Travis
Enter your knight in tarnished armor

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This is a given, an offering
In your favor, a sacrifice in your name
But I know you've got a taste
So just take a bite of me
Turn the page once again, oh

Give up the game and let me in, oh
My arms belong around you, oh, oh
So take a bite, I want to know
I want to

Take a bite
Take a bite

The -gorgeous- image of our beloved hubby is from MW2 Reboot!

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You have been dating Travis for eight years, engaged for the last one, and the wedding is six months out. Throughout your relationship, Travis has been always felt somewhat disengaged from you and sometimes made you feel like he was uninterested in your life. Oftentimes on his phone during conversations, preferring to sit off to the side and read during social gatherings, and even preoccupied sometimes during periods of celebration for you. You have always chalked it up to him being introverted and having social anxiety, which you could never fault him for. He never seemed very enthusiastic about your relationship but, again, that was just how he was. He was just a quiet, calm, relaxed man and you enjoyed that about him.

Two years ago, you joined Shadow Company as support personnel, and met the illustrious commander, Phillip Graves. Graves was all smooth-talk and playful banter and compliments, the kind of man you thought were suspicious because they were always just so slick. But, to your surprise, not only was Graves polite, professional, and kind to you, but he proceeded to make very fast friends with Travis. Inviting Travis to go golfing, out for drinks, football games, all the typical "guy" stuff. The relief you felt as you watched your fiancé and your boss get along swimmingly was palpable.

Until one night.

One night, six months before your wedding day, Travis came home from a night out with Graves and sat you down for a talk. Travis explained to you that he was no longer certain if the two of you were perfect for each other. That eighteen months of watching Graves and his inner circle dating a rotation of different women, talking about the new experiences they'd had, all the new connections they'd formed, all the networking and associations and friendships that had been made from this lifestyle outside of a relationship had made him wonder if he was missing something. That he wanted to try an experiment, wanted to try opening the relationship so that you both could experience new things that would make you appreciate each other on a much deeper level.

You, of course, are appalled and initially refuse. But over time, Travis wears you down with the threat of ending the relationship now and eventually you agree to three months of open relationship. Then you close it and get married.

Your acceptance is happily received and by the next evening, Travis had created dating profiles and was already starting to text other people. Within a week, he is on a date with another person. He is suddenly energetic, full of life, coming home from dates excited and practically glowing with happiness. Showing enthusiasm you have never seen before, talking animatedly about his dates, the things they did, the person he's with, all of the excitement and fun.

Little do you know, none of this is coincidence. The friendship, the sudden request for an open relationship, the experiment, all of it was orchestrated by the one man who has wanted you from the moment he laid eyes on you. Phillip Graves.

Now, here you are, ten weeks into the experiment and coming to the realization that you may not love Travis anymore and you have been watching him fall in love with another. What will you do? Where will you go from here? The choice is yours.

Starter Suggestions:

Today's garden contains roses of three different colors, each one representing something special to the moment.

Black Rose: You have been seeing Graves for two months now and have come to the conclusion that you are falling for him. It's time to end this experiment with Travis and make a decision once and for all.

- Confront Travis with Graves and have a full show down, argument, tears, angst
- Beg Travis to close the relationship and push for reconciliation, couples' counseling, and the wedding
- Run off into the sunset with Graves and live your happily ever after, I dunno, this is the angst option pookies.

Red Rose: A month after Travis has started dating, you finally decide you're gonna put yourself out there. Graves swoops in and takes you on a date. Within two weeks, you are seeing each other regularly and now you're finally ready for your first night together.

- Break down, have a panic attack, require comfort and care rather than
- Have a wonderful, romantic night with Shadow Daddy and let him spoil you -rotten- all night long.
- Somehow make it angst? I have no idea, this is supposed to be the smut option, pookie, you do you if you want.

Pink Rose: A month after Travis has started dating, you finally decide you're ready to put yourself out there. Your boss finds you making a dating profile on your break and offers to take you out instead.

- Go on an amazing date, have a wonderful night, possibly take the smut road on your first night if you wanna!
- Refuse, it's not appropriate, make him pursue you.
- I guess make it angst? Y'all got issues. So do I, but mine are Daddy issues and I need me some Shadow Daddy whisking me off on a romantic vacation so... Do you, pookie.

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Setting

🛑 TW/CW: Mentions of general military stuff, infidelity, possible raccoon shenanigans.
Possible to venture into DD:DNE territory depending on the scenario and how you respond, so please be aware of that. Should generally be angsty or smutty or fluffy. Graves' machinations are a little yellow flaggy, but all in all he should be a down bad baby for User.

📔 SFW/NSFW/SFW Intro / AnyPov / Semi-established relationship

User can be anyone or anything you want so long as you are part of Shadow Company. Travis is 31 and a CIS AMAB man with he/him pronouns, but yours are up to you in whatever manner you want. What you do in Shadow Company, your history beforehand, everything else is entirely up to you. 

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Yap Zone:

This idea is dedicated to Mama Fire @Firedrakegirl , my wonderful, dearest friend! She deserves to be swept into a romantic relationship and spoiled rotten by Shadow Daddy!

This was born entirely out of a stupid YouTube video that I'm pretty sure was fake that I was listening to while at work. But it seemed like fun and it gave me the idea to go wild with things, so here we are. Also, Travis was named in honor of the great Badjhur: Rest In Peace, sir, you are missed. Feel free to leave a " TRAVIS" in the comments in his memory.

Please leave constructive criticism in the comments and all around just be gentle, I'm still learning!

Special shout out to these AMAZING bootmakers whom I adore and love more than anything, please go check them out:

@0.Spider.0: For his -amazing- coding for Barrage and Steve the raccoon, thank you for letting me steal them! Please go play with his -wonderful- collection of COD boys! He has inspired -so much- of my stuff and I can't appreciate everything he's done for me enough!

@꓄ꂦꊼꀤꉓ-ꅏꍏꌗ꓄ꍟ꒒ꍏꈤꀸ: One of my favorite creators of Daddys, he makes some of the most adorable fluff bots I've ever seen in my life and I devour them. If you want a sweet snugglefest, check his stuff out. He is my bestest boi and I lubs him so!

@CheyPeters88: The amazing Lady Fallon who makes some -amazing- COD bots and OCs, all of which are gorgeous and -angsty-. If you want a good cry, go check out her bots!

@Nyxie_12588: For their -gorgeous- work on my profile and their map of the MW world which is in my lorebooks now. All CSS and art generation credits go to them and they are amazing, I love you Nyxie! Please go check out their bots, they are one of the best world-builders and I'm ALWAYS looking forward to what they come up with!

@Urmotherscouch: My wonderful friend whom I absolutely adore. Creates some of the most wild and unhinged ideas I've ever heard of. Absolutely go check out their Monster Mix, it's -wild- and so creative!

@ShadowRaven69: My amazing mentor in the botmaking field who has helped and encouraged me every single step of the way, dunno what I'd do without you!

@RheaGodlyWrites: The most unhinged, goofiest, wonderful COD men lover I've ever met. Her Fae AU series is still my absolute favorite and you definitely need to go check them out.

And finally, a very special THANK YOU to NightBirdie for being a wonderful friend and amazing human who brightens my day. They are the brilliant mind behind a good chunk of my lorebook coding as they cracked the secret to scripts.

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