Secret Admirer

[noregretsanon]

SECRET ADMIRER meme

You're in love with them, but they don't know it and you have no real intention of changing this. Whether it's because you don't want to admit anything to yourself, can't handle rejection, don't think you're good enough, or have no real experience with this kind of thing, your lips are sealed...for now. And maybe forever, if you're contented to love them from afar.

That is, if the object of your affection doesn't figure you out first.

HOW TO PLAY

• Comment with your character, preferences, and whether they'd be the admirer or the admired.
• Reply to others.
• RNG it or not.

PROMPTS

1. Meeting: How do you meet? Is it love at first sight?
2. Falling: You learn to love them, even if you never have before.
3. From Afar: You're not too close to them - they may not know you at all - but you still admire them. Whether "afar" means something like a different school, a different team, or a different world or walk of life is up to you.
4. Notice Me: You actually do want to be noticed. Please, senpai!~
5. Right in Front of You: The two of you are friends or allies, yet you're hiding your emotions in plain sight.
6. Denial: You? Love? No! Especially not with them...no, you weren't looking at them!
7. Jealousy: They don't know you're attracted to them, so you shouldn't feel mad when they're getting attention from others.
8. Too Shy Shy: The words just won't come out. Besides, you're too flustered by their presence in general.
9. Don't Deserve Them: You wouldn't want to subject them to you, anyway. They're too good.
10. Favors: Your love may not be known; still, you can do things for them or get them gifts, and they'll wonder who's doing all this. Their happiness is all you want, not their recognition.
11. Bad at This: So, about all those gifts or favors? You're not the sort to know about kindness and because of this, your shows of affection tend to be you offing their rivals or giving them stolen items.
12. Adorkable: You're awkward but it's endearing!
13. Never Expect the Quiet Ones: You barely speak, much less show how you feel. How could they know what you really think?
14. Lash Out: It's frustrating to have a crush you can't act on, so you've decided to act out...towards the one you love, perhaps to push them away.
15. Admission: Finally, you've decided to admit what you've felt all along.
16. Outed: Someone else has told your secret.
17. Caught: Maybe you were caught looking at them too much, speaking about your love out loud, or leaving them a gift. No matter what, the jig is up.
18. Content with Secrecy: You can admire them without saying a word. You're not conflicted in the least with living this life!
19. Requited: No more harboring secrets, as your feelings are returned.
20. Unrequited: ....ouch. Just ouch.
21. WILD CARD

Comments

Mirai Kuriyama (栗山 未来) // Beyond the Boundary (境界の彼方) // ota

[miraikuriyama]

[ooc: Very happy with either scenario but I think it's more likely that Mirai would be the stalker admirer than the admired. All of the prompts appeal to me so don't be shy *3*]

Bill Cipher | Gravity Falls

[mabill_pipher]

4?

scott lang ( mcu ) ota | cw-compliant, cross-canon/media friendly!

[tictacs]

[ either the guy who's been secretly in love with someone for the longest time but totally thought they were out of his league forever or the idiot who has no idea he's being crushed on until it's spelled out for him

totally open to au scenarios too!! ]

Rey | SW:TFA | OTA

[thesefirststeps]

[ooc: Either / or.]

Dean Winchester | Supernatural | OTA

[waywardhunter]

[Probably the admired since he wouldn't keep his a secret. Some exceptions can be made for the right scenarios. 21+ for the crush to be returned.]

Edgar Ashenbert | Hakushaku to Yousei | OTA

[refinedvillain]

[He's not very secretive about his crushes so admired. Exceptions will be made for politically important, already married women, but it would require him to know the move is welcomed, be serious, and require it to be a secret. 18+ for crushes to be returned.]

Daenerys Targaryen | Game of Thrones | OTA

[byflames]

[Early canon can be either/or. Later canon will make her more likely to be the crushed, but I'm open to the reverse so let's plot details!]

[bud_brando]

{If you're at all interested, Bud's also an advocate for the rights of the oppressed, maybe that's a starting/bonding point?]

[byflames]

[ooc: That sounds good to me, she can always use more people who actually agree with her. Did you want to AU him into GoT?]

[bud_brando]

[Sure! If you want, I can play him as someone who has more background knowledge of the society, so they can still have different perspectives and not just agree on everything.}

[byflames]

[ooc: Haha, she is polarizing for some so he wouldn't be the first. If that fits in with his character, that's fine with me! It would keep things interesting.]

[bud_brando]

{Excellent! If you don't mind starting us off, I'll message you some background context on him to help set the scene}

[byflames]

[Meereen is a beautiful city that currently hosts the making of a civil war. In freeing the slaves, Daenerys Targaryen had made the masters unhappy, and stealing power from the powerful would always be the beginnings of a horrific fight. It isn't that Dany doesn't know this, it's that she's decided it is worth it. Lending a land to the weak, rising up the oppressed is worth the cost of striking down their old masters. If it ends in the murder of those who would keep her people in chains, so be it.

Lately, however, she has been trying to take on a more peaceful approach as long as her morals don't have to be broken. Dany will not back down in her quest to free the slaves, but her punishments don't come as quickly, as per the guidance of her counsel.

Though her own fight is on a larger scale, she isn't the first to express disconnect about the situation in Slaver's Bay. The man directed into her throne room was said to have always voiced his contrary opinion, and his name was connected to trouble for those harming the powerless. The invitation had been only that, with no intent to force him to come should he refuse.

The room in which she sits in waiting is almost bare, the intimidation coming in the form of a large throne and great steps rather than splendor and gaudy decorations. For a woman who had first ruled over a clan of wild men and women, it suits her fine.

His presence is announced as she awaits in her seat, white hair a mixture of loose strands and braids. As the large doors open, she stands, small stature accented by the large furnishings around her.]

[bud_brando]

Bud Brando is no stranger to such large surroundings. The son of farm land owners, a fighter, a well-promoted entertainer, he fit in easily among people who'd made big names for themselves.

In fact, he'd drawn a lot of attention to himself from Mereen's elite, often mocked and chastised for wanting to have it both ways...enjoying the company and patronage of the social elite, but marching with and championing the least of Mereen, for matters of conscience. Of course none of this mattered to Brando. No one would keep him locked up or out of the public eye for long no matter how much controversy he caused...a privilege he was acutely aware of.

All that considered, there was something inviting, even reassuring about the so-called usurper. The mother of dragons. The tyrant howling for the blood of Mereen. She hadn't disrupted any of his friends in the industry, she'd freed him and all of his friends from prison, her invitation to him had been nothing but cordial, and even now as he meets her eye from the doorway of the throne room, she seems pleased and welcoming.

Finally, someone with power and a reputation for helping the oppressed. It felt good to be greeted by a powerful ally for once.

"Your grace," he says with a confident smile "I want to thank you for having me here. I love what you've done with the place."

He looks her right in the eye and smiles warmly, "May I?" he asks. Surely a small formality could be dispensed with between equals as he begins to ascend the stairs toward her.

"By the way, I want to thank you for having the decency to pardon my friends and the hospitality to meet with me. Your reputation reached this island well before you did, you know. It's a pleasure to meet you face to face."

[byflames]

It was impossible to keep track of every rumor in Slaver's Bay, but her advisers had heard of Brando and so, Dany heard of him. So many of the wealthy were against her, seeing the plan to abolish slavery as the decision that will bring ruin to them all. Having a wealthy ally on her side would only make things easier.

"Lord Brando," she greets politely enough. As he begins to ascend the stairs, two spears handled by the Unsullied block his way.

"A necessary worry," she explains. Her enemies are many, and her friends few among the Meeren citizens. While she had heard rumors, that was all she had for now: rumors. "I have heard many stories of your deeds, but for now they are only stories. I would like to get to know the man behind the tales, but I must also be careful."

In offering, she does come a bit closer and waves an arm to have her guards lower their weapons.

"But you are welcome here."

[bud_brando]

"Thank you," he smiles at her. It's not hard to see how she's made her way to the throne of Mereen...beautiful, poised, cautious, and dangerous, however gracefully she presents herself.

"And I'd like to get to know the woman behind the tales myself. Even before you came here, you were either a savior or menace depending on who told the story."

He nods gratefully at the Unsullied guards taking a step or two further toward her, but careful not to overplay his hand...let her continue to come to him.

"As for my tales, I wouldn't get your hopes up too high. Rich, paranoid people tend to oversell people like me. I'm a rabble rouser...but then of course, it's refreshing to have that much in common."

[byflames]

Many of her enemies missed the latter qualities. They saw a young girl, a foolish girl who thought she could rule but had ideals too foolish to last. They saw her and assumed only her dragons dangerous. They wouldn't be wrong in that Dany is too small to be physically intimidating, but her danger came from something other than an ability to fight.

"Rather the story was told by a slaver or a master?" The masters hated her which meant many of the wealthy did. That was fine, she hadn't come to Slaver's Bay to win approval, she had come to liberate.

Dany stops a distance from Brando, though she's barely out of reach. It's close enough to be familiar, too far away to be dangerous.

"A rabble...rouser?" That isn't a common phrase in the parts of society she's grown to know. Admittedly, many who learned a language focused on proper words before getting into slang.

[bud_brando]

"Someone who can work a crowd up into a passionate frenzy. Someone who can help turn up the volume on a controversy...You know, a troublemaker."

He laughs "Not to worry though. It's all worth it to know we're on the side of the angels, and we have a 'rabble' to back that up. And of course our non-'rabble' allies. We must be doing something right."

He holds out his hand in solidarity, unable to stop himself looking into her eyes when she takes it.

"You know, please feel free to kick me out if I seem too forward, but you have a very soft, gentle touch...I guess one would have to to mother dragons."

Wanda Maximoff | MCU | OTA

[sokovianwitch]

[It might be hard to hide affections from someone who can look into your head, but if you're allies, she's probably taken care not to actually do that unless she had a reason to. Either that, or she's been admiring you and is bad with handling these dumb emotions.]

Alexis Castle | Castle

[mysterygirlcastle]

(More than likely the admired, M/F)

Sorey | Tales of Zestiria

[gentleshep]

((either!))

Daichi Sawamura | Haikyū!!

[alphacrow]

ooc: either is fine!

Teta Heiral | Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions | OTA

[delitasis]

[Can go either way, really!]