Never stray

[wheesockies]

S T R A Y Taking in strays is, all in all, an understandable vice. The dips in between their ribs, those large and forlorn eyes, they can help you forget the claws and the teeth and the danger lurking beneath fur. But the habit's a knife edge; your efforts may not be rewarded with kindness (animal instincts aren't discretionary) and you may get bit despite what you've overlooked. A stray doesn't care about pity. All it can know is survival. These warnings apply to strays of the more human(oid) sort, too. But what may even more perilous with this type than any drawn blood is what you can get when they grow to trust you. You can earn their undying loyalty...or their love. Either from such a wild thing is a precarious path to go down, if you allow yourself to do it. Comment with your character, preferences, desired roles, etc. Reply to others. Thread! ＰＲＯＭＰＴＳ ғɪɴᴅɪɴɢ — Who's that? They're no ordinary passersby! Were they in an accident? Are they foreign? ...should you approach them? ʀᴀɪɴ, ʀᴀɪɴ, ɢᴏ ᴀᴡᴀʏ — The elements make this night no time to sleep out of doors. ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ — Cuts, broken bones, injuries all of sorts...you have to stitch them back up, then make sure they don't get any ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɢᴜᴇsᴛ — It's all you can do to show gratitude to the person who took you in. Fix them a meal, care for their house, whatever you can do once you're able. ʙᴀᴅ ɢᴜᴇsᴛ — FUCK THIS PERSON AND FUCK THEIR COUCH. You didn't ask to be brought here. Let them clean up after you, you don't even care. ᴡʜᴏ ᴀᴍ ɪ? — How you got into this situation is a mystery. Even more of a mystery is your identity, and why the person you were would be so displaced. sᴇʟғʟᴇssɴᴇss — ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ — If you've been injured badly enough or can't remember all too well, you might have to relearn a good deal. Luckily, you have a helping hand. sᴄᴀʀs — Scars from the encounter that lead you here or scars from prior, you don't want them to see either. You still have your secrets to keep. sᴛᴜʙʙᴏʀɴ — Ugh, your house guest is so stubborn! They always get up when they should be resting, have the worst habits, and completely disrespect your home! You'll get to them, one way or another. Or you'll throw them out. You don't want to, but you will. ᴄᴏᴍғᴏʀᴛ — Bad memories or nightmares wreck you; your host and nurse comes to your side unexpectedly. ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄʟᴀsʜ — The person who's taken you in is from a different culture or lifestyle than you, and adapting is harder than you thought. ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ғᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ — Think learning about a new culture is hard? Try being a different species. Can you keep your little eccentricities at bay for the good of your station? ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜsʏ — Now that your emotions towards your caretaker/host/jailer are softening, you're finding yourself unusually jealous of those in their life who were close to them before. ɴᴇᴡ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇs — You never thought you'd have fun after all that's happened, yet such simple gestures as a picnic or a movie make all the difference. ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ — You love them, this person who's taken you in or this person you've found. It's not a pity or a thankfulness, it's love, and you know that now. What you choose to do with this information is ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ — Suddenly, the person who's been so nice to you finds out that the two of you have a history. You killed their loved ones or caused something terrible. How can they forgive you? ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ — So much has been done for you. The least you can do in return for the one who helped you at your lowest is make sure they never have such a low point. ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ — Anyone in the way of getting to you will be destroyed, and that includes the person you're staying with. ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇᴍ — You've been given a home, maybe which you've never had before. You don't want to leave. ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ — Not only are you living with them, but you're starting a proper life with them. ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ — All secrets are laid out on the table. You've decided to tell about your past and what lead you here. ʀᴇᴠᴜʟsɪᴏɴ — What you've done and who you are is so heinous, they want nothing more to do. You're to leave their home and leave them alone. ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ — It doesn't matter what they've done. You've opened your home and your heart to them, and nothing's changed. ᴘᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ — All things must come to an end. No matter what you feel for each other, it's time to leave. Hopefully, you'll see each other again. ʜᴀᴘᴘɪʟʏ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ — Come what may, you've decided to stay at your new home with the person you love. Now, it's safe enough to do so. ᴡɪʟᴅᴄᴀʀᴅ

Comments

sam wilson | mcu | ota

[wingedman]

[Sam really needs a new hobby.]

[mischiefandice]

[That he does. I'd be curious to see how these two would work, if you're up for it?]

diana ; wonder woman (2017) ; ota

[10x]

[ she's sort of a reverse stray - essentially, she blows the doors down on her way into your life, carrying nothing but her heart and incomparable grit with her, and everything changes. ]

[dorzalta]

[ hi! would you be interested in these two? :> i'm sure we can find a way to mish-mash their worlds. ]

Derek Lockwood | Original | OTA

[doctricis]

Bucky Barnes | MCU | ota

[protivvyter]

[ Definitely the Stray ]

[fanaa]

( any prompt preference )

Peter Quill | Guardians of the Galaxy

[volumeone]

[Either. Prose preferred, assumed cr preferred]

kitty winter | elementary

[toweards]

[ the stray. ]

Agent South Dakota | Red vs Blue

[whosthemonsternow]

Agent Connecticut | Red vs Blue

[smallanddeadly]

Eddie Brock | Spider-Man

[phenethylamine]

[Venom as the one taking in the stray]

marian hawke / dragon age

[redtailedhawke]

[ star of Stray Collector Simulation 2 ]

dawn granger ( dc universe )

[peacefulness]

[ probably the one taking in the stray. ]

Thea Queen l Arrow

[redarrowqueen]

(Can go either way depending on canon point. M/F and canon through crossover but am current.)

Severus Snape || Harry Potter || OTA

[snarkypotions]

[Most likely the stray, but could go either way. M/F only for shipping purposes.]

Eren Jaeger | Shingeki no Kyojin

[preciousbrat]

[the stray]

Wolfgang Mozart | Amadeus

[18th_century_rockstar]

[the stray]

Kyoko Sakura | Madoka Magica | f/f

[crimsonhearted]

[clearly the stray.]

louise grimshaw ( oc )

[bytte]

Re: louise grimshaw ( oc )

[feroxalgere]

[ooc: Preferences?]

Maria Hill | MCU | F/M

[standardprocedure]

[Can be either/or. Prose and canonmates preferred.]

[arrowminded]

[recruiting Clint to SHIELD?]

Morgana | Merlin / Arthurian | OTA

[lefey]

Hades | Original Character [OTA]

[netherking]

do I know what I'm doing? probably not. Kinda 1?

[almostdubois]

There's not a lot of things in the world that bring Carys to a dead stop in the middle of a footpath.

For starters, it probably counts as treason to disrupt the foot traffic, and if not that then at the least it might lead to people - god forbid - tutting.

Yet he's a whole twenty feet away when she stops dead in her tracks, utterly unaware of the people who swerve their hurried steps to get past her, or that she's staring with a puzzled look on her face.

Honestly, her mother might've had a heart attack if she'd lived to know her girl grew up and still followed these sorts of nonsensical whims.

Isolde had certainly raised her to be smarter than to start following a strange man, in the city no less but even across the air that separated them Carys couldn't shake the feeling that there was something fundamentally different about him. Not like her, not really... but something, and she had to find out what.

Kyoko Sakura | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | OTA

[prayed]

[Probably the stray.]

Miguel Alvarez | Oz | OTA

[locoalvarez]

[ most definitely the stray. ]

Toby Tenma | Astro Boy (2009) | OTA

[madeready]

[Stray preferred.]

Naminé | Kingdom Hearts

[lethechained]

[ Either. ]

Remus Lupin (marauder) | Harry Potter | OTA

[5signs]