take it ｓｌｏｗ

[anonconda]

ｔａｋｉｎｇ ｉｔ ｓｌｏｗ

a s m u t / s h i p p i n g m e m e

Some characters can't just rush into things, especially things like love or sex. These characters need a partner who will take things slow, explore each other fully before taking the leap. They need someone they can trust.

Can you be the one they need?

+ post your character, preferences, etc, with or without a prompt +
+ tag other characters, either replying to the prompt they supplied or supplying your own +
+ remember, just because you're taking it slow, doesn't mean you can both take the back seat +
+ be kind to one another, and patient +
+ enjoy +

Comments

lydia martin, teen wolf.

[deathwailer]

Rey || Star Wars: The Force Awakens || F/M

[talentedscavenger]

Alec Lightwood | Shadowhunters | m/m

[notyourbitch]

yuu hyakuya | ons | m/f

[sanguinator]

[REALLY SLOW PLEASE. HE'S A PRECIOUS VIRGIN.]

Bruce Banner » MCU » M/F

[hyperkinesia]

[ Taking it REALLY slow for very obvious reasons. Preferably no partners under 25yo, please! ]

[theycalledmeacurse]

[Setting this very early on in their relationship, which doesn't have to be shippy if you'd prefer them as just friends, I'm good with either. Set pre-AoU. Let me know if you'd like anything changed!]

Rogue had been in this world that wasn't hers for about a month now, and with this group of people who were trying to do so much good for all but a week of that. The first week had been a whole new hell for her - Hydra had picked up on her strange entrance into this universe and snatched her up, thrown her in a lab in one of its secret bases, and she'd been right back where she'd been for the past three years.

Strapped to a table under some mad scientist's knife. It had been pure luck that the Avengers had shown up to take down the base and taken her with them, though to be fair she'd been unconscious at the time and hadn't had too much say in the matter. And after that, no one had really known what to do with her. She could control her powers to a point, but some of them still saw her as a potential threat because she had them at all. Eventually she was offered a job, having once been a superhero in her own right, and she'd accepted - she'd be helping to train the new recruits for the new SHIELD still being established. No one wanted her out in the field just yet, herself included.

So that's how her days were now. She'd make the commute from the little apartment she'd gotten across the city, spend her morning whipping the agents into shape just like she'd done for her students for so many years, and then she'd do what she could to be useful. Usually that consisted of running errands and delivering things throughout the Tower, but she didn't mind the grunt work - she'd take anything to keep her occupied. And it gave her an excuse to see him.

Rogue didn't usually talk to Bruce, but she always noticed him, and not in the way the others did. She'd heard early on that he'd been the one to find her in that lab, or at least his big green counterpart had, and that had endeared the both of them to her. Being scared of Bruce and what he could become didn't even occur to her, because if anyone in that building was a monster, it was her, but even that thought didn't stop her from wanting to get to know him. Which was how she found herself wandering into the high-tech science lab he tended to work in, knocking on the door as she stepped inside.

[hyperkinesia]

[ This is perfect! Thank you for such a lovely starter ♥ ]


It was amazing, the way that the universe constantly surprised him with whole new things he thought impossible. Especially since joining the Avengers, he'd learned to keep a very open mind when it came to the unlikely, and even the absurd, although even then, the possibility that someone could cross from one universe to the other still came as something of a surprise.

Not that they knew, at first, or that the Hulk would've seen the difference when he'd found her. It was only later on, by talking to her and studying whatever information HYDRA had collected, that they realized what they were dealing with. Sadly, they had no idea how she had ended up here, or how to revert that process so she could go back. It was a good thing that she adapted so well, and instead of sitting around and waiting for something that might never happen, she actually took to integrating herself in this new reality - or at least, the best she could, considering her abilities.

And those were nothing short of fascinating to Bruce. He'd be lying if he said that his initial interest in her hadn't been born of that, but he had quickly grown to care about her more than whatever she was capable of doing. Still, he studied what he could from the information at that HYDRA base, all of it carefully kept away from greedy hands and prying eyes, and any digital information kept under lock and key - she'd been used and tested on more than enough as it was, the Avengers would make sure it wouldn't happen again.

But for Bruce, it was more of a scientific curiosity than anything. Not just her power, but the way she had ended up here, even if the information HYDRA had gathered from that was incomplete to say the least. So right now, with a mug of tea in hand and some classical music playing softly in the background, he was sitting on a stool and looking at some complex scribbles on a whiteboard, futile attempts on his part to try and figure out how multidimensional traveling could even be a thing.

"Yes?" His answer came when he heard someone knocking, though it took him a couple of seconds to tear his eyes away from the board and glance over, only then seeing who it was coming in. "Rogue," he stood up, smiling at her as he set down the mug on a table nearby. "Hi. I didn't know you were coming by today."

[theycalledmeacurse]

That smile was just what she needed to see. He didn't do it as often as she felt he should, but maybe things were different when he was around the team, and Tony especially. Half the time she saw Bruce around the tower, he was with Tony and they were deep in whatever they were working on. It was good that he had such close ties with these people, everyone needed that in their lives, and she sure as hell missed her own team.

"It was kinda a spur of the moment decision," she explained in her smooth southern drawl, giving him a smile in return. "Am I bothering you? I can come back some other time." She always worried about bothering him, or any of the others. The need to be useful and not get in the way had started when she was a child passed around through foster care, and it had sprung right back into full force in this new world.

[hyperkinesia]

It wasn't a common thing to see him smile, and even sometimes it wasn't entirely genuine, but it wasn't as bad as it used to be. At least he felt a little less sad these days, and a little more like he was a part of something. Something big and important. It was a comfort of sorts, knowing that here he could do some good, or at least do his very best to try.

His smile just then was more for her than anything else, though. It was small and brief but it was true, and when she asked if she was bothering, he just shook his head, gesturing for her to step farther into the lab. "No, don't worry. I wasn't doing anything important." Even if the place still looked a little messy, and he promptly started gathering some of the papers he had scattered about. "How are you, how's-- how's things? Settling in a little better now?"

John Murphy // The 100 // m/m

[peccatus]

[Cross-canon welcome.]

kyoutani kentarou [haikyuu!!]

[rabidi]

(m/m preferred.)

billy kaplan ( marvel ) m/m

[actualize]

[alien_smash]

"So I've got Sour Patch Kids, Twizzlers in three different flavors - did you know they came in three different flavors and maybe more? I got bored looking -, Gummi Bears - always a favorite - and for that chocolate rush there are Goobers, Raisinets, Reeces Peanut Butter Cups and Reeces Pieces and finally some popcorn. Don't worry, I brought Sprite and Cherry Coke, but the bottles are in my pockets." Teddy set down the ridiculous amount of candy and bucket of popcorn (with aluminum foil over the top to keep it warm), and removed the cold bottles of soda from his pockets.

He had no idea what he was doing, but at his core, Teddy just wanted to see Billy smile.

"Did you decide on something to watch?"

[actualize]

It's been at least twenty minutes since Billy started scrolling through Netflix on Teddy's laptop, legs folded underneath him. It shouldn't be that big of a deal, really, but he's systematically ticked off every awkward romance flick, debated over every 90s cartoon version of their favorite superheroes, and landed straight in weird, serial killer or pro-whale documentary territory. That's about when Teddy comes back into the room and heat creeps up Billy's neck, tipping off at his ears.

They can't watch some documentary, not when they don't get to do this that often to begin with.

From his perch on Teddy's bed, he watches him pull out what is practically every snack known to man ( and adored by dentists ) and thinks he's either going to overheat from excitement or overdose on sugar before their movie night is over.

"Uh, Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, but it's in Portuguese." Which is absolutely one of the movies he labelled as 'romantic' and shelved first, but it's that or Black Fish and he knows for a fact that isn't going to fly right now. It doesn't mean he isn't fidgeting, though, elbows resting on his knees and hands tangled in his lap.

[alien_smash]

"That...could be fun," Teddy said, and figuring that it was the only movie that Billy mentioned, it was the one he wanted to watch the most. He'd get over the subtitles eventually. And if he didn't, they would prove a good distraction to keep him from falling asleep or...getting distracted by other things. Namely, Billy.

Really, Teddy had just been looking forward to hanging out like this since they'd both found a day and time that fit into their schedules. If the movie choice made Billy happy, then Teddy was happy. "But what goes with Hoje Eu Quero Volta-ar Sozin-ho?" He knew he flubbed up the pronunciation but hoped Billy wouldn't hold it against him. Kicking off his shoes, Teddy Sat down on his mattress, suddenly not sure what to do with his arms and legs. God, why was he so big all of a sudden?

[actualize]

If Teddy's goal is to make Billy smile, he succeeds at least a little bit with his pronunciation of the movie he's picked, a easy flash of one stealing across his features. It's— cute, definitely cute. It also eases his nerves in all the right ways, but then, Teddy's always managed to do that. It's just how he is.

With the bloom of warmth in the pit of his stomach. Billy shifts to give Teddy some space to work with, leaning back against the headboard. What does go with Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho? Everything? Teddy in particular, actually, but supplying that as his answer would be too on the nose. Eyeing the snacks Teddy brought back with him, he finally settles.

"How about the Twizzlers and popcorn? Something fun and something familiar, you know? And it'd be fun to try them all out." Because Billy wasn't aware they came in three different flavors either and he doesn't really want the popcorn to get cold.

"Hey, c'mere," said as he reaches out to tug a little on Teddy's sleeve. They're going to have to crowd in close to watch the movie on his laptop, after all, and that's maybe only a tentative excuse.

mikleo | tales of zestiria | m/m

[astrifer]

Kristen Kringle l Gotham

[kristenkgcpd]

(In canon survivor of violence, canon through "Knock,Knock" and M/F for shipping, open to both cast and cross fandom but ask before tagging with Nygma just to hash out canon points?)

roy harper ➸ dc comics ➸ ota

[truckerhats]

adam parrish | the raven cycle

[scholarships]

Koushi Sugawara | Haikyuu!! | OTA

[warmsetter]

[canon and cross canon welcome!]

Kenma Kozume | Haikyuu | m/m

[nekogamer]

[He would like things to start out slow before it goes any further. canon and cross canon welcome!]

Sousuke Yamazaki | Free | OTA

[protectiveswimmer]

[He wouldn't mind taking it slow.]

Maria Hill :: MCU :: f/m

[standardprocedure]

Rogue | X-Men/Marvel

[theycalledmeacurse]

[Prose pref. Playing off this post-DoFP AU for cross-canon, which is loved.]