I wish I could leave kudos on individual chapters. I also wish I could lick the chapter, maybe chew on it a little. I love this so much!!
The moment you started describing the new hotel set up with four bedrooms, I knew at least one of the those rooms was going to be a wasted effort, if not two. The thought was there, and good for Mira for actually thinking that it was gonna work, but she has already been doomed by the narrative to fall in love with a couple of personal space-challenged silly boys, and no number of extra rooms is going to change that fact. And even if I, as the reader, am perfectly aware that Mira is doomed to fall in love, I am going to sit here and giggle, and kick my legs, and foam at the mouth, and beg shamelessly, and enjoy the experience of her lovely damnation immensely. <3
You can already see the cracks in her armour. Did no one ever warn her that letting demons rest with their head practically in your lap is a gateway drug to cuddling? Next thing you know, she's the one in their laps! Cuddling up to them! Sleeping in the same bed! My god, Mira, you're out of control! What's next? Letting your guard down and seeing them as real people instead of just demons???? *gasp*
But, for real? I really enjoyed this. I enjoyed Mira's reluctance and irritation and annoyance, and yet she never puts up a real fight about any of it. Like, as Baby pointed out, if she really didn't like their attentions, she could have put a stop to it a long time ago, but she never did. (BTW, loving Baby's offer to get the boys to fuck off, if that's what she wanted. That's a real bro for you. An asshole, yes, but it looks like he's one for the girls, and that's a real bro in my books). Abby in her lap? Could have kicked him or elbowed him or shoved a pillow over his face. She didn't. Abby drags her into his lap for the blood drinking-bandage changing session. She tolerates it. Boys want to finish their movie the hadn't been watching? Yeah, sure, it's way too much effort to do anything otherwise. I adore how grumpy she is about every little step. She's trying so hard to justify her actions and their actions and everything else in between. But when it boils down to it, Abby and Romance are making baby steps headway into Mira's heart, and she is determined to deny it the whole way.
I have to give extra love to the softness of how you portray the morning scene. The boys are just so soft! They are soft with her, soft with each other. You brought such sweet warmth into the scene; I didn't want it to end. Why did Mira have to get up? She should have just let herself forget who she is for a second and just bask in the glow of being loved by two incredibly hot men who are head over heels for her. ;_; I loved that she got a moment later to have a tiny bit more cuddling, with Romance coming to her to pass out in her lap. That was cute. <3
Shout out once again to Zoey, who is confirmed to be an absolute freak with Mystery and Baby. You do you, girl. I love that sexy throuple energy you got going on. As soon as you sort out that beach house situation and get out of the public eye, you won't have to worry about anything over the collar anymore. Let it all hang out. Let Mystery and Baby go nuts. More power to you.
Maaaan, I wish Ao3 would let us put kudos on individual chapters or leave them more than once. I read a really great one recently and every time I got to the bottom of the chapter I would hit the Kudos out of habit. Like, come on Ao3, don't hit me with that "You already left kudos here. :)", just let me leave the author all of my love. I'm glad you liked the chapter though! This one almost didn't make it past my editing phase before I handed it off to be beta read; it contributes to the vibes but the overall story-relevant parts are just a few short sections that I probably could have worked in somewhere else if I'd tried a little harder? But then I remembered this isn't a real novel and I can do what I want, snapped in a Z formation, and sent it off anyway. But now I'm obsessed with your AU where Mira just smothers Abby with a pillow and the chapter otherwise continues the same; clearly I should have sent more time in revisions lol.
Zoey, Mystery, and Baby are confirmed freak-for-freak(-for freak) in this fic lol. We don't kink shame in this household. At most, we put on a Blake Jennings voice and we say, "I'm kink asking why".
Thank you for reading along and for your lovely comments! Next chapter should go up Thursday or Friday <3
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