Paper Rings
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In which Sonya keeps a promise and demonstrates poor impulse control.
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A minute later as she’s industriously shoveling leftovers into her mouth, it sinks in that she has just agreed to go on a date with Johnny Cage. The realization makes her nearly choke. She spends the next hour wondering if she can make up an excuse to cancel, a last-minute scheduling change, some mission, something. She considers praying for another invasion. By the time she’s neck-deep soaking in her bathtub, she’s come around to the idea, and it’s why she agreed to it in the first place. He’s a cocky Hollywood playboy who thinks he’s the best thing in the world… but he has stood with her, fought with her, for the entirety of the Netherrealm War. He’s never tried to avoid the front lines, even once he realized he’d gotten in deep. He did save her life in the Sky Temple, too.
Most importantly, he did kick Kano’s ass on her behalf.
This could even be fun.
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- Part 1 of Paper Rings
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“You’re in the cage with Johnny.”
“You’re ridiculous. You know that, right?” Sonya’s voice is businesslike but carries a hint of amusement. He’d give anything to see her face right now, those high cheekbones and beautiful eyes and that mouth he can only. She doesn’t wait for an answer. “We’ve got something. Lead on Quan Chi.”
He almost fumbles the phone in surprise and drops the beer bottle, managing to catch it by the neck just before it spills all over his nice couch and carpet. “Where? When? I want in.”
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Sonya Blade is a lot of things - hardheaded is one of them. Possessive is another.
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- Part 2 of Paper Rings
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The phrase “blonde bombshell” has been bandied about for decades, and Johnny’s used it to describe more than one woman in his life. Sonya Blade has managed to become the living embodiment of it at this moment, sitting on his couch with her red-lacquered fingers pressed to his lips. He heard what she said, but it just doesn’t register.
“I’m pregnant,” she repeats when he doesn’t respond, his mind still trying to parse the words she’s just uttered. It’s a weekday morning, and it’s just too early for this. It’s not even noon yet. He hasn’t seen her for almost four excessively long months. Cold shoulder for two weeks was bad, three months has been hell, but he’s been determined not to break first.
To top it all off, he isn’t even wearing pants.
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So this was supposed to be a oneshot. It hit over 8k words and I said it was time to become a chaptered fic. First chapter is SFW, the rest aren't.
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- Part 3 of Paper Rings
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“What the hell are you doing back early?”
“Missed you too, sweetheart.” Johnny Cage stands dripping in the entryway. He looks like he walked home in the rain, fabric sticking to his skin, duffle bag over his shoulder spattered dark. He steps in and drops the bag. It hits the floor with a disturbingly moist sound.
“You’re soaked.” She steps back, turns, and comes back with a pair of towels. He’s already shirtless and stepping out of his suit pants. He’s still wearing his sunglasses, despite the rain, because he’s Johnny fucking Cage and a pain in her ass and he will probably die in those stupid things. She hides her smile. “Towel. Before you drip everywhere.”---
In Which Sonya's Beach Day Goes Horribly AwrySeries
- Part 4 of Paper Rings
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Sonya made the mistake of promising to meet Johnny's family, and can't escape her commitment much longer. But when work comes calling, she's quick to jump out of the frying pan of a family brunch - and into the fire of interrealm diplomacy negotiations with Tanya. The day culminates in an argument and a decision she never thought she'd have to make.
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- Part 5 of Paper Rings
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Johnny looks over to her. "You can still tie your own shoes and everything. You’re just, you know, knocked up. You could probably still pop my head like a grape between your thighs if you wanted to.”
“Don’t tempt me.” Sonya flicks her eyes to him and sighs heavily. It’s three weeks til her due date, but every part of her aches and she wants to be done with this now. She strokes her fingers over her bare stomach, just barely brushing against it, but even that’s too strong a touch right now. “I could kill you. For so many reasons. I want to.”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. Aren’t you supposed to be… I dunno, mellowing out when you’re this far along?”Or, in which Johnny pushes his luck.
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Kinktober 2020 Day 23, prompt: pregnant sex
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- Part 6 of Paper Rings
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Some thoughts from Johnny on a day he's been looking forward to, for a very long time...
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CageBlade Week Day 4, "Anticipation"Series
- Part 7 of Paper Rings
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There's been a box occupying a section of Sonya's dresser as long as they've been married, and Johnny has managed to successfully keep his fingers out of it. But now she's gone on a training exercise, and he can't restrain himself any longer.
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- Part 8 of Paper Rings
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“Blade.”
“Oh, so you’re not dead.” Her husband’s voice is sour and unimpressed. “I wasn’t sure. We were supposed to go out tonight, remember? I wasn’t sure if you were dead or hauled out on some classified op with no time to call home and tell me.” He sounds as if he’s biting off every word, each one a compact jab, a string of punches right to her gut.
“I remember. But that’s not until-“ She blinks, and looks at the time on her computer’s monitor. “Shit.”--
In which Sonya done fucked up and forgot her husband's favorite day of the year.
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- Part 9 of Paper Rings
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Sonya wakes up early, and - for once - gives in to temptation.
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- Part 10 of Paper Rings
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After one set of rolling around on the mats comes another bout of exercise, indulging one of Sonya's guilty pleasures.
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Kinktober Day 3, Strength/Muscle Kink
Fictober Day 3, "I've waited for this."Series
- Part 11 of Paper Rings
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Johnny convinces Sonya to attend a costume party with him. She agrees to attend -- but Johnny is not ready for the kinds of games his wife is ready to play to keep herself amused.
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Kinktober, rough sex
Flufftober, costumes
Fictober, "This wasn't part of the plan."Series
- Part 12 of Paper Rings
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“You just came off filming a shark movie,” Sonya said slowly, “and now you want to go to… Baja?”
“Think about it, babe. The marketing, the tie-in!” He couldn’t help it, leaning in enthusiastically. “And I’ll be part of the whole Shark Week canon, then!”
Cassie’s head jerked up from her homework. “Wait. Shark Week? Like the whole thing with the guys and the megalodon stuff and the—”
Sonya pressed fingers to the bridge of her nose, pinching down. Her voice was tinged with frustration. “All those meg-related things were fakes, kiddo. They got into trouble over it.”
“They were so cool,” Cassie gushed, all enthusiasm. “You gotta do it. Wait—can I go?”
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CageBlade Week 2022, Day 2: Excuses
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- Part 13 of Paper Rings
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Johnny Cage is used to being in control—whether it's on a movie set or in his personal life. So when he takes his ex-wife out for dinner during their slow reconciliation, he’s confident he can make it perfect. But after a series of missteps—starting with a disastrous detour through back roads—the night quickly spirals out of control. Stuck on a remote hilltop with a blown tire, Johnny’s carefully planned surprise falls apart—but there might, just might, be a chance of salvaging it.
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- Part 14 of Paper Rings