“Hi Lizard! Do you have any tips on making a likable couple? In my work in progress, the protagonist and the antagonist fall for each other. I’m concerned that their relationship will be boring or predictable. What do I do?”
So right off the bat, there is a bit of a conundrum. I think the bigger question here is how does a protagonist fall for the antagonist?
1. Write 500 words (or 30 minutes) every day. This tip can be awesome for making writing a ‘habit.’ I know that! Yet recently, usually at 12:00am, I end up thinking, “JUST ONE SENTENCE! PLEASE! ONE SENTENCE AND YOU CAN TICK THE ‘DAILY WRITING’ BOX!”
2. Make an outline. An outline ensures that every scene drives your story forwards. Man, my editing phase would be so much quicker if I could just follow this rule! But if you know the whole story… isn’t it a bit boring? I think the not knowing is what motivates me to write! (Please someone, find me a counter-argument!)
3. The best way to say something is often the simplest one. Artist!Aly: “But wouldn’t it sound so much more interesting/beautiful/rhythmic/revolutionary if I wrote it like… or maybe… or if I just remove these few words… nope, the simplest it is!”
4. Do not write and edit simultaneously. Finish writing first. Editing is a separate process. My inner perfectionist despises this rule. Oh yeah, it’s personal. Every time I finish a paragraph and avoid critiquing it, I feel an unnatural tension take over, and hear a small voice shout, “you’ll never be a writer!”
5. If your goal is to finish your novel, find a new goal. It leads to better mental health to think of writing as a journey, rather than a task to be completed. If you aim for the end goal, you will probably panic and catastrophise every obstacle. So I tell myself, “Aly, you don’t actually want to finish your novel. You only really want to write whatever you can reasonably achieve in the next 30 minutes.” Sigh. My life would be so peaceful if I managed to believe that shit.
Noctis is a nervous wreck at first. The confidence isn’t there in the beginning of your relationship, so expect sex to be very vanilla. It’s safe, and honestly the poor boy is just terrified of being laughed at. He doesn’t have much experience, and to be honest you’re probably his first.
Noctis may be the epitome of awkward virgin in the beginning, but don’t let that fool you. Once the two of you have been together for some time and you’ve gained his trust, he’s like an entirely different person.
“Kneel before your King”
Your boy has a voyeuristic streak. He’s not exactly trying to get caught by the paparazzi with his fingers up your skirt, but the possibility is definitely part of the thrill. He loves watching you try to hold back your moans when he’s finger-fucking you underneath a table or in the back of the regalia.
He loves receiving oral sex. Seeing you on your knees with his cock down your throat drives him insane, but one hard suck from that mouth of yours will send him falling to the ground, so normally that’s saved for the safety of the bed or the couch.
The first time he made you cum, he dropped the “sharp erryday” line and you pushed him off the bed, because who the hell just says something like that during sex? Noct apparently.
Prompto
This sweet, innocent sunshine boy has the dirtiest mouth out of any of them once you’ve got him going. He’s going to make absolutely certain you know just who his bitch is by the end of the night.
Prompto is willing to try almost anything at least once, and as a result he’s discovered a lot of kinks he didn’t know he had. Still, if you asked him directly, he’d tell you that his biggest turn on is getting you off. He wants to feel just how wet you are for him, and he wants you to tell him when you’re about to orgasm.
Be vocal. Moan for him, tell him how good he’s making you feel. Prompto lives for it.
Prompto eats pussy like it was the sole reason he was born. Sometimes it feels like he’s down there between your legs for hours before he finally gives in and fucks you senseless.
He loves to cum on you. Your face, your chest, your ass, he’s not picky; but there’s something about watching you take it that he finds very satisfying.
The camera has been brought into the bedroom once or twice, but mostly he’s too caught up in you to bother with it for long.
Ignis
Depending on the day he’s had, Ignis needs someone else to take control. He carries the whole world on his shoulders, and to give in to you in the comfort of his own home is the biggest source of relief he has.
Pamper him. Light some candles, draw a bath, and massage the kinks out of his shoulders. He could orgasm off of your massages alone.
He loves it when you put the blindfold on him and tell him what to do. He wants someone else to make all of the decisions for him, at least in this. He wants your rewards and punishments, because he doesn’t have to think, he just has to feel.
This is the only time you normally see Ignis break his composure. Bring him right to the edge and keep him there without letting him cum, and he will be a sobbing, begging mess underneath you.
Some days he needs to be in control, so be prepared. This man knows how to make you beg for punishment and he delivers. Ignis is not above bending you over his lap and spanking you until you’re dripping cum and pleading for him to let you finish.
After the events in Altissia, touch becomes very important for Ignis. Don’t deny him that, please. Hold his hand while the two of you are intertwined, kiss him, brush your thumb across his cheek, but don’t be cruel to him.
Gladiolus
At first he tries to live-up to the big tough guy image he has going on, because he thinks that’s what you’re there for. Sex is deliciously brutal, and he will slam into you from behind while you’re shouting his name for the rest of the world to hear. At first Gladio fucks, he doesn’t make love.
Give him time, because this teddy-bear of a man is actually really sweet once he knows you’re in it for the long haul.
Gladio likes to reenact scenes from his romance novels, but he’s too embarrassed to admit it. He’ll really go through the effort of setting up a scene from whatever erotica he’s read most recently. A night under the stars with toasted marshmallows? Stolen from a book. In the back of the car with the top down and the rain pouring? Stolen from a book. (Though he reluctantly admits that the last scene involved more clean-up than it was worth.)
He will quote romantic lines from his books that he thinks will make you swoon. He doesn’t know you know where he picked them up from.
If you want him to get rough with you, all you have to do is pull his hair. It works about ninety percent of the time.
Honestly though? Sometimes he just wants to woo you. Underneath all of the muscles and testosterone he’s really a giant sweetheart, and he wants to make sure you know that you are loved and respected.
Nyx
Nyx likes to take things slow in the bedroom. When every mission could be his last, he wants to make sure he isn’t missing out on anything. Make sure you don’t have any other plans for the day.
He’ll map out every inch of your body with his fingers and tongue, because if he dies out there on the battle-field he wants his last thoughts to be of you and the way you feel and taste.
You can tell what kind of day he’s had by the way he takes you. On his worst days, sex is rough, and the pace is unforgiving, but still only as rough as you allow. Nyx would never forgive himself if he hurt you, so even when he’s furious he’s in complete control of himself.
He’s playful. Part of the reason sex with Nyx is so comfortable is because you trust each other enough to crack jokes and laugh during sex. He will tickle you and hold you close, because these are the moments he doesn’t want to forget if he ever lost you.
Gently tug on his braids or play with his hair if you really want to get him going. Nyx will blush like an innocent schoolboy but then he’s all over you.
After being assigned to wall duty for the eighth time, Nyx decided that bending you over and fucking you on Drautos’ desk was a great way to get revenge. You were never caught, but Nyx couldn’t stop laughing about it for the rest of the week.
Ardyn
Before the scourge, Ardyn would have been very much the considerate lover. He would have been gentle in every aspect of the way he made love to you. He was the kind of man to be awed by your presence in his life and wouldn’t imagine not showing you how much he loved you in his every waking moment.
This Ardyn wouldn’t enjoy your pain. He didn’t enjoy control. You would have been his equal and confidant in every sense of the word.
Now he could care less. Ardyn will take and take and take until you’re broken, and he’ll laugh all the while.
Ardyn takes his time playing with you. He will force your orgasms out of you over and over again before he forces you to swallow him down.
Nobody ever says anything about the bruises around your neck.
Still, sometimes he’s gentle, and you can catch just the barest glimpse of the man he used to be. On those nights he’ll hold you close, and tell you that you really should leave.
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