~Twilight Kenny~
Kendrick 'Kenny' Wilson felt like he had stepped into the Twilight Zone where reality seemed to be the same at first glance however it was skewed just enough that things just seemed…odd. Stan Berkowitz walking in the room looking like a miniature fitness model and bringing in his Amazonian porn star girlfriend was definitely the moment when Rod Sterling was supposed to walk in and do his narration.
Now granted it's a bit of an unfair reaction to Stan especially for Kendrick who was actually once an overweight slob who spent most of his teenage years playing videogames and watching anime. A bit cliché and it's not as if he actually stopped doing that but he switched it up with regular exercise, healthy eating habits and socializing outside of the internet. So far be it for him to disparage Stan's obvious lifestyle changes but in his defense Kendrick was a skeptic by nature.
Kendrick uses this natural skepticism as the main running point for operating his YouTube channel. Kendrick liked to think of himself as an internet journalist, commentator and critique. His bread and butter was making long form investigative videos primarily focused on influencers, streamers and other YouTube channels. Lately he's expanded into short form videos and collaborating with Liam for a podcast that was moderately successful. He tries to be as inclusive and expansive as possible however there is a special place for gaming content.
Out of everyone in the group Kendrick has known Stan the least. As for how he came to know of him, like many children of the late 2000s Kendrick was very much aware of, supported and respected Stan's channel AwesomeEpicGaming. To Kendrick Stan's channel is and will forever be the most endearing gaming channel on the platform and Stan himself was something of a treasure on YouTube being one of the first successful gaming channels that didn't have the backing of a company sponsor or feature an over the top personality or voice to supplement their gameplay.
AwesomeEpicGaming was built on the backbone of gameplay and sharp editing that were almost unmatched and ahead of the curve at the time. He was there for Stan's first ever Twitch stream where he reintroduced himself to the internet following his channel stagnating despite doing timely uploads and much like the general audience Kendrick too was amazed. Yet that amazement was tempered by Stan's personality.
The guy was an asshole plain and simple and Kendrick wasn't the only one to call him out on it. Kendrick's feelings towards Stan's response to the criticisms surprised him more than the response itself. It really shouldn't have bothered him as much but being the inquisitive skeptic he was Kendrick began an investigation into the man behind the AwesomeEpicGaming channel and what he found honestly shocked him.
Given that all his videos prior to his livestreams were done with no commentary and somehow neither Stan nor AwesomeEpicGaming had any social media presence there weren't many who knew about him beyond the channel and his website. Sure there were a few who did investigate him but they were small channels and Stan wasn't exactly making any waves during those times so no one had the inclination to look deeper than his website and a few old posts on some now defunct forum.
Stan was very careful about keeping his anonymity online but with the advancements in technology it only took a bit…well a lot of stubborn determination for Kendrick to unearth Stan's online 'secrets.' His investigation led him down a rabbithole that took him weeks to traverse and months to put together in a video.
The result ended up being a video that was over an hour long history, review and critique of the AwesomeEpicGaming channel and the man behind it. See it is an unfortunate fact of life that internet personalities who gain even moderate success are prone to have people curious enough about their past that they would go out of their way to investigate them.
With Stan's channel having a certain standing in the online gaming community and his identity being a hot topic of discussion with whole forums dedicated to discussing it there was already a community chomping at the bit to know more about him. So when Kendrick released that full in depth investigative video about Stan it blew up becoming one of his most successful videos to date. It helped that Stan was doing frequent livestreams at the time still riding the wave of his resurging popularity so more and more of his personality was coming out.
The whole point of the video wasn't necessarily to bash Stan but to give an objective overview of the man's channel and personality shown. Unfortunately Kendrick would be lying if he said that he hadn't been more critical of the man than he probably should have and this had the unfortunate effect of reflecting negatively on Stan. It also didn't help that at the time it became clear after a few streams that Stan didn't exactly have the most likeable personality. Grumpy, condescending, nihilistic, mocking, argumentative and disrespectful were just some of the words that could be used to describe him.
His opinions, his beliefs, his stances on poignant issues and so on were some of things that were constantly being asked and commented on his livestream chat and let's just say Stan wasn't always mature about giving his audience and answer to these questions. More often than not he adopted the 'South Park' approach to answering any questions outside of gaming: don't take anything seriously and maintain a neutral stance whilst trolling/roasting both sides of an argument.
His abrasive attitude, liberal use of curses, general trolling and having more than a few hot takes turned a lot of people off. Shockingly he was able to build a community that wasn't completely filled with toxic trolls, unhinged incels and nihilistic neckbeards by being just as critical of them and their lifestyle choices as much as he was with everyone else. It was basically self depreciating humor but in those instances it also highlighted one of Stan's draws outside of his gaming skills and entertainment value.
In brief segments of his streams when he actually puts down the controller to address his audience Stan displayed a shocking amount of wisdom and insight. It was clear that the man was intelligent and is able to articulate his words in a way that betrays his personality. Because of this most could look past his abrasiveness and just enjoy his streams if for nothing but the entertainment. Unfortunately his philosophy did not endear him certain groups of people it was long before a vocal minority tried to get him cancelled. Even more unfortunate was the fact that this vocal minority pointed to Kendrick's video as the main driving force behind this movement and Kendrick himself was unwittingly roped into leading this so-called crusade.
At least it seemed that way to the troglodytes on Twitter.
As for Kendrick while his initial reasoning behind making the video was on the side of malicious the initial shock of witnessing his personality eventually wore off the more he watched of Stan's streams. By the end Kendrick accepted that he didn't necessarily have an issue with him and for Stan's part when faced with the knowledge of his involvement in the video that seemingly spearheaded a smear campaign against him he did what he normally did and laugh it off.
More than that he reacted to and critiqued the video as his first reaction. It was actually kind of surreal for Kendrick to watch the man take the criticisms in stride while correcting inconsistencies, filling in plot holes and even give context to a lot of the speculations. He did so in a way that was honest too making no excuses for his shitty behavior, admitting his mistakes but not once apologizing for them. He also made jokes…he made a lot of jokes often at Kendrick's expense.
Despite this he did not have any hard feelings towards Kendrick even going so far as to praise his skills, liked the video and subscribed to his channel all on stream. That was unexpected but not as much as when he gave him a shoutout. At some point Stan found Kendrick's twitch handle, searched his viewership and confirmed that he was watching the stream. After a bit of dialogue between the two which consisted of banter Stan agreed to feature as a guest on his and Liam (whom he knew through Jamie) podcast.
Why did he do this?
First in his own words he respected someone who can look beyond the surface and be objectively critical of others. Second at this point he was already acquainted with Liam whom he got to know through Jamie and Liam happened to be a co-host along with Kendrick on a podcast. And last but not least he wanted to troll the haters, something Kendrick could get on board with because fuck those guys.
So as for where he and Stan stood now they were on friendly terms. Stan was an unapologetic troll he made fun at people's expense and Kendrick was still critical of his behavior and was quick to point out his bullshit.
This time was no different.
"Bullshit" Kendrick stated bluntly.
With the others gone to procure groceries for the evening's dinner Kendrick, Liam and Amelia were in the living room with the latter regaling the two men with the alleged origin of Stan's girlfriend.
"Please tell me you don't actually buy that."
"Which part?"
"Where do I even begin?"
Liam decided to cut in "if it's about the isolated communities there are actually a lot of those across the country. Some people even pay off the state government to make the communities a no fly zone so they don't break the immersion."
"I can buy that" Kendrick spoke "but you expect me to believe a woman like that got drunk at a club and wound up in the guy's backyard?"
"It could happen" Amelia defended.
"I'm not saying it couldn't but if it's her first time in the city and a couple of guys saw her in the club and got her drunk…" he trailed off meaningfully.
The scowl on Amelia and frown on Liam told him exactly what they thought of his words. Kendrick didn't like the implications either but it unfortunately made more sense than her stumbling drunkenly into his yard. No offense but that woman is way too beautiful to be left alone by a couple of guys willing to get her wasted.
"I think you should drop this" Liam spoke after a moment.
"Seriously?"
"People are entitled to their secrets Kenny. Besides, she seems like a good person."
"She is" Amelia supplied with confidence.
"And Stan looks better than I've ever seen him before."
"What if he's getting played? What if you're getting played?" he directed to Amelia.
"Hey don't get me wrong Ezraphel's story, at least the part where she met Stan, is definitely sus but I don't really care" Amelia shrugged "I can't believe I'm saying this but Ezraphel really likes Stan."
"Really?" Kendrick asked.
"I spent twenty minutes listening to that woman describe the highlights of her many sexual exploits with Stan in very graphic detail. So trust me when I say even if she went for Stan for the money she's sticking around for very different reasons."
Kendrick couldn't help but cringe at that information "that bad?"
"Apparently Stan is a sex God" she stated bluntly.
Kendrick jaw dropped before cringing "I can't believe those words just came out of your mouth."
"I can't believe it either" Liam commented.
"I know right" Amelia spoke looking just as amazed "but Ezraphel makes for a very compelling storyteller" her gaze went to Liam "you could probably learn a thing or two. I know I did~" she capped off with a flirtatious look to her fiancé.
'And that's my cue to leave.'
Kendrick got the hell out of there and left the couple to it. Thankfully he didn't have to wait long before the others finally arrived. Jamie, Ezraphel, Kendall and Stan returned with arms full of slightly damp grocery bags earning shocked looks from Kendrick, Amelia and Liam as they gawked at the volume of groceries.
Amelia summed up their reaction pretty much "that's a lot of stuff."
"That's right, gaze upon the fruits of your ignorance" Stan spoke up after dropping his grocery bag on the counter "by the way you all owe me and I will only accept cash."
With that he took out the receipt and slammed it on the table.
Kendrick was the first to take a look at it "Jesus…"
It wasn't even the total cost that elicited the reaction but the contents.
Amelia took the receipt next and her eyes practically bugged out before looking to Ezraphel "are you seriously planning to cook all of this for the weekend?"
"That is the general idea, yes" spoke Ezraphel as she began unpacking everything.
"I think you overdid it" she passed to receipt to Liam before going over "let me help you with that."
Liam who was now standing with Stan, Jamie and Kendrick in a loose circle didn't even look at the receipt proper.
"When you asked us to chip in for groceries we didn't expect…this."
"Ezraphel said she wanted to make a feast, so she's making a feast" Stan replied with a grunt.
"A feast huh?"
"I think it's great" Jamie commented with an impassive expression yet his eyes danced with amusement "Stan swears by her cooking too."
"Really" Kendrick looked to the man.
"I still would have gone and bought stuff for her to make even if she agreed to let you guys order takeout" he admitted with a shrug.
Liam raised an eyebrow "that good?"
"I literally cannot picture myself eating anything that hasn't been prepared by that woman. I feel I should warn you guys, you might just become addicted."
"Ominous" Jamie commented.
"Damn, now I'm looking forward to trying her food" Liam admitted.
"You think I'm joking but just you wait."
"…" Kendrick said nothing as he looked from Stan to Ezraphel.
"Hey what the hell do you guys think this is?" Kendall exclaimed with annoyance "quit standing around like a bunch of jackasses and help us pack this shit."
After around ten minutes of packing away the groceries Kendrick's attention turned to Ezraphel who was looking through the kitchenware that was generously left out by their host.
"This just won't do" the woman frowned picking up one of the utensils "this won't do at all."
"What's up?" Amelia questioned.
"These utensils are an affront to me" she stated with the most pronounced of frowns.
"Uh…" Amelia didn't know what to say to that except "okay?"
"No, it is not okay" she glared at the things before sweeping them into a drawer to be forgotten before marching off.
"Um, where are you going?" Amelia called out.
"To fetch my kitchenware" she answered not pausing in her stride.
Stan opened his mouth before realizing what she meant and closing it with a roll of his eyes.
Kendrick noticed this but waited for her footsteps to fade before asking his question "so what's that about?"
Stan massaged the bridge of his nose as he explained "she got into cooking, became a frequent watcher and subscriber of various prolific YouTube Chefs and is now a kitchen snob."
Kendrick wasn't the only one to snigger at that but their mirth was interrupted by Jamie's announcement "excuse me ladies and gents but I have to go take a shit."
Amelia scrunched her face in disgust "did you have to make an announcement out of it?
"That was me giving you a warning."
"And we appreciate that thank you" Stan commented.
"Don't blow up the toilet" Kendrick spoke with the utmost seriousness.
"I shall take your words under advisement and put them in a folder under the title shit I already know."
As he left Kendall turned to the others "any of you brought Lysol?"
When she got negative confirmation Kendall swore and the others could only lament this fact.
"So…" began Amelia "what do we do now?"
The three boys and two girls looked amongst each other before Liam broke the silence "LAN party?"
"LAN Party" Kendrick reiterated with a nod.
After a round of nods they all went about setting up.
~Pre-Game~
When Stan went to go get his laptop he didn't see Ezraphel in their newly shared room but wasn't alarmed by her disappearance. She said she was going to gether kitchenware which was back at the house because he sure as shit knew she didn't pack those in the bag. He simply retrieved the items he affectionately dubbed the LAN party starter kit. This included a laptop, charger, headphones, mouse, controller and his portable Wi-Fi router. After getting those he went back downstairs where everyone was gathered.
Before getting started they rearranged the furniture in the living room, set up their personal Wi-Fi router and plugged their various electronics into a surge protector. It took them about fifteen minutes to set everything up before they were ready to begin.
"What's taking Ezraphel so long?"
"No idea, probably forgot where she packed her stuff" Stan dismissed to get to the point of this gathering "more importantly what are we doing first?"
"Warzone" Kendrick suggested.
"I am so sick and tired of COD" Kendall griped.
Amelia frowned "aren't you going to check on her?"
"Ezraphel's a big girl" he spoke up dismissively before suggesting "how about Valorant."
"Let's just nix shooters" Liam spoke up to which Amelia elbowed him in the side "what?"
"He doesn't want to check up on his girlfriend" she hissed.
Stan scowled "are we seriously holding up this thing to talk about this shit?"
Amelia frowned "it's the principle Stan."
"Holy fuck balls you arebeing serious."
"Stop being an asshole and go help Ezraphel."
"How I handle my relationship is none of your business Amelia. You don't see me sharing my fountain of knowledge with Liam about how to establish coping mechanisms for handling you."
"That's because Liam knows better than to listen to you for relationship advice."
"And I know better than to listen to you for relationship advice."
"I'm sorry are we doing this LAN party or what?" Kendall interrupted before looking to other men who have kept largely silent "why the hell aren't you two saying anything?"
"You know why" Liam spoke jerking his head in Amelia's direction.
Point taken.
She turned to Kendrick "and what's your excuse?"
The man shrugged "hey whether its playing games or watching them argue either way I'm entertained" his lopsided smirk vanished in the face of her scowl causing him to continue in a hasty tone "though-and I can't believe I'm saying this- I agree with Stan here Ezraphel's a grown woman and how they handle their relationship is none of our business."
Amelia looked between the three of them then her fiancé who could only offer a hopeless shrug.
"Ugh, I swear you people are hopeless."
"What is up with you today? Is it that time of the month?"
*SCREEECH*
And that was the sound of the entire room coming to a screeching halt. Now Kendall was scowling at Stan while the other two men looked at him as if he were a madman. For Stan's part he had an uncharacteristically clinical expression and that was in the face of Amelia's look of murderous rage. For a long moment the two locked eyes with each other before Amelia visibly collected herself to give a response.
"As a matter of fact, yes."
"Say wha" that was Kendrick.
"I'm on my period" Amelia folded her arms "that a problem?"
"Nope, no problems here" he quickly backtracked.
Amelia rolled her eyes before pinning him with an inquisitive stare "how did you know?"
Sure the comment sounded like the kind of ignorant, crass and uncaring thing Stan would say just to piss her off but the way he said it and the look he gave her told a different story.
At the question Stan cringed "let's just say I'm ah familiar with the symptoms."
A glance at Liam had the man nodded in solidarity.
"Great!" Kendall interrupted loudly "now that we got that out of the way can we get back to why we're really here?"
"…fine" Amelia spoke begrudgingly.
"Thank God" Stan sarcastically replied.
"Stan if you keep egging her on I swear to god…"
He raised his hands "I get it, I get it!"
"Good, now where were we?"
"Liam was saying we nix shooters" Kendrick answered before looking to the man "why no shooters brah?"
"Because whenever we play COD, Valorant, Halo or any FPS it always ends up being an uncomfortable sweat fest with you and Stan."
"Pussy" Stan commented.
"I'm not apologizing for wanting to actually have fun."
"You know what? Liam has a point" Kendall chimed in "why don't we just play New World?"
"Haven't played that in a minute" Kendrick admitted with Amelia nodding.
However the look of disgust on Liam and Stan's faces got her attention "what? What's wrong with New World?"
"What isn't wrong with that fucking game" Stan scowled muttered.
Liam elaborated "bugs, exploits, servers that can't support the players, long cue times-"
"Basically the games a fucking shit show right now" Stan surmised.
"You'd think since Bezos is shilling out a billion for Rings of Power he could afford to get some better support for his company's first Triple-A game."
"In his defense it's Lord of The Rings."
"You playing devil's advocate for Jeff Bezos?"
"I'm just saying its Lord of The Rings so…"
"All the money in the world isn't going to save a show from shitty writing. You know they fired their Tolkien historian right?" Kendrick commented.
"For real?"
"And they legally can't ask for input from Peter Jackson or anyone who worked on the films."
"Fuck! That's tragic, R.I.P Rings of Power."
"Word" And with that they both lowered their heads in a moment of silence for the death of the IP.
"I'm just going to go ahead and suggest Valheim before Kendall kills you two" Liam commented getting a round of nods from the two ladies.
"Ugh, too tedious" Kendall complained "let's just nix RPGs while we're at it."
"First no FPS and now no RPGs, where do you want it?" Stan complained.
"Is the concept of a fun party game for us to play so difficult to understand?" Amelia questioned sarcastically.
"Well shit how about Rocket League then?"
"That's actually not a bad idea" Amelia spoke then realized what she said and cringed.
Unfortunately for her Stan caught on "are you agreeing with me Amelia?"
"I take it back."
"No take backs!" he cackled "you all heard her, she agrees with me!"
Amelia stared at him for a moment before turning to the other woman in the room "you're my last hope Kendall."
"Among Us."
The answer had Amelia drop her head onto her laptop keyboard with a muffled groan "nooo~"
"Oof" Kendrick winced mirthfully.
"Well it seems your hope was misplaced."
"Shut up Stan" Kendall snapped lightly "and you didn't let me finish. I found some mods we could use."
Liam looked between Kendrick and Stan the two who were the most plugged into the gaming scene "do the mods make a difference?"
"I haven't played Among Us for almost a year now" Stan admitted.
"The Among Us modding community do go hard" Kendrick commented "haven't checked the latest but they did have some pretty good stuff. I think it's worth a shot."
"Fuck it I'm in, unless someone else has something better."
"Fall Guys?" Amelia threw out and the answer was immediate.
"NO!"
Amelia looked to her fiancé "e'tu Liam?"
"Babe I'm sorry but just…no."
"Why? Sure it's old but the game still slaps."
The others looked amongst themselves because it's not that the game wasn't a solid party game but…
"Clearly you forgot the last time we played Fall Guys together" Kendrick commented.
Everyone remembered that because it was the first and last time Amelia outclassed Stan with the number of curses spewed in rapid and creatively vile ways. Amelia was at least self-aware enough to realize this as a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Oh…"
"Of all the games to have an epic gamer rage moment over you choose Fall Guys of all things."
Amelia went to retort only to be stopped by Liam putting a hand over her mouth "hmph?"
"Nope we are not having this argument" he spoke sternly "let's just set up the game and be done with it."
Kendrick looked at the time "by the way should we be concerned that neither Jamie nor Ezraphel have come back down yet?"
"Well speak of the devil here she comes now" Stan suddenly spoke up and at the end of the sentence Ezraphel came into the room holding a bundle in her hand.
"What took you so long Ez? Amelia and Kendrick were getting worried" he called out.
"Sorry, I couldn't remember where I packed my apron" she placed the bundle on the counter.
"You don't say" he said while giving a not so surreptitious glance to Amelia.
In response Amelia did the mature thing and stuck her tongue out at him.
"You didn't happen to see Jamie while you were coming down did you?"
Ezraphel answered while securing her apron "I can't say I have."
"Should we be concerned for his safety?" Kendrick questioned.
"Jamie's fine" Stan dismissed "I'd be more worried about the toilet though."
"Shit"
"Exactly."
Jamie chose that moment to enter the room carrying his own laptop and gaming electronics.
"I heard someone was talking shit."
"Well, well, well the toilet slayer has returned" Stan smirked "I hesitate to ask but what's the damage?"
"Am I going to need a hazmat suit and ten cans of Lysol?" Kendrick added.
Jamie took a seat "don't get your panties in a twist the porcelain throne is unharmed."
"Thank God."
"So what are we playing?"
"Among Us" Kendall answered.
Jamie paused for a moment "you guys are really lost without me aren't you?"
"Shut up we're playing with Mods."
"Better" as he set up his laptop Jamie briefly glanced in the direction of the kitchen before turning his attention to Stan "hey Stan?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you by any chance pick out Ezraphel's clothes?"
"More like the other way around" Amelia interrupted.
"What she said" Stan admitted much to her mild surprise to which he rolled his eyes "Ezraphel is big into fashion so she picks out her own clothes. I'm just the guy who pays for them…for better or worse" he grumbled out at the end.
"Oh…well that's something."
"Why?"
"Just thinking that she an interesting choice of apron to wear" and as he said this he was staring in the direction of the kitchen prompting everyone else to do the same.
"Hey Ez can you get out here for a minute."
A moment later Ezraphel walked into the room "what is it Stanley?"
The moment she entered the room Stan face palmed while the others…
Liam was the first to react "whoa."
Kendrick could only stare blankly "bruh."
Amelia had a grin on her face while shaking her head in appreciation "nice~"
Kendall gave a deadpan look of exasperation "really?"
Ezraphel was confused by their reactions knowing that they were staring at her body but since that was par for the course she was completely oblivious to the fact that they were actually reacting to the words emblazoned proudly on her apron.
Fuck The Cook
So as she stood there looking confused Stan could only utter a single sentence that was his go to for expression his exasperation with his girlfriend's antics.
"God dammit Ez."
~OnLAN Party~
Her Stanley's reaction to her was worth a raised eyebrow from the disguised Lilim "is something the matter?"
Amelia chose to answer the question "nope. By the way that is a noice apron."
Ezraphel smiled at the compliment "why thank you Amelia"
"Did Stan pick that out for you?"
"No actually" she spoke walking closer to the group "I got it for myself. I quite like it."
"You don't say" Amelia was metaphorically rubbing her chin at this point "I'd love to know where you got it."
"Okay" Stan interrupted "thanks for stopping by Ez sorry to disturb your work we'll let you get back to it."
He turned his back to her only to feel the oh so familiar pair of weights settled on top of his head while two slender arms snaked down to massage his shoulders.
"Actually now that I'm here I would like to know if anyone has any particular aversions in their food."
"What are you planning to make?" Liam asked.
"Secret~"
When she spoke or rather purred it was with an inflection that practically oozed sexuality and got more than a few red tinged cheeks as a result. She didn't mean to do it honest she didn't but it was more for her Stanley's reaction than anyone else. She was absolutely delighted when she felt a spike in his lust. Then he clamped it down but she wasn't disappointed because they both knew what would eventually happen after a hearty meal.
Tonight they will christen their temporary abode.
"Let's gooo" Jamie interrupted her thoughts and Ezraphel spared him a look "I was looking forward to the food before but I'm practically chomping at the bit now."
If it weren't for her empathic abilities Ezraphel wouldn't have been able to parse James' actual emotional state. As he said he was eager to try her cooking but his expression was so bland that she would have thought he was being patronizing. He reminded her of certain Mamono with naturally or supernaturally muted emotional expressions.
Hesitantly she took her hand off of her Stanley's now loose shoulders and straightened up "thank you I will endeavor not to disappoint."
"Do you need any help in the kitchen?"
"Amelia what the eff?" Kendrick corrected himself something Stan found amusing.
"You don't need to censor yourself dude" Stan commented.
Ignoring the byplay Amelia continued "I think Stan should help her."
"The fuck I do."
Ignoring that Ezraphel spoke "Stanley is not allowed to enter the kitchen while I am preparing food."
Amelia's eyes lit up "ooh that sounds like there's an interesting story behind that that."
"I will tell you about it some other time."
While her Stanley took to grumbling under his breath James spoke out "I can help out."
Ezraphel was about to politely decline the offered help only to be taken aback by everyone else practically shouting "NO!"
"God no" added Kendall.
"Jamie" Liam sighed "did we not agree that you are not allowed anywhere near the kitchen when food is being made?"
"Which I still say is an overreaction."
"Jamie I love you like a brother but you fucked up a BLT and I will never forgive you for that" her Stanley spoke with all the seriousness of a man swearing vengeance and this caught the Lilim's attention.
"Okay that is an overreaction" spoke Liam as he pointed to her Stanley then James himself "but the point still stands."
Ezraphel was confused and she let her confusion be known "um excuse me but I am confused. Why is James not allowed in the kitchen?"
Kendall chose to answer "the last time we let Jamie help out with making lunch he messed up so badly that we all got food poisoning."
Ezraphel gasped then gave a pointed look to Jamie causing him to bluster a bit for the first time "it wasn't that bad!"
"The only other time I've been on the toilet for that long was after I ate my aunt's special spicy chili at my cousin's barbeque" Kendrick deadpanned.
"Or after literally anything from Taco Bell" Stan added.
There was a round of "ugh" from the table.
"Don't remind me" Kendall groaned.
"Hmph" Jamie folded his arms with a contemptuous look "you guys just don't recognize the utility of my culinary genius."
"He's right" Stan stated with seriousness "I'm sure that the government will see Jamie's cooking as the cheaper alternative for biological warfare."
"As much as I appreciate the gesture I prefer to work alone in the kitchen" Ezraphel interjected politely.
"If you say so but just remember you're missing out on a huge opportunity."
"I am sure I will make do" and with that Ezraphel decided to take her leave.
As she left Ezraphel picked up hushed conversation.
"You're girlfriend's weird Stan."
"My girlfriend is perfect Jamie and I don't hold it against you for being jealous."
Ezraphel arrived back in the kitchen with an extra pep in her step and after putting up a minor spell to deter the others from entering the kitchen got down to business. There was a vast array of different pallets that she needed to satisfy tonight and while she was sure none of the others relied on 'takeout food' as heavily as her Stanley did in the past none of them ever had a meal prepared by the best damn chef in the entire fucking world.
Was that arrogance?
Nope, that was literally what her Stanley told her almost every other time he ate her meals and as demi-goddess who defies the laws of reality on a daily basis she has deemed his insight to be truth. In other words sinceher Stanley says she's the best damn chef in the entire fucking world then she is the best damn chef in the entire fucking world and she will prove it to his friends as well.
Unfortunately that would have to be tomorrow for today Ezraphel found herself in a bit of a bind. Figuring out what she would prepare was a challenge in of itself with such a diverse range of food taste something she used her empathic abilities to discern when she asked them about their preferences earlier. There was a lot for her to work with and she wanted to give them a unique experience they would not soon forget. That included her Stanley as well but unfortunately it could not be today for a number of reasons.
As a general rule Ezraphel did not use her magic in the food preparation process. She took great pride in her culinary skills which she earned without the use of magic in the first place. So with this point of pride she would prepare her meals the old fashioned way. Because of this there were two things that were going against her in this situation.
The first was time constraints as she only had a few short hours to prepare a meal-nay a feast which cut down the quality since her best meals dealt with ingredients pre-prepared for at least a few hours to a day in advance. Speaking of qualitythe second thing going against her was the fact that she had to use store bought ingredients.
Ugh.
And not even the high quality kind.
Uuugh.
This was one of the rare instances where Ezraphel wished she didn't take that oath not to use magic while she was cooking. In truth she has worked with worse from the time before she started accompanying her Stanley to buy the groceries. Back then she didn't realize how much variety in quality there were in earth products and her Stanley did not care much for quality so long as it was palatable to his senses and chose ingredients based mostly on the cost.
She didn't truly catch onto this until their third joint trip for groceries and that was quite the argument they had. After that her Stanley was forbidden from picking out ingredients and every 'non-luxury' food item had to go through Ezraphel for quality assurance checks.
Ezraphel interrupted her thoughts by clapping her cheeks "alright that's enough reminiscing. Stanley and his friends are expecting a five star meal."
Pulling her lustrous hair into a high ponytail and rolling up her metaphorical sleeves her eyes began to glow an ominous red as she gave a dark smile.
"Now let's do this, shall we."
Meanwhile…
Due to the nature of the game everyone had to seclude themselves away from each other with their laptops facing away. The group played several hours of games with a variety of mods and while not every game was interesting or sensational quite a few of them stood out and the highlights were as such:
[Slow Speed Mod]
Jamie: I know who did it.
Amelia: Who?
Jamie: It was Stan.
Stan: Wait what!?
Amelia: Yes, I am always down for blaming Stan.
Stan: Why do you think I did it?
Jamie: Because I heard the kill animation through your headphones.
Amelia: PFFTTHAHAHAHAHA
Stan: Fuck!
Kendrick: Suck it Stan!
Liam: You need to keep your volume low Stan.
-Winner Crewmates-
[Fast Speed Mod]
Kendall: I found Stan's body in Storage.
Kendrick: If you found him there and I was with Jamie then it's gotta be Liam!
Kendall: Didn't Jamie come from the direction where I found Stan?
Jamie: No I was with Kendrick in electrical.
Liam: If this game would make someone an imposter three times in a row that would be insane.
Kendrick: Or brilliant.
Jamie: I wasn't sure at first but now that you say it out loud I'm thinking that's exactly what happened.
Kendall: Yeah I'm voting Liam just to be safe.
-Winner Crewmates-
Liam: Ah, you got me.
[Random Teleporting Mod]
Stan: Amelia what are you doing?
Amelia: Stan did it!
Jamie: What's going on?
Stan: Ameliawas on that Lifetime movie shit and killed Liam in cold blood.
Kendrick: Kendall's dead too if anyone's wondering.
Stan: Bear with me for a minute I think I can piece together this True Crime murder porn.
Jamie: Lay it on me.
Stan: So the way I see it Amelia found out Liam was having an illicit affair with Kendall so she went full yandere and killed her. After that she confronted Liam about it and after getting a confession out of him she stabbed him in the back. The knife was still stuck in when I happened upon them after hearing his screams.
Kendrick: I say we vote out Stan.
Amelia: Agreed.
-Winner Imposter-
Stan: Fuck you guys.
[Extra Roles Mod]
Jamie: Well this is unfortunate.
Kendrick: Wrong place wrong time there.
Stan: What seems to be the problem here?
Jamie: Kendrick did a magic trick and made half a body disappear.
Kendrick: Half a body disappear huh? Jamie killed Amelia in Electrical.
Jamie: He's lying Stan you passed me in Cafeteria.
Stan: I did…then I went to the cameras.
Jamie: …come on dude.
Stan: Sorry man, I'm in it to win.
-Winner Crewmates-
[Blind Imposter Mod]
-Winner Crewmates-
Kendall: What in the hell!
Amelia: Did we win? That was fast.
Stan: What the fuck just happened?
Liam: So it looks like Kendall and I were the Imposters.
Jamie: I saw everything, literally walked into med bay just in time to see them do a murder suicide. Shit was whacky.
Stan: You guys killed each other?
Liam: At the same time apparently.
Kendrick: Bruh…
Stan: Holy Shit!
Amelia: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[Everyone Has The Same Name and Color Scheme Mod]
Jamie (Stan): So I saw Jamie killing Jamie
Jamie (Amelia): This mod is so stupid.
Jamie (Stan): Blame Kendall for getting it.
Jamie (Kendall): We agreed to try everything at least once.
Jamie (Amelia) *Sigh* let's just get this round over with. Who are we missing right now?
Jamie (Stan): Jamie
Jamie (Kendall): You are insufferable.
Jamie (Stan): No I mean one of you killed the actual Jamie.
Jamie (Kendall): So are we skipping?
Jamie (Stan): Doesn't make a difference. Either way this is the last meeting.
Jamie (Amelia): Screw it let's just vote.
Jamie (Stan): Alright, and for the record Kendall is totally the imposter.
Jamie (Kendall): Yeah it's true.
Jamie (Amelia): Crap.
Jamie (Stan): You voted me didn't you?
Jamie (Kendall): And so did I~
Jamie (Stan): Whatever.
-Winner Imposter-
[Zombie Mod]
-Winner: Crewmates-
Stan: HA! That's right motherfuckers you don't want this smoke!
Kendall: How? We literally had him outnumbered and surrounded.
Kendrick: This some bullshit.
Amelia: I told you he's like a cockroach.
Liam: Damn that was insane.
Jamie: Agreed, good game Stan.
Stan: Thank you, thank you. Now allow me to flex my gains because I am carrying this bitch!
"Dinner's ready~" Ezraphel suddenly called out.
"Perfect timing now I can enjoy my victory feast."
Amelia rolled her eyes and grumbled "you cheated, that's the only way you won that game."
"It's okay to feel intimidated Amelia. Sometimes I too wonder how Ibecame such a badass."
Now it was everyone else's turn to roll their eyes.
~T.G.I.F.~
The banter of the group lasted until they got to the kitchen because that's when they collectively noticed the delicious scent of food. Said food was not in the kitchen however and the group eventually ended up in the dining room where there treated to the sight of an assortment of food stuff assembled as if it were a traditional family dinner. Kendrick summoned up their reaction with a single word inflected like a certain actor.
"Wow~"
"This looks good" Jamie added.
Stan was the only one not fazed by what he saw as he swaggered into the room towards his girlfriend.
"Hey Ez" he accepted the deep kiss with only the tiniest bit of hesitance before hastily breaking off when she tried to slip in her tongue "what-uh what's on the menu tonight?"
"Well I felt a bit inspired. Since you all seem so fond of ordering food from restaurants I decided to emulate their style a bit" then she gave a smile that was all teeth "but better."
Now that she said it he could see it and it wasn't just the items itself but the way they were assembled looked oddly familiar to him.
It was Liam who managed to figure it out first "the restaurant you took inspiration from wouldn't happen to be TGI Fridays would it?" he asked while Amelia whipped out her phone and began tapping and swiping.
"How did you know?"
"We live close to a TGI Fridays and order from there every once in a while."
"Yep" looking between the phone and the food Amelia nodded in confirmation "this is definitely from TGI Fridays" then she took a picture to post on Instagram "works of art like this deserves to be immortalized."
Stan rolled his eyes while Ezraphel brightened "well good then you can be the one to determine whether or not mine is better."
"Oh honey I can already tell yours is better" Amelia commented.
"Yeah for one it actually looks like the picture they put on the menu" Kendrick agreed before his eyes caught the lone outlier "except for that."
What he pointed to was a picture of milk placed with the soda and juice. Stan eyed the milk then his girlfriend with suspicion which only intensified after Kendall made a comment.
"I don't remember getting any milk."
"Well you did seem to be preoccupied" Ezraphel countered smoothly without missing a beat.
"Why milk though?" Jamie asked.
"Its-" Stan attempted to do damage control only to be interrupted by Ezraphel hugging him close so that his face was smothered into her chest.
"It's for my Stanley. He needs it to grow big and strong~"
*Pause*
Ezraphel's words took a moment for them to register and in that time Stan managed to push himself away but froze looking to his friends and as he did his cheeks turned red in a visible blush. That was the straw that broke the camel's back and immediately his friends all busted out laughing and snickering at his expense.
"That is adorable" Jamie spoke with a smile on his face.
"Shut up!"
Kendrick was quick to join in "the secret to Stan's growth spurt revealed"
"Are we eating or what?"
Stan's friends would prove to be great at multitasking as not only were they able to organize themselves into their seats while also teasing the hell out of him. He gave as much as he got but between them and Ezraphel it's safe to say that his good mood was ruined. At least that was the case until they started eating the food and suddenly it was like Shokugeki No Soma, lots of sighs, hmms and he's pretty sure somebody was having an orgasm.
"This is definitely better than TGI" Liam commented whilst eating some of the ribs.
While everyone voiced their own agreements Stan felt a little differently 'could be better.'
Not that the food wasn't delicious but having been exposed to a certain quality of food for over half a year and after her explaining that this time the quality would be lower than usual Stan could actually taste the dip in quality.
As if sensing his thoughts Ezraphel spoke "thank you for your praise however" she frowned "this meal is not up to my usual standards."
"This isn't up to your usual standards?" Kendrick boggled wiping the chicken grease from his lips with a paper towel.
"Well of course not" the woman spoke as if it were obvious "since I couldn't make them from scratch most of the ingredients are…store bought" she almost sneered at the term "that is not even mentioning that the ingredients themselves are not exactly high quality. Without the adequate time, quality ingredients and inferior kitchenware I could only do this much."
They as a group took in what she said before Jamie turned to Stan "sounds like you don't spare any expense when it comes to food."
"I don't."
Or rather he was forced not to in this case.
See what started out as shopping at the local supermarket became something more as time passed. Ezraphel while maintaining a heavy presence in the household wasn't exactly constrained to said household. She would frequently take trips outside to explore the city whenever he has to work long hours which was actually pretty frequent in some months.
Where she goes and what she does Stan didn't ask but he was at least now aware that she frequented the food stores, specifically the specialty shops that sold the specially prepared high quality ingredients. They were often places too far and tedious to drive to and he didn't see a reason to spend the extra time and money to get 'better ingredients' when Ezraphel's food was already A-tier. At least that's how it was…until she tricked him into buying from one of these shops.
The 'how' she tricked him was a long story involving a multi-step plan orchestrated over the course of several weeks on her part and his dumb ass getting caught lacking. TLDR she ended up teleporting him to a certain specialty butcher shop she found that was about an hour's drive from his house in a part of the city he's never been in. The prices for the meat seemed outrageous at first then Ezraphel gave him a long winded lecture on meat quality and how it affects the meal preparation and taste among other things.
Despite everything she managed to convince him but she just would…not…stop and by the ten minute mark Stan ended up getting frustrated with the whole thing.
His exact words were "just shut up and take my money" before shoving a couple hundred dollar bills in her hand and sending her off.
Just as she said, quality ingredients made for better food and once he's tasted that 'forbidden fruit' he could never go back to mediocrity.
'Which is exactly what I'm eating right now' Stan thought to himself with a sigh.
An exaggeration, it's not like he Flowers For Algernon'd his taste buds or anything. Plus the whole idea was to impress his friends and they seemed plenty impressed with this much.
'Actually it might be better for them not have food made at her best.'
Ezraphel noticed his contemplating "is everything all right?"
"I'm fine, not sure about everyone else though. You might have just ruined them on other food forever."
"I wouldn't go that far" Liam muttered only to be interrupted by his fiancée.
"No he has a point" Amelia interrupted swiftly "you need to step up your cooking game babe."
Liam's eye twitched a bit "you know it would be better if you helped out in the kitchen every once in a while."
"Liam" Amelia began after daintily wiping her lips she pinned him with a calm expression "when we got together we made a deal and signed a metaphorical contract" then still maintaining that calm business-like expression she bridged her fingers together "I receive cooked meals, you receive sloppy toppy among other things that shall not be named in the presence of good company…and Stan" she added before going back to her meal.
In the face of that succinct explanation Liam went to retort only to come up short and ultimately had nothing to say to that. Unfortunately for him the same could not be said for Stan.
"Damn man, you got scammed."
"Shut up."
"Yeah Stan your voice is ruining the food" Kendrick added "which is amazing, my compliments to the chef."
"Thank you~"
"I'm thinking about doing a mukbang stream" Jamie suddenly spoke.
Naturally this led Kendrick to asking the obvious question "why?"
Jamie shrugged "just thought it would make for an interesting stream."
"One and done or…" Stan trailed off.
"Oh no I'm definitely not making it a regular thing" he paused "unless your girlfriend's cooking. Now there's an idea."
"I don't get that" Kendall interrupted before they could ponder further.
"What? Mukbang streams?"
"Yeah, what's the appeal? I mean it's one thing to do it for like food reviews but I genuinely don't get it as a form of entertainment."
Liam chose to interject "the whole appeal of mukang stream is on the ability of the streamer to entertain the audience and not a lot of people can do that without using games or videos as a crutch."
"Hum" Ezraphel raised her hand a bit "excuse me but what is 'mukbang stream'?"
'This ought to be good' Stan thought.
"It's a type of streaming where people eat food while they engage with their audience."
"Oh, I see…" she paused "and what is 'streaming'?"
Liam opened his mouth closed it and as one they all turned to Stan waiting for an explanation.
"So I tried to explain the concept of content creators a bunch of times but I realize that it was a lesson in futility."
He wasn't lying either as the earliest instance had her asking a bunch of seemingly needless questions about the technical and historical details that he could have answer but would have literally taken him all day. Plus at that point he was still wary of her overall presence in his life and didn't really want to spend any prolonged amount of time with her. The next example of him attempting to explain had a lot of let's say distractions and Ezraphel herself didn't seem to be overly concerned about it so he stopped trying after the third instance of his attempt at explaining things devolved into sex.
Lately Ezraphel was showing more ingenuity in how she would get him to spend more time in bed with her so whenever he found himself in a situation where he had to explain himself Stan deliberately did his best to put it off, distract her and basically held himself back from doing a full on explanation. Her ignorance was a blessing allowing him to have liberal use of his get out of sex free card which was a very sad phrase but it is what it is.
Unfortunately for Stan in admitting his failings to correct her ignorance on the subject he opened the floor for his friends to try their hand at it. Stan himself had no choice but to pitch in as well if only to keep up the ruse. Even with the six of them it was by no means a simple or quick affair especially since Ezraphel seemed to be doing all in her power to make the process as tedious as possible. Luckily for her splitting the work among six people acted as a balm on the process not to mention some of them had the patience of a saint while the others were just too mindful to let their frustrations show.
Between the six of them they managed to teach her the loose history, evolution and miscellaneous details of content creating that she would be interested in knowing. It still took several hours lasting from the middle of dinner through desert and included breaks, audiovisual aids and a few surreptitious Google searches to answer some of the frankly bat shit questions Ezraphel had.
In any case Ezraphel now had a better understanding of content creating and internet culture as a whole. He could already see her working out ways to leverage this newfound knowledge and that brought about mixed feelings. On the one hand he could say goodbye to abusing Ezraphel's ignorance to get out of spending more time with her (and boy doesn't that phrasing makes him look like more of an asshole than he already is) but on the other hand the impromptu lecture was actually a nice group activity for them.
He was grateful for their help in educating Ezraphel and while her ignorance has a certain charm it actually felt nice having her actually understand what it is he does. What didn't feel so nice was her seeming to gain an interest in his 'work' since that could play out a few ways. It would be nice if she became interested in playing video games. Actually that would be fantastic but just as easily she could get into the YouTube and/or Twitch culture which was not so fantastic if he's being honest. Sure he's a schizoid nerd and hermit who technically played videogames for a living but he liked keeping his business separate from his pleasures and Ezraphel fell firmly into the 'pleasure' category.
Ironic huh?
'I really hope this doesn't come back to bite me.'
In that moment Stan could have sworn he heard God laugh.
~Nightcap~
Things quickly wound down after dinner.
Ezraphel made cookies for desert which were left in the oven at the start of dinner, taken out near the end and left to cool. The impromptu lecture on content creating gave it just enough time to cool down for it to be served by the end where they were enjoyed by the group along with milk as they watched a movie. Afterwards the group as a whole dispersed to attend to their own personal businesses having exhausted their free time so to speak.
Jamie needed to do daily streams in order to meet a quota outlined in his partnership contract Twitch. As an aside it was due to this very same reason why Stan declined said partnership but at least he knew Jamie actually had the capacity to do daily streams and (shockingly enough) actually enjoyed streaming daily. More power to him but due to the intimacy of their affair that meant he was going to be taking the room he and Kendrick were sharing for two-three hours at least.
Luckily Kendrick was preoccupying himself with editing a long form video piece he planned to release soon as well as making changes to the script of a future video he has in the pipeline to be released in a few months.
Liam and Amelia were both trawling through the internet but for different reasons. Amelia was close to her community which she kept in frequent contact with through updates on her social media platforms. Liam on the other hand had tabs open for not just his social media but also for news articles as well as Google docs where he was editing a script for his regular news segments.
Not even Kendall was spared from the content creating grind. As Stan's only employee she was responsible for not only maintaining Stan's social media business accounts but also helped with editing videos on occasion. Stan was right there with her sharing the burden as he edited his Twitch VODs into clips to be uploaded to his second channel. They also engaged in general conversations about topics relating to the business of his brand.
Meanwhile Ezraphel kept busy during all this, retreating to kitchen in order to prepare ingredients needed to be left overnight for use the next day. By the time she was done and with everyone either still busy doing their own thing or turning in for the night she ended up coaxing Stan to follow suit for the latter. Kendall herself was getting tired and the two agreed to continue the next day.
Considering that it was still raining heavily outside with no sign of letting up they might just get that chance since no one was going through a storm for Airsoft. He couldn't and didn't dwell on the bad weather for long because Stanley had a rather excitable girlfriend to take care of. Now that they were in the privacy of their room with the doors firmly shut and locked with magic to reinforcement and soundproofing Ezraphel dropped her human disguise.
"This was fun!" the newly undisguised Lilim shouted whilst stretching both her hands and wings.
"Yeah, I guess" and despite him trying to play it off Stanley actually did enjoy himself "we actually managed to get through the day without fucking anything up."
"See I told you it would be alright" Ezraphel tutted with her hands on her hips while leaning forward a bit.
At that he scowled "it would have been a lot better if you didn't pull that stunt with the groceries."
Ezraphel rolled her eyes "you should have known I would do that, after all~" she spun towards him leaning forward while placing both hands on her hips "didn't I say I would be the one in charge of your meals from now on?"
"Yeah, yeah."
With a flash she teleported over Stanley and dropped heavily on his lap. The action drew a grunt from him though it was more out of surprise than the force of her impact.
"You realize you're heavier than you look right?"
In response she started to grind on him which drew another grunt for totally different yet obvious reasons.
"We really shouldn't be doing this now" he gritted.
"And yet that that doesn't seem to be stopping you Stanley~" she cooed.
Unfortunately her impromptu lapdance had the effect of getting him hard something she obviously felt if the increased gyration, tail swaying and her biting her lip were anything to go by.
"I blame your food for this."
"That's ironic because as it turns out" Ezraphel's glowed a deep crimson "I'm still hungry~"
"Hrr"
In the next instant both of their clothes vanished and Stanley found his erection which was straining against his boxers and pants hitting against Ezraphel's soft, warm and moist slit. The entire time she has not stopped gyrating her hips. If anything the feel of his hardened member against her bare skin seemed to spur her on. That is not even mentioning the steely yet calm gaze he gave her as if they were in a staring contest. Yet this was exactly what it was, a contest or rather a battle of wills to see who would fold first.
Ezraphel's eyes continued to glow red along with her cheeks as she stared into Stanley's brown orbs. The man was also red faced however his countenance was that of a man on a mission to decide the fate of his future or in this case reaffirming the relationship dynamic between the two of them.
"…"
"…"
In the end one of them had to fold.
"…Stanley~"
'Oh thank God!'
Contrary to his thoughts he answered with a calm tone "yes?"
"Please fuck me~"
Stanley closed his eyes then took a deliberately slow intake of breath before releasing it in a sigh.
"If you insist."
Then his eyes opened except instead of their usual brown they were now glowing a dim dark violet. There was so much lust in that gaze that it caught even Ezraphel off guard as she gasped. With a bone cracking clench of his hands he raised them up before slamming them down on Ezraphel's protruding ass with enough force to shatter drywall and splinter wood.
*SMACK*
"Ooh!"
All that amount of force managed to do was elicit a moan from the Lilim as well as leave two prominent red marks on her pale, doughy flesh as it continues to wobble and give way under Stanley's grip. Without so much as a grunt of effort Stanley surged to his feet hoisting up his much larger girlfriend eliciting another moan as she felt his member deliberately drag against her slit. With her hands still wrapped around his neck Ezraphel used her tail to wrap around the base and position it to her entrance proper.
Still staring into each other's eyes the Lilim pulled him close and whispered into his ears four words.
"Give me your cock~"
And with that Stanley dropped Ezraphel several inches down, fifteen to be exact.
"OH-Aaahn~"
And so began what would become five hours of nonstop lovemaking.
Meanwhile…
After spending the entirety of her phone's battery life checking her socials, going through her DMs and looking for the latest online gossip Amelia set her phone to charge and made her way to the kitchen for a night cap. In hindsight it would have been better to use her laptop but there's a reason why they say hindsight is 20/20.
'Today was nuts'
For all that she took everything in stride the day left her feeling mentally exhausted and unlike her fiancé (as well as a majority of the people present) she understood the importance of maintaining a proper sleep cycle. She just needed something to quench her thirst and so she opened the refrigerator for some water. Thanks to Ezraphel's shopping there was quite a few more items in there than she'd ever seen before yet Amelia's eyes immediately zeroed in on one item in particular.
Reaching into the refrigerator she took out a full picture of milk.
"Wasn't this finished?"
She could vividly remember seeing the empty picture when she helped Ezraphel clear the table. Plus Ezraphel did serve them the stuff with the cookies and with how great those turned out especially when paired with milk Amelia can say with certainty that she drank a lot of milk so it seemed weird that the picture was still full…
"How much milk did they get?"
And why put it in a picture as opposed to leaving it in the carton?
Those were all excellent questions that Amelia didn't really dwell on as she fetched a glass and poured herself a generous amount before taking a drink of the beverage. As the liquid hit her tongue Amelia's eyes widened in shock, this was definitely not the milk she drank earlier with the cookies. The milk was buttery smooth, surprisingly thick, with a consistency of smoothie and naturally sweet. All in all Amelia could say with certainty that it was the best damn milk she'd ever tasted.
It was so good that she poured herself another cup.
Then another…
And another…
And another…
Until…
The redhead blankly stared at the empty cup and similarly empty picture wondering when and how the milk could have disappeared. The aroma of the dairy product lingered in her nostrils and refused to be diminished no matter how much time passed. The same could be said for the milk's aftertaste which clung to her tongue no matter how much her saliva mixed with it and there was quite a lot for some reason. If Amelia was being honest she didn't want the taste or the scent to go away, she quite liked it actually.
"Note to self, find out which brand that was."
With that thought spoken out loud Amelia washed the utensils before making her way back to her shared room. All throughout this she smacked her lips while occasionally running her tongue across her teeth as an almost newly acquired subconscious tick she did not notice. What she did take note of however was the bizarre heat emanating from her stomach.
'Did that milk go bad or something?'
Almost immediately her mind shot that down as a blatant impossibility and she refused to believe that she may be having an allergic reaction to the milk. As she came closer to her destination the heat continued to spread throughout her body causing her skin to noticeably flush pink with some sweat. Her heart rate had steadily built up to the point where she was panting by the time she reached the door. It was only once she started feeling lightheaded and her vision became just a bit hazy that she became concerned.
Opening the door Amelia was faced with the sight of her fiancé on the bed sitting up against the headboard. He was currently shirtless as he typed away at the laptop resting on his thighs. She couldn't take her eyes off him and it was at this point that Amelia became very aware of the tingles coming off a certain area of her body. She deliberately closed the door behind her and locked it before sauntering up to Liam with a slow sensual gate while stripping off her shorts and top. Not that her efforts bore any kind reaction seeing as how his eyes were still glued to the screen.
He was forced to acknowledge her presence however when she unceremoniously yanked the device out of his grasp and tossed it aside. Luckily it landed on the bed further away but that did not lessen Liam's shock and annoyance at having his laptop tossed away like yesterday's trash. What did lessen the latter but drastically increased the former was his half naked fiancée straddling him.
"Amy what the he-UMPH" she silenced him with a forceful, long kiss that lasted for almost a minute and left him breathless "w-whoa, what's gotten into you?"
"You in a few seconds" she reached back to unhook her bra and pulled it off revealing her modest sized breasts with her nipples already hard.
As for Liam he was rightfully suspicious of this situation as despite Amelia having the title of 'Queen of Degeneracy' as well as being rather open in her sexuality and having some perverted tendencies he knew that some of it were an exaggeration. She wasn't actually some nympho and her aspirations for working in the porn industry had more to do with money than want (as it is for most women).
The point is that her sudden wanton need for sex raised a few flags for him yet as she kissed him and he tasted the sweetness Liam found his thoughts drifting away from those worries. In a short amount of time the walls were taken down and Liam became much more receptive to his fiancée's advances. All the while he didn't notice the purple tinge that entered Amelia's eyes nor could both comprehend the thin wisps of dark purple miasma wafting off of them.
~To Be Continued~
IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTES: So at this point you guys know I try to publish a chapter for this story every two weeks and obviously I was supposed to publish this particular chapter a long time ago and you deserve an explanation. Short answer: I got a bit ambitious, decided to deviate from 'the plan' and everything quickly fell apart.
Long answer: I wanted to publish a Halloween special as like a surprise (and because doing a holiday special on the day of the holiday is on my bucket list of things I want to do with this story) but since I didn't want to short change you guys with a short 3000 word mini chapter I decided it would have the equivalent of a full length chapter around the 8000 word mark. So I concocted a fun little story idea that would warrant such a length and I got to say it was ambitious. In fact the idea was so ambitious that for it to be properly told it would probably be like twice the length of a regular chapter, easily over 10,000 words.
Of course I didn't actually know that until I wrote the third segment saw that I was 7000 words in and I didn't even reach the bulk of the story yet. Then to make matters worse my dumbass managed to construct the pilot for a freaking spinoff series from this side adventure. Then there was the advance chapter for my Pa treon plus my other story and suddenly I was working on four different projects at once and wouldn't you know it the universe chose that moment to screw me over with some IRL issues. Needless to say I missed the date and I am really sorry for that.
Unfortunately there's even more bad news. See I managed to get my hands on a copy of God Of War Ragnarok today and it has become my new addiction. Even as I type this the game is paused and I will be getting back to playing it very shortly. Unfortunately due to this distraction I won't be able to maintain my regular two week publishing cycle. You'll probably get one more chapter by the end of the month but that's all I can guarantee for the time being.
That's for my public releases, as for my Pa treon supporters I find it easier to write this particular story in 2000+ worded segments so expect regular posts of these chapter segments on my Pa treon. It's the only way I can think of to supplement the slow down.
Now if you'll excuse me I was about to have Kratos split this one guy's head like a watermelon.
