opera or something equally opulent and befitting her position in high society, and spoils him rotten for the night; what's Max's belongs to Max, and nobody gets to touch him but her. Especially if he's fresh from a mission and hurt or ill, but still so very eager to suit up and take her arm and be the best damn service sub for her. Maybe she'll keep him protectively close at her side all evening, gently clean blood off his injured face and hands with her handkerchief, make sure to let him know how very good he's being, and then bind his wrists or cover his eyes with his own necktie in the bedroom later.
...Or maybe they just fall into bed, and it just so happens that Max is completely in control, as Max is wont to be. And Max, good at being gentle but firm, can tell when a sub is hurting, or when they want to safeword but don't, or when they want to keep going but are too injured or sick to make it much further, and she breaks the scene to give Ethan the comfort he needs, even if she may never know what caused the hurt.
Basically I am 100% Here for Max Giving Ethan A Whole Lotta Love And Praise In Luxurious Surroundings. And for that love and praise and gentleness just...kinda destroying him, and maybe even making him cry, because he needs it so badly. (Max knows that, too.)
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Max's 5'11"-plus-heels)
• Ethan kneeling reverently at Max's feet, looking up at her, while visibly hurt or sick (perhaps with her undoing his shirt, or perhaps with her tying him in shibari, or perhaps with his wrists bound behind him with his own tie).
• Max brushing Ethan's hair.
• Max wrapping Ethan up in her cloak.
• Ethan dressed to the nines in black tie or white tie, walking into an event at an equally fabulously dressed Max's side, visibly injured (eg. with his arm in a sling, or with his face scratched up and bleeding).
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Ethan/Sarah Davies
I really like Ethan's dynamic with his original team, before it all went to hell in the first half-hour of MI: 1. For Ethan/Sarah, I'm mostly thinking about an exploration of that dynamic set pre-MI:1 - it's easy to read their gentle banter as both Ethan and Jack pining a little bit for Sarah, who's a bit older and more experienced as an agent than they are.
For Ethan/Sarah, please give me all the soft hurt/comfort! I'd love to see their low-key, quiet little team-within-the-team dynamic, see Ethan just absolutely unable to believe Sarah would look twice at him and blush deeply or hide his face when she kisses him. I'd super love to see them on a mission together having each other's backs or looking after each other afterward, perhaps huddling for warmth, or Sarah patching Ethan up when he's injured or wrapping him in blankets/cradling his head in her lap when he's sick or possibly hypothermic as a result of a mission.
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed, and he and Sarah are near about the same height - Ethan's 5'7" and Sarah is 5'6")
• Sarah cradling Ethan's head in her lap and stroking his hair while he's clearly in pain, possibly in a car while their team gets them to safety before his injuries can be treated.
• Sarah wearing Ethan's stupid leather coat from MI:1, possibly while they kiss.
• Ethan and Sarah walking into a party arm in arm, dressed in black tie and possibly both wearing the MI:1 spy glasses (super cool with Sarah dressed in an evening gown, or with her also wearing a tux!)
• Ethan asleep at Sarah's feet with his head resting against her knee while she rubs his back or strokes his hair.
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Jane/Zhen
I love Jane Carter so much. I especially love that she's kind of socially awkward, very awkward when asked to be femme, and that Ethan has to coach her in the art of artificial seduction near the end of Ghost Protocol. She's very similar to Ethan in a lot of ways - she feels responsible for the safety of the world, is a quiet bean who doesn't much care for Networking™ and social politics, and when we see her onscreen she's dealing with a whole lot of grief - and dealing with it through anger, a lot like Ethan did when he was younger.
By contrast, Zhen is a little more in tune with her feelings. I don't think we know her as well as we know Jane, but we do know she is, while not femme exactly, certainly a lot more comfortable playing the Designated Femme Fatale role on missions, a fair bit more comfortable with social manipulation and the political/administrative side of intelligence work, a lot more emotionally expressive, once had a cat whom she loved, and probably hasn't faced as much grief or loss as Jane has. I'd love them to meet (perhaps through Ethan) and get acquainted, slowly growing fond of each other, with Jane taking a while to open up, and Zhen finding patience and willingness in herself she never knew she had. I'd love them to go on a few missions together, learn to work together and perhaps eventually fall into bed or into each other's laps in a 'thank god we're alive' adrenaline rush. I'd love to see Jane taking the dominant role in bed, taking Zhen apart, perhaps with Zhen expecting she'd have to coax her there too but being surprised and delighted to find that Jane absolutely no longer requires coaxing.
I'd also love to see Zhen looking after Jane after missions, when she's hurt or sick, brushing or braiding her hair, giving her back rubs, perhaps even in a service sub kind of way. D/s or no, I'd adore any kind of love, touch and tenderness between these two.
Art prompts!
(Zhen is 5'7" to Jane's 5'10", but Zhen is probably much more comfortable wearing heels than Jane)
• Zhen brushing or braiding Jane's hair.
• Zhen sitting in Jane's lap to make out with her - either when they're tired, injured and dishevelled in their tactical gear after a mission, or when they're suited up and dapper - or when they're tired, injured and dishevelled in dapper suits after a mission.
• Jane and Zhen walking into a grand event undercover on each other's arms, Jane in a suit and Zhen in an evening gown
• Jane kissing Zhen's wrist or her collarbone, or between her breasts
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Media: fic, art
Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
I really love the warmth of everything about Red October - how deeply idealistic Jack and Ramius are, how Jack is an experienced analyst who knows a lot about strategy and history but absolutely nothing about operations (but still knows he has to try to get Ramius in alive), how Ramius makes sure to gain the trust of his officers about the terrible risk he's taking in defecting, how Mancuso's whole crew clearly loves and trusts him and admires him while he is so protective of them in return - indeed, how committed to duty Mancuso is, but how ready and willing to step up when Jack proves his orders wrong.
I'm very here for all kinds of softness and hurt/comfort, with Jack or Mancuso as the centre. (Here's my h/c ex writeup on Jack; here's the one for Mancuso.) I just want them to get a whole lot of love and gentleness, whichever ship or the whole triad you choose from the tagset - getting together, established relationship, G-rated caretaking to M- or E-rated loving, everything is wonderful. I'd love to see these characters look after one another, make room for one another in their lives, kiss and pet one another a lot, any time from right post-movie to years later, possibly with Jack getting into politics and eventually becoming the President with First Gentleman Ramius and/or Mancuso at his side.
I have a lot of feelings about the idea that Jack's back injury from the chopper crash might leave him in lasting pain that resurfaces on cold and wet days, and Ramius and/or Mancuso would learn how to help him through it. I also love the thought of Mancuso, as a career submariner, not having had many relationships and not being used to being comforted, and so that he'd be quietly overwhelmed when Jack and/or Ramius hug and pet him when he's exhausted, or when he's older and his hands start to hurt when it gets cold.
While I don't think these characters would get up to d/s shenanigans often - I see them mostly as sweet, intense vanilla - I am kind of destroyed by the soft-but-firm-d/s implications of the scene where Ramius presents Mancuso with the Red October. Ramius has enormous Dom Energy in general, especially with Jack, but that scene got me feeling things about Mancuso, who also has a lot of Dom Energy, being the only person in the world whom Ramius would submit to. This goes double because when we see Mancuso give orders on the Dallas, he gives them softly, gently, and everyone immediately leaps to obey; I'd love to see him have the same command style in the bedroom, especially if Jack is sick or hurt and feeling guilty about it and needs to be told to let himself be taken care of, or conversely, if Bart himself is mildly sick or hurt and needs to convince the others to stop worrying and kiss him already, damnit.
Art prompts!
(Bart is left-handed and a shade under six foot; Jack is six foot and Ramius 6'2", and I love that they're both buff and soft while Bart is slender)
• Forehead kisses! All the forehead kisses. Ramius and/or Mancuso kissing Jack on the forehead.
• Kisses in general! Ramius or Mancuso gently kissing Jack.
• Ramius and/or Mancuso holding Jack's hand(s) on a plane.
• Jack wrapped in a blanket with Ramius and/or Mancuso snuggling him.
• Jack and/or Ramius massaging Bart's hands or wrists.
• happy, older bear!Jack in a wheelchair with a happy, older Ramius and/or Mancuso beside him - perhaps holding his hand or kissing him.
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The Shadow (1994)
Media: fic, art
Lamont Cranston/Margo Lane
I'd love some h/c focused on Lamont, with Margo being able to read his thoughts and taking none of his self-loathing/self-sacrificial bullshit. This canon begs for a delightful mix of vigilante h/c tropes and psychic superpowers h/c tropes and I am weak.
I love that in canon, the Margo/Lamont relationship is both beautifully soft and founded in the very basic tenets of consent: Margo is among the only people Lamont's mind-influencing powers don't work on, and therefore by definition she is at his side solely because she wants to be. This messes with Lamont's head a great deal, since he's an enormous disaster sub with a ton of guilt and self-worth issues and doesn't remotely believe he deserves to be loved.
I'd love to see something that picks up after the film, with established Lamont/Margo dealing with the hazards of the vigilante business - perhaps Margo finding an injured Lamont collapsed on her doorstep and having to look after him, perhaps her hearing his mind call out from miles away when he's hurting or miserable, perhaps them having to find ways to keep up their Socialite Personas for the public, such as Margo sneaking Lamont out of a party with clear We're Going To Make Out signals while he's really staggering from a gunshot wound. All the Noir Detective and Noir Vigilante and Noir Caretaking tropes! I will eat all the tropes up with a spoon!
I'd also love some exploration of the Shadow superpowers and how they work (and how they can go wrong) - perhaps with Lamont losing control of them when he's unconscious while hurt or ill, resulting in things breaking, flying around the room, people accidentally getting mind-controlled into doing odd things, maybe someone getting mildly injured, and Lamont being overwhelmed with guilt and hiding himself away when he's losing control for years until Margo realizes she's the only one who can help. I'd also love to see the effects of Lamont sometimes overusing his powers and working himself to exhaustion - perhaps it gives him migraines or gets him sick, leaving him shaky for a few days afterward, or exhausts him to the point of burnout, and this too has been going on for years before Margo walks into his life and realizes he's a whole idiot who can't sustain this way of working forever. Perhaps his occasional bouts of overusing-powers-sickness have been mistaken as hangovers or other debauchery by his uncle/butler/etc, and he's done nothing to disabuse them of the notion because it suits him for them to assume he's an empty-headed layabout. (Perhaps someone finds him in a gutter one morning too deeply unconscious to make it home, and it makes the tabloids and his uncle gives him a Stern Talking-To that he has to pretend he's taking to heart, while Margo knows the real reason and worries and shows up to domme him into letting her look after him.)
Speaking of Margo domming Lamont into letting her look after him, that's the exact dynamic for them that I love. Margo is super assertive, knows exactly what she wants at all times, is very very sexual and horny on main, and she's also very generous with comfort when Lamont needs it. Lamont, meanwhile, is all haunted and racked with guilt for his past, and afraid he'll hurt her, and also kind of awkward and embarrassed by her boldness; embarrassed to be wanted as much as she wants him. I'd love to see her taking him in hand and showing him how to let go of his guilt and nervousness and place his trust in her - him all reverent and worshipful, her patiently finding out what he needs (even if it's a long-term project, and even if what he needs is pain or bondage - perhaps especially if it is!), and maybe her giving him lots of praise and aftercare as a reward for being good for her. I also think Lamont might, in his self-flagellating way, sometimes go too far in asking for pain, and Margo might have to figure out when those times are, take care of him and reassure him, and figure out how to help him stop doing that.
D/s or no, I love the idea of Margo putting Lamont in shibari while he's sick, perhaps because they've found it helps keep his powers or power-induced sickness/headaches/burnout in check, perhaps as a simple exercise in comforting touch. I love the idea of Lamont just...not being able to deal with tenderness and being loved, especially so when he's ill or hurt, and Margo having to kiss away tears of sensory overstimulation/general overwhelmedness. Lamont just being very used to curling up and riding out illness/injury alone, and Margo refusing to let him do that and giving him lots of gentle touch and kisses, is such a soft spot for me, as is the fact that she can read his mind and hear his distress from miles away, so he literally cannot hide any kind of suffering from her.
Art prompts!
• Margo tying Lamont in intricate shibari knots while he's sick or hurt.
• Margo undressing Lamont from bloodied clothes.
• Lamont kneeling at Margo's feet, somewhat or completely undressed, looking up devotedly at her while she cleans his injured face of blood and grime.
• Margo wrapping a sick, shivering Lamont in one of her jackets (that's clearly feminine and drapey) or one of her giant furs.
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Top Gun (1986)
Media: fic
Maverick/Iceman
Maverick/Iceman/Slider
The basic vibe I'm always going for with Mav/Ice requests is masochistic!sub!Mav seeking out pain (in bar fights and the bedroom alike) in an attempt to deal with his massive self-worth issues / feel alive in general. I ship Mav with Ice hard in all kinds of enemies-to-lovers, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, mutually-pining-while-thinking-the-other-hates-them, eventually soft and sweet together ways, especially with neither of them quite being able to believe they have the other's love (or admit that it's love they really want); I also feel like Ice is a little emotionally healthier than Mav, and would be good for him while he's dealing with all the unaddressed trauma he's built up over the years. (Mav: "so you really like me, thought you might have been hate-fucking me all this time kazansky" Ice, horrified and already taking off his clothes: "god mav you're so fucking stupid")
I am here for Mav and All His Issues, especially grief, general lack of self-worth, and unaddressed PTSD. I am very here for him trying to deal with said issues by being a masochistic sub who seeks out pain and doesn't know his own limits/triggers until someone accidentally trips one. Ice being a gentle dom would be great, especially if it's in contrast to earlier doms (such as Charlie or OCs) who haven't been too considerate, or may even have been consciously mean. (Here's a link to a lot more thoughts and prompts about Mav Being An Angsty Sub, in case you'd like specifics to play off of! The link also includes prompts for Charlie/Mav being a super unhealthy relationship and leaving Mav with a lot of healing to do, if that's something that floats your boat.) This very much applies to Mav/Ice/Slider as well, except I'm feeling them more as an occasional one-night threesome rather than a long-term thing - I think, also, that Ice and Slider have more of a friends-with-benefits dynamic and Mav would try his damnedest to never be vulnerable ever in front of Slider, so Mav/Ice/Slider would probably be a really fun and light-hearted time with a lot less emotional weight than Mav/Ice on their own carry...until, of course, Mav runs into an unexpected trigger, or can't convince himself to safeword when the pain gets too much for him, and tries his best to stay stoic (refusing aftercare, or maybe they don't even think about aftercare), but Ice and Slider can tell there's something wrong. Maybe it takes them a few times to figure it out, and realize that while Mav enjoys their nights together he often goes home to sob his heart out alone afterwards, and then they take it into their hands to solve it and maybe hurt him less or give him more love and affection after.
On a slightly different angsty note, I'd love a Mav/Ice take on Mav's general headspace, both at the time of TG1 and now, in the trailers for TG2. He's got some serious self-worth issues that are evident even outside of the bedroom, and definitely has some PTSD going on in the aftermath of Goose's death; when we last see him in TG1, he's still just barely getting over the grief and shock. I'd love to see something exploring the echoes of that in his life afterwards, because he canonically seems to have had no meaningful emotional support from either Charlie or his friends (let alone external support like professional help). So, PTSD, nightmares, Mav crying in his sleep, asking for Goose when he's too sick to remember Goose is dead, blaming himself for what he went through, being ashamed of needing help/comfort, going quiet when he's hurting, generally not caring about his own wellbeing and not believing he's worthy of comfort.
I also now have 5 entire emotions about older Mav - present-day Mav, whom we see in the new trailers as deeply sad and quiet and, I quote, 'refusing to die'; there are just so many Depression Feelings there. I'd love to hear more about how Mav refuses to die, despite not really knowing why, or about him being ready and willing to sacrifice himself and not knowing how to cope when he lives instead of dying. Maybe tell me about how lonely he's been and how tired he is, and how he copes with it; maybe about how Ice walks back into his life, and how while he can't fix him, he can help him feel a little less alone. Maybe about him getting hurt protecting the new trainees, or working himself into the ground for them, and Ice having to pick up the pieces. Maybe tell me about Ice and the new trainees loving Mav so much they straight-up refuse to let him die for the greater good, and Mav not being able to wrap his head around being wanted and loved.
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Once again, thank you for creating for me! I hope you have fun doing so; that's what it's all about, after all. 💛
So, the thing I love most in fanwork is taking canon character dynamics and just...making them More. Taking them further, exploring their natural progression, usually in a hurt/comfort-y way. I've mentioned the character dynamics and ships I love under each fandom, along with some rambly thoughts and prompts - speaking of which, please feel free to pick, choose, mix, match, play with any, all or even none of said prompts, if that's where the muse takes you. 💛
I love hurt/comfort with all my heart and soul, so most of the prompts here will probably contain it to some degree.
I am a-okay with any kind of exploration of character dynamics - h/c, casefic, fluff fic, angst, missing scenes, outsider POV, outsider POV contrasted with canon characters' POV, getting together fic, established relationship, you name it I love it. I'm also very much okay with or without smut - I enjoy it, but please don't feel pressured to include it or not to include it. If you do feel inclined toward the lovin', I have a preference for a Mature rating over an Explicit rating, but I will likely enjoy whatever rating speaks to you. :D
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(Requested media: fic, art)
Ethan/Hunley
Ethan/Luther
Ethan/Hunley/Luther
Ethan/Max Mitsopolis
Ethan/Sarah Davies
Jane/Zhen
> The Hunt for Red October (1990)
(Requested media: fic, art)
Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
> The Shadow (1994)
(Requested media: fic, art)
Lamont Cranston/Margo Lane
> Top Gun (1986)
(Requested media: fic)
Maverick/Iceman
Maverick/Iceman/Slider
Likes & DNWs
General likes:
• Character studies
• Hurt/comfort of all stripes
• Exploring the fallout of canon trauma
• Missing scenes, slice-of-life, etc - exploring canon character dynamics/canon traits of known characters
• Touch starvation
• Deep friendships
• Earned trust and casual intimacy (carrying, clothes sharing, characters only allowing touch from people they trust, etc)
• Bonding over shared trauma
• PTSD, illness messing with a character's grip on reality, combat/mission injuries, scars, and injuries acting up, touch starvation, sensory deprivation / sensory overload, characters not believing they deserve comfort or being surprised to receive comfort
• Eventually requited pining
• Worldbuilding
• Outsider POV, especially when contrasted with our characters' POV
• Mission aftermaths
• Smut with Feelings (I don't really need to know what body parts are going where, I love to know how it feels, in the sensory way and/or the emotional way)
• Pain, bittersweetness, sadness, exploring the darker side and implications of canon is great, but I really need some happiness/comfort and hope along with it!
Sexual likes:
D/s overtones. Femdom. Service subs. Subs With Issues. Praise kink. Hands, fingers, touch; touch starvation. Finger-sucking. Aftercare. Tenderness, especially if the person receiving it isn't expecting it, isn't used to it, and it breaks them just a little.
Marking, intentional or no - bruising with lips or teeth; hiding the bruises under clothing. Suit kink. Wrists bound or held down. Honour bondage. Shibari and intricate knotwork. Careful sex / making out when one partner is hurt or ill and feverish (fever sex is, uh, a Thing of mine). Or rough, desperate, life-affirming sex / making out.
There are some fandoms where I love the sex a lot rougher; see the sections under Collateral and Top Gun.
Art likes:
Realistic and sketchy styles, bold lines and rich colours/textures, bold accent colours, creative lighting choices, noir-style art especially for action canons, minimalist styles/silhouettes, characters captured in unaware moments as though they're being photographed without realizing it, art that captures the vibe of canon without necessarily capturing the style of canon; angsty hurt/comfort or warm, gentle, casually intimate moments.
I love kisses of all descriptions, especially at the forehead, temple, hands, throat, or collarbone. I love characters undressing each other, reverently for most pairings, roughly for some (see Collateral and Top Gun). I love seeing characters in partial states of undress rather than seeing them completely naked, especially if there's also a focus on their hands or collarbones or throat. I love seeing characters with love bites, hickeys or bruises; I love characters touching and tracing other characters' scars, especially if it looks like they got distracted while undressing them to do so. I love characters in shibari, especially under dress shirts, or characters' wrists being tied with something luxurious like velvet or ribbon.
I also love h/c focused art - characters undressing their injured/sick partners or taking off their glasses, if they wear them (eg. Hunley, Mancuso, Ethan in MI 1). Characters patching sick/hurt characters up, with stitches or bandages or ice packs, or cleaning scrapes on the hurt character's face or hands. Sick/hurt characters with their hair messed up, perhaps hiding their faces in other characters' chests or shoulders. Hurting characters sitting at other characters' feet to be taken care of with hair stroking or shoulder rubs, or burying their face in the other character's lap. Smaller characters getting carried bridal style when they're not feeling well, maybe clinging to the character carrying them if they're not unconscious. Hands in general, especially if they're scratched or hurt and being taken care of. :D
(I would not prefer pink or green as a dominant/background colour, but I love basically every other colour there is. Jewel tones are great! Limited palettes are great! Bold colours are great! Whatever you can think of is great! I love it all. :D Style-wise I would prefer no chibis or overly cartoonish styles; I'm very cool with anything and everything else, including experimental styles!)
General DNWs:
• Mundane/depowered/setting change AUs
• Bleak, hopeless endings (as long as there's hope, bittersweet endings are fine!)
• Unrequested crossovers and fusions
• Any mention of coronavirus or quarantine/lockdown situations
• Any mention of Mission: Impossible 2 canon
• Ethan/Benji, Ethan/Ilsa
• Death of requested characters (even if they died in canon. Alan Hunley Is Alive That's My Story And I'm Sticking To It. The exception: Mission: Impossible 1, where yes please it is a-okay to deal with the fallout of the deaths of Ethan's original IMF team, including Sarah.)
• Non-canonical death of non-requested characters
• Terminal illness
• Permanent injury (the exception: Jack Ryan's canonical past injury in The Hunt for Red October)
• Gastrointestinal illness (nausea/vomiting is okay but not as a focus of the work, and not as a result of GI illness - so character getting nauseous or throwing up from a migraine or just severe pain in general, yes; character getting nauseous or throwing up as a result of a severe anxiety attack or PTSD episode, yes; character suffering anything related to food poisoning or GI bugs or overeating and similar, no)
• Pregnancy, menstruation
• Infidelity (for Red October, I would prefer that Jack and Cathy were never married, separated amiably and share custody of Sally)
• For Top Gun, anyone calling Mav 'Pete' in a positive way (people calling him that as an implied insult is cool)
Sexual DNWs:
• Noncon or dubcon, except where noted (see Top Gun)
• humiliation as a kink, except where noted (see Top Gun)
• pain play for Mission: Impossible and The Hunt for Red October
• gags of any kind (hand over mouth is okay for canons with prompts for rougher sex like Top Gun, but I would like it to trigger the character on the receiving end and for there to be some emotional fallout of it)
• anal, dirty talk, spanking, ageplay, scat, watersports, rimming, emeto, A/B/O, d/s-verse, mommy/daddy kink, maledom/femsub
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Mission: Impossible (Movies)
Media: fic, art
Ethan/Hunley, Ethan/Luther, Ethan/Hunley/Luther, Ethan/Max Mitsopolis, Ethan/Sarah Davies, Jane/Zhen
Ethan/Hunley
I love Ethan and Hunley and their odd and beautiful dynamic so much. Hunley spent most of Rogue Nation trying to chase Ethan down, but by the airport scene in Fallout he's clearly at least a little bit in love with him, and it's adorable. They're so different but so complementary! Hunley's so vocal and Ethan so quiet, but equally intense! Ethan's such a ray of sunshine that he apparently converted Hunley from a cynic to an idealist by deciding to trust him! Hunley heaps praise and reassurance on Ethan, while Ethan looks as though he's in physical pain from being told he's worth believing in! Ethan calls Hunley 'sir' and it somehow means all the things! And as always, Ethan is canonically pretty damn touch-starved and might tear up on receiving unexpected physical affection, especially if he's otherwise hurting and overwhelmed.
There's so much unsaid between these two characters, so much unexplored. I'm here for them spending some time together, getting to know each other, becoming affectionate toward each other, especially through adversity. Does Ethan's seniority in the IMF mean that Hunley is his handler? And, therefore, would Hunley be the person Ethan calls for emergency extraction from a solo mission gone wrong - Hunley the one to hear please, sir, I'm sick and alone, bring me home? Would Hunley be the one to hide Ethan in his office and let him get some rest, away from the other government/agency brass who want to interrogate him while he's medically unfit? Hunley the one to lend him a jacket in the cold, all while wishing he could wrap him up in his arms? I'm very much here for Hunley pining for Ethan, perhaps even thinking Ethan's out of his league until, as they grow slowly more intimate, he realizes Ethan likes him back. Does Ethan spend time pining in return, or does he just take a while to realize his feelings; does he reveal said feelings while he's hurt? Is it Hunley, instead, who finally takes the leap and confesses his love while comforting him? Or does he keep quiet because he's worried that Ethan isn't well enough to deal with such a revelation?
I love how deeply Hunley seems to care for Ethan, how soft they already are with each other in Fallout, and I'd love to see how their dynamic evolves once they get together (or, indeed, how it changes between Rogue Nation and Fallout if they got together between the two films, and that was why Fallout had them so gentle with each other.) I'd love to see Ethan seeking Hunley out when he's hurting and needs some tenderness, Hunley so distressed when he's ill or in pain and so badly wanting to help him feel better, and sometimes being able to figure out how on his own, while at other times needing to ask Ethan himself what he needs, or to call up Luther and ask what Ethan needs. How does Hunley cope when Ethan comes home from a mission sick or hurt, not badly enough to need a hospital but definitely badly enough that he could do with a lot of comfort? (How does he cope with knowing that Ethan's gone without help or comfort so often for so many years?) How does he find ways to show Ethan how much he loves and appreciates him? How long does it take for him to learn to read Ethan well enough to figure out when he's really badly hurt or sick and when he's mostly-okay, and the states in between? We know Ethan trusted him professionally at once; how long does it take him to trust him personally, enough to cling to him like he does to Luther, enough to let himself be held? (When is the first time Hunley carries him?) I'm also here for established relationship fic, with both Ethan and Hunley staying professional during mission check-in calls but melting into each other's arms the moment they're off work, Hunley tucking Ethan into his coat to keep him warm, them looking after each other and being quietly domestic together, all that good stuff. 💛
Sensually, I love Ethan and Hunley to both be very into touch and texture, the kind of people to go heavy on the heavy petting, the kind of people to kiss each other senseless. Super into Hunley picking Ethan up while they're making out; also super into him holding Ethan's wrists. I adore submissive!Ethan, and I see him tending a great deal to the very softest side of that - both in the sense of him enjoying being gently held down/tied down and praise kink, and in the sense of needing to be told to accept love and comfort (such as hair brushing or shoulder rubs) and being praised for doing so. I love Hunley as having lots of Dom Tendencies, but being very afraid to break Ethan because he's seen him so hurt and fragile, so Ethan has to convince him he's not that breakable when he's well. I could also see Hunley being overwhelmed that Ethan likes it when he praises him, having to convince himself he's worth the trust Ethan places in him, worth being obeyed by this Very Small Angel all of his own accord. I also see Hunley as having a massive suit kink, so do with that information what you will - maybe show me him absolutely bluescreening when he sees Ethan in a suit for the first time. :D
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Hunley's six foot; Hunley's delightfully broad and chubby in addition to being tall)
• Ethan sleeping on a couch under Hunley's suit jacket, maybe with Hunley feeling his forehead.
• Ethan wearing sunglasses and hiding his face against Hunley's chest, maybe even inside his suit jacket or coat.
• Ethan sneaking up on Hunley like this (gif) while Hunley is on the phone or talking into a headset, putting his hands in Hunley's pockets and his forehead against his shoulder.
• Hunley towering gently over Ethan while he kisses him, like Alec Baldwin is doing with Salma Hayek here (still, gif)
• Ethan generally being Smol at 5'7" to Hunley's 6'. He could fit nicely under his chin while hugging him, or have his head cradled against his shoulder. Or stand on tiptoe to kiss him, even. Or look tiny when wearing clothes that belong to him. 💛
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Ethan/Luther
How do I love Ethan and Luther's adoration for each other? Let me count the ways. ("What's up, baby?" "Hey, man.")
These two have known each other since MI: 1, and they've been so deeply fond of each other and loyal to each other ever since. Luther calls Ethan 'baby' twice! He's also the only one apart from Julia, Ethan's canon wife (now ex), who gets to see Ethan truly vulnerable and take care of him when he is; for everyone else in the team, Ethan does his best to be stoic and strong and not reveal much when he's a mess, but Luther's been around long enough to see right through him, and Ethan clearly loves him enough not to mind. I'm pretty sure Luther is the only one of the current team to have seen Ethan cry, and he's canonically the only one to have had Ethan literally cling to him like a lifeline.
So I'm here for all the love and tenderness between them that's built up over the years. I'd love to see the other team members, or even Hunley, realize that Ethan feels responsible for his team and never lets himself be truly vulnerable with them, but can lean into Luther or steal his jacket or just meet his eyes and be immediately, intimately understood. Maybe he even lets Luther look after him in front of the others, if he's feeling really awful, or maybe Luther needs to convince him to take it easy for a bit, and takes care of him in private so he can pretend to be less hurt than he is in front of the team. Maybe Ethan lands up in medical after a mission without Luther, badly injured or delirious with a high fever, and asks for Luther often enough that someone actually goes to find him for him. Maybe tell me about one of the team calling Luther for advice on how to help Ethan when he's hurt. Maybe just tell me about all the little moments of trust and comfort over the years, about Ethan knowing Luther's favourite colours and videogames and Luther knowing how Ethan likes his coffee and just how often they've been holed up in safe houses together with Ethan injured or sick, waiting in each other's arms till the coast was clear to get moving and get on home. About Luther being the only person who can ground Ethan when he's so sick or hurt that he barely remembers the mission or who he's supposed to be playing, the only person who can touch him without him flinching or feverishly trying to reach for a weapon. Or about Luther having been there for Ethan after the miserable, exhausting missions he's been on in canon (say, after Ghost Protocol or Rogue Nation or Fallout, or even all the way back after MI: 1).
I'm also all about the quiet intimacy between them when off-duty, especially after they get together. Luther gently looking after Ethan with lots of touch, because he knows how touch-starved Ethan is and knows what makes him feel better when he's sick; Ethan allowing himself to ask Luther for comfort, even though he still sometimes feels driven to apologize for needing it. Luther knowing Ethan gets migraines a few times a year ever since he had a bomb implanted in his head for a while in MI: III, because he was there with Julia to help him through the immediate aftermath, and knows his tells when he's hurting even if he's trying to hide it from the rest of the team. Ethan letting Luther do little things for him like help him on with a jacket or wash and rub his hair dry, because he trusts him and it feels nice. Luther calling Ethan on his bullshit when he pretends to be feeling better than he is. Ethan trying not to wake Luther when he has a flashback or nightmare (perhaps during the fireworks on the Fourth of July), sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much. Both of them kissing each other's scars when they make out, making sure to be gentle if one of them's hurt, or if old injuries are making themselves particularly known.
Sensually, I love Ethan and Luther to be intensely affectionate and reverent, like neither of them believed they'd ever get to touch the other this way, but also playful and not afraid to play rough sometimes. They're very in tune with each other, and I feel like they'd know when one of them was hurting and they needed to be gentle, and when the mood was right to get a little feistier. I love Ethan to be really into touch and luxuriate in it, and Luther to indulge him and realize he likes it too. I also adore submissive!Ethan, and I see him tending a great deal to the very softest side of that - both in the sense of him enjoying being gently held down/tied down and praise kink, and in the sense of needing to be told to accept love and comfort (such as hair brushing or shoulder rubs) and being praised for doing so.
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Luther's six foot; Luther is built and powerful and soft as well as being tall)
• Ethan curled up against Luther's shoulder while clutching a cough buddy bear to his chest after Fallout - he broke a few ribs at the end there, and it's going to hurt to breathe for a while.
• Luther bridal-carrying Ethan, any time in the series from MI: 1 to now.
• Luther picking Ethan up for a hug, and Ethan clinging while hugging him back.
• Luther gently undressing Ethan - maybe undoing his cuff or shirt buttons.
• Ethan generally being Smol at 5'7" to Luther's 6'. He could fit nicely under his chin while hugging him, or have his head cradled against his shoulder. Or stand on tiptoe to kiss him, even. Or look tiny when wearing clothes that belong to him. 💛
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Ethan/Hunley/Luther
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Anyway, I love all three of these characters so much, and I love Ethan/Luther and Ethan/Hunley a lot - and I think the triad could work. We don't get to see Luther and Hunley interact much, and we know that Luther's fiercely protective of Ethan and therefore can't stand Hunley in Rogue Nation, but we do see in Fallout that Hunley deeply adores Ethan, which I think could have won Luther over to his side. Perhaps Luther and Ethan were already together before Rogue Nation, and Luther noticed Hunley pining after Ethan, eventually discussing it with Ethan and deciding to ask him to join them. Or perhaps they all had an awakening after nearly dying in Fallout. I'd love an exploration of how they could have got together, or an established relationship fic where they all look after each other when things go wrong, or Hunley and Luther joining forces to take care of Ethan when he's injured or protect him from intelligence community brass, or even just all of them mildly bickering about who gets to snuggle whom.
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Luther and Hunley's six foot, and they're both delightfully broad and soft when compared to him)
• Ethan curled up asleep in Hunley's arms while wearing a jacket that belongs to Luther and is clearly too big for him
• Hunley or Luther patching Ethan up when he's hurt, while the other supports his head or holds his hand
• Ethan and Luther petting Hunley, who's asleep or nearly asleep between them, maybe with Ethan taking off Hunley's glasses
• Any and all kisses, gentle touch, handholding and/or making out is deeply loved 💛
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Ethan/Max Mitsopolis
CANON DOMME/SUB DYNAMICS RIGHT HERE! These two were flirting so hard from the very moment they met, Max was so very domme and Ethan so very subby and eager, and it was fully mutual and consensual - they may be rivals in an uneasy allyship, but they like and respect each other so damn much; they both play completely fair at all times, clearly enjoy their banter, and look like they'd be all over each other should circumstance permit. So my prompt here is...let circumstance permit.
There's a sort of deep affection between these two that goes beyond their fiery sexual tension. When Max and Ethan met, Ethan was at his shakiest and most vulnerable; he'd just lost his whole found family in one night, and been framed for their deaths when he tried to call for help. He put up a damn good front for Max - he had to, playing the high-stakes cloak-and-dagger spy game he was forced to play - but it's not unreasonable to figure she might realize there's something else beneath the surface. Not unreasonable to figure an experienced domme could tell what he needs, and that she might want to give.
Max is a whole lot taller than Ethan as well as being much older, which I find all kinds of lovely; she also lives a super luxurious high-society life. I imagine she also has fine taste in clothes and jewellery and would take them off a partner with some attention, and appreciate the same being done for her, especially at her direction. Ethan is the kind to be similarly attuned to detail, and (especially when as young as he is around the time of MI:1) he is also the kind to be breathlessly eager to please and to be Good. He's also shaken up and miserably touch-starved, and might tear up on receiving unexpected physical affection, so make of that what you will.
Maybe Ethan lets Max take him to bed during MI:1, or maybe they run into each other afterwards by chance, and pick up their recent acquaintance right where it left off. Maybe Max takes him out to dinner or the opera or something equally opulent and befitting her position in high society, and spoils him rotten for the night; what's Max's belongs to Max, and nobody gets to touch him but her. Especially if he's fresh from a mission and hurt or ill, but still so very eager to suit up and take her arm and be the best damn service sub for her. Maybe she'll keep him protectively close at her side all evening, gently clean blood off his injured face and hands with her handkerchief, make sure to let him know how very good he's being, and then bind his wrists or cover his eyes with his own necktie in the bedroom later.
...Or maybe they just fall into bed, and it just so happens that Max is completely in control, as Max is wont to be. And Max, good at being gentle but firm, can tell when a sub is hurting, or when they want to safeword but don't, or when they want to keep going but are too injured or sick to make it much further, and she breaks the scene to give Ethan the comfort he needs, even if she may never know what caused the hurt.
Basically I am 100% Here for Max Giving Ethan A Whole Lotta Love And Praise In Luxurious Surroundings. And for that love and praise and gentleness just...kinda destroying him, and maybe even making him cry, because he needs it so badly. (Max knows that, too.)
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed and 5'7" to Max's 5'11"-plus-heels)
• Ethan kneeling reverently at Max's feet, looking up at her, while visibly hurt or sick (perhaps with her undoing his shirt, or perhaps with her tying him in shibari, or perhaps with his wrists bound behind him with his own tie).
• Max brushing Ethan's hair.
• Max wrapping Ethan up in her cloak.
• Ethan dressed to the nines in black tie or white tie, walking into an event at an equally fabulously dressed Max's side, visibly injured (eg. with his arm in a sling, or with his face scratched up and bleeding).
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Ethan/Sarah Davies
I really like Ethan's dynamic with his original team, before it all went to hell in the first half-hour of MI: 1. For Ethan/Sarah, I'm mostly thinking about an exploration of that dynamic set pre-MI:1 - it's easy to read their gentle banter as both Ethan and Jack pining a little bit for Sarah, who's a bit older and more experienced as an agent than they are.
For Ethan/Sarah, please give me all the soft hurt/comfort! I'd love to see their low-key, quiet little team-within-the-team dynamic, see Ethan just absolutely unable to believe Sarah would look twice at him and blush deeply or hide his face when she kisses him. I'd super love to see them on a mission together having each other's backs or looking after each other afterward, perhaps huddling for warmth, or Sarah patching Ethan up when he's injured or wrapping him in blankets/cradling his head in her lap when he's sick or possibly hypothermic as a result of a mission.
Art prompts!
(Ethan is left-handed, and he and Sarah are near about the same height - Ethan's 5'7" and Sarah is 5'6")
• Sarah cradling Ethan's head in her lap and stroking his hair while he's clearly in pain, possibly in a car while their team gets them to safety before his injuries can be treated.
• Sarah wearing Ethan's stupid leather coat from MI:1, possibly while they kiss.
• Ethan and Sarah walking into a party arm in arm, dressed in black tie and possibly both wearing the MI:1 spy glasses (super cool with Sarah dressed in an evening gown, or with her also wearing a tux!)
• Ethan asleep at Sarah's feet with his head resting against her knee while she rubs his back or strokes his hair.
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Jane/Zhen
I love Jane Carter so much. I especially love that she's kind of socially awkward, very awkward when asked to be femme, and that Ethan has to coach her in the art of artificial seduction near the end of Ghost Protocol. She's very similar to Ethan in a lot of ways - she feels responsible for the safety of the world, is a quiet bean who doesn't much care for Networking™ and social politics, and when we see her onscreen she's dealing with a whole lot of grief - and dealing with it through anger, a lot like Ethan did when he was younger.
By contrast, Zhen is a little more in tune with her feelings. I don't think we know her as well as we know Jane, but we do know she is, while not femme exactly, certainly a lot more comfortable playing the Designated Femme Fatale role on missions, a fair bit more comfortable with social manipulation and the political/administrative side of intelligence work, a lot more emotionally expressive, once had a cat whom she loved, and probably hasn't faced as much grief or loss as Jane has. I'd love them to meet (perhaps through Ethan) and get acquainted, slowly growing fond of each other, with Jane taking a while to open up, and Zhen finding patience and willingness in herself she never knew she had. I'd love them to go on a few missions together, learn to work together and perhaps eventually fall into bed or into each other's laps in a 'thank god we're alive' adrenaline rush. I'd love to see Jane taking the dominant role in bed, taking Zhen apart, perhaps with Zhen expecting she'd have to coax her there too but being surprised and delighted to find that Jane absolutely no longer requires coaxing.
I'd also love to see Zhen looking after Jane after missions, when she's hurt or sick, brushing or braiding her hair, giving her back rubs, perhaps even in a service sub kind of way. D/s or no, I'd adore any kind of love, touch and tenderness between these two.
Art prompts!
(Zhen is 5'7" to Jane's 5'10", but Zhen is probably much more comfortable wearing heels than Jane)
• Zhen brushing or braiding Jane's hair.
• Zhen sitting in Jane's lap to make out with her - either when they're tired, injured and dishevelled in their tactical gear after a mission, or when they're suited up and dapper - or when they're tired, injured and dishevelled in dapper suits after a mission.
• Jane and Zhen walking into a grand event undercover on each other's arms, Jane in a suit and Zhen in an evening gown
• Jane kissing Zhen's wrist or her collarbone, or between her breasts
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Media: fic, art
Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius
Bart Mancuso/Marko Ramius/Jack Ryan
I really love the warmth of everything about Red October - how deeply idealistic Jack and Ramius are, how Jack is an experienced analyst who knows a lot about strategy and history but absolutely nothing about operations (but still knows he has to try to get Ramius in alive), how Ramius makes sure to gain the trust of his officers about the terrible risk he's taking in defecting, how Mancuso's whole crew clearly loves and trusts him and admires him while he is so protective of them in return - indeed, how committed to duty Mancuso is, but how ready and willing to step up when Jack proves his orders wrong.
I'm very here for all kinds of softness and hurt/comfort, with Jack or Mancuso as the centre. (Here's my h/c ex writeup on Jack; here's the one for Mancuso.) I just want them to get a whole lot of love and gentleness, whichever ship or the whole triad you choose from the tagset - getting together, established relationship, G-rated caretaking to M- or E-rated loving, everything is wonderful. I'd love to see these characters look after one another, make room for one another in their lives, kiss and pet one another a lot, any time from right post-movie to years later, possibly with Jack getting into politics and eventually becoming the President with First Gentleman Ramius and/or Mancuso at his side.
I have a lot of feelings about the idea that Jack's back injury from the chopper crash might leave him in lasting pain that resurfaces on cold and wet days, and Ramius and/or Mancuso would learn how to help him through it. I also love the thought of Mancuso, as a career submariner, not having had many relationships and not being used to being comforted, and so that he'd be quietly overwhelmed when Jack and/or Ramius hug and pet him when he's exhausted, or when he's older and his hands start to hurt when it gets cold.
While I don't think these characters would get up to d/s shenanigans often - I see them mostly as sweet, intense vanilla - I am kind of destroyed by the soft-but-firm-d/s implications of the scene where Ramius presents Mancuso with the Red October. Ramius has enormous Dom Energy in general, especially with Jack, but that scene got me feeling things about Mancuso, who also has a lot of Dom Energy, being the only person in the world whom Ramius would submit to. This goes double because when we see Mancuso give orders on the Dallas, he gives them softly, gently, and everyone immediately leaps to obey; I'd love to see him have the same command style in the bedroom, especially if Jack is sick or hurt and feeling guilty about it and needs to be told to let himself be taken care of, or conversely, if Bart himself is mildly sick or hurt and needs to convince the others to stop worrying and kiss him already, damnit.
Art prompts!
(Bart is left-handed and a shade under six foot; Jack is six foot and Ramius 6'2", and I love that they're both buff and soft while Bart is slender)
• Forehead kisses! All the forehead kisses. Ramius and/or Mancuso kissing Jack on the forehead.
• Kisses in general! Ramius or Mancuso gently kissing Jack.
• Ramius and/or Mancuso holding Jack's hand(s) on a plane.
• Jack wrapped in a blanket with Ramius and/or Mancuso snuggling him.
• Jack and/or Ramius massaging Bart's hands or wrists.
• happy, older bear!Jack in a wheelchair with a happy, older Ramius and/or Mancuso beside him - perhaps holding his hand or kissing him.
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The Shadow (1994)
Media: fic, art
Lamont Cranston/Margo Lane
I'd love some h/c focused on Lamont, with Margo being able to read his thoughts and taking none of his self-loathing/self-sacrificial bullshit. This canon begs for a delightful mix of vigilante h/c tropes and psychic superpowers h/c tropes and I am weak.
I love that in canon, the Margo/Lamont relationship is both beautifully soft and founded in the very basic tenets of consent: Margo is among the only people Lamont's mind-influencing powers don't work on, and therefore by definition she is at his side solely because she wants to be. This messes with Lamont's head a great deal, since he's an enormous disaster sub with a ton of guilt and self-worth issues and doesn't remotely believe he deserves to be loved.
I'd love to see something that picks up after the film, with established Lamont/Margo dealing with the hazards of the vigilante business - perhaps Margo finding an injured Lamont collapsed on her doorstep and having to look after him, perhaps her hearing his mind call out from miles away when he's hurting or miserable, perhaps them having to find ways to keep up their Socialite Personas for the public, such as Margo sneaking Lamont out of a party with clear We're Going To Make Out signals while he's really staggering from a gunshot wound. All the Noir Detective and Noir Vigilante and Noir Caretaking tropes! I will eat all the tropes up with a spoon!
I'd also love some exploration of the Shadow superpowers and how they work (and how they can go wrong) - perhaps with Lamont losing control of them when he's unconscious while hurt or ill, resulting in things breaking, flying around the room, people accidentally getting mind-controlled into doing odd things, maybe someone getting mildly injured, and Lamont being overwhelmed with guilt and hiding himself away when he's losing control for years until Margo realizes she's the only one who can help. I'd also love to see the effects of Lamont sometimes overusing his powers and working himself to exhaustion - perhaps it gives him migraines or gets him sick, leaving him shaky for a few days afterward, or exhausts him to the point of burnout, and this too has been going on for years before Margo walks into his life and realizes he's a whole idiot who can't sustain this way of working forever. Perhaps his occasional bouts of overusing-powers-sickness have been mistaken as hangovers or other debauchery by his uncle/butler/etc, and he's done nothing to disabuse them of the notion because it suits him for them to assume he's an empty-headed layabout. (Perhaps someone finds him in a gutter one morning too deeply unconscious to make it home, and it makes the tabloids and his uncle gives him a Stern Talking-To that he has to pretend he's taking to heart, while Margo knows the real reason and worries and shows up to domme him into letting her look after him.)
Speaking of Margo domming Lamont into letting her look after him, that's the exact dynamic for them that I love. Margo is super assertive, knows exactly what she wants at all times, is very very sexual and horny on main, and she's also very generous with comfort when Lamont needs it. Lamont, meanwhile, is all haunted and racked with guilt for his past, and afraid he'll hurt her, and also kind of awkward and embarrassed by her boldness; embarrassed to be wanted as much as she wants him. I'd love to see her taking him in hand and showing him how to let go of his guilt and nervousness and place his trust in her - him all reverent and worshipful, her patiently finding out what he needs (even if it's a long-term project, and even if what he needs is pain or bondage - perhaps especially if it is!), and maybe her giving him lots of praise and aftercare as a reward for being good for her. I also think Lamont might, in his self-flagellating way, sometimes go too far in asking for pain, and Margo might have to figure out when those times are, take care of him and reassure him, and figure out how to help him stop doing that.
D/s or no, I love the idea of Margo putting Lamont in shibari while he's sick, perhaps because they've found it helps keep his powers or power-induced sickness/headaches/burnout in check, perhaps as a simple exercise in comforting touch. I love the idea of Lamont just...not being able to deal with tenderness and being loved, especially so when he's ill or hurt, and Margo having to kiss away tears of sensory overstimulation/general overwhelmedness. Lamont just being very used to curling up and riding out illness/injury alone, and Margo refusing to let him do that and giving him lots of gentle touch and kisses, is such a soft spot for me, as is the fact that she can read his mind and hear his distress from miles away, so he literally cannot hide any kind of suffering from her.
Art prompts!
• Margo tying Lamont in intricate shibari knots while he's sick or hurt.
• Margo undressing Lamont from bloodied clothes.
• Lamont kneeling at Margo's feet, somewhat or completely undressed, looking up devotedly at her while she cleans his injured face of blood and grime.
• Margo wrapping a sick, shivering Lamont in one of her jackets (that's clearly feminine and drapey) or one of her giant furs.
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Top Gun (1986)
Media: fic
Maverick/Iceman
Maverick/Iceman/Slider
The basic vibe I'm always going for with Mav/Ice requests is masochistic!sub!Mav seeking out pain (in bar fights and the bedroom alike) in an attempt to deal with his massive self-worth issues / feel alive in general. I ship Mav with Ice hard in all kinds of enemies-to-lovers, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, mutually-pining-while-thinking-the-other-hates-them, eventually soft and sweet together ways, especially with neither of them quite being able to believe they have the other's love (or admit that it's love they really want); I also feel like Ice is a little emotionally healthier than Mav, and would be good for him while he's dealing with all the unaddressed trauma he's built up over the years. (Mav: "so you really like me, thought you might have been hate-fucking me all this time kazansky" Ice, horrified and already taking off his clothes: "god mav you're so fucking stupid")
I am here for Mav and All His Issues, especially grief, general lack of self-worth, and unaddressed PTSD. I am very here for him trying to deal with said issues by being a masochistic sub who seeks out pain and doesn't know his own limits/triggers until someone accidentally trips one. Ice being a gentle dom would be great, especially if it's in contrast to earlier doms (such as Charlie or OCs) who haven't been too considerate, or may even have been consciously mean. (Here's a link to a lot more thoughts and prompts about Mav Being An Angsty Sub, in case you'd like specifics to play off of! The link also includes prompts for Charlie/Mav being a super unhealthy relationship and leaving Mav with a lot of healing to do, if that's something that floats your boat.) This very much applies to Mav/Ice/Slider as well, except I'm feeling them more as an occasional one-night threesome rather than a long-term thing - I think, also, that Ice and Slider have more of a friends-with-benefits dynamic and Mav would try his damnedest to never be vulnerable ever in front of Slider, so Mav/Ice/Slider would probably be a really fun and light-hearted time with a lot less emotional weight than Mav/Ice on their own carry...until, of course, Mav runs into an unexpected trigger, or can't convince himself to safeword when the pain gets too much for him, and tries his best to stay stoic (refusing aftercare, or maybe they don't even think about aftercare), but Ice and Slider can tell there's something wrong. Maybe it takes them a few times to figure it out, and realize that while Mav enjoys their nights together he often goes home to sob his heart out alone afterwards, and then they take it into their hands to solve it and maybe hurt him less or give him more love and affection after.
On a slightly different angsty note, I'd love a Mav/Ice take on Mav's general headspace, both at the time of TG1 and now, in the trailers for TG2. He's got some serious self-worth issues that are evident even outside of the bedroom, and definitely has some PTSD going on in the aftermath of Goose's death; when we last see him in TG1, he's still just barely getting over the grief and shock. I'd love to see something exploring the echoes of that in his life afterwards, because he canonically seems to have had no meaningful emotional support from either Charlie or his friends (let alone external support like professional help). So, PTSD, nightmares, Mav crying in his sleep, asking for Goose when he's too sick to remember Goose is dead, blaming himself for what he went through, being ashamed of needing help/comfort, going quiet when he's hurting, generally not caring about his own wellbeing and not believing he's worthy of comfort.
I also now have 5 entire emotions about older Mav - present-day Mav, whom we see in the new trailers as deeply sad and quiet and, I quote, 'refusing to die'; there are just so many Depression Feelings there. I'd love to hear more about how Mav refuses to die, despite not really knowing why, or about him being ready and willing to sacrifice himself and not knowing how to cope when he lives instead of dying. Maybe tell me about how lonely he's been and how tired he is, and how he copes with it; maybe about how Ice walks back into his life, and how while he can't fix him, he can help him feel a little less alone. Maybe about him getting hurt protecting the new trainees, or working himself into the ground for them, and Ice having to pick up the pieces. Maybe tell me about Ice and the new trainees loving Mav so much they straight-up refuse to let him die for the greater good, and Mav not being able to wrap his head around being wanted and loved.
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